Under the guidance of Old Man Deng, after Lu Zheng and the five of them completed their worship of the mountain god, they returned to Black Mountain Village.

On the way back, Lu Zheng intentionally or unintentionally led the topic to the statue of the mountain god, but Old Man Deng didn't hide anything, and told everything he knew.

Suddenly, Lu Zheng pretended to be curious and asked, "By the way, Grandpa Deng, I see that the mountain god has a jade ruler in his hand, what is that for? Is it the mountain god's magic weapon?"

Old man Deng said disappreliantly: "That jade ruler! It was left by the mountain god in my ancestor's house, and later when the mountain temple was built, my ancestor contributed it, which can be regarded as the magic weapon of the mountain god." ”

"So that's the case, isn't the jade ruler an antique, just put it in the mountain temple like that, aren't you afraid that someone will come and steal it?" Lu Zheng showed a worried look.

Old man Deng smiled disappreciably: "No one steals." In the past, there was a bastard in our village, who aimed at the jade ruler of the mountain god, thinking that it was an antique and should be very valuable, so he stole it to exchange money, but no one bought it, so he had to return it.

Later, our village was having a hard time and needed money, so someone proposed to sell the jade ruler of the mountain god for money, and then I took the jade ruler and the two descendants of the village to the province to ask antique experts to appraise it.

As a result, other experts said that the jade ruler is the most worthless inferior jade, and a pound is not worth dozens of dollars, let alone the jade ruler, but fortunately, the experts see that we are a peasant village and it is very difficult, confiscating our appraisal fee, since then, no one has the idea of playing the jade ruler. ”

"No, even if it's an inferior jade, it's an antique, isn't that jade ruler really worthless?" Ye Miaoge was straightforward and couldn't help but interject.

In the face of Ye Miaoge's questioning, Old Man Deng did not get angry, but happily explained: "The experts said that the material of this jade ruler is not even comparable to the value of some stones, just like if you take an ordinary stone that is hundreds of years old and sell it, can you sell it for a price?"

"Seems to make sense. Ye Miaoge nodded.

As they spoke, the group returned to the village.

It was only two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still early before it got dark, and Gu Xin and Ye Miaoge both proposed to go to the mountains to pick black plums and golden peaches.

Old man Deng kindly suggested: "There are a lot of wild beasts and poisonous insects in the mountains, so I will find someone for you to lead the way, whether you can pick black plums and golden peaches or not, you must come back before dark." ”

For Old Man Deng's suggestion, everyone agreed to it.

So Old Man Deng asked them to wait at his house, and he went to help them find a guide.

Soon, Old Man Deng took a peasant man who was dressed plainly, about forty years old, with dark skin and an honest appearance.

According to Old Man Deng, this is his nephew, named Deng Jianguo.

After the two sides greeted each other, Lu Zheng politely said to Deng Jianguo: "Uncle Deng, we are going into the mountains to find Hei Li and Jin Tao, and please take care of it, as for the salary, I will give you two hundred, can you?"

"If you want to get so much, just give a hundred!" Before Deng Jianguo could answer, Old Man Deng made a decision for Deng Jianguo domineeringly.

"I'll listen to my uncle. Deng Jianguo agreed without any opinion, and saw that the prestige of Old Man Deng was quite high.

Soon, Lu Zheng and his entourage set off under the leadership of Deng Jianguo, with Deng Jianguo in front of them, everyone walked relatively easily, and in the short nose, they just smelled a smell, followed the smell to find it, but they didn't expect to find a black gold mushroom. Lu Zheng explained with a smile, and suddenly, Lu Zheng's heart moved, and said: "We have a share of this black gold mushroom, and we will cook it and eat it when we return to the village." ”

Hearing that Lu Zheng was going to boil the black gold mushrooms to eat, Deng Jianguo couldn't help but swallow his saliva, just smelling the taste was so refreshing, I am afraid it would taste more beautiful, but he still said with some regret: "It's a pity, such a flower has to be sold for at least more than 10,000." ”

"No, you can't sell it! I want to eat it!" Gu Xin suddenly shouted, looking at Lu Zheng with a nervous expression.

Lu Zheng didn't expect Gu Xin to react so much, and couldn't help but cry and laugh a little and said, "If you don't sell it, we're not short of money." But one black gold mushroom is not enough to eat, let's work harder, and strive to pick more back, it's delicious!"

Deng Jianguo, who was on the side, interjected: "The black gold mushroom is not easy to find, and if you can find one, it can be regarded as burning high incense!"

"That's not necessarily!" Lu Zheng smiled mysteriously, he had already memorized the smell of black gold mushrooms, he believed that as long as there were black gold mushrooms within a radius of several miles, he could find the smell.

So, everyone continued to move forward, and it seemed that everyone's luck had run out, and they didn't pick a single ripe black plum and golden peach along the way.

In the blink of an eye, everyone had been in the mountains for more than two hours, and Deng Jianguo suggested that everyone could go back, otherwise it would be difficult to walk in the dark, and there was a possibility of encountering wild beasts.

After fighting for more than two hours, everyone picked about a pound of black plums and five or six golden peaches, which can be regarded as a small harvest.

As for the black gold mushroom, even though Lu Zheng has a super sense of smell, he has never smelled the second black gold mushroom since he picked a black gold mushroom.

"Okay! Return!" Lu Zheng nodded.

Suddenly, a gust of mountain wind blew, and everyone present was stunned, and then their faces showed a taste of joy.

"It's the smell of black gold mushrooms!" Gu Xin shouted excitedly.

"Well, it's not wrong! It's the taste! It's wrong!" Ye Miaoge also echoed excitedly: "Look for it, there must be a black gold mushroom nearby!"

"You're waiting where you are!

As soon as the words fell, Lu Zheng's figure flickered, and he disappeared directly in place, looking at the empty place, Deng Jianguo rubbed his eyes in disbelief: "What about people?"

Lu Zheng's body was like electricity, and in a few flashes, he floated thousands of meters away, galloped, and finally came to a mountain wall.

There is a thin slit in front of the mountain wall that only allows one person to pass through.

"Hiss!"

As soon as he approached the mountain wall, there was a seeping sound in his ears, but in the grass in front of the mountain wall were more than a dozen colorful poisonous snakes, spitting out letters to him, a strange creature that had suddenly arrived.

"The smell is wafting out of this mountain crevice, is it the black gold mushroom in it?" Lu Zheng stared at the mountain crevice for a while, but he didn't take the more than ten poisonous snakes to heart.

"Just go in and take a look!" Then Lu Zheng smiled dumbly, instead of standing here and thinking stupidly, it was better to go in and see if there were black gold mushrooms inside.

With a wave of his hand, a wave of energy directly rolled up the more than ten poisonous snakes that were blocking the way and threw them more than ten meters away.

Without poisonous snakes blocking the way, Lu Zheng went directly into the mountain crevice and went inside.

The crack in the mountain is only seven or eight meters deep, and when you walk out of the crack, there is actually a slightly damp valley inside.

"Hiss!"

A shrill chirp was heard.

With a foul wind, a huge snake head suddenly appeared in front of him, opened its bloody mouth and bit his head, with the intention of swallowing him into his stomach.

Lu Zheng's figure suddenly moved sideways more than ten meters, avoiding the bloody mouth, and when he looked closely, he found that a giant snake with the thickness of a bucket and a length of seven or eight meters was staring at him gloomily more than ten meters away.

"! What a big snake!" Lu Zheng couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, he didn't expect such a big python to live in this valley.