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Chapter 262: Chapter 263: Big Red Flower
Su Tang blinked her eyes and said mysteriously, "Do you want to go check it out?"
It seemed like Huang Guo’s eyes were filled with stars. He gazed at Su Tang, eyes shining, "Can we?"
"Shush..."
She put her index finger to her lips, signaling Huang Guo to keep quiet.
She saw that Aunt Hongguo and Uncle Lini were busy arranging for people to go to the seaside to boil salt.
Su Tang held Huang Guo’s hand and sneaked out of the crowd.
...
Sky-reaching trees rose into the clouds. Some of their trunks and branches emitted Qi, rooting from mid-air to the ground, gradually thickening to become supporting roots for the tree crown.
The vines of the trees twined together, forming layers upon layers of mesh-like structures. It was very much like a dark green underwater scene, only specks of sunlight showered through the gaps in the tree crowns.
Unexpectedly in this entwined forest, there appeared a vast barren space!
There were no trees growing there, and large swaths of vines and leaves intertwined like a sea of green.
The sunlight fell straight down, forming a stark contrast to the surrounding dim forest.
Gaiyin was squatting on a big tree nearby, hiding his figure behind the dense foliage.
Suddenly, a white figure darted out from the nearby forest. It stopped near the vines.
It stood up straight, its ears perked up. It sniffed the air, capturing the Qi. Its round eyes were ceaselessly rolling.
After a while, as if certain there was no danger around, it lightly leaped into the green ’ocean’.
Its target was obvious - the big red flower in the ’ocean’!
The nimble figure darted through the vines. Very quickly, it reached the big red flower.
Gaiyin’s eyes flickered, he carefully concealed his Qi to avoid being detected and continued observing patiently.
The long-eared beast stood up straight, leaning its front paws on the red flower, and made a dull noise.
The red flower swayed lightly, opening its five large petals, each almost the size of half the long-eared beast’s body.
The long-eared beast seemed a bit anxious, straining its rear paws and stretching its neck, trying to pluck the fruit in the middle of the red flower.
"Rustle..." 𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
A sound of leaves rubbing against each other rang out. The sound wasn’t very obvious but it was enough for it to be alert!
The long-eared beast moved its ears, abruptly turning its head, staring blankly in a direction.
After a long while, there was nothing...
The long-eared beast turned back, continuing its efforts to reach the fruit in the middle of the red flower.
What it didn’t see was that the vines on the ground, which had been still, seemed to come to life and were quietly moving towards it.
On the delicate petals of the red flower, basking in the sunlight, you could faintly see several rows of backwards-facing spikes suddenly standing on end!
The petals slowly prepared to close, and those vines also increased their speed to twine around the long-eared beast.
By the time the long-eared beast realized something was wrong and tried to retreat, the petals of the red flower suddenly tightened, wrapping the beast’s entire upper body!
The startled long-eared beast frantically started struggling, its hind legs pushing against the ground while its upper body trying to force itself out.
The red flower, pulled by the struggling beast, swayed from side to side. The stem that held the flower showed signs of splitting.
At this moment, the remaining vines, as if under control, lunged at the long-eared beast like claws, tightly entwining it.
Gradually, the long-eared beast stopped moving.
