Xiao Yun guessed a little bit of Kong Guanjun's concerns. He rolled his eyes and comforted him: "Are you thinking too much? How can there really be a witch in this world?"
"She became like this when she was splashed with hot oil and her face was disfigured when she was young."
Upon hearing this, Chi Hong cast a look of deep sympathy towards Wu Fenglai.
After persuading him like this for a while, Xiao Yun promised to give Kong Guanjun more money at that time, which made him feel at ease.
After several people finished their breakfast, they didn't wait too long. They packed up their things and set off towards the mountains, in order to reach the place called Ghost Cave as soon as possible.
A group of people walked along the perimeter of Shennongjia, preparing to enter the mountains.
At the beginning, you can still see the artificially repaired roads leading into the mountains, and you can even hear the voices of backpackers talking and laughing not far away from time to time.
But Kong Guanjun did not take those main roads, but led Xiao Yun and his party through the mountains and forests.
So, unconsciously, as they walked, it seemed as if suddenly there were only a few of them left in the entire vast forest.
This feeling is amazing.
Speaking of silence, you can constantly hear the sweet sounds of insects and birds chirping.
It was said to be noisy, but one could clearly hear the breathing of people walking in front and behind him very clearly.
Looking up, I saw a vast sea of green in front of me, and the surrounding vegetation began to grow chaotically.
Champion Kong walked at the front of the group, acting as a guide and pioneer.
Xiao Yun, on the other hand, walked at the bottom and let Wu Fenglai walk in front of him. In this way, he could clearly see any little moves made by the old woman and would not be unable to react.
After walking to the back, Champion Kong took out the woodcutter from his backpack to clear the way, opened the path left and right, and neatly chopped off the branches and vines blocking the way.
In this way, the people walking behind will have a much easier time.
Seeing this, Chi Hong couldn't help but smash it and boasted: "Oh, you are quite strong! You can cut off this rattan with one knife!"
Xiao Yun, who was walking at the back, secretly thought to himself, let’s not talk about whether Wu Fenglai’s old woman will become a monster, just because Kong Guanjun took over the hard work of opening the road, then the guide was worth thousands of dollars!
While walking, Xiao Yun suddenly squatted down, picked a small white flower under a big rock, handed it to the people in front, and said: "You rub this flower vigorously to get the juice, and then apply it on your body.
, can repel insects.”
When Chi Hong heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, he turned around and hurried to Xiao Yun, took a handful of flowers, sniffed them in front of him, and said: "Hey, it smells weird, what is this, Master?"
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Kong Guanjun glanced at Xiao Yun in surprise and said, "Hey, young man, do you still know about this pyrethrum?"
The appearance of pyrethrum is very beautiful, with yellow stamens and a ring of white tongue-shaped petals around the outside. It is elegant and unique, and is often used as potted plants and cut flowers.
In Kong Guanjun's view, young people like Xiao Yun and others from big cities should not understand these things at all.
Even if you see pyrethrum in passing, you will only stop to admire it a few more times. How would you know to use it to repel insects?
In fact, the flowers and leaves of pyrethrum can be used to make mosquito coils. The venom in the flowers will paralyze and kill mosquitoes once they come into contact, but it is completely harmless to the human body.
Hearing Guanjun Kong's praise of Xiao Yun, Chi Hong couldn't wait to crush the pyrethrum and apply it on his body. He said with a smile: "Come on, come on, Xiao Liu, you can try it too. My master's method will definitely work."
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Xiao Liu glanced at Hua and then at Chi Hong. He did not dare to refuse directly and said with a dry smile: "Thank you."
He twisted the flowers from Chi Hong's hand in disgust, turned around, rolled his eyes, and threw the pyrethrum on the roadside when Chi Hong wasn't paying attention.
Damn it, you’re crazy, I have toilet water in my backpack, why do I use these unclean wild flowers?
Thinking about it, Xiao Liu found a bottle of toilet water from his backpack, sprayed some on his exposed arms and legs, and then handed it to Hu Yueping and Gao Yuan.
After nearly two hours of walking and stopping like this, the group finally arrived near the ghost cave where the hotel owner caught the big snake.
Kong Guanjun has been to this place several times. The old horse knows the way and walks very quickly along the way.
At this moment, except for Xiao Yun, whose face remained unchanged and breathless, the rest of the group were obviously a little tired.
Hu Yueping was even more surprised. This brat who looked like a frail scholar could actually have such good physical fitness?
But then he thought about it, and then he snorted disdainfully.
Xiao Yun must have grown up in the countryside and had to do a lot of hard work, so he was so comfortable!
Huh, in the final analysis, he is just a poor person who will not enjoy happiness!
At this moment, Chi Hong suddenly pointed at Hu Yueping's arm in surprise and said: "Xiao Hu, didn't you just follow the method my master said to deworm?"
Hearing this, Hu Yueping took a closer look and discovered that he, Gao Yuan, and Xiao Liu had applied toilet water, and their arms had red blood cells swollen by mosquito bites.
Instead, he followed Xiao Yun's method to get rid of the insects, but it seemed like nothing was wrong!
"Haha, maybe I didn't apply enough..." Facing Chi Hong's question, Hu Yueping raised the corners of his mouth and responded with a fake smile.
However, he became more and more certain in his heart that Xiao Yun must have come from some big ravine. Otherwise, how could he know so much about these strange methods?
"This is the Ghost Cave. This is where the boss of the Mulou Family caught the snake." Kong Guanjun said as he took out a pack of compressed biscuits from his backpack.
"By the way, there is a creek behind there. If you are thirsty and want to drink water, go there and drink. However, don't go any further than the creek, otherwise it will be dangerous."
Champion Kong said as he broke off a piece of compressed biscuit.
Just when he was about to stuff it into his mouth, he suddenly thought, if he said this, would he scare Xiao Yun and the others and ruin their interest in playing?
Thinking of this, Champion Kong quickly added: "I've looked around and there are no wild beasts."
Xiao Yun walked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, after walking a few steps, he saw a mountain col with a clear stream below.
When he walked to the stream, Xiao Yun was about to grab a handful of water and taste it, when he was surprised to find that the water level of the stream was rising rapidly and the water flow was very fast.
Anyone who has been to the beach will see that the sea water has a periodic rise and fall.
At a certain time, the seawater adds fuel to the flames and rises rapidly, reaching a climax; and after a period of time, the rising seawater recedes on its own, leaving a beach and a low tide.
This cycle repeats and the never-ending movement of sea water is the phenomenon of tides. A certain writer calls it "the breath of the sea."
In fact, this is a phenomenon caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on sea water.
But at this moment, the small mountain stream in front of Xiao Yun actually had tidal phenomena!