Even if Jin Xiaolou didn't believe in ghosts and gods, when he saw such a bizarre and weird scene, he subconsciously ran out.

A deep old voice behind him sounded: "Old man, am I so scary? ”

The old man suddenly remembered something, took out a pine branch torch from behind him, and took out a fire fold to bring out a little.

The dark cavern lit up all at once.

Jin Xiaolou covered his frightened heart, turned around and looked back.

I saw that the old man had long silver-white hair, wearing an indigo buckle short coat and chestnut cotton pants, his figure was thin, and the wrinkles on his face were like intertwined old trees, but he was in good spirits, and his complexion was like that of a young man, but his eyes were dark and dull as if they were covered with a layer of white mist.

"The little girl runs faster than a rabbit!" The old man held the antlers and pushed forward gently, and the deer took two steps forward, "Don't stare at it, old man, I've been blind for thirty years." ”

Jin Xiaolou was startled, withdrew his gaze from the old man's eyes, and was a little puzzled: "You...... Since you are blind, how do you know that I am a little girl, and even more so that I am looking at your eyes? ”

The old man smiled: "I also know that there is a half-dead man lying at the entrance of this cave, he is suffering from external injuries, although you have stopped the bleeding for him, if there is no herb to apply it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to heal." ”

Jin Xiaolou was shocked, and before he could ask, the old man had already replied by himself: "If you are blind, your ears and nose should be more sensitive, and there are two breathing sounds in the cave, one far away and one near, and the brisk and gentle one near must be a young woman." Far away is slow but empty, presumably a man who is in poor health, and there is a shallow smell of blood floating in the air, and I don't need to look at the old man, I know it clearly. ”

Jin Xiaolou knew that he had met a master, so he hurriedly went up and bowed to the old man Yingying: "Please also ask the old man to save the man at the entrance of the cave." ”

The old man shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that you came thirty years late, and thirty years ago, the old man, I swore that I would never heal anyone in this life." ”

After that, he stretched out his hand and patted the deer's buttocks, but turned around and left.

Jin Xiaolou was stunned, she suspected that she had a dream, otherwise how could there be an old man who appeared so strangely and acted so abruptly in the empty cave above this dangerous peak.

Also riding a deer......

was stunned, the old man suddenly turned his head and shouted at Jin Xiaolou: "This girl is really a wooden head, if I don't treat it, you won't come up and beg me?" If you say a few more words, maybe things will turn around? ”

Jin Xiaolou is full of question marks......

She pinched her thigh hard, grinning in pain, and after making sure it wasn't a dream, she lifted her leg and ran desperately towards the hole.

sat next to Gao Lang, squeezed his hand tightly, and slowed down for a long time, then calmed down.

Looking at the faint light in the depths of the cave, wondering what to do, for a long time, she raised her hand and touched Gao Lang's forehead.

Because of the infection and inflammation of the wound, Gao Lang has already begun to start a fever, but I am afraid that the old man is right, the bleeding has stopped, but if there is no anti-inflammatory and healing herbs, Gao Lang's body may not be able to withstand this menacing high fever.

"There are no ghosts or gods in the world!" Jin Xiaolou silently read it three times.

Thinking that the old man must be a hidden master who lives in the mountains, maybe he can really save Gao Lang!

Jin Xiaolou was not afraid at all, got up suddenly, and walked towards the depths of the cave.

The cave is narrow on the outside and wide on the inside, and the more you go inside, the more humid it becomes, and even water droplets continue to drip from the top of the cave, condensing into upside-down gray-white stalactites.

Stalagmites also emerged from the ground, some thick and some thin, and different shapes.

Further ahead, a dark river flowed out of a cave covered with stone ears, and the river water was so clear that it was like a layer of glass, and Jin Xiaolou smacked his tongue again and again.

It's just that the temperature also dropped sharply, and Jin Xiaolou became colder and colder as he walked, and then he couldn't help but hug his arms and rub them vigorously.

In front of him was a cave that suddenly narrowed like a stone door, and as soon as Jin Xiaolou stepped over, his eyes suddenly opened up.

A damp wind blew in his face, and he was greeted by a wide hollow valley, and the rocks on the top of the valley opened up, and two green pines grew crookedly, revealing a small half of the sky.

At this moment, a clear moon hung in the air, sprinkling silver frost into the valley.

In the valley, the strange rocks are craggy, not to mention, the dark river gushes out of the ground and merges into a shallow lake, to Jin Xiaolou's surprise, a small piece of grassy dry land is exposed in the middle of the lake, and a huge stalactite stands on the ground.

The stalactites are snow-white, stacked on top of each other, about three stories high.

And the three-storey stalactite has been hollowed out in the middle, the relief on all sides is continuous, with the texture of the stone to make a curled eaves corner, and the open window, it is actually a small building built according to the natural stalactite.

A torch was planted in the open space in front of the stone tower, and a stake beside the torch was tied to the deer from earlier.

Jin Xiaolou waded through the water in shock and walked towards the stone building.

The relief carvings on the stone tower are lifelike, depicting the story of a little medicine boy collecting medicine to study.

Behind the stone building, there was a door with a hole open, and as soon as Jin Xiaolou approached, the old man's voice came from inside: "Come in." ”

The stone building is divided into two floors, and Jin Xiaolou can't see what is on it, but it is full of books below.

From stone books to bamboo slips to paper books, one shelf after another, although there are many but not messy, they are neatly placed in categories.

The old man sat at a stone table, took down a bamboo slip from the nearest shelf, spread it out and stroked it carefully, and said to Jin Xiaolou: "It's not that I don't save you when I see death, I don't help you, old man, I made a bet with someone thirty years ago, if I lose, I will blind myself, I will never treat anyone, and I will never step out of this cave." ”

Jin Xiaolou saw that the bamboo slip he was holding was not written in ink, but engraved with a knife.

The classification on the wooden shelf was medicinal herbs.

Jin Xiaolou had a stomach full of questions, and he still picked up the most important question at the moment: "Then the old man, you just said, if I beg you, things can still turn around?" ”

The old man smiled: "I don't say that, why did you come with me?" I've been in this cave for thirty years, and you're the second person I've ever met, and I'm suffocated to death. ”

Jin Xiaolou's heart was relieved, she felt that this old man was a little interesting.

"Then you built this stone building? Is your story engraved on the outside of the building? Jin Xiaolou then asked.

As soon as he heard her post one after another, the old man was extremely excited, and that appearance made Jin Xiaolou suspicious, even if he didn't ask, he couldn't help but tell himself.

"The little medicine boy carved outside the stone tower is my master, when he was alive, one-third of the people in the world wanted his life, and the other third wanted him to save their lives."

"He's a Langzhong? Old man, are you also Langzhong? Jin Xiaolou asked.

The old man shook his head: "He is not Langzhong, he is the ancestor of Langzhong!" ”

After saying that, his fingers moved away from the bamboo slip and pointed to the top of his head: "This upstairs is full of medicines made by my master when he was alive, if you can steal a pill and go out, even if you pick up a bag of medicine dregs, you will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life." ”

Jin Xiaolou's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, since this old man's master is so powerful, he is not bad to think about it, Gao Lang is saved!

It's just that this old man has an oath in his body, and he has to think of a way to do it.

Seeing that Jin Xiaolou was silent, the old man left the bamboo slip and couldn't help but say, "Little girl, why are you dumb?" Don't you have anything else to ask me? ”

Jin Xiaolou suddenly had an idea, coughed lightly, and said lightly: "No." ”

"Aren't you curious about what I eat and drink in this cave, and how I take a bath?" The old man got up in a hurry, crackling and talking, "And how did my master die, what kind of bet did I make thirty years ago......"

The other Jin Xiaolou didn't care, but she really wanted to know what kind of bet this old man made thirty years ago, but she had to hold back her curiosity.

still said: "I don't want to know, since you can't help me save my father-in-law, then I'm going to leave now, I want to take the father-in-law down the mountain to see the doctor quickly." ”

Raise your feet and go.

The old man hurriedly said: "Those doctors are all quacks, how can they compare with me!" You, you don't know, I'm the famous medicine king Zou Miao! ”

"I haven't heard of it." Jin Xiaolou came out of the stone building.

The old man hurried out and stood at the door.

Jin Xiaolou sighed deliberately: "Alas, if I leave, you may have to wait another thirty years to see the next person, and for a long time, there is only one deer to chat with you to relieve your boredom." ”

"Wait!" The old man stepped out of the stone gate, "Good girl, why don't you talk to me for a while......

Jin Xiaolou looked back and smiled: "You want me to chat with you to relieve your boredom, unless you promise to save my father-in-law." ”

The old man's face darkened, and he took two steps back: "No, this will never work, I swear." ”

After speaking, he hung his head, all of them were annoyed and regretful: "You go......"

"It doesn't matter if you swear it." Seeing his appearance, Jin Xiaolou slowly arrived, "I have a way, I can save my family without breaking your oath." ”

"Think about it, if you help save people, we will both have to stay here for some time, so that you can say what you haven't said in the past thirty years!"

The old man shook his head: "There is no such way, I swear not to save people, if I save the man, I will break the oath, if I keep the oath, I will not save people." ”

"You can teach me some of your healing skills." Jin Xiaolou smiled, "You only swore that you were not allowed to save people, but you didn't say that you were not allowed to teach people, you taught me, who I want to save, then it is naturally my business." ”

The old man Zou Miao laughed: "The little girl's idea is good, but my master's medical skills are passed on from men to women, not to men, not to men, not to men, not to men, not to teach you." ”

Jin Xiaolou was a little disappointed, so he heard the old man say again: "However, you reminded me." As long as you can stay and talk to me to relieve my boredom, in return, you can read the books in this stone building at will. ”

Jin Xiaolou's extinguished hope was ignited again, and she glanced at it just now, and most of those shelves were medical books.

"You can read a book here for half a day, I don't dare to say anything else, at least it can compare to those quacks under the mountain." Zou Miao rang out.