There are many types of plants on the banks of Linzhong Lake.
There are low shrubs such as jasmine, four-flowered thorns, and hydrangeas, tall trees such as weeping willows, bodhi trees, and laurels, as well as numerous vines such as bougainvillea, black-eyed flower, and fuxiang.
The intertwined branches and overlapping flowers and leaves formed a dense protective net over the forest, blocking the light of the bright moon in mid-air, turning the forest into a dark and cold world.
A cluster of bushes in the east and a cluster in the west formed a simple but extremely complex maze. It was dizzying and it was easy to get lost in this forest.
On the one hand, this forest is to prevent the restless creatures in the lake from breaking into the depths of the school, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent some restless students from declaring their courage in the wrong place.
Of course, neither the maze nor the darkness has any effect on the old school worker.
Old man Verne was holding a wooden stick in his hand and walking as fast as flying. Relying on the faint flame of the wind lantern at the head of the stick, he kept shuttling among the low shrubs and grass in the forest. Soon, he arrived with two panting freshmen.
Outside a forest clearing.
The pungent fishy smell on the fish-man's body became stronger and stronger, as if it was right in front of him.
"Shh!" The old man raised his index finger and put it between his lips, signaling the two of them to be quiet. He shook the head of his staff slightly, and the flame of the bean sprouts in the wind lamp was completely extinguished, leaving only a wisp of green smoke slowly swirling in the lampshade and dissipating.
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Zheng Qing held his breath and tried his best to suppress his racing heart.
He turned to look at Lin Guo. The little boy's face was also suppressed and turned red, which looked quite interesting in the dark woods.
"Hold the tree and don't move." The old man's lips moved slightly, but his voice clearly reached the ears of the two students: "Maybe we can see something interesting."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pushed the two freshmen against a tall bodhi tree next to him.
This bodhi tree looks like it has been growing for many years. The tree body is extremely thick, with many thick aerial roots attached to the gray-white trunk, extending upward in a zigzag manner. The crown of the tree is wide, and under the moonlight, the dark green leaves are densely stacked together.
, blocking most of the light.
The old man's movements were very rough. Zheng Qing turned his face sideways and was heavily pressed between the air roots. His eyes widened. A few centimeters away from his nose, a sleeping light bug had just withdrawn its mouthparts from the bark of the tree.
It came out. The light yellow gum slowly overflowed, solidified in the wind, and condensed into an irregular glue ball at the wound.
The swollen-bellied firefly seemed to have just discovered the uninvited guest beside him. He moved his thin legs and came close to the guest, and rubbed the tip of Zheng Qing's nose with his sharp mouthparts.
Fortunately, this insect had just eaten and drank enough and made no further movements.
Zheng Qing watched it flutter away and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. If the bug really planned to stick a needle and suck blood, he wasn't sure what he would do.
"Hold your breath and concentrate." The old man's thin voice sounded in his ears again.
The young public-funded student took a deep breath, and then his eyes immediately widened. The air that poured into his nose was mixed with the freshness of gum and the fish-man smell, making his stomach churn.
Before he could fully recover, a ferocious fish head crossed the Bodhi tree and appeared in the woods.
With the little moonlight falling between the branches and leaves, Zheng Qing could clearly see the transparent and slightly wrinkled eyelids of this fish-man, the huge, round eyes, and even the black spots and dense bloodshot eyes on the eyes.
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Its cheeks are covered with shiny hard scales, its chest and abdomen are covered with thick shield scales, and its arms have sharp comb scales.
Maybe it was because he was too nervous. The light blue fish scales in Zheng Qing's memory turned gray for some reason under the moonlight, and all the magic patterns with oily flowers in his memory disappeared.
All that could be seen was a monster covered in scales and armor.
It exudes a fishy stench.
Zheng Qing couldn't help but gasp, and as soon as he opened his mouth, a big rough hand immediately covered it.
"Quiet." Old Man Verne's voice was like a mosquito, subtle, sharp, and unusually clear.
This was probably the legendary sound transmission into secrets. Zheng Qing's thoughts went astray again, and this idea suddenly came to his mind.
The fish-man who suddenly appeared did not pay attention to the old Bodhi tree with twisted roots beside him.
It swayed its dorsal fin, took heavy steps, crossed the thick Bodhi tree, looked around, then raised its head and sniffed.
"...His...Hurry up..." Suddenly another hissing sound came from not far away, as if it was close to my ears.
Zheng Qing blinked hard, swallowed quietly, and became more and more afraid to move.
There is more than one murloc here! He was thinking in confusion, are these murlocs driving insects to catch kappas? I have never heard that murlocs like to eat kappas.
The fish-man who walked into the bush turned his face suspiciously, his round eyes staring blankly at the Bodhi tree behind him.
Although there is nothing in sight, only gray-white bark and a few insects. But it can always smell something uneasy in the air.
Not far away, the urging of my companions came again.
The fish-man finally gave up the doubts in his heart and fiddled with the surrounding bushes. Except for a few fireflies sucking tree sap, he didn't even see a larger mouse.
"...hiss...no...people...hiss..." The fish-man turned around and shouted, dragging heavy steps out of the woods again.
"A little trick," the old school worker's voice sounded in Zheng Qing's ears again, and his tone seemed to be full of smiles: "Don't make too much noise, you can turn around slowly... This thing is quite interesting.
, it’s hard to meet freshmen.”
Zheng Qing tried his best to control his somewhat stiff hands and feet, slowly turned his head, and looked through the gap between the roots of the Bodhi tree at the slightly noisy forest glade not far away.
Because there is no dense shade overhead, the bright moonlight can fall on the lawn in the open space without any obstruction.
By the moonlight, several figures clearly appeared in front of Zheng Qing.
Five-headed fish man.
Three wizards.
The murlocs under the moonlight seemed to be covered with a thin halo, and their scales shone with a translucent brilliance. The tallest murloc crossed his arms and stood at the top of all the murlocs.
Ahead, staring intently at the wizards in front of them.
The other fishmen each carried a huge package and followed it obediently.
The three wizards opposite the fish-men were wearing thick black robes and wide hoods, their faces shrouded in deep shadows.
The wizard standing in the middle is tall and looks a little fat. He has his fingers crossed in front of his abdomen and his body is straight. His fat figure does not affect his performance at all, but makes his stance appear more powerful.
The other two wizards stood diagonally behind him, holding bags in their hands and holding Dharma books in their arms.
This chapter has been completed!