Chapter 5 Millennial Purple Ginseng

Qin Chen felt a little lucky, if he hadn't bought a pair of high-quality, wear-resistant, non-slip and comfortable thick-soled mountaineering boots when he was passing through a city, he would have been miserable today.

At that time, I didn't know why, so I bought it, and now I think it might be a man's sixth sense at work. "Ha Luha, I, Qin Chen, still have an innate opinion. Qin Chen couldn't help but think proudly.

Looking at the fat man's panting and sweating appearance, Qin Chen couldn't help but feel happy, this year's trip to the northwest was not in vain. However, the second half of the journey was completed by Qin Chen holding the fat man.

In fact, the relationship between Qin Chen and Sun Xiaochuan is very iron, when he was a child, Qin Lao often went out for several months, and Xiao Chuan's parents opened a Sichuan restaurant, plus the two are neighbors, Qin Chen mainly eats at Xiao Chuan's house, he is as old as Xiao Chuan, the two have been in the same class since kindergarten, middle school, college, and even work.

Qin Chen is smart-minded, Sun Xiaochuan doesn't look at him as fat but fights fiercely, or relying on his size to oppress people very ruthlessly, the two of them are "embarrassed" and "both cheap", they are invincible among the children in their community, known as "Qin and Sun Shuangsha" grew up, but they lived together in the research institute under the fence, and became two hard-pressed little staff, which is really a trick.

Finally, after many hardships, Qin Chen and Sun Xiaochuan came to the end of the ridiculously long mountain path, and the two of them came to a small valley.

The valley is not large, only a few miles in circumference. It looked like a circle, surrounded by steep mountain cliffs, and only a path in front of Qin Chen and them led to it. The valley is not as rugged as I imagined, but is covered with mountain weeds, and it grows vigorously. To the west of the valley was the excavated cemetery, but no one cared about it now, but it was hastily covered with a few rags.

The entire periphery of the valley was surrounded by a group of soldiers armed with machine guns, Qin Chen was no stranger to this phenomenon, this was the scene when the ruins were excavated before. But every time he saw them, he would encounter something dangerous, which made Qin Chen have to wonder if they were cursed by something.

Don't think that the Shenzhou Civilization Research Institute is only excavating ancient tombs and studying fragments, and ancient tombs only account for a small part of their exploration and excavation. They often have to go to some dangerous places.

For example, the last time they went to Yunnan to explore the ruins of a palace of a king during the barbarian period, they encountered Gu Mang, and if it weren't for the desperate rescue of several soldiers, they would have been wiped out long ago. It is common to encounter corpses in ancient tombs, and ghosts hitting walls or something can only be regarded as pediatrics.

As soon as Qin Chen came, he noticed that there was a crack in the north of the valley, hanging alone in mid-air, and a group of people in white coats around him used a bunch of instruments to observe the crack, looking at their busy appearance, Qin Chen muttered in his heart, I didn't see anything busy coming out of you all day long.

However, he was full of interest in the crack Qin Chen, although it was far away, Qin Chen could still feel the faint coercion emanating from it.

Showing their work cards to the two guarded soldiers, Qin Chen and Sun Xiaochuan walked towards the big tent in the middle.

Outside the tent, Sun Xiaochuan said to Qin Chen mysteriously: "Xiao Chenzi, after you go in, you will see something different from usual, which is guaranteed to surprise you." ”

Qin Chen didn't believe his nonsense: "It's not that my brother looks down on you, I have seen too many incredible things in the northwest land, and there is nothing that can surprise me anymore." ”

"Then let's wait and see, make a bet, a meal. ”

"No problem, one meal for one meal. ”

Qin Chen and Sun Xiaochuan often play these innocuous bets, which don't waste money and have the taste of entertainment, so why not?

Lifting the tent cloth, Qin Chen took a closer look, and there were only three middle-aged people in their thirties, two of whom were wearing archaeological work clothes, and the other was wearing military uniforms.

Qin Chen took a step forward, "I'm sorry, I'm researcher Qin Chen, who just came over today, the three eldest brothers, where are Professor Qin and Professor Chen? ”

These are the three of them turned around, and they are indeed three middle-aged people who are about thirty or forty years old, one of them has a warm smile on his face, a pinch of beard on his chin that is not too thick, and a thick black hair that makes Qin Chen envious; the other has not much expression on his face, he has a small handful of goatees, and his hair is not dense, but it looks a little better than a flat head; the last officer has a Chinese face, an expression that others owe him a lot of money and want to get angry, he is tall and not angry and arrogant.

Qin Chen almost bit his tongue off, it wasn't that these three people had any strange behavior, they were very normal. It's just that their appearance is exactly the same as the three people Qin Chen saw when he was a child.

Sun Xiaochuan walked up to the three of them and saluted, "Hello Professor Qin, good Professor Chen, good chief." When he said the last sentence, he also saluted a military salute. The three of them just nodded. Qin Chen hurriedly followed Sun Xiaochuan to finish greeting.

The man in the middle wearing a military uniform is surnamed He, and Chief He is the commander of a military region linked to the military by the institute. He has been old friends with Qin Lao and Chen Lao for more than 30 years.

The three of them met during an archaeological event in Kunlun, Xinjiang, a soldier, an archaeologist, and a tomb robber. At that time, due to ignorance of the Kunlun landform, all the investigators and soldiers were wiped out, and only the three of them survived the hardships and became friends of life and death.

Later, Qin Lao and Chen Lao became the director and deputy director of the research institute, while He Lao climbed all the way up and sat in the position of commander of a military region. For many years, the three of them have dreamed of visiting Kunlun Mountain again, wondering what secrets are hidden in this sacred mountain that appeared in the myth of the flood wilderness. Qin Chen learned from Qin Lao by accident that they seemed to have encountered something very terrible back then, but Qin Lao had been secretive about what it was, as if as long as he said it, it would cause disaster.

Elder Qin didn't give special treatment to his son, he just said, "Qin Chen, get ready when you come, go to work." ”

"Yes"

"That Professor Qin, can I take Xiao Chenzi to see that. Sun Xiaochuan interjected.

"Well, let's go and see. ”

After speaking, Sun Xiaochuan said to them, I went out, so I dragged the confused Qin Chen out of the tent.

Before leaving, they continued the conversation just now, only to hear Professor Chen say, "I don't agree, this is too dangerous, Lao He, you can't go in." ”。 Another voice came, "Fart, if you can enter, I can enter, am I in a worse constitution than you two?"

After getting out of the tent, Qin Chen grabbed Sun Xiaochuan's collar, "Little fatty, tell me what's going on? How did my dad get so young? If you dare to say that they went to South Korea for plastic surgery, I promise that you won't see the sun tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow it will be cloudy and there will be no sun. Sun Xiaochuan put aside Qin Chen's hand, "In the end, it's very simple, Professor Qin, in order to prove that what came out of the crack was aura, they insisted on breathing that kind of gas every day, and it became like this." ”

"I see, no wonder he looks more than twenty years younger. Qin Chen muttered thoughtfully, "No, since you don't know if the gas in the Dao is aura, you still let them suck it, why don't you dissuade it?"

"Why didn't I dissuade them, they didn't listen to me at all, and I inhaled that gas every day after the worst of the day. Sun Xiaochuan smiled bitterly.

"What? You sucked it too. Qin Chen was taken aback again.

Sun Xiaochuan picked a few pinches of hair on his forehead with his hand, "How is it, is my brother thin?"

Qin Chen hugged Sun Xiaochuan's face and pinched it again, "It seems, like, probably, maybe a little fatter." ”

Sun Xiaochuan almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of blood, and it took a long time to come to his senses: "By the way, the gambling contract." ”

"Don't worry, I will invite you to eat when this mission is over, and I will never give up until I feed you ten pounds. ”

"That's right" Qin Chen thought of what he said in the tent just now, and asked Sun Xiaochuan, "Fatty, what are you going to see?"

"Don't ask, you'll know when you go, and I'm sure you'll be surprised. The biography also started a dumb riddle.

As Sun Xiaochuan walked around, the two of them came to a tent that was slightly smaller than just now.

The tent had the farthest crack in it, at the southernmost edge of the valley, and there were very few people around. Qin Chen was pulled in again. When I went in and saw some of the equipment of the research institute here, there was only one person in it, a middle-aged uncle who wore glasses and gave people a very rigorous feeling. For this uncle, Qin Chen and Sun Xiaochuan didn't have the nervousness just now, and shouted "Uncle Strict" to say hello.

Rigorous Uncle's real name is Yan Feiyang, because he is very rigorous in archaeological research, often because of a discovery in a study that he did not understand, and checked the information all night, managed the thesis review work of everyone in the institute, as long as there was a little unclear, he would be rewritten back, and his name was not flying at all, so he was shouted by everyone "Rigorous Uncle", and even his real name was rarely remembered.

Uncle Yan looked back and nodded meticulously, "It's you, you can see it, don't touch it if you don't have anything to do." "Uncle Yan didn't even talk much, and he never said a word of nonsense.

Sun Xiaochuan leaned in with a sycophant face, "Uncle Yan, can you let us see that thing, we promise not to touch it, just take a look." ”

"Did Professor Qin and Professor Chen agree?"

"Of course we agreed, we came from them. ”

"Okay, come with me. Uncle Yan obviously knew that it was impossible for them to lie to themselves, and when they looked back, they didn't have anything to lose, so they let them see.

With this in mind, he led them both to the innermost part of the tent. There was only one object hidden with a black cloth, and Uncle Yan opened it to reveal the scene inside, which was a transparent glass box, not very large, about the size of a fish tank at home. The point is not on this, but on what's inside. Qin Chen always thought that this was fictional by those online novelists, but he didn't expect to see the real thing today.

The bottom of the glass was covered with a thick layer of soil, and a small baby in the soil had his legs inserted into it, sleeping with his eyes closed. Qin Chen saw this at first glance, but when he looked closely, it wasn't like that. He was purple all over, with human-like limbs and torso, and a few emerald green leaves on top of his head, about the size of a human palm.

Qin Chen felt a little dry in his throat, and slowly turned his head and asked Sun Xiaochuan, "Is this ginseng essence?"

Sun Xiaochuan didn't answer, but Uncle Yan replied: "This is a variety of ginseng, the scientific name is purple jade ginseng, and it is named because the whole body is purple like jade." It has long been extinct in the Central Plains, and it can only be seen in the Yellow Emperor's Neijing, but I didn't expect to find it here. It looks like a baby overall, which is the growth trend of this species of ginseng, and according to preliminary research, its age is probably between 1,000 and 1,500 years, which may be a bit imprecise, because we do not have professional equipment, and the data is for reference only. ”

"Can it run with kinetic energy?"

"Yes, although he just looks like a human, if you look closely, there is a big difference between it and the human body structure, it may not be fully grown, it has no consciousness, but it has a simple nervous system, it will seek good fortune and avoid evil, like this. ”

After saying that, he tapped his index finger on the glass wall, and the ginseng drilled into the soil and disappeared in less than a few seconds.

"I suspect it's just an instinctive reaction, because a lot of plants have this reaction, like shy grass. But it's also possible that it doesn't have enough supply of aura and can't move. Xiao Chuanfei said that he saw the purple ginseng running, but everyone didn't see it, you have seen it, and now you can go out. With that, he pushed the two of them out.

"Wait, Uncle Rigorous, let's watch for a while, and we won't lose a piece of meat. Sun Xiaochuan put his arm around Uncle Yan's shoulders and began to talk.

Taking this opportunity, Qin Chen carefully observed this purple jade ginseng, but unfortunately it had already burrowed into the soil, suddenly Qin Chen found that the soil had loosened a little, and after a closer look, the purple jade ginseng stared at himself with its chubby eyes, Qin Chen hurriedly rubbed his eyes, but when he looked at it again, the purple jade ginseng had disappeared.

Qin Chen originally wanted to tell Sun Xiaochuan and "Uncle Strict" about this matter, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it, maybe he was dazzled.

About ten minutes later, Sun Xiaochuan got the information he wanted from "Uncle Strict" and pulled Qin Chen out.

Until he got out of the tent, Qin Chen still couldn't believe it. He smashed Sun Xiaochuan: "Where did you get this thing?"

"Do you think there's anything else besides that? This one fell out of the crack. It caused a stir at the time, and it was one of the two decisive pieces of evidence that it was a secret place. Chenzi, at that time I did see it pull out its legs and try to run, but I caught it, but then it didn't move. No one believed me. You don't believe it. ”

Sun Xiaochuan didn't expect Qin Chen to believe his words, even he suspected that it was just his hallucination.

"Believe, of course I believe, we have dreamed of cultivating immortals since we were children, and this may be our only chance. We have to grasp that, besides, I saw it just now, and he was looking at me, even if it was only for a moment. ”

"What, you saw it too. Sun Xiaochuan pressed Qin Chen's shoulder with his broad palm, "It turned out to be true, not an illusion, you don't know what to say, I've been driven crazy by this purple jade ginseng these days, it's not an illusion, it's not good." ”

"Don't worry, don't forget that accident, immortal cultivators definitely exist. We're going to get revenge. Qin Chen finished saying this sentence with a smile, but it gave people a feeling of flying snow in June.

"Yes, I haven't forgotten them all the time. Sun Xiaochuan clenched his hands into fists, and his joints creaked.

Every teenager has a Monkey King dream in their hearts, but as they get older, they will believe that it is just a story, just like Santa Claus does to Western children.

But Qin Chen and Sun Xiaochuan grew up under the influence of Qin Lao. They firmly believe that cultivating immortals exists, and as they grow older, not only do they not disappear, but they grow and flourish.

Now that this opportunity is in front of them, you can imagine how excited they are. They will not let go of this opportunity.

Only when they are strong can they fulfill their original vows.