Seeing that his neighbor accepted it, Xu Ming happily put away the things on the table and made some time to continue eating.

Xiao Ding looked at Xu Ming with a confused expression, and finally couldn't help but prompt: "Mr. Xu, don't you have anything else to do?"

"for example?"

"You have more than just the person across from you."

Xiao Ding raised his thumb and pointed at himself.

"You're right," Xu Ming suddenly realized. Looking at Xiao Ding's expectant eyes, he said deliberately: "Uncle Bade often asked Yang Cuo to bring me food a few days ago. It was really troublesome for Yang Cuo. Wait until tomorrow.

Give her something to thank her."

Xiao Ding: "..."

Xu Ming clicked his tongue and said: "I haven't forgotten you. But obviously, compared to the actual things, tea money is more suitable for you. Bring another pot and record it in the account as the first time."

Xiao Ding's face instantly changed as if he were flipping through a book, and he said with a smile, "Okay! Wait a minute, I'll make you some tea."

Seeing him turn around and run away, Xu Ming sighed and shook his head.

The neighbor opposite suddenly said: "I will go into the mountains tomorrow."

Xu Ming reacted and realized that the neighbor was speaking in an affirmative tone, rather than asking him. He probably wanted to go into the mountains a week ago.

He nodded, "Sure, I'm also thinking about setting off when the equipment arrives. Now that we have the things, let's go into the mountains tomorrow. Neighbor, when should we set off?"

The neighbor thought for a while and said, "Early in the morning."

"Would you like to take the path you mentioned earlier or my path?"

"Your one."

Xu Ming understood that if he took the neighbor's road, the distance was too far. Naturally, he would go to the place where the neighbor found the red sedan chair made of human skins, but he didn't know when the human skins would move regularly. Taking his road was to prepare.

Go directly to the empty valley and look at the stone tablets first.

This reminded Xu Ming.

Xu Mingdao: "Neighbor, you have been in the mountains for so long, have you noticed the pattern of human skins appearing?"

The neighbor shook his head and said, "Sometimes we can, sometimes we can't."

Xu Ming scratched his head and said: "Then let the soldiers come and cover up the water and earth. Let's look at the stone monuments first. If human skins appear, follow them to see them. If they don't appear, we will come back and wait until we find another opportunity.

go."

For more than half a month, Xu Ming has not been idle. He has checked a lot of historical materials on the Wujing Ancient Road, but unfortunately they are not very detailed, and there are very few related to Xinxi Village.

Hopefully, that stone tablet can give them some answers.

…

The next day.

Xu Ming got up early in the morning. When he packed his backpack and went out, his neighbor was already outside.

The two of them went downstairs together.

Xu Ming asked: "Neighbor, what do you want to eat in the morning?"

The neighbor threw him a piece of bread directly.

Yes, don’t eat at the guest house, just fill your stomach on the road.

In the lobby on the first floor, Xiao Ding was still there, leaning on the counter and sleeping soundly.

Xu Ming walked lightly and went out with his neighbor, eating and walking towards the back of the village, but didn't meet any villagers.

Only then did Xu Ming understand why his neighbor chose to set off at such an early time - he would not meet anyone.

He went into the mountains twice and caused a lot of commotion in the village. The third time he went into the mountains, he met the villagers again, and he probably wouldn't be able to get away for a while.

The two of them quickly left the mountain and saw the river as they walked.

Because of what Bud said, Xu Mingduo looked at it several times, wondering if the river would suddenly turn red, so that he accidentally stepped on the water when crossing the river and was almost washed down by the river. Fortunately, his neighbor had quick eyes and quick hands to pull him away.

live.

Xu Ming said awkwardly: "Accident, accident."

The neighbor took back his hand and continued walking forward.

The two of them crossed the river, walked up the hillside, and then headed towards the Guanhead Stone.

This time Xu Ming had an accurate map. When he asked his roommate to help him buy equipment, he also sent him the original Dayuling map. But strangely, there was no area on the map that was different from the surrounding areas. Xu Ming

I called several times last night and asked, and my roommates all said it was correct.

Perhaps because he noticed that Xu Ming had been looking at the map, the neighbor said calmly: "The range of Guillotine will not be shown on the map."

"Why is this?" Xu Ming looked at his neighbor and asked.

The neighbor said: "There is a special geomagnetic area near it, which will affect the detection of the mountain by external electronic equipment. The range and anomalies of the Guillotine cannot be measured."

Xu Ming immediately thought of the last time he was walking around in circles. He talked about it and asked if it was that place.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Xu Ming felt that his neighbor seemed to be a little more patient with him.

In response to the question he asked, the neighbor also answered: "That's Qimen."

"What door?"

"Qimen is the prediction science of Huang Lao Taoism in ancient times. Yi, Bing, and Ding are the three Qimen; Kai, Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Jing, and Death are the eight Qi doors, covering various aspects such as astronomy, geography, etc.

A simple strange door was artificially placed near the Guanhead Stone, making it impossible for him to get out and trapped him in place." said the neighbor.

Xu Ming knew this.

The so-called Qi Men Dun Jia is the first of the three movements, which is exquisite and unpredictable. In later generations, some people believed that this was actually a hypnosis method carried out through a certain medium, which was to deliberately use certain information to confuse the practitioner and make him

People cannot get out of a certain fixed area. Just like the previous "Bagua Array", a few stones can trap people to death.

"No wonder I stayed in the same place no matter what I walked that time. Who could know such a thing?"

Xu Ming was secretly surprised.

The neighbor said expressionlessly: "It may be someone related to the grave in the empty valley. For example, the person who buried him stayed here to prevent outsiders from disturbing him. It may also be that seventeen years ago, something strange happened near the Guanhead Stone."

In short, it’s not a short time.”

Xu Mingdao: "It makes sense."

If it's the former, the explanation makes sense.

If it's the latter, it was left by the person who caused the stone to become barren.

He didn't believe that a nice place in the mountains could suddenly become barren. Someone must be up to something. This person might have something to do with the person who brought him here.

Xu Mingdao: "Neighbor, don't worry, I have already walked through it. I know how to get out of that strange gate array."

The neighbor looked at Xu Ming with a subtle look in his eyes.

Xu Ming didn't understand.

They kept on walking, and when it was almost noon, Xu Ming found that they had reached the outskirts of Guillotine. After walking up the familiar hillside, and when a familiar path full of sand and gravel appeared in front of him, he suddenly understood.

"Neighbor, we are not trapped by that strange gate formation this time... Do you know how to solve it??"

He remembered that for a while, his neighbor was walking strangely and asked him to follow him.

The neighbor hummed lightly.

Xu Ming looked at him blankly and said with conviction: "You are amazing. Who are you? You know so much."

The neighbor didn't say anything and just continued walking inside.

Xu Ming quickly followed, even pulling out his dagger, and said nervously: "Those monsters are still there, let's be careful to prevent being attacked by surprise, they are very fast."

The neighbor looked at him and said, "They don't come out during the day."

Xu Ming clutched the dagger tightly: "..."

It's a little embarrassing again.


Chapter completed!