This sudden accident made Wang Xingguang very flustered, he knew better than anyone else that if he stayed for a moment, the more danger he would have. Whether it's a vine or a rope, it may break at some point.

But if he gave up like this, he was a little unwilling, and at this moment, suddenly a whirlwind blew, only blowing him around, he quickly grabbed the vines, stretched his limbs as far as possible, and kept his body close to the cliff.

In the mountains, this kind of sudden whirlwind is very common, and the wind is very strong, some inexperienced medicine farmers, when collecting medicine on the cliff wall, if the rope is tied in the wrong way, will often be blown off the rope by this whirlwind, and fall to death.

But it was this whirlwind that made Wang Xingguang unexpectedly discover--he suddenly heard a "whine" sound, which shocked his heart and immediately became excited, because he had been collecting medicine in the mountains all year round, and he was very familiar with this kind of sound.

It's the sound of the wind blowing through the cavity – a sound that comes out when the wind blows through a hole in the mountain. Wang Xingguang often used this method to find caves and small holes in the cliff wall, because in those caves and small holes, there are often all kinds of rare bird eggs, which are also a very useful medicinal material.

It is not always easy to see these holes directly in the complex mountains, but it is very useful to judge by the sound of the wind blowing through the guò.

And it was this whirlwind that made Wang Xingguang feel that there were really holes in the cliff wall, and judging from the size of the sound that occurred, this kind of hole should be within easy reach.

He once again carefully observed the cliff in front of him, and suddenly, Wang Xingguang saw a gap in the cliff wall, this gap was not too obvious at first glance, and there were many gaps in the cliff wall, but when he looked closely, he found that this gap was very special - more than a foot long, although it was very thin, but it was very straight, without the slightest bend.

Wang Xingguang immediately realized that this was definitely not a naturally formed stone crack, because although the specific shape of all naturally formed stone cracks is very different, there is always one thing that is the same, that is, it must be somewhat curved, and it will never be straight.

He immediately pulled out the dagger from his waist and slowly inserted it into the thin gap, and then tried to pry it up and down vigorously, only to find that the gap was actually the edge under a stone, and the stone was boxy, stuffed into the rock wall like a plug.

Wang Xingguang was excited, he pushed the stone hard, and heard a bang, the stone actually slipped into the rock wall, and a black hole suddenly appeared on the stone wall, the size was just enough for a person to climb in, Wang Xingguang didn't think about it anymore, immediately adjusted his posture, swung the rope slightly, let his legs enter the hole first, and then the whole body also entered.

Wang Xingguang was born in the mountains, grew up in the mountains, and collected medicine in the mountains for many years, what kind of cave has never been seen, but he has never seen such a special cave.

The direction of this cave is spiraling downward, and on the side close to the cliff wall, there are fist-sized holes every one or two zhang up and down, and light and cool breezes penetrate through these holes, so that the whole cave is neither dark nor stuffy.

Wang Xingguang was both excited and scared, because he didn't know if those toad people would suddenly appear, he tried his best to calm his feelings, did not dare to delay in the slightest, and quickly walked down the spiral tunnel, this place is very dangerous, and the only purpose of his coming down is to collect the giant lingzhi, so he has only one thought in his heart at this time: hurry up and get the giant lingzhi, and then go out immediately, this place can't stay for a moment.

After walking down for more than ten zhang, Wang Xingguang stopped, because he knew that this was probably the location where the giant lingzhi grew on the cliff.

Coincidentally, Wang Xingguang suddenly found that the vent leading to the cliff wall here was larger than others, and its size was about the same as the cave entrance, which could accommodate a person to enter and exit, so he hurriedly drilled into the vent and climbed until the vent was open in the cliff wall, and then stretched his head out and looked around the hole.

Suddenly, a red, head-sized thing caught his eye, and he almost fainted with excitement - it was the giant Lingzhi that he had been thinking about for a long time, condensing his life ideals!

It felt like a scholar who had been reading for ten years, and suddenly saw the title of his gold list, and his excitement and excitement made him dizzy for a while.

Wang Xingguang hurriedly stretched out his hand to pick it up, but his hand trembled so badly that he had to stop for a while, and scolded himself fiercely for "no interest", after a while, when he calmed down a little, he poked his head and two arms out, and carefully took off the huge Ganoderma lucidum, but when he took it back, the wound on his left arm touched the stone wall, and the pain made him grin, his hand trembled, and the Ganoderma lucidum almost slipped off his hand.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, grabbed the Ganoderma lucidum with his right hand, and hugged it into the hole in time, he was panting heavily, his heart almost didn't jump out, and his eyes were black for a while, and it took a while before he gradually eased up.

The wound on his left arm burned and hurt.

This wound was injured by one of the toad people that night, it was just a small cut, and it was not strict, but I don't know what happened, but it became inflamed, although I used all kinds of knife wound medicine, but it always didn't heal, but he didn't take it too seriously.

But he was fine, it was this small wound that brought him unimaginable disasters.

The fragrance of the giant lingzhi made Wang Xingguang more and more conscious, and he carefully put the giant lingzhi into a cloth bag as if holding his heart.

Wang Xingguang forgot how he came up, as if in a dream, and only after he carried the giant lingzhi home and tore up the suicide note he had written before, did he slowly realize that this qiē was true.

When Wang Xingguang presented the giant lingzhi to the imperial court, he soon got his wish - fame and fortune, and he also had a big house in the provincial capital, and the whole family lived in the provincial capital, and since then, there have been no toads to harass him.

After that, several sons were born one after another, and the family was happy, which also made the villagers envious. Wang Xingguang also felt that he had finally survived.

It wasn't until a few decades later, as several sons grew of age, and all of them married and had children, but all of them were freaks - except for the son born to the eldest one.

Especially the only normal grandson died early, which made Wang Xingguang even more painful and felt that he had suffered retribution. So Wang Xingguang began to worship the Buddha frantically and chant the scriptures, hoping that his sins would be forgiven, but to no avail.

However, a famous doctor told Wang Xingguang that the reason why his sons gave birth to freaks may be related to the sores on his left arm, and said that the sores on Wang Xingguang's left arm were a special kind of cold poison, and it was this cold poison that also invaded his son's body, so he gave birth to freaks.

As for how to cure this cold poison, the famous doctor was helpless.

Only Wang Xingguang himself understood that the sore on his left arm was the wound that was injured by the toad man, and it did not heal for many years before it became a sore.

After listening to Wang Xiucai's remarks, the old medicine farmer was both excited and frightened - excited that he had finally found a way to dig up the giant lingzhi, and afraid of those terrible toad people.

Grandma drops, as long as they are injured by a toad person, they may be cut off, which sounds creepy. The old medicine farmer remembered that when he was a child, the women in the neighborhood gave birth to freaks, and it often happened, but it slowly became extinct, and it turned out that the culprits were those toad people.

Except for Wang Xiucai, no one knew the secret. For this reason, the villagers in their area also invited many Taoist priests and monks to catch "ghosts", who would have thought that these "ghosts" would be those toad people.

Finally, Wang Xiucai also added that in fact, these toad people still often climb up from cliffs, go to cemeteries, or mass graves to steal people's corpses.

Especially on rainy nights, they can sneak into the village.

One night last year, it rained heavily, and in the middle of the night, Wang Xiucai got up to relieve himself, and suddenly faintly heard the wind and rain, mixed with a kind of scream, so he got up quietly, did not light the lamp, and walked to the window to look out.

With the light of the two large lanterns in the corridor, Wang Xiucai vaguely saw two strange-shaped monsters crawling out of an ancient well in the courtyard.

Wang Xiucai was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost sat on the ground.

Although it was the first time he had seen this kind of monster with his own eyes, it was no stranger to him, because he had long known about this kind of monster from Wang Xingguang's experience recorded in the genealogy - this was the so-called "toad man".

I don't know what age the old well was built, but it has long been abandoned, and although there is still water in it, it seems that the water is a little strange - it is obviously cold well water, but it is often boiling, and there is a peculiar fishy smell, so no one drinks the water in it anymore.

Wang Xiucai never dreamed that the terrible toad man would actually climb out of this abandoned ancient well. However, the toad people only chirped for a while, and then went into the well again.

After dawn, Wang Xiucai hurriedly asked people to seal the wellhead with a big stone.

Not only did Wang Xiucai see this kind of toad man with his own eyes, but other people in the village had also seen this kind of monster, so Wang Xiucai felt that the toad man had never disappeared, but had been secretly appearing nearby, which was really terrifying.

Fortunately, however, they seem to be only interested in corpses, and rarely take the initiative to attack ordinary living people.

After this conversation with Wang Xiucai, the old medicine farmer felt that this trip was too worthwhile, and if he blindly climbed the cliff to dig Ganoderma lucidum, he would probably have died a long time ago.

After the old medicine farmer returned from Wang Xiucai, he no longer hesitated and started to act the next day.

He completely imitated Wang Xingguang, and he also tied two ropes around his waist, and climbed the vines to climb down, because his climbing ability was very good, and it was extremely easy to climb up, even if the two ropes and vines were broken, he could hold on to the cliff for a long time with his bare hands, so he was full of confidence.

Although more than 200 years have passed, the landform should not change much, and like Wang Xingguang, he also tied the rope to a boulder, and according to the old medicine farmer's speculation, this boulder should be the one Wang Xingguang said.

Because on the edge of the cliff, this is the only boulder, as long as the rope is tied to this boulder, it should be the location where Wang Xingguang goes down. The old medicine farmer knew that only by finding the right position could he find the hole in the rock wall, but the next development of things was far from being as smooth as the old medicine farmer thought.