Chapter 33 The wandering girl

When they returned home with the young man, Xue Song and the others smelled the smell of rottenness when they approached the house. Countless crows gathered on the trees at the door.

"Gaga..." The screams disturbed people,

There are many animal corpses hanging at home, which look very fresh, but the faint smell is mixed with a hint of sweetness. This is the common feature of killing prey with rotten wine.

"Brother Chen, you are back!" A little boy heard the movement outside the door and ran to open the door happily. He was also surprised to see his brother bringing back two strangers.

"Maosuke..." The young man stretched out his right hand and touched the little boy's head, and took the two into the house.

After telling his younger brother about the harm of rotten wine, Yin Gu put down his suitcase and took out a pot of Guangjiu from it. It was filled at the party. It has not been used up so much, and the amount of the two people can still be taken out.

Seeing the two brothers drinking Guangjiu, Xue Song also took out the spiritual wine and handed it to the two of them.

After cleaning up a room, Xue Song and the others stayed here for the night.

The second day,

When Xue Song was about to set off, Yin Gu proposed to stay for a few days to see the follow-up situation of the two brothers.

"Yes, OK." After making an appointment with Yin Gu, Xue Song set out on his way alone.

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After climbing over this mountain, Xue Song continued to walk southeast. The information he found after leaving his body allowed him to master the basic route for the water Gu people to advance.

"Chirr..." The birds cried, and the lush scene in front of me was completely different from the mountain just now.

Xue Song walked up the mountain road.

"It's another swamp?" Xue Song looked at the swamp on the left and right, feeling a little amused and crying.

It seems that these water Gu are very active. In a short while, they floated up and left a small green swamp, which is the descendants they left behind.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xue Song knew that he had caught up with the water Gu.

He sank his mind into the mountains and forests, sensed the diffusion, and looked around with Xue Song as the center of the circle, and he wanted to check the abnormalities around him.

"Wow...Wow..." The sound of stepping on the water came, and a little girl with long green hair appeared in his perception.

She walked out of the swamp.

Retracting his mind, Xue Song walked along the position just now.

A delicate-looking little girl appeared in front of him, with long green hair and a little dull eyes. She was wearing a single dress and holding a fish in her hand.

Xue Song walked forward and wanted to ask something, but the little girl turned around and walked to the side.

After leaving the body, Xue Song continued to walk up the mountain. He wanted to ask if the little girl had seen any abnormal situation. He could only follow the water veins when he left his body. Now the water gus are all moving forward in the groundwater veins, and Xue Song is not sure of the specific location.

"That..." The little girl looked at the young man who was carrying a wooden box and tying his long hair into a ball with a wooden hairpin, making a sound.

Xue Song turned to look at the little girl,

"What's the matter if you walk straight?" the girl asked with her fingers down the mountain.

"Oh, it's the sea when you go down there."

Looking in the direction the girl pointed, Xue Song replied, "I want to ask something, too?"

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"This swamp is traveling, burrowing again and again, floating up again. It seems like I want to climb over this mountain."

In front of the lit bonfire, the girl ate the food given by Xue Song and slowly told the story.

"Oh? This is so amazing. It seems that I have found the real owner." Xue Song heard the girl's story and knew that he had caught up. "How did you know that they were floating on the ground?"

When the little girl heard Xue Song's question, she stopped eating and stared at the beating fire in front of her eyes and remained silent.

"This swamp that is active is a water Gu aggregate..." Looking at the girl's movements, Xue Song explained to her the essence of the swamp.

"Water Gu?" The girl asked questions when she heard Xue Song's words.

"That is a liquid insect. Although it is a colorless and transparent liquid, it is indeed alive."

Xue Song added a few firewood to the fire and slowly fiddled with it.

"They like to live in ancient water veins and sometimes live in ponds and wells. If they mistakenly drink it as water for a long time, they must always keep in contact with the water to breathe, and then their bodies become transparent. If they leave it alone, they will become liquid and eventually turn into running water."

Speaking of this, Xue Song looked at the girl's long green hair and seemed to understand something.

"And the worm will suddenly gather at some point, walk towards the sea, return to their destination, and die in the sea."

"Die?" the girl murmured and looked at the swamp not far away.

"Don't you find it scary?"

Xue Song felt the girl's physical condition and she should have been symbiotic with the insect.

"I... have never been afraid. When I first saw them, I only felt the sacred..."

The girl hugged her knees tightly, as if she was resisting something,

"I was swimming at the bottom of a flooded river. I was swallowed by the water and couldn't float. At that time, a huge green object..."

"I leisurely went up against the rapids and wrapped me up. When I woke up again, I was in a swamp in the mountains. Although it turned into a swamp, I still recognized it as the green object at that time, and my hair was dyed green at that time."

The girl said slowly, stroking her long hair in the emerald green space.

"I'm afraid I've died once, but the swamp told me that I can survive."

"So, for me, this swamp is my only place to sit!"

Looking at the girl's sad expression and looking at her red wedding dress hanging aside, Xue Song knew that things were not as simple as she said.

"Is it a living sacrifice? What a stupid thing!"

He shook his head and looked at the girl with his head down, "Since it gave you a second life, why not continue to live well, where no one knows you."

The girl remained silent, leaning against the tree and wondering what she was thinking.

Seeing that the girl stopped answering and didn't say anything, Xue Song sat cross-legged and his mind merged into the earth.

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The stars were shining, the bonfire gradually went out, and the girl walked into the swamp again. She looked at the hanging red wedding dress and her thoughts returned to that day.

"At least... I have to wear it and go..."

The mother put the wedding dress on the girl with tears in her eyes, squatted down and covered her face.

"Remember, you want to be the wife of the Water God. Everyone will help your mother well in the future. Don't worry." The village chief and several old men stood aside and said to the girl.

"...People will praise you, the noble woman who saved the village from the flood..."

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The floods were swaying, and she was already dead from the time she fell into the river.

The girl put on her wedding dress and looked at the plants and trees soaked in the swamp and hugged her body tightly.

"...will it eventually turn into flowing water?" This ending was also good, the girl thought.

Feeling the water level of the swamp slowly dropping, the girl also walked towards the center of the swamp. Xue Song opened his eyes and stood up and looked at the girl walking towards the center of the swamp, and did not do anything.

The girl looked at Xue Song who was standing up and seemed to have made a decision.

"Thank you for telling me so much that I want to be part of this swamp."

After saying that, the girl dived into the water.

The swamp quickly sank into the ground, and Xue Song looked at the girl who disappeared with the swamp with deep eyes.

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