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Chapter 199 The Dangerous Return Journey

The three smelled danger, and danger seemed to smell them.

Yu Fan looked around carefully. Apart from the leopard scratches on the stone engraved with the word "ghost", there were also leopard scratches on the tree trunk next to it.Really no seconds.

Chen Xingyang quickly planed two ghosts and gods to cover the grass, and then hurried back and left with Yu Fan and Guo Na.

The three of them involuntarily quickened their pace, wanting to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

Guo Na asked Yu Fan: "Brother Yu, didn't you say that there are no black panthers in the Qinling Mountains? Why are there still scratches here?"

Yu Fan: "Don't have preconceived notions. It is true that there is no record of the species of black panther in the Qinling Mountains, but there are many types of leopards, and they are not necessarily black panthers. The reason why you think it is a black panther is because you thought of the story about Shichao. Let's talk about it."

Guo Na panted and said, "Yes." Maybe it was because of nervousness, or maybe it was because everyone's pace became faster, and everyone's panting became more rapid.

Chen Xingyang said bitterly in his heart: "Tian Kun, an old fox, dares to put us together. I will punish him when I go back. Don't think that I will let him go when he is old. Fortunately, it is early now, and the leopards have not yet come." Come out, if we rush here and it gets dark, we will be in big trouble, so it seems like a good thing to block the entrance of the cave and force us to travel early. Right, Lao Yu?"

Yu Fan was in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, and didn't answer.

Chen Xingyang: "Old Yu?" After asking again, Yu Fan finally came to his senses.

Yu Fan came back to his senses: "Ah? What?"

Chen Xingyang: "I said that our cave was blocked last night. It might be a good thing. Hey, why are you in a daze?"

Yu Fan replied: "There is a detail that I find a bit strange."

Chen Frameyang: "What?"

Yu Fan: "Do you remember that Tian Kun said that his experience of collecting herbs was very difficult and narrowly escaped death?"

Chen Xingyang: "Yes, the old man said so."

Yu Fan: "But have you noticed that the imprint of the word 'ghost' engraved on that stone is very deep!"

Chen Xingyang stared with big eyes, and he seemed to sense something was wrong.

Guo Na followed Yu Fan's words and deduced: "The imprint of this character is so deep, which means that it must have been carved carefully for a long time. But if a person has just experienced a catastrophe, he must be physically and mentally exhausted. How can he have the energy to slowly carve characters there?"

Yu Fan blinked his eyes slightly, and said: "Unless, when I found these medicines, I was in good condition, I was in a good mood, and I was overjoyed. While I am happy, I hope to record this address carefully so that I can pick up the medicines later. In case the mark I made is not obvious, I will choose to spend more time to deepen this mark!"

Guo Na: "That is to say, he was in a very good state of writing at the time, and the journey was smooth. But he later said that his journey was so difficult. That is to say..."

"That is to say, this Tian Kun has been talking nonsense from the beginning to the end! He has been fooling us!" Chen Xingyang gave his reasoning answer, and this reasoning was simple and rude.

Yu Fan shook his head helplessly and said, "Uh, Lao Chen, I may think a little differently from you. I don't think that Mr. Tian's description of his itinerary back then is false."

Chen Frameyang: "What does that mean?"

Guo Na: "A journey of narrow escapes, if the first half is 'life', it means that the second half is 'death'!" Guo Na's answer described the reasoning result in a fanciful way.

Yu Fan: "In other words, our return journey will be more dangerous!" Yu Fan explained with Guo Na's explanation.

Chen Xingyang showed shock, took a breath, and said, "Hiss! Is this over yet? Is this trying to kill us?"

Yu Fan called everyone: "Don't worry, the good thing is that there is still plenty of time, so let's go faster. Old Chen, what is our route like?"

Chen Jiayang took out a spare map left by Shen Wei, pointed to the route marked with a red pen, and said: "This road is going back. From the route point of view, it is still relatively easy to walk. They are all flat roads at the foot of the mountain. , keep walking along the direction of the river, the end of the river is not far from the back mountain of Ionwu Village, and then walk a section of plain road, you can go back to the village."

Yu Fan asked, "How long will it take?"

Chen Xingyang: "Two days. It is estimated that we can march here today, camp by the river, and then we will be able to go back when we leave tomorrow."

It sounds like everything is going well on the route, so where does the so-called danger come from?I don't know if Shen Wei and Xin Lingshun, who are walking in front, are not going well, and whether they are aware of the danger.

In fact, everyone was worried along the way, fearing that leopards would come out and attack them. They didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until they walked along the road to the river. This place is far away from the place where ghosts and gods gather grass, and they should have escaped. Before we knew it, we had already trekked for more than five hours in the leopard's territory.

Sometimes a person is like a rubber ball, once he is relieved, the whole person will deflate.Everyone who didn't sleep last night, and today's frightened running all the way, have reached their limits of physical strength and willpower.The three of them slumped on the ground panting, their clothes already soaked through.Chen Xingyang went to the river to fetch some water and brought it back to Yu Fan and Guo Na. The three of them drank it, regardless of whether it was hygienic or not.

Chen Xingyang: "I can't walk anymore, it will be dark soon, let's camp by the river." Chen Xingyang took a piece of chewing gum from his bag and put it in his mouth to relieve his fatigue.

Yu Fan nodded.

The river is clear and transparent, the river bank is relatively wide, and the field of vision is also good. It is easier to guard against dangers than the intricate forest terrain. This is a good choice for camping.

Everyone opened their bags, took out the items for camping, and spread them on the ground.

From time to time in the clear river, there are fish jumping in the water, turning somersaults on the water surface and falling back, looking very cheerful.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xingyang couldn't help but said: "It would be great if Shen Wei was here, let him catch fish for us, and we'll have more fish tonight."

Guo Na also said with emotion: "I don't know where they camped, is it far from us?"

A large flock of birds flew from the woods in the distance, and a large black mass flew across the heads of the three of them and flew towards the direction of the deep mountains. It was a spectacular sight.

Looking at the birds flying past in the sky, Chen Jiayang couldn't help singing a poem: "Oh blue sky, so many birds!"

Yu Fan raised his head, watched the flock of birds fly away and disappeared, and then turned his head to look at the direction the flock of birds came from.

Yu Fan's face was serious, his eyes met Guo Na's.

It was a worried look meeting a worried look.

Guo Na said to himself: "The fish jumped out of the water in a panic."

Yu Fan continued with the next sentence: "The birds will not return to their nest after being frightened."

"Not good!" Yu Fan and Guo Na said in unison.

　A gentleman does not reflect in water, but in people.Mirror in water, meet face, mirror in people, you will know good or bad - Glycogen

　　
　
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