Chapter 1519 - 1341: Deep Affection, Shallow Fate
Chapter 1519: Chapter 1341: Deep Affection, Shallow Fate
The boss shook his head, “Hard to say, but you all should just avoid going there. If you accidentally wander in, hurry back. Poisonous and vile insects are everywhere inside, and one careless bite could end your life. Just recently, a couple outsiders strayed inside, and later, well, they were carried out—and within days, they were dead, so pitiful. Strangers in a strange land, nobody knew their families, so they had no choice but to find a spot and cremate them.”
Xia Dabao shivered, “That eerie?”
“Indeed, unless the Clan Chief gives permission, entering means waiting for death,” the boss took the money and turned back to the counter.
Xia Dabao glanced at Nan Feng, who in turn looked at Yeguo. Yeguo’s expression was still calm: “For Axian, we must brave even a dragon’s pool and a tiger’s den.”
…
They stayed overnight in the town and changed into the attire of Nan Zhao Kingdom; now they looked no different from the locals. The next day, they set off again in the horse-drawn carriage.
In the middle of the day, while Xia Dabao was napping inside the carriage, it suddenly stopped. She leaned forward abruptly, waking up.
Nan Feng woke up as well, and she quickly lifted the curtain to ask Yeguo, “Why have we stopped?”
However, upon seeing outside, Nan Feng was taken aback too.
There was supposed to be a road all along, but here it ended. There was a sign standing next to the road with red characters that read “Outsiders Forbidden” that, at first glance, could be mistaken for being written in blood—quite ominous.
This place was probably the heart of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, surrounded only by dense jungle and the unidentified chirping of insects and birds. Due to the lushness of the woods, not even sunlight could penetrate, creating an exceedingly sinister atmosphere.
Yeguo got down from the carriage to take a further look, and just as he stepped down, Xia Dabao suddenly cried out.
A green snake had somehow slithered into the carriage; it was now hissing and staring at her. Anxious, she grabbed the snake at the “seven inches,” rigidly shook it, and the snake was smashed into two, falling motionless outside.
“That was close. If it weren’t for my Martial Arts, or if they weren’t powerful, I would’ve been carried out by now,” Xia Dabao said, patting her chest.
Nan Feng held Axian tightly and admonished Xia Dabao, “Be careful!”
“Yeah, I got it, mom!”
As if manipulated by someone behind the scenes, upon the snake’s death, a swarm of Poisonous Bees suddenly flew out from the surrounding jungle. They formed a massive curtain, blanketing the sky and rushing towards Yeguo and the others.
Not good!
Nan Feng was about to yell at Yeguo to duck back into the carriage when he suddenly pulled out an umbrella and, leaping into the air, swung it vigorously. The Poisonous Bees were instantly knocked down by half. Then Yeguo took out a fire starter and lit the umbrella on fire, and the remaining half suffered major casualties as well, their bodies piling densely on the ground.
These creatures were scared of fire. Yeguo quickly picked up a dry branch and set it to the Poisonous Bees on the ground, quickly burning them all away.
He did not dare to slack; he clutched the torch in his hand tightly.
After the Poisonous Bees, a flock of bats came swarming. Yeguo pulled out a firewood knife from the front of the carriage, and once again leapt up, slaughtering a great number of the bats. The remaining bats lost formation and swiftly flew away.
Xia Dabao stared agape at Yeguo’s movements.
He had shown his lightness skills in the mountains before, but the Kung Fu he displayed under these circumstances was his true skill, incredibly fast, reaching the speed of lightning.
After watching for a while, she turned around, only to suddenly discover a green, grotesque insect crawling on her leg. It was disgusting, just like the one she saw at Bei Shan, the flower-picking thief’s place. Disgusted, she flung the insect off and crushed it with her foot, the insect instantly pulverised.
And with the insect’s death, a voice came out from the jungle, “Who is it, who dared to kill my precious insect? Show yourself, I will never forgive you!”
That voice…