393: Chapter 387 Night Exploration 393: Chapter 387 Night Exploration Chen Hai’s words fell into Jiang Dalong’s ears, and his face was full of confusion.
After thinking for a moment, he opened his mouth to confirm, “Cousin, you’re not joking with me, are you?”
“You want me to take you around Conggui Mountain and then bring you back afterward?”
“Do you really think there’s something strange about that place?”
After saying this, Jiang Dalong stared intensely at Chen Hai, as if trying to ascertain from his face whether he truly meant it!
“What do you think?” Chen Hai responded with a roll of his eyes.
Previously, when he passed by Conggui Mountain upon his arrival in Liuyuan County, Jiang Dalong had already taken a spill.
Although it was just some minor flesh wounds, he ended up with a bruised and swollen face.
Just now, Chen Hai used the Divine Soul Eye to check on him.
That strand of black qi was still lingering on his body.
He estimated that only after tomorrow, in the daylight when the yang energy between heaven and earth was strong, would that strand of black qi be completely dissipated.
If that black qi were a kind of mark, then the chances of him having an accident when passing by Conggui Mountain in the middle of the night again could be considerable.
Although this was just a guess by Chen Hai, it’s always better to be safe than sorry.
With Chen Hai’s capability, assisting him in removing that strand of black qi was not a big issue.
But after doing so, would his cousin Jiang Dalong learn his lesson?
Without falling into a pit, one doesn’t gain wisdom.
If he held no reverence for certain things, perhaps one day he might encounter this kind of thing again!
Of course, the main reason why Chen Hai proposed taking Jiang Dalong for a spin around Conggui Mountain was his interest in that place.
He wanted to see if a trip there could yield some gains to replenish his vitality!
After all, the power he had lost had still not recovered.
“Are there really those cursed things?” Jiang Dalong was startled.
Immediately after, with a jesting smile, he added, “A while back, that ‘New Legend of White Snake’ was airing on TV, and I was so envious of Xu Xian!”
“Cousin, do you think there’s a Snake Demon in Conggui Mountain?”
“If there really is such a thing, I want to learn from Xu Xian too…”
Ignorance is bliss, looking at the unseemly Jiang Dalong in front of him, Chen Hai was somewhat at a loss for words.
He really didn’t know what to say to this guy!
“You want to follow Xu Xian’s example and play with sun snakes?
If something like that really does happen, just don’t faint from fear!” It was a good while before he replied irritably.
Chen Hai had indeed seen a Snake Demon before!
The first time he encountered that thing, it terrified him to the core, and he trembled uncontrollably.
Jiang Dalong wanted to play with a sun snake?
If he really saw such a thing, it would be good if he didn’t scare himself impotent…
Unknown things, apart from inciting fear, can also easily arouse curiosity.
Seeing his cousin Chen Hai didn’t appear to be joking, but was actually preparing to take a trip to Conggui Mountain at this hour to see the strangeness of the place for himself.
Jiang Dalong’s curiosity was quickly piqued.
The skewer of barbecued beef that the stall owner had just finished grilling and delivered to them, Chen Hai and he had polished off in just a few minutes.
“Let’s go, Cousin!” Without waiting for Chen Hai to speak, he had already climbed onto the 250cc motorcycle parked a few meters away, urging Chen Hai to join him.
Seeing his reaction, Chen Hai smiled and didn’t say much.
He walked up to Jiang Dalong and swung a leg over the back seat.
“Vroom, vroom, vroom…” Amidst the roar of the engine, Jiang Dalong carried Chen Hai, racing out of the city.
Conggui Mountain fell under the jurisdiction of Wuyang Town, about twenty kilometers away from Liuyuan County.
This stretch of road was a steep slope.
First, it climbed uphill, then downhill, and where the two slopes met, there was a sharp turn.
Above the road at this turn, there was an arched bridge that connected two adjacent mountains.
Riding the motorcycle, it was twenty minutes later when Chen Hai and Jiang Dalong arrived at this spot.
Although it wasn’t midnight yet, it was only about ten to twenty minutes away.
Parking the motorcycle under the bridge on the roadside, Jiang Dalong got off the bike.
He took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one for himself, and then passed another one to Chen Hai.
“Cousin, we’ve already arrived at the place, didn’t you say there was something strange here?
Why is there nothing?” Jiang Dalong looked around and chuckled.
“Where exactly did you fall before?” Instead of responding directly to Jiang Dalong’s question, Chen Hai asked back.
“It wasn’t under this arch bridge, you have to walk a bit further!”
“It’s by the steep slope at the side of the road, down the slope, one side is a fish pond, the other is a paddy field!”
While puffing out clouds of smoke, Jiang Dalong casually replied.
This place, Wuyang Town, is Chen Hai’s true hometown.
Although he had never been to Conggui Mountain, just a few kilometers away from Wuyang Town, at night, he had passed by countless times during the day.
As soon as Jiang Dalong mentioned the location, he already knew roughly where it was.
“Let’s park the car here and go, let’s check out the place ahead!” Frowning, Chen Hai waved his hand and beckoned to Jiang Dalong.
“Alright, whatever you say, but I’ve got to take a leak first!” Unconcerned, Jiang Dalong shrugged his shoulders.
As he spoke, he just stood by the side of the road, pulled out his tool, and began to relieve himself loudly.
Ten minutes later, using the parked car’s arch bridge location as the center, both Chen Hai and Jiang Dalong had already walked back and forth on this stretch of road several times and had once again returned to the motorcycle.
“Cousin, I was waiting for the sun snake, right?
The two of us, walking back and forth here several times, haven’t seen a single hair.”
“I told you, under this bright heaven, how could there be such strange things?
Didn’t the country forbid all that becoming supernatural a long time ago?”
“So now what?
Should I take you back to the county again?”
Lighting up another cigarette, Jiang Dalong chuckled.
This guy, bragging about his bravery, might actually not be boasting.
Walking back and forth around Conggui Mountain, he had been entirely nonchalant without even a single furrow in his brow.
Frowning, Chen Hai remained silent.
As they had patrolled this road back and forth, he had frequently used his Divine Soul Eye to survey their surroundings.
Unfortunately, besides feeling that this stretch of road was somewhat chilly, he hadn’t found anything else.
“Let’s do this, Brother Dalong, I’ll step aside for a bit!”
“How about you walk back and forth on this stretch of road alone for a couple more times, what do you think?”
After some thought, Chen Hai spoke up again, suggesting.
Conggui Mountain did have a creepy reputation, that was for sure, but that didn’t mean one would definitely encounter mishaps just by passing by – it still depended on chance!
Some people often passed by without any issues at all!
Some people, the first time passing through, might end up having an accident and encountering something eerie!
When he was at home, his father, Chen Zhonghua, only mentioned that this place would have three to five incidents a year when he talked with Jiang Dalong about Conggui Mountain!
Could one encounter strange events when passing through this place at midnight?
Were there any patterns or rules to it?
Chen Hai was just as unclear.
He only felt that since Jiang Dalong was surrounded by dark energy, there should be a high chance of encountering some inexplicable oddities when passing by here at night!
But now, after he and Jiang Dalong had already walked back and forth on this stretch of road several times and since nothing had happened and nothing had appeared, Chen Hai felt that the root of the issue might lie with himself.
“Okay, cousin, I’ll do as you say and continue to walk this stretch a couple more times!”
“But let’s make it clear, just these last two times.
If nothing happens again, let’s not fuss about it anymore and head straight back to the county!”
“I won’t go back to the town tonight, I’ll just find a place to stay in the county!”
With a hint of helplessness, Jiang Dalong grimaced and replied.
At first, when he followed Chen Hai here, he was a bit curious and wanted to see whether he could really witness any strange things!
But now, after pacing a few hundred meters back and forth several times, he had run out of patience.
It was only the promise of a 400,000 yuan investment from Chen Hai to open a sand quarry that was making him comply so readily.
In front of Chen Hai, he didn’t have much leverage; that was why he was obeying him.
If it was a few years earlier, him as the elder cousin, the idea of Chen Hai, this little cousin, ordering him around, would have been a real oddity!
“Fine, we’ll walk these last two times.
If nothing happens, we’ll just go back!” Nodding, Chen Hai agreed.
Upon hearing Chen Hai’s words, Jiang Dalong didn’t waste any more words.
With his legs splayed out in a stance, he began to walk unhurriedly towards the front.