Chapter 685 Quiet River
Everyone's eyes were focused on Wu Xian, who explained at a rapid pace.
"I decided to go with him for three reasons."
"First, the extradition person has chains on his feet. Chains are a symbol in the blessed land. If they appear on evil spirits, it usually means that the evil spirits are bound by rules. The extradition person has chains on his feet, which means that he will act according to the rules."
"Secondly, the extradition officer just said that each of us can only see him once. That means if we reject him this time, we may not be able to see him next time even if he shows up. This way will be ruined!"
"Third, listen carefully, is there any sound of gong coming from above?"
Everyone's expression changed slightly, and they all held their breath and listened carefully.
Dang~dang~
The familiar gong sound and slow rhythm were exactly the gong sounds of the red lantern team. However, everyone's attention was just on the extradition of the person, so they ignored the existence of the gong sound.
"The gong sounds are still going on, which means that Red Lantern and the old evildoer are also rushing over here. We don't have much time left!"
These three reasons are not enough to convince everyone, but they are enough to convince most people. No one wants to stay here alone and wait to die.
Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, Wu Xian began to give them supplementary lessons, using his experience of traveling to the blessed land to give them a heads-up for possible dangers.
"Before we take action, there are some things you need to remember."
"First of all, this river is a ghost river. Anything can happen there. Sneaky things may try to lure you into breaking the rules, so we must not look down until the extraditionist makes a request!"
"Secondly, as we just said, each person can only see the extraditee once. I don't know how this 'once' is divided. Maybe if we just turn our heads and look back, we won't be able to see the extraditee. So when we are marching, we should try not to take our eyes off the extraditee."
"Again... there is a lot of fog on the river. We are on the road and can only rely on ourselves. If you find that others are missing, you must stay calm and don't act impulsively."
Three minutes was not a long time. Before Wu Xian could finish his words, the extradition officer had already turned around and walked slowly towards the depths of the foggy river.
Wu Xian was the first to follow.
The surface of the river was undulating, and Wu Xian's body swayed slightly when he stepped on it. Just like Lan Xuan said, it was not easy to maintain balance.
However, Wu Xian quickly adapted.
His 'Fire Kick' requires a very high sense of balance, and he can easily deal with this level of imbalance.
There seems to be an invisible air wall between the soles of the shoes and the water surface, and the soles of the shoes will not come into contact with the river water. Therefore, there is no need to worry about water entering the shoes and causing the socks to stick to your feet.
Even though he couldn't touch the water, there was still a chill coming up from below, making Wu Xian's feet cold, as if he was wearing thin cloth shoes and walking on the streets in the north in winter.
Lan Xuan did not mention this, perhaps because she was blocked by the "fairy's foot binding".
After Wu Xian left, others also went into the water one after another.
At the beginning, everyone walked smoothly. Apart from the feeling of their feet, nothing strange happened. The guide didn't walk fast, so everyone could keep up easily.
But as he walked, General Huang Yuan exclaimed.
"Ah, something is licking my feet. It's so disgusting... It went straight through my shoes. The tongue is at least a foot long."
Wu Xian suddenly felt a chill.
Since they entered the blessed land, no one has washed their feet!
The focus of others was not as strange as Wu Xian's, but they also forced themselves not to look at the situation under Huang Yuanjiang's feet.
In fact, Huang Yuanjiang didn't want to say it, but he got goose bumps all over his body from being licked. If he didn't tell everyone to vent his feelings, he would not be able to help but look down.
"It's climbing up, it's about to climb up!" The second victim was Guo Xiake, but from his words, it was unclear what was climbing up.
Fan Qingyue also screamed softly, but her scream sounded a little excited.
Fortunately, Wu Xian had warned everyone in advance, so even though everyone was in a panic due to different shocks and harassment, they all kept moving forward at a constant speed and resisted the urge to look down.
As for Wu Xian, nothing was bothering him.
But there was nothing, which made Wu Xian sweat on his forehead. He started brainstorming, guessing in his mind what was in the water under him.
The tentacles that suddenly wrapped around his feet and pulled him into the water;
The seemingly calm, but strange turbulence that could suddenly sweep him in;
Or maybe there was a female ghost under his feet, swimming on her back with him, her eyes emitting a strange cold light...
These fantasies about the unknown deepened the fear Wu Xian felt.
"I can't guess anymore. If I keep guessing, I'm afraid I'll get really scared. Let's first observe what's on the river."
Wu Xian adjusted his line of sight so that the extraditionist was at the edge of his vision. He turned his head to look left and right and up, obtaining information from what he could observe.
First, the river surface.
Even if you don't look down, you will inevitably see the river in the distance. Although the river is flowing, the surface of the river is as calm as that of a lake, with only ups and downs and ripples brought by the breeze.
On both sides, you can vaguely see the cliffs of the Valley of the Dead.
They had changed their direction without realizing it, and were now moving along the center line of the Valley of the Dead, heading towards the rift.
Looking up, you can see a light mist floating in the sky, dyed green by the light of the river.
The reason why Wu Xian and others could not see the glow below when they were climbing down the rock wall was probably because the light was blocked by the fog.
In addition to the fog, some huge pieces of flesh that looked like bloody mushrooms grew on the rock walls on both sides of the Valley of the Dead.
The roots of some pieces of meat are still connected to the holes in the rock wall.
"Perhaps when Bai Yuxin was pushed back from the rock wall, he fell on a piece of meat pad, so he was not killed by the fall, but kept his body intact. As for the loss of his soul, that is another matter."
Just when Wu Xian wanted to look away, he suddenly saw something falling from the sky!
Bang! Plop!
The thing first hit a piece of meat, then bounced up and fell into the river a few meters in front of Wu Xian.
It was because of the deceleration of the meat piece that Wu Xian could see the appearance of this thing clearly. It was a man wearing old clothes with a weird smile on his face!
This situation is exactly the same as the man who jumped into the Valley of the Dead on his own initiative that Wu Xian and others saw when they first entered the blessed land!
After the man fell into the Ghost River, large splashes of water were created, some of which were fluorescent and landed on Wu Xian's face.
The water droplets slowly flowed down his face, but the touch was very strange, as if someone was licking Wu Xian's cheek from top to bottom, and the licked areas were extremely cold.
Wu Xian put his hands on his face and peeled off a piece of ice crystal that fit his face shape.
"No wonder the river is so cold when you step on it. If you get soaked in the water, you'll probably be frozen into an ice sculpture..."
Wu Xian raised his voice and said, "Everyone, be careful and try not to get any water from the Ghost River on your body. This water may cause frostbite."
Under normal circumstances, after Wu Xian gave the reminder, he should have received a response from everyone.
But this time, the river was unusually quiet!
(End of this chapter)
