Chapter 62 Exploring Northern Tibet (5)
"Oh, is it so."
Wei Xun was noncommittal: "Didn't you say that snow leopard is a pure beast?"
‘It is indeed not a leopard spirit, otherwise I would not recommend it to you, the owner. ’
The fox cub takes it for granted: "We spirits don't attract each other."
‘Then you know it has enough blood and yang energy? ’
Seeing that it was getting dark, Wei Xun turned back toward Wenbunan Village.
‘It feels like our Sky Fox’s perception is very strong. At least its yang energy is much stronger than that of several other men. ’
In a fussy tone like picking cabbage, the fox cub ranked the yang energy levels of the dozen men in the team: "Beast blood means those with more yang energy."
In the past, when hunters hunted deer and other wild animals, they would indeed drink deer blood raw, such as deer blood, tiger blood, etc. All kinds of animal blood are said to be great tonics. But the snow leopard is a national first-level protected animal, and few people dare to drink its blood.
Wei Xun said: 'Are you going to drink blood secretly? ’
‘I can’t drink, I can’t bear it now’
The young fox said aggrievedly that if he could be self-reliant, he would be able to trouble his master. At most, it can absorb pure yang energy, drink blood or do other things to extract yang energy, but the current consumption is too much. It can only encourage the owner to use yang to replenish yang, and it will suck a little more from the owner.
Wei Xun had previously had the idea to use the mouthparts of a magic mosquito to suck blood from a snow leopard to sense its psychology, so as to determine whether it was a real leopard, a person in disguise, or had some special identity. Now the idea coincides with that of the young fox.
But there is no need to let the little fox know this.
So on the way back, the fox cub begged him to come with him, but Wei Xun didn't give him any permission. In the end, I mumbled to myself, "It's not hygienic to produce blood. Think of other ways to get Yang Qi."
'There are other ways... There are some... but they are even more unhygienic...'
The fox cub muttered, his voice getting quieter and quieter, and he completely stopped when Wei Xun walked to a place with people.
"Brother Wei, you are back!"
It was Fei Lezhi who was waiting eagerly for Wei Xun at the entrance of Wenbunan Village. He had already put on a blue jacket, changed into suitable pants and shoes, which should be the supplies in the travel bag provided by the hotel.
Fei Le was extremely happy to see Wei Xun come back and hurriedly came forward to greet him. Suddenly he stopped and looked at Wei Xun's hat in horror. His fingers were trembling and he started to smack his lips.
"Wei, Brother Wei, you, you, you, in your hat -"
"It's my little pet."
Wei Xun smiled and caught the chocolate-colored ferret and held it in his hand: "It's very good. I keep it with me. I don't know how it was chosen to be included in the journey."
"That's it, it's so cute."
Fei Lezhi tried to touch the mink, but was chased away by the mink with bared teeth. He was not angry and said cheerfully: "Didn't Xu Yang and his guide dog also come in? Maybe animals can adapt to the wild environment better than people."
Then he was worried and lowered his voice: "Brother, there are many tourists around Ding Yi all the time. Just now you went around the lake, and everyone went to Wenbu Nan Village to search. After seeing the North Village, they were supposed to cross the ravine to see the Nancun, but Ding Yi didn't Go, other passengers didn’t even go.”
"Are they so afraid of Ding Yi? I originally wanted to go and check it out, but Brother Ji advised me to be cautious and not leave the team alone."
"You did the right thing."
Seeing Fei Lezhi lowering his head in shame because of his own retreat, Wei Xun patted his shoulder in comfort: "We are new travelers, first time here. We need to see more and listen more, not to be reckless, and the most important thing is to protect ourselves."
"Ding Yi is a tour guide after all. He must have his own reasons for not going to Nancun."
"Well, I listen to Brother Wei. This afternoon we -"
Fei Lezhi started nagging. He came from a good family, but his upbringing was also strict. He didn't have the temper of the second generation. He seemed to be enthusiastic and lively, and it was easy to mingle with strangers. But today, when he tried to integrate into the group and gather information, his progress was not smooth. The experienced travelers were all indifferent and exclusive. Although they might not be violent in Wei Xun's favor, they completely ignored Fei Lezhi.
Fei Lezhi was disappointed. Only Ji Hongcai, Fang Yuhang and the others were willing to talk to him for a few more words, but they also fell silent when they talked about the tour guide. They just vaguely said that it was best not to offend the tour guide.
Why are tourists so afraid of tour guides?
Fei Lezhi didn't understand, so he told Wei Xun exactly what he saw and heard this afternoon. After hearing this, Wei Xun knew that those experienced travelers were afraid of Ding Yi's power and were not so quick to stand beside him. Veteran travelers are very shrewd. Unless Wei Xun shows overwhelming strength, they will definitely prefer to protect themselves wisely.
As for Ding Yi not going to Nancun, and other tourists also not going, it is not necessarily because he is afraid of the tour guide, but more likely because he cannot stay away from the tour guide.
Just like when Wei Xun was intoxicated with Xiangxi, the additional function of the tour guide's brooch was "Believe in Science", which could protect the brigade to a certain extent and keep the passengers within the scope of the brooch away from supernatural dangers.
"Lezhi, have you never had altitude sickness until now?"
Wei Xun suggested, Fei Lezhi suddenly realized it and scratched his head in doubt: "Yeah, hey, that's right, why don't I have altitude sickness or feel suffocated?"
As he said that, he took a few deep breaths, and there was indeed no feeling of thin oxygen. Feilezhi thought about it, and even more confused: "Sister Bai Tao and Xu Yang don't seem to have altitude sickness, and so do other veteran passengers."
Wenbunan Village is about 4,600 meters above sea level. They suddenly came from the plains to the plateau. Just like the newcomers who suddenly came from the plains to a high altitude place, even if everyone has different physical constitutions, they can at least feel the thin air.
The additional function of Ding Yi’s tour guide brooch may be related to ‘preventing high fever’, and the brooch naturally has a range of influence. If Fei Lezhi had not been dissuaded by Ji Hongcai and headed to Nancun rashly, he might have fallen into a terrible uprising unprepared.
This is what Ding Yi is playing. It stands to reason that when Wei Xun goes around the lake, he will not only have the problem of traveling in a clockwise direction, but he will also be suddenly affected by high altitude reaction. It's just that the snow-covered plateau is also the area where the fox tribe survives. Snow fox and Tibetan fox are all fox descendants and grandsons of Tianhu. With Tianhu possessed, Wei Xun can adapt to the environment wherever the fox tribe can survive.
There is nothing wrong with being possessed by the Sky Fox except that it consumes too much Yang energy.
"After all, this is a supernatural thing. Our journey can be regarded as a mission. Maybe there will be no high reaction."
Feile said optimistically, this is what newcomers can easily take for granted. Even Wei Xun, during his first journey, initially felt that they were on a mission in a different dimension. After all, the Horror Global Hotel was too mysterious and had powerful powers. Any unexplainable supernatural beings would appear during the journey. It all looks normal.
It was only after Wei Xun returned to reality and discovered that there was a major earthquake in Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province at the same time, that he realized that the journey was also in reality, but it was just beyond the limits of ordinary people's exploration. Like this trip to northern Tibet, the harsh climate, high altitude, ferocious wild animals, etc. are definitely difficulties they will encounter during the journey.
"Are you hungry now?"
"I'm hungry."
Fei Lezhi patted his belly and heard a grunting sound. He was quite embarrassed and said, "Brother Wei must be hungry too. You should be able to eat when you get back."
The brigade is stationed at the campsite next to Wenbunan Village. It has a good view and can see Dangra Yumcuo. The tents have already been set up, but tonight the brigade will have their meal in Wenbunan Village. To the villagers, they are a scientific expedition team sent by the country, and they are treated very warmly.
"Yes, you will feel hungry, cold, and exposed."
Wei Xun stopped: "This journey is real to us."
I feel cold, sunburned, and hungry. Why don’t I just feel altitude sickness?
Why are experienced travelers so scared but unable to escape from the tour guide?
Fei Le was not stupid. Wei Xun felt the change in his breathing rate and knew what he wanted to understand.
Wei Xun likes smart people who can understand things at a glance. He also likes honest people and believes whatever he says.
While talking, the two of them arrived in front of a traditional Tibetan-style building, which was a house used to entertain guests in Wenbunan Village.
"Hey, the guards are back?"
The long wooden dining table was full of people. Ding Yi hugged him from left to right. When he saw Wei Xun and Fei Lezhi coming in, he pushed Lin Qiming away from his arms with a sigh, stood up, and glanced at Wei Xun with malicious eyes. Sweep away.
"Did the captain of the guard find anything?"
Ding Yi didn't seem satisfied that there were no injuries on Wei Xun's body. One afternoon passed, and when he saw Wei Xun again, his heart felt itchy again. She was such a rare beauty. If her claws weren't so sharp, he would probably be able to bring Wei Xun back to the tent tonight.
"There is something strange. There are no other tourists by the lake, I am the only one."
"Hey, this is our trip, of course there won't be any other tourists."
Ding Yi smiled and raised his glass to Wei Xun: "The captain of the guard has thanked our brigade for your hard work. This journey will definitely go smoothly. Come on, let me drink to the captain of the guard!"
"Director Ding, you're welcome."
In a harmonious atmosphere, Wei Xun picked up the wine glass in front of him, toasted Ding Yi, and drank it all in one gulp.
The strong drink was burning like a fire when it entered his throat. Wei Xun's pale face suddenly turned a thin red, and his eyes looked blurry and moist, which became even more confusing under the dim light. Ding's stomach tightened when he saw it, and he drank to hide his malicious smile.
The drink in his cup was highland barley wine. The alcohol content of the barley wine was not high and the sweetness was not intoxicating. However, the drink in Wei Xun's cup was high-alcohol liquor. No matter how good a drinker you are, drinking a glass of white wine will not make you feel better. Ding Yixiao admired the beauty's drunk appearance and slowly picked up some peanuts.
He didn't put any medicine into Wei Xun's wine glass, it was just pure white wine. Ding Yi prides himself on being a very enjoyable tour guide. He is not in a hurry. This ten-day journey will take some time to conquer Wei Xun. It's boring to eat meat as soon as it reaches your mouth. Ding Yi is very excited at the thought of eating a little bit of Wei Xun.
At Ding Yi's signal, several more experienced travelers stood up and toasted Wei Xun. Wei Xun seemed to really take his position as captain seriously. He refused to accept anyone who came. In the blink of an eye, he drank five or six glasses of wine. His drunkenness became more and more obvious. Fei Lezhi looked anxious and stood up to ask for help. Wei Xun stopped drinking.
Wei Xun stopped him, shook his head, and chuckled at Ding Yi:
"No more drinking, let's eat."
It seemed that he had drunk too much wine, and his voice softened, making his bones go numb. Ding Yi temporarily forgot about his plan to get Wei Xun drunk, and stared at him directly, and would say "Okay, okay", Seeing that the beauty couldn't eat, he rubbed Lin Qiming in his arms harder and harder. Lin Qiming was in pain and shame, with a stiff smile on his face as he nestled next to Ding Yi.
He was also looking at Wei Xun. Lin Qiming knew from the beginning that Ding Yi was attracted to this newcomer. Although it seemed that Wei Xun had beaten Ding Yi, Lin Qiming knew that with Wei Xun's modest and gentlemanly character, he would never be able to defeat Ding Yi.
He should have been jealous, fearful, and hostile to Wei Xun, but Lin Qiming knew that Ding Yi imitated Bing Jiu in everything, just like he only loved the most beautiful person in the team. If Ding Yizhen really gets Wei Xun, even if Lin Qiming relies on a face like Lin Xi and is not completely forgotten, he will definitely lose a lot of care.
This can be fatal on a journey.
But whenever dark thoughts arise, they all disappear as soon as they see Wei Xun. Lin Qiming thought that if he were a tour guide, he would definitely like Wei Xun and want to take him into his arms.
Such a beautiful person should be carefully treasured and cared for, and I can't wait to hold all the good things in front of him. Wei Xun just smiled at this side, and Ding Yi became excited, but Lin Qiming felt that Wei Xun was smiling at him. The smile was light, like moonlight, clear but not dazzling.
No contempt, no contempt, no contempt.
It’s a modest and friendly smile for a normal person.
But they just want to live, why is life so difficult?
Lin Qiming's eyes were slightly red, but he turned around and got into Ding Yi's arms, acting like a coquettish idiot: "Director Ding, don't just look at the guards, I'm going to be jealous."
Ding Yi was just a tour guide, and Lin Qiming felt sick when he thought of the way he looked at the guards.
"Okay, okay, look at our Qiming."
People get drunk without drinking. Ding Yi smiled and kissed the little beauty in his arms. For a moment, he felt that Lin Qiming's red eyes looked a bit like Wei Xun's drunken charm. What a wonderful two beauties, all in his journey. It's such a good thing to be able to let him play with you unscrupulously and be a tour guide. The alcohol content of the highland barley wine was not high, but Ding Yi felt that he was already drunk. He made no secret of being intimate with Lin Qiming, dreaming of the sweet dream of Ehuang Nüying.
But he didn't notice that the atmosphere at the dinner table became more silent. Ding Yi took advantage of Wei Xun to go to the lake, and the passengers who had been beaten and punished were once again shaken.
Can you really survive following a tour guide like this?
The tourists seem to be very patient and can endure all the exploitation and evil deeds of the tour guides, just for the simplest desire, that is, to survive.
But Ding Yi, is he really worthy?
Wei Xun was eating butter tsampa all the time. He rested his head lazily and his eyelashes were slightly drooped. His charming drunken state made people dare not look directly, but they couldn't help but peek. Wei Xun seemed to have seen what happened to Ding Yi and Lin Qiming, but he seemed not to have seen it.
Wei Xun likes smart people and honest people.
But he likes smart people best.
People who think they are smart are less discerning and wise than smart people, and less prudent and practical than honest people. With a little encouragement, he would go in the direction Wei Xun wanted, thinking that it was his own decision.
Very easy to control.
Tonight's dinner is very sumptuous, including a whole roasted lamb, several plates of air-dried meat, butter tsampa, highland barley wine and the like. The food is divided and everyone eats from their own plates and bowls, unlike a normal dinner party where everyone eats from the same plate.
Although everyone has prepared emergency food in their bags, this is a twelve-day journey after all, and they have to cross the uninhabited land of Qiangtang. Unlike the beautiful Xiangxi, it only lasts six days and five nights. Foods such as compressed biscuits and energy bars are only eaten in deserted places.
The experienced passengers were very cautious. Wei Xun then drunkenly saw someone using the silver chopsticks they brought with them, and someone sprinkled unknown powder into their bowls before starting to eat. Sharing meals is the safest and most prudent approach, and also prevents the entire brigade from being accidentally wiped out.
On Wei Xun's plate were several pieces of roasted mutton, two butter tsampas, and a black and red piece of meat about half the size of a hand, which looked like smoked meat. Wei Xun picked up the piece of meat and smelled it. After being possessed by the Fox Fairy, his sense of smell was particularly sharp, and Wei Xun vaguely smelled a salty smell. When the chopsticks poke into the meat, the meat fibers are very short and tiny. It's a dark red color.
"Snapped."
The clinking sound of chopsticks attracted the attention of many people. Wei Xun's chopsticks hit Fei Lezhi's wrist, causing his hand that was about to pick up the food to dangle.
"How are you feeling, Brother Wei? Are you okay?"
Fei Lezhi felt that Wei Xun was drunk, so he put down the bowl and chopsticks and wanted to help Wei Xun: "I'm almost done eating, why don't I send Brother Wei to rest first."
"Don't eat this piece of meat."
Wei Xun said, looking around at everyone at the table. He was obviously still drunk, but his sharp gaze made it impossible for everyone to ignore.
"This piece of meat cannot be eaten."
Everyone heard Wei Xun's words, and the expressions of the experienced passengers changed slightly, especially those who ate quickly and wanted to leave the table early to rest, and their expressions were even more ugly.
"Why can't you eat it? There's no poison in it?"
Some people questioned it, but Wei Xun ignored it. Instead, he looked at Yin Baitao and the others and asked in a low voice: "Have you eaten?"
"I have not eaten."
Yin Baitao hesitated and said, the piece of meat was black and red in appearance and looked dirty. She had just been selected for the journey and had no appetite, so she only ate some butter tsampa, not even the roasted mutton.
"I ate."
Wei Xun's eyes fell on Xu Yang. The butter tsampa in the bowl in front of him was still there, but the meat was almost finished. Compared to the half-cooked mutton, the black and red meat seemed to have been smoked, but it was softer and easier to chew. He had already eaten half of it. I didn't eat the remaining half because I wanted to keep it for the dog.
"What happened to this piece of meat?"
Even though he tried to keep his voice calm, seeing the blind boy holding the guide dog's leash tightly and his face turning pale, one could tell that he was actually very nervous.
"follow me."
Wei Xun stood up, held Xu Yang's shoulders, and led him outside. Fei Lezhi and Yin Baitao also subconsciously stood up and followed Wei Xun. The other elderly passengers looked at each other in confusion. Those who also ate the piece of meat couldn't help but feel uneasy, and couldn't help but follow him out to see what the fuss was about.
"Tsk, it's just being mysterious."
Someone pretended to be disdainful. It was the person who had followed Ding Yi in toasting to Wei Xun. Apparently he wanted to side with Ding Yi. Seeing that half of the people on the table were missing, Ding Yi's face darkened, and he deliberately said loudly:
"He's just a newcomer. Director Ding promoted him to be the captain. Does he really think of himself as a root vegetable?"
"Director Ding also watched this meal. Director Ding didn't even say there was anything wrong with the food. It was his turn to say it!"
"Hey, right, Director Ding."
The man looked at Ding Yi with a flattering smile. Ding Yi glanced at him with a half-smile but suddenly threw the wine glass at him, hitting the man on the head. The man didn't dare to hide, and his forehead suddenly became bruised and swollen.
"How dare you say such an ugly thing to my great beauty!"
Ding Da stuck his tongue, a little drunk, and sneered at the remaining passengers at the table, with indifferent malice in his eyes: "Is there any problem with the food on the table? You are living as if you are dead - what does it have to do with me?"
He Ding Yi is a butcher-style tour guide!
This is not just imitating Bingjiu. Ding Yi enjoys the pleasure of being free from punishment and controlling and playing with other people's lives the most. The stimulation brought to him is second only to torturing a beautiful woman. I'm afraid that no one has died since the beginning of the journey, but it has made some passengers feel alive.
Bingjiu started a journey to the 30th North Latitude without killing anyone. Coupled with Bai Xiaosheng's post, many tour guides took notice and fewer people were killed. Ding Yi doesn't care about this. It's not his brigade's turn to start a journey. In his eyes, each passenger is just a mutton with three hundred points.
"I said the meat is fine."
Ding Yi spoke slowly, with a playful and malicious look in his eyes, and raised his glass to the passengers: "Try it, it may taste very good."
The faces of those people turned pale now, and they regretted how they could be so stupid as to rely on Ding Yi! Even if Ding Yi was tricked by Wei Xun at the beginning, he didn't necessarily need the surrender of their passengers. Maybe this was just for fun with the beauty, but they just joined in.
Ding Yike is also a butcher style tour guide!
The atmosphere was stagnant, and no one dared to move their chopsticks. Seeing Ding Yi's eyes getting more and more serious, Lin Qiming, who was sitting in his arms, gritted his teeth, picked up a piece of meat and was about to put it in his mouth.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside!
Wei Xun took Xu Yang outside to a remote place. He ignored the people who followed him, and just asked Yin Baitao to prepare paper and water, and asked Fei Lezhi to dig a small hole in the ground.
"Does it hurt? Are you dizzy and nauseous?"
Wei Xun asked Xu Yang carefully about his situation, and Xu Yang answered carefully. When I went outside to take advantage of the setting sun, I saw that his face was not only pale, but also a bit sallow. The lights in the house were too dim just now, so I didn't notice it for a while.
As they asked and answered questions, the other experienced passengers did not come forward, but looked over from a few meters away. A few of those who had eaten the meat compared Wei Xun's questions with their current status.
"Will it induce vomiting?"
Wei Xun gave brief instructions: "Press the base of the tongue with your fingers, reach into the throat, and touch the tonsils."
"What the hell is that?"
Xu Yang handed the guide dog's tether to Wei Xun and was taken to the edge of the pit to squat down. At this moment, he lost his composure and panicked like a scared child. He murmured: "My stomach hurts a little. I, I will die." ?"
"Spit it out and see."
Wei Xun said, what he said had a strange courage that made people want to trust him. Xu Yang pressed his fingers into his throat as Wei Xun said, and after a while he vomited it out, all in the pit dug by Fei Lezhi.
"There's blood!"
Yin Baitao said in horror, seeing Xu Yang vomiting out of control, first vomiting out all the undigested food, and then began to vomit out yellow water, mixed with scarlet blood, which was extremely shocking. But when there was nothing left to vomit, Xu Yang was still retching, foaming from his mouth, and his whole body was trembling. He held his stomach tightly and said with a trembling voice: "It hurts, it hurts."
"Hurry up and call 120!"
Yin Baitao was very anxious, but when she said the words, she remembered that this was all during the journey, where did the 120 come from. Seeing that Xu Yang's condition was getting worse and worse, the foam at the corners of his mouth was stained with blood. The guide dog Duoduo seemed to feel that something was wrong with his owner, and started barking, trying to get closer to Xu Yang.
Wei Xun remained calm despite the chaos. He asked Yin Baitao to give him water, then turned around and ordered to the group of experienced travelers who had followed him:
"Go and find the successor of the eagle flute."
Seeing that they were hesitant to move, Wei Xun's eyes were sharp, and he could no longer see the slightest trace of drunkenness and mildness: "Go quickly!"
"Coming, coming, people are coming!"
"Quickly give up, don't crowd in here."
There was a burst of violent shouting from behind, and Ji Hongcai and three other people were seen approaching with the Eagle Flute Successor. Ji Hongcai winked at Wei Xun and said in a rough voice: "You said the meat was wrong, so I sent the Eagle Flute Successor. "
"On a journey like this, most of them will help us. If you have any questions, you can definitely go to him."
This is Ji Hongcai revealing the hidden rules of the journey to the newcomers.
On a less difficult journey, the characters involved in the main line of the journey can usually help travelers outside of the attractions. Wei Xun thought so too. Those who can be selected by the hotel, like Li Gui Pingping, usually have a trading relationship with the hotel. The hotel uses her as the main protagonist to set up itineraries, train tourists, and open up scenic spots. Pingping also needs to use tourists to send the souls of martyrs out.
In other words, it is useful for tourists to complete the attractions. In order to ensure that tourists can complete the attractions, if tourists have problems, they will help appropriately.
Sure enough, as soon as the successor of the Eagle Flute arrived, he walked straight to Xu Yang, pressed his swollen belly with a solemn face, and said something in Tibetan, and Wei Xun also answered in Tibetan.
Then he saw the successor of the Eagle Flute let go of Xu Yang, took out a roll of leather as thick as a candle from his Tibetan robe, and opened the leather. Inside was a jade-like bone-like instrument like a recorder.
Then the successor of the eagle flute started singing and dancing next to Xu Yang. Wei Xun asked the audience to retreat, and Ji Hongcai and others took the opportunity to come to his side.
"Guards, what did you just say?"
Ji Hongcai handed him a cigarette: "It doesn't matter if Xu Yang wants it, what's wrong with the meat?"
Wei Xun took the cigarette but didn't smoke: "Xu Yang has eaten little, so he will be fine."
The experienced passengers nearby looked at the behavior of the successor of the eagle flute and Xu Yang's condition, but their ears were perked up and they listened carefully to Wei Xun's words.
"That piece of meat is not poisonous or spoiled, but it is fish meat."
Wei Xun tapped his nose: "I have a ferret's sense of smell, so I can smell it."
"Fish?!"
Ji Hongcai didn't react, but Fang Yuhang next to him changed his expression: "Why is there fish on the table!"
Someone else asked: "What happened to the fish?"
Wei Xun stopped talking and looked towards the successor of the eagle flute. After a strange dance, he finally played the eagle flute. The melodious and sharp flute sounded, simple and desolate. Xu Yang, who was lying weakly in Yin Baitao's arms, struggled again, holding his stomach and vomiting violently.
It was obvious that he had vomited all the food he had just eaten, and this time he should have vomited only water. Who knew that Xu Yang vomited out a large lump of flesh-like things again. Yin Baitao, who was close by, took a breath of air and waited anxiously beside him. Fei Lezhi was also shocked and took a few steps back.
There was something in Xu Yang's vomit this time that was still squirming, like a living thing, about the size of a peanut, and the clumps looked like tiny live fish with their skins peeled off.
The veteran passengers who had also eaten the meat turned pale, and they began to vomit under the sound of the hawk's whistle. The smell suddenly became extremely bad. Wei Xun covered his nose and saw that although Xu Yang was still a little weak, he had stabilized, so he asked Fei Lezhi to pick up Xu Yang and Yin Baitao to hold the dog, and the three of them left.
It was already dark at this time, with only the last ray of the setting sun remaining. The temperature difference between day and night on the plateau was huge, and the evening wind was bitingly cold. They were in a remote place. As they walked further, they heard no hawk whistles or vomiting sounds, and then they reached the ravine that separated South Village and North Village. At first glance, the ravine looks very steep and deep, like a giant drawing a knife on the ground, dividing the northern and southern villages.
"That's Nancun over there."
Ji Hongcai and the others followed Wei Xun and the others, neither far nor close, maintaining a safe distance that would not make people wary.
"The people in Wenbunan Village are all devout Bon believers. I heard that there are secret passages under the houses in the village that lead to Dangra Yumcuo, Dalguo Snow Mountain and the Zhangzhong Ruins."
Ji Hongcai held a cigarette between his fingers, dark red sparks flickering in the night.
Yin Baitao, who was taking care of Xu Yang, was shocked at first, and then happy. Fei Lezhi also opened his eyes wide, secretly pumping his fist in excitement. Ji Hongcai and the others came to exchange information, and the old passenger who had been ambiguous to them in the afternoon actually took the initiative to share the information from the investigation.
This is all because of Brother Wei's performance tonight!
"Secretly, you couldn't go down."
Compared to Yin Baitao and Fei Lezhi who were overjoyed, Wei Xun was as calm as ever and said calmly: "You have investigated more than that."
"Hehe, that's right, no clues can escape Ji Hongcai's tricks."
Ji Hongcai pointed his eyes proudly and asked: "Why can't Tibetans eat fish?"
“It’s not that Tibetans don’t eat fish, it’s that Tibetans in pastoral areas basically don’t eat fish.”
Wei Xun said: "Pastoral areas used to practice water burial. They believed that eating fish would become the reincarnation of their ancestors. Eating fish is equivalent to cannibalism. In addition, the Bon religion worships the sun, moon and heavenly bodies. The dragon god of the underworld - they believe that fish is the incarnation of the dragon god."
"Good boy, that's what it is."
Ji Hongcai said: "Recently, a lot of cattle and sheep grazed by Beicun people have gone missing. Some people say that the bones and remains of lost livestock were found in Nancun. During this time, Nancun and Beicun are having conflicts over this matter."
Wei Xun said: "Most people in Tibetan areas are buried in the sky, and those buried in the water are usually lonely old people or beggars and other low-status people. Being buried in the belly of a fish is not as good as being buried in the belly of a human being, and being buried in the belly of a human is not as good as being buried in the sky. , so they were unwilling to leave the human stomach before, and then they were vomited out after hearing the sound of the hawk's whistle. "
The eagle flute can summon the eagles at the Sky Burial Platform. Legend has it that following the sound of the eagle flute, the soul can return to the sky with the eagles.
"Good guy, if there was no hawk whistle, wouldn't those, those things always stay in the human stomach?"
Ji Hongcai was speechless: "What will happen to that person? Will they snatch people's bodies?"
Wei Xun smiled and said nothing, Ji Hongcai raised his eyebrows and stared. Fang Yuhang was afraid that he would get too reckless, so he hurriedly pulled his sleeve to remind him. But Ji Hongcai curled his lips, opened his sleeves, and muttered to himself: "It's so stingy to ignore the rabbit."
"Lao Ji has a bad mouth but a good heart. I apologize on his behalf."
Fang Yuhang reconciled, and then he apologized: "It's not that we don't remind newcomers, it's really inseparable from tour guides. You see, no one has any objections on this plateau, right? This is the role of tour guides. The journey is too difficult, and we can only survive on tourists." Not coming down.”
"Can you survive relying on a tour guide? Ding Yi is just a bastard grandson, and relying on him is worse than relying on a dog."
Ji Hongcai sneered, and he was really unforgiving: "Guard, you stepped on Ding Yi so much today, so hard, that I, old Ji, am really convinced. Let me give you a warning."
"The most prominent part of this exploration-type journey is the word "exploration." Tomorrow we will go to the Zhangzhung ruins and listen carefully to what the heir to the eagle flute is looking for. Is it a ruin, a mural, or an antique pottery bowl, as long as you can have a clue , this scenic spot is better, at best it’s just a bit complete.”
"This is your first time on the journey, so you may not be clear on some things."
Fang Yuhang added: "These journeys are not fake, but they really exist in reality. It's just that ordinary people can't find it. Only those on our journey can explore the secrets. For example, you can visit the Zhangzhung ruins when traveling." It’s a dilapidated earth-and-stone city built against the mountains, but if we go inside tomorrow to explore, we may encounter secret rooms, secret passages, even tomb traps, and ancient corpse coffins, all of which are extremely dangerous.”
"It's not that many things don't exist, it's just that they cannot be discovered at the current level of mankind."
Jiang Hongguang, who had not spoken much until now, said calmly: "It won't be smooth sailing on the way to the Xiangxiong ruins. Be careful of Ding Yi and his lackeys. Ding Yi has ghost skin stitched on his back by a master of lowering his head, and he has the title of extremely poisonous." , he can also control snakes.”
There are also many venomous snakes in Tibetan areas, and they are more toxic, such as white-headed viper, plateau viper, Tibetan bamboo-leaf green viper, etc. Venomous snakes are highly concealed and extremely difficult to prevent. Even if you sprinkle realgar powder and other repellent drugs around the tent, you will not be able to go to Tibet tomorrow. On the way to the heroic ruins, or even after going deep into the ruins, it would be difficult to be on guard.
Therefore, few people dare to really offend Ding Yi. The tour guide is not only terrible in terms of combat power. He can get the tickets for the scenic spots in advance and ambush poisonous snakes at the scenic spots in advance. It is really impossible to guard against it.
"Okay, it's time to go back."
Jiang Hongguang drank softly, and finally said: "Don't act alone, don't go out at night, stay calm when you see something weird, don't scream. If you encounter a problem that is difficult to solve, just speak up and let's find a way to solve it together."
At the end, he was silent and hesitant, his voice was very low, and he didn't have much confidence: "We are a brigade."
Who doesn't want to be able to fight side by side with teammates, no longer suspicious, and trust each other? But with Ding Yi here, today they dare to stick together, and tomorrow Ding Yi dares to use cunning means to make people die quietly and tragically. Doubt, danger, and inability to trust are all poisonous thorns piercing the brigade, leaving them to fight on their own.
Ding Yi will definitely take action against the newcomers. There are currently fifteen passengers, two three-person groups are grouping together, and two two-person groups are leaning towards Ding Yi. Lin Qiming is Ding Yi's person, and there are only four people in the newcomer group, and there are also Only Wei Xun follows the lead, especially after experiencing today's life and death crisis, they will stick together even more closely.
Killing one or two members of the rookie group is the balance Ding Yi likes.
"Thank you for letting us know. This information is very helpful to us."
Wei Xun reciprocated: "No matter what sound you hear tonight, don't leave the tent."
The meals for the travelers were prepared by the villagers. Who put the fish on their plates? Tomorrow they will leave Wenbunan Village and go to the Xiangshung ruins. If it is really someone from the village who takes action, then I am afraid they will take action again tonight.
Wei Xun guessed that this might be related to the side mission he received. The weather has been clear today, and Dangrayongcuo is a vast expanse of blue water. If you want to see the ‘black Dangrayongcuo’, you can only do so at night.
Ten minutes after Ji Hongcai and the others left, Wei Xun and the others returned to their base. The tents have already been set up, one for each family, scattered and not far apart. Wei Xun and the four of them together had the largest tent, almost as tall as a person when erected, and it was located at the edge of the camp.
These tents are actually distributed according to strength. Theoretically, the tents closer to the tour guide are safer, and the tents farther out are more dangerous. After all, Wei Xun is the captain, and their tent should be in the middle. However, together with Fei Lezhi and Yin Baitao, they felt that the people in this brigade, especially the tour guide, were more dangerous than in the wild, so they placed their tent in a relatively Bias.
This was exactly what Wei Xun wanted. If the tent was really in the middle, it would take some effort to sneak around unnoticed in the middle of the night.
After a hard day, everyone is exhausted physically and mentally, and the newcomers are even more psychologically stressed, not to mention the fact that they have to eat fish weighs heavily on their minds. But just as they were walking towards the tent, Duoduo, whom Xu Yang was holding, suddenly started to growl and refused to take another step forward. He even stubbornly bit the traction rope and tried to pull Xu Yang back.
"There's something in the tent!"
Xu Yang said weakly and vigilantly. They quickly became alert and their minds were full of wild thoughts. They were camping and sleeping. It was true that wild animals broke into the adventurers' tents, but they were near Wenbunan Village, and Jiang Hongguang had just said Ding learned how to control the snake——
Could it be a venomous snake in the tent? !
But everyone must sleep in the tent at night. All the supplies and backpacks are also in the tent. They don't have any weapons in their hands. There are sleeping bags and mats in the tent. If there is a venomous snake hidden somewhere, at a glance There is absolutely no way to find it.
What to do now!
"I gonna go see."
At this time, Wei Xun said calmly: "You guys stand back."
"I'm not afraid of poison. When he beat Ding Yi, he didn't even poison me, right?"
Although Fei Lezhi and the others were still worried and nervous, they obeyed and took a dozen steps back so as not to interfere with Wei Xun's affairs. Wei Xun watched them retreat, then walked step by step to the tent.
In fact, when he got close to the tent, he knew what kind of beast was hiding in the tent. This was thanks to the fox cub shouting in his heart: 'The Yang Qi is here, the Yang Qi is coming! ’
When Fei Lezhi and the others saw Wei Xun entering the tent from a distance, their hearts tightened and they were so nervous that they were covered in cold sweat. As soon as Wei Xun entered the tent, his legs were trapped by something flexible.
Like a fluffy cable, but extremely strong, Wei Xun squinted his eyes, and the fox spirit possessed him, allowing him to vaguely see things in the darkness.
In the dark tent, there was a silver-white snow leopard!
This snow leopard is very private and does not feel like he has broken into someone else's tent. It was lying on Wei Xun's sleeping bag, with his travel bag as its pillow, its tail wrapped around Wei Xun's legs, and chewing in its mouth——
There was also a venomous snake that came to attack them in his mouth.
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Seeing that Wei Xun didn't move, the snow leopard raised his head arrogantly and dissatisfied, breathed out at him, and then raised his big paw carelessly - under its paw, there was a dying poisonous snake.
It seems to be luring the greedy little leopard with food, and come to it quickly.
Wei Xun expressionlessly took out a strong flashlight, clicked, and very quickly, this snow-white light beam shone on the snow leopard.
The snow leopard was immediately frightened.
It really jumped up. Snow leopards are very, very easily frightened animals. They will even fly up when frightened. This snow leopard opened its four claws and jumped up in panic, causing the whole tent to shake violently. Then Wei Xun suffered the consequences——
The bright flashlight in his hand was pulled away by the snow leopard's tail, and Wei Xun was so frightened that he turned his head away from his ears. The trembling snow leopard was forced to hide under its belly protectively.