Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 78 Acting
I ran over immediately, Yazai was already holding Konbu in one hand, and paddling to the shore with the other, I hurried up to help and dragged Konbu up.

Yazai climbed up by himself, shivered from the cold, and went directly to the fire, took off his clothes and started to roast. I was afraid that the kombu would be frozen, so I dragged him over, and just put it on the side of the fire to roast.

"Where are the Gu worms on him?" I clearly remembered that Lao Yan said that when Kunbu was unconscious, the Gu worms on his body would take the initiative to attack. to half a bug.

I subconsciously looked at Kumbu's hand, the pair of buckskin gloves were still on his hand, so I shouldn't be mistaken.

Yazai was rubbing his hands and warming himself by the fire, he was taken aback when he heard me say that, and then said heartlessly: "Maybe his Gu worms were drowned by water?"

I gave him a blank look, if Gu worms were so easy to deal with, he would be as scared as a grandson if Kumbu took a look at him.

Yazai guessed and knew that his words were unreliable, so he shook his head and said he didn't know, and asked Lao Yan and the others tomorrow morning.

"Go to sleep first, I'll watch alone." Yazai waved at me.

I asked worriedly, "Can you do it by yourself?"

Yazai let out a hey and said why he can't do it anymore, let me go to bed quickly, don't put down the burden when I get up early tomorrow.

I patted Yazai on the shoulder, thinking that if something happened, everyone in the tent could hear him yelling, so I relaxed and let him go.

After all, I was really sleepy too, I couldn't fall asleep just now, but now the sleepiness hit me like a tide, I fell asleep after entering the tent.

This sleep was extremely peaceful, and when I woke up, it was already bright...

I yawned and stepped out of the tent to see Miss Qiu sitting in front of the extinguished fire, frowning and not knowing what she was looking at.

"Sister Qiu, where are the others?" I stretched, but I didn't see anyone else.

Miss Qiu glanced at me, and said with a half-smile: "You slept soundly all night, but you went crazy in the second half of the night, and you didn't hear anything?"

"What's going crazy?" I looked at her in surprise: "It was already one or two o'clock in the morning when I slept yesterday, and I didn't see any movement."

Miss Qiu shook her head and said wait, she doesn't know the specific situation now, she has to wait for Lao Yan and the others to come back.

I am even more curious, where can the old smokers go this early in the morning?

But Miss Qiu obviously didn't know exactly what happened, she said that when she heard the movement, Lao Yan and the others had already rushed into the woods.

I wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by Miss Qiu raised her hand, and then she just squatted there, poking around in the fire with a stick to study.

I curiously asked her if there was something wrong with the fire?
"Someone tampered with it." Miss Qiu finally replied, then pulled out a blocky dark yellow thing from the fire, and snorted coldly: "Little trick."

I stepped forward to pick up this thing to see what it was, but Miss Qiu slapped my hand away: "Don't die?"

"What is this?" I really couldn't tell the difference when I looked at it. It looked like an ordinary piece of wood. Of course, except for the strange color, there was no difference in the rest.

Ms. Qiu knocked on this thing with a stick and said: "It's a Gu. Putting it in the fire can play a hypnotic effect, but if you just hold it with your hands, the worms inside will get into your body. The only way to get it out is surgery.”

"Gu?" I was stunned, and then said in surprise, "It's Tashi?"

"No, it's Kumbu." Ms. Qiu's tone was a little dignified, and she probably didn't expect Kumbu to attack us.

Miss Qiu hit the piece several times, and saw a beetle with black background and green flowers crawl out of the piece, then quickly jumped into the grass beside it and disappeared.

Miss Qiu said with a smile: "Did you see it? If you touched it just now, it would jump into your clothes like this, follow your mouth, nostrils, and ear holes, and get into your body."

After being described by her in this way, I only felt a faint pain in my arm, and hurriedly moved away from the grass.

Miss Qiu threw the stick, clapped her hands and stood up, saying, "Okay, it's time for them to come back."

As soon as the words fell, I saw Lao Yan and the others coming out of the forest yesterday from a distance, but their postures were a bit strange: Lao Yan and Yazai supported Konbu on the left and right, and Konbu walked in the middle with a pale face, as if very weak.

They let go of the hands holding Kumbu when they got closer, and the latter just sat on the ground without saying a word.

"What's going on?" Miss Qiu pouted at Kunbu.

Lao Yan let out a hey and said: "What else can happen, this guy wants to escape!"

I stared at them curiously, and thought their conversation was very strange. When I was about to ask why, I saw Lao Yan winked at me, and I immediately understood: they were acting for Tashi who was hiding in the dark.

It seems that the figure Miss Qiu saw last night is indeed Tashi, but I don't know what his purpose is, and it is worth all the trouble and effort of acting.

Miss Qiu also understood, snorted coldly, and patted Kunbu's face unceremoniously: "Run? Do you think you can run away?"

Judging by the intensity with which she patted Kumbu, I have no doubt that she has long held grudges against the latter, and this time she just took the opportunity to vent her dissatisfaction.

Kumbu still had no expression on his face, but his eyes made me feel terrified. I always felt that he would come back with revenge afterwards, so he hurriedly changed the subject and asked when we were leaving?
"Take a break for a while." Lao Yan said with a half-smile.

What Lao Yan said about resting for a while was really just a short while. When our tent had just been packed, he told us that we could set off.

But after setting off again, Kumbu seemed to be under guard, and Yazai was always by his side, and he almost tied the two of them together with a rope.But judging by the boy’s appearance, it’s better to say he’s being abused than to say that he’s looking at Kumbu. When Kumbu makes a slightly larger movement, he can jump three feet high in fright. sigh.

Miss Qiu opened the way ahead, Kumbu and Yazai walked in the middle, and Laoyan and I were at the end.

"Lao Yan, don't kumbu's Gu worms actively attack people?" I took a moment to ask in a low voice in Lao Yan's ear.

Lao Yan glanced at me and said quietly, "It's just pretending."

Although there were only two words, I understood it in an instant. Since Kumbu fell into the water, the play had already started. Fortunately, the boy and I were scared a lot.

I was puzzled and asked him why he pretended?After all, judging from Kumbu's attitude towards Tashi, the latter is by no means his opponent, wouldn't it be enough to just pull Tashi out?
"It's Kumbu's idea. They have their own way of handling it, so it's inconvenient for us to interfere too much." Lao Yan shook his head.

I groaned and didn't continue to struggle with this issue. I just asked Lao Yan how should we go now?
"After crossing this river, you can reach Taibai Mountain by walking westward." Lao Yan pointed in a direction and said, "Did you see it? The slightly higher one is Taibai Mountain."

I looked up and saw that the top of Taibai Mountain seemed to be hidden in layers of mist, and the mountain was covered by lush trees, so the original appearance of the mountain could not be seen.

"Where's Emei?" I looked around Taibai Mountain, but I couldn't see Emei Mountain.

Old Yan said: "It may be on the other side of Taibai Mountain, which is blocked."

He also felt that it was a bit weird, the altitude of Mount Emei was higher than that of Mount Taibai, if there was really a 'bird path' connecting the two peaks, then the distance would definitely not be too far, the altitude of Mount Taibai should not stop Mount Emei right.

But now I can only walk around and see.

As the saying goes, Wangshan runs dead horses. It seems that Taibai Mountain is right in front of our eyes, but we have not reached it after walking for a whole morning. The distance of the mountain still looks similar to that in the morning.

Miss Qiu found a clearing in the woods, sat down and drank a sip of wine, wiped her mouth with her hand and asked, "How far is it?"

"Looking at it like this, it will take at least two days to walk." Lao Yan unfolded the map in his hand and said.

Miss Qiu frowned, and said that the road was getting more and more difficult, and the weather was not very good. Either hurry on the road, or find a place to hide. It is not a joke to encounter heavy rain in the mountains.

After she said this, I paid attention to the sky, because I have been walking in the mountains, so the sunlight is very limited, but it is still noon, and the weather really shouldn't be so dark!

"I suggest to rest in place for a while, and find a place to hide for two days at night. Depending on the weather, I'm afraid it won't last for two days." Yazai moved from behind Kumbu to us: "Look at the dark clouds over there, This is the harbinger of the coming storm!"

Lao Yan's complexion was not very good either. It is definitely not a good thing to encounter heavy rain in the mountains, so he nodded and agreed with Yazai's decision.

(End of this chapter)