Chapter 166: Negotiation
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"Man dies for money, and birds die for food."
This is an excellent shortcut that I have summed up over the years - as long as there is enough money to lure me, some people's lives are not a thing.
But apparently, Haldan was not that kind of person, and once again he rejected my opinion.
"I'm sorry," he said, bowing his head a little embarrassedly, "I'll tell you the truth, that place, I don't want to go in again for the rest of my life."
"Why?" I put my arm around his shoulders, took him to a rocky ridge where no one was there, sat down, and asked, "Did you meet something?" β
"This ......," Haldan hesitated.
"Tell us?" I took out five red tickets from my body and threw them to him.
Seeing this, the look of embarrassment in his eyes disappeared instantly, smacked his lips, folded the red ticket neatly, and stuffed it into the pocket on his chest.
"In the first three months of your arrival, a team of organizations claiming to be the National Archaeological Team came to me, and it was also led by the ZF Tourism Bureau like you" Hardan frowned deeply, his fingers trembled and took out a cigarette and lit it, and took half of it in one breath before he said slowly, "At that time, they forced me to find some Changbai Mountain, and asked me to bring them all in"
"The National Archaeological Team?" I was stunned, this organization seems to have been in the old man.
Hardan didn't seem to like someone interrupting him while he was pondering, so he waved his hand to signal me to be calm, and continued: "This villager, who lives near Changbai Mountain all year round, has an unwritten tradition that no one is allowed to desecrate Changbai Mountain without permission."
I nodded, a look of surprise at the same time as the Wheel King.
"I'm a semi-superstitious person, but the price they offer me can't resist the temptation, so I'm going to take a risk and retire after finishing that order."
As he spoke, Hardan swallowed, dropped the cigarette butt at his feet and stepped on it.
"I prepared all the equipment needed to climb Changbai Mountain, made a list for them, and deliberately selected the most suitable route to enter the mountain, but what I didn't expect was ......"
He stopped suddenly, his expression became genuinely frightened, as if he was thinking about something, and the whole person was stunned.
"Still?" I got interested, patted him on the shoulder, and pulled him back to his senses.
He took a deep breath, stabilized himself, and then said, "Once, when they were camping and resting, I overheard that they were not a national team, but a non-governmental organization team called 'Tianshi Cave' came pretending to be."
"What!? Are you saying that the Heavenly Master Cave has already sent people to come here first? When I heard this, my scalp went numb, so I had to interrupt him.
"Do you know that team?" Seeing my reaction like this, Hardan asked inquiringly with a look of vigilance on his face.
"No, no, no, you go ahead first," I calmed down and waved.
Haldan nodded, and didn't stop there, telling the secret hidden in his heart might not be a bad thing for him.
"If you want to enter Changbai Mountain, you have to pass through a local uninhabited village, and find out the specific location through a bloodstone tablet in the village - this is what I asked the only remaining shaman in Changbai Mountain."
"After getting a clear route, I took this fake team to Changbai Mountain, but who knows, once I arrived at the Blood Stone Tablet, all the people in the team ....... ........"
At this, Haldan suddenly trembled, and there seemed to be an extremely frightened scene in front of him, and his mouth was open as if he was dumb.
"Snap"
A pale palm abruptly landed on Haldan's right shoulder, startling him and turning his head sharplyβ
The Wheel King appeared behind him at some point, looking at him with eagle-like eyes.
"Startle me......" Haldan patted his chest, and after that, he let out a relaxed sigh.
When I saw that he was in stable condition, I hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with everyone?" β
Hardan's chest rose and fell, and he gasped a few times before he came up to me and said, "All ...... All dead."
"Dead?" I frowned, not surprised in my heart, but continued to ask, "Because you have to go to the Long White Mountain to die?" β
If this is the case, then we will go to this legendary Tianshan Mountain, and the danger level will be raised by one notch.
"No," said Hardan with a mysterious shake of his head, "They didn't even see the feet of the mountain in the long day."
"Died in that uninhabited village?" I was shocked and remembered the village he had described.
Sure enough, he listened to what I said, nodded seriously, and said, "The surviving shaman once said that in order to find the specific location of Changbai Mountain, everyone needs to drop a drop of blood on the blood stele."
"All the people who dripped blood on the stele are dead?" My pupils narrowed slightly, and I spoke his words.
"That's right, and it's ...... Only the bones remained," Haldan closed his eyes, his face sad.
"That'...... How did you survive? I hesitated and asked.
"I didn't have blood on it, they didn't want me to touch the core thing," Haldan touched the hat on his head rather happily.
"In this way, I can be considered to have saved your life," I sighed, smacking my lips.
"So," Haldan nodded, looking me squarely, and said seriously, "I don't want to go to that damn place anymore, it's going to kill me"
I didn't answer him, but watched as his panicked expression emerged.
"I've been a tour guide all my life, and I've saved a lot of money," Haldan said with a slight languishing look at my cold gaze, "I want to use this money to marry a wife and live the rest of my life."
The sound of nervous swallowing came from his wriggling throat, and I stared at him for a long time, sighing.
"We don't want to harm you, but I believe you're a responsible person," I pondered for a moment before I said, "We won't force you to do anything by any violent means, but we still ask you to take us to the entrance of that uninhabited village, so that you can avoid danger and make you a lot of money from me, how about it?" β
I've given him enough respect for his thoughts, so I'll just look at what he says, and if he doesn't agree, I'll have to find another guide.
"Just take it to the entrance of the village?" Hearing this, Hardan pondered for a while, his eyes flashed with a hint of determination, and asked.
When I saw his reaction, I knew that things were settled, smiled at him, and nodded in acknowledgement.
"Then ......," he gritted his teeth, stood up abruptly, and said in response, "I'll take you there!" β
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