Chapter 168 Thank you from the mountain walker
Zhang Hao comforted Li Siyu in a low voice for a while, and after making sure that Li Siyu was no longer frightened, he helped Li Siyu onto the deer's back.
Looking up at the sky, it was already dark, and even the last touch of dusk was gone.
If Zhang Hao continues to stay in the mountains, it will be fine, but Li Siyu may not be able to adapt to it.
It's better to take advantage of this time to go down the mountain and go home to have a good rest.
However, before going down the mountain, he still wanted to follow the traces left by the "suspicious mountain treasure" and look for it. In any case, the mountain treasure escaped last time, but this time the mountain treasure is still the same. Leaves a trace.
And it may be directly related to Li Siyu's disappearance. How could he let go of that mountain treasure so easily? If there was a chance, he would definitely seize the opportunity and do everything possible to catch the suspicious mountain treasure.
Even if he couldn't catch the mountain treasure this time, as long as he could see what the mountain treasure was, at least he would have an idea of what it was.
Think about this.
Zhang Hao led the deer and Xiaobai, sometimes looking down at the traces under his feet, sometimes raising his head to look at the road ahead.
It was already pitch black in the mountain forest. For ordinary people like Li Siyu, the visibility was only less than 5 meters. At most, it could only be a little behind a tree next to it. A little further away, one could only see endless scenery. dark.
And in those darkness, it seems that there is some kind of monster that can devour everything, which looks particularly cold and terrifying.
For Zhang Hao, a mountain walker, his visibility is far beyond that of ordinary people. He can see nearly 10 meters, which is almost half the distance compared to daytime.
Of course, your vision will be blocked at night, and your eyes will get tired easily if you look far away.
However, it is relatively easy for Zhang Hao to follow the traces left by Shanbao and move forward.
"Are we going down the mountain now?" Li Siyu asked softly, sitting on the back of the deer.
Zhang Hao nodded: "On the way down the mountain, I just looked for something, something important."
Li Siyu pursed her lips and did not ask further.
Because she thought of what Gu Shu said before, Zhang Hao was entangled by something and had no way to come to her immediately.
Come to think of it, the thing that is pestering Zhang Hao is what Zhang Hao is looking for, right?
Li Siyu stopped talking and just sat silently on the deer's back, letting Zhang Hao lead the deer forward in the dark forest.
Now, she is no longer afraid, nor does she think about it, but feels very happy.
Because this time she would not be separated from Zhang Hao, and it was enough to be able to go down the mountain and go home together.
Even if she continues to stay in the mountains for a while, she can accept it. At worst, she can just wait until Zhang Hao is done with his work and go back down the mountain to go home.
Zhang Hao spent the whole day today helping him find the things he needed, but he did not do his own things. Li Siyu still remembered that he had said before entering the mountain that he had something to do when he entered the mountain.
Now that her affairs are finished, it is reasonable for Zhang Hao to be busy with his own affairs.
Zhang Hao did not notice the change in Li Siyu's mind, but focused all his attention on the long, but extremely narrow mark.
Following this mark, he walked through the wild fruit forest, bypassed the weed forest, and finally came to a relatively narrow path.
Zhang Hao did not change the route, but recognized that this road was also a road that could lead to the bottom of the mountain. It just took a long detour, so it didn't matter.
Along the quiet, dark path, which seemed to be full of terrifying and unknown existences, Zhang Hao led the deer and continued to walk forward. The path became wider and wider as the trees on both sides gradually dispersed and separated.
When Li Siyu saw this, she couldn't help but be startled. She felt that the scene in front of her seemed familiar, just like... the road she had walked when the ancient tree pointed the way.
The road was also very narrow at first and then gradually became wider.
However, what she can be sure of is that this road must not be the one she has walked, because these are two completely opposite directions. No matter how hard she walks, it is impossible to turn around and walk in the same direction.
But what's going on with this inexplicable feeling of familiarity?
Li Siyu bowed slightly and whispered in Zhang Hao's ear: "I feel like this place... seems familiar."
"Looks familiar? Did you just go back along this road?" Zhang Hao felt a little strange.
Li Siyu shook his head: "No, I definitely didn't go back along this road, but... it just feels a bit familiar."
Zhang Hao nodded, didn't ask any more questions, just smiled and said: "Maybe it's dark now, and the trees in the woods all look the same, so they will look familiar to you. It's okay, this road is already there." The way down the mountain.”
He was also worried that Li Siyu was still in the fear of getting lost alone, so he didn't speak clearly and tried to put it in the best possible light.
Li Siyu straightened up, his beautiful eyes still looking around, with a look of caution and confusion on his face.
Soon, the two reached the end of the road.
At this time, the road has become very wide, and the trees on both sides are far apart, which can accommodate an ancient carriage.
As soon as he arrived here, Li Siyu's figure suddenly froze.
Just at the end of the road, there is a fork, with a narrow road on the right and a winding mountain road ahead on the left.
Seeing this, she finally understood why she was so familiar.
Her eyes widened as she looked around, finally settling on the big tree on the right.
Three lines are faintly visible on the bark surface of the big tree, two on the top and one on the bottom.
It was the ancient tree that showed me the way before! "This...this is that ancient tree, the old gentleman who showed me the way." Li Siyu exclaimed in a low voice and hurriedly got off the deer's back.
Zhang Hao also paused and turned his head in surprise, looking at the ancient tree Li Siyu was looking at.
Then, he briefly looked around.
He seemed to have passed by this place several times before while walking in the mountains, but he never stayed. He always found a road and left. Anyway, the roads in the mountains are all accessible, and he is still a mountain walker, so he should be familiar with it. All roads in the mountains.
Therefore, I have never heard any ancient tree speak, and naturally I have not had the experience like Li Siyu.
Now, after hearing Li Siyu's words, he reacted and focused his attention on the ancient tree again.
"Is it this ancient tree?" Zhang Hao asked in a low voice.
Li Siyu nodded.
After receiving a positive answer, Zhang Hao stepped forward, folded his hands towards the ancient tree, and bowed: "Thank you, old man, for showing my wife the way."
I thought I would have the opportunity to look for that ancient tree in the mountain in the future and come back to thank it, but I didn’t expect that following the traces of this mountain treasure, I would end up at the ancient tree. That was just right, so I took this opportunity to thank the ancient tree. Yes.
The ancient tree did not respond immediately as Zhang Hao imagined. Instead, it remained silent for a while, as if it had fallen asleep before. For a long time, the leaves of the ancient tree trembled, and then there was a An old voice.
"It turns out that Mr. Zhanshan is here in person. I'm a bit negligent. I don't dare to accept Mr. Zhanshan's thanks. Helping others is something I do voluntarily." The ancient tree was very polite, like an old scholar and a scholar. Like old people in ancient times.
Hearing the ancient tree speak again, Li Siyu still felt very strange, especially in the dark and terrifying environment of the dense forest, the ancient tree's speaking added to the weird atmosphere.
But having already seen it once, she didn't feel much fear at this time, only a little surprised.
Zhang Hao straightened up slightly: "Thank you, of course."
Then, he changed the subject and asked hurriedly: "Senior, I don't know something. I wonder if the senior can answer it for me."
The ancient voice of the ancient tree came faintly: "Sir, Mountain Walker, please tell me. If I know something, I will naturally tell you word for word. But if I don't know something, Master Mountain Walker, please don't tell me." Difficult.”
"That's natural." Zhang Hao nodded, and then blurted out: "I walked along a long and narrow mark, but it was very narrow. The mark was blurry, and it seemed that I had passed here. Did the old man know? What is that? ”
According to his idea, the suspicious Shan Bao might have come here and used some method to call Li Siyu over.
As long as the mountain treasure passes here, then the ancient tree can logically see the mountain treasure.
When Gushu heard this, he seemed to be reminiscing, and after a long time he said: "Sir, Mountain Walker, what you are looking for is a strange thing?"
Something strange?
Zhang Hao chewed on the meaning of these words repeatedly.
It seems to be true. Just think about it, how can something that can leave a long, but extremely narrow mark be a normal thing? I'm afraid it must not be something common in the mountains.
Even among mountain treasures, it is definitely not an ordinary thing. This thing is really unique.
"Old senior, do you know what that is?" Zhang Hao asked hurriedly.
"Haha." The ancient tree trunk laughed twice, the branches on the side trembled, and a few green leaves fell to the ground. Then, he sighed longly: "This thing is extremely cunning. It looks like everything in the mountain and is extremely good at it." Disguise is difficult for ordinary people to detect. Even you, the Mountain Walker, may not be aware of His presence if you are not always vigilant.”
"Master Zhanren, that thing did pass by here, but I only saw the mark left by it, but I don't know exactly what it looks like. It may... be an animal, or it may be It’s possible that it’s vegetation, even rocks and other seemingly dead objects.”
Zhang Hao frowned even more tightly.
Gu Shu gave a lot of information, and it can be said that it has helped him lock in some key details.
It's like saying that this thing is good at camouflage and can transform into anything in the mountain and evade capture. This means that this thing is quite capable and ordinary mountain walkers can't catch him.
If this is the case, it means that this thing is extremely difficult to catch. Even in the [Mountain Travel Notes], there should not be many records about this thing.
However, as long as we go back and compare them one by one based on the information recorded in the "Mountain Travel Notes", we will definitely be able to find some clues.
But it's a bit difficult to pin down what that thing is right now.
While thinking.
Li Siyu on the side was confused.
As she listened to the conversation between Gu Shu and Zhang Hao, she felt more and more confused about what the two people were communicating with each other.
But it sounds like he is talking about the thing that pestered Zhang Hao before.
"Thank you, old man, for clarifying my doubts." Zhang Hao bowed again and folded his hands.
"Don't dare, I am lucky to be able to help Master Zhanren." The ancient tree still maintained a humble and kind attitude.
Zhang Hao straightened up, thought for a moment, and then asked: "I have one more thing I want to ask the senior."
"Master Zhanren, it doesn't matter if you say it." The ancient tree did not refuse, and its branches trembled one after another, as if it was saluting Zhang Hao again.
Zhang Hao said: "I wonder if the old-timers know that there are geomantic treasures nearby. I want to build a residence in this mountain."
(End of chapter)