Chapter 15: The Ghost Gate

According to legend, Mount Styx has 100,000 peaks, suppressing the passages from hell to earth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info each peak is 100 meters high, the seats are not more than 100 zhang apart, ups and downs, such as the upside-down nest-shaped mud mass piled up on the flat ground, typical karst landform.

The mountain is not high, and the steep peaks are precipitous, and it is difficult to climb over. The mountain road is rugged, the trees are full of grass, the vegetation is dense, and the rocks on the ground are strangely shaped.

This is a pristine area forgotten by mankind, except for monkeys frolicking in the trees and birds in the sky.

The road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, and he looks sideways to the west and sighs.

Under the scorching sun, he looked at the monk in front of him and the young man named Atai, who was busy cutting down shrubs and vines with an axe. The journey is hard, and I really have the intention of giving up and turning back.

I was carrying a backpack weighing dozens of pounds, which was a task assigned by everyone, and no one was left behind except Uncle Li and the woman they called 'Chu Chu'.

"Cheng Rui! I really can't do it, so I will divide the package to Chu Chu. Uncle Li sat on a piece of bluestone, panting. Said to the man with glasses, who was also out of breath.

The glasses man's name is Ouyang Cheng Rui, a rare compound surname. He is an old pedant, mainly studying ancient Chinese literature and some strange things. It is said to be bizarre, but in fact, it is some antiques and corpses that cannot be seen.

Ouyang Chengrui waved his hands, and he didn't have the strength to reply when he was tired.

I looked at him, and I was afraid that my thin body would fall.

Listening to their chat, I learned that Ouyang Cheng Rui's body has always been sick, relying on the support of drugs, usually burying his head in copywriting, and rarely exercising. Originally, he just helped Uncle Li do logistics work, take care of the dirt that came back, and never participated in the action. However, this time, despite everyone's opposition, he insisted on coming in person.

When asked him why, he didn't say anything, but Uncle Li thought he just wanted to see King Nammer's hell.

The liberation car sent us to the end of the road, and a group of seven people had already walked for seven or eight hours, but they had not walked more than 40 kilometers. Looking at our group of old, weak, sick and disabled, I really don't know where the fifth uncle found the 'helper'.

Cutting through thorns and thorns all the way, cutting trees to open the way, if it goes on like this, I really don't know when it will be the end. Looking back at the endless mountain peaks, if there was no fifth uncle to guide the way, I was afraid that I would really get lost in this lonely jungle.

"Everyone is persistent, and after this period of virgin bush area, the road behind it does not have to be so difficult." The fifth uncle frowned and cheered for everyone.

"The road behind is indeed not so exhaustive, but if you are not careful, you will die." The monk stopped what he was doing, looked up ahead, and marveled.

I hurriedly climbed up, looked ahead, and was immediately amazed by what I saw.

Not far ahead, the terrain fell rapidly, forming a cliff, and the clouds rolled under the cliff, a white world, as if entering a sea of clouds. The two mountains are towering into the clouds, pointing straight to the sky, and most of the peaks are hidden in the mist, revealing only the middle section, and the upper and lower parts of the mountain are looming with the clouds flowing up and down.

The two peaks stand like two gateposts in the sea of clouds, and there is an open portal in the middle, and after this natural gate, you can directly lead to the unknown world behind.

With the world of clouds in front and the world of mountains in the back, we seem to be standing at the dividing point between the two worlds, and the scene is spectacular and magnificent.

"It's finally here." Uncle Li didn't know when, but he also climbed up and said with a sigh: "The real adventure has begun." ”

"Is this the place called the Ghost Gate Gate, and from here you can lead to King Namer's hell?" Ouyang Cheng Rui said excitedly.

"What now?" I looked at the fifth uncle, and then at the vast white sea of clouds, and I couldn't see where the road was.

"Ghost Gate Pass is a low-lying place, and below it is a swamp, where poisons are rampant and people cannot pass." The fifth uncle pointed to the mountain peak in the sea of clouds that was blocked by fog and said, "If you want to pass through the Ghost Gate, you have to take a detour halfway up the mountain." ”

"I said senior brother, it's not that I'm against you. These two mountains are steep cliffs, and there is not even a tree on the mountainside, how can we get there. And I don't know how big this mountain is, even if a bird is afraid of it, it is difficult to fly. ”

What the monk said is not unreasonable, this mountain is hidden in the sea of clouds, if it is really the tip of the iceberg, how high and how big? Moreover, the bare cliff has no support point, let alone us, it will take some time to fly.

"Since I dare to bring you here, there is naturally a way." The fifth uncle smiled confidently and asked everyone to rest first, eat something, and recover their strength.

According to what the fifth uncle said, although the mountain road ahead is difficult and laborious, there is no danger. And starting from the two peaks of the Ghost Gate, there are many crises everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life.

"One of these two peaks stretches for hundreds of miles, leading to the rear. It is recorded that King Nammah opened a way from this mountain to transport construction materials. Ouyang sat on the ground and said, he was indeed too tired, and his breath had not calmed down until now.

The monk held a stone weighing dozens of pounds, walked to the edge of the cliff, and threw it hard. The stones disappeared into the fog in an instant, and only a series of 'whooshing' stones were heard, and the sound never stopped, but gradually became smaller and disappeared.

"What an abyss! If this falls, let alone live, the bones will not be found. The monk patted the dirt on his hands, shook his head and sighed.

Since the fifth uncle said that he passed through the loop from the opposite peak, but there was a cliff in the middle, and there were 100 meters away from the mountain, how to pass. Everyone looked at the fifth uncle, if there was no way, they would really go home.

"In the middle of this cliff, there is a chain bridge that connects to the opposite side. This was left by King Nammer and has been preserved to this day. The fifth uncle pointed to the bottom of the cliff and said to all of us, "So we must go down to the middle of the cliff first." ”

"Senior brother, don't make trouble, King Nammer was a figure hundreds of years ago, don't say that the chain bridge is still there, even if it is, it can still pass people? I didn't want to go halfway and the bridge suddenly broke. Falling to death like this is not in line with the style of Dao Ye and me. "Not only the monks, but even we don't want to cross this old bridge hundreds of years ago, after all, there is an abyss below, not a joke.

"It's the only way to go, otherwise you'd have to go down to the bottom of the cliff and through the swamp." The fifth uncle looked at us, stretched out his hands helplessly, and then said in a cold voice: "Everyone has seen the wind and rain, we have no choice in this business, if we want to live comfortably, it is better to go home and sleep with your own woman." If it weren't for money, who would do such a headless thing. ”

"Dao Ye has never even touched a woman's hand so far, and he can only sleep with a pillow when he goes home." The monk grunted under his breath.

"Poof..."

I was so close that I couldn't hold back my laughter.

The fifth uncle glared at the monk fiercely and told him to shut up.

"Let's just go over the bridge." Chu Chu, who had been silent, actually spoke.

The voice is like a person, beautiful, but indifferent without a trace of emotion. However, Uncle Li and the others did not object, they all looked at Chu Chu quietly, and when they saw that Chu Chu was no longer silent, Uncle Li nodded in agreement.

Since Uncle Li and the others agreed, and the monk and I listened to the fifth uncle in everything, this can be regarded as a 'unanimous vote'.

In fact, I really wanted to object, but I was not as excited as I was at the beginning, and I actually retreated, and I always felt that this trip to the tomb of King Nammer was not so simple. Just thinking about the appearance of shouting that he was coming with a vow, and he was not afraid of heaven and earth, now that he confesses to the monk, he will definitely laugh at it. And there are such beautiful women here that they can't pull down their face.

The fifth uncle took out the rope used for climbing from his bag, and I helped by the side. I looked at the rope in my hand, and it was as thick as a little finger. I pulled hard with some unease, such a thin rope sleeve, I was really worried about its sturdiness.

"The scholar doesn't understand, right?" The monk took the rope and shook it twice and said, "All the ropes they brought this time, including power ropes, auxiliary ropes, static ropes, and safety belts, are smuggled from abroad. Is this a French family called 'Bill'? Bel? That's what it means, anyway. The ropes produced by this company are sold all over the world, and because the products are durable, just such a thin rope, ten sows can use it to swing together. ”

"So awesome?" I've never been outdoors and don't know anything about that. But this rope is really so strong and strong, it is indeed a lot more reassuring.

"Of course, and these ropes are resistant to high temperatures, and they won't smoke like ordinary ropes, which start to smoke after rubbing twice." I looked sideways at the monk, this guy was so proficient, and he was talking about the Tao.

I really can't see that he really knows so much except for blowing nonsense and fooling people?

"Don't look at Dao Ye with this look, Dao Ye is against engaging in personality cultism, in fact, it is not a difficult thing." The monk threw me a booklet and said, "Take it, as long as you have this secret, you will know it." ”

Secret?

I took the booklet and looked at it.

Instructions!

Damn, this guy is a monk, it's really unreliable.

For a long time, everything he said was read to me according to the instructions.

Looking at the monk's laughter, I really wanted to beat him up.

What a miscalculation! He was fooled again.