Volume 1 Huangquan December, Chapter 39: Winning the King and Losing the Bandit
"Aren't we looking for someone? It's not appropriate to waste time in a place like this."
At night, several people lit a small candle and sat in a circle around the table. Shi Wuqi spread his hands, frowned and complained.
The child's mother stayed with them for dinner and told them what happened in this mountain village. It was very fertile and peaceful, and people lived smoothly. Until not long ago, people began to disappear.
He is a young man, a laborer in the family, and having enough food for his family has become a problem.
I thought I had gone far in the mountains and would be back in a few days. Some relatives and friends sent people to look for them, but some never came back. One day, someone found an unrecognizable corpse in the woods. Those who rushed there
At that time, some animals were eating.
"Are there wolves or tigers in the mountains?"
"It's hard to say. The tooth mark looked like that of a tiger, but it was much finer. A few people held fire and approached it, and the beast ran away. It didn't look like a big beast."
"Forget about subduing demons. This sounds like something a beast would do. Why don't we just find more people? It's not our turn to take action, right?"
"Sir, you don't know something. The mountain has always been very peaceful. All the heroes in our village are strong and can fight. We feel that it is not necessarily caused by animals, but that it is most likely caused by something even unclean.
My family went down the mountain with a few people to look for help. It’s been three or four days and they haven’t come back yet. I’m really worried.”
"In other words, those bite marks are not necessarily the cause of death." Mu Wan thought for a moment, "Is the body still there?"
"They have been buried a long time ago. Oh, it's really scary. My throat and intestines were cut open and there were scratches all over my body."
The child didn't know whether he heard about his father or was frightened by his mother's description. He started crying at the dinner table. She quickly picked up the child and rocked and coaxed him. This was what they had said to the woman at the dinner table.
Already.
Shan Hai didn't promise that she would find out anything, he only said that he would do his best. After all, he was not sure what the source of the problem was.
The next day, he and Aluan followed the woman to visit the homes where something was wrong. Shi Wuqi and Mu Wan patrolled the surrounding mountains and forests to see if there was anything suspicious.
Although the woman did say hello to the mountain people, Mu Wan felt that the eyes of those people were still full of inexplicable feelings when they looked at them. It could not be said to be hostile, nor friendly, but it was indeed full of rejection of outsiders.
Furthermore, she didn't really want to go with the Hundred Skeleton Master. She still had a grudge against this man. Walking in this long and narrow village, the two of them barely spoke.
"I don't like this village very much." Shi Wuqi suddenly said.
"Really?" she responded.
"Those people, especially the men, don't look kind. Some of them have blood on their hands and have killed people."
Mu Wan turned her head and glanced at him. She didn't look closely at his expression through Miss Qi's face. She wasn't sure whether Shi Wuqi was trying to scare her, or if it was true. She thought he was talking nonsense.
, but when she thought about it carefully, those people did have fierce looks in their eyes, and they carried a hostility that she couldn't even explain.
I thought I had left the village, but I didn't expect that there was a house in the low-lying area. Compared with the bricks and tiles in the village, it was just covered with dilapidated grass, and even the walls were made of adobe. It looked abandoned for a long time. There was no door in front of it.
In the distance is a meandering stream.
"Are the three of you foreigners?"
A sweet voice came from behind.
Both of them turned their heads and stared at the speaker. They had not heard the footsteps before, perhaps because they were covered by the sound of water. It was a pretty girl with round eyes. She had long hair.
It's long, but the sides of the top of the head are a little swollen. I don't know how the hair was cut.
"Yes."
Mu Wan nodded slightly. She took a second look and felt that the girl was very beautiful. She was sixteen or seventeen years old and had a pleasant appearance. Her clean face was like a flower growing on a lifeless ruins.
Bring some life.
and strange charm.
It's really strange. In any case, this is not a face suitable for this kind of mountain village.
"Those three, do you want to come and sit at home? It's right there. Although it looks a bit rundown, I only have some coarse tea at home, but it's still okay to have a rest."
"Girl, you don't look like a local either." Mu Wan said.
"Why do you keep a straight face? Don't scare people."
Shi Wuqi scolded her like this, and a wave of displeasure surged into her heart.
What's the matter with doggy men who can't walk when they see beautiful girls? I hope Mr. Shi can learn more from Master Lin in terms of being an upright person.
"Oh, it's been a few days since I got married a year ago, and my husband hasn't come back yet. I'm alone, even during the day, and I feel nervous. You guys haven't had lunch yet. Do you really want to come to the humble house to take a rest?
?”
The girl blinked her eyes, her tone was pleading, and anyone would be shaken. But Mu Wan was unmoved. She tugged at the hem of Shi Wuqi's clothes in a warning voice and whispered:
"It's not our mission to go door to door. Have you forgotten or something?"
"How come you don't know what's good and what's wrong? The little girl asked you politely, why are you so rude?"
"Who are you saying doesn't know what's good and what's wrong? Well, sitting there as long as you like has nothing to do with me."
The girl saw the bad atmosphere and was a little embarrassed and wanted to smooth things over. Unexpectedly, Mu Wan waved his sleeves, turned around and left.
"Leave her alone."
When she heard this, she walked faster.
The terrain near the entire mountain village was relatively flat, with dense trees. It took her a long time to circle the village alone. It was not yet dark, so she planned to go deeper into the forest to have a look. She was hungry, and she was holding back her heart.
I'm so angry. I've been walking on the mountain road for so long without finding anything. I feel really irritated.
I was so irritated that I had to beat Shi Shi up to relieve his anger.
Mu Wan looked to the sky to the west. The mountains blocked most of the light. A little warm light overflowed from the top of the mountain, but there was no warmth. A few returning birds occasionally passed by in the sky, and the rustling of rabbits could be vaguely heard in the grass.
Throughout the whole day, she didn't find any beasts or monsters. She didn't want to have any problems, and she wanted to solve them quickly.
A gust of wind came from deep in the forest.
This wind was different. It was very cold, like scratching the skin with ice cubes. She clearly noticed that there was a strong evil spirit in this wind. It was even familiar to her.
She grabbed the handle of the umbrella tightly and walked farther along with the wind.
Someone was standing there in a clearing in the forest. A flash of bright red broke into the field of vision, like an unburned bonfire at dusk.
The road between enemies is narrow.
"It's you?!"
The man didn't look back, as if he knew she was behind him.
"It's you again. I have other things to do and don't want to argue with you."
The delicate and soft voice was indeed very familiar, and the black hair made the red clothes particularly eye-catching. It was getting dark, and the monster walked towards the woods without looking back.
"stop!"
Mu Wan rushed forward and took out his umbrella, and the sword energy from the umbrella slashed forward like a flying blade. Several slender trees in front of the monster fell down, blocking his way. However, the sword energy clearly penetrated his body, but he was not affected at all.
Lossless.
"Where is Mr. Yingyue?" She pointed at him with an umbrella in one hand and asked sternly.
He stopped.
"You woman don't know what is good and what is bad."
Hearing these familiar words, Mu Wan felt his temples jump.
"You are the one who knows no good!"
She stabbed the umbrella straight at her, but he held it firmly with one hand, and the tip of the umbrella did not even tremble. He turned over and raised his hand, and the golden-red lines jumped from the sleeves to the palm of his hand like a burst of light. Mu.
Wan's pupils shrank suddenly. She knew he was going to set fire but couldn't open the umbrella - the umbrella was tightly held by him. She didn't know how he had such strength, so she had to let go of the umbrella temporarily and jumped behind him in the air.
When it gets dark, the fire is burning brightly here.
When she dodged the fire and turned around, she didn't know when he had jumped onto the burning branch. He opened his umbrella and looked at it carefully.
"I felt something was wrong at first, and sure enough, everything under this umbrella is full of treasures."
"Again!"
"Repay it as you say, it's such a big honor."
"Who are you!"
"What does it have to do with you?"
He spoke every word.
Suddenly, a white shadow rushed over and sped away from him.
The umbrella disappeared. Also disappearing at the same time was half of his arm.
Above the scorching fire, black-red liquid splashed out and poured onto the ground. The flames seemed to be nourished and jumped higher, entangling him with the shadow of the tree, which was extremely strange.
The tengu returned to Mu Wan, let go, and let the umbrella fall into her hand. Half of the slender hand was swallowed by it.
She glanced at the blood on the umbrella with disgust, then looked up at the man in the firelight. He didn't seem to feel any pain, but his face was very ugly. Under the strange light, the shadows on his face showed an indescribable weirdness.
He raised the severed arm, and the blood no longer spilled out. Another pattern spread up, beyond the scope of the limb, and re-outlined the outline of an arm. Then, those light patterns like muscles and blood vessels burned for a moment, and a burst of light filled the air.
Pure black smoke. Soon, a complete hand was restored by him.
He recovered too quickly, which is beyond what ordinary monsters can do.
His voice became cold.
"Don't say I didn't remind you and still refused to let you go. Now don't blame me for being rude."
He raised his arms, and a circle of fire ignited around them, trapping them here. Mu Wan wanted to ride on the Tengu to escape from the fire prison, but his intention was seen through long ago, and the flames surrounding them shot up into the sky.
It formed a wall of fire that curved inward, making it clear that it was not ready to let him go. The Tengu bared its teeth at him, but did not dare to step forward rashly due to its instinctive fear of the flames.
Mu Wan was about to open her umbrella and rush out. But the blood stains on the handle of the umbrella were glowing like hot lava. Although the umbrella would not be burned, she could not hold it open.
opened.
"There are three hundred disciples of Xue Yan Sect, if one of them gets lost"
