Volume 2 Troubled Times Chapter 121 To the Land of the Underworld (II)
Huanglong Mountain
It is located at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces
It is both a natural barrier and a watershed
This mountain is the birthplace of the Huanglong Sect, one of the five schools and seven sects of Zen Buddhism in China, and is also famous for its pristine ecological environment.
And this primitive ecology benefits from its steep mountains and large vertical drops, which is extremely unsuitable for human life, and its danger is evidenced by Ge Hong's "Mufu Mountain Chronicles" in the Jin Dynasty:
…… There is an inscription on the stone wall of the mountain, and it is said: there are dozens of acres of stone fields at the top of the mountain, and the ditch is hidden, which is not humanly possible...... The bird road is cut off, can not be climbed, the left yellow dragon, the right phoenix, all in the foothills.
"Whew...... Whew......"
It was late at night
Somewhere on the mountainside of Huanglong Mountain, you must know that here is far away from the scenic spot is extremely shady, steep and even no place where birds and beasts can inhabit, so there is a faint sound of wheezing in such an environment.
"Too ...... It's so exciting......"
The pant and excitement raised his voice.
"Slow...... Slow down......"
Another voice reminded.
The edge of the rock wall "snapped" and suddenly put a palm on it, and then a black shadow propped it up, and the toes were very neat and stable.
"Come!" The shadow didn't mean to stop, and turned around and stretched out his arm to reach down the cliff.
"Walk you!"
As soon as the words fell, another figure also climbed up with strength.
"Whew-"
The two of them gasped and knelt on the ground, untied the mountaineering bag tied behind them, and lay on their backs and didn't want to move for half a minute: "Go up from here again, and you will reach the top." ”
I saw that this is a platform halfway up the mountain, which can only accommodate a few people to settle down, and the mountain on this side of Huanglong Mountain is almost at a right angle, so how easy is it to go up here? Fortunately, there is such a platform to have a respite, which is naturally cherished.
"Why hasn't he come up yet......?"
It took a moment for one of them to realize that there was another companion behind.
"Every time...... Isn't it just slow for him every time......"
The person answering the question apparently did not bother to go over and check the situation.
Every time it was indeed the companion mentioned by Fang Cai who was the slowest, the two of them didn't care at first, but the time did drag on a little long, and they were just about to get up when they heard the sound of falling gravel from the "dong dong" under the cliff.
"Hey! It's still crawling—hear me! ”
The two of them felt a little calmer, and their propped up bodies suddenly lay back down.
It was cold and bitter in the mountains this night, and I don't know how long it took, when a gust of wind swept by, and the two of them got up violently - they fell asleep. Looking around, there was no companion in sight, so he hurriedly leaned towards the edge of the cliff.
"What about others?!"
"Like...... It doesn't seem to have come up yet! ”
"Isn't this right there!"
One of them found a figure sticking to the mountain more than ten meters away, as if it was silently clinging to the rock wall because of lack of physical strength.
"Well——? Come up—"
The two shouted.
"Huh?"
The figure woke up when he heard the shouts of his companions, reached out and grabbed the foot of the convex stone, and "dong dong" another piece of rubble rolled down...... Then the "da-da-da-da-" very rhythmic rock climbing, it was obvious that the physical strength had almost recovered after resting.
"Hold on!"
A few meters from the cliff platform, one of them reached out and tried to get the companion who had climbed up to catch him, who was visibly more energetic.
There was a crisp "snap" - the two hands were clasping.
"Huh?"
The people on the cliff wondered why their companion's hands had become so wide, their skin was rough, and there were a few circles of prickly hairs on the edge of their palms. Just thinking about it, I felt that my companion grasped it tighter, and I couldn't pull it up with my strength.
"Quick! Hand on! ”
This man was obviously powerless, gritted his teeth and hurriedly called for help from his companions on the side, but he didn't see a response for a long time, and when he looked sideways, he saw the latter staring down with wide eyes, and he was already speechless in shock. The man looked down through the moonlight, and the figure under the cliff gradually became clear.
I saw that the head and shoulders of the "companion" were covered with messy black hair, the upper body was bare and the complexion was somewhat gray, two long ears were squeezed out of the thick hair, a pair of blood-red eyes stared in the dark night, and the wide mouth full of fangs seemed to be chewing something.
The person above let out a frightened "ah", and hurriedly flicked his arm to break free of the monster, but who thought that the thin withered claw was tightly clasped and didn't let go. The man held on tightly to prevent his body from being dragged down by the "monster", but the opponent's strength was too great, and he had already leaned out of the cliff with half of his body.
At the moment when he was about to exhaust his strength, he suddenly felt his body sink, and it turned out that his companion who was frightened on the side relieved himself and dragged himself back from behind.
"You're doing it too!"
And although this side grabbed the companion who was dragged down by the "monster" below, he just pulled back a distance and felt that the opponent's strength increased a little, and the body that was originally pulled back gradually sank back.
"I ...... I...... I'm ...... No, no, no, no......"
The person who was dragged back and forth at both ends only felt that his body was almost torn, and he was talking incoherently, and then the back of his neck was raised and his eyes were staring at the sky, and his companion who was pulling him on the side only felt that his hand slipped suddenly, and his body flew straight out, and then drew an arc in the air and fell straight down the cliff silently.
The people on the cliff hurriedly looked over, but saw that the "hairy monster" was holding his companion's wrist in one hand and pulling it straight in front of him, and the other hand was not holding the rock wall, and only relied on his claws to stabilize the edge, and then the claws stretched out with a "poof" sound - the rough claws went straight through the chest of the body in front of him, and then he suddenly retreated, and before his companion could make a sound, he was thrown out and fell into the bottom of the cliff without a sound.
Looking at the hands of the "hairy monster" again, there is a fresh beating heart!
The figure held its claws in front of him, looked at it carefully, leaned over and sniffed it, and swallowed the surging living creature with a wide mouth.
"Gollum-hoo-"
It is a very satisfying voice.
The people on the cliff looked at what happened tremblingly, and when they were at a loss, they saw that the "hairy monster" suddenly looked up and looked up, and there was only a pair of bloody eyes at this time, but there was another erected detail on the forehead, as if it had insight into his own fresh soul!
The man screamed "ah" and hurriedly fell backwards, leaning against the mountain but not knowing where to flee.
"Huh...... Hehe......"
I only heard a few sneers from under the cliff: "This kind of heart is delicious...... Jump faster...... Hurry up......"
"Knock-knock-da-to-da-to-
The sound of climbing the rock wall sounded again......
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Hairy ghost: In the second year of Tang Jianzhong, Jianghuai falsely said that there were powerful ghosts from Hunan, or Japanese Mao ghosts, or Japanese Mao people, or Japanese hairy people, or Japanese ghosts, which were not always called. And the ghost has no way. People say that ghosts are good eaters, girls and boys, take them all. The people are afraid, and they live in large groups, and they dare not sleep at night, so they hold bows and knives to prepare. Every ghost enters a family, thousands of striking boards and bronze utensils are sounds, the sound vibrates the world, and people are frightened and die. In this way, the official ban cannot be stopped. - "Taiping Guangji"