"Harder! 1, 2, 3!" I heard the voice of the two fat men, they were rescuing me.

I kicked away the Zongmu zombie that was grabbing my ankles. I lost the resistance brought by the zombie, and Erpang and the others immediately pulled me back to the ground.

A few of us fell down in the grass and got up in confusion. I asked them in confusion: "Why are you here?"

"Nonsense, if we weren't here, you would be gone just now. Damn, we had already found Green Forest, but when we got back, your beautiful aunt said you should go to Yingpan Mountain Road.

I've been coming to find you without stopping! Do you think you could calm down a bit?" Er Fatty scolded me angrily.

Although I was reluctant, what Er Fatty said was not wrong, and they even came specially to save me, so I had no choice but to listen to Er Fatty's scoldings in one ear and out the other.

In the end, it seemed that I had no intention of listening to his chatter, so Erpang simply sat alone on the stone pier next to him and sulked.

Seeing him like that, I couldn't bear it and was about to persuade him, but Liu Sa stopped me: "Don't worry, he is also worried about you. After knowing that you went to Yingpan Mountain by yourself, the guy became anxious at that time.

Let’s not talk about that first, just stretch out your hand and take a look.”

I didn't know why, so I stretched out my hand with only black scars. Because the side effects of Yanwei Gu had taken effect before, my left hand with black scars became bloody. I was afraid of scaring others, so I kept a bandage on my hand all the way.

Now that I suddenly took off the bandage, I was afraid to see what my hand would look like.

But after all the bandages were removed, a scene that surprised me appeared.

My hand is still intact. The only difference is that there is a very shallow suture next to the black scar. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it at all.

"This is?" I suddenly remembered that I seemed drunk yesterday, and when I was half asleep, I saw Aunt Qian coming out of the back room with a knife.

I thought it was just a nightmare, but I didn't expect it to actually happen.

I immediately woke up and remembered what my fifth uncle reminded me to be careful about Tuoba Qian: "What did she do to me?!"

When Liu Sa saw this, he raised his hand and pinched my cheek: "Hey, hey, hey, don't make such an expression. Do you think you are Tang Monk? Everyone wants to harm you."

I've just traded my life for yours."

"What's the meaning?"

Liu Sa took out her mobile phone, flipped through it for a long time, and found a photo: "This was sent by my brother. Originally, I was worried about whether you had been tampered with.

did not expect.

This is a secret technique passed down from the ancestors of the Qiang people, and I don't understand the specific principle. In short, the performer will bury something in your body and the performer's body at the same time.

No matter how far apart we are, she will share your pain, which will not only allow your Yanwei Gu to be relieved for a longer period of time, but also reduce your pain by half when the Yanwei Gu attacks.

However, this is a very dangerous thing for the caster. If you are not careful, the caster may die before you."

I looked at the stitching marks on the back of my hand and felt mixed emotions in my heart. I was touched because although it was the first time I met that Aunt Qian, she actually risked her life to save me. I also felt guilty because I doubted her.

Beyond that, it's more about pressure and motivation.

Originally, I looked at this trip to get rid of the poison with an indifferent attitude, but before, Shang Qingyun was unconscious, and now there is Aunt Qian who is willing to risk her own life to help me relieve my pain.

Now it seems that I am destined to take this trip.

We packed our bags on the spot, and now I have been able to determine the general information about the former residence of the ancient Shu people in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River: "Senior, the living corpses that just besieged me below are the real Zongmu people. But they are all because of the day after tomorrow.

The reason why this happened, I guess it has something to do with Yanwei Gu.

At the same time, I suspect that Yanwei Gu may involve not only the ancient Shu people, but also the Ba people. It may even be related to the origin of the leader of the Osi Kingdom."

"Then what do we plan?"

"You just said you found a way out?"

"Yes, it's the spring that the storyteller mentioned. We went to find that one. And we also found a small road near the spring. It should be the shortcut to Luang Bo Mountain that the storyteller mentioned."

I almost forgot about it.

"That's just right, Luo Shu is here with me."

Following the lead of Liu Sa and others, we found a very remote mountain col near Qiang Village, where a water pool was built with stone bricks.

This pool looks very magical. It only flows out fresh water, but I have never seen anything connected to this pool.

Could it be said that this spring can produce its own water?

However, I think it is more likely that this spring is connected to an underground river, so there will be a continuous supply of water.

I didn't have time to think too much, so I just soaked the turtle shell Luoshu wrapped in silk into the water.

The result was exactly as mentioned before, a complete map suddenly appeared on the originally empty silk.

But what makes me more confused is that this ancient map does not correspond to the modern place names. The only basis for us to trace the origin is the Minjiang River, which runs through Bashu and Shu.

However, precisely because of the Minjiang River as a reference, we can find the nearest shortcut from the changed landscape.

According to the directions on the map, we saved the time of climbing Longbo Mountain and passed directly through the stone chamber dug by the ancient Shu people inside Longbo Mountain.

This place is almost identical to the Yingpanshan ruins, both with sarcophagi and traces of human life.

This shows that we are heading north along the route of the ancient Shu people who migrated south.

But as I passed through similar ruins more and more times, I discovered a clue that I don’t know if it could be called a coincidence.

That is, the people buried in all the sarcophagi are Zongmu people, but according to the actual situation, the Zongmu people are only part of the ancestors of the Shushan clan.

It stands to reason that those who followed the Shushan clan to move south should not all be Zongmu people. There would also be normal-looking ancient Shu talents.

Not only that, the human corpses we encountered were all male, with no children or women.

So where did the children and women who migrated south go?

I feel more and more that the mystery of Bashu is not just as simple as Yanwei Gu.

When we left Long Bo Mountain and arrived at Songxi Ancient City, we could finally take a breather.

Now we only need to walk through a few lakes, also known as Haizi by the locals, to reach Jiuzhaigou.

However, although it is clear that the Shushan clan's southward migration is within the territory of Jiuzhaigou, the scope is still not small.

We are unable to determine the exact location of the ancient residence of the Shushan clan.

"How about we split up and look for it?" We brainstormed around the soaked map.

"I'm not worried about others, I'm just afraid that if we separate, someone's head will really separate from the body." After the second fat man said this, the three of them all looked at me.

I said: "Do I like to seek death so much?"

"What do you think?" they said in unison.

"If you ask me, I'd better look for clues." Liu Sa thought for a long time and suddenly said, "By the way, is there any breakthrough in the legend about Jiuzhaigou?"

"The most famous legend of Jiuzhaigou should be the legend of 108 Haizi." Er Pang told us about the legend of Jiuzhaigou in general.

During the Hebo marriage incident, the storyteller once told me a completely different version of the Haizi legend.

I also recited this version to three of them.

But other than the story of the split sea eye, we didn't think of any useful clues.

Suddenly, Ah Hui next to him suddenly asked: "Why are they moving?"

This question confused us all.

Why did the ancient Shu people move?

Is it because of disagreements? Is it because of the flood?

It's possible, but in the final analysis, it's because of looking at people's faces.

The tomb guard was also a Zongmu person, and the sarcophagi at the site were all filled with Zongmu people.

Looking at it this way, it is very likely that those who moved south were the Zongmu Shu people who were excluded because of their strange appearance.

Ultimately, why did they mutate?

Could it be——

"I know!" I suddenly realized.

The other three people were startled by me and asked me: "What do you know again?"

"I know why those Zongmu people can't return to their hometown." I said, "There is something hidden in the Palace of King Yu under the water of the Minjiang River. It will cause mutations in the human body structure. But at the same time, it will also bring some benefits to the mutated people.

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But this thing went against their beliefs, so Cancong decided to send this thing back to their hometown.

And this thing is Yanwei Gu.

It's probably related to a tree."

"so what?"

"Think about it, when I was infected with Yanwei Gu, I was in the country of Osi. What was there?"

"What's there? Human moths? Insect-killing insects? And...trees?" Liu Sa opened her hands and counted them.

"Yes! It's a tree! When we were at the Cancong Tomb, I saw them worshiping a towering tree. There was a tree in the country of Osi, and there was also a tree in the ancient residence of the Shushan clan. They were all worshiping the tree.

Yanwei Gu has the ability to be immortal, but this ability is related to the "tree" they worship.

Therefore, all the ancient Shu people who obtained Yanwei Gu were expelled.
To be continued...