Chapter 681

Hidden-dragon Mountain was not far from this town. After Su Bai had his meal here, he led the horse to Hidden-dragon Mountain. When he arrived at the foot of the mountain and saw the winding mountain path, Su Bai left the horse here and went up the mountain by himself.

It was not like the mountaineering in the future, where there was a cable car, which was very convenient and simple. Now, he could only climb the mountain on foot, and the mountain path was not carefully designed, and some places had to be climbed by himself.

These were not very difficult for Su Bai, but Su Bai was afraid that the old man was not on Hidden-dragon Mountain now and had taken the little fellow to travel. If that was the case, he would be completely at a loss. But since this task was announced by the horror broadcast, it was impossible for the old Taoist to travel the sea, leaving the listeners with no hope and no way.

When he climbed halfway up the mountain, Su Bai found a pavilion. The pavilion was made of wood and looked like it was about to fall. It was a good place to enjoy the scenery. Su Bai walked in and took a rest.

At the same time, Su Bai also needed some time to think about some things, such as how to bring the little fellow back even if he found the old man.

Before the release of the second main task, Su Bai thought that the little fellow following the old man was a very good result. But as soon as the second main task was released, Su Bai had to find the little fellow again and even … take him back to the demon's lair, which was tantamount to personally pushing the little fellow into the fire pit again.

But Su Bai had no choice. If it was a deduction of 300 story points, Su Bai might really give up the task. But with a deduction of 3000 story points, Su Bai had no choice at all.

After sitting in the pavilion for a while, just as Su Bai was about to climb the mountain again, an old woman came down from below. The old woman was carrying a basket, in which there were incense, candles and paper money.

The old woman stopped by the pavilion and seemed to be tired. She entered the pavilion and sat opposite Su Bai. She took out a rice dumpling from the basket and peeled it to eat.

She completely treated Su Bai as air.

Su Bai wanted to ignore her and go first, but a detail made Su Bai stay. Even with Su Bai's physique, when climbing halfway up the mountain, he needed to be a little out of breath, but the old woman did not sweat at all. Although the mountain was cool, climbing was also a tiring job.

What made Su Bai feel even more strange was that there was not even a little dirt on the soles of the old woman's shoes. The thousand-soled cloth shoes were so clean that it felt a little unnatural, as if they had just been made and had not been put on yet.

But this was impossible at all. There were no cable cars here, and many steps had not been repaired. Steps in many places had not been repaired. Bai's clothes were dirty all the way.

The old woman seemed to notice the eyes of Bai. Su Su Bai of Bai's eyes. The old woman '

Dragon Clan 'Bai's Li. Old woman, I have a meat dumpling here. You can have it. "

"No, I'm not hungry." Su Bai refused.

The old woman nodded and slowly finished the rice dumpling. Then, she packed up and went on the road again.

Su Bai also went out with her. He was more than ten meters away from the old woman.

The old woman did not walk slowly. In fact, she was a little too fast. Often, after turning a corner, when Su Bai came up, he found that the distance between him and the old woman had suddenly widened. This happened several times in a row. Su Bai knew that the old woman wanted to get rid of him.

Moreover, when passing through some muddy roads, Su Bai did not see the old woman's footprints in front of him. Was she a human or a ghost?

Su Bai did not know if he turned into a zombie and used his Evil Qi to force and stimulate the old woman. If she was a ghost, would she show herself? But thinking that this was a Taoist execution ground, unlike the previous county where there was only Lam Chun-ying, if he acted presumptuously here, would he attract the attention of those Taoists? Would dozens of Taoists come down and shout that they would support the Way of Heaven and kill him?

Su Bai really did not dare to take the risk.

He continued to follow the old woman. When he was about to reach his destination, a stone tablet appeared in front of him. There were a few words written in a language that Su Bai did not understand. The old woman knelt down in front of the stone tablet and began to light candles and burn paper money.

Su Bai pursed his lips. He did not know what the old woman meant. What was she doing here instead of going to the Taoist temple on the mountain to worship?

Just as Su Bai walked past the old woman and continued to go up the mountain, the old woman suddenly said,

"Young man, don't go forward. The place ahead is not for people like us."

Su Bai was stunned. The old woman obviously had a hidden meaning in her words.

"Why?" asked Su Bai.

"You know it in your heart."

The old woman began to burn paper money. The paper money scattered and turned into flying ashes in the air. It looked very lonely.

"I'm going to find someone," said Su Bai.

"As you wish." The old woman lowered her head and began to kowtow.

"Who are you worshiping?" asked Su Bai.

"The dead." The old woman put her palms together and began to recite some scriptures.

"I know it's for the dead. Is it your family?"

The old woman looked at Su Bai in surprise and said with a smile, "Young man, I'm burning paper money for you so that you don't have to worry about food and clothing on the way to the netherworld."

Suddenly, Su Bai felt that the mountain under his feet was shaking, as if there was an earthquake. Su Bai subconsciously squatted down and lowered his center of gravity. At the same time, he grabbed the ground with both hands, but there was nothing under his hands. He seemed to be floating in the air. Then, Su Bai fell down.

"Huff …"

Su Bai suddenly opened his eyes and found himself sitting in the pavilion. His body was already wet with cold sweat.

There was no old woman in the pavilion, nor were there any Zongzi.

Was this just a dream?

Su Bai did not believe that this was just a dream. It was not a coincidence that he would have such a dream here.

Regardless of whether the dream had other meanings, it was impossible for Su Bai to give up on going up the mountain. If he could not complete the mission, he would die. This dream implied that he might die, but the essence was similar.

Su Bai got up and continued climbing the mountain. What puzzled Su Bai was that the road up the mountain was different from his dream. Furthermore, when he reached the top, he could understand the words on the stone tablet.

"Crouching Dragon Temple."

It was common to name a Daoist temple after a mountain.

Su Bai took a deep breath and walked past the stone tablet. However, a piece of ash suddenly landed at Su Bai's feet and stuck to the top of Su Bai's boots.

Su Bai squatted down and flicked the ash away.

"Alright, let's go down the mountain."

Su Bai turned around and began walking down the mountain. He went up and down the mountain without hesitation.

…

A horse carriage drove into the small town at the foot of Crouching Dragon Mountain. The person driving the carriage was Fatso.

Fatso called out to the two monks in the carriage and asked if they wanted to stay in the inn to have a good meal and sleep before continuing on their journey. However, the monks in the carriage immediately rejected the idea.

With no other choice, Fatty could only go and buy some dry rations. The three men continued to sit in the carriage as they swallowed the unpalatable dry rations with water.

The carriage continued forward and stopped at a tea house by the side of the road at the foot of the mountain.

After all, they were about to climb the mountain. It was necessary to make some preparations.

Fatso impatiently went down to ask the innkeeper if they had any cooked beef to eat. He had been accompanying the two monks along the way and was really short of food.

Fortunately, although the innkeeper did not have cooked beef, they did have some cured meat and sausages. Fatso asked the innkeeper to quickly cook the dishes while he sat down at the table.

Gyatso and the monk came back with water. They wanted to go up the mountain overnight without delay, but when they saw that Fatso was already sitting there waiting, they smiled at each other and sat down at the table.

Soon, plates of very simple stir-fried dishes were served. Fatso ate happily. The soup and water had been plain for a while, and they still had to climb the mountain, so they naturally had to nourish themselves.

The monk and Gyatso also ate some. The monk also instructed the innkeeper to prepare some dry food suitable for long-term storage, and the innkeeper immediately went to prepare it.

"I say, we haven't seen Ah Bai along the way. Don't tell me that guy still hasn't found the way?" Fatso drank a big bowl of soup and patted his stomach.

Gyatso shook his head. "He may be mentally ill, but he's not stupid."

"Amitabha, he should be at least a day ahead of us. Maybe, he's already on the mountain now."

"Is he that fast? Why is the location of the child sensed by the fox still on the mountain? " Fatso was a little puzzled. "Could it be that Ah Bai went up the mountain first and didn't do anything? Is he still idling on the mountain?"

"If only the mission could be completed so easily." Recently, Gyatso's complexion had obviously improved. Obviously, although his injuries had not fully recovered, they could be considered to be almost healed.

"After eating, let's go up the mountain overnight." The monk put down his chopsticks, indicating that he was done eating.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Fatso was really a little dissatisfied. How long had it been since the thirty-day mission? Why were they in such a hurry?

However, Gyatso also put down his chopsticks, indicating that he was also done eating.

Fatso had no choice but to pay the bill. Then, he carried his bag and the three of them walked up the mountain road under the cover of the night.

The shopkeeper took the money and did not bother to clean the table. He left his tea shop and ran out. He ran all the way to a mass grave.

A young man stood in front of a lone grave.

"Sir, the people you told me to keep an eye out for have arrived. They're already going up the mountain and they seem to be in a hurry," the shopkeeper said to the young man.

The young man nodded and threw a silver nub out of his sleeve.

The shopkeeper picked it up excitedly and bit it with his teeth. When he saw the young man wave his hand, he immediately left tactfully.

The lone grave in front of Su Bai had actually been opened by him. There was a female corpse wrapped in a straw mat inside. The female corpse was already rotten, but there was a bamboo basket in the grave pit that had been preserved well. There were two dumplings in the basket. The lotus leaves had withered, but when they peeled off the inside, they could see that they were meat dumplings.

"If there's really something on the mountain, wait for me to come back. You can appear in my dreams. If there's any unfulfilled wishes, I'll do my best."

After saying that, Su Bai grabbed a handful of soil and sprinkled it on the lone grave.