Over an hour later.
They arrived at a small town in Ba County, Huangsha Town. The car was parked by a natural lake.
Ye Chen carried the little girl and walked out of the Highlander. He just noticed that there was a black BMW parked behind the Ferrari. It seemed like the bodyguard that Tang Ning brought.
Shen Chongshan dragged Shen Jing and walked over. He said to Tang Ning while smiling in an extremely attentive manner, "Ms. Tang, Master Yao, this is the foot of General Mountain."
The group of them looked over.
They saw a huge mountain standing before them. It was boundless and spanned hundreds of kilometers. The mountain was surrounded by clouds and mist. The trees were dense, so it was difficult to see what was going on in the mountain.
Meanwhile, there was a gigantic lake before them. The lake rippled and it blended with the mountain far away. Meanwhile, there were a few mud houses standing behind them with smoke coming out of their chimneys.
Master Yao could not stop walking with the compass in his hand. He would look at the compass sometimes and observe the mountain with his eyes squinted at other times. Eventually, he exclaimed, "What a beautiful place with green water and green mountains."
"Master Yao, do you mean that this place has good Feng Shui?" Shen Jing, who was standing aside, said with a fake smile.
He did not believe in that at all.
Not only did he not believe it, but even Shen Chongshan himself did not believe it. The reason why he came with them was purely because he wanted to suck up to the Tang family.
"Of course!"
Master Yao nodded and said, "This place is like a giant basin. There's an azure dragon that's 300 meters tall on the left, a white tiger that's roaring on the right, a jade table in front, and a mountain at the back. It happens to be the azure dragon on the left, the white tiger on the right, the Vermilion Bird in the front, and the black tortoise at the back."
"Then, tell me what's the azure dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right?" Shen Jing proceeded to challenge him, causing Shen Chongshan, who was behind him, to glare hard at him.
Master Yao seemed to have noticed Shen Jing's disdain, so he smiled with his arms behind his back. "You won't understand even if I tell you."
Shen Jing could only walk to Ye Chen and scoff softly, "I think this old man is a fraud. Only rich people like Tang Ning would believe what he said."
Ye Chen smiled and said nothing. Instead, he observed the terrain around quietly and matched it with the map in his head.
He realized that the red dot on the map happened to be in the mountain.
Tang Ning suddenly looked at Shen Jing. "How do we enter the mountain now?"
"I don't know about that. You'll have to ask the locals." Shen Jing didn't give him a good look.
Tang Ning coldly snorted and led the group to a nearby mud house. She found the owner and explained the purpose of their visit.
"You want to go to the General's Tomb?"
The owner of the house was an honest man. However, when he found out that Tangning and the others were going up the mountain, he looked a little panicked.
Tangning nodded her head as she pulled out 500 yuan from her purse and handed it to him, "Uncle, do you know where to go up?"
"I know, but I can't go."
The uncle did not reach out to take the money. Instead, he kept shaking his head. "Recently, the mountain has not been peaceful. Once night falls, there will be all kinds of scary cries. No one dares to go up the mountain anymore."
"Everyone in our town is saying that zombies have appeared in the mountains."
"Zombies?"
Tangning burst into laughter.
The county head, Shen Chongshan, immediately put on airs and scolded, "What era are you talking about? Zombies? You're too superstitious. If you were in the 70s or 80s, you'd be arrested and paraded on the streets."
"I'm telling the truth."
The uncle panicked a little upon noticing that the people did not believe him. "There really are zombies. A few families' livestock in our town died overnight a few days ago."
"Those should be tigers or leopards in the mountains. They came down to hunt at night."
Tangning shook her head in disbelief. "Just tell us where to go up. We'll go up the mountain ourselves. You don't have to follow us."
"If you don't tell us, I'll look for your mayor later." Shen Chongshan pulled a long face and looked very official.
The uncle sighed and could only bring them to a stone ridge across the lake. He pointed at a small path that went deep into the jungle. "There, this is the entrance."
Shen Chongshan asked for some farming tools that included sickles from him and only let him go after giving them to the bodyguards next to him.
At that moment, Tangning walked to Ye Chen and said coldly, "We've arrived at General Mountain. Isn't it time for you to leave?"
"Aunty, my daddy didn't offend you. Why are you chasing us away?" Mengmeng shrunk into Ye Chen's embrace, looking like she was wronged.
Shen Jing walked over and looked coldly at Tangning. "Ms. Tang, what do you mean by that? My friend is here to enjoy the scenery. Why are you being such a busybody? "
"Didn't you hear what that uncle said earlier? There are zombies in the mountain. Don't blame us if anything happens. "Tangning scoffed.
She thought Ye Chen would be scared if she said that.
However, Ye Chen said calmly, "I'm not afraid even if there really are zombies."
"Whatever. We won't care if anything happens to you." Tangning returned to Master Yao's side after saying that. She got the two bodyguards to clear the path ahead.
Shen Chongshan expressionlessly glanced at Ye Chen. He seemed to be disgusted and subsequently caught up to them immediately.
"Old Ye, do you think this lady is going through menopause? It's like someone owes her tens of millions, "Shen Jing said in deep thought while rubbing his chin.
"Let's go."
Ye Chen smiled and carried the little girl and followed behind. The little girl asked curiously, "Daddy, what's a zombie?"
"A zombie is a product of a dead human. It's the kind that sucks the neck and hops around."
Shen Jing beat Mengmeng to it and said while squinting, "Little girl, are you scared if there really are zombies later?"
The little girl shrunk her neck and said in a strong and calm manner, "I'm not scared. My daddy is very powerful. If the zombie dares to bite my neck, daddy will beat it up …"
Although she said that, she could not help but lean into Ye Chen's embrace. She mumbled softly, "Uncle Shen is so dumb. The zombie can't bite me if I hide my neck."
Ye Chen and Shen Jing looked at each other and could not help but laugh out loud. This girl was so dumb that she was cute.
It was not easy to walk on the mountain. It was summer, and the plants were lush. There were brambles and bushes along the way. Fortunately, the two bodyguards who were walking ahead were clearing the path with their sickles.
Over half an hour later, they arrived at the mountainside. Shen Jing and his son were panting from exhaustion.
Tang Ning stopped and frowned as she tried to recall. Then, she looked to the left of a mountain not far away, "Master Yao, the Tang family's ancestral grave is over there."
As they walked toward the entrance of the col, their line of sight suddenly widened. They saw a bulging mound that was three to four meters high, and in front of the mound was a tombstone.
The only strange thing was …
Within a radius of ten meters of the mound, not a single blade of grass grew, giving off a very withered and desolate feeling.
"That's strange. I remember when I was 10 years old, this place was surrounded by grass and trees," Tangning said suspiciously.
Shen Chongshan comforted her without even thinking about it. "Perhaps the people at the foot of the mountain cut firewood or grazed them."
Grandmaster Yao took two steps forward with a dark expression. He reached out and pulled some of the soil under his feet. He placed it in front of his nose and sniffed it. He seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed.
"Something's wrong, Miss Tang!"
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