At this moment, the mountain god in the mountain temple opened his eyes.
Two hundred miles away, at the Qingshan County Government Office, a man in red clothes raised his eyebrows.
"Woodcutter Mountain!"
The lights were on and the whole city was under martial law at the county government hall. Lian Nishang, who was sitting with a sword in her hand, suddenly stood up, a gleam of light flashing in her almond-shaped eyes.
"Captain Lian!"
Below, the county magistrate Zhang Cheng, who was on night duty, saw this and spoke with a slightly startled expression.
But in the next second, the woman in front of him shook and disappeared on the spot.
At the same time, in the night, some dark shadows wandering in Langdang Mountain suddenly stopped, their scarlet green eyes turned, and then they all rushed towards one place.
Snowflakes rustled, and these dark shadows moved silently in the forest, as if they were the masters of the mountains.
"squeak"
Sixty miles southeast of Qingshan County, a little squirrel stood on a bare branch of a large tree, and the branch was weighed down by a lot of weight.
The little squirrel's obsidian eyes were looking at a white ape and a wild boar in the snow not far away. Suddenly, it made some "Ahhh" and "Hunchi" sounds, then turned around and headed straight to the northeast at a very fast speed, as if it had suddenly received some instructions.
The little squirrel made a squeaking sound and called out to the people below.
Soon, a white fox appeared from the snow below.
The little squirrel squeaked and pointed with its chubby little paws in the direction where the two demons were running.
Then, its belly swelled up like a puffer fish's, and then it jumped down from the branch with a whoosh.
The branches shook, and the snow fell down. The little squirrel turned into a fat ball, opened its arms, and glided down.
The white fox below was running on the snow, heading straight towards the direction where the little squirrel was gliding. Then it suddenly jumped and grabbed the little squirrel's legs with its two paws.
At this point, the little squirrel's belly bulged again, and its falling momentum stopped. It swooped down, forming a "U"-shaped parabola, and then crossed the mountains and forests, heading east to follow the two contracted demons.
Just as the monsters in Langdang Mountain were rushing eastward, two figures in the sky above Qingshan County looked at a red figure with dim eyes as it shot out from the direction of the county government office towards the northeast of the county town!
It was the evil-minded Li Boya and the human demon Ren Tianxing.
Li Boya saw the direction where the red-clothed figure was rushing away, realized something, his eyebrows moved, and he raised his hand to draw a circle in the air in front of him.
Then he blew out a breath of white air, which turned into a streak of light. As his hand drew a circle, it suddenly formed a mirror.
Soon, images flashed inside.
In the dilapidated mountain temple, with snow and wind howling outside, a bonfire was burning and flickering. A dozen hunters sat around the fire, looking at an old man who was being helped up by a man beside the fire.
Li Boya narrowed his eyes, then dispersed the white mist and laughed.
"It seems that this woman has some tricks up her sleeve. She went there in a hurry, so she must have found someone. It seems that this old man is very important to them. Haha, it's my turn to come on stage next."
"Wait until I bring the bodies of these two men back to Your Excellency."
"I hope Mr. Ren will not let me down."
Seeing that Li Jia Wu Zang, who had the background of the imperial court, had already had the intention to kill, Ren Tianxing, the demon beside him, turned his frightening eyes towards him, smiling but not smiling, with a somewhat ferocious look, "Aren't you afraid of the warning from the one at Qingshan Inn?"
However, Li Boya's calculating eyes narrowed, and he said in a light tone, "Even if this senior is half a step away from becoming a dragon or tiger, he will not go to fight with my Li family for these people. He also has his own clansmen. If he kills someone, I will leave after the matter is done. What can he do to me?"
As he spoke, he stroked his beard and laughed. His laughter was as shrill as a night owl in the night sky.
When the Musashi Demon Ren Tianxing heard this, his terrifying black eyes flashed with an intriguing smile.
"I was thinking the same thing."
"I don't know what an old, half-step dragon and tiger is planning to do when he comes to Qingshan County, but he wants me to give up with just one sentence. Is he underestimating my ability to become a saint?"
"I'm afraid that when the good show starts, this person may not dare to stand up."
"It seems that you have something else to tell me!" Li Boya felt a chill in his heart when he heard the tone of this demon. He remembered that all the people in Chengshengdi were crazy. He guessed that this person was not only planning to take over the entire county to vent his hatred, but also had his own plans.
"Lee Musashi will find out soon enough!"
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to speak, Li Boya did not ask any more questions and just smiled to himself.
"Well, since you don't want to say it, I will go and bring the body back to you to cheer you up."
Having said that, the Li family's Musashi turned around, waved his sleeves, and then flew across the sky towards the northeast as if he was strolling in the garden.
He's not very fast.
A good soup needs to be cooked slowly, so I thought about waiting until everyone was gathered before starting. Even if the woman found the old man, so what? Everything was under control.
Ren Tianxing watched as the Li family's Musashi left and his figure gradually disappeared into the sky. His golden pupils like a snake's eyes turned into a vertical line, and then his figure continued to soar into the sky. He immediately raised one hand, turned it into a sword finger, and pressed towards the Yin-Yang fish pattern in the lotus crown just above his eyebrows.
The Yin-Yang fish was pinched by his sword finger, picked up and thrown into the sky.
Suddenly, the Yin-Yang fish grew larger in the wind and became more than ten feet long. It spun in the air. The Yin fish and the Yang fish slowly opened from the dividing line, revealing a shocking blood light.
There was a demonic sound whistling inside, and it seemed like a passage!
But the crack quickly closed, and then the Yin and Yang fish separated and turned into a white gas and a black gas with a bang, stirring up the wind and clouds in the sky where wind and snow were flying.
"Boom"
A loud thunder exploded.
A blue thunder tree split the night sky.
Immediately afterwards, "clatter", heavy rain poured down.
In a room on the sixth floor of Qingshan Inn, it was dark at this moment.
"puff"
Suddenly, a flame lit up.
Behind the screen, on a cushion, the old ancestor of the Fang family opened his eyelids, which were as dry as old tree bark, and his eyes flickered with flickering candlelight.
Then, his figure disappeared from the room and appeared above the inn.
His eyes were as sharp as fire in the rainy and snowy night as he scanned Qingshan County inside and outside, but he found nothing strange.
The flames in his eyes shrank slightly. He just felt a strong spatial fluctuation for a moment, but it quickly disappeared.
And now he can't catch it.
Is it an illusion?
No, he knew, it was probably those two guys who were causing trouble today.
It seems that Musashi from the Li family in the Central Plains and the human-demon from the Holy Land do not take my words seriously.
On the other side, two hundred miles northeast of Qingshan County, is Songqiao Mountain.
"Boom"
A flash of lightning split the night sky and illuminated a mountain temple with flickering flames at the foot of the mountain.
"Damn it, it's raining!"
In the temple, the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time, and the bonfire dispelled the cold air that was blowing in from outside.
Listening to the heavy rain outside, complaints were heard inside.
"It's windy, snowy and rainy. It looks like we can't leave today."
"Hurry up and bring in all the prey you've hunted, otherwise the snow will be soaked by the rain and the smell will come out, which will easily attract the animals in the mountains."
The hunters in Zhuangjiaaozi hurried out in the rain and snow to bring in the prey they had hidden in the snow outside.
They are all pheasants, rabbits, and larger ones such as musk deer and goats.
These prey were bled and placed outside in the snow to keep them fresh and also to cover up the smell. However, as soon as it rains, they have to be brought in, otherwise the snow will be washed away by the rain, and the bloody smell hidden inside will be washed out, which will easily attract creatures in the mountains.
These are the experiences of hunters in the mountains.
"Hiss, Ha" "Siha"
The hunters hurriedly brought their harvest into the temple and placed it away. Fortunately, the prey had been frozen hard and there was no smell. However, they had been caught in the rain and felt very cold, with white steam coming out of their mouths, so they hurried to the fire to warm themselves.
"Zhuang Laoer, why don't you go out? It's raining heavily outside. Be careful not to ruin your prey." Someone asked when they saw that the man did not move.
"I threw away everything I hit because it was heavy. I was thinking about saving people at the time, and it started snowing halfway. I was afraid I might get blinded, so I hurried back." Zhuang Lao Er was chopping firewood with an axe in his hand at this time. He threw the chopped firewood into the fire in front of him to make it burn more vigorously, and from time to time he felt the temperature of the unconscious old man next to him and kept adding firewood, saying nonchalantly.
After hearing this, everyone understood the logic and looked at the old man again.
One of the older hunters, who was an uncle in the village, sighed.
"Why are you doing this? There are six people in your family, and they all depend on you to go into the mountains this time."
"The old man is already weak, and he's injured. His body is stiff, and he can only breathe in but not out. I'm afraid he won't survive the night. The soup and herbs we have won't be able to save him."
"Okay, we are all from the same village, let's go into the mountains together and I'll give you some."
After this was said, some people were unhappy.
After all, each has its own reasons and difficulties.
"Uncle Guaizi, we are all dependent on this little money for relief. We don't know when the snow will stop. Don't do it for others. Zhuang Laoer is a chivalrous man. It's his own business to be a good man. Don't drag me into this."
"Yes."
"If it weren't for Zhuang Lao Er's delay, we would have probably all returned to the village. Now we are trapped here, which is somewhat unsafe."
Everyone has their complaints.
"Hey," the man called Uncle Guaizi opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
The man named Zhuang Laoer knew that he had caused trouble for everyone. "I'm sorry, everyone. We are all poor people trying to make a living. We can't just stand by and watch him die. As for whether he can be saved or not, it depends on the old man himself. I, Zhuang Laoer, will only do my best."
"It seems that we can't go back today. I will stay here to keep watch. Everyone should conserve their energy and try to go back early."
This man was an honest person. He offered to keep watch all night to ease everyone's resentment. He also wanted to stay and take care of the old man to see if he could survive the night.
"Fine!"
"We can only deal with it here for one night."
No one said much. They were all from the same hometown. Although they might not all be of the same mind, it was not easy to say anything more. After all, they were trying to save people.
The hunters had been hunting in the snowy forests in the mountains for a whole day and were already exhausted. Seeing the snow and rain outside, they knew they couldn't go back today, so they simply sat around the fire and slept in their clothes. Soon, the entire mountain temple became quiet.
All that was left was the crackling sound of the fire and the rising smoke mixed with flickering sparks.
In this way, time passed slowly.
The sound of rain outside and the occasional thunder set off this small temple in the mountains and forests.
While the hunters were asleep and only Zhuang Laoer was on guard, no one noticed that behind the fire, the mud statue of the mountain god was staring at them with a pair of stone eyes in the flickering firelight, which looked a bit creepy under the lightning.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Suddenly, the hounds, who were lying quietly in a corner behind the fire, moved their ears, and then one of them stood up suddenly.
"Wang"
The sound was very harsh in the silent temple.
Soon after, the other hounds were startled and started barking wildly towards the door.
"Wang Wang Wang"
This quickly woke up the hunters.
The first one to react was Zhuang Lao Er, who was on night guard. He clenched the axe in his hand, jumped up immediately, picked up the big bow and quiver hanging on the pillar next to him, then stared vigilantly at the wind and rain outside the house and walked over slowly.
The other hunters were also awakened from their sleep.
"What happened?"
"Take care of your own stuff."
Everyone quickly picked up the tools beside them and stared at the dark outside.
At this moment, everyone's hound barked wildly, rushed to the door, growled in his throat, hunched his back and his fur stood on end.
But soon, the large group of hounds seemed to sense some danger and retreated, whimpering in their throats.
suddenly,
"Boom"
A flash of lightning cut through the night.
On the window papers outside the temple, there were several huge and ferocious silhouettes.
Pairs of red or green lights gradually appeared in the darkness.
"hou"
Outside the house, a ferocious beast roar suddenly sounded.
Next second,
"boom"
"boom"
"boom"
The two doors and three windows of the mountain temple were blown open by an invisible force.
In an instant, howling snow and rain were blown in by the biting cold wind.
As the fire in the temple swayed, the hunters looked outside the temple with their eyes widened and their faces changed drastically.
Outside, one huge monster after another revealed their true forms.
A two-meter-tall white ape, a three-meter-long wild boar with ferocious fangs, and a coiled python as tall as a two-story building.
There were also squirrels and white foxes that flew to a window like Fat Orange.
"Monster!"
The hunters were terrified, their faces turned pale, they stepped back, and their hands holding their weapons went limp.
"Roar"
Suddenly, the white ape outside the temple roared, then rushed into the temple.
The tall and strong ape body stared at the ceiling, and its pair of scarlet eyes swept over the people who screamed and retreated, then its gaze directly fixed on the old man next to the fire, and it leaned over, stretched out its big hand, and grabbed him directly.
at this time,
It broke through the air with a "swoosh".
I saw a rocket shooting directly towards the demon ape's big hand.
Then there was a "ding" sound of metal colliding and the rocket fell down.
Then a figure appeared in front of the unconscious old man.
"Zhuang Lao Er!"
Some people exclaimed that this guy was trying to stop a chariot with his bare hands.
But then the demon ape suddenly reached out its big hand and grabbed Zhuang Lao Er.
Just when everyone thought that this guy was definitely going to die, the demon ape gently put him aside.
Then two big hands gently picked up the unconscious old man lying on the ground! (End of this chapter)
