We went back to our rooms, packed our bags, and left.

We're tired, but it's an eventful place, and we don't want to spend any longer.

The mountain road is rugged and the walk is difficult.

Fortunately, with Li Di by his side, he didn't feel lonely.

I asked her about her experience that night.

She smiled miserably: "After taking a bath in the pool that day, I was about to return, when I suddenly felt dizzy, I lost consciousness, and when I woke up, I was caught by Shouyi." ”

After a moment of speculation, I expected that she was controlled by a mountain ghost.

The mountain ghost can be virtual or real, changeable, and unpredictable, and it should be fairly simple to control a person.

"What has Shouichi been keeping you in these days? We searched the entire mountainous area, but we couldn't find a clue. I asked again.

"I don't know the exact location, I just know that it's a stone cave, the entrance of the cave is sealed, and those monsters will bring me food every day."

"These monsters are also very obedient to Shouichi, are they really mountain ghosts?"

"Probably not." Li Di didn't think about it, "Zhongnan Mountain is an excellent place for retreat, how can it be possible to give birth to so many mountain ghosts at once?" Even if the entire Qinling Mountains are the only ones that want to breed so many mountain spirits and wild monsters, I'm afraid it will not be easy. ”

I have to admit that Li Di's words are quite insightful.

So what are they?

I fell silent and my thoughts drifted away.

Li Di interrupted my thoughts: "According to my guess, they should all be fierce beasts raised by the Chest Country, from the same period as the Chest Country, they are extremely fierce to others, but they are loyal to their masters. At the beginning, the Chest Kingdom entered the Ghost Gate for some reason and left them in this wilderness. Thousands of years have passed, and they have been guarding the country around the chest. ”

Is it?

If the truth is as Li Di said, then the part of the road we go to the ghost gate......

The road that stretched out its fingers and was as black as the bottom of a pot should have been shrouded in the black mist they had conjured.

This is done for one purpose.

It is to block those who try to break into the country of the chest.

How can this chest-piercing citizen make so many powerful guys guard a deserted village for thousands of years?

Without stopping, I looked up at the unicorn and the five-clawed golden dragon that had been opening the way ahead.

Where is the shadow of the two.

These two must have run away with joy.

So, I asked Li Di again: "You entered that ghost gate and saw something, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Di's expression instantly became unnatural.

She hung her head, her brow furrowed, and she didn't speak for a long time.

After walking for hundreds of meters, she raised her head and looked at me seriously: "I did see something, but I can't say, don't ask, you will know by yourself when you go in later." ”

Looking at Li Di was a little embarrassed, I didn't dwell on it anymore.

It's just that the curiosity in my heart is getting more and more serious.

What is there in the ghost gate that is worth hiding from me?

Could it be that if she says it, it will lead to uncontrollable consequences?

The rest of the road has been silent.

It was almost noon when the five-clawed golden dragon and the unicorn returned, and they caught a lot of game.

At this time, we happened to walk in front of the Taoist temple of the hermitage of the old man.

The door was open, and we walked into the courtyard, intending to have a meal with him, and by the way we took our leave.

After all, he helped us before.

The five-clawed golden dragon is always restless, and it is the first to rush into the house, but then it rushes out with a "whoop".

"Dead, that old man is dead!"

"What?" The five-clawed golden dragon's words made my heart shrink suddenly, "What's the matter? Wasn't he okay the other day? ”

I hurried into the house.

Inside the house, the light was dim, and the old man was lying on the ground with his head tilted.

Underneath, a large pool of blood.

The blood was viscous, not yet fully coagulated, and apparently not long dead.

I turned him over with trembling hands.

The eyes are wide open, the eyeballs are scattered, and there is no blindness!

The old man looked like he had been killed at first glance.

But who will kill him?

He lived in seclusion in the wilderness, cultivated all his life, and never had any enemies with the world......

Besides, he is not shallow, and the person who can kill him must be a master.

Could it be that he took us to find the ghost gate and caused the murder?

I took a closer look.

The fatal wound was in the chest, where there was a bloody hole, just enough to pull out the heart!

As soon as this bloody hole entered my eyes, my head "buzzed", and a bad premonition came up from the bottom of my heart.

Sure enough, the hole was empty.

The old man's heart is gone!

Li Di followed behind me, and when he saw this scene, he spit out angrily: "It was done by someone unintentionally!" ”

Shouichi had already entered the ghost gate with those monsters, and it was impossible for him to run here to kill people again......

Could it be that there are other heartless people in this mountain?

I stared at the old man's corpse and pondered for a long time.

Is the end really the end?

I began to wonder and couldn't help but ask myself.

The mood that finally relaxed was covered with a thick layer of haze again at this moment.

In this vast mountain, in the dark places that we can't see, how many unknown secrets are still hidden?

After burying the old man, we continued to move forward, but the mood was no longer as beautiful as before.

In life, a person; After death, a tomb ......

Is this a relief?

All sentient beings are suffering, but are sentient beings really suffering?

When we came out of Jungnan Mountain, it was almost midnight, and we found a hotel that looked good and opened three rooms.

One five-clawed golden dragon and one unicorn, one each for me and Li Di.

After taking a shower, lie down in a comfortable big bed......

In a well-equipped room, I had a shameful insomnia!

When I was in the mountains, I fantasized countless times that if I were given such an environment, I would sleep for three days and three nights.

But now, I don't feel sleepy, and all that lingers in my mind is the experience of the past half a month.

Pile by pile, scene by scene...... lingered, and the final picture was fixed on the frightened face of the old man.

At three o'clock, I couldn't lie down any longer, got up and turned on the computer, and typed the words "through the chest" in the search box of Du Niang.

Enter, OK.

The screen flashed, and dozens of pages of messages popped up.

Open them one by one and look at them carefully, they are all recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Or so the experts say.

It's all based on a literal interpretation, which is very untrue and unreasonable.

Some experts say that the so-called "piercing the chest" is actually a custom to tear up the skin on the chest and back and cut a hole with a sharp blade.

Some experts say that "chest" is actually "nose", and "piercing the chest" should be "piercing the nose......

I was irritated for a while, these so-called experts are too capable of, and they know blind bibi every day.

This is probably a seemingly reasonable thought that came to them in a flash of inspiration.

Only when you have truly experienced it will you know the mystery.

I don't give up, drag the mouse, and keep looking.

As long as there is a headline with the words "Chest Country", we will not let it go.

It's just that these contents are all the same, and there are only a few words......