After some discussion, Zhou Zhijie ended the conversation with Mr. Long.

The night passed, dawn came, and on the morning of the third day of entering the Gongtian Mountain, Zhou Zhijie announced something when everyone was having breakfast.

"Today's rush can be slowed down, I think the temperature will be the highest today, I'd rather walk less and maintain good energy. ”

Su Shao and the others didn't know why, they only knew that they could be a little less tired today, and they were all very happy.

After breakfast, Zhou Zhijie remained silent and divided the dozen bodyguards into two parts, leaving only three people in this part, one in front and the guides to explore the way, and two in the back.

The other part is the rest of the bodyguards, led by Mr. Long, directly into the nearby woods and disappeared.

Su Shao and the others didn't know what this group of bodyguards were doing at all, after all, Zhou Zhijie didn't say it.

Wang Lun and Luo Daochang hung at the back of the team, hurrying unhurriedly, as Zhou Zhijie said at breakfast, this time the speed of rushing slowed down a lot.

Behind them were the two bodyguards in charge of the palace.

"The girl of the Zhou family can't bear it anymore. ”

Luo Daochang laughed in a low voice.

Wang Lun also nodded, having the same opinion as Luo Daochang.

Zhou Zhijie's move was to send most of her subordinates out to see if she could find Yantan in the nearby area.

Therefore, Zhou Zhijie deliberately asked them to hurry slowly, in order to provide time for those subordinates who searched Yantan.

Wang Lun asked, "Will they return in vain?"

Luo Daochang gloated: "Of course, this direction is wrong in the first place, and only ghosts can be found in Yantan." ”

"Then wait, Zhou Zhijie can't bear it, and she will naturally reveal the true purpose of coming to Gongtian Mountain. Wang Lun smiled.

This day, in the rush that is not fast or slow, ends slowly.

Su Shao and the others may not have been physically exhausted so fast, and they have some energy, and they ran over to provoke them a few times, but after no one paid attention to them, they were bored.

When it was getting dark, Zhou Zhijie ordered one of the bodyguards to send a signal flare into the air.

After a while, bodyguards came back one after another, and they came back from all directions.

Mr. Long, who came back at the end, looked at Zhou Zhijie's expression, and knew that everyone had returned in vain, so he had to nod to Zhou Zhijie vaguely.

Since a fortuitous search doesn't work, there's no other option.

The next morning, Zhou Zhijie gathered everyone, spread the map on a stone, and said to everyone: "It is the fourth day that we have come to Gongtian Mountain, and everyone only knows that I am going to the hinterland of Gongtian Mountain, and the specific location is not clear, now I will tell you." ”

A local guide nodded after listening: "If there is a specific location, it is much more directional." ”

He and the other guide had long suspected that this kind of headless fly rush was not reasonable.

"I'm going to a place called Yantan, in this Gongtian Mountain, do the two guides know this place?"

Zhou Zhijie asked directly.

At this time, Wang Lun glanced at Luo Daochang and found that the latter's expression was as usual, so he was relieved.

The city government of Luo Daochang should be able to deal with Zhou Zhijie well, and prevent Zhou Zhijie and the feminine Mr. Long from discovering the clues.

"Yantan?" a guide asked curiously, "Is that a waterhole?" Miss Zhou, with all due respect, there are many places in the Gongtian Mountains that do not have names. ”

Another guide added: "Some places have names, but only certain people know them, if you can, please tell Miss Zhou in detail about this Yantan." ”

Zhou Zhijie didn't speak immediately, and looked at Luo Daochang and Wang Lun: "Luo Daochang, your sect is in this Gongtian Mountain, have you heard of the place name Yantan?"

Compared with asking the guides, when she asked Luo Daochang at this moment, her eyes were burning, as if she wanted to see through the hearts of Luo Daochang and Wang Lun.

Mr. Long on the side was also staring at the two of them, wanting to find information from any of their actions.

After all, neither he nor Zhou Zhijie trusted these two.

Luo Daochang still looked very unhappy with Zhou Zhijie, and said lazily: "I haven't heard of it." What kind of hot pool, messy, there are many water pools in the Tianshan Mountains. ”

Zhou Zhijie didn't speak, her eyes were very sharp, staring at Luo Daochang, and Luo Daochang was an old fritter, and his demeanor was not unusual at all.

As for Wang Lun, on the one hand, he really didn't know where Yantan was, and he wouldn't show any abnormal expressions, and on the other hand, most of Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long's attention was not on him, so he wouldn't arouse suspicion.

Zhou Zhijie stared at Luo Daochang for a few seconds before finally looking away.

The same goes for Mr. Long.

"Since everyone has never heard of the name Yantan, then I will talk about it in detail. ”

"Yantan is a hot spring pool, it is different from other hot springs, you don't need to soak in the water, just standing more than ten meters from the shore, you can feel the scorching breath emanating. ”

"In addition, if you can see the water, you will see that the water has red spots of light when the sun shines on it. ”

Zhou Zhijie said two important characteristics of Yantan in a row.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw that the older of the two guides had a change in face.

"Miss Zhou, you can't go to that place!"

The elder guide shouted categorically, his expression serious.

Facing Zhou Zhijie before, he was respectful, but now, he doesn't seem to care about anything else.

Zhou Zhijie's heart froze, and she hurriedly asked, "Do you know that place?"

"I can't go to that place, I really can't go there!"

The older guide's face turned pale, and he spoke out again to dissuade him.

"Don't panic yet, you tell me, do you know the specific location of Yantan?" Zhou Zhijie was a little impatient.

Yantan was terrible, and scared the guide, but she had to ask the questions she had to ask, and she had to get answers.

The older guide was still frightened, and Mr. Long came over at this time and smiled gently: "Don't be afraid, just talk about Yantan, whether you go or not will be left to your choice." ”

The words had a comforting effect, and the older guide began to slowly calm down his fears.

But the voice still trembled a little.

"That place, I heard an elder in the village say, it is a place occupied by evil creatures, contaminated by the scorching breath, even if you don't die on the spot, you will definitely have a serious illness and die when you return home, it is rumored that no animal can survive within a radius of five kilometers around that place. ”

"And the red point of light you said, Miss Zhou, is rumored to be the eyes of those evil creatures that inhabit the pool, as long as it is targeted, no matter how fast you run, you will be caught up, and you will be sucked dry of blood and die. ”

"That place is too terrifying, it's not just rumors, there were people in the village and outside the village because of it decades ago, we call that place a forbidden place, really, Miss Zhou, that place is too dangerous, there is no return!"

The older guide looked frightened and very frightened.

Zhou Zhijie felt that it was normal for the other party to have this reaction, at least it showed that the forbidden place in the other party's mouth was most likely the Yantan she was looking for.

She said, "Do you know how to get there?"

The elder guide shook his head, quickly nodded again, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "If Miss Zhou must go, I can mark the approximate location of the forbidden place on this map." ”

He continued: "In the past few decades, only our generation has known about the forbidden land, and the younger ones, we will not choose to tell them that the place is deep in the hinterland of the Gongtian Mountain, and ordinary people will not go there. ”

Zhou Zhijie didn't care so much, as long as she got the position, she said: "Then it's troublesome for you." ”

A bodyguard handed over a charcoal pen, and the older guide took the pen and began to stare at the map.

Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long had bright eyes, staring closely at the hand of the older guide holding the pen.

Su Shao and the others are still in the fog, and they are going around, as if the place where the eldest lady of the Zhou family is going is a very dangerous place?

"I didn't expect that. Luo Daochang was next to Wang Lun and said in a low voice.

Wang Lun knew what Luo Daochang meant.

Qianfamen and Yantan have always been hidden, especially Yantan, Luo Daochang probably can't judge that there are still people living in Gongtian Mountain who know the existence of Yantan.

"It doesn't matter, the guide doesn't say, I will also go to Yantan, and Zhou Zhijie will also go then, and now we have confirmed Zhou Zhijie's purpose. ”

Wang Lun also said in a low voice, feeling that this moment had finally come.

Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long's destination is really the same as his.

Therefore, the jade box that Zhou Zhijie auctioned at a high price was obviously also prepared for Yantan.

I just don't know if Zhou Zhijie and that Mr. Long can deal with that flame snake.

Wang Lun wanted to get to that place as soon as possible.

As he thought about this, the elder guide searched his memories and finally determined the approximate location of the forbidden place he had spoken.

Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long noticed that the older guide had drawn a circle in the southeast hinterland of the map.

Compared with their current location, the location of Yantan is still very far away from them, and if they follow the current route, they will never meet it.

Zhou Zhijie also knew that she had to tell the information about Yantan, which was not a fluke.

Fortunately, someone knows Yantan's whereabouts, and this time she came out on behalf of the family, so she shouldn't go back empty-handed.

"There's no way to pinpoint the exact location, but the forbidden land is within this circle. The older guide put down his pen and said with certainty.

Mr. Long looked at it and found that the size of the actual representation of this circle may be within the range of five or six hundred acres, which is not very large, and with so many bodyguards searching together, it will not be difficult to find Yantan at that time.

Next, it was to see how the group of people who came over chose it, he couldn't help but look at Zhou Zhijie, and waited for Zhou Zhijie to ask this question.

Zhou Zhijie asked the bodyguards to put away the map carefully, and then said to the two guides first: "It's up to you to decide whether to go to Yantan or not, if you go, everyone will be paid an additional 500,000 yuan, and this side will try to ensure safety." ”

The elder guide did not hesitate and said directly to Zhou Zhijie: "Miss Zhou, I don't want to go, that place is too mysterious." ”

He was afraid that he would not have money to spend.

Regarding that forbidden place, it is not a rumor, but there are people in and outside the village who have died because of it, and he doesn't want to give his life in vain, naturally his life is more important than money.