Chapter 508 Where is this?
Southern Xinjiang is a very large area, not much smaller than the Central Plains. However, there are lush vegetation in the valleys and there is not much suitable farmland at all. In addition, snakes, insects, rats and ants are everywhere, so it is no wonder that the people of Southern Xinjiang are Always peek into the Central Plains.
Theoretically, you can reach Southern Xinjiang by going west or south from Qingyang Town, but if you go west, you will enter a mysterious forest.
This forest extends all the way from southern Xinjiang. As you can tell from the name, it is basically like a maze. Even locals cannot get out if they go too deep, let alone outsiders.
If Ning Xianer and the others really go to the west, they might crash into it. No matter how high your martial arts skills are, it will be useless if you can't get out.
Yang Yiyi didn't know the local situation and didn't know what Wu Shaoyi was worried about, so she immediately asked the waiter: "Have a group of people from southern Xinjiang passed by?"
"People from southern Xinjiang? I've never seen them before. They generally don't come to Qingyang Town. Most of them are active at the border."
Compared to Ning Xianer and the others, the people from Southern Xinjiang walked more quietly. After asking a few more questions, the waiter couldn't think of anything useful, so he had no choice but to give up.
At this time, Qin Yan, who had just separated, came back again, and Yang Yiyi quickly asked her to sit down and drink porridge.
However, Qin Yan didn't seem to be in much of a mood to eat. She sat at the table and whispered: "I asked some local thieves and they said they had seen my elder brother and a group of people coming from outside Qingyang Town. go through."
The Sixteenth Village has a good relationship with thieves in many places. Zhou Yuxuan has been out and about all year round, and many people know him. So when he appeared nearby, he was immediately recognized.
"Going west?"
"Why do you think it's going west? Those thieves secretly said it was going south."
"Ah? But the waiter in the shop just told us that he saw a group of Jianghu people heading west with murderous intent."
Qin Yan was also confused by this sentence.
There were people from the Sixteenth Village in Ning Xianer's team, and they would definitely ask the local thieves if they had seen Zhou Yuxuan. In fact, when Qin Yan was asking about this, the local thieves also said that they had seen Zhou Yuxuan not long ago. People from the Sixteenth Village asked.
This is strange. Knowing that Zhou Yuxuan went south, why did Ning Xianer continue to chase him west?
"I guess Ning Nuxia may be planning to take a shortcut to contain them. The heroes around her may have divided their forces on the road, trying to block the Southern Xinjiang people before they return to Southern Xinjiang."
Wu Shaoyi's guess was reasonable. After all, it was better to go around to block people than to chase after them from behind.
"But where do we go to catch up with them?"
Ning Xianer can divide his troops into several groups, but Yang Yiyi and the others only have three of them. If they go in the wrong direction, they may not be able to catch up.
Wu Shaoyi thought for a moment and said:
"Let's go west too. Compared to the Southern Xinjiang people who are secretive and difficult to figure out their whereabouts, Ning Nuxia's team is more conspicuous and easier to follow."
This is a fact. People from Southern Xinjiang are bound to hide their heads when they move in the Central Plains. This time, they were lucky. Some thieves noticed Zhou Yuxuan in the team of Southern Xinjiang people. They may not have such good luck next time. Following them may lead to trouble. Chasing lost.
Qin Yan actually wanted to go southwest to chase Zhou Yuxuan, but she had to admit that Wu Shaoyi was right.
She was confused when she was concerned, and she would have gotten angry a long time ago, otherwise she would not have dragged her body that had not fully recovered to pursue him.
Wu Shaoyi also knew this. Seeing that Qin Yan was very hesitant, she added:
"Anyway, let's go to the fishing village mentioned by the waiter first and ask. If it's difficult to chase, then we can change the route and go south."
Yang Yiyi remained as before, thinking about nothing.
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After a quick breakfast, the three of them immediately set off again, leaving Qingyang Town and walking westward along the road.
Although there was no means of transportation, the three of them had martial arts skills with them. Wu Shaoyi, who was most likely to be the hindrance, used her internal strength to move her wheelchair and ran faster than Qinggong. Therefore, the three of them found the fishing village mentioned by the waiter without much effort.
The village is not big, with only a few hundred people by visual inspection. When you enter the village, you can see that every household has fishing nets hanging out. It is obviously a place where fishing is the industry. Yang Yiyi and the others arrived just in time. As soon as they entered the village, they saw an old man driving a donkey cart ready to leave the village. There were some fruits, vegetables and fresh fish on the cart. It was obvious at a glance that they were sent to the city.
"Old man, wait a minute, we have something to ask you."
When he stepped forward to ask, he happened to be Lao Yangtou, who delivered food to the city every day. It was he who told the waiter that he saw a large group of Jianghu people passing by the village entrance.
It's a good thing that we were able to find the witnesses so smoothly, but the information from the witnesses was pretty much the same as what the waiter said. At most, there were some slight differences in details.
And when talking about this, the old man was very frightened. He lit the dry tobacco pole with trembling words as he said it.
After all, they are ordinary people who live their daily lives. As soon as they go out, they see hundreds of Jianghu people passing by with weapons in their hands, and they all look murderous. It would be strange not to be shocked.
Probably because Yang Yiyi and the others are all women, and their looks are not bad, and they don't look evil, so the old man is less defensive and tells everything when asked.
At the end, he added:
"If you go further west, you should reach the Lost Forest. The three heroines must not go in, otherwise it will be easy to enter but difficult to come out."
"Thank you, old man. We know."
We arrived at the place but couldn’t get any more information. What should we do?
Keep chasing.
Fortunately, it has only been two days, and it has not rained in these two days, so the footprints and everything are still there.
Yang Yiyi and the others left the fishing village and followed the direction pointed by the old man. Along the way, they could see many footprints in the fields, which could barely be regarded as road signs that could guide the direction.
Wu Shaoyi specially brought a map from home, which clearly marked the location of the Lost Forest, which was still a bit far away from them.
The three of them briefly discussed it and continued to follow the footprints for a while until they got to the outside of the Lost Forest to have another look.
If Ning Xianer and the others enter the Lost Forest, they will turn south. If not, continue chasing and go to the next town to inquire.
With a map in hand, it was broad daylight, and the sun was very clear, so it was not difficult to identify the direction. There were also footprints on the road that served as clues. It stands to reason that there would be no problems in pursuing them all the way.
However, if there is no problem, there will still be a problem.
Yang Yiyi looked at the surrounding tree crowns that were blocking the sky and sun, and sighed:
"Where is this..."
Originally, they followed the footprints into a sparse forest. Wu Shaoyi looked at the map and confirmed that it was quite far away from the Lost Forest, so the three of them continued to follow the footprints.
However, unknowingly, they walked deeper and deeper. When they found out, there was no longer any river flowing by, nor any farmland or official roads, only dense bushes and lush trees.
The canopy of the trees is so big that it almost blocks out the sky and the sun, as if the sky suddenly becomes overcast.
At this time, Qin Yan came down from the tree:
"Our direction is correct, but on the map..."
"This wood is not marked on the map."
Wu Shaoyi held the map and was also confused.
I obviously followed the map and didn't lose my way. Where did this dense forest come from?
What's even worse is that the three of them immediately discovered that they couldn't get out.
(End of chapter)