Finally got the old man to the ground, Shangguan Jin and I were tired enough, I didn't feel anything when we climbed up alone, such a steep stone wall, to get a seriously injured old man down, and try to ensure that the old man would not suffer more pain, this is not something that can be done out of stupidity...... When they came to the ground, Master and Hu Qingxuan hurriedly bent down to check the old man's injuries, and sure enough, the old man's left leg was really not lightly injured, almost the skin was open, and the white bones inside were exposed.

Hu Qingxuan took out the medicine bottle from his treasure bag from time to time, gave medicine to the old man, and then bandaged it with a strip of cloth. In this way, Hu Qingxuan sighed and said: "Old man, it is not easy for you to be injured like this, and you can still endure so hard!" By the way, five catties, quickly take out the water we brought to the old man, let the old man drink some, no one can stand it if he doesn't eat or drink for a day and a night. ”

The old man said with a grateful face: "Thank you to a few big gentlemen for coming to the rescue, the little old man is unforgettable...... said, the old man was still in tears, took the five catties of water handed over, drank it in a big gulp, and drank the five catties of kettle clean, only to breathe a long sigh of relief, and then said, "A few big gentlemen, this is a dead end, there is no path out of the valley at all, why did you come here?" ”

The master suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "Why did the old man appear here?" Don't you know that the stench in it is so strong that it is very harmful to the human body? ”

"Alas!"

When the old man heard this, he shook his head with a bitter sigh and said: "Don't tell Mr. Da that the little old man is a medicine collector, and he knows that there are strange medicinal materials in the deep mountains and old forests, so he goes into the mountain from time to time, and he never thinks that he is trapped on it. Speaking of which, it is also the little old man who is looking for his own death, this place, people in our area are afraid to come, I thought that it would be fine if I was careful, but when I came here, I unexpectedly saw a huge dendrobium growing on it, it was a good thing, and the weight was not small, I couldn't help it, so I climbed up, and got stuck in the stone crevice when I came down......

"I see." The master nodded slightly, and then said, "Dare to ask where the old man's home is?" We might as well send you out of the mountains. ”

The old man hurriedly said gratefully: "That is, the direction you came from, as long as you can send me out of the mountain, I will definitely let my family thank you well!" ”

"The direction you came?" The master frowned again, and then asked, "Old man, when we came, we didn't see any villages and market towns, your home...... Are you sure you were on the way when we came? ”

"And where did you guys come from?" The old man looked at the master in surprise, and then glanced in the direction where the Five Dragon Pond was located, his face suddenly turned ugly, and he said anxiously: "You guys, you won't come from the direction of the Five Dragon Pond, right?" Then, that road can be walked...... Me, my home is just turning a corner in front of me, just over a sandwich road. ”

"What? Wulongtan is not going to get here in that direction, is the road impassable? "Although the master asked this, he actually told the old man clearly that this road is open, otherwise a few of us would not have come here.

The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Maybe it's okay for you, but for us, no one dares to pass that road." Because, because there are rumors of man-eating monsters hiding in that place, we would rather go back and forth through the sandwich road not far ahead, rather than take that road, for us, except for that sandwich road, everything else is a dead end...... Alas, very few people come to this desperate valley, and a few big gentlemen haven't said why they came here? ”

After speaking, the old man asked the master again.

The master turned his head and glanced at Shangguan Jin, and without waiting for Shangguan Jin to come over, he asked the old man another question: "Old man, what did you just say about the Valley of Desperation?" This deep valley, what do you call the Valley of Despair? Could it be that there are some poisonous insects and poisonous herbs in this that harm the world? ”

"Huh!" The old man smiled bitterly again, and then said: "Mr. Big, you all look like people from outside, you shouldn't make this kind of joke with the little old man, although this desperate valley also has poisonous insects and poisons, but no matter how powerful it is, it is not as powerful as the mountain spirits and ghosts...... You are all cultivators, and you know all about how you dress and dress, and you must know even more that this kind of place is most likely to infeste mountain spirits and ghosts. Maybe those ghosts and monsters don't look down on my old bones, and they haven't come to eat me this day and night! ”

Shangguan Jin had already come to the old man at this moment, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Old man, you just said that there have been mountain spirits and ghosts here, and there is a road out of the mountain?" Well, Uncle Yang, I think the road that this old man is going to take is also the road we are going to take! And he said that this neighborhood is not clean, which means that there is a place we are looking for in the underground near here, maybe it is where the cliff is located! ”

"Don't jump to conclusions!" The master interrupted Shangguan Jin's words and said, "But whether it's the place we are looking for or not, we have to send the old man home, Ergou, carry the old man on his back, and we will leave immediately!" ”

I just wanted to bend over to carry the old man, but when I heard Hu Qingxuan hurriedly speak: "No, no, let's let our master and apprentice take care of the old man, I have medicine to stop bleeding and relieve pain, let five catties carry the old man on his back, and we must always pay attention to the changes in the old man's injury." Isn't it possible to save the elderly from some pain? After speaking, Hu Qingxuan beckoned and asked Wujin to carry the old man.

Thinking about it, the old man is injured so badly, if it is taken care of by Uncle Hu, it is indeed a good way, and he has medicine on his body, the old man is a little unwell, and it is good to recuperate in time. Just doing this, you have to make five pounds more tired. I stepped forward and patted Wujin on the shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Wujin, are you okay?" ”

"No problem!"

Wujin responded simply, bent down and picked up the old man, this old man was actually skinny, plus he hadn't eaten or drunk for more than a day, and there was not a few taels of meat on his body. It doesn't look tired to carry it, and the five pounds don't look thin, but the strength is extraordinary, even greater than my brute strength. Seeing that Wujin was carrying the old man, Hu Qingxuan was busy taking care of it, and here, Shangguan Jin and I, as well as the master, walked in front to lead the way.

As soon as I got up, I couldn't help but ask the old man in the back, "Old man, do you know where the stench in this neighborhood comes from?" ”

I'm almost used to the stench, but I still don't feel comfortable. The old man lying on his back on his five catties seemed to be groggy after some exertion, and he almost fell asleep. Hearing my words, he opened his mouth weakly: "You may not know, the stench here comes from the cracks in the ground, and in the cracks, there are many huge caves, and it is said that there are many huge caves in it, and I don't know what monsters have lived in, in short, the stench is floating out of it, and it is slightly better in winter, and in the hot season of summer, the stench inside will be even more intense, and no one dares to come in to collect medicine!" ”

"Cracks in the ground? Cave?! ”

I turned my head abruptly to look at Master, who nodded slightly, as if as I thought, roughly thinking that the underground cliff we were looking for was in the cracks in the underground near here.

"But there's more than one crack in the ground, and there are a lot of them, so it's one of the reasons why we don't dare to go into the mountains. Because there are many places where you can't see the road clearly, you step on it, and when you react, you will know that you have stepped into an underground crack. If you encounter a small crack, the upper body can still be stuck, and you can find a way to get out, but if the crack is large, there is generally no chance of survival. After the old man finished speaking, he breathed a long sigh of relief, relieved for a while, and then said: "At least the little old man has lived for so many years, and he has never seen a person who fell into those underground cracks be able to come out alive." ”

I couldn't help but gasp, I didn't expect this place to be so dangerous, it was called the Valley of Desperation, but it really deserved its name...... Speaking of which, when I walked in the middle, I always felt that my heart was pounding, and I couldn't get up if I stepped on the air. Therefore, we move very slowly, and we strive to be safe. But fortunately, there is an old man showing us the way, otherwise we would not have dared to move at all.

But as I walked, the road ahead was even more rugged, with sharp rocks like knives, sharply scratching the soles of our shoes, so that I had to stay for half a day at every step before I dared to take the next step. But soon, a strange question popped up in my mind, such a difficult mountain road, we have to walk it is troublesome, how did this old man grope his way in step by step?

Also, he is from the mountains, so he should be very familiar with this place, and he should know better than anyone what is the best place to stay. But this is also ......

I was about to say that this was not right, but I heard the master ask in confusion: "Old man, such a difficult mountain road, and the increasingly dense and deep valley ahead, it doesn't seem like there is a path out of the mountain!" Old man, are you sure you remember the location of the sandwich road out of the mountain? ”