Taoism moves mountains

Chapter 173 Coercion and inducement

Climbing mountains and ridges and walking through mountains and forests, Yang Mou took Chen Yuguan and others to a deep valley and lake.

The lake is neither big nor small, about 100 meters wide and 200 meters long. In addition, because there is a high mountain on the other side, the end of the lake forms a corner, and I don't know where it extends.

Surrounded by mountains, it is very quiet. Even the chirping of birds and insects is extremely rare, which is very strange.
  Yang Mou looked around and saw nothing unusual before walking to the water's edge, finding a long branch and pushing away the floating objects on the water.

The water in the lake is very clear, and things in the water can be seen.

When Jiang Yang and the others saw what was in the water clearly, they were all surprised. They saw a thick white log sinking under the water, and it extended further into the depths of the lake. The length was obviously not short.

"This is what I told you about the sunken wood, which is made of camphor wood." Yang Mou said with a tight face.

Jiang Yang looked at the surrounding terrain. The lakeshore they were standing on seemed to be caused by a landslide and was very old.

Therefore, he guessed that the wood in the water should be a giant tree that fell into the water after the mountain collapsed.

Whether it is actually a sinking wood remains to be identified.

Chen Yuguan also had a lot of doubts on his face. If there really was such a big sunken tree, even in this deep mountain ravine, people would have probably discovered it long ago.

"Brother Yang, is this really water-sinked wood?" Chen Yugan asked suspiciously.

"Of course it's true. I took a branch before and asked a gentleman from Dali City to identify it. It's definitely a sunken wood. If you don't want it, just leave as soon as possible." Yang Mou quickly explained, and then He glanced at the mountain forest next to him, and a look of nervousness and panic flashed in his eyes.

Chen Yugan noticed that Yang Mou had always been on tenterhooks since he came here, as if there was any danger here.

So, Chen Yuguan pretended to be happy and responded: "Yes, of course. Let's discuss how to get it up first."

After saying that, he walked towards Jiang Yang and Min Gushao, who had been observing the surrounding environment.

"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Chen Yu was the first to ask.

Min Gushao nodded and said: "The surroundings are too quiet. It always feels unusual, but I can't see anything unusual. Looking around the mountains, even though it is almost noon, there are still light clouds and mist filling the upper part of the valley. The water in this lake is not like stagnant water, it is clear and fresh, but there is not a single fish, shrimp or water insect. From the Feng Shui point of view, with the top hidden and the bottom hidden, and surrounded by prisons on all sides, this place should be a place of death. No one will be buried in such a place. It’s a hell of a place.”

"You're right. I also feel that something is wrong here. Anyway, we must be vigilant." Jiang Yang agreed with what Min Gushao said and then reminded him.

"I feel that Yang Mou seems to know something, but he is hiding it from us. What should we do now?" Chen Yuguan asked.

"Let me test it out." A gleam flashed in Jiang Yang's eyes, and a sharp aura emerged spontaneously.

I saw him taking out two bundles of thick metal wire twisted ropes. This kind of rope can withstand a pulling force of five tons, which is the batch of equipment that Jie Jiu helped import.

Jiang Yang took these two bundles of twisted metal wire ropes to Yang Mou and said, "Brother Yang, we plan to drag it ashore and then test it. Can you go into the water and use this rope to help tie it up?"

"Go... into the water?" Hearing Jiang Yang's request, Yang Mou trembled, suddenly became nervous, and even stammered when speaking.

"That's right, how can you tie up the sunken wood if you don't get into the water?" Jiang Yang replied jokingly, and at the same time he suspected that there must be danger in the water.

"This... I can't swim, but I can help you pull the rope." Yang Mou rolled his eyes hesitantly and replied.

At this time, Jiang Yang and others still didn't know that there was something wrong in the water, and even the simple Hua Ling'er became suspicious.

Chen Yukuan winked at Chen Feige. Chen Feige recalled, took out the dagger from his waist, and quickly put it on Yang Mou's neck.

This scared Yang Mou!

"What do you want to do?" Yang Mou asked tremblingly.

"Why are you still asking us? You resisted and refused to enter the water. Is there something wrong with the water?" Chen Feige asked fiercely.

Yang Mou trembled with fear and became at a loss.

In this deep mountain and old forest, if Jiang Yang and others wanted to kill him, his death would be in vain.

Hua Ling'er on one side had already taken out her poison-testing silver needle, walked to the water, tested it, and then shook her head and said, "This water is not poisonous." "Brother Yang, tell me, what is in the water?" Question, if one of us has an accident in the water, you will only be buried with him, you have to think clearly about it?" Jiang Yang looked at Yang Mou with a gloomy face.

[The leader of the village told him not to reveal anything about this place. He was really obsessed with it, so he brought them here. 】

"I won't sell this sunken wood to you. I'll take you back." Yang Mou kept in mind the village's rules. If he broke the rules, he would be expelled from the village. At that time, he would be homeless.

At this time, Yang Mou had the courage to insist on keeping the secret.

"We worked so hard to climb mountains and ridges, and yet we come back empty-handed. Are you kidding us?" Jiang Yang asked coldly.

"Master Jiang, I'll give this kid some blood to let him know he's good." Chen Feige said viciously in Yang Mou's ear, and the sharp dagger in his hand was pressed against Yang Mou's neck.

Yang Mou felt the cold dagger close to his neck, and was so frightened that he immediately started to cry: "No, no, no, I'll tell you."

"Speak quickly." Chen Feige shouted.

"There are water ghosts in this lake that can eat people." Yang Mou looked at the lake with fear.

"Water ghost? Why did you hide it from us? Do you want to kill us?" Chen Feige couldn't help but feel chilled when he heard that there was a water ghost, and his attitude towards Yang Mou became even worse!
  "How do you know? Have you seen it?" Jiang Yang asked coldly.

"Of course I have. I personally saw my uncle and several tribesmen being dragged into the water and eaten by the water ghost." Yang Mou replied in panic.

"What happened? Why were your uncle and others eaten by water ghosts?" Jiang Yang asked again.

"I've already told you, just let me go back!" Yang Mou pleaded pitifully, obviously not wanting to say anything more.

"Brother Yang, you have already said it, can you tell me more details? Let's just listen to the story. You can take the money first." Chen Yugan said, asking Chen Feige to take back his weapon, and then He took out a handful of ocean and stuffed it directly into Yang Mou's hand.

This method of beating him with a stick and giving him a red date, coercion and inducement was very fluent.

"This..." Feeling the heavy weight of the ocean, the money-hungry Yang Mou hesitated.

"Yeah!" Chen Feige shook the dagger in his hand and glared at Yang Mou.

Yang Mou felt that the shining dagger was very sharp, and blurted out in fear: "Half a year ago, someone found the treasure of the ancient Dian Kingdom in Lijiashan across the lake, and then the village owner took the young people in the village to hunt for the treasure. I My uncle and I were among them.

At that time, we were preparing to drive a raft across the lake to the other side, but my uncle and his raft entered the water first. When they reached the center of the lake, they were pulled into the water by the water ghost and never came out again. "

Yang Mou escaped because he was placed on the raft at the back, not in the middle of the lake.

The sunken wood that he took for appraisal was also taken by him when he fled ashore in a panic.

"Don't you know how to pass through the mountains on both sides?" Chen Yugan asked doubtfully.

"Who says we don't know? We wanted to go through Liangmian Mountain at the beginning, but there were mountain ghosts on the mountain. Most of the brothers who went up the mountain died, and the brothers who escaped back said that there were mountain ghosts on the mountain. After that, we I wanted to cross the lake, but I didn't expect that there are water ghosts in the lake." Yang Mou's face was full of fear.

Because many people had been sacrificed, the owner of Dashangou Village felt guilty, so he gave up the treasure hunt and ordered the secrets here to be concealed.

Min Gushao and others were speechless. This Yang Mou wanted to make a fortune very hard. He knew that there was danger here, and he dared to bring people here, even at the cost of disobeying the village leader's orders.

In fact, he didn't want to, it was just because he was planning to marry a wife, but the family of his crush was very well off, so he wanted to make a big fortune so that he could be a good match.

【Mountain ghost! Water ghost! 】

【This is getting more and more interesting! 】

Jiang Yang secretly turned on his bloodline magical power "Phoenix Eyes Spiritual Eyes" and carefully observed the surrounding environment. He only saw that the surroundings were filled with gloomy energy and there was nothing sneaky around.

Chen Yuguan also learned from Yang Mou that the high mountain opposite the lake is called Lijiashan. It is an independent hilltop, surrounded by a circle of small mountains and separated by lakes. It surrounds Lijiashan like a river surrounding the city. Outside.

In other words, Lijiashan exists like an island in a lake, sitting independently in the water.

(End of this chapter)