Volume 2: A sudden change in the prison, a red-clothed man goes out to find a thief Chapter 163 The beginning of the story is often the beginning of a plan
Guijiang Mountain, as its name suggests, stands beside . The foot of the mountain is surrounded by rivers and towering trees. To enter the mountain, one must wade through the forest. The roads in the mountain are rugged and difficult to travel, and there are countless dangers, making it difficult to explore.
No one has ever known what is in the clouds in the mountains, not even the villagers living nearby.
There are only occasional rumors that there is a mountain gate there, and inside the mountain gate is a forgotten story of the martial arts world.
The villagers don't care about the past of the underworld. They just live near the mountains and rivers, and it has been peaceful for a long time.
However, during this period, strange things always happened to the residents near Guijiang Mountain.
For example, someone said that when they entered the mountains, they saw a figure flashing through the forest. The old people in the village said that it was a mountain ghost and they should not provoke it casually.
For example, during this period of time, strangers would come in and out of the village from time to time. A few days ago, they were a group of martial artists carrying swords, and now it was a woman in red.
For example, a new family moved into the village recently. It was said that they were businessmen from the city who came here to escape debt. When they settled down, they treated everyone to a meal. They were nice people, so the villagers gradually accepted them.
On this day, the old man who was ferrying people along the Gui River was preparing to tie his boat to the shore as usual. But before he could tie it up, a figure approached from a distance.
The old man looked up, saw who was coming, relaxed his brows, and bent down again to untie the ropes that tied the boat.
When the visitor came closer, the old man straightened up, threw the rope in his hand into the boat and said.
"Girl, are you going into the mountains again today?"
"Well, thank you for your help, boatman." The man responded and walked to the side of the boat.
This is a woman wearing a red dress and holding a long sword. She is the stranger who has been coming in and out of the village these days.
"Oh, no trouble. I, an old man, make a living by rowing a boat. It's a good thing that someone is riding the boat." The old man waved his hand, walked into the boat, picked up a long pole on the side of the boat, and smiled at the woman.
Although the sword in the opponent's hand really scared him at the beginning, he got used to it over time.
Almost every day, the woman would take a boat into the mountains and then come back by boat at dusk.
She seemed to be looking for something, and the old boatman asked her once.
The woman’s answer was that she was looking for a kind of herb that looked like hair, but had roots as thick as tree roots.
She asked the boatman if he had ever seen it. The old boatman thought about it and felt that he had never seen such a strange herb, so he shook his head and said no.
The woman nodded, looked a little disappointed, and said nothing more.
The boatman thought that if she didn't find the herb after searching for a while, she would leave. But the girl searched for more than a month, going in and out of the forest every day, as if she was sure that the herb was in Guijiang Mountain.
Sometimes the boatman would try to persuade the girl to go home earlier and live a decent life. At her age and so pretty, there was nothing better for her to do than this foolish thing.
But seeing that the woman kept coming back day after day, the boatman didn't say anything. He just sent her into the mountains in the morning and brought her back in the evening.
Since she is a regular customer, I only charge her for one trip each time.
As for Bai Yaoer, she could actually use Qinggong to cross the water and enter the mountains. But because it was her first time riding a boat, she got used to it, and the boatman was also nice, so she just took care of the business.
The boat went farther and farther away on the clear blue water and among the distant mountains on both sides.
In the village at the foot of Guijiang Mountain, at the entrance of the village, an old man in gray walked in. He had a kind smile on his face and held a silver brocade box in his hand.
He came alone today because he thought that it was enough for him to come alone for this matter.
After a period of investigation, Jiang Shengming already knew the purpose of the woman's visit to Guijiang Mountain.
She was looking for a medicinal herb, and he happened to know where it was.
In other words, the herb was in his hand at this moment.
What He Lang ate that year was not the only plant of the twisted roots and knotted whiskers grass . In fact, he left one at the gate of the Eight Bitterness Gate, which is the mountain gate of Guijiang Mountain.
Over the years, the herb has been kept in a place where feng shui and hundreds of energies converge. It can be said that without Jiang Shengming's help, no one would be able to find it.
As for why Jiang Shengming has never taken it himself, the reason is that Jiang Shengming is no longer old enough to take it. His meridians are now aged, and forcibly taking this herb will only damage his meridians, which is useless and may even cause self-harm.
Therefore, Jiang Shengming didn't mind handing over this herb that was useless to him. Now, the most important thing for him was to first win over the woman to the Eight Bitter Sect, and then make long-term plans to obtain He Lang's martial arts secret book.
"Hu." Jiang Shengming let out a long breath of the foul air in his chest and narrowed his eyes.
It was near, he could feel it, the day when he would get what he wanted.
On the Gui River, the boatman rowed his boat slowly towards the shore. Then, he saw an old man flying over the river, startling a bird and sending it flying away into the distance.
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In the forest, beside a cliff, Bai Yaoer half-crouched on a huge rock, holding the Bagua plate in his hand, frowning and looking around.
She was already very close, she could feel it, but she just couldn't determine the exact location of the herb. Every time she tried to figure something out, there was a chaos in front of her, with all kinds of qi interacting, and she couldn't make out any details.
Why is that?
Bai Yaoer looked at the clouds below the cliff, wondering whether she should go down and check it out.
At this moment, she suddenly heard a noise behind her. Her eyes tightened, she picked up a stone on the ground, turned around and threw it over.
The stone left a shadow in the air and sank into the grass and trees in the forest, making a muffled sound.
Then, a figure walked out from behind a tree there.
He held the stone that Bai Yaoer had just thrown in his hand, looked at Bai Yaoer and said with a chuckle.
"The girl is young, but she has a very bad temper."
If such a stone hit an ordinary person, at least some bones would be broken.
"Who are you?" Bai Yaoer stood up, put the Bagua plate into her arms, and at the same time tightened the sword in her hand.
Under the shadow of the trees, the figure slowly walked outside, the sunlight gradually illuminating his appearance.
He had gray hair, wore a gray robe, and held a silver brocade box in his hand.
"My name is Jiang Shengming." said the visitor.
"You can also call me Uncle Jiang. I have been looking for you for a long time, Sect Master."
