Chapter 21: The Crossing of the Abyss
In this large room, a middle-aged man with a hairy beard sat by the fire. There was an earthen pot on the fire, and the smell of meat emanated from the pot, and when they saw that the door of the house was wide open, Xiang Yun and the others entered uninvited.
The middle-aged man saw the two of them coming in and quickly stood up, looked at the two of them carefully, and then said in surprise, "Little brother, where did you two come from, no one has been to this place for a long time!"
"This uncle, we plan to go to the opposite side of the abyss, how can we pass this abyss?" Xiang Yun said to the big man with his fists clenched.
The big man was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "You two want to cross this abyss, but you can be regarded as finding the right person, which is not difficult, but you have to do something for me, give this pot of meat to the old woman, just say that it is your specially stewed pheasant, how about I personally send you two across the abyss tonight?"
Seeing Xiang Yun and the two of them looking surprised, Dahan continued, "Two years ago, this was the only way for people to pass through the abyss. At that time, I was just a wandering prodigal son, who came here from the other side of the abyss. I thought that there were some traders here to do some business, and some villagers had lived here for a long time, so I stayed here for a night and then left, intending to walk all the way to see what was going on the other side of the abyss. Unexpectedly, after walking two miles, it was too terrifying like lightning and thunder, and the sky and earth were suddenly covered by dark clouds, and it rained heavily, so I had to turn around and rush back. ”
Dahan paused for a moment and continued, "When I came back here, I found that the whole mountain village was here, and I saw only this old and frail old woman here, and the others did not know where to go, so I went up to her and asked her what had happened." She couldn't even tell her, but when I saw that the old woman was very pitiful, I stayed here and took care of her. Every day, I beat some pheasants and hares to stew them into broth, and live here with the old woman, but I don't want her to stop eating some time ago, saying that her son is dead, and she doesn't want to live anymore, and she wants me to stay here to support her, so she never eats the food I cook again!"
The corners of Xiang Yun's mouth twitched and said, "Then you don't know why everyone else is gone?"
Hearing this, the big man was stunned and coughed dryly, "Those people must have moved to another place, right? As long as you help me, how about the old man take the two of them to cross the abyss by boat immediately?"
"Uncle, you haven't finished this story yet! Why did everyone else move away, but only such an old woman was left, leaving her alone to survive here?, and why didn't you take the old woman out of here?" Xiang Yun had long felt that this matter was not simple, so he continued to ask.
I saw that the big man looked simple on his face, but in fact, he was very impatient in his heart, and then he continued, "Little brother, that old woman is really pitiful! I also persuaded her to leave here, but she was determined to leave! As for the others, I guess that there was an incident of demon beasts hurting people and dragging away villagers in this vicinity, so I moved away!"
"Hehe, I think those people were dragged away by your demon beast, aren't they?" Xiang Yun took out his dagger and pointed at the big man and asked.
"Little brother, you can't talk nonsense, why are you framing me like this?" replied with a shock in the heart.
"Framing you, don't you think the story you made up is full of loopholes, not to mention how can the demonic energy hidden in your body hide from me!" Xiang Yun immediately shouted angrily.
"Since you have found out, then I can only let the two of you report to Youjiang in advance!" After the big man finished speaking, his back squirmed, and nine octopus tentacles crawled out, and the tentacles waved wildly in the air and carried the big man towards Xiang Yun.
Xiang Yun did not retreat but advanced, the dagger flew around his body, cutting off the four tentacles that stretched out, and he was still swept up by the remaining two tentacles, but when the tentacles were about to throw Xiang Yun into the air, they found that they couldn't drag Xiang Yun in the slightest. Instead, he sent the big man himself to Xiang Yun, and it was this moment.
Rumble!......
Xiang Yun lifted one leg and stomped on the ground violently, and the furious dark yellow energy slammed into the big man. The big man threw in response and smashed through the wall and fell out, Xiang Yun immediately pulled Qin Shuyue and rushed out of the house, but the big man was gone.
Just as Xiang Yun was on guard, suddenly a shadow came towards the top of Xiang Yun's head, Xiang Yun jumped up, grabbed one of the tentacles of the big man who fell from the tree with one hand and smashed it on the ground.
The big man was slammed to the point that green blood splashed in his mouth, and the green blood fell to the ground and was corrosive and poisonous, and the blades of grass were immediately corroded and withered. At this time, the tentacle broke off on its own from the place where Xiang Yun grasped it, and the big man who was like a humanoid octopus also took the opportunity to turn over and hide behind the house.
For a while, Xiang Yun felt a big headache, and secretly said that this guy was not only fast, but even his blood was highly poisonous. In fact, Dahan was even more depressed at this time, he really couldn't believe that he would meet a master like Xiang Yun today, and he felt that his skeleton was about to fall apart.
At this time, he was hiding in a hut to catch his breath, thinking that he might have to lead Xiang Yun to the water's edge, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was unrealistic. Unfortunately, the next moment, suddenly an arrow feather spun and flew in, piercing his chest in an instant, causing a large mouthful of green blood to spurt out of his mouth.
Suddenly, a hoarse voice came.
"Young man!" a hoarse voice interrupted his movements. "Don't make a move yet, leave his life to the old body!" Xiang Yun still put down the bow and arrow in his hand when he heard this, he was sure that the big man had lost the power to escape. Turning to look behind, I saw the old woman who had asked Xiang Yun to go back earlier walking slowly on crutches and shouting.
When the big man heard this, he dragged his injured body and crawled out of the hut and wanted to run away, but he heard the old woman shouting loudly, "Bastard, if you leave today, the old lady will immediately kill herself to forgive your sins!" When the big man heard the words, his heart immediately stopped and shouted, "Mother, why are you here? The child is sorry for you! You go, leave here and live well!"
"Bastard, if you don't come out again. I'll die for you!" cried out the old woman with a shudder.
Xiang Yun and the others were taken aback by this sudden situation, and it was hard to imagine that these two people were mother and son.
At this time, the big man's back squirmed again and withdrew the tentacles, stumbling out of the hut, and without looking at Xiang Yun, the two of them directly crossed Xiang Yun and fell, and then crawled in front of the old woman and knelt and said sadly, "Mother! It turns out that you all know it! My son knows that he is wrong, but he can't turn back, he can't go back......
"Son, why are you so stupid! How many people have you killed for the sake of my old bones! Together with your life! Today you are here to apologize for your sins with death, in order to comfort the souls of many who have been killed by you!" the old woman sat down on the ground without crying.
The big man knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the old woman three times and said, "Mother, you must take care of yourself in the future." Son's gone!" After saying that, he raised his right hand and slapped his own forehead, and then his body fell to the ground and died.
"Woo......"
At the moment when the big man died, he only heard a scream from the deep river below the abyss! Suddenly, the corpse of the dead big man, a trembling octopus tentacle quickly stretched out again.
Xiang Yun was about to step forward, but when he saw the corpse flashing, he had already disappeared.
"Let it go, let the old man explain to you the reason for all this!" cried the old woman as she lay on the ground weakly.
Qin Shuyue stepped forward to help her up and comforted, "Mother-in-law, I'll help you up, you speak slowly!"
"Things have to start from two years ago, the old surname Wu married into the Kong family for more than ten years, and later had a son, who was the person just now. This child's name is Kong Jigang, and he is quite filial to his old body. I think that at that time, the lord of my house once accepted a concubine, and the woman was very treacherous, and she was a lady in the house as a lady. On weekdays, the adulterous concubine was still respectful, but not long after the old man died, the old body was poisoned by the adulterer! That day, the old body had lunch, and suddenly felt that the world was spinning and fell to the ground. The pharmacist came to diagnose that he was an old man with evil poison attacking his heart, and he could only live for about a month at most, unless he could find an elixir at the mouth of this crossing to detoxify!"
The old woman sighed and said, "My son Jigang was originally practicing in a fairy gate, and when he got the news, he rushed home overnight, and found out that the murderer was the adultererous concubine, and in a fit of anger, he killed her at home. Then he took the old body to the crossing of the abyss, settled me properly, and he left, saying that he was going to find the elixir (Huaqing Youlian), which is the elixir that the pharmacist said can cure the poisoning of the old body!"
Alas!......
This is what happened to the disaster, after the son left, he couldn't get up, and Xu Xiang, a girl who grew up here, took care of his daily life. One day, my son came back, saying that he had found the Lotus and was poisoned for the old body. My old bones finally got down to the ground, but when the old man walked out, he found that no one existed in this place anymore, not even the girl Xu Xiang was gone. ”
The old woman was a little angry and excited when she said this, and after a pause, she continued, "I asked my son where these people have gone?" He said that there was a demon disaster here, and everyone moved away. I immediately felt suspicious, so I asked him again, why don't we leave? He even told me that when he was cultivating in the Xianmen, the elders of the sect taught him that when he saw demons, he must get rid of demons and clear them! Let me stay here in peace and wait for him to get rid of the demons before leaving. ”
"Time flies, and more than a year has passed since this stay, and a few people have arrived here just a few days ago. The old man asked them privately about the situation, and they said that they had not heard of the eviction. The old man was suddenly uneasy, and quietly followed a few people, and finally found that it was the son of a who deliberately deceived a few people into crossing the Youjiang River in a small boat. It just so happened that the old man saw the boat from a distance and walked to the mouth of the abyss, and all those people were swept into the river by the monsters in the river and disappeared!"