Shen Yao walked out of the village with his backpack on his back.
Walk towards the hilltop opposite the village.
Along the way, he also met some villagers who were holding hoes or other farm tools and were planning to work in the mountains. They all greeted Shen Yao.
After knowing that Shen Yao was going to the mountains, everyone reminded him with concern and asked him to be careful. Some villagers even wanted to be Shen Yao's guide! They were afraid that Shen Yao would get lost in the mountains.
Shen Yao rejected all the enthusiastic villagers.
For him, as long as he can determine the target from a distance, there is no such thing as getting lost. What's more, the place he wants to go may be dangerous.
The first section of the mountain road is quite easy to walk. It was opened by the villagers themselves to make it easier to transport herbs when digging them.
On the way, Shen Yao also saw patches of herbs planted by the villagers, which were growing very well. He even dug one specially and tasted it, and found that the medicinal properties were quite good.
Perhaps because of the mountainous environment here, there is a bit more spirituality in the medicinal herbs.
After passing through most of the herbal fields here, the road begins to get steeper, and there is even no road at all. You can only find it through dense forests and rocks.
Maybe there is a cliff ahead, or maybe there is a ravine.
The mountain forest is humid and hot after the rain. Walking in it gives people a feeling of breathlessness. From time to time, some birds flutter their wings and fly away, which makes people feel scared and lonely.
Of course, these are nothing to Shen Yao.
He was the one who led the team into the Amazon rainforest back then. No matter how dangerous it is here, it is not as dangerous as that kind of place.
After climbing over a mountain, Shen Yao had already seen the volcano almost within easy reach. The mountain was completely red, with very little vegetation and even exposed rocks.
Some rocks are dark brown and have moss growing on them.
Another mountain range is steep and towering. In addition to tall trees, there are also grasses and trees half as tall as a man. They show a dark green color in the sun. Just looking at it makes people intimidating.
"That's Longtou Mountain over there? Did those waves of people go to Longtou Mountain?"
Shen Yao whispered to himself.
hiss--
Suddenly, a venomous snake sprang out from the tree trunk and struck Shen Yao like lightning.
Shen Yao's speed was even faster. He drew a saber from his hand. When he raised the knife and dropped it, he split the poisonous snake in half and fell to the ground. The snake's body was still twisting and struggling.
This saber was prepared for him by Mu Qingmei. It was all in the suitcase, and almost all the outdoor equipment he needed was complete. This also made him very grateful to Mu Qingmei.
Fortunately, Mu Qingmei insisted on letting him bring these with him in the first place. Otherwise, coming to the mountain this time without tools would definitely increase the difficulty.
"Who? Come out..."
Suddenly, Shen Yao seemed to notice something, and glanced at a bush with a sharp gaze.
Whoosh——
A figure suddenly emerged from the grass and headed straight for him.
Shen Yao originally planned to take action, but found that the opponent's target was not him, but the poisonous snake he had just killed with a knife.
“Delicious, really delicious.”
The figure grabbed the poisonous snake corpse and stuffed it into his mouth, looking stupid.
He looked like he was only in his thirties. He was wearing loose black clothes and was dirty all over. He also had many wounds on his body, and his hands and feet were badly ulcerated, but he still didn't seem to feel anything.
"Who are you?"
Shen Yao raised his eyebrows and asked.
But the man seemed not to have heard it at all and continued to chew on the poisonous snake carcass.
"Here you go, eat!"
Shen Yao took out a compressed biscuit from his backpack and handed it over.
The man stopped and looked up at the biscuit in Shen Yao's hand. His mouth was dripping with blood, and he was staring at the compressed biscuit without blinking.
He suddenly wanted to grab the compressed biscuit from Shen Yao's hand when he was not prepared, but no matter how fast he was, he was still not as good as Shen Yao. Shen Yao easily grabbed his wrist and put his fingers on it, checking it. The condition of his body.
At the same time, he stuffed the compressed biscuits into his other hand.
Originally the man was still struggling, but after seeing the compressed biscuits, he tore open the package with his teeth and continued to eat it.
"There are no signs of poisoning, but there is blood on the head. It seems that the head was severely damaged, which caused temporary stupidity."
After Shen Yao checked it, he shook his finger and the long needle wrapped around his finger unfolded.
He stabbed it out suddenly, piercing the man's head directly. The energy in his body surged, and a stream of blood came out from the long needle. The blood stasis in the brain was caused by Shen Yao using this method, along the inside of the long needle. Hollow, everything is drawn out.
"You haven't woken up yet..."
Shen Yao suddenly shouted loudly, resounding like spring thunder.
He also pulled out the long needle.
But I saw that the man's body was alerted, and his originally dull eyes became lively. His body froze, and he looked around confusedly: "I...what's wrong with me?"
"Is this outside? I came out...I actually came out..."
He shouted with great excitement.
Just like a person who has been walking in the desert for a long time and unexpectedly encounters a clear spring, he feels extremely comfortable and extremely excited.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
Shen Yao stared at him and asked.
At this time, the man noticed that there was someone there. He turned his head and looked over. When he saw Shen Yao, he couldn't help but rub his eyes, as if he thought he had seen it wrong.
"Are you Mr. Shen?"
The man looked at Shen Yao excitedly and said.
"It seems you know me, tell me! What on earth do you mean you are doing here?"
Shen Yao glanced at the other party in surprise.
Now that he has recognized him, he has probably seen him before, which means that the other person is probably from Shencheng. But what is there on Longtoushan that allows him to come all the way to this place.
"I am Feng Zhi from Yunshang Club. I happened to see you when you came to Yunshang Club before. I thought I was mistaken when I saw you just now. I didn't expect you to come here too."
The man said with great respect.
"People from Yunshang Club? So everyone in Yun is here too?"
Shen Yao's mind was spinning, and he probably guessed why Yun Shang came to such a place.
Most of them were looking for those herbs for her sister. One of them, Fire Lotus, lives in the volcano. Maybe she found out about this place, so she brought people here.
"Yes, Mr. Yun previously issued a message asking everyone to search for some strange herbs. Someone soon provided clues and said that something was found here, so Mr. Yun brought us here."
"Mr. Shen, please save our Yun family! She must be trapped in the ancient tomb now. There are some terrible things in the ancient tomb. Please..."
Feng Zhi seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly begged.
"Is there an ancient tomb here? Didn't you encounter anything along the way?"
Shen Yao asked unexpectedly.
"No, we had a smooth journey along the way, and we successfully found the entrance to the ancient tomb. After we couldn't get in, we encountered a monster... Then we triggered the mechanism, and a stone hit me on the head. What did I do? I don’t even know anymore…Everyone in the Yun family must still be in the ancient tomb now.”
"Mr. Shen, only you can save her now."
Feng Zhi begged again, his expression full of worry.