The black tail moved on the ground, and a small piece of the tail was missing. The wound was smooth and neat, and it looked like it was cut by a sharp blade. After a while, the black tail curled up and hid under its body.
Then, Atsu's ears suddenly pricked up, and its body, which was originally curled up on the ground, suddenly stood up, as if it was suddenly awakened from its sleep. It looked around in a trance and fear.
The mottled old tree wall appeared in front of its eyes, and it could vaguely see the outline of the two opposite doors. On the ground not far away, there was a familiar looking puddle. The water in the puddle was clear and transparent, and occasionally there would be a string of bubbles.
"Don't be so suspicious. This is a tree hole. There won't be a whole river of Longchuan suddenly pouring down from above us." A somewhat lazy voice came from the other side of the puddle. Atsu looked up and saw Lu Chen sitting with his back against the tree wall. He was frowning and changing the medicine on his wounds. Occasionally, he would grimace and say to Atsu, "Stupid dog, come and help me."
Atsu jumped up and trotted to Lu Chen's side. It then used its teeth to bite the cloth that Lu Chen handed over to it.
After Lu Chen applied medicine to the wound, with Ah-Tu's help, the wound was safely and neatly bandaged up.
At this moment, Lu Chen's complexion looked much better than before. His face was no longer pale, and there was a little redder. After he moved his arms and body, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "It should be fine in another five or six days."
Atsu barked twice. Lu Chen looked at it and said with a smile, "How is it? Now you know how powerful I am? I have stored a lot of food, medicine, and all kinds of clothes in this tree hole. What do you call this? Hmph, this is what you call 'foresight'. "
Ah-Tu's ears drooped, and he looked very happy. He even rubbed his head against Lu Chen's body.
Lu Chen smiled and pushed its head away, then stood up and walked to one side of the tree hole. There was a large pile of things there, which looked like a hill.
Lu Chen rummaged in it for a while, then took out two pieces of dried meat and threw them directly to Atsu. Atsu bit it and immediately began to chew.
Lu Chen looked at Atsu and shook his head with a smile. Although he looked relaxed, there was still a trace of worry in his eyes.
As early as when he was on the mountain of Kunlun, he had more or less a hunch in his heart. In order to be safe, he secretly prepared these things in this tree hole in secret. As a result, it really came in handy at the critical moment.
However, even though he had considered all the details and had even included Ah-Tu's portion, he had not expected that Ah-Tu, this stupid dog, would have a huge appetite to begin with. After he had advanced to become a Holy Beast, this fellow's appetite seemed to have increased by more than one fold …
Lu Chen found it hard to imagine how this big black dog could eat so much. However, when he thought about it carefully, there were actually some clues to the reason behind it.
When they met again after the night of the full moon, Atsu almost no longer ate ordinary food. Its favorite food was the flesh of monsters full of vitality, and the fresher it was, the more it liked it.
However, of course, there was no such condition in this tree hole, so after starving for a while, this stupid dog quickly lost the moral integrity of a Holy Beast. No matter what it was, as long as it could eat, it would eat with relish. However, the price of this was that its appetite was shockingly huge, and the food it had was rapidly decreasing.
Besides that, there was another problem in front of Lu Chen that gave him a headache, and that was how to get out.
In the past, when Lu Chen had this mysterious seed, he was extremely careful every time he went in and out of this mysterious tree hole. Not only did he have to choose an extremely secluded and secluded place, but he also chose to enter in the dead of night, so as to minimize all possible external interference.
This was because it was extremely dangerous to go out after entering this tree hole. It was impossible to detect any changes in the outside world, and if someone were to ambush him, it would be extremely dangerous.
It was precisely because of this that Lu Chen did not use the seed even though he had encountered a few dangerous moments along the way. It was only after he fell into the Longchuan River that he was forced to hide with Ah-Tu because the river water blocked his line of sight from the shore and there were many monsters and monsters swarming towards him from the river. It was really a matter of life and death. Lu Chen had no choice but to hide in the river with Ah-Tu.
However, it was easy to come in, but it was very dangerous to go out.
At this time, Lu Chen basically knew nothing about the situation outside of the seed. If … the seed was currently in the depths of the Longchuan River, the moment it went out, it would immediately be crushed to death by the huge waves. Even if it was not crushed to death, the countless monsters and monsters in the river, as long as the seed fell near them, it would basically die.
Another example was that the Longchuan River was very long, but no one knew where the river flowed to. They only knew that the river would eventually turn into the depths of the Disorienting Lands. In other words, when they went out, even if the seed was not in the Longchuan River, it was very likely to be in the more dangerous central region. Once they went out, they might open their eyes and see a monster the size of a mountain slapping them …
In short, if they had no other choice but to hide in the tree hole, the situation would be really troublesome when they went out. Lu Chen thought about this for a long time, but ultimately could not come up with a good idea. In the end, he could only put these thoughts aside.
…
This mysterious and ancient tree hole was isolated from the rest of the world. There were two clearly defined doors embedded in the tree wall, but they couldn't be opened at all. Instead, they had to rely on the spiritual connection between Lu Chen and the seed to get in and out of here.
However, it was strange. Although there was no airflow or wind in this tree hole, it was not stuffy at all. Also, there was a puddle on the ground of the tree hole. These days, whether it was Lu Chen or Atsu, they had been drinking water from it, but the clear water in the puddle did not subside at all.
It looked like this small world was self-contained. If there was enough food, and if one was not afraid of being lonely all year round, one could really live in this place for a long time.
However, the food that Lu Chen brought seemed to be a little tight, and he himself felt that if he stayed in this tree hole for too long, he would most likely go crazy.
Therefore, he had to leave this place sooner or later. Yes, he had to leave before he starved to death.
Lu Chen thought so in his heart, then he walked to the edge of the puddle and squatted down.
Atsu buried its head in eating the meat that was destined to not be full. It looked up at Lu Chen and thought for a moment. A dog paw stretched forward, but it pushed a piece of meat in front of Lu Chen.
Lu Chen looked down and laughed. He reached out and touched Atsu's head. He smiled and said, "I'm not hungry, you can eat it yourself."
"Woof!" Ah-Tu obediently scooped up the piece of meat and looked very happy as he continued to tear it apart.
Lu Chen looked at the water. A long time ago, when he came here for the first time, the water was not so transparent. At that time, the entire puddle was filled with unimaginably abundant life essence, and even the color of the water was light green.
But now, things had naturally changed. At this moment, the water was clear and transparent, and it could be seen at a glance. When Lu Chen looked over, he could still see the strange cluster of black fire at the bottom of the puddle, burning silently in the water.
At the same time, not far from the black fire, there was a spirit herb about the thickness of a baby's arm, white and tender in color, and shaped like a lotus root. It was one of the spirit herbs that Atsu stole from the Kunlun Party's Fragrance Garden during the big earthquake in Kunlun Mountain. It was called Black Mud Lotus.
On that day, Lu Chen hid those spirit herbs in this tree hole, and the other spirit herbs were placed on the ground. Only this Black Mud Lotus could not survive without water, so it was thrown into this puddle that day.
After that, things happened one after another, and there was almost no time to breathe. Lu Chen almost never came here again, so he had long forgotten about this matter.
But at this moment, when he looked at this Black Mud Lotus again, Lu Chen suddenly frowned slightly. He felt that there was something strange. It was just separated by a layer of water, but the Black Mud Lotus under the water was somewhat blurry and could not be seen clearly.
After he pondered for a moment, he rolled up his sleeves and knelt by the water. Then, he slowly reached his hand into the water, and grabbed the Black Mud Lotus.
Atsu, who was eating at the side, also seemed to feel something. After looking over, he also stood up, rolled up his tongue, and walked over to look into the water.
This originally quiet tree hole, at this moment, suddenly seemed to be even more silent. There was not even the slightest sound. Only when Lu Chen's hand reached in, the water splashed, and the bubbles rose, making a little crashing sound.
The misty green gas, slowly flowed on the tree wall, twining in the gaps of the ancient bark. There were also the two doors that had been silent for a long time, as if they were silently staring at the human below.
That hand, reached into the water, and grabbed downwards.
The water rippled and slid, and then a string of bubbles of different sizes rose up. For some reason, the bubbles appeared particularly bright and lustrous. In every spherical bubble, there was a reflection, which was Lu Chen's face.
As if thousands of illusions of the world were gathered here.
Lu Chen's hand paused for a moment.
He stared at these bubbles, and after a moment, he continued to reach downwards. This piece of water began to shake, as if there was a very slight wave, slowly surging.
But after a moment, Lu Chen's hand finally touched the surface of the Black Mud Lotus.
There was a slippery feeling to the touch, as if it was no different from the feeling when he first obtained this spirit herb. Lu Chen's heart let out a sigh of relief. He raised his arm, and when he was about to stand up with it, suddenly, his body stiffened.
The Black Mud Lotus swayed a few times in the water, and the water swayed even more violently, but this spirit herb did not leave the water.
Lu Chen coldly looked through the water, and saw that one end of the Black Mud Lotus had unknowingly pierced into the soil under the water, as if it had already taken root. And on the other side, the Black Fire, not far away, also slowly swayed a few times.
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