mindless

There is a famous saying that goes like this: if you can't figure out something at the time, it's better to let it go for a while, and you won't be able to remember it after a few days.

For example, Bai Shaoping couldn't figure out how to buy those two bottles of 15-year-old Wuliangye.

For example, the prisoners at No. 113 in the Bamboo Prison couldn't figure out why they were beaten with black noses and swollen faces when they put on shampoo when they were just taking a bath.

Another example is that Xilou couldn't figure out why he didn't stay in the hotel, but came to Chaoyinggang with him.

"It's too hot today! I should have known that I was playing two games in the hotel and waiting for you to come back."

Chaoying Post is located thirty miles south of Furong City. Only after Bai Shaoping and his party arrived did they realize that Chaoying Post was a big hillside, and they had to climb to the top of the hill to get there. He groped and climbed up while brushing aside the weeds that were half a person's height.

Zhuyuetong has a sixth stage body, and Bai Shaoping has a three-stage body, so Zhuyuetong leads the way in the front, Bai Shaoping is next, and Xilou is at the back, but Xilou still feels uncomfortable, because the weed with half the height of an adult is actually It's up to his neck.

"Does anyone really live in this kind of place?"

Xilou asked panting step by step, his back was completely soaked and sweat was pouring down like rain.

Seeing that the West Building was unbearably hot, Bai Shaoping wanted to raise his interest, so he said to him: "Do you know that the West Building, in fact, often the most powerful subterraneans live in this remote, secluded, sparsely populated place? .”

Xilou wiped the sweat from his forehead with his collar, and said, "Like those movie masters? Living in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests, tired of fighting in the rivers and lakes, devoted himself to cultivation, and finally became a generation of heroes!"

Bai Shaoping smiled and said: "It's about the same. If you are poor in the downtown area, no one asks you, and if you are rich, you have distant relatives in the mountains. A very powerful subterfuge. Or come to recruit, or ask for advice, or come to compete, every day is so annoying, how can I have time to practice."

Xilou seemed to think of something suddenly, and said: "By the way, Brother Ping, I don't know how to cultivate this latent spirit? I also want to try to see if I can cultivate it."

"The latent spirit is a very magical thing. Everyone's latent spirit is different. Even if it is a family inherited from Taiguang, some cultivation methods are not suitable for all clan members. If you want to improve the rank of the latent spirit, you can only explore it yourself. For example, for a latent spirit with physical form, the increase of body relative to the body is strength, then exercise more strength, and the potential spirit will be tempered together. They are different, so it is the most troublesome to cultivate. Now you don't even know the phase of the latent spirit, let alone cultivate, take your time."

While the two were talking, Zhuyuetong, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, and looked ahead solemnly.

And Bai Shaoping and Xilou followed Zhu Yuetong's gaze, their expressions also changed, and Xilou was even more dumbfounded.

"Brother Ping, do you want to come to this kind of place in order to practice 'Yang Yuan'?"

In front of the three of them was an anti-slope, and on the other side of the anti-slope was a basin-like place that was high all around and low-lying in the middle, and at the lowest point, there were densely packed tombstones!

"I didn't expect that Chaoying Mound used to be a mass grave."

After Zhu Yuetong finished speaking, he took the lead and walked over. Xilou followed closely behind, grabbing the corner of Bai Shaoping's clothes.

Bai Shaoping glanced at the tombstones around him, and found that most of them were dilapidated, covered with dust and weeds, and even the words on the tombstones were blurred, only a few could barely read their lives.

"The tomb from the 30s is more than 80 years old."

Xilou picked up the weeds with his hands, and took a closer look at the tombstones.

"Huh? Sister Yuetong, Brother Ping, look, it's so strange that all the people buried here are men, not a single woman."

Hearing this, both Zhu Yuetong and Bai Shaoping's eyes changed slightly. Bai Shaoping leaned over to look at the tombstones, and said with a serious expression: "I can't see the life history clearly, but judging by the dilapidation of these tombstones, they must be at least several decades old. There are too many, there must be hundreds of them if you count them.”

Looking at the large number of tombstones in the west building, even though it was the scorching summer and it was still daytime, he still felt the chill behind him, and he was even closer to Bai Shaoping's body, with his big eyes darting around.

The three continued to walk and watch, and when they reached the end, they found that the weeds were the most lush here, and the hillsides on both sides had collapsed.

Bai Shaoping went up to observe it, and said: "It seems that Chaoyinggang used to have a road, it may be that the earthquake landslide blocked the entrance."

At this time, a stone tablet covered with a black cloth at the entrance attracted the attention of the three of them. Although this monument was covered by a black cloth, it was obviously larger than the more than 100 tombstones just now in terms of outline, and Bai Shaoping paid attention to it. It turns out that there is much less ash on the black cloth than on the surrounding tombstones.

Xilou stepped forward and wanted to lift the black cloth, and was about to make a move, when suddenly a sharp and ear-piercing shout came from behind!

"Don't move!! Yay!!!"

The three of them looked back in an instant, and it was an old lady with a dirty face, a dirty face, and one missing front tooth.

The granny was wearing black short-sleeved sleeves and black wide-leg cropped pants. The collar and cuffs of the clothes were covered with old oil stains and dirt, and there were even a few black chicken feathers stuck in her messy hair!At this moment, his expression appeared to be very frightened, and there was a hint of sternness in his eyes!

"Ah!!" Xilou was taken aback and shouted out. The more than 100 tombstones were enough to infiltrate people, but the sudden and sudden voice came from behind, so they were naturally quite frightened.

Bai Shaoping and Zhu Yuetong were secretly startled, not because they were frightened by the sudden voice, but because they had been at full power since they arrived at Chaoyinggang, maintaining extremely high vigilance, but Still haven't found out when this old lady appeared behind her!

"This can't be touched! This can't be endured! If you suffer it, big things will happen! Where are you from?"

With a pure Sichuan-Shu accent, the old lady ran to the black cloth-covered stone tablet, blocked it with her body, and watched Bai Shaoping and his party warily.

Bai Shaoping and Zhu Yuetong looked at each other, and then Bai Shaoping whispered to Zhu Yuetong: "You said that Mao Xianniang became crazy two or three years ago, could this old lady be her?"

Zhu Yuetong shook her head and said: "The age is not right. Grandpa once invited her to the mountains a few years ago. I met her once from a distance. My memory is a bit blurred and I can't see her appearance clearly, but judging by her figure, she is only in her fifties at most. .”

Bai Shaoping glanced at the old woman guarding the stele. She was wrinkled, her teeth were loose, and her eyes were cloudy. She was at least over 70 years old.

"That shouldn't be the case, but it's definitely not easy for this old lady to appear out of thin air without the two of us noticing it. Be careful."

Then Bai Shaoping stepped forward and said respectfully: "Grandma, we are here to find someone. Have you ever heard of a lady surnamed Mao living here?"

"Mao?" The old lady frowned, as if she was thinking about something, suddenly she clapped her hands, pointed to a small road in the back left, and said loudly, "Yes! There is a Mao living in that lake!"

"Is there a hair in the lake?" Bai Shaoping stared blankly at the old woman, very puzzled.

"I'll take you there! I'll take you there! As long as you kids don't touch that black cloth, you can talk about anything."

The old lady walked towards the small path on the left back step by step, her feet were still a little bit out.

Xilou asked tremblingly, "What should I say, Brother Ping, are you going?"

"Go, the sun is shining brightly, what are you afraid of, just follow closely."

After speaking, the three of them followed the old woman towards the path.

There are more weeds in the path than on the way here, but the old lady is leading the way, as if she is not affected by the weeds at all, and she doesn’t care if her clothes are cut, she just keeps going forward, the speed is quite fast .

Bai Shaoping followed the old lady, Zhuyuetong was at the back, and the west building was in the middle. Seeing that there was still a long way ahead, Bai Shaoping said loudly to the old lady in front: "Grandma, what kind of people were buried in that place before? "

The old lady didn't turn her head back, but her body trembled slightly, and she said in a slightly lonely tone: "The ones buried there are all my sons."

As soon as these words came out, the three of them were shocked!

Xilou whispered: "Impossible, Brother Ping, how can anyone have so many births?"

Bai Shaoping frowned and thought for a while, but didn't continue to speak, and silently followed the old lady to continue walking deep into the path.

After walking for another half an hour, Bai Shaoping felt that he had walked a long way, but he still didn't see the old woman intending to stop.

Suddenly, Bai Shaoping felt someone patting him from behind, and when he looked back, Zhu Yuetong made a hissing gesture, frowned and said in a low voice: "It's strange, this path has not been interrupted for more than ten minutes, and there is no fork in the road." , at our speed, I am afraid that she has already walked out of the range of Chaoyinggang, and this old lady's physical strength is too good, the west building is already exhausted and can't breathe, but she is still walking like flying, you should pay attention to it at her feet."

Bai Shaoping took a closer look and was shocked!

The old grandma didn't know when, her heels couldn't touch the ground when she was walking, and she was only walking forward with her toes!The picture is very strange.

According to folklore, only people who are possessed by ghosts can walk without their heels on the ground. Bai Shaoping quickly lifted up the Yang Yuan to check, but found no problems.

Just when both of them were doubtful, the grandmother finally stopped, and what they saw was a small lake with an area of ​​tens of square meters. The emerald green lake was surrounded by green bamboos, and there were some falling objects floating on the water. bamboo leaves.

Xilou said out of breath: "It's finally here, grandma, your physical strength is also really good."

The old grandma turned her head, her face neither red nor out of breath, and she said rather proudly: "Hey, this is the lake I mentioned, and that Mao lives under it."

Bai Shaoping approached the lake cautiously, picked up a small stone, and threw it in. Hearing the sound of thud, Bai Shaoping was startled in his heart: I'll go!This lake is deep enough, probably tens of meters long.

And Zhuyuetong walked around the lake, his eyes became more and more dignified as he walked around, until he finished the circle, he quickly lifted his steps and said to Bai Shaoping: "Bai Shaoping, this place is so weird, Cizhu and Banzhu around the lake , Mian bamboo, Guanyin bamboo, and even rare solid bamboo.”

Bai Shaoping was puzzled and said, "What's wrong with the many types of bamboo? It's not surprising that it grows naturally in deep mountains and old forests, right?"

Zhuyuetong said in a deep voice: "It's not surprising that there are so many types, but if you look carefully, all the bamboos are blooming! And they just bloomed!"

Bai Shaoping was shocked when he heard this!It is an ominous sign for bamboos to bloom, and it is very rare for so many bamboos to bloom together.

A bad feeling rose in my heart, and I turned my head to see that the old grandma was motionless at the moment, staring at the lake expressionlessly, like a walking corpse!

His eyes were dead, without any life.