C71

Two days ago.

The note, in accordance with the requirements of the prescription book, took Dumpling and Dazeng south along the water dock in a small boat. They arrived at Bo Yang, the neighboring city, in the evening.

Bo Yang was the largest city with a circumference of hundreds of miles. Most of the tools Fang Zishu needed for his trip to King Xiang's Tomb could be bought from the black market.

After the note had bought all the necessities, it turned its attention to its favorite items, 'Luoyang Shovel', 'Engineer Shovel' and the parachute knife. In addition to these common fending tools, the note had also purchased a gas mask and a Flying Tiger Claw made of fine steel, as required by the recipe book.

On the other hand, after he paid his respects to the pier, he locked himself in his room. Abandoning all distracting thoughts, he started to concentrate on mixing the talisman juice needed for the drawing.

Just in case, this time Fang Zishu even specially engraved a lot of waterproof charms.

After all, when he was at the 'Azure Dragon Water Gathering Point', he had already suffered greatly on the talisman paper. Many of the yellow talismans he had brought with him that time had been turned into useless scrap paper by the black water that suddenly gushed out of the hole in the ground, losing all of their function.

As a result, when he encountered the army of zombies again, many of the magical techniques and powerful magical techniques that Fang Zishu had learned were incapable of being used.

After everything was ready, Qi Sanpang, Professor Xu, and the others gathered at the restaurant. They all wanted to leave as soon as possible. After all, the news of the appearance of the ancient tomb of King Xiang at the Ghastly Puppet Ridge had already spread far and wide. Many tomb robbers had also gathered in Daotian County from all over the country.

Although the military had been guarding the Ghost Puppet Ridge for them since early in the morning, strictly preventing others from entering. However, those teachers must have a lot of tricks up their sleeves since they have been loitering around the tombs all year round.

Qi Sanpang estimated that many of the teachers gathered in the area had the ability to avoid official investigations and enter the 'Xiang King's Tomb'.

Therefore, if they were beaten by the group of 'Taoists' because of time, it would be difficult to unearth good things in the future.

Seeing the anxious looks on Professor Xu and the others' faces, Fang Zishu knew that they were worried, so he did not delay any further. They rode their cars towards Yongzhou.

The distance from the bend of the river to the Dao Tian in Yongzhou was not far, but it was definitely not close either.

According to the map and the scale, the distance between the two was about 400 miles. However, the road from Ershui to Yongzhou was not very good. Although Fang Zishu and the others were riding in an off-road vehicle, they had to travel intermittently for an entire night before they finally arrived at a small town called 'Chen Jiajia Dam'.

Arriving here, the book found the road to Daejeon narrower and narrower.

With the width of the SUV, it was impossible to pass through.

According to Fang Zishu's estimate, the distance from Chen Jia Dam to the Ghost Puppet Ridge was still close to a hundred miles, and on the way, they had to cross the ancient Xiang Guizhou Road before they could reach their destination.

To be honest, this situation was something that the author had anticipated, so after a short discussion with Professor Xu, they decided to abandon the car and continue on foot.

Although Fang Zishu was well versed in the art of wind and water, it was still his first time visiting two large regions. In a situation he was unfamiliar with, he could not give Professor Xu any good suggestions.

As the saying goes, "To rely on the mountains to eat the water".

Chen had his back to the mountain.

In addition, this place was located at the border, so most of the villagers lived by farming and hunting.

There were many hunters in the village, after Fang Zishu and some others asked around, they found out that there was a hunter named 'Old Chen Tou', who often travelled back and forth along the Xiang Guizhou Ancient Road.

After receiving the news, Fang Zishu and the others went to Old Chen's house, wanting to hire him as their team's guide. In Old Chen's house, Fang Zishu and the others were warmly welcomed, and Old Chen also expressed his willingness to help people pass through the 'Xiang Guizhou Ancient Road' at the back of the mountain.

However, when Old Chen learned that Fang Zishu and the rest's final destination was the 'Ghost Bastard Ridge', his expression suddenly changed. Without another word, he got up and chased Fang Zishu and the rest out of the room.

Everyone was stunned by senior Chen's sudden action.

Dong, dong, dong!

The cops pounded on the door.

After a long while, the wooden door slowly opened with a creaking sound.

Old Chen kept quiet for a long time after he opened the door, then he walked into the room with Fang Zishu and the others.

As soon as he sat down, the usually straightforward cop couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Chen, just now, when Zishu mentioned 'Phantom Bite Ridge', I saw your expression change drastically. What exactly happened?"

The words were straightforward, but he managed to get the biggest question out of Fang Zhushu's mind.

He also wanted to know why Old Chen would have such a huge reaction when he heard the three words, 'Ghost Bastard Ridge'. Could it be that there was a taboo in that place that they did not know about?

Elder Chen took out a bag of dry smoke from the corner of the wall, pinched a pinch of tobacco and filled it into the smoke pot that he carried with him. After the smoke was lit, Elder Chen took a few deep breaths.

Amidst the smoke, Old Chen opened his mouth.

He told them about an old story, an old story that had been sealed away for decades.

Senior Chen lived in the Huai River area, where he sold bass for a living. However, the cruel war at Huai Hai left him no choice but to flee to this place to seek refuge.

With the help of his neighbors, Old Chen quickly built two houses and cleared a few wasteland nearby for farming. Although their days were tough, the family was happy.

In the late nineties, the weather was not beautiful, causing the Chen family dam to dry up for months.

There was no harvest in the village, and it looked like winter was about to come. However, the amount of food that was hoarded in the village was pitifully small, so it was impossible to survive the cold winter.

Old Chen had no choice but to discuss it with a few of the hunters in the village. He decided to take advantage of the heavy snow on the eve of sealing the mountain, and they would work together to enter the mountain again. If they could hunt some pheasants or rabbits, then they could survive through this winter.

After the agreement was made, Senior Chen took out the old '38-year-old' lid 'from the woodshed. It was the kind of earthen spear that had to be filled with gunpowder immediately after being shot. In addition, Old Chen had also prepared arrows and ropes, as well as a sufficient amount of dry food and water.

After everything was ready, he set off with his fellow villagers Zhang, Xu Pingzi, and Qi. But before long, Old Chen realized that someone was following them. Old Chen had planned to capture the person following them, and realised that the person who followed them was none other than his only son, 'Tiger Wa.'

At first, Old Chen wanted to send Tiger back home before reuniting with the group, but it seemed that it was already late. On the way back and forth, they were stalling for time.

The most important thing was that it was not easy to travel in the dark of the night in the mountains. Snow pits were everywhere, and if one was not careful and fell into them, it would be difficult to walk out again. Not only that, but if they were to run into a blind bear on their way back, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons again, Old Chen decided to bring Tiger Boy along. However, it was this decision that caused Old Chen to blame himself for his entire life …