Early the next morning, Su Mo and Zhao Xiaoying had a simple breakfast on the long street in Danyang County, and then set off directly.

Danyang County is nearly 100 miles away from Qingshi Town, and there is a shortcut road in the middle, but it needs to cross the wilderness.

In order to save time, the two of them took a shortcut when they came, and naturally planned to return the same way.

It's just that one day is not enough time to reach Bluestone Town, and the two of them can only spend one night in the wilderness.

If the weather is normal and the weather is fine, at least in the middle of the road there are many forks in the road to avoid going the wrong way, but if it is rainy or foggy, it is very bad.

When he was leaving a few days ago, Zhao Yuanwai also explained that Su Mo and the two must not go off the road, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee that something would happen on the way.

Su Mo had also heard about the disappearance of hunters who went into the mountains to hunt and fishermen by the Wei River.

Some of these people are directly evaporated from the world.

Some were found in the barren forests in the mountains, but their heads were cut off, and the corpses were full of insect eye holes, all kinds of poisonous insects, snakes and ants crawled in and out, and the most strange thing was that there were some aquatic plants that came from nowhere.

The barren forest is not too far from the Wei River, and those aquatic plants must have been fished up from the river.

......

In fact, Su Mo and the others didn't have to walk through the wilderness, they could have walked on the official road.

The weird things sounded a little creepy, too, and it was still a bit cold in the spring, and a night's sleep in the wilderness would make you sore the next day.

Helplessly, in this kind of world, there are always some passing robbers and thieves who come and go, robbing caravans.

If the two meet, there is no doubt that their lives will be in danger, and after thinking about it, I feel that it is safer to walk from the wilderness.

There was nothing in the daytime, and Su Mo and the others walked smoothly through some withered yellow thatched fields.

But in the evening, fog began to begin to rise in the wilderness.

When it was nightfall, the sky was dark, and there were no stars or moons.

The fog flowed in all directions, and the chill invaded.

The two young men couldn't help but hug their shoulders and rub them a few times.

"Brother Mo, how is this good, I didn't expect to encounter such weather. In this wilderness, there is not even a place to stay. ”

"Let's walk for a while, but we can't do it, so we have to settle in the thatch. Su Mo tightened his burden and continued to walk forward.

In the baggage were some cakes made by Chen, as well as a cloth blanket. Walking in this wilderness, you can't go hungry. It's just that it's foggy now, and if you really sleep in such a place, you'll definitely catch a cold the next day.

Su Mo was thinking about seeing if he could find an abandoned and dilapidated house, which was better than sleeping in the foggy wilderness.

The two continued to walk for a while, and now they don't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, so they just blindly walk.

After another moment, Su Mo saw that the fog seemed to fade slightly, and a crescent moon also emerged from the clouds.

He found that the two had deviated from the shortcut road they had taken before, and in this way, the two of them had taken a fork in the road leading to Longyuan Mountain.

The sound of water could be faintly heard, it was the thawing ice in the Wei River, and the river water was flowing over the wasteland.

"Brother Mo, do you remember what my father told us?"

"Well, but there's no way to turn back now, aren't you tired after walking for so long, let's find a place to rest for the night first." "Su Mo is not a timid person by nature, although some strange things have happened in the wilderness, but those strange things are not something that everyone will encounter. The two of them just had to rest for the night and return directly to Bluestone Town the next day.

"That'...... All right. ”

The two walked for a few more moments, and a ruined temple appeared in front of them.

The fog in the four places has not completely dissipated, and there are a few dead trees growing outside the temple gate, not the kind of withering in autumn and winter, but the withering of life, standing there alone.

There were also two crows on the branches, and when they saw the living people coming, they cried twice and flew away.

The cold moon, broken temples, dead trees, and crows have a desolate and deserted feeling.

"Xiaoying, let's go to that temple and stay overnight. ”

"Really...... Are you really going?"

"Of course, let's go. Su Mo gently pushed Zhao Xiaoying and motioned for him to hurry over.

After a day's journey, Su Mo was very sleepy, and now he just wanted to fall asleep.

When I entered the temple, I felt more and more ruined, and there were some dead trees growing in the courtyard, and there were many dead branches on the ground, and the sound of stepping on them made a loud sound, which was particularly harsh in this silent environment.

"Brother Mo, I always feel that this ruined temple is a bit eerie. Zhao Xiaoying shrank behind and tugged at the corner of Su Mo's clothes.

Su Mo didn't reply, and he couldn't say that he wasn't afraid, but he was a little hairy in his heart, and he wasn't so afraid that he was trembling.

He took a closer look, and it was a small Buddhist temple with a small temple in the middle and a row of houses on each side.

Most of the doors of the temple and the houses had collapsed, and some rubble and yellow weeds could still be faintly seen scattered among them, and it was clear that they had not been inhabited for a long time.

When the two of them stepped into the hall, they could see a golden body of a Buddha statue full of cracks, and some cobwebs around it.

'Whew!'

A cold gust of wind blew in from behind the door.

"Donor, why are you here?" an old deep voice sounded behind them, startling the two of them.

Su Mo turned around, and when he saw the person clearly, his heart was inexplicably tight.

He saw an old face full of wrinkles being lit up by a white lantern, which was clearly an old monk.

Zhao Xiaoying behind him was very unbearable and had begun to tremble.

It is normal for him to be afraid, in this dilapidated temple, an old monk wearing a shabby monk's robe suddenly appeared, which is really indescribably weird.

"Master, the two of us are passing by here, and we want to borrow a night, and we will leave tomorrow. Su Mo tried to say.

Although the donor rested, the monks here were slaughtered by the bandits, and the old man escaped because he went out to make a fortune, and there was nowhere to go, so he lived in the temple alone. ”

"I see, that's the one that bothered," Su Mo reminded when he saw that the candle in the lantern seemed to be blown out by the wind, "Master, the lantern is going out." ”

"It's okay, you two, please, hehe. When the old monk turned to leave, he stuck out his tongue and licked the corners of his mouth.

Zhao Xiaoying was lowering her head, not daring to look at the somewhat ugly old face.

Su Mo is heart has changed drastically, his eyes are very sharp, and he has noticed that the old monk's tongue is thin, a bit like a creature like a lizard.

His mind raced, 'Is this a human?'...... Are all the rumors of demons true?'

Su Mo didn't expect to encounter such a strange thing, and a chill rose in his heart. But he didn't have a very good way to get out for a while, and he really didn't know what to do.

After the old monk left, Su Mo and the others walked to an area with fewer rocks.

"Xiaoying, you can rest for a while. Su Mo took out the cloth blanket and spread it on the ground, and the two of them sat directly on it.

Zhao Xiaoying was probably really tired, and it didn't take long for her to lie on her side and fall asleep.

Su Mo didn't dare to sleep, for fear that something evil would come out in the middle of the night.

It's just that his upper and lower eyelids keep fighting, but he is trying to keep himself awake.

There was a hole in the top of the temple, and the moonlight shone down from it, reflecting the area brightly.

'Brush, brush, brush......'

After a few breaths, Su Mo vaguely heard the slight footsteps in the courtyard, and the drowsiness was immediately dispelled.

He listened intently.

The people outside seemed to be walking towards the inside of the temple.