Wisteria Street is a little more than an hour's drive from the Hotel Roma Oriental, until the high-rise buildings on both sides of the street have been transformed into low-rise grey-and-white bungalows.

Previously, Fang Yating always felt that although the prosperity of Qingdu City could not be compared with Jiangcheng City, it was also a pretty good modern city, with all the fashionable buildings readily available, and it was still very avant-garde and lively.

It wasn't until the taxi stopped in front of an antique old mansion that Fang Yating realized that the city's historical heritage was hidden under that prosperous exterior.

Lin Yun paid the fare casually, and the two got out of the taxi and walked into a quiet alley until they came to the main entrance of the house.

Looking up, the vermilion gate was mottled, and the two stone lions in front of the house were also broken, as if no one had repaired and taken care of them for a long time.

There was silence all around, except for a few chirpings from the two crows on the branches, which looked very unlucky and revealed a hint of eerie atmosphere.

Seeing this, Fang Yating involuntarily held Lin Yun's palm, and her originally fresh eyes became hesitant, as if she regretted coming here.

Fang Yating gently tugged Lin Yun and asked in a low voice, "Stupid bird, who are you looking for here?" ”

"You also know this person, old man Duan from the school library." Lin Yun said with a smile, since she was brought here, there is no need to hide some things.

"Teacher Duan from the library?" Fang Yating's eyes widened, looking at Lin Yun in disbelief, she never imagined that she could meet the teacher from her school here.

"Yes, he was originally from the Duan family, but he didn't want to get involved in those family disputes, so he came to Tianlong High School to serve as a librarian." Lin Yun briefly introduced Old Man Duan, and then stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Fang Yating stuck out her tongue in surprise, in a small high school library, she could still hide dragons and crouching tigers like this, which greatly challenged her worldview.

The two waited for a while, but there was no response from inside the house, and when Lin Yun was about to knock on the door again, his palm held high in the air couldn't help but freeze there.

"What's wrong?" Fang Yating asked nervously.

"Looks like someone is coming." Lin Yun made a silent gesture.

Lin Yun pricked up his ears and listened inward, and he heard a slight sound of footsteps, which was slowly approaching this side, the person seemed to be walking with great difficulty, dragging his legs, somewhat similar to Fang Yating's previous image.

Thinking of this, Lin Yun couldn't help but have a trace of evil thoughts, if it was a woman who opened the door, he didn't know how to greet people......

Fortunately, it was an old man who opened the door last, and the reason why he walked slowly was because he had severe rheumatoid arthritis in both legs, which also made Lin Yun feel a lot relieved.

"Uncle, does Brother Duan live here?" Lin Yun deliberately raised his voice and leaned close to the old man's ear and asked.

Fang Yating was stunned, according to the age gap, Lin Yun actually called Old Man Duan his brother, which was too disrespectful, you must know that now Old Man Duan's great-grandsons are about the same age as Lin Yun.

The old man blinked his dry eyes, stared at Lin Yun for a long time, and finally opened his almost toothless mouth and said in a local accent: "Who are you, I don't know you." ”

Fang Yating was not familiar with the local dialect, and she couldn't help but turn her puzzled gaze to Lin Yun.

Lin Yun is very natural, the advantage of being well-read when he was a child is reflected at this time, although he can't speak various local dialects, but there is no problem in understanding it.

The situation behind the old man's ears was the same as Lin Yun expected, so he raised his voice again and asked, "Uncle, I want to ask, is there an old man surnamed Duan here?" ”

This time, the old man understood, nodded again and again, and then asked, "Young man, are you here to find Uncle Duan?" ”

Fang Yating listened to it next to her, almost laughing, this old man looked like he was at least eighty years old, and he even called Old Man Duan uncle, while Lin Yun, who was only a teenager, called Old Man Duan a brother and sister, and this generation was also drunk.

"Yes, yes, can you take us to him?" Lin Yun didn't care about this, and continued to ask to himself.

Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head, let out a sigh, lowered his head slightly, and there was a helpless sadness in his desolate eyes.

Seeing the old man's reaction, Lin Yun suddenly chuckled in his heart, could it be that his previous idea had come true, and Old Man Duan had really encountered an accident?

Lin Yun was anxious, but he didn't urge immediately, usually older people will react more slowly, always give him a little buffer time, no matter how urgent things are, he doesn't care about these two minutes.

After the sadness in his heart calmed down, the old man said quietly: "Uncle Duan left two days ago, and now I am afraid that it will be difficult to come back." ”

"Brother Duan is gone? Where did he go? ”

"Huangquan Road."

Hearing these three words spoken by the old man word by word, Lin Yun and Fang Yating frowned at the same time, this is not a good sign, could it be that the old man Duan is dead?

"Uncle, where is Huangquan Road?" Lin Yun asked patiently with the last glimmer of hope.

Fortunately, the old man didn't say anything like Lord Yama and Meng Po Tang, but took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Lin Yun.

When Lin Yun took the note, the old man muttered: "Huangquan Road is from here all the way to the west, and you can see it when you walk through a stone road in the mountains." ”

The big mountain that the old man refers to is a high mountain that is more than 100 kilometers away from here, called Tianmeng Mountain, and the locals prefer to call it Huangquan Mountain.

The reason for this is that on this high mountain, there is a stone formation that only allows people to enter and no one is allowed to come out.

From the outside, it is a pile of natural stones several meters high, randomly placed into a pile of stones, the distance between each stone, only allows two people to walk side by side, but these stones cover a large area, blocking all the roads into the mountain, so far, no one has been to the top of Huangquan Mountain.

According to the old man, for as long as he can remember, he has often heard that people have tried to explore the stone formation out of curiosity, but whether they are alone or in groups, as long as they are the ones who enter, they have never returned.

It is for this bizarre reason that the locals will change the name of this mountain to Huangquan Mountain, which has a history of hundreds of years.

"There was a disappearance, don't the police care?" Fang Yating listened incredibly on the side, and couldn't help but follow Lin Yun's appearance, raised her voice and asked.

"Yes, I have been, not only the police, but also the army's search and rescue team!" The old man nodded.

"And the result?" Fang Yating said curiously.

"Alas, all the same, there is no return, and then no one dares to save it." The old man sighed.

Fang Yating was stunned and speechless, even the military's search and rescue team would be trapped in the mountains en masse, this was the first time she had heard of this kind of thing, which made her a little suspicious of the authenticity of this matter.

Lin Yun chose to remain silent, in fact, there are many such things that cannot be explained by science, and there are countless cases of the military being defeated, but most of them have been forcibly concealed, and ordinary people naturally cannot know the inside story.

In fact, this kind of concealment is not entirely a bad thing, after all, once it is publicized, it may lead more curious people to go to Huangquan Mountain to find out, and then cause even greater riots, which is definitely not something that those in power want to see.

Now Lin Yun can basically conclude that the stone formation in the old man's mouth should be the stone formation ban he understands, just imagine that even Sheng Haozong, the head of the Sheng family, can't get out of trouble, how can ordinary people come back?

However, after listening to the legend of Huangquan Mountain, Lin Yun also had another thought, this stone formation ban is more like it was placed to prevent outsiders from approaching the top of the mountain, so what shocking secrets are hidden on the top of this Huangquan Mountain?

Regarding this question, Lin Yun didn't ask the old man, because he knew in his heart that even if he asked, the old man would not know, and all the mysteries still needed to be solved by himself!

While thinking about it, Lin Yun opened the note left by Old Man Duan, and saw four big words clearly written on it: Don't enter the battle!

I have to say that Old Man Duan's handwriting is really ugly, every word is crooked, and it is not as good as an ordinary primary school student......

Wait a minute, a thought suddenly flashed in Lin Yun's mind, remembering that when he was in the school library, he once saw Old Man Duan's notepad, the handwriting on it was strong and powerful, and the pen was unique, and he had a deep calligraphy foundation.

Now when you compare it with the handwriting on this note, this is simply a judgment between two people, could it be that this note was left by someone else's impostor?

Thinking of this, Lin Yun became vigilant and confirmed to the old man again: "Uncle, is this note really left for me by Old Man Duan?" ”

The old man didn't understand why Lin Yun asked like this, but nodded very sincerely, and could see that this was a simple villager, with a simple brilliance in his eyes, not like he was lying.

Lin Yun was a little puzzled for a while, and looked down at the note again, although the font on it was soft and weak, it was also like the handwriting of an old man.

If this note is indeed from Old Man Duan's hand, it means that his physical condition is already very weak when he writes.

So far. Lin Yun's worst fear still happened, Old Man Duan was not only seriously injured, but also dragged his weak body and broke into the stone formation ban alone, which for him, was almost equivalent to asking for his own death.

But the question now is, Old Man Duan knew that Lin Yun would come, so why did he enter the stone formation in a hurry to ban it?

Could it be that someone seriously injured Old Man Duan and forced him to break into battle immediately?

It seems that you only know when you go in once......