Early the next morning.

As soon as it was dawn, Ye Chen's phone rang.

"Wake up, we're here. Li Zhi called.

"Wake up. Ye Chen rubbed his eyes: "Where are you?" ”

"I just went over and called Master Luo and them. ”

“OK。 ”

Ye Chen got up and took a shower, put on outdoor sportswear and light hiking shoes, brought the prepared food, drove to the end of the cement road opposite, and waited for a cigarette to come.

More people came than expected.

There are three teachers and more than 30 students.

"Hey, Dashuai, it's really you. A male classmate with glasses and a face full of energy shouted excitedly when he saw Ye Chen.

"You are?"

"A tree in Nanshan, the screen name of the betta website, your fans...... I used to watch you live every day. My real name is Wang Liang, a student of the Department of Archaeology at Shu University. ”

"Friends of the water. Ye Chen smiled and handed out a cigarette.

"Can you take a photo?"

Ye Chen smiled and gestured with scissor hands.

Wang Liang took out his mobile phone, and the two took a few selfies.

"Why haven't you been live lately? There are so many people in the group waiting for you. ”

"I'm busy making tea, and I'll broadcast live when the farm is over. After a pleasant greeting, Ye Chen went to get to know other people, people from the city's cultural relics protection unit, people from the archaeological team, and people from the Qingshan Town Police Station. Five people came to the police station, and the middle-aged man who led the team was surnamed Xiong, Captain Xiong. Then there were more than 20 tea pickers from Luo Cheng.

All the people arrived, and after counting, the total number of people who entered the mountain was 82......

After half a month of archaeological work, which may take longer, the archaeological team brought tents and supplies needed by the creatures.

It took half an hour to distribute supplies before we set off.

The valley in the morning, the fog is hazy. Follow the mountain stream of Qingshuigou all the way up......

Ye Chen was only carrying a backpack, and he was relaxed. Luo Cheng and the others carried tents and supplies for life in the mountains, and one of them carried about thirty or forty catties, but they could catch up with Ye Chen's footsteps and leave the others far behind.

After walking for two and a half hours, he came to the Troubled Stone Mountain, put down the items, and Ye Chen explained to everyone the requirements for picking tea.

These workers were found by Luo Cheng, and he was equivalent to the foreman of the contract. Ye Chen's salary for him is 1,100 yuan for a pound of fresh tea, and Luo Cheng's salary for tea pickers is 900 yuan for a pound of fresh tea, and he is responsible for the quality of tea picking.

Wild tea trees are not as dense as those in tea plantations, and the strict tea leaves cannot be picked by one person in a day. The two twenty or thirty-meter-tall ancient tea trees, with their bare trunks covered with moss, were not afraid of them at all......

It is only the ordinary tea leaves that are picked in the middle of the rocky slope.

"Everyone be careful when picking tea, don't worry, safety is the most important ......," Ye Chen said, and he felt like he was being 'targeted'. Looking around, I found the blackbird I had seen before at the nearest ancient tea tree.

The tea pickers scattered to pick tea leaves, Ye Chen walked under the big tree and looked up, and the blackbird on the tree was looking at him with his head down.

Suddenly, the blackbird fluttered its wings and flew down and landed on the branches of the small bush.

This blackbird is not pure black, with white feathers on its wings......

The blackbird stared at Ye Chen, sorted out his feathers, looked at Ye Chen again, and opened his voice: "Follow me, follow me......"

Ye Chen's hairs exploded.

The bird spoke.

Unlike normal people talking, there is a distinct 'bird sound'. Is this blackbird a starling?

"Follow me, follow me," the blackbird cried again......

The tea picker next to him heard it, and the nearest distance was more than twenty meters away from Ye Chen, and he couldn't hear it clearly, so he turned around and shouted, "Boss Ye, what's the matter?"

"It's fine. I went over there to take a look, and I remember that there is also a wild tea plantation, so please pay attention to safety when you pick tea. Ye Chen shouted, stretched out his hand and grabbed the blackbird in his hand, and the blackbird did not escape, so he caught it very much.

Luo Chengdao: "Otherwise, I'll follow the past and have a response." ”

"No, I don't. I'm very familiar with this area. Ye Chen said to go down the mountain and take out the starling when there was no one.

This starling is twenty or thirty centimeters long, with pure black feathers shiny and shiny, white regular white feathers on its wings, and a black crown of feathers on its head......

If it is in the flower and bird market, this starling is considered the best.

"Follow me, follow me......" Starling flapped his wings, jumped out of Ye Chen's palm, stopped not far away, and looked back at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was shocked, but still followed.

Starling took Ye Chen to the three forks of the cliff, and his right hand was the ancient road, leading to the Demon Eye Lake. On the left-hand side, there is a slightly flat 'section' left by the hand-mined stones, and beyond the steep hill, you can see the back of the rocky mountain...... The steep hill on the left-hand side leads to the top of the cliff.

Ye Chen climbed up after a young age, the top of the mountain was flat, and there were tea trees on it.

"Follow me, follow me...... The old man doesn't kill you...... The old man won't kill you......"

Starling screamed and flew to the top of the cliff.

'The old man won't kill you?'

That's right, the starling bird said this again.

I had been shouting 'follow me, follow me...... and suddenly a sentence came out when I got here, 'The old man won't kill you......

Nima?

What's going on?

This blackbird, eight or nine is not far from ten, it is the starling.

Starlings can speak human language, but they need human training.

Ye Chen's former boss, Connor, had a parrot that could not only speak human words but also sing and curse...... It was a parrot that had been trained for a long time.

This starling? There's also someone training it.

Ye Chen believed in the existence of this supernatural power in the world, but did not believe in the existence of mountain spirits and ghosts. Everything has a cause......

This starling reminded Ye Chen of the rumor that there was an 'old fairy' living in the mountains. If this character really exists, he should be a cultivator like Ye Chen.

Cultivating immortals, cultivating truths, cultivating the Tao, practicing qi, or what other name is it?

Could the old man still be alive? So he might have known his grandfather.

Ye Chen quickened his pace and climbed from the steep hillside to the top of the mountain in the east.

At the top of the mountain is a flattened hard rock, similar to the rocky rocks of the rocky mountains. Scattered with plants......

Starling stood on a large black rock. A small leaf tea tree next to the big stone, I don't know what the reason for the environment is, this tea tree that looks quite ancient does not grow into a 'tree', but a shrub, the branches of the tea tree are winding, and the shape is similar to the mother tree of Wuyi Mountain...... That is, the common tea tree.

There is not just one, but three such tea trees, which are scattered and grow on the top of the mountain. There are also some small tea trees......

The blackbird starling stood on the big hard rock, jumping up and down, calling repeatedly: 'old man', 'old man', 'old man'......

When the starling saw Ye Chen, he was very excited, jumped and jumped, and suddenly fluttered his wings and flew away.

This......

Let's go?

What does it mean?

Ye Chen stood for a long time, and the starling said that he would fly away and didn't come back. It was flying in the direction of due north, on the side of the Demon Eye Lake, and in front of it was the Abyss Canyon, Ye Chen couldn't follow it anymore, so he looked at these old tea trees.

There are only five thousand-year-old tea trees recorded in the protection list, two of which are in the Troubled Stone Mountain, and the other three are in the big mountain opposite the Troubled Stone Mountain, and they are far apart. This area is a real no-man's land, and even people who go up to the mountains to pick tea will not come.

The mountain is high and the road is steep, so it is difficult to get over.

The ancient tea trees at the top of the mountain are not recorded and are not on the protection list.

Ye Chen tried to pull out the tea tree, although it did not grow into the shape of a tree, it was a very old tea tree. The rhizome is well developed and burrows into the crevices of the rocks......

Ye Chen made it for more than an hour, and it took a lot of effort to get one out.