In general, when a person is lit, it's just being lit.
Under a person's skin, there is a large amount of grease. When it ignites, it starts with a small flame, and then when the grease inside the skin cooks, the person suddenly bursts into flames, enveloped by a heavy fire.
Due to the thorough burning of a person, it would not produce smoke.
However, after the male and female bodies were lit, thick black and white smoke began to billow from their bodies.
Black smoke billowed from the man's body.
White smoke emerged from the woman's body.
The black and white smoke soared into the sky, and above the flames of the bodies, formed a strange pattern, the yin and yang fish — "Chi".
I quickly pulled the people around away; who knew what kind of ghosts these two corpses were?
"Xiaoli, you've traveled far and wide and have seen much; what in the world is this?" Big Gold Tooth asked me.
I said it's the yin and yang fish, a mythical ferocious beast called "Chi" in legends!
Big Gold Tooth was excited and slapped his thigh, saying, "I know it's the yin and yang fish, and I know it's ‘Chi’. I’m asking you, how come there's a cloud of yin and yang fish smoke after these two corpses were burnt?"
I shook my head, saying I didn't know either.
"These corpses are strange. Xiaoli, as the saying goes, a wise man does not stand under in danger; let's get out of here." Feng Ying said he wanted to leave.
I nodded and called the others to leave.
Just as we were about to leave, the yin and yang fish smoke suddenly rushed towards us.
It came up very fast, and in an instant, it reached us. Then the yin and yang fish smoke suddenly split into seven or eight strands, directly entering our noses.
I was about to cover my nose, but it was too late; the gas had entered our noses.
As soon as the gas entered my nose, I felt a chill throughout my body, then I began convulsing. I turned my head to look at the people beside me, and found that Huang Xin, Cheng Yan, Duan Guangyi, and Big Gold Tooth were all convulsing on the ground.
However, the old woman was unfazed; she smiled and walked towards us, her hands spread out, her nails emitting a cold light, as if she wanted to claw at us.
"Damn! Is this old woman trying to eat our flesh?" I shouted with great effort.
"Get away from me, or I'll shoot you." It was Duan Guangyi who shouted this. I turned my head to find that Duan Guangyi was actually holding a standard-issue police pistol.
The "hole" of the gun is aimed at the old lady.
I took a look and was shocked. What the heck, there's a gun too? It seems like this trip to Fengmen Mountain is going to be just as broad as Fengying said. It really is an impure motive!
But regardless of whether Duan Guangyi's motive is pure or not, it doesn't matter now because he has fainted and the gun has fallen to the ground.
The old lady, hunching her back, let out a sinister smile and walked slowly towards him.
As for what happened next, I don't know, because I also fainted completely.
...
I don't know how long it took, but I finally woke up, rubbing my aching head, and to my surprise, I found out that I was not dead at all.
Turning my head to the side, Dajinyao and Duan Guangyi were sitting under a tree, panting, while Fengying kept wiping the Seeker compass in her hand. Huang Xin and Cheng Yan were lying on the ground, the old lady holding some dark green liquid and applying it to their faces.
"Did you eat us?" I asked the old lady.
I remember that just before I fainted, the old lady had pounced on Duan Guangyi as if she was going to eat him, but it seems like none of us were actually eaten?
The old lady smiled and said, "Oh, they say that old ladies eat human flesh, I've told you, I've given that up for many years, now I'm a vegetarian."
After saying that, she turned to me and said, "Even if the old lady eats meat, it would only be pork or beef, the taste of human flesh is just terrible."
She then pointed to Dajinyao, "If it was him, the taste would be even worse, he's old and fat, taking a bite would be repulsive."
Hearing this, Fengying suddenly burst into laughter, "Hahaha, Dajinyao, being scolded by an old lady like this, what a sight!"
"You, shoo, go play somewhere else! What kind of talk is this? What do you mean my meat is not tasty? I don't know how delicious my meat is." Dajinyao said, feeling displeased.
I asked the old lady what she had applied on Huang Xin and Cheng Yan.
The old lady said, "You guys were poisoned. There's a herb here called Hanfangzi, it's cool and detoxifying. This herb is quite hard to find. If it wasn't for this old lady's eyes, all of you would have lost your lives here."
"Thank you, Granny," I said to the old lady.
"As long as you don't see me as a human-eating monster, I'll be satisfied, no need for thanks. I can't accept it." With that, the old lady walked to the side and pulled out a bone flute from her pocket, and started playing it.
I didn't expect this old lady to be a lover of literature and art, quite a talented person.
"Where are we?"
"What happened to me?" After applying "Hanfangzi," Huang Xin and Cheng Yan quickly regained consciousness.
I supported the two of them and said, "You were poisoned, thanks to the old lady, you've been saved."
"Is that so?" Cheng Yan was somewhat doubtful of the old lady.
It wasn't until I nodded heavily that Cheng Yan said to the old lady, "Thank you."
The old lady continued to play the bone flute.
As it was already late in the evening, there was nothing to be seen except for the moon.
It's not easy to walk the mountain path at night, so we had to make camp.
Fortunately, I had Dajinyao carry a tent. I said to him, "Laojin, set up the tent. We'll just squeeze in and sleep together tonight. Also, get another tent for Xinxin and Yanyan, let them sleep together."
After that, I said to the old lady, "Granny, I'm sorry, can you sleep with us? You're old and experienced. You shouldn't mind, right?"
The old lady shook her head and said she didn't trust her to stay with the two girls.
Indeed, I really didn't trust the old lady. Although she saved us, I still had to be cautious. After all, this afternoon, when I was inspecting the tents, I saw the old lady's ferocious expression in the reflection, and that shadow had yet to dissipate.
Of course, I also hoped that I had misunderstood the old lady. Once we found the location of the Fox Demon's Coffin, we exited Fengmen Mountain, I would naturally apologize to the old lady and provide her with some financial compensation. But for now, I can only say sorry to you, elderly woman.
After setting up the tent, I began to assign tasks. I glanced at my watch and said, "It's eleven o'clock now. Let's have something to eat. It'll be early morning by the time we're done. I, Laojin, Laofeng, and Duanxiaoduan, will each take turns to keep watch for two hours at night. If there's an emergency, immediately shout, everyone else, sleep, but stay alert."
"Got it! Got it, Master Xiaoli. Let's eat first. I'm famished," Dajinyao complained of hunger.
We opened our backpacks and took out several packs of instant noodles, a few pieces of compressed biscuits, and a few bottles of mineral water. We sat together, eating and drinking, enjoying ourselves.
Granny didn't eat, saying that she only needed some wild vegetables. Our snacks didn't suit her taste.
As we ate and drank, the sound of the bone flute played by the old lady added a special flavor to the atmosphere.
While eating, I asked Duan Guangyi indirectly, "Xiaoduan, why did you bring a gun with you when you went up the mountain?"
Duan Guangyi smiled and handed me the gun, saying it wasn't a gun at all, but a signal gun.
"A signal gun? Am I hearing this right?" I took the gun and found the trigger, gently pulling it, the gun split open to reveal two signal flares inside.
"Hey hey, if we get lost in the mountains, I'll use my satellite phone first, then when the helicopter hovers, I'll fire a signal flare, and we'll be rescued immediately." Duan Guangyi then began to show off his "cell phone."
This "cell phone" is a treasure in the deep mountains and forests, as it can make calls to anywhere in the world and maintain contact with the outside world, making it the safest option. Moreover, the cost of this cell phone is not cheap, about seventy to eighty thousand, it's really not common among ordinary hikers to have such a cool piece of equipment.
Money is good.
I laughed and patted Duan Guangyi on the shoulder, "Still, a wealthy person's equipment is impressive."
"Haha, I'm not really rich, just a businessman, earning a little extra money." Duan Guangyi laughed and went into the tent to sleep.
Dajinyao and Fengying also went into the tent, while the old lady said she needed to "go big" and went into the woods alone.
This time, I didn't ask anyone to track her, after all, when we fainted in the afternoon, the old lady could have eaten us or left the mountain, but she didn't. I felt I should give her some trust.
As soon as the old lady left, Cheng Yan asked me, "Li Ge, what if there's poison gas again at night? We might die in the tent."
Chengyan was frightened by the toxic gas.
I looked around and found a small stream nearby. I carefully ran over and, using three or four empty mineral water bottles, filled them with stream water. Then I ran back to the tent and grabbed the water bottles, splashing water outside the tent.
The outside of the tent had a layer of something. Once it was completely wet, it wouldn't dry overnight. As long as there was water outside the tent, neither Dingkui nor the toxic gas could enter the tent.
I repeated the process and splashed the tent I was staying in. "This is good," I reassured Chengyan and Huang Xin, urging them to sleep quickly, saying that although it might be a bit colder, it would ensure safety.
"You're really amazing, you can do anything," Huang Xin gave me a thumbs up.
I pointed to my face: "Am I impressive? I like it when beautiful women call me impressive. Come on, feel how impressive I am and give me a kiss on the face."
As soon as I said these teasing words, Da Jinya, Fengying, and the others immediately cheered.
Huang Xin's face turned red, and she threw out a "disgusting" before diving into the tent.
I asked the others to sleep as well and took over the night watch.
That night, I never imagined that my casual act of splashing water on the tent would actually save all of our lives!
Author's note: Brothers, tomorrow is the Chinese New Year, but the heavens will still update, there will be no breaks, only the update time may be earlier or later, but definitely not later than twelve o'clock.