Jinlan Wu and others looked at each other in astonishment.
Yuxia Li let out a quiet groan, and his hand was slightly delayed.
After all, old Gong is absolutely unwilling to admit defeat verbally, he must find some face.
The plan to capture Ji Kui alive fell apart halfway, and we had to return on the same path.
There are still signals inside the ancient Qiang City, so the signal on this mountain becomes zero. Fortunately, Qiu Ji used a satellite phone, he first contacted the family and explained the situation here, and then did not take us back but continued to walk in the direction of a certain direction.
We are going down the mountain. And in the complete opposite direction of going to ancient Qiang City. It is to enter the continuous mountains ahead.
Throughout the journey, Qiu Ji remained silent, but his lips kept moving slightly, indicating that he was calculating something.
"A bit more backbone." Lao Gong hummed, but no one paid attention to him. He looked very bored, so he stopped walking and put his hands and feet together, becoming a ghostly head on Li Ziyu's shoulder. The voice was long and melodious, humming with a carnal tone.
Li Ziyu looked particularly uncomfortable, turned his head and looked at Lao Gong for a moment.
Lao Gong laughed, showing a row of big yellow teeth, and said, "What's wrong, young Liu? Lao Gong's tune is good, isn't it? I'll take you to learn the Tao when we get back. Listen to me, there's no fun in just practicing kung fu head down. You should know that there are countless paths in the world, whether it's footwork or techniques, hoh, those are the real taste. You work hard every day just to inherit a barren temple and live with a group of barren men? The descendants aren't just for carrying on the family line, you understand? You should light it up a bit from time to time. Zzz, that's the real taste."
I felt a bit embarrassed on my face.
Old Gong's words are more and more exaggerated.
Li Ziyu clearly didn't understand much, and he was really deep in thought.
Wu Jinluan and the others seemed to be unaffected by the situation, but in fact, some gentlemen were holding back laughter.
So, the whole journey was not very boring.
By the time daylight approached, we had descended from that mountain and climbed onto another one.
Besides the entrance of the ancient Qiang City, there is no mountain. The number and density of mountains outside the entire city are too large.
It was not until the sun reached its third mark in the sky, and Lao Gong was forced to leave, that we climbed onto the third mountain.
The terrain of the mountains here is not too high, and some low shrubs and clusters of trees have begun to appear.
Because we left in a hurry, we didn't prepare in advance, and no one had brought any food. Qiu Ji, however, was not worried about this. He seemed to be very familiar with this place, pointing out Li Ziyu and easily catching a few wild rabbits from the shrubbery.
The group rested in place, roasted the rabbit meat, and then continued on their journey.
Lao Gong's words were quite effective, and it was clear that Qiu Ji was truly scared, unwilling to waste any time. Otherwise, we could have returned to the city to prepare, which would have taken at most half a day.
From dawn till dusk, we finally stopped at the foot entrance of the fifth mountain.
This is like a clear boundary line, with sparse vegetation on the mountains of the path ahead, and this mountain starts with emerald green and lush, looking luxuriant under the moonlight, full of vitality!
"We're still walking," Lao Gong stuck his head out, shook his head.
"This mountain is suppressed by a fierce corpse, the growth direction of all the trees in this mountain has been changed by the Coffin Shadow Mountain Observation Technique, you must follow me closely and never get off track, if you get off track, no matter how you go, you can't get out of the mountain, even walk to the tomb of the corpse." Qiu Ji looked particularly serious.
"Suppressed someone else and used that person to watch over the gate of your important place?" Lao Gong bared his teeth: "During the Demolition of the Four Olds, it seems you managed to evade it."
"I can complete all the paths, reach the periphery of the important place, and then go in. My abilities won't be enough inside." Qiu Ji didn't pay attention to Lao Gong, finished speaking and continued to lead us.
Lao Gong began to make some comments at first, but after climbing up the mountain again, as if he had discovered the danger here, he didn't make any noise.
I could faintly sense many eyes in the shadows, watching us.
It's definitely not humans, ghosts, or corpses.
The gaze of ghosts is usually hollow, making people's hair stand on end, while the corpse is cold and oppressive.
Ghostly creatures?
That's right, the big Fengshui site in Yunduoshan was full of all kinds of ghostly creatures. Before entering the tomb, there were ghosts guarding the riverbank.
The path Qiu Ji was taking was extremely strange. It was clearly a dead end in our line of sight, with a huge indentation that looked like the mountain had been cut open. Proceeding ahead would surely be fatal! Yet he managed to walk right through it, disappearing in an instant.
As a native of the ancient Qiang City, Li Ziyu was hesitant. However, Wu Jinluan was resolute and walked directly ahead.
When I also stepped on that step, I discovered that I had not fallen into the mountain crack. What lay before my eyes was another place.
There are at least six or seven such paths on this mountain. People do not become numb; instead, they only feel more dangerous.
Not all dangerous paths are twists and turns. There are some places that look particularly dangerous, but in fact, they are incredibly dangerous. When Qiu Ji walked through them, he had goosebumps on his face. He led us away from those dangerous paths.
I happened to see an Old woman.
A sheep face, a pig body, and eyes that were as lively and cunning as a human's.
Indeed, I was right!
Such ghostly creatures have only been seen in Wu Zhongkuan's village.
Even thunder is hard to kill them...
It's not just the Old woman. There are also some thick trees where half a face is slightly revealed, looking like human faces, especially feminine and particularly alluring. Their laughter is like a silver bell, very melodious.
How could there be lovely women in such a remote place?
Even Lao Gong was not deceived. He muttered, "Trying to fool Lao Gong? Too young. The foxes of Iron Monastery Mountain were quite a shock to me, what kind of peculiar things are these."
We walked up the first mountain all night, only to finally descent at midnight.
Qiu Ji was still calm, but Wu Jinluan and the other scholars were as if they had gone into shock, all of them covered in white sweat, and their skin felt like goose bumps.
"Do you like to use ghosts?" I asked.
"No, our teacher's lineage does not engage in such things. Pure Yang Hall would never do so," Qiu Ji denied categorically.
"But don't lie, or you'll lose your tongue," Lao Gong hummed and then said, "I'm not unfamiliar with people who use the Coffin Shadow Mountain Observation Technique. Those ghosts are so obedient, it's like raising your own dog. This mountain is full of ghostly creatures guarding it, and you can't deny it now?"
Qiu Ji's face changed slightly.
"Absolutely not possible," Qiu Ji said. "The reason why there are ghosts here is because of the corpse that was suppressed, that was a terrifying person. He enjoyed raising ghosts as a hobby in his life and brought mischief to this place. In the end, he was captured by Pure Yang Hall and our teacher together, buried here and suppressed, those ghosts are all with him."
"Then you have had a traitor?" Lao Gong's persistence.
"It's not possible... I don't believe your interpretation of the Coffin Shadow Mountain Observation Technique built tombs as a Fengshui layout set up by a generation of teachers. We Qiang people's ancestral lineage would never betray each other..." Qiu Ji shook his head, his brows furrowed, lost in thought.
