Chapter Ninety-Six: The Land of Yin Qi

Wan Jinshan didn't know what he wanted to say, but before he could say it, he rolled his eyes and fell to the ground with a 'bang', startling several of us.

"It's... This old boy shouldn't hang up, right?! Uncle Yang glared at me.

"Don't touch him..."

Master took a deep breath and stood up. Uncle Yang was close to him and hurriedly supported him with his hand.

The master squatted down a little bit, tried the breath of Wanjin Mountain, then opened his eyelids and looked at it, and said, It's okay, it's just fainting.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and my hanging heart fell to the ground. At this point, Wan Jinshan has almost solved all the mysteries that we had hung in our hearts before... About Gao Qien, about Boss Ling, about the mage, about this valley, about why the old fox destroyed the 'third painting' under the clay pot in the first place... There is even about the death of the two dogs, and why the nameless mountain village went to the 'other space', but those villagers still have food and drink, it turned out to be the hunchbacked old man 'Fifth Grandfather' who had dealt with us at the beginning, and instructed them to prepare more food and drink before dying... Wait, wait, but the old mystery is solved, and the new mystery is coming...

We have always thought that the mysterious 'Gao Qien' hidden behind Wanjin Mountain is the person we will eventually deal with, and the most difficult person to deal with. So much so that when I was fighting with Wanjin Mountain before, this mysterious person didn't appear for a long time, and I kept worrying in my heart... I really didn't expect that this person had 'disappeared' as early as the year before last, and his life and death were unknown, and his whereabouts were unknown. What we didn't expect was that, judging from Wan Jinshan's story, this big opponent we have always imagined, the big villain, is actually a... Good... But what is really waiting for us to deal with is an 'evil force' that even Wanjin Mountain does not know the origin of...

"The wound is bleeding again," Master said.

"Huh?"

I came back to my senses and looked closer, only to see that the cloth on my left hand had been soaked with blood. In the old village, in order to blame us for the death of the village chief, he did not hesitate to cut off a piece of flesh on his body, and coaxed the village chief to say that it was an aphrodisiac for him to eat. Earlier, in order to stop that 'ghost', he actually cut off five of his fingers...

All the previous things, Wan Jinshan was standing and told us, exhausted, coupled with the bleeding from the wound, no wonder he fainted. Supposedly, for someone like him, I should wish he was dead, but for some reason, I just heard the master say that he just fainted, and I actually breathed a long sigh of relief... It's not because he looks like the old fox. Although Wan Jinshan is not a good person, he is also a real villain, and he is not weak in terms of wisdom or skills. And he is willing to gamble and lose, he really admires the master, and then drinks with the master, the second fight, said not to cheat, he didn't cheat, he acted a little arrogant, I have to admire him... What's more, this Wanjin Mountain actually has a very poor background, and it is all kinds of experiences that eventually lead to the distortion of his personality...

"That's not the way," said the master, "I'll help him disinfect and stop the bleeding, Leng'er, Shujun, you go around this valley and see if you can pick some herbs and come back." ”

"Okay." Uncle Yang said, "Xiao Leng, let's go..."

Uncle Yang has always boasted to us that he is a 'living map' in the Taihang Mountains, and he knows most of the plants in the mountains, and he really doesn't build them.

There was no wind at all in this valley, and when I looked up, the sun hung in the sky, and it was dark, as if it was covered with a layer of dust. Judging by the velocity of the clouds, there should still be rain.

Under the dim sky, the mountain in the valley is like a huge and hideous monster... Looking at this mountain, the legend told by Wanjin Mountain came to my mind... In this world, there are many things that can't be explained, such as the mountain in front of me, if it weren't for the legend, it was stacked by Dayu with the method of moving the mountain, then I really can't think of how it was formed...

As for the people who originally lived in this valley, whether it was a legend, the descendants of Dayu's loyal servant, it is unknown, but there is no doubt that the reason why those people lived here was to guard the 'monster', but since the 'monster' was guarded here, why did they take it to the cave in the belly of the mountain behind the stone village? …

It was only after this search for herbs that we discovered and noticed that the vegetation in this valley is not very different from that outside the valley! There are a lot of plants, even Uncle Yang can't name them... Compared to the outside, this valley feels like another world... The years have been long, the vicissitudes of life, this place is so hidden, before they arrived in Wanjin Mountain, I don't know if anyone else has been discovered and entered...

Uncle Yang and I sniffed and tasted it, picked some herbs and went back, and the master had already helped Wan Jinshan treat the wound, mash and smear the herbs, re-bandage the wound, feed Wan Jinshan some water, and he fell asleep groggily.

We're all tired, no matter what evil forces he has, ancient monsters and whatever... Put it all aside, and then talk about it. In any case, our efforts were not in vain, we found Wanjin Mountain, and learned so many things from that mouth... It was the most soundly slept I've had since I entered the mountains.

When I woke up, it was raining outside, and the sound of the rain made the valley no longer quiet and eerie, but had a sense of paradise-like comfort.

In the evening, we stewed all kinds of food, lit oil lamps, listened to the sound of rain, and talked while eating, drinking, and talking. It is said that Wan Jinshan is injured and cannot drink, but he insists that he must accompany the master to drink.

"Master Zhang..."The furnace fire reflected Wan Jinshan's face red, "I have already told you everything you want to know, now, is there anything else you want to ask?" ”

Master thought for a moment and said, "How do you know that the disappearance of that nameless mountain village is related to an evil force?" ”

"I speculate," Wan Jinshan said, "that hunchbacked old man in the village, the 'fifth grandfather', died at that time, and the villagers immediately carried the body out of the village and burned it. I hid behind the door of Yang Deqiang's house, and when they carried the body past, I felt an evil aura, which was similar to the evil qi I raised, but it was not the same. I only knew at that time that the curse about the Yang family was real. It's just that I can't figure out why I'm okay with so many evil spirits, their people just raised a militia to be evil, and the whole clan was cursed, and it was passed on to future generations... I have been thinking about this problem these days, and the next day, I finally figured out that the curse of their family was man-made, and I thought that it should be the same group of people as the 'outsiders' who went to that village some time ago... And the mage who had been following me before was also from that group, and I think it was a very powerful evil force..."

Master nodded.

"Is there anything else Master Zhang would like to ask?"

"I have." I said.

"Say it." Wan Jinshan looked away.

"That," I scratched my head a few times, "that's... Where did you get the yin qi in that chasm that night? ”

"It was a place I found last year when I came here and wandered around the outside of this valley. I don't understand why there is such a strong yin qi in that place..."Wan Jinshan moved his gaze to the master, "Master Zhang, if you are interested, I can take you over tomorrow to see, your ability is greater than mine, this is an indisputable fact, maybe, you can understand the reason why that place has so much yin qi..."

"Okay..."Master looked at Wan Jinshan, "What are Boss Wan's plans in the future?" ”

Wan Jinshan was stunned by the master's question for a moment, then smiled and stroked his hair with his right hand, "What else can I plan?" I said that I am willing to accept the loss, and since I have lost, then I will naturally abide by our previous agreement..."

Master smiled, "Okay, then when the time comes, Boss Wan will go out of the mountain with us." ”

"Well, Master Zhang..."Wan Jinshan picked up the wine bottle, "You are a good person, after leaving the mountain, it is estimated that we will never meet again, I respect you!" ”

"Yes, please! …”

The next morning, we were woken up again by the 'boom' of the mountain. When asked Wan Jinshan, Wan Jinshan said that he did not know whether the shaking of the mountain was caused by the fire of hell. As for the hole on the top of the mountain, he hadn't entered it, and no one knew what was inside...

After dawn, we left the hut. The rain was still falling, and the valley was full of moisture, and when you inhaled it, it felt like it was damp even in the cracks of the bones. The ghost-headed stone piles on both sides of the stone path leading to the altar in front of the mountain stood faintly in the mist, as if they had come out of the ground...

Out of the valley, through the same woods where we had fought with Wanjin Mountain before, we came to the chasm. In this way, when you look at it during the day, you can see the bottom of the ditch, and the deeper it is, the narrower it becomes, and the deepest place is several zhang. This ditch should have been caused by an earthquake in ancient times.

"Where's that place?" Uncle Yang asked.

"Follow me," Wan Jinshan said.

We followed Wanjin Mountain, walked west along the ditch, walked about half a mile, turned two corners, and a big pit appeared in front of us, the area was about the size of a basketball court...

"This is it." Wan Jinshan said.

Master frowned and looked around, then took out the compass.

The shape of the pit is not at all irregular, and somehow it was formed.

Wan Jinshan himself is not young, he was seriously injured, and after walking for a while, he trembled when he stood up, squatting on the ground, and panting.

When we were about to go down, Wan Jinshan didn't know what he found, and suddenly stood up.

"What's wrong with Boss Wan?" Master asked.

Wan Jinshan's face was as white as a zombie, his eyes showed a look of horror, and he muttered in a trembling voice, "It's him... He's been here..."

"Who?" I asked tentatively, whispering.

"Gao Qien..."