At the same time, Qing Lingyan has also arrived in the hinterland of the eastern Miao territory. She is going to find someone...
In the hinterland of the eastern Miao territory, if you look around, you will see sparse trees with twisted branches, showing various shapes under the hazy moonlight, like monsters and ghosts lurking in the night.
After the shadows of the trees, there is a large swamp, and a thick fog rises from the swamp, which is eerie and strange.
Within hundreds of miles of the entire swamp, there is no life and no insects or ants can be heard.
This swamp is called the Devil's Swamp by the local Yi people. It is the most mysterious and terrifying place in the entire Miao territory. The fog that persists all year round contains such poison that even birds cannot fly over it. It is said that the swamp is
There are also terrible monsters living in it. Anyone who dares to break in will be devoured to death.
It was late at night, and in an open space three hundred miles away from Devil's Swamp, several Yi hunters were sitting around a bonfire. On the bonfire, a deer was roasted golden and oily, exuding an alluring fragrance.
"Ah Shan, you will be sixteen years old this year, is it time to marry Tweety?" An older hunter said to a honest boy of seventeen or eighteen years old.
"I'm still young, let's wait a few years before we talk." The shy young man blushed and said embarrassedly.
"It's time to start a family. When your father was alive, he was always thinking about this. Only when you get married can he rest in peace." The older hunter said with emotion.
"Well, I understand, uncle, why don't we go over there and try, maybe we can catch a lot of prey?" The young man changed the subject, pointed to the swamp and asked.
"That's where the gods live, how can we go there?" the older hunter said.
"God, are there really gods in this world?" The young man asked cautiously.
"Pa!" The older hunter slapped the young man, but did not use any force. He said nervously, "Ah Shan, you must not say such nonsense in the future. If you doubt the gods, you will be punished. We Yiren can
Today's good days are thanks to these gods. I heard from the old people in the village that if these gods hadn't taken action, our village would have been destroyed by ferocious monsters. Over the past thousands of years, our village has never been destroyed again.
I was not attacked by monsters, I relied on the protection of gods."
"Oh, I won't talk nonsense anymore." The young man nodded and looked at the swamp again.
"Ah Shan, you must remember not to enter that swamp, otherwise you will not only harm yourself, but also all of us." The older hunter reminded specifically.
"Well, don't worry, uncle." Seeing the older hunter in such panic, the young man didn't dare to say anything nonsense even if he didn't believe it.
A few people were chatting when the older hunter suddenly made a silence gesture and gently pulled out the hunting knife from his waist. An experienced hunter's intuition for danger is far better than ordinary people.
The young man and the other hunter held their breath, their fingers also grasped the handle of the knife, and they turned their bodies at an extremely slow speed.
Behind him, there was a deep breathing sound, which was not human breathing. Along with the hot breath exhaled from its mouth, there was a faint fishy smell in the night wind.
The elder is the most famous hunter in the Yijia village. It is said that one of them once killed a black bear. Although the other two are less experienced, they are still at an age where they are not afraid of anything. But at this time,
Sweat dripped down his forehead and fell to the ground, and his whole body was drenched in cold sweat.