Chapter Twenty-Three: Hu Yuanzi
The old ghost and I, who had no money to pay the highway toll, finally decided to park the car at the nearest highway service station, while the two of us left over the wall in a gloomy way. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this way, even if the black-robed man can follow the clues to find here, he may not be able to catch up with us.
The service station was built in the wilderness, and the two of us had to walk more than ten miles in the dark to see the place where people lived, but we did not rush to walk there, but continued to walk through the mountains and forests, leaving as few traces as possible.
The old ghost has a strong ability to recover, and he was seen in the basement covered in scars, taking a bath, and the bathroom was full of blood, so he drove a big night car, and walked in the forest at the moment, and he was actually energetic and walking like flying.
On the surface, I couldn't tell that the old ghost had been injured, but it was me, and I could barely keep up with him.
However, the old ghost didn't urge me, but kept guiding me, telling me to try to communicate with the Gu fetus in my womb, so that it could give me some strength and be able to survive the limits of my physical strength.
It can be seen that the old ghost is exercising and beating me.
The two of them walked in the dark until about five o'clock in the morning, and came to an abandoned forest guard house, when the sky had begun to dawn, and the old ghost who walked like the wind in the dark night seemed a little tired.
He stretched and said that he was tired, or we should deal with it here first, right?
I was already exhausted and collapsed after running all the way, and when I heard this proposal, I naturally nodded in agreement.
There was a big iron general guarding the door of the forest house, but this was really not a difficult task for the old ghost, he put his hand on the lock, and opened it in three or two clicks, and pushed the door in, and it was in tatters, and on the two broken beds, there was nothing but the bed boards, and it was full of ash.
But these were really clouds for us who were tired, so he tidied them up briefly, found a few newspapers from the corner, and lay down on the plank bed.
Although I was tired, I was not obviously sleepy, and I wanted to talk to the old ghost more, but I didn't expect him to fall asleep as soon as he got into bed.
The old ghost slept peacefully, not only did he not snor, but he didn't even feel my breathing.
To be honest, this situation is somewhat scary.
I lay on the bed, looked at the old ghost with a sideways face, and found that although I had followed this buddy for thousands of miles to this unknown mountain forest, I didn't know much about him.
I don't know much more than he might be Gui's cousin.
It's really strange to think about it, I am full of doubts about others, why can't I have too many doubts in front of him?
In fact, the old ghost is also quite mysterious, he not only eats raw food, but also often can't control his behavior, from time to time crazy, not a normal person at all, intellectually speaking, leaving him, may be the most correct choice.
However, I decided to follow him after all, not only because of my previous experience, but also because I pinned my hopes for self-help on the old ghost.
Because even if I escaped the pursuit of the black-robed man, seven months later, I would be killed by the Gu fetus in my belly.
In this case, it is better to follow the old ghost, after all, he is the only one of the powerful characters I know who does not covet Gu fetus.
After a night of running, both of us were exhausted, and the old ghost and I fell asleep, and in the afternoon, I woke up hungry, and when I got up, I found that the old ghost had not woken up, and I was so hungry and thirsty that I couldn't help but go out to see.
We ran all night, into this piece of mountain forest, I didn't know the direction at all, I didn't know where I was, I didn't dare to go far, I turned around near the forest house, and found that this was an old forest with barren mountains and mountains, and I really couldn't find anything to eat without any outdoor experience, passing by a few trees, I saw a bunch of red fruits that looked like mangoes.
I looked left and right, but I couldn't recognize what it was, and I felt so glamorous, so I climbed up and pocketed a dozen of them.
I wasn't sure if the red fruit was poisonous or not, and I didn't dare to eat it, so I found a stream nearby, didn't care about the raw water, drank it to my heart's content, and then took the empty mineral water bottle I picked up from the forest guard house, and hit two bottles.
I returned with the sunset, pushed the door in, and saw that it was empty, and there was no one.
Just when I was surprised, I felt a gust of wind behind me, and suddenly turned my head, and saw the old ghost looking at me coldly, and asked me where I had gone?
I proudly showed him what I had gained, saying that I had gotten some food and drink.
The old ghost's gaze swept over the two mineral water bottles filled with mountain spring water, focused on the dozen red fruits I was carrying in my clothes, squinted his eyes, and a smile suddenly appeared on his originally serious face, and said to me: "Wang Ming, Wang Ming, I don't know what to say about you, go out for a walk, and actually find such a thing." ”
I drank a stomach full of water, and became more and more hungry, and when I saw the old ghost say this, I hurried and asked him with joy if he knew the fruit.
The old ghost nodded, and said that this fruit is called Hu Yuanzi, also known as goat grandmother, which is a wild fruit, edible, sweet and delicious, and can also be used as medicine, anti-inflammatory and blood lipid-lowering.
As soon as I heard this, I grinned with joy and said that since this is the case, then let's hurry up and eat, I haven't eaten for a day, and my eyes are smoky with hunger.
I reached for the red fruit, and the old ghost grabbed my palm.
His hand was as cold as iron, and I shivered for a while, and subconsciously retracted it, while the old ghost squinted his eyes and continued: "The ordinary beard is only half as long as a little finger, and most of them are blue or light red; And these you picked, all of them are big fists, bright red like blood, do you know why? ”
Yes?
When I heard the old ghost's words, I realized that the reason why he didn't let me eat it was because the red fruit was a little weird.
I asked why, but the old ghost didn't sell it, and said to me, "If my guess is correct, these bearded people should all be mutated, and they have been carefully cultivated by someone." The reason why it was as red as blood was because it had sucked too much carrion and blood juice, and not only that, but I could also feel the strong resentment in the fruit. It's good that you didn't eat cautiously just now, otherwise, I guess I wouldn't be able to see you now. ”
The old ghost's words frightened me, and scattered the fruit in my clothes all over the ground.
I was sure of his words, because when I was picking the fruit, I felt cold to the touch, and I didn't know why, but now I understand it.
It's called yin.
When the old ghost saw the fruit scattered all over the ground, he laughed, picked one up, opened his mouth and took a bite.
The fruit was really strange, and when he bit it, the juice filled his lips, and it really seemed to be smeared with blood; I was strange, and asked him that he had bluffed me just now, saying that I would definitely die if I ate it, why did you gnaw it again?
The old ghost took two bites, gnawed the fist-sized red fruit, took the core in his hand, and said to me: "The arsenic of the other, my nectar, I told you before, I am different from you, and the path I take is also different, you will definitely die if you eat it, but I have eaten it, but it is a great tonic." So I really couldn't cry or laugh just now, I was thinking about how this injury was good, with these dozen bearded people, I should be able to get better. ”
I watched the old ghost gnaw on the fruit without hesitation, and my stomach screamed, and I said depressedly, "Yes, you are comfortable, but I am still hungry." ”
The old ghost knew that I was going to be suspicious, and spread out his palms to show me the hardcore.
The pits were about the same hardness and size as the peach pits, but they were very strange, each one a twisted and terrifying human face, as if it had endured endless pain and torture.
Seeing this, I really believed it, and after the old ghost had finished eating the fruit, he counted them, and there were thirteen peach pits in total.
He weighed it and said to me, "I've eaten the fruit, and I'll leave you with the pit." This mutated beard is a remarkable rare fruit, the core of the fruit is pregnant with a strong aura of green wood, if it is done by a good refining master, maybe it can make a magic weapon. ”
I shirked it, saying that I didn't understand any of this, so you should keep it.
The old ghost shook his head and said that my brother is settling accounts, I can't take advantage of you, in addition, let me ask you, this kind of thing can't be cultivated without twenty years of water milling kung fu, are you sure that when you pick fruits, there is no one around to take care of them?
I said no, just near the stream, I didn't see anything, if you don't believe it, I'll take you to see it again, there should be more than 20 fruits on those trees.
The old ghost was still satisfied with the meal just now, licked his lips, and said that if you have a advantage, you don't take advantage of it, that's a bastard, in that case, you take me to take a look.
The two agreed, and without further hesitation, I led the way, and went back the way we came, heading toward the other side of the stream.
At this time, night fell, perhaps because of eating red fruits, the old ghost was in a lot of spirits, and when he heard the gurgling sound in my stomach, he laughed and said don't worry, I will give you some wild things when I turn around, and make a fire for you to roast and eat, so that you can not walk.
I don't want the old ghost's promise at all, his skills are here, as long as there are wild things in this forest, naturally there is no shortage of food.
I imagined all kinds of pheasants and hares strung on the bonfire, and I couldn't help swallowing my saliva several times, and finally came to the vicinity of the previous woods, and I saw the trees through the gap in the woods, and excitedly pulled the old ghost and said, "That's it, I didn't lie to you...... Not! ”
In the middle of my sentence, the old ghost reached out and covered my mouth.
Seeing my surprised gaze, he whispered, "Don't make a sound, there's a situation!" ”
I was startled, and squinted into the darkness, only to see a few waist-high black shadows chirping under the trees.