Between mountains and seas

Chapter 111

"We're at sea?" Shao Jingxing felt that he couldn't believe what Huo Qing said, "You mean, at the seaside?" The smell of the sea breeze is right, but what does the sea mean?

Huo Qing shook his head: "I should have found out just now. Look at your feet."

Shao Jingxing hugged him and didn't want to let go: "What's wrong with his feet?" He had seen it when he fell just now, it was just the ordinary grass between the trees.The woods were not dense, and the trees were not too thick. They all looked thin, and the thickest one was no bigger than his arm, as if they were collectively malnourished.Even the grass on the ground is not very lush.

As for the distance, it is hard to see clearly, after all, the fog is too thick.

Anyway, no matter what, these broken trees and weeds are nothing to look at, so he doesn't want to let go.

Huo Qing reluctantly tore off the dog skin plaster, then squatted on the ground himself, and lifted a piece of turf: "Look underneath."

Shao Jingxing squatted beside him, leaning on him as if he had no bones: "What's down there—so many tree roots?"

Yes, this clump of grass was pulled up, and the ground was uncovered together, like turf on a football field.Under the turf were dense tree roots, intertwined and intertwined, like a large group of earthworms, which made Shao Jingxing's scalp tingle a little.

The roots of the tree are nothing, the root system of a tree underground is much larger than the branches and leaves stretching on the ground, especially for an ancient tree that has grown for hundreds of years, the root system is so huge that you can't imagine it.However, the root systems of these thin, malnourished trees in front of them can also develop to this extent, especially if they are still knotted and intertwined, it is still a bit abnormal.

And——Shao ​​Jingxing suddenly discovered another problem: "Well, there seems to be very little soil..." When the turf was turned over, there was hardly much soil, as if there were all tree roots underneath.

"Yes." Huo Qing stroked his hair appreciatively, "very smart." Not everyone can quickly discover this problem.

Shao Jingxing smiled happily at Huo Qing, and was about to take the opportunity to kiss him again, when Huo Qing directly pressed his head down: "Listen to the voice below."

Shao Jingxing could only lay down on the ground with a bitter face, and put his ears against those tree roots.To be honest, he felt a little fuzzy in his heart - he always felt that these tree roots would suddenly move and crawl into his ears.

But there's nothing climbing the roots of the ear, and it turns out he's all cranky.Instead, the sound of water came faintly from his ears. Shao Jingxing listened carefully for a while, and was surprised to find that the sound of water came from the ground, or in other words, from under the tree roots.

And this water is not the rushing sound of underground rivers, but... Shao Jingxing found it a bit indescribable: "There is a sound of water below, it's that..."

"The sound of the waves." Huo Qing said calmly, "Is that right?"

"Yes!" Shao Jingxing blurted out.Isn't it just the muffled sound of the waves squeezing each other!However, there is the sound of waves below. Could it be that they are really at sea?

With such a thought in mind, Shao Jingxing closed his eyes and took a closer look, and he really felt that the ground under his feet was shaking slightly, just like the feeling of a cruise ship bobbing up and down in the sea.

Now he really couldn't help but believe Huo Qing's words, they were at sea, in a forest floating on the sea?

"What is this place!" There are trees that live in seawater, such as the famous mangroves.But that's only on the edge of the coast, and it will be submerged by the tide from time to time.But the forest where they are now is completely in the sea!

"Fan Lin." Huo Qing also listened to the sound of the waves under the roots of the tree. "It's also called Fan Lin. It's born in the floating soil on the sea and drifts with the waves. That's why it's called 'Fan' Lin."

Pan, from water, dull sound, the original meaning is to float.

Shao Jingxing's eyes were straightened: "Then, are we floating in the sea?"

My God, how much floating soil can there be in the sea, in which only a single seed sprouts and grows into a tree by the rarest of chances.The tangled roots grab the soil and slowly gather more soil for the second seed to take root...

So year after year, the first, second, third... Who knows how many years it will take to form such a forest?

No wonder these trees look malnourished, how much soil can be gathered on the vast sea?This thin layer of soil was barely gathered from the waves washed from the shore, brought by the wind, feathers, feces, food residues dropped by seabirds, and withered leaves.

So if the turf is uncovered, it will be the roots of the trees, because this pan forest is originally composed of trees.These root discs form a huge cushion that allows the pan forest to float on the water.As for the thick fog around, it is obviously formed by the water vapor on the sea surface, and the most indispensable thing here is water.

"Let's go to the edge to have a look." Huo Qing's eyes lit up a little, "I've only heard of Fan Lin's name, but no one has ever been able to climb it. It's just that someone has seen it from a distance by the sea."

Shao Jingxing didn't think there was anything good about this Fanlin at all, but since Huo Qing seemed to be very interested, it must be good and he had to see it!

When Shao Jingxing fell from a height just now, he felt the ground was uneven, which made his back ache.At first he thought that there were small stones hidden in the grass, but now he realized that they were the uneven tree roots under the soil layer.Now as soon as I walked up, this feeling suddenly came out again.It looked like a flat grassland, but he walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and because Pan Lin was shaking slightly, in the end Huo Qing had no choice but to put his arms around his waist to prevent him from staggering and not knowing where to go. went.

Shao Jingxing didn't think he was stupid at all, he leaned on Huo Qing's shoulder happily, and pushed him away as if he was paralyzed.The sound of the waves ahead was getting louder and louder, the ground was already rising and falling, and the mist was gradually being blown away by the sea breeze. They finally reached the edge of the forest.

There is an endless sea in front of you, the deep blue water is perfectly connected with the sky, and there is no limit at all.The waves on the sea were surging, and Fan Lin was floating among the waves, like a big ship, and the name "Noah's Ark" suddenly came to Shao Jingxing's mind.

Huo Qing stood on the edge of the pan forest, looking at the sea in front of him in a daze.He looked too seriously, and Shao Jingxing became a little jealous, and he whimpered and clung to him, "Is it that good-looking?" The newly released couple was next to him, and he actually looked at the sea and was in a trance?

"It looks good." Huo Qing said very honestly.

"Can't you see the sea in Linghai City?" Shao Jingxing was even more unhappy, "Haven't you seen enough?" It's not an inland city, and I haven't seen the sea in eight lifetimes.People in Linghai City can see the sea when they look at the sea, okay?

"It's different here..." Huo Qing didn't realize Shao Jingxing's displeasure, and replied softly, "This is Beihai."

The name seems familiar.This thought flashed across Shao Jingxing's mind, and he threw it aside.He doesn't care, anyway, Huo Qing should be looking at him now, not the sea!

So he stretched out his hand to hold Huo Qing's face: "What's so great about Beihai, does it look better than me?"

Huo Qing was forced to turn his face around, facing Shao Jingxing's angry face, he couldn't help laughing: "It's hard to say."

"What?" Shao Jingxing's eyeballs were about to bulge.What is this nonsense!Is it what your sweetheart should say?

Huo Qing suppressed a smile: "If you wash your face, I might be able to tell the difference." Shao Jingxing didn't realize what he looked like now: after being burned for a long time, one side of his hair was scorched and turned into half wool. volume.

That's all, the key is that his face is covered with black and gray stripes vertically and horizontally, it's smeared like a raccoon cat, he can't even see his face clearly, and he has the nerve to ask if he looks good.

Shao Jingxing was stunned for a moment, and quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket.

Poor phone has suffered so much that it didn't fall out when it fell into the crack.Shao Jingxing managed to find a small spot on the phone case that was fairly bright, and finally saw clearly his face that could rival the painted faces of Peking Opera, and immediately yelled: "Oh my god!"

It's over, was it just with this face that he confessed to Huo Qing?It's enough not to scare people away!

Huo Qing watched him immediately lay down on the edge of the water to wash his face, the corners of his mouth finally raised uncontrollably, and he stretched out his hand to hold him, so that Pan Lin wouldn't be jolted and he would fall into the water: "Okay, just wash it. .” Is this going to scratch your face?This is sea water, and it will be uncomfortable when it dries on the face later.

Shao Jingxing wiped some more water on his head in frustration, trying to straighten the wool roll, feeling like a tragedy.Others courteously dress up neatly, and even prepare a diamond ring with flowers—well, Huo Qing may not need a diamond ring, but he can't look like Brother Sharp either.

However, he didn't mess up the matter with this appearance, and Huo Qing still agreed. Doesn't that mean that Huo Qing actually likes him very much, but he never said it?

Thinking of it this way, Shao Jingxing suddenly became elated again—what's the wool roll, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even if he is burned into a dog hair roll, maybe Huo Qing still thinks he is cute.

Jing Shao, whose confidence was bursting in an instant, was about to turn around and show his hospitality, when he heard his stomach growling repeatedly, and began to sing empty city tricks.

It's no wonder.He had been busy all day, he only ate a few chicken necks in the cave, and he had already digested them after a big battle with Ji.It is already very good that the stomach can persist until now.

Shao Jingxing was defending himself when he heard Huo Qing's stomach growl too, the voice was so loud that even he could hear it clearly.

Huo Qing raised his hand and pressed his lips and coughed lightly: "I also consume more..."

He hadn't finished telling Shao Jingxing about his experience just now, when he was interrupted by Shao Jingxing's wailing.

When he jumped off the cliff of Cabinet Mountain, Huo Qing didn't land on Guanti Mountain, but Deng Lin.

Deng Lin is a peach forest. It is said that these peach trees all grew on Kuafu's corpse, absorbed Kuafu's flesh and blood, and spread thousands of miles wide.

It is said that peach trees can dispel evil spirits, this Denglin should be the cleanest place.But maybe the peach tree that absorbs the flesh is a little mutated, and there are indeed no strange beasts in the woods, but that's because - they were all swallowed up by Deng Lin, and Huo Qing could even walk a few steps to a bone, all of them It was left by various beasts.

As a living person, Huo Qing was of course also "warmly welcomed" by Deng Lin. If he didn't have a gold-type superpower and naturally restrained himself from these trees, he might have died in the forest like those strange beasts up.

Because time flows differently in different places, Huo Qing spent longer in Deng Lin than Shao Jingxing in Guanti Mountain, and he didn't have Shao Jingxing's supernatural ability, so he only survived with a piece of Muhe biscuit in his pocket Looking at the bright red and moist peaches on the branches but not being able to eat them, it was a double torture both mentally and physically.

Huo Qing didn't mean to explain it to Shao Jingxing in detail. He was never a person who liked to show off his achievements. In his opinion, it was a mistake for him to jump off the cliff but not catch up with Shao Jingxing.

But Shao Jingxing knew Huo Qing well, and seeing what he said so lightly, there must be a thrill behind it: "By the way, you haven't finished talking just now. You jumped off the cliff, where did you go?"

"Deng Lin." Huo Qing wanted to sum it up, "Let's think about what to eat first."

Shao Jingxing's attention was immediately diverted: "Then what do you eat?" There probably won't be any living things in this pan forest, right?

"Eat... fish?" Huo Qing didn't know what to eat in this place.This kind of extensive forest may at most have seabirds resting their feet when passing by.In addition, there may be insects?

However, he also knew that Shao Jingxing would never eat bugs. Huo Qing looked at the boundless sea outside the forest, and decided to take off his clothes and jump down to see if there were any fish to catch.

But Shao Jingxing patted his thigh: "By the way, fish! Or shells are also fine. Come, come, help."

Huo Qing watched him start to lift the turf, and couldn't help being a little dazed: "What are you doing?" Seeking fish?

"Of course it's to see if there are any fish!" Shao Jingxing happily peeled off a piece of turf to reveal the roots of the trees underneath, "I tell you, most of the things that drift in the sea will have some marine life gather here." The reason is Seek shelter from other predators.

There was less soil on the edge of the pan forest, Shao Jingxing carefully lifted the turf, and the rippling sea water could already be seen between the roots of the trees below.He put his hand in, touched it for a while, and then grabbed a few mussels: "Look!"

Maybe Fanlin has never "caught the sea" here. The parasitic mussels and oysters on the tree roots grow big and fat, and you can harvest something by reaching out and digging out.

Not only that, Shao Jingxing also caught a few palm-length prawns, the pinkish shell was almost transparent, and the white and tender meat inside could be seen.

"Oh, it's a pity that this can't be eaten raw..." Shao Jingxing thought of the taste of sashimi dipped in mustard, and felt that his saliva was about to flow down.Such fresh shrimp and shellfish...

Huo Qing silently followed Shao Jingxing's example and stretched out his hands to break off the firmly adhered oysters from the tree roots.A mass of oysters stuck together almost the size of a football could hardly be lifted from between the roots of the tree without breaking them open.

He is actually not a native of Linghai. He lived in the north with Gu Sheng when he was a child, and later went to university in the capital.That is to say, after graduating from university, Gu Sheng went to Linghai to form the third action group, and then he went to Linghai.However, at that time, he was busy going in and out of the world of mountains and seas, and he didn't even have a rest day, so how could he have time to experience the fun of "rushing to the sea"?

And in the world of mountains and seas, he has encountered forests, mountains, lakes, rivers and swamps, but he has never encountered the sea.So it was only now that he discovered that his own knowledge was so obviously lacking.

"There must be fish here." Shao Jingxing was enjoying himself, "Hey, why don't you make a fishing rod to fish? These may not be enough for us to eat."

So Huo Qing quietly went to make a fishing rod.

For him, this is very simple, a metal hook and a metal pole, and then a thread of mountain spider silk, hang a little shellfish on the hook, and throw it into the sea.

Soon, the fish will bite the hook.

A two-foot-long fish was brought up, with light yellow stripes on its silver body, which looked a bit like a tuna.It's just that it was still in the air, and a dark green liquid suddenly spewed out from the fish's mouth.Huo Qing turned sideways, and the pool of liquid fell on the blades of grass, immediately corroding the green blades of grass into brown spots.

It's not highly poisonous, it's not a supernatural creature, and it looks delicious.After silently sorting the fish, Huo Qing knocked the fish unconscious with a punch and threw it on the ground.

He was fishing here silently, but Shao Jingxing yelled from behind: "Another shrimp... Hey, there are crabs! Ah Qing, we can eat grilled crabs!"

Huo Qing was so noisy that he couldn't even catch fish, so he had to look back at him: "Are there any crabs?"

"Yes!" Shao Jingxing cheerfully raised a blue-gray creature with eight flailing legs at him, "Look! It's so big!"

A few minutes later, a fire was set up on the grass.

The crab was put on the fire with its shell attached, and it turned red in a while.When the carapace was lifted, there were chunks of orange-red crab paste inside, lining the snow-white meat, emitting a tangy aroma.

"This one is a bit troublesome to eat. If there are eight pieces of crabs, then—" Shao Jingxing didn't finish his sentence, and Huo Qing had already handed him a hammer, an axe, scissors, and a spoon.

"...It would be even better with ginger and vinegar."

Huo Qing really wanted to give him a break.

Shao Jingxing chuckled, and swiftly pried the biggest crab away.His hands were very fast, and within a few strokes, the crab bucket was full of meat, and he pushed it in front of Huo Qing's eyes: "Here."

Huo Qing coughed lightly: "You eat, I will do it myself."

"You definitely won't share." Shao Jingxing simply scooped up a spoonful and brought it to Huo Qing's mouth.I also know that Huo Qing will definitely not eat something that is troublesome to eat like crab.For him, if he has this time, he might as well go to training or read materials.In fact, Huo Qing also knew that there were hammers and axes in the eight crabs, so Shao Jingxing thought it was very rare.

Thinking about Huo Qing's previous life, Shao Jingxing really felt that it was too late to meet each other.If he had known Huo Qing earlier, wouldn't he be able to take Huo Qing to eat, drink and have fun while he still had money?

But it doesn't seem too late now, at least the food in the world of mountains and seas is really delicious, he can make delicious food for Huo Qing, so that he no longer has to eat beef and fish jerky!