Outside of Deju County, there are vast mountains. Under the cover of wind and snow, the three of them walked for more than two hundred miles before dawn. Then they slowed down and found a place to stay in the mountains.
The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and the only way to find a place to stay was in a cave. However, caves are not everywhere, and one needs to try their luck. The three of them were not very lucky. They searched for more than half an hour but could not find a cave that they could stay in.
After walking for a while, the three of them stopped and looked northwest from the top of the mountain. There was smoke coming out of the mountainside not far away. There should be a cave there, and someone was lighting a fire inside.
"Who would come here?" the fat man said to himself.
"We have traveled at least more than three hundred miles. Orion will not go this far." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
"There are no fields or houses there, and it doesn't look like living in seclusion here." Nanfeng was also full of doubts.
"Could it be another trap?" The fat man said with a confused look.
Nanfeng shook his head. The smoke on the mountainside was very light. If he hadn't walked closer, he wouldn't have noticed it at all. Even if Xuanqing and others wanted to set up an ambush here, they couldn't determine the specific route they were walking. If you are a little further away, you can't see the smoke.
"It's better to have one less thing than one more thing and go around it." Zhuge Chanjuan suggested.
Nanfeng nodded, and just as he was about to move, he noticed a few gray shadows appearing in the woods near the mountainside. He looked carefully and saw that they were several gray wolves.
The gray wolves gathered together and approached the cave. The people in the cave seemed to have thrown stones. The gray wolves jumped and dodged. They neither entered the cave nor left. Instead, they wandered around the entrance of the cave.
"He's not a powerful person. Let's go and borrow some light." The fat man said.
Nanfeng nodded in agreement and jumped forward.
After several ups and downs, the three of them reached the mountainside. When the gray wolves saw the three coming, they became afraid and turned around and ran away.
The fat man threw a hammer and killed one, then happily ran over to pick it up.
This is indeed a cave, the size of a house. There is a dying bonfire in the cave. Next to the bonfire stands a destitute young man.
The young man was about the same age as the three of them. He was not tall and very thin. His clothes were ragged and his hair was messy. He was not handsome but not ugly either. He was holding a long sword in his hand and was looking at them in fear.
While the young man was looking at the two of them, Nanfeng and Zhuge Chanjuan were also looking at this person. There are subtle differences in the looks of people from the south and the north. Judging from the appearance of this young man, he should be from the south.
Next to the campfire, there was a large baggage. After unwrapping a corner of the baggage, you could see that there was a lot of dry food inside.
The fat man carried the dead wolf back to the cave entrance and said to the young man inside, "Little brother, why are you here?"
The young man looked at the dead wolf in the fat man's hand, then looked at the fat man again, but hesitated to speak.
Seeing that the young man didn't say anything, the fat man said again, "We are passing by and have no place to stay. Let's borrow some light." After saying that, he strode into the cave without waiting for the young man to answer, put down the hammer, and pulled it out from his waist. The short sword came out.
Seeing him draw his sword, the young man subconsciously took a step back.
"Don't be afraid, we are not bad people." The fat man squatted down and skinned the wolf.
Nanfeng and Zhuge Chanjuan looked at each other and stepped into the cave. When the young man saw the two men coming in, he hurried to the fire, grabbed the bundle and hid in a corner.
The bundle had never been tied up, but when the boy took it, something fell out, which was a pair of new cotton shoes that had never been stained with dirt.
Zhuge Chanjuan picked up the shoe and threw it to the young man. The young man wanted to catch it, but Zhuge Chanjuan didn't throw it hard enough, so he couldn't reach it and the shoe fell to the ground.
Nanfeng naturally knew that Zhuge Chanjuan was testing whether the young man had spiritual cultivation. Judging from the clumsy reaction of the young man, it seemed that he was not a practitioner. However, the strange thing was that the long sword this man held was not a vulgar object. It was made of fine steel. , and it is double-edged, very sharp. This kind of long sword is worth at least a hundred taels of silver, and only real people in the world can hold it and use it.
"I'm going out to pick up some firewood." Zhuge Chanjuan turned around and left the cave.
The fat man was skinning the wolf, making it dripping with blood. The young man seemed to have never seen such a bloody scene before. He frowned and tilted his head, not daring to look directly.
Nanfeng was not in a hurry to talk to the young man, but looked around the cave where he was. There were no traces of artificial construction in the cave, and there was no heavy smoke and black dirt on the top of the cave. This showed that the young man had not stayed here for a long time. long.
Just when Nanfeng wanted to look away and find a place to sit down, he took a glance and found some large black characters on the stone wall inside the cave entrance. The characters were written with burnt charcoal, 'Stay here, don't stay away. '
These eight characters are written with dragon sinews and tiger bones, and the luan flutters and the phoenix floats. It is both strong and powerful, but also elegant and free. It is impossible to write such good calligraphy without decades of experience.
The thing used to write was a burned stick, which was thrown into a corner of the cave.
"Who wrote this?" Nanfeng turned to look at the young man cowering in the corner.
The young man shook his head.
"Let me ask you something." Nanfeng raised his voice.
The fat man turned around when he heard the sound, "What are you doing?"
Nan Feng did not answer, but looked directly at the young man, waiting for his answer.
The young man had no choice but to answer, "I don't know."
As soon as he spoke, it turned out to be a southern accent.
After the young man finished speaking, he held the baggage and wanted to move out. Nanfeng walked to the entrance of the cave and blocked his way. Seeing that he could not leave, the young man retreated to the corner.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Nanfeng asked seriously.
Seeing Nan Feng's unkind expression, the young man became even more panicked and said, "My name is Gao Pingsheng, come to Liang Guojing."
"What are you doing here?" Nanfeng asked.
"I'll come... I'll come..." The young man was very anxious, but after the anxiety, he looked depressed, "I don't know."
After saying this, he also knew that Nan Feng would not believe it, so he eagerly added, "I really don't know."
Nanfeng frowned when he heard this. It seemed that the young man didn't look like he was lying, but if he wasn't lying, it wouldn't make sense. How could he not know what he was doing after coming all the way here.
"Were you arrested?" The fat man turned around and asked.
The young man shook his head, "No, I did it myself."
"Interesting, I don't know what I'm doing here. Why are you running around in these barren mountains?" the fat man said with a smile.
"I don't know, I didn't want to come here." The young man shook his head again.
The fat man originally saw him as pitiful and somewhat pitiful, but when he heard what he said, he became angry, "Why are you talking so confusingly?"
The fat man grew taller and was doing bloody things again. The young man was more afraid of him than the south wind. When he saw him getting angry, he was very frightened. "Hero, calm down, everything I said is true."
"You're so big." The fat man turned back and continued skinning.
"I feel like I'm going crazy when I get something or not." Zhuge Chanjuan came back with firewood from outside, put down the firewood and walked towards the young man, "Come here, I'll take your pulse with you."
The young man didn't dare to disobey, so he could only put down his sword and stretched out his arm.
Zhuge Chanjuan stretched out two fingers to feel her pulse. Nanfeng walked over and picked up the long sword.
Seeing Nan Feng holding his long sword, the young man panicked and wanted to snatch it back but did not dare.
"You have so little courage, how dare you run into the mountains alone?" said the fat man.
"I told you, I didn't want to come here." The young man shook his head.
Zhuge Chanjuan was taking the young man's pulse at this time. For some reason, she suddenly frowned.
Nanfeng watched clearly and immediately became vigilant.
"Are you a martial arts practitioner?" Zhuge Chanjuan asked.
"No, I am a scholar." The young man shook his head and said.
Zhuge Chanjuan did not comment, she slowly retracted her hand, and in the middle of the retraction, she suddenly slapped the young man on the back of the head with lightning speed.
The young man didn't take precautions and was beaten by her.
If a Qi practitioner is suddenly attacked, the spiritual Qi in his body will protect himself, resist external forces, and reduce damage. Zhuge Chanjuan struck out with a palm, and the young man's Qi suddenly appeared outside. The Qi was dark blue and turned out to be a big hole.
Seeing this situation, the two of them retreated at the same time.
The fat man didn't know why, and was startled by the two men's actions. He stood up hastily and ran to get the hammer.
The fat man was not the only one who was frightened. The young man was also frightened and his face turned pale. He leaned against the stone wall, shaking like chaff.
"Who are you?" Zhuge Chanjuan asked.
"I am really a scholar." The young man was almost frightened to tears.
The three of them were even more confused when they saw this. If the other party wanted to hide it, they should know that their cultivation level had been noticed by the three of them, so there was no need to continue to pretend. Furthermore, this person had a big hole, so even if he couldn't defeat three people, he wouldn't be so scared that he would cry.
Just as the three of them looked at each other, the young man really cried. He cried so sadly and helplessly.
Nanfeng looked at Zhuge Chanjuan and pointed at his head.
Zhuge Chanjuan shook her head, indicating that there was nothing wrong with the young man's consciousness.
"Aren't you crazy?" the fat man asked.
Zhuge Chanjuan shook her head again.
"What's going on, a ghost?" The fat man looked at the young man sitting in the corner crying in confusion.
"This man is surrounded by a big hole and his energy is stable. What kind of ghost can possess him?" Nanfeng shook his head. It is not uncommon for ghosts to possess people, but in practice, people are righteous and masculine, and the evil and evil spirits cannot shake it.
The young man heard the three people talking and looked up, "You know how to catch ghosts?"
"I can't, he can." The fat man pointed his hand in the wind.
Hearing this, the young man rolled around and crawled to De Nanfeng, bowed his head and begged, "Hero, please save me."
The fat man was afraid that this person would take the opportunity to make a sneak attack, so he hurriedly stood in front of Nan Feng, "What do you want to do?"
"I ask the hero to use his power to drive away this evil spirit possessing me." The young man begged.
"You are not haunted by evil spirits." Nanfeng shook his head and said.
"Yes, yes. The reason why I came here is not because I want to come, but because the evil ghost drove me here. Poor God, I met a few heroes here. I beg you to show mercy and drive away the evil spirit. Ghost, take my life." The young man bowed repeatedly.
Nan Feng never cleared up his thoughts and frowned in silence.
The fat man asked, "Do you know that you have spiritual energy cultivation?"
"What cultivation level?" The young man was confused.
"He doesn't know." The fat man looked at Nanfeng.
"How old are you this year?" Nanfeng asked.
"I was born in the eighth year of the Ordinary Year, and the big character is Dingwei." The boy said the year name of the Southern Kingdom, and the big character also refers to the date of birth.
"The one born in the year of Sheep is one year older than you." The fat man looked at Nanfeng again.
Nan Feng nodded. He was reborn with the Dragon-Tooth Celestial Silkworm, and he also received the Seven-turn Spiritual Pill to benefit his spiritual energy. It was an astonishing blessing. At the age of seventeen, he obtained the Great Cave Cultivation, and this person was only one year older than him, and he also had the Great Cave Cultivation. , practicing so quickly without knowing it, there must be a reason.
"Have you ever encountered a situation like his before?" Zhuge Chanjuan asked.
Nan Feng shook his head and pointed to the writing on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, "Who wrote those words?"
"It's the evil ghost's handwriting." The young man answered with certainty. Similar things must have happened before.
"Where is the evil spirit?" the fat man asked.
"On me." The boy replied.
"There's nothing wrong with you." Fatty corrected.
"Yes, yes, but I never woke up." The young man insisted.
"Why do you call it an evil ghost? What evil deeds has it done?" Nanfeng asked.
"If it wakes up, I will lose consciousness. I wake up several times in a tomb in the wilderness. God knows what it has done." The young man said.
"Have you been like this for many years?" Nanfeng asked again.
The young man nodded repeatedly, "I suffered this disaster when I was only twelve years old. My father invited Taoists and monks from all over the country, made countless sacrifices, and spent a lot of money, but he still couldn't get rid of it."
"Taoist monks naturally can't do anything to you." Nanfeng said casually.
"What the hell is so powerful?" The fat man was curious.
"I told you it's not a ghost." Nanfeng shook his head.
"What is that?" Fatty asked.
"A little inspiration after coming to the world..."