The sun shines on the empty mountain road, and there is a hint of laziness and loneliness in the early summer air.
The three people were talking and laughing, and unknowingly they were approaching. The clothes of the three of them seemed a little thin, and their clothes rustled in the mountain wind.
Hidden behind the bushes, Xu Feng, Lei Zhentian and Luo Xiangxue stared wide-eyed at the three strangers coming towards them.
Xu Feng and Lei Zhentian looked at each other, suspicious: What do these people do? Judging from his style, he must be from the Jianghu, but he turned from the cliff in front. Could he be from the Hell Gate?
Lei Zhentian also murmured in his heart: These people have ordinary weapons, but their clothes are a bit weird. Have they ever met the two nephews? Why not go out and explore the situation in the mountain? Maybe they live in this mountain all the time, but it would be reckless to go out like this, but you can't know the identity of the other party. If it is someone from the Hell Gate, why don't you alert them and make them suspicious? well! It’s better not to be reckless!
Luo Xiangxue's watery eyes were shining with hope, her two black pearl-like eyes staring straight at those people, with deep doubts on her brows, she couldn't help but quietly look at Xu Feng and Lei Zhentian beside her. In such a situation, she did not dare to make a sound, as if she wanted to draw some kind of decision from the expressions on the faces of the two elders.
Xu Feng winked at her, shook his head slightly, and signaled her to be silent.
Three pairs of eyes behind the bushes quietly observed the three strange and strange passers-by. The three people were walking along the roadside talking to themselves. They walked slowly and leisurely, and they seemed to be leisurely and at ease. They did not notice anything strange in the bushes.
Xu Feng secretly thought: These three people are walking very slowly, and they don't seem to be in a hurry. Although I can't tell their route, I don't think they can recognize me. I might as well show up, pretend to be a porter, and inquire about them. , maybe you can ask some questions!
Xu Feng's thoughts coincided with Lei Zhentian's. But the two of them remained silent, glanced at each other, and nodded slightly, and they already understood a little bit of the other's thoughts. Such a tacit understanding can only be understood by close friends who have known each other for many years.
Luo Xiangxue looked at the two of them, unable to guess what they were thinking, so she could only remain silent, crawling in the bushes, not daring to make any movement.
The barren mountain was lonely and beside the empty mountain road, the three people were about to pass by the bushes where Xu Feng and the others were crouching.
Xu Feng winked at Lei Zhentian and Luo Xiangxue, signaling them to be silent, and extended his palm to make a gesture of continuing to lurk. The two looked at him steadily and nodded understandingly.
Xu Feng then committed himself and slipped out behind him, walked around to a thick cypress tree, and hid himself behind the trunk of the tree. He slightly peeked at the three people on the road to make sure that the three people had not noticed him, and then slowly walked away. He appeared from behind the tree trunk and headed towards the three people.
The distance between the two sides was about tens of meters. At this time, the three people had also seen him. He pretended to be nonchalant and walked around looking around. The three people frowned and stopped. They looked a little surprised when a person suddenly appeared. They looked at each other without comment.
Xu Feng thought: I will pretend to be a traveler, so I can't make them suspicious. If these people are really from Hell Gate, they must be very skilled, so I should be careful.
With this in his mind, he stopped ten meters away from the three people, looked at them with smiles on their faces, clasped his fists, and said, "Excuse me, three officials, what is the boundary here?" He pretended to look at them. He looked around, looking confused.
The bearded man wearing a silver ring looked at him, frowned and said, "Who is your Excellency?"
Xu Feng smiled slightly and said with a smile: "I took the road to pass by and came to this mountain. I seem to have lost my way, but I don't know where this place is? I hope the three of you can show me the way!" He smiled lightly. , but secretly looked at their faces and the weapons in their hands.
The tall middle-aged man with a sallow complexion and dressed as a Taoist suddenly said, "I wonder where you are going?"
Xu Feng smiled slightly and said: "I was about to visit an old friend outside the pass. I came from Yangping Pass in front. I entered the mountain but didn't know the way. I only knew that I had to climb over the mountain and came to this fork in the road. I don’t know how to leave! Alas! Fortunately, I met three officials by chance, so I asked them about it!" As he said this, he hugged these people again.
The tall middle-aged man said: "This is outside the pass. Are you from inside the pass?" He said quietly, looking at Xu Feng with a pair of deep eyes, and he was a little wary. Xu Feng held a long sword in his hand and looked dusty. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was a man of the world.
Xu Feng's heart trembled, and he was secretly surprised: How could this person know that he came from inside the pass? He changed his mind and said: "To be honest with the officials, I am coming from within the pass. I think some of them must be locals, right?"
The strong man with a full beard said: "This is called Savage Mountain. I wonder where you are going outside the pass? Ahem, we are people from this mountain. If you ask us for directions, you are asking the right person."
Xu Feng sighed, looked around with a confused expression, and said: "I only know that this old friend came to Luoshui Beach in Yangpingguan a few years ago. Alas, we haven't seen each other for many years. I wonder if the three of you know about Luoshui Beach." How to get to the beach? How far is it from here?"
The bearded man frowned and said: "Luoshuitan? How come I have never heard of this place?" He turned to look at the tall middle-aged man and asked doubtfully: "Brother Taoist, have you ever heard of such a place? ?”
The tall yellow-robed Taoist said: "Luoshui Beach?" He pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I have never heard of it either. There is nothing within ten miles of Savage Mountain that I don't know about, but I have never heard of Luoshui Beach! "
Xu Feng made up a random place name in his mind in order to get something out of them about the terrain in the Savage Mountain, but unexpectedly, these two people did not tell him about the situation in the mountain. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, sighed quietly, and then continued: "Oh, it seems that I took the wrong road, but I don't know how many of you are familiar with the terrain and road conditions in this mountain?"
The bearded man chuckled and said: "You are talking about this Savage Mountain. Alas, we have lived in the mountains all year round. There is no reason why we are not familiar with it. It's just that this Savage Mountain is vast and has many mountain roads. You are a foreigner, so it is inevitable that you will get lost easily. "." He pointed at the two forked roads behind him, one leading to the dense forest halfway up the mountain in the distance, and the other leading to the cliff at the top of the mountain.
He looked at Xu Feng and introduced: "Well, there are two roads here, one is the road up the mountain, and the other is the road down the mountain. The road up the mountain leads to Baiyunding, where we live, and the other road down the mountain leads to The Lengyou Valley outside the mountain forest. If you go down the mountain from now on, after passing the Lengyou Valley, you can see a small stream. If you walk along the stream for a few miles, you will be out of this Savage Mountain!"
When Xu Feng heard what he said, he could reach the place where they lived by walking up the mountain. His heart moved and he secretly said: "Could it be that the Baiyunding he mentioned is where the gate of hell is? I think these people are dressed up, and they are probably that hell." Since the Gate of Hell is the legendary realm of the devil, it must be hidden in a very secret place and will never be easily found by the outside world. Why don’t we go to Baiyunding to explore the truth first!" Thinking of this, he thought in his heart Suddenly enlightened, he clasped his fists at those people and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, officials, for just asking for trouble! I will take my leave now! Thank you very much!"
Although those few people were surprised, they didn't think much about it. They waved their hands and said a few polite words, then slowly walked towards the footpath down the mountain.
After a few people walked far away, Xu Feng felt relieved. He turned his head and looked at the bushes beside the road in the distance, and strode towards that direction.
