Between mountains and seas

Chapter 152 Blank Land

Ka Mochuan does not agree with Fukui Hidemi's reckless behavior, but he used Taiyin fox hair to enter the world of mountains and seas, and he has not recovered from his strength—speaking of which, his body is indeed getting more and more dilapidated, just to carry out space Transferring, I feel as if I have been emptied, and my whole body is a little weak.

He didn't want others to see his weakness.Even though he said they were companions, He Maochuan knew in his heart that, let alone Qi Tongmin, even Xiaosong and Fukui he found were all for their own interests.If they find that he is so weak, then these people will definitely divide up the share that originally belonged to him.

So after entering the world of mountains and seas, He Maochuan took a look around and hid aside. Unexpectedly, after he walked away for about ten minutes, Fukui Hidemi got angry with Qi Tongmin and wanted to go into the woods!

"Fukui-kun!" Ka Mochuan yelled at Fukui Hidemi's back, "Don't be so reckless!"

It's a pity that his words only had the opposite effect. Fukui Hidemi didn't even turn his head, but just waved his backhand: "He Maojun, I'll be right back."

"Fukui!" Ka Mochuan almost wanted to drag him back, but he was a step too late. Fukui Hidemi had already entered the woods, and his figure was quickly blurred in the mist.

"Mr. Qi!" He Maochuan turned around angrily, "What do you mean!"

Qi Tongmin shrugged his shoulders innocently: "What do I mean? I just think that the fog in the woods is probably unusual. I just reminded Mr. Fukui not to be careless. Who knew that Mr. Fukui suddenly became displeased, thinking that I was too bold Xiao, I'm going to find out the way myself. Mr. Xiaosong is here too, he heard everything we said, didn't he?"

Komatsu Masao also frowned and nodded to He Maochuan, saying that Qi Tongmin was telling the truth.Although somewhat underestimating Fukui, Hidemi Fukui's temper is really too impatient, not like a ninja should have a temperament.

"Look—" Qi Tongmin spread his hands, "Fortunately, Mr. Komatsu testified for me. Mr. He, I didn't say that this Mr. Fukui is too restless. How can he leave his companions and act alone? Not even Discuss with you. This doesn't look like a whole, what is he anxious about?"

He Maochuan's face couldn't help but look even more ugly.He knew that Qi Tongmin's words were a little provocative, but he still couldn't help but feel that what he said was very reasonable. What is Fukui Hidemi so anxious about?

Originally, I chose a ninja as a companion, because the interests of the ninja and the onmyoji are different, so there is no need to worry about what he will compete for.But now, Ka Maochuan felt that his initial thoughts were a little too simple. Fukui himself is not an onmyoji, but this does not prevent him from working for other onmyoji.What if he was in private contact with other people?

The relationship between Ka Mogawa and Fukui Hidemi is relatively private, and most people don't know that there is a connection between them, but——if someone pays close attention to Ka Mogawa's daily behavior, it is still possible to know his connection with Fukui.In this way, it is possible for someone to learn from Fukui of his plan to enter the world of mountains and seas, and then bribe Fukui to let him...

Thinking about it this way, Ka Mochuan felt more and more uneasy, and even glanced at Masao Komatsu vigilantly—if Hidemi Fukui might be bribed, then Masao Komatsu himself is an onmyoji, so naturally he hoped more. Get more things from this trip to Zhongshan.

He Maochuan knew that he was a little too suspicious now, but when he thought about it, it was like a carriage running wildly downhill, unable to stop.He couldn't help but glanced at Xiaosong again, and asked in a deep Japanese voice, "You went in too?"

This is about the cat again.Of course, this thing is Komatsu's shikigami, and it has been placed on Fukui just to make Fukui pretend to be an onmyoji.But thinking about it now, it can be used as an eyeliner.

However, to his disappointment, Komatsu shook his head lightly, and replied in Japanese: "I couldn't get in, the fog here seems to be able to block the connection between the shikigami and the shikigami...Of course it may be my shikigami power Not enough, unable to enter the woods by itself..."

Of course the shikigami itself has power, but the power of different shikigami is naturally very different.A clever onmyoji can combine his own power with shikigami, and even produce a result where one plus one is greater than two.But the average onmyoji...

In short, Masao Komatsu is a second-rate onmyoji, and the cat is also a relatively ordinary shikigami, so the result is that Hidemi Fukui entered the forest, and the cat was kept out of the forest because he had no real connection with him. .

He Maochuan glanced down at Inugami who was following him, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't order it to go in to explore the way.After all, releasing the shikigami requires the onmyoji to expend a certain amount of energy to maintain contact with the shikigami. With his current physical condition, although it is not completely unaffordable, but...if Fukui Hidemi can find the way, it is better to save a little after all .

Qi Tongmin stood with his hands behind his back, looking as if he was also concentrating on observing the inside of the woods, but in fact, he could clearly see the change of He Maochuan's expression from the corner of his eyes.He doesn't know much Japanese, but the few words he understands here and there are enough for him to deduce Ka Mochuan's thoughts—although these people are companions in name, they each have their own ulterior motives.

"Mr. Qi, what do you think we should do now?" He Maochuan became a little irritable, and turned to ask Qi Tongmin.This matter was provoked by Qi Tongmin, so he should be forced to do something.

"I think the limit is half an hour." Qi Tongmin was not perfunctory, and said simply, "I don't think Mr. Fukui will stay there for too long. If there is no news from him after half an hour, I will go in." Find him."

He spoke so happily, but He Maochuan hesitated again: "This is not very good..." What if Qi Tongmin left them and ran away first?He brought two helpers just to keep an eye on Qi Tongmin. Don't waste all his efforts in the end. Qi Tongmin ran right under their noses. After all, Zhong Shan's specific location was given by him. What is behind this blank land? No one has actually seen it.

In case Zhong Shan is not here, Qi Tongmin just used himself to bring him in, and then he ran away, but left these people here to compete with a dangerous forest, then it would be a big loss!

How can I do?He Maochuan thought about it in his mind, but he still couldn't make up his mind.Qi Tongmin seemed to see what he meant, and smiled: "Mr. He, what are you afraid of? You still have Taiyin hair. If it really doesn't work, we can use the power of Taiyin to pass through directly."

What a joke!He Maochuan almost didn't jump up.Is it that simple to use the power of the sun?With his current physical condition, even the energy used to control the Inugami Pathfinder has to be conserved, how can he resist frequent use of Taiyin's fox fur?Qi Tongmin said it easily, but he dared not contribute.

So could it be that Qi Tongmin deliberately calculated him and forced him to use the power of Taiyin?He Maochuan couldn't help becoming suspicious again, and he refused to agree to Qi Tongmin: "Let's wait a little longer, Mr. Fukui will always have news." He has always boasted that he has received the strictest ninjutsu training, so it must be a little true Be patient.

Not to mention, Hidemi Fukui really lived up to Ka Mogawa's expectations. About 40 minutes later, his figure really appeared by the edge of the woods, holding something in his hand.

"Fukui-kun!" Kamogawa heaved a sigh of relief, "How's it going inside?"

"It's a very big forest." Fukui Hidemi's tone was still brisk, "There are some snakes and insects, but it's nothing. But this kind of creature, He Mao-jun, let's see what it is?"

What he was holding in his hand was a dog-like alien beast. The reason why he could tell it was an alien beast at a glance was because it was an extremely rare dark blue color, which was not the coat color that an ordinary dog ​​should have.

"This—" He Maochuan observed carefully for a few minutes, his face changed, "This can't be chaos, can it?"

Fukui Hideshi exposed his ignorance as a ninja at this time: "What?" Could it be wonton?

"Chaos." He Maochuan looked at the big dark blue dog with a dignified expression, "Mr. Fukui doesn't know something. It is recorded in the "Shen Yi Jing·Xi Huang Jing" that there is a monster named Chaos, with long hair, four legs like a dog, and a stomach. And no internal organs—we’ll know when we cut it open.”

After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and glanced at Qi Tongmin: "What did Mr. Qi say?"

"Well, it makes sense." Qi Tongmin nodded solemnly, "It can indeed be cut open to make sure. If it is really chaos, this thing is quite difficult to deal with. Is Mr. Fukui injured?"

Hidemi Fukui smiled quite complacently: "I didn't suffer any injuries. This thing is very good at hiding. I almost didn't notice it, and it was rubbed by its claws. However, I caught it in the end. Come out and show everyone. Is this thing poisonous?"

That's the point.Don't look at Hidemi Fukui's frightened face, but he still feels a little guilty in his heart.

Since he entered the woods, he was of course vigilant about his surroundings with full vigilance, confident that even if there was a bug crawling on the blade of grass, he would be able to find it.But even though he was so vigilant, he still didn't notice the existence of this big blue dog - it suddenly jumped out from behind a towering ancient tree. Before that, he hadn't noticed any living things there!

This really exceeded his expectations.And this thing doesn't seem to know pain at all. His attack didn't respond as if he hit a piece of wood. Instead, he was scratched and scratched a few bloodstains.

After the battle, he looked at the wound. The wound was very shallow, with only a little blood oozing out, but a little green trace attached to the edge of the wound made him a little uneasy.Although he checked the dog's paws, there were many moss-like things stained there, and the green color might be stained by moss, but he always had to ask before he could rest assured.

He Maochuan pondered: "If it's chaos, it's not poisonous."

Fukui Hidemi didn't know where to touch it with his backhand, so he pulled out a rib: "Then let's see if it is chaos."

The ribs are 40 centimeters long, and it's not known where he can hide them in tights.The blade shone with a silvery luster, and it cut open the belly of the big blue dog with one stroke.

"Sure enough, there are no internal organs!" There was no trace of blood stains on the cut, as if it was cut wood, and the inside was completely solid, not a normal dog's body at all, let alone any internal organs.

Seeing this strange appearance, Fukui Hidemi breathed a sigh of relief: "He Maojun is really knowledgeable, this is really chaos."

"But why is this thing here?" He Maochuan felt a little uneasy in his heart, and always felt that something seemed wrong, "The Western Wilderness..." Since it is recorded in the Western Wilderness, the chaos must be in the Western Wilderness Why do activities in the area appear near Zhongshan in the north?

Qi Tongmin shrugged: "I don't know about this either. After all, this is a blank land. No one knows what kind of strange beasts there should be. And now it is basically certain that the actual terrain in the world of mountains and seas is the same as that of "Mountains and Seas." The map in the Sutra does not match, let alone the Sutra of Gods and Miracles.”

He glanced at the big dog's corpse on the ground: "If Mr. He Mao hadn't been so quick-witted, I wouldn't have thought it was Chaos." It's Chaos!He Maochuan boasted of his family's origins, but it turned out that he was just a two-handed knife and a half bottle of vinegar, knowing it but not knowing why.

Chaos does look like a dog, and has no internal organs, but has He Maochuan looked carefully, the hair on this dog does not look like dog hair at all, let alone "long hair", but more like It is the fluffy texture of the long-term moss growing on the rotten wood.

Moreover, chaos is a kind of fierce beast. "People resist it when they have virtue, and rely on it when they have evil virtue." This is its biggest characteristic!

For a person like Fukui Hidemi, what kind of virtue would he have so that Chaos would attack him?For a guy like him, if Chaos doesn't make out with him, it's already a reward for him.

But of course Qi Tongmin would not say these words.Now he can basically determine what this dog is, but there is no record in the ancient books about the consequences of this kind of beast hurting people. Now it is just a good time to use Fukui Hidemi as an experiment, so as to give it to the special affairs department database Add a little more content.

Fukui Hideshi didn't know that Qi Tongmin had already regarded him as a guinea pig.Now that he was sure it was chaos, he stopped paying attention to the scars on his hands, and started talking about the situation in the woods: "There is fog everywhere, but the poison is not too strong. Of course, what will happen if you go deeper?" Draw conclusions, but at least for now, my antidote pills are perfectly adequate."

"As for the woods, the place I walked was relatively quiet. I heard some small noises and saw insects crawling by, but everything seemed normal. The only one that jumped out to attack in the end was Chaos." Fukui Hideo In fact, he looked a bit professional at this time, at least he observed carefully after entering the woods, "The woods here must have existed for a long time, there are many extremely tall trees, I don't know how many years they have grown. As for the types, they are also very diverse. , it seems that there is no distinction between the temperate zone and the cold zone at all, and even some trees and ferns belonging to the tropical rainforest can be seen..."

Judging from Fukui Hidemi's description, this forest is indeed contrary to common sense, but so far not much danger has been found.Moreover, the area of ​​this forest is hard to estimate. Although Taiyin's space technique can be used in this case, it may not be able to reach the destination at one time, and it will take several attempts.

He Maochuan immediately gave up the idea of ​​using Taiyin hair: "Since it is safe according to Mr. Fukui's investigation, we can try to pass through. After all, Zhong Shan is not far away. If we use the power of Taiyin, in case Alarmed Candle Dragon, I am afraid it will bring us greater danger."

Although this excuse is a bit obvious at a glance, but the hair of the Taiyin is in He Maochuan's hands. Of course he can't help it if he refuses to use others, so everyone nodded in agreement. Seeing that the sun will reach the mid-heaven, this is the day when the sun is at its peak. Theoretically speaking, it is also the most suitable time to travel through this unknown place, so the few people stopped delaying, sorted out their equipment, and stepped into the woods.

It was really quiet in the woods, or it should be said that it was a little abnormally quiet.

Generally, in a dense forest like this, the sound of birds and mosquitoes is always indispensable. The birds are above the head, and the mosquitoes are near the ears. Even if the temperature is higher, the mosquitoes will be more rampant than the birds.However, I can't hear any birds chirping or insects flying around now, but as Fukui Hidemi said, I can hear the rustling under my feet, as if snakes and insects are crawling.

Masao Komatsu's cat jumped around under their feet again, scraping the grass from time to time, but there were only a few ordinary millipedes or woodworms in the places where it was scraped, and they were normal in size and color. Like mutated.As for the snake, I didn't see it at all.

"This...is not quite right..." Masao Komatsu muttered softly.The cat is his shikigami, and his mind is connected, so he can feel that these ordinary insects should not be the only place where the cat scratches, but other than that, he really didn't find any other living things...

Of course, Ka Maochuan also noticed this abnormal tranquility.He also summoned Inugami to guard him, but likewise, Inugami did not find any living things other than these insects.

"Mr. Qi, do you think this is normal?" He Maochuan had no choice but to ask Qi Tongmin.

"It's not normal." Qi Tongmin stomped the ground with his foot, "But there is nothing normal in the world of mountains and seas, right? Let alone this blank land? Since we have to travel through the past, I think we should speed up a little bit. , if we stay here until dark, it will be very bad for us."

Saying this is the same as not saying it, but it is indeed the only way at present, so everyone hastened their pace.The further you go, the more towering the trees are, even blocking the sunlight, so that even though the sun is the strongest in the day, the forest is still foggy and unable to dissipate. Instead, the air begins to be hot and humid, stuffy People are uncomfortable.

Hidemi Fukui, who was walking in the front, stopped suddenly, and Ka Mogawa, who was following him, jumped suddenly: "Mr. Fukui, what's wrong?" There must be something wrong!

"Here—" Hidemi Fukui said hesitantly, "it seems to be the place where Chaos attacked me. But..." But after he was attacked before, it took him about [-] minutes to walk out of the woods, and now they have moved forward It's been an hour, and the direction of travel is not right. It stands to reason that we should not reach that place again.

Unless, they went the wrong way and unknowingly went back?

"Mr. Fukui, are you sure?" Ka Mogawa's expression was difficult.He brought a compass, but as we all know, in the world of mountains and seas, this thing does not always work, and even the directions of the sun and stars are not necessarily accurate.

"The shape of that tree is a bit special..." Fukui Hidemi pointed to the front, "I remember that it was two elm trees growing side by side." It was like a couple leaning on each other lovingly, and the branches were still entwined affectionately.

He Maochuan squinted his eyes and looked over, but frowned: "Mr. Fukui, did you read it wrong? It seems that there is only one tree there." Because of the gray-green mist, the outlines of the trees in front were somewhat blurred. Walking a few steps forward, I can see clearly that there is indeed only one tree, but the tree is a little skewed, and it seems to be leaning on something from a distance: "Mr. Fukui, you are wrong." It was a false alarm.

Fukui Hidemi's brows did not loosen, he took a few steps forward, carefully looked at the crooked elm tree, his face became more and more ugly: "I'm not mistaken, this posture, and here are the things left by me during the battle. The trail! This is one of those two trees, but..." What about the other tree?