They whispered a few words in the Miao language, because they were standing far away, so I didn't really hear it, and soon Master Longda folded his hands and bowed to the old man, but the old man didn't say anything more, waved his hand, signaled Master Longda to take care of himself, and then walked into the cave.

It wasn't until the old mage left that Zhang Qiang and I leaned up and asked, "Who is this, and why does you live alone in such a vicious deep mountain?" ”

With a look of admiration in his eyes, Master Ronda explained to us, "This mage has been living in seclusion here for more than ten years, and I met him by chance, and he is very well informed and can help you investigate who you are looking for. ”

I wondered, "But he has been living in the mountains, how can he communicate with the outside world?" ”

Without waiting for Master Ronda to answer, the sound of chanting mantras was faintly heard in the cave, and then, I saw a large flock of small birds fluttering their wings out of the cave, and in an instant they rushed into the depths of the jungle.

Probably seeing what I was thinking, Master Long Da took the initiative to explain, "Although the method of using birds and beasts to transmit messages is very ancient, it must have its reason to continue to this day, the communication in the depths of Miao Jiang is not as developed as outside, and there is no signal in many places, so many people will think of using birds to convey information." ”

I thought it made sense, so I nodded and stopped talking, and then Zhang Qiang took the initiative to ask, "Then how long will it take for us to wait for information about Laila?" ”

Master Ronda shook his head, saying that even he was not sure about this, it would take about a day if he was lucky, and it was difficult to say if he was unlucky, after all, no one knew which path Ryla would choose.

However, he immediately reassured us that there are also many mages here in Miao Jiang who rely on the sale of intelligence to make a living, forming a dark web among the local natives, which can exchange information, and it is still easy for these people to investigate the whereabouts of a stranger.

I was a little relieved by Master Longda's words, and when I asked him what he should do next, Master Longda pointed to a few tree holes near the cave and said, "Just stay there for the time being, the investigation will take time, and he will naturally let us know when he has the results." ”

Zhang Qiang was not in a good mood, rubbed his legs and said, "I have traveled so far to find this place, and I am not even allowed to enter the cave, is it too unreasonable?" Master Long Da glanced at him coldly, and said that the old mage who lived in the cave had always been a loner, and no one could enter his place, if Zhang Qiang was not afraid of death, he could venture into it and try it.

"What kind of person, with such a strange personality?" Zhang Qiang shrunk his neck in fright, and I had no choice but to say, "Old Zhang, you can stop a little, it's not the first time you've dealt with a strange-tempered mage, since people have promised to help us find it, don't worry." ”

Zhang Qiang stupidly accompanied us into the tree hole, that day we will rest in the tree hole, I was also sleepy after such a long time, so I leaned on the tree hole and fell asleep, and so on two mornings before I opened my eyes, a "rustle" footsteps have woken me up, I instinctively stretched out my hand to the waist, holding the dagger I carried,

"Who is it?"

Someone outside the tree hole said in Miao language, "Don't be nervous, it's me." ”

The stranger in the cave of death!

My eyes lit up, and I immediately climbed out of the cave, only to see that the old mage had walked to the tree hole, and was squatting not far away to observe me carefully, I immediately met the other party's eyes after I got out of the tree hole, the old man's eyes were not sharp, but there was a feeling of deep as the sea, I leaned back unnaturally, and smiled reluctantly,

"I wonder what advice the mage has for me in the morning?"

I try to be careful, after all, Master Longhua also said, this old guy's temper is very strange, and if his temper is not weird, he will not stay in such an inaccessible place for ten years, but the other party's reaction surprised me slightly, this old mage waved at me, signaling me to go first, I hesitated for a moment, and immediately walked to the other party, and then I heard him ask me, is it surnamed Ye?

I was stunned for a moment, and then I understood that this old mage must know my grandfather, but I didn't know what the relationship between the two was, so I asked cautiously, "How do you see it, mage?" ”

The old mage smiled, grinning at the sparse teeth in his mouth, which were almost half rotten, and then said in a particularly strange voice, "I saw him when I was young, you and he looked a little similar, I felt familiar yesterday, but people don't remember well when they get old, and I only remembered it early this morning......"

I let out an "oh" and quickly smiled again, "Master, is there any news about the person I'm looking for?" ”

"There it is!"

The old mage nodded, took out a piece of white cloth wrapped in death from his arms, gently uncovered the white cloth, and immediately fell out of a small bamboo slip, which was written in Miao language, although I was rough in some Miao language, but when it came to literacy, it was difficult to read, so I had to ask him to help me explain the above words, the old mage smiled and said,

"The person has been found, in a canyon at the foot of Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, I have asked Ah Song to intercept the person, if you rush over now, you should be able to see this little girl."

I was overjoyed when I heard this, and immediately bowed my hand to the old mage, and he waved his hand and said no, he did it with his hands, and he relied on this to eat, and he also had money to help us investigate. I tried to find out the old mage's name, but he wouldn't say anything, just waved me to hurry up.

Soon after, Zhang Qiang also woke up, accompanied Master Longda to us, and learned that Laila's whereabouts had been investigated, Zhang forced me to hurry up and set off, and I didn't want to delay, so I saluted the old master, turned around and strode away from the wet valley.

On the way, I asked Master Longda about his identity and origin, and Master Longda sighed and said, "These old mages who live in seclusion don't want others to know their names, I only know that he used to be a very powerful Gu master, and then he failed to fight with others, so he swore that he would never set foot in the Central Plains again, and has been living in seclusion here by selling intelligence for a living." ”

After listening to this, I vaguely guessed something, but I wasn't very sure, so I nodded and said, "Just now he said that he knew my grandfather, could it be that he failed when he was fighting with my grandfather?" ”

"Perhaps, I inquired, but he doesn't seem to be willing to talk about the past." With that, Master Ronda sped up his walk, and I had no choice but to shut up and follow him quickly.

Then it was another long journey of one day and one night, and when Zhang Qiang wore out his footsteps and almost called his father to this deep mountain and old forest, Master Long Da stopped, pointed to the mountain in front of him and said, "The top is the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, and you can find the Ten Thousand Snake Canyon when you cross the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain, and the person you are looking for is on the mountain." ”