Chapter 22: Saving Luo Xiong

In the dead of night, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce. 【】

The town was silent, only the gust of wind blew by, and the whimpering whistling sound, like the roar of a ghost, always made people feel a little unsettled.

The town is backed by Longquan Mountain, and there are many springs and clear pools around, the natural environment here is more special, maybe the people in this town are used to it, and they don't care much about this kind of wind blowing at night.

In the guest house, the oil lamp in the room was still on, reflecting the still shadows of people constantly shaking, Nie Lin and Gu Menghan sat quietly on the side, closing their eyes and recuperating.

Outside, a black shadow came from near the guest house like a ghost, and when it came to this small courtyard, the black shadow was no longer sneaky, but swaggered towards here with a basin.

Knock knock

After the knock on the door, Nie Lin opened his eyes, and after making a look at Gu Menghan, Gu Menghan went to the bedroom, and Nie Lin got up and opened the door.

Sure enough, it was the black man who came, and Nie Lin said, "It's so late, is there anything wrong with this big brother?"

The black man's eyes blinked, and he said, "My mother-in-law is worried that there will be no hot water to wash at night, so I will bring it to you."

"Please come in" After Nie Lin let the black man in, after closing the door, after the black man put the basin down, he went straight to the point and said: "The younger brother has something unclear, and you still want to ask the eldest brother for advice?"

The black man knew what Nie Lin wanted to ask, but he touched the back of his head with some embarrassment, and said: "Brother, you outsiders, you don't know the rules of this town, in fact, what do you want to ask, during the day, the thirteen uncles and the mayor of the town can also answer you, but you shouldn't directly mention going to Longquan Mountain, this is a taboo in the town."

Nie Lin remained silent and said: "Then does this eldest brother know where there is an uncle named Luo Xiong in this town, I have met Uncle Luo, and I passed by this time, I came to visit him, I don't know where his family is now?"

Heihan said: "Little brother, Luo San is the son of the three elders in the town, and the three elders are the guardians of the holy mountain, since his death, Luo San's family has lived at the foot of Longquan Mountain, but there have been a few strange things in the town recently......"

"What's weird?" Nie Lin asked.

"Uh, what's this......" The black man's gaze was a little earnest, and when he looked at Nie Lin, his eyes flickered, and he kept stroking his chin.

At this time, Nie Lin's ears moved, and he suddenly said loudly: "Thank you, big brother, we just don't have hot water, the big brother sent it in time, and the time is late, big brother go back and rest early."

After that, Nie Lin enslaved the black man and glanced outside, the black man understood, so he had to say helplessly: "Then don't disturb the little brother's rest, I'll go first, if you need anything, just ask"

When the black man was about to go out, Nie Lin took out a silver cake and stuffed it for the black man, and after sending him out of the door, he said, "Big brother, go slowly, I will call you at any time if necessary."

After the black man got the silver cake, he was slightly stunned, the smile on his face was more eager and gentle, and he turned around and talked to Nie Lin politely in three steps, and then walked out of the courtyard.

Nie Lin didn't enter the house immediately, just stood at the door for a while, looked at a shadow outside, and said: "I didn't expect that the people in this town are really enthusiastic, and there are actually guards patrolling and keeping vigil, since the seniors are afraid that the secrets of this town will be told by others, why hide the secrets that can't be concealed, it's not a secret at all, and in the end it still harms yourself?"

After speaking, Nie Lin didn't close the door, the door was wide open, and he stepped into the house first.

Gu Menghan came out of the inner room and said: "In fact, the more you cover up, the easier it is to make people suspicious, that Longquan Mountain is dozens of miles away, excluding the place where sword beasts infest, it is nothing more than a barren mountain, if we really want to enter the mountain, how can the people in this town stop it, Linzi, what are you going to do?"

Nie Lin said: "It's easy to enter the mountain, but it's difficult to get out of the mountain, so we need a guide, originally I asked Luo Xiong to be our guide, a year ago he was a ninth-level swordsman, but when he came here to inquire, those old men's words flickered, and the words with the black man, I think something must have happened to this mountain, so the townspeople are afraid, so it is even more important to figure out, if no one mentions it tonight, then we will enter the mountain by ourselves tomorrow morning, I think Luo Xiong is on the mountain, I'm afraid it is more than lucky."

The words fell, and then there was a sound of footsteps outside, the footsteps were very soft, and soon they came to the courtyard, and it was the old town mayor.

After the old mayor entered the house, he closed the door by himself, and then said: "When Bai ** glanced at Nalu Heizi, the old man knew that this money-hungry sunspot would definitely come to you at night, and it was as the old man expected."

Nie Lin sat down and said lightly: " The old mayor, after all, there are many people in this town, and it is impossible to keep the secret, the more so, the more eye-catching, originally I met with Na Luo Xiong when I was in Bazhou, and this time I came to Qingtan Town, just thought, come to visit, if the mayor bluntly told me that Luo Xiong is not there, then we will visit his family, and he will leave, but between your words, you want to stop talking, how can you let the younger generations not be suspicious, and there are some legends in this Longquan Mountain, we also happen to know, in fact, the dragon fish is a monster, but you are regarded as gods, once there is a disaster, the bitter is still the people in the town”

The old mayor frowned, bowed his head and said nothing, neither affirming nor denying.

Nie Lin said: "In fact, the land around your town is not suitable for farming, and there are many fine beasts in the barren mountains, and they can't hunt, and the townspeople can only make a living by collecting clear iron, but now the people in the town are living in distress, presumably the source of the clear iron has been cut off, plus this clear iron is used as a sword-casting material, the average swordsmith does not know where its value lies, and the amount is not large, most of the clear iron collected by the townspeople is accumulated at home and no one cares about it, and the days are becoming more and more embarrassing, has the mayor not thought of a workaround, and still sticks to some old old rules and bad habits?"

Nie Lin's words can be said to be unceremoniously pointing out the current situation facing this town, hinting at the root cause.

After hearing this, the old mayor raised his head and glanced at Nie Lin, he was not angry, he was still calm, and finally said, "How do you see that life in the town is in trouble?"

Nie Lin said: " Since I entered the town, I saw that the poultry pens of each family were empty, and there were some wild vegetables that could satisfy the stomach at the door, especially when I mentioned the purchase of a large number of Qingtie, most of the townspeople took out what they had collected at home, and they were extremely eager to sell, and the mayor actually knew that the real intention of my coming to the town was not to buy Qingtie, but to find someone, but I collected a hundred catties of Qingtie, which can solve the dilemma of the townspeople, the mayor still agreed and kept us to live, presumably if I hadn't used five thousand taels of silver to buy Qingtie to solve the plight of the townspeople, I am afraid that the mayor would have issued an eviction order？”

The old mayor's face couldn't help but feel a little hot at this time, and said: "There are some things in the town, it is really not appropriate for outsiders to know, when the old man hears your intentions, if it is not for the old man to guess, you should have come for the cold spring water of the dragon spring, but recently there have been a lot of unbelievable things in the town, it is very unsafe, we don't want anything to happen to outsiders after entering the mountain, and we can't afford the consequences."

"But that Arowana ran out to make waves?" Nie Lin said: "In my impression, that Arowana has grown wings, if it can fly, your little Longquan Mountain can't trap him at all, but this Arowana is a witch sacrifice beast, not a sword sacrifice beast, so it can only stay here......

"Where did you hear about these things?"

After the old mayor listened to Nie Lin's words, his cloudy eyes suddenly burst into a ball of essence, as if the secret that had been buried in his heart for many years was suddenly revealed, making his eyes flash with a sharp touch when he was at a loss.

Seeing Nie Lin smiling and silent, he suddenly thought of something, and his tone became more and more aggressive: "But Luo Xiong told you?"

Nie Lin said: "Luo Xiong naturally didn't tell me anything, this legend of Longquan Mountain, not many people in the world know, but it just so happens that the two of us are one of the people who know, and now after a thousand years, this is already the world of swordsmen, even if there are still people who continue to inherit the ancient belief of witch sacrifices, even if many people know, it is not a fuss, just a joke about the anecdotes, the rise and fall of history for thousands of years, who has ever known the mysterious existence of the shaman?"

The old mayor gasped and looked at Nie Lin in a daze.

He was indeed shocked by Nie Lin's words, most of them, the majority of people in Qingtan Town, did believe in ancient, almost extinct witch sacrifice gods, in this world, very few people knew that the shaman and other ancient beings, but they were also almost extinct, but he definitely couldn't imagine how this young kid in front of him knew so much.

Of course, he didn't know that in his previous life, Nie Lin had paid attention to this Qingtan Town and the mysterious Arowana in Longquan Mountain, and he didn't know much about these secrets at that time, but he just felt that this place was very strange and impressive.

Since he was reborn, Nie Lin saw Luo Xiong mention this place, and quickly remembered it, and then there were thousands of ancient ruins in the Hidden Sword Valley, as well as the rune formation of the ancient shaman, after knowing the history of many ancient years, and then thinking of the abnormality of Qingtan Town, he thought of the legendary shaman, and the mountain spring water pool behind Qingtan Town, how could it not be related to some of the rune arrays left by the shaman?

At this time, the old town mayor took a breath, looked at Nie Lin and said, "You are here to tell me that you are only here to get the cold spring water from the Longquan Spring, and have no other purpose?"

Nie Lin said: "Yes, we are here for the Yin Yin Grass that grows on the water grass of Longquan Spring."

"What are you looking for that thing, it is an evil thing, and it is in the spring, and there is the arowana outside to watch over it, and it is not easy to get it, and besides, it is ......."

Nie Lin said: "What method do we use, the mayor doesn't care, but I want to know, what happened to Luo Xiong, and what is the strange thing in this town?"

The old mayor hesitated for a moment before he said: "Since you know so much, the old man also said bluntly, Luo Xiong has disappeared since he came back last time, after entering the mountain once, and then his daughter went to look for it, and the person found it, but his daughter disappeared again."

"Could it be that there is something strange about this disappearance?" said Nie Linqi.

The old mayor said: "It is indeed related to the weirdness of Longquan Mountain, just a few nights ago, there were two daughters in the town who suddenly disappeared, when we rushed to Longquan Mountain to find Luo Xiong, now Luo Xiong was caught and walked into the mountains, if you want Yin Yin Grass, as long as you can help us rescue Luo Xiong and those little girls, we will be grateful"

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PS: In the past few days, I have been on a business trip in the field, in the dark, in the barren mountains and mountains, the local environment is too poor, the conditions on the code are extremely bad, and the update is unstable, forgive me, brothers