After a day's drive, the five men drove to a small mountain village, where they hired an ox cart to pull five people and a large pile of things towards the mountains.

The speed of the ox cart is very slow, and even in some cases, it can't catch up with the speed of walking, but it is always good to have a cart to sit on, and the speed is a little slower, and it is better than five people carrying large bags and small bags on foot, at least it can save a lot of physical strength.

The road driven by the ox cart is very narrow, and it is uneven, and after two days, the whole body of the five people is bumped as if it is about to fall apart, and several people are complaining, especially Yang Lei, and the sound of complaining has not stopped.

Hearing the complaints of several people, the person pulling the cart smiled slightly. According to the person who pulls the ox cart, this kind of road is already good, at least there is a road to walk, and then forward, to the deep mountains and mountains, let alone the road, not even a sheep intestine trail, when the time comes, a few people will miss the days of riding the ox cart.

Chen Ziyang thinks that this kind of day is not bad, the ox cart is slow, but slow also has the advantage of slowness, you can carefully appreciate the different scenery here, and the air here is fresh, which makes people feel very refreshed.

In the past few days, he has not given up thinking about the location of the dragon vein treasure of the Great Qing Dynasty, carefully recalling the four mountain ranges on the iron book, as well as the possible location of the dragon vein treasure. But even though the mountains and rivers here are beautiful and the air is pleasant, he still has no gain.

After bidding farewell to the old man who pulled the oxcart who didn't know which race it was, several people looked at the towering mountains in front of them and were stunned. Although the uncle who pulled the car had told them before that the road ahead was very difficult to walk, which made several people have some psychological preparation, but when they saw the mountain in front of them, they were still surprised.

"I used to read on the Internet that children in the poor mountainous areas here had to walk dozens of miles of mountain roads and climb cliffs one after another when they went to school, which was very difficult, and the way to school was full of dangers.

At the time, I thought that life was very far away from me, and I never imagined that I would have the opportunity to experience it now. The road here is not for people at all! Those damn bugs, where they grow are not good, they have to grow in places like this. ”

Along the way, everyone was accustomed to Yang Lei's complaints, and everyone knew Yang Lei's virtues, so they didn't complain with him. Although Yang Lei said this, he still didn't slow down.

Comparatively speaking, the road here is more difficult than the Qinling Mountains that everyone has walked, because the mountains here are steeper, the vegetation is more abundant, and it is often slippery when climbing.

The most important thing is that there are many canyons here, and there are no bridges on many canyons, so you need to wade through the water to cross the river, or take a long detour.

According to the locals, the conditions are now quite good, and on many cliffs, some wooden ladders have been installed to make it easier for people to climb, and many canyons have been bridged.

More than ten years ago, the road here is more difficult to walk, the whole cliff needs to be climbed with bare hands, there is nothing that can be used to borrow, and now the bridge has been built a lot, in the past, these places only have a wrist-thick suspension across the river, people can only use the suspension rope to cross the river.

Just like the uncle who pulled the ox cart said, the five of them have missed the bumpy days of making an ox cart.

The road is more difficult to walk, just tired, there are still a lot of insects here, at night when a few people are resting, they don't dare to light a bonfire, the bonfire will attract mosquitoes and other flying insects nearby.

Once, several people were soaked by a heavy rain, in order to carry more food, several people did not have a change of clothes in their backpacks, in desperation, Chen Ziyang lit a bonfire for everyone to warm up and dry their clothes.

It was this night, when a few people were eating, a large number of flying insects were attracted by the firelight, and in addition to biting the five people all over their bodies, they also seriously disturbed their dinner.

Because a bonfire is lit and water can be boiled, everyone's dinner on this day is instant noodles. Perhaps because insects also like to eat noodles, everyone's bowl of noodles is crawling with all kinds of flying insects, and there is no way to pick and choose the many flying insects, so you can only eat them with the noodles and insects.

At first, a few people comforted themselves that they were replenishing protein, but then there were more and more flying insects in the bowl, and finally they couldn't even see what the noodles looked like, and in this situation, no one had an appetite. From this day on, several people never lit a bonfire again.

Soon, half a month passed. In the past half a month, the five of them have experienced too many things, many times someone has almost fallen off the cliff, many times someone has almost fallen into the river, but with the experience of going to the Taoist holy land before, these difficulties have been overcome by them. On this day, the five of them finally arrived at the mountainous area that Shangguan Qing said.

The area of this mountainous area is not big, but it is not small, after all, Shangguan Qing only knew that her brother would look for a rare insect in this vicinity, and she was not very sure where her brother was.

Fortunately, Shangguan Qing's brother always needs to eat and sleep, although sometimes he will sleep in the wild, but in order to maintain his full physical strength, most of the nights, he will spend the night in a nearby mountain village.

In this mountainous area, there are three small villages, located in the middle of the mountain and on the east and west sides of the mountain. The distance between the three villages is not close, and there are not many families in each village, the largest one has only about 20 households, and the smallest one even has only a dozen people.

Judging by the route they had taken, they were closest to the small village in the center of the mountain, the most populous one, and the five of them arrived there together.

When Xu Xiaoyuan inquired about Shangguan Qing's brother, the other four knew that the name of the person they were looking for was Shangguan Kangning. Shangguan Kangning is of medium stature, not fat or thin, slightly dark, but very energetic.

However, the other four people didn't care about these characteristics, and only remembered Shangguan Kangning's name. Because of its remote location, few people come here all year round, so as long as there are outsiders, you will know as soon as you ask.

According to the villagers, Shangguan Kangning did come here a few days ago, because of his frequent visits here, Shangguan Kangning is also a household name in the local area, he will come at this time of year, often bring some things from outside the mountains to the villagers, and is very popular in the local area.

This time, Shangguan Kangning did not stay in this small village for too long, but only stayed overnight and then left, as for which area of the mountain range he went, no one knows.

The good news is that everyone has finally found the clue of Shangguan Kangning after so much effort, and the bad news is that Shangguan Kangning is now and several people still don't know and still need to be searched.

Counting the time, it's almost time for those exotic insects to start mating. From this point on, in another 7 to 10 days, the mating period of those insects will end, and then these rare insects will burrow into the ground and will never be traced again.

So if you want to find Shangguan Kangning, you must have to do it within these few days, if the mating period of the insects is over, Shangguan Kangning is likely to leave here, and I don't know where to run to find some strange insects, and if you want to find him, you will have to wait until a year later.

With such a large mountain range, it was difficult to find a person who was walking alone, so the only way to find Shangguan Kangning was to wait in the village where he was staying.

And it takes almost two days to walk from this small mountain village to the villages on the east and west sides, and if everyone goes to look for it together, the time will definitely not allow it, and it is very likely to be staggered with Shangguan Kangning.

Several people gathered around to discuss, in order to maximize the use of time, the five people prepared to divide into two teams, and set out for the east and west villages respectively, where they went to find Shangguan Kangning.

Considering that Daogu was a woman, and Jin Huang had just recovered from a serious illness, and his physical strength was not as good as before, Chen Ziyang asked Umbrella Shishuai to team up with these two people, and they could take care of them on the road, so that they could head towards the mountain village in the east, while he himself went to the mountain village in the west with Yang Lei.

After bribing the local villagers with a few packets of instant noodles and telling them that if they saw Shangguan Kangning again, they must let him wait for Xu Xiaoyuan here, and the five of them divided into two roads and marched towards the mountain villages on the east and west sides.

"Er Yang, do you think this Shangguan Kangning's personality is very weird? In today's society, how can anyone be so obsessed with bugs that they spend the whole year alone in sparsely populated places, just to find some weird bugs.

I think this man must be a madman, a psychopath, or else, he would have had a good life, and he would be a masochist unless he came here to suffer such a crime that is not human. We have also suffered so much. ”

Along the way, Yang Lei suffered a lot of losses, he blamed all his faults on Shangguan Kangning, and he never stopped complaining.

"There are often geniuses who are mentally ill in the eyes of others, and it is their focused personality that allows them to achieve things that ordinary people can't achieve.

This person can focus so much on finding rare insects, I think his skills must not be bad, in terms of Gu insects, he should belong to the top, such a person is what we are in short supply now, and only he can know what the picture of that insect means.

Don't complain anymore, keep your mouth shut, and keep your strength up and walk a few more steps. You don't have to think about how many sins you have suffered now, you just need to think that every step you take, you will be closer to Yuan Tiangang's treasure. ”

Chen Ziyang's persuasion was very effective, and when the treasure was mentioned, Yang Lei's confidence really increased, and even the pace was much faster.

After walking for more than two days on the mountain road, Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei finally arrived at the small mountain village on the west side, and by the time the two of them arrived here, it was already dark, and it was about to get dark.

Because of the remoteness of the place, there is no electricity at all, and candles are also very scarce here, so in such a place, the only way to light at night can be by oil lamps.

The oil consumed by oil lamps is also very precious, and local residents are not willing to spend too long. So when the two of them saw that the small mountain village in front of them was pitch black, they didn't feel too surprised.

The inhabitants of the mountains have little recreational activity, and when the day is over and the sun goes down, it is time for them to rest. So the small mountain village in front of them was very quiet, and the two of them could only hear the chirping of insects.

After walking to the nearest house, Chen Ziyang knocked on the door and waited for a while without hearing an answer. When he increased the force of his hand and knocked on the door again, he found that the door had been opened by his knocking, and it turned out to be a false cover.

Walking into the house, Chen Ziyang found that there was no one in the house at all. So he and Yang Lei moved on to the next house. What the two of them didn't expect was that there was still no one in this house, and even the door was wide open.

It's really strange, if there is no one in one family, maybe the family has something to do, but how can there be no one in two houses in a row.

In a few moments, the two men had gone through all the dozen houses in the vicinity, and they found that there was not even a single person in the small village.

"II...... Eryang, let's ...... Didn't we come across some haunted village? Yang Lei said with some fear.

"What nonsense, how can there be so many haunted villages for you to go into, there is not even a trace of ghosts in this vicinity."

"That's really strange, where do all these people run away when they don't sleep at night? Could it be that they are also square dancing now? ”

After the two of them circled around a dozen houses again, they still didn't find any traces. By this time, the night had completely fallen, casting a mysterious shadow over this deserted mountain village.

"Ghost ...... Ghost Fire! Yang Lei pointed in a direction on the mountain and shouted at Chen Ziyang.

Looking in the direction Yang Lei pointed, Chen Ziyang saw a ball of firelight, this firelight flickered and flickered, looming, not too bright, shaking far away from the two people.

"No, it's not a ghost fire, and a ghost fire can't be yellow. That...... It should be the light of an oil lamp. After staring at the light for a while, Chen Ziyang said with certainty.

After knowing that this light was the light of an oil lamp, Yang Lei let out a sigh of relief. At this time, this light was infinitely magnified in his heart, and even Yang Lei felt a little warmer around him.

"There should be someone there, let's go and ask."

(End of chapter)