Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 353: Resting Around the Fire

As the sky darkened, the black miasma surged faster and faster, getting closer and closer to the eight people.

Everyone was anxious and unsure what the consequences would be after being trapped by this black miasma.

With a neigh, Zhang Hou's horse suddenly knelt down on the ground, then fell sideways. The horse was foaming at the mouth, exhaling more than inhaling, and it seemed that it could no longer hold on.

Zhang Hou's left leg was pinned under the horse's body, and he could not move for a moment. He was so scared that he shouted loudly: "Mu Tou, Xiao Mu, come quickly... come and help..."

They all jumped off their horses and dragged him up. When they tried to help his mount to stand up, the horse could not stand up again, and the eight people were unable to exert any strength, so they had to give up.

Chu Xiaomu looked at the other seven horses, who also had a lot of white foam coming out of their mouths and looked exhausted, as if they were about to fall down at any time, so he said, "You can't ride the horses anymore, we have to run by ourselves."

Everyone was reluctant to see their mounts fall down from exhaustion, so they all nodded in agreement and trotted forward.

Zhang Hou shouted, "Then...where's my horse?"

Chu Xiaomu pulled him up and said, "We can't worry about so much. We need to escape first." Seeing that the black miasma was getting closer, he pulled his mount with one hand and Zhang Hou with the other and ran forward faster.

After running about half a mile, a long "Yo" sound came from behind. Everyone looked back and saw that Zhang Hou's horse had just been swallowed by the black miasma. The horse kept struggling in the black miasma, as if trying to stand up. But it couldn't stand up after all. In the blink of an eye, the horse's head tilted to the ground and became motionless, and even the sound of neighing could not be heard.

Everyone had guessed that the black miasma was poisonous, but they didn't expect it to be so toxic. A horse couldn't even last a cup of tea in it, let alone a human.

Chu Xiaomu thought, no wonder few people knew about this ancient black miasma road, probably everyone who walked along this road died halfway.

After running about seven or eight miles, the terrain gradually became higher and a big mountain appeared in front of them. Everyone was overjoyed and led the horses up the mountain.

I climbed to the middle of the mountain panting, and when I looked back, there was no more black miasma behind me. It seemed that the miasma only existed in the depressions or valleys at the bottom of the mountain, and could not reach such a high place.

They climbed up for a while until they could go no further and then they felt relieved. They lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

It was already dark by this time, and after resting, everyone looked for an open area to spend the night.

There was still a small half of the big snake that Zhou Weide had killed left, so he asked Ling Weidou and Zhou Weiyi to make a fire and roast it, while the others went around looking for some wild grass to feed the horses.

Without the miasma on the hillside, it was much more lively than the forest below. The strange cries of birds, beasts and insects came one after another, which was frightening to hear.

Sitting around the fire, gnawing on the roasted snake meat that was dry and tasteless without any seasoning, the eight people kept sighing.

Chu Xiaomu had never expected that in pursuit of the two "flowered deer", he would step into this dangerous ancient black miasma road, and he couldn't turn back. He felt helpless in his heart. He also thought that there were only eight people left in the original team of ten, among whom Yingdan was inexplicably missing and Su Mishun was eaten to death by the terrifying red worms. He was even more sad and emotional.

Listening to the rustling sound of the trees in the mountain wind, I realized that it had entered the early winter season. Fortunately, the Beast Mountain is different from the Green Plains. Because the wind is not smooth, it is not very cold.

Everyone was worried as they didn't know whether the black miasma at the foot of the mountain would spread to the hillside.

Chu Xiaomu often hunted in the woods on Baihua Island. He learned from his grandfather Chu Liang how to make several simple traps for catching animals. He cut a few tough branches, peeled off the bark to make a rope, tied a small piece of snake meat to the rope, and chose a place far away from the crowd to set the trap.

Wu Sheng said: "The catch from such a small trap is not enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of several of us."

Chu Xiaomu said, "Of course it's not for eating." He asked others to peel the bark and twist it into a longer rope, while he himself concentrated on making a small branch cage.

Everyone was puzzled and asked, "Then why did you go to all this trouble to catch it?"

Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "It has its own magical uses."

Zhang Houxi said happily: "Mu Tou, I didn't expect that you and I have the same hobby of raising small animals. We have the same interests!"

Zhou Weide spat at him and said, "Anyone who shares the same ideals as you will be in trouble for the rest of his life. Besides, is it necessary to make a long rope to raise a small animal?"

Zhang Hou said, "Maybe Mu Tou wants to use this long rope to weave a piece of clothing for his obedient little beast. Many women in our Xihai City can do this, but I didn't expect Mu Tou to know it too."

Chu Xiaomu said: "I don't want to raise a little beast either."

"So what are you going to do?"

"You'll find out later."

Everyone felt bored and ignored him, and just helped him to twist the long rope.

Soon, the branch cage was ready, and everyone's long ropes were also ready, which were at least twelve or thirteen feet long.

Chu Xiaomu walked to the small trap and saw a little mouse caught in it. He was very happy and carefully put it into the cage of branches. The little mouse kept chirping inside, thinking that he had only eaten a small piece of meat, but was locked up by this big monster. It seemed that eating meat also violated the rules of the Beast Mountain.

Lingweidou suddenly realized and said, "Brother Xiaomu wants to use this to prevent the black miasma."

The other six people were confused, and Zhou Weide said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? A mouse can prevent black miasma? It's a joke!"

Ling Weidou didn't explain much, just pointed at Chu Xiaomu who was walking towards him.

Chu Xiaomu asked Ling Weidou to help hold one end of the long rope, while he held the other end and walked down the slope.

After walking about ten feet, he hung the small cage under a short tree and tied one end of the thin rope to the small cage. Then he walked back to the fire, picked up a straight branch about three feet long and stuck it into the ground, tightened the thin rope a little, and tied it to the branch stuck into the ground. The branch kept shaking.

Chu Xiaomu pointed at the branch and said, "We take turns to keep watch. If this branch does not move for a long time, it means the mice in the cage are dead, or the black miasma is spreading. We must notify the others immediately."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Zhang Hou gave Lingweidou a thumbs up and said, "Douzi, you are amazing! They say you Snow Country people are smart, and it's true."

Wu Sheng pouted and said, "That's not as good as our Cangmu people. The method was thought up by Mu Mu."

Zhang Hou said: "Mu Tou comes from Baihua Island in the West Sea. He is from the Water Country, not from our Cangmu Country."

"Nonsense, Mu Tou's ancestors were from Cang Mu, so he is naturally from Cang Mu as well!"

"You are being unreasonable. There are still people from the Cangmu Country who have migrated to the Snow Country. Now they can only be considered people from the Snow Country and can no longer be called Cangmu people."