We went into the mountains, which were steep and steep. I was born in the countryside, and I was very sensitive to the mountains, so I said to Xie Luo, "The mountain shape here is a bit strange. ”

"You can see that," Xie Luo said, "The shape of this mountain is a bit like a coffin. ”

We came to a cliff, and I stood on a high place and looked around, and the more I looked at it, the more it looked like a coffin. What the specific trend is still unclear, I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain.

"The demon disappeared here, could it have something to do with Yamagata?" I asked Xie Luo.

Xie Luo was a little puzzled, "I don't know, I think it has something to do with it." A strange form must have a strange meaning. He looked back and forth, gasping: "I've been to this place before!" ”

I looked at him suspiciously.

Xie Luo said: "Dozens of miles outside Benxi City, there is a mountain called Coffin Mountain. I once stayed in a nearby tourist area for a few days and heard from the locals. I didn't go into the mountains at the time, but I just observed from a nearby high place. Walking here now, the more I look at it, the more I look like it. ”

I said, "The location we are at this moment is the mirror image of the mountain in Benxi in the Ghost Gate. ”

"Yes, there must be something strange in the mountains." Xie Luo said.

We wandered through the mountains, into the depths of the forest, and Xie Luo made a gesture for me to look at the ground. On the shallow layer of soil, there are a few traces of cow's hoof.

The two of us looked at each other, and Xie Luo whispered, "The demon has been here. ”

We followed the footprints cautiously, the seals could be seen for a while, and then they could not be seen, and reappeared a few meters away, most likely the demon spreading its wings and gliding some distance.

Turning around this hill, a large stone suddenly appeared in the bushes, two meters high, and one side was as smooth as a mirror. Next to this stone there is a sheep's intestine path.

Xie Luo squatted on the ground, carefully examined the road traces, and found a few shallow ox hoof prints, which could be determined that the demon had entered from this road.

We took a little extra care and walked along the path, surrounded by towering trees, tall trunks, and grass on the ground. The path was gone, the light was dim, and it was a bit of a ghostly vibe.

Continuing to walk deeper, the light became darker and darker, and there were "cooing" cries in front of him, one after another.

I and Xie Luo cautiously walked forward, climbed to a high place and looked down, below was a mud pit, there were many small things in the mud chrysalis, jumping up for a while, falling for a while, densely packed and I don't know how many, and my scalp was numb at a glance.

It turned out to be a large group of toads, and this muddy pond was full of toads, one layer after another, and it was estimated that there could be tens of thousands.

Xie Luo touched me and looked in the direction of his finger, and in the middle of the muddy pond, there was a row of deep and obvious ox hoof prints, leading straight to a cave in front of him.

Xie Luo picked up the stone and threw it into the muddy pond below, and the stone splashed mud soup below, and then slowly sank and never disappeared again.

I gasped, it was so scary, this was mud, it was a rainforest swamp. The stone is so light that it sinks when it goes down, let alone a person.

"What to do? Are we still going? I said, "Xie Gaoren, don't forget it, let's just go back." There must be a reason why the demon has entered this hole, and the fact that it can abandon me as a host means that this hole is more attractive to it. Let's take this opportunity to leave. ”

Xie Luo hesitated.

I'm in such a hurry, I can't go back, I can only count on him. I spread out my incorruptible tongue and persuaded him there. Xie Luo looked at me: "It's not that I don't help you, but I always feel unsteady." ”

"Why?" I asked.

"This is neither yin nor yang, it is a land of chaos. The demon has entered this hole and behaved so strangely, I am afraid that there will be some surprises. If you don't handle it well, I'm afraid the consequences will be unpredictable, and if you don't really understand the reason, even if you go out, I won't feel at ease. Xie Luo said.

I coughed, "Shall I make a suggestion?" ”

Xie Luo looked at me.

"In this way," I squeaked, "I have limited personal abilities, so don't hold you back." You send me out, and then you come in again to do your business, and it won't be delayed. ”

Xie Luo looked at me without blinking.

I was embarrassed to look at.

"It's not that I haven't considered this plan, but there's a problem here. ”

What I asked.

Xie Luo said: "There is a reason for the appearance of anything in the Ghost Gate Pass, and you have seen it all the way." So you tell me, why is this mountain here? ”

I thought for a moment and said, "Is there a dying man in the mountains?" ”

Xie Luo nodded: "That's right." Only the dying person, in the chaotic area of the Ghost Gate, will this person and the scene where he is appear. ”

I suddenly realized something, and I felt a chill in my body: "You mean, the dying man is in the hole that the demon entered, and the demon suddenly turned around to have something to do with this person?" ”

Xie Luo said: "Very likely! Why did the devil abandon you and enter this cave? If this cave hides a dying man, why would the devil be so interested in him? ”

I suddenly thought of a possibility, and my hairs stood on end: "Could it be so, the demon wants to change the mother's body?" He finds a dying man, burrows into his body, and then breaks out before he dies? ”

"It's possible. But there is a question that you have thought about," Xie Luo said: "The Ghost Gate Pass has traveled all the way, and you have also seen that there are thousands of people who are about to die, why don't any demons go to look for them, but they want to enter here?" ”

I shook my head, puzzled.

Xie Luo said: "So I must go in and find out what is going on." You can't leave yet, I always feel that you, as a demon mother, will play a certain role, so you must help me. If I send you out, I really need your help at that time, and if you come in again, once you come in and come again, no one can predict what twists and turns will happen in the middle, for fear that it will cause a catastrophe! “

I sighed, leaned against the stone and closed my eyes, "Okay, anyway, I'm involved in this matter, and I can't get out easily. How do you say. ”

Xie Luo didn't speak, he was observing the path into the cave, how could he avoid this swamp-like muddy pool.

After observing for a moment, he touched me and motioned to follow him. We made a big circle and got to the top of the cave opposite.

It can be as high as a three-story building of ten meters, and the surface of the cliff is convex and concave, and there are many places to borrow strength, so it doesn't look difficult to climb.

Xie Luo made a gesture to signal him to come first, and as soon as he rolled over and descended the cliff, like an ape, he went down the cliff. I took a deep breath and followed, but much slower. We came down one after the other.

The deep hole in front of me was bubbling with an eerie chill. I don't know whether it's hot or cold in the ghost gate, and I've been in the mountains for a while, and I haven't noticed the change in temperature. But as soon as I arrived, I could immediately feel the biting cold, and the clothes were instantly penetrated, and the cold air drilled into the cracks of the bones.

I gritted my teeth and followed Xie Luo deeper into the depths, and after walking a short distance, the entrance to the cave was actually locked by a simple iron fence door, and inside Hessen could not see his five fingers, and occasionally the sound of water droplets could be heard.

"It's weird," I muttered, "this door is locked, how did the demon get in?" ”

Xie Luo said: "Don't forget that this is the ghost gate, not the real reality, this gate is just an illusion here." ”

He took a breath, slowly reached out and touched the door, his hand actually passed through the door, and then the whole person walked in. He turned back to me and beckoned me to try.

When I got to the door, I could feel the iron ice when my hand touched the iron fence, it was a real thing, not an illusion. Strange, how did Xie Luo find out?

I've tried a few times, but I can't get through this door.

Xie Luo sighed: "You just wait here, I'll go in and have a look." ”

When he said that, I was much more relaxed, and I liked this suggestion. I pretended to be helpless and told him to go and come back quickly, and his figure disappeared into the darkness.

When he was gone, I hurried out of the hole, it was too cold. At the entrance of the cave was a large group of toads cooing in the mud, making people's hair tingle and their mouths sour. I climbed up the cliff and found a spacious place where I could barely sit on it, resting with my legs dangling in the air.

I can't see the time change here, there's no way to keep time, just wait. But Xie Luo can't wait for the left to come, and I have an ominous premonition, this kid won't die inside.

I stared at the muddy pond below, densely packed with toads, and suddenly thought of something. When I passed through the iron gate, Xie Luo told me that this was not a real reality, but an illusion, and that he could pass through the door. Since it is an illusion, could the muddy pond and toad below also be an illusion? Since it was an illusion, why was Xie Luo still afraid of falling into the mud?

Thinking of this, I casually picked up a stone beside me and threw it into the mud below, and the stone fell inside, and I immediately fell into it, never to be seen again.

I realized that it wouldn't be that simple here, and there must be mysteries that we didn't think of.