After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Li Chen became a little tipsy and began to ask Chen Si to talk about how he had shared weal and woe in the exploration team over the years. His eyes became red as he talked.
Chen Si actually understands him very well. The team members who have been exploring outdoors together all year round have established deep trust and can easily develop a deep friendship.
What's more, Sister Ma Yan and Gao Liyao were good people in the past, and even Zhang Chunmin was a good and competent captain in the past. He still couldn't connect these people with the ugly faces in the cave.
After saying a few words of relief, Chen Si silently poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
It's not like he himself has never come out of that experience.
He would have auditory hallucinations in his dreams every night, as if the eye was still calling him deep in the cave, and he would often wake up in a cold sweat.
"The deceased is gone, Fatty Li. It's enough that you did so much for them. This matter involves too much depth. We'd better not get involved any more and wait for the results of the above investigation."
Li Chen raised his head suddenly, his face flushed, and with the help of wine, he revealed the secret that he had never dared to tell.
"Chen Si, I've thought about it too, but I can't. In fact, I...have also been to a ghost cave."
He was a little surprised when he said this, and quickly covered his mouth, and then gave up on himself and continued: "I have been waiting for you outside for more than ten days and still no one came back. In my heart, I already wanted to contact the police, but I was afraid to go out and call the police. When you came back, you couldn't contact me, so you thought of going down to the cave first to check the situation.
After going down, the surroundings were empty, and no one responded no matter how much I called. I walked along the marks you made for a whole day, and I felt that the cave was getting more and more weird. It is impossible for a large-scale cave to exist underground like this. It is not so much a natural product. , more like it was built by some kind of being.
But who can build such a large cave underground? Could it be human?
And I noticed that there was a hidden force eroding my mind all the time, and the evil thoughts buried deep in my heart were constantly being aroused. I didn't dare to go any further and hurried back, but even after I got out of the cave, the power was still hidden deep in my mind, and it seemed to be affecting me and reshaping me every minute.
Nowadays, my family feels that I am becoming more and more strange, and my children feel that I am becoming more and more terrifying, and they are leaving me one after another. Chen Si, I've been thinking recently, has Li Chen really come out? Am I just a substitute who has returned to the surface, while the real Li Chen is still going underground..."
After Chen Si heard this, he was instantly enlightened.
Li Chen's words were the question that he had always buried deep in his heart. He wanted to know the answer, but he didn't dare to touch it at all!
Are he and the former Chen Si really the same person?
He looked sideways at the glass window of the restaurant, and a familiar shadow was reflected in it.
"The real Chen Si..."
Perhaps, the power deep in the cave has never been far away from him.
After Li Chen said this, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes.
"I investigated the cave not only to help the captain and the others, but also to help myself. Chen Si, come with me! I know you want to live a stable life as an ordinary person, but if we don't find out what happened in the cave, we won't be able to do it for the rest of our lives. Peace of mind!”
"I understand what you mean. I'm just afraid that the more I know, the deeper I'll get...and it's too dangerous for you, an ordinary person, to investigate."
"No! I'm not afraid of danger. We can't be immune to this matter. And I recently found out some information. There is a place that is closely related to the ghost cave. We may find important clues in the past."
Chen Si pondered for a moment and said, "Tell me about it."
Li Chen looked around and lowered his voice: "There is a village in the mountains in the north. There are not many people in the village, the transportation is not developed, and there is basically no connection with the outside world. The village is dedicated to a Taoist temple, which is said to have been established since more than a thousand years ago. It has been passed down and has a long history.
People inside said that the Taoist priests in the temple can cure all diseases and eliminate disasters. As long as the offerings are in place, they are very effective.
Originally, this was just some rural folklore, and it was nothing. However, there was a rule in the Taoist temple. Whenever the temple owner was about to be enthroned, he would leave the village and go to the south, saying that he wanted to find Nanyun Lotus. As long as he could find this lotus, he would be there. Sitting on it, you can ascend to immortality after death. "
"Nanyun Lian..." Chen Si suddenly understood.
"Yes, the village where the ghost cave is located is the Nanyun Lotus Village. There must be some connection between the two!"
"If what you said is true, we might be able to find out something from that Taoist temple.
Logically speaking, I also want to know the truth about the underworld, so I should accompany you there, but recently my enemies have been looking for me everywhere, which is really inconvenient. "
Li Chen looked at Chen Si with strange eyes.
At the age of twenty, where do you find enemies?
He didn't take it seriously, thinking that the so-called enemies were either love rivals or creditors, which could be easily dealt with.
"Isn't this good? The village is closed. If you hide for a few days, your enemies will naturally run away without being able to find you."
Chen Si was stunned and couldn't help but nodded several times.
What Fatty Li said makes sense! Even if he hides outside the province, he will never be found.
There was a sudden "pop" sound, and the can glass bottle in the bag shattered.
Qiu Longzi became restless, twisted his body wildly, and dug hard into Chen Si's body. He tightly wrapped his arms around him and trembled slightly, as if he was afraid of something.
Chen Si sweated slightly on his forehead, he understood that this was an enemy coming to visit!
"Fat man, how soon can we leave!"
Li Chen chuckled and pointed to the off-road vehicle parked outside, "The guys in the trunk are ready and ready to go at any time."
"Okay, let's go now!"
"So fast? The food is not ready to be eaten yet."
"Hurry up, or you won't be able to leave!"
Li Chen's mind instantly recalled Chen Si's expression when he climbed out of the ghost cave, and it was exactly the same as now.
He was shocked, and without saying a word, he quickly paid the bill and got into the car with Chen Si, stepped on the accelerator to the maximum, and ran away with a bang.
"Don't worry about the traffic lights yet, wait until you get out of the city!"
"But running a light will cost you twelve points..."
Mr. Chen was furious and said, "Are you going to keep the points and use them when you go to the underworld to be reincarnated?"
Li Chen didn't dare to delay any longer, and regardless of the traffic rules, he drove at the maximum speed. After an hour's drive, he drove out of the city in half an hour.
The two of them drove hundreds of kilometers on the highway before their speed slowed down slightly.
"I see there's no car coming from behind. Do you want to get rid of it?"
Chen Si felt the Qiu Longzi wrapped around his right arm, and his face turned cold.
"It's not a car...the other party used other methods. They ran so far without getting away. It seems that they are following us. How long will it take to get to the village you mentioned?"
"There are many mountain roads there, which are difficult to drive into. You may have to walk later, which will take at least three days."
Three days. During this period, the person behind you must get rid of him. Otherwise, once you follow them into the village, you will be catching a turtle in a jar and there will be no way out.
Now the enemy is in the open and the other is in the dark. Chen Si is not sure whether the other party is a cultivator of immortality, so he dare not act rashly. If the other party really has some weird magical powers, the only thing he can rely on is the immortal rope, and the chance of winning is too low.
As a last resort, we can only hand over Qiu Longzi.
The reason why he doesn't do this now is because Chen Si is worried that what the other party wants is not to use the horned dragon seeds as medicine, but really wants to cultivate horned dragons.
Now that he has become the host of the Horned Dragon, the other party may not give up until he kills him.
