Half fairy

Chapter 358 Rift Valley Villa
Nearby was a young man who was building a wall with yellow mud. Hearing this, he dropped his work and ran over. His body was also dirty and stained with a lot of yellow mud. Quite handsome, looking at the visitors curiously, the beautiful sister naturally attracts more attention.

Even though Qiao Qier was wearing a veil, she was still very eye-catching when she came to this kind of place, and even with her face half covered, she could see that it was a flower.

The dirty old man instructed with the cigarette stick in his hand, "Just follow him."

The young man hummed, looking very happy, and immediately turned to lead the way. The messy mud handprints on his back were obvious.

Yu Qing and others dismounted, led the horse, and followed.

Walking through this village with scattered residents, after walking for a while, everyone always felt that this village gave people an indescribable taste, a strange feeling in broad daylight.

Nanzhu suddenly shouted to the guide: "Young man, don't you have any livestock here?"

Hearing what he said, the others looked around immediately, only to find a very strange thing. There seemed to be no domestic animals in the whole village, which didn't quite match the place like this village.

Only then did everyone react and understand what they felt was wrong, because without those things, and this Zhuangzi seemed too quiet.

The boy looked back curiously for a while, probably because he felt that Nan Zhu was too fat, so he scratched his head and asked, "Raising livestock? What is it?"

Several people saw him brush the mud that hadn't been wiped off his hands into his hair again.

Nanzhu was speechless, and immediately explained: "Domestic animals are chickens, dogs, cattle and sheep, have you never seen them?"

The young man thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I know, but it can't be raised, it will run into the field and damage the grapes. If the grapes are bad, the wine produced will also be bad. The owner said that our grapes must not be flawed."

It turned out to be like this, no wonder, everyone suddenly realized, it seems that this Rift Valley Villa has quite strict quality control over the items sold.

Nan Zhu looked at Zhuangzi, who had no one around, "Has everyone gone to work in the fields?"

"En." The young man nodded, then turned his head to look at several people, and asked, "Can you kill monsters?"

Nan Zhu laughed and said: "It seems that this monster has caused you a lot of trouble."

The boy lowered his head and said sadly, "My brother was eaten by a monster."

Several people looked at each other, Nan Zhu threw the reins to Mu Aotie, asked him to help lead the horse, and walked to the boy, "Have you seen that monster?"

The young man shook his head.

Nanzhu: "What does that monster look like?"

This is also a question that they are quite confused about. On the way before they came here, they had inquired about the situation of Rift Valley Villa, and wanted to know what the situation of the demon cultivator who was fighting against it was, but no one seemed to be able to tell what it was. Both.

The boy was silent.

After waiting for a while, Nan Zhu asked, "Don't you know?"

The boy shook his head again, "I told you about the appearance of a monster, and the monster will eat you at night while you are asleep."

A few people understood it, but they dared not say it. They all knew that it was similar to scaring children everywhere, but they didn't force it.

However, Nanzhu's mouth didn't stop talking, and the young man was teased from time to time.

Qiao Qier shook his head slightly from time to time. After getting in touch with him these days, he can be regarded as getting to know this seventh brother.

When the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, they immediately saw a different style. The cornices were carved on the cliffs, the carved beams and paintings were carved deep into the mountain, and there were many terraces on the cliffs.

Walking here, you can already smell the faint aroma of wine.

The boy asked them to wait a moment, and ran in by himself.

After a while, three people came out of the room, and the young man followed behind them.The leader is a plainly dressed middle-aged man, but his temperament and taste are completely different from those of the Wu surnamed people outside, and his face gives people a sense of being at home with a smile.

The leader looked at the four of them, bowed his hands and bowed, "Wu Heyun, the third villa owner of the Lower Rift Valley Villa, dare to ask the names of the four distinguished guests."

As soon as they heard that this was the owner of the third villa, the four hurriedly saluted.

They have also inquired about the relevant situation outside. There are three owners of the Rift Valley Villa.

The owner of the villa is named Wu Dao, who controls the whole village and is also the leader of Rift Valley Villa.The second owner, Wu Xieshan, is in charge of the internal affairs of the villa.The owner of the third villa is Wu Heyun in front of him, who is in charge of the external affairs of the villa.

The seniority of the three villa owners is different, and the Rift Valley Villa does not select talents based on seniority, but only on ability.

It can be clearly seen from the frame that it is different from the general sect, and the traces of the family are more obvious.

Yu Qing: "Lin Erqing."

Nanzhu: "Zhu is in the south."

Mu Aotie: "Iron is like a mountain."

Qiao Qier: "Wang Shaojun."

After the four of them signed up, Wu Heyun sighed, and clasped his hands again and said, "Are the four of you here specially to get rid of demons in my Rift Valley Villa?"

Yu Qing said with a smile: "I can't talk about it on purpose, Rift Valley Villa is full of talents, which round will we get to show off."

"Hey." Wu Heyun waved his hand, and said humbly: "You can't say that. Rift Valley Villa is located in a lonely place, and you don't dare to underestimate the masters of the world, and your ability is limited. Otherwise, why would you need to recruit heroes from all walks of life to eliminate demons. Having said that, Don't you guys come here to get rid of demons?"

Yu Qing: "We are casual cultivators who have traveled the world. We heard that there are large vineyards here. It is true to come here to open our eyes. Of course, we have also heard rumors of monsters and the rewards offered by Guizhuang. Naturally, we have to try it when we come. I'm afraid it may not make Guizhuang happy."

"Haha, if you come to this remote place, you are a distinguished guest. This is not a place to talk, please come inside."

Confirming that they were indeed here to get rid of demons, Wu Heyun smiled and respectfully invited the four of them inside.

The two people who came out with him helped lead the horse away.

The hollowed-out grotto is also very particular. The ground floor is clearly arranged according to the layout of the courtyard, but the sky is not visible. Mirrors are used in many places to refract the skylight, and luminous fluorite lighting is arranged in some places. It looks darker.

When several people followed Wu Heyun up the stone steps, Mu Aotie, who was walking behind, looked back and saw a man put his hand on the boy's shoulder and took him away...

First, the wide stone steps go up, then the ancient and heavy stone corridor, and finally the semi-open living room combined with the terrace. Wow your guests.

After being seated, someone brought tea. After the smell of wine wafted out, the four of Yu Qing discovered that the so-called tea was actually wine.

The jug poured dark red wine into a horn cup.

Seeing the surprise of the guests, Wu Heyun laughed and said: "Our specialty here is grape wine, so unlike other places, we use local specialties to entertain guests. If it is really not possible, we can also find some tea."

Yu Qing waved his hand, "Forget it, let's do as the Romans do."

Wu Heyun looked at him with a smile, raised his glass to invite, and the host and guest respected each other.

He has probably seen that among the four people, this young man should be the most respected.

After putting down the wine glass, Yu Qingfa asked: "What kind of monster is making trouble here? I asked the boy who led the way in the village before. He didn't even dare to say anything. He said what a monster looks like, and he will be eaten by monsters when he sleeps at night. I wonder if what the boy said is true?"

Wu Heyun laughed loudly, "Brother Lin, how could you believe such absurd words? To tell you the truth, they are all words to scare children. This place is different from other places. In order to irrigate the vineyards, the ancestors of the past generations dug the underground canals below. The roots are intertwined, like a labyrinth, and some have deep underground water, and occasionally children accidentally drown, so we use monsters to scare them so that children don't run around and drill around."

Yu Qing snorted, and Nan Zhu asked again: "What kind of monster is making trouble, and can be entangled for so many years like a feud?"

Wu Heyun smiled wryly: "It was a wolf demon at first, but I couldn't tell after that. All kinds of monsters appeared. To be honest, we even suspected that the demon world was behind this incident."

Nanzhu was surprised, "If the demon world really deals with you at the Rift Valley Villa, to put it disrespectfully, how can your mere Rift Valley Villa be able to withstand it for so many years?"

Wu Heyun waved his hand, "How could the demon world blatantly destroy my Rift Valley Villa, and I, a moralist in the world, would not agree. If you dare to insist, you will be backlashed. If you can come here, you should have heard about the fifty-mile agreement back then. I didn't make it clear, and there are too many sites like this in the western desolation."

Nanzhu said "oh", suddenly realized.

Everyone probably understood the meaning of those words. The demon world was beating the Rift Valley Villa from time to time to warn others not to try to claim territory in this way.

Wu Heyun: "This is the reason why we can't figure out what the specific monster is, because any monster may appear. Also, over the years, almost none of the people who come here to eliminate monsters after hearing rumors like you all can in the end. A good death, is this something that ordinary people can do?"

The four visitors were all choked and speechless, Nanzhu's Adam's apple moved, and he tried to ask: "Over the years, none of the people who came to help eliminate the demon left alive?"

Wu Heyun: "It can't be said that no one left alive. Some died here, and some died on the way after leaving. As for whether there are any who survived, we don't know. We can't talk nonsense about this."

The four were speechless again.

Wu Heyun looked at the four people's reactions, "Our Rift Valley Villa is naturally very grateful for the kindness of the four of you, but we still have to explain the situation clearly to the four of you. No matter whether the four of you go or stay, the owner of the Rift Valley Mountain will not have any complaints .”

The four were still speechless.

If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely be scared away, and the demon world might be behind the scenes to make a move. How can this be done?
However, the three brothers and sisters came here with unusual intentions. Exorcising demons is just an excuse. Just make an excuse to stay.

So, Yu Qing said with a smile: "I've never seen such a big vineyard. Since I've come here, I'm not in a hurry to leave. I'll stay and have a look. It's best if I can do my best. If not, I hope Guizhuang will not be offended."

Nan Zhu also nodded slightly to express his approval, but Mu Aotie didn't respond.

Qiao Qier secretly took another look at the three brothers and sisters, not knowing what the three guys wanted to do, they have talked to this point, the danger can be imagined, and they still want to stay.

Wu Heyun was somewhat taken aback, and then said with a bright smile on his face: "That's right, everyone is here, why don't you take a look around, although it's a remote place, it's still quite unique to outsiders." The young man pouring wine behind said: "Wu An, from today onwards, these four distinguished guests will be entrusted to you to take care of."

"Yes." The young man named Wu An responded, and also bowed to several people.

Wu Heyun turned his head and said to the others: "From today onwards, if you need anything, just tell him, as long as it doesn't exceed the rules, he will try his best to arrange it for you."

Yu Qing: "Okay, thank you very much. By the way, San Zhuangzhu, we saw that your family emblem is a 'halberd'. It is very rare for someone to use a 'halberd' as a family emblem. I don't know what to say ?”

Wu Heyun laughed and said: "It is said that our ancestors were attacked by wolves in the wasteland, and they picked up a long halberd to defend themselves in the wasteland. Only then did they escape, and only then did they have the opportunity to embark on the road of cultivation. I feel that , the ancestors took the 'halberd' as the family emblem."

The three brothers and sisters looked at each other calmly, Yu Qing nodded, "I see."

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly swept in, and Wu An, a young man who was standing aside, suddenly walked out of the terrace quickly, looked at something in the distance, and then turned his head and said: "San Zhuangzhu, the wind and sand are coming."

Wu Heyun immediately went over to have a look, and several people in the room followed.

I saw a dark yellow sky in the distance, with the momentum of covering the sky and the sun, and the dust was billowing, like a sandstorm. Yu Qing and others had heard it for a long time, but it was the first time they saw it.

Wu Heyun beckoned the others to retreat into the house, while Wu An jumped onto the terrace, untied the ropes on it, lowered the roller blinds, and pulled ropes inside to tie them tightly to avoid being blown away from the outside by the wind and sand.

The light in the room suddenly dimmed, and someone outside brought a lamp to illuminate it.

Not long after, there was already a gust of wind and rain outside, and the flames in the house were also shaking.

Yu Qing suddenly said: "There seem to be many people in the grape field outside, some are far away, and they won't be able to come back for a while, what should they do?"

Qiao Qier looked at him upon hearing this, with tenderness in his eyes.

Wu Heyun smiled and said: "Don't worry, there are holes in the grape fields to fetch water. In this weather, they can hide in the underground drains at any time, and nothing will happen."

Yu Qing said, "I'm overthinking."

The sandstorm outside came and went quickly, and soon subsided.

Wu Heyun, who had been with you for a while, also got up, "Four, there are still things to deal with in the village, so I won't accompany you. Wu An will take you to the guest room, and you can tell Wu An if you have anything to do."

"It's okay, it's just a nuisance."

Yu Qing stood up politely, and several people stood up to see them off.

Wu Heyun said goodbye and left.

A few people didn't stay here for long, Wu An took them there.

After going out the door, passing the road and going straight forward, going down the steps and then up the steps, they walked almost a mile indoors before they were brought to a row of guest rooms.

Wu An glanced at the number of people and asked, "Four rooms?"

Yu Qing: "Two rooms are enough."

It’s inconvenient to squeeze together, and it’s not good to spread out too much. In unfamiliar places, a little care can be safer.

So Wu An arranged two guest rooms as close together as possible for them as close as possible. The rooms both have balconies. After removing the cover and walking to the balconies to have a look, there is still a gray feeling between the sky and the earth.

After confirming the guest room, Wu An told them that someone will come to clean and prepare it later.

When the influence of sand and dust was almost removed, and the weather became clear again, Yu Qing asked to take a walk and have a look.

Wu An asked them where they wanted to see, and Yu Qing wanted to go to the "Golden Valley" to check it out, but he still held back, fearing that going to that place as soon as he came here would cause suspicion, so he said casually.

Wu An had no choice but to make up his own mind, and first took them to the wine cellar where the wine was stored to open their eyes.

The wine cellar is underground, and the rows of wine barrels are like dragons, piled up endlessly, which is magnificent.According to Wu An, basically everyone who comes to Rift Valley Villa will come here to broaden their horizons.Yu Qing verbally said yes, but none of them were interested.

They were interested in the Golden Valley, and whether this family was a halberd bearer, but they couldn't easily say what they were interested in.

After leading a few people around the underground wine cellar, Wu An led them out from the other end, which was already far away from the guest room they were staying in.Wu An directly took them to the vineyard for a stroll.

The grapes in the vineyard have not yet grown, and it is still far from the time of picking. People from the Wu family are busy among the ridges of the field.

When you arrive at the vineyard, there is one thing that is inevitable to open your eyes, and that is the underground culvert, which everyone who comes to Rift Valley Villa must inevitably visit.

Finding a pit with steps, Wu An led them down, and immediately saw a three-foot-wide stream bubbling continuously, and the water quality was clear.

There are aisles near the walls on both sides of the stream, and they are all dirt roads that can only accommodate one person alone.

A group of people walked towards the beam of light in the pit ahead.

Nan Zhu had to walk sideways, and muttered, "After entering the ground, the temperature dropped a lot."

Wu An explained earlier, "The water in the canal is the snow water directly melted from the snow-capped mountains, and the water is very cold."

After walking for a while, intersections appeared from time to time, and Wu An suddenly raised his hand to signal everyone to pause.

Nan Zhu was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wu An pointed to the beams of light in front and behind, everyone saw it, it must have been windy outside, blowing off a lot of dust.

They waited for the dust to subside a little before moving on.

At the center of the next intersection is a pool of water, and there are still wheels and well ropes on the hole above, so you have to make a detour here.

But Yu Qing stopped, looking at the dust that was still gently floating in the beam of light hanging from the hole above, a little distracted, and slightly squinted in response.

"This way." Wu An shouted as he led the crowd around.

Only then did Yu Qing wake up, followed him around half a circle, and continued to move forward.

After not taking two steps, he suddenly slipped and one foot fell into the ditch.

Everyone looked back, a little surprised, Nan Zhu said, "Old Fifteen, what are you thinking?"

Everyone is a monk, and they all understand that if they hadn't lost their minds, they wouldn't have made such a low-level mistake.

Yu Qing pulled up his feet, supported the earth wall with one hand, and while taking off his shoes to attract Wu An's attention, he quickly gave Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie a wink, then shook the shoes he took off and smiled wryly: "Forget it, I don't Let's go, I'll wait for you here."

Qiao Qier was not interested in this kind of underground canal with little soil, and was about to say to stay with him, but Yu Qing said immediately: "Shaojun, go with them, don't accompany me."

Nan Zhu already understood: "Let's go, brother and sister, he's absent-minded and doesn't know what he's thinking, so don't worry about him. Let's go see the underground water truck that Brother Wu said."

Qiao Qier suddenly realized something. After all, men and women are different. Under normal circumstances, this seventh brother would not let himself leave his man and go with them. He also looked at Yu Qing's shoes that got wet accidentally, um He turned around with a sound.

On the contrary, Wu Anlue was a little hesitant, but seeing that the guests were still interested in seeing him, he couldn't refuse, so he had to tell Yu Qing, "Brother Lin, then you just wait here, don't run around, we will come to you later , it won't be long."

Yu Qing waved the wet shoes in his hand, "Go, go, I'll wait for you."

Afterwards, he watched the party leave, and when the party vaguely turned at the intersection in front of him, he immediately put the wet shoes on his feet, looked around, exercised his skills to shake the moisture from the wet feet, and then rushed back to the intersection. For that pool, he went directly to another channel and went downstream of the dark ditch.

After walking for about a mile quickly, the front became pitch black, and I couldn't see anything. Looking at the light spots in the distance, it was because the light-transmitting holes were far away.

It doesn't matter, he just stopped here, took out the fire pocket, and blew it up.

As soon as the fire was lit, there was the sound of rattling iron chains.

Yu Qing held up the fire fold and looked at it, and found that this place is a relatively open underground space, and there are long benches, the surface of which has been worn smooth, obviously because people often sit on it, probably for the working people of the Wu surname to rest The place.

However, the resting place at this time was clearly set up as a trap. Just in front of the long bench, a young boy trampled on a piece of land.There was actually a ferocious animal trap in the pit, and the huge saw-toothed tiger's mouth ruthlessly bit the little boy's calf.

The young boy looked very strong, naked, barefoot, only the crotch was roughly wrapped.

The young boy has long black hair with a shawl, and the strands of hair are of good quality, which can reflect a black luster under the firelight.

The young boy's big black eyes were full of energy, and he was obviously full of fear at this time, but he grinned at Yu Qing and made a "ho hoo" sound, like a wild beast threatening Yu Qing, and he was still pulling the trap in his hand. The iron chain, pulled hard, but could not be torn apart.

The fire light in Yu Qing's hand moved away, and his eyes fixed on the young boy's chest, and found that there was a tattoo on his chest, which was actually a "halberd" pattern.

Yu Qing realized that it should be a playful child among the Wu family who ran down and stepped on the trap by mistake.

One thing he didn't quite understand was how the Rift Valley Villa set up such a murder weapon in this place.

Yu Qing approached immediately, and was about to help the child open the trap for treatment.

However, the young boy immediately waved his hands and scratched him frantically, not letting him approach, and kept saying "ho ho", the meaning of intimidation and deterrence was obvious.

Yu Qing immediately explained: "Little guy, I will open it for you. Only after opening it can you escape. Don't worry, I am a guest of the Rift Valley Villa, and I will not harm you. Open it for you and save you, understand?"

The young boy understood, but his expression was obviously half-doubtful, but his impatience and grinning gradually subsided, but his alert posture remained, and his claws looked like they were about to counterattack at any time.

Yu Qing was funny, ignored him, went directly to squat down, put the fire folder upside down, and grabbed the trap with both hands to bite. As soon as he exerted strength, he was suddenly surprised, and found that this thing was not an ordinary trap. The bite force was amazing. Unlucky kung fu can't break it apart. After being bitten like this, wouldn't the child's legs be crippled?

Immediately, he used his skills to forcibly break open the trap, and after returning to the open state, he went to help the little boy's feet, wanting to help him take a look.

What surprised him was that the child jumped up and jumped away, and slowly backed away. Seeing that he really didn't come to chase him, it seemed a little strange. He turned around immediately and ran into the darkness. The sound of footsteps disappeared. Just disappeared.

After being bitten by such a ruthless trap, he ran away as if nothing happened?
Yu Qing couldn't recover from the wound on the child's foot for a long time, what did he see just now?
He didn't know if he had read it wrong, so he suddenly took the fire folder on the ground to illuminate it, reached out his hand to touch the jagged mouth of the animal trap, found some slippery blood and looked at it in front of his eyes, and found that it was indeed not red, but It's golden!
　Thanks to "Forbidden East" for supporting the two big red flowers!
　　I finished writing in one breath, and I was too lazy to divide chapters, so I posted it like this.Try to update before dinner in the future, I don't know how long I can last, I have to go out tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, bet how long I can last!

　　
　
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