The three of us were startled by the sudden sound and puzzled at the same time.

In this barren mountain forest, how can anyone appear here?

I immediately sat up straight and looked out of the campfire, and saw an old man standing in front of us.

The old man was dressed in coarse cloth, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and a cane in his hand.

He looked obviously angry, but his eyes revealed some wariness and curiosity.

"I'm the owner of this place, how can you trespass into my house and catch my fish?"

The old man's voice sounded a little angry, and the three of us looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

The old man walked slowly up to us and looked at the grilled fish that had been eaten on the ground, frowning slightly.

"What do you mean by that? Catch fish at my house and eat it? ”

The mysterious old man looked at the three of us and asked angrily, I also saw the old man's face clearly.

The ruddy old man is about eighty years old, and he looks at it and makes people feel like they are fairy.

The three of us looked at each other, not knowing what to do, and the old man seemed very dissatisfied with our catch of his fish.

Lei Zi hurriedly apologized: "Old man, I'm sorry!" We didn't know this was your territory. ”

"We're just hungry, that's why we catch fish to eat, and if you don't want to, we won't catch them again."

The old man was still displeased when he heard this: "You outsiders, you are really disrespectful to your elders!" ”

And judging by his attitude, it seems that he does not intend to let us go easily. We all had some trepidation in our hearts.

"Old man, we got lost and strayed here, and there is no malice." Lei Zi quickly explained.

"Then you leave quickly, outsiders are not welcome here." The old man said vigilantly.

The three of us all looked at each other, completely unsure of what to do.

The lone wolf suddenly said: "Old man, we are lost in the mountains and forests and can't find the exit. ”

"Can you tell us how to get out of this forest?"

From beginning to end, it was Lei Zi and the lone wolf who were talking, and I didn't take the initiative to ask.

Instead, he looked at this mysterious old man with a serious expression, who would be hiding here?

Because at this moment, I secretly wondered in my heart, what kind of identity is this old man?

Subconsciously, at this moment, I actually turned on the Blood Demon Pupil Technique, and my eyes were faintly red.

But the mysterious old man in front of me was as if he hadn't seen it, which made me feel a sense of frustration.

At the moment when I looked at the mysterious old man, the heavenly spirit that I had hidden had a strange movement.

The spirit bones in the heavenly spirits are passing on to me in this way, and the spirit bones are actually going to take the initiative to come out.

But I still cut off the contact, because although the mysterious old man was angry, he was normal.

When the old man heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he glanced up and down at the lone wolf.

"Do you three know what this place is? Dare to break in! ”

The old man's tone was a little unkind, but the emotion in his eyes said it all.

He obviously knew the way out, but he just kept testing us and didn't tell us.

The lone wolf hurriedly said, "Old man, we know that we are wrong. Please also tell us the way out. ”

"It's okay to go out, but you have to promise me something."

Seeing that the lone wolf's tone was sincere, the old man finally relented, but the conditions proposed surprised us a little.

"What's the matter?" We asked in unison.

The old man was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke: "Help me find an herb." ”

"When I find it, I'll tell you the way out."

The three of us looked at each other, and although we hesitated, we agreed.

After all, this is the only way out. We had to say yes.

The old man seemed satisfied with our answer, and a sly smile flashed in his eyes.

"Alright, come with me."

After saying that, the old man turned and walked into the woods, seemingly on crutches, but in fact very quickly.

For a while, the three of us had a little hard to follow, this mysterious old man was definitely not mortal.

The three of us followed him, uneasy. The forest seems to be getting weirder and weirder.

Following the old man, walking through the dense forest, he was reminded to follow closely from time to time.

The figure of the old man seemed ethereal in the night, as if he would disappear at any moment.

The three of us didn't dare to relax in the slightest, for fear that we would lose it between the wrong gods.

After walking for about a stick of incense, the old man finally stopped walking forward and stopped directly.

Follow the old man to a dense forest, which is full of towering ancient trees, and the sky is completely invisible.

I looked up and saw a strange Chinese herb growing in a clearing.

The herb has long, elongated, speckled leaves and stems that take on a strange purple color.

That's what you're looking for. The old man leaned on his cane and said lightly.

The three of us looked at each other, a little surprised. I didn't expect the old man to really take us to this herbal place.

But at the same time, we also wondered why the old man would find this herb so easily.

What puzzled me the most was, why didn't he pick this old man himself when he could find it?

The scientific name for this herb is "Agave purple"

"It is a very rare herb that has a miraculous effect on the treatment of some incurable diseases."

The old man looked at the three of us with a complicated look as he introduced the herbs.

"You know what? There are many secrets hidden in this mountain forest, and herbs are only part of it."

The old man's words made me a little confused, but I could feel the mystery and depth of his words.

"Alright, you can pick it."

The old man turned around and sat down and watched as the three of us began to pick herbs.

Lei Zi looked at me and asked me in a very low voice, "Xiaolin, what should I do?" This old man is so weird."

The lone wolf, who has always been lonely and arrogant, nodded subconsciously and agreed with Lei Zi's words.

I took a deep breath and said, "Leizi, lone wolf, let's pick the herbs first. ”

"Perhaps, this so-called herb is the key thing for us to get out of here."

In the process of picking herbs, I have been carefully and secretly observing the old man.

The old man sat aside, closed his eyes and recuperated, the ethereal figure would disappear at any time.

The herbs were quickly picked, and we walked over to the old man.

"Old man, the herbs have been picked, can you tell us the way out now?"

Hearing this, the old man slowly opened his eyes. At that moment, I felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.

"Do you know why this mountain forest is so weird?"

The old man didn't answer, but the emotion in his eyes said it all.

"That's because there's a treasure hidden here."

"And the herbs you just picked have become so precious precisely because they have been affected by the treasure."

The old man's words surprised me a little, and I didn't know how to respond at all.

"Now that you know the secret, I can tell you the way out."

The old man propped up his crutches and slowly stood up, looking at the three of us with deep eyes.

"But you have to make a choice, do you want to leave alone, or do you want to find the treasure?"

The three of us looked at each other, and we were all a little hesitant, because the search for the treasure must be full of danger.

But on second thought, something is wrong, how can we have the idea of coveting treasures?

When the old man said these words, was he testing us? Once I answer there are questions.

The old man will definitely be angry, and when the time comes, he will be displeased, and I don't know what will happen to us?

I spoke directly, one step ahead of Lei Zi and the lone wolf, and said to the old man: "No, we are just passing by, how dare we covet treasures?" ”

Lei Zi and Lone Wolf also reacted immediately, and they both nodded hurriedly, with a very sincere attitude.

The old man looked at me deeply, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything more, just said lightly: "Then you come with me." ”

The old man turned around and walked in front again, and the three of us followed closely, and what puzzled me was his eyes.

Walking through the forest, I clearly felt that the aura here was unusually strong, and even a little sticky.

This mountain forest really hides a lot of secrets, and after about a stick of incense, we finally came to a place.

An empty meadow with a huge stone monument standing in the middle.

The stele is engraved with three big characters, Secluded Valley.

"This is? Secluded Valley? ”

"That's right, this is the secret exit of the Secluded Valley.