Chapter 113: Black Wood Forest

When they arrived at the imperial city soon, the group sent their carriages and horses to the carriage shop, and then scattered into the black wood forest.

The trees in the black wood forest are not black, but because the trees are dense and there is no sunshine all year round. It looks pitch black from a distance, so it is called the black wood forest.

No one knows how big the Black Wood Forest is, because no one dares to go deeper. When digging weeds by the forest, you can often hear beasts roaring in the forest. Gu Du is no exception, so everything is unknown to this trip.

After walking for half an hour, I looked back and saw no people, and the terrain in the forest was rugged, rising and falling. At this point, I don’t know if it was going high or falling.

Dongfang Bin began to worry and said to Gu Du: "The trees are dense, the terrain is rugged, and it is difficult to tell the direction. We haven't been in circles, right?"

Gu Du frowned. In fact, he was also worried. After walking for half an hour, he saw trees of varying thickness, and he could not see the sun or references. No one could guarantee whether he was spinning around.

Feng Jiu said: "No circle, we have been walking southeast."

Gu Du asked: "How did you make sure?"

Feng Jiu replied: "I feel it with the slight wind. I often have to hide my actions when doing fine work. The sun and stars are often not visible, so I learned to identify the direction by feeling the direction of the wind. Over time, I will naturally feel the more subtle wind."

Gu Du was determined to choose Fengjiu as the guide. He really chose the right choice.

Dongfang Xia Lan said: "But it's not a solution to leave like this. Sister, do you know the direction of the spiritual wood and the spiritual spring?"

Li Xia shook her head and replied, "I don't know."

A soldier said, "Master Gu, I haven't even seen a bird along the way. Isn't it right?"

A sentence reminded Gu Du that he always felt strange, that he had never seen any living creatures since he entered the forest, and there was not even a reptile on the ground.

Li Xia asked Gu Du: "Haimulin has never had animals?"

Gu Du nodded and replied, "Since I can remember, there has never been any animal, only nagano vegetables and taro, but you can often hear beasts roaring by the forest."

Li Xia said: "That should be the Black Tiger."

Gu Du frowned and said, "Where does it eat without animals?"

Li Xia was stunned, then laughed and said, "How do I know?"

Dongfang Xia Lan said: "Maybe it only drinks Lingquan water."

Gu Du nodded, and this was not unreasonable. He was not an ordinary person, so he naturally could not use common sense to speculate. After thinking about it, he said, "Let's do it, be prepared, I'll scream a few times to see if I can pull the black tiger out."

Dongfang Xia Lan said in shock: "What should I do if I lead it out?"

Gu Du looked at Lixia, yes, what should I do if I lead it out? Will it be too much if I surround and kill this kind of spiritual creature just to make a pen?

Li Xia frowned and said, "I think it's best not to kill, but it's hard to say what the black tiger is like and whether it can be subdued."

Gu Du said loudly: "Everyone follows the order. If the black tiger can be drawn out, try not to kill, but if the situation is critical, you don't have to sacrifice your life."

Everyone replied in unison: "Yes!"

In fact, Gu Du had deliberately raised his voice when he said this, but there was still no movement around him. Gu Du put his hands on his mouth and shouted hard for a few times, which made Li Xia and Dongfang Xia Lan cover their ears, but there was still no movement.

Gu Du was a little disappointed, and Dongfang Bin said: "Master Gu, what you know about Hei Mulin should be derived from your childhood memory, right?"

Gu Du nodded and Dongfang Bin said, "So you see if this is the case. The Bitter Wine Street is on the west side of the Black Wood Forest. Whether it is the Black Tiger or the White Tiger, the tiger is Youjin, and is located in the west, so I heard the roar of beasts by the forest."

"And this time we came, we entered the Black Wood Forest from the north, or the northwest, and then walked all the way to the southeast. Maybe we walked around the Black Tiger."

Gu Du said thoughtfully: "That's what you mean, the wood is in the east and the water is in the north, but we didn't see the spiritual spring."

Dongfang Bin said: "It is true that the north belongs to water, but not all water must be in the north, but wood should be in the east. Welcoming the sunshine and sucking the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is for spiritual wood. If there is wood to connect with spirit, the spring adjacent to it is naturally the spiritual spring."

Gu Du nodded and said, "I understand, Fengjiu, lead the way to the west and go to the forest to see where we are."

Feng Jiu replied: "Yes."

Dongfang Xialan pouted and was unhappy, staring at Dongfang Bin and said angrily: "What have you been doing? It took half an hour to say it."

Dongfang Bin rolled her eyes and ignored her.

It took me half an hour to reach the edge of the forest. I could see people from afar. Gu Du asked Feng Jiu: "Where is this?"

Dongfang Xia Lan said: "It's really interesting to ask others at your own home."

Gu Du ignored her. Feng Jiu looked carefully for a while and said, "This is Jinlin Street, five miles southeast of Kujiu Street. We have walked too much. We should walk along the forest and seven miles northwest. There should be a place where you often go to dig wild vegetables."

"Okay." Gu Du nodded and agreed, saying, "Let's go."

Dongfang Xia Lan said, "Stop, why don't you carry me on your back?"

Gu Dutou said without looking back: "Stay for a quarter of an hour."

Dongfang Xia Lan pouted and rolled her eyes at Gu Du's back.

Li Xia smiled and pulled her down, coaxing her, "Be good, sit down and rest for a while, come and lean on her sister."

After resting for a quarter of an hour, the group walked northwest along the forest, and soon walked to the forest east of Kujiu Street, and then turned to the east.

After walking for half an hour, a huge black tiger suddenly jumped out from the north, with its head as big as a stove pot for ten people. Its eyes were ink blue, the size of an adult's fist, bared its white fangs, shrugged its shoulders and lowered its head, and there were patterns like talismans on its shoulders.

Everyone was so scared that they drew their swords one after another, including Gu Du and Li Xia. Only Dongfang Xia Lan was not afraid. She was not afraid at all, but she felt a kind of intimacy.

The black tiger maintained its attacking posture, neither roaring nor moving, but Gu Du didn't know who it was looking at. He was thinking about what to do, but Dongfang Xia Lan slowly walked towards the black tiger.

Gu Du and Li Xia reached out to grab Dongfang Xia Lan at the same time. Heihu suddenly roared at the three of them, and the sound was like thunder, with a fishy smell.

Gu Du and Li Xia frowned at the same time. Li Xia frowned because the smell was bad, and Gu Du frowned because he found that the black tiger seemed to be protecting Dongfang Xia Lan.

Dongfang Xia Lan stared at Heihu and said, "It's okay, I feel that it is not hostile, I still feel that it knows me."

Dongfang Bin scolded: "What nonsense! How could it know you?"

Dongfang Xialan turned his head and looked at Dongfang Bin, then turned around and said to Heihu, "Lying down."
Chapter completed!