Not long after, the ox cart stopped beside a small path.
"Gentlemen, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach the place you want to go tomorrow if you take the mountain road.
However, if you take the water route, you can reach the village tonight. You can also have a good rest.”
The old man driving the carriage said to Third Master Wu and the others.
"Alright, help us arrange it.”Wu San Ye said to the old man driving the carriage.
The old man naturally had no objections, but he made a heart gesture at Third Master and kept rubbing his fingers. It was obvious that he wanted money.
Pan Zi unhappily took out some money and gave it to him. The old man left happily.
"Brat Chen, why aren't you moving your things?”Third Master Wu shouted at Chen Xuan.
This was recommended by a friend of his in the underworld. He did not know much about Chen Xuan's identity.
However, now that Chen Xuan was working under him, he naturally had the right to shout at Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan didn't mind. As long as he could earn money, he would do anything.
He, Pan Zi, and Da Kui carried the bags from the car.
This wasn't something used for traveling. It was filled with tools for the bucket.
Luoyang shovel, black donkey hooves, glutinous rice, knives, ropes, candles, flashlights, torches, and so on.
This was because Wu San Ye knew that most of the tombs here were mountain tombs.
Therefore, they had brought along a lot of heavy equipment to use for cutting stones.
Each bag weighed at least a few dozen pounds.
Even Pan Zi and Da Kui felt as heavy as Mount Tai when they carried two travel bags.
Wu San Ye and Wu Xie could only carry one bag each.
The little brother was empty-handed, as if he was the leader of these people.
However, when they saw Chen Xuan holding a bag in each hand, they were dumbfounded.
These two bags added up to a hundred catties?
Why was this guy carrying two cabbages so easily?
"Brother Chen, your arm strength is not bad.”Pan Zi couldn't help but say.
Chen Xuan laughed in his heart. Forget about this hundred catties, it wouldn't be a problem for him to add another hundred catties.
However, he couldn't pretend too much. If he pretended too much, it would become showing off.
However, it also reflected that his strength had become stronger in all aspects after the inheritance.
"It's just brute strength. Hurry up and get to work. If we don't make it to the village later, we'll have to sleep in the wilderness.”Chen Xuan said to the two of them.
Wu Xie and his third uncle had already left. Pan Zi and Da Kui immediately followed them.
Following the path that the old man had just passed, the few of them came to the side of a big river.
The water flow of this river looked very gentle, as calm as the water in a pond.
However, they knew very well that this was only on the surface. There must be undercurrents surging in the river.
The river was about twenty meters wide, and there were cliffs on both sides.
As if someone had cut it out with a knife, this river flowed through the cracks of these mountains.
Looking up, he could see that there were caves everywhere on the cliff.
This was also the only place within sight where one could enter the water.
There was also a thatched pavilion by the river. Beside the pavilion was a small port.
There were only two boats, one big and one small, parked there. They were the kind of manually operated wooden boats.
Inside the pavilion, an old man driving a carriage was talking to a middle-aged man who was about forty years old.
Although they were far away, they could still see that the middle-aged man's face was pale, as if he had been sick for a long time.
He had a moustache and was smoking a pipe.
There was also a dog in the pavilion. It stayed beside its master very docilely.
This dog was not afraid of strangers. Seeing that Chen Xuan and the others did not make any noise, it continued to lie quietly in the pavilion.
"We've discussed it. He wants this number.”
When the old man saw them coming down, he walked over and stretched out five fingers towards Third Master Wu.
Pan Zi glanced at Wu San Ye. Seeing that he had no objections, he took out the money and gave it to the old man.
"Alright, gentlemen, move the things onto the boat first.”
the old man said to them after taking the money.
Then, the old man ran toward the thatched pavilion.
"Woof woof!"
Seeing Da Kui and Pan Zi moving things onto the boat, Wu Xie was bored and played with the dog in the pavilion.
"Woof woof!"
This dog really couldn't take teasing. It immediately raised its head and looked at Wu Xie.
Seeing Wu Xie barking at it, the dog immediately ran out of the pavilion.
It looked very much like those pet dogs, but this dog didn't look good.
He was covered in yellow hair, as if he hadn't showered for more than ten years. There were also scabs of dirt on his body.
"Hey! This dog is quite understanding." Wu Xie couldn't help but say.
As the dog hopped towards them.
A rotten smell assaulted his nostrils, as disgusting as the smell of dead rats.
This made Third Master Wu and the others frown. They were not unfamiliar with this smell, but it was a little strange for it to appear on a dog.
"Ugh!"
Wu Xie vomited on the spot.
The dog thought that Wu Xie wanted to play with it and kept rubbing against Wu Xie.
"Go away!"
Wu Xie could not help but curse.
Seeing that Wu Xie couldn't take it anymore, Da Kui immediately chased the dog away.
"Phew, why is this dog so smelly?”
Wu Xie finally took a deep breath and said.
However, he saw Third Uncle and the others squatting together and whispering.
"This taste can't be wrong." Pan Zi said.
"What's that smell?" Wu Xie asked curiously.”
"The smell of the dead." Wu San Ye said.
Wu Xie's expression changed drastically as he looked at the aggrieved dog with a wave of doubt.
"Why does it smell like a dead person?”Wu Xie asked.
"I'm not sure. I think there's something wrong with this boatman. Everyone, try to be careful."”
"I heard that there are corpse porters in Xiangxi. They often have to stay with corpses, so it's inevitable that they will encounter some unclean things.
Therefore, just in case, they had to eat dead people's meat every day and use corpse qi to cover their smell.
It was said that it could hide from the eyes and ears of some things.”
Chen Xuan suddenly explained to them.
"So this old man is a corpse transporter?”Pan Zi asked in surprise.
"I'm not sure." Chen Xuan shook his head.”
"Strange, why would this person feed dead people to dogs?”Wu Xie asked in confusion.
"He ate it himself," Chen Xuan said again.”
Everyone felt nauseous when they heard that.
Wu Xie started retching again.
Dead man's meat, how could someone eat such an unlucky thing?
Could it be that this remote village was really too poor?
They were the descendants of primitive tribes. Did they specialize in eating people?
How could this be?
There were actually people who ate human flesh these days?
It sounded terrifying, even though these people had killed someone before.
However, they had not gone so far as to eat human flesh.
"How did you know?" Da Kui asked.
"Don't forget what Brother Chen used to do."”
"Daoist Priest!" Da Kui said in realization.
However, Third Master Wu still looked at the little brother. He saw that the little brother's expression was as usual and he did not care about what was happening outside.
"No matter what, everyone should be as careful as possible.”
Third Master Wu had told them to be prepared just in case.
Besides Pan Zidao, Wu Wuye gave one to Wu Xie and another to Da Kui.
Chen Xuan also took out a scimitar and put it on his belt.
Pan Zi and Da Kui even took out pistols from their bags and hid them under their clothes.
Not only that, but the two of them also took out two small flashlights, which could be used as lighting during critical moments.
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