Hearing the old medicine farmer's question, Wang Xiucai lowered his voice. He leaned his head across the table, almost in the old medicine farmer's ear, and whispered: "To the west of the cliff, about three or four miles away. There's a puddle, you must know that,"

"Of course I do. Everyone in our area knows it. Why did you suddenly mention that puddle?" the old medicine farmer asked puzzledly.

The puddle Wang Xiucai mentioned is not far from the village, but it is very special.

The puddle is not big, and is surrounded by steep mountain walls. There is not even an exit. If you accidentally slip down, you will never be able to climb out. And the strange thing is that the water level in the pit remains unchanged regardless of drought or flood. This shows that there must be an undercurrent at the bottom of the puddle connected to the outside.

The most special thing, and I don’t know why, is that the water in this pit is so cold that people will get cramps as soon as they touch it. In addition, the pit is surrounded by steep and smooth mountain walls, so once you fall in, you can’t even climb it. If you come out, you will be drowned alive inside.

Although people often drown, it is so close to the village that both adults and children can easily come near the puddle. Therefore, every few years, there will always be children who do not understand the dangers and even do not believe in evil. Adults, eager to cool off in the hot summer, jumped into the bath and drowned in it.

Due to the special terrain of this pit, people would get cramps as soon as they entered, so there was no way to fish out the bodies of the drowned people.

But what the old medicine farmer didn't understand was why Wang Xiucai suddenly mentioned the puddle at this time.

At this time, Wang Xiucai lowered his voice and continued: "Do you know what happened to that strange stone statue next to the puddle?"

The more Wang Xiucai said, the more strange the old medicine farmer felt. As far as he knew, there was indeed a stone statue next to the puddle, but it seemed to be quite old. It had been exposed to wind and sun all year round and was severely weathered. The stone statue was already dilapidated. However, the general shape can still be vaguely seen: at first glance, it looks like a stone monkey, but if you look closely, it doesn't seem to be that. Anyway, it is weird and no one knows what it is.

Does that strange stone statue have any other origin?

But before the old medicine farmer could continue to ask, Wang Xiucai took the initiative to ask the question: "There is another strange thing in our area. You must also know that every autumn, we will select a group of strong laborers to do labor service. This He was gone for more than half a year and could not come back until the spring of the following year.

But the strange thing is that among the men who go out to do labor, many of their wives will become pregnant. If this happens occasionally, some women may be unable to bear the loneliness and go out to steal wild men, but this kind of thing has always happened. Many women who got into trouble would commit suicide. Therefore, people thought that there must be a "flower picker", and the government also sent people to investigate, but in the end they all returned without success.

And this kind of thing has never stopped, but the murderer has never been caught, and the women who were involved in the accident were interrogated, but no information was obtained. Don't you think this is strange?"

"Oh, Mr. Wang, I know everything you said. These things have nothing to do with Wang Xingguang going to dig medicine on the cliff."

The old drug farmer became more and more confused.

"No, you are wrong, these things are actually the same thing,".

Wang Xiucai's words were like a thunderbolt to the old medicine farmer. The old medicine farmer was so shocked that he opened his mouth and did not react for a long time.

Next, Wang Xiucai told the secrets behind these strange things. After hearing this, the old medicine farmer was completely shocked. It turned out that there was a huge secret hidden behind these strange things.

And the person who discovered this secret was none other than Wang Xingguang.

Speaking of which, Wang Xingguang is a bold and careful person. The locals try to walk around the cliff, but Wang Xingguang doesn't care much about it. Every time he goes into the mountains to collect herbs, he always walks around the mountain in order to avoid walking on the mountain roads. I passed by the cliff and never noticed anything unusual, let alone those legendary imps.

One year, it rained heavily for several days. Strangely enough, when Wang Xingguang passed by the cliff again, he found that there would be strong winds blowing up from the bottom of the cliff. But strangely, other places on the cliff were not. Not a breath of wind.

And in the blowing wind, Wang Xingguang smelled a smell that made him extremely excited, the smell of giant Ganoderma lucidum.

For some experienced herbal pickers, they know that there are many different types of Ganoderma lucidum, and these types vary greatly in terms of quality and size.

The most precious and rarest among Ganoderma lucidum is the Giant Ganoderma lucidum, which is at least ten times larger than ordinary Ganoderma lucidum, and its medicinal value is not comparable to that of ordinary Ganoderma lucidum.

In addition to the general effects of Ganoderma lucidum, it can also eliminate plague and treat smallpox. In the Qing Dynasty, smallpox was the most terrifying infectious disease. One year, a smallpox outbreak caused the death of more than 100,000 people in Zhili and Gyeonggi. It was also the most feared disease among the Qing imperial family.

Among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty alone, four emperors, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi, and Xianfeng, suffered from smallpox. Among them, Shunzhi and Tongzhi died of smallpox directly, and among the princes and grandsons, even more died of smallpox. .

It can be imagined how precious Ganoderma lucidum, which can treat smallpox, was at that time, and even more valuable on the market. This made Wang Xingguang excited, and he decided to take the risk no matter how dangerous it was.

Wang Xingguang is a very high-spirited person. He is not willing to work as a medicine farmer all his life. For him, only by getting ahead and being rich and powerful can his life be lived in vain. Wang Xingguang understands that as long as he can dig Ganoderma lucidum on the cliff, this kind of life goal It can be easily achieved, which is extremely tempting to him.

After some understanding, he found that this cliff was indeed extremely strange: the ropes of people picking herbs would be broken and they would fall off the cliff to their death, even if they used iron ropes, it would be useless.

The deeper the understanding, the more mysterious this cliff feels; but the more mysterious it feels, the more Wang Xingguang wants to know more.

At first, Wang Xingguang always came to the edge of the cliff to observe during the day, but he never found anything unusual. Later, he gradually chose to go there at night to see if a little ghost would appear as in the legend.

Wang Xingguang chose a boulder on the edge of the cliff as a cover. There was a pit under the boulder, which was just big enough for one person. So, for several nights in a row, he hid under the boulder and quietly observed the situation around the cliff.

Although everything was calm as usual in the first few days, he did not give up easily. On the night of the fifth day, something strange finally happened.

It was extremely hot that night, making people breathless, and it looked like it was going to rain. However, it was very cool under the boulder because he had stayed up for several nights. Wang Xingguang was sleepy and tired. Not long after he got in, He drifted off to sleep.

I don't know how long it took, but Wang Xingdong was suddenly awakened by a rumble of thunder. His whole body was agitated, and he quickly opened his eyes and looked towards the edge of the cliff.

At this time, it must have been late at night. There was a strong wind outside, lightning and thunder. Under the flickering lightning, the cliff that was already shrouded in mystery became even more terrifying.

Suddenly, amidst the roaring wind and rumbling thunder, there were bursts of blood-curdling screams. The screams sounded like human cries at first, but sounded like laughter if you listened carefully.

Wang Xingguang's heart was beating wildly, and every hair and eye on his body exploded.

He listened carefully, and the sound seemed to come from under the cliff, and it was getting closer and closer. Wang Xingguang lay even lower, not daring to breathe, and holding the dagger at his waist tightly with his right hand.

A bright bolt of lightning flashed across the night sky, and two black figures jumped up from the edge of the cliff.

Because they were only seven or eight meters away, under the bright light of lightning, Wang Xingguang could clearly see the appearance of these two black figures. They were a bit like humans and a bit like monkeys. They were green all over and had heads. It is triangular in shape. It walks with hopping hops and sometimes uses its hands and feet, very much like the legendary imp.

But apart from these, one of the monsters is much taller than the other, and compared to the other, the larger one is closer to a human in body shape.

Although Wang Xingguang was very courageous, when he saw these two monsters, he was paralyzed, his head was buzzing, and he gritted his teeth to keep from shouting.

At this time, big raindrops were already crackling down. After the two monsters climbed up, they turned around and were about to walk in the opposite direction of the boulder. For some reason, the larger monster suddenly stopped, and then the two monsters screamed. After saying a few words, they turned their heads and twitched their noses as if they were smelling something. Following the smell, they slowly walked towards the boulder where Wang Xingguang was hiding.

Wang Xing's bald head buzzed, and he secretly complained in his heart: Damn it, these two monsters are like wild beasts in the mountains, they can smell people's scent. It seems that they are doomed this time.

Thinking of this, he calmed down a lot. As the two monsters got closer and closer, when they reached under the boulder, they bent down and looked at where Wang Xingguang was hiding. Wang Xingguang and the two The monster was already close at hand. Fortunately, in order to hide himself, Wang Xingguang piled a pile of grass on the entrance of the stone pit and hid his head in the grass. In addition, it was night, so the two monsters did not see him directly.

But even though they were separated from the pile of grass, the two monsters still smelled the "human scent". The smaller monster stretched out his hand to push away the pile of grass. Wang Xingguang knew that he would definitely be discovered, so he suddenly He pulled out his dagger and stabbed the smaller monster hard.

Unexpectedly, the reaction speed of the two monsters was incredibly fast. Not only did they avoid Wang Xingguang's dagger, they also grabbed his arm and pulled Wang Xingguang out from under the boulder. All of this , all happening in the blink of an eye.

When Wang Xingguang reacted, he found that he had been dragged out, and two monsters were standing there looking at him. The dagger had been taken away by the smaller monster at some point.

Wang Xingguang understood that in terms of fighting, he was no match for these two monsters, so now he could only let them go.

The two monsters chatted a few more words. Suddenly, the larger monster asked Wang Xingguang in a very blunt "human language": "Do you want to live?"

The strong desire to live, accompanied by extreme fear, made Wang Xingguang collapse. His voice trembled and he said: "I want to live, let me go, please."

The larger monster still said stiffly: "Everyone who has seen us will be killed. If you want to live, you must do as I say."

"Tell me, as long as you let me go, I will agree to any conditions." Wang Xingguang's defenses completely collapsed. His only thought was to survive.
Chapter completed!