When I came back from Patriarch Gu's home, I felt quite depressed.
Although the leader of the Gu clan could see what was left in my body, he could not solve it.
At least he couldn't solve it so far.
As for my identity as Taosha official, the other party also learned about it. I didn't expect that the leader of the Gu clan was actually half an insider.
The other party didn't ask me what I wanted to do here.
Instead, he said: "When I was young, I was saved by a Taosha official. Today I saw what you were wearing, and I made some guesses. I didn't expect that you are also from the same family."
"I know something about him, but I didn't expect that this kind of thing could actually be passed down."
After Gu Zangfeng said this, I asked him what the so-called curse on me was.
Gu Zangfeng thought for a long time and seemed to be deciding.
"My hundred-year-old ice silkworm is a thing from Wanqing. It is rare in the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an orphan. Under normal circumstances, any toxin or poison in the world, as long as it encounters ice silkworm, there is nothing I can't solve It's open."
"The only thing that can scare ice silkworms is the art of evil. At first, I thought you were similar to the person I met, but I didn't expect it to be completely different, or maybe it seemed to have been upgraded."
"The blood in your body is released, gathers together, and can kill my ice silkworm instantly. I'm afraid there are really only the legendary Twelve Gu Barbarians in this world!"
When I heard such an uncommon word for the first time, I was naturally puzzled, so I asked the other person.
"Chief Feng, what are these twelve barbarian Gus?"
Gu Zangfeng said: "The Twelve Gu Barbarians refer to twelve extremely powerful and sinister evil spells, among which the most vicious ones are the Southern Yunnan Fu Technique and the Twelve Barbaric Gu Barbarians."
"As for witchcraft and poison, it is inferior. At least it can be solved by capable people and strangers. However, some of the twelve poisons are even unsolvable by the people who cast them. It is a kind of unsolvable barbaric magic. ."
"The origin of this barbaric technique is very far-reaching. Some say it is unique to ancient mythology, while others say it was only discovered during the Warring States Period."
"At that time, my master also introduced these things to me in the form of stories. He said that this technique itself can injure the enemy by a thousand and damage itself by eight hundred. If you want to break it, you only need the blood of the phoenix, and you must have the blood of a living phoenix."
I was stunned for a moment and said, "Phoenix blood, isn't this nonsense? There is no phoenix in the world. Is it a bird like a peacock?"
Gu Zangfeng shook his head and said: "Little brother, I am telling you this just because I have something to do with an old friend from the past. At that time, he was infected with the southern Yunnan curse because he saved me, and I helped him get rid of the curse. Essentially everyone has sacrifices.”
"However, I know the habits of your Taosha officers quite well, so if you say you want to go to Raojiang to find someone, you might as well tell me. Maybe I can be of some help."
Now that everyone has spoken out, there is no need for me to hide it anymore.
At the same time, it is still on someone else's territory, just as Gu Zangfeng said.
For someone like him who has mastered the art of bewitching, if he wanted to kill me, it would be as easy as killing an ant.
At least I can live without dying, and I can do it easily.
If I think more darkly, maybe the other party has already planted countless poisons on me, but I just don't know it.
So I told Gu Zangfeng that I wanted to enter Sanmiao Village to find the old man with ghost hands.
When the other party heard the name Chi Yuanshan, his face changed slightly, and he obviously knew this person.
Upon seeing this, I quickly asked the other person if he knew him.
Gu Zangfeng frowned and said, "The old man with ghost hands you are talking about is of the same generation as my master. He shouldn't be much older than me, right?"
I nodded and said yes.
Gu Zangfeng said: "That's it. We, the black Miao people in Miao Village, only look at seniority and not age. If I have to say it, I really need to call Chi Yuanshan uncle in your mouth."
"The surname Chi is indeed from the Sanmiao Village in Raojiang, and can be regarded as the ancestor of our Miaojiang. But now the original Sanmiao Village has been completely abandoned, and a few old people are stranded here."
"If you want to know more clearly, you can attend the clan meeting in the evening. However, one thing I can 100% guarantee is that Master Chi is definitely not in the village."
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When I returned to Uncle Miao's home, I didn't tell him what Gu Zangfeng and I had said.
The other party was very sensible and did not ask, but asked me when I would go to Sanmiao Village.
I replied: "Pack up and we'll set off immediately."
The reason why I made this choice was that after talking to Gu Zangfeng, I felt an inexplicable uneasiness in my heart.
This feeling is not that someone wants to harm me, but a limited worry. What should I do if I can't find the remaining way of the old man with ghost hands?
As for the phoenix blood mentioned by Gu Zangfeng, I haven't considered it at all.
Phoenix?
Who has seen it before? It’s not even seen on TV.
This kind of thing only exists in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Let alone not exist. Even if it does exist, the sky is huge and the earth is huge. I can find the year of the monkey, the horse and the moon in the entire area of 10.45 million square kilometers?
I'm afraid he died on the way before he was found.
After saying hello to Mr. Miao, I went back to the room and started packing my things. At the same time, I briefly told Leng Yue and Li Dabao what happened.
After hearing this, the two agreed to set off immediately.
For lunch, everyone just ate a little and then set off on the road under the leadership of Miss Xiaofang.
Because the mountain road was difficult, two horses and two mules were prepared for this purpose.
Leng Yue and Miss Xiao Fang had one, Li Dabao and I had one, and two mules carried our equipment.
Miss Xiaofang was very lively and told us about their local customs and interesting things in the mountains along the way.
It's actually not that far from Xiaofang's village to Gusan Miao Village, but you need to climb a mountain before you can see the way into the village.
It's just that the road into the village has been destroyed by mudslides, so we need to find a way to actually enter the village.
If you want to go around, choose to enter from the back of Sanmiao Village, then you will be going around the 100,000 mountains of Raojiang.
Originally, I thought that with horses and mules, the traveling speed would be much faster.
But we still overestimate the progress of people like us and over-idealize the road here.
After completely leaving the village and entering the boundary of Heilong Mountain, all I could see was the dark green pine forest, as well as some flowers and trees that I couldn't even name.
There are a lot of gravels on the ground, and there are big cracks in some places. If you are not careful, the horse's legs may sink in, and you may not be able to pull them out even if you want to.
Xiaofang said: "Originally, Heilong Mountain was not like this. It was only the floods and earthquakes in the past few years that caused it to look like this."
"And from here all the way south, even within the scope of Shiwandashan, there is no human habitation, so no one cares about the roads here."
At ten o'clock in the evening, we arrived at an ancient temple, and Miss Xiaofang invited us to spend the night here.
"Big brother, big sister, it's getting late. We can't move on any further. There are wild beasts and mandrills in the mountains. It's not safe to travel at night."
"This is an abandoned mountain temple. When I take you a little further tomorrow morning, I will turn back because no horses or mules can pass any further."
Leng Yue smiled slightly at Xiaofang, touched her head and looked at us.
The eldest sister has already spoken, so how can we not abide by it?
Immediately, several people dismounted and set up camp, while Li Dabao took out the solid fuel and various cooking tools.
I went to get some firewood halfway up the mountain and made a bonfire so that it wouldn't be too cold when I slept at night.
This is a mountain temple with a front hall and a back hall. It worships some local mountain gods. Many of the clay statues have become mottled.
We got things ready in the front hall, and Li Dabao also made a pot of paste-like stuff.
"Are you all done? Dinner is ready^"
When I heard about the meal, I hurried over. After all, I had been traveling all afternoon and I was already ravenous!
After everyone had eaten and drank, everyone got into their sleeping bags to rest. I chose to stand on the first shift.
Although Miss Xiaofang has said that it is not dangerous here, I still have a cautious mind.
This person is unfamiliar with the place, so it is much better to have a lot of perspective.
Miss Xiaofang didn't say anything when she saw me like this, and got into Leng Yue's tent to sleep...!
