Chapter 21 Illusion is real, mountains and rivers are suspicious
The next day, they left the cave, where they had been staying for more than half a month. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Now where they are, it is already the boundary of Liangzhou. This is the westernmost part of China, sparsely populated, and they walked for a morning before they saw a small village.
"Well, I'm so tired, let's rest for a while. Yuyi lazily lay on Wan'er's shoulder, blocked the sun with his paws, and said with some dissatisfaction.
"Are you still tired? You have been lying on Sister Wan'er's shoulder all the way, either eating or sleeping, you are embarrassed to say. Ling couldn't help but smile and said.
"People are recovering from serious injuries and need to rest more. How can you be like Brother Ling, your body is so strong. Hajiro retorted.
"Ugh. The spirit was speechless for a moment.
"There's a village in front of us, so let's get there and rest. Yuqing touched the head of the feather coat and said.
"Oops!" a scream suddenly came from not far ahead.
"Go over and see. Wan'er said.
A few people walked over to take a look, only to see an old man sitting in the grass, holding his right leg with his hands and trembling. Looking closely, it turned out that he was bitten by a snake on the old man's calf. The old man's calf had rapidly swollen and turned black and purple. Seeing this, Yuqing did not hesitate at all, and immediately stepped forward, sealed the blood veins in the old man's legs, and began to discharge snake venom for the old man. When the old man saw these people suddenly appear, his face was full of horror. Wan'er smiled and said to the old man, "Old man, don't be afraid, we have no malicious intent. The old man saw that Yuqing was detoxifying him, and his face slowly calmed down.
After exhausting the snake venom, Yuqing used spiritual power to completely remove the residual toxins in the old man's blood. Then she tore a strip of cloth from her clothes and bandaged the old man's wound. After doing all this, Yuqing wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, smiled and said, "Old man, it's okay." Looking at the rain, the spirit was a little distracted. He thought that when he was injured, she did not hesitate to help herself and heal herself.
The old man was very excited, he thought that he could only wait for death after being poisoned, but he didn't expect this little girl to suddenly appear and remove the snake venom from himself without saying a word. The old man's voice trembled a little and said, "Thank you so much, little girl. You, you are my savior!" Seeing tears shining in the old man's eyes, Yuqing hurriedly said, "Old man, don't be excited. Where is your home, let's send you back. ”
"Come, I'll help you up. The spirit came to the old man's side and slowly lifted the old man up.
"Thank you, thank you. ”
According to the old man, he lived in the village not far ahead. The name of the village is Shanhe Village, and around the village, there is a poisonous snake called the Black Tiger Snake. The old man said that although this snake is extremely poisonous, it has great medicinal value in itself. So many people make a living by catching snakes, and the old man is one of them. For these words said by the old man, there was a trace of doubt in Yuqing's heart. Although there are not many poisonous snakes with medicinal value, she has not heard of any medicinal value of black tiger snakes. Maybe I didn't know it before. Yuqing told herself this in her heart.
In order to avoid scaring others, when she was on the road, Wan'er secretly told Yu Yi not to speak. Yu Yi suddenly became bored, and simply fell asleep on Wan'er's shoulder.
The old man was very enthusiastic and invited a few people to his home, and brought out some food to entertain them. As you can see from what you eat, life here is not very good. During the chat, when the old man knew that they were going west, his face suddenly changed greatly.
"Old man, what's wrong with you?" asked Yuqing suspiciously. Ling and Wan'er also looked at the old man in confusion.
The old man said eagerly: "You must not go! I heard that water monsters have often injured people in the deserted city in the west recently, and if you go, you will be sent to death!"
"Water monster?" Yuqing frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, Wan'er asked, "Does anyone know what that water monster looks like?"
"We've only heard about it, and no one has seen it. I guess all the people I've seen are dead. The old man said with a frightened expression.
"Oh, thanks for the reminder. It's just that we just came here, and we don't know where to go for a while, so we don't know where to go, this ......," Yuqing said with some embarrassment.
"Don't worry, girl, you will live with me. You are my savior, and I will repay you. ”
"Thank you, old man......"
At night, Yuqing lay in bed but couldn't sleep.
Coming outside, Yuqing saw a lonely figure. As if hearing the movement behind him, he turned his head slightly and said, "Why did you come out too?"
Yuqing walked up to Ling and said, "I can't sleep. What about you?"
"Me too. ”
Yuqing looked up at the endless starry sky, remembering what she had experienced in the past few months, and couldn't help but sigh: "When I was young, I often listened to my grandfather tell various stories, and I fantasized that one day I could become the protagonist of the story. However, when this day actually came, I found that it was not as simple as I imagined. ”
"It's like a dream, no matter how beautiful a dream is, it's illusory after all. ”
"So, it's nothing to dream, it's all fake anyway. Yuqing looked at Ling and patted him on the shoulder.
Looking at Yuqing's eyes as soft as spring water, Ling was stunned. She, is this talking about me?
"Don't be stunned, go back and rest. I came out and blew the wind for a while, but I felt a little sleepy, don't you think?"
"Oh, yes, it's kind of ......."
Early the next morning, Feather Cole sneaked out, and I don't know where to play. The people in the village heard that there was a "miracle doctor" in the village, and they all came to see Yuqing. So, in the past few days of staying in Shanhe Village, Yuqing treated the villagers, and Ling and Wan'er helped her. As for the feather coat, he is running around the village and having fun.
On this day, Ling was helping the old man chop wood in the courtyard, and Feather Cloak hurriedly ran back from outside, and whispered to Ling: "Brother Ling, I, I found a strange place. ”
Ling stopped his hand and asked, "What?"
"Oh, you come with me, you'll know when you go......"
In the evening, when we were eating, the spirit had not yet returned.
"It's so late, why hasn't Ling come back?" Wan'er said suspiciously.
"Maybe it's too dark for him to find his way back, so I'll go out and have a look." The old man said.
"You're so old, how can you let you out?" said Yuqing hurriedly.
"It's okay, I'm familiar with the road here, don't worry. With that, the old man went out.
After the old man left, Yuyi finally had a chance to speak: "Sister Wan'er, Sister Yuqing, have you noticed that this village is a little strange?"
The two of them looked at Feather Cole suspiciously.
"I always felt like there was something hidden around me. Today I also found a black jar in a corner of the village, I wanted to open it and take a look, but there was a mana seal on it, so I called Brother Ling over to take a look......"
Listening to Yu Yi's words, Yu Qing suddenly felt uneasy.
"No, I'm going to go out and have a look. Yuqing said.
"Let's go together. Wan'er grabbed the rain that was about to go out and said.
"No, there won't be any danger. Without waiting for Wan'er to say more, Yuqing went out.
Under the moonlight, Yuqing held the spirit chip in his hand, and said silently: "Tell me, where is the spirit?" The spirit chip suddenly flashed a faint green light, floating in the air, slowly moving forward, guiding the direction. It didn't take long for her to find the Spirit. In the distance, she saw Spirit talking to someone. Upon closer inspection, the man turned out to be the old man who had just gone out to look for the spirit. Seeing that the two of them looked very serious, Yuqing felt that Ling must have discovered something, and this old man was not ordinary.
Soon, the old man left.
When Feather Cloak took the spirit to a place where the black jar was buried, the spirit had a very strange feeling, as if the place was familiar to him. So he hurriedly asked the feather coat to go back first, and walked to the black can by himself. When he touched the black canister, his whole body trembled like an electric shock. At the same time, in his mind, a blood-red scene appeared. He hurriedly let go of the black jar and closed his eyes.
It took a long time for him to open his eyes again and look at the black jar, which was mostly buried in the ground. He placed his hand on the black jar and tried to unlock the seal on it. However, what he didn't expect was that the seal was so strong that he couldn't break it with his current strength. He wondered how this ordinary little village could have such a strange thing. Moreover, this thing is definitely not going to be a good thing. He felt that it was very likely that it was a kind of witchcraft, and that it might be something he had known before.
He sat down on the ground, a little dazed.
Who the hell am I?, he kept asking himself in his mind. But no one could answer him.
It didn't take long for him to hear footsteps. Turning his head, it was an old man.
"Did you find anything?" asked the old man.
Ling stood up, looked at the old man and said, "You, who are you?"
The old man smiled slightly and said, "I'm just an old man who is about to sink into the ground." ”
Ling glanced at the black jar and then turned his gaze to the old man. He knew that the old man was definitely not simple. He had just discovered that there must be more than one black jar like that in the village. These black canisters should be distributed all over the village, forming a large array. As for what kind of array it was, Ling couldn't think of it for the time being. Looking at this old man, Ling suddenly felt that he was very mysterious.
"You must want to know what's in that jar?" said the old man.
"You're going to tell me?" asked the spirit rhetorically.
Of course, this is not some secret to the eye. It contained the blood and venom of the black tiger snake. ”
The Black Tiger Snake Spirit was even more puzzled.
"Don't think about it so much, when you regain your old memories, you'll know what's going on. Okay, someone is coming, I'll go back first. ”
The old man knew his past, but why did he say that? The spirit was very puzzled.
"What are you thinking?"
"No, nothing. Why are you here?"
"I heard from Feather that there seemed to be something strange in the village. ”
"yes, but I didn't see anything after looking at it for a long time. Let's go back quickly. ”
Seeing that Lingling's expression was a little abnormal, Yuqing asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, just wondering when I'll be able to get my memories back. ”
"Oh, you just want to go back to the way things were?" asked Yuqing, a little surprised. She knew that Spirit would often burst into tears in her dreams, and that his old days must have been painful.
"No, I don't want to. But I didn't have a choice. With that, the spirit turned and left.
Looking at Ling's lonely back gradually moving away, Yuqing sighed softly and followed.