Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 215: The Parrot Plant
After Pei Nai finished wiping her spear, Gu Jinheng handed her the food and opened the leather bottle of water beside her. "I didn't expect to spend so much time here, and I had to trouble you to rescue me. I didn't prepare any easy-to-eat food, so it will be a little dry and you may have to swallow it with water."

"We didn't bring any food other than dry rations, isn't it all the same? I'm not spoiled." Pei Nai wiped his hands and put the food into his mouth.

Gu Jinheng helped her tuck her hair behind her ears, and did not say anything for fear of disturbing her while eating.

Halfway through, Han Ruize and the others called Gu Jinheng over because they heard some movement on the other side of the block and wanted him to use his Dan Dao divine energy to check whether it was safe.

Pei Nai ate very quickly and finished his meal in a short while.

She had expended a lot of energy today and was extremely sleepy. After cleaning up, Pei Nai found a clean place, used the bundle as a pillow, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Not long after, someone patted her gently and asked in her ear: "Nell, can I hold you while you sleep?"

Pei Nai recognized it as Gu Jinheng's voice, but without opening his eyes, he just hummed in his sleep.

Soon she was embraced and fell into the familiar chest.

Pei Nai curled up and found a comfortable position, leaning on his arm, and fell into a deep sleep with the light scent of ambergris on his body.

After a good night's sleep, Pei Nai was in a very good mood when he woke up and saw Gu Jinheng's handsome face.

We packed our bags and set off again.

Continuing up to the 82nd block, the road was smooth and unobstructed. The corridor to the 83rd block was a long uphill section, so long that Pei Nai began to doubt his memory.

In the end, the road was even as straight as a skylight, and they needed to climb up by stepping on the stone walls on both sides.

Finally reaching the top of the corridor, a whole forest of dim light appeared before my eyes, with trees and flowers glowing and sparkling.

This place is not open to the sky, but it covers a large area. It is the largest block on the map. There may be other larger blocks within the territory of Lu State, but the path indicated by the map will not pass through them.

The branches are spread out and the leaves are swaying.

Among the dense vegetation, buds of light are sprouting green, the sounds of the forest and the melodies of springs are heard, and evenly distributed water falls from the sky, gurgling and flowing aimlessly.

It's another block that seems like a dream.

The plants around them were all very tall, hiding their figures. There were many trees shaking in the jungle, as if some living creatures were moving around.

Pei Nai looked at Gu Jinheng, and sure enough, he looked over and made a gesture to keep quiet.

Everyone was already familiar with each other's gestures and kept silent.

Ju Liancheng pointed in the direction and everyone walked along the path.

After walking for a while, there was a violent noise in front of the right. It was extremely noisy, with the sound of hissing snakes, falling trees, and hoarse, mocking howls.

Han Ruize and Gu Jinheng were at a higher altitude, so they adjusted their position slightly and were able to see clearly what was happening in the distance.

"What is it?" Pei Nai asked in a low voice.

Everyone was taller than her, but she was the only one who didn't understand why and felt anxious. She didn't dare to jump for fear that the sound of landing would be too loud.

Gu Jinheng lowered his eyes to look at her, squatted a little, and picked her up from the waist with both hands. Pei Nai was lifted into the air with the help of the force and saw the scene in the distance.

A one-eyed giant python similar to the one in the Twenty-One Domain was being surrounded and bitten by three deformed monsters.

The Cyclops python twisted its body, crawled and trembled continuously, and fought back with its sharp fangs.

A melee between primitive creatures in a secret realm.

After seeing the situation clearly, Pei Nai prepared to let Gu Jinheng let her go.

She lowered her head and met Gu Jinheng's gentle and focused gaze, as if she was about to be swept away by the nebula in his eyes, unable to extricate herself.

Pei Nai didn't say anything, but Gu Jinheng understood what she meant and put her down steadily.

When it fell, Pei Nai couldn't help herself and took the opportunity to peck him on the lips, taking advantage.

His lips were icy and cold, with a hint of chill, but very soft. Gu Jinheng's ears turned red, but he couldn't do anything else at the moment, so he could only hold Pei Nai's hand.

Han Ruize was right next to them and happened to see the whole process.

His eyes darkened, and then he turned his head back.

It was unknown whether the battlefield between the Cyclops and the deformed monster would shift at any time. In order to avoid being implicated, everyone quickened their pace and took the opportunity to leave under the cover of tall grass and bushes when they were not paying attention.

The exit of the block was at the farthest end, and they finally arrived after walking for a long time.

After that, we passed two blocks in succession, both of which were ordinary stone roads with some vines and short trees appearing occasionally, but we did not encounter any major danger.

The eighty-sixth block is full of vegetation and clusters of flowers.

When they were halfway there, they heard a child crying from the left side of the fork in the road ahead.

Pei Nai's heart trembled, and he was about to go and check it out, but was stopped by Gu Jinheng.

"They are not people, but some plants."

Pei Nai was a little scared and asked curiously, "Are plants mimicking speech?"

Gu Jinheng nodded and told the people behind him: "Be careful and don't leave the team."

They walked forward for a distance, and the crying of the child stopped abruptly. Suddenly, the Wu language and the Lu language were heard again, interweaving like a conversation.

"What are they saying?" Pei Nai didn't understand a word.

“‘Where are you going?’. ‘What are these plants calling?’. ‘Go over and take a look.’. ‘This flower bites, help me!’”

Han Ruize was halfway through the translation when he heard a curse word. He stopped translating and said, "Forget it. They are just repeating what they heard in the past. There is no logic."

Pei Nai nodded in agreement. "It seems like they are trying to imitate human speech to lure prey over. They have intelligence, but it's not very smart."

They continued to move forward along the original route.

The sounds of the mimicking became more and more chaotic, and the plants even made Gu Jinheng's voice in the middle, which was what he just said, "Be careful and alert, and don't leave the team."

Pei Nai looked at Gu Jinheng, always feeling a strange sense of mystery.

But the next sentence spoken by the mimicking plants made Han Ruize, Gu Jinheng and others stop where they were.

It was a sentence in the Wu language, and Pei Nai didn't understand its meaning.

But Gu Jinheng and Han Ruize looked at each other, and Han Ruize spoke first: "Dongdan Donu, are you talking about the man who made explosives under Yue Cang?"

"There are not many people with this name." Gu Jinheng exuded a coldness, which was regarded as an acknowledgement of his words.

Han Ruize's expression also turned serious, "I don't know when this conversation took place."

"Dongdan Donu last appeared two months ago, at the eastern border of the Wu tribe." Luo Yuanying added the relevant information.

Pei Nai saw that their expressions were not right, so he asked, "What did you hear? I know Dongdan Donu, a Wu tribe expert in explosives blasting. Many of the Wu tribe's firearms and artillery stones were developed by him. Is he here too?"

"Well, there is a Wu language saying that mentions him. The original words are: 'Dondan Donu and his men walked so fast. They are so selfish and don't consider us who are moving things at all.'" Han Ruize replied to Pei Nai.

Gu Jinheng said to her in sign language: When we go to get the evenly distributed water, you have to stay in a safe place far away.

After he finished speaking, he held Pei Nai's hand tightly. He used sign language as a precaution to avoid being captured by the mimicking plant and revealed the corresponding plan.

Penai nodded.

Dongdan Donu would not come into the secret realm for no reason. He must have brought Yue Cang a mission, most likely to blow up the Yunguangshui Waterfall.

Once the uniform light water flows out and floats in the air, it will be most dangerous to Pei Nai, so they will have such a reaction.

(End of this chapter)