Tong Yan never expected that it was Ji Xing who was following him.
No, it's not stalking. I'm following you openly and honestly. I'm just following you.
Furthermore, there is only one way down the mountain, so it would be strange if we didn't meet it.
Just when Tong Yan thought it was a chance encounter, Ji Xing told her that he was just here to find her.
"The poor monk often pays attention to strange things and has heard about the Poinciana tree. It is too dangerous for you to go alone, so the poor monk is going with you this time."
Someone volunteered to help her. Tong Yan's first reaction was to be happy, but she soon thought that there was no need for Ji Xing to do this, especially after what happened in Penglai, she knew that although the two had some friendship, they were not in a life-or-death situation.
"Really! Thank you so much, little master." Tong Yan was a little confused but didn't show it on his face. He didn't ask anything and just said thank you happily.
Being looked at by a pair of clean eyes, Ji Xing opened his mouth slightly, but suddenly no words came out. After a moment of pause, he moved his eyes forward and said succinctly: "Let's go."
Tong Yan noticed that he seemed to have something to say, but for some reason he suddenly stopped talking. He stared at the retreating figure for a while, and then followed him silently.
To the southeast of Yunchan Temple is Penglai. Ignoring the mountains and natural moats that separate them, the two places are barely adjacent to each other.
Before the two of them left the boundaries of Yunzen Temple, Tong Yan realized that she was being followed again.
The person following me this time was very patient and followed me for two days before taking action.
Seeing Ji Xing deal with these tails with an indifferent expression, Tong Yan wondered if he recognized them.
However, Ji Xing obviously had no intention of explaining to her. He even spared no extra glances at the corpse at his feet and said more succinctly than that day, "Let's go."
After traveling day and night, they finally arrived at Penglai territory after two days.
On the way, I heard Ji Xing say that he had read about the location of the Poinciana tree in a miscellaneous article. Although it was just a miscellaneous rumor that could not be trusted, but now there was no clue at all. Instead of being blind and unable to start, it would be better to go to the book.
Try your luck wherever you go.
What is in front of the two of them at this moment is an ordinary island. It is isolated on the sea level and washed by the waves. There is no second island in the hundreds of miles of sea.
Tong Yan looked at it for a long time but didn't see anything special here. He was very doubtful that the legendary Phoenix tree would really appear here?
Phoenix wood is an ancient fairy tree. It is said that when the divine bird Phoenix is reborn from nirvana, it will burn out its huge and powerful beast body, rebuild its soul and body, and then be reborn from the ashes to continue its inheritance.
This Phoenix tree is a strange tree that grows from the ashes of the Phoenix corpse.
The leaves are like the feathers of a flying phoenix, and the flowers are like the crown of a red phoenix.
Some people say that every time a poinciana tree grows, it represents the death of a phoenix. The phoenix that fails to rise from the ashes will continue to stay in this world in the form of trees.
Nowadays, the sacred bird is no longer seen in the world, and the poinciana tree is basically extinct.
The sea and sky are of the same color, except for a bit of green on the sea level that is incompatible with it.
The two people stopped on top of the island, walking silently, and then a jar of red liquid tilted down. When the sea breeze blew by, a trace of blood smell drifted out.
Although he didn't understand what Ji Xing was doing, Tong Yan looked at him silently for a few more times and didn't ask him.
She knew that the bottle contained the blood of a monster. She saw Ji Xing collecting it on the way here. At first she thought he was using it to draw talismans, but now it seems that is not the case.
The blood flowing from the mouth of the bottle stretched out in a red line and wandered aimlessly on the island for a while. Suddenly, it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Immediately afterwards, the air around the island began to vibrate, and even they felt unsteady in the air.
Ji Xing explained: "There are special restrictions here, and animal blood is required to open the entrance for a moment."
Not long after, the trees on the island under their feet disappeared one by one. Seeing this silent walk, he said to the child, "Let's go down. The entrance is below."
Before the two of them even set foot on half an inch of land on the island, a black shadow suddenly fell over them. Tong Yan was startled and quickly looked up, only to see a black beast's mouth attacking them at lightning speed.
Just as she was about to react, Ji Xing next to her raised his hand to stop her, "Don't resist, this is the entrance."
With a strong movement of his wrist, he pulled Tong Yan, jumped into the huge mouth without hesitation, and disappeared in an instant.
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Alpine trees, jungle birds, this place seems to be an isolated place.
After a long period of darkness, Tong Yan finally saw the light again. When she opened her eyes, she saw a fist-sized monster standing in front of her. She was so shocked that she immediately took a step back.
But she didn't expect Ji Xing to be right behind her, stepping on the person's instep with one foot and tripping him with the other foot.
If only one foot was stepped on, he would be able to avoid it, but then he would be stumbled while retreating, causing his center of gravity to become unbalanced. In the end, it would be unavoidable to fall down together, one on top of the other.
The world was spinning in front of his eyes, and Tong Yan was almost dizzy from being thrown. After coming back to his senses, he realized that there was a blue sky in front of him and a human flesh pad underneath.
Tong Yan: "I'm sorry, I was scared just now."
She spoke motionless, but seemed to have no intention of getting up.
Ji Xing: "Nothing."
Tong Yan was glad in his heart that although they fell down together, they didn't kiss each other in a bloody way, otherwise it would be so embarrassing now.
The air was silent for a while, and Tong Yan said again: "Then I'm up?"
There was no obvious embarrassment and inquiry in his tone.
When Ji Xing was still slightly stunned, he felt his hand being grasped by a soft hand, and then moved away slowly and tentatively.
Ji Xing:……
When he just fell, he subconsciously reached out and hugged the person in front of him. Unexpectedly, there was a big height difference between the two of them, and the hug almost hit the person's chest.
When I think about it for a moment, I can even feel the softness remaining on the side of my arm.
After getting up, Tong Yan pointed to a fist-sized ant a few pieces of cloth away, either to explain why she was scared or to ease the embarrassing situation.
He said with a surprised look, "The ants here are too big. Just now they almost took a bite out of my face."
The last sentence was naturally false. It wasn't that the ant was really big and he was very close to her face.
Jing Xing stood up and straightened his clothes. After hearing Tong Yan's words, his eyes fell on her finger, and then moved to the surrounding plants.
Huge trees, towering treetops, giant leaves, and even a piece of grass next to them will grow stronger and bigger than them.
"This place... seems to be different from the outside." After looking at it for a moment, Ji Xing said with deep thought in his eyes and frowned.
Tong Yan also looked around, and after a while he expressed the strange feeling in his heart, "I have an illusion that we are very, very small."
Maybe it's not that they are too small, but that everything around them is too big.
Everything in this world has been infinitely magnified. Even ordinary ants that used to have to squat down and search carefully are now the same size as a chicken.
So this is the Giant Forest?
Or did they encounter some special incident during the teleportation that caused them to shrink?