Chapter 37: The Spirits of the World and the Mountains

Just when we were still shocked by the strangeness of this stone carving, and the strange scene of stark contrast between the vegetation bounded by the stone carving, Na Bu Jin took out Ashina's suicide note without saying a word, looked at the suicide note twice, and then looked at the stone sculpture, as if to confirm that the stone sculpture in front of him was the one mentioned in Ashina's suicide note.

Although Bu Jin has almost no expression on weekdays, I can still detect some information from it, and it is not wrong, the stone sculpture in front of me, or the stone tablet, is the one mentioned by Ashina.

Then, Bu Jin walked to the stone carving, pulled out the weeds on the stone carving, pulled down the fallen leaves on the stone carving, and then straightened his clothes, and put his right hand on the head of the stone carving monster very solemnly, and then a low and tactful, melodious chanting slowly came out of her throat.

The reason why I say it was the chanting sound coming from Bu Jin's throat is because after hearing the chanting, I was surprised to find that Bu Jin's mouth barely opened and closed, but the sound did come from her.

I wanted to ask, but I was stopped by Duan Yuwen and Teng Yi together, signaling me not to speak. Since the events I have experienced since I came to Yunnan, my view of the world has also been seriously impacted, and I used to think that witchcraft, incantations and other things were nonsense, but now I immediately shut up and did not dare to say more.

I saw that Na Bu Jin was chanting a mantra, and his right hand slid down the door of the stone monster's head, slowly tracing the words on the stone tablet in the monster's mouth with his onion-like fingers. When her finger stopped at the end of the stroke, the incantation came to an abrupt end, and we looked at each other, waiting for something to happen.

Just when I was still the second monk who was confused, Ryazan suddenly looked up at the towering trees east of the stele. So, we all followed his gaze. The trees to the east of the stele are tall, with a huge crown and dense foliage, but most of the leaves are yellow and a little malnourished.

We just stared at the big trees in a daze, and after about a few seconds, suddenly we heard the sound of "bang-la-la" drifting from the mountains and forests east of the stele like a tide, and we saw that the withered yellow leaves on the countless towering trees fell like rain, and the trunks that were still thick just now turned into dead branches almost instantly.

Except for Bu Jin, everyone was stunned, and Ryazan said "well done", and he didn't know what the meaning of the road was.

At the time, I couldn't believe my eyes, because I couldn't find any other adjective to describe the scene than spectacular. It felt as if all the trees that were dying and struggling just now had been killed by Bu Jin at once.

Teng Yi knelt on the ground excitedly, muttering something like "all things have spirits" in his mouth, in short, he looked very excited.

At this time, Bu Jin suddenly turned her head, and when she turned around, everyone was startled, only to see that her eyes were blood-red, as if she was about to drip blood. However, almost in the blink of an eye, her eyes returned to normal, and her petite face suddenly became very pale, and the whole person fainted. Teng Yi hurriedly went to support Bu Jin.

Dizzy again? I said in my heart why every time Bu Jin did something that looked weird, he would faint, this could simply become a rule. And, with her blood-red eyes, this time, those eyes didn't frighten me, I just felt startled, because I was used to her weird eyes.

"Looks like we can't make it tonight." Ryazan said.

When Duan Yuwen heard this, he hurriedly nodded yes, he was older, and he knew that he must lack exercise on weekdays, and he was already tired and out of breath at the moment, and said: "Yes, that girl has already been injured, and I think the mountains and forests east of the stone carving are too weird, let's break through at night, maybe there will be danger, let's leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Teng Yi and I agreed, and Ryazan didn't say anything, just turned around and said, "I'll go collect some firewood." ”

In the evening, after we had eaten, Bu Jin still did not wake up from the coma, everyone sat around, the bonfire crackled, the fire jumped, and everyone was reflected on their cheeks. Duan Yuwen was already asleep, I was smoking, and Teng Yi was trying to feed Bu Jin a little bit of water. As for Ryazan, he sat alone a little farther away, rarely quiet, and was leaning against a large tree at the moment, with his arms on his knees, and playing with the bronze coin in his hand.

I looked at Ryazan in a daze, and suddenly had a strange feeling in my heart, why did he want to come to such a place with us? Although he is not a serious man, he is really skilled, and he once saved my life...... For what?

A person, no matter what he does, will have a most basic psychological motivation, even the most meaningless things in the eyes of ordinary people, from a psychological point of view, must have their internal motivation. So, what is his motive?

To be honest, when he was in a daze, I looked at his thick eyebrows and smiling eyes, and his sickly look, and sometimes I found that there seemed to be a desperate look between his eyebrows, which was in stark contrast to the usual laughing and scolding him, just like two completely different people.

I threw the cigarette butt into the campfire and muttered, "It's just a split personality." ”

I don't know if I said this too loudly, or because Ryazan noticed that I had been looking at him, he suddenly raised his head, the firelight danced in his eyes, and he seemed to have changed back into the unusually active and nonsensical Ryazan again.

I didn't want him to know that I had been staring at him just now, so I hurriedly turned my head, but unexpectedly, he greeted me and waved me over.

I hesitated, but walked up to him, sat down, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Ryazan pointed in the direction of Bu Jin and Teng Yi, and said: "At this time, the girl needs the most attention from others, you see that kid takes care of the girl so carefully, I advise you to work harder, otherwise, your girlfriend may run away with someone." ”

"Phew! Run your sister! I scolded, "Why are you so boring?" ”

After saying that, I got up and wanted to leave, but Ryazan pulled me back and said, "Look at you, just kidding, as for it." ”

"Who can't afford to joke anymore?" I said, "It's just that I've only known you for two days, and we know each other very well, so you always make fun of me?" ”

Ryazan didn't speak, just looked at me, then let go of his hand, and after laughing twice, he ignored me.

I knew that what I just said was a bit too heavy, but anyway, after all, Ryazan was once my life-saving benefactor, and it was indeed hurtful to say such things. This is also a shortcoming of my person, because I was pampered by my father since I was a child, so I have a little bit of a little boy's temper, and I always say that I will turn my face.

I looked at Ryazan and felt a little sorry for him, so I continued to sit next to him and did not leave, while he continued to play with his bronze coin.

I sighed, in fact, I had always wanted to have a good chat with Ryazan, because I did have a lot of things that he needed answers.

Although neither of us spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward, I could tell from Ryazan's expression that he was not angry, and there was still a smirk on the corner of his mouth.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally decided that it was up to me to break the silence, and said, "Hey, I'll ask you something." ”

"I won't talk about private matters." Ryazan turned his head and said.

"No, no, no, it's not a private matter."

"Then you can say it."

I glanced at Teng Yi twice, lowered my voice, and asked, "How did you tell that Teng Yi is not from Miao?" ”

Ryazan smiled, "That's it? ”

"I'm curious." I said it truthfully.

Ryazan threw the bronze coin into the air, caught it in the air, put it back in his trouser pocket, and said: "Quite simply, if he were a Miao man, you would have died the moment you poked your head out." Your rival's Gu skills are too poor, and you can see at a glance that he is not a Miao person. ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a little scared in my heart, and said, "I think he's fast enough." ”

"My Lord Peixi, you are not yet in the world." Ryazan Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed twice and said, "Have you ever heard of an ancient book written by Liu Nan called "Miao Huang Xiaoji"? ”

I shook my head, and he continued: "There used to be such a sentence in it, 'The Gu poison of the seedlings is terrifying, and its release of Gu is no better than special food. That's all I have to say, don't let me explain it to you, I'm so tired. ”

I didn't use him to explain the meaning of this easy-to-understand ancient text, and nodded in a daze. Ryazan patted me on the back, and then said to me with a wicked smile: "If you want to talk about letting go of Gu, your girlfriend's ability is amazing, and I will give you a reminder, there is a book called "Yongsui Hall Chronicles" There was a sentence written on it, the real Gu woman, her eyes are like cinnabar. ”

As I listened, I gradually and unconsciously admired Ryazan, it seems that among the five people in this line, each of them has some ability and real talent, so that I am the most incompetent one in the whole team, which makes me feel lost at the same time, but also slightly changed my previous opinion of Ryazan.

Ryazan probably noticed the change in my expression and said, "What's the matter, as for being so surprised, do you think I'm just a boy who can fight?" Hurry up and go to bed, there's a lot to do tomorrow. ”

After saying that, Ryazan leaned against the trunk of the tree, closed his eyes, and with his head drooping, he stopped paying attention to me. I was stunned for a moment, then walked back to where I had been, used my backpack as a pillow, lay on it, and in an instant, the fatigue of the whole day came flooding back, and it didn't take long for me to fall asleep.

This night, I slept very unsoundly, this was the first time I had slept in such an environment since I was a child, and there was no sleeping bag to protect me, and I was always a little worried that something would crawl on my body while I was asleep. So, I didn't sleep for a while, and I kept wandering back and forth in a half-dream, half-awake state.

About dawn, the darkest part of the day, I woke up to find everyone sleeping deeply, and it seemed that only a pampered person like me was uncomfortable.

The campfire was about to go out, and the few larger sticks of wood that were left glowed a dull red. I shivered, this time was also the lowest time of the day, because of the day's walking, so my clothes were soaked with sweat, at this time the morning breeze caressed, suddenly felt unusually cold.

I got up and walked to the campfire and filled it with some firewood, when suddenly I heard an old voice in the mountains and forests in the distance. The voice sounded so familiar, saying, "Hey, it's dangerous in the mountains, pedestrians turn back!" ”

I stood up and looked around to see no one but the five of us, when the shout rang out again. This time, I heard it well, and it seemed to come from the mountains and forests to the west. I added the last piece of firewood to the campfire, got up and walked to the west.

Suddenly, I saw a red light in the depths of the dense mountain forest, and when I looked closely, it looked like a lantern. I glanced back at Bu Jin and them, and at this time, the shout rang out again, and this time I bet I heard it correctly, the sound came from the red lantern.

I said to myself that I had heard it correctly in the morning, that there had indeed been a cry out to us, and that it seemed to warn us of danger in the mountains. I thought that perhaps the man who had warned us would be able to understand some of the situation in the mountains, so he tentatively took two steps into the forest, and when he found that nothing was wrong, he continued on his way.

Gradually, as the red lantern got closer and closer to me, I could see the person carrying the lantern clearly. It was an old man who looked to be sixty or seventy years old, and he was standing there, waving at me and saying the same words that he kept repeating, "Hey, it's dangerous in the mountains, pedestrians turn back." ”