Chapter 18: The Mysterious Man

As we were about to rush to the old man, a fierce wind suddenly swept out of the air, and then we saw a tall black figure appear on our side, and it looked exactly like the person we had seen before!

The moment the tall figure paused, he fired a few arrows in succession, I didn't look back to see how many zombies I shot, and I didn't have a chance to turn back at all, I only heard a heavy muffled sound behind me, at this time, I looked up and saw that the face of the old man in front of me was already dressed, but I was stunned for a moment.

On both sides of the straight nose bridge, there is an old face with wrinkles piled up, this is an ordinary old man's face, but what shocked me is that the old man's forehead all the way to the sideburns is actually depicted with a black mark, very weird, I can't understand what the pattern is, above the black mark, the hair is tied with a knot mixed with various colors, and there are unknown slender feathers pinned to both sides...... He locked his eyes deeply, looked at me quietly, and then shouted, "What are you doing in a daze?!" Get behind me! ”

"Hmm!" I instinctively agreed, and then helped Bu Yique to hide behind the old man, Bu Yique's face was very pale, it seems that the pain caused by the foot injury has been tormenting him deeply, I have no choice but to support him, a little more stable!

"Gino, let the great god of the woods punish them for their blasphemy, and let the evil spirits in the White Ape River be their companions forever, Gino, you are a brave child, this is up to you, I will send these two intruders out of here!" The communication between the old man and the person in front of him was completely in a tone of entrustment, like a conversation between a father and a son, and somehow, my heart trembled inexplicably......

The old man's voice fell, and the tall figure in front of him turned around, and said in an extremely firm voice: "Father, you can go with confidence, Ji Nuo is willing to sacrifice everything for the forest god, even his life!" ”

I opened my mouth slightly, this ...... How did these two people seem to be saying goodbye to life and death? But their words are so sincere, so simple, so touching...... The old man's words were obviously to send us out of the woods, leaving the young man called Jino alone to deal with all the zombies, and I was suddenly shocked by their strange manners, strange clothes, and strange words, and suddenly, I deeply doubted everything, everything around me, and the White Ape River below the slope, which brought me unprecedented confusion and dreams, as if such a real experience, like a strange dream, made me fall into a brief loss......

The old man didn't say anything more, turned his head and motioned for us to follow him, but I was still looking at the man behind me, the young man named Ji Nuo, I saw that the black zombie army was approaching him, I silently clenched my fists, and at this moment I found that I was still holding a peachwood sword in my hand, yes! I'm a disciple of Maoshan!

But now, in this treacherous woods, what can I do with just a little bit of fur Dao technique?

Gino supported the huge bow and arrow in one arm, and in the blink of an eye, he had already set up five or six iron arrows, and then the moment I turned my head, "Shhh "It pulled up, and then it was launched with a muffled sound.

Following behind the old man, I have to admit that I am so small, there is a kind of country boy who has not even the power to protect himself when he returned to the time when he pressed the grave......

Exhaled a deep breath, I no longer thought about those self-deprecating things, after setting off again, I actually felt that the road in the woods was much easier to walk than before, not only did not have potholes, nor did I feel that the surrounding light would cause visual obstacles, the old man in the dark night was the same as I walked in the daytime, although his voice was old, but the pace was unusually steady and powerful, and the movement was very fast, inadvertently saw the old man's feet, I was stunned for a moment, he ...... He was barefoot......

Their clothing is obviously different from that of modern people, and the corpse arrows they use are also very weird, the so-called ten thousand laws are one, but I am really lonely, what kind of sect are they, or what ancient mysterious tribe are they? Hidden deep in the White Ape River, isolated from the world, and what kind of forest god they are talking about, what kind of god is that? Do they believe in these great trees?

There are really a lot of questions that need to be answered for a while, but in the face of this situation, it is naturally difficult for me to ask the old man these questions, alas, if the master is here, he must know, and if he is here, we will not become so embarrassed.

Walked for half an hour, don't underestimate this small half an hour, but it is comparable to the half hour we walked before, the movement of Ji Nuo's arrow shooting zombies behind him has long disappeared far behind his mind, and the surroundings fell into a quiet again, very quiet, but not terrible, maybe because of this mysterious old man by our side, walking with him, walking with the master has the same sense of security.

I couldn't feel the signs that those shadows were wrong, and I was a little relieved, but I immediately thought of Ji Nuo, who was still fighting with a group of zombies in the distance behind me, and I didn't know how he was now, I thought about it, and immediately ...... to the old man in front of me I really don't know what to call this old man, old-timer, when I think of the name when I speak. Because he is definitely not a Taoist priest anymore, but it doesn't seem appropriate to call him that...... After thinking for a while, he pursed his lips and said: "Grandpa, seeing that this place is safe, why don't you go back and help Ji Nuo, I think the person who needs help the most now is him, not us anymore." ”

I thought that my sincerity would make the old man turn back, but who knew that the old man not only had the intention of turning back, but said coldly in a slightly angry voice: "Hmph! Jino has grown up, he is a sturdy eagle, a tiger guarding the god of the woods, he doesn't need the help of an old man like me, but you two little dolls, you really shouldn't come here, let alone shuttle through the woods here! ”

I was speechless for a while, my kindness seemed to have become an insult in front of the old man, I really didn't understand what tradition they inherited, helping an outsider, it was more important than my own relatives, so, I had nothing to say, I accepted it in a muffled voice, and continued to follow the old man.

Unconsciously, the light in front of me became brighter inexplicably, and it was a white breath wafting towards me, was it fog?! It's fog indeed! And it was a very quiet white mist, like a clean breath that existed in the haze, and looking ahead, the forest gradually thinned, and those white mist became more and more solemn and thick.

The old man stopped suddenly, then turned to look at me and Bu Yique without warning, and said in a solemn voice: "Little doll, this is already the edge of the forest, there is a road to the other side in front, I can't send you anymore, but you still have to be careful, the danger in the fog is not much worse than in the forest, may the god of the earth bless you to cross the White Ape River smoothly, go......"

In the last sentence, the old man's voice was obviously much gentler, and his eyes were no longer solemn and sharp, but only a faint kindness, but he immediately swept away, looked at us expressionlessly, and motioned for us to hurry up.

I wanted to say some words of blessing, but in the face of the old man's strange temper and increasingly indifferent eyes, I couldn't say it, slowly saluted the old man, sighed lightly, and helped Bu Yique turn his head into the vast white mist......

Just a few steps, I looked back and wanted to look at the old man again, but where was the figure of the old man, only the ethereal white mist, drifting slowly, I smiled bitterly, and secretly thought that this old man was really mysterious enough.

Although there was some hazy white light in the thick white mist, the visibility was very low, and I could see nothing but the path of the foot below, but the air was no longer quiet, because the rushing White Ape River on one side clearly informed me that we were now back on the riverbank.

Bu Yique suddenly asked in silence: "On the seventh day of the first month, what is the Yin-Yang Bridge that Yang Daochang said?" What kind of bridge will it be? Stone? Or a wooden bridge? Or even ...... Stakes? ”

I glanced around cautiously, and then admitted bitterly: "I don't even know who I am in this ghost place, and there is no room in my brain to think about what the Yin and Yang Bridge is, but since the master said that you can distinguish yin and yang with blood, I think it shouldn't be difficult to walk, as the saying goes, two stinkers top one Zhuge Liang, we are also authentic Taoist disciples, we can't lose anything to a stinker, right?" Let's go! ”

"Huh? Is it three stooges? ”

"Hahaha, it's not all up to us, don't talk about it, go carefully......"