Chapter Twenty-Four: Climbing the Mountain
When I got out of the car, I glanced at the co-pilot.
I found that the woman wearing a mask sitting in the passenger seat didn't know when to get out of the car.
Although her eyes are beautiful, I was impressed.
But at this point, it's all about staying alive.
I didn't think about it that much, I opened the car door and quickly got out of the car.
The van also turned around and quickly disappeared from view......
Looking back at the hill in front of him, it is Longgang Mountain.
It was said that this place looked like a dragon's back from a distance, so it was called.
I've been here once before, and I probably know where the temple is.
There was no hesitation at this time, and he was about to rush up the mountain with a black cloth bag.
Fortunately, the moon, which was covered by dark clouds, showed half of its head at this time, and its vision was also broadened.
It will not be dark and black, and you can't tell the direction.
There used to be a village here with a few scattered households.
But now they are all demolished, except for the dilapidated houses, which are weeds and wasteland.
Under the moonlight, it looks very desolate and dilapidated, even gloomy.
I walked along the hillside path, up the hill.
The higher you go, the denser the weeds become.
It's a long stretch of trail, covered with weeds, half as tall as a man.
Fortunately, I have already seen the City God Temple on the mountainside, and it should be in time.
The road was very difficult to walk, so I had to pick up weeds and poke forward.
The night breeze blew, and the barren grass and trees rattled.
Not only that, but a strange cry of "coo-coo" sounded above the head at this time.
I subconsciously looked up, and I was startled.
I saw two green eyes on top of a dead tree, staring at me at this moment.
When I looked closely, I realized that it was an owl.
It twisted its head a hundred and eighty degrees and stared at me, "cooing" at me.
The voice was still very fast, in this barren mountain range.
I was furious and uncomfortable to hear it.
But there's no way I'm going to compete with an owl.
I can only speed up the pace and continue to catch up.
But not far away, the owl's "cooing" cry suddenly changed.
It became more shrill, and it sounded like someone was pinching their throats and laughing.
"Cluck, cluck, ......"
The sound made people's scalps tingle when they heard it, and it was too terrifying.
There are proverbs in many places that say; I'm not afraid of the owl calling, I'm afraid of it laughing.
If it wants to laugh, there will definitely be mourning, and there will definitely be death.
The beast was giggling at me right now, making me nervous.
Pick up the rock and smash it over.
The owl was frightened and flapped its wings.
"Puff puff" flew away.
I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the owl leave, and turned around to continue walking.
But when I turned around, I was taken aback.
Because the moment I turned around, I found that I was less than two meters in front of me, and I don't know when there was one more person.
The man was holding a cane and was dressed in gray and a gray turban.
It seemed to be an old lady, with her head slightly bowed at this moment, just in front of me.
I don't even know when she showed up.
"Ahh
I instinctively screamed and took a step back, looking terrified.
During this time, I bumped into too much dirty stuff.
I immediately looked down at the man's shadow to make sure she wasn't dirty.
The moon, although not very bright, is aided by moonlight.
But I could clearly see that this old lady had a shadow.
When I saw this, I breathed a sigh of relief, it was good that it wasn't dirty.
Before I could speak, the old lady, who had her head bowed slightly, slowly raised her head.
When I looked up, I realized that something was not quite right with the old lady.
Her face was pointed, there was no flesh on her face, and her face frame was sunken.
Pouting, it feels like it has a small mouth, but it has red lips.
The eyes are elongated and slender, with only one slit.
There are also heavy dark circles under the eyes, and it seems to be smoky makeup.
The folds of his face and his facial features are all crowded together.
No matter how you look at this face, it feels weird.
Even looking at it, it doesn't feel like a human face at all.
It's like a fox-faced......
Before I could come to my senses, the old lady suddenly smiled strangely.
In a very shrill voice, he spoke:
"Do you think I look like a man, young man?"
As soon as I heard this, my brain "buzzed" with an explosion.
A sense of fear swept through the whole body, and he was afraid of the old lady in front of him.
Frightened, I took two steps back again......
Although I didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, I had heard a lot of bizarre folk tales.
One of them is called "begging for seals".
It is said that some mountain beasts swallow the essence of the sun and the moon all day long.
When the climate becomes the climate, it will run out to "beg for seals".
Random passers-by are asked; Does it look like a person?
As long as it is said to be like, then it can attain enlightenment and go to the next level.
If it doesn't say it's not, then it will be useless and need to start over.
Before, I only thought of it as a bizarre story and didn't think it existed.
But now, I don't think so.
There are all kinds of ghosts, not to mention some beasts that have become climate?
I looked at the old lady in front of me and was very nervous.
I wanted to speak, but my voice was dry and hoarse.
The old lady giggled at me weirdly twice, and then grinned a little closer with her very sharp mouth.
As she walked, I realized that her feet were not human feet at all.
It's a pair of big yellow claws of a beast, and now it's just a pair of human pants!
At this moment, it brought that strange face in front of my eyes.
Showing an expression that it thinks is very kind.
With a sharp mouth, he continued to ask me:
"Do you think I look like a man, young man?"