Chapter 41: The Ghost Fire in the Well

In the dark mountain forest covered with mist, even if Yu Chengyao opened the eye of heaven, his vision was very blocked. Coupled with the dense vegetation in the deep mountains, the line of sight is even more limited.

Halfway up the mountain, he could see more than ten meters away, and as he climbed the mountain, his line of sight gradually shortened. At this time, Yu Chengyao could barely see the mountain and forest environment within a distance of ten meters, but the white-bearded old man was nowhere to be seen.

He could only lock the direction of the old man with the white beard and chase him up the mountain, and before he knew it, he chased to the top of the mountain, but he never saw the old man with the white beard again.

The mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, but the top of the mountain suddenly opens up. At the top of the mountain, there is only a flat land of more than ten square meters, and there is no grass and trees on the ground, only some gray-brown smooth stones.

In the distance, there is an endless sea of clouds, and looming mountain peaks are revealed in the tumbling sea of clouds. There is no moon in the sky, the wind is high and the night is cold.

Xiao Yue hugged Yu Chengyao tightly, and Yu Chengyao tightened the down jacket on her body for Xiao Yue again.

"I don't know where that thing went!" Yu Chengyao whispered.

Xiao Yue didn't seem to hear what Yu Chengyao said clearly, and said in a trembling voice: "It's so cold here, Ah Yao, let's go down the mountain quickly!" ”

Her face was always buried in Yu Chengyao's arms. Obviously, he was frightened by the white-bearded old man just now, and he didn't dare to poke his head out to look.

"Good!" Yu Chengyao also felt sorry for Xiaoyue's cold, and hurriedly picked up Xiaoyue and prepared to walk down the mountain.

When he turned around, Yu Chengyao suddenly felt that something was wrong. He saw a white light looming from a mountain peak in the sea of clouds to the south, and the light was obscured by the clouds and mist, and it appeared very faint.

Yu Chengyao stopped and looked towards the light. Looking at the mountain from a distance, I can't clearly see the light source on the mountain.

According to his own findings, the white light should not be weak, but it is faint due to the relationship between the cloud layer.

I just don't know if I can see that point of light when I go down the mountain, Yu Chengyao vaguely feels that the appearance of this point of light is some kind of clue that the white-bearded old man wants to give him.

A series of abrupt events, from the forbidden land to the white-bearded old man to the light, all seemed to indicate something.

Connecting these clues, a chill appeared in Yu Chengyao's back. The whole person couldn't help but tremble, and he vaguely felt that a conspiracy was gradually approaching him.

And what is this conspiracy? Although Yu Chengyao knew the danger, he couldn't help but be curious and wanted to explore.

The southern side of the hill is more gentle, and the topography should be connected to another mountain not far away. After descending the mountain, Yu Chengyao couldn't see where the point of light was, but he walked forward in the locked direction.

Xiao Yue raised his head suspiciously and glanced at Yu Chengyao, he gasped and hugged himself and walked forward. Xiao Yue was a little nervous, Yu Chengyao was walking forward in such a hurry, something must have happened.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yue asked nervously, "Yao, where are we going?" ”

"To the south, I just saw a light in the mountains to the south!" Yu Chengyao didn't hide it from Xiao Yue, he added with a little excitement: "There is light, it means there is a village, you can have a good fire and sleep!" ”

Looking at Yu Chengyao's serious appearance, Xiao Yue frowned. She glanced around suspiciously, and there was no light in the dark mountain forest.

She couldn't see her surroundings clearly, and could only vaguely see the outline of Yu Chengyao's face in front of her eyes and the drops of sweat lying on his chin.

Xiao Yue buried her head in Yu Chengyao's arms again, but her heart was very uneasy.

He kept thinking, where did the village come from in the barren mountains and mountains? Coupled with this mountain forest, there are no other villages except Baiping Village and Baizhang Village.

To the south? To the south, it should be the mountain forest to the west of Zhuzikeng Village, but why is there light? Satsuki was very familiar with this area, and suddenly she thought of the forbidden land.

However, as soon as she thought of the forbidden land, her head began to ache. It's so familiar, but because of the colic, I don't dare to think about it, and I don't dare to dig into the fragmentary memories in my mind.

Satsuki held her head in pain, and she curled up in pain. Yu Chengyao discovered Xiao Yue's abnormality and hurriedly put Xiao Yue down.

However, Xiao Yue's headache did not last long this time, and when Yu Chengyao put Xiao Yue on the ground and sat down, Xiao Yue recovered.

She glanced at Yu Chengyao suspiciously, and she couldn't see clearly in the darkness, Yu Chengyao looked very nervous.

"Yao, Yao, where are you?" She stretched out her hands to explore in front of her, and Yu Chengyao hurriedly stepped forward. Let Satsuki touch her face.

"Don't worry, I'm right there for you, and I'll always be by your side!" Yu Chengyao held Xiao Yue in his arms and stroked Xiao Yue's back to comfort her.

Satsuki quickly calmed down, but she forgot what had happened and asked suspiciously, "Yao, what are we going to do?" ”

Yu Chengyao was shocked, Xiao Yue seemed to have forgotten something again. What the hell happened to her?

Satsuki's fate is extremely tragic, and her childhood definitely contains a lot of heartache and torment. There may be more tears and memories of the past buried in her heart, or maybe she will become like this because of her unbearable childhood.

Yu Chengyao picked up Xiao Yue in distress and continued to hurry, he did not answer Xiao Yue's question. The strange events that happened in the forbidden land made Yu Chengyao worried and curious!

At this time, he had another doubt in his heart, and he vaguely felt that this series of things should have something to do with Xiao Yue.

Heading in the direction of the light source, he came to a large mountain, which was sparse and rocky. The mountain is steep and very steep.

He looked up the hill with a frown, and although the night sky was dark and cloudy, he saw a faint light piercing through the clouds.

He began to climb the mountain, and halfway up the mountain, he saw the white-bearded old man again. At this moment, the white-bearded old man was standing on the hillside above him with his hands outstretched.

His movements seemed to be blocking Yu Chengyao's advance, and Yu Chengyao stopped. She hugged Xiaoyue tightly and looked at the white-bearded old man, who was standing there motionless.

"Uncle, will you borrow a road?" Yu Chengyao did not rush to the white-bearded old man, but asked gently.

The white-bearded old man looked at Yu Chengyao, to be precise, at Xiao Yue in Yu Chengyao's hand. He stood there motionless, not making any sound.

But Yu Chengyao saw his mouth move, as if he was saying something. Yu Chengyao looked at the white-bearded old man suspiciously, he frowned and asked, "Uncle, what did you say?" I didn't hear clearly! ”

The white-bearded old man's mouth squirmed slightly twice, but Yu Chengyao still didn't understand what the white-bearded old man said. Yu Chengyao continued to ponder according to the other party's mouth shape, from the pronunciation of dialects to the pronunciation of Mandarin.

He just didn't understand what this mouth shape meant. The other party still opened his hand to stop Yu Chengyao from advancing, but after arriving here, Yu Chengyao was even more eager to go to the top of the mountain to see what was going on.

Something seemed to be forcing him to take a keen interest in the light source at the top of the mountain, a curiosity that he couldn't resist.

"Uncle, just don't give way! If you don't, you will go away, and if you don't, you will continue to stand like this! Yu Chengyao was a little annoyed, he slowly put Xiaoyue down, and then took one hand into the bag in front of him.

"But you also have to know that I am not afraid of you, if you get in my way. I'm going to fight with you, and it's impossible to say who will end up worse at that time! ”

Yu Chengyao's tone was heavily threatening, and he slowly took out the Six Soul Flags from his bag to show his resolute attitude.

The white-bearded old man was still standing there expressionlessly, but this time his lips still squirmed. Yu Chengyao still didn't understand what he wanted to say, so he strode forward and knocked the white-bearded old man with the Six Soul Banners.

However, as soon as the Six Soul Banners were raised, the figure of the white-bearded old man disappeared in front of him. Yu Chengyao looked around for a long time, but he didn't see anything else except the increasingly dense clouds and the steep stone walls full of barren grass and grass.

He picked up Xiao Yue again and walked towards the mountain, the height of the stone mountain was obviously not as high as the peak just now, and he soon reached the top of the mountain.

There is only an area of more than 20 square meters on the top of the mountain, and in the middle is a circular wellhead of about one meter, and the wellhead is built with mountain stones, and the white light is transmitted from the well.

The white light is like a kilowatt light bulb, illuminating the surroundings. The situation in the well was also unable to see clearly because of the dazzling light, and the white and gloomy surroundings made Yu Chengyao feel a little uncomfortable.

He vaguely felt that this well was very mysterious, or that this mountain top was very unusual.

But the surrounding environment told him that this was an ordinary mountain top, and the appearance of light made Satsuki wake up.

At this moment, Xiao Yue looked at the surrounding situation curiously and asked suspiciously, "Ah Yao, is it dawn?" Where is this? ”

Xiao Yue's question made Yu Chengyao embarrassed for a while, and he didn't know how to answer Xiao Yue. Some things can't be explained clearly, otherwise Satsuki will have a headache and amnesia.

He couldn't bear to see Satsuki struggling in pain, so he could only hide it now.

"Well, it's dawn, you didn't sleep well last night. Go ahead and get some sleep! As he spoke, he stretched out a hand to pull the clothes covering Xiao Yue's body, and specially covered Xiao Yue's eyes with his collar so that she could not see the light.

Xiaoyue was very well-behaved, curled up in Yu Chengyao's arms like a baby and continued to sleep soundly. Her weak side deeply touched Yu Chengyao's heart, and at this moment, Yu Chengyao's heart was full of the intention of protecting her and taking care of her.

Yu Chengyao did not stop exploring the well because of the dazzling light in the well, he grabbed a stone with his free right hand and put it at the mouth of the glowing well.

The stone was able to block the light in the well, and he slowly let go, and as the stone entered the well, he took the opportunity to see a small piece of the wall of the well that was blocked by the stone.

He saw that the walls of the well were inlaid with white bones of human heads, and the skulls of those people were all complete, facing the outside of the wall of the well, and he could clearly see the hollow facial features.

This discovery made Yu Chengyao break out in a cold sweat, is the light in this well a ghost fire?

Ghost fire, scientifically known as phosphorus fire, is produced by the phosphorus contained in human bones when it reacts with water or alkali to produce phosphine, a spontaneous combustible gas.

Phosphine is a very light gas that moves when the wind blows. But this flame should not last long, and it is winter, even if the ignition point is low, how can it burn?

After thinking for a moment, Yu Chengyao found that he had overlooked a detail, that is, the light came from the well. And the well has a very peculiar phenomenon, that is, it is warm in winter and cool in summer!

After figuring out all this, Yu Chengyao's attention was in the phosphorus fire again. Since it is caused by gas combustion, but the light has no temperature. Looking at it up close, there was still a hint of eerie chill, and Yu Chengyao took two steps back cautiously.

This well is in the forbidden land of the Tongtian cult, so what does it represent? Why does the Tongtian Cult have such a well?