Chapter 7: The Old Man's Strange Behavior
Zhou Yuefeng: Their last "quiet" night passed quickly, and the five of them woke up in the morning refreshed, which can be described as the right time, place, and people. "Horse monkey, have you packed your things? We set off after eating. As soon as the horse monkey heard that he was going to hunt for treasure, his eyes suddenly lit up, "I'm not at ease when I hand it over, I cleaned it up last night, Brother Feng, you can do it." ”
"Hey, Dongzi, when will you be okay with this amnesia, are you pretending to be here with me? Want to take the treasure alone? "The horse monkey is jumping again." I don't know when it will be okay. After Guo Zhendong finished speaking, he continued to pack up the things in his hand, "Just kidding, don't mess with your stuff yet, let's go, let's eat." ”
At the dinner table, the old couple was still very enthusiastic, "Children, the eldest mother is not driving you away, this is indeed not a fun place, you can play at the eldest mother's house for a few days and go back." The old lady said as she served her meal. Auntie, we'll leave in a moment. "Oh, then dare to be kind, let your uncle send you down the mountain in a while." The old lady's eyes lit up as she listened.
"No, auntie, we're going to explore the fierce water." Zhou Yuefeng said calmly. "Oh, that's not going to work, kid, listen to me." The old lady was about to speak at length when the old man spoke. "Okay, eat your meal, the children can go if they want, but it's really not peaceful here, so in this way, the uncle will show you the way in a while." The old man said as he lowered his head to eat.
"Uncle, you are really righteous, with you to guide the way, we can avoid a lot of detours." The horse monkey said excitedly, but except for the horse monkey, several other people seemed to have something on their minds. "Let's eat, let's hurry after eating." Zhou Yuefeng said, kicking the horse monkey under the table. Although this Ma Mingyuan was simple-minded and had developed limbs, he listened to Zhou Yuefeng's words very much and immediately shut up.
After eating, a few people said goodbye to the old lady, and left the village under the guidance of the old man, Dongzi continued to carry the big bag full of tomb robbers, but the horse monkey was brisk, with two guns pinned to his waist, Zhou Yuefeng held the green worm sword in his hand, wrapped the soul suppression whip around his waist, and carried the Qiankun bag behind him, followed by the two younger brothers of Ah Ming and Tao.
Soon the sun will be on the rise. "Uncle, why haven't we arrived yet?" The horse monkey was a little thirsty. "It's strange to say, I've been here for so many years, why can't I find this fierce water." The old man was also sweating profusely. Looking at Zhou Yuefeng again, he is worthy of being the inheritor of the Netherworld, his heart is calm and naturally cool, and he doesn't look like heezing.
"Uncle, no, I'm sorry, let's rest for a while." The horse monkey sat down on the ground. "Let's all stop and rest." Zhou Yuefeng spoke, and the group sat on the ground. "Uncle, how do I feel that the way Xiaomei took us back last time was not in the same direction as this?" Zhou Yuefeng deliberately tested the old man.
"If you want to say that this fierce water is difficult to find, it depends on chance, and I haven't been to this realm for many years, so it's inevitable that I will get lost for a while." The old man sat on the ground and smoked a dry cigarette. "Hey, I said old man, could it be that we have been wandering around blindly for most of the day, you are a dead man." The horse monkey complained.
"Are you in a hurry? I'm still in a hurry, old man! If you can't catch the fierce water before dark, if you accidentally touch the edge of the fierce water at night, everyone will die. The old man said gloomily. Hey, I said the old man......" "Horse monkey! Zhou Yuefeng interrupted the horse monkey's words, and the horse monkey went to rest stupidly.
"My brother is just an impatient, he doesn't mean anything else, don't blame uncle." Yue Feng explained. "It's okay, I know this baby's temper, not to mention that I saved Xiaomei, I won't be distracted." Then it fell silent. The six of them were tired after walking for most of the day, and closed their eyes to recuperate.
The other four people all fell asleep, and Zhou Yuefeng also meditated, and when everyone woke up, they found that the old man was gone. "Peak...... Brother......, ...... That old man, it can't be a ghost, right? Why did it just disappear? "The horse monkey is joking, but there is also some real fear in it.
"Don't move, there's a sound." Zhou Yuefeng told everyone not to speak, he held the green worm sword in his hand and slowly walked towards the moving grass, slowly picked up the grass, and suddenly saw the back of the old man, and saw him squatting on the ground, holding a long thing like a human thigh in his hand and gnawing, blood slowly seeping out from the cracks of his fingers, dripping on the grass leaves.
At this time, Zhou Yuefeng woke up with a spirit, it was a dream, "Strange? How can you dream when you meditate? He thought in his heart, at this time, seeing that the old man was indeed not around, his heart moved slightly, and just as he was about to call everyone up, he saw that the other four people were also a spirit.
Yue Feng saw that everyone was a spirit, and cold sweat broke out on his head, guessing that they should all have the same dream, but the protagonist in each dream was their own. But no one spoke, and his heart was heavy. Zhou Yuefeng carefully observed the surroundings and found that there was a thin layer of smoke around him, and he wondered in his heart, where did the thin smoke come from?
Only the horse monkey dog belly can't hold two taels of sesame oil, "Brother Feng, I had a dream just now, damn, scared me to death......" Just about to speak, Zhou Yuefeng made a silent movement, and the horse monkey stopped talking.
At this time, everyone heard the sound in the grass, and had the impression in their dreams, they all raised their hearts to their throats, and followed Zhou Yuefeng to slowly move to the edge of the grass, Zhou Yuefeng suddenly picked up the grass, and suddenly a hideous face appeared in front of them. Zhou Yuefeng quickly wrapped the soul suppression whip around the neck of that thing.
"What are you doing, baby, it's me." Everyone looked at it, it was the old man, the old man was holding a deer head in his hand, bloody, and he looked very hideous. "I saw that everyone was asleep, so I went to hunt prey for everyone to satisfy their hunger." Zhou Yuefeng didn't speak, and took the soul suppression whip off the old man's neck.
"You see it's getting dark this day, let's keep our food for later, eat my venison first, I guess I can't act tonight, don't touch the fierce water at night, and it will be useless if you are entangled by the soul." Everyone didn't say much, but when the horse monkey heard that there was roast venison to eat, they forgot the appearance of the old man eating people in his dream.
There was no moon or stars at night, I don't know if it was blocked by dense trees, or if there was no moon or stars at all, and the six of them didn't care, and they gathered around the campfire to eat venison. After eating, they found a comfortable place and began to rest. Zhou Yuefeng climbed a relatively tall tree and slept on it to observe the movement.
Soon everyone fell asleep, but Zhou Yuefeng was on the tree, but he always felt that something was wrong, what was wrong, he couldn't figure it out himself, but he felt that there was movement around their camp, and there was more than one place, and he always felt that there were two forces of good and evil contending.
In the dead of night, Yue Feng suddenly opened his eyes, and then his ears moved, and then he quietly looked under the tree, and found that the old man got up quietly, and was looking up at himself, Yue Feng immediately pretended to be settled, and the old man saw that everyone was silent, so he quietly left. Yue Feng jumped down from the tree lightly, pushed a few people with his hands, and found that they were all unconscious as if they had been taken down.
Yue Feng knew that the situation was wrong, and was about to chase the old man, at this time he heard the movement, and then a figure flashed, Yue Feng chased after him with the green worm sword, but the figure ran very fast, and disappeared into the grass next to him. At this time, Yuefeng heard the sound of the old man coming back, so he jumped onto the tree and continued to pretend to sleep.
After the old man came back, he continued to sleep, and the next day Yuefeng didn't say anything about it, but just had some vigilance against the old man in his heart. "Fuck, I don't know what's going on these days, Brother Feng, I've always had strange dreams." Horses and monkeys can't hide things in the end.
Seeing that Yuefeng ignored him, he naturally didn't say any more. So a group of six people continued on their way. "Babies, I heard from the old man that there are evil spirits near the fierce water, and they will burrow into people's brains when they are sleeping, and make people dream, and in their dreams they can eat people's souls. Have you had any strange dreams lately? ”
The old man said "casually" as he walked. After Ah Ming and Ah Tao heard this, they both broke out in a cold sweat, but Young Master Feng didn't speak, and no one dared to retreat, but Dongzi was surprisingly like a nobody, and the horse monkey was a little anxious, but seeing Zhou Yuefeng interrupting himself in the past few days, he knew that there were some things that could not be said nonsense, so he also shut up.
Yue Feng was very puzzled, Yue Feng clearly remembered that he had the same dream, but only once, but judging from the performance of Ma Monkey and Ah Ming Ah Tao, they had more dreams than themselves, but why did they have less? Is there really an evil spirit? Zhou Yuefeng has been pondering this matter.
Before you know it, another day has passed. "Old man, did you mean it? Last time we only walked in the middle of the night, we have been walking for two days, why haven't we arrived yet? "The horse monkey is a little anxious, maybe he is tired of tossing in the past few days." What are you anxious with me, I really can't find it. The old man said a word and fell asleep with his face facing the other side.
The roast venison they still ate this night, the same Zhou Yuefeng came to sleep on the tree, and saw the old man leave in the middle of the night, this time Yuefeng did not check the rest of the people, but followed the old man behind, only to see the old man walk to a tree, and then carve a mark on the tree with a stone there, Zhou Yuefeng went up and grabbed the old man, "Uncle, what are you doing here?" ”
The old man was frightened by this sudden change and broke out in a cold sweat. "I ...... I ...... "Who the hell are you, old man?" "Baby, I'm staying here mainly for fear that we will get lost, and we can go back along the mark when the time comes." The old man said with a grin. "I hope you can take us to the fierce water tomorrow, otherwise it will be like this."
With a whip down, the tree was cut off at the waist, which scared the old man out of a cold sweat. Yue Feng knew that there must be something wrong with the old man, but he didn't say anything, he just wanted him to take them to find the fierce water, and he didn't want to ask about the rest. "Okay, okay, we'll find the water tomorrow."
Yue Feng grabbed the old man and returned to the camp, but unexpectedly found a strange grass that was half burned next to the fire where they had eaten venison, and while the old man was not paying attention, he pulled the grass venison off and put it into his arms. What is this grass? And who wants to hint at what information about themselves? One mystery is unsolved, and another mystery has come to Yuefeng's eyes.