Chapter 73: Smoke
The drawbridge was very old, and when it was lowered down, the creaking sound was incessant.
The breeze blew, and the weeds on the opposite side danced with the wind, and the shadows were so full that people were uneasy, as if they always felt that a beast would pounce on the grass at any time.
With a bang, the drawbridge finally hit the ground, smashing up a cloud of dust.
We both took a few steps back at the same time, covering our mouths and noses.
When the dust settled, I lifted my feet and was about to go up the drawbridge.
Since we were here, the drawbridge fell by itself, which means that the person on the other side has recognized me, so they allowed me to cross the bridge.
I thought so, but I was grabbed by Mo Jiuqi, who dragged me back a few steps and disappeared into the grass on the side.
I was very puzzled, and asked in a low voice, "But the bridge, what are you hiding for?" ”
Gray Sanxi was also confused: "There is grass everywhere in the wilderness here, and there is no one else at all." ”
Mo Jiuqi shook his head and motioned for us not to speak.
It didn't take long for more than a dozen people to suddenly pour out from the front right side, all wearing overalls and carrying large backpacks, and quickly moved towards the side of the suspension bridge.
They tentatively climbed onto the bridge, and their bodies were in good shape, and they walked quickly through it.
Just as they were halfway across the drawbridge, they suddenly stood there and twisted as if they were stunned.
The drawbridge swayed, and a dozen people fell into a ball in the writhing, two of them immediately got up and ran towards the opposite bank without looking back, and the rest either fell off the bridge and fell into the boiling river, or fell on the bridge and could not get up.
The two men in front were the first to cross the bridge, and their figures were quickly drowned in the weeds and were no longer visible.
As soon as the two men crossed the bridge, several more people suddenly appeared on the shore, scrambling to get on the bridge.
It's just the same, some people were injured before the middle section, and those who fell into the river fell into the river, I kept staring at the other end of the bridge, silently counting, from beginning to end, there were only five people who crossed the bridge.
"The bridge was really tampered with." Mo Jiuqi said, "Even if those few people who successfully cross the bridge, I'm afraid they won't be able to go far." ”
Gray Sanxi stood up all of a sudden, and said firmly: "I'll go to explore the path first, and you will follow." ”
Mo Jiuqi pressed her: "Don't be impulsive. ”
"I'll go." I recovered from the shock and said, "I have the aura of the Golden Silkworm Gu on my body, as well as the token given by my grandmother, even if the Gu is placed on the bridge, I think I can survive it." ”
This kind of thing is mysterious and powerful, even if your internal strength cultivation is high, as long as the Gu master of the Gu is powerful enough, you are helpless.
Mo Jiuqi hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay, but you have to be careful, if you can't do it, turn around immediately, it's a big deal, let's go to the Guo family to find your grandmother again." ”
I nodded, and strode toward the drawbridge.
There were still a few people on the bridge who were struggling, spitting black blood but not having the strength to leave.
As I passed the middle of the section, someone grabbed my ankle, and the muscles of that hand burst out, as if something was running in the veins, which was very scary.
I shook it off and quickened my pace to the other side.
After successfully crossing the bridge, I looked back and found that Mo Jiuqi had also gone on the bridge, and Gray Sanxi had been left on the other side.
Gray Sanxi stomped his feet from time to time, he must have wanted to come over, and he was ordered by Mo Jiuqi to wait over there, otherwise what would happen.
Mo Jiuqi moved quickly, and after a while, he came to me, but his lips were purple, and he was obviously uncomfortable.
And I didn't feel any discomfort in me.
"Let's go, find the person you're looking for first."
Mo Jiuqi wanted to hold me, stretched out his hand and retracted it, I grabbed his hand, and saw that the green tendons on his hand were also bulging, and they beat a few times from time to time.
Mo Jiuqi was also hit by the Gu, but his cultivation was there, and he could suppress the attack of the Gu poison, but he didn't know how long he could last.
What I can be sure of now is that I didn't fall into the Gu, and I don't know if the other party recognized me or was secretly observing me.
I took Mo Jiuqi and walked along the grass where those people had walked before, and after a while, I found a few people in the grass who had a Gu poison attack and were dying.
"There are five of them, and none of them are spared."
The road ahead requires us to move forward on our own, and I don't know what awaits us in the end, I am calm on my face, but I am very uneasy in my heart.
Just as I gritted my teeth and tried to break forward again, there was a sudden sound of a search in the grass ahead.
I subconsciously protected Mo Jiuqi behind me, thinking that more Gu worms were coming, but I didn't expect that a small colorful snake jumped out of the grass.
I know that snake, which Mo Jiu Qi used before, and it is hidden in Mo Jiu Qi's sleeve.
Sure enough, the snake returned to Mo Jiuqi's sleeve, and Mo Jiuqi pulled me forward.
The multicolored snake had already made the way for him.
Passing through the grass on the shore, and beyond that, there was a mound, and over the mound, there was a deep col below, and the water could be faintly seen flowing at the bottom of the col.
The light of the water blocked our view, and we didn't know what was going on.
Mo Jiuqi and I can only move forward, one step at a time.
When we finally went down to the deepest part of the mountain col, we were blocked by the river in front of us, and the river was not wide, so Mo Jiuqi could take me to jump over.
But after jumping over, it turned out to be a mountain.
The mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist, and I couldn't see the top, I didn't know how tall or low it was, and when I looked at it from a distance, I couldn't tell that there was a mountain here.
I was a little confused: "Did you say we were going in the wrong direction?" Are you sure you still have to climb the mountain? ”
Mo Jiuqi was drenched in cold sweat at this moment, it should have been that he had mobilized his true qi just now to take me across the riverbank, and the blood flow accelerated the onset of Gu poison.
But he still said: "The road explored by the colorful snake will not be wrong, turn over." ”
Mo Jiuqi has already said this, I can only bite the bullet and climb the mountain with him.
Mo Jiuqi has been holding me tightly, and after a while of climbing up, the clouds and mist came down, and I couldn't see my fingers.
It looked like there were thousands of insects crawling around, and I felt numb when I heard it.
I don't know when, Mo Jiuqi took my hand and let go, I opened my mouth to call him in a panic, but there was no response.
I walked wildly through the clouds, and the more I walked, the more panicked I became, until I suddenly realized that I was climbing a mountain.
Climbing a mountain should be up, not in a circle on flat ground.
I calmed down, then leaned forward on my tiptoes, and walked for a quarter of an hour, when suddenly my eyes became clear.
I stood on the top of the mountain, which was not very high, and the bad thing was that the clouds and mist were easy to disturb my vision.
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, you can see that there are nearly 100 families scattered at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by blue bricks and black tiles, surrounded by trees, and finally there is a trace of fireworks in the world.
This should be the real Shuohe Village.
I glanced back, but Mo Jiuqi hadn't been able to come out yet, so I could only urge the snake ring on my middle finger, hoping that he could sense it......