Chapter 18: The Buried Thing in the Green Mountains
"Nowhere to go. Luo Youer whistled.
Needless to say, everyone knows that the wooden rails came to an abrupt end on the edge of the cliff, and the width at both ends of the valley did not look like a bridge could be built.
"Can we go back?"
She turned her head, but saw that Luo was silent softly, and the other senior brothers and sisters also looked thoughtful.
"The people who built the track didn't want to go to the other side, that's what they were trying to do. β
"To throw away something?"
Only this explanation is reasonable. β
"I agree. And they need to build a special wooden track to do this, which shows that there is a lot of it. β
"So...... Maybe you can find the answer from the bottom of the cliff?"
Everyone, you say a word, I say a word.
"Uh, what are you discussing?" Luo You'er touched her head.
Luo glanced at her lightly and sighed helplessly, "The wooden rail is not easy to process, and it is also very laborious to lay, and it will not be arbitrarily divided into forks if it is not important." Since someone has repaired the track here, it means that the following discarded things may help us to solve some of the current doubts. β
"I see. The latter said suddenly, not quickly tilting his head again and asking, "What about our doubts...... What exactly?"
β...... No, nothing. Luo gently held his forehead and decided to ignore his sister's questioning. She looked down at the cliff, which seemed to continue from the direction of the suspension bridge, dividing the entire green hill into a semi-isolated peak, but the cliff in front of the town was only five feet wide, and here it was more than ten times as wide, and the height difference was much more, and after more than fifty meters it was surrounded by clouds and mist, and it was difficult to see the bottom clearly.
"It seems that it can only be solved with magic. Luo nodded lightly towards the same door behind him, "Luo Tang, Luo Changtian." β
"Understood. β
"Leave it to us. β
The two of them took out materials from their waist bags at the same time, the former was a crane folded out of red paper, and the latter was two feathers.
Luo Tang pasted the talisman on the paper crane, and then stretched out his hand, "Dry art returns to the unitary, endows the living soul!"
Luo Changtian followed closely behind, pointing his feather at the origami that seemed to be alive, "Xunshu returns, Changfeng!"
In the blink of an eye, the feather turned into a swirling wind ball, and it wrapped itself around the crane, which flapped its wings twice and flew straight to the bottom of the cliff!
The moment he pierced through the clouds, Luo Changtian clenched his right fist and shouted, "Break!"
I saw that the paper crane exploded suddenly, and a gust of wind burst out, and the mist was suddenly twisted into pieces. The wind had nowhere to go, and it followed the rock wall upstream, uprooting some weeds and vines on the rocks, and rushing out of the valley with them.
When the wind dissipated, a huge "gap" appeared in the clouds.
"It's ...... Delay the use of skills?" Luo You'er said in surprise, "Senior brother is so powerful. β
Attaching the magic to the object without triggering, and waiting for the appropriate position to be activated again, is considered an advanced control technique of the technique, which requires a higher level of proficiency and understanding of the technique. For those of them who have not yet passed the taxi exam, it is a rarity.
"I'm still far behind your senior sister. Luo Changtian smiled, but his eyes fell on Luo Qingqing.
"Yes, the power is better than before. Luo lightly only commented briefly, and then focused his attention on the bottom of the cliff.
Luo Changtian vaguely showed a hint of disappointment.
"How's it going?
"It's a little bit far away and you can't see it clearly. β
"Who has the best eyesight here?"
"Don't worry, when the fog clears, you should be able to see clearly. β
"That...... It looks like a lot of white stones?"
At first, everyone was a little noisy, but after a while, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.
A chill that made the blood clot rose from the soles of Luo's feet, and instantly traveled down his back and all over his body.
The sun had not yet set in the summer, but she felt cold.
"I ...... That's right. Luo Youer swallowed.
"I'm supposed to see the same things as you. β
"Senior sister, the thing below is ......"
"Bones. Luo said softly.
Not one or two, but thousandsβstacked on top of each other to form a bulging mountain bag, so much so that one immediately thought it was a mountain of white stones. I don't know how many years these bones have been left here, and many of them are no longer humanoid, but even these incomplete bones are enough to show what happened on the green hills.
"What the hell is here...... What is it?" muttered Luo You'er.
No one answered her questions.
Luo knew in his heart that this time the taxi examination might not be peaceful.
......
Early morning of the fifth day.
Xia Fan was awakened by a hurried knock on the door.
He got up from the ground, looked at the fox demon who was still asleep, and walked to the door vigilantly, "Who?"
"It's me, Brother Xia!" Wei Wushuang's eager voice came from there, "Hurry up, it's a big deal!"
"You wait for me for a moment. β
He turned around and put away the straw mat on the floor, restoring the room to its original state, before opening the door and dodging out, "What happened?"
"The towns, the people in the town are gone!" Wei Wushuang said extremely uneasy.
β...... Who's gone?" Xia Fan glanced at him suspiciously, "Aren't you still there?"
"It's not a candidate, it's a resident of Qingshan Town!" he hurriedly waved his hand, "I went to the lobby for breakfast this morning as usual, but the shopkeeper couldn't call it, and then there were too many people and felt that something was wrong, so I went to the back kitchen to look for it, and found that no one was in the house!"
"Closed today?"
"Then you'll have to let us know. Everyone thought so at first, but there was a commotion on the teahouse, and we went out for a walk, only to find that it was not only the hotel and the teahouse, but there was no one in the town!"
"Are you sure there isn't a single resident?" Xia Fan also felt that the problem was serious.
"Yes, someone even pried open the door of a resident's house to check what was going on inside. It's as if they're ......," Wei Wushuang bit his lip, "as if they'd disappeared overnight. β
"And now everyone?"
"They're all gathered in the middle of town. β
"The atmosphere...... Shouldn't it be right?" Xia Fan couldn't help frowning when he thought of the previous candidates' appearance of being wary of each other's plots.
"Everyone is arguing, in addition to the residents not seeing this change, there are also disputes and waiting for opportunities to retaliate a few days ago. β
He thought for a moment and said, "Let's go too." Either way, it's always the best place to be informed. If there are any new discoveries, we will be the first to know. β
"What Brother Xia said is reasonable. Wei Wushuang nodded.
"Wait. Xia Fan just took a step and took it back, turned around and went into the house. When he came out again, he had an extra porcelain vase in his hand.
Wei Wushuang was stunned when he saw the porcelain vase, "Could it be that you have already ......"
"That's right, I'm lucky to have enough of a bottle of spiritual fire. β
He decided to run with the bottle mainly to dispel the idea of the Luo family sneaking in, in case he took advantage of this change, the other party divided the house and stole the house, and it was okay to retrieve the spiritual fire, but it would be troublesome to find a fox demon lying in the house.
Let the Luo family see the bottle on him, at least let the other party not hit the idea of his residence.
"Brother Xia, you are really ...... It's unexpected!"
Wei Wushuang was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground.
"Don't talk about that, let's go to the center of town first. Xia Fan walked out of the lobby quickly.
After walking dozens of steps, the small square is close in front of you. As the townsfolk said, the scene was a mess. Everyone is shouting at themselves, and there is no core voice at all. The family and the Sanmen are even more aimed at each other, and the boundaries are clear - different from the situation at the fork in the mountainside, at that time, the Sanmen always came in batches and walked in batches, and its strength was difficult to compete with the three families of Fei, Luo, and Fang, but now almost all the candidates of the Sanmen are gathered here, and the number has far exceeded the children of the family.
It can be seen that the expressions of Fei Nian and the others are obviously much more solemn.
"This is a signal from the invigilator!" "Brother Yan", who had been taught by Fei Nian before, shouted, "The evacuation of the residents is just to make us have a good time! Now that the source of spiritual fire is all in the hands of the family, if we don't defeat them, none of us can qualify!"
"That's right, this is the last chance! Don't be afraid, there are far more of us than them, as long as we go together, why should Fei Nian stop you? Grab the spiritual fire, live in a wing, and be a high-ranking official, it's all up to this fight!"
The Fei family's side was not completely silent, and someone immediately refuted it, "Laughing to death, you should go first, don't you just want others to help you block the sword, so that you can take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters?"
"I remember you, you were picked over by Senior Brother Fei Nian with a sword before, but as soon as you really started fighting, you got up and slipped faster than anyone else. If you are so skilled at pretending to die, you should have practiced a lot in normal times, right? Please see clearly, the people who were instigated by him have been eliminated, but he is still standing here, I don't need to say what it means!"
The boos suddenly erupted, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and neither side could overpower the other.
Of course, not everyone is preparing to "grab the spiritual fire, live in a side room, and be a high-ranking official", and some candidates are arguing about other issues.
For example, "food".
"You mean, there's nothing left in the kitchen, could it be that it was divided up by the first group of people who found out?"
"How can it be so fast, as far as I know, the inn has been suspended since last night. β
"It can't be that the evacuees took the food with them, right?"
"Don't talk about hotels, I've searched all the houses in Qingshan Town, and guess what, all the rice jars are empty! β
"How can this be ......"
Similar topics can be heard everywhere, and just as everyone is in a panic and uneasy, a loud voice suddenly rolls overhead.
"Everyone be quiet, please listen to me!"
Xia Fan raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, only to see a woman jumping onto the long table next to the billboard, just like when they first met.
It was the Luo family who was gentle.
"Senior sister!" another young man hurriedly dissuaded.
But she was unmoved, and after seeing that everyone's attention was focused on her, she said, "I suggest that everyone quit the exam immediately and come back in three years!"
The crowd suddenly exploded -
"What did you say!?"
"Why should I listen to you!"
"If you want to quit your Luo family, you will demonstrate first!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Luo gently took out a talisman again and covered the voices of the others, "Listen, this is no longer a question of whether you can pass the taxi exam, but whether you can survive!