Chapter 171: Soul Valley
This Coiled Soul Valley is between two mountains, and as the name suggests, it is a canyon. At first, we thought that this canyon must be covered with clouds and mist all year round. Who knows that when we go down, we will realize that this canyon is actually a paradise, the mountain is bitterly cold, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, at least a little warmer. Looking at everything here, I can't help but have some doubts in my heart, as if we haven't encountered anything dangerous along the way.
The two of them felt the same way as me, and they both felt that the road seemed to be too smooth, and the smoothness was a little incredible. Maybe it's because I've watched too many treasure hunt novels or movies, and I feel that there must be some traps or traps left for us on the road. I didn't expect the immortals to be so good.
When we arrived at this Soul Valley, we began to walk in the northeast direction, because this valley did not run east-west, and it was a little offset to the northeast. In this valley, there are no tall trees, just some relatively low shrubs and the like, and the tallest is more than three meters. The trunk of the tree is not thick, but the branches and foliage are very lush.
We continued to walk, as indicated on the map. Almost all the way we were enjoying the beautiful valley scenery, and sometimes we could see some birds, but strange things happened again, and after a day, we didn't see a small animal running on the ground. Not to mention the beasts, not even a single rabbit has ever seen them. I don't know what they think, but my heart hangs all at once anyway.
In the evening, we chose a col near the foot of the mountain as our campsite. Ao Xiang looked around and said, "Do you think this valley is a little strange?" Dorjee hurriedly said: "Yes, why haven't you seen the little animal all day?" Is it because you are afraid of people? Ao Xiang shook his head and said, "Bullshit, there are only some birds on the ground, and there is no animal droppings?" Do you think they still have human consciousness? Have you all gone to find a public toilet? ”
I said calmly, "Weird is definitely weird, but we're all here, what else?" Are you going back? Ao Xiang shook his head and said: "In this Soul Valley, there is nothing to do during the day, so if there is something, it must be at night." Dorjee echoed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, it must be at night, or we will take turns keeping vigil at night." ”
I took a bite of the jerky and said, "Let's eat quickly, after eating we will pack our bags and walk up the mountain, we can't spend the night in this valley tonight, if something happens, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to run away." Ao Xiang nodded and said, "Are you afraid that there will be miasma here at night?" I nodded cautiously and said, "Yes, it's fine here during the day, but if the miasma comes at night, we really don't know how to die." ”
After eating, we packed our bags and started walking up the mountain. At this time, it was already dark, and we were walking on the black mountain. There is no road up the hill here, we are the first to step on the way, and after we have walked it, the road we stepped out of is drowned in the grass. We walked for about an hour and a half, and we were already halfway up the mountain. When I got out of Ao Xiang, I was so tired that I couldn't breathe, so I simply set up the tent, and I fell asleep in the tent.
Ao Xiang called me in the middle of the night, and I thought it was my turn to work the night shift. Who knew that after Ao Xiang patted me, he said, "Hurry up, there is a situation." "When he said this, I probably had some bottom in my heart, thinking that there should be something wrong with this Soul Valley. When I got out of the tent, Dorjee was also in a daze, and it seemed that he was also called up by Ao Xiang. I turned on the flashlight and shone into the valley, there was no miasma, and I could almost see the bottom of the valley in the light.
Ao Xiang immediately snatched my forehead flashlight and turned it off, and whispered, "What kind of flashlight?" I was stunned for a moment, and immediately pulled out a long knife and asked, "Is there anyone else following us?" Dorjee also looked guarded. Ao Xiang pointed in the direction of Taniguchi and said, "That's not it, you wait and see, over there." I looked confused and thought, "What is it?" ”
The three of us crouched in the camp halfway up the mountain, ready to see what it was. Ao Xiang whispered: "I smell a lot of soul breath, these soul breaths are very powerful, many, many, coming to us." Dorjee and I were taken aback, and Dorjee hurriedly asked, "What the hell is it?" Ao Xiang shook his head and said, "I don't know, I can't see it." ”
I hurriedly said, "What do you think of these things?" Ao Xiang shook his head and continued: "I don't know, it shouldn't be for us. ”
I relaxed a little and said, "We are not afraid of the dead, but we are afraid that there are living people behind our backs." Dorjee shook his forehead and said, "Damn, it doesn't matter what he is, as long as you don't provoke us." I nodded and said, "It's usually nothing like this, it shouldn't be for us, I don't think there are animals in this valley, it should have something to do with these things." ”
Not long after, in the direction of the valley mouth, I faintly saw clusters of ghost fire. Green, two in groups of two, very regularly along the valley. Before we could see it clearly, Ao Xiang whispered and exclaimed, "Quick, lie down, don't make a sound, hurry up." "We don't know what's going on yet, why did we climb down immediately as Ao Xiang said. Before we could ask, we had already understood. This heart brushed out of a cold sweat.
What kind of hell fire is this, this is a yin soldier one by one. Rows and rows of Yin soldiers, all armed to the teeth, only two eyes radiating a green glow. Each of them held spears in their hands and long knives at their belts, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, they couldn't see their clothes clearly, but they could only roughly see that they were all armor.
They didn't make a sound at all, and they were neatly like a National Day parade. I didn't dare to breathe, for fear that these Yin soldiers would find us. It seems that this group of Yin soldiers, about four or five hundred people, knew that they came from the mouth of the valley, and then ran down the valley. They were moving so fast that it was like a silent train passing down the valley.
Watching this pair of Yin soldiers gradually move away, I let out a long sigh of relief and thought, "Our luck is really good." Even the Yin soldiers can be encountered, this is hundreds of kilometers away from the ghost city of Fengdu, how can you meet the Yin soldiers here? Dorjee swallowed a mouthful of spit and said, "What were those things just now?" It can't be a Yin Soldier, right? Ao Xiang said with a smile: "It seems that it should be a Yin soldier." I don't know why it's here. ”
I nodded and said, "Yes, when there are generally Yin soldiers, most of them are too many dead people, and they need to be escorted by Yin soldiers, and there is also a situation where there is a riot in that place, and Yin soldiers need to suppress it." Dorjee said: "No, if you say so, those Yin soldiers should have passed by temporarily, but there are no animals in this valley, or those animals dare not enter, this shouldn't be a matter of a day or two." ”
Ao Xiang said: "Those Yin soldiers, but they are fully armed, and they are not escorted to anything." I sighed and said, "I hope this is just a small episode, don't let us encounter these Yin soldiers, they are not easy to deal with." It's important that we still find our Emei Immortal Cave. Ao Xiang said: "I hope so, I don't want to get entangled with those guys." I looked at my watch, it was already four o'clock in the morning, and I said, "You two can sleep, I'll come and see for a while." ”
The two of them went to sleep, and I sat outside, looking at the sky. There was not a single star, and he looked at the direction in which the Yin soldiers left, and his heart was furious. There are also many folk legends about the passage of Yin soldiers. The most famous should be the Tangshan earthquake, when many people saw the Yin soldiers escorting their souls to the underworld. Because there were too many people who died, the Yin soldiers were used. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to use Yin soldiers.
Under normal circumstances, when hundreds of thousands of people die in an instant, there will be Yin soldiers. Yin soldiers, as the name suggests, are the army of the underworld. What the army does, you don't need me to explain, everyone should know. According to folklore, people who saw the Yin soldiers were generally seriously ill or taken away on the spot. This is pure nonsense, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke them, you will generally be fine, and even if there is something, it is your own mental effect.
This Coiled Soul Valley is not simple. This valley bottom, if my guess is correct, should be the "official road" of the Yin soldiers. Moreover, the Yin Soldiers will often pass by here, which is why it is difficult to see small animals here. There should be a lot of passing by the Yin soldiers here, otherwise there would be no such situation. Anyway, I'm going to light up the day now, and then we'll be on our way.
In the morning, we had a casual bite to eat and started heading deeper into the valley again. According to the instructions on the map, we should be able to reach the entrance of this Emei Mountain Immortal Cave at noon. I always feel that in addition to being frightened and unexpected along the way, it is too calm. When we arrived at the entrance of the so-called Emei Immortal Cave, the three of us were a little dumbfounded. We felt like we were being played.
We arrived at the entrance of the so-called Emei Immortal Cave marked on this map without any deviation, and there was no hole at all. In front of us is a mountain wall. There are about 20 square meters, not smooth, rough hair, at a glance, it is naturally formed. Let's talk about our location first, now we should be in the depths of this Coiled Soul Valley, there are almost all steep mountain walls on both sides, and it is a little difficult to climb the mountain. Further into the depths of the valley, it becomes narrower and narrower, and standing at the entrance of this so-called Emei Immortal Cave, you can see that there is a dead end inside. It is estimated that it will look like a kilometer or two.
So, when you get here, even if you go inside, there is no way out. According to the markings on the map, we should be at the entrance of the Emei Immortal Cave. However, in front of us, apart from the mountain wall, is still the mountain wall. Ao Xiang has been the embodiment of countless bats looking for in the mountain streams, he is more flexible, the ability to randomize is stronger, and finding things is still his strength. Dorjee also scolded his father. I touched the mountain wall in front of me, looking for any mechanism, and even the stones on the side of the mountain were searched, and there was no clue at all.
I took out the map and compared it around, and it was exactly the same. This map is very weird, and when we walked here, the outline of the mountain wall that appeared on the map was exactly the same as the mountain wall in front of us. Ao Xiang came back after looking for a long time, and said dejectedly: "I have already found it, there is not even a rabbit hole on this mountain, but there are a few mouse holes." ”
I smiled and said: "The place we are standing in should be the entrance of the Emei Immortal Cave, if it is wrong, it is the wrong map, you see, the mountain wall that appears on this map is exactly the same as the mountain wall in front of us, and here, there is no road on the map." Dorjee suddenly said, "Isn't this map incomplete?" ”
Ao Xiang hurriedly said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, if it is not complete, we will not reach here." I also agree with Ao Xiang's statement and said: "This map is complete, I confirmed this before I came, aside from the question of the authenticity of this map, as far as the map itself is concerned, it is already a difficult work of art, who of you has ever seen such a dreamlike map?" I don't know the material of this map, anyway, it is invulnerable, and it is difficult to achieve this effect with modern technology. ”
Ao Xiang looked at the map and said, "This map is absolutely real. Dorjee argued: "If it were true, we wouldn't be facing this mountain wall now, wouldn't we be able to hit our heads?" I smiled and said: "We haven't encountered any trouble along the way, and now it is estimated that this is the beginning of the trouble, if we really entered the Emei Immortal Cave so smoothly, I am really a little worried, and now that the problem has appeared, my heart is somewhat let go." ”
Dorjee said: "Big brother, then you said that the map is genuine?" I shook my head and said, "I don't know if it's true or not, let's just say that this map is true, then behind the mountain wall in front of us, it should be the so-called Emei Immortal Cave." Ao Xiang touched the mountain wall and said: "I feel that behind this mountain wall, there is a big mountain, solid, and there is no cave or anything behind it." I laughed and said, "This map doesn't clearly say that this cave is behind this mountain wall, you see, this map is only marked with this mountain wall, it seems to be a coordinate, for us to identify, you look around, what is the biggest feature of this mountain wall?" ”
Dorjee looked around and said, "There is no vegetation in the occupied area, and no grass can grow on the stones. I nodded and said, "Yes, so I think the function of this mountain wall should be a symbol for us to identify." Ao Xiang looked at me stunned and said, "What do you mean?" "I looked across the mountain wall, which was covered by a lot of vegetation. I asked Ao Xiang and said, "Have you found the mountain wall over there?" ”
Ao Xiang was stunned? Immediately, they turned into countless bats, looked for the opposite mountain wall, and instantly burrowed into the bushes. It didn't take long for countless bats to form Ao Xiang himself again, and he still said with a depressed face: "Nothing, just stone and earth? Dorjee was taken aback and said, "No? Did you find it on the mountain? Don't just look for one place. ”
I sighed and said, "Since there is no one on the other side, there is only one place left, and the only place." They both said in unison, "Where is it?" ”