Perhaps it was because of the golden head, but I was very sensitive to golden things. I rubbed my eyes and lifted my head to look at Chief Liu.
However, he didn't seem to care. He didn't look frightened or tired. Quite the contrary, he looked excited. He asked Zhao Yongkun and me to wake up the others.
Since he didn't want to talk about it, I didn't ask further. Zhao Yongkun, the fatty, and I woke up the others.
From a medical point of view, fainting was a way for the human body to protect itself.
I thought it would be troublesome to wake them up. Who would have thought that I just patted each of them gently, and they all woke up.
However, after they woke up, they reacted strangely. They looked around and asked in surprise, "Hey, how did we get to the riverbank?"
The fatty and I looked at each other in surprise. After asking around, we found out that everyone who had fainted had forgotten about their last experience on the shore. They only remembered that they had encountered the black zombie on the way. After that, they couldn't remember anything else.
Although I didn't know the reason, I felt that it was related to that giant golden head.
Does that head have the power to make people lose their memories?
I couldn't believe it. Those people had just glanced at the golden head. If it could make them lose their memories after just one glance, how terrifying was that golden head?
We didn't mention the golden head. After Tang Mingyang and Fan Zhichao's men rested for a while, Chief Liu asked them to set up tents and set up camp.
The rest of us lit a bonfire and gathered around it to warm up.
Although it was summer, the temperature difference between day and night was big in the mountains. Moreover, when we crossed the river, our clothes were wet. At this moment, we could feel the cold air.
At first, Zhao Yongkun, Zhao Yongkun, and the others were a little nervous. We were worried that there would be ghosts around the river. However, after waiting for a long time, we didn't see anything strange. We slowly relaxed.
Chief Liu and Zhao Yongkun were talking in low voices. After the frightening scene, Bai Ling and the fatty's relationship had improved a lot. They didn't quarrel anymore. Instead, they gathered together and whispered to each other. From the looks of it, they had become friends.
I was the only one left. I held a bottle of wine in my hand and sipped it to ward off the cold. I couldn't stop thinking about the giant golden head.
I didn't know why, but when I looked at the golden head, I kept thinking about the red shadow.
The golden head was huge, while the red shadow was thin. The face of the golden head had many strange phenomena, but I had never seen the face of the red shadow before.
However, these two things that had nothing to do with each other kept appearing in my head. I couldn't understand why.
Perhaps it was because of the red shadow, but I subconsciously grabbed the jade bracelet on my neck.
Just as I grabbed the jade bracelet, Tong Tong's voice suddenly resounded in my mind. "Brother."
I was stunned. Tong Tong didn't come out of the jade bracelet. How could she talk to me directly?
Without waiting for me to think clearly, Tong Tong said, "Xiao She said that she has something to tell you. There are too many people here. Brother, can you go to a remote place and let Xiao She talk to you?"
The spirit snake is looking for me?
This was strange. Although Uncle Snake Spirit was like a pug every day because of Tong Tong, he never pretended to talk to me. As long as Tong Tong didn't appear, he would always call me Uncle and only look up to the sky. Even when I asked him to save me in times of crisis, he was forced to agree through Tong Tong. Why did he suddenly take the initiative to look for me?
I put down the bottle and excused myself to go to the toilet. I went to the forest far away and stood there for a while. After confirming that no one was following me, I took out the jade bracelet and the compass. I wasn't in a hurry to summon the snake spirit, so I called Tong Tong out first.
After asking Tong Tong in detail, I found out that Tong Tong had cultivated a secret technique from the Art of Godhood. That was why he wasn't able to appear from the jade bracelet and was able to communicate with me directly. This was done through a soul contract.
I was also interested. "Tong Tong, can I talk to her directly in this situation?"
However, Tong Tong told me that with my current realm, I couldn't understand the source of the soul. That was why I could only communicate with her unilaterally. This made me feel discouraged.
Speaking of which, Tong Tong had started to cultivate the Art of Godhood after she had followed me. Who would have thought that she had already comprehended the source of the soul?
Tong Tong was a Yin soul, so it was easier for her to comprehend the source of the soul than a human Fengshui master. However, she had reached this step in such a short time, which made me feel like a loser.
In the end, Tong Tong comforted me. "As long as she studies this secret technique, she can connect her three souls to my soul. Then, I can use this method to communicate with her."
Her words made me even more embarrassed. It seemed Tong Tong didn't have confidence in me at all.
However, I couldn't say anything. Comprehending the source of the soul was something I could only consider after I became a Heavenly Master. Tong Tong wasn't the only one who didn't have confidence in me. I didn't have confidence in myself, either.
After talking with Tong Tong, I called the spirit snake out of the compass.
As soon as it appeared, the spirit snake bowed to me and called me 'brother.' It made my scalp tingle.
I resisted the urge to kick it and tell it to stop farting.
The spirit snake then used a polite and humble tone to ask me, "Do you want to go to the canyon in front of us tomorrow?"
After I nodded, the spirit snake asked, "When we go to the canyon tomorrow, can I take you to a place?"
I was surprised. "What's wrong with the spirit snake? Have you been here before?"
The spirit snake's big head shook. "No, I haven't been here before.
Are you kidding me? If you haven't been here before, why did you contact Tong Tong and ask me to come here? "
I didn't say anything and was about to call Tong Tong to beat him up. The snake spirit was anxious and told me the reason. He said shyly, "I haven't been here before, but today, I felt the aura of a friend. He's in that canyon."
Friend?
I was bewildered. The spirit snake continued, "Although we aren't humans with the spirits of all living things, we have souls and know how to reproduce. When I was alive, I was like you humans. I had a few wives and concubines … The aura in this canyon belongs to one of my concubines. It's been so many years. I didn't expect to meet her here."
The spirit snake's explanation was an eye-opener for me. Snakes were lascivious by nature. Moreover, he was a thousand-year-old snake demon. He had reached the Flood Dragon stage when he was alive. It wasn't impossible for him to have such a past.
However, looking at the spirit snake's sneaky appearance, I felt that he wasn't telling me something. He wanted to do something behind my back.
However, as long as Tong Tong was here, no matter what he wanted to do, I could just call Tong Tong and teach him a lesson. I guessed he wouldn't have any evil thoughts then.
I nodded and agreed to his request. I asked him to contact me through Tong Tong when he arrived at the canyon tomorrow.
When I returned to the campsite, the large bonfires had already been extinguished. Everyone had returned to their tents to sleep. Only two people from Fan Zhichao's group had stayed behind to keep watch. I greeted them and returned to the single tent that they had reserved for me.
At midnight, I heard a deep and mysterious voice. It sounded like some Buddhist scripture, but it was different. I couldn't describe it. It didn't seem to be a human language.
I quietly opened a gap in the tent and listened carefully. It seemed to be coming from Director Liu's tent.
After a long day of traveling, Director Liu wasn't sleeping. He was chanting something. It was really strange.
During this trip to Shennongjia, Director Liu had been hiding something that I couldn't see through.
At first, I wasn't too worried. However, we had just set off, and we had already experienced so many strange and dangerous things. Now, I was a little worried.
However, it wasn't the time to retreat. I had to be more careful during the next part of the journey.
It was a quiet night. Early the next morning, I was woken up by the cold. At midnight, I slept with the embers of the bonfire, so I didn't feel cold. However, in the morning, the temperature in the mountain had dropped to less than ten degrees Celsius. Even though I was wrapped in a sleeping bag, I still felt cold.
When I walked out of the tent, I saw that everyone was up. Bai Ling was arranging breakfast for the veterans. He looked refreshed. I guessed he had gotten over the fear from last night.
The fatty foolishly followed behind Bai Ling. They looked like they were in love with each other. It seemed they were progressing fast.
After breakfast, Director Liu energetically called for people to continue their journey.
I purposely stared at Chief Liu for a long time. I noticed that his face was rosy, and he seemed to be in good spirits. I couldn't understand why he was so energetic today. Yesterday, he had been muttering in the tent, and I guessed he hadn't slept at all.
I couldn't help but feel excited. Perhaps it was because we had experienced the terrifying events last night, but we had become bolder. When we set off to the 'Decapitation Gorge' that Old Zheng had mentioned, no one objected.
On the way, I was also excited. This time, I had agreed to come with Director Liu because I wanted to visit more mountains and rivers to find good geomancy and dragon veins. This gorge had the best geomancy I had seen so far. If I wanted to find traces of a dragon vein, this gorge was the most likely place. I couldn't help but feel excited.
However, as we got closer to the gorge, my excitement disappeared. I was puzzled.
This gorge had good geomancy. It was obvious that it was a place to gather wind and gather energy. The Yin and Yang energies should be balanced.
However, as we walked closer, I found that the Yin energy in the gorge was really thick. The further we walked, the colder it became.
I looked at the fatty and Zhao Yongkun. Their faces didn't look much better. However, we didn't rashly talk. Compared to the river that was full of corpses yesterday, this gorge was just a little thicker with Yin energy. It wasn't a big deal.
When we finally entered the gorge, I felt that something was wrong. The Yin energy here was so thick that it made people shiver. Even when the red shadow touched me, I didn't feel this cold.
Right at this moment, there was a turn in the front of the gorge. Before I could reach the place, I heard Fan Zhichao, who was walking in the front. He had just turned around and screamed. However, his voice stopped halfway. It sounded really strange.
Our faces turned serious and hurried to follow him. When we turned the corner and saw the scene in front of us, all of us opened our eyes wide. We couldn't help but scream.
In the wide and long valley, a stream of people was lined up neatly and slowly moving forward. It looked like an army, but there were old and young people among them. Everyone seemed to be floating, and their faces were filled with incomparable empty expressions. Not a single sound could be heard as they moved forward.
They weren't people. They were an army of ghosts!