Zhao Lanjiang is not afraid of the dead.

Not only was he not afraid of the dead, he was not even afraid of death. When he survived the sea of corpses and blood on the battlefield on the Western Front, he had already looked down on life and death.

Lei Zhenyu is his brother, and Lei Jiazhuang's business is his business, so when Lei Jiazhuang asked him for help, he was duty-bound and agreed without hesitation.

Xiao Jinyan is afraid of death, but he is even more afraid of trouble. But he's the kind of person you don't look for trouble, but trouble comes to you. This was true in Suzhou, and it was also true in Leijiazhuang, where he attributed these troubles to carelessness in making friends, for which Zhao and Li almost did something with him.

As for Li Chengcheng, what he fears most is loneliness. He was born in a famous family, and since he was a child, he was surrounded by aura and glory, but no one understood his inner loneliness, until he met Xiao Jinyan and later Zhao Lanjiang.

He also knew that sooner or later, he would return to Jinling, take over the family affairs, and become a person like his father and uncle, which was the family mission that he had been seared in his heart since he was a disciple of the Li family. Therefore, he cherishes this opportunity to explore the rivers and lakes with his friends.

People are not crazy teenagers.

Dingling Mountain.

As the ghost king sect of the demon gate, since the death of Mrs. Qi and the sect master Hao Ke a hundred years ago, it has long been extinct in the rivers and lakes, but in the area of Shuzhong, there are still many places where the legend of the ghost king sect is circulated.

The reason why it is called Dingling Mountain has two sayings.

One says that after Mrs. Qi was nailed to death by a little red in the Central Plains, the mausoleum was set in this mountain, so it is called Dingling.

Another theory is that many people who went to the mountains to collect medicine either died in the mountains or came back and became insane, and it was rumored that there were demons in the mountains. The demon will extract the soul of the person who mistakenly entered the mountain, and nail the soul in the mountain, so it is called the nail spirit mountain, and later people think that the name is not good, and it is changed to Dingling Mountain.

No matter what kind of statement you say, it is unpleasant, so this Dingling Mountain, which is less than a hundred miles west of Jianmen, although it is very rich in medicinal materials, is not welcome.

The trio carried simple bags on their backs and walked on a rugged and winding path.

This bag contains flints, fire powder, climbing ropes, flying hooks, and medicinal materials for treating wounds, etc., and can also contain some food, road guides, short blades, etc., which is a popular Jianghu suit produced by Leijiazhuang on the rivers and lakes. Before leaving, the Lei family specially prepared three sets of bags, although they are not big, they are fully functional, and the design makes full use of the space, which is far from being comparable to Xiao Jinyan's blanket or cloth bag before.

Because Dingling Mountain is very steep, and he is worried that the so-called Ghost King Sect is a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, Zhao Lanjiang did not let Lei Zhenyu and the masters of Leijiazhuang follow, and let them search in the city, and he and Xiao and Li went to Dingling Mountain together to find out.

Dingling Mountain is in the west of Jianmen, the terrain is complex, the ancient trees are towering, and the thorns are dense, so Leijiazhuang specially found a Langzhong who often goes in and out of the vicinity to collect medicine as a guide.

The guide's surname is Zhang, he looks to be in his forties, and he doesn't talk much. Xiao Jinyan chatted with him and asked him three or four sentences, but Lao Zhang didn't say a word, until a pot of his daughter's red belly fell down, and this Lao Zhang opened the conversation.

Chatting learned that he was in his early Chinese New Year's Eve, and was once a Lang Zhong who walked the rivers and lakes to sell fake medicines, and later married a wife and had children in Jianmen before settling down. In the area of Dingling Mountain, the terrain is dangerous, but there are many precious medicinal materials, which come several times a year, and are picked up and sold to pharmacies, making a lot of profits.

Speaking of the Ghost King Sect and Mrs. Qi, Lao Zhang said, "When I came to the Sword Pavilion, I heard the legend of Mrs. Qi, for this kind of strange power and chaos, I have always believed it, I always feel that some people deliberately spread rumors to spread false rumors." The terrain of Dingling Mountain is inherently complex, and if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is very likely that you will not be able to get out after falling into it, so there is a saying that it is haunted. ”

"However, two years ago, when I went into the mountains to collect medicine, I encountered a strange thing. ”

Xiao Jinyan asked, "What's the strange thing?"

Lao Zhang said as he walked, "We people who collect medicine, it is hard money to earn land, there are so many mountains around, and the medicinal materials are abundant, but they can't stand the collection, if you want to make money to support your family, you have to go to some places where ordinary people can't reach." It stands to reason that the terrain here is complex, and it is rare that no one should haunt here, and once, I was entrusted by someone to come to the west to find a herb, and by mistake, I broke into the foot of Dingling Mountain and encountered a mountain gate. ”

The three of them waited for him to continue, but Lao Zhang was silent. Xiao Jinyan also thought about the strength of the wine, and asked, "What happened later?"

Lao Zhang said, "Where is there something, I fainted in fright, and when I woke up, I was already on the path outside the mountain." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Could it be that a hundred years ago, the legend of the Ghost King Sect was true? ”

Wangshan ran a dead horse.

It seems that in Dingling Mountain, which is more than ten miles away, the four of them walked for more than three hours, and when they reached the back, the mountain road gradually narrowed and became nothing, all the way through thorns, through a pine forest, Lao Zhang stopped.

"This is it. ”

What caught the eyes of the three of them was a ruined stone gate, more than a foot high, with vines entwined on the doorpost.

Zhao Lanjiang split the vines with a golden knife, revealing a couplet. The upper link is, God knows the earth, you know and I know, and I know it, and I don't leave it; the lower link is: good will be rewarded with evil, and sooner or later will be reported, and there will be a report in the end.

Above the stone gate, there are four seal characters of "Soul Paradise". Behind the stone gate, a three-foot-wide path leads to the top of the mountain.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Back then, the Ghost King Sect built the mountain gate in a place where this kind of bird didn't, either because he was full of food and could support it, or because he had a sick brain. ”

Li Chengcheng said, "That's not necessarily, according to records, when the Ghost King Sect was at its peak, it had a great influence on the rivers and lakes, and even the Tang Gate and Qingcheng avoided its edge, and later after the death of Mrs. Qi, there was an earthquake in Shuzhong, which isolated the Ghost King Sect from the world." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said to Lao Zhang, "You wait for us here, if we don't come back after two hours, you can go back by yourself." ”

The three of them walked up the stairs and walked a few steps, Xiao Jinyan pointed to the moss that was crawling all over the steps, and there was no trace of stepping on it, and said, "I'm afraid we came for nothing." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Yu Jiaxue's disappearance is full of strangeness, most of it is a moth made inside Yujiabao, but it is just a gimmick of the Ghost King Sect to make it mysterious, why?"

Li Chengcheng said, "Yesterday, Yu Feilu probably didn't tell the truth, or didn't know at all. ”

Xiao Jinyan suddenly asked, "Who made the request when you came to Dingling Mountain?"

Zhao Baojiang said, "It is said that it is the Yu family's request to the Lei family, what's wrong?"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head thoughtfully, "I don't know, I just feel that something is wrong." ”

He looked up at the mountain and said with a smile, "Since you're here, call him the king of ghosts and people, go up and take a look!"

The three of them are bold people, walking the rivers and lakes, whether it is a famous door or a hidden door, since they can encounter this kind of secret realm, if they don't explore it, won't they regret it in the future?

With their minds in mind, the three of them went up the mountain along the trail.

It was getting late, and a layer of mist rose in the mountains, shrouding the whole mountain in haze, but fortunately there were flint and fire powder in their bags, and the three of them gave birth to a torch, so they could barely see the road clearly.

At the end of the trail, there is a boulder.

There were vague words on it, Zhao Lanjiang raised a torch and leaned over, reading, "Don't enter the living." He said to the two, "Why, do you have any acquaintances here?"

Li Tingcheng scolded with a smile, "Idiot, the living means the living. If you want to get in, you have to find a way to die. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "If you want to die, there are many ways, but the problem is how to come back to life after you die." ”

Walk here, Dingling Mountain is also the end, and then up, is a steep mountain like a knife, up to a hundred zhang, not to mention people, even birds want to fly up, it is not easy.

Zhao Lanjiang couldn't help but scold, "What the hell Wang Zong, Mrs. Qi, ran for a day, and ran into this?"

The fog was getting thicker and the visibility was less than a mile.

The three of them were about to go back, but they were surprised to find that the small mountain path that had just gone up the mountain was gone.

Xiao Jinyan's heart was dark.

This kind of thing happened, either the three of them inadvertently touched the mechanism formation, and among the four great Qi Gates, there was a technique similar to Qi Men Dunjia. Either there is a master here, and the three of them break into each other's law space.

Either way, I'm afraid it's not comfortable.

The three of them were afraid of being separated, so they gathered together.

Zhao Lanjiang scolded, "Damn, I'm trapped here, what should I do?"

Xiao Jinyan released his string force, and found that except for the fog and the disappearing road, there was no True Yuan fluctuation nearby, and said, "This is the former site of the Ghost King Sect, it should be that we encountered their prohibition and were trapped in the formation. If it is usual, I would definitely recommend getting some sleep first and waiting until dawn to make plans. ”

"And now?"

Xiao Jinyan patted his bags, "There is wine and meat, let's eat first!"

Zhao and Li said in unison, "Wonderful, wonderful!"

The three of them found branches and dry firewood, and turned the torches into a fire, and there was meat, wine, and dry food in their bags, and the three of them tried to find a way while eating.

Xiao Jinyan said: "I don't know anything about astronomy, I don't know anything about gossip, and I don't know anything about Qimen Dunjia, so I can bear it now." ”

Li Chengcheng said, "It's just a broken formation." ”

Zhao Lanjiang asked, "You understand?"

Li Chengcheng said, "I don't understand." But, however, I know that the formation is a dead land, and a person is a living land, as the saying goes, a living person can still be suffocated by urine?"

When the wine came up, Li Chengcheng stood up, "I'll pee first." ”

He staggered to his feet, came to the stone of "no one should enter", and was about to relieve himself, when he suddenly heard Zhao Lanjiang screaming, and in an instant, he had no intention of urinating.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao said, "Oh, it's okay, I saw a bat." ”

Li Chengcheng scolded twice, turned around, and was about to continue, Xiao Jinyan suddenly shouted again, "I'm sorry, I also saw a bat." ”

Li Chengcheng was really fed up with these two guys, but even so, although he was full of urine, he couldn't pee anymore, Zhao Lanjiang said, "What's the matter, does it taste good?"

Xiao Jinyan laughed, "Come, together!"

The three of them stood next to the boulder and unbuttoned their pants, and Li Chengcheng suddenly screamed "ah".

Zhao Lanjiang asked, "What's the matter, you also saw a bat?"

At this moment, out of nowhere, a bat flew out, and then a rumbling sound sounded, and the boulder moved to the side, revealing a large hole behind it.

Puff puff!

Countless black shadows poured out from the cave, and thousands of bats, each the size of a fist, besieged the three of them.

PS: There is 1 more in the evening.

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