Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 458
"Who are you two? Why did you come here?" Shangguan Kangning asked Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei while packing his things.

Because Shangguan Kangning kept his head down before, Chen Ziyang didn't see his face clearly. Now that Shangguan Kangning raised his head, he realized that this person is quite handsome.

Shangguan Kangning is estimated to be around 30 years old, with well-defined facial features, a high nose bridge and a melon-shaped face, which gives people a heroic feeling, especially his eyes, which are very big and black. There is God.

However, it may be because Shangguan Kangning's complexion is dark and slightly rough due to being exposed to wind and rain all year round.If his skin were better and his complexion was fairer, he would not be inferior to those little fresh meats just because of his looks.

Just when Chen Ziyang opened his mouth to ask if the person in front of him was Shangguan Kangning, his words were suddenly interrupted by the villagers in the house.

After a few words with Shangguan Kangning, the villagers in a room lifted up the wooden board under the old man and left the house with the old man.Shangguan Kangning got up and sent them out.

During this process, Chen Ziyang noticed a detail. When Shangguan Kangning got up to send the villagers off, he was always carrying his backpack.

His behavior made people feel a little uncoordinated, and then Chen Ziyang understood that Shangguan Kangning's backpack was probably full of cultivated Gu worms.There are two outsiders here, Shangguan Kang Ning dare not leave his treasures here casually.

"Are you two here to stay overnight? Are you fellow donkeys? This is really rare. Someone can travel so far to hike. The stench in this room is too strong. If you really want to stay overnight, I will I can take you to the village ahead, where there are many empty houses."

After returning to the house, Shangguan Kangning talked to Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei. Obviously, he didn't expect that these two people came here specifically for him.

"This room does have some peculiar smell and is not suitable for people to live in, but it's perfect for talking about things. We do have to spend the night here today, but before that, can I have a few words with you first?"

Hearing Chen Ziyang's words, Shangguan Kangning froze for a moment.When he was treating the patient just now, he found that there was something wrong with the two people in front of him.

Gu art has basically been lost now, and people who know how to raise and use Gu are really rare. Ordinary people don’t even want to see the use of Gu to cure diseases, but they have basically never heard of it.

And just now when these two people saw themselves treating patients, they didn't show any surprised expressions, as if these two people had known that they would use Gu, although they were still a little surprised, but the degree of surprise was incredible Much smaller.

Moreover, when these two people saw that they were using Gu to cure diseases, they actually kept their eyes on their own faces most of the time, not on those Gu insects.Coupled with what Chen Ziyang said just now, Shangguan Kangning raised his vigilance, and looked at the two people in front of him with serious expressions.

Sensing the hostility emanating from Shangguan Kangning, Chen Ziyang hurriedly said, "I want to ask, are you called Shangguan Kangning?"

After hearing his name, Shangguan Kangning frowned, staring at Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei at a loss, he never thought that in such a remote place, someone would recognize him.

"No!" Shangguan Kangning suddenly realized that there are few people here. If you want to come here, you need to walk for at least 15 days. Come to think of it, these two people came here specially to find him.

"Who are you? Why do you know my name? It's not wrong. My name is indeed Shangguan Kangning." While speaking, Shangguan Kangning grasped the strap of his backpack tightly.

Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei looked at each other and smiled, sure enough, there was nothing wrong with it, God did them a great favor, unexpectedly they found the right owner so easily.

"You don't have to be nervous, we don't have any hostility towards you, we are Xu Xiaoyuan, a friend of Daoist Aunt Xiaoyuan, we have something to ask you about Gu worms, so we came all the way. "

"Taoist Xiaoyuan? Is she here too? Where is she now?"

"We came together, a total of five people. In order to find you, the other three went to the village east of the mountain range."

Hearing Xu Xiaoyuan's name, Shangguan Kangning really put down his guard, and walked towards Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei with his backpack on his back. It seemed that he wanted to sit next to the two of them before having a conversation. .

"Wait a minute, don't go forward. If you really want to come over, I suggest you put down your backpack. If I'm right, there should be a lot of Gu worms in your backpack. These Gu worms When you get close to me, you will have a strange reaction, and you will easily become restless, and I am afraid that you will be difficult to control."

"This is really interesting. If you are really friends of Daoist Xiaoyuan, you should know that these Gu worms have been by my side since they were cultivated. Unless I give orders, no one can Let these Gu worms do even one action."

A playful smile appeared on Shangguan Kangning's face, he sneered at Chen Ziyang's reminder, and walked towards the two of them regardless.

"Come on, Er Yang, there is another one who doesn't listen to persuasion. This kid is a little too confident, but I like it. Let's see how he ends up in a while." Yang Lei fixed his eyes on Shangguan Kangning's face, quietly Waiting for the expression he expected to appear.

As if deliberately wanting to show off his Gu-controlling skills, Shangguan Kangning walked forward very quickly and at a very fast pace. His intention was obvious, and he wanted Chen Ziyang to take a look. How confident Gu worms are.

And just when Shangguan Kangning walked one or two steps away from the two of them, he suddenly stopped, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

Chen Ziyang saw that Shangguan Kangning's hand gripping the strap of the backpack tightened. Obviously, he should have felt the movement of the Gu worms in the backpack.

At this time, Shangguan Kangning took two steps back, took off his backpack, put it on the ground, and kept fiddling with the contents of the backpack.Although Chen Ziyang couldn't see what he was playing with, he could hear the sound of some glass bottles colliding.

"Farther, farther away." Chen Ziyang said to the surprised Shangguan Kangning, and at the same time stretched out his hand and waved it with a helpless expression.

After fiddling with the backpack for a while, the expression on Shangguan Kangning's face still did not relax, and a few drops of sweat appeared on his forehead.

In desperation, Shangguan Kangning had no choice but to follow Chen Ziyang's suggestion, took a few steps back with the backpack, and comforted the Gu worms in the backpack again. The restless Gu worm calmed down.

After looking at Chen Ziyang with an unbelievable expression, Shangguan Kangning asked, "What's going on? I have been raising Gu for more than 20 years..."

"Have you never encountered such a situation before? We have heard this sentence several times. It was your sister Shangguan Qing who said it."

The current Shangguan Kangning has completely let go of his guard against Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei. If these two people are really hostile to him, they will not tell him in advance that the Gu worm will change.

As long as I get close to them, I will lose control of the Gu worms in the backpack. At that time, I can say that I have lost my biggest support, and it is a good time for these two people to do it.

Now it seems that these two people didn't do this, but they reminded them before, which proves that they should indeed be friends of Taoist Xiaoyuan.

"You have seen my sister, and you have come all the way here. It seems that you really have something very important."

"We can know that you are here because your sister Shangguan Qing told us. I know you don't know what's going on now. Actually, I don't know either. The thing is like this..."

Chen Ziyang briefly explained the ins and outs of the whole matter, including how they found Shangguan Qing, what happened at Shangguan Qing's home, how they worked so hard to get here, and how they found Shangguan Qing. The purpose of finding Shangguan Kangning.

Just like Shangguan Qing's reaction before, now Shangguan Kangning is aroused interest, even his reaction is bigger than his sister.

Through some previous events, Chen Ziyang concluded that this Shangguan Kangning is a Gu lunatic, and he is very fascinated by Gu insects, so whether it is the Gu book pattern in his hand that Shangguan Kangning does not have in his home, it can still cause changes in Gu insects. No matter which of these two points, Shangguan Kangning has an irresistible temptation.

"We know that you are looking for a very rare bug, and our time is very tight, so why don't we get to the point first. Can I trouble you to read this Gu book for me?" Chen Ziyang finished speaking, Then he took out the picture of the Gu.

This time Shangguan Kangning learned his lesson, he put the backpack aside, walked to Chen Ziyang's side without carrying the Gu worm, picked up the piece of paper and looked at it.

"If I had known this before, why did this person just not listen to persuasion?" At this time, Yang Lei still did not forget to tease him.

After staring at the pattern on the paper for a while, Shangguan Kangning's eyebrows were tightly knit together, and then his eyes widened suddenly.

"This... such a rare Gu, where did you know about it!" After Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei entered the room, Shangguan Kangning was surprised one after another.

"From your tone, do you know this kind of bug?" Hope appeared in Chen Ziyang's eyes.Originally, he thought that after watching Shangguan Kangning for such a long time, he probably wouldn't recognize this kind of Gu, but he didn't expect that in the end, Shangguan Kangning's words turned around.

"This kind of Gu worm should have disappeared for hundreds of years. I didn't think about it at first, and I didn't expect that what you brought was such an ancient thing, but when I thought about it, I noticed that the original Gu worm The features are so obvious.

This kind of Gu worm should be called double-nosed worm, and it has not appeared since the Song Dynasty, and all records are before the Song Dynasty.

You can see that there are two claw-like things on the front of the insect's head, but have you noticed that these pair of claw-like things are different from the claws on other insects.

The vast majority of insect claws are used by insects for eating, or as weapons. Generally, insect claws are left-right symmetrical, slightly curved towards the head of the insect, and some insect claws have some Serrated or spiked.

And the pair of claw-like things drawn in front of the insect's head are very weird, they are straight, and there are spikes on both sides of the inside and outside.

In fact, this pair of things is not insect claws at all, but the nose of this kind of insect, or, it is the organ of this kind of insect that senses smell, just like the pair of antennae in front of the ant's head, so this kind of The bugs are called double-nosed worms.

It is also because of such a unique organ that this kind of bug has a very keen sense of smell, dozens of times stronger than a dog's nose.But what is very interesting is that this kind of bug is only very sensitive to the smell of its companions, and the reaction to other smells is not so strong.

The females of this kind of insects are relatively large, the largest about the size of a grape grain, while the males are very small, generally only the size of rice grains or soybean grains.

There are some very peculiar patterns on the worm's carapace, the pattern on the back of the female is crescent-shaped, while the pattern on the back of the male is a dot.It is precisely because of this that this bug is also known as the sun and moon nose bug.

However, the sex distribution of this kind of insect is very uneven, the number of male insects is very large, the number of female insects is very small, and the ratio of male to female is huge.

It is said that during the mating season, the males of the sun and moon worms will climb to the high places of the branches, and then rely on their extremely keen sense of smell to find the whereabouts of the females.Even hundreds of kilometers apart, the males can still smell the females.

Of course, I only know these things a little bit, and I’m not sure if this is the case, but judging from the pictures on the paper, I guess it’s almost the same. This bug is the male of the sun and moon nose bug. . "

Chen Ziyang took the paper from Shangguan Kangning's hand, and stared at the picture carefully for a while.That's right, several characteristics of the insects drawn on the paper are exactly the same as what Shangguan Kangning said.

"That's right." Chen Ziyang suddenly realized.What was drawn on the paper was a male insect, which was also a reminder left by Yuan Tiangang.

As long as a few female insects are left near the treasure, the person holding the male insect can use the male's sense of smell to find the location of the female insect hundreds of kilometers away, which is what Yuan Tiangang left behind. The location of the treasure.The treasure is expected!

After thinking this through, a smile appeared on Chen Ziyang's face, but after only a few seconds, the smile on his face froze because he thought of two questions.

(End of this chapter)