Chapter 104: The small letter for help on the beam
It was dawn the next day, and the four of them walked slowly and climbed on the rugged mountain road.
The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, but it was not difficult for the four of them. What's more, Liu Shiba and Li Ergou had martial arts background. The old man was familiar with the roads, which made him feel even more relaxed.
As the group of people gradually went deeper, the surrounding fog became thicker and thicker. The visibility was about a hundred meters, and the scene beyond a hundred meters was a bit hazy.
After four or five hours, a few people struggled to climb a small mountain peak of 400 to 500 meters. There was a lush jungle around it, and some dangers might be hidden under the jungle.
But Liu Shiba and Li Ergou, a couple who are both talented and bold, were not afraid at all. Instead, they were somewhat curious and excited.
The old man also looked calm, but he was out of breath after a few hours' journey, and his forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat.
"Let's just rest here for a while. It's already noon. Let's have something to eat before we leave."
The old man took a breath and suggested.
Liu Shiba readily agreed, while Li Ergou and Cuihua quickly took out some water and food, placed them on a slightly flat rock, and invited the old man to join them...
Standing alone on the top of the mountain, Liu Shiba looked at the scenery in the distance. Under the sunlight, the dense fog dispersed a lot, and the originally vague outlines of the mountains in the distance were revealed.
The low mountains are covered with a layer of light green vegetation, and some birds are hovering in the sky, making loud calls...
The cold winter is finally over, and early spring is coming to the earth...
After resting for about half an hour, a few people continued on the road. This was still at the very edge of Walnut Valley, and their goal was to go into the deepest part.
Walnut Valley is shrouded in heavy fog all year round, especially the deepest parts, so it is basically impossible for ordinary people to reach the deepest parts without the help of tools.
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When it got dark, Liu Shiba and the others finally followed the old man to a small, dilapidated mountain village.
This is an inaccessible village, with a few low and dilapidated thatched houses and adobe houses scattered here and there, most of which have long since collapsed.
Withered and yellow weeds grew in the gaps between the adobe brick walls, and the whole village was full of indescribable desolation and death.
Liu Shiba stood indifferently at the entrance of the village, looking at this dilapidated village. Apart from being low and shabby and overgrown with weeds, there was no trace of life.
But in the village, some paper money was scattered everywhere, and some dilapidated houses had white cloth strips swaying in the wind.
That's the soul-calling flag...
Faintly, following the sound of the wind, Liu Shiba looked at the entire village through the darkness of the new cage, and could see a few rats and weasels.
With the demise of the village, will even the rats starve to death?
Inexplicably, a gust of cold wind blew by, and a few people thought they could hear the sobbing and crying in the village.
Everyone felt that an inexplicable sense of desolation rose in their hearts.
"It's very desolate, isn't it? There used to be nearly a hundred households in this Walnut Valley. They were so busy that they all disappeared overnight."
Unable to bear it, the old man sighed, his deeply sunken eyes full of wrinkles revealing a trace of sadness and vicissitudes of life.
"Du Muren, there is nothing we can do if we become a little miserable."
Li Ergou gritted his teeth and muttered.
The four of them sighed, and still under the leadership of the old man, the group cautiously walked into the dilapidated village.
Entering the village, the desolate scene became even more obvious. The roads were muddy and the surrounding area was decadent. It was no different from an abandoned town.
Occasionally I see weasels, and I either avoid them subconsciously, or stare at them in panic, as if I'm looking at some scary monster.
Come to think of it, these evil beasts haven’t seen human form for a long time...
"None of the mice here have seen anyone?"
Quietly, Cuihua said to Li Ergou.
Li Ergou nodded subconsciously, extremely calm!
"This place has been in ruins for decades. Occasionally, some distant relatives from this village come over to burn paper money and pay homage."
The old man sighed in a low voice.
"Little Master, what should we do?"
Li Ergou turned to glare at Liu Shiba and asked.
With a trace of sadness in his heart, Liu Shiba remained silent for a long time, then turned around and said:
"Wait a minute, let me think about it!"
Hearing this, Li Ergou silently took his wife Cuihua and slowly moved around the village to look for him.
"Hangsheng, it's getting dark soon. You'll know it at a glance. Let's go back early. It's dark here at night and people will seep in quickly."
The old man said hesitantly.
"Well! By the way, sir, which one is Kong Zhuowen's old residence? How about taking me to see it?"
Liu Shiba nodded calmly and said again.
The old man nodded when he heard this, and led Liu Shiba away dozens of meters, arriving at a dilapidated earth house with almost no visible shape.
Looking at the ruined house in front of him, Liu Shiba wandered around casually for a while, and finally stopped in front of a half-collapsed earth wall...
Liu Shiba looked around, with a flash of shock in his eyes. He slowly squatted down and pulled out an almost rotting beam from under the earthen wall.
At the end of the beam, there are two dark green boys: Help me...
Under these two boys, there are several smaller words: Second among the Eight Gates...
Looking at these boys, Liu Shiba's eyes were filled with dullness. He slowly stood up and looked around in fear.
In the past, these words would not have caused any reaction from Liu Shiba.
But since integrating the white gold-touching order in the underground tomb, he has learned a lot of things that he didn't know before, such as the five elements, three families, and the eight outer elements.
The meaning of Ba Men Er is very simple. You can think of it as: the second-ranked descendant among the Outer Eight Elements, Gu Men...
Among the eight outer elements, the most terrifying ones are the descendants of the Gu sect...
There are many kinds of magic techniques in the Gu sect, and all of them are filled with evil spirits. For example, the corpse-expelling Gu technique is the most famous evil technique among them.
Could it be?
Is this Kong Zhuowen of the Kong family a descendant of the Gu sect?
But now he is in a dark prison and needs someone to rescue him?
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Liu Shiba's eyes were heavy, he sighed, and called back Li Ergou and his wife and the old man who was leading the way.
"Uncle Ergou, Aunt Cuihua, you go back with this uncle and stay at his house for a few days.
If I don’t come back in one month, you will go back to Liujiatun on your own."
Liu Shiba commanded calmly.
"Then...how can it be wrong? Why didn't my father break my legs when he got back?"
Li Ergou shrank his neck.
Cuihua also nodded her head casually.
The old man looked at Liu Shiba deeply, with a hint of shock in his eyes!
"Do you listen to me or do you listen to me? I have something big to do, go ahead and leave my backpack."
Liu Shiba waved his hand without any doubt.
Li Ergou and his wife looked at each other and nodded seriously. Li Ergou gently placed Liu Shiba's backpack on the ground.
Liu Shiba took out tens of thousands of cash from his backpack and handed it to Li Ergou and his wife.
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Looking at Li Ergou, his wife and the old man who turned back three times and disappeared far away at the end of the mountain road, Liu Shiba's mouth showed a hint of ferocity.
"Dark prison?"
Liu Shiba muttered, turned around, opened his backpack and took inventory of the contents.
Inside the backpack, there are still things prepared for escaping from Xuchang, including:
"A 200-meter-long climbing rope, a safety lock, and a mountaineering pickaxe,
Two hand-cranked flashlights, a manganese steel machete, and a helmet-mounted mining lamp.
Two sets of canvas camouflage uniforms, a pair of waterproof high leather boots, a bottle of mosquito repellent, five bottles of canned beef, and 50,000 in cash.”
Liu Shiba packed the supplies lightly on his back, turned on his flashlight, and climbed slowly towards the highest hill next to the village in the dark...
