Xu Zhiqiong was right, this was the first group of people they encountered running down the mountain for their lives.
One thing is basically certain now, they are lost.
Not only were they lost, Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan were also lost, and the group of people fleeing for their lives on the mountain were all lost.
Xu Zhiqiong said to Tao Huayuan: "We have been trapped in the enchantment array. Do you have a way to break it?"
Tao Huayuan grabbed a handful of soil and held it in her palms until the soil turned into petals and fell from her palms.
This is Tao Huayuan's unique technique. As long as the soil can be turned into petals, the petals will form a flower path on the ground and lead them out of the ecstasy.
The soil has turned into petals, and it seems that the technique has been successful.
Unexpectedly, the petals fell to the ground and turned back into soil again.
Crack failed!
Another group of people came running towards me, and a man shouted loudly: "Er Qiuzi, when did you run away?"
"It's going down the mountain soon, do you want to hurry up?"
Xu Zhiqiong removed the hidden mirror, stepped forward and grabbed the man named Er Qiuzi, and asked: "Who are you?"
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly appeared on the mountain road, frightening Erqiuzi to death. The others screamed and fled in all directions. No one cared about his life or death.
Erqiuzi cried: "Master, I don't want to do this job anymore, I want to go home!"
"What do you do here?"
Erqiuzi asked in surprise: "Aren't you the master who hired us?"
Xu Zhiqiong was too lazy to explain to him and asked again: "What do you do for a living?"
"I'm a laborer, and I came to the mountain to build a house for the master. This mountain can eat people, so I won't do this job anymore!"
While they were talking, Er Qiuzi scratched and scratched at Xu Zhiqiong and kept struggling. Xu Zhiqiong let go of Er Qiuzi, and Er Qiuzi ran away.
what?
Sticky.
Xu Zhiqiong touched the place where Er Qiuzi had grabbed it, and felt the disgusting stickiness on his hand.
He seems to be sticky too...
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and suddenly said to Tao Huayuan: "Taoer, come down the mountain quickly!"
Tao Huayuan did not hesitate and hurriedly activated the magic circle at the foot of the mountain.
The yin and yang energy was injected into the feet, and the soles of the feet did not even leave the ground. Tao Huayuan's legs softened and she fell to the ground.
"What's going on?" Tao Huayuan struggled hard, stood up, and restarted the formation, but it still didn't work.
Even Tao Huayuan's formation was ineffective.
Waves of chill lingered on Xu Zhiqiong's back, and there was only one solution left for the present.
This trick saved Han Chen, but I don't know if it can save Tao Huayuan. Xu Zhiqiong said: "Tao'er, close your breath!"
As long as it was something Xu Zhiqiong ordered, Tao Huayuan never asked questions. She immediately closed her breath. Xu Zhiqiong wanted to take her back to Zhonglang Courtyard.
Xu Zhiqiong held the Zhonglang Seal tightly, hugged Tao Huayuan tightly, and concentrated his thoughts.
When he opened his eyes again, Xu Zhiqiong found that he was still on the mountain road.
I have been to Zhonglangyuan countless times, but I still failed?
Xu Zhiqiong tried several more times. As a judge, he couldn't even go back to Zhonglang Courtyard. How powerful a magic circle had he encountered?
Xu Zhiqiong touched the sticky stuff on his body again, and suddenly had a very bad premonition.
He supported Tao Huayuan and looked around in the mist.
He walked down the mountain path, walked into a patch of tangled grass, passed through dry grass, and then passed through a forest. When he came out of the end of the forest, he saw the familiar mountain path again.
can not go out.
No matter which direction they go, both of them will return to the same place.
Another torch lit up ahead, and Xu Zhiqiong blocked the road in the middle. The woman carrying a backpack stumbled to the ground in fright.
The others just ran for their lives, but her husband stepped forward and hugged her.
Xu Zhiqiong approached step by step. The woman cried, the child cried, and the man also started crying: "Hero, spare your life, spare your life!"
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Where are you from?"
The man replied: "I am from Shengtian County!"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Shengtian County is at the southernmost part of Huazhou. What are you doing in Qianku Mountain?"
"We are coming to Yuling to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, so we have to walk this mountain road."
Xu Zhiqiong was silent for a moment and asked: "When has this happened? Why do you think of visiting relatives?"
The man was stunned for a moment and said: "Our rules in Shengtian are to visit relatives on the third day of the Lunar New Year. We have been out on the third day of the Lunar New Year. We have been on the road for two days. Today is only the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, so it is not too late."
After hearing these words, Tao Huayuan's face turned even whiter than before.
"Do you know what day today is?" Tao Huayuan asked again.
"It's the fifth day of the Lunar New Year!" the man replied confidently, and his wife kept nodding beside her.
Today is the 30th day of the first lunar month, the last day of the first lunar month.
Xu Zhiqiong snatched the torch from the man's hand, wanting to see what kind of material it was made of and what kind of torch could burn for a month.
Unexpectedly, the man fought hard to snatch the torch back. He was so strong that he didn't look like an ordinary person.
There's nothing special about this torch, it's just an ordinary piece of wood.
The man said: "Hero, if you want a torch, just pick one up yourself, and we will lend it to you when the time comes."
The woman said: "Our family can't live without this fire. Good man, please don't take it from us."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "Okay, I won't take it from you. Please tell me, what exactly did you encounter on this mountain?"
The man said: "Good man, I don't have time to tell you now, that monster is coming. If he comes, we will all be dead."
Xu Zhiqiong said with a ferocious look: "If you don't tell me, I will kill you here right now!"
The man hesitated for a moment, then Xu Zhiqiong drew out his dagger, and the woman cried beside him: "Just tell the good man!"
The man pursed his lips and said, "That's a long worm. It's such a big long worm. It's thicker than the beams of my house. The beams can't compare with it. The long worm is lying on the ground and is taller than me."
Long worm?
snake?
Xu Zhiqiong didn't understand for a while.
The man continued: "My family was driving at night, and when we were halfway along, the long insect suddenly jumped out of the forest, and it caught me and my mother-in-law on the spot.
I struggled hard and struggled for a long time. The long insect wrapped us around and ran for an unknown distance before finally letting go.
Let us run quickly and rush from the mountain to the bottom. If you have the ability, you can fight that long insect. We don’t have the ability, so we have to leave quickly!"
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Are those who ran with you holding torches your family members?"
"We didn't recognize them, and we didn't know where they came from. We all had torches, so we all gathered together to shine a light on each other. Good man, we really have to go!"
The couple put their children on their backs and ran away. Xu Zhiqiong sat on the ground, speechless for a while.
Tao Huayuan sat next to Xu Zhiqiong and found it difficult to even speak: "You thief, where are we?"
Xu Zhiqiong was silent for a while and said slowly: "We have entered the belly of Taotie's outer body."
Tao Huayuan was stunned for a while. Her physical strength was too much, her brain was not working properly, and she couldn't think clearly.
"Didn't that person just now say it was just a big snake?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "That's not a big snake, it's the tongue on Taotie's outer body. The whole family was rolled into Taotie's belly by that tongue. Otherwise, how could Taotie be so kind and let them live?"
Tao Huayuan sat aside blankly: "How could it be possible? How could it get into Taotie's belly? We haven't seen the monster yet!"
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed the center of his brows and sighed, "It's because we've been entrusted and made Taotie simple."
I really want to keep it simple.
According to Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan's previous understanding, Taotie's body is like a mountain. He can move and eat people. When he is full, he will leave.
But he overlooked one thing. Taotie's personality is equivalent to that of a true god, and even his outer body is intelligent.
He was not a huge beast, lying on the spot, waiting for Xu Zhiqiong to get closer, and then take another bite.
He knows how to take the initiative and even knows how to ambush.
He has many ways to swallow people, and he doesn't necessarily have to make you crawl into a cave, nor does he have to use his tongue to suck you.
Walking up the hillside from Xu Zhiqiong, they smelled the fishy wind, and the two of them were swallowed up by the gluttonous food without even realizing it.
The grass, trees, stones, and even the ground beneath his feet were all swallowed up by Taotie, because Taotie's outer body was so huge that Xu Zhiqiong couldn't tell the difference between his inside and outside.
After entering Taotie's belly, the Qi energy keeps dissipating because Taotie is digesting them!
What should we do now?
Where else can you escape?
Poke a hole in Taotie's belly and run out?
I don’t even know where Taotie’s belly is, but where do I poke holes?
But what if I don’t run?
Stay here to die?
Tao Huayuan suddenly realized: "No wonder I can't touch the magic circle. The magic circle is outside Taotie's body and has no connection with me at all.
Thief boy, what should I do?"
Tao Huayuan looked at Xu Zhiqiong, who was silent.
"That's all," Tao Huayuan gritted her teeth and got into Xu Zhiqiong's arms, "We'll be together even if we die!"
Xu Zhiqiong hugged Tao Huayuan tightly.
After hugging him for a while, he let go again.
What the hell is this for?
She follows me, I have to keep her alive, there is no reason to let her die.
Think of ways to!
Whatever you say, you have to get out!
Xu Zhiqiong concentrated his thoughts on how to get out. The first step was to find an exit, whether it was his belly, his throat, or even a valley. He had to find the right direction, and he couldn't run around in his stomach!
How to find the right direction?
You have to find the skin first to find the direction.
How to find skin and flesh?
After thinking about it calmly for half a cup of tea, Xu Zhiqiong thought of a way.
He took out the medicine bottle from his arms, which contained the Bone Hua Powder given to him by Tong Qingqiu.
When Hua Gu Powder comes into contact with skin and flesh, it will drill into it. After it penetrates into the flesh, a puff of white smoke will emit, and the injured flesh will have a burning smell.
Maybe the skin on Taotie's body is under my feet!
Maybe the mountain path I'm walking on is the intestines of Taotie!
Xu Zhiqiong sprinkled a little powder on the ground and looked down. There was no smell or smoke.
The feet under your feet are not skin, but the mud swallowed by Taotie.
It seems that the way out is not so easy to find.
He took off the wind bottle again and kept it with him these days. The wind bottle was already full.
Xu Zhiqiong opened the bottle of Hua Gu Powder and blew out a gust of wind from the bottle to blow out some of the medicine.
In the white mist, you can't definitely see the white smoke, but you can smell the burning smell.
Following the direction of the wind, Xu Zhiqiong walked forward slowly. After walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, Xu Zhiqiong smelled a burning smell.
There is nothing ahead, no cliffs, no stone walls, not even a big tree.
But the burning smell does come from the invisible air.
Is this really Taotie’s skin and flesh?
Why can't I see it?
Don't worry about whether you can see it or not.
Xu Zhiqiong first took out the most powerful weapon, the Star Iron Halberd.
He injected energy into it, turned the star iron halberd into a long halberd, and lightly poked the air in front of him.
It was a real thing. There was a real thing in the air in front of him. It was Taotie's skin and flesh, or it might be Taotie's internal organs. At least this time, Xu Zhiqiong found the right direction.
He concentrated all his energy on the edge of the halberd, used the secret of tiger killing to the limit, concentrated on one point, smaller than the tip of a needle, and stabbed forward with all his strength.
Like a needle piercing a brick, Xu Zhiqiong felt severe pain in his hands, and his halberd almost fell to the ground.
Tao Huayuan understood Xu Zhiqiong's intention and said aside: "As long as there is a small gap, there is a small gap, I can use the magic circle to take us out."
A little gap!
A little gap shouldn’t be difficult!
Xu Zhiqiong gathered all his energy and drew out his halberd again. The blade of the halberd thrust forward, and this time it really landed.
The huge impact caused the halberd to fall away.
No, the difference in personality between the two parties was too great, and Xu Zhiqiong did not have the power to harm Taotie's outer body at all.
Xu Zhiqiong picked up the halberd from the ground and suddenly saw that the halberd had turned into a hand halberd.
The energy dissipated so quickly that Xu Zhiqiong could not even maintain the shape of the halberd.
It’s over, that’s it?
Was he just digested by the Taotie body?
Unable to just accept his fate, Xu Zhiqiong gritted his teeth, raised his halberd and slashed forward. Suddenly, he heard someone whisper in his ear: "Your Qi is not good enough, you can't hurt him, borrow some Qi from him."
It was that voice again, the voice that had been disturbing Xu Zhiqiong.
"who are you?"
"Don't care who I am, use the talent I gave you to absorb his strength. I don't want to die in his belly!"