Chapter III: Tracking
Suddenly, the silence in front of me was broken by a rapid sound of breaking the sky, and I saw a black shadow flashing quickly and incoherently on the Shiting Bridge of the Tuojiang River, and all of a sudden, it was hidden in the hundreds of ancient alleys crisscrossing it. The sound of breaking the sky just now was like a torrential rain, hitting the river behind the black shadow.
Before everyone could react, Ling Yun and Phantom Sword jumped out of the restaurant in a flash, and shot out like lightning, followed by the black shadow, and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.
Wuqi and the two Miao girls of the Western Regions also started their light work and followed.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin were left in the restaurant, and the two glanced at each other, looking at the black shadows that were far away from the seven electric rays, and could only sigh with admiration.
Who knows, followed by a slight dense footsteps, another tall and thin black shadow appeared on the edge of the Tuojiang River, this person also went in the direction of Lingyun just now, but his body was far less fast than the person just now, but it could also be seen that he had a certain martial arts foundation. Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin were overjoyed in their hearts, and they couldn't care about a lot, Ye Boyu waved his hand, put two "fast walking charms" on his and Wang Baiqin's legs, and hurriedly followed.
After a while, the black shadow in front already knew that the people behind him were following, and deliberately shuttled through thousands of alleys, trying to get rid of these two tails, but Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin were not in vain in Xiangxi for half a month, and the alleys and alleys in the ancient town were already well understood, and the black shadow in front of him was always followed by them after a short time, no matter how he turned in and out. Ye Boyu didn't keep sending out dense hidden weapons, but it was always a few cents away, and he passed by the target, and there were still a few thunder fire talismans in his arms, but he couldn't use them when he ran so fast.
The three black shadows ran faster and faster, and in less than half a pillar of incense, they rushed out of the ancient town and ran straight to the depths of the mountains in the southeast.
As soon as I arrived at the mountain pass, the sky was already dark, and the mountain behind the lights of the ancient city was even more dark and gloomy, extremely dark, the foot of the mountain was densely covered with green bamboo, the mountain wind blew, as if thousands of giants stood up at the same time and shook with the wind, the black shadow opened its teeth and claws on the ground, and it was as if thousands of devils were going to pounce on it at the same time and tear it up, indescribably weird and terrifying.
Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin, who were tracking behind, hesitated slightly at the mountain pass, and stopped at the same time, the two glanced at each other, as if they were asking each other's opinions, but seeing that the black shadow in front of them flashed and disappeared into the mountains and forests, the two did not hesitate, nodded in unison, followed one after the other, and disappeared into the darkness.
Shuntuojiang River has been to the southeast direction, there are two long mountain passes, the side of the mountain col is the famous two mountains, Guanjing Mountain and Tingtao Mountain, the depth of the mountain col because of the steep terrain, rugged and difficult to walk, there has been few people traced.
Ye Boyu and the other three ran all the way along the depths of the viewing mountain.
The three of them first ran wildly along a bluestone road in the col, not long after walking, there was no road under their feet, a rainy season of more than ten days in a row, the soil on both sides has peeled off, the mud under the feet is unbearable, and later, the grass in the col is almost half a person high, the green bamboo on both sides hangs down, and the branches are shaved so painful that the two people behind them have long been unaware of where they are, so they can only run forward without thinking, and follow the black shadow in front of them, but they are not worried about losing the target.
I don't know how long it took, a crescent moon gradually broke through the dark clouds, rose into the air, how much added a trace of light to the three of them, and the two behind them borrowed the light, only to see a deep valley of black pressure meandering, seemingly endless, and the mountains on both sides gradually steepened, turning into a sandwich road, the two couldn't help but scream bitterly, and secretly calculated in their hearts:" I don't know how long I have to follow the chase, looking at the terrain, it is extremely unfavorable to the two of them, in case there is an enemy ambush in front of them, then the two of them have no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to enter the ground. Thinking of this, both of them couldn't help but feel a chill, and their steps couldn't help but slow down. Just when the two of them had the idea of retreating, they suddenly saw the black shadow of the person in front of them flash, and disappeared in an instant.
Both of them were startled, and ran to the place where the black shadow disappeared in a few steps, stopping together and looking around.
By the faint moonlight, I saw that there was silence in the canyon in front of me, and there was no trace of half a trace on the steep walls on both sides. The two of them glanced at each other and shook their heads slowly, as if one had disappeared out of thin air.
"Bo Yu, this is really evil, this guy was swallowed by some monster and beast, why is there no trace at all?" Wang Baiqin searched for a long time, he couldn't help but ask.
The person who is called Boyu is named Ye Boyu, who is thin and straight, about one meter and eight, looks like he is in his twenties, and is relatively calm in such an unfavorable situation, he jumped over and folded a green bamboo branch from the steep wall, lowered his head and kept poking and poking in the grass: "Bai Qin, how can there be any evil sect that disappears out of thin air in this world, even if there is, I don't believe it, I just let the two of us meet, maybe there is some secret channel mechanism around here, that kid slipped away from the dark channel just now." ”
Wang Baiqin listened to what Ye Boyu said quite reasonably, and secretly settled down, followed behind Ye Boyu, leaned over and searched carefully. Both of them had fire folds on their bodies, but in this case, neither of them dared to open them rashly, lest they become a live target for the enemy, so they could only find it in the grass in the dark.
I probably found a stick of incense again, seeing that the moon was in the middle of the sky, it was already the third watch, the two of them still had no clue to follow, Wang Baiqin couldn't bear it anymore, and was about to sit on the ground with a butt, rest for a while, but suddenly saw Ye Boyu's method of poking with a green bamboo stick was very abnormal, a while left, a while and a back, it seemed to be quite orderly, but I couldn't see any rules, I looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Boyu, what kind of road are you?" If it's really okay, let's go back first, and then find a way another day, and take down the damn Miao boss in the city and torture him in detail. ”
"Before leaving, the third uncle specially explained, although there are many Miao people in Xiangxi, only proficient in poisoning and Gu arts, but there will inevitably be masters in the hinterland of the Central Plains in the sect. Ye Boyu didn't look back, the green bamboo stick poked on the ground, and constantly made a slight "bang, bang" sound, which spread far away in this deathly silence, and the distant mountains also responded to the sound of "bang, bang".
"Bo Yu, I didn't expect you to have such a trick. As soon as Wang Baiqin heard that there was a door, his spirits perked up, and he knew that he couldn't help, so he simply stepped aside and put up a whistle for the two.
When chasing the Miao people, the two of them only stared at the figure in front of them, and they didn't have time to observe the situation around them, and it was dark, so they only felt that the surrounding areas were cliffs and bamboo forests.
I saw that the place where the two of them were standing was about two zhang square in a bush, on both sides was a steep wall about several zhang high, the steep wall was full of green bamboo branches, and the wall was hung with old vines the thickness of the arm, intertwined, I don't know how many. In the gap between the old vines, there is an unknown flower, and I can't see what color it is, I just feel that the flower shape is very weird, and when I smell it carefully, there seems to be a faint tea fragrance, which is not very smelly, but in the dangerous place of the Miao family, there may be highly poisonous things everywhere, thinking of this, Wang Baiqin quickly held his breath and moved a few inches away.
Looking from the direction when he came, the ancient city has long been gone, and he can only see the outline of two towering mountains, towering high in the sky, like two giant swords stuck in the sky, the mountain feels that it is still densely covered with green bamboo, but it seems to be a clump of balls, and it seems to be a little different, seeing this, Wang Baiqin can't help but feel a sudden in his heart, and faintly feels that the way back may not be so peaceful.
Watching a round of crescent moon slowly move to the east, more than half an hour passed, the two still made no progress, this time even Ye Boyu felt disheartened, and was about to throw his hands away, suddenly, I heard Wang Baiqin behind him shout, and was about to look back, when I saw a bamboo forest in front of me slowly move away, and in the rumbling sound, in less than a few minutes, a person high, a black cave was revealed, like a giant beast opening a bottomless blood basin mouth, the faint moonlight shone at the entrance of the cave, but it couldn't even shine a penny, as if the cave mouth could swallow all the light into the stomach。
Ye Boyu was stunned for a long time, and wanted to turn around to discuss with Wang Baiqin, his eyes seemed to be sucked by the hole and died, and he couldn't move away at all, he hurriedly asked: "Bai Qin, Bai Qin, what did you touch to open this mechanism......?"
Ye Boyu stood at the entrance of the cave in a daze, Rao is usually he has been to famous mountains and rivers, dangerous forests and caves, but such a strange scene as tonight is unheard of, standing for a long time, I only feel that there seems to be a trace of cold air coming out of the hole, these cold breath seems to have life A little bit of it goes straight to his heart, the silence around him is like death, and his ears can only hear the sound of his own whirring panting and the sound of large cold sweat dripping on the ground. Ye Boyu couldn't hold back any longer, he just wanted to scream and run away, but Wang Baiqin's life and death couldn't be ignored, and he stayed for a few seconds.
Entering the cave, I felt that the cave looked more spacious than the outside, and I could walk straight up, with the faint light outside, Ye Boyu took a few steps forward cautiously, and listened to a slight sound, and there was no light penetrating in, it turned out that the cave door closed by itself, and completely locked Ye Boyu into the hole.
Ye Boyu only felt that his scalp was numb, and he couldn't care much about it anymore, so he waved his hand and added a few talismans to himself, and then he took out the fire fold that had been prepared, and with a shake in the wind, a faint beam of fire shot out.
Readers are encouraged to look forward to watching the next chapter, "The Murderous Mansion in the Mountains".