Spirit

Author: Xianyu Jienan

Spirit

In Ximu Village, the atmosphere there seemed a bit silent for a while.

Outside Amu's residence, several corpses were placed there.

There were three corpses in total, two of which were incomplete and seemed to have been bitten by wild beasts. Only the last corpse remained intact.

The deceased's face was distorted, as if he had experienced something very frightening. Even his skin was a little shriveled, which looked quite strange.

"The three of them were discovered in the morning."

The old leader of Ximu Village sighed: "It must be that I went to the depths of the dense forest without permission in order to gain more harvest."

"He probably died from an encounter with a wild beast."

Yamu observed it for a while, and then judged: "Let the others rest first."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people around him suddenly became nervous.

"Don't worry, the plan to acquire Greenstone remains unchanged."

A few words from Amu made these people relax again.

Again, compared to the wild beasts and dangers in the jungle, what they were more afraid of was that Amu stopped purchasing green stones.

That was a real blow to them.

In today's Ximu Village, the path of collecting greenstone has been regarded as their hope for the future. Many people hope to collect greenstone, get money from Yamu, and then leave this place to settle in a prosperous city.

"These three gentlemen died in the execution of my mission. I will personally give each of their families a gold coin as a subsidy."

Amu's voice then sounded.

This is the pension.

As these words fell, the sounds around him suddenly stopped and became quiet.

The expressions on many people's faces changed. Looking at the three deceased family members, their expressions changed from sympathy to envy.

Although human life is priceless, in this mountain village, a gold coin is really worth much more than a life.

You must know that in the past, they would encounter various dangers when hunting in the mountains, and the mortality rate was also not low. Sometimes they would die without leaving anything behind.

Now they are working for Yamu, and they can actually get a pension when they die, which makes them feel excited.

The morale that had been a little low due to the deaths was suddenly boosted again.

After a while, everyone else left.

Originally, apart from Yamu, only Kali and the old leaders of Ximu Village were left.

"grown ups."

The old leader looked at Yamu with a complicated expression on his face: "You are so kind."

"I have never seen a gentleman as generous as you."

"After that, if you continue like this, you may lose a lot of gold coins."

"Um?"

Yamu looked up, seeming a little confused.

"A gold coin is already a lot of money in the eyes of many people."

The old leader smiled bitterly and said: "You are so generous, those elderly people may take the initiative to go to the depths of the dense forest to die."

Yamu thought for a moment, then suddenly realized.

This is a matter of concept.

He gave the money out of sympathy, but there was obviously a problem with giving too much money.

Mountain people have a low life. For many people here, if they can use their own life to leave a pension of about one gold coin to their children and their families, then many people will be quite happy.

He is so generous now, and many people may take the initiative to find opportunities to go deep into the jungle for the pension.

Of course it would be best if you can find the green stone. If you can't find it, you will die and you can get a good pension.

"So I need your help, chief."

Amu admitted that he was negligent.

But it's not too late to remedy it now.

"Starting from today, you divide those people into five groups and specify how many people can go in every day."

"Tell them that there will be a chance to sacrifice their lives later, but before that, if they go in without permission and die, they won't even get a single copper."

Yamu said casually.

The old leader nodded and hurriedly went down to explain.

After he left, Yamu walked aside and began to examine the body in front of him.

There were three corpses in front of me.

There was nothing wrong with the first two bodies. They were indeed attacked and killed by wild beasts.

But the third corpse was different.

Not only the strange appearance of the corpse, but also the aura on the corpse.

The aura was very strange, giving Yamu a vague feeling of discomfort, and even gave him an instinctive sense of threat.

What is this?

Could it be the so-called curse circulating around here?

Yamu frowned and secretly guessed in his mind.

From the beginning, he suspected that there should be some kind of supernatural power in this dense forest, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

Not only are extraordinary powers present in that dense forest, they have even begun to actively attack people.

Is it because they are gradually reaching the inner circle?

After thinking for a moment, he still had someone notify Kali and the leader of Ximu Village, asking them to restrain nearby villagers not to enter the dense forest.

Time passed slowly again.

Perhaps the restraints and warnings from Amu were effective, or perhaps everyone was more cautious after that. In the next few days, nothing happened here again.

However, Yamu knew in his heart that this kind of calm could not last forever.

The scope of the dense forest is limited, and the green stones existing on the periphery will eventually be collected.

It's only a matter of time before we get inside the jungle.

But sooner or later, Yamu can still develop in peace for a period of time to strengthen himself a little more.

But the accident came sooner than he expected.

Not long after, just five days later, the accident occurred.

"What did you say?"

Looking at the old leader in front of him, Yamu was a little surprised: "Kali also went in?"

"Yes yes."

In front of Yamu, the old leader's face looked a little ugly.

He explained the whole story to Amu in detail.

At the beginning, three villagers from Ximu Village disobeyed orders and ran deeper into the area without permission.

Although it's not inside a dense forest, it's still a relatively dangerous place.

After Kali learned the news, he immediately took people there to stop him and wanted to bring him back.

But now, none of these people, including Kali himself, have come back.

"Take me there."

Yamu thought for a moment and made a decision quickly.

If it were just one or two people, that would be fine, but with so many people missing now, it is unjustifiable not to look for them.

However, for the sake of safety, he still brought a lot of people with him.

This time when he came to Ximu Village, in addition to Kali, he also brought ten guards, so he took them all with him this time.

These ten guards were all carefully trained warriors by Yamu, and they all had complete equipment and horses. With Yamu as a knight apprentice, even a team of two to three hundred people dared to charge forward and fight.

The old leader also brought with him the young men from Ximu Village, more than thirty people in total, all of whom were strong and capable hunters with bows and arrows.

With such a force, even if there is any unexpected situation, Yamu will have the confidence to deal with it.

A large group of people headed towards the place where the three people disappeared.
To be continued...