Han Zhengyuan didn't seem to agree with Song Jiang's words, and even said with a sarcastic face, "Don't persuade others to be kind without their suffering... Do you know how I got here in the past three years? Once I miss it, I will never be the same." It is impossible to leave here. As long as you take me down the mountain, I will tell you the whereabouts of Xu Liqiang."
After hearing this, Song Jiang asked tentatively, "Can I take you and Xu Liqiang down the mountain together?"
Han Zhengyuan was stunned after hearing this, and then suddenly laughed and said, "It's not impossible to take him down the mountain with you, but one of you two must stay here... How about it? Which of you is willing to sacrifice yourself for others? ?”
Upon hearing this, Song Jiang asked, "Why does someone have to stay? Did anyone ask you to do this?"
"Human? Boy, I advise you not to get involved in this matter anymore. Take me down the mountain with you. I guarantee that nothing will happen to you. If you want to live a long life, you should never come to this Danglan Mountain again. ." Han Zhengyuan said with a dry smile.
After hearing this, Song Jiang asked in a deep voice, "You mean Xu Liqiang is dead?"
Han Zhengyuan sighed slightly at this time and said, "It's so hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words... I gave you a chance to choose, but you just want to save others, so let me see the one you want to save." People, are you willing to let you go?"
After Han Zhengyuan finished speaking, he turned his head slightly and looked behind him and said, "Xu Liqiang... They are here to save you. Why don't you come out and see them?"
As soon as Han Zhengyuan finished speaking, heavy footsteps were heard in the darkness not far away... Then a man in camouflage uniforms was seen walking out of the darkness, but when Song Jiang and Deng Kai saw the person clearly, Looks like this, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart
Song Jiang never expected that they would actually see Xu Liqiang here, but the other person's appearance was a bit scary. Xu Liqiang's eyes were gouged out at some point, leaving only two red-flesh eye sockets. .
Han Zheng saw that both Song Jiang and Deng Kai looked frightened, and said with some pride, "I gave you a chance to take me down the mountain, but you chose to stay on the mountain to find Xu Liqiang... In this case, we can only The choice is now left to Xu Liqiang." After saying this, he turned to Xu Liqiang and said, "I have given you the opportunity, I hope you won't be as stupid as last time."
Song Jiang felt a faint movement in his heart after hearing Han Zhengyuan's words. He was curious about the last time. Could it be the time he went caving with Zhou Rui? But when Song Jiang was lost in thought, he saw that Xu Liqiang, who had no eyes, could accurately find the positions of Song Jiang and Meng Zhe, and slowly walked towards them...
"I'm warning you not to come here! My friend is a master of ghost hunting... no matter what kind of ghosts, big or small, male or female!" Deng Kai had never seen such a battle before, and he saw Xu Liqiang, who had no eyes, walking towards them. Suddenly he was so frightened that he became incoherent.
Song Jiang was also a little scared. After all, Xu Liqiang's current appearance was too terrifying. But what they didn't expect was that Xu Liqiang walked up to the two of them and said softly, "Thank you for coming to save me... but I can't go back." No, I don’t regret doing this, and the other thing is to help me persuade Zhou Rui to change his career and stop taking risks. If he encounters any danger again in the future, I won’t be able to help him anymore."
Unexpectedly, Han Zhengyuan suddenly shouted angrily after hearing this, "Are you mentally ill? I can understand why you saved Zhou Rui last time. You are friends and brothers... But you don't know them, so you can just pick any one." You left here just like me, who do you think you are? Is the Buddha reincarnated? Are you kind to everyone?!"
Only then did Song Jiang understand that it seemed that the sacrifice that was really selected last time should be Zhou Rui, who was the first to see the stone statue, but for some unknown reason, Xu Liqiang replaced him...
After thinking about this, Song Jiang said with some regret, "What can I do for you?"
When Deng Kai on the side heard Song Jiang's question, he quickly added, "I can't give you my eyes!"
After hearing this, Xu Liqiang said in a deep voice, "I don't need you to do anything for me, and I am very grateful to you for coming up the mountain to find me..." When he said this, he turned slightly to Deng Kai and said, "If your If my friend is really that powerful, can you please ask him for help to prevent this from happening again?"
After hearing this, Song Jiang asked, "Of course, but first you have to tell us what all this is about."
Xu Liqiang sighed slightly and said, "To be honest... I still don't know exactly what the hell killed me. Brother Yuan, do you know?"
Han Zhengyuan was also asked about his son. He said with a resentful expression, "I don't know what that thing is specifically? Is it a god? Is it a demon? Or a monster? In short, it is a very evil thing. It exists in the world. It has been a long time, maybe thousands of years, maybe tens of thousands of years. I only know that it has lured travelers into the underground caves dedicated to it again and again, tricking them into gouging out their own eyes and offering sacrifices. People trapped here will not only lose The eyes are dead in the hole, and even the soul cannot be freed unless..."
"Unless you lure the next traveler to replace you! Right?" Song Jiang said the second half of Han Zhengyuan's words.
"Yes! This is its insidiousness. It takes advantage of the selfishness in human nature to seduce everyone who wants to leave here and lure more travelers..." Han Zhengyuan said straightforwardly.
After hearing this, Song Jiang shook his head and said, "It seems that this thing didn't predict people's hearts this time... You didn't predict it either. Xu Liqiang was not only willing to sacrifice himself for his friends, but he didn't even think about continuing to harm others. In comparison, This made your selfishness look particularly ugly, so you were angry and unwilling to lure the two of us here, right?"
Han Zhengyuan, whose facial features were distorted by Song Jiang's remarks, sneered and said, "How long has he been here?! Why wasn't I as righteous as Xu Liqiang when I was trapped here? Let him If you try to stay in this cave where you can't see your fingers for a few years, you will hear nothing but the sound of water drops every day. Let alone a human being, even a god will be driven crazy!"
Song Jiang definitely believes this. Otherwise, how could Han Zhengyuan leave here after three years? Sometimes it is not difficult to be a good person for a while, but the difficulty is to persist in being a good person for a lifetime...
Thinking of this, Song Jiang looked at Han Zhengyuan and said, "But have you ever thought about... what exactly are you now?"
Han Zhengyuan's expression changed after hearing this and said, "What do you mean?!"
(End of chapter)
