Volume 1: Snow Ridge Maze Chapter 16: Miao Gu Technique
When I and the fat man didn't understand what was going on, Uncle Nine took out two yellow talismans from his pocket and asked me to take them with the fat man.
Seeing this, Xiao Jing anxiously asked Uncle Nine what was going on?
Uncle Nine said: "The two of them have been poisoned by psychedelic Gu."
Did I hear me right? Poison! I was amazed. Last time, I heard Uncle Nine say that there is a Gu technique here in Yunnan Miao people, who would have thought that I would be able to carry this by myself today.
I originally wanted to ask Uncle Nine what is Psychedelic Gu? But I don't want to open this mouth, because the matter of Yanyu makes me not have a good impression of Uncle Nine.
The fat man opened this mouthful, "Uncle Nine!" What is Psychedelic Gu? ”
Uncle Jiu frowned, and said slowly with a solemn expression, "According to the Gu chapter of "Hundred Ghosts and Evil Arts", there are many types of Gu, and the ones with great influence are snake Gu, dog Gu, cat ghost Gu, scorpion Gu, toad Gu, insect Gu, flying Gu, etc.
Psychedelic Gu is one of these flying Gu, psychedelic Gu is made of some poisonous insects that can fly and some poisonous flower liquid, there are clouds in the book, the most commonly used practice of ancient Gu cultivation is to put cantharids and planthoppers in a vessel, let them bite each other, suck each other's venom, and then feed with corpse flowers, also called corpse incense konjac pollen, if you can survive, then soak in the blood of a dead baby who has just died for three days.
Because the pollen of the corpse flower carries the toxins of confusing creatures, the psychedelic Gu worms can secrete the venom of confusing creatures by sucking these toxins into their bodies for a long time, and because they have been soaked in the blood of dead babies, they like human blood.
On the surface, the Gu is a tangible thing, a mysterious thing that can fly, change, glow, and come and go like a ghost. Therefore, people who have a high level of cultivation in Gu art can use the air Gu to remotely control Gu worms through the air and use evil magic to bring various diseases to the target and even kill them.
Psychedelic Gu people will have all kinds of hallucinations, hallucinations are born from the heart, and different people have different hallucinations.
If this psychedelic Gu is not broken, if it goes on for a long time, the person who suffers from the Gu will be delirious, schizophrenic, insane, or mentally collapsed and died. ”
So, the fantasy world just now, Lion Rock, exotic flowers and plants, and dryads, all of them are illusions? Hearing what Uncle Nine said, I quickly took out my mobile phone to look at the photos I had just taken, all of which were trees, dead branches and fallen leaves, and I looked at the surrounding trees, all of which had been cut down by me with a sapper shovel.
The fat man and I looked at each other in horror, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on my back, just now because of this psychedelic Gu, the fat man and I almost strangled each other. I blew a breath of cold air, shuddered, convinced, and sighed in my heart that there are really no wonders in the world, and it is really a loss for the fat man to invite Uncle Nine to come, otherwise the consequences are really unimaginable.
After the fat man and I rested for a while, the group of five of us went back to the place where the tent was set up for a short rest, and during the tent I asked the fat man, "Fat man!" What hallucinations did you just have? "I'm curious about what the fat man has in his heart?
The fat man was embarrassed and silent, deliberately avoiding my topic, looking at the fat man's embarrassed and unnatural expression, I guessed that the fat man must have had some unsightly hallucinations.
The fat man changed the subject and said, "Ngawang! What do you say we should do now, should we continue to find Uncle Shangguan or go back? ”
Truly! Now there is a very serious problem in front of us, this ghost place is full of hidden murder machines, three strange things happened in just one day, and the notebook was also lost, and the only clue was broken, which is undoubtedly more difficult for us to find Uncle Shangguan. But give up halfway, I'm not willing to go back now, this is not my usual style, it's not easy to have a little eyebrows, my intuition tells me that as long as the identity of the mysterious man in black last night is clear, then basically all the maze will have traces to follow.
There are a few questions that I haven't figured out now, first of all, is the man in black here for the notebook? If so, what is his purpose? And why does that back make me so familiar, déjà vu?
Secondly, why did the woman in red in Gurong Village suddenly appear in this deep mountain and old forest? I firmly believe that it must not be as simple as simply pestering me.
My intuition tells me that all of these are not so simple. There should be a correlation between them, but what is the connection?
"Are you scared silly? I ask you what to say. "The fat man saw me in a daze and pushed me. I wanted to see what Xiao Jing meant, so I said to the fat man, "Why don't you see what Xiao Jing thinks first, after all, it's someone's father who is missing." ”
Saying that, I moved my eyes to Xiao Jing, due to the influence of the low temperature of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Xiao Jing was using firewood to light a fire for us, just with his back to me, when I saw Xiao Jing's back, my brain was startled, and suddenly the mouth suddenly opened, and I finally remembered where I had seen the back of the mysterious man in black.
It was the first time I talked to Uncle Shangguan and Xiaojing, the three of them had dinner in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, Uncle Shangguan finished eating, and the back of the study on the second floor, the back of the kind, lonely and desolate father, I was so impressed. I was in a state of confusion, could it be that the man in black was Uncle Shangguan? How is this possible.
Since this was just my speculation, I didn't dare to make a conclusion for a while, so I didn't tell the fat man and Xiaojing in surprise.
I walked up to Xiao Jing and asked tentatively, "Xiao Jing!" Did Uncle Shangguan learn martial arts before? ”
Xiao Jing looked dazed, her eyes showed a complicated expression, a little worried but like thinking, just a momentary look, and then replied, "No!" My dad used to be a businessman, and if it weren't for that notebook, I wouldn't have known that my dad had ever robbed tombs before. ”
Did I guess wrong? If according to what Xiao Jing said, Uncle Shangguan has not practiced martial arts, but the man in black is quite good, and he must be a practitioner, then this doesn't make sense, but the backs of the two are so similar, is it really just a coincidence?
"Ngawang! Why did you suddenly think of this? Xiao Jing suddenly interrupted my thoughts.
"Nope! Just ask. I smiled.
Because of Xiao Jing's emotions, I didn't tell Xiao Jing about my suspicions, but I still told the fat man after careful consideration, after all, the fat man and I are iron buddies.
After telling the fat man, the fat man's reaction was the same as I thought, with a surprised and incredulous expression, for various reasons, I asked the fat man to keep it a secret, not to reveal the news.
The fat man understands me, I don't hit the south wall and don't give up, I've always been reckless, and I have to break the casserole and ask the end. So I decided with the fat man not to go back yet, and planned how to catch the man in black.
Xiao Jing, who was not far away, saw me whispering to the fat man, so she came over and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”
"Nothing! It's just small talk. I replied in unison with the fat man's smile.
Because the primeval forest is extremely strange and dangerous, if I and the fat man go into the forest, I am afraid that there will be more luck and less luck, so I asked the fat man to discuss with Uncle Nine as planned, and let Uncle Nine go in with us, because I don't want to ask him, so let the fat man come forward, anyway, the fat man is the ninth uncle who spends money to invite, as the so-called taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, since ancient times, it has not been the truth.
After the fat man left, Xiao sat next to me and chatted with me: "Awang! I think it's okay, let's go back, it's too scary here. ”
I was unwilling, so I replied to Xiao Jing: "It's okay, you are with Lan Xin, she will protect you, and you won't go into the woods in the future." ”
"I'm worried about you, I don't want anything to happen to you." Xiao Jing's thin eyebrows frowned slightly, her face full of worry.
"It's okay! Don't worry, I can't die. I replied with a smile.
"Listen to me once, I really don't want you to have anything to do." Xiao Jing took my hand, and her tone added a little pleading and worry.
"Don't worry! I promise you, I will definitely live to help you find Uncle Shangguan," I patted Xiao Jing's hand and said.
Xiao Jing wanted to speak and stopped, and her big eyes looked at me tenderly, because the reason why her heartbeat would inexplicably accelerate when she looked at Xiao Jing in the courtyard of the hotel last time, so I didn't dare to look at her eyes, but I was embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
At this time, the fat man not far away called me, presumably he had already discussed it with Uncle Jiu, and when I was about to get up and leave, Xiao Jing grabbed me, "Ah Wang!" Be careful. ”
"Hmmm! Yes," I said, standing up.
"Thank you!" Xiao Jing also hurriedly got up.
I understood that Xiao Jing was thanking me for helping her find Uncle Guan so attentively, so I said, "Silly girl! Say thank you to me, and if you don't mind, treat me as a brother! "I deliberately positioned my relationship with Xiaojing, because I didn't want to be unclear, I didn't want to be ambiguous, and I didn't want to hurt Yanyu.
"Can it only be a brother and sister relationship?" Xiao Jing suddenly asked like this, and I was stupid to ask directly, and I was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
After Lan Xin on the side saw this scene, he sneered, and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth with a look of contempt, "Heh! Something that messes with flowers! ”
Then he pulled Xiao Jing to his side and said to me, "If you want to die, hurry up." ”
"Am I just not going to see you? Flowers and grass will not touch you, black widow. "I didn't have the courage to push back Lan Xin. These words really made Lan Xin's pretty little face angry, and he wanted to hit me, but was blocked by Xiao Jing.
Uncle Nine shouted not far away, "Nephew! Let's go, it's going to be dark soon, and it's even worse for us. ”
So the three of us brought self-defense tools, and I still had a sapper shovel, because it could be folded and there were serrations on the shovel surface, which was a good tool for camping. The fat man is still an ice pick, and the ninth uncle is the wooden sword engraved with the Tai Chi Bagua diagram.
When entering the woods, Uncle Nine took two yellow talismans from his pocket, came out and said to me and the fat man, "One for each person, this is a Gu avoidance talisman, lest you two fall for the Gu again." "As the saying goes, once I was bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope, I and the fat man were inevitably afraid of a Gu poison, after taking the rune paper, we looked at each other, a helpless face, this rune we have just eaten, the taste really makes me dare not compliment.
The fat man and I crumpled the rune paper into a ball and prepared to eat it in one bite, but Uncle Nine hurriedly stopped us when he saw this, and asked curiously, "What are you two doing?" ”
"Aren't you going to eat it?" The fat man and I asked in unison.
"Hey! This is for you to stick to your body, why eat it? Uncle Nine shook his head and sighed with a helpless expression.
The fat man and I were even more speechless, so neither of us said anything, just just stick the talisman to our bodies.
Because I had marked the trees with the sapper shovel before, we quickly found the place where I was attacked by the men in black last night.
But with such a large forest, how easy is it to find people? The forest was full of dense towering trees, each of which looked the same and had no special features, so we had to mark it with the tools in our hands as we walked so as not to get lost.
Originally, the fat man and I meant to act separately, but Uncle Nine refused, and Uncle Nine felt that it was too dangerous to disperse, and if he encountered danger, he would not be able to take care of it.
So we had to go all the way like headless flies, looking everywhere.
After going around for a long time, seeing that the sun was returning to the west on the edge of the forest skyline, the sky gradually became darker and darker, and the darkness in the sky began to slowly envelop this huge and strange forest.
Uncle Nine asked us to stop looking for it, and said, "It won't work if it goes on like this, let's go back first, I see that the shade in this forest is too heavy, and I'm afraid there will be accidents when it's all dark." ”
Since I didn't bring a flashlight with a strong flashlight when I left in a hurry, and I only came with the mentality of trying my luck, the fat man and I also agreed with Uncle Jiu's suggestion and went home.
On the way back, I vaguely felt that there was always something not far away that was following us, I walked side by side with the fat man, and I asked the fat man "Fat man!" as I walked. Do you feel it? It's as if someone is following us. ”
The fat man said unconsciously, "No." ”
But I just vaguely felt it, and just as I was about to look back, Uncle Jiu, who was walking in front of us, didn't look back and said, "Don't look back, you'll hit a ghost when you turn around." ”
I couldn't help but feel creepy when I heard Uncle Nine say it, but Uncle Nine still didn't look back, and said as he walked, "It's a ghost summoning spirits!" Remember! Wait a minute, whatever you hear, or feel anything, you can't turn back, or the soul will be called away. ”
I believe deeply in Uncle Jiu's words, when I was a child, I heard the old man say that if you hear someone calling your name from behind you while walking on the mountain road at night, don't look back, and don't agree, because it is a ghost calling, as long as you turn around or agree, your soul will be taken away by the ghost immediately.
Out of timidity, the fat man and I followed Uncle Jiu closely, and before we walked a short way, there was a faint call behind us, "Ah Wang...... Ngawang! ......" The voice was yin and yin, a bit like a woman's voice mixed with the voice of a little girl, I was trembling all over my body, and the cold hairs suddenly stood upright, I knew that I couldn't turn back, but with the call of the yin qi in the yin, I still couldn't help but be curious, and wanted to turn my head to look, and the fat man walking beside me immediately stopped me, "Ah Wang!" Don't look back, you're looking for death! ”
As soon as the fat man screamed, I reacted, resisted my curiosity, pretended not to hear, and continued to walk forward.
Suddenly, the fat man grabbed my hand, meaning to tell me to stop, I was very close to the fat man, so I glanced at the fat man with my spare vision, but I saw a pale hand on the fat man's shoulder, and I could roughly see a figure dressed in white, like a female ghost was hooked on the fat man's back, her head kept looking at me, I suddenly a cold shiver instantly from the scalp through the whole body touched every cold hair on the body.
But I didn't dare to tell Uncle Nine out loud, in the afterglow, I could see the bean-sized sweat on the fat man's forehead sliding down his forehead.
At this moment, I couldn't care so much, so I secretly took off the sapper shovel from my waist, and then turned my head in the direction of the fat man, and was about to swing a shovel at the ghost on the fat man's back, but before I could wave the sapper shovel, I first saw a face like a paper man, the face was extremely pale, the eyes were weird, the expression was hideous, and the corners of the mouth hung a strange smirk, the face was attached to the fat man's back, staring at me, and at first glance it looked like a little girl.
Then my vision was blurry, and all that was left was a bizarre face with a weird smile, grinning at me, so quiet that I could hear only one voice, "Hehe...... Come here, come here...... ”
It was the paper face that kept calling, and with that call, I felt as if my whole body had been electrified, and after my body jerked, I felt something break away from my body.
I saw my soul withdrawn from my body, and just when my soul was about to leave my body and my consciousness was slowly weakening, Uncle Nine put a yellow talisman on my eyebrows, and there were words in his mouth, "The law of heaven is clear, the law of the earth is clear, Maoshan Taoism shows the gods, the three souls are fixed, the seven spirits are suppressed, don't be the soul of the evil - fixed!" ”
Suddenly I felt my whole body shake, just like I dreamed that I jumped from the stairs and my body shook, and then I gradually felt that my body was back to normal, but I couldn't move for a while.
Uncle Nine directly pulled the white-clothed female ghost on the fat man's back to the ground with his other hand while sticking the talisman paper on me, but because Uncle Nine was concentrating on me, he accidentally let the female ghost run away, or it should be said that it was a little girl-sized ghost.
After the little female ghost ran away, the fat man quickly pulled out an ice axe from his waist and wanted to chase after him, so that Uncle Jiu stopped him in time, "Little fat don't chase, you can't accept her." ”
By the time my body moved freely, all this had become a thing of the past, and Uncle Nine said in a very solemn tone, "This place is not suitable for a long time, quickly retreat!" ”
From Uncle Nine, I learned from Uncle Nine that the fat man and I learned that it was because along the way, my chat with the fat man let the little female ghost know my nickname, and as for why the little female ghost chose me, Uncle Nine did not give an explanation.
We hurried all the way back in the direction of the tent......