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After walking on the road for another day and a half, at noon, Hai Dongqing said: "The front is the underworld."

Mai Mai looked up, and the road ahead suddenly became steeper, and the whole forest seemed to have suddenly risen from the sky, and the same sunlight shone in, making it look much darker.Wheat saw in the travel brochure that Qionglai’s east is steep and the west is gentle, and the main peak, Siguniang Mountain, has experienced many geological structural changes, with a significant vertical height difference, but it is unexpected that just such a change will give people a yin and yang. A sense of demarcation.

It was twelve o'clock at this time, and the side where they were standing still felt the sun was warm, but the shadow world on the opposite side seemed to be covered with something, and the sun could not shine through.No one spoke for a few minutes, and after a while, Shao Jing said flatly, "It really is the boundary between Yin and Yang."

Hai Dongqing raised his head slightly, as if looking at something sacred, and smiled after a while: "You can't ride a horse inside, you have to walk in."

Shao Jing took a visual inspection of the mountain road. In fact, it was not so ridiculously steep. The horse should still be able to walk: "The horse should still be able to walk, right?" This feeling of steepness actually came more from the visual error.

Hai Dongqing shook his head: "A horse won't go in, if you don't believe me, try it."

Shao Jing didn't say anything more.On the contrary, Ah Hua didn't quite believe it.He didn't want to walk in, and he didn't know how far he would have to walk. He was a drug addict. Although he was not as skinny as some drug addicts in the later stages, he looked half human and half ghostly, but he was physically weaker than others.But when he drove the horse forward, the horse started pacing back and forth, shaking its head from side to side, and it just wouldn't go forward.He yelled loudly, but the horse backed up a few steps, snorted, and even tried to break free from the bridle, almost falling to the ground.

Hai Dongqing said with a smile: "See? The Yin world does not allow the creatures of the Yang world to enter. Animals have a special intuition about this. Only humans can overcome their inner fear and walk in." He swallowed the words he hadn't finished speaking, There was a slight sarcastic expression on his face.

Mai Mai noticed Hai Dongqing's expression, and couldn't help thinking secretly, since the underworld doesn't allow creatures from the yang realm to enter, will they be rejected by the underworld if they go in?Or is the so-called underworld just a legend, and the horse is only afraid because there may be some kind of snake or beast in it?Or there may be another reason—Mai Mai looked at several people in the same company one by one, and Shao Jing had Buddhist mantras on him, and Yin and Yang probably made no difference to him; According to Yang Yan's narrative, he is actually a person on the border between life and death, and he will always maintain the pain of the moment of death. It doesn't matter whether he is alive or dead; he himself is a person who is about to die. Well, he can even hug a ghost like Zhao Baobao, he must have the Yin Qi on his body; A Hua is a drug addict, and he may look fine now, but maybe he is not far from death like him...

Mai Mai smiled self-deprecatingly, and looked at Xie Qi again—why could this person enter the underworld again?He is obviously a big living person, right?Wouldn't he die just because his name was borrowed by a dead person?However, Mai recalled that in order to deal with Toshi Kurahashi, he used to frantically search for information about Onmyoji on the Internet, but he didn’t find much serious stuff, and all the Baidu ones were written by a Japanese writer named Dream Pillow Tapir with Abe Seimei as the protagonist. In a novel "Onmyoji", it says: name is also a kind of curse, maybe a person's name is really so important?

Wheat was thinking wildly, while Hai Dongqing and the others had already started to unload the equipment from the horses and put them on their backs one after another. Shao Jing carried most of the things on his back, and Wheat hurried over to snatch some of them: "Back I'm not afraid of things, I can't shoot me, you can carry a little less, and free your hands to protect me."

Hai Dongqing smiled: "Okay, okay, it's not that scary here, let's go." He didn't need to eat, drink, or sleep, but it was more advantageous than others, and it was easier to carry less food, so he grabbed it with one hand. With a pistol and a long knife in one hand, he walked to the underworld first.

As he walked closer, Maimai found out more clearly that because the mountains in the underworld were steeper, the mountains cast more shadows, completely covering the forest in shadows, and it was twelve o'clock at noon.It is conceivable that during the rest of the time, it is even less likely that sunlight will penetrate here.Costin took the lead, and they stepped into the woods.It was just that one step, Xiaomai didn't know whether it was his real feeling or a psychological effect. In short, when the shadow of the mountain in the underworld completely enveloped him, he felt that the surrounding temperature seemed to drop by three or four degrees, and there seemed to be a cold wind blowing on the back of his neck. Suddenly, goose bumps appeared on the arms wrapped in the mountaineering suit, and they moved involuntarily.

Shao Jing immediately turned around: "What's wrong? Something fell into the collar? Pull up the hat and put it on."

"No, I just suddenly felt cold."

Hai Dongqing turned back in front: "The underworld will naturally be cold, and it will be even colder at night. Put on the hard hat, and pull up the hat of the mountaineering suit, and try not to let the skin touch the things in the underworld."

The woods were not dense, but the air didn't seem to flow. After wrapping himself up like this, Xiaomai felt very stuffy after walking for a while.He listened carefully, the woods in the underworld did not have the chirping of insects and birds in the woods in the yang world, but occasionally there would be a slight swishing sound from the grass at his feet, as if a snake or something was swimming by, reminding Xiaomai that he once walked The Gu Dao that you have passed, you will always subconsciously look around for those bugs that are heading in one direction.

Fortunately, there were no mutated bugs here. After walking for four hours, Xiaomai finally calmed down a bit.It was getting dark by this time.Mai looked at his watch, it was only 04:30, but the sky was very dark.

"It's not going to rain, is it?"

Hai Dongqing looked up at the sky: "That's right, it's going to rain. The weather forecast will rain for the next few days, I hope nothing goes wrong."

Mai Mai wondered: "You want it to rain?" Will the road be more difficult when it rains?

Hai Dongqing smiled: "Yes. If it doesn't rain, we can't pass that test."

Mai Mai was about to ask which level "that level" is, but Hai Dongqing had already stopped: "Don't go any further, just rest here, I hope it will rain soon before dark, otherwise we will have to retreat." Go out. Don't take off your equipment, everyone, look around for tall trees that are suitable for climbing and can hide people."

Wheat couldn't help but said: "Is there something coming out? If it rains, it won't come out?" Or it won't bite when it comes out?

Hai Dongqing was busy looking for a tree, and said casually: "Monument of King Yu." As soon as he said these three words, fine raindrops fell.Hai Dongqing's face showed joy, "Okay, everyone, eat something and don't sleep."

There was no way to sleep in this rainy field. Everyone took out dried meat and ate a few mouthfuls, and Hai Dongqing let them all climb the tree and warned everyone—no matter what they saw, don’t make a sound.

The sky was pitch black, and the raindrops turned to the size of soybeans, hitting the helmet and crackling even with a layer of mountaineering clothing.Mai Mai and Shao Jing huddled together at the branch of a big tree, covered by a few branches just above their heads, barely blocking a little rain.The jerky and fire in his hand were wet from the rain, and it tasted like chewing wax. After chewing a few bites of wheat, he felt that he lost his appetite and was worrying. Shao Jing turned his face away, and his warm lips approached him, and fed him a piece. chocolate.

Mai Mai chewed the chocolate, and lightly punched Shao Jing: "Where is it? It's still making trouble!"

A flash of lightning illuminated Shao Jing's sinister smile: "Hold on, we'll go to Chengdu to eat squid chicken, bell dumplings, Dandan noodles, Tantan chicken, hot pot..."

"Okay, okay." Maimai swallowed involuntarily, "The more you talk about it, the hungrier I get."

Hai Dongqing on the opposite tree probably heard the movement, glared at them fiercely, gestured to them to shut up, and then pointed down the tree.Mai Mai looked down and couldn't see anything in the pitch blackness, but when he listened carefully, he heard another sound from the sound of the rain, a kind of swishing, like the one he heard in the grass when he was on his way. Sound, but much louder than it was then.

Another flash of lightning flashed, and with this dazzling white light, Maimai saw a gray-black back in the grass under the tree. Because it was not clear in the dim light, and there were too many of them, it turned out to be like waves, like the entire grassland. They all moved.He froze for a moment before he realized that there were countless snakes!

Gu Dao!Mai could only think of this for a while.To be honest, since walking through the Gu Dao, he has become a little nervous about bugs.Especially in the few days when he just came out of the Gu Dao, a single mosquito could make him shiver.Later, this fear gradually faded, but when he saw the snakes, he couldn't help feeling dizzy and nauseous, and he almost had the urge to jump off the tree and run away.

Of course he didn't.These snakes passed by the tree, at least for now it seems that they have no intention of climbing up the tree. If he really jumped down by himself, he might throw himself into the snake's mouth instead.

Shao Jing noticed his nervousness, put his arms around him, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I remembered, this may be the Monument of King Yu came out. These snakes are fleeing for their lives, and they don't know how to bite. people."

Mai Mai was about to ask him what was going on in fear, when suddenly a light flickered in the distance.This time it was not the flashes of lightning, but the light of flames.Looking at the place where the fire came from, Mai Mai saw a large group of flames flickering in the distance. If it wasn't for the rain on his head, he almost thought it was a mountain fire.The fire light got a little closer, and Xiaomai saw that it was a large stone tablet, which was two or three meters high, surrounded by flames, and in the light of the fire, one could vaguely see engraved cloud-like patterns on the top of the stone tablet, and there seemed to be a coil in the middle dragon.The fire illuminated the grassland tens of meters around the stele, and the grassland had turned into a gray-black area, with countless snakes coiling on it, and it was impossible to count how many there were.Mai Mai felt that there seemed to be another sound in the sound of wind and rain, whizzing as if something was breathing in.

The stele gradually moved closer, and where the flames touched, the trees began to smoke.Only then did Mai Mai understand why Hai Dongqing was looking forward to the rain. If it wasn't for the heavy rain to put out the fire, they would either fall into the snakes or be burned to death.

The stele moved closer.Mai Mai found that the snakes on the ground seemed to be motionless, only the stone tablet passed through the snakes, making a swishing sound.Mai Mai really wanted to see how the stele was moving, but the fireworks were lingering, and the ground was covered with grass and snakes, so it was hard to see if the stele had long legs.It's just that the closer the stone tablet moved, the more heat and smoke hit the face.Shao Jing covered his and Maimai's faces with the hem of the wet mountaineering suit, hoping that the stele would pass quickly.However, the stele did not go away when it got under the tree, as if someone was listening, the two of them were so nervous that they held their breath and did not dare to move.

Hai Dongqing flicked his fingers lightly on the opposite tree, and a stone flew out of his hand and fell into the distance.A slight noise disturbed the stele, and it moved slowly into the distance.Mai Mai saw in the firelight that there were several large characters on the back of the stele, and the strokes were twisted together like tadpoles, plus wind and rain erosion.Even he couldn't see what it looked like.

When the stele was far away, the few people hiding in the trees all heaved a sigh of relief.It was still raining heavily, but the sky was a little brighter.Hai Dongqing turned on the flashlight and let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, we can come down now, let's move forward quickly."

Xie Qi had never seen this kind of scene before. He hugged the tree trunk so frightened that his feet limp, and looked down at the tree: "Snakes, the snakes are still there!" He has been a guide here for several years, and he has seen many snakes, but there are so many It was the first time I saw the group of snakes, so I didn't dare to come down no matter what.Hai Dongqing jumped to the ground and said with a smile: "It's okay, these are dead snakes. No, it should be said that it's just a layer of snake skin, and the meat has been sucked dry by the King Yu Monument."

Mai Mai kicked the nearest snake, and it really didn't have any weight, it was just an empty shell, the bones were still intact, but the meat was gone.Only then did Xie Qi dare to come down, and wiped the water off his face, not sure if it was rain or sweat: "Well, what kind of weird thing is this? Thanks to the rain... Will this thing come back?"

Hai Dongqing shook his head: "It's not certain, so we have to leave quickly. It's always right to go in the direction from the monument. If I didn't remember the correct direction, I will be there at noon tomorrow. Don't be so afraid, the people here Snakes don't hurt people, but they have the poison of the underworld on their bodies. If their skin is cut, they will be poisoned. However, they will not die in the underworld if they are poisoned, but they cannot see the sunlight of the yang world. .Let's go."

Xie Qi was really frightened, and while walking, he muttered what kind of poison it was, and why he would have an attack when he saw sunlight.Mai Mai felt something was wrong - Hai Dongqing said it so easily, and didn't say what to do if he was poisoned, did he forget to say it?Or, did he already believe in his heart that it was impossible for these people to leave the underworld?

The snakeskin "carpet" stretches for hundreds of meters in the direction from which the Monument of King Yu came. Even if you are wearing boots, you will feel the creaking sound under your feet when you walk on it.Especially in the middle of the night, with the patter of rain, that feeling was indescribably weird.Fortunately, the rain finally stopped in the middle of the night, and the snakes did not appear again. The people were divided under several trees, and barely took a nap.

Although no one slept well, Xiaomai still felt a little excited when the sun rose.Sunshine can always give people warmth and encouragement, so the snake herd last night seemed less disgusting.Hai Dongqing urged everyone to get up, and Mai Mai saw that he was a little excited, probably because he was close to the destination.No one else had any objections, only A Hua was a little depressed, and went behind the tree while yawning.Mai Mai glanced at it quietly, and found that he was bent over as if he was playing with something in front of his face. Hai Dongqing urged him twice before coming out, and his spirit obviously recovered.Shao Jing whispered, "He's taking drugs, stay away from him."

It was really the first time for Mai Mai to see a real drug addict, and he wanted to stay away even without Shao Jing telling him.Although Xie Qi was expressionless, he deliberately walked slowly.Only Hai Dongqing was also excited as if he had taken drugs, walking fast ahead.

Around eleven o'clock, the trees became noticeably thinner, and more rocks appeared ahead.Hai Dongqing's eyes brightened: "Here we are, right in front, in the valley halfway up the mountain!"

Shao Jing held the pistol in his hand calmly, and leaned closer to Mai Mai.After a few more steps, the mountain wall is steep, and the two peaks are sandwiched, almost merging at the top of the head, leaving only a ray of skylight.The mountain road is only half a foot wide, with a cliff on the left and a deep cliff on the right.Walking on the mountain road, Mai Mai didn't dare to look down the cliff, feeling as if if he took a wrong step, he would fall down.He suddenly remembered what the tour guide said when he organized a trip to climb Huangshan in the university, "Take a step back and leave without a trace", and he couldn't help but get a layer of cold sweat on his back—what if a snake sprang out at this time...

Fortunately, this fear did not come true.Walking through a line of sky, the eyes suddenly opened up.A small valley, with luxuriant green grass, has a fresh breath after being washed by yesterday's rain.In the middle of the valley there was a boulder tilted. Hai Dongqing pointed at the boulder, his voice trembling slightly: "It's right behind that! We're here!"