Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: The Dark Wizard

There was nothing I could do, watching the head of the group disappear into the snow like that old man, sitting helplessly on the stone in the cave.I didn't sleep well at night. At this time, I felt tired in all aspects of the spirit, and I fell asleep after a while.When I woke up again, night had fallen, the moon was high in the sky, and the moon seemed rounder and brighter in the mountains, but the leader still hadn’t come back. , I'm actually hungry, and I can still be hungry in this situation, it seems that I am really a little careless. I was just thinking it was funny, when suddenly there was a slight hissing sound behind me, my scalp went numb, and I turned my head to look, only to see a pair of orange eyes suddenly lit up in the dark place in the cave, about the size of a ping-pong ball. Big, black pupils in the middle can see clearly.

Immediately, I was so frightened that my liver and gallbladder were torn apart, I retreated a few steps to the iron gate and did not dare to move. After a while, a goat covered in white hair came out of the hole. It turned out that the eyes belonged to it, and from the From the coat color, this is an old sheep. The old sheep came to me calmly and stared at me for a long time with its strange eyes.I was still on guard at first, but after a while I gradually relaxed and reached out to touch its head. The old sheep lowered its head very docilely, and then licked my hand. Just this one almost made me spit it out, because the old goat's tongue was full of blood, and it licked my hands so bloody, the blood trickled down my hands and fell to the ground, which was shocking.

The old sheep grinned, his expression seemed to be smiling, it was so weird, it made me feel chills, I was slapped on the shoulder unexpectedly, almost made me jump up in fright, turned my head and saw that it was the leader .I said, "You're finally back. There's a strange sheep with a mouth full of blood. I don't know where it is." The group leader smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, the blood in its mouth is not blood, but chicken blood." While talking, he opened the iron gate, and I hurried out, and the old sheep also came out. I said, "Aren't sheep omnivorous? How can they eat chicken?"

The group leader said: "Because this is not an ordinary goat. It used to be a black wizard's mount, but it was trapped in a cave. Even if it is a goat, it will not be picky when it is very hungry. There are passing pheasants, Naturally, it will not let go of snake-like animals. When I came here, I saw a pheasant go into this hole with my own eyes, but you were thinking about it at the time, so you didn’t notice it.” I blushed and said, "As long as it's not human blood." The leader said: "Get ready, I will take you to a place." I smiled and said, "Do you still need to prepare? I don't have anything."

The leader said: "Look at your backpack, and then say this sentence." I didn't look at my package carefully during this journey. At this time, I heard what the team leader said, so I immediately took it out and looked it up carefully, but I didn't find anything special.I said inexplicably: "Is there something in it?" The head of the group took out an ice ax from my package and said, "Didn't you realize that this ice ax is very long?" Zhuang used to be a sidearm. This is the most mysterious artifact. It is said that Prince Long died under this knife, but is it really the secret?At this time, the blood-cursed knife glowed faintly red, and it was ominous at first glance.I said, "Commander, why is this knife in your hand?"

The group leader handed the knife to me and said, "Of course He Zhuang gave it to me. Why did you suddenly become stupid?" I nodded and said, "There is an identical knife in the deep well of the Holy Land of the Heavenly Spirit Clan, and the Peacock Spirit King is guarding that knife." The team leader said: "That is a fake knife. The blood-cursed knife is the only weapon that can kill dragons. It is an evil thing that has been cursed in the world. It is the one in your hand. As for the knife I will give you The reason for this is very simple, because it belonged to your family, the yin and yang scholar used this knife to assassinate Prince Long and became the king of ghosts, and only the He family can control this murder weapon in the world."

I said: "Could it be that you want me to use this long knife again?" The head of the group said: "Yes, you must master this knife. It will be good for you in the future. Your cousin can't fully use this long knife at all, but you are different. People from the He family use the long knife from the He family. Dao, once you understand the truth, you will not be inferior to any warrior of the Celestial Race." I dug out another piece of deerskin from the bag, which was used by He Zhuang to wrap the knife. I wrapped the knife and stuck it behind my back and said, "What should I do next?"

The leader said: "There is a group of black wizards here. They improve their abilities by killing people. Fortunately, these people think that we are the same as them, so they didn't kill people." I said, "But didn't that old man lock us up in the cave because he wanted us to die?" The leader said: "They are two factions, but they are a family. The two brothers led their families to fly solo for the sake of benefit, so they have different opinions on our two families. The boss wants to kill me, and the boss wants to kill me. Second, you treat me as a friend, which is the fundamental reason why you can come out."

Speaking of which, the old goat coughed suddenly. His voice was old and human. I think this kind of creature would not dare to provoke it even if it had already become a spirit.I went around to the head of the group, and the head said: "Let's go, that family is still waiting for us to eat." The old goat was still looking at us motionless.We walked to the depths of the snow field, and saw a row of wooden houses forming a circle, and a group of residents who looked like aboriginals were busy in the courtyard, and there was nothing unusual, let alone the most evil black wizard among human beings.

When we approached, one of the middle-aged women in her forties nodded to the leader, turned around and walked inside, and the leader followed her. After a while, she arrived at the innermost black wooden room, and she knocked on the door. He knocked on the door and said, "Grandpa, that man is back." After a while, an old voice came out: "Let them in." When we entered this room, we felt the temperature inside suddenly rise, and the sweat on my forehead immediately oozed out.I saw that the small room was full of weird objects, none of which I had seen on the market, among them were two bronze wares with human faces and beast bodies that were quite eye-catching, placed at the head and end of his bed respectively .

An old man sat on the bed and closed his eyes slightly. His facial features were not much different from the old man we met before. At first glance, he thought it was the same person. The team leader said, "Grandpa Fang, I'm back again." The old man moved his head slightly, he didn't know whether to nod or shake his head, and said, "This is your friend? He is much younger than you." The team leader said: "We are Wangnian friends. To put it bluntly, he used to be my subordinate." The old man said "oh", after a long time I even thought he was asleep, but I heard him sigh and said: "You have come to Tianchi from thousands of miles in vain to assassinate Shenlong, aren't you afraid of retribution?" The head of the group said: "If you are afraid of retribution, you will not practice evil methods, but grandpa, we really have no plans to stab the dragon." The old man said: "I don't care why you came here, even if it's to assassinate the real dragon, it has nothing to do with me. I just want to tell you that this is not a place where foreigners can easily enter. I can let you in, or you can die. , so you better stay out of trouble." The old man actually threatened us, but judging from his appearance, he is not a character to be trifled with.The head of the group said: "Don't worry, we will leave after we finish our business." He seemed very satisfied with the group leader's words, nodded and said: "Since everyone is in the same direction, this is your resting place. If you need our help, just ask." The head of the group said: "Don't dare to bother the old man, we will leave after finishing the matter in these two days." The old man nodded and said nothing, then waved to us, the head of the group gave me a wink, and walked out of the room.Two strong men were waiting outside the door, leading us to another wooden house. On the way, I asked in a low voice, "Commander, that sheep is really weird. I think it is necessary to investigate." The head of the group didn't speak, and a man said to me: "I advise you not to provoke that thing, that old sheep has become a spirit, I don't know who got it here at the beginning, there are no grasses and plants on the snow-capped mountains, so it just eats and bury it." The corpse in the soil has become what it is now after more than ten years of eating, if you are stared at by it, it means that it wants to eat you very much." I felt a chill in my heart and said, "Is there such a strange goat?" The man said: "We have a lot of strange things here, this sheep is nothing." At this time, another man said coldly: "You should keep your mouth tight, and spit out what should be said and what should not be said!" The person who spoke earlier seemed to be very afraid of him, but he didn't say a word after that. When he reached the door of the wooden house, the man said: "This is the room where grandpa gave you to rest. Don't run around if you have nothing to do. There are many dogs here, be careful of being bitten." Said After that they left. The wooden house was tidy and clean, with a scent of sandalwood, and the bed was a wooden single bunk bed. The leader said: "I didn't expect to find a place to stay, but people of this ethnic group are very evil, try not to talk , You have to go out and say something.” I saw that the head of the group spoke solemnly and nodded. Since that moment, I haven't said a word, and so has the head of the group.In the early morning of the next day, after waking up, the group leader picked up his bag and said, "Let's go to Tianchi." Going west until the afternoon, we came to a section of the mountain fault, but the drop is not high, only about three meters, and it is a slope. Not far away, there are rippling blue waves, and a large emerald-like lake appears in front of our eyes. It is the highest freshwater lake - Tianchi. There are many legends about Tianchi, and most of them are about Tianchi water monsters. I didn’t know whether there were water monsters in Tianchi before I came here. After the field investigation, I think the possibility is relatively high.Because the environment here is very quiet, inaccessible, suitable for the growth of large creatures, and there are a group of dark wizards around, God knows whether these monsters are related to them. But we watched it condescendingly for a long time, and the water surface was as smooth as a mirror. Not to mention dragons, we didn't see a single fish.I said: "Leader, if there is a dragon here, it is too quiet, I don't think it is reliable." The leader said: "If you think it's reliable, do you still need to look for it?" As soon as the words were said, the leader's face changed, and he immediately pushed me to the ground.I saw a ripple in the water area on the left side of Tianchi suddenly, and then the ripple became longer and longer. There must be creatures swimming underwater, and judging from the size of the ripple, this thing is not small. Could it be a dragon?The head of the regiment took out two binoculars from his backpack and handed me one. With this thing, I can see much more clearly.The ripples gradually approached the shore, and then the water splashed up, and a huge and vicious dog's head poked out of the water, it turned out to be a Gu dog.Although this thing is more vicious than a Gu cat, it doesn't have the brains of a cat, and there are rumors that being a Gu dog is worse than being a Gu wolf, or even a more ferocious creature.But I heard from the team leader that cats have the highest probability of doing Gu because their actions are silent, and the probability of a sudden attack is high. Although jackals, tigers and leopards are ferocious, it is not ordinary people who have the opportunity to face such creatures Well, the effect of using them may not be as good as cats, let alone dogs, so I have only seen one Gu dog so far, and it belongs to the witch on the shoe mountain. After a while, the dog landed on the shore. It was really not small in size, almost the size of a buffalo, with thick limbs. It is estimated that even an adult lion may not be its opponent.It raised its head and let out a muffled roar, the sound was like thunder.I whispered: "It won't be noticed by it if it's so far away?" As soon as the words fell, three people came out from behind a huge rock on the shore, one of them was the old man who imprisoned us, but today he did not ride the Gu cat, but leaned on a walking stick.The dog saw him lower his head very docilely. The old man walked around the dog and poked the dog's stomach with his cane. He turned around and stared blankly at Tianchi for a long time without saying a word. After a long time, the old man opened his mouth and said a few words to those two people, because the distance was too far, we couldn't hear them, and then he clapped his palms, and the huge Gu cat came out from behind the boulder, lying on all fours on the ground, After the old man sat up, he walked slowly to the depths of the woods, and the dog followed him all the way. The two young men took out a huge earthen jar, and the mouth of the jar was sealed with mud.One person took out an iron rod and knocked the sealed mud open, and suddenly a stench filled the world, even we could smell it here, I quickly covered my nose and said, "It stinks, aren't they going to fertilize?" I saw the two carrying the earthen vat to the bank of the water with sad faces, and then dumped all the thick rice porridge inside into the Tianchi Lake, then quickly left the bank and returned to the back of the boulder.I know what they are doing is definitely not dumping garbage, but what are they doing? The head of the group lowered his voice and said, "If I'm not mistaken, they are making bait to lure some kind of aquatic creature." I said, "Could it be a dragon? But would dragons eat such stinky things?" The leader said: "You and I don't have a clear concept of dragons, maybe their food is very strange." That being said, Dragon never showed up.After a long time, the two men seemed to be unable to hold back their temper and walked out from behind the stones. They walked cautiously to the shore to observe, and threw a few more stones into the water. One of them shook his head and said something. Turn around and go deep into the snow. When they were gone, the group leader and I stood up from the snow, and the group leader said: "Let's go and have a look." Walking to the Tianchi, everything has not changed in the slightest, and the world is so quiet that there is not even a breath of wind.I said: "It seems that this dragon will not show up today." The head of the group said: "Don't say anything too early, there are still several hours until tomorrow." At this time, it was evening, and the distance could not be seen clearly. I said, "We can't spend the night here. If we don't bring anything, we will freeze to death." The head of the group said: "Let's go around and talk again. We can't just lie in the snow for half a day when we come here. We have to do something meaningful." After that, he took me westward, and after walking for about half an hour, the sky was already completely dark, and the moon was high in the sky, so it wasn't too dark.At this time, I vaguely saw the strange willow tree in the distance, and I was about to ask the head of the group, when I suddenly saw five small tent-like objects on the bank of Tianchi Lake, which were round, and there were seven or eight meters of space between each of them. distance. I pointed to those things and said, "Commander, what are those things?" The head of the group said: "Go and have a look." After that, he led me to the side of the pile of weird objects, observed carefully for a while, and said, "I'm going to uncover these things. If there is any danger, don't worry about me and go back quickly." I said: "Leader, let's think carefully before doing this, there is no need to cause unnecessary sacrifices." The group leader ignored me, walked directly to a "tent" and opened it with his hand. Before I could stop it, a strange scene appeared in front of my eyes.There is no mechanism design in the small "tent", only a pile of white bones, and the bones are neatly stacked into a pyramid shape. At the top is a huge cat skull, which should be the skull of a Gu cat.The head of the group opened all the "tents", and there were exactly the same bone pyramids inside, except that some were dog bones, and some seemed to be bear bones. I said, "Is this the cemetery where those black wizards buried their pets?" The group leader said: "The situation here must be related to the black wizards. I guess it may be a place where they held some kind of ceremony. I think we need to find out what this gang of ghosts is doing." I said: "I'm afraid these people are not so easy to monitor. If they are discovered, the consequences will be unpredictable." The group leader said: "How did you become so timid, kid? You are the descendant of a yin and yang scholar, so don't discredit him as an old man." I laughed and said, "If you say that the most powerful black wizard in the world is probably not as good as half a finger of a yin and yang scholar, but I can't do it. People have to be convinced, otherwise they will suffer a lot." The group leader patted me on the shoulder and said, "You have really matured, but not as I hoped." I said: "Normally, people will grow up, even if it is slow, they will definitely mature." While talking, a voice like a silver bell said: "What are you talking about?" Looking around, I saw a young man and a girl coming from behind us. Both of them were dressed in deerskin. The young man had dark skin and handsome features, while the girl had fair skin and delicate features. But the two looked 80% similar. They are brothers and sisters. Both of them carried bows and arrows, and the young man held the bowstring tightly with his left hand, full of wariness towards us.The head of the group said: "We are tourists, what is this place?" The young man stared at us closely and said, "Would ordinary tourists go to this kind of place at night?" The group leader pretended not to know: "What's wrong here? Isn't this the Tianchi Lake? A tourist attraction, we want to try our luck to see if we can see the legendary water monster." The young man was still looking at us vigilantly, as if he didn't believe what we said, while the girl blinked her big watery eyes curiously and took turns inquiring about us.I don't know why, but she looks familiar to me, but I just can't remember who this little girl is.The head of the regiment stretched his hand into his bosom, and the young man took out the bow and arrow at an astonishing speed, and said to us: "Don't move around, be careful that I will shoot you through with one arrow." Before we could speak, the girl smiled and said: "Brother, these two guests are good people, don't make things difficult for them." The young man said: "Why do you say that? Bad guys don't write on their faces." The girl said: "Just trust me, I assure you they are not bad people." The young man seemed to be asking, but the girl frowned and said, "Are you annoying? I say they are good people, they are good people. Stop talking nonsense." The young man said: "You are always like this, everyone believes it, and sooner or later you will suffer." The girl giggled and said, "With a brother as powerful as you, I'm sure I won't suffer." Although the young man tried his best to tense his expression, he couldn't help but show a sense of humor, and said: "I'll give you a face, otherwise they will look good on you." After finishing speaking, the young man turned to leave, but the girl said to us: "Come on, I invite you two to dinner." The group leader and I couldn't help but glanced at each other, and the group leader said: "Don't bother the girl now, we are going to go back." The girl said: "Don't be polite to me. Besides, if you don't eat this meal today, you won't be able to walk. It's already dark. Haven't you heard that you can't walk on the night road in the mountains?" This little girl really doesn't look like a bad person. Besides, if she is really a bad person, the two of us can't run away. The group leader probably has the same thoughts as me, so he said: "Then I will disturb you." After that, the four of them walked to the west of the mountain together. On the way, the two brothers and sisters kept talking and didn't have time to talk to us.After walking for more than ten minutes, we came to a not-so-small wooden house, and all kinds of pickled and smoked mountain products were hung on the door.The girl opened the door and said to us: "Go in and rest for a while, my brother and I are going to cook." After all, he took a rabbit, a pheasant and the young man and went to the back of the house.The head of the regiment and I entered the room and saw that there was only a table and a few benches inside. There was no electricity here. We lit the kerosene lamp on the table. The dim light could not achieve the lighting effect at all. After sitting down, I said: "The regiment Long, what do you think these two people are?" The group leader said: "I'm not a god, how could I know this, but I think this little girl looks familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before." I said, "You think so too? That's really strange. I look at the little girl very familiarly, but I just can't remember where I saw it." The group leader said: "Be careful in everything. Although this girl looks very innocent, she knows people and faces but doesn't know her heart. You have to be on guard." A strange fragrance wafted in during the conversation, and I couldn't help taking a few breaths and said: "It smells so good, anyway, today is a lucky day." The head of the group said: "The things in the mountain are all wild game. The natural taste must be extraordinary, but this is the first time I have smelled such a strong smell in decades. I really don't know what they are burning. Don’t be a nationally protected animal.” As soon as the words fell, the little girl said: "Don't worry, I don't dare to hunt national treasures. The dishes are just ordinary game. This fragrance has something else, I think you should all know it." After finishing speaking, a large bowl of milky white, steaming liquid was brought out, and he put it in front of us and said, "Try this kind of milk, I guarantee that few people in the world have drunk it, but you should have seen it." I suddenly thought of the little girl in front of me. I didn't expect to meet her after more than ten years. It has to be said to be fate.Judging from the surprised expression of the group leader, he seemed to have remembered the real identity of this little girl. After a while, the group leader said: "Didn't you be taken away by the science department? Why are you here again?"