Chapter 382: Sound of the Mountain Temple
"It's a possibility. Lin Qingxi nodded and said, "But if you calculate the schedule, the person going down the mountain to Lu County will be tomorrow at this time, and when the big man in Lu County in his mouth knows that we still have more than a dozen pieces of heavenly white jade and green lotus in our hands, we will have to wait until the early morning of the day after tomorrow." When we came to chase us again, we were afraid that we had already gone down Mount Tai and reached Licheng in Jinan County. It's different from looking for a needle in a haystack when you're out of Licheng to find our trails, so there's no need to worry. ”
That being said, we need to be careful. Although we each have hole cards in our hands, and Mu Chen is not afraid of martial arts masters, it is better not to provoke unnecessary trouble. Xin Ruoruo said solemnly.
"Brother Lin is right, but if Sister Ruo, don't worry too much, let's spend the night in the mountain temple of the seventh plate tonight, and set off tomorrow to the top of Mount Tai, the book says that the sunrise of Mount Tai is a rare beauty in the world. I'll help you put away the white jade and green lotus first, and I'll give it to you when I return to Jixia Academy. As he spoke, Mu Chen opened the gate of the corpse cultivation formation and threw the basket full of white jade and jade lotus into it.
The group finally came to the seventh of the eighteen plates, and as the man said, there was a flat slope on the side of the seventh plate, and on the flat slope there was a dilapidated mountain temple.
This mountain temple is not big, only the size of four houses, and the stone statue of the mountain god enshrined in the middle has already fallen off the paint and dilapidated, and the right finger has also dropped a few pieces.
I don't know who built such a small temple on Mount Tai, but no one took care of it, and it became the foothold of passers-by. Duan Tiangang looked at the mountain god statue and said with a smile.
"Duan Tiangang, you don't know about this. It is said that a hundred years ago Mount Tai was extremely lively, a hundred years ago Mount Tai this road is the only way to Yanzhou and Qingzhou, but later a large number of construction, under the mountain to build an official road, although the distance is farther, but it is much safer than the mountain road, over time, the people who walk Mount Tai are less and less. Lin Qingxi has a lot of knowledge in water and landform, so he explained.
Everyone except Mu Chen nodded when they heard this, only Mu Chen looked at the mountain temple and frowned slightly.
"Mu Chen, what's wrong?" Xin Ruoruo noticed Mu Chen's abnormality and asked.
"I always feel that there is a little weirdness in this mountain temple, but I can't say where it is. Mu Chen said with his cheeks raised.
Duan Tiangang patted Mu Chen on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Mu Chen, are you too nervous, what's strange about this broken temple, I'll go hunt some game and dip meat at night." ”
With that, he got up and walked out of the temple.
"Yes, maybe I'm overthinking. Brother Duan, I'll go with you, Sister Ruoruo, Sister Ji, you two and Brother Lin will pick up some dry firewood near the temple. As soon as Mu Chen's voice fell, he also ran towards the outside of the temple.
"Mu Chen, it's enough for me to hunt wild meat alone, what do you do. Duan Tiangang's deep voice was particularly loud in the mountains.
"Aren't you afraid that Brother Duan, you will get lost, and if you stay next to Sister Ji and Sister Ruoruo, you will have to pinch each other again, so it is better to come with you to hunt game." Mu Chen explained.
"Also, you kid is a rotten peach blossom, and wherever you go, there will be women arguing for you. Duan Tiangang said angrily, and the sourness in his words was particularly obvious.
Mu Chen smiled awkwardly, and also knew Duan Tiangang's strong resentment, so he diverted the topic and said: "Brother Duan, I heard that there is a kind of gazelle on Mount Tai, the meat is extremely tender, and it is the best choice for the surrounding hunters, why don't we try our luck?"
When Duan Tiangang heard this, he immediately swallowed his saliva, when it came to eating wild game in the wild, Mu Chen was an absolute expert, he said that the gazelle meat was tender, that was fresh!
Half an hour later, Mu Chen and Duan Tiangang rushed back with two gazelles in the dust, and Xin Ruoruo and the three of them had already picked up the firewood and lit it.
After another half an hour, a burst of meaty fragrance slowly wafted out of this mountain temple.
"He's so damn delicious!" Duan Tiangang impatiently stuffed the gazelle's leg in the middle and praised him.
Although Xin Ruoruo and Ji Yaoling did not have such an exaggerated eating appearance as Duan Tiangang, they were definitely not elegant, and Mu Chen and Lin Qingxi laughed silently.
Several people were eating with relish, and they were about to continue to unload a few pieces of meat, but they found that a gazelle had been completely eliminated in a few moments.
"Duan Tiangang, are you a starving ghost reincarnated, such a big gazelle will be eaten by you in just a cup of tea!" Ji Yaoling said to Duan Tiangang with a greasy mouth.
"Isn't there another one, and I don't have time to eat that many ......," Duan Tiangang muttered.
Mu Chen looked at the two of them happily, he couldn't imagine that his rough barbecue in the evil swamp in southern Xinjiang actually had such a high evaluation in front of everyone, fortunately he didn't let Nie Shushu come out to cook, otherwise the four companions in front of him would be able to eat other things in the future?
"Wait a minute!" Mu Chen's face suddenly changed, and he said gloomily, "Come out for me!"
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but wonder for a while, they didn't notice that there were any other people in this mountain temple.
After dozens of breaths quietly like this, but there was no abnormality at all, Ji Yaoling couldn't help asking: "Stinky brother, are you too sensitive, there is no one else here except us." ”
Mu Chen's face was gloomy as before, and he pointed to the roasted gazelle that was only one left: "Look at the left leg for yourselves, between the waist and abdomen, and at the back of the neck." ”
Everyone looked at the place Mu Chen said, and their faces changed one after another, and the places Mu Chen said were missing a few pieces of meat out of thin air, as if they had been bitten by something!
This roasted gazelle that is still on the fire rack has never been touched before!
The hearts of the people were lifted, and it was not a simple person to be able to do this quietly in front of their eyes!
For a while, the five martial spirits quietly formed behind everyone, looking around vigilantly.
"Alas......" A resentful sigh suddenly sounded in the mountain temple, "Won't I just gnaw on a few mouthfuls of your meat, as for waiting for such a tight battle......
This sudden voice made Mu Chen and the others even more vigilant, and Mu Chen spoke: "Since we have been discovered, let's come out and show up, it doesn't make sense for us to pretend to be a ghost like this." ”
"Alas, I want to show up too, but my strength doesn't allow it......" The sigh sounded again.
"Hmph! obsessed!" Xin Ruoruo snorted coldly when she heard this, and the insects and ants around her began to spread around her, and said, "Look how I find you!"
After a while, the solemnity on Xin Ruoruo's face became more and more intense.
"Sister Ruoruo, how's that?" asked Mu Chen.
"Actually...... I really couldn't find a trace. Xin Ruoruo was also very incredible. She used the Gu Mother to summon all the insects and ants within a radius of three miles, and almost turned the entire mountain temple upside down, but she still didn't find out where the sound came from!
"Huh...... I said it earlier, it's not that I don't want to show up, but my strength doesn't allow it...... Don't waste your efforts. The voice said again.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" asked Mu Chen.
"What do you want? I don't want to do anything at all. Just smelling your fragrance, I can't help but wake up and relieve my cravings. As for who I am...... I never said I was alone......"
"You're not human, then what are you? Since you can't show up, why can you bite on a gazelle, are you as easy to deceive as we are three-year-olds?" Ji Yaoling couldn't help but exclaim.
"Little girl, don't you be so angry. Although I can't show up, this temple was built for me, and I can still eat a few pieces of meat in this broken temple through this broken stone statue. ”
Lin Qingxi frowned and said, "The stone statue, the temple built for you, could it be that you are the mountain god?"
"What a bullshit mountain god, this abandoned tomb world has long been devoid of immortals, let alone gods. The voice suddenly became a little low again.
Everyone was more and more confused by this voice, but Mu Chen's expression was a little moved, and he asked, "Since you can't show up, you can only communicate with us through this stone statue, where are you really here?"
"My true body, under the cloud island, on the top of the mountains. That's a place you'll never be able to find. Thank you roasted gazelles, I'm going to wash and sleep, I don't know what the next time I wake up...... Hahahaha......"
"Cloud Island, do you know where Cloud Island is!" Mu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he asked excitedly at the voice.
"Oh, you know Cloud Island!" the voice asked in surprise.
Of course Mu Chen knew about Cloud Island! According to the clue of the Starfall Floating Coffin obtained from the ninth layer of the Gravity Tower of Jixia Academy, the top of the Cloud Island was where the Starfall Floating Coffin was located! And today, when this guy who didn't know who it was, he actually heard the news of Cloud Island, how could he not be excited!
It's just that the matter of the Starfall Floating Coffin is too shocking, although he trusts Xin Ruoruo and the others around him very much, but the cause and effect of this matter is too unbelievable to explain, he doesn't want to reveal it to them for the time being, so he forcibly resisted his excitement and replied: "Naturally, I know." Where the stars fall, where the boundary gate is, above the cloud island, between the sea of ......"
"You...... It turned out to be ...... The legendary Boundary Breaker really appeared!" It's just that the voice did not appear in the mountain temple this time, but sounded directly in Mu Chen's ears, "Tomorrow, the top of Mount Tai and the mystery of Cloud Island will be known." ”
After a long time, the voice did not appear again, and Duan Tiangang asked tentatively, "Really...... Did you really go wash and sleep?"
"I often hear that the old people in the family talk about a lot of strange things in the mountains, I can't imagine that I actually came here today, the mountain god, I don't know if it's true or not, but fortunately there is no malice, otherwise it is quite troublesome. Lin Qingxi said eloquently on the side.
At this moment, only Mu Chen did not speak, quietly looking at the dilapidated stone statue of the mountain god, and the sixteen words left by the voice echoed in his heart: Tomorrow, the top of Mount Tai, the mystery of Cloud Island, will be known.