I took a deep breath and finally got a clear look at the little girl.
Her complexion is slightly dark, her long hair is tied into a ponytail, her facial features are delicate and dignified, but her eyebrows are slightly raised, and she has a spicy look as she looks around.
I was just about to express my gratitude to this young lady when I suddenly realized something was wrong. I scratched my head and asked, "I don't think I've seen you before. How did you know my name is Cheng Yi?!"
The little girl's face turned red. She grabbed the collar of my neck and lifted me up from the ground. "My name is Lang Nier. I live in Liuding Mountain. My family and yours... can be considered relatives."
In fact, I have heard from my parents since I was a child that I was engaged to the Wolf Immortal. I also knew that the Lang Immortal's family name was Lang and that he lived in Liuding Mountain. However, I never believed that this was true.
When I heard this strange young lady introduce herself, I felt a thump in my heart, and looked at the little girl again with my eyes wide open: "You... you are not my future wife, are you?!"
The little girl's face turned redder, and she raised her hand and slapped me on the back of the head: "My aunt is getting engaged to you. This is called 'marriage'. Do you still have any objections?!"
I covered the back of my head, fearing that I would continue to be beaten, so I quickly waved my hand and said, "Can you please stop hitting people? In fact, I think you... you are pretty good!"
"You still have some sense of taste!" Lang Nier stared at me with her hands on her hips: "Don't go out wandering around in the future, and go home quickly!"
I was completely intimidated by the aura she exuded. When I heard this, I felt like I was being pardoned. I didn’t even want the fishing rod, rubbed oil on the soles of my feet and ran towards home.
This was the first time I met my "fiancée". From that day on, I buried my heart.
My future wife is much older than me. If the people in the village know this, why don’t they laugh at me for calling me a “little husband”?
Besides, she has a fierce and violent personality. If you marry her in the future, you will not be bullied by her all year round?
Whenever I think about this, I can't help but secretly wipe my tears.
Two years later, when I was twelve years old, I entered the teenage stage from a child, and the "child calamity" was finally over.
Ding Jiugong came to my house and told my parents that the test of the Tiger Immortal and Eagle Immortal when I was eighteen must not be easy. He asked me to learn from him so that I could better face the test in the future.
Naturally, my parents wanted it, so I spent almost all my free time after school and weekends at the mountain temple, studying Taoism with Ding Jiu Gong.
Although Ding Jiuping is slovenly and crazy in his daily life, he is really capable. He is proficient in fortune telling and feng shui. One time I played a prank while he was taking a nap and tried to burn a few of his beards, but the oil lamp poured on him. The mosquito net was lit, and he actually used the method of "inviting the gods to come forward" and jumped out of the fire safe and sound.
Spring passed and autumn came, another six years passed, and I finally learned the true story of Ding Jiugong. On the evening of my eighteenth birthday, my mother cooked a table of delicious food and asked me to invite Ding Jiugong over for lunch.
As a result, I searched the entire mountain temple and found no sign of Ding Jiugong. I only saw the note he left, which probably meant that he had returned to the Jiuding Mountain Orthodox Palace and asked me to be careful about the upcoming test.
Halfway through lunch, there was a burst of thunder in the sky, and dark clouds covered the sky in the blink of an eye, and a heavy rain was about to come.
My dad was worried that the cows and sheep grazing on the hillside would be lost in the wind and rain, so he threw down his chopsticks and ran outside the house. I quickly followed, ready to help my dad drive the cows and sheep back into the pen before it rained.
The two men gasped and finally managed to herd the cattle and sheep together. When they were counting, a ram suddenly ran away and plunged into the woods on the hillside.
So I asked my dad to drive the cattle and sheep home first, while I chased the ram alone.
The mountains and forests in the northeast are full of tall trees and dense grass. While listening to the bleating of sheep, I groped forward based on my feeling. Unknowingly, I climbed over the hills and came to a low-lying ravine.
At this time, the rain was pouring down, the rain and fog were rising, and the light was dim. I could vaguely see a stone tablet in front of me. When I got closer and took a closer look, I saw three mottled characters on the stone tablet: "Black Wind Valley".
As soon as I saw these three words, I suddenly trembled all over.
This Heifenggou is only separated from our village by a ridge. It is said that someone mined here decades ago to dig coal. As a result, not much coal was dug. Instead, several mines collapsed and many workers died. Later, it was completely abandoned. .
That is to say, since then, this ditch has not been peaceful. There are resentful spirits and wild ghosts all the year round. There are always "ghosts breaking into the wall" happening. Many villagers can't get out after entering. Finally, they are trapped and die in it. No matter how experienced they are, Old mountain travelers have to walk around here when they get here.
Although I learned some Taoist secrets from Ding Jiugong, I had never practiced them, and besides, I was alone. At this time, I couldn't help feeling frightened, and I turned around to leave.
At this time, there were suddenly a few sheep calls in front of me. I followed the sound and saw my lost big ram wandering in the ditch, and then panicked and got into an old mine.
In mountain villages, we live with farm animals. This big ram is a breeding sheep. If it were lost, it would be a big loss for my family. My parents were very distressed for several days.
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a surge of courage and dispelled my fear, and ran towards the mine with great strides, determined to take the ram home!
The mine was dark and deep, but fortunately there were a few discarded pine handles at the entrance. I lit one with a lighter and walked inside with the faint light.
There were many twists and turns in the mine, with many criss-crossing forks. I was wandering around in a state of confusion, when suddenly I heard the shrill howl of a big ram in front of me.
I quickly followed the sound, but what I saw in front of me made my hair stand on end!
In the dark and cramped mine tunnel, I saw a dozen skinny and ragged people gathered together, frantically biting my big ram like wild beasts!
The weird scene, the pungent smell of blood, and the sound of chewing are really frightening!
When these weirdos noticed the light of the torch in my hand, they immediately stopped biting and swarmed in front of me.
"Young man, we are miners trapped here. Please do a good job and take us out!"
They did not attack me, but one of them begged me, his tone sad, and the others sobbed.
I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, I listened to Ding Jiugong telling stories. He once said that there is a kind of ghost in the world called "dry muntjac".
The so-called "dried muntjac" does not refer to the dried muntjac meat, but something similar to a zombie. It usually appears in underground mines. It is the soul of the corpse of the miner who was killed and was nourished by the earth's veins. When it encounters a living person, it becomes Will beg to be taken out of the mine!
