Chapter 7 The Storm is Coming

Looking at the increasingly dark sky in the distance, the dark clouds were rapidly condensing, and soon they became as black as ink.

"Fuck, this damn weather. Hulai scolded. As if in response, a gust of wind blew, making him shiver.

Looking at Hu Bats, who were standing not far away holding a map and frowning, Hu Lai said in his heart: "Could it be that my cousin was kicked in the head by a donkey, when did he even believe in this trick of deceiving children, how can those immortals, ghosts and gods exist?"

But now, although he thought so in his heart, as soon as he thought of the various rumors about haunting in the Bear Demon Ridge over the years, he suddenly beat a small drum in his heart, especially when he thought of the empty Bear Demon Village last night, he felt a chill in his heart for no reason.

However, he is no longer surprised by Hu Baat's various performances in the past two years, many times he has been used as a gun by Hu Bats, and he is naturally full of complaints, but most of them only think about it in his heart, and he doesn't dare to show it.

In his impression, Hu Bat in the past was a person with a strong enterprising spirit, as the eldest son of the Hu family, his cousin can be regarded as the pride of the Hu family, and it is impossible for him to mix with a scoundrel like him who works in Qingfeng Town all day long.

However, there was one thing that made him feel extremely strange, since the haunted incident of Xiong Demon Ridge two years ago, he felt more and more that his cousin seemed to have been stimulated by something, and he was particularly interested in some things such as immortals, ghosts, and immortal medicines, and other things were all left behind by him, and he was almost like two people before.

In the past two years, he has been running errands for Hu Bats, and what Hu Bat asked him to do is nothing more than wandering the streets and alleys, restaurants, teahouses, and brothels all day long, and it is no wonder that this is his old job. Anyway, he can't do anything else, in the eyes of his family, he has always been a stubborn who has more than enough success and more than failure, let him do his old job, he is also handy, and he is naturally happy to do so.

But what made him depressed was what Hu Bat asked him to do in passing, that is, to inquire about all kinds of things about immortals by any means, even some nonsense that the drunkards on the street said when they were drunk.

As for the origin of the map in Hu Ba's hand, he was also extremely clear.

"I also believe the nonsense of a bad old man who sets up a stall on the street, and I really don't understand why the family takes him so seriously. β€œ

As soon as he thought of the tone in which Hu Bat spoke to him, it was like ordering a lowly servant, and his whole body was as uncomfortable as if he had thorns, but he was also a member of the Hu family, and the Hu family in Qingfeng Town could be regarded as covering the sky with one hand.

"If there are any immortal caves in this hellish place, then maybe there are gold mines under my feet now..."

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After a while, the wind blew stronger and stronger, and the black clouds in the distance were like a big hand covering the sky and the sun, and they quickly poked towards this side.

At this moment, a strange birdsong faintly came from afar, and the sound was so familiar that the hairs on his body stood on end.

It was the cry of the strange bird that appeared in the Bear Demon Village last night, like a baby crying. Although he didn't believe in any gods and ghosts in this place now, he didn't want to stay here for a moment.

"But now, we have to find a place to shelter from the rain!" As he thought of this, the voice of a bearded bat sounded in his ears.

"It looks like it's going to rain in a while, this map shows that there seems to be a cave not far from here, let's go there to take shelter from the rain for the time being, and when the rain stops or is light, let's go down the mountain!"

"Downhill, aren't you looking for it?" Hu Lai suddenly rejoiced when he heard this, but he asked with a puzzled look on the surface. But I don't know that what he said didn't match his original performance.

Hu Ba's face was not very good, he had been busy for most of the day, there were no clues at all, and seeing that it was going to rain again, which made his originally enthusiastic heart cool down instantly.

Ever since the Haunting of Bear Demon Ridge ended two years ago, he had learned that there were some hidden and unknown things in this world, and as Hulai thought, he was a person with a strong enterprising spirit, even a little paranoid. He is unwilling to be an ordinary person for the rest of his life, busy like an ant for a lifetime, and then old age and die.

After hearing Hu Lai's clueless question, a layer of frost suddenly appeared on his face, and he turned his head to Hu Lai and scolded fiercely: "You don't deserve to be a living scumbag, and you are also worthy of the surname Hu..."

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An unbearable word came clearly into Hulai's ears.

Seeing the torrential rain pouring down, perhaps only this life that struggled out of the cracks in the stone was willing to accept this heavy baptism. Qin Yu still staggered behind the three of them, but how to pretend to be exhausted really made him think about it. Ever since he swallowed the pebble, he couldn't feel the coldness of the pebble in his hands, but when he felt the slightest discomfort in his body, he could always feel a cold wind spread from his chest to his body, and then all the discomfort dissipated. This reassured him, and he was really worried that one of them would accidentally digest the pebbles.

Several people followed behind Hu Baat and searched for the cave marked on the map in his hand.

"Strange, according to the map marking, the cave should be here," Bearded Bat looked around, frowning.

"Abata, is the map reliable?" asked Ximenqu, barely talking along the way. Although his face was always expressionless, if you looked closely, you could see from his eyes that he had become preoccupied at the moment, and it became more and more revealing as time passed.

"I don't know, but you also know that I came to this Bear Demon Ridge two years ago, and I am very familiar with the terrain of this mountain, I have carefully looked at the markings on the map, some of them are familiar to me, and the marks will not be wrong, and there are many caves in the Bear Demon Ridge, all of which are temporary residences dug by hunters in the past. β€œ

Unlike his attitude towards Hu Lai, Ximen Qu's question Hu Bat will always answer seriously.

Then I heard him clear his throat a little and shout: "The cave should be nearby, everyone look around, keep more snacks, otherwise it will rain heavily later, and you will have to take shelter under this tree." β€œ

The remark was clearly a warning, apparently addressed to Hulay. After speaking, he pointed to the surrounding trees, which were very different from other places in the Bear Demon Ridge, the vegetation here was extremely lush, and the towering ancient trees seemed to have stood here since ancient times, and the dark green vines were like giant snakes entrenched on the trunks.

The further I went, the more stones there were under my feet, and the more difficult the road became. Strange to the beard, the stones were not very different in size, and they were all loosely paved on the road ahead, as if they had been laid by humans not long ago, which seemed to have not been seen anywhere else.

"It's good that it's daytime, and if it's night, it's bad," he thought to himself.

Walking through this strange mountain range, the wind is getting stronger and the fog is getting thicker. Qin Yu didn't notice anything, and he couldn't care about so many things.

At this moment, a cliff suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, blocking everyone's way.

Hu Bat picked up the map in his hand again, his face became even more ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "No, this map does not indicate that there will be a cliff here, are we going in the wrong direction." β€œ

At that moment, the wind suddenly became more violent.

"Bat, I always felt that something was wrong. β€œ

"Well, I feel that way, but I can't say why. β€œ

"Haven't you found it yet?"

"What did you find?" Hu Bat stopped and turned around to look at Ximenqu's face seriously, and asked in a heavy tone.

"The wind is getting stronger and stronger, but why the fog is getting thicker and thicker is not logical, and the ancient trees around here are a little strange. β€œ

At this moment, only Hulai's frightened words were heard.

"What's that," Hulay said, raising his hand and pointing to a dead tree not far ahead, "a bird." β€œ

The crowd looked in the direction of Hulai's finger and saw a scrawny, strange-looking bird standing on top of a dead tree, staring at them coldly.

"This damn bird can't be the strange bird from before!" As if in response to Hulai's words, the strange bird really called out again, this voice is very familiar to everyone, as Hulai said, it is the strange bird that called like a baby crying before, but in broad daylight, the atmosphere is less terrifying, but a little more weird.

"You say there's something strange about the trees here?" Bearded Bat didn't pay much attention to the strange bird, but looked around, as if to confirm Simon Qu's doubts, but he didn't see anything wrong with the trees.

"You see, this black cloud is moving rapidly in our direction, but the wind is blowing in the opposite direction, which is also unreasonable. Simon replied in a deep voice.

"Maybe it's because of the special terrain here, why are you making all the fuss? Hulai interjected, but the look of fear in his eyes betrayed him.

Qin Yu also glanced up at the direction where the seeping birdsong came from, at this time he had been completely ignored by the other three, only to see a bird the size of a house goose standing on a dead tree staring at everyone, looking extremely weird, in addition to being skinny, this strange bird is composed of messy black and white feathers all over its body, but the most strange thing is that the eye on the left side of this strange bird is actually closed, and the other eye is generally black and white with the feathers of the whole body, but the pupil of this eye is white, and most of the other areas are black。

In his mind, perhaps the bird's left eye must have been blind, but the next rebirth overturned his conclusion, and the strange bird's originally closed left eye suddenly opened at this time. Just as he felt strange, a coldness came from his chest, but this time it was something he didn't expect, and it came very strongly. After pondering for most of the day, Qin Yu also figured out some characteristics of the pebble that he swallowed in his stomach, whenever he felt tired and hungry, there was always a faint coldness brushing through his body, which also made him predict in advance when the cold would hit.

"No, my body didn't feel any tiredness or hunger, why was there such a strong coldness coming from my body. Just thinking of this, he saw a terrifying scene, the strange bird's suddenly opened left eye turned scarlet at this moment, wisps of black gas turned scarlet at the moment that left eye turned scarlet, a swarm of bees came out from behind the strange bird, and the creepy cry also became sharper and more frequent at this time, making Qin Yu suddenly have goosebumps.

After a while, the black qi in the air gathered more and more, and with the change of the strange bird's call, it instantly surged towards several people. Seeing this, Qin Yu's heart suddenly tensed as if it was clockwork, "This is definitely not a good thing," he thought to himself. But what made him feel strange was that the other three didn't seem to notice anything, and still walked in the direction of the cliff on their own, looking around, as if looking for something, "Is he the only one who saw the scene in front of him!" He felt that things were getting more and more weird.

I saw that after the black gas instantly flooded everyone, it immediately dispersed, hovering around everyone like a ghost, as if hesitating, as if waiting for something.

"No, ghost," he thought of this, and an even stronger chill spread from his chest to his body, making him shiver deeply, and his head seemed to be washed with ice water. It's just that after this feeling disappeared, the world in front of him has changed into a different appearance, except for the strange bird not far away, still standing on the inconspicuous dead wood and staring indifferently at everyone, everything in front of him has changed, where there are cliffs, where there are ancient trees, even the stones under his feet, the wild flowers and grasses around him have become another appearance, a look he never dreamed of.