Under the mountain wall on the northwest side, there is really a waterhole, and it is easy to determine from the bluestone slabs on the edge of the waterhole and the chisel marks on the stone strips that this is a man-made facility, and it seems that this time it is the right place.

The waterhole is surrounded by large trees, some of which have their roots stretched into the pool, and judging from the thickness of the roots, it must have been uninhabited for a long time, and the water surface of the waterhole is calm, and there are foliage algae floating on it, which looks like a pool of stagnant water, but there is no rancid smell.

Carefully around the waterhole, near the rock wall there were about three or four meters of stones, no trees growing, only a few vines and dwarf and crooked grass, and behind this clearing, there was a hole full of vines.

Lou Jingzhong stepped onto this relatively clean place, looked up at the blue sky, and exhaled heavily.

"Luckily, this should be able to camp."

Xia Yuxin stretched out his head to look at the dark cave behind Lou Jingzhong, and felt a little hairy in his heart, there were so many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the weeds and forests in the basin just now, and the cave seemed to be a place where snakes, insects, rats and ants like to gather, and camping at the entrance of this cave made people feel a little uneasy.

Fang Shi turned his head and looked around, nodded and said: "Well, let's camp here, the situation in the cave is unknown, don't go in for the time being, collect some dry firewood to light a fire, burn some deworming herbs, and sprinkle anthelmintic medicine around." ”

"Ignition"

"It's okay, the destination has arrived, it's the same whether the fire is lit or not." Fang Shi looked at Xia Yuxin, who was a little hesitant, and comforted, Li Shuya cheered, and lighting the fire meant that there was hot food to eat. Children forget everything when they have something to eat.

Xia Yuxin had no choice but to go with Li Shuya to collect firewood. Fang Shi and Lou Jingzhong swept away all the weeds and rotten leaves on the stone slab. Then sprinkled a circle of medicinal powder around, Lou Jingzhong was still a little uneasy, and covered the cordyceps repellent collected along the road on the medicinal powder.

When Xia Yuxin and Li Shuya lit the fire, Lou Jingzhong first burned some insect repellent herbs, and then set up the tripod and began to cook the broth, and when the fragrant and warm broth went down to the stomach, the coldness on the body was immediately dispelled, and the fatigue of the body slowly seeped into the bones. Tickle lazy.

Li Shuya sat beside Fang Shi, the firelight jumped in his eyes, he looked curiously at the mouth of the cave full of vines not far away, and asked Fang Shi with some carelessness: "Sir, are we looking for this cave?" What's in it? ”

Fang Shi did not answer this question, but pointed to the small basin on the side: "This was originally the birthplace of the Li family, and the ancestors of the Li family village lived here from the beginning. ”

Li Shuya looked at Fang Shi in surprise and asked in disbelief: "This is the Li family's old village?" I've heard the old people say it, but how do you know that the road is here? ”

"Hehe, Aunt Li told me. is Li Junwu's mother. ”

"Oh, but what about the people here? Later, they all moved to the current Lijiazhai? ”

"It's not. Most of the people here are said to have died from a plague, others have escaped and disappeared, but I suspect that the people here may well have died at their own hands. ”

Li Shuya blinked in confusion and said, "What are you doing?" Are they killing each other? ”

"No, it's these poisonous insects, don't you think there are too many poisonous insects here, too big?"

Li Shuya nodded vigorously, but his body trembled uncontrollably, and when he thought of the terrifying scene not long ago, his heart couldn't help but tremble.

Xia Yuxin, who was sitting on the other side of Fang Shi, suddenly interjected: "You mean they are raising these poisonous insects, but one day, the situation is out of control?" ”

"Perhaps, there is a great possibility of getting out of control, or it may be artificial, no one knows the truth, only that the road was almost overnight, and the people here were all dead, and then the people who came here were afraid to burn the entire village with the dead, and the location of the village is said to be on the western slope."

Fang Shi said and pointed to the western slope, the dark mountain forest looked very strange under the moonlight, and the rattling leaves seemed to have something hidden in it, especially after Fang Shi said this, Li Shuya only felt that his back was cold.

"Goo."

Li Shuya swallowed hard, his voice was so loud that he startled himself, Xia Yuxin smiled, Li Shuya was a little embarrassed to laugh, and hurriedly pulled the topic back to the beginning of the question.

"And what's in this cave?"

"There is the Li family ancestral hall in this cave, which is said to preserve the Li family's witchcraft inheritance, and there may be some other things, such as genealogy and the like."

Fang Shi replied without concealment, Li Shuya suddenly, it turned out that Fang Shi was looking for this, so all the doubts were solved.

"How could Grandma Li tell you this?"

Li Shuya thought of an important question and asked a little vigilantly, but he didn't think that if Fang Shi and they got the news through some means, then wouldn't he be looking for death when he discovered this suspicion.

Fang Shi smiled: "You're thinking too much, your Grandma Li doesn't want her descendants to have anything to do with witchcraft anymore, and she is worried that the Li family's witchcraft will lose its inheritance, so she told me this secret, hoping that I can take away the things in it, so that the Li family's witchcraft can continue to be passed on." ”

"But this is the Li family."

"Hehe, I'm so conservative when I'm young, knowledge belongs to everyone, and after these things are taken out, I didn't let the people of the Li family learn them? How, do you want to learn? ”

Li Shuya nodded embarrassedly, his careful thinking was seen through by Fang Shi at a glance.

Lou Jingzhong and Xia Yuxin both smiled silently, this kid was really ugly in front of the three warlocks.

Fang Shi said very seriously: "There are many witchcraft inheritances, not to mention anything else, even in the mountains south of Luoxiao Mountain, how many great witches are there?" They each have their own heritage, and they never communicate with each other, and the final result is that they are gradually lost! Compared with Taoism, witchcraft is inherently more rustic and lacks systematization. And such a secret skill is self-cherished. So the demise of witchcraft is already visible. ”

Li Shuya listened attentively. There was a slight disappointment in his eyes.

Fang Shi continued: "Dao art is also developed from witchcraft, but Dao art is relatively more focused on communication and has formed its own system, so it is much stronger than witchcraft, and you should learn Taoism instead of witchcraft." ”

Li Shuya blinked his eyes and seemed to understand something, looked at Fang Shi with anticipation and apprehension and asked, "Sir, can I learn Taoism from you?" ”

Fang Shi smiled. Gently patted Li Shuya's head: "Yes, but this matter is not simple, there may be some difficulties and twists and turns, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

Li Shuya paused for a moment, he had already made up his mind just now, and was ready to beg hard, but he didn't expect Fang Shi to agree so easily, he didn't take Fang Shi's words to heart at all, in his mind, he was free. It's uncaring, and no one can stop what you decide. No one will stop it either, but, apparently, he is thinking too simply.

"Sir, I'm not afraid, please let me learn Taoism from you." Li Shuya scratched his ears and cheeks excitedly, and replied loudly in a loud voice.

Fang Shi could naturally see Li Shuya's thoughts, but he didn't say anything, and when the time came, reality would naturally tell others that it was not free.

"Hehe, I said yes, but you have to be determined."

"I have!"

Li Shuya puffed up his chest vigorously and replied loudly with excitement.

Fang Shi was about to speak, when he suddenly turned his head to look at the sky, and the hound, which had been lying on his stomach, suddenly stood up, baring his teeth and letting out a low roar of snoring. A small black shadow streaked across the night sky, and fell into the fire with a pop, splashing a few sparks, and then making a clattering sound, and a thick scorching smell spread.

"Be careful of the poison and hold your breath."

Immediately, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled up the Li Shuya beside him, stepped back a few steps, and fanned his palm hard, waving the unpleasant smoke to other places, Xia Yuxin and Lou Jingzhong reacted very quickly, and quickly retreated when they heard Fang Shi's warning.

Lou Jingzhong quickly ran to the edge of the clearing, turned on the flashlight and shone it on the grass and trees, and was immediately startled when he saw it, the grass blades and tree trunks around here were full of insects and ants, and the number was very amazing!

"Fang, there are a lot of poisonous insects in Fangshi!"

Fang Shi pushed Li Shuya in front of Xia Yuxin, Xia Yuxin held Li Shuya's shoulder, and said as if to give herself courage: "Don't be afraid, there are us!" ”

Li Shuya nodded, but her eyes were staring at Fang Shi's back tightly, Xia Yuxin forced herself to look towards the place illuminated by the flashlight in Lou Jingzhong, that scene was really terrifying, and she looked at the tip of her heart and trembled, not to mention Li Shuya.

Fang Shi stepped forward and observed: "It seems that they are coming for the firelight, the insects should be afraid of the light, right?" ”

Lou Jingzhong shook his head: "There are also those who are oriented to the light." ”

Fang Shi sighed, and went to carefully observe the situation outside the defense line isolated by the insect repellent medicine, and after looking at it for a while, he finally saw the clue: "I understand, they seem to be hunting, some insects are looking towards the light, so they gather here, and then predators follow, and then more and more gather, nothing to do, just drive them away." ”

Fang Shi turned around and walked back to the edge of the fire, sat cross-legged on his backpack, and began to chant the exorcism spell aloud.

"Mighty, nourishing all directions, all things are similar and different, each has its own peace, going along with it is good, going against it is evil, respecting my words, each returning to its place"

Fang Shi's sonorous sound spread out into the basin through the reflection of the stone wall, and it was particularly clear and melodious in the quiet mountain forest, Lou Jingzhong saw that the insects and ants who were still very active just now immediately quieted down, and then turned their heads and ran away, Lou Jingzhong looked back at Fang Shi in surprise.

Not long ago, Fang Shi seemed to be still using witchcraft to repel insects, but a few days later, he began to use spells to repel insects, if he could spell deworming at the beginning, why use witchcraft, Lou Jingzhong believes that this is Fang Shi in a short period of time, the principle of witchcraft deworming has been thoroughly understood, and it has been transplanted to the spell.

Although this speculation is a little unbelievable, it is the only reasonable explanation, is this square stone really a god born for Taoism?

There is also Xia Yuxin who thinks the same as Lou Jingzhong, after witnessing all this, she is also frowning and thinking about the same question, in the afternoon, Fang Shi drove away the insects and ants in the entire basin, using the power of heaven and earth, and now this is definitely an authentic sound spell, but the ordinary thing like the exorcism spell can also be used by herself, but she never knew that the Dao could also have an effect on the ants, and the only explanation is that Fang Shi improved the exorcism spell himself, is this too powerful! (To be continued......)