Chapter 8 Long Worm Mountain
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An autumn rain fell densely, freezing Zhao Ran, Guan Er, and Lu Jin enough. Guan Er pointed ahead and shouted, "Master Fang, there is still a mile of land to be the sheep house!"
Along the official road where the mud was flying, Zhao Ran tightened the back of the old donkey's neck, the old donkey raised his throat, and stepped forward, and the muddy water that stepped on splashed Guan Er and Lu Jin behind him. The three of them soon saw a courtyard enclosed by a wooden fence on the side of the official road, and in the middle of the courtyard were several dilapidated houses made of mud and tiles.
Guan Eryue stepped forward immediately, kicked the door of the fence courtyard open, and led Zhao Ran to the largest room in the middle first, and shouted: "Li Yicheng! Lao Li! The master of my family has arrived, hurry up and come out to greet you!"
The three post officials ran out in a panic, two of them were busy pulling and leading the horses, and the one who hit the head was full of smiles: "Is it Master Jiang Fang? Why do you have time today...... Hmm, what about Master Jiang Fang? Guan Dao Chang......"
Zhao Ran saw that he was still looking around, so he didn't say much, and went directly into the house. Guan Er and Lu Jin followed closely behind them, and said to the post officer: "Master Jiang Fang has changed to the number room to take over the reception, this is the new Lord Zhao Fang of my family." Lao Li, hurry up and clean up the house, bring a bucket of hot water, my family is mainly changing clothes, this rain has made people terrible. ”
Li Yicheng agreed without repeating himself, and personally arranged for Zhao Ran and others to enter the guest house to change clothes and wash, and then prepared some hot soup, pastry and other food for Zhao Ran and others to fill their stomachs.
After eating and drinking, and drying his clothes, Zhao Ran finally had the leisure to look at this post station. The inn was not large, with five or six wooden houses crammed together, and there were thatched-roof corridors connecting with each other. There was a simple stable outside the house. One postman and two postmen, this is all the personnel of the sheep and horse station. Such a post station was much smaller and much dilapidated than the other post stations Zhao Ran had ever seen—except for the largest main house in the middle, which was still intact, the rest of the houses were leaking rain, and a few wooden barrels were used underneath.
The quality of the post station has nothing to do with Zhao Ran, the purpose of his coming here is to enter the mountain. According to the description of Guan Er. Changworm Mountain is one of the few places in Guyang County where there may be monsters, and it is also the key inspection place of the Fangtang of Wuji Courtyard, but for many years, I have only heard rumors that the people have only spoken a few words, but there have never really been monsters.
Zhao Ran waved at Yicheng, who took a few steps forward respectfully and saluted: "Meet Lord Zhao Fang, Li has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he was rude before, and he still looks at Lord Haihan." ”
Zhao Ran waved his hand: "It's okay." Li Cheng. Poor Dao came here this time, to go into the mountains to see, you don't need to prepare anything, we will leave when the rain stops, and we will not stay here for the night. Let me ask you, is there anything unusual in the Long Worm Mountain recently?"
"Strange? uh...... No, the wife is peaceful, and a qiē is fine. ”
"Hmm. That...... Are there any rumors in the nearby villages, like, have people died violently?"
"Nope. ”
"Is anyone missing? especially children......"
"None. ”
"That'...... Is there anyone who has strange animals? Do you know how to speak?"
Guan Er and Lu Jin both looked at the corral in the courtyard at the same time.
"Not even more. Lord Zhao Fang, forgive Li for talking too much, are you here to visit the monster? If so, Master Fang doesn't have to. The people spread that there are monsters in the Long Worm Mountain. That's all to scare himself, Li has been in the sheep and horse post for three years, and he has never seen it, and several nearby villages are the same, and there is no abnormality. ”
Zhao Ran was very discouraged after hearing this. rushed over, and was poured a basin of cold water on Li Yicheng's head, this taste is really cooler than the autumn rain! But since he has arrived here, it is definitely impossible for him to go home, and he has no interest in talking to Li Yicheng at the moment, and he is waiting for the rain to stop.
Li Yicheng waited carefully beside him, never taking the initiative to speak, but he also did his best, until the autumn rain subsided, Zhao Ran and the others got on their horses (donkeys) and left, then they turned around, looked at the broken flour on the table, and said distressedly: "It's two catties of white flour again...... Dao masters, don't come again, I can't afford it!"
Zhao Ran didn't know that Li Yicheng was distressed about the food in the back, he really didn't give money, Guan Er and Lu Jin of course wouldn't give money, the post station was run by the government, and the government was responsible for the supply of a qiē, with Zhao Ran's identity, if they still had to pay, everyone wouldn't enter the Daomen.
Although the autumn rain stopped, the sky was still gloomy, and I walked down the rushing stream into the col, and soon entered the mountain. The deeper he went into the mountains, the more discouraged Zhao Ran became, without him, there were a lot of people in the mountains, the smoke curled up, the terraced fields were strange, the chickens were crowing and the dogs were barking, where was there half a monster haunted?
Zhao Ran was a little angry, turned around and asked, "Guan Er, you sue me that I have a demon here, look at it, does this look like a demon?"
Guan Er hesitated: "Master Fang, what ...... What should a place with demons look like?"
"Naturally, it should be a smoky miasma, inaccessible ......" Zhao Ran just said this, patted his head, and secretly said how he fell into a mindset, who said that where there are monsters, it must be this scene?
smiled angrily, making Guan Er and Lu Jin look at each other.
The long worm mountain is not big, there are acres of villages in the front mountain, although there are no households in the back mountain, there are still a lot of people, at least the mountain road is very spacious. Zhao Ran opened his eyes and looked around, and finally he saw through an abnormality.
Zhao Ran immediately urged the old donkey to leave the mountain road and go towards the mountain col on the south side, the old donkey turned over the mountain pass, crossed a deep stream that was not wide, and descended from the cliff wall several zhang high, bringing Zhao Ran to the edge of a dirt slope.
Guan Er and Lu Jin rode the jujube red horse without the ability of an old donkey, so he had to dismount and follow behind, but they were blocked by the deep stream, so they had to shout from behind: "Master Fang, wait for us!"
Zhao Ran said: "You two are waiting here." He ignored them no more, rode the old donkey to find a hidden hiding place, looked at a pond more than ten feet away for a moment, and was overjoyed in his heart.
When he opened his eyes to touch around before, he saw that the flow of heaven and earth qi here was different from other places, a little more stiff and a little less natural. When I looked closely, I was sure that this was the location of a phantom array, and the layout of the circle was not clever.
Zhao Ran is quite "talented" for the formation, and he has also set up a phantom array with the Five Elements God Array of the killing class, and even fought with this fighting method, so he quickly saw the foundation of this phantom array. This pond is just a mirage, and there is no zài in fact, as for what the pond illusion wants to hide, then you must first break the illusion to know.
Zhao Ran also has a way, although his Five Elements Divine Array Array has been damaged, there are still two Five Thunder God Night Talismans on his body, as long as one is punched at the eye of the array, with the power of this talisman, the simple phantom array in front of him can be broken with a snap of his fingers. But of course he won't be so stupid, firstly, the five thunder god night talismans are very precious, and he is reluctant to use them here, and secondly, after breaking the phantom array, who knows what is inside, in case a big demon comes out, Zhao Ran's move is purely looking for death.
Zhao Ran punched out the communication talisman taken from Jiang Zhiheng's hand, chanted a spell in his mouth, and the talisman paper shook in the air, turned into a feather arrow, and shot towards the northeast.
So far, Zhao Ran still can't determine whether there is a "demon trace" he wants to visit under this illusion. But at least this pond was indeed an illusion, and as long as it involved the magic circle, he had enough reason to summon the Daomen Walk. If there is really a monster, then he Zhao Ran is equivalent to making a contribution, if not, it doesn't matter, it is close to Uncle Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo, see if it is possible to ask for another set of array plates, and it is good to get a little cheaper.
In addition, there was another reason why Zhao Ran was eager to see Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo, his green rope disappeared. According to what he had seen in his dream last night, Midori Suo should have entered his own sea of qi—he felt that he could almost already be sure. But it almost means that there is a trace of other possibilities, he can't look inward at the moment, and he can't see what his qi is like in the sea, so he doesn't dare to make a final conclusion. He wanted to ask these two uncles if his bones were coming over, if the bones were successful, then it meant that the dream was real, and if there were still no bones, then ...... Zhao Ran didn't know how to judge.
Now that it was dark, Zhao Ran lay on the side of the dirt slope and observed the pond illusion for a while, and did not see any abnormal movement, so he got up on the donkey and quietly left here. He didn't know when Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo would arrive, but just looking at the distance of the messenger shooting, at least it was not a moment to arrive, at least three or five hours, and at most I was afraid that it would have to be delayed for a day or two.
When he returned to the deep stream, he persuaded Guan Er and Lu Jin to go back, and let them go to the front mountain to find a home to rest in, and wait for them there. I don't dare to take these two with me for the monster hunting, I have an old donkey as a companion, and I have five thunder god night charms and magic talismans by my side, and I have a certain amount of self-protection power even if there is an accident, these two are purely cumbersome, not to mention, and it is very likely that they will die.
Guan Er and Lu Jin were very righteous, and when they heard that Lord Zhao had already shown traces of monsters, although they were weak in their hearts, they still insisted on "protecting" Lord Zhao until Zhao Ran lost his temper, and then he reluctantly left.
After beating away the two "bodyguards", Zhao Ran returned to the secret place just now and sat down, took out the dry food from his wrench, and peeked at the pond fantasy in the distance while eating.
As soon as he swallowed the last mouthful of dry food and gently wiped the flour on the side of his mouth, Zhao Ran's eyes suddenly stopped on a small tree next to the dirt slope, and his heart couldn't help but shrink suddenly.
A dark shadow stood on the treetop branches, rising and falling with the night wind. (To be continued!)
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