Volume 2 The Magic Book Section 173 The Road to No Road (II)
Section 137 A Road Trip (II)
Gu Sheng lowered his head and was silent, the man seemed to have insight into his heart, looked at him with a smile, and did not interject, leaving him to think clearly. Gu Sheng raised his head and looked at the man coldly: "I ......" The moment the words were about to come out, his heart was shaken, and he almost changed his mind! Gu Sheng bit his tongue violently, and a sharp pain came, he came to his senses, and his reason and confidence instantly overcame cowardice. "I want to know, who are you?" The man was stunned for a moment, obviously surprised, he squinted his eyes, and slowly admonished Gu Sheng: "You have to think about it, once I say it, you will have no room anymore, you must make a choice immediately." I don't have any room anymore, if your choice is different from my expectations, then I can only kill you right away - you have 'forced' the two of us to a dead end!" Gu Sheng still stubbornly said: "No, I want to know who you are, even if I am about to lose everything because of this, including my life and my love, I will not hesitate to do it." "Why, why are you doing this?" The man was very puzzled: "There is nothing unfavorable about my existence, on the contrary, it is very beneficial to you, once you encounter danger, even if it is the horn of the Seven Dragon Turtles, I can help you solve it without effort, I don't have any requirements, what is wrong with you?" Gu Sheng's eyes were resolute, and he said coldly: "You won't understand this." ”
The man lost his usual calmness and indifference, his eyes flickered, and he looked sideways at Gu Sheng, unable to make up his mind. "Oh well. He said, "Since you have chosen so, there is nothing I can do." He turned his head to look at the sky, and took a deep breath: "Listen, I'm ......" Seeing that he was about to say it, suddenly he smiled weirdly: "Almost fooled, I will tell my identity now, I am not a little sure that you will make a choice that satisfies me, I have never fought a battle that I am not sure of, this identity, I can't tell you for the time being, you and I will meet in the future, this overseas sea, there are many dangers, and there are many capable people, you will need me sooner or later." Gu Sheng had already raised his heart to his throat, and when he heard his words, he had a faint feeling of luck, it turned out that he really secretly hoped to maintain the status quo in his heart, and not to "force" himself to make a choice. Everything around him slowly dispersed, Gu Sheng "confused" and "confused" back to sleep, he was suddenly startled, suddenly woke up, one stood up from the bed and sat up, through the narrow lattice window, saw that the morning light was faint outside, and dawn had arrived unconsciously.
Gu Sheng stepped onto the deck, and casually turned his head, a black "colored" barren stone island towered on the southwest side of the ship, this is the roadless island he saw yesterday. Gu Sheng looked at the deck and shouted to the people in the cabin below, "Hurry up, we're here." The others also stepped out of the cabin. The old man Hong Zhong and Qing Xiaosu were the most positive, they were very happy to see the roadless island, and Zhu Wuzhao and Weiming were also in a hurry to go to the island, they had great expectations for unknown people. The four of them quarreled and discussed for a while, and finally calmed down, this time there was no need to send someone to stay on the ship, everyone threw down the anchor and flew to the roadless island together. Long Hu was anxious about the mystery in his heart, and asked Qing Xiaosuo again: "Uncle Qingxiao, where is the very cleverly hidden roadless person you said?" Qing Xiaosu smiled: "You'll know in a while." Longhu puffed out her mouth, very unhappy, Qing Xiaosu didn't tell her, she had to look for it herself.
Everyone flew in the air for a while, and saw from a distance in the stone mountain, puffs of cooking smoke rising, and the dragon fox shouted: "Look, there are people there." Let's get over it. She flew out first, and Gu Sheng reminded her from behind: "Be careful!" and quickly chased after her, on such a strange island, it was better to be careful. The dragon fox was in high spirits, where was he willing to be obedient? He quickly came to the valley, and in the valley, a dozen thatched huts were scattered on one side of the mountainside, and it was breakfast time, and every household was cooking with the stove, and the smoke of cooking was rising from these thatched huts. "How can there be a village here?" the Ten Thousand Poison Daoist rushed up and said, "This is not surprising, if the ordinary island is not occupied by monks, most of them will be inhabited, and this place is no exception. Gu Shengqi said: "Isn't that unknown person a monk?" Old man Hong Zhong smiled: "He is a little different from others. In Gu Sheng's heart, doubts arose: ordinary monks don't like to be disturbed by mortals, so most of them hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and they also have to arrange various formations around their caves to prevent mortals from approaching. This unknown person is an alternative who doesn't mind living on his own island.
"Let's go down and ask the villagers. "They may know something, at least they are more familiar with the island than we are. Everyone felt that what he said was reasonable, only the old man Hong Zhong and Qing Xiaosuo laughed and did not speak. But no one noticed their expressions. Several people landed on the mountain peak together,. Follow the ridge down the valley. I happened to meet a child. With pigtails and a small basket in his hand, he was about to go up the mountain. Zhu Wuzhao volunteered to find out the news with this kid, because he felt. Children are innocent, they don't lie, they don't hide anything. He walked over with a smile on his face and took out some snacks from the storage bracelet: "Come, child, give you something to eat." He beckoned to the child, who looked at him, snorted, and walked away. Zhu Wuzhao wondered: What's going on?" "Hey, kid. He shouted loudly, but the kid still ignored him, and Zhu Wuzhao chased after him with Zero in his hand: "Kid, don't you like to eat?" The kid opened his basket, which was full of pastries of various colors, and it looked quite exquisitely made. Zhu Wuzhao was dumbfounded, no wonder people didn't care about him, it turned out that he ate more than himself.
Gu Sheng couldn't help but be moved: In this seemingly poor small mountain village, the villagers' lives are so rich. The Ten Thousand Poison Daoist was also surprised: "I can't see it, this mountain village seems to be very rich...... Zhu Wuzhao was very embarrassed, but he was also helpless, who let himself come out? Seeing that the child was leaving, he hurriedly smiled and grabbed him: "Haha, child, is it okay for my brother to ask you something?" The child actually stopped and said to him: "What's the matter with you?" Zhu Wuzhao couldn't help it go so smoothly this time, he was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I want to ask you, is there another person living on this island, a very powerful person?" The kid shook his head without hesitation: "No." We are the only village on this island, and there is no one else on this island. "There's no one anywhere else, really?" the kid nodded, "Really." Zhu Wuzhao didn't believe it: "There should be an uncle on your island who can fly and calculate, very powerful, haven't you seen it?" He pretended to be wings with his hands, flapped for a while, and said to the child. The kid shook his head: "Really, a lot of people come here to find the person you are looking for, but we really don't have the person you said we are talking about. Gu Sheng walked over and patted Zhu Wuzhao's shoulder, meaning to let me come. Zhu Wuzhao shrugged his shoulders helplessly and walked to a look.
Gu Sheng asked the child, "Child, who is there in your village?" "There are our family, the Dayingzi family, and the dog baby...... And Elder Qiu. He snapped his fingers and reported them one by one. Gu Sheng paid attention to Elder Qiu that he said last. "Who is Elder Qiu?" "He is the head of our village, and when we moved here, Elder Qiu told us that there is a kind of stone here that is very valuable, and it is everywhere on the mountain, and we can pick it up and sell it on other islands in exchange for a lot of money, so I have snacks to eat." Dad said that Elder Qiu was a very good person. Gu Sheng turned his head and smiled smugly at Gu Sheng, he felt that he had found a breakthrough, this Elder Qiu. The identity is very suspicious. "Is Elder Qiu from your village?" Gu Sheng asked, thinking that the kid would definitely shake his head, and then tell the origin of Elder Qiu, and then he would judge whether this Elder Qiu was the unknown person they were looking for. Unexpectedly, the child nodded: "That's right, Elder Qiu is from our village, when we lived elsewhere before, Elder Qiu was in our village, and then he went to sea." We found the island and mobilized us to move over with us. Zhu Wuzhao burst out laughing in the back, Gu Sheng felt faceless, he asked for a long time. Still nothing. Elder Qiu was originally from the village, so naturally it could not be that high-ranking person who didn't know anyone, so he came back dejectedly and said to everyone: "We can only be searched around, and it seems that we can't ask anything." Everyone was disappointed, but they had no choice but to prepare to search the island.
The old man Hong Zhong said with a smile at this time: "Hehe, no need, we are brothers who know where the person is, and we just made a joke with you to see if you can find him." It seems that he really deceived everyone. Zhu Wuzhao said angrily: "You old man, you are so hateful." Now that we know why we didn't say it earlier, we have to work for a long time in vain. The old man Hong Zhong smiled, did not argue with him, and took the lead in the front. Gu Sheng asked, "May I ask you two, where is that unknown person?" Old man Hong Zhong pointed to the mountain village: "It's in this village." Gu Shengqi said: "Who is in this village?" "It's Elder Qiu." Gu Sheng wondered: "That Elder Qiu is a villager, not a ......" Old Man Hong Zhong smiled: "Hehe, can't you be a real villager if you don't know people?" Gu Sheng suddenly realized: "Yes, this is the best cover-up - everyone in the world thinks that monks must not associate with worldly people, let alone live with them." But the unknown person did the opposite, and his identity was that of a villager, and even if the people who came to him were sometimes suspicious of him, they would be quickly eliminated. ”
Gu Sheng was secretly surprised in his heart, it seems that this unknown person does have the feeling of being a master of the world, I hope that this time, he is not wrong. A group of people entered the village, such a small mountain village should have been curious about visitors like them, but perhaps because there were too many people who came here to find unknown people, the villagers were used to it, and they entered the village without attracting the attention of a few people. In this way, it saves a lot of trouble. Old Man Hong Zhong took them like a villager to inquire about Elder Qiu's residence, and according to the villagers' instructions, they found a very small thatched house.
"Old Qiu. The old man Hong Zhong said outside: "My junior brother and I are here." The door of the thatched hut slowly opened, and out came an old man, probably not used to the sunlight outside, he squinted for a moment: "Oh. Come in, you are you. We haven't seen each other for a long time, hehe...... "He and the old man Hong Zhong are brothers, and they seem to have some friendship, and there is nothing pretentious about each other, and he seems very happy about the arrival of the old man Hong Zhong. From the moment he opened the door, Gu Sheng was watching him. This old man seems to be a little different from the legendary god arithmetic master, those people know who is visiting when they are in the house, and they look like gods. But this old man is very plain, and if he can see things with his eyes, he sees with his eyes, and does not count.
Although it is a thatched hut, the furnishings in the house are very distinctive, and judging from the many decorations in the interior, he is also a small asset in this village. Everything is arranged, it really looks like a wealthy mountain village elder. Seeing that everyone was looking at his thatched hut, Elder Qiu said with a smile: "There are no trees on this road, only such a thatched hut can be seen." With so many people crowded into the small hut at once, it was inevitable that it would be a little crowded, so Elder Qiu took out the futons made of licorice and placed them on the ground, and everyone sat on the ground.
Old Man Hong Zhong said happily to Elder Qiu: "Old Qiu, the divine beast under our island has been loyal to solving it!" Elder Qiu smiled: "Congratulations." "But it didn't look so unexpected. The old man Hong Zhong said: "The last time you came to Lianyue Island, you told me to let me come to see you in three years, at that time I didn't understand what you meant, and I told you that I had a drag on Lianyue Island, and I was afraid that I would lose it." Now I finally understand, what did you mean by saying that at the time, you are hinting to me that after three years, this divine beast will no longer exist, right?" Elder Qiu was like an ordinary village old man, and said with a smile: "It's good to solve it, it's good to solve it." "He always cares about him, and refuses to involve his magical skills.
Old Man Hong Zhong and Qing Xiaosu glanced at each other, and finally Qing Xiaosu said: "It's not a secret, this time the seven dragon turtles can be removed, our two brothers can survive their 'sex' lives, and the entire overseas sea can be spared the suffering of shipwreck, all of which are the credit of this Taoist friend." He pointed at Gu Sheng: "We are here this time for his business, and we are here to ask you for your guidance." ”