"Heh, don't be afraid, I'm just a hunter under the mountain, hunting and collecting medicine here all year round...... I actually noticed someone here early in the morning. ”

From the darkness opposite, a small grease lamp lit up, the kind of lighting tool commonly used by hunters down the hill, using oil refined from animal fat as fuel.

Joyna and Xiao Wu glanced at each other, slightly relieved.

It turned out to be a hunter under the mountain......

"Oh, you said you found out we're here early in the morning? How did you find out? ”

Xiao Wu asked.

"It's very simple, when you first came in, it should be the most snowy time in the mountains, right? The hole had been buried a long time ago, but in the morning, while I was hunting, I found that it had been widened! And there are hardly any people here, and the people who opened the entrance to the cave must have taken refuge here after the snowstorm......"

As he spoke, he had slowly walked over from a short distance.

"Well, it makes sense, you must be a very experienced hunter too."

Xiao Wu nodded at him.

At this time, with the help of their lights, I could see the person's appearance clearly.

A dark, battered male face.

The complexion is a little ruddy, the face is also red skin, the eyes are angular, and the head is covered with unkempt, withered pale yellow hair, which is obviously a sign of long-term survival in the wild.

He had some wide sash made of cowhide, or the skin of other animals, and to that belt was attached a thinner strap that ran diagonally from his shoulders to his back.

It was covered with knives, guns, kettles, small pliers, and other miscellaneous things, and a short worn cloak on the back.

A long shotgun was behind him, and it seemed that he must have come to the cave to find them, and there was no other prey on his hands or body.

"Well, we're going to ...... Let's go back and go down the mountain together. ”

The moment Xiao Wu spoke, he suddenly paused.

The reason is that she has been using her divine sense to investigate, but she suddenly found that this hunter has a spiritual reaction, and it is very strong!

She felt that there was something unusual about those spiritual powers, but she couldn't put it into words.

……

Joyna gave Xiao Wu a hint of the look, and remained silent.

It's not because she didn't see it......

The reason why Joyna has not been silent is also very simple, she already knows it.

She looked at his hand by the light.

Although this hunter has a vicissitudes of life, he has experienced wind and rain. But his hands are not as rough as those of a real hunter.

And his right index finger and thumb did not have the calluses that hunters often have, worn out by the trigger of the gun and the fingers that have been held for a long time.

He certainly wasn't left-handed either, as the shoulder strap was on the right shoulder.

But behind him was a long-barreled shotgun......

In other words, he is not a man with a gun at all!

He's disguising himself.

But he is even less adept at disguising himself.

The comer is not good!

"Oh, is this going back? There's a lot of mist grass in this cave......"

The man looked at the huge wall of ice hanging upside down in the abyss opposite.

"That's why ......"

"Wait! How do you know we're here...... Herb pickers? Xiao Wu's expression moved.

Joyna suddenly took over and said, "The hunters in the mountains are very accurate, we didn't bring guns, we definitely didn't hunt, and we are in the cave, obviously here to pick herbs...... How? Do you have a way to get to the other side? ”

The man glanced at the two of them, and said unhurriedly: "Heh-there is no way, but if you want to go deeper with me, you will naturally know." ”

Joyna and Xiao Wu exchanged glances as he looked up at the ice wall again......

"That's great! Then we'll go with you. ”

Joyna's face was full of excitement......

Xiao Wu's face was calm and expressionless, she obviously hadn't reached that kind of comprehension - laughing when she should cry, crying when she should laugh.

This kind of thing can't be pretended to be at her age, so she chose to be silent.

However, she noticed one thing - the man who called himself the hunter had a silver snap on the shabby cloak on his shoulder, which seemed to have a symbol of an eye.

The two of them had been around for a long time, and knew that there was no road ahead.

I wonder where this hunter is taking them?

"Well, this is it."

The man was walking ahead when he suddenly stopped in a place full of broken stone pillars.

"Here? This place...... Can we pick spirit grass? ”

Joyna surveyed her surroundings with a puzzled look, blue light filling the place through the reflection of the massive ice wall.

In addition to those pillars and broken walls, there seemed to be a faint layer of black air circulating on the cave wall above their heads!

She and Xiao Wu are obviously not afraid of this man's sudden trouble, they are very confident in their skills.

She just wanted to see what the hell this man was going to do.

However, she clearly miscalculated the strength of her opponent.

The other party is by no means as simple as an ordinary cultivator!

……

"Right...... Over here. You are the spirit grass I want to pick. ”

"What did you say?"

……

Far away hundreds of kilometers away at the foot of the "Guge Mountains".

In that secluded small village of the Jidu people, the light of the stars at night shone on a small temple.

A girl dressed in burlap was holding her head and ears tightly with her hands, her body shook a few times as if she was drunk, and then "plop!" With a thud, he lay diagonally on the floor of the small temple.

Half an hour later......

"Elder! Elder! Wake up...... What happened to you? ”

A middle-aged man shook her body, but she lay motionless on the ground, as if she couldn't hear anyone's call.

"Elder, what's wrong with her?"

The other person next to the middle-aged man asked eagerly.

"I ...... I don't know! I've seen her like this three times in recent times. ”

"3 times!? …… Was it after she came back from there? ”

The middle-aged man nodded: "That's right, how many weeks ago?" I don't remember exactly...... The last time was in the morning, when I went to bring her freshly fried barley tea, she did the same, and she fell to the ground inexplicably. ”

"And then?"

"And it didn't take long...... She woke up suddenly, and when she first woke up, her eyes were blank, and she was staring at one place in a daze, and she kept repeating something I didn't understand......"

"What? She looks like that...... It can't be! ”

"You mean...... What is the symptom? ”

"I don't know, you have to report this matter to the Great Elder below quickly, you are staring here, she must take care of her when she wakes up! I'm going to figure it out. ”

With that, the villager ran away at a rapid pace.

In a short time, the elder had already woken up, her eyes glazed over, her mouth open and closed, but she did not make a sound......

Immediately after, her hand was tightly grasped by the middle-aged man, and he shook her shoulder lightly, while holding her hand tightly, for fear that she would make some moves.

"Elder! Elder! …… Do you hear me? ”

The middle-aged man looked at her face—a bloodless face, staring at the wall with wide eyes and a strange expression.

“Iä! Iä! Hastu

! Ugh! Ugh! Iä Hastu

cf’ ayak ’vulgtmm, vugtlagl

vulgtmm! Ai! Shub-Niggu

ath! ... Hastu

—Hastu

cf’tag

! Iä! Iä! Hastu

!...”

(The author has gone mad)

Her throat erupted in a series of inexplicable syllables, and it kept repeating!

Oh, my God! This is......

The man jerked his leg up and rushed out the door, shouting, "Quick! Help me get the ban, hurry! ”

……