Chapter 14

When everyone followed Situ Ping's horrified gaze, sure enough, there was a white skeleton leaning against a jujube tree about four or five feet away. The black eye sockets of the skeleton were staring in their direction. Everyone's hair immediately stood on end, and their hands holding their weapons tightened.

Situ Ping was a member of the Jianghu. She had seen a lot of bloody scenes, and had done a lot of things like murder and arson. How could she be scared by this little skeleton?

However, this jujube forest's fierce reputation, this endless fog, and this cold weather.

Everyone's heart was in their throats, so she couldn't help but cry out. Yanming Jushi and the others stopped and waited for a moment. They didn't see any movement from the skeleton, so everyone started walking again. Situ Ping was a bit embarrassed, but the others didn't blame her. In this kind of unknown environment, anyone would lose control of their emotions. Everyone was worried.

As the group went deeper, the number of bones they encountered gradually increased. They even appeared many times along the path. No one dared to avoid them, and directly crossed them.

There were many human skeletons, but there were even more of all kinds of animal skeletons. It seemed that the animals that had mistakenly entered the forest for so many years had innocently entered this strange and mysterious place. They were lost here, and could no longer get out. They wandered around and exhausted their strength, and finally lay under the jujube tree, wailing and dying.

Thinking of this, the group became even more cautious. Originally, they still had some thoughts of exploring the power of the forest, but now, they completely dispelled it. These people were originally chosen by their elders to be careful and resolute in their actions. Naturally, they would not lose their lives in vain because of a little curiosity in their hearts.

This forest seemed to be endless. After walking for a long time, it was still the same scene. If it weren't for the appearance of different bones, everyone would have thought that they had lost their way. Fortunately, they didn't encounter any danger along the way. Everyone calmed down and just wanted to continue moving forward, so that they could get out of this forest as soon as possible.

After walking in silence for a long time, Situ Ping, as a local tyrant, began to have some thoughts. Perhaps this was what it meant to be moved after a long period of silence. He didn't know what the others were thinking, but Situ Ping's thoughts were indeed moved.

The Evil Tiger Gang was originally based in Lu Town, and this Stoneman Peak was also within the Evil Tiger Gang's sphere of influence. In the past, although he knew that the Five Claw Peak was a dangerous place, he didn't know the method to enter, and had been guarding this place for nothing. Now that he knew the method, wouldn't this place be his backyard in the future?

However, the other four factions were much bigger than her. How were they going to deal with this secret area?

Or would she be abandoned after she lost her use?

Her life would be in danger.

Just as Situ Ping was thinking about her gains and losses, her feet suddenly tripped on a tree root. Her body slanted to the right. Coincidentally, they were walking very close to the edge of two trees. As soon as Situ Ping felt her body lose balance, she immediately stopped thinking and kicked in the air. Her body nimbly stood upright and steadily landed on the ground.

However, she had already deviated from the area between the two trees and was standing next to a jujube tree. This sudden change caused everyone else to stop. Yanming Jushi, Ma Xiangyang, and Wen Wenhai all turned around to look at Situ Ping. Ma Xiangyang looked at the tree root on the ground thoughtfully.

Everyone waited for Situ Ping to come out from under the tree so they could continue walking together. However, at this moment, a strange scene occurred. Situ Ping turned around and looked around, her gaze sweeping past everyone as if she didn't see them. Situ Ping's face revealed a panicked expression as she looked around again. She raised her foot to walk, but then stopped, not daring to make any strange movements.

Situ Ping's mouth moved as if she was calling out to everyone, but no one could hear her. Seeing this, Yanming Jushi hurriedly used telepathy to speak to Situ Ping, "Can you hear me?

If you hear me, nod your head. "

At this moment, Situ Ping's face was filled with ecstasy. She kept nodding her head like a chick eating rice. Yanming Jushi said again, "Turn left and listen to my instructions. Stop when I tell you to."

Situ Ping nodded again. Following Yanming Jushi's instructions, she faced everyone and then walked towards them. It was strange. Situ Ping only took four or five steps before she reached the place where everyone was standing. Situ Ping's eyes immediately lit up as she saw everyone.

Yanming Jushi didn't ask why Situ Ping had fallen. Instead, he asked, "What did you see just now?"

Situ Ping said with lingering fear, "When I stood up, I was still surrounded by jujube trees just like here. There was no difference, but I couldn't see any of you. No one responded when I shouted. If you hadn't spoken to me, I would have looked around again."

Yanming Jushi frowned in thought. Ma Xiangyang smiled and said to Situ Ping, "Chief Situ, you must be careful where you walk. If you're not careful, you'll lose your life. Lu Town's great foundation will belong to someone else. Take care." Situ Ping bowed his head and said, "Ma, I understand. I'll be careful."

Everyone became even more careful on the following road. They knew that this jungle wasn't as peaceful as it seemed on the surface. If something went wrong, they would be trapped and lose their lives here.

Situ Ping didn't know, but everyone else did. Shouting was useless. They could only use telepathy. This profound martial art wasn't something that everyone knew. Instead of placing their hopes on others, it was better to be careful.

After walking for the time it took for four or five incense sticks to burn, the number of bones on the road gradually decreased. The fog also thinned. They were about to reach the edge of the jungle.

Sure enough, not long after, they saw light in the distance. Yanming Jushi led everyone in a roundabout way according to the mnemonic chant. They were even more careful.

Nothing unexpected happened. The group of people followed the mnemonic chant and walked through the last tree safely out of the jungle. What greeted them was a world that left them dumbfounded.

In front of them was a secret land that was as warm as spring. The area of this land wasn't very large. In the middle of the land was a large lake. White fog rose from the lake. Beside the lake was a small house made of stone. Around the house were several fields with plants. They couldn't see clearly from far away.

Under the leadership of Yanming Jushi, everyone stepped into this place that no one had set foot in for hundreds of years.

Yanming Jushi said to everyone: "According to the booklet, there is no danger in entering the secret land. Everyone can walk without worry. But, for safety, I suggest that everyone move together. Follow me." Then, he walked to the lake.

When everyone walked to the lake, a burst of hot air hit their faces. They saw the lake water bubbling. Yanming Jushi squatted down and found a branch to put in the water. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he thought about how to know the temperature of the lake water. Tan Wu came forward and took out an egg from his arms. He said embarrassedly: "I like to drink raw eggs. There are a few left over from yesterday.

Now is the time to test the temperature of the water. "Then he found a cloth bag and put it in the lake water. Not long after, he took out the egg. Sure enough, it was cooked.

This time, everyone's idea of entering the water to explore was dispelled.

It seemed that the temperature of this world was different from the outside. It should be related to the lake water.

Everyone walked along the lake and walked to the only stone house. Presumably, the treasure that everyone was looking forward to should be inside.

After walking half a circle around the lake, they did not see any animals and did not encounter any danger. Everyone's heart was relieved. It seemed that the master's will was not a lie.

There were several medicinal fields around the stone house. Most of the medicinal herbs were unknown. After all, they were not pharmacists from the sect. Even the knowledgeable Hermit Yanming could only recognize a few of them, such as Tianqi, Ginseng, Atractylodes Atractylodes, Golden Sunflower, and so on. These medicinal herbs were very ordinary outside, but they were extremely precious here. There was no other reason. Any medicinal herb that had been here for three hundred years or longer would be extremely precious.

Not to mention the other unknown drugs, which should be something that had been lost over the years.

Not to mention what was in the stone house, even the herbs in the herb garden were priceless treasures to the various sects.

So everyone looked at these precious things eagerly, thinking about how to bring them back.

Yanming Jushi frowned and said to everyone, "I didn't think that there would be such precious medicinal herbs here. It's beyond our expectations.

But I don't know how to bring them back. Let's go to the stone house first. When we come out, we'll think of a way. In any case, these medicinal herbs don't have legs and can't run away. Don't be greedy. "Everyone smiled and followed Yanming Jushi to the stone house.

This was a very simple stone house. It was so simple that it did not have a door.

Yanming Jushi walked to the empty door, but did not dare to enter. Although it was clearly written in the book that there were no traps here, he still had to be vigilant. He thought for a moment, then picked up a stone from the ground and threw it in. Listening to it, there was only the sound of a stone falling to the ground. There was no other movement. Yanming Jushi then walked into the stone house with a dagger in his hand. The others also followed.

The stone house looked small from the outside, but when everyone went inside, they discovered that the area was quite large. It was like a hall, not a room like everyone had imagined.

And the hall was not covered in a thick layer of dust because no one had come here for a long time. On the contrary, because there was no door, the ventilation was good, and there was no smell of dust in the room.

Directly across from the hall was a smooth wall. The top was empty, and it felt like there should have been a portrait or something on it in the past. Below the wall was a long table and a square table. There was an incense burner on the long table. Far from the incense burner, there was a small square flat box. And on the table below the long table, there were four square brocade boxes casually placed. They had an antique look, and the patterns were not present today.

There were three chairs on both sides of the square table. They were all placed casually, and there was a praying mat on each chair.

There was nothing on the wall on their left, and there was a hole in it. It was probably a window. On the wall on their right, there were three paintings hanging on the wall. One was a man in brocade clothes, holding a knife in his hand, and riding a horse forward. Another was a scholar in white clothes, with a sword hanging at his waist, strolling leisurely. The last painting was a woman, her face covered with a white veil. Her figure was graceful, and she held a long whip in her hand, standing beside a small bridge.

The three paintings had been eroded by time, and were not very clear. Moreover, there were no words on the three paintings, so no one could understand what they meant. No one could tell if there was a one-armed swordsman in the painting.