As soon as the words came out, I was really afraid that my wavering heart would not be able to withstand the test several times before, and God immediately struck a thunderbolt to kill me. Fortunately, above the sea of clouds, the sky was clear, but there were no thick clouds and thunder. And Xiao Shi, who got into my arms, did not question my heart with screams, but yawned lazily, as if he was bored by the flirting between our little couple, so he simply tilted his head and fell asleep.

"This bear kid will really enjoy it! Brother is climbing the mountain in full swing, you are so leisurely! ”

"It sleeps so soundly, don't bother it! Just hold it! Saying that, Ah Xia, who had tried my sincerity, was already full of joy, and with brisk steps, she jumped forward by herself.

I only stayed, holding the lazy ghost monkey "Xiao Shi" in my arms, carrying a backpack of equal height, and I looked confused.

What's the situation?!

Seeing that I was pulled to the back of the team again, the blind man who pressed the formation also continued the previous conversation with me: "Young man, actually, distinguishing the truth of other people's words is not this little guy's greatest ability. My father, and the former witch doctors in the village, went to great lengths to provide for these little ones who were greedy for food and sleep, but in the end, they didn't really like their ability to communicate with the lost souls of the past. ”

Ho~ This material is very interesting. It's just that, looking at the surrounding flowers, green trees, sea of clouds and mountains, my thoughts have long been preconceived by a kind of serene and tranquil peace - that kind of unbelievable psychic thaumaturgy, most of our trip, it is unlikely to be seen, probably.

"Master, I really believe what you just said!" It was Ah Shui who interjected. Patronizing and talking, I didn't pay attention to it, when did he, a thief, run to us? Seeing that my face was full of disdain, Ah Shui also "hummed" from his nose, and said in his mouth: "!" You white-eyed wolves, Brother Shui, I took you into the mountains, so you don't take your buddies seriously? Seeing that you all have unique skills, I thought I had met a master in the world, but who knew that it was a group of guys who crossed the river and demolished the bridge......"

Hey, hey! Don't talk too much! I heard him say more and more outrageous, but also a little angry, was about to scold him, turned around, only to find that unconsciously, we have climbed to the middle of the mountain, look around, only to see the looming main peak of the old mountain has been divided into a "mountain" shape in the sea of clouds, and we, have followed the nearest one, climbed to the position close to the top of the mountain. The tallest branch in the middle of the word "mountain" is impressively higher than the sea of clouds, and in the endless white clouds, it is like a towering earthen bag like a landmark on the plain.

At this moment, the afterglow of the setting sun brushed over the side of the steep slope in the middle, drawing an orange band of light, like a beam of light from a huge searchlight, penetrating deep into the depths of the sea of clouds one after another, dyeing the small hills between the clouds and mist in turn into a golden yellow: the vivid rocks in the clouds, some like the general with a prancing horse, some like the woodcutter with a full load, and some like the girl in front of the window dressing in the mirror...... For a while, the sea of clouds, illuminated by light and shadow, seemed to reflect a lifelike shadow puppet play, telling the past and present lives of the residents in the old mountain and ancient village. As the sun slipped and the band of light dragged longer, the mountains hidden in the sea of clouds jumped out again, and everyone seemed to be rushing to a lively party, in this feast of light and shadow, clustered around the steep main peak, and respectfully pilgrimage to the sword-like summit in the center - just like a brilliant and colorful stage, under the golden spotlight, the vivid human beings......

I couldn't help but stop for a while, and I couldn't help but stare at this strange and very strange scene. Look at the crowd, just like me, looking at this beautiful performance. Suddenly, I even had an unrealistic idea - are we walking into an ancient picture?

Thinking of this, I also suddenly wanted to know, what kind of coincidence did Ah Shui's bastard get to such a place that is simply out of the reach of mortals? In addition to itching, I was more curious: what was he doing to live a good life, but he had to go through all the hardships and dangers to come to this place—if it was just to see the scenery, how could I believe it? Even if I believe, can anyone else believe him?

"Let's talk about it! Your story. Jin Siniang saw that everyone's enthusiasm for upward movement had been discharged, so she simply found a spacious lawn, took us to sit down, pointed to a prominent stone in front of everyone, motioned for Ah Shui to sit down, and interrogated him.

Ah Shui also knew each other, as soon as the thief's slippery eyes came into contact with Jin Siniang's unangry and powerful gaze, he also sat down obediently, his eyes rolled, and he was about to speak, I had quickly shaken the ghost monkey "Xiao Shi" in my arms awake, and pressed it on his shoulder without saying anything.

Hehe! Now, I'll see how you play tricks!

Ah Shui was also stunned when he saw this, but after all, people are human spirits! Resilience is not covered? I saw that his expressive face had changed like the Sichuan opera on the stage in the blink of an eye, with a wipe and a change, he had already swept away the sensational style that had been laid out before, and replaced it with a serious and serious face, just like a puppet army who actively confessed in front of the people.

His story, sorted out, is actually not complicated:

After Ah Shui died in a minefield, he did not set foot in Vietnam again. After resting for a while, two years ago, he was introduced by a friend to Myanmar to start a jade business, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to dilute the memories of the good girl. The journey went smoothly, except for an unexpected hiccup.

It was at an ordinary gambling stone stall on the side of the Yunnan-Burma Highway. At that time, Ah Shui just wanted to try his luck, so he picked a stone that was not good-looking, bought it for 50,000 yuan, and asked the stall owner to open it. The stall owner was a pock-faced old man, and after skillfully cutting a corner of the moldy blank, he was already screaming in surprise.

Naturally, Ah Shui does not understand the Burmese language. Let the accompanying friends translate it, only to know that the old man Kaishi has been open for more than 40 years, and it is the first time to bloom such a remarkable thing - it stands to reason that this chicken-sized jade is nothing unusual, but this piece of Burmese jade is pink and bright all over, like the blooming cherry blossoms, or the delicate color of peach blossoms in late spring and early summer.

And what pulled Ah Shui's nerve even more was that the old man was foaming at the mouth, and it was difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

It is said that pink pink jadeite is so rare that it takes many years to extract one from millions of rough stones. And if you throw this pink jadeite into the water of the Santu River, you can summon the spirits of the dead and talk to the deceased.

Cut! A trick to deceive children. This is Ah Shui's friend, and it is also the first reaction of most people when they hear this kind of thing. It's just that Ah Shui thought of the sad look back at the end of his good life, although he hesitated for a moment, he finally believed it.

Just because, Xianghao once said that it was rumored in the village that she sat on the old mountain that she could see from a distance at home, and there were immortals living in it, and there was a magic weapon that could clear the fog of the world and look at thousands of reincarnations. At that time, of course, Ah Shui didn't believe it, but it was not easy to expose her, so he only persuaded her to learn more from our good Chinese citizens, read more, and don't fix those useful and useless feudal superstitions...... Until he took the crimson jade shaped like a crystal and a bull's eye from the hand of the old Burmese man who was chattering to himself.

At that time, Lao Shan was surrounded by rainforests, Ah Shui and the friend who accompanied him to gamble on stones, hired a Vietnamese porter, and it took a lot of effort to reach the end of the rainforest, of course, he was the only one who survived. Half-asleep, he only felt that all this was thanks to the blessing of the good in the dark, and he was able to survive in this dangerous jungle. At that time, the rainy season had just passed, and he also walked upstream along the stream that flowed into the wetland grass sea, trying to follow the mountain spring flowing down from the old mountain to find the way to the old mountain and the fairy cave.

As a result, it was exactly the same as gambling on the stone, and it really won the bet on Ah Shui.

Ah Shui only remembered that he walked along an unknown clear stream with peach blossoms floating in the water from time to time, kept walking, kept walking, walked through the rocky beach, walked up the old forest mountain, and climbed until he reached the end of the sea of clouds, and he found that he didn't know when, he was already in a peach blossom forest wrapped in clouds and mist. Seeing that there was not a single wild flower or weed in the peach trees on the top of the top, and the fresh fallen flowers were spread all over the ground, Ah Shui immediately realized that he was not far from the "immortal cave" in the mountain. Walking along the peach forest and stepping on the petals to the top of the mountain, Ah Shui finally saw a narrow stone crack in a place with an inverted fork that only one person could barely drill through sideways. In front of the bottomless stone crevice, Ah Shui hesitated. However, touching the crimson jade in his waist bag, thinking of the gradually blurred shadow of his friend, he still gritted his teeth and got into it without hesitation.

He walked in the darkness for an unknown amount of time, and when he felt that his five senses were gradually losing consciousness, he suddenly found that the surroundings had become wider, taller, and brighter. Then he came out of this suffocating black hole and silently came to a dusty world.

Unfortunately, this is not a cave of immortals. On the contrary, the ground was littered with traces of burning, looting, and some corpses that had been dried for a long time.

That's right, according to the information we have now, this is the devastated homeland left over from the hometown where the flowers and plants were once delicious and the flowers were colorful.

Ah Shui didn't know this at the time, and when he saw corpses everywhere that were too late to be buried, his first reaction was panic. It's just that when he made up his mind to leave, he had one more thought, that is: since he has come, just touch him for a vote! If there's anything valuable, take it out and find someone who knows the goods and sell it, then it's going to be sent!

It was this dirty idea that could not be put on the table that made him not miss an opportunity that he had been waiting for for half his life.

It was the middle of the village, the highest terrain, and the highest place on the top of the slope, closest to the sky. However, miraculously, the mountain wind stopped howling nearby, and the fragrance of flowers stopped here. Everything in the world, when they come here, is also like a pilgrimage, stopping their busy footsteps, involuntarily indulging in this stagnant time and space, lingering.

What is here? There was only a dilapidated altar with a depressed bamboo shelf on it, holding a small bronze tripod with a deep, desolate backwater. And the crimson jade in Ah Shui's hand, as soon as it was close to the sticky heavy water, actually broke free from his palm, "poof", fell into the ding, and the bubbles disappeared without a trace. Seeing this, Ah Shui, who was surprised and distressed, couldn't help but look at it, his panicked gaze had already passed through the shallow water, which should be only five or six centimeters deep, through thousands of mountains and rivers, over the vast sea of clouds, and came to a strange and familiar distance.

It is the place where life begins and ends, and even if mortals see it for the first time, they will automatically awaken the memory of it when they came into the world. There are also carved images on the totems of some ethnic minority tribes, however, in the ancient books of most civilizations, there is an almost common title for this miraculous scene - Santu River.

Silently, Ah Shui only felt that his soul had drifted farther and farther away with his gaze, as if he had come to the middle of the waves of walking corpses walking on the bank of the river, pulled by a force majeure, and walked aimlessly in a common direction.

In the vast sea of people, Ah Shui actually saw the familiar figure of his good friend at a glance.

Ah Shui wanted to call her name, but he couldn't make a sound in his throat. He tried to catch up and hold her, but he could only watch his soul pass through her body, briefly overlap with her for a moment, and then reluctantly pass by her......

After falling to the ground, Ah Shui only felt that he was floating, and he was getting farther and farther away from those who walked along the riverbank, away from his good looks.

After all, I didn't say a word of what I wanted to say.

Relieved, Ah Shui had already returned to the bamboo curtain Guding. It's just that, at some point, there is already a ghost monkey beside him that grins and combs the fluff on his tail.

(End of chapter)