C345 (1/2)
After half a day's journey, Fang arrived at the foot of the mountain. The guide took a very steep road. They couldn't ride there anymore, so they all lost their horses and began to climb the mountain on foot. I intentionally drew closer to the guide, and heard the old man with the white beard introduce to Qing Ling, ”This road is rugged and difficult to walk on, also known as' Ghost Worry '. ”However, the weather has changed greatly recently. The trees and plants on the mountain have withered and died, so there is no ginseng to be harvested. As a result, gradually no one will be able to walk on this road.”
Qing Ling nodded and asked, ”How many hours would it take to go from this path to the cave you were talking about?”
The old man stroked his moustache and replied, ”You youngsters have fast footsteps. You will reach that cave in about six hours. ”However, I need to take care of this old man, so it would be good if I can get here before nightfall!”
Qing Ling nodded. ”Then we should hurry to that place before sunset. We should spend the night on the mountain and enter the cave tomorrow.”
The old man looked hesitant, ”Youngster, even though I promised the second young lady of the Xiao family that I would bring you into the mountain, do you really want to go into the cave? It's not that I'm trying to scare you, but there's a demon inside the cave! ”
The old man didn't look like he was threatening, and the bodyguards beside him all looked hesitant.
Someone asked, ”Old man, you have lived in this mountain for a long time. Can you tell us a good story?”
The old man glared at him: ”What kind of story is this? There are only cases where people want to die. Do you want to hear them?”
Everyone said yes. Qing Ling pursed her lips and smiled. She did not stop them from riding her horse.
The old man then said, ”Actually, all the elders who live near the foot of the mountain know that a tragedy happened in that cave sixty years ago. At that time, a few young counselors from our village went to the top of the mountain to gather ginseng, and when they came back, they coincidentally encountered a heavy rain, so they entered the cave to avoid the rain. At that time, there were only five people who went in together, but in the end, only one person managed to escape! When everyone asked what happened, that person told everyone that they were young and ignorant, and had gone into the cave to run into the old demoness, who became angry and ate all of them! ”
”He really ate it?”
”Are you kidding?”
”That's right, it should be used to scare little kids, right?”
Everyone was a youngster, so they could not believe what they had heard. ”Since the monster wants to eat the human, why not eat the survivor? Could it be that the temptress was still trying to pick a fight with him? ”Hahaha …”
The old man did not retort and leisurely said, ”The reason that the remaining young man didn't die was because he was the one with the least courage out of everyone here. Therefore, he was the last to enter the cave. When the old demon ate people, he was so scared that he turned around and ran. And the demon did not chase him because it had eaten four people in a single breath with a bulging stomach, right? Even so, he still bit the young man's arm. Two black teeth marks! Afterwards, that young man escaped home and was poisoned by the demonic poison, and died within seven days. ”
Upon mentioning the two black teeth marks on their arms, everyone quieted down. Everyone simultaneously thought of the injuries of the Third Young Miss. They couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. Most of them were bodyguards the Xiao family had hired to support their family. Who would be willing to work for the Xiao family? Most people's hearts were already in a state of turmoil.
The forest suddenly became quiet. Everyone stopped playing around and followed the old man. They were all silent as they listened to heavy footsteps and breathing. The situation was not good for me, because I had to hide my breath and breath in order not to let Tsing Ling find me. This way, I felt the burden in my hands to be even heavier.
Before they reached the mountainside, two people had already left. They said that my family still had parents, wives, and children, and I could not leave my life here.
Qing Ling didn't ask them to stay because he had a rough idea of how dangerous the road ahead would be. He originally didn't intend to bring anyone else here, but Second Young Miss Xiao insisted on having so many people come. She said that one more person would mean one more helper, but she didn't know that one more ignorant person was actually an extra burden.
When the sky was about to turn dark, a few more people started to retreat, leaving behind only the old man who was leading the way, Qing Ling, me, and another young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.