Daily life in the courtyard

Chapter 319 Zhelong Cave, living chrysalis

Peacock's brother is called Ada.

He is a very powerful hunter in the village.

Every household in Zhelong Village is now covered with red cloth, which indicates that the old patriarch is about to step down, and the new patriarch is also being selected.

And Ada is one of the more vocal ones.

It is a potential threat to the old patriarch's son.

In fact, Ada himself has no extravagant hopes of running for the clan leader.

He just wanted to live a peaceful life for himself and his sister.

Last night, my sister brought back four out-of-towners.

He is from the capital, and is said to be a museum staff member who collects butterfly specimens.

Ada didn't believe it.

Their village has secrets passed down from their ancestors.

It has not been interrupted for thousands of years.

But no matter how meticulous the information is, it cannot be kept secret.

Just like paper can never cover fire.

In recent years, many outsiders have come to Zhelong Mountain to dig for treasures under various banners.

And this Zhelong Village is the only way to enter the treasure digging area in the back mountain.

And those treasures, in the hearts of the Zhelong Village people, are the wealth left to them by their ancestors.

It's private to them.

Even they have never actually snooped and obtained it.

Therefore, the entire Zhelong Village is exclusive.

This time it was really a coincidence among coincidences.

If the family had not run out of food and Ada had to go hunting, she would not have let the peacock go to the market alone.

If there had not been an unexpected mountain collapse and the car had failed to avoid the accident, Wei Ping'an would not have been given a few opportunities to get close to the peacock.

Even though Peacock kept saying that Brother Wei and the others were good people.

Ada's defensiveness was almost to the extreme.

But he is also a kind man.

Although the weather has cleared up, the road is muddy and difficult to walk, and it is surrounded by deep mountains.

If we were really unkind and drove them away, they would have no choice but to sleep in the wilderness.

It's wet and dangerous.

Ada also couldn't bear it.

But he kept watching.

As long as they want to talk to the peacock, they will find an excuse to send the peacock away.

Once you come and go, you will be on guard until night.

Completely peaceful sleep.

the next day.

The person Ada considered the most dangerous among the outsiders woke up very early.

Ada's long-standing hunter genes made him wake up immediately.

Fortunately, there were no surprises.

As long as we send them away, it won't matter.

Ada is not worried that accepting a few outsiders will affect his prestige within the clan.

He actually didn't really take the matter of running for clan leader seriously.

But he knew that the clan had harsh clan rules that had been passed down for a long time.

Peacock has always been well protected by his elder brother.

But we can't be soft-hearted and tell them the waterway route into the hinterland of Zhelong Mountain.

That was a severe punishment of being kicked out of the village.

From yesterday’s prevention to today.

It's finally the end.

On the occasion of parting, Peacock sent the four of them to the nearest intersection to the village.

Ada also accompanied me.

He was happy to send a few out-of-towners away quickly, but he was even more afraid that his sister would be soft-hearted and continue to persuade them to stay.

Because Ada knew that if there was no waterway, they could only cross the snow-capped mountains on foot, which was not something that these outsiders could easily do with their equipment.

If they retreated despite the difficulties and settled in their own village again, wouldn't they have to continue to guard against their sister's soft heart telling them the secret passage just like yesterday?

Therefore, on this trip, he was not so much saying farewell to the four of Wei Ping'an as he was to supervise his younger sister Peacock to prevent her from saying things like 'if she comes back, I'll stay with her'.

However, a familiar companion came to visit halfway.

Seeing the intersection of the village approaching, Ada hesitated briefly and left first.

Things within the clan are more important.

Although he has no intention of competing for the clan leader, he is the most courageous and skilled hunter of this generation, and is also one of the most powerful forces in the village at critical moments.

So if something happens to the village, he will be the first to rush forward regardless of his own safety.

But Ada never expected that he would take all precautions. Even his sister Kongque personally told Wei Ping'an and the four brothers that she would not let her know how to cross Zhelong Mountain...

Unexpectedly, the peacock is so kind.

A bottle of fragrant mosquito repellent water successfully softened the peacock's heart.

She stopped Wei Ping'an and the other four at the last moment.

"Brother Wei, let me tell you the location of the Zhelongshanshui Road."

Wei Pingan sighed secretly in his heart.

This little girl is so kind.

Fortunately, I met myself.

When things here are finished, I will definitely find an opportunity to repay her.

Although the girl Peacock revealed the rules of the clan, her crime is unforgivable.

But the old patriarch wanted his son to stand out in the election for patriarch.

He chose the strategy of suppressing Ada and promoting his own son.

The peacocks were not driven away directly, but the peacocks were imprisoned.

He probably planned to use Peacock to stay in the clan as a threat to get Ada to give up running for clan leader after this matter was over.

The old man was very bad.

In this case, Wei Ping'an doesn't care about making arrangements for Peacock now.

Let’s wait for the story to continue to develop.

Go and see.

All the way to the woods full of sacrifices.

Because tribesmen from the village often come here to worship, there are several sacrificial ceremonies every year.

Therefore, the woods here are not dense, and there is a large empty space when walking around.

Various piles of stones were piled up, as well as spears made of bamboo and wood, with cow heads hanging on them.

Many cow skulls have dried out because they have been hung for too long.

There are also some that are fresher and have a faint smell of rot.

It adds a spooky feel to this environment.

"Is this the holy land that Peacock talked about?"

"It should be here, the place where they worship. Let's keep going..."

Wei Ping'an said nothing and frowned slightly.

He had already sensed someone spying on him behind a huge rock not far away.

He was probably the little guy who tipped off the news.

I actually forgot what it was called.

After walking a few miles further, Wei Pingan and others could clearly hear the gurgling sound of the stream.

Using local materials, cut bamboo to make rafts.

It's not that flat.

Because Peacock also said that the water flow inside is strong and it will fall apart if it is not strong enough.

Although they all wore fireproof and waterproof 'high-tech clothes', they were immersed in water, and the water poured in along their collars, but it could not flow out.

How uncomfortable that is.

The built raft needs to have the structure of a boat, which is not only firm and flat under the feet, but also has boat sides around it, and the two ends must be reinforced to withstand violent collisions.

Everyone cuts bamboo efficiently.

What's more, there is Wei Ping'an, a man with super strong martial arts.

A bamboo as thick as an arm was chopped down in a few strokes.

In the eyes of Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang and Shirley Yang, Wei Pingan is already quite powerful.

But they didn't know that this was because Wei Ping'an tried his best to keep it.

There is no way to continue collecting it.

It can be regarded as the lowest standard that he can release within his current ability.If it weren't for the small tattoo on the inside of his wrist, maybe he could do a better job.

At least it looks more like a human being.

Do not exceed the limits of human strength.

At the end of the process, the bamboo raft was taking shape. Shirley Yang took out several armed belts from her backpack, with round metal buckles at the ends.

It's like handcuffs.

"This is a diamond lock that I specially asked a master to make to fix the hull."

"Consultant Yang, don't you still believe me and Lao Hu? Brother Wei, you don't care about your family..."

"Okay, fat man. You can do it as you are told. There is so much nonsense. Let's get on the boat and float on the water. We can't reach the sky or the ground. I think it's good to have an extra layer. We'll be prepared..."

Hu Bayi raised his head and scolded Fatty Wang.

Fatty was speechless.

He is just a poor person, but he is not really too lazy to work.

You must know that he cares about safety the most.

After all, every time he charges forward, he is mostly the one who suffers the most misfortune.

"Okay, I'll do it, I'll do it right away, Staff Officer Yang, pick it up!"

Three sets of diamond locks locked the front, middle and back of the bamboo raft boat.

Wei Ping'an nodded secretly.

After all, women are more attentive.

Without these three sets of diamond locks to fix the hull, the three of them probably wouldn't be able to escape ashore with the help of Jiao's remaining strength.

This is called planning ahead.

"I declare that Operation Butterfly will begin now!"

Fatty Wang stood at the back end of the ship and roared seriously.

Then, together with Hu Bayi in front, he held up the bamboo pole and let the newly made bamboo raft boat sail away from the shore.

Entering the side of the stream leaning against the mountain.

On the other side is the shallows.

At first, the channel through which the stream carried the bamboo raft boat was very narrow, requiring Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan to constantly push it away from the shore with bamboo poles and move forward.

The two of them scrambled for a while before gradually getting used to it.

Wei Ping'an enjoys the environment in this deep mountain.

If he hadn't sensed that the pursuers behind him had entered the mountain and crossed their holy land, Wei Ping'an would have planned to sing a song.

Here comes the song "Small Bamboo Pai River in the Middle"...

I don’t know who will take the next sentence: Walking on both sides of the towering green mountains...

Wei Pingan did not intend to interfere too much in this section of the waterway.

He just wants to be a spectator.

Although Wei Ping'an didn't want to be approached by those bugs, he didn't want to watch everything that piranhas could chew.

But after experiencing it, it is quite good to think of it as a rising experience.

Maybe there will be some surprises?
Wei Ping'an was looking forward to whether those evil people made of living people might become some kind of energy recognized by the system.

The four of them entered the cave carefully.

And after spending a quiet and depressing section of the road, he started shouting as the water became more and more turbulent.

at last.

Came to the three-way intersection.

This is the entrance to the corridor of Xianwang Mechanism.

Hu Bayi and others who didn't know what happened were caught off guard.

After struggling for a while, the hull fell back to its original trajectory and entered a narrow and low fork.

Unexpectedly, the entrance is low and narrow, but there is no space inside.

It is even wider than the original road.

Of course, Hu Bayi and others do not know this comparison.

Wei Ping'an can find out, but he won't tell it openly.

"It should have been where several undercurrents gathered just now, so the water flow was so violent, but don't worry, everyone."

Hu Bayi confidently reassured everyone: "All water flows in one direction. It is very likely that this is a fork in the road, so we are not lost. If we continue walking in the direction of the water, we will definitely be able to get out of Zhelong Mountain."

"If you ask me, we'd better go back the way we came and cross Zhelong Mountain according to the path Peacock told us..."

Fatty Wang went against Hu Bayi for the first time.

"I'm afraid that the exit of this fork in the road is smaller than the one we came in from, so we won't be able to get out either..."

Shirley Young shared the same concerns.

It's just that the angle of concern is different.

"It would be fine if it's like what you said. I brought two tubes of explosives and I can definitely open a passage."

Wei Ping'an knew that nothing like what Shirley Yang said would happen next.

On the contrary, Fatty's premonition was very interesting.

Maybe it was the long-term abuse of No. 1 that led to his subconscious evolution.

Something to be happy about.

Hearing what Wei Ping'an said, Shirley Yang was relieved.

Putting aside the man's ability, since he said it, he must be wrong.

The husband sings and the wife follows.

Understand.

When the bamboo raft boat passed the second hurdle, it stuck vertically on the rocks of the stream.

While the other three people were thankful that the bow of the bamboo raft was strong, only Wei Ping'an heard and saw the stone mechanism under the water.

I have to praise the wisdom of the ancients.

The layout of the institutions during the King Xian period was still underwater.

Being washed away by the turbulent water at all times, it is still responsive even today, thousands of years later.

It doesn't mean it's out of order at all.

No wonder after-sales service can be eliminated directly.

What is the role of the agency?

A rope-like thing made by mixing some plants and special substances is unfolded.

This allows the living figurines sealed in the stone caves to be exposed to the air.

Therefore, when the four people steered the bamboo raft boat for a while, they saw densely packed living figurines hanging upside down in mid-air.

At first, Fatty Wang thought it was a clay sculpture.

Shirley Yang started to think about it and was reminded of King Xian's evil skills. Hu Bayi deduced that these clay sculptures with vivid and different expressions were actually made of living people.

get this result.

Not to mention Fatty Wang and Shirley Yang, even Hu Bayi himself was shocked.

But the current situation does not leave them much room for surprise.

These things that were hanging upside down started to fall one after another.

Well, the rope inside the mechanism finally finished moving, and the living figurines fell into the water one after another.

"Pick up!"

Hu Bayi reacted the fastest, shouted loudly, then quickly took out the engineering shovel and started paddling.

Shirley Yang also took out the diamond umbrella from her back.

Fatty Wang also followed suit and took out his engineering shovel to row a boat.

When I fell in from the fork in the road just now, the pennant was knocked off.

Only Wei Ping'an had nothing, and he didn't prepare an engineer shovel at all.

At this moment, he reached into his arms and pulled out a belt from the uniform.

The belt seems to be specially made, relatively long and narrow.

Not like a men's belt.

Besides, there were no pants underneath, so where did the belt come from?

It was Wei Pingan who pulled it out of the space.

The reason for choosing soft weapons is simple.

Falling human figurines can be pushed aside to prevent them from falling onto the ship and hatching bugs on the hull, which is too disturbing.

It's entirely possible.

Because the bamboo raft was not sealed, the four people stepped on it and part of the bamboo raft sank into the water.

With the bumps, the four people's feet had already stepped on a thin layer of water.

then.

The three people rowed desperately, trying to escape from this strange and terrifying place.

Wei Ping'an stood in the middle of the boat, using the belt in his hand as a soft whip weapon to peel off the human chrysalis that was about to fall on everyone's heads or on the boat, and let it fall into the stream.

The four of them did not discuss the division of labor, but unexpectedly they had a tacit understanding of the division of labor.

(End of this chapter)