Chapter 17 Spirit Beasts
Professor Wu was shocked when he heard this and immediately shouted to me: "Are you crazy? If such a big forest burns, no one of us will escape. Besides, the tomb has not been found yet. Wouldn't your burning cause trouble?"
Everyone also echoed, and didn't seem to agree with my bad idea.
But I told them clearly that something will happen sooner or later if I continue to waste this, it is better to burn the forest and run out while the chaos is happening. If anyone has any good suggestions, please raise them as soon as possible, otherwise don’t delay me from doing the serious business.
Then I took the kerosene from Han Sen's hand and poured it all over the dry tree branches. Professor Wu and Uncle Long both asked me worriedly, is it reliable to do this? What if the fire burns us to find a tomb?
I spat hard, raised the tree branch and said to them, "It may not necessarily burn myself when the fire is burned. The key now is how to get out, and I can't take care of the others."
As I said that, I used a lighter to ignite the branches and asked the golden tiger to throw them in all directions.
Although the jungle is wet, the fire quickly rises due to the effect of kerosene. The fire heads in nearby bushes and hay can be half a person tall.
Only then did we find that there were several towering trees next to us that were beyond our reach. In fact, it was already empty inside. Now it was a rotten tree, and the fire burned over.
The red-haired beasts finally loosened when they saw the raging fire around them. Some of them had even started running outside the fire circle, but the rest were still staring at us.
I saw that the fire burned for a while and they couldn't stand it anymore. When I was happy, they forgot another thing - the army.
At this time, the army was captured by the Ghost Face Spider. Once the fire burned to the periphery, the entire jungle might be burned out. If the army could not escape from the Ghost Face Spider, there would be no bone scum to find.
As the fire became more and more prosperous, the temperature around us suddenly rose very high, as if we were locked in a steamer with high temperatures in Baidu, the hot people couldn't breathe.
Jinhu scolded me for being so fucked. The jungle was already hot, but now it's better that I'll be steamed even if I don't get bitten to death by the red-haired beast.
I saw that the red-haired beast was forced to a distance by the fire, so I hurriedly called everyone to move forward. After a long time of this, the red-haired beast took a step back and we took a step forward. The whole process was extremely painful.
I don't understand whether it was because Qin Xuanling kicked their companions to death or for some other reason. In short, these red-haired beasts just hold on to us and never retreat.
I saw Qin Xuanling observing the behavior of the red-haired beast, so I asked him if he had any discoveries. After thinking for a long time, his face suddenly changed and he said slowly: "I may understand what their purpose is!"
Jin Hu quickly interrupted, "What is it? Lao Qin, please make it clear!"
Qin Xuanling said: "That wooden sign is the symbol of Guigu Gate."
I suddenly realized that after we dug out the wooden sign, the red-haired beast appeared. If they were going to use everyone as dinner, why would they have to wait for so long?
Many wild beasts have always liked to hunt in groups. Now there are so many prey in front of their mouths, but they just can't move around, which is obviously unreasonable.
But when I thought about it, it was wrong. I told Qin Xuanling that the wooden signs were clues in our eyes, but for these beasts, they were just blocks of wood. They kept a lot of living people and didn’t eat them, but they had to stare at the block of wood. What is this for?
Qin Xuanling said: "There is only one possibility. This is not a place for Guigu Sect disciples to practice, but a cemetery for some important figures.
These red-haired beasts are not ordinary beasts. They are likely to be spiritual beasts trained by Guigumen to guard the cemetery. As long as someone moves the cemetery, they will come out to make trouble."
Everyone was surprised to hear this. The reason for the feelings is here!
Since this is the case, we can't waste time any more. The place where we dug the wooden sign just now was fierce because of the fierce fire. Now the fire has passed, but it's just a constant stream of death smoke.
Jinhu and I immediately wet the clothes we were wearing with water, and then surrounded our faces and returned to our previous position with thick smoke. We fought hard to bury the wooden sign back to its original place.
The flames around had disappeared, but the remaining warmth was still there. Jinhu and I stumbled back and ran back to join everyone, almost knocking the smoke out of the way.
However, the red-haired beasts disappeared soon. It seemed that Qin Xuanling's judgment was correct.
We quickly rolled and crawled out of the jungle. When we stood on the beach, everyone felt like they were reborn. Even though the temperature outside was not low now, it still made us feel indescribable.
However, when everyone thought that the army was still alive, they couldn't be happy again, especially when Uncle Long and Awei shouted that they wanted to break in and find someone, they were stopped by Professor Wu.
Just now, we were surrounded by dangers in the jungle, and now there is another sea of volcanoes. When we enter, we are basically dead. We seem to be powerless in this matter.
At the same time, there is a more difficult problem in front of us. Now we can basically confirm that the place where we dug the wooden sign just now was the tomb of the disciple Xu Fu mentioned by Professor Wu, but the thick smoke in the jungle was rolling. Under this situation, it will take at least two or three days for the fire to disappear, otherwise people will not be able to enter at all.
On the other hand, the red-haired beasts will not let us dig up the place they guard, so we really don’t know how to start.
Just when everyone was depressed, Siyan suddenly said excitedly: "It seems it is going to rain!"
I looked up and saw a large cloud of dark clouds coming in the distance, and the wind gradually blew around me.
Siyan said that we are in the subtropical zone now and the amount of rain is extremely sufficient. This situation is obviously a rhythm of heavy rain.
Professor Wu was naturally very happy when he heard this and asked me to quickly organize everyone to find a place to shelter from the rain, otherwise he would be unable to hide even if he wanted to.
Fortunately, the water source that Siyan and I were looking for was quite remote. The fire had not yet burned, and the supplies in the camp were still there.
So everyone carried things on their backs and led them down to the middle of the volcano on the other end. From here, they could completely observe the situation in the jungle.
Within a dozen minutes, it started to rain heavily outside like water splashing. It is estimated that under this situation, the fire in the jungle would be destroyed by the rainwater within less than half an hour. When the smoke dissipated, we could go in again to find the tomb.
After experiencing the thrills just now, everyone was tired. After a while, they lay in the cave and fell asleep.
Listening to their cries and the sound of rain coming from outside the cave, I couldn't sleep. Perhaps it was because I was too nervous today that I was extremely excited.
Thinking of the grimace spiders that were as big as the two car plates just now, I felt disgusted. The place seemed very calm on the surface, and I didn't know how many dangers were waiting for us in secret.
Just as I was about to take a break, a few roars suddenly came from outside, and it sounded like a human voice.
I realized that this was probably the voice of the army, so I hurriedly woke Jinhu up, told him about the situation just now, and asked him to find the shotgun.
Although we are not familiar with Dajun, we are now in the same group. Letting such a living person be captured by the ghost-faced spider and not knowing his life and death, I feel a little sad.
So we put on our raincoats and prepared to go out for a look. Unexpectedly, as soon as we came out of the hole, we were sore all over by the raindrops outside, and we could hardly even walk.
We had to retreat back into the cave in a mess again. Jinhu cursed: "I'm going to his grandma. These raindrops are too exaggerated. They don't hurt even if they hit the bullets. How can you get out?"
I trembled and told him that the sound just now sounded very clearly. The army should be nearby. If I didn't go out to see it now, it would be hard to say when the rain stopped.
When we came, we brought a leather jacket according to the meaning of Jinhu. He said that in the tomb, the yin energy is heavy and the moisture is heavy. Wearing a leather jacket can protect the yang body. It can be used to cover the deadly raindrops outside at this moment.
Jinhu asked me if I wanted to wake Uncle Long and the others to help. I felt that it seemed unnecessary to dispatch all the staff now, and it would not be too late to notify them when we found the traces of the army.
To be on the safe side, Jinhu and I each brought a walkie-talkie, opened one in the hole, and turned the sound to the maximum.
Chapter completed!