Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 630 Sudden accident

"What did you say!?"

"I knew you wouldn't believe me! Don't even mention you! I don't believe it myself! I just asked someone, and they said this place is called Qiandao Lake?"

“Yes, this is Qiandaohu Town, Chun’an County,” I told him.

Old Guo looked excited, and there was not a trace of lying in his eyes.

"Let me sort this out. You mean you were sleeping in the experimental field at 11 p.m. last night, and then you had a dream where the Taoist priest was carrying you and running away? And then you woke up here?" I asked him.

"That's right!"

"I don't know anyone here! Except you!"

My expression changed drastically.

How is that possible?

It must be about 2,000 kilometers from Kangding to Chun'an, right? Even if you drive at top speed, it's impossible to get there in one night.

Old Guo became even more agitated. He turned his pants pockets inside out and said, "I'm still wearing slippers! I don't have a single penny on me! How can I travel so far like this? I wasn't dreaming last night! That really happened!" He emphasized again.

"Fengzi! The boat will be leaving in a few minutes!" Douya shouted from afar.

"Please wait here for a moment."

I ran back to the boat and quickly told the foreman what had happened, pointing out Guo Qingzhong's location. We had lived in the experimental field years ago, and the foreman knew Guo.

Judging from the expression on the leader's face, he also found it unbelievable.

Suddenly a commotion broke out, and someone on the boat shouted, "Look over there! It looks like someone has fallen into the water!"

I squeezed through to take a look.

A person appeared on the lake surface. It didn't seem like he had fallen into the water. The person was sitting in a wooden basin, as if he had floated down from the upper reaches of the Xin'an River.

I gradually got a clearer look at that person.

It's a Taoist priest!

The mad Taoist priest was shirtless, head bowed, hair disheveled, sitting cross-legged in a wooden basin, letting the basin drift and sway with the lake waves, while he remained unmoved.

I shouted at him.

But he seemed to be asleep, sitting in the basin without any reaction.

Some kind-hearted people found lifebuoys and threw them overboard, while onlookers took out their phones to capture the scene.

They watched helplessly as the wooden tub and the person were carried ashore by the current.

After discussing it with the captain, we decided to take the 11 o'clock boat instead, and then we got off the boat with our luggage.

There were many onlookers at the dock, but no one dared to go forward.

"Master Dao! Master Dao!" Old Guo cried out in mourning as he knelt before the wooden basin.

Why are you crying!

"Master Dao is dead! Last night, his spirit must have brought me here so I could collect his body!"

"Don't talk nonsense! He's not dead!"

Although the mad Taoist priest kept his head down and remained motionless, I noticed that his chest was rising and falling slightly.

Just as I was about to reach out and touch it, the person suddenly moved.

"what......"

The mad Taoist straightened his back, stretched out his arms and yawned. Then he stood up and jumped onto the stone steps.

Looking at the mad Taoist priest in front of me, I felt that he seemed to have shrunk in height... really, at least five centimeters shorter. In addition, his belly had grown bigger, I wonder if he had just drowned.

The Taoist priest had a deep gaze. He first looked at me, then at Lao Guo, and said, "Do you know why I saved you back then?"

Old Guo immediately replied respectfully, "The Taoist master said I had a predestined affinity with Taoism, so he took me in, taught me skills, and let me live in seclusion in the deep mountains to cultivate myself, while also taking care of the flowers, plants and crops behind the house. That's how I escaped the great calamity of my life at the age of thirty-seven."

The Taoist priest then asked, "Are you still familiar with the scents of those flowers and plants?"

"Naturally familiar."

"Alright, take me there to find it."

Old Guo looked up, puzzled. "I don't understand what you mean, Master. What are you looking for?"

"Let's find the scent of those flowers, let's go and take a walk around here."

After saying this, the mad Taoist priest walked forward.

Lao Guo followed closely behind.

The foreman and I had no idea what was going on, but out of curiosity, we decided to follow along and see what was happening. The foreman left Xiao Xuan and Dou Ya Zai at the pier to watch the luggage.

As they walked south from the dock, the mad Taoist priest told Lao Guo that if he smelled any of those flowers, he should stop and let him know.

They walked through the streets and alleys for two hours.

Suddenly, Lao Guo stopped in his tracks. He looked up at a three-story brick building by the roadside and said, "There's a scent of flowers here."

"It can be confirmed."

"Reporting to Daoist Master, I'm certain, there's no mistake."

The mad Taoist priest nodded.

The brick building's wooden door was tightly shut, presumably locked from the inside. The Taoist priest stepped forward and placed his right hand on the door.

With a loud bang!

The hinges and screws fixed on both sides of the door frame came loose instantly, as if they had been hit by a heavy hammer.

The mad Taoist priest raised his hand and pressed down again.

With a muffled thud, the entire small door, along with its frame, collapsed.

The Taoist priest stepped into the building.

I quickly grabbed Lao Guo and asked, "What's going on? What was that flower fragrance you smelled just now?"

"I don't know either. There's a small garden in the experimental field. Dao Ye used to have me take care of the garden. The fragrance of those flowers is very unique. Didn't you smell it?"

I took two deep breaths of the air.

There's no fragrance at all.

"What exactly does it taste like?" I pressed.

"It smells like incense ash, with a strong floral scent. The smell is really strong in this building! I could smell it from far away when the wind blew just now!"

The scent is similar to incense ash... Could it be that my cold isn't getting better yet?

"Boss, you can smell it?"

He shook his head: "Let's go in and take a look."

The interior of this small brick building was rather dark. Even though it was broad daylight, the building was very gloomy, and the furniture was old and worn, not like it had been inhabited for many years. In particular, the wooden staircase leading to the second floor creaked as you stepped on it, as if it might collapse at any moment.

At this moment, Lao Guo suddenly leaned against the wall and started coughing.

I asked him what was wrong.

He said the fragrance of the flowers was too strong and his nose couldn't stand it.

Upon reaching the third floor, they saw the mad Taoist priest standing outside a room, muttering to himself, "If it weren't for the fact that I achieved perfect harmony with my life and body a few days ago and my spirit emerged, you would have truly managed to deceive us."

After saying that, he kicked the door open.

Shouts from men and women immediately came from inside the house.

I was startled when I saw who was inside.

"Water?!"

There were two people inside, a man and a woman. The man was very young, and I didn't recognize him. The woman was Xia Shuishui! The two seemed to be thinking about something in the room when the mad Taoist priest kicked the door open, interrupting them!

Xia Shuishui looked completely bewildered. Seeing me, she immediately exclaimed, "Xiang Yunfeng! What are you doing here? How did you know I was here? My dad told you? No… I didn't tell my dad!"

The mad Taoist priest kicked over a chair, then stepped forward with a fierce shout: "Hey! Even if you turn to ashes, you won't escape my piercing eyes!"

"This old Taoist priest is acting on behalf of Heaven! Prepare to die!"

Without saying a word, the mad Taoist priest swung his palm and struck Xia Shuishui.

Xia Shuishui screamed in fright and quickly hid behind me. She cried out nervously, "What's going on, Xiang Yunfeng! I don't know this old man at all!"

"Step aside!"

I quickly raised my hand and said, "Master, please calm down. Is there some misunderstanding?"

The next second, I was thrown out of the air.

Xia Shuishui screamed, clutching her head. The mad Taoist priest's right palm stopped in front of Xia Shuishui because the man with her suddenly grabbed him tightly from behind!

The man shouted, "This old man is crazy! Shui Shui, run!"

Xia Shuishui immediately turned around and ran downstairs.

The mad Taoist priest shoved the man aside, then used the table as a springboard to leap in two steps, kicked the window open, and jumped directly from the third floor.