I smiled and shook my head, and put the rest of the fish on the grill as well.

Luo Fei and Xian'er ate fish next to me, while I flipped over the body of the fish and watched upstream of the river from time to time.

I found that in the position of the old dam, it is not completely impossible to see the fog, in the place of four or five hundred meters away the vision is slightly blurred, indicating that there is a very light fog shrouded there, I stared at the distance for a while, and found that the scenery is a little erratic in the place five hundred meters away, this should be because the fog there is constantly drifting.

I remember when I crossed the canyon last night, the wind in the valley was very strong, and I could understand why I couldn't see the rushing river here, but I couldn't understand why I couldn't feel the strong wind here. It stands to reason that the wind will only weaken and disappear quickly after it blows out of the canyon, but right now, we are still inside the canyon.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Xian'er poked me next to her, she was chewing on the fish in her mouth, and her speech was incoherent.

I came back to my senses and said to her and Luo Fei, "After eating, let's walk upstream along the river." I also want to see what's in the canyon. ”

Xian'er: "Huh? After a sigh, he said very unhappily: "You have something to do, this village is so beautiful, I still want to turn around." ”

I smiled at her: "When this time is done, I'll invite you to watch a movie." ”

Xian'er tore a piece of fish meat and stuffed it into her mouth, and said with a white look: "Yes, for the sake of the fish, it's up to you." ”

I had been thinking about the canyon in my heart, and I didn't have the heart to taste the fish, so I ate some hastily, and when I saw that Luo Fei and Xian'er were full, I put out the fire and led them up the river.

The soil on both sides of the river was very muddy, so in order to speed up the road, we leaned a little closer to the forest, where the vegetation was relatively vigorous, and when we stepped on the ground, we could only step on the thick grass, and the soles of our feet would not sink into the mud.

As they got closer and closer to the middle area of the canyon, the fog gradually became thicker, and Luo Fei and Xian'er looked very relaxed, and the two of them walked and talked all the way, not paying attention to the fog in front of them at all.

Speaking of which, the Qi field in the fog is very neutral, and it will indeed give people a sense of reassurance.

As I first entered the foggy area, I took a closer look at my surroundings and noticed that on the left side of the river was a large tree with a three-dimensional thickness, and the oval lines on the trunk looked like eyes looking at us.

Luo Fei couldn't help frowning when he saw the tree: "This tree looks so familiar." ”

I asked her, "Familiar, where have you seen it?" ”

Luo Fei pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "I can't remember where I've seen it, but I just think it's familiar." ”

I looked at the tree again, it was familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it.

We didn't delve into this issue and continued to walk forward, and I could feel that while the fog was filling, the Zhongzheng Qi field in the air was becoming more and more refined, and it seemed that the direction we are walking now points to the source of this Qi field.

After about ten minutes of walking, the fog lightened without warning, and as I looked across the river, through the not too thick fog, I saw the tree again, the same thick body that only three people can hold, and the same full of eye-like lines.

When I stopped, Luo Fei and Xian'er also stopped.

Luo Fei looked at the tree and remained silent, while Xian'er clasped her hands and asked me with some doubts: "Is this a ghost hitting the wall, but we are obviously walking along the river, so it is impossible to spin in place." ”

Xian'er is right, near the straight river, it is impossible for a ghost to hit the wall. But if it weren't for the ghost hitting the wall, how would we explain the tree in front of us, could it be that it followed us all the way?

I raised my head and looked in the direction where the source of the Qi field was located, I had just walked such a way, and the Qi field was indeed getting thicker and thicker little by little, and we were indeed getting closer to the source of the Qi field.

No, we didn't run into a ghost hitting the wall, and the tree in front of us ......

Thinking of this, I immediately took out my phone and took a picture of the big trees on the other side of the river, then turned around and looked behind me.

Behind me, the fog was very thick, the visibility should be less than five meters, and looking ahead, twenty meters away from me, it was also foggy, except for the small area where we were very light, as if we were deliberately trying to see the tree.

I looked at the picture in my hand. The shooting is quite clear, and you can clearly see the lines on the tree.

Then I beckoned to Xian'er and Luo Fei: "Keep walking." ”

Xian'er muttered behind me, "Is this a ghost hitting the wall?" ”

As I walked, I briefly replied, "Probably not." ”

Another ten minutes passed, and we broke through the fog again, and came to a place where the fog was relatively light, and standing here looking at the opposite bank, I saw the tree again.

Xian'er immediately shouted: "It wasn't a ghost hitting the wall, let's go back to the old place." ”

I ignored her, took out my phone, and carefully compared the difference between the tree in the photo and the tree in front of me, as I expected, they were not the same tree at all, but they just looked similar.

Luo Fei came up to me, looked at the photo in my hand, and then looked at the trees on the other side, and said to Xian'er: "It's really not a ghost hitting the wall, the two trees are actually different." ”

Xian'er also ran over, but after she compared the two trees, she frowned: "What's the difference?" ”

I explained to her: "The lines on the two trees do not look much different, but if you pay attention to this branch, count the first one from the bottom to the top, the branch in the photo is thicker, and the lines on it are slightly less, but if you look at the tree in front of you, the branches are newer, but there are more lines, and the position of the growth is higher than in the photo." ”

Xian'er looked at the photo carefully, then at the tree opposite, and nodded: "It's true." ”

Luo Fei said to me on the side: "But why are the lines of these two trees so similar, are they artificially carved?" ”

"It's a possibility." I said, "No wonder someone got lost on the river before, I guess he also saw such a tree and thought that he had hit the wall with a ghost." You wait for me here, and I'll go to the other side. ”

As I spoke, I took off my shoes, rolled up my trouser legs and prepared to go down the river, Luo Fei glanced at the river and said to me with some concern: "Be careful, the water is very fast." ”

I replied, "Don't worry," and cautiously descended the river.

The river was a bit rushed, and I had my feet at the bottom of the river, my knees completely submerged in the water, and I had some trouble even maintaining my balance under the washing of the river.

In desperation, I could only use the green steel sword as a crutch, use it to support the bottom of the river, and walk towards the opposite bank little by little.

Fortunately, the river was not too wide, and after ten minutes I went to the shore and came to the tree barefoot.

The lines on the trunk are not artificially carved, they are real tree lines, and they grow together with the bark.

Then I walked around the tree a few more times, and there was nothing unusual around.

Luo Fei shouted at me from afar, "Is it engraved?" ”

I first waved my hand at her and shook my head, then I pulled out the green steel sword, and slashed at the tree, although the green steel sword was sharp, but the toughness of the tree was very strong, and the trunk was too thick, this sword alone could not cut the tree at the waist, I cut a few more swords in a row, but the closer the sword edge was to the center of the tree, the greater the resistance.

At this time, I heard Xian'er shouting at me on the other side: "Zuo Youdao, what are you doing?" ”

"I'll look at the growth rings." I answered, and after a few more swords, I finally cut the tree off.

According to my assumption, these trees that look very different from each other should have been planted artificially even if the lines on them were not artificially carved.

It seems to me that someone must have gotten these trees to prevent outsiders from entering the center of the canyon, in order to make people who strayed into the area think they had hit a ghost wall.

I took a cursory look at the annual rings on the stump and estimated them to be around 2,000 rounds.

In other words, the special arrangement in the canyon was also made by people 2,000 years ago.

And just as I was looking at the section of the tree, there was a sudden and dense "buzzing" sound from the depths of the canyon, the sound was like a swarm of bees chirping, but the tone was more sharp, and when this sound appeared, I felt a faint tremor on the ground.

It appeared without warning and then vanished without warning, lasting only about a second in between.

Luo Fei came to the shore and shouted at me anxiously: "There is a way, come back quickly, I always feel that something is not right on the other side." ”

Xian'er kept waving at me, shouting at me to go back.

But I don't think the sound is a sign of danger, it doesn't sound pleasant, but it makes a person's mood very quiet.

And did it appear because I cut down the tree in front of me?

I thought to myself, but my eyes kept falling on the severed tree trunk, and vaguely, I saw a watery luster appear on the cross-section of the trunk, and I squatted down to take a closer look, only to find that fine water droplets were oozing from it little by little.

Recall that it seems that on the side of Shangzhai, several stone roads running through the village are also like this, and there are water droplets everywhere.

At first, the water seeping out of the stump was still transparent, but gradually, it became darker and darker, and finally it became black, flowing down the broken trunk like ink.

And after the black water appeared, the Zhongzheng Qi field in the air immediately became stronger, and even the Qi field on the other side of the source became more refined.

I touched my chin and looked in the direction of the source of the Qi field, and it seemed that these trees seemed to have a suppressive effect on the Zhongzheng Qi field in the canyon.

"Zuo Youdao, we called you, why didn't you reply?" Xian'er's voice suddenly appeared in my ears, and when I looked back, I realized that she and Luo Fei had both come here.

Xian'er was looking at me with an unhappy face with a fox lantern and my shoes, and Luo Fei stood behind her, also holding her trouser legs and bare feet like me.

I saw that Xian'er was still wearing dry shoes on her feet, so I asked her, "How did you get here?" ”

Xian'er: "Jumped over." ”

Luo Fei also said behind her: "After the strange sound just now, the river was not so urgent, and you didn't respond when Xian'er and I shouted at you, thinking that you were enchanted, so I swam over to take a look." ”

I said, "Oh, I heard you call me, but I was so engrossed in thinking about things that I forgot to respond." Luo Fei, Xian'er, can't you still feel any Qi Field? ”

Xian'er shook her head, and Luo Fei said, "Not only can't I feel it, but after you cut down the tree, I can't even sense the breath of ghosts." ”

I raised my eyebrows, "There's a ghost in this place?" ”