Volume 1 When I Started Chapter 43 There Are Oddities
I touched it lightly in the direction of the movement, not daring to make a sound, not even gasping for breath. A layer of sweat broke out of the hand that pinched the trick, and the fingers were white when I pressed them, and the fingers ached faintly. People can't help but be nervous in a dark environment, especially when they encounter unknown situations.
Slowly, I approached the place where there was movement, and stopped a dozen paces away, and looked there. In the dim moonlight, I could faintly see a figure who seemed to be digging something in the ground. After about ten minutes, the man dug out a long strip of object the size of an adult from the ground and placed it beside him. He leveled the deep ground and restored it to its original state. Then he carried his things and ran further north, and disappeared in a short time.
I waited for the man to run away before I dared to come out of the hiding place, not because I was afraid of him, but because I didn't want to startle the snake. After walking a few quick steps, he reached the place where the man had just stayed, squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil, put it under his nose and sniffed it. A strange fragrance came to my nose, not a floral scent, nor the smell of other spices, but an aroma I had never smelled before. It smells so good that it makes my brain flutter, as if I have smoked snuff, it is very refreshing. I couldn't help but smell it again, as if my soul liked the smell, and I floated. So I lay on the ground uncontrollably, sniffing the aroma vigorously, intoxicated. Gradually, my consciousness was a little blurry, my eyelids were fighting up and down, and I almost fell asleep.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, the image of the Divine Mansion suddenly appeared in my mind, and the three-legged tripod on the high platform of the palace burst out with a red light wave, instantly expelling this strange fragrance from my mind. I had a blast and came to my senses. Smelling the dirt again, a foul smell rushed into my nose, and I choked and vomited directly, and it took a while to relieve. Something must be strange here! I pulled a piece of fabric from my clothes, wrapped up the handful of dirt I had just caught, and put it in my pocket. Wait for Lin Lao and them to come tomorrow, let the professionals test it and see what this thing is, maybe it is a breakthrough.
Holding back the discomfort, I covered my mouth and nose and ran in the direction of the mysterious man. I don't want to stay in this place for a moment, the smell is really bad, and the pigsty in the countryside tastes better than this. When I was about to leave the peach forest, I casually folded a finger-thick branch and copied it in my hand. The peach wood has the blessing of the ancient gods and gods, and the essence of the five trees is gathered in it, so it can suppress the evil and help the right. I don't have a magic weapon with me now, so I can only make do with a peach branch, which is better than nothing, better than nothing.
After running for more than ten miles in a row, I have already left the stockade, but fortunately, Instructor Song taught me some simple tracking techniques before, so I didn't lose it. Because I delayed for more than ten minutes, I didn't see any trace of the mysterious person along the way, and there was no trace before I followed a small valley.
At night, the valley wind came in and the cold air hit me, making me shiver a little. Tightening the clothes on my body, I suddenly felt that something was wrong. This is Yunnan, and it shouldn't be so cold even at night. Don't... Could it be that I opened my yin eyes, and the scene in the valley in my eyes changed greatly, and the rich yin qi had become ink-like, and it was constantly churning, and it turned out to be a gathering of yin!
Seeing this, I was a little relieved. If it's an ordinary ghost, I'm still a little sure I'll get out of it. If I were a terrorist, I would not hesitate to retreat now. As far as the one and a half moves I learned, it's okay to deal with ordinary people, and I'm afraid I can't even go half a move when I meet a master.
This valley is not very large, only one or two hundred meters long, and no more than two cars wide. The cliffs on both sides are in the shape of a closed shape, enclosing the valley, and the whole valley is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, like a trumpet. I carefully observed the situation in the valley, and slowly walked forward against the valley wall, holding the peach branch in my right hand across my chest in case of emergency. The valley was quiet, only the faint sound of the wind, and the faint moonlight reflected the road under the feet white, and there was no trace of anyone coming.
I'm confident that I didn't make a mistake in tracking, and that's where the person disappeared, so where did he go? Luckily, I closed my yin eyes to prevent those yin qi from disturbing me. But I searched carefully all the way until I reached the rock wall at the end of the valley, but I found no clue. Will this person still be able to fly? Absolutely impossible, as long as it is a human, he can't fly. There must be some other path, otherwise he would definitely not be able to get around this valley, there are steep cliffs on both sides, straight up and down, and no one can walk at all.
I took my nerve and looked at the stone wall in front of me. At this moment, a slight sound reached my ears, and if it weren't for my sensitive senses, I really wouldn't have noticed it. Then, as if I heard footsteps, I pressed my ear to the stone wall, and it was from here that the sound came from, and it got closer and closer. Could it be that the man can't pass through the wall? I actually entered the stone wall.
As soon as his mind moved, he should have come out of the stone wall when he heard the voice, so I better hide. So I left the stone wall lightly, and hid behind a boulder on its side, just enough to hide my figure. After checking to make sure that the other party couldn't easily spot me, I looked over the stone wall.
For about half a minute, the stone wall slowly parted from the middle to the sides, and a black-robed man came out. He wore a hat that covered half of his face, and it was so dark that I couldn't see his face clearly. After the man in black came out, he reached out and patted the stone wall, and the stone wall slowly closed again. He looked around as if to make sure anyone was following, and it seemed that he was also a very cautious person. After a while, he made sure that no one was coming, and got up to leave. This person should be a long-lost light skill, I see that he can jump more than ten meters on tiptoe in one step, and jump out of the valley in a few steps, and disappear without a trace.
To be on the safe side, I didn't go out immediately, but waited in place for more than ten minutes. Just when I thought he was gone, a dark shadow passed by, and he returned to the valley.
"It seems that I am too careful, and I always feel that someone is coming. Alas, there was a false alarm, how can people be old and timid. The black-robed man muttered to himself, and then left the valley again. This time I waited patiently for half an hour, and sure enough, this time he really left.
Now I walked out from behind the boulder and stopped in front of the stone wall where the black-robed man had stood. After a closer look at the place where the black-robed man had taken the photo, I noticed a slight bulge. I reached out and touched it, it didn't seem to be a stone, but I couldn't tell what it was. Following the example of the black-robed man, I slapped the bulge hard. With a crisp click, the stone wall slowly opened, and a staircase descending appeared in front of my eyes.
Gritting my teeth, I decided to go down and have a look, otherwise the night's work would be in vain. Descending the stairs, you were completely plunged into darkness. In my opinion, the staircase is spiral-shaped, and the walls on both sides are clearly excavated when I touch them with my hands, and it is definitely not a natural cave.
After walking for about three or four minutes, some light gradually appeared in front of my eyes, it was the kind of green cold light, not very bright. The light came from the walls, and when I got closer, the walls were inlaid with beads the size of duck eggs. Hiss~ Is this the legendary pearl of the night, I gasped. I buckled it hard with my hand, but the beads didn't move at all, and I pried it with a peach branch, but I still couldn't get it down. I don't have any tools at hand, and it seems that this opportunity to make a fortune has slipped away from me.
In desperation, I had no choice but to move on. After walking twenty or thirty steps, it suddenly dawned on me that I came to a huge underground space that looked like the size of a football field. The air was filled with the same stench I had smelled in the peach grove, but it was much lighter, and I could barely accept it.
In this huge space, countless flagpoles are planted on the ground, turning into a sea of flagpoles. There was a white flag fluttering on the flagpole, embroidered with some bugs I didn't recognize, a bit like a centipede, but with the head of a scorpion. At first glance, it was not a good stubble, I did not rush into the flag forest recklessly, but picked up a palm-sized stone from the ground, and threw it towards the flagpole with my round arm. The stone touched the flagpole and made a crisp sound, and the flagpole fell in response, it seems that the quality is not very good, or it is some years old, and it has been weathered.
The stone broke the flagpole and slid some distance before it stopped. There was no noticeable change in Qihai, just a little dust rolled up. Seeing this, I was relieved, and then walked towards Qihai.
The flagpoles were only a man's width apart, and it would have been a bit of a struggle for me to get through them, so I leaned sideways and tried not to touch them. God knows if there is any poison smeared on these flagpoles, and if I get my hands on them, I am afraid that I will definitely die in this wilderness.
I struggled through the flagpoles, and halfway through them, I heard a click beneath my feet. As if I had stepped on something, I looked down and a leg bone appeared in front of my eyes, and further on, a white skull with hollow eye sockets seemed to be staring at me. "Ahh I was startled and let out an involuntary exclamation. This is the first time I have seen the bones of a dead man, and it is still in such a place, and my heart is twisted again, for fear that some monster will suddenly appear in this sea of flags and swallow me.
I recited a few words to the skeleton, which was a simple overdose of it, and I don't know if it had any effect, anyway, I just asked for a psychological comfort.
It seems that this place is not a good place, since there are dead people's bones, there must have been murders here. I pinned the peach branch in my hand to my waist, pinched a talisman with my free hand, and continued to walk forward.