The three of them walked along the mountain road for a whole morning, and the road had been completed, but they still did not find any trace of the previous gang. Further ahead is an extremely dense forest, trees climbing the sky and shrubs, there are no road signs at all, which means that the road behind even the mountain patrol team will not go, that is really into the deep mountain old forest in the snake head mountain, if you rush in, it is likely that you will not be able to get out.

Wu Xie looked at the dense jungle and the towering cliffs, and felt a little frightened in his heart, this place was much deeper than the forest on the other side of King Lu's tomb.

Along the way, the three of them did not see any traces of the bonfire, indicating that the gang may have not rested after scaring the mountain patrol team away last night, and rushed forward directly at night. In this case, the possibility of catching up with those people is basically zero.

Broken Chen discussed it with Wu Xie and Lao Itchy, and decided not to chase it for the time being, and first go to the foot of the mountain village that Lao Itch said, anyway, the two groups of people will go to the same place, and sooner or later they will meet.

Walking on the deep mountain road, surrounded by century-old trees and shrubs, the sunlight can only shine a little from the gaps in the leaves overhead, and the woods are misty under the refraction of the mist in the mountains, and from time to time you will hear a few unknown animal calls, which really makes people a little panicked.

Broken Chen held the ancient sword in front of him, Wu Xie followed behind with the ancient knife, and Lao Itch also held a sapper shovel, vigilantly observing the surroundings as he walked. There are many wild beasts in this Qinling Mountains, and if they are big, they will be tigers and bears, and if they are small, they will be wolves and wild boars.

The completely barren mountain road is very difficult to walk, and the ground is almost full of grass and vines, and if you step on it, you will sink down, and if you are not careful, you may get entangled in the rattan. In this way, when the sun set in the west, the mountain turned steep and upward, and a cliff appeared in front of it, and a row of plank roads built on it that I don't know when.

The plank road had fallen into disrepair and had taken on a dark green damp color, and it was entwined with a large number of spring flowers and pigweed, as if no one had walked on it for a long time.

The three of them were discussing whether to climb up to have a look, when they suddenly heard someone shouting in the woods on the side: "Hey! What do you do? ”

Wu Xie and Lao Qi were startled, turned their heads to look, and found that a group of people and horses were coming from a distance, all of them looked like locals, men and women, and it seemed that they were also going to the village on the other side of the mountain.

Duan Chen saw the outfits of those people clearly, and immediately glanced at Wu Xie and Lao Qi, and then put away the ancient sword in his hand. Wu Xie and Lao Qi also withdrew their weapons and followed behind Broken Chen with their empty hands.

Wu Xie knew that Duan Chen was not good at dealing with people, so he took the initiative to take on the task of asking for directions, and asked them in a very sincere manner: "Big brother and sister, we are tourists from other places, I want to go to the village on the other side of the mountain, and ask you, how many mountain roads are there in the village in front of you?" ”

A woman in a red coat looked at Wu Xie and said, "Do you mean our village?" What did you come all the way to our village? ”

Wu Xie saw that this woman was very vigilant, and said blindly: "I'm here to find someone, I came to your village two years ago, and an old man entertained me at that time, this time I came back to see him, but I haven't been here for two years, and the road will not go." ”

The middle-aged woman glared at Wu Xie when she heard this, and scolded loudly: "I'm sorry! As far as you look like a thief, who knows what kind of heart you have? I've seen a lot of people like you, either digging graves or poaching, and you want to deceive the old lady, you're not hot enough! ”

Wu Xie was dumbfounded by her scolding, and said in his heart that he was a good young man in the new era, although his appearance was far less demonic than that of the broken Chen next to him, but he was also a sunny handsome guy, how could he match the words 'thief and thief'? However, the woman was not wrong when she said that they were here to rob the tomb, but Wu Xie naturally couldn't admit it, so she was stunned for a while and didn't know how to reply.

Lao Itch pushed Wu Xie aside, snapped a big red ticket, and said to the middle-aged woman: "What so much nonsense!" Which eye of yours saw us digging graves, and answered the question politely, the money is yours. Otherwise, if you dare to be wordy, Lao Tzu will give you a slap! ”

Wu Xie suddenly felt a little headache when he heard Lao Itch speak so unkindly. Since ancient times, the mountain people have been fierce, and there are several strong men in this team, and I am afraid that there will be a fight if they disagree. Wu Xie and Duan Chen are naturally not afraid of their skills, but I am afraid that they will not be able to ask this way.

Who knew that a man behind the middle-aged woman saw the money, and immediately took it with a smile: "Don't be angry, my daughter-in-law is joking with you, if you want to go to our village, you have to go to the left, go around this mountain, there is a waterfall, follow the water of this waterfall and go forward, it is the fastest shortcut to cross the mountain, as long as you follow the mountain stream, you will definitely be able to reach my village." ”

The old itch grinned: "You lie to people, you have to go around, isn't it faster to get on this plank road?" ”

The man said: "This plank road, I don't know what years it has been repaired, it has never been reinforced, and now no one dares to leave." ”

Wu Xie looked at Duan Chen and Lao Qi, exchanged glances, and then said to the man: "Then follow the route you said, can you rush to your village at night?" ”

The man looked at the sky and said, "Oh, I don't think you will be able to make it tonight, you have to spend the night in this mountain." There are several tributaries of the mountain stream, if you don't go to the familiar one, you will definitely go forked, or else, we are going to the other side of the mountain to hunt pigweed, you go with us, we will go back to the village tomorrow, and it will be fine to walk with us. ”

Wu Xie saw that he was still quite enthusiastic, not like a bad person, and after quickly thinking about it in his heart, he was about to agree, but Duan Chen next to him spoke at this time: "Don't bother, let's just go by ourselves." ”

Wu Xie didn't know what Broken Chen's plans were, so he could only close his mouth and stand aside and listen. Lao Itch, like Duan Chen, didn't want to go with these mountain people, so as not to cause extraneous branches, so he pretended to be very enthusiastic to get close to the man, and after scattering a few cigarettes, he asked in detail about the way.

The man saw that the three of them really didn't plan to go with them, and he didn't force it, so he carefully explained the route to Lao Itchy, and then took the rest of the people to say goodbye and leave.

This time, knowing the route, the three of them traveled much faster, walking for about an hour, and it was already getting dark.

Seeing the surrounding environment, the old itch's expression changed, and his eyes kept looking back and forth, obviously recalling that he had been here.

Wu Xie asked Lao Qi what was wrong, and Lao Qi whispered: "I came to this place last time, if I remember correctly, there must be a shack where I can settle down." ”

Sure enough, not long after walking, there was a wooden shack of a medicine picker in front of him, this kind of shack in the mountains is generally not inhabited, only people who go into the mountains to collect medicine or hunt cannot return to the village at night, and will stay here for one night.

"Let's spend the night here today, there is a stove to cook here, and we can eat a hot meal." The old itch happily pushed the door and walked in.

The shack was two-tiered, connected by a ladder, and the upper floor was an attic, unfurnished, but covered with several large planks, and in the center of the room there was a pit full of charcoal ash, which was supposed to be used to make a fire for warmth.

The three of them put down their equipment, and Wu Xie ran outside to pick up some firewood and came back to make a fire to keep warm, and then took out dry food from his bag and baked it directly. By the time the hot meal was over, it was already dark outside, and the cries of wild beasts could be heard from time to time.

Old Itch lit a cigarette and said as he smoked, "We can only sleep half the night at night, and someone must watch this fire and not let it go out, otherwise I am afraid that the wild beasts outside will come in."

Wu Xie was noncommittal, and said: "Okay, old itch, you look at the first half of the night, I look at the second half of the night, you didn't sleep last night, forget it, have a good rest tonight, I and Lao Itch will keep vigil." ”

Broken Chen glanced at the old itch, didn't say anything, lay down and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Wu Xie didn't care about the old itch protesting, he also lay down and fell asleep, he was also tired enough to choke today, and soon entered the dream. However, Wu Xie slept unsteadily this night, and was about to fall asleep at midnight when he vaguely heard the sound of someone getting up and walking.

Wu Xie opened his eyes and saw that the bonfire was still on, and a figure crept out the door with his back to him. As soon as Wu Xie was about to speak, he felt a chill on the back of his neck, and he suddenly lost consciousness.

Lao Qi, who was about to sneak out, heard the movement and turned around to take a look, and found that Broken Chen had fainted Wu Xie.

"Where are you going?" Broken Chen asked knowingly.

Old Itch didn't intend to hide Broken Chen, so he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, said 'follow me', and then turned his head and walked out of the shack.

The two walked to the outside of the shack one after the other, Lao Itch took out the compass, determined the direction, took out a folding shovel from the equipment, and beckoned Duan Chen to follow.

Breaking Chen knew that he was going to dig up the bronze stick, so he followed without hesitation.

After walking for ten minutes, the old itch in front of him stopped, stuck a shovel into the ground under his feet, and said, "This is it?" ”

Hearing this, Broken Chen also stopped, and the magic power ran to his eyes, and in an instant, he saw that there was a stick-like object buried in the soil more than a meter deep under Lao Yang's feet, which should be a branch sawed off by Lao Itch from the top of the bronze god tree, but the black gas wrapped around it was much thinner than Broken Chen imagined.

Lao Itch saw Broken Chen's blue eyes, swallowed his saliva, lowered his head and didn't dare to look again, ready to dig down.

The artifact was right in front of him, even if it was just a fragment, but Broken Chen still couldn't wait. He stretched out his hand to stop the old itch, and then with a wave of his hand, the bronze stick covered with yellow mud came up from the soil and flew straight into Broken Chen's hand. Breaking Chen's hand is naturally to deter the old itch, and the effect is not bad.

Although it was not the first time that Lao Itch had seen it, he was still dumbfounded. immediately reacted and hurriedly said, "That thing can't be touched casually!" ”

Broken Chen didn't care, just carefully observed the bronze stick in his hand. He couldn't see anything from the outside, but as Broken Chen infiltrated his spiritual power little by little, he felt an indescribable mysterious power injected into his body along with his arm, and there was an indescribable feeling of comfort all over his body, which even made him tremble a little.

Broken Chen didn't know how to describe the feeling at that moment, if he had to say it, it was as if he was standing proudly in the sky, everything in the world was an ant, but he could-control a qiē!

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PS: The end of the third watch, sorry for being late, but I still fulfilled my promise, please recommend and collect! In addition, I would like to thank the book friend [Jie 552] [Conscience Book Friend] [Asad Claire] [⊙ Little Pig 々 Run ⊙] for their reward and support, thank you, thank you very much!