"Okay." Xiaohua almost gritted her teeth and came out with such a voice. He tried his best to satisfy the old man's unreasonable request. After all, he was old and often made dead money. This suddenly made him earn a lot of money.
You may not be used to living money, so you have to get used to it.
So, Xiaohua took out five taels of silver from her pocket, handed it to the old man, and asked: "Uncle, do you make a living by salvaging corpses?"
"Yes." The uncle nodded and just said one word. He cherished words like gold.
Xiao Hua's expression was not very good. He suppressed his anger and adhered to the fine traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for the young. He did not take action. "Then are there corpses here every day?"
"Yes." The old man still said one word, and he still had an indifferent look.
Xiaohua was silent now. He felt that he seemed to be at a disadvantage if he kept asking like this. So, he pondered for a while before asking: "Why are there so many corpses here?"
After asking this question, Xiaohua couldn't help but admire her own IQ. Oh my God, she was so talented. The old man shouldn't be able to explain this question with just one word.
As he was thinking this, he heard the old man say: "No way."
"Huh?" Xiaohua blinked and picked her ears in disbelief. Sure enough, this time it wasn't one word, but it was two words! This old guy actually omitted all the words he knew.
Xiaohua was a little autistic, thinking that he might not be able to find out anything if he asked again. Just when he was about to give up and ask for the remaining two taels of silver, something else floated over on the river.
It was a dead body again, and Xiao Hua’s eyes were so sharp that he could see it clearly at a glance.
The old man also saw it, and subconsciously wanted to row a boat to stop it. Xiaohua had quick eyes and took his hand directly, and then quickly asked a question: "Where is the source of this river?"
The old man pulled his arm, but it didn't move at all. Helpless, he had no choice but to watch the dead thing float away and replied: "Holy Mountain."
"Holy Mountain?" As soon as the word "Holy Mountain?" was spoken, everyone exclaimed. If they followed what the old man said, then it would be no problem for them to continue walking along the river. However, Xiaohua still felt
There is a mystery, that is, where these corpses come from.
When the old man saw that Xiaohua had been silent for a long time, he asked, "Are you going to stop asking? If you don't ask the old man, I will leave first."
Xiaohua still didn't answer, still immersed in thinking. Seeing this, the old man raised his legs and walked away, getting on the boat in a few steps.
Wu Zheng, who was lying hungry on the side, saw that the old man was about to run away. He became anxious and asked the last question he was most concerned about: "Where can I eat here?"
However, the old man didn't even look back. He held the boat and gradually moved away. Looking at the gradually shrinking figure, Wu Zheng's stomach began to growl again.
After noon, the sun gradually began to tilt. Xiaohua made up her mind and looked upstream of the river, saying: "I think that since the old man can row on this river, it means that this river is safe. How about,
Let’s just follow the river.”
After he finished speaking, Wu Zheng continued: "I think we should find something to eat first.
.”
However, no one paid any attention to Wu Zheng. Only Mo Qing patted him on the shoulder, then pointed at the dead body that was fished out and said, "Brother, if you are really hungry, you might as well consider that."
The next road seemed much easier. The bearded man was walking leisurely, walking in front, and humming a tune from time to time. It felt like he was traveling around mountains and rivers to pay attention to nature. Well, this guy didn't even think about this paragraph.
The journey was regarded as a tourist trip. When he arrived at the Holy Mountain, I wonder if he would buy some souvenirs or something?
Luochen still maintains his unique aloofness, which in other words can be said to be melancholy. Although Luochen has been talking more recently, he still maintains his cute image most of the time. Occasionally, he asks questions.
Some of his sentences seemed to be out of ideas.
The ones who have changed the most are Xiaohua and Luo Li. The two of them, for some reason, always feel very distant. Most of the time, whenever Xiao Hua opens her mouth, Luo Li can't help but say something sarcastic. This makes
Everyone was a little confused and remained suspicious of the subtle relationship between the two people.
Until one day, Wu Zheng woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. Since he couldn't eat, he could only drink water from the river, so he often got up at night. But this time when he peeed, he saw a different scene.
It was a secluded night, and the moonlight was as bright as water, shining on the ground like a wedding dress. Wu Zheng walked sleepily to a big tree, and then skillfully started to pour water.
Just as he was scratching his belly in boredom, he suddenly saw two people sitting next to the river. Wu Zheng was no longer the novice he was before. At least he knew that the most important thing he should do at this moment was to stay calm.
.Don’t talk, and try not to make any noise.
Afterwards, Wu Zheng quietly turned around and went back to look for Xiaohua. At this time, Xiaohua was always the most reliable scammer.
Ever since, when Wu Zheng turned around and went back, he found that Xiaohua had disappeared inexplicably. "Damn." Wu Zheng cursed in a low voice, and then started to look for Luochen.
Luochen didn't sleep deeply. As soon as he heard the sound of Wu Zheng approaching, he opened his eyes and woke up. This was good, it saved Wu Zheng from having to talk. Wu Zheng said: "I saw two people by the river.
There is a strange figure, and the little flower is also missing."
"Oh." Luochen responded, his face still looking calm.
"Oh? It's over?" Wu Zheng sighed, "Shouldn't you show a surprised expression and then exclaim?"
"That's an ordinary person." Luochen's words were still so cold, but the implication was that he was not ordinary.
Well, Wu Zheng was completely impressed. He spread his hands and asked, "Aren't you going to take a look?"
"There's nothing interesting to see. Xiaohua and Luo Li have been like this for several days." Luochen said calmly that everything was the same, and then lay back.
However, these words made Wu Zheng unable to calm down for a long time. What do you mean? Xiaohua and Luo Li, are those two people by the river? And what Luochen was saying just now has been going on for several days. Damn, this is backwards
They are eating it secretly! Although they are reasonable and legal, and they are in love with each other, is it really okay to torture themselves like this?
That night, Wu Zheng suffered from insomnia. He was waiting for when Xiaohua would come back. However, he finally realized that he was still too young, and Xiaohua never came back all night long.
Until early the next morning, Wu Zheng was woken up by Xiaohua. There were already two huge dark circles in front of his eyes. He didn't know when Xiaohua came back. Later, after discussions with Mo Qing and Big Beard, he magically
It was discovered that these two people also knew about Xiaohua's visit to the river at night.
Well, it turned out that he kept it all to himself. Wu Zheng felt a little wronged, but he didn't point it out. After all, he didn't want to be beaten up by Xiaohua.
Even when everyone knew about it, Xiaohua and Luo Li were still carrying out their activities secretly and seemed to enjoy it endlessly.
During this period of time, the group of people encountered no danger along the river. Except for meeting the old man once, they never saw any living people. Of course, they saw a lot of dead people. Isn't that right?
Some dead floats floated down the river.
Everyone was accustomed to these things. Until later, if one day they didn't see a dead body, they would feel a little uncomfortable.
During this period, Xiaohua also caught a lot of fish. Moreover, these fish seemed to be stronger than ordinary fish. As for why, Xiaohua slowly revealed the reason after Wu Zheng had eaten all the fish.
"That's because there are often dead bodies in this river, so these fish are likely to feed on human flesh."
As soon as Xiaohua said this, not only Wu Zheng, but also the always carefree bearded man looked extremely ugly. If what Xiaohua said is true, it means that they have eaten human flesh one after another.
Involuntarily, everyone felt nauseated. Fortunately, Xiaohua only said this after everyone had finished eating. Otherwise, they might not be able to eat the fish even to death.
In a flash, seven days had passed. The trend on the river bank began to gradually improve, and there was a vague illusion of entering the mountain. Xiaohua pinched her eyebrows, feeling that the so-called holy mountain was probably about to arrive.
In fact, it's more than that. Along the way, they also felt more and more that the temperature had changed slightly. Before, in the extreme south, it was hot and scorching all day long. But since they started walking along the river, they could feel it.
, the temperature gradually dropped.
Finally, at dusk on the seventh day, Xiaohua and the others saw a towering mountain peak. Although it was already close to dusk, Xiaohua could still see in the dusk light that it was a snow-capped mountain. Specifically,
He didn't know how high it was because the top of the mountain seemed to be obscured by clouds and couldn't be seen.
"Is this the Holy Mountain?" Xiaohua shook her head, wondering what she was thinking.
But at this moment, Mo Qing suddenly said: "Holy Mountain, the legendary holy land for cultivators." At this point, he suddenly asked: "Should we continue to move forward?"
Mo Qing's words had already attracted Xiaohua's attention before, but now, he asked again, which made Xiaoxiao feel a little confused. Could it be that there is really something wrong with this holy mountain?
In fact, he could also tell along the way that these corpses came from the source of the river. And the source of the river was the Holy Mountain. From this, it can be concluded that the source of these corpses was probably the Holy Mountain.
This inference made Xiaohua shudder. Why were there so many corpses on the holy mountain? Since Wong Tai Sin wanted them to come, he must have meant it. But at this time, Xiaohua didn't understand it yet.