Chapter 401: Qiyun Mountain Range
Su Qiubai was a little surprised when he saw the people in the car. He thought that with Mosa's insidiousness and prudence, he should at least bring more of his men with him, otherwise if he took the opportunity to kill him, he should not be able to escape with all his might.
But when you think about it, you are limited by the contract, and once you do something to him, maybe the contract will take effect immediately, and it is not worth the risk.
After getting in the car, Mossa smiled and said, "Can we go?" ”
Su Qiubai nodded and asked, "Now you can sue me, where are we going?" ”
After motioning for the driver to drive, Mosa turned his head and replied, "The Bloody Eye Glass is hidden in the Qiyun Mountain Range, where the distance from the river and sea is not short, you can sleep well." ”
Su Qiubai tried to think about it, and remembered that the Qiyun Mountain Range was located in the southwest border of Huaxia Kingdom, close to the national border, and it was even more remote than the Kunlun Mountain Range. Moreover, the Qiyun Mountain Range is the second largest mountain range in Huaxia, spanning thousands of miles, and the deepest part is difficult to reach even by plane, which is a good place to hide treasures.
Driving from Jianghai, even if it doesn't stop for a moment, it is estimated that it will take two days, but sitting next to Su Qiubai is Mosa, and he doesn't dare to sleep next to him with confidence.
Mosa is not a person who likes to talk a lot, and Su Qiubai is even more reluctant to chat with him, so the two basically remained silent the whole time, and the atmosphere in the car looked a little weird.
Two days later, Su Qiubai saw that the scenery outside the car was getting more and more desolate, knowing that they were getting closer and closer to the Qiyun Mountain Range, and he still didn't know anything about this operation, so he asked, "Where is the Bloody Eye Glass in the Qiyun Mountain Range?" ”
Mosa looked at him, took out a map from his personal pocket, opened it and showed it to Su Qiubai, and said, "In an abyss deep in the mountains, we have to go a long way after entering the mountains. ”
Su Qiubai nodded and said no more.
Since Mosa's people have studied this thing for more than a thousand years, it is very likely that they have already been to this place, just like Mossa said, because they are foreigners, and they may be subject to some kind of restriction to take the Bloody Eye Glass, which is why they need their own help.
But he thought about it, if he needed a Huaxia clansman, wouldn't it be better to control an ordinary person than himself? In this way, I am afraid that this matter is not so simple.
After a few hours, Mosa's men finally stopped the car, and Su Qiubai looked out of the car, and the rough road that was barely able to drive forward before had come to an end, and it seemed that they had to walk.
Mosa's subordinate is a stout man with a height of nearly two meters, his name is Muhan, he looks like a Middle Easterner, and he looks even more taciturn than Mosa, his face is full of ferocity, he should be a ruthless character who has killed many people.
Muhan silently opened the trunk of the car, took out their luggage and equipment from it, and carried most of it on his back, he was already tall, and at this time his body was full of equipment, and it looked like a giant moving tower.
In the luggage, there was a small bag of equipment prepared for Su Qiubai, and he didn't shirk it, he took it and carried it on his back.
At this time, it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon, so they did not delay for a moment and went directly into the mountain.
Although the Qiyun Mountains are very long and the altitude is not low, because the location is close to the tropics, they are not covered with snow all year round like the Kunlun Mountains, and the roads are much easier.
Not long after entering the mountain, Su Qiubai saw a stone statue in the grass on the side of the road, and stepped forward to open the grass to see that it was actually a stone tablet. On the top of the stele is carved a monster with the head of a dragon and the body of a lion, staring fiercely at the person in front of him. There were some quaint words engraved on the stone tablet, but Su Qiubai didn't know it, it might be the words of some ancient tribe, and they all looked like some strangely shaped symbols.
Su Qiubai frowned and asked, "What is this?" ”
Mossa shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it doesn't matter. ”
Su Qiubai took a closer look at the stone tablet again, but he couldn't see any clues, so he had to continue walking.
As Mossa said, the place they were going to was deep in the Qiyun Mountains, and it would take many days to walk to get there, and there was still no communication between the three of them along the way.
Su Qiubai carefully wrote down the route when he walked, and sometimes made a mark on the side of the road when Mosa was not paying attention, so as not to be trapped in the mountains and unable to get out if something happened at that time.
A few hours later, the sky gradually darkened, and before it got dark, Su Qiubai noticed that the sky seemed to change, and dark clouds were converging above them.
Mossa also glanced up at the sky, then cursed in a low voice, and said, "It may rain in a while, we need to find camp before it gets dark, and it's not a good idea to climb the mountain on a rainy day." ”
Su Qiubai also agreed with this, so the three of them quickened their pace and soon found a suitable open space for camping.
Muhan seemed to be very good at this, and with his help, the three tents were quickly erected.
The three of them had eaten something in their tents and prepared for nightfall.
After dark, a mountain rain came as promised, and when it rained, it was accompanied by a gust of wind, which caused the tent of the three to shake incessantly, and was almost overturned.
Su Qiubai was lying in the tent and felt that the rain was a little strange. At this time, they had not gone far from entering the mountain, and the terrain and climate should not be so bad, and the wind and rain seemed to be summoned by something, and it seemed that it was completely aimed at them.
He couldn't help but think of the stone monument he saw when he entered the mountain, and it was a little strange to see that kind of ancient relic in this inaccessible place. Maybe it was a warning from the ancients to future generations, or maybe it was a signpost?
He couldn't figure out what the reason might be for a moment, but the stele would never have been there for no reason, and Mossa might have known about it, but had deliberately kept it a secret from him.
I thought that the wind and rain would stop after a while, but it obviously had a tendency to intensify, and the tent, which was already crumbling, seemed to be unable to hold on for long.
Su Qiubai was about to find a way to fight the wind and rain, but suddenly felt a chill, and then the tent stopped shaking, but the sound of wind and rain outside did not stop.
At the same time, Su Qiubai noticed that there seemed to be an ominous aura around him, and he heard a few cries in his ears from time to time, this aura was not unfamiliar to him, it was exactly what Mosa emitted when he cast the spell.
It seems that Mossa also saw that the wind and rain were not right, so he took the first step to resist the wind and rain, so that he was more sure of his previous suspicion, they must have touched some taboo set by their ancestors, and then they were attacked by the wind and rain.
It has only been a long time since I entered the mountain, and I have come out like this, and the road behind may be even more difficult.
However, Su Qiubai felt a little strange in his heart, he had guessed before that it was definitely not the first time that Mosa and them had come here, and he had not expected this wind and rain in advance, and it must have been the first time he had encountered it. So, when they came before, they didn't encounter any obstacles?
Thinking of the details again, Su Qiubai understood that when Mosa came before, he must have brought his henchmen, and those people were all foreigners, and they didn't pose a threat to the treasures in the mountains, so naturally they couldn't trigger these mechanisms. And he is equivalent to Mosa bringing the "key" to unlock the treasure, and the prohibitions set by his ancestors can sense his threat, which triggers these mechanisms.
It seems that the road behind will be very difficult, Su Qiubai thought to himself before falling asleep.
Early the next morning, when Su Qiubai walked out of the tent, he saw that Muhan was already packing up his and Mosa's things. Seeing Su Qiubai come out, Mosa said, "Did Mr. Su sleep well last night?" ”
Su Qiubai said expressionlessly: "Someone shelters from the wind and rain, and it is natural to sleep well." ”
Mossa smiled, and suddenly said, "Things may be a little more complicated than I expected, and there have been some changes that we didn't expect, and then we can't be careless." ”
It seemed that Mosa also saw it, but Su Qiubai ignored him, just silently packed up his things, and continued on the road.
At noon, the three of them were walking, and suddenly, Muhan, who was walking in front, stopped, looked back at Mosa suspiciously, and said something in a language that Su Qiubai couldn't understand, and Mosa's expression became solemn.
Su Qiubai looked at them inexplicably, and after a while, Mosa turned around and said, "There was no such forest here before, and things are strange. ”
Su Qiubai looked forward and saw that in front of them was a forest that could not be seen, and the grass and trees in the forest were very vigorous, blocking the sunlight and looking very dim.
Could it be the Qimen Formation? An idea popped up in Su Qiubai's mind.
Before he had time to think about it, Mossa said, "Don't take any chances, let's take a detour." ”
Su Qiubai didn't want to exert any more strength for him, so he didn't say anything, and followed them along the edge of the forest for a while, but after a while, they found a problem: this forest seemed to have no end, they had walked for so long, and from the compass, the direction had not changed, just like a boundless wall blocking in front of them, they could only climb over, but they couldn't get around.
Mosa stopped, frowned, and said, "This may be a maze, it seems that it will not work if you don't go in." ”
As he spoke, he was about to walk forward, but was stopped by Su Qiubai.
Although he had guessed that this was a Qimen formation, even if it was a Qimen formation, there were countless changes, and he didn't know all of them. Once trapped inside, I'm afraid it's hard to get out. He wasn't worried about Mosa's safety, but it wouldn't be worth it if he folded himself here.
"How?" Mossa asked curiously.
"I'm not sure what this is, it's a bit dangerous to rush in." Su Qiubai said.
Mossa said: "This maze, if you are not in it, you can't break it outside, we have to go in." ”
With that, Mossa continued on his way.