A month later, Lin Jian couldn't help but smile when he saw a small village appear in front of him.

"It's finally time to come out!"

Because this whole month was spent in the wilderness. His clothes had been scratched and ragged, his hair was long and messy, and he looked like a wild man at this time, but his face was still clean, and he should have been rinsed with water frequently.

Shortly after dawn, smoke rose from the huts and mingled with the mist.

Lin Jian ran to the fence of a house and shouted, "Is there anyone in the house?" Can I quench my thirst with a bowl of water? ”

"Who!" An old voice came out.

The sound of slow footsteps was heard, and an old man appeared.

"Old man, I was passing by here, and I was thirsty and wanted to ask for a bowl of water to drink." Lin Jian was very polite, with a smile on his face.

As soon as the old man raised his head, he was startled, hurriedly turned around and went back to the house, and waved his hand: "No, no, you can leave quickly,"

Lin Jian was also stunned, and then he remembered his wild man appearance, and hurriedly brushed up his scattered hair.

"Old man, I got this picture when I got lost while I was out hunting. You see, I'm just begging for a bowl of water to drink, and I'm not a bad person. ”

The old man paused, but turned around, opened his eyes wide and tried to scan a few times to make sure that it was really not a monster, and then he was relieved.

"You kid, how did you get this look, I thought it was a wild man running out of the woods."

As he spoke, he approached again and opened the fence at the door.

"Old man, I went into the forest to hunt before, chased a deer and ran away, and I groped in it for more than ten days, and today I came out of here" Lin Jian also pointed to the location that came out of the woods.

The old man approached and looked at him several times, "Whose baby are you, why haven't I seen you?" ”

"Oh, I'm from a village on the other side of the woods," Lin Jian explained.

"Oh, from the village over there, come in, are you all hungry?" The old man moved out of the way and let him in.

Lin Jian hurriedly waved his hand: "I have something to eat, but I have drunk the water that I can drink, so I will ask for a bowl of water to drink here, and I will not enter the house." ”

"Then you wait a minute, I'll go get you water."

The old man walked slowly towards the house again.

"Okay, thank you!" Lin Jian thanked happily.

The old man muttered something as if he hadn't heard anything.

After waiting for a while, the old man walked out with a scoop in his hand.

Lin Jian stepped forward to take it, took a big sip, and took out a fox skin from his clothes and handed it to the old man along with the scoop.

"Old man, this is the fox skin I beat, it's useless for me to take it, so I'll give it to you."

The old man looked a little flustered, shook his head and waved his hand again: "No, no, a scoop of water is all drawn from the well, and it is worthless." ”

"Old man, you can take it, I still have a lot of fur like this, and I still have something I want to ask you." Lin Jian grinned and smiled happily.

"No, no, baby, if you have anything, just ask, I can't accept this fox skin." The old man was still shaking his head.

"Old man, where is this place? I haven't figured it out since I got lost, and I don't know how to get home. Lin Jian stuffed the water scoop and animal skin in his hand into the old man's hand and asked.

The old man hurriedly wiped his hand on his clothes, and then took the thing.

"You baby, this is the border of the Soviet Union, you are from the village at the end of the forest, and it is not very far away."

"That old man, have you heard of the Chen Dao Sect?"

"Chen Dao Sect? I've never heard of it, it's extremely desolate here, there are few people, where does it come from. Haven't heard of it, haven't heard of it. The old man shook his head again and again.

Lin Jian hesitated for a moment, "Then, there are some strange things in this place, or, have you ever heard of immortals?" ”

"Huh? Who? No, no, I have been growing crops here all my life, and I have never heard of any immortals anywhere. The wrinkles on the old man's face deepened, as if he was thinking about something.

"What about the strange thing? Has it ever happened here? Lin Jian was also a little confused.

"Strange things, strange things," the old man muttered several times.

"There's been something strange lately,"

"Tell me about it," Lin Jian's tone was a little eager.

"Recently, the big buffalo of Lao Ge's family disappeared at night, and I didn't find it for a long time, and I don't know where it went. Everyone wondered why they couldn't find it. Poor Lao Ge's family only has one cow, and he can't run away, you said that his family will have to borrow someone else's cow next year, alas! The old man shook his head and sighed.

The corners of Lin Jian's mouth twitched, and he could only ask again, "Are there any other strange things?" ”

"Other strange things, yes, look at the mountain." The old man stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountain opposite.

"Huh? What's wrong with this mountain? ”

The old man put his hand down, "This mountain is surrounded by fog all year round, and we can only chop wood on the side, as long as we want to go deeper, we will get lost." ”

"The fog on this mountain is so big, it's normal to get lost." Lin Jian frowned.

"Well, that's nothing strange."

The old man paused, and then said, "It's just that the lost people go inside for a few hours, and then they return to their original places, so no one can go in or get out, everyone is used to it." In my life, I've never heard of anyone going to the top of a mountain. ”

Lin Jian glanced at the mountain opposite a few times, and his brows tightened, "This mountain looks so ordinary, and there are such strange things, could it be that there are really immortals in it?" Well, the methods of the immortals are not something I can imagine, it is possible that this is where I am looking for. ”

After thinking for a while, he said, "Old man, thank you, I won't bother you." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, this person is old, and he can be of a little use. Don't go in, you baby, it's really evil inside, and you have to listen to the advice of people who come in. The old man shook his head.

"There's still a pot of porridge cooking, and my wife will come back with the cattle later, and there won't be much water in the tank... The old man said to himself.

Lin Jian saw that the old man had returned to the house, so he turned around and left.

Looking at the dense trees and the white mist in front of him, Lin Jian stopped again.

"It's been a day, and it's been this ghost twice, can't you really get out?"

As night fell, Lin Jian stood in place and thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to try again tomorrow, and found a place to rest for the night first.

The next day, Lin Jian walked into the mountain again, this time, with a dagger in his hand, and prepared to carve knife marks on the trees along the way as a mark.

Two hours passed, and as I walked, I saw that there seemed to be a white mark on a tree in front of me, and I was about to make a mark.

"It's not going back to the same place, I didn't take a detour, I always walked in a straight line, and I never saw any other signs along the way."

After getting closer, I reached out and touched it, and it was indeed a trace of not long ago.

Lin Jian took a deep breath and calmed down, but he still felt very irritable, so he simply sat down to rest.

"Is this white mist poisonous? I'm hallucinating, so I've been circling all the time. Or, are there ghosts? Ghost hitting the wall? ”

"However, I can't crack any of this, I don't have an antidote, and I'm not a Taoist, so how can I exorcise ghosts." Lin Jian grabbed a grass plant on the ground and grabbed one in his mouth.

"Calm down, calm down, if there is a real problem, there will definitely be a solution." He silently hinted to himself not to be impatient.

Looking at the thick white fog in front of him, he was even more upset, so he simply closed his eyes, only the grass in his mouth was still chewing, shaking irregularly.

"Whew, rustle" wind.

"Chirping, whooshing" the noise of birds

Listening to these voices, Lin Jian's mood completely calmed down.

"So? ,,,Oh, me,, how has it been"

"That',,, just ,,,,"

"Ha,,ha,,, thank you,,,,"

The sound of staccato conversation was heard.

Lin Jian opened his eyes and saw a vast white mist.

"Someone is talking? Did I hear it, or was it a delusional auditory hallucination? ”

Hold your breath and concentrate all your attention on your ears.

"Hiss, lonely."

Apart from the cries of some animals, no other sounds were heard.

"No, no, no, I should have heard me right, someone must have been talking just now."

Lin Jian spat out all the grass he was chewing in his mouth, closed his eyes again, and automatically ignored the noisy sounds made by some animals.

"I... Such. ”

"Yes ... But.... Good"

"It does 。。。。。"

Hearing it again, this time Lin Jian stood up gently, his attention focused on the sound of conversation, his eyes closed.

He drew out the short gun behind his back, poked it on the ground, and used it to explore the way, and groped his way forward like a blind man.

All kinds of sounds came into his ears, but Lin Jian ignored them and walked towards the place where the conversation was located.

At first, he was used to walking in the dark, often hitting trees or stepping on empty feet. They even ran into the thorn bushes, and when they were scratched, they didn't know.

After a little experience, although there are still bumps, the pace of my feet is a little faster.

Without vision, time may pass more slowly. Lin Jian felt that he had been gone for a long time, but the sound of the conversation was still very weak.

Suddenly, the short spear in his hand was blocked by something, and Lin Jian thought that he had poked the tree again, and poked it to the side, but it was still blocked.

Poked it to the right hand again, but there was still something blocking it, Lin Jian realized that something was not right, and opened his eyes to take a look.

The short gun seemed to be blocked by the air. He poked again tentatively, and the short gun stopped in the air, as if it had hit a wall, but there was still no trace in front of him, and he could still see the wind and grass on the ground in front of him.

"What is this?"

After a moment's hesitation, he withdrew his short gun, picked up another stone from the ground, and threw it at it.

The "bang" stone was also bounced back.

Lin Jian didn't dare to touch it rashly, put the short spear in front of him, frowned, and looked around.

"Who are you?" Indifferent voices came from all around.

The sudden sound frightened Lin Jian back two steps, and the short spear in his hand tightened tighter, blocking in front of him.

Looking around, there was no one in sight, no other sound. Lin Jian didn't hear which direction the sound was coming from, but the sound of his own heartbeat, "bang, bang", made him feel more and more nervous.