After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 318 The secret of the sparrow flock, there is someone under the cliff!
The roofs and walls were densely packed with sparrows.

countless.

"What a bunch of flat-haired beasts, how dare you come?"

Faning was furious. He had just injured his apprentice, and now he came to harass him again. It was simply too much.

He picked up the whisk, ran to the wall, and started hitting with the whisk.

The flock of sparrows were frightened and flew up again, circled in the air, and then landed on the open space outside the temple gate.

Faning rushed out with a few disciples, holding sticks, as if he was ready to have a bloody battle with the flock of sparrows.

Chen Yang and others came out immediately.

Look at the lights at the door, they are bright.

In the open space, the flock of sparrows are very agile and will fly away immediately if someone approaches.

Faning and those disciples were aggressive and charged left and right, swinging their sticks around. However, only Faning killed two of them, while those disciples didn't even get a single hit.

Helpless, I retreated back.

"Old thing, did you steal someone's wife or take someone's eggs? How much do I hate you to have been pestering you for so many years?" Qinzhou crossed his arms and said teasingly.

Faning panted and glared at Qinzhou, "Old man, you have a foul mouth. Only you can do such a thing..."

Qin Zhou said, "You didn't provoke them, so why would they provoke you? You have to look for the reason in yourselves. The disciple who was just injured is very suspicious. This group of sparrows didn't attack others, but attacked him..."

"Shut up your ass."

Fanning cursed angrily, "Xuan Ling has been in our temple for less than five years, and these beasts have been harassing us for more than ten years. How could it be related to him?"

"Is that so?"

Qinzhou's old face trembled and he was speechless.

"Xiaoyang?"

He turned his head to look for Chen Yang, but did not see him.

"Keep your voice down, don't scare them away."

Chen Yang's voice came from above his head.

Qinzhou looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Chen Yang and Yang Wenhui had already stood on the roof without him knowing when.

Chen Yang was holding his mobile phone and taking pictures of a flock of sparrows in the open space outside.

Why climb so high? What are these two doing with the plane?
Qinzhou was quite agile. He jumped onto the wall next to him, then climbed onto the roof and came to Chen Yang.

"What are you looking at?"

Huang Can tried but failed to climb up, and stood below scratching his head.

Qinzhou seemed to have discovered something as well and made a gesture to Huang Can to keep quiet.

Yang Wenhui said, "Fanning, all of you come into the yard, don't disturb them."

Fanning didn't understand what was going on, but he still called his apprentices back to the yard, and then he followed their example and climbed onto the high roof.

Stand tall and see far.

The open space outside was densely packed with sparrows, at least hundreds of them.

These sparrows would fly up from time to time and change their positions in the open space.

At first, Fanning was a little confused and didn't know what Chen Yang and the others were looking at, but when he looked carefully, his pupils dilated, as if he had discovered something different.

I saw a group of sparrows lined up in the open space, vaguely like they formed some kind of pattern.

No, it’s not a pattern, it’s words.

They were arranged in words on the open space.

Although it is a bit crooked, you can see that there are strokes and it should be words.

Because of the light and angle, and because there were too many sparrows, their arrangement was not so regular. From time to time they would change positions and form another word-like pattern, which made it difficult to recognize at first.

"end?"

"save?"

……

Four people standing on the roof were not afraid of collapsing the beams.

They stared at the empty space outside, not saying a word, all trying to identify what was going on.

Fanning was a little stunned.

What the hell is going on?
This group of sparrows have been harassing Qingniu Temple for so many years, and they still have these tricks?
It has been more than ten years, and it was only today that the secret was discovered?

The flock of sparrows chirped noisily in the open space for a while, then seemed to be tired, and flew into the night of the forest and disappeared.

Peace returned to Qingniu Temple.

The four of them then jumped down from the roof.

Chen Yang distributed the photo he had just taken to everyone.

In the side hall, everyone sat together, studying it carefully.

The photo recorded the formation of the group of sparrows. Although it was a little difficult to recognize, it seemed that they were consciously forming certain words, trying to convey some information to them.

Although it is unbelievable, we have all experienced a lot of strange things and are not surprised by this.

This group of sparrows acted collectively and in an orderly manner. It was possible that there was a sparrow king directing them. They might even become a formidable force.

So, what do they mean?

"end?"

"I?"

"save?"

"Cliff?"

……

Although it was difficult to identify, with the wisdom of everyone and some effort, they were able to roughly distinguish the word-like patterns formed by the sparrows.

"I'm at the bottom of the cliff, save me?"

Chen Yang slowly uttered a few words.

It's not difficult to connect these words into a sentence.

The numbers of the people were relative. Yes, this was what the group of sparrows wanted to convey to them?
"The bottom of the cliff? What cliff? The Heartbreak Cliff?"

Qinzhou frowned and looked at Fanning.

At this moment, Fanning was completely stunned.

For more than ten years, this group of sparrows have come to harass them from time to time. It turns out that they want to convey this message to them.

If Chen Yang and his team hadn't come here by chance and met them this time, they would probably still be kept in the dark even if they waited for another ten years.

Who would think in this way for no reason?
Yang Wenhui said, "It seems that this group of sparrows is being controlled by someone."

This is totally redundant.

Someone has been asking for help through this group of sparrows, and it has not been a day or two, but has started more than ten years ago.

The careless people in Qingniu Temple didn't take it seriously at all and thought that these sparrows were looking for trouble.

As for why these sparrows attack people?

You have been trapped for more than ten years, and have been asking for help for more than ten years, but the other party has never taken it seriously. How can you not be angry? I am afraid your lungs have exploded a long time ago.

Chen Yang said, "Have you seen The Return of the Condor Heroes? In the film, Xiao Long Nu was trapped at the bottom of the Unfeeling Valley, and she used a jade bee to tattoo words to seek help from the outside. How similar is this scene?"

"Could it be that Junior Brother Fajing is really not dead?"

Fanning had been silent the whole time, and only after hearing Chen Yang's words did he whisper something.

Although he spoke quietly, everyone heard it and looked at him.

Faning's face was serious. "But the time doesn't match. This group of sparrows came to harass us more than ten years ago, which was only a few years ago. Junior Brother Fajing fell off the Cliff of Broken Hearts in 1989, so there is a difference of more than ten years in between. Besides, Junior Brother Fajing is just an ordinary person. Even if he didn't die, he wouldn't be able to control such a large group of sparrows..."

He couldn't believe it, or rather, he was unwilling to accept it.

If it really was Fa Jing, it meant that their junior fellow apprentice had been trapped in the Mihun Pond for more than 30 years, but they knew nothing about it.

Even though the other party had been asking them for help more than ten years ago, they remained indifferent.

Qin Zhou said, "It's true that there was a gap of more than ten years, but maybe he was recovering at the bottom of the valley during those ten years and had no ability to seek help from outside. As for what you said he was an ordinary person, are you sure about that? Or maybe he had some adventure at the bottom of the cliff..."

Faning no longer knew what Qinzhou was talking about. This information was extremely shocking to him, and he could not digest it for a while.

Yang Wenhui said, "The most important thing is that they didn't go elsewhere to seek help, but only stared at your Qingniu Temple. This proves that the person who asked for help might really have some relationship with your Qingniu Temple. From what we can see now, it is very likely that Fajing is not dead."

There were some things he didn't finish.

If Fa Jing was not dead, then he could not be ruled out as a suspect in the theft of the Scarlet Sky Sword.

Maybe the person who stole the Scarlet Sky Sword back then was this Fa Jing.

Yang Wenhui even made up some details in his mind.

At that time, Fa Jing wanted to escape by pretending to die by falling off a cliff, but he actually fell off the cliff and entered the Mihun Pond, only to find that there was no way out and he was trapped to death inside.

I was trapped for more than 30 years.

He expressed his guess.

Everyone was silent. It was indeed possible.

"To fake your own death and escape, do you really need to jump off a cliff? Did you not survey the terrain beforehand?" Chen Yang was puzzled. Qin Zhou sneered, "You never know. Some people are just so stupid!"

He also suspected that the person who stole the sword back then might be this Fa Jing.

In this way, the cause and effect can be sorted out.

This man stole the sword and wanted to pretend his death by falling off a cliff, but he underestimated the power of the Soul-Channel. The fake fall became a real fall, and he couldn't get out after he fell down. He was trapped inside for decades.

He tried every possible way to seek help, but he met Fanning and his gang of fools who didn't understand his hints at all.

Chen Yang said, "Let's just assume it's him. What should we do next?"

Yang Wenhui pondered.

Qin Zhou said, "Of course I have to catch him and see if the Scarlet Sky Sword is in his hand. If so, I will skin him alive..."

Fanning's face trembled slightly, and he sat beside her without saying a word.

Yang Wenhui said, "When the equipment arrives tomorrow, we will first explore the bottom of the Broken Heart Cliff. It's a bit too early to confirm that Fa Jing is still alive..."

We need to be cautious about this matter. If Fajing is still alive, does that mean that the mandrill may also be alive?

If they rashly rushed down to rescue people, it would be very dangerous.

No one had an opinion.

Chen Yang said, "Master Faning, do you have any information about Fa Jing preserved in your temple? For example, what was his name before he entered Qingniu Temple, how old was he, and where did he come from?"

Fajing is obviously just a Taoist name, not a secular life.

If you want to understand this Dharma purity, you have to find ways to get more useful information.

"This one……"

Fanning frowned slightly, "It's been too long, I can't remember clearly, there should be records in the temple, I'll go look for it later!"

"Ok!"

No one said anything more.

The identity of the person seeking help has not yet been confirmed.

We will have to wait until the Yang family sends the equipment over tomorrow and we can conduct a thorough investigation of the Mihun Pond.

……

In the wing room.

After all the trouble, it was almost twelve o'clock in the evening.

"This is really bizarre!"

Qin Zhou washed his feet and lay on the bed, thinking about what happened tonight, still sucking his teeth, "Tell me, how can a person survive being trapped in such a dark place for more than 30 years?"

"Just because you can't stand it doesn't mean others can't stand it!"

Chen Yang shook his head and sighed.

He washed his face and felt a little sleepy. The conditions in the Taoist temple were simple, so he didn't take a bath.

Qin Zhou said, "If I were trapped in that place, I would go crazy even if it was just thirty days, not to mention more than thirty years. If this person is really Fa Jing, his character must be very strong. He is definitely not as simple as Fan Ning said, that he is just an ordinary person."

"Why think so much? You'll know tomorrow!"

Huang Can covered his head with a quilt, looking extremely sleepy. He didn't even open his eyes when we talked.

Qin Zhou said no more, "If we go to the Cliff of Broken Hearts tomorrow, we'd better be careful. If anything happens, let the people from the Yang family go first, and the three of us will hide behind..."

"Cough cough!"

Yang Wenhui's coughing sound came from next door.

Grandpa Yang Wenhui and his grandson lived next door. The door of this room was not soundproof, so there was no doubt that what Qinzhou said just now was heard by them.

Kind of embarrassing.

Qinzhou's face trembled and he fell silent for a moment.

"Mr. Yang hasn't slept yet?" Chen Yang shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Well, I'm old and can't sleep!"

Yang Wenhui's voice came, "I was wondering, if Fajing could survive, then could the mandrill from that year also survive?"

Without waiting for Chen Yang to say anything, Yang Wenhui sighed, "Forget it, it's useless to think about it now, let's wait until tomorrow to investigate."

Chen Yang didn't say much. Thinking about these things now was completely groundless worry.

……

-

The next morning.

In the dining hall, everyone was eating breakfast. Faning said, "I looked for it last night. There is not much information left by Junior Brother Fajing. Combined with my and Senior Brother Faneng's memories, Junior Brother Fajing came to our Qingniu Temple around 1974..."

"He had a very good relationship with Senior Brother Fakong. Later, with Senior Brother Fakong's recommendation, he became Master's disciple. He was also the last disciple Master accepted before he passed away."

"The master gave him a Taoist name, Fajing. His previous secular name seemed to be Zhao, Zhao Guanshan or something. I don't have a clear impression of it..."

"Zhao Guanshan?"

Yang Wenhui's eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

"Mr. Yang, have you heard of this person?" Chen Yang asked.

Yang Wenhui hesitated for a moment, but then shook his head, "It sounds familiar."

Without further explanation, Yang Wenhui looked at Fanning, "Any other information? Where is he from, how old was he at the time, and what did he look like?"

"Hey, this one..." Fanning looked embarrassed.

At this time, Faneng came over with a bowl of vegetarian porridge. "From his accent, he must be from Luoshan. He was very young when he first came here. I don't know his exact age, but he must be no more than 20 years old..."

As he spoke, he sat down next to Fanning.

Qin Zhou looked at him, then at Faning, and then said to Faning, "Old man, why do I feel that you are more like someone with Alzheimer's than your brother?"

Fanning looked embarrassed.

He had never been very fond of Fa Jing. More than 30 years had passed, and when others mentioned him, he still had some impression of him. But if no one mentioned him, he would almost have forgotten about him.

"What does he look like? Do you remember?" Yang Wenhui looked at Fa Neng.

Fa Neng said, "I only remember that there was a black mole on the right side of his face, near his jawbone, which was as big as the tip of a thumb. I can't remember the rest of what he looked like..."

Yang Wenhui frowned, pondered, and didn't ask any more questions.

"Mr. Yang, you're from Luoshan, your surname is Zhao. Could you be from the Zhao family of Luoshan?" Chen Yang asked suddenly.

Although Lingjiang County is under the jurisdiction of Luoshan City, the accent of Luoshan is very different from that of Lingjiang County.

In other words, Luoshan's accent is unique in the entire Shu area and is very easy to recognize.

Therefore, Fa Neng could confirm through his accent that Fa Jing was from Luoshan, and he should be right.

Luoshan, also has the surname Zhao.

It naturally reminds people of the Zhao family in Luoshan.

Of course, Zhao is a common surname, and there are many people with the surname Zhao in the world, so it may just be a coincidence.

Before Yang Wenhui could say anything, Qin Zhou retorted, "It's unlikely. The Luoshan Zhao family is one of the eight clans of Panshan after all. Although there are not many members, they are elites and all of them are capable. If they were from the Zhao family, there is no reason for them to come to Ebei Mountain and worship a second-grade Taoist master..."

After hearing what Qinzhou said, it seems that it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

Maybe, it's just a coincidence.

Yang Wenhui wanted to say something when the phone suddenly rang.

Yang Bo answered the phone and told Yang Wenhui that the equipment they requested yesterday had been delivered.

……

After a while, three middle-aged men entered Qingniu Temple.

They brought five drones, several bundles of climbing ropes, some commonly used climbing equipment, and a sword box with an ancient shape.

There must be a sword in the sword box.

Yang Wenhui did not say what kind of sword it was, and would open it for them to see, but he had someone send it specifically, so it should not be an ordinary item.

Everything was ready. After breakfast, the three middle-aged men from the Yang family followed, and the group went into the mountains again.

The weather conditions were not very good and it was foggy early in the morning.

The temperature dropped sharply. After entering the mountain, the fog became heavier and heavier. The quiet forest was shrouded in fog. Even birds were nowhere to be seen, which made the atmosphere even more eerie.

"The fog is so thick that even if we reach the Cliff of Broken Heart, it will be difficult to observe the situation in the Soul-Loving Pond. Why don't we go back and wait until the fog clears?" Qinzhou said.

All you can see in the forest is white. Although it is not so dark that you can't see your hand in front of you, the maximum visible distance is only forty or fifty meters.

In this situation, even if there are drones, they may not be of much use.

It is a big taboo to go into the mountains on foggy days. It is very easy to get lost in the deep mountains and old forests. Moreover, the weather in the mountains is changeable and the temperature drops suddenly. Once you suffer from hypothermia, it is very dangerous.

However, Gooseback Mountain is not very big. They have a lot of people and Fanning as their guide, so they are not afraid of getting lost. They are just worried about making a wasted trip.

"Let's go to the place and take a look."

Yang Wenhui shook his head.

There was not such thick fog when we entered the mountain. Who knew that the fog would suddenly become so thick?

(End of this chapter)