dognovel Chapter 110 Wood Ear and Silver Ear
Chapter 110 Wood Ear and Silver Ear
Treants love to find water sources to live in when they go out, and the Windwalkers are no exception.
Qingze led the group across the lake. Not only the tree spirits, but even Maoqiu loved this beautiful lake. It lowered its body and let its paws touch the surface of the lake, creating ripples. The cool lake water felt gentle, and Maoqiu chirped in enjoyment.
Lezhi, perched on Maoqiu's back, felt as if they were gliding on water.
Peeking out from the back of the furry ball at the lake, one can vaguely see his and the furry ball's reflections in the water. Behind him, there is a clear blue sky and white clouds.
This scene was more beautiful than any painting he had ever seen.
Some of the silvery-white hairs fluttered in the wind, while others slipped down from the shoulders, mingling with the fluffy hairs of the ball of fur, indistinguishable from each other.
The scene before him was so beautiful that he couldn't bear to look away, so he simply crossed his arms under his chin and lay down on the edge of the furry ball's neck.
Amidst the interplay of light and shadow, a fleeting silhouette occasionally appeared behind him, only to vanish again whenever he tried to examine it closely.
Is it an optical illusion caused by the light? Or is he seeing things? Lezhi doesn't know.
Because Lezhi's sudden sticking out of his head was too abrupt, it caught Lei Xiu's attention.
"Zhizhi, what's wrong?" A huge wing approached, casting a shadow that completely enveloped Lezhi. It turned out that Lei Xiu had deliberately come closer to see if Lezhi had encountered any trouble.
Lezhi raised her upper body, using her palms to support herself on the back of the fur ball, and turned her head to look at Lei Xiu to her side and above. "It's okay, I'm fine." Not wanting Lei Xiu to worry about something that didn't even exist, Lezhi quickly shook her head and raised the corners of her mouth, habitually putting on a smile to cover it up.
Because Lei Xiu was backlit, Le Zhi couldn't see his expression clearly, but Lei Xiu could see Le Zhi's expression perfectly.
Lei Xiu glanced at the lake but didn't notice anything amiss. Seeing that Le Zhi didn't seem to be in any trouble, he didn't say anything more.
However, from then on, Lei Xiu stayed close to Mao Qiu and didn't stray too far away.
The little incident between the two of them did not affect the speed of the group. The group soon arrived at the open space by the lake. Qingping landed first, followed by Leyou and Leting, and Qingze landed last.
Lezhi's safety was assumed to be Lei Xiu's responsibility, so he waited until the fur ball landed safely before folding his wings and landing next to it.
The outstretched arm was useless; Lezhi nimbly leaped off the fur ball's back with precise and swift movements. Once on the ground, he realized that Lei Xiu had intended to lend him a hand, but he had completely ignored him.
"Ah, I didn't see it just now. You don't need to help me. I can manage on my own. If I really can't, Furball will help me, right, Furball!"
"Tweet~"
The fluffy ball, now back to its original form, switched places with Lezhi, and now it's perched on top of Lezhi's head. Hearing what Lezhi said, it readily responded.
Lei Xiu met the fur ball's gaze for less than a second before quickly looking away. He didn't say anything, but he felt a little stifled.
Seeing that they had all stopped, Qingze clapped his hands and said, "Alright, if everyone is ready, let's set off now. We'll still need to walk a bit, so don't fall behind!"
"Oh……"
After spending the morning together, Leyou and the others were already joking and playing around with Qingze. Filled with excitement for their autumn outing, the group followed Qingze into the Cloud Mist Forest.
"We've recently entered the White Tibetan season, and many plants are gradually ripening. In previous years, the gathering team would organize to gather every day during this season, but this year we have to prepare for the hunting competition, so the gathering has not been as intensive. Therefore, our harvest this time should be quite good."
Qingze led the way for everyone, casually introducing the situation on the ground.
"Look, there's a patch of lichens over there." After cutting down the vines blocking the way, in a spot where the sun wasn't very strong, there was indeed a variety of lichens growing, along with some mushrooms. The diversity of species was enough to open an exhibition hall.
Compared to vines, which are mostly fruits, lichens are mostly edible vegetables. Although they don't have as many fans as fruits, they still have a group of staunch enthusiasts, and Lezhi is one of them.
“Wow, let’s gather some here then.” Leyou turned to ask Lezhi and Leting for their opinions, and immediately received their approval.
"Alright, you can decide for us. We have no objections." Qingze chuckled as he saw Leyou turn to ask for his opinion again.
With everyone's unanimous agreement, Lezhi and Leyou quickly dispersed, each choosing a spot to happily begin collecting.
The lichens in this patch were growing very lushly, perhaps because the environment was suitable. Besides the lamb's quarters and green leafy vegetables that Lezhi was familiar with, there were many other kinds of leafy green vegetables. Lezhi picked and chose according to his own taste and collected a bunch of familiar vegetables.
After bypassing this area, Lezhi came to a huge plant. This plant was formed by dozens or even hundreds of intertwined vines, with roots so thick that they had extended out of the ground. In the thick layer of fallen leaves, Lezhi found a fallen, withered branch with a clump of something that looked very familiar growing on it.
Nuo Teng came to the dead branch and carefully observed the dark, wavy thing. He confirmed that, apart from its size, it was exactly the same as the wood ear fungus he remembered.
After the last rainy season, Lezhi hadn't found any wood ear mushrooms, so finding them here was a delightful surprise. He picked and carefully stored the mushrooms, then continued searching the vicinity, focusing on any traces of dead wood.
With a clear target in mind, Lezhi quickly discovered several clumps of wood ear mushrooms. Finally, looking up along the tree trunk, Lezhi also found a clump of silver ear mushrooms halfway up the tree.
Lei Xiu, who had been watching Le Zhi for a long time, saw Le Zhi looking up for a long time and immediately realized that Le Zhi must have discovered something.
"Zhizhi, what's wrong?"
"Hmm, over there, if I'm not mistaken, that should be silver ear fungus. I'm trying to figure out how to talk to Maoqiu and get it to help me pick it."
Following the direction of Lezhi's arm, Lei Xiu immediately locked onto his target, "No need, I'll help you."
Before he could finish speaking, Lezhi felt a gust of air rush past him. The next second, Lei Xiu was back in front of him, holding the thing that looked like a silver ear fungus in his hand.
Caught off guard by Lei Xiu's move, Le Zhi was stunned for a moment before regaining her senses under Lei Xiu's concern.
"Give"
"Oh, thank you." Concealing the surprise in her eyes, Lezhi took the thing that looked like a silver ear fungus and examined it carefully from head to toe.
After examining them repeatedly and confirming that they were indeed silver ear fungus, Yuezhi smiled and happily separated them with leaves.
"Alright, is there anything else you want? I can help you with anything." Seeing the smile on Lezhi's face, Lei Xiu seemed to be infected as well, and also showed a smile.
"I don't need it for now. I'll call you again if I need it. Thanks."
After saying that, Lezhi stopped worrying about the strange feeling in his heart and continued searching around. His luck didn't improve after that; he didn't find anything new nearby, so he simply moved to another spot.
"Huh, what's this?" Ever since he discovered that fungi could grow on these giant plants, Lezhi had been paying close attention to the plants around him. Sure enough, he found a plant he had never seen before on one of them.