Chapter 219: Soul-confusing Mountain

The road Chen Lian pointed out to us was very long. We roughly estimated that it was a distance of 200 to 300 miles. In addition, it was a mountain road, and it was winter, with deep snow in the mountains. It would probably take at least four days to reach the destination...

For this reason, we were well prepared, with thermal sleeping bags, food, compasses, etc. We almost emptied the car. Each person carried a huge backpack nearly one person tall, and the weight was probably at least 50 kilograms. Considering that I lost a soul, my waist and legs were sore, and I had split a fork, Brother Yaozi was very considerate to share most of the burden for me. Even so, I was still out of breath after walking for half a day.

In the afternoon, we plunged into the vast primeval forest. Every big tree here has lived for many years. Even in winter when the leaves fall, the branches are still entangled with each other, almost forming a lid that covers our heads.

At this point, we finally understood why Aunt Liu said that those hikers couldn't go far. Although there were some brave and fearless hikers who dared to go into the mountains, they were a minority after all. Most of them had rich experience in surviving in the wild and were not necessarily worse than us. They failed here, and we were not much better.

After walking a long way in the vast primeval forest, we sadly found that... we were lost! !

This is the floating corpse land, the grave of the dead. The soul-dividing paper man that I took great pains to make was completely broken when I entered here. I was dizzy and the compass tied to it kept shaking. Moreover, the geographical magnetic field here seemed very strange. After entering here, the compass was scrapped and the direction was inaccurate!

The sky was gray and the sun was not visible at all. The trees grew evenly. We tried almost all the methods that could be used to determine the direction, but without exception, we had no clue.

Chen Lian said, keep going south.

But we can't tell east, south, west, or north, how can we go?

We have also entered the Guancen Mountain primeval forest, at least we didn't get lost. I finally understand why Hu Wa, as a local, also got lost when he first entered the mountain.

Brother Yaozi looked at the mountains and water for a long time, but did not find any supernatural factors. Then there were only natural factors left. It was probably some minerals underground, coupled with the altitude and vegetation, which caused this dilemma of difficult to distinguish directions. Since we couldn't distinguish them accurately, we didn't distinguish them. We didn't care about east, south, west, or north. We just had to walk out of this area and the dilemma would be solved.

It turned out that this choice was absolutely wise. Around dusk, we finally left the terrible old forest, and then... we actually saw the road!

"Damn it, we've definitely gone off track. People have said that this road is full of mountains and ridges. Look at where we are now, it's a national forest park!"

Lao Bai immediately said: "But where are we now?"

I said quietly: "Taiyue Mountain is originally a national forest park, but we are going to a sparsely populated area, and now we are running into a crowd..."

"Get out, get out first!"

Zhang Xinya was so tired that she was out of breath and waved her hands repeatedly: "No matter where it is, let's go out and find a place to buy a map and study the route carefully!"

We looked at each other and felt that our faces were burning, as if we had been slapped several times. We are probably the only one in the world who can get to this point in tomb hunting...

However, we can't be blamed for this. This time, we found this place based on our guesses and the guidance of the soul-dividing paper man. To put it bluntly, we just had hope in our hearts. As for what we were going to face, or even what we were looking for, we didn't know anything. We were not fully prepared, so it was normal to end up like this.

The road was made step by step!

We adjusted our mentality and walked along the road and followed the road signs. Soon after, we saw the forest fire inspection station. Several forest rangers were guarding there, checking the vehicles coming out of the mountain. The four of us were so scared that we rolled and crawled into the old forest. We walked a long way and finally bypassed the crowd.

There was no way. We had shovels and crowbars hanging on both sides of our backpacks. The forest rangers only needed to take a look and knew that we were tomb robbers. There was no escape!

By the time we got out of the mountain, it was completely dark. There was a county town at the foot of the mountain. We got in a taxi and asked, and we found out that we had unknowingly run to the eastern foot of Taiyue Mountain. This is Qinyuan!

Lao Bai sat in the car, covering his face with clothes, looking like he couldn't see anyone. He muttered that he had lost all the people in his life by following the three of us, making himself look like a very prestigious character.

I took a map from the taxi and looked at it. Fortunately, the deviation was not too much. In fact, we didn't deviate much. It was like getting on the highway but not reaching the destination, and getting off the highway from the ramp halfway.

"Taiyue Mountain, Mihun Mountain, it's well-deserved..."

I couldn't help but sighed.

However, with a map, and a detailed map of this area, we knew what to do next.

In fact, the place Chen Lian mentioned should be in the central area of ​​Taiyue Mountain, where there are vast alpine pastures. There are many villages and towns of all sizes around Taiyue Mountain. It is not as desolate as we imagined. There is such a large tomb in the mountain, but it has never been discovered. This is enough to explain something.

I vaguely feel that we may have bitten a hard nut this time. All signs show that this tomb... is not so easy to enter!

With the idea of ​​making the best of it, we found a hotel in Qinyuan to stay in first. After having a bite of food at a roadside stall, Zhang Xinya went into the house with her phone in her arms. I was also very tired and wanted to go to bed, but Lao Bai dragged me to take a bath...

After a day of cold wind in the mountains, this guy farted non-stop as soon as he entered the bathhouse and took a bath in hot water. When he swam, bubbles gurgled from his buttocks, as if he had installed some kind of jet propulsion device. In the end, if I hadn't pulled him, he would have wanted to drag me upstairs to pinch him, and even said shamelessly that a sword is sharpened by grinding. If it is not sharpened, how can it be called a great sword?

When we returned to the hotel, Brother Yaozi and Zhang Xinya were still awake. They bought a stack of letter paper with many patterns and information drawn on it.

There are things about Shi Kuang and the history of this place. They have extracted all the useful information. It seems that they have finally got the Internet, and they have been busy doing these things. Finally, they look a bit professional. It seems that they have learned from their mistakes.

When Zhang Xinya saw me and Lao Bai coming back, she immediately frowned and said unhappily: "Are you done with your romantic life?! All your pocket money will be deducted next month!"

I coughed awkwardly and didn't dare to respond.

Brother Yaozi immediately came to my rescue, changed the subject, shook his phone, and said with a smile: "Come and take a look, we really found something here!"

My eyes lit up and I immediately took the phone.

The information on it is all about the "blue moon".

Obviously, Chen Lian's blue moon has always been difficult for him to let go, because it is beyond our understanding. A tomb is linked to celestial phenomena, which is mysterious and beyond human reach!

These materials are all the latest research of scientists on the blue moon. The above statement subverted my cognition.

Regarding this astronomical phenomenon, the earliest and most superstitious cognition was that the blue moon was ominous and related to disasters!

Later, people said that this phenomenon was a regular phenomenon, basically it would occur once every 2-3 years, and it might be an astronomical phenomenon that we cannot yet decipher.

However, this document said that the blue moon was related to geological disasters, such as forest fires or volcanic eruptions, which caused black water vapor in the air. Under the refraction of light, the blue moon appeared. This is somewhat similar to the cognition of people in the most ignorant period, but at that time there was a lack of a scientific explanation.

"Think carefully about the whole process of Hu Wa seeing the blue moon and the blue lake."

Brother Yaozi narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly: "A tiger actually appeared at the edge of the forest. However, when the tiger took Hu Wa away, there were a few details. The tiger cubs didn't even have time to eat Hu Wa. The mother tiger seemed to sense something and urged the cubs to run away immediately."

"You mean, there may have been a fire in the mountain during that time?"

I thought about it and there was only this possibility. Animals have a keen sense of danger and disaster and take shelter in advance. There is no active volcano in Taiyue Mountain that can erupt at any time. It can only be a forest fire.

"That's right."

Brother Yaozi sighed, "Chen Lian said that the rain in the autumn of that year was very abundant, and the sunflowers they planted became moldy, so they had to go into the mountains to get mountain products. In other words, the water vapor in the air in the mountains was very rich at that time. At this time, a big fire broke out in the mountains, and black water vapor naturally formed. This was the prerequisite for the formation of the blue moon, and then we saw the lake."

"I still can't understand..."

I shook my head: "How can a lake appear on the alpine pasture?"

"Is this important?"

Brother Yaozi said lightly: "Anyway, we already know how the blue moon should appear. As long as the blue moon comes, the lake will appear. Don't we know the specific location of the tomb?!"

"Wow..."

Lao Bai was shocked: "You don't want to burn down the forest, do you?"

Brother Yaozi didn't say anything, but there was a dangerous aura in his eyes, and it was clear that he thought so!

"Let's go there and take a look first!"

I immediately said, "After this fire, the weather is dry and the air is dry. It's not just a matter of losing conscience. If we really find the ruins and save my master, we brothers will be beaten to death by my master in the end. It's not a last resort. Try not to use this method that will cut off your descendants..."

Brother Yaozi shrugged: "At least, now we have a way, and we don't have to worry about finding the specific location of this ruins."

I smiled bitterly and really didn't know how to respond.

Well, at least there is a little clue!

At this time, Zhang Xinya's work was almost done. She stuffed a thick stack of information into her backpack, all about the survey map of the whole mountain.

Then, we said good night to each other and went to sleep separately.

There was no conversation all night. Early the next morning, we took a taxi and set off again.

Their information was not in vain last night. At least, we have a clear route today. We asked the driver to drive into the forest park and park in front of a house halfway. Then we plunged into the woods. This was a shortcut. At seven or eight o'clock in the evening, we arrived at a shabby church in the mountains.

Yes, it is a church!!

But this church is very interesting. It is not a Western-style building, but a traditional Chinese wooden structure. It is built like the main hall. There are three statues in it. It seems that the one nailed to the cross is Jesus, but this Jesus is wearing Chinese clothes.

Such a strange church, probably only the church of the God Worshipping Society can be like this.

Zhang Xinya said that in the late Qing Dynasty, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed, some of the old and young fled here and built this church. Because they were all ordinary people at the bottom of society, their understanding of the God Worship Society was very limited, and the statues of gods were completely based on their own imagination, so such an incongruous church appeared.

However, history is always full of novelty, isn't it?

Zhang Xinya found this when she was looking up information yesterday, so she decided to make this place our first day's stop. Although the church is broken, it can at least shelter from the wind and rain, which is more comfortable than sleeping in a sleeping bag in the snow, right? From here to the hills that Chen Lian mentioned, it is very close, at most a day's journey. According to this calculation, we will probably reach our destination the day after tomorrow.

After walking all day, we were really tired. A few of us chatted for a while, ate some cold dry food, and got into the sleeping bag to sleep with clothes on.

In the middle of the night, I was suddenly awakened by a scream without any warning. The scream was so shrill that it exploded in my ears and made my whole head buzz. I sat up suddenly while sleepy, forgetting that I was still in the sleeping bag, and was entangled and rolled to the side on the spot.

When I hurriedly got out of the sleeping bag with the Tianguan Blade, I found that Brother Yaozi and the others had already gathered around me. They must have heard the scream. They stared at my backpack non-stop. Obviously, the scream came from the backpack.

"Soul-dividing Paper Man?"

I thought of this thing at the first time. I opened the backpack and took it out. It was indeed this thing that was making trouble. It was obviously fixed on the compass, but it was struggling violently at this moment. It looked extremely angry, as if something had happened to provoke it...

What happened?

It was a bit difficult for me to understand. The Soul-dividing Paper Man had just been made. Even if it was evil, it was not yet time to backfire on me!

I bit my middle finger and poked it on the head, and it finally calmed down. If it wasn't too painful to burn it, I would have burned it directly. Anyway, in this special environment, its effect is very small, so it's a mistake in my preparation!

Just as we looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, a sense of horror rose in my heart without any warning...