At that time, I was thinking, wouldn’t the place where the stones are placed be on Jade Emperor Peak? That would be too far away from here.
And there should be all tourists there, there are so many people. If something strange happens after we get there, won’t I be screwed?
However, after staring at the pointer and hesitating for a moment, I decided to walk over there and take a look. Maybe it just happened to point in the same direction as the Jade Emperor's Peak? Maybe it would be there in a short walk.
With the mentality of taking a walk, I walked in the direction of the pointer. However, the road was quite difficult to walk. Apart from the woods, there was a barren mountain. There was no road at all. I had to fight through all the obstacles to get over the mountain with great difficulty.
But when I stood on the top of the mountain, I realized that there was a vast expanse of wilderness in front of me.
Seeing this posture, I was a little discouraged. With the road conditions, we probably wouldn't be able to walk more than two miles in two hours, not to mention that the mountain was extremely steep, and it would be a bit difficult for me to climb up.
The most important thing is that no matter how good Yingying and Daozhang Meng are at chatting, they will probably only chat for two hours. Counting the time spent going back and forth, I won't be able to go very far in these two hours.
Thinking of this, I was ready to go back, thinking that at least Taoist Master Meng would show me the way. I would go back first and try to see if I could find the painting. If I really couldn't find it, I would go back here to look for the stone that the middle-aged man wanted.
It's not too late either.
But just as I turned to leave, I suddenly caught a glimpse of something strange out of the corner of my eye.
That thing was at the bottom of the mountain, at least a few hundred meters away from me. Ordinarily, I'm not clairvoyant, so I shouldn't be able to see something so far away.
But I was sure that I really saw it, and I could see it very clearly, as if it appeared in front of my eyes. It was an archway made of big stone, and there were several words engraved on the archway.
But when I looked closely to see what was written on the archway, I found that I couldn't see clearly again. I could only vaguely see a stone at the bottom of the mountain.
This incredible look made me particularly curious, and my intuition told me that there must be something wrong with that archway.
I looked down at the compass in my hand again and found that it had also changed a bit. It was also pointing in the direction of the archway, but the pointer was trembling slightly, which seemed to remind me that what I was looking for was there.
To go or not to go?
After standing there and hesitating for a while, I thought over and over again and decided to go over and take a look, more out of curiosity than because of the stone.
I understand that curiosity will kill the cat, but the desire to explore seems to come from instinct, and I can't resist it at all.
It was difficult to walk up the mountain, and it was even more difficult to walk down the mountain. I stumbled all the way down the mountain. It took me more than half an hour to walk just a few hundred meters. When I reached the archway, I discovered that there was a winding road behind the archway.
It's a small road, but the big characters engraved on it made me shudder.
Strangers stop.
This is a naked warning, but to be honest, although these words are quite scary, I don’t take them too seriously. After all, the history of Mount Tai is too heavy. There are stone tablets and strange stones with inscriptions everywhere.
This thing is not too surprising.
And this place is not far from Daochang Meng’s thatched cottage. I feel like there shouldn’t be anything too evil around where he lives, right?
Thinking of this, I felt a lot more at ease, and without hesitation, I stepped onto the path behind.
Afraid of getting lost, I looked back when I passed the archway, and then I discovered that there were four words engraved on the back of the archway.
Evil spirits cannot escape!
Good guy, at that time I felt that this archway was a bit awesome, and it was a combination of yin and yang.
In fact, when the paper man took me up the mountain last night, I didn't deliberately feel the direction. I only knew that I was in the mountain, because Qingqing held my hand at that time, and her soft little hand made me somewhat confused and fascinated.
But as I walked, I felt something was wrong, because not far in front of me, a lot of buildings suddenly appeared.
The architectural styles are quite strange, some resemble modern cities, and some resemble ancient buildings, but these buildings are somewhat dilapidated, as if they have not been renovated for many years.
The further I walked, the more confused I became, thinking that I couldn't take the wrong path, so I wandered down the mountain and returned to the city, right?
But then I thought about it, I couldn't. I went up the mountain from Tianlong Reservoir, dozens of miles away from Tai'an. Even if I went down the mountain, I should have returned to the village.
I was a little confused and walked over in confusion, and then I found that there was a market-like place in front of me. There were quite a lot of people on the street, eating and shopping.
I randomly found a middle-aged woman with a kind face, grabbed her and asked, "Auntie, what kind of place is this, Jinan?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, spoke with a southern accent, and looked at me with a very strange look: "Young man, are you confused? Jinan Prefecture is dozens of miles farther north."
I was also stunned and asked her what kind of place this was. She said it was Shanyin County.
Shanyin County? What kind of place is this?
Ordinarily, I have seen Wu Hao's map, and I tried to recall it. There are quite a few villages in the mountains, but I really don't remember that there is a county.
I was a little confused, and I was about to ask her what she did in Shanyin County, but then a woman trotted over next to me and grabbed my arm.
She looked to be in her thirties, and she looked pretty good, but her makeup was a bit heavy. But this sudden movement really startled me, and I instinctively ducked to the side and asked her why she was dragging me.
The woman chuckled, and then asked me in that Northeastern accent, brother, are you from the Northeast too? I said, then the woman said oh, I met a fellow villager, did you just arrive here today?
I didn’t know what she meant, so I said ‘Ah’ again.
Then the woman pointed to a building next to me and asked me, "Are you tired from walking so far? Brother, why don't you go get a massage?"
I looked in the direction of her finger. It was a three-story building with a somewhat classical style. There was a sign hanging on it that said "Cuiyun Building". It looked like a brothel in ancient times.
She said it was a massage, but the way she winked while talking, it was obviously a big health care service! I was also a little confused, wondering, are all the people in the mountains so ruthless? Even if you are soliciting customers openly, you don't know that you are behind someone's back?
In fact, when this woman first came out, the woman next to me started to wink at me, meaning that I should not listen to her, it was not a good place.
After all, I was here to deal with the stone, and I had no intention of fixing it to no avail, so I shook my head and told the woman that I was here to do something, and we would talk about it next time.
The woman said oh, what will happen next time? Next time, our girls are so gentle, how nice would it be to come in and relax?
After she said this, she glared at the woman, and then started to drag me into the house, but I didn't want to go in at all. I struggled for a long time, but I don't know why this woman is so strong. I weigh more than 100 pounds.
The young man actually didn’t tear her apart!
I got a little anxious and shouted angrily, "What a dick, I'm not going. I'm not going."
But she still had a playful smile on her face: "Hey, brother, we are all from the same country. You can go in and have a cup of tea. I will find some girls to show you in a while. If you don't like it, just turn around and leave. I will never stop you."