Chapter 55: The Sacrifice (4)
A few girls laughed and said, "We look like elementary school students going on a spring outing." ”
The squad leader pushed his glasses and said: "This mountain has a historic site, and the probability of an accident is higher than that of other mountains, although we are here to explore, but life safety still comes first." ”
Hua Lian was stunned when he heard it at the back of the team.
Everyone else used to walk, only Hua Lian used to float, and after walking for half an hour, everyone else was already a little tired, so they stopped to rest.
"Squad leader, what's so strange about this mountain road, we can't be wrong, right?" One of the girls looked back at the way she had come.
It was a very narrow stone staircase, and there was still moss standing on the stone steps, and a group of them could only follow one by one.
"That's right! Isn't it still a tourist attraction? Why didn't anyone see it? Another girl said.
"The hiking guide here says that this is a short path but a small path, and there is a relatively wide hiking trail that you have to go around somewhere else. I'm going to go to the monument first, and then I'll walk the hiking trail when I come down. The squad leader explained with his glasses pushed.
This explanation is also generally accepted by everyone, after all, climbing the mountain is also very tiring, and it is a section to be able to walk a little less.
"But this road is really gloomy, there is not even a street lamp trash can next to it, is there really anyone walking this road?" A boy drank half of it as soon as he started climbing the landscape, thinking about where to throw it away after a while.
As soon as the boy's words fell, he saw an old man with gray hair, crutches, a long shirt, and a hat slowly walking down the mountain.
They made way for the old man to pass, and they were all surprised to see him walk past them, and the old man smiled at them.
Walking to the end, the old man nodded slightly when he saw that Mo Shuchen and Hua Lian were so strange, and then continued to walk down.
"Wow! This old man is so powerful. The girls all exclaimed quietly.
They had only climbed for a while and couldn't walk, and the old man actually walked down the mountain.
The squad leader pushed his glasses: "People exercise regularly, we usually sit in class, and of course our physical strength is poor." ”
Xu Yu's face was a little unsightly, and he asked in a low voice: "Why do I think this old man is a little strange, his face is a little blue." ”
Hua Lian smiled: "Xu Yu, your eyes are quite good." ”
"No, it won't! Isn't that something that doesn't usually come out? Xu Yu lowered his voice, afraid that the deputy squad leader behind them would hear.
"This is on the mountain, and it can't be generalized with the outside, but it looks like it should be a spirit or something, come out and wander around, don't make a fuss." Hua Lian doesn't care about authenticity.
He was relieved to hear Hua Lian say this, but Xu Yu couldn't help but look back, the old man was gone, but no one else noticed.
The deputy squad leader saw that Xu Yu kept looking back, thinking that he was afraid, so he said, "It's okay, I'll break off!" ”
Hua Lian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, he didn't know why, his dislike for mortals didn't seem to be so high.
They walked slowly up the hill until noon when they found a clearing on the side of the path to rest, and in fact they had rested many times in between.
"Cook something to eat, I'm hungry." A boy sat on the ground.
The girl next to him frowned: "You get up, take a piece of paper and pad it, how dirty and wormy the ground is." ”
The boy laughed and took a newspaper and put it on the ground.
"Let's have a meal and rest for an hour before we go, we should be almost at the top of the mountain." The squad leader looked at it.
"Is there a place to buy water in the mountains? I'm running out of water. "The boy bought three bottles of water, and now there is only one bottle left.
"It seems that there is spring water, but it is better to drink it when it is cooked, and it is also dangerous to have a stomach in the mountains." The squad leader said.
The deputy squad leader smiled: "It's okay, I have all the standing medicines, Band-Aids everything, it's okay to have diarrhea casually." ”
The others glanced back at him and said in unison, "Don't do it." ”
Hua Lian sat beside Mo Shuchen, watching them laugh and play, feeling as if he had returned to the time when he was in the demon world before, he also watched the little demons below play like this, and he unconsciously felt a sense of intimacy in his heart.
Mo Shuchen looked back at Hua Lian and whispered, "Are you tired?" You can hang on me when you're tired. ”
Hua Lian nodded far away: "I'm not tired." ”
Mo Shuchen evoked a smile.
Xu Yu seemed to be tired, he looked at his feet and sighed: "I usually lack exercise, as soon as I climb the mountain, it's like this." ”
Hua Lian turned his head: "You almost died on the mountain last time." ”
Xu Yu smiled bitterly: "Lord Hualian, can you not mention this matter?" With that, he took off his shoes and noticed that he had two blisters on his feet.
No wonder it hurts so much to walk, and I don't know if it's the shoes that grind the feet, or the socks that grind the feet.
Hua Lian leaned towards Mo Shuchen in disgust: "You have something to say, what shoes to take off!" ”
"Lord Hualian, I'm sorry, it's a little painful." Xu Yu smiled and prepared to put his shoes back on.
Hua Lian glanced at it slightly and said, "Wait." ”
"Huh?" Xu Yu looked back at him suspiciously.
Hua Lian grabbed Mo Shuchen's fingers and cast a spell on Xu Yu's feet, the blisters on his feet disappeared in an instant, and his feet didn't hurt anymore.
"Ah, that's amazing! Thank you, Lord Hua Lian, and Master. Xu Yu couldn't imagine that Hua Lian would actually treat him, although he used Mo Shuchen's spell.
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Hua Lian smiled and patted Mo Shuchen twice.
Mo Shuchen said with a helpless tone: "Hua Lian......"
"What? You're talking about helping others! Aren't you supposed to praise me? Hua Lian leaned into Mo Shuchen's arms and looked up at him.
"Yes, it's time to praise you." Mo Shuchen smiled helplessly and patted his head.
After resting in the mountains for a while, they made sure that the fire was extinguished, and continued to walk up the mountain at about one o'clock in the afternoon, and the squad leader was right, they walked for about an hour to the monuments on the mountain, and at this time there were already many tourists in the monuments.
The monuments on the hill are stone houses that are said to be very old, but this is not like a village, with only three or four stone houses, and because of their age, only four walls remain.
In the middle of the monument there is a clearing lot, but it is already overgrown with weeds.
A few girls looked at this stone house and felt a little weird, so they said, "Squad leader, are we going to sleep here at night?" There's no place to pitch a tent for us, right? ”
"That stone house over there is quite a lot of space, it should be enough to set up a tent." The squad leader said.
But the other boys were excited: "It's a bit of an adventure." ”
Hua Lian can feel unusual when he looks at these stone houses, but nothing on the mountain is very ordinary.
"Mo Shuchen, I'll fly up and take a look." Hua Lian said to Mo Shuchen.
Mo Shuchen nodded slightly.
Hua Lian flew to the top of the stone house, and it was much more intuitive to look down from the top, these stone houses looked messy around this open space, but they were actually built on purpose.
Although there are only four walls left in the stone house, it is obviously not used to live in people, and a stone house like this should be a very popular gathering place for ghosts, but Hua Lian has not seen any of them.
Hua Lian came down from mid-air and came to Mo Shuchen's side and said, "It's a strange place. ”
Xu Yu listened beside him, and even Hua Lian said this, which made him feel cold behind his back: "Nothing will happen, right?" ”
Hua Lian spread his hands: "It's not evening yet, this is not good." ”
The others chose a location to camp and began to pitch their tents, and the tourists left one by one, until they were the only ones left.
As it slowly darkened, they turned on the lights and lit up a stone house.
The place outside the stone house was indeed pitch black, and the sounds of animals could be heard from time to time.
Several girls huddled together to keep warm, and one of them looked outside and said, "There won't be a tiger, right?" ”
The deputy squad leader smiled: "Tigers are all endangered and protected animals, and if you can see them so coincidentally, they are not endangered animals." ”
"It's still a bit dangerous to camp in the mountains, though, so let's take turns keeping vigil." One of the boys suggested.
The squad leader nodded: "Yes." ”
Hua Lian and Mo Shuchen were huddled together, and he kept staring outside, and Xu Yu was a little scared.
"Lord Hualian, what are you looking at?" Xu Yu asked in a low voice.
"Nothing." Hua Lian replied.
"Huh? So what are you looking at? Xu Yu didn't understand.
"Not half a ghost." Hua Lian said again.
"Isn't that great?" Xu Yu couldn't cry or laugh.
"What a fart!" Hua Lian subconsciously burst into a foul mouth, Mo Shuchen immediately glanced at him, Hua Lian coughed twice, "I mean, En...... Just like you mortals can always see cats and dogs on the street, if one day you can't see any of them, don't you think there's a problem? ”
"Lord Hualian, did you say there is a problem with this place?" Xu Yu swallowed.
"I don't know much about this, Mo Shuchen, what do you think?" After Hua Lian lived in the human world this time, he realized that mortals have many tricks and can always do something unexpected.
Mo Shuchen just nodded slightly: "Well, it's a little strange." ”
Suddenly, a boy seemed to be startled by something, fell from the small bench, and hit the wall behind him, causing a commotion.
"Hey, are you alright? What's wrong? Don't scare us. The boy sitting next to him helped him up.
He clutched the back of his head and pointed to the clearing: "I just saw a ghost fire. ”
The squad leader pushed his glasses: "Ghost fires mostly occur in graves or places with bones, and they are a phenomenon produced by chemical reactions. ”
The squad leader didn't say it very clearly, but they thought about it carefully: "Squad leader, you don't mean that the open space is actually a grave, right?" ”
"If what he just saw was really a ghost fire, then it's very likely." The squad leader replied.
"Damn! Aren't we right in front of the grave? The boy who hit the back of the head said.