I lived in the Taoist temple with Xuan Zhenzi for five years. Although I didn't learn many real skills and just laid the basics, my eyesight was a little better than ordinary people.
I felt that the thick fog rising in the forest was very strange, and it was even accompanied by a faint yin energy. I hurriedly said to Qin Yong,
"Where did all this fog come from?"
Qin Yong was also a little nervous. He looked at the gradually rising fog as he drove to the side of the road, and said unnaturally, "I can't tell the specific reason. Anyway, this kind of thick fog has appeared in Yamawanggou every now and then since I was a child."
He also said that once thick fog appears, it means something strange has happened. Many people in the village have been lost in the fog and cannot be found, so every time there is fog, no one will enter or leave the village.
I said, "If these thick fogs are so dangerous, why do you continue to live in Yamawanggou?"
Qin Yong smiled bitterly and said, "My ancestors have lived here for generations and I have long been used to it."
I nodded, and before I had gone far, I saw the thick rolling fog coming over.
Qin Yong's face became very nervous, he stopped and said, "No, we can't go any further. The fog today is thicker than usual. It will definitely be dangerous if we continue walking."
After saying that, he pulled me to a stone crevice halfway up the mountain. Soon the thick fog came over. Just after I took a few breaths, I felt a little choking and my throat started to get dry. My expression changed and I said,
"This is no ordinary fog, this is miasma!"
In the southwest, there are high mountains and dense forests, and there is abundant rain. The fallen leaves and dead branches on the ground have been soaked in rain for a long time, which will form this poisonous miasma. If unsuspecting people inhale too much, they will be poisoned without knowing it.
Thinking of this, I can no longer calm down. We haven't even reached Yamagou Valley yet, but we have encountered such a strange miasma. It is indeed a very evil place.
Qin Yong grabbed a handful of herbs and told me not to be afraid.
"Wherever there is miasma, there are herbs to treat miasma. If you pick these leaves and put them in your mouth, you won't feel so uncomfortable."
I did as he said, and my breathing became much easier. I couldn't help but give Qin Yong a thumbs up, "Brother, you are really awesome."
Qin Yong smiled bitterly and said, "This is all the experience passed down by the older generation. If you want to live in a place like Yanwanggou, how can you do it without knowing some knowledge about herbal medicine?"
The fog miasma was getting deeper and deeper, and it would definitely not dissipate for a while. Qin Yong found some dry wood to light a fire, and set up a fire outside the stone crevice.
"If I had known better, I wouldn't have gone to town to buy goods. Once the fog in the mountains rises, it will never end. I don't know how long it will last. If I'm lucky, I won't be able to go back for two days."
I asked curiously, "Then you know it might be foggy today, why are you still curious?"
Qin Yong said with a sad face, "There is nothing we can do. A widow in the village died. We all collected money to pay for her funeral, but we also need money for incense and candle paper to build the mourning hall, right? Seeing that the mourning hall has been set up, I can only run to the town to buy these. Incense candles and paper money, how could we have known that we would encounter such foggy weather when we came back..."
Qin Yong kept complaining, one after another was unlucky, but his curiosity aroused my curiosity and I asked how the widow in the village died?
Qin Yong shook his head and said he didn't know. He was fine before, but suddenly died suddenly. Many villagers said it was not a natural death, but they could not tell the specific cause of death.
His words made me feel strange. Just when I was about to ask a few more questions, I heard rustling footsteps in the forest, as if someone was coming.
I heard footsteps and was about to run outside the cave to check, but Qin Yong's face changed, and his expression suddenly became frightened. He pulled my arm hard, indicating that I must not speak, and pulled me into the crevice of the stone. Hiding.
I didn't understand why he reacted like this, so I said quietly, "There are footsteps outside. It might be a villager passing by. Don't you tell him to come in and hide?"
Qin Yong shook his head vigorously and said nonchalantly, "Don't, don't make a sound. People in the village obey the rules. No one will enter the mountains in foggy weather. The people outside may not be human!"
It's not a human being, could it be...
I couldn't help but gasp when I heard this. I thought it couldn't be such a coincidence. I encountered dirty things on the first day down the mountain?
Seeing my disbelief, Qin Yong had no choice but to explain, "Brother, you are a foreigner and don't know the situation of Yanwanggou. There is a mass grave in the mountain behind our village. It is said that it was left hundreds of years ago. That There are corpses everywhere in the mass graves. Sometimes villagers go into the mountains to collect firewood, and occasionally they see ghost shadows appearing and disappearing. It is said that they are wandering spirits looking for a substitute!"
His tone of voice was frightened, and it didn't look like he was joking at all.
"Especially on such dense foggy days, the probability of ghost shadows appearing is much higher than usual. Several people in the village have seen such ghost shadows. Those who are unlucky will be attracted by the ghosts into the mountains and fall off the cliff if they are not careful. .”
I was speechless. I wanted to say what the origin of this Hell Valley was. It was a poisonous miasma and a mass grave. It was too mysterious to encounter such a thing before I even entered the village.
Although I was scared, I didn't take it seriously. People in the mountains are superstitious and there are many rumors that hearing the wind means rain. On the contrary, I was eager to go out and experience it.
But Qin Yong kept holding me and wouldn't let me out, so we had no choice but to continue hiding in the cracks of the rocks. After the rustling sound completely left, I crawled out from the cracks alone and came to a nearby place. Look, I was instantly shocked by the scene that appeared in front of me.
Wherever the rustling footsteps passed by, there was a kind of footprint with very long toes. It looked a bit like a human, but the nails were thick and long, almost more than two inches, leaving very clear marks on the soft soil. mark.
I was stunned. Ordinary people wouldn't leave such clear footprints when they stepped on the ground. They were probably wild animals.
But how come the footprints of beasts look so similar to humans?
Not long after, Qin Yong also climbed out from behind, looked at the footprints on the ground, and said blankly, "Maybe they were left by mountain ghosts. Let me just say that every time thick fog appears, bad things happen. Inside the Yamawanggou We have lived with many things that are inaccessible outside, and it seems we can no longer stay here, so we must rush back to the village as soon as possible."
I didn't say anything and squatted near the footprints to study them for a long time.
This village was too mysterious, but it aroused my curiosity. Gradually, I began to believe that Qin Yong was not telling lies. Maybe the legends about Yamagou were true. This strange footprint was a good proof.
At that time, I had just come down from the mountain. I was young and energetic, and I was curious about all new things. Not only was I not afraid, but I was full of expectations for this weird place. I quickly stood up and said,
"Let's go, I also want to see how many evil things are going on in your village."
Qin Yong looked bitter and continued to lead the way with his burden.
The fog was so deep that we couldn't even see the road clearly. Fortunately, Qin Yong had lived in the mountains for half his life and was very familiar with the way to the village. With his guidance, we arrived at this place in Yamawanggou without any danger. The lower village.
But I never expected that I would encounter a particularly scary thing as soon as I entered the village.
