Rocks like black charcoal and lush vegetation.

After the exploration team left the ruler's lane, their forward speed was greatly slowed down because this was no longer the safest ruler's lane in the wild, and monsters might emerge at any time.

Even though the exploration team consists of nine warriors, no one dares to be careless in such a place.

Entering Dongqiu Mountain, Zhou Fan pointed to the lawn and said, "It was here that I met those five herb collectors."

The flesh and blood on the lawn had disappeared without a trace after a day and night, leaving only a faint blood mark.

The three Fu Masters in the team gathered together to discuss that this was already in the wild. Even Mao, who had a disagreement, and Song did not have any disputes again.

The discussion result came out soon, and they decided to search for the herbicide-collecting person in the direction of the valley.

It was still Mangniu Village who acted as the pioneer and walked in front, Yinfu Village was the second, and the last one was Zhou Fan and the other three in Sanqiu Village.

Master Mao Fu took out two evil talismans from the talisman bag and distributed them to Zhou Fan and Wu Shenshen.

Zhou Fan, wrinkled deeply, put the evil talisman on his left arm, which could prevent some weird curses or possessions.

When Zhou Fan came alone, he also brought the evil talisman given by the village.

The first two teams are similar to each other. Although the ban on evil talisman is precious, you have to prepare for the ban on evil talisman when you walk in the wild.

The pace of progress is controlled by the three men of Mangniu Village. They stopped, and the two teams of Yinfu Village and Sanqiu Village behind them would also stop. Since they were in the mountains and forests, unlike in the zidao, each team is only about one meter apart.

The responsibility of Zhou Fan and the other two is to be careful behind it.

The exploration team moved forward silently and slowly. When they encountered weeds that were taller than people in the road, they could not get around the front three of Mangniu Village who could only take out the short sword and dagger to open the way.

Two hours later, the exploration team searched the entire Dongqiu Mountain, but still found no trace of the cocoon.

The only change was that Mangniu Village, which was a pioneer in front, encountered two black monsters, but was soon killed by Mangniu Village and the Hidden Belly Village that supported them.

Sanqiu Village was responsible for the vigilance behind and had no chance to intervene, which made Zhou Fan feel a little regretful. The two black monsters on the front were just two gray insects.

The three groups gathered together again.

Master Song Fu said coldly: "It seems that the cocoon trees are not in Dongqiu Mountain, and there are no traces of those cocoons."

Master Di Fu shook his head and said, "Even if he is not in Dongqiu Mountain, he should be not far from Dongqiu Mountain. Those cocoons will not be too far from the cocoon trees."

Master Mao Fu glanced at the Hongri who had already set in the west and said, "What should I do now? The sun will set in another half an hour."

When it gets dark, it will not only become more dangerous, but it is also difficult to continue looking for it in a dark environment.

Finally, the exploration team decided to end today's search. They cut down two dead trees at the foot of the mountain, turned around and left Dongqiu Mountain and returned to the ruler road.

The closest to Dongqiu Mountain are Sanqiu Village and Yinbu Village, but no matter which village it is, it will take half a day to go through, and it will take another half a day to come tomorrow.

It is too time-consuming to go back and forth, and the tasks given to them by Yiluansi may be difficult to complete.

Therefore, the exploration team can only choose to spend one night in the wild. Zhou Fan has no experience in spending the night in the wild, but Mao Fushi and the others naturally have it.

Everyone divided the work and split the dead wood into firewood and piled it up.

Before the night completely came, a pile of firewood was lit on the ruler's road, forming a deep red flame.

The bonfire reflected the faces of nine people.

Master Mao Fu took out a yellow paper talisman from the talisman bag and said, "Take out yours too."

Master Di Fu and Master Song also took out a yellow paper talisman, and the three of them threw the talisman into the bonfire.

The talisman suddenly became brighter in the bonfire, turning into three dark blue balls of fireworks, floating inside the bonfire, dyeing the bonfire a little dark blue.

These are three top-grade yellow-grade ghost flame talismans.

It is a dazzling way to light a bonfire in the dark.

This approach seems stupid and may even attract some monsters to spy on it, but they have to do so, because compared to those monsters to spy on it or even attack, they need to be more wary of those shadow monsters that can integrate into the darkness and sneak silently.

The shadow monsters are the most terrifying existences in the dark night. The lowest among them is the ghosts, and those shadow monsters are ten or even hundreds of times more terrifying than the ghosts.

Only light can prevent those shadow monsters from approaching, and the Ghost Flame Talisman is even more prepared for this, similar to the small lamp Talisman, but more advanced.

It was also because they had prepared the Ghost Flame Talisman, otherwise they would not dare to spend a night in the dark.

Around the bonfire, the three talisman masters discussed taking turns to night, so they naturally divided them into three groups according to the village.

Everyone just ate dry food and water silently, and finished their dinner in a simple way.

Zhou Fan fed some dry food to the old man. Nine warriors in the three villages became dull because they were unfamiliar with each other.

"I don't know where the cocoon tree is?" The one who opened his mouth to break the silence was Yan Longqiong from Mangniu Village. The scar on his left cheek seemed particularly ferocious in the firelight.

Master Di Fu threw a piece of wood into the bonfire and shook his head and said, "I am not in Dongqiu Mountain. When climbing the mountain, I noticed that there was no cocoon tree in the distance. No one among us had ever seen the cocoon tree. However, the classics record that the new cocoon tree could grow into a tree that was one meter tall and one person hugged each other on the first day. It had a white bone crown as dense as an umbrella."

"But today we haven't seen such a strange tree, which means we may not be around Dongqiu Mountain. Tomorrow we will explore along the south and north of Dongqiu."

The east and west sides of Dongqiu are Sanqiu and Yinfu Village, so you only need to explore the north and south sides.

Master Mao Fu suddenly frowned and said, "It's nothing surprising that I didn't see the cocoon tree, but I didn't even find the traces of the cocoons. Could it be that the group of cocoons came to Dongqiu to explore food by chance? Did they go to other places today?"

No one can answer this question. The three most learned masters of the nine people were the cocoon trees, but they had never seen them with their own eyes. As for analyzing the cocoons, they could only touch the elephant by blind people.

This topic was too heavy and no one spoke for a while.

After a while, someone suddenly said, "The night is long, and I see that you don't have a sleep for a while. Why don't I tell you a story? What do you think?"

Zhou Fan looked over and said that the person who was talking was the middle-aged man from Yinfu Village. The middle-aged man had short hair and a yellow face.

Master Mao Fu mentioned to Zhou Fan that this person was Chen Shanzhi, the village chief of Yinfu Village.

"What story?" Di Fushi smiled and looked at the familiar Chen Shanzhi.

Chen Shanzhi smiled and said, "You will know it when you listen to it. If you tell me what kind of story it is before the story begins, then no matter how interesting it is, it will become boring."

Master Di Fu looked at the six people in Mangniu Village and Sanqiu Village. Seeing that no one objected, he nodded and said, "Then let me tell me."

Chen Shanzhi nodded and started talking.

For some reason, when the story was told, the person's voice changed, becoming hoarse and slightly harsh, like the low grinding sound of a rusty sword on the whetstone.
Chapter completed!