Fat Dahai asked, "Then this kind of Xiaoyang beast, will it hurt people?" ”

Ma Tan nodded: "It is recorded in the book that the Xiaoyang Beast eats people. But they tend to laugh before they eat people. Their lips are long and turn up when they laugh, even to the top of their heads, covering their eyes. So later, people came up with a way to put a bamboo tube on their arms. And hid the sharp blade in the bamboo tube, and when the Xiaoyang beast laughed and covered his forehead with his lips, he pulled out the sharp blade and pierced his long lips and nailed them to his forehead, and Xiaoyang would be captured, but became a victim in the mouth. This method worked very well, and Guo Pu, a later generation of feng shui masters, praised it and said that the bearded monster was sent to manipulate bamboo. When he is obtained, he smiles, and his lips cover his eyes. In the end, it is also called, but it is for me. ”

Regarding something that was just dictated by me, Ma Tan actually quoted scriptures and said the source. Although we are not sure that what he said and what I saw were the same thing, this knowledge once again made me and Fat Dahai admire each other.

Ma Tan said: "In fact, some things in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are widely circulated. But some of them are indeed made up, and some of them have changed over the times, and may also change. So over the years, I have been convinced that life in the world is definitely not limited to those recorded in modern scientific literature. If I can meet the real Owl Beast this time, I will be worthwhile. ”

I waved my hand and said, "I think it's better to let this matter go for now." I haven't figured out what that thing is. Let's call it the Owl Beast for now, they don't seem to have any intention of harming us. Then let's find Ouyang or Tiezhu first. The third uncle didn't find it, but lost them again. ”

Fat Dahai also said: "Who says it's not, your apprentice doesn't seem to be reliable." ”

As we were talking, suddenly from the depths of the lake, two white lights flashed.

The light was particularly dazzling in the stillness of the night. But the light flashed twice, and then it went dark.

We all noticed, and we all looked into the depths of the lake.

I saw that the stone road that emerged from the water was extended again, and there was no end in sight, and it was all in the middle of the lake.

At the end of the road, the fog was so clear that it was impossible to see whether it was water or fog, and in short, there was a feeling that there was no end in sight.

Fat Dahai said: "Boss, why don't we go along this road and take a look?" ”

I said, "To my intuition, this road has gone up, and I am afraid it will not be so simple to think about it again." We don't know the laws of the lake, and if we go to the middle, the lake rises back and floods the road. We're going to die at the bottom of the lake. ”

Fat Dahai scratched his head: "But that's the case." So what to do? This Ouyang may not have made it clear at the time, and there is nothing we can do here. ”

I glanced at Ma Yan: "Old Ma, why don't we act separately." You stay on the shore and wait for us, and you also wait for Ouyang or. If he and the iron pillar are recovered, it will be even more troublesome if we can't find us. The fat man and I followed the path to explore the way. ”

"That's not good, let's go together." horse

Tan showed enough courage and determination at this time.

"Don't be, old horse, I know you're willing to let us go into danger alone. But what the boss said also makes sense, what if Ouyang or comes back? Besides, let's explore the way, and if there is any unforeseen situation, we will return in time. ”

Ma Yan thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay." Then the appearance of this lake is too bizarre, this road is even more incredible, you go up, if you find any problems, don't be reckless, come back in time and we will find a way. ”

I agreed with Fat Dahai.

It is impossible for us to back down at this time. Although I know that the road ahead is quite difficult and unpredictable. But at this point, we can hardly just put ourselves out.

Ma Tan left some supplies and gave us most of the rest: "Bring all this stuff, I don't know when it will come in handy." If there is any accident, don't be reckless, run if you can, don't be hard. And ......"

Ma Tan uncharacteristically chattered and explained to us. It gives me a different feeling, it's more like a life-and-death parting.

I took the things, and I felt very uncomfortable. But now the third uncle has not been found, and Ouyang or Tiezhu, who pinned his hopes, has also disappeared. Now there are only three of us left, and if we don't do something about it, there will be no hope.

I said goodbye to Fat Dahai and Ma Tan, and each of us carried a torch and walked up the stone path in the lake without looking back.

The torches were burning, and the bluestone slabs on the road were still very slippery because the water had just receded, but they were very solid to step on, similar to walking on a normal stone road.

It also gave us a little bit of peace of mind.

Originally, I thought that this road led to the bottom of the lake. I also thought of the Worm Palace where I went with my third uncle, and the Worm Palace was at the bottom of the Mustard River.

It wouldn't be strange if there was a similar spot at the bottom of the lake.

But after we walked a few steps, we found that the road did not seem to extend downward, but rather upward.

What we walked over was like a bridge, an arched bridge.

It's just that the arc of this stone bridge is not very large, and we didn't have too much difficulty walking up to it. It just feels like it's getting higher and higher from the water.

I looked back, and we had only walked out of a short distance of more than ten meters, and the horses on the shore were already invisible.

Because there was a thick fog all around.

The mist makes the body feel wet, like water vapor rising from a lake.

No wonder we couldn't see the end of the bridge from the shore, and when the bridge stretched to this side, it was completely covered by fog.

This is also a spectacle.

I remember when it was not yet dark, we used to look down on this lake from the top of the hillside. Although the backwater lake at that time was magnificent, it didn't look out of the ordinary.

Who knew that at night, the water of the lake would change so much.

Who would have thought that a bridge would emerge out of the lake out of thin air between day and night.

I think the bridge should have been there all along, but it didn't recede in the lake

When the tide is high, it is submerged underwater. So we can't see it during the day, and only at night, or at certain tide times, when the lake recedes, can the stone bridge come out of the water.

Fat Dahai and I each held a torch, but the light of the torch could only shine less than two meters around us.

(End of chapter)

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