Chapter 455: Empty Nest
Now many people can see that what I have learned is different from the old inheritance of the family.
I didn't dare to say too much in front of Dan Tuo, but Boss Jiang was not an outsider, since she asked, I didn't plan to hide anything: "Before leaving the house, I met with the head of Kongyun Dao, and got a copy of the sixty-four hexagrams from him. But later, after I carefully studied the notebook, I realized that there were not only various spells and formations in it, but also numerology calculations, and feng shui could be used as a thing, but the head of the empty cloud road spoke more deeply, and I still haven't been able to understand it. ”
Boss Jiang seemed to be shocked, and put on a very exaggerated expression: "You mean, the Air Freight Daoist gave you the inheritance of his Maoshan Sect?" ”
I quickly interrupted her, "I didn't say that. The head of the Kongyun Dao said at the time that the things recorded in the sixty-four hexagram notes had nothing to do with the Maoshan Sect, and they were all things he researched when he had nothing to do. ”
Boss Jiang pouted: "You're so lucky, why can't I encounter such a good thing?" ”
I said, "Who knows, maybe the first half of my life was too unlucky, and suddenly my character exploded." ”
Boss Jiang smiled at me: "How old are you, and you are still in the first half of your life." ”
It happened to be said that I was old, and I couldn't hold back my curiosity, so I asked: "Hey, Boss Jiang, how old are you this year, I remember that when I first returned to my house, I said that you were twenty-five, but it has been almost two years, and Yanan still said that you are twenty-five." ”
Boss Jiang gave me a blank look: "Don't you know that it's very rude to inquire about a woman's age?" ”
I knew she would say that, but I couldn't help but ask.
After a while, Boss Jiang sighed again: "Forget it, I'll tell you, anyway, you are not an outsider, but my age, you can't tell Lao Wen and Lao Yu." ”
I nodded and gave Boss Jiang an expectant look.
Boss Jiang hesitated for a long time, and finally probably didn't want to downset my interest, so he said very unhappily: "Sister, I'm Chinese New Year's Eve seven today." ”
I almost glared in shock: "Damn, you're so old?" Alas, you're a goblin too. ”
Boss Jiang gave me a blank look: "Are you talking about human words, what do you mean that I am also a goblin." You're a goblin, and all of you guys are goblins. ”
I couldn't help laughing: "I've also seen it for a long time, first that Sha Wenxiao, then Hu Nanqian, and now you, all of them are a lot older, but they look like seventeen or eighteen little girls." ”
Boss Jiang said: "I don't know how Sha Wenxiao and Hu Nanqian are in appearance, but the Gu girl of our vein, after the age of twenty-five, will not have much change in appearance." ”
"Isn't this a good thing, why are you still bitter and hateful, as if you wish you would grow old faster."
"It's not terrible to be old, but it's terrible to be old, only the face is not old."
When she said this, her eyes kept looking at the distant peaks, and her tone revealed an incomprehensible resentment.
I don't understand what she meant by that.
After walking down the hill, Boss Jiang and I both fell silent, and neither of us said a word.
The situation in the forest is extremely complicated, and the two of us really don't have the heart to chat, no one knows if they will encounter a Gu nest or other dangers along the way.
Shengmen is three hundred miles away, there are mountains and rivers and mud swamps in the middle, plus this is a mountain road, and it has just rained, the ground is very difficult to walk, even if I and Boss Jiang have a hanging, one day and one night, that is, I can walk about a hundred miles, even if there are no other twists and turns in the middle, it will take at least three full days, not to mention that we have to stop and rest halfway.
I think that when we first resisted US aggression and aided Korea, the 38th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers set a record of 14 hours and 72.5 kilometers, which is more than 140 miles, and in my opinion, it is absolutely a miracle.
Many people may not have a real concept of the word rapid march, but what I want to say is, if you don't have a concept, you don't have a concept, and if you are not an active soldier, it is better not to suffer the sin of wearing through the soles of your feet.
At first, the mountain road was indeed very difficult to walk, but when Boss Jiang and I stepped on the flat ground, the road was very strangely smooth.
It is said that this flat land is in a mountain depression, the terrain is low, and there should be a lot of standing water just after the heavy rain, but when we came here, we found that not to mention the water, even the shrubs and weeds all over the four fields were dry, as if the heavy rain had not come here at all.
I felt that something was wrong, so I raised my head and looked at the distant mountain, even if it was a sunny day, there was still a faint mist on the surrounding peaks, indicating that the rain clouds had passed here.
Boss Jiang also stopped, tore off a handful of weeds from the ground, looked at it very carefully, and then took out a large bamboo tube from his backpack, pulled the tube plug open, and immediately a bunch of ant-like black insects came out of it.
About a third of the insects in the tube came out, and Boss Jiang re-plugged the plug, and while stuffing the bamboo tube back into his backpack, he slowly squatted down and looked carefully at the insects that had just been released by her.
After the insects landed, they first gathered together, circled in place, and then changed their alignment, turned into a wide straight line, and slowly crawled in the northwest direction.
I whispered to Boss Jiang, "What's the situation?" ”
Boss Jiang made a silent gesture towards me, slowly moved his steps, and followed the bug team all the way.
I followed behind Boss Jiang, staring at the team of insects, and saw that every ten meters or so, a few insects left the team, burrowed into the grass and disappeared, but most of them still maintained their original formation and moved slowly.
After walking for about two hundred meters in total, the insects suddenly became excited, raised their heads one by one, and kept shaking the tentacles above their heads.
After a while, I saw that some insects began to burrow in the ground, and they were very fast, and in the blink of an eye, large areas of weeds were hollowed out, and a bunch of honeycomb-like holes appeared in the ground, and the swarm of insects that had been crawling on the ground a moment ago also burrowed into the ground along these holes.
Boss Jiang straightened up and stared at the ground with a furrowed brow.
I didn't dare to disturb her, so I just stood by so sullenly.
After a long time, Boss Jiang said to me: "This was originally a Gu nest, but it was empty not long ago, if I guess correctly, the nest built here is the most fierce wild Gu in the forest, the black Gu." ”
I said, "Why isn't there any rainwater here?" ”
Boss Jiang: "Black Gu was originally a type of drought Gu, and in the place where they built their nests, they couldn't see a drop of water. ”
I couldn't help but wonder: "If there is no water, how do the shrubs and weeds grow here?" ”
Boss Jiang crossed his arms: "I'm also wondering, it is said that the place where the black Gu nests should not grow an inch of grass, but the grass and trees here are extraordinarily luxuriant, which is really unreasonable." ”
I said, "There is no standing water on the ground, that is, when the heavy rain has just stopped, the black Gu has not left the nest. ”
Boss Jiang nodded: "Well, that's true." But why did they suddenly leave their nests? It is said that there is only one reason for the black Gu to leave the nest, that is, the Gu nest has changed hands, and the new insect king has replaced the old insect king, if the old insect king does not die, he will leave the Gu nest with a group of descendants and go to another place to open another mountain, and the new insect king will take most of the black Gu to stay. But right now, this Gu nest is completely empty, and there is not a single black Gu left. ”
How do you know that the Gu Nest is completely empty?
I thought so in my heart, but I didn't ask much.
Boss Jiang seemed to see my doubts and asked me, "Have you ever heard of a dove occupying a magpie's nest?" ”
"I've heard of it, what's wrong?"
Boss Jiang pointed to the black hole on the ground: "The Gu I released just now, named Gu Gu, I don't know how to dig nests, I specialize in occupying the nests of other Gu creatures, but they are very timid, once they encounter a Gu poison that is more powerful than themselves, they will take a detour." The Black Gu is the fiercest wild Gu in the Savage Mountain, but if there are one or two left in the nest, the Dove Gu will not dare to occupy their nest. ”
My understanding of Gu things is really limited, and when I heard what Boss Jiang said, I just nodded silently beside her, and there was no room for interjection.
At this time, Boss Jiang said again: "I have a faint feeling that the black Gu here seems to have been recruited by something. ”
I immediately answered: "Recruited by the Immortal Gu?" ”
Boss Jiang nodded thoughtfully: "Suppose the wild people over there in the river circle have indeed been affected by the Immortal Gu. Then since it can affect the wild people who are far away from the deep mountains, of course, it can also control the black Gu here, including the blood Gu we saw before, it seems that it has also undergone abnormal changes because of the influence of some kind of force. ”
I looked up at a high mountain to the northwest and sighed helplessly.
If the black Gu here was really recruited by the Immortal Gu, it means that the smoother our journey in the outer mountains is, and the more dangerous it will be when we get to the inner mountain, after all, no one can tell if there are any other Gu things that have been introduced by the Immortal Gu in the inner mountain, in addition to the black Gu.
What's more, the inner mountain is not only a Gu nest, but also a hundred miles of ecstasy cave and Yingshui Inverted Mountain, according to Boss Wen, there are three layers in the inner mountain, which is more dangerous than the first layer, and the further down you go, the more you will die.
This time, I was really miserable by Bao Use, and I don't know why I agreed to him in the first place, and if I encounter this kind of thing in the future, I can weigh it more.
But it's useless to think about these things now, let's find Li Huaishan and them first.
I raised my chin towards the high mountain in the distance and said to Boss Jiang: "Let's go on, climb the mountain in front, let's stop and rest." ”
(End of chapter)