Whether Mao Yue is really ominous, the master has not reached a conclusion in the end.

Even as a Taoist, not all folk sayings will have a research and conclusion, Master said that people who can say anything mysterious are most likely a liar.

But at this time, I had no intention of paying attention to Mao Yue, holding a flashlight, and crawling on the stone mountain, which was an unpleasant and very hard thing, and I couldn't be distracted from thinking about other things at all.

Because the terrain of this hill is steep, it is night again.

Despite the help of flashlights and ropes, Brother Masakawa and I were also very slow.

If it weren't for the fact that I had spent so many years at the mountain gate, and the practice of martial arts had greatly increased my body's coordination and athleticism, I don't think I would have been able to climb this stone mountain.

And even now, in the process of climbing the mountain, I need the help of Brother Masakawa in many places.

Our breathing was evident in the quiet of the night, our clothes were worn out in several places, and my body was already drenched in hot sweat, but I felt a little cold from the bottom of my heart.

I can't tell you about this coldness, maybe it's my delusion.

Because in the process of climbing, I always touch the stones on the mountain, and I feel that the stones on this one have a metallic cold feeling, and when I first touched it, I shivered inexplicably, and I felt cold to my heart.

"Tired? Would you like to take a break? "After climbing for about an hour, Brother Zhengchuan and I only reached the halfway point of the mountain.

Zhengchuan glanced at his watch, it was more than 10 o'clock, in this barren village, it was already dark and quiet, seeing that I was really struggling, he asked me to rest for a while.

Because there is also a small area of open space that is rare and slightly flat.

I adjusted my breathing, shook my head, and said to Brother Zhengchuan, "Go up early, it's a trouble to go down the mountain." Finish it early, and go back to bed. ”

I believe that there is something strange in this village, and I also believe that Brother Zhengchuan has noticed something. However, I don't always believe that we can meet and find something when we go up the mountain. I really want to go back to sleep quickly.

"Actually, I should have come alone in this matter, not with you, you haven't grown up yet. It's just that I always feel that Gou Zize is a little weird and dangerous, and I don't worry about leaving you alone on the island in the middle of the lake. If something happens to you," Brother Zhengchuan didn't continue, but just touched my head.

These are just very ordinary words, but there is a trace of warmth in my heart, and I know that both Master and Brother Zhengchuan care about me from the bottom of their hearts.

"Third child, since I was a child, my master said that I have a good spiritual sense. The things that are generally perceived, the things that are premonitions are very accurate, this village makes me full of weird feelings, I take you to wander around the village, and finally I feel that the pig farm is just that, the main problem is on this mountain. I also know that I am doing this with you on the impulse. Although I said not to rest, Brother Masakawa still pulled me to his side and sat down.

The cold stones and the cool breeze at night made the sweat beads on the body dry quickly, and the body cooled down from the heat, and there was a thin layer of chicken skin.

There was always a bit of a gloomy feeling in the night tonight, because there were no stars in the sky, and the hazy hairy moon did not illuminate the earth at all, but only added some strange feelings.

I don't know if it's because the warmth makes my body cold, or because the atmosphere makes my heart cold, when Brother Masakawa told me this, I had to get closer to him to make my heart a little more peaceful.

"If Master knows, he will definitely talk about me, right? No, it's definitely not just about me, maybe they'll punish me severely. But when I think of the decline of our mountain gate, the master can't stand alone, and the inheritance of the Taoist system is about to be submerged, I feel uncomfortable from the bottom of my heart. Third child, I don't know if you can understand? I grew up in Shanmen without parents since I was a child, for me, Master is my father, Shanmen is my home, I am anxious to prove myself, but maybe only in this way, I feel that I have some ability to help Master, and I have some confidence to restore the hope of the revival of Shanmen. "Brother Masakawa seems to be fearless.

In the moonlight, his silhouette looked a little sad and deep.

Perhaps, as he said, his feelings for Shanmen are stronger than anyone else's, even if he knows that he is impulsive, he needs a proof.

At that age, I was ignorant, and I didn't know how to pick up Brother Zhengchuan's words, and I only had one thought, that is, no matter what, what the senior brother wanted to do, and the junior brother would have to support it no matter what.

Besides, Brother Zhengchuan's tone and demeanor made me feel a little sad inexplicably, and he stretched out his hand to put his hand on Brother Zhengchuan's shoulder and said, "Second brother, this is the second time you have told me." Can you not talk nonsense? Let's go up the mountain! With you, what's the danger? ”

"Stinky boy!" Brother Zhengchuan smiled and patted me on the shoulder, how could he not know that although I was not very good at talking, I was relieved for him?

After a short stay, Brother Masakawa and I continued to climb the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, there is still some clutter of vegetation on the mountain, but the more you get to the top, the more sparse the vegetation becomes, and near the top, there is almost no vegetation.

The stones here are no longer the dark gray of the mountain, but have a dull and cold pale black, like pieces of cold metal standing on this mountain.

It is not very obvious at the bottom of the mountain that this kind of stone is still alive, because after a road without vegetation, we have reached the top of the mountain, and on the slope of the top of the mountain there are strange trees.

I can't tell what kind of tree it is, it has few leaves, a mess of branches that are intertwined, and tiny strips of paper that are like sharp thorns.

Not only I can't recognize it, but Brother Zhengchuan can't recognize it either, here, the road has gradually flattened, so Brother Zhengchuan stopped, and couldn't help but reach out and grab a note of this tree, wanting to take a closer look.

But because he was too eager and the night was too dark, Brother Zhengchuan just grabbed the note of the tree and let out a low cry.

I flashed my flashlight and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhengchuan, what's wrong?" ”

"Third child, come here!" In the face of my inquiry, Brother Zhengchuan did not answer directly, but called me over in a very eager tone.

There were a lot of rocks under my feet, and I almost staggered and ran over eagerly, and I saw that under the light of the flashlight, Brother Zhengchuan was holding the branches of the tree, and the whole person was a little stunned.

"Brother Zhengchuan?" I screamed.

He suddenly came back to his senses and said to me, "Third child, there is something wrong with this tree!" Have you ever seen a tree that sucks blood? ”

"Huh?" I didn't react at once, the tree will suck blood? In addition to mosquitoes, even if there are any animals and insects that suck blood, it looks weird, right?

Brother Zhengchuan pulled me over and took the flashlight from my hand, and under the flashlight, there was still a bright red blood on his finger that was cut by a branch.

He looked at me, and then without hesitation, he put the bloody finger on the protruding spike on the branch, and then I saw a strange scene, the branch touched the blood, as if it had become a sponge, and the blood on the finger was instantly sucked dry, and new blood was gushing out, as if some suction was violently sucking out the blood.

"I'm X!" Seeing such a strange scene, I finally couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, and took away Brother Zhengchuan's hand, I can't watch Brother Zhengchuan being sucked dry by a tree, right?

"Third child, do you see it? This village might be a devil's village! "Brother Zhengchuan's eyes flashed with strange excitement, but I strangely understood what this excitement was for, because if there was such a village, Brother Zhengchuan felt that he could finally 'show his skills' to support justice!

I looked at the trees crisscrossed in the moonlight, the shadows of teeth and claws cast on the ground.

Looking at Brother Zhengchuan's firm and persistent face, I don't know why there is a wave of uneasiness in my heart? When I grew up, I knew that I was a person with poor spiritual sense, and compared to Brother Zhengchuan's excellent spiritual sense, I was like a 'dull' person, but I don't know why, the anxiety of that night was so strong.

I couldn't help but pull Brother Zhengchuan and said, "Brother Zhengchuan, otherwise, let's go down the mountain, right?" ”

"Are you scared?" Brother Zhengchuan didn't mean to go down the mountain, but asked me so.

I'm not afraid, but it's hard for me to explain what the uneasiness is. But before I could speak, Brother Zhengchuan touched my head and said, "It's okay, my feelings are not so calm, although I can't say it specifically." Don't come up with me, it's okay here, you're just waiting for me here. ”

Waiting for him here? Before I could speak, Brother Masagawa had already taken off his shirt and was wearing only a vest.

Without hesitation, he tore his shirt, wrapped me neatly and carefully around my hands and feet, and said while bandaging: "Third, yes, you are waiting here, no matter what, I can't let you go on an adventure." Here are these trees that are nasty, wrap them up for you, so as not to get pricked, don't run around. ”

"No, I'm going up with you." The top of the mountain is in front of it, less than ten meters away, and the hazy moonlight does not seem to shine on the position of the top of the mountain.

The three of us master and apprentice don't seem to be very good at expressing emotions, and I was moved by what Brother Zhengchuan did in my heart, but I couldn't say anything, but at the same time, a stronger thought was churning in my mind, I had to accompany Brother Zhengchuan to the top of the mountain, I had to go!