Holy Bone

Chapter 159 Five-color Daoist Robe Meets Five-color Daoist Robe (5k chapter, please subscribe and ask for a monthly ticket)
There is no rain on the mountain road, and the clothes are wet and empty.

Poetry is probably——

There was no rain on the mountain path, but the green mountain scenery was so thick that it seemed to wet people's clothes.

The mountain is very humid, and the four of Jin'an were soaked by the mountain moisture not long after they entered the mountain.

Jin'an was fine, the black mountain kung fu that had poisoned the internal qi in his body evaporated, and the moisture evaporated from his clothes, turning them back to dry again.

It was exhausting for the old Taoist priest and guard Li.

One is an ordinary person.

One is a greasy big fat man.

The clothes are almost wet.

The two of them looked like people who had fallen to the end of the world. They followed Jin An and Chi Jian sympathetically. They were so tired that they were all wet and embarrassed. They didn't know whether they were sweating from exhaustion or soaked in the moisture of the mountains.

Because there is an old Taoist priest, a wandering Taoist priest, and a few people carry the insect repellent pills secretly made by the old Taoist priest, and shuttle in the dense forest, but they are not harassed by mosquitoes, leeches, and poisonous insects.

However, Jin An and the others have now encountered a difficult problem.

In the mountains, shrubs obscured the sun, and dense forests were overgrown. Jin'an and the others lost their way. They had been wandering around the mountains for half a day and hadn't found a hanging road.

Although there is guidance from the two brothers Sun Ping.

But Jin An and the others are outsiders.

It was the first time to enter the Wushanling Mountains.

People's direction perception in the mountains is poor, and there may be a small deviation, which leads to more mistakes as they work harder on the wrong road. It is not uncommon for people to cross the road inadvertently.

"Old Daoist, wait for me where you are. I'll find a place with high ground and identify our current position in the mountains."

As soon as Jin'an finished speaking, the man swiftly jumped up to the crown of the tallest ancient tree nearby like a monkey jumping into the sky.

When Jin An rushed to the top of the tree, a large group of birds was startled in the nearby quiet mountain forest, covering the sky and the sun.

Even heard a few tiger howls.

The good fortune clock is beautiful, and the yin and yang are at dawn.Zeng Yun was born by swinging the chest, and the returning bird entered the canthus.It will be the top of the mountain, and you can see all the small mountains.

Condescending overlooking the boundless green forest at the foot.

Jin An's heart was agitated, and he thought that the artistic conception in the poem could not be better than this.

Jin'an, whose heart is stirring, jumps like a bird on the canopy of the tree, his figure is elegant and free and easy, stepping on the clouds and mists of the mountains and forests under his feet, like a Taoist master in the mountains riding clouds and mists, he rises and falls on the canopy and jumps two or three miles vertically. Hear the sound of galloping water.

After leaping another mile, I finally saw the branch of the Yinyi River flowing through the mountains.

This tributary flows from top to bottom, pouring down from the mountains and rivers, and finally merges into the main road of Yinyi River. It is one of the important water sources of Yinyi River.

After touching about half a stick of incense, Jin An turned back and continued on his way with the others.

According to the guidance of Sun Ping and his brother, they said that after entering the mountain, they should first find the tributary of the Yinyi River, and then follow this big river to go upstream.

When you see a dead tree that was cut off by lightning, start walking towards the back of the sun, and you will see the hanging road after a while.

Because Sun Ping and Zhao Youcai had followed Taoist Tie Juan into the deep mountains many times, they were already familiar with the environment in the mountains, so they probably only took half a day to get there.

But for Jin An and the others who came to Jinshan Town for the first time, it took them a long time to find the Hanging Road.

When he saw the cliff road standing on the mountain wall like a ghostly axe, the old Taoist priest with old arms and legs trembled.

"It is said that businessmen are only looking for profit, and I don't know how those traveling businessmen in the past had the courage to discover this shortcut to Cangshan Mansion."

"Little brother, you said that such a cliff-cliff mountain road is really formed naturally? Or did those traveling businessmen dig it out?"

Jin An didn't immediately take up the old Taoist's words.

He first looked up at the sky above his head.

There are lush shrubs in the mountains, and the canopy of the trees is open, covering the sky and the sun. The sky in the mountains is dark earlier than outside, and it is drowsy in the mountains, but it has not yet fallen outside.

Then, under Jin An's lead to explore the way, a group of four people began to walk on the Hanging Road.

The order of the teams is Jin'an, the old Taoist priest, Li Huwei, and Jianjian.

The old Taoist priests with old arms and legs were protected in the middle of the team.

After walking on the cliff road, Jin An answered the old Taoist's question: "In my opinion, half of this hanging road should be formed naturally, and the other half was dug by the villagers of Taoyuan Village themselves."

"I don't know how many years ago, Taoyuan Village had not become a headless village. It should indeed be a village where living people lived. The ancestors of these people fled to the deep mountains and old forests to escape the war."

"Having escaped from the world for a long time, the descendants must be eager to get out of the mountains...So generations of people worked hard, like the foolish old man who moved the mountain, slowly digging the steep cliff road on the steep mountain wall, and then this hanging road was created."

The reason why Jin An said that was because he saw several traces of artificial excavation on this cliff road, which were not formed naturally after the weathering of the mountain.

And the example of man-made mountain roads mentioned by Jin An is not uncommon in the ancient times when traffic was blocked.

Jin An pointed to several artificial excavation marks on the cliff road and said, and then continued to walk forward, "It's just that something happened later, the whole village died, maybe because the village was too closed. , the intermarriage of close relatives led to the extinction of the whole village; or maybe it was due to other special events that led to the extinction..."

"However, I prefer the latter."

While walking, I said that when I reached the middle section, because the mountain became more and more complicated, the cliff road became more and more difficult to walk, and the slope became more and more steep.

The old Taoist was afraid of heights and didn't dare to look down at his feet. He wished he could lie on the sloping mountain wall like a gecko.

But as the cliff road becomes more and more difficult, it often takes a long time to move five steps, one foot. The old Taoist couldn't help but look down at the cliff below his feet. His legs softened and he almost missed The prison fell down the cliff, but fortunately Jin An had quick eyesight and quick hands to support the old Taoist priest in time.

"Old man, since you are afraid of heights, don't look down at your feet. The more you look at your feet, the more you will be afraid of heights." Jin An comforted.

"My mother, little brother, you say people who are afraid of heights, why do you always have the urge to jump off when you stand on a high place? I was scared to death just now, thanks to you, little brother, you gave me a hand, otherwise Little brother, you have to wait another 18 years to see me again."

The old Taoist said with lingering fear.

Jin An continued to walk ahead to explore the way, and explained casually: "People have a self-protection subconsciousness to seek good luck and avoid evil. When people are at a high altitude and look down at the ground under their feet, the subconscious will tell us that standing on a high place is dangerous and we must leave immediately. Dangerous heights, it is safest to keep your feet on the ground immediately.”

"So people always have the urge to jump down when standing on a high place."

Hearing Jin An's words, the old Taoist's face became more bitter: "This is not down-to-earth. I think the old Taoist has fallen to the ground."

"In the end, the fierce tigers and beasts in the cheap mountains turned into excrement."

Jin An nodded in agreement, but did not refute the old Taoist's words: "This seems to be called visual deviation?"

"So sometimes seeing is not necessarily believing, and we must learn to judge ourselves."

In order to distract the old Taoist priest, Jin An didn't let the old Taoist keep thinking about looking down at his feet, and chatted with the old Taoist all the way to distract the latter.

patter—

Slanting wind mixed with drizzle, it actually began to rain in the mountains.

The rain came quickly and dissipated quickly, and it didn't take long for the rain to clear again.

Such is the weather in the mountains.

It's sunny and rainy, and it's capricious.

After the rain, the mountain road became more slippery and dangerous. After Jin An yelled to pay attention to his feet and be more careful, he led the way more cautiously.

Fortunately, there was only a short section of this steep cliff road, and the four of them quickly bypassed this section, and the next road became smooth again.

Of course.

The smooth road here is only compared to the most dangerous road before.

Even if it is a smooth road, it is still narrow and difficult to walk, and rocks fall from the top of the head from time to time.

"Daoist Jin'an, do you think that the villagers in Taoyuan Village walked this mountain road, and their heads were hit by falling rocks from the top of the mountain, and their heads were opened one by one, and they turned into headless corpses? "

Guard Li, who was second to last in the line, said on a whim.

"Don't tell me, I really think it's possible."

The more Li Huwei thought about it, the more he felt that he was getting smarter and smarter. This might be very possible.

Li Huwei is also a martial arts practitioner, so this cliff road is easy for Li Huwei, who has a steady foot.

It’s just that the big belly has suffered with him. The cliff road is narrow and difficult to walk. When walking on the steep slope with a big belly, a large piece of cloth was worn out, revealing that the belly was blown by the mountain wind. chilly.

The old Taoist priest, who was afraid of heights and nervous, was amused by Guard Li's words: "Then the villagers of Taoyuan Village must be out of their minds, and they are lined up waiting to be hit by falling rocks, and the falling rocks happen to be impartial. Middle head."

Li Huwei actually thought very seriously: "Maybe they are really possessed by evil spirits, and they are lined up waiting to be hit by falling rocks?"

patter—

As soon as Li Huwei's voice fell, it didn't take long for the mountain to clear up, and it began to rain again.

Guard Li was shocked.

"As soon as you talk about bewitching, it will rain immediately. Could this rain be evil rain?"

But the rain soon stopped.

In the end, before dark, a group of four people walked out of the cliff road smoothly, and they were safe and sound along the way.

There were no accidents.

Not even a headless village.

The cliff road is halfway up the mountain. Standing on the mountainside and looking towards the vast mountain forest under the setting sun, the lush forest sea can't be seen at a glance, and there is no trace of a village at all.

If you can't find Taoyuan Village even if you stand on a high place, then go down the mountain and find the location of Taoyuan Village. Once you lose the advantage of overlooking the high ground, you will have no way to find it.

Next, several people changed positions and looked down at the vast forest below their feet, but they still found nothing.

On the contrary, after such a delay, the sky grew darker and darker.

As night fell, it was no longer suitable to find a village. There was no way to go down, so we had to find a leeward place to spend the night.

Finally, they found a leeward place, where the rock protruded a lot and formed a natural concave wall. If it rained again in the mountain, they could just rely on the rocks above their heads to block the rain.

And after such busy work, the world has completely darkened, the mountains and forests are quiet, and it is pitch black in the distance, and only blurred and dark shadows can be seen.

In the mountains and forests after nightfall, whistling apes croak one after another in the darkness, as if a man-eating mandrill is staring at the world for food with its blue eyes.

crackling.

Under the rock, the firewood picked up by several people lit a bonfire.

Several people sat around the bonfire, baking dry food, and the night was silent. Jin'an asked Guard Li to retell the story about the headless village, which was the story of the group of traveling businessmen who accidentally broke into the headless village.

This time he asked Guard Li to explain carefully, not to miss the details, maybe from the story of the group of traveling merchants, he could find clues about how to enter the headless village.

Anyway, now that the dry food was hard and not yet warm, Guard Li, who was bored, told the story he told last time again.

Unexpectedly, when Li Huwei finished telling the story and was about to eat dry food, Jin An asked Li Huwei to tell it again.

"?"

Li Huwei wanted to eat but couldn't eat and looked at the dry food in his hand. In the end, he still couldn't refute Jin An, so he repeated it again.

……

Jin An: "Tell me again."

Guard Li: "?"

……

Jin An: "Tell me again."

Guard Li: "!"

……

Jin An: "Tell me again."

Guard Li was desperate.

He groaned, this time he didn't care about anything, he was hungry, he gobbled down the roasted biscuits in his hand, and then told the story again with his mouth vague.

At this time, even the old Taoist looked at Jin An suspiciously.

Jin An's tormenting Li Huwei is naturally not a lazy egg to tease others. He always has the illusion of a flash of inspiration but he can't catch it no matter what.

It always feels like some important details have been overlooked by him.

That's why Guard Li repeated it over and over again.

And just now, he finally figured out what he had neglected.

Jin An stood up suddenly.

Walk out of the leeward convex rock sheltered from the rain.

He stood on the edge of the cliff, looking towards the dark mountain forest where he couldn't see anything under his feet, frowning.

Then he looked up at the sky again.

A pensive expression on his face.

"What's wrong little brother?"

"Have you made any key discoveries?"

At this time, the old Taoist priest, guard Li, and Jianjian all rushed over with concern.

Jin An pondered: "I have indeed made some discoveries, but it's still just a conjecture and needs to be verified."

"I don't know if you still remember one detail? Headless Village only appears during the rainy season; the day when the group of traveling merchants encountered Headless Village happened to be a rainy day; then it just rained the day before yesterday, and last night the Iron Scroll Roadmaster and the others entered Shan found the headless bodies of the Wang brothers..."

"rain."

"Rain is the key."

Jin An looked up at the sky, he was waiting for the rain.

……

……

woohoo-

wow wow wow-

In the middle of the night, a rush of heavy rain came as soon as it was said, with soybean-sized raindrops crackling on the mountain wall, the sound of the wind was rushing, and the sound of rain was rushing.

Fortunately, Jin'an and the others found a rock in the leeward area to spend the night under in advance, so the bonfire was not extinguished by the rain.

Seeing the rain, Jin An's eyes froze. He didn't fall asleep but was always vigilant. He walked out of the big rock that blocked the rain immediately.

A miraculous scene happened, the rain fell on Jin An's body, and it evaporated into a curl of smoke in an instant.

On the surface of Jin'an's body was a layer of protective gas mask that looked like a black shirt, with high-temperature fire and poisonous inner gas.

The air inside the fire poison is like a black fire cloth covering Jin'an's body.

As soon as the rain from the outside comes within an inch, it will be evaporated into water mist by the fire poison inside the black shirt. From a distance, Jin'an, who is wearing a five-color Taoist robe, is like a misty fairy who lives in the deep mountains and old forests and feeds on the five qi .

At this time, Chijian also followed his master out of the shelter from the rain.

Shajian's whole body was dry, and the rain from the outside world also couldn't get close to him.

On the contrary, Guard Li and the old Taoist chased them out with tarpaulin umbrellas.

"Daoist Jin'an and Daoist Chen, come and see, there seems to be a fire in the village for cooking?"

Suddenly, Guard Li from the other direction shouted in surprise.

A few people went over to take a look, and sure enough, at the foot of the mountain, they saw sparks shining in a village, and those sparks flickered on and off, like a kitchen fire was rising.

Is that Taoyuan Village?
"Little brother, now that Taoyuan Village has been found, should we go there now, or wait until the daytime?"

The old Taoist's question immediately made everyone present look at Jin'an in unison.

Unknowingly, Jin An was the backbone of this team, and everyone was waiting for Jin An to make up his mind.

pat!

A footstep, smashing the rainy night, in this windy and rainy, cold rainy night, it sounded very abruptly, interrupting the conversation of several people in an instant.

The sound of footsteps came from the direction of Xuankong Road behind him.

"Hey, was it just my auditory hallucination? I seem to have heard footsteps behind us?"

Guard Li looked behind him in surprise.

But as Li Huwei looked behind him in surprise, the footsteps disappeared out of thin air, so Li Huwei wondered if he was hallucinating.

At the same time, Li Weiwei was surprised to find that the rain above his head had stopped at some point.

But not long after the silence in the mountain, the sound of footsteps came again, echoing far away in the dark, calm, invisible mountain.

pat!

pat!

Jin An's eyes were as bright as lightning, and he stared directly at the hanging road behind him without flinching.

At this time, even the old Taoist stretched his hands nervously into the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams bag on his shoulders, holding a large handful of yellow talismans in his hands.

On the other hand, Chijian still has the taciturn and dumb look. If you don't take the initiative to poke him, he will be too lazy to move.

As the footsteps got closer and closer, in the dark night, Jin An saw a small cluster of flames dancing in the dark void in the depths of the darkness in the distance.

When it is bright and when it is gone.

Like rootless duckweed in the wind and rain.

It seems to be overturned at any time.

The flames floating in the void are getting closer and closer, and the sound of footsteps is also getting closer. In the mysterious and unknown darkness, it seems that something is about to crash out.

A thin middle-aged man in a five-color Taoist robe, holding a torch in his hand, walked out of the darkness of the mountain.

"Hey, is there anyone else on Hanging Road late at night?"

"I don't know how to call the benefactors? I am Yu Youzi, a Taoist priest from the Wuzang Taoist Temple. I heard that there is a village called Taoyuan Village in this mountain. I have been looking for Taoyuan Village in the mountains. I don't know if any of the benefactors have heard of Taoyuan Village. ?”

No one expected this scene. Looking at the Taoist priest in five-color robes who appeared on the cliff road late at night, an electric current ran up his forehead along the tailbone, and the hairs on his arms exploded. Jin An, the old Taoist priest, and Guard Li were all stunned.

Taoist priest Yu Youzi looked at Jin An who was also wearing a five-color Taoist robe, and was also stunned.

(End of this chapter)