Chapter 73: The giant dragon gathers in the painting Half an hour passed, and Lingxiang didn't expect that this group of outer disciples could hold out for so long. She had been in the Map of Mountains and Rivers before. The bizarre things in it would probably scare people to death if they did not have some courage. Just when she was bored and wondering when these disciples would be scared out, she saw a fluctuation of spiritual power on the map of mountains and rivers, and soon two female disciples fell out of the map. The two female disciples seemed to have been frightened. Their hair was disheveled, their faces were pale, and their eyes were filled with fear. Not long after, disciples began to fall out of the formation one after another, all of them looking like they were out of their wits. When Lingxiang saw this, she smiled in her heart: As expected. …… After the fog dissipated, the view became much wider. Everyone took the opportunity to look around, but all they saw were bushes and tall tree trunks. The strange thing was that these tree trunks seemed to be inserted straight into the ground, without even a trace of roots. Just when everyone was puzzled, the fog that had been blown away gradually gathered around again.
Banxia was about to find another wind talisman to drive away the fog, but was stopped by Liu Xia. "This is definitely not a solution. Before we entered the formation, Senior Brother Han Yang said there was a mystery. This tree is so strange, I think it must be the key." Hearing this, Long Qi touched a tree beside him, only to find that this tree seemed different from the ones he usually saw. The bark of other trees should be rough, but although the bark of this tree looked uneven, it felt smooth to the touch, as if it was covered with pulp. The tree next to Xinyi was even stranger. There was a lot of fluff on it, and there were many inverted branches on one side of the tree, like thorns, but there was not a single leaf. Seeing the fog gathering, everyone had no idea what was going on. "Why not..." Lian Qiao straightened her dress and said faintly, "Why not climb up a tree and have a look? Isn't it often said that the higher you stand, the farther you can see..." Everyone was stunned at first, then looked at each other: Yes! Isn't this the most obvious way? So everyone discussed it and decided to let Liu Xia, who was the most agile, go up. Liu Xia picked a tree that was closest to him, took a deep breath and jumped up, then he disappeared into the mist after stepping on the tree trunk a few times. Everyone waited for a long time below. Just when they thought something had happened to Liu Xia and were about to ask Xinyi to go up and take a look, they heard a rustling sound coming from the tree, and soon they saw Liu Xia's figure, but... But his face was full of astonishment! Liu Xia usually remained calm in the face of adversity, and it was rare to see him like this. Xinyi hurried forward to ask him what he had seen, but saw that his face was solemn. After a long while, he finally spoke: "This... is a tomb..." When everyone heard this, they were shocked. "What...what?" Long Qi asked as if he didn't hear clearly. "There are very few trees here," Liu Xia said, touching the tree he had just climbed. "This is the leg of a giant turtle. This is the tomb of a giant turtle, not a forest." …… Although the surroundings were extremely dark, the giant dragon's eyes were as bright as the moon. It stared at Cheng Qi and the other three motionlessly, as if they were wrestling with each other. Cheng Yu did not dare to act rashly. First, there were swamps all around. If he stepped into the mud while escaping, even if he was not eaten by the giant dragon, he would die in the mud. Second, seeing that the giant dragon was just standing in the water without any movement, he thought that it either had no ill intentions or had poor eyesight. In this case, the best strategy was to stay still. He held the two people beside him tightly and signaled with his eyes not to move or make any sound. But Awei seemed to be frightened. He was stunned for a while when the giant dragon appeared. Now he came to his senses, stood up and ran behind it while shouting. When the giant dragon heard Awei's cry, it let out a long roar, then dived into the water, swimming quickly after Awei with only its horns exposed. Cheng Qi and several others were chasing after him and shouting at Awei to stop and keep silent, but Awei seemed to have lost his mind and kept running desperately. His legs were not as fast as the giant dragon's swimming speed, and he was caught up by it in a flash.
The giant dragon slowly emerged from the water, opened its bloody mouth and pounced on Awei, swallowing him in one gulp, then turned to look at Cheng Qi and the other two who were chasing after them. Seeing this, Cheng Qi hurriedly pulled the other two to stand still, not daring to make a sound. The giant dragon was just staring at a few people without making any movement. I guess it has poor eyesight. But when Awei shouted, he could tell where it was. It seemed that it identified its prey by hearing. Now we just hope that it leaves before we hear any sound. Thinking of this, the three of them held their breath and concentrated, not daring to make the slightest noise, not even daring to make a single movement, for fear that the giant dragon would notice them. They just stared at it intently, hoping only that it would leave quickly. As expected, the giant dragon lived up to expectations after enduring such torture. It waited in the darkness for who knows how long. Perhaps it felt that there were no prey left, so it slowly dived into the water and disappeared. But even though the water surface was calm, Cheng Yu and the other two still didn't dare to move, for fear that the giant dragon was pretending to leave. After a long while, and after making sure that the giant dragon was really gone, they moved their long-numbed bodies. At this time, one of the disciples named Shuzhu hurriedly said, "The asafoetida has been eaten by the worm. What should we do?" Cheng Yu thought about it after hearing this. It was already difficult to save his life when encountering such a monster. Moreover, it was rumored that the giant dragon was extremely ferocious. Even if he wanted to rescue it, he would be powerless. It was only because Awei was too restless. It was also his destiny to suffer such a disaster. Thinking of this, he whispered to comfort the two of them. Another disciple named Shan Huai muttered quietly, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have thought about it." Cheng Qi was puzzled when he heard this and asked him what he was thinking. He only heard him say: "Just now I was complaining in my heart that this trial has ended up in such a sticky place. It would be better to have a good fight with a monster." Shuzhu heard this and said what a coincidence. He thought so too. The two looked at each other and looked at Cheng Qi. Cheng Qi was stunned. Could it be... …… The map of mountains and rivers emitted a surge of spiritual energy, and Lingxiang could not help but smile softly. She wondered who had been frightened out again. Just as she was thinking this, she saw the magic circle open, and a man screaming and falling out of the map of mountains and rivers. The man fell to the ground, but was still screaming, as if he had lost his mind. This man was none other than Awei. Several Taoist children came forward and cast a spell to calm him down. Lingxiang was curious about what he had thought that led to this. Speaking of this map of mountains and rivers, apart from the original objects in the painting array, all the rest come from the people who enter the array themselves. Whatever you think about, it will appear. Back then, Lingxiang entered the map once to find Linglong, but got an illusory object. That’s right, the secret of this map of mountains and rivers lies in the person who enters the formation. If one can understand it, he can easily crack it. However, it is not as easy as it seems. There are not many people left in the formation, but there are only about two quarters of an hour left. (End of this chapter)
