HLnovel Chapter 317
Chapter 317
Among the riotous plants, Zhong Xian finally found a place where he could see the ancient giant vines. It was also hidden and looked relatively safe.
He made sure it was safe again and again before stopping the spirit boat and turning back to tell Su Xianyun to move quickly:
"Okay, don't go too far, and try not to leave my sight."
Su Xianyun didn't want to waste time with Zhong Xian, so he nodded, took two steps down from the spirit boat, and went to check the nearby soil.
Yu Xi pulled Ji Zhi together to catch up with Su Xianyun. Gu An naturally followed wherever Yu Xi was, and walked quickly on the other side of Yu Xi.
So they all ran away in a mighty group, leaving Zhong Xian alone on the spirit boat.
Before Zhong Xian could react, he turned around and opened his arms, wanting to hug his beloved little Xier tightly, but he hugged nothing.
He looked at Xiao Xier depressedly as she left without looking back. He wanted to follow her, but there were dangerous plants everywhere around. After thinking for a moment, he reluctantly stayed and stared at the surroundings.
Jizhi was very happy at this moment. With his sister holding his hand, he didn't have to sit bored on the spirit boat. Everything around him was new and interesting.
Sometimes he was catching a bug, sometimes he was chasing a butterfly. He was obviously here to look for his soul, but he looked the most relaxed.
Gu An enthusiastically introduced the surrounding plants to Yu Xi:
"Senior Sister, there are actually fruit trees here. The fruits of this tree are delicious, juicy and non-toxic. Would you like to try some?
"Senior Sister, look at this thorny flower. It's a man-eating plant, but it doesn't eat living people, it only eats carrion. When it blooms, it means there's carrion nearby.
"At this time, a kind of monster called a man-eating bee will drag the rotten meat over to eat in exchange for the pollen of the man-eating grass. Generally, wherever there is man-eating grass, there will be swarms of man-eating bees."
As he said, Yu Xi just took the fruit from Gu An and handed one to Ji Zhi. When he turned around, he saw a group of man-eating bees, each the size of a palm, rushing towards him.
She remembered that man-eating bees would not bite people on their own initiative, so she quickly stopped Ji Zhi who was about to take action.
Sure enough, this group of man-eating bees seemed to be coming at them aggressively, but they did not attack them. They just dragged a half-eaten human corpse past them and headed towards the man-eating grass.
Did someone die here?
She carefully approached the crowded man-eating bees and found that the corpse they were dragging had no head, hands or feet, only half a body without any organs.
I don’t know if the other parts are rotten or missing for some other reason.
"Xixi."
Su Xianyun called her from not far away.
Yu Xi hurried over and saw that Su Xianyun had found a vine that was not particularly thick. Half of the vine was buried deep in the soil, and the exposed part was smeared with a layer of poison by Su Xianyun. It seemed that its senses were paralyzed and it had no aggressiveness.
The puppets around Su Xianyun were carefully sweeping away the dust on the surface of the vines.
Seeing Yu Xi coming over, Su Xianyun squatted down, pointed at the patterns on the vines, and patiently taught Yu Xi:
"This vine grows towards the sun. If you look at the lines on its surface, there are more lines towards the sun. To find its roots, you have to look towards the side with fewer lines.
"Giant ancient vines are dangerous, but the source of their growth is very fragile and almost non-aggressive, making them ideal for harvesting. The source doesn't necessarily have to be soil; water and rocks are also possible."
Yu Xi listened very carefully.
Su Xianyun is naturally close to animals and plants. He knows all kinds of plants. Listening to him teach them can help you learn much more than just reading books.
What Gu An just talked about with Yu Xi was all learned from Su Xianyun.
The ancient giant vines do not necessarily grow from the same source.
After making sure that Yu Xi remembered his words, Su Xianyun rubbed Yu Xi's head and chose another vine to find the roots.
Su Xianyun trusted Gu An's ability to identify plants, so he was arranged by Su Xianyun to find new vines.
Yu Xi walked forward along the vine that Su Xianyun had just picked.
Jizhi was quite impressed by this vine and wanted to take a bite of it just by looking at it.
Fortunately, before he reached out his hand, Yu Xi stopped him and prevented him from eating.
Ever since Yu Xi knew that this vine was poisonous, she told Ji Zhi not to eat it no matter what. In order to prevent him from eating anything else, she held his hand tightly and would not let go.
Therefore, although Jizhi was still laughing foolishly, he had already been penetrated by the jealous gazes of Su Xianyun and Zhong Xian.
Yu Xi walked for a while, and just when she thought she should be out of Zhong Xian's sight and was about to stop, she suddenly heard the sound of something moving in the shadows in front of her.
"Sister, there seems to be a wild boar ahead?" Ji Zhi also noticed something in front and poked his head out curiously.
"Shhh."
Yu Xi made a gesture to keep quiet, and seeing Ji Zhi immediately cover his mouth, he stared at the front.
Feeling vaguely uneasy, she slowly pulled out the floating light and saw the figure in front of her becoming clearer and clearer, staggering out from the shadows.
In the mottled light and shadow falling among the leaves, the figure gradually became clear in front of Yu Xi.
The person in front of me had no eyeballs, his eye sockets were empty, and his face was covered with something like moss, so I couldn't see his original appearance clearly.
The skin all over his body was an abnormal pale blue. When he raised his hand, Yu Xi noticed that his torso was covered with dense holes that looked like they had been eaten by insects and rotted away. It looked extremely creepy.
Jizhi opened his eyes wide.
Not a wild boar!
"who?"
Yu Xi raised his sword in front of him, signaling the other party not to come any closer.
But unexpectedly, this person seemed not to understand what she said. After hearing her voice, he not only did not stop, but rushed towards her even faster.
At first he was just staggering as he walked, but then he had to speed up by dragging his legs behind him, and he staggered towards her at a trot.
Seeing that this man didn't listen to her at all, Yu Xi raised her sword and attacked without hesitation, but the sword energy cut off half of the man's shoulder, but he still seemed unaware of it and didn't even stop rushing forward.
When he was still a few meters away from Yu Xi, he opened his mouth and wanted to bite like a beast.
Seeing that this man actually wanted to bite his sister, Ji Zhi rushed up and punched him in the face, which directly knocked the man away and flattened half of his face.
But they didn't expect that the other party could still stand up and continue to rush towards them.
In the end, Yu Xi had no choice but to cut off his legs.
Seeing that he was still using his hands to support himself and move after falling down, Yu Xi simply cut off his arms as well.
After making sure that the other party was completely unable to move, she continued to ask:
"Why attack me?"
The other party was like a wild beast. Not only did he not answer, but he also howled excitedly and opened his mouth as if he wanted to bite the person in front of him.