Chapter 248 [Disguised to join the group]
On the road from Liangchi Town to Ant Mountain, there are several villages sparsely distributed, all of which are small in scale and look dilapidated.
Farmland is spread over every flat place that can be seen, until around the foot of the mountain, as the bare gravel on the ground increases, the corn and wheat are replaced by shrubs and weeds.
But here, natural building materials such as stones are easily available, so in the village Fang Chang and Sang Ziping met, many people began to use stones to build house walls, and even used them to build pig pens and chicken coops.
Ant Mountain has sparse vegetation, the mountain is bare, and jagged rocks are often seen.
This makes it difficult to store too much water nearby. Fortunately, there is not much rain here, and floods are rare. On the other hand, on the towering main peak, the year-round snow will accumulate over time, and then slowly pour down along the hillside below the snow line, re-melt into water, and become a mountain stream.
Therefore, in the low-lying areas of Ant Mountain, there are many large-scale lakes with accumulated water, and the overflowing rivers also replenish a lot to the big river next to Ant Mountain.
Besides, when Fang Chang and Sang Ziping were walking in the mountains, what they saw most were chimney-like mounds.
Sang Ziping told Fang Chang: "Those look spectacular, but they are not done by humans, but by ants underground. The ants are constantly digging holes in the ground, and the soil particles they dig out are piled up at the entrance of the hole, becoming such a spectacle. .Because there are many ants in this mountain, so this place is called Ant Mountain.”
Fang Chang nodded, stopped and looked up, walking into the mountains, his vision was no longer as clear as outside.
But his hearing is still undisturbed. In addition to the sounds of various insects, birds and beasts, and running water, he can also hear the whining of the wind blowing through the cave, and he can hear the mountain under the action of geological movements. Very faint clicking sound. Although the ant hill looks barren, it is just not suitable for human life, and there is no shortage of vegetation and wild animals in it.
At this moment, a strange sound came.
Woohoo—
Sang Ziping was a little surprised, he casually said to the other party: "What's the sound?"
Fang Chang was very calm. He already knew the source of the voice. After hearing Sang Ziping's question, he smiled and said, "It's the wind."
"Oh? There is such a strange wind."
"No, the wind is just an ordinary wind." Fang Chang shook his head and explained, "This sound should be the wind blowing through a cave with a strange structure. As long as the angle and strength are right, it can make this sound. Maybe it's this Ant hills are dry and rocky, and there are many caves, which just formed this kind of structure."
"So it is." Sang Ziping said, he had always been convinced of Fang Chang's judgment: "In Yunzhong Mountain and Nanping Mountain, I have never seen such a strange thing. The world is really vast enough."
"In fact, the principle is also simple, similar to the principle of playing the flute."
Speaking of this, the two of them didn't stop moving their feet, but Fang Chang quickly stood still, and stretched out a hand, signaling Sang Ziping to wait a moment. Without waiting for the other party to ask questions, he raised a finger to his lips and made a "silence" gesture.
Then he whispered to Sang Ziping:
"It's a coincidence that we came here. There are two monsters on it, coming towards us. How about dressing up in disguise and meeting for a while?"
"Sure!" Sang Ziping was full of interest.
Then Fang Chang patted himself on the body, and assisted Sang Ziping who was casting a spell to transform himself. The two of them dressed themselves up as monsters with deception, and then walked forward slowly.
The knocking sound came from far to near, Fang Chang and Sang Ziping just pretended not to hear it.
But there were three or five little monsters with hideous faces, carrying a gong, and walking in the mountains while banging with a mallet wrapped in many layers of cloth.
Fang Chang and Sang Ziping were stunned, and then went to meet some monsters.
"Who, take it!"
Seeing a stranger going up the mountain, the little demon carrying the gong at the head gave an order, and the following little demons picked up the spears and waist knives in their hands, and rushed towards Fang Chang and Sang Ziping.
"Hold on, heroes!"
Fang Chang used the changed voice to shout: "We are not villains!"
The actions of the monsters hesitated for a moment, and they all saw that Fang Chang and Sang Ziping's appearance was honorable. They were not human beings, but monsters like them, so they withdrew their hands and stood aside to guard .
Fang Chang and Sang Ziping turned into two monsters, saw the leader walking down, and quickly bowed to salute:
"This big brother, the next two are polite."
"Where did you come from, wild monsters? What are you doing here? I don't know if there are rules here?"
Fang Chang pretended to lower his eyebrows and said pleasingly:
"But I don't know what the rules are? The two of you are fairies outside the mountain, and it's the first time you've come to Ant Mountain. Since you're new here, you don't know the rules here. Please teach me a little bit." Small packages come and go.
When someone offered a bribe, the leader monster was not polite, stepped forward to take it, opened it, and saw that it was a human copper coin, the little leader was very happy, stuffed the copper coin into his arms and said:
"Yes, yes, I think you two are very good, sensible enough, and you know that I have patrolled hard, so come up to show respect. Let me tell you, it is lucky to meet me this time, otherwise, if you meet other team leaders to patrol, maybe I will kill you directly and divide them up."
"Since you guys know etiquette so well, if you don't understand anything, just ask, and I'm not intolerant. You just said that you are a fairy outside the mountain, so you don't know what you are doing here in Ant Mountain?"
Fang Chang wrote without hesitation:
"But the kings on the mountain are famous far and wide below the mountain. After hearing this, we felt very itchy, so we came here to see if there is a chance to join a group and do some happy things together."
"Hahahahaha, then you have found the right person." The patrolling monster looked up to the sky and laughed happily, and then said to Fang Chang and Sang Ziping, "All the cave monster kings in Ant Mountain are eager for talents. Anyone who goes for refuge will not be rejected, and the treatment given is also very generous."
"We got Fengming Cave, which is a good place to go. How about it, do you want to come to Fengming Cave to join the group? You are guaranteed to be satisfied. You don't need to vote for a certificate, and you don't need to join the group. As long as you are a demon and are willing to Chen Genjiao, if he is willing to follow the instructions of the cave master and the mountain master, he can easily join the group, and the next step is to eat and drink spicy food together."
"Let me tell you, our Ant Mountain has been earning a lot of money recently. Just like what you heard at the foot of the mountain, many villages and towns have been destroyed, and a large amount of supplies and slaves have been obtained. We have changed every shotgun in our hands. Look—"
The little leader of the patrol raised the gong in his hand and showed it to Fang Chang and Sang Ziping:
"This is a good item I snatched from a family when I went down the mountain last time. If you two are obedient, you may be as successful as me in the future."
(end of this chapter)