Chapter 3: The whereabouts of the senior sister
The shouting continued, as if from the sky, as if from the clouds, and in addition to the bamboo forest, there was a white spring a hundred steps away from the cave. The white spring is bubbling all year round, this is Wu Xingfeng's most familiar voice.
"Who's calling?" Wu Xingfeng looked around, but there was nothing else.
"Senior Xin, is that you?" this time I heard it really, it was a woman's voice.
"Are you looking for my master?" the voice seemed to come from the water.
"You are the apprentice of Xin's seniors, Wu Xingfeng, my name is Hongling, and I am a friend of your senior sister. The woman's tone was filled with joy.
"Senior sister, where is she?" Wu Xingfeng stopped and turned around, how could the voice come from the water.
"I can't show up in the eye of the white spring. The woman shouted.
Wu Xingfeng held the dagger and stepped forward nervously, and the voice really came from the water. A small red-tailed fish was spitting bubbles, and when he saw Wu Xingfeng, he didn't dodge. "Are you talking?" Wu Xingfeng asked suspiciously.
"Yes, call you Master, I have something important to tell you!" the red-tailed fish said.
Wu Xingfeng leaned too close, suddenly heard his voice, startled, and sat down in the place.
"You,,, you're a goblin?"
"You're a goblin, your whole family is a goblin. Hurry up and call your master over, this girl doesn't have the time to talk to you. "The red-tailed fish was very angry.
"Master, he ,,, no longer there. ”
"When did you die?" the red-tailed fish seemed a little surprised.
"Half a month ago. ”
"It's over, it's over, now Xin Wen is dead. The red-tailed fish sighed repeatedly.
"What's wrong with my senior sister, where is she now?" Wu Xingfeng sat up from the ground, patted away the dust, and looked at the little fish that could only talk.
In his opinion, goblins should be very big and scary, this fish must not be a very powerful goblin, there is nothing to be afraid of. Maybe it's some kind of panacea, and it's not surprising that you have taken a whole mind. Wu Xingfeng comforted himself.
The red-tailed fish circled around the spring, floating and sinking at one time, not knowing what it was doing. After a long while, he spat out the bubbles and spoke. "Your senior sister is trapped in the Xin family's tomb, and she probably won't be able to get out in this life. If your master is still around, you may be able to bring her out. ”
"Is the tomb of the Xin family the tomb of the Fire God Niangniang?" Wu Xingfeng asked casually.
"What else do you know?"
"I also heard from the master that the fire god Niangniang is the founder of Xinjiazhai. Why did Senior Sister look for the tomb of the Fire God Niangniang? You just said that if the master was still here, he would be able to bring her out, what is the explanation of this?" Wu Xingfeng asked.
The red-tailed fish regained its composure and floated on the surface of the water, raising its red head as if thinking. "Although Xin Wen is a descendant of the Xin family, she doesn't know magic, the fire god Niangniang has never married in her life, so naturally she has no heirs, and later she adopted three baby girls. This is what is now Xinjiazhai, but in the Ming Dynasty, her descendants violated the ancestral teachings and went to the court as officials, and they were killed by gangsters in the sixth generation, and the spell has been lost since then. Xin Wen thought that there must be a spell hidden in the tomb of the fire god Niangniang, so he called me to look for it together, sneaked into the river for eight hundred miles, and finally found the entrance to the underground dark river in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and found the tomb of the Xin family with great difficulty. Who knew that when I entered the tomb, I was locked in it and couldn't come out, because I was an alien incarnation, I couldn't leave the water for a long time, and the tomb of the fire god Niangniang was repaired in the south of the Bagua from the fire, so I couldn't enter, so I could only come back to find your master according to the approximate location mentioned by Xin Wen. ”
Wu Xingfeng frowned and thought. I heard that the tomb of the Xin family is 500 meters underground in Xinjiazhai, why did the senior sister have to detour 800 miles to find the entrance to the dive? Wu Xingfeng muttered softly, this is the clue left by the Fire God Niangniang, presumably no one knows. Seeing that Xiao Yu was anxious, he thought for a while and said, "The Xin family's tomb is really in the underground dark river?"
"In the underground forest, to be exact, there is only one dark river leading there. The red-tailed fish corrected.
How could a fish know so much? Seeing that Wu Xingfeng was silent, the red-tailed fish began to urge. "Pack up and come with me. ”
"Coming with you?" Wu Xingfeng asked suspiciously.
"Yes, I'll take you to Xin Wen, you won't die without help, right?" The red-tailed little fish glared at Wu Xingfeng, and his already red little face turned even redder.
"But I can't swim, and I don't know where the boundary you said is?" Wu Xingfeng was in a hurry, and as soon as the master left, only he and his senior sister were left, although he had never seen the appearance of his senior sister, but it did not affect the feelings of the same family. Save, must be saved, the question is how to save.
"Just close your eyes and I'll take care of the rest. ”
"Okay, you wait for me. Wu Xingfeng ran back to the cave, took a few clothes casually, put the deerskin scroll and copper sheet on his body, and ran back in less than five minutes.
"So fast?" the red-tailed fish was a little surprised.
Wu Xingfeng didn't answer, he always felt that it was a little awkward to hear this, and he couldn't remember what was awkward for a while, maybe he didn't understand it until he grew up.
Ready, the red-tailed little fish asked Wu Xingfeng to close his eyes, and repeatedly told him not to open his eyes no matter what he found.
"What happens if I open my eyes?" Wu Xingfeng asked in a low voice.
"If you open your eyes, you'll faint. The red-tailed fish said lightly, and he couldn't see any expression on his face.
"Why did you faint?" Wu Xingfeng was puzzled.
"Anyway, if you want to faint, you can open your eyes and try it. The red-tailed fish didn't seem to have a good temper and didn't answer positively. "Ready, no. ”
"It's time to go. Wu Xingfeng couldn't understand how a fish could take him away.
As soon as the words fell, I felt like I was wrapped in a soft and soft mass, and then, my body fell sharply, and the falling speed was extremely fast, and I didn't have time to react at all.
Wu Xingfeng had just adjusted to the strength of the fall, and his body suddenly hovered, only to hear the sound of water flowing around him.
"Alright, you can open your eyes!" the red-tailed fish prompted.
Wu Xingfeng didn't make a sound, and the red-tailed little fish turned his head in confusion. "Since you haven't closed your eyes?"
"I'm ......!" Wu Xingfeng hadn't come to his senses yet.
"You're better than Xinwen!" I don't know if it's a compliment or sarcasm.
"What happened just now?" Wu Xingfeng stabilized his mind, he only felt that he was flying, all his senses were out of order, and after hearing the sound of water flowing outside, he found that he had come here.
The red-tailed little fish didn't answer, but stared at Wu Xingfeng for a while. "How are you feeling right now?"
"It's okay, it's just dizziness. Wu Xingfeng forced his composure, and then he realized that he was in the dark, with loose dirt under his feet and glowing fireflies above his head.
"It's okay. The red-tailed fish transformed into a woman in red.
Wu Xingfeng was observing the surrounding situation at this time, and suddenly saw a woman dressed in red walking towards him, and was very shocked, this woman appeared too suddenly. "You...... Who are you?"
"Don't be afraid, I'm Red Aya. The red-tailed little fish laughed foolishly. "How can you be so cowardly!"
Wu Xingfeng was speechless, not because he was courageous, but because he had lived in the mountains since he was a child, and he had never seen a monster that could transform a human being, not to mention that he was in an underground river at this time, it would be a lie if he was not afraid.
"You can transform into a human, presumably there are not a thousand but eight hundred, right?" Wu Xingfeng diverted the topic and carefully looked at the red silk in front of him. Although he knew that it was rude to look at people in this way, the young mind was always curious about things beyond his understanding.
"Guess?" the girl who transformed into an adult could still find the shadow of the red-tailed fish, and there were two light red lines on her eyebrows.
Hong Aya didn't answer, and Wu Xingfeng could only guess. "It's 800 years. ”
"No, guess again!" Red Aya shook her head.
"Twelve hundred years?" Wu Xingfeng's heart was full of questions.
"Guess boldly. Red Aya shook her head again.
"Two thousand years?" Wu Xingfeng said loudly as if he had made up his mind.
Red Aya shook her head. "Don't guess, you can't guess. ”
"Is it four thousand years?" Wu Xingfeng was out of the way, and he couldn't always let a small fish press it.
This time, Hongya didn't shake her head, but said lightly. "Six thousand five hundred years. ”
"Six thousand five hundred years?" Wu Xingfeng felt like he was being choked by the neck, his breathing was short, his whole body was hot, he was stunned, and his body involuntarily fell to the side.
"Are you scared?" asked Red Aya with a smile.
Not only was I scared, but I almost cried. If it was an ordinary person, it would definitely be like this, but Wu Xingfeng didn't. Awkward smile. "I'm going to pee. With that, he turned and ran.
To be honest, Wu Xingfeng was not lightly frightened, although he also believed that there were gods, ghosts and demons in this world, but let him see it with his own eyes, he still had some mental strength, which had nothing to do with guts.
It's hard to imagine what kind of cultivation 6,500 years is. If it was ancient times, it might still be able to withstand this fright, but now that it is modern, how can there be goblins who have cultivated for 6,500 years in modern times? This is not in line with common sense, doesn't it mean that there were no demons in the peaceful era?
Wu Xingfeng soaked in urine, peed for a long time, and wanted to pee for a while, but the urine was gone.
After inking for a long time, before he was ready to go back, he walked slowly along the underground river, looking for the location of the Xin family's tomb by the way.
The river was long, with dim forests on both sides, and when you looked up, you couldn't estimate how high it was, but you could only see the stars, which were shining and fluorescent, and they were supposed to be some kind of insects that could emit light. The amount is staggering.
Although there is no direct sunlight, these trees still grow luxuriantly, which seems to defy the laws of nature.
Wu Xingfeng walked on the right hand of the dark river, and because he couldn't tell the direction, he could only rely on his feelings. Walking out of Erli, there is an open area in front of you, traces of human interference, the ground is inlaid with bluestone the size of a grinding plate, the bluestone is not evenly distributed, one in the east, one in the west, but the overall feeling is very much like the Big Dipper.
Following the bluestone, Wu Xingfeng walked a hundred steps, and vaguely saw the outline of a house. Suspicious, he took a few more steps forward, and the outline of the house became clearer, but it was still covered by a curtain of water, which was very mysterious.
Wu Xingfeng is only a little resistant to monsters, but he does not lack the essence of a man.
It was a thatched hut, very dilapidated and with firelight. The fire was dim, not like a mortal thing, Wu Xingfeng just glanced at it, and he was already terrified, how could there be a thatched hut here?
With questions, Wu Xingfeng was bold and wanted to step forward to find out, but there was a shout of red silk behind him.
"Don't go in, it's ...... dangerous!" Red Aya said in a trembling voice, fearful and eager.
What could make a monster who had cultivated for 6,500 years afraid?
Wu Xingfeng subconsciously stopped, and when he was wondering whether to venture in to find out, an unknown energy suddenly enveloped him, and he only felt that his eyes were dark, as if he was being dragged into the endless abyss by something.
Seeing this, Hongya hurriedly made a move, but it was still half a beat late.
The moment Wu Xingfeng was sucked in by the unknown energy, the thatched hut disappeared. A gust of wind blew and hit Red Aya's face. Red Aya blames herself incomparably, is this the will of heaven?
When Wu Xingfeng woke up, he found himself lying on a straw mat, there was no fire in the hut, and in the middle of the house was a thick wooden stake, on which was a jar of water, and an animal skull and a hide hung on the wall.
A long-haired woman was pounding medicine outside the house, and because her back was facing away, Wu Xingfeng could only tell from her back that the woman's age should be about fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Are you awake?" the woman sensed Wu Xingfeng's breath, turned her head and smiled, her voice was very sweet.
It was the first time Wu Xingfeng had heard such a nice voice. "Where is this?" The girl is very beautiful, half as beautiful as the red edge.
"This is Wushan, my name is Xuannu. ”
"How can your accent be so strange?" When the words came to his mouth, Wu Xingfeng suddenly thought of something, no, the girl's pronunciation seemed to be the ancient language that his master had taught him, and he spoke eagerly when he thought of this. "Your sister's name is Yaoji?"
The girl asked, confused. "Do you recognize my sister?"
When Wu Xingfeng heard this, he sat on the couch and lost his voice in a daze. "It's over, senior sister can't be saved. ”