Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 110 Strange Beast Hidden in the Great River

Seeing that Xiaohu was going to continue walking, I quickly stopped him.

From a selfish point of view, I certainly hope that a guide who is familiar with the situation can take me down the Heifenggou, but if I offend Grandpa Xiaohu because of this, the loss outweighs the gain.

Since Ma Yi'ao could entrust Grandpa Xiaohu as the informant, there must be a friendship between them.

If I get into a stalemate with him because of this moment, the problem will be a bit serious.

The most important thing is that I don't want the old man to be orphaned.

But Xiaohu ignored my obstruction, glared at me, and said with a gloomy face, "What are you doing?"

I said that your grandpa told you that if you are not allowed to enter Heifenggou with us, we will die, but you are not.At that time, if a white-haired person sends a black-haired person, whose fault is it?
Xiaohu walked forward and said that it was my own will and had nothing to do with you.

When I talk about the reason, you have to tell me clearly—one second ago, you told me that you didn’t want to go to die with us, and the next second, you said it was voluntary.You say that, I feel guilty, let alone let you go with me?

Xiaohu said that I won't go with you, okay?

Seeing how persistent he was, I knew I couldn't persuade him to go back, but I was still puzzled, but Chu Xiaotu who was next to him understood.

She smiled and said, "Xiao Hu, do you know that girl?"

Xiaohu stared straight ahead and said without looking back: "I know, of course I know. Cai Yueniang from our neighboring village is the jewel of our Miao people. When her mother was pregnant with her, she dreamed that there was a phoenix in her arms, and when she was born After they came down, they were shining brightly, and when they were only 14 years old, the people who came to ask for marriage stepped on the threshold of their house..."

Only then did I react and said, "You, like her?"

My straight-forward point made Xiaohu pause for a while, and at this moment, he finally showed a shy expression typical of young people, and even lowered his head.

He said in a weak mosquito voice: "Yue Niang is the most beautiful girl in the ten miles and eight towns, and I, of course, am also..."

Seeing his appearance, I couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at you, you haven't grown any hair yet, and you still have a lot of thoughts."

Xiaohu was annoyed, and said that if you want to leave Heifenggou alive, you have to ask me—if you don't have my help, you just wait to die here.

When he said this, Chu Xiaotu immediately understood.

She said with a smile: "In this way, we will help you find out Cai Yueniang's affairs, and prevent her from dying inexplicably at a young age, and you have to do your best to help us at this time, Let's cooperate sincerely, don't have any reservations, what do you think?"

Xiaohu took a look at me, snorted, and said yes, for your sake, Sister Xiaotu, I won't bother with him anymore.

The Miao girl in the red wedding dress in the distance had already descended the slope, and went down to the bottom of the ditch along the rocky ravine. We didn't dare to stop any longer, so we hurried up.

Up and down the ditch, two worlds.

I saw the place Xiaohu was pointing at before, and the scenery was the same as when I came here. Except for the deep and dense forest, I didn't think there was any difference.

However, when I went down to the bottom of the ditch, the cold wind blowing through the bottom of the valley made me feel that the temperature difference was about five degrees.

The temperature is only the most intuitive feeling, and the vegetation at the bottom of the ditch also surprised me. In addition to a large number of commonly seen low shrubs, there are actually many ferns.

This kind of fern is not the usual Selaginella, Shiwei, and Adiantum, but the kind that grows very tall and strong.

There are several places, and I even think that thing should be the legendary spinosa.

What is alsophila spinulosa?
This thing is also called "tree fern". This thing is born in the forest or in the shade by the stream. It is produced in the Tibetan border of my country's mainland and the Chishui area of ​​Qianzhou. It is found in Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Thailand. , Vietnam, the Philippines and southern Japan are also distributed.

Its stem is as high as 6 meters or higher, with a diameter of [-] to [-] centimeters. It is an endangered plant under national first-class protection and is known as a "living fossil".

I have only seen such things in books, but I never thought I could see them here.

It's still a long way from Chishui.

A large number of low shrubs and ferns filled the entire surface world of the Heifenggou, coupled with the cover of the upper branches, the light at the bottom of the trench was somewhat weak.

Even on a sunny day, the bottom of the ditch is still dark.

And in this darkness, there are countless calls of insects, and in the distance, there are even calls of unknown animals, which intersect with each other and appear to be extraordinarily energetic.

Of course, looking at it from another angle, it is also full of dangers.

There is a small stream emerging from the green of the vegetation.

There is a trail by the stream.

That Cai Yueniang seemed to be guided by someone, and walked forward along that road. We followed behind, she didn't realize it, and because the distance was not very far, I also smelled her scent.

It was a not very strong, but very bitter aroma.

It is like orchid, or sweet-scented osmanthus, which makes people feel refreshed.

I found that it was because of this fragrance that all the dangers hidden under the green vines and ferns were subconsciously shunned.

Several times, I saw a black or red poisonous snake lurking in the grass.

These poisonous snakes are full of aggressiveness, as if they are about to eject at any time and bite you. However, after smelling this fragrance, the whole body actually relaxes, without showing any intention of attacking.

Seeing this situation, I couldn't help but say, "Could it be that there really is a mountain god?"

Xiaohu stared at her eyes, and said bitterly: "Even if it is, if you dare to play Yueniang's idea, I will fight to the death with it."

He has the unique vigor of young people, but I was worried that he was too tough and something bad happened, so I hurriedly said to him: "Don't mess around for a while, if something really happens, let us deal with it, and wait until you feel uncomfortable It meets your expectations, and you can act again when the time comes, okay?"

Xiaohu nodded, and said yes, I got it - I'm not a fool, I certainly won't act recklessly.

We followed Cai Yueniang and walked straight forward. It was a sunny day, and the sun was shining above our heads. However, under the bottom of the ditch, I couldn't feel the warmth of the sun at all.

The cool breeze made me feel as if I had directly arrived at the weather of the twelfth lunar month of winter.

After walking like this for half an hour, the creek converged, and a river about seven or eight meters wide appeared in front of it.

The river blocked our way.

Cai Yueniang seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. Even if there was a river standing in front of her, she didn't know how deep it was, but it couldn't stop her from moving forward. Seeing her stepping forward recklessly, preparing to cross the river without any protective measures, Xiaohu finally endured. Can't stop.

He rushed up, hugged Cai Yueniang who was about to go down the river, and dragged her back.

Only then did Cai Yueniang realize that there was someone beside her, and subconsciously began to struggle.

While tugging, Xiaohu said, "Yueniang, it's me, I'm Huzi, do you remember? I used to weave a locust toy out of banana leaves for you, you liked it, do you remember?"

Cai Yueniang seemed to recognize Xiaohu at this time, nodded and said, oh, you are Luo Xiaohu.

Xiaohu nodded excitedly, and said yes, it was me.

On the contrary, Cai Yueniang looked calm and said, Luo Xiaohu, I know you are interested in me, but let me tell you, I am a woman of God now, it loves me, and I love it too, it is impossible between you and me, You go, don't pester me anymore.

When she said this, she was very heartless, and the expression on her face was as cold as frost. When Xiaohu heard it, he froze in place as if struck by thunder.

But at this moment, Cai Yueniang suddenly twisted her feet strangely, and immediately fell down on the grass by the river.

She started sliding down to the river.

It was not subjective, but someone tied her right ankle and pulled her into the river.

Xiaohu was still thinking about the decisiveness in Cai Yueniang's words, but when he heard the movement, he subconsciously reached out and grabbed Cai Yueniang's hands.

However, a mysterious force dragged Cai Yueniang into the river desperately.

Even with the help of Xiaohu, Cai Yueniang's body was moved into the river bit by bit, and most of her body was submerged in the water.

And at this moment, I finally arrived.

At this time, I had pulled out the soft gold rope from my waist, let it harden, and smashed it viciously into the river.

When the stick fell, the river, which was originally as calm as a mirror, suddenly swayed.

Immediately afterwards, a huge head emerged from the water. Its head was wider than its length, its snout was rounded, its snout was prominent, its cheeks were inclined outwards, the distance between its nose was slightly smaller than that between its eyes, and its upper eyelid was wider than that between its eyes. , tympanic membrane prominent, oval.

Putting aside these professional descriptions, to put it simply, this guy is exactly the size of a car...

Toad!
(End of this chapter)