The journey from Fushun to Guangzhou is more than a thousand kilometers, and it takes ten hours by train.
And according to the traffic conditions in Dashu, even if the mountain is not high, the water is not dangerous, and the horse is fast and whipped, it will still take more than ten days; if there is any situation on the way, there will be a slight delay. It will probably take half a month to arrive.
This is why, after receiving the news on January 25th, Shuangxie and others hurriedly embarked on their journey the next day.
Let’s talk about the few of them. After “rescuing” Tyrell, the six of them became seven, and they traveled for another three days.
The three days went relatively smoothly. The seven people crossed the Yangtze River in the afternoon of the second day, and left Shu and entered Guizhou on the third day.
During this period, the seven people did not encounter any accidents, and Tyrell's Chinese has also made great progress in the past few days.
In fact, Tyrell is a very smart person with a strong learning ability. Before meeting Shuangxi, no one had ever really taught him Chinese, and few people had even tried to communicate with him. Even so, he He still learned a lot of words by relying on his own guessing and reasoning; now that someone is willing to teach him well and talk to him in broken English, his Chinese level has definitely improved by leaps and bounds.
It is no exaggeration to say that in just these three days, Tyrell's Chinese level has been higher than that of Sun and Huang. However, since learning Chinese is much more difficult than English, he is not yet able to speak "fluently" "Speak the sentence correctly".
By the fourth day, the seven of them had reached the border between Guizhou and Xiangxi. To use a very common concept in martial arts, they had reached the "Miao border".
This place... in a word - the territory of the Five Spirit Sect.
I don’t know if you still remember, but we mentioned it in the previous article: Fourteen years ago, Gu Qizong, the leader of the Tianqi Gang, led the thirteen sects to attack the main altar of the Five Spirits Sect. At the end of the battle, the Five Spirits Sect The main altar was burned by fire and buried by the collapsed mountain. Gu Qizong and the leader of the Demon Cult, Yi Shixiong, also died in the fire.
However, this battle did not completely destroy the Five Spirit Sect.
Today, fourteen years later, the Five Spirits Sect has already completed its reconstruction and has become even more powerful than it was then.
Just like back then, their current main altar is also called "Zhenling Mountain" - this is their rule. Whichever mountain the main altar is located on is called "Zhenling Mountain"; of course, the exact location of the main altar, The entry and exit methods are kept secret from the outside world.
In addition, the Wuling Sect has countless branches all over the Miao border, all disguised as various businesses or facilities. Its members are also scattered everywhere to mingle with the local people.
You have to ask how large their sphere of influence is in the Miao border area and how many manpower they have... It's hard to say.
Anyway, the so-called "righteous people" in the Central Plains martial arts world are generally reluctant to set foot here. If they insist on coming, they can only find more people, have more minds, and leave quickly after finishing the work.
Otherwise, every extra day they stay will increase the risk of "evaporating from the world".
Huang Donglai and the others naturally understand the above-mentioned situations. However, if you go from Fushun to Guangzhou, you must pass through this area. If you want to avoid this place and take a long way, the circle will be too big... It may take two months to get there. By then, the new faucet will have been selected.
Considering that they were just passing through and not stopping for anything, the journey would only take two or three days at most, so they came here anyway.
That evening, seven people rode horses and arrived at a place called "Yandeng Slope".
It can be said that the mountain roads here are rugged and the forests are vast. Even the "official roads" are not accessible. There is no such thing as "big roads and small roads". In short, just follow the direction and walk slowly.
Everyone was walking like this... walking... and it became completely dark before they knew it.
Traveling in such an unofficial place, they must have been prepared to spend the night in the wilderness, so soon after the moon came out, they decided to find a suitable place to tie up their horses for the night.
It was at this moment that Jiang Muchan suddenly discovered something...
"Hey, brothers, is there an inn in front of you?"
When Jiang Muchan shouted, others also looked in the direction he pointed.
Not to mention, when I looked there, I saw the outline of a wooden house on the roadside, and the house looked quite small. It might indeed be an inn.
Otherwise... this snitch also has the advantage of a snitch. As a person who often moves at night, this little Jiang can see things clearly at night than others.
"It seems so." Qin Feng took a look at the awning and thought, "Huh? But if it is an inn, there should be a lantern in front of the door at night, right?"
"Hey, this is not an inn next to the official road...it's a small shop deep in the mountains and old forests. What kind of lanterns should be left at night? If you think there is too much wax, why don't you leave it to the ghosts?" Huang Donglai actually didn't understand, but he He explained casually based on speculation, and added, "Besides, it's not necessarily an inn, maybe it's an Orion's house in the mountains? Let's go over and take a look before talking about it."
After he finished his oral pleasure, he led the horse forward and took the lead.
The other six people didn't say anything more. After all, everyone had traveled all day and was very tired. Whether this house was an inn or someone else's home, it was a place with a roof and walls where you could spend the night. Even if Just ask someone for a little money and let them in for a night.
In this way, the seven people quickly walked along the mountain road to the vicinity of the big house.
But after getting closer, everyone realized that something was wrong... the door of the room was not closed, and the two door panels were almost straight open inward.
Is it possible that such a big house could be an abandoned and empty house?
Just as they were thinking this, something even weirder happened - their horses suddenly became a little restless when they walked about ten meters in front of the house. When they got closer to five meters, the horses began to turn around. It raised its hooves and neighed in defiance.
At the same time, Huang Donglai, who was walking in the front, also stopped and stared at the room with a solemn expression.
"Brother Huang? What's going on?" Sun Yixie knew Huang Donglai very well. When he saw the change in the latter's face, he knew something was wrong, so he immediately came up and asked.
"Hmm..." Huang Donglai pondered, and replied something that made everyone except Tyrell feel numb, "This room... is so dark."
"What?" As soon as Sun Yixie heard the word "Yin Qi", he took a big step back and continued, "Could it be..."
"Don't panic." Huang Donglai answered, "Let's go in and take a look before talking."
"'We'?" Sun Yixie repeated the keyword loudly, and then said, "Is this necessary? Wouldn't it be over for you just to go in and take a look? We'll cover you from behind."
Huang Donglai was happy when he heard this: "Brother Sun, are you in trouble again?"
Sun Yixie was instantly seen through and could only say harshly: "Mao! What's wrong with me? I was worried that they would be in trouble, so I decided to stay outside with them." As he spoke, he pointed behind him with his finger. Those few.
Huang Donglai heard this and looked at the other five people.
At this moment, Lin Yuancheng was explaining Huang Donglai's "Tao skills" to Tyrell with words and gestures. Tyrell listened very seriously, and his expression changed.
Jiang Muchan looked very calm. He was obviously very courageous for someone who often walked at night.
Qin Feng's thoughts are relatively conservative, and there is a slight fear on his face, but it is not too obvious.
Only Linghu Xiang's reaction was more exaggerated than Brother Sun's. After hearing the words "heavy yin energy", his face turned pale with fright.
"No...even if Linghuxiang is in a bit of trouble, there are others accompanying him. Since Brother Sun, you are not in trouble, then you can go in with me." Huang Donglai glanced at him and said to Sun Yixie.
But Sun Yixie replied loudly and confidently: "What a chicken! Brother's difficulties are my difficulties! Can't you do that?"
"Okay, let's forget it." Huang Donglai saw Sun Yixie in this old lame state and chuckled inwardly, thinking that the joke was over here, and then he turned around with satisfaction and ran into the room.
When he went in, he only had a fire certificate in his hand.
He didn't stay in the house for long before he came back out, put out the fire stick and threw it away, and said, "No one is in the house."
Sun Yixie did not relax at all, and immediately asked: "Is there anything other than people?"
"Maybe there are some bugs or something. They are found in most places with heavy Yin Qi." Huang Dong said back and forth.
"Huh?" Sun Yixi said, "Then why is this room so dark? Is this some kind of goblin's cave?"
"How do I know?" Huang Donglai said, "Maybe a lot of people died here before... Anyway, there is nothing left now, no ghosts or monsters, no furniture or anything, just four walls and not even a window. Not open."
"Hmm..." Sun Yixie thought for a while, "Could this be some kind of trap? For example, after we enter, the door will automatically close, and then the goblin will come to catch the turtle in the jar."
"Thinking too much." Huang Donglai denied his speculation, "If there was such an arrangement, I would have noticed it a long time ago. Besides... what door can stop your 'door-thumping divine fist'?" He paused. , "In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with this house except for the yin energy. Let's tie the horses farther away and go in to sleep."
"Really or not?" Sun Yixie was still a little timid, "Why don't I believe it? Wait..." At this moment, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly became nervous, "Who are you? How can I be sure that you are the one? Is it really Huang Donglai? Maybe you just walked into the house and were transferred?"
"Haha..." Huang Donglai laughed at that time, "I can write the word 'share' for shareholders. Can this prove that I am real?"
Among the people present, only he and Sun Yixie understood what he said.
I think back when the two of them were still in the "original world", they went back to the bank to do business. Brother Sun was despised by the staff because he couldn't write the word "share" for shareholders. Since then, this matter has been regarded as a joke, and he is often criticized. The people around Brother Sun took it out and mocked him.
Now that he heard Huang Donglai mentioning this matter in a subtle way, Sun Yixie knew that the other party was definitely him: "What a bastard! I'm so annoying! I don't want to sleep in there anyway!" As he said that, he turned to Linghu. Xiang said, "Linghu, I don't think you really want to go in. Why don't you stay outside with me tonight to 'look out' for them?"
Sun Yixie's method of pulling people into trouble worked, because Linghuxiang was really timid, so he agreed.
So, that night, Sun Yixie and Linghuxiang slept together with the seven horses under a few big trees ten meters away from the house, while Huang Donglai, Lin Yuancheng, Jiang Muchan, Qin Feng and Tyrell Slept in that empty room.
In the first half of the night, a few of the seven people were not sleeping very well, but because they were really tired from the continuous rush, by the second half of the night, they were all fast asleep.
I thought that the night would be fine, and that it would be dawn when I opened my eyes again, but unexpectedly...
In the darkest moment before dawn, a "soul-catching bell" suddenly sounded from the nearby mountain road.
