Seeing Shangguan Kangning running away, Chen Ziyang followed closely behind, he estimated that Shangguan Kangning, this kid, had discovered something terrible, otherwise he wouldn't be so nervous.

Xu Xiaoyuan and Jin Huang stayed where they were, continuing to check the pitch-black corpse, while Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai expanded the scope of their search, wanting to see if there was anything else nearby. Only this time, Yang Lei was extra careful when walking.

Shangguan Kangning ran to the bonfire and stopped, he squatted next to the bonfire, kept looking at it, Chen Ziyang, who ran after him, looked puzzled, and didn't know what else to see in this pile of wood that was burned to ashes.

"Shangguan Kangning, did you find something? Does it have anything to do with the poisoning of poachers? Chen Ziyang asked anxiously.

Shangguan Kangning did not answer Chen Ziyang's question, but said to Chen Ziyang: "Lend me the sword in your hand." ”

After taking the Xuanming Ancient Sword in Chen Ziyang's hand, Shangguan Kangning used the sword to lightly slash across the surface of a pile of white ashes, cutting off a thin layer of grass and wood ash.

Chen Ziyang, who didn't know why, stood behind Shangguan Kangning and watched. A thick layer of ash was scattered around the edge of the campfire and directly underneath it, but what was there to see? As long as the wood is burned, these things will fall.

After the topmost layer of grass ash was slashed off by Shangguan Kangning, he stared at the flat ash carefully for a while, and even leaned down and pressed his face to the ground, obviously looking at the section of the grass ash that had been slashed by the Xuanming Ancient Sword.

After discovering nothing, Shangguan Kangning continued to repeat the previous action, and cut off a thin layer of plant ash. In this way, after three or four careful cleanings in succession, something finally appeared on the cross-section of the plant ash.

Round holes the size of soybeans are irregularly distributed on this piece of plant ash. The hole is pitch black, and it seems that there is still a certain depth.

"Where did these holes come from?" Chen Ziyang had such a question. Judging from Shangguan Kangning's previous performance, he seemed to have known that there were such holes in these plant ashes, but normally speaking, after the ashes of the wood burned fell on the ground, there should not be such small holes.

And judging from the current signs, these holes are not only found in the layer of plant ash, but also seem to be deep underground.

After revealing these holes in the grass ash, Chen Ziyang saw that Shangguan Kangning's hand shook obviously, and it trembled slightly, probably very excited.

Immediately after, Shangguan Kangning picked up the Xuanming Ancient Sword again, and this time, his target was not the grass ash that fell on the ground, but stuck to the ground, cut off a thin layer of soil, and threw it aside with the grass and wood ash on it.

After a few swords, the ground was cleared, and Chen Ziyang saw that the ground was also densely covered with black holes.

It seems that the holes in the ash really lead to the ground, but because of the wind, the holes in the top layer of the ash are covered by other ash and blocked. It is estimated that Shangguan Kangning already knows what is going on, otherwise he would not be able to start directly from the ashes.

Seeing these holes in the ground, Shangguan Kangning immediately stood up and pulled Chen Ziyang away from the direction of the bonfire.

"Hey! Come all over. Shangguan Kangning shouted loudly to the four people in the distance.

After everyone gathered together, Shangguan Kangning's words made everyone feel good.

"We've reached our destination, and this should be the place recorded on the map."

Hearing Shangguan Kangning's words, the other five people were all happy, they had endured so much hardship for so many days, and finally arrived at this place, it seems that God is still good to them, even if it is 1000 years apart, they still follow the clues left by Yuan Tiangang to find here.

But Chen Ziyang noticed that when he said this, the expression on Shangguan Kangning's face was not joy, but very serious, as if he was facing a great enemy.

"Shangguan Kangning, what the hell is going on? How do you know that there are those little holes under the campfire, you already know the cause of the poacher's death? Knowing that things may not be as simple as everyone thinks, Chen Ziyang asked.

"I should have thought of it a long time ago, but I didn't think about it in that direction, fortunately, it's not too late to think about it, fortunately, we were more careful just now, and didn't touch the blackened corpse, otherwise, maybe we would have ended up like him.

The cause of the poacher's death was precisely because of the Gu worm, he had been poisoned by a very special Gu poison, so he became like that.

This kind of Gu worm is called Black Worm, and its poison is very violent, and the person who has been poisoned by the Black Worm Gu has stiff limbs and a black body, and will soon die, and the corpse will turn into a pool of blood after a few days.

This is not the most terrifying, the most terrifying thing about this Gu poison is that it is contagious, as long as someone directly touches the blackened corpse, or touches the blood water turned into the corpse, they will be infected with this Gu poison.

Fortunately, Yang Lei was dressed relatively thickly before, and he didn't directly let his skin touch the corpse, otherwise, he would have died now.

It is said that the cultivation of this kind of Gu worm is very difficult, and it has only appeared in one place in history, that is, Nanzhao, and Nanzhao has only one witch Gu poisoner who can cultivate this kind of Gu worm.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were many small countries in the Erhai region, among which there were six small countries with strong strength, which were called the Six Zhao, and the southernmost Mengshe Zhao of the Six Zhaos was called the "Southern Zhao".

Later, with the support of the Tang Dynasty, the Southern Zhao destroyed the other five edicts and unified the Erhai region. However, later Nanzhao rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and was eventually destroyed. And the reason why Nanzhao has such a strong combat power is inseparable from the witch Gu poison master and the black Gu worm he cultivated.

It is said that the reproduction ability of this Gu worm is very strong, and the speed of reproduction is also very fast, but the lifespan is very short, and after being cultivated into a Gu worm, it can only survive for three or four hours.

So at that time, the witch poison master of Nanzhao Kingdom thought of a way, which was to put these insects into a deep sleep, and only wake up when they wanted to use them.

In addition to being highly poisonous, the most terrifying thing about this kind of Gu insect is that these things are relatively small, only the size of a bean, and this insect can also fly, and the speed of flight is also very fast.

There are many of them, they are poisonous, and they are still a kind of flying Gu worms, the lethality of these things is very terrifying, if they are selected as targets, there is no way to dodge them, it is really impossible to prevent it, and they don't know how they died.

However, after this Gu worm releases the Gu poison contained in its body, it will die immediately, just like a bee stinging someone. This kind of Gu worm has the ability to harm the heavens and harmony, and is called a witch Gu.

Although the black is very toxic, it is also difficult to be controlled, and after being awakened, there is no distinction between the enemy and the enemy, and the slightest mistake in using it will make a thousand enemies and eight hundred self-damage, and it may even be possible that even the person who awakens the black will not be able to escape the fate of poisoning. So this Gu worm has long since disappeared. ”

Hearing Shangguan Kangning say this, Yang Lei broke out in a cold sweat. Good fellow, this is really terrible, if I had worn less at that time, or if I was more curious, and touched the blackened corpse, I would have become that virtue now.

"So how are these things awakened? Judging from the fact that this poaching team was able to catch red pandas and clouded leopards, they should have been active in this area a lot, and they should be very familiar with this area, why didn't they have anything to do before? ”

"I guess these people have done too many bad things and have been retributed by God. What awakened these black Gu worms should be the bonfire they lit.

Although there are a large number of black insects, they all exist in groups, but because of the short survival time, the number is not as large as imagined.

So I guess it's a coincidence, under the bonfire they lit, there were some black Gu worms that had fallen into a deep state of sleep, and these things were buried in the ground, and they usually slept there no matter how heavy the wind and rain were.

But the poachers set up a bonfire above, and in one night enough heat to reach the area where the black beast was, the things were awakened and came out of the earth.

The small black holes you saw before were made when these things came out of the soil, and then the result can be imagined, the poacher was inexplicably bitten by the insect and poisoned by the Gu.

Maybe this poaching team has also stayed in the vicinity before, but the area of the bonfire is very small, and the probability of waking up the Gu worms by setting up a bonfire above the place where the black worms are buried is relatively small, but this time, these people won the lottery.

This is why I said that we have arrived at the destination, you told me before that the treasure we are looking for is left by Yuan Tiangang, it is a matter of the Tang Dynasty, and the most active time of Nanzhao was in the early Tang Dynasty.

Coupled with the fact that this very rare Gu worm is buried here, I estimate that this should be the place where the treasure is, but I don't know if there are any other Gu worms buried here. ”

"What about those Gu worms that were awakened before? Could it still be hiding around here? Yang Lei asked worriedly.

"Probably not. When I was checking the ashes under the bonfire just now, I found that the layer of ashes that had been flattened by the wind was very thick, that is to say, it had been a long time since these Gu worms got out of the ground, it should have been more than five or six hours, and these insects should have died long ago.

Even if they weren't dead, they would have flown somewhere else to find food, and they wouldn't have stayed where they were, so you can rest assured that these things shouldn't threaten us. But there's one thing, don't light any more bonfires, maybe you'll wake up some other black creatures. ”

"These poachers are really to blame. I checked with Lei Zi nearby, and there was another corpse under the hillside not far away, which was also blackened.

We also found a flying shoe in the grass, very far away from the corpse, and it is estimated that these people ran away frantically after encountering the black shoe. But they couldn't run as fast as the insects, and they still didn't run away.

In addition, we also found some traces of tall grass crushed near the cliff in front of us, and it looked like someone had slid down the hillside, probably falling to the bottom of the cliff. It's very high, and if you fall down, you will definitely have no bones left, and there will be no good end. Umbrella Shishuai said.

"Anyway, it's better for everyone to be careful. These poachers are a lesson for us, I can't imagine that 1,000 years later, these Gu worms are still so combative, don't mess with these things again.

Shangguan Kangning, you know more about Gu worms, you can check around here to see if you can eliminate some dangers, and let Xu Xiaoyuan and Jin Huang help you.

Brother Umbrella, Leizi, give you two a more difficult task. You try to throw the two bodies you find at the bottom of the cliff, don't touch them, if you don't deal with them, maybe the blood they turn into will cause us trouble in a few days.

In addition, the two of you will also search the vicinity again to see if there are any other corpses, and throw them down together, but you must be careful, after disposing of the corpses, it is best to search with Shangguan Kangning, otherwise you may encounter danger. ”

After instructing the five people to do what they needed, Chen Ziyang looked around at the surrounding terrain.

Since this should be the place where Yuan Tiangang left his treasure, then there should be some clues where the treasure is. This area is not big or small, and if you want to find the treasure, you need to look carefully.

Finding a place with relatively high terrain, Chen Ziyang observed the surrounding terrain.

It is a relatively flat clearing on the slope of the mountain, and the north side is blocked by a large cliff, which is very high and not so easy to climb, the cliff is exposed with white rocks and scattered plants growing on the cliff.

Below the hillside is a cliff, bottomless, surrounded by clouds and mist, and it is estimated that the treasure cannot be there.

The west side of the hillside is the dense forest that everyone passed through, and the east side of the hillside is also a cliff, which is connected with the cliff on the north side, and envelops this hillside.

After watching for a long time, Chen Ziyang was sure that this was not a feng shui place at all, and the trend of the nearby mountains did not conform to the characteristics of any feng shui treasure cave. And for good reason.

As a feng shui master, Yuan Tiangang understands a truth very well, that is, although the feng shui treasure cave is good, it is also easy to be discovered by others. Naturally, he doesn't want others to find the things he has carefully hidden, so the more there is no sign to follow, the more secret the things he hides.

From this point of view, what Yuan Tiangang is buried here should really be a treasure, not a tomb.

(End of chapter)