Qingqiu Chapter 72 The Old Man
Everyone said that this Qingqiu Mountain is famous for the Nine Tails, but they don't know that the Qingqiu people are all over the hills!
If someone asks, what is the biggest characteristic of the green duck here? Then at this moment, Shui Hao and Du Chi will definitely tell you without hesitation that it is Qing!
The north slope of Qingqiu does not see sunlight all year round, and it is extremely humid and dark, but this green goose grows very luxuriantly. They grow in clusters like shrubs, adult-sized, cyan, and covered with long bristles on the upper part of the diameter and petioles.
At this time, Shui Hao and Twilight Chi were stunned to look at the green ducks scattered all over the hillside in front of them, and secretly rejoiced.
If it weren't for Tu Shan Aoqing's prompting before leaving, they really didn't know how to find the green dove. Do you really want to walk the entire north slope? Even if they could, Tu Shan Huanhuan might not really be able to wait.
Shui Hao felt the space inside the shell pendant around his neck, his mind moved slightly, and he saw a gray stone appear in his hand.
Speaking of which, in the wing ze, the shell pendant given to him by the old rain spirit, although the appearance is ordinary, the space inside is very huge. In addition to the need to activate the spiritual power of the stream at the beginning, after that, you can directly collect items with just your mind.
"Throwing stones to ask for directions, brother, are you going to use this throwing stones to find the green dove?" Twilight Chi asked in surprise as she looked at the throwing stones that suddenly appeared in Shui Hao's hand.
In the Peach Blossom Pass, Twilight witnessed the magic of feeding, and before leaving, he had asked if he could use a stone throwing to find the green dove, but Tu Shan Aoqing vetoed it.
"The ancestor once said that this north slope is shrouded by a mysterious force all the year round, and the stone throwing may not necessarily work, but how can you know if you don't give it a try!"
Shui Hao said, the spiritual power in his hand was swallowed, and the stone trembled violently, and it floated from his palm.
"Throwing stones can ask for directions, take me to find the green dove......"
Before Shui Hao's words fell, he saw that the throwing stone first circled in a circle, and then suddenly flew to the northwest.
"Brother, this stone throwing is really useful!" Twilight Chi was slightly stunned, and her expression was slightly surprised.
"Don't hurry up and keep ......up," Shui Hao shouted, and rushed out first.
Qingqiu stretches for hundreds of miles, and this northern slope is just denser and taller and taller. Under the guidance of the stone, the two kept searching.
As Shui Hao and Twilight continued to go deeper, a cyan mist gradually floated around them. Although the fog was very thin, it obscured everything around it. You can't be farsighted, and you can't feel any breath. And the stone that floated in the air to guide the way also lost its luster at this moment and returned to Shui Hao's hands.
"Sure enough...... This northern slope is so weird. Shui Hao stared at the green mist in front of him tightly and said in a solemn voice.
"Brother, what should we do?"
"The ancestor said that for thousands of years, the green dove has enslaved many strange beasts, but we have never seen one until now, which shows that we are still on the periphery of the green dove power, and the means given by the old ancestor must not be used until the end. Since the stone throwing does not work, then we can only grope our way forward. Shui Hao's expression was stunned, and his voice was extremely bitter.
"You're wrong, young man!" the hoarse and deep voice sounded abruptly.
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding green fog shook, and a hunchbacked old man appeared in front of the two of them.
Shui Hao and Twilight were taken aback, they had never imagined that there were humans on this northern slope. They couldn't help but secretly look at the comer, and the spiritual power in their hands loomed.
I saw the person coming, his eyes were cloudy and scattered, and his face was ugly and unusually old. An animal skin was tightly wrapped around his waist, his body was hunched, and he held a bone cane in his hand.
"Young man, don't panic, the old man has no malice. ”
Shui Hao squinted, his eyes were a little suspicious and inquiring. It wasn't until a while that he said: "Kid Shui Hao, when you first enter the northern slope of this Qingqiu, you still hope that the old man will give you advice." ”
"Your surname is Shui, but you are a Dharma Master of the Water Clan?" the old man looked at Shui Hao in surprise, and his cloudy eyes unconsciously shot out of his eyes.
"Yes! The boy's grandfather is Shui Chengze, the patriarch of the Shui clan. Old man, I wonder which clan you are from Yingshui Village?"
"I'm just a poor man enslaved by this young man. As for the people of which race, don't say it!" the old man sighed, and his eyes were cloudy again, as if the ray of essence had never appeared.
Shui Hao was stunned, and his heart was even more confused. The changes in the old man's eyes, he kept looking at them, although his face was ugly, and there was no spiritual power fluctuation on his body, but there was no sign of enslavement on his body.
"Old uncle, don't lie to me and my brother. Since you have been enslaved by the herds, how can you be so free? The corners of Twilight's mouth twitched, and the urn said angrily.
"Young man, which eye do you have to see that the old man is at ease? How many years...... I could only walk within the blue mist, and I had long forgotten the smell of the sun and the fragrance of the river. The old man said in a trembling voice, his voice was very sad.
Shui Hao glanced at Twilight, and said in a loud voice: "Old man, it's my brother who is presumptuous. Can you tell me what I just said wrong?"
"As you just said, this is the periphery of the green dove forces?" The old man's emotions came and went quickly. At this time, there was no longer the sadness in the voice just now.
"Could it be...... It's not even a periphery here?" Shui Hao looked at the surrounding frogs with dead eyes, and said in surprise.
"Yes! Only the areas that are actually covered by the green fog are the areas controlled by the green doves. The herdsmen here have only expanded on their own for thousands of years. They don't have the magic to enslave humans and beasts. ”
The old man held the bone staff in one hand, pointed to the depths of the Qingwu with the other, and said, "The area thirty miles ahead is the trial place of the Qingqiu Hu family. After the place of trial, it can be regarded as the outer area that the green dove really controls. ”
"All souls who are enslaved by the green are inseparable from this cyan mist. For about ten days a month, a light fog will fill the area from the periphery. That's why I'm here. And during this time period, the Qingqiu Hu family often has clansmen who come here to experience. ”
When Twilight heard this, her eyes lit up, and she blurted out, "Old uncle, you must know where the dove is, don't you?"
"What are you looking for?" the old man's tone changed, and he looked at Shui Hao and Twilight Chi in confusion.
"The dove has deprived my wife of her five senses, and I am here to get it back. ”
Each syllable seemed to burst out from between Shui Hao's teeth, with a thick, undisguised hatred.
The old man glanced at Shui Hao casually, and no emotion could be heard in his voice: "Although the green dove has given the green dove infinite life, it also can't leave the range of the green mist, so how can you deprive your wife of her five senses?"
"But in this Shenze Continent, apart from the green dove, who will have this ability?" Shui Hao looked at the old man in a daze, he was unwilling and did not give up.
The old man coughed, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "That being said, if someone sells their soul to the Frog, they can also master this ability. Although the conditions for the achievement of the procedure are extremely harsh. ”
"Old man, do you know how to get rid of it? You know who it is, right?"
At this time, Shui Hao looked at the old man with burning eyes. He needs to find the real culprit behind the scenes, and he needs to find a way to rescue Tu Shan Huanhuan as soon as possible. At this point, he felt that the answer was in front of him.
"No, I don't know. I'm just a poor man enslaved by the Pheasant, and only the Dove, who is the host of the Pheasant, can know. ”
The hope that had just been ignited was shattered with the old man's words, and Shui Hao's heart couldn't help but become even more anxious. He really didn't want to delay fearlessly, so he immediately spoke: "Okay, old man. You tell me where the dove is? I'll go find it myself. ”
The old man seemed to sigh softly, and said, "No one knows where the dove is, and if you want to see it, you have to show what it is interested in, or who you want to meet." ”
"What should I do? Shui Hao took a deep breath and looked at the old man with red eyes.
"Do you really have to see the dove, even if you might be detained here. ”
The old man's eyes looked at Shui Hao's eyes without blinking, as if he wanted to confirm something from his eyes.
"Yes, even if it's death!"
These words, Shui Hao said very slowly, but they were categorical and unquestionable. Hearing this, the old man sighed again and said faintly: "Sometimes death is not terrible, and wanting to die but not being able is what really makes people tremble." ”
The old man paused suddenly, as if immersed in the memories of the past, and after a long while, he continued: "Thirty miles ahead, there is the true range covered by the green mist, which is also the perimeter controlled by the green dove. On the periphery you will meet the guardian, defeat him or convince him, and you will know how to meet the dove. ”
"Thank you, old man. If possible, Shui Hao will also save you from this northern slope. Shui Hao said sincerely.
"Haha...... Young man, your words, the old man remembered!"
There was a look on the old man's face that could not be described in words, there was admiration, weirdness, and a trace of incomprehensible profundity.
"Young man, don't let the green mist enter your body, from here on, the juice of the green goose can still be resisted with spiritual power, but after thirty miles, if you are stained by the green goose juice, then there is only one way to be enslaved. ”
With that, the old man turned and walked towards the thick fog. At this moment, Shui Hao found that the old man's body was even more rickety, and his back became extremely desolate.
"Love and hatred will eventually come to naught, but mortal dust is a dream. The dust is like a tide, people are like water, and a few people return to the ......
Young man, you shouldn't be here......!
The old man's voice echoed in the green duck for a long time, with bitterness, helplessness, and sorrow that has not been washed away for years.