Anadó suddenly made a sound, startling us, and Lantern Xiao also stopped the movements in her hand and looked at Anador in some surprise.

Anador looked at us and said, "When I was a child, I once heard the old man in the village tell me the story of a stone man and a demon. ”

"Stone Man Demon?" I couldn't help but blurt out.

Anador nodded, "According to legend, in ancient times, Chiyou fought with the Yellow Emperor and died on the battlefield. As soon as Chiyou died, the Jiuli tribe lost its protection, and some demons and demons took advantage of it. In order to escape disease and war, people had to start migrating. And then everybody came here. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful and the scenery is picturesque, so people settled here. Unexpectedly, one day, a demon appeared in the mountains, which had countless claws, plundered livestock, and injured countless people. Nuwa Niangniang was merciful, and when she saw this scene, she transformed into thirty-six stone people, suppressing that demon here, and never turning over! ”

After telling this story, Anador paused, then pointed to the stone man on the ground and said, "I think this stone man may have something to do with this legend!" It's better not to move! ”

Listening to Anado's words, Lantern Xiao smiled, "Eldest sister, you also know that it is a legend. It's all fake, mythical story, maybe someone went up the mountain many years ago and saw this kind of stone man, so he made up such a story. You're a college student, so you should stick to a materialist point of view! How can you still believe this. ”

I think it's better to be cautious, "It's not a matter of materialism or non-materialism now, half a year ago, I wouldn't have believed that there would be that kind of thing in the stone man, I wouldn't have believed that there would be such a huge snake in the depths of the mountain, and I wouldn't believe that there would be a fog in the dense fog, and I couldn't tell what it was, and the various visions we saw in the ancient tombs of the island and the ancient country of Shan Huan, it's not that we are not materialistic, but in this world, there are too many things we don't understand." ”

When I said this, Lantern Xiao was also a little shaken, and the hand holding the stone man also stopped, hesitated and lowered his head in contemplation, and after a while, Lantern Xiao also nodded, "Well, it makes sense, then don't move, don't move." With that, Lantern Xiao stood aside.

At this time, Wenmo was still studying the information left by the Western Zhou Sinan pattern on the stone figure, and Lantern Xiao asked, "Boss, how is it, is there any result?" ”

Wen Mo said along the deep mountains in the distance: "Judging from the current situation, we can only determine one direction, and it is probably there. As he spoke, Wen Mo pointed into the distance.

Lantern Xiao turned to Anador and said, "Sister, what is the place in that direction?" ”

Anaduo walked over and looked at it and said, "In front is Siping Mountain, and on the right is the Caibu River." I don't know where I went, I had never been to that place, and I guess my Abba rarely went there. ”

Hearing Anadot say this, the three of us lost our minds for a moment, and stood at the top of the hill and looked into the distance. In the depths of the 100,000 mountains, strange mountains stand tall, stacked with mountains, verdant and steep, and clouds cover the mist.

I suddenly remembered something, so I turned to Anado and said, "Sister, do you remember when I asked you about the mudslide?" ”

Anador nodded at me, and I continued, "In which direction is the place called White Rock Peak, where the mudslide happened last year?" ”

Anaduo recognized it slightly, and then pointed with his hand, "It's right there, across the river from Siping Mountain." ”

Hearing her words, I nodded, and said to Wenmo: "Boss, you see if that stone man boss Nanwen is referring to the direction of the white stone top." ”

Wen Mo confirmed through the stone man, "It's close, but the location is slightly off, if the stone man's position is a little further south, the direction that Sinan Wen points to is Baishiding, but the direction it is indicating now is the Caibu River on the south side of Baishiding." ”

"Caibu River?" This result surprised me a little, why point to a river, could it be that what the second uncle is looking for is actually in the river? That's troublesome, we don't have diving equipment.

Lantern Xiao opened his mouth and said: "I said that you are dogmatic, this stone man has been standing here for hundreds or thousands of years, and there is a little deviation, isn't it normal?" ”

"But," I said, looking at the stone man, and then at the depths of the mountain, "but now it also has a point, is there something wrong with the Caibu River?" ”

Lantern Xiao waved his hand again and again, "How is it possible!" What could be special about a river, and the river was flowing, it was absolutely impossible to build it under the water of a natural river at the level of technology at that time! Unless there are aliens to help, aliens, do you believe it? ”

I know that Lantern Xiao began to talk nonsense as he spoke, although I admit that what Lantern Xiao said is not impossible, but I still think that things are not so simple.

Lantern Xiao saw that we were hesitant, so he walked up to the stone man, grabbed the two shoulders of the stone man, and turned hard, the direction facing the stone man turned slightly south, and Lan Xiao clapped his hands, "So you look at it is comfortable, I said you, it's obsessive-compulsive disorder." ”

After listening to Lantern Xiao's words, we all turned our heads to look at him. I noticed that Wen Mo only glanced at it, and his face immediately changed, and he turned his hand and pulled out a short knife, looking nervously in the direction of Lantern Xiao.

At this time, I noticed that at the feet of the stone man, due to the movement of the Lantern Festival just now, a gap was created, and a purple-black smoke floated out of it.

Anador's eyes widened and she shouted, "Run!" ”

Lantern Xiao herself noticed this situation, and she wanted to run when she raised her feet. But as soon as he ran a step, he fell to the ground with an "oops". We looked closely, and a purple-black tentacle came out of the ground at some point, and was wrapped around Lantern Xiao's ankle at this time, pulling hard.

Wen Mo rushed forward with one arrow step, but as soon as he got close to the stone man, another tentacle mixed with purple and black gas, suddenly rushed straight to Wen Mo's chest. Wen Mo hurriedly dodged with a horizontal knife.

Seeing Wen Mo being dragged down, I knew that he would not be in danger for the time being, so I immediately waved my short knife and rushed towards Lantern Xiao. But Anadot, who was closer to the Lantern Festival, was faster than me, she lowered her head and rushed towards the Lantern Festival, a forward roll jumped in front of the Lantern Festival, and waved the hook knife, the Miao hook knife was extremely sharp, and the purple-black tentacles were cut off instantly.

Lantern Xiao didn't dare to slack off, took advantage of this opportunity, got up and ran to the side.

We all stepped aside, wary of what was beneath the stone figures. I couldn't help but look at Anado a few more times in admiration, but I didn't expect a seemingly weak female college student to be so brave.

Anado felt my gaze and turned her head to look at me, and I gave her a thumbs up, "Sister, what a skill!" ”

Anado smiled faintly and turned her head again, "It's nothing?" In the past, it was common for me and Abba to go up the mountain to collect medicine, and it was common for me to encounter some fierce beasts and poisonous snakes, and I could deal with the general situation. ”

"No wonder!" I nodded, I see.

Lantern Xiao rubbed his ankles, "Fortunately, the pants are thicker, this stone man is really the same as those five-trick stone people seen on the island, they all have this kind of ghost thing, but this time it is not inside the stone man but underneath." ”

At this time, the whole stone man was surrounded by purple-black gas, and the strange face of the stone man loomed in the black gas, probably due to the angle problem, I actually felt that the stone man was laughing. It made my scalp tingle. The purple-black tentacles, waving in the air around the stone man, were really chilling.

Lantern Xiao stared at the scene in front of him and said, "Boss, what did you say this thing was called last time on the island?" ”

Wen Mo opened his mouth and said, "This thing is called the Yin Snake Vine!" ”

Yes, after they said that, I remembered it too. When we were on the island, Wenmo once told us that the Netherworld Snake Vine is a species left over from ancient times. This thing belongs to yin and likes to grow in places where yin qi is heavier.

I nervously shouted, "What should I do?" ”

"Burn!" Wen Mo said firmly.

"Yes!" Lantern and I both agree with this method. Only Anador didn't seem to understand, so I lit the fire and explained to her, "The monster under this stone man is most afraid of this kind of charcoal ash of burned grass. ”

Anador nodded thoughtfully, "Why do you know this, listening to what you just said, you have seen these things before?" What's going on? ”

I think Anadot has some doubts about the identities and motives of several of us, and I really want to tell the truth on impulse, "Sister, we ......"

At this moment, Lantern Xiao shouted to me, "Zhuo Ran, what are you doing? Help! ”

I hurriedly agreed, and then the burned wooden stick approached the Netherworld Serpent Vine. It worked, and eventually we forced the entire Netherworld Snake Vine back underground. Fortunately, there is only one Netherworld Serpent Vine in this place, otherwise we would have no other way but to turn around and run.

After seeing the Netherworld Serpent Vine completely retreat into the ground, we stuffed all the sticks and coals in our hands into the gap under the stone man's feet. Then we worked together to get the stone man back in place.

Calm returned to the surroundings of the stone man, and we took a breath of relief.

We found a place farther away from the stone man, and several people sat down under the tree to rest. I just ate something and drank some water. I saw a pair of slender legs walking in my direction.

I knew it was Anador as soon as I saw it, and it made my heart chuckle. I can probably guess what Anadot came to me for. It seems that it will come eventually, and some things are estimated to be impossible to hide. At this point, let's just say it. I made up my mind, but looked at Anado with some calmness.

Anado sat next to me, looked at me meaningfully, and then asked softly, "Xiao Ran, you tell Sister Tell the truth, who are you?" Is it really just about buying and selling antiques? Including your second uncle, what is it here for? ”