After rescuing the archaeological team, they received instructions from above. It is said that there is an unknown toxin in the coffin in the tomb, and in order to avoid causing a greater disaster, they are asked to stop the mission immediately, and just bring the things that have been sorted out back to the Cultural Relics Bureau. As for the tombs that have been dug up, they must also be restored.

Later, the official announced that the tomb had been fully excavated, and the cultural relics taken out of the tomb were also displayed. This move further discouraged the later tomb robbers, and indirectly preserved the cultural relics and remains in the coffin.

On the third day of rescuing everyone, the archaeological team completed all the instructions above. Early that morning, I stood aside, looking at the grave bags that had been newly unearthed and a brand new tombstone, and Ai Wan's mother and daughter were worshipping their ancestors.

The three of us came quietly and didn't let the archaeological team know. Although their mother and daughter did not prepare any sacrifices, any incense and candles. But the respect for the ancestors is already visible.

Next, the archaeological team will tidy up and pack up the residence, and it is expected to leave tomorrow. After watching their mother and daughter worship, I planned to return to the Nanning garrison, and this morning I received the news of Bai Xuemei's arrival.

After saying goodbye to the archaeological team, he drove away from Xiugu Village, and said goodbye to Officer Qu when he passed through Longshan. After four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, I returned to the dormitory and saw Bai Xuemei.

For the next month, the two continued their usual tasks and cultivation. However, I found that Bai Xuemei's attitude towards herself has changed a little after the Chinese New Year, although it is not particularly obvious, and I still vaguely feel that she seems to be deliberately avoiding emotional-related topics.

A month later, on April 2, 2000. We received an urgent task and needed to rush to the guest immediately. But about the specifics of the mission, the liaison officer did not say. It seems that we will not know the details until we get to the place.

Now I don't have to look at the map when I travel, and last year I asked the ministry to get me a copy of the latest national atlas. Write them down one by one in the Yang Consciousness Refining Body Vision, and when you need to go somewhere, you only need to think about it for a while in the Shaoyin to know the path.

This is also the reason why I couldn't help frowning when I heard about the location of the mission. Because although the place of visit belongs to the guest, it is not in the city, but in the northeast, in the mountains 100 kilometers away.

Out of Laibin City, continue to the northeast, after crossing the Phoenix Ridge, soon after arriving at Xiangzhou County. After a short stop and a casual dinner, we continued to drive northeast along the township road to Tongmu Town.

Then turn to the rural road, continue to the southeast for about 20 kilometers, turn right and go south for more than 20 kilometers, enter the mountains, pass a few small villages before arriving at the place.

Although I have a detailed map of the whole country in my head and know some directions, I don't know how to walk after passing the town of Tongmu. I also knew that it was in a remote area, so when I was in Xiangzhou, I asked the local police to show us the way. By the time the group of three arrived at their destination, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

That night, before I could sit down and rest, I was pulled into a meeting. After listening to the specific events at the meeting, I realized that this mission was not official, but a privileged transfer of a leader from the management of the nine departments.

This meeting is actually more like a meeting, almost with the other party making requests and suggestions. Bai Xuemei and I just listened, and no one answered. There were seven people present, and the main speaker was a woman dressed gracefully.

After more than half an hour of meetings, I gradually understood what had happened. This woman is a leader of the family of Jiubu, she and her son and daughter-in-law came here to play, only two days after they arrived here, and their son disappeared inexplicably with his friends. Local villagers also helped to find it, but at the end of the day there was no news. In desperation, he thought of us.

Although it is in the middle of the mountains, it is not a nameless place. This place is called Shengtang Mountain, which was designated as a provincial scenic spot in 1988 and upgraded to a national forest park in 1997.

That night, I asked Mrs. Yuan for her son's hair, and she said no. But the woman sitting next to her said she did, and then went back to the room for a while, wrapped it in a tissue and handed it to herself.

This woman is Mrs. Yuan's daughter-in-law, with a melon seed face, a pointed chin, and thin willow eyebrows, but the makeup is a little thicker. It feels like wearing a mask, and it may be because I'm used to seeing Bai Xuemei's light makeup.

After tossing and turning all night, the crowd dispersed, promising to go into the mountains early tomorrow morning to look for those who were missing.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Bai Xuemei and I finished eating breakfast prepared by the villagers. Then we hiked into the mountains and started the search. After leaving everyone's sight, he took out the hair from his pocket that he was going to come last night and locate it.

After opening it, Bai Xuemei's face turned red, and I couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, the spell was cast as usual and the target was found to be in the northwest direction. Walking along the gravel road into the mountain, the surrounding vegetation is lush and green.

Look up forty-five degrees and look high ahead. I saw the mountains rising from the ground in the distance, towering steeply. On top of those cliffs, there are strange pines growing, and white mist surrounds them.

Continue into the primeval forest mountains. From time to time, I heard the sound of birds chirping and insects, and the sound of wind blowing trees. Steps have also begun to appear in front of them, and there are obvious signs of artificial construction, which must have been repaired recently.

Seeing this, I released the aura and looked back at Bai Xuemei. She smiled slightly, and did the same. Then the two of them performed their tricks and walked up the stone steps. As the slope became steeper and steeper, the two climbed higher and higher.

Climb to the top of the hill and look back to see several houses below. The surrounding area is already steep cliffs, and the stone steps have become stone paths that cling to the cliffs. The authorities have installed chain guardrails on the side of the road.

After continuing some distance, I saw a huge stone wall in a col. This wall is made of large stones according to the mountain, and there is a door on it. Due to its age, it has been covered with green moss and shrubs.

From the time I went up the mountain to the present, I have always felt in my consciousness that all kinds of animals live in seclusion in the mountains and forests. Then I walked 100 meters, and saw monkeys shuttling between the treetops of the mountains and forests in the distance, chasing and playing with each other.

Although the scenery is beautiful, the two did not stop all the way, walking along the mountain road, climbing stone steps, and walking past the bottom of the cliff. In the afternoon, I finally climbed to the top, the top of Saddle Peak.

Looking around, I saw Jianjian Mountain springing up from the ground, forming a magnificent huge stone forest. Between these peaks, a white mist shrouds in a seven-colored rainbow that appears in the sky under the afternoon sun.

The two of us stood at the top of the mountain, and then cast a spell to locate it. And where the direction is locked, there is no road, but a primeval forest. Then I looked into the distance, and I could see a valley filled with clouds and mist.

After a short rest, the two discussed, and decided to go into the mountains and forests to continue to search for the missing two, whether they were dead or alive. When we went down to the col and looked down from above, we saw a stone bridge sticking out from below, going to the opposite peak, and the mountain stream under the stone bridge was steep and deep.

After a while, the two of them came to the stone bridge, and after passing through the technique, they continued to move forward and began to officially walk into the inaccessible deep forest. The primeval mountains and forests are no steeper than flat roads, or even steeper than steep mountain cliffs.

Underneath these rotten leaves and dead branches, there are hidden hollows and crevices. If you accidentally get stuck in it, it's quite troublesome. Usually experienced people will prepare a twig to find the way and scare the snakes.

In addition to the dangers on the road, the trees and weeds around are not good. Common thorny trees, if accidentally pressed on, the consequences can be imagined. And the long thatched leaves will also cut through the bare skin, as sharp as a saw.

Avoid the common trees, thatch. There will also be poisonous ants, spiders, centipedes, and so on.

In a forest that obscures the sky, direction is also a problem. Sometimes it takes a whole day to explore the road, but it ends up being a cliff. So before you set off, it's best to find a high place and look at the terrain and the direction you want to go.

Bai Xuemei and I have cultivated as a protective body, although we are not walking on the ground all the way, we have not encountered too many problems. But the saying is good, look at the mountain and run a dead horse. I thought I would be able to get to the location before sunset, but I was only halfway there.

In the evening, the two found a flat cliff and rested together to watch the sunset, planning to continue the search early tomorrow morning, and it was better not to walk in the woods at night. The sunset here is still spectacular, and you can see the sun set over the horizon due to the high terrain.

The next morning, it was drizzling, and the fog between the trees was worse than ever. Bai Xuemei and I ate some dry food and water that we brought, and then continued to look for it.

Along the way, I also wondered why the missing people went to such a remote place, could it be that they went up the mountain on a different road? Or is it because there is some strange thing there that has taken their souls.

From the top of the mountain down to the mountain pass, you can see a clear stream flowing down from the mountain forest, and you can clearly hear the sound of water below, and there seems to be a waterfall. The two of them took a short break and washed their faces before moving on.

The next section of the mountain forest is much easier to walk than before, and I think it is because of the particularly steep terrain. A little after two o'clock in the afternoon, it was found that the road ahead was blocked by white fog.

When I was a child, I heard my grandmother say that there was an unwritten rule about going up the mountain. When you encounter a thick fog blocking the way, you can't continue to move forward. No matter how important it is, turn around and wait for the fog to clear.

Bai Xuemei and I stopped, looked at the white fog in front of us, and couldn't help but think of this. But now we are no longer ordinary people, and of course we will not give up the search because of this rule.

I saw a tall southern bamboo forest in the dense fog, and the green and straight southern bamboo grew in patches, and there was almost no other vegetation in between. Looking up at the sky, in addition to the slender green bamboo leaves, there is a white sky filled with mist.

These bamboo forests are not particularly dense, the ground is covered with withered yellow bamboo leaves, which are soft when stepped on, and the sound of birdsong can be heard echoing in the forest from time to time. I secretly looked around carefully, planning to turn into such a bamboo forest on the island of the Yin Consciousness Realm.

As time passed, an hour later, we seemed to be out of the bamboo forest and out of the fog. However, in the record of Yang Consciousness Refining Body Vision, I have already found that I and Bai Xuemei have returned to the not far place where we set off just now.

What's going on? I don't have a compass, but I shouldn't lose my way with my current cultivation. Could it be that these fogs are at work? I stood still and asked, "White girl, did you notice anything wrong?" ”

She also stopped, and after a moment's pause, replied, "This is the previous entrance, and we are back to where we were." ”

"Yes, I also found out that the place where we stood an hour ago was in front of the left. Did you sense a formation or something? ”

She shook her head and said, "No, the atmosphere here is normal, and there is nothing abnormal. ”

"What could be the reason for us to get back to where we were?" I'm a little puzzled, since it's not a formation, is it a spell? But what kind of cultivation does it take to make such a large fog, and it can also affect the sense of direction of the two of us.

Bai Xuemei thought for a while and said, "There are only two possibilities, either someone casts a spell, or this is a formation." ”

"Didn't you say you didn't sense the earth qi anomaly?"

"But if this circle is naturally formed, then there will be nothing abnormal in nature."

"And a naturally occurring circle?" I asked, surprised.

"Of course, there is always a lot of ingenuity in nature."

"That's just right." I'm a little speechless, and it seems that I've found another way.

"In fact, there are also artificially arranged natural magic circles." She thought for a moment and then said.

"Can you also arrange a natural circle artificially?"

"Of course, as long as the Feng Shui secret technique is cultivated deep enough, it will be able to sense the earth's qi and arrange the formation."

"So what do you think is next?" I thought about it for a moment, understood what she meant, and asked.

"If you go around this bamboo forest, you don't know how far you have to go, so let's try to break the formation first." Bai Xuemei spoke surprisingly again.

"Do you have a way to break this formation?" I was a little puzzled, and asked with some interest.

"If this is really a formation, it is impossible to break it with our current cultivation, but it is not impossible to pass through."

"Oh! So how do you do that? ”

Bai Xuemei explained the method in detail and explained the principle. It seems that she must have learned a lot of formation-related knowledge after returning home, and she has a powerful cultivation master, which is really enviable. After thinking of the master and the dream man in my heart, I felt that I was not far behind.

Next, the two cast a spell together and entered the bamboo forest again. The surrounding white mist was stirred by the two of us. We were both engrossed in each other, moving forward step by step.

After about ten minutes, a steep cliff suddenly opened up ahead. The two walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at the opposite side more than 20 meters away, a quaint single-family Taoist temple appeared in front of them, and behind the Taoist hall was still a dense forest of southern bamboo.

I frowned, a little skeptical of my eyes. In this deep mountain, how can there be a Taoist temple. The white mist between the mountain cliffs is filled, and it rises from time to time and floats into the southern bamboo forest. Sensing the depth of the valley with his divine sense, he couldn't reach the bottom, let alone a hundred meters away. But how are we going to get there? This question made me ponder again.