"Hey, that gentleman's lower hands are so strange, and they are covered with strange things. Can such hands really grasp stalagmites?
"Sir, be careful, you may fall!'
The Sishou people didn't know what shoes were, and they had never seen feet. These two words were not in their dictionary. They were very curious when they saw Jiang Li's feet under the hem of Jiang Li's robe.
But at the same time, I was also worried that he would just fall down and die.
After all, Jiang Li's endless supply of sea beast meat gave them a huge advantage. It would be a pity if he died like this.
Of course, Jiang Li did not listen to their dissuasion. After stepping into the stalagmite area in front of him, the world in his field of vision suddenly turned upside down.
It was as if this entire fragment of Hades had been completely turned over.
He was not stepping on the earth, but the entire earth was pressing on top of his head. Below, there were billowing black clouds and endless void of the underworld.
Jiang Li's foot just lightly touched the stalagmite, and was soon captured by the inverted gravity. His figure was hanging in the air and about to fall "downward".
At this time, a vine grew under Jiang Li's feet. It rolled up and wrapped around the stalagmite, hanging itself in the air.
The four-handed young men in front of them were already climbing further and further away, but Jiang Li still stayed where he was, hanging there, looking quite embarrassed and overwhelmed.
But Jiang Li remained unhurried, and his body began to emit a strange wave that outsiders could not see.
That is the realm of reversal that he has mastered, and has the same origin as this place.
This great power that turns the world upside down is the natural reversal field here.
Although this is only the outskirts of Beiyin Mountain and has not really entered the mountain area.
What he came into contact with was only the realm of reversal, a small manifestation of his power, but it still shocked Jiang Li. His previous realms of reversal all came from the Nine Nether Woods in the Underwater Cemetery, and they were very different from the Nine Nether Dao.
Sutra practice.
What he understood were only some memories of the Nine Nether Mother Plant when he lived in Beiyin Mountain.
It is extremely lucky to be able to barely cultivate the field of reversal. How can the memory of the ancient times that has been passed down to this day be as clear as being here in person?
The fluctuations in Jiang Li's reversal field began to change continuously.
The vine that connected his ankle to the stalagmite went from being straight to slowly becoming loose.
And in Jiang Li's eyes, the world began to change back to its original state bit by bit.
He used his own inversion field to simulate and offset the effect of the inversion of the environment. His figure also slowly fell from the air, and his toes touched the stalagmite again.
This time he could already feel his own weight on the tip of the stalagmite.
Then he stepped forward on the stalagmites. Although as he got closer to the mountain, the effect of the natural field continued to increase.
But Jiang Li has found the trick. Every time his body is thrown upward, he only needs to adjust the fluctuations in his body and he will fall back down.
And his body is also covered with two thin layers of wooden skin.
The two Jiuyou clones each separated into a tree heart and attached themselves to his body.
On the one hand, the environment here may be more helpful to the two Nine Nether Trees than Jiang Li. On the other hand, they are also a layer of insurance for Jiang Li.
For example, such a natural reversal field will not take effect on Jiuyoumu at all.
Even if they themselves have not mastered the reversal field.
There are other insidious evil spirits sneaking around. Even if Jiang Li makes a mistake and overturns, the two Nine Nether Trees can come to the rescue in time. As branches of the spiritual roots of heaven and earth here, they are more suitable than Jiang Li to deal with the dangers here.
Unlike those four-handed people who need to use all their strength to hold the stalagmite to prevent it from falling, Jiang Li's movements are simply easier than walking normally.
He soon caught up with the people in front.
At this time, suddenly a member of the Four-Handed tribe shattered the stalagmite held in his hand and fell into the void screaming.
And his mistake seemed to cause a chain reaction, and several more people fell together.
Only halfway through the journey, many people have already exhausted their strength, and the number of people falling to death will gradually increase from here.
Every time such a festival occurs, there will be a large number of casualties.
But just when they were about to fall into the sea of heart-wrenching fog, vines quickly sprang out and hung them in the air.
It was Jiang Li who had already walked nearby and rescued them.
With these vines, as long as they don't fall into the fog of despair, they can climb back along the vines after they rest for a while and regain their strength.
This branch of the human race is not currently prosperous.
As a descendant of the Emperor of the People, Jiang Li also wants to recreate the glory of this fourth-hand man of the Laomin clan as much as possible. After all, such hard-working workers will not be useless no matter where they are placed.
How could he let these young people die in vain because of such meaningless behavior?
I don’t know who Mingshan’s grandma is or how she bewitched them.
Let this group of four-handed people, even though their numbers are withering, still have to hold a festival and use their lives to please her.
Even this kind of life-threatening activity has become a symbol of heroism. Every four-hander who participates or has participated will have more status in the village.
This place, after all, is Beiyin Mountain. Even the four-handed people who seem to be above and below each other and have some connection with Beiyin Mountain can only move around the periphery of Beiyin Mountain.
As long as you cross the limit, your life will still be in danger if you get even a little closer. And the mortality rate is quite high.
Jiang Li felt that they were very stupid. They held such dangerous sacrifices year after year. How could their population grow? Fortunately, they met him today.
Previously, many Four-Handed people had stagnated due to fear and loss of strength. Some Four-Handed people had even begun to prepare to return the same way.
However, the trip was already halfway through, and it was not easy to return. Most of the young people in fourth hands were already in a dilemma.
But at this time, with Jiang Li's intervention, more than a dozen people who were supposed to die were saved.
That magical method immediately reduced the sense of crisis in their hearts, and their sore arms seemed to have regained their strength.
Many people mustered up the courage to move forward again.
Those that had originally fallen down pulled the vines back to the hanging stalagmites after taking a rest, and continued to climb forward.
The same goes for the remaining half of the journey. As long as one of them loses his strength and falls, Jiang Li will catch them with vines, without exception.
Continuous successful rescues gave them greater confidence.
Without the pressure of death, the four-hand young people better exerted their strength that they had trained all year round. In the final stretch of the road, the number of people who fell was getting smaller and smaller.
So much so that in this festival, their results were far better than usual. There was not a single death toll.
The strong Four-Handed people quickly put the oilcloth packages around their waists one after another into a copper basin hanging upside down at the foot of the mountain.
There was still a faint flame left in the copper basin. After getting new fuel, a raging fire immediately started burning. The grease has been specially treated and can burn for a long time.
All the young four-handers grasped the stalagmites and cheered in front of the fire.
As for the warrior who won the first place, he was not a man, but a pair of slender four-handed sisters.
In this kind of competition that tests endurance, a dexterous body often has an advantage.
The fuel input this time was far more than before.
The tribe to which these sisters belong is expected to live a good life for a long time.
But when they looked back at where the elders of their tribe were, they found that there was no smile on their faces. Instead, they were jumping to their feet with anxious expressions on their faces.
"You can't do this! If you do this, you are fooling Grandma Mingshan! Something big will happen!"
Jiang Li heard their voices from a distance.
Obviously, there are some things these young people don't know about Grandma Mingshan.
At this moment, a gust of wind swept through, causing the flames on the copper basin to shake violently.
"Four-handed people, you broke the rules!'
A grimace composed of countless skeletons appeared in the black clouds above. Cruelly looked at the four-handed man below.
"Grandma, please spare my life! Please, grandma, spare the life of the little one in our clan!"
"If you want to take it! Just take the lives of us old guys!"
The festival site, which was originally decorated with lights and colorful decorations, burst into tears and howls.
The young people with four hands who have reached the end of the mountain still don't know why.
A large swarm of evil spirits has flown out of the sky, flying towards the village of the Four Hands.
After a while, the dark wind and black mist flew back, carrying the crying four-handed children.
"What a monster, how dare you go down the mountain and rob people!'
Jiang Li has always hated those monsters that eat people, especially those that eat children.
Stepping on the Immortal-Decapitating Flying Sword, I will step forward to stop him.
But another gust of sinister wind swept down below, causing the young people of the Four-Handed Tribe to faint immediately.
Those four-handed people who did not have vines tied to their bodies fell downwards as soon as their hands were loosened. Jiang Li could only turn back and weave a vine network to catch them first.
But after such a delay, he could only watch helplessly as the group of black mist stealthily carried hundreds of children and flew away.
He could use powerful magic to intercept it remotely, but that would inevitably inadvertently injure the fragile four-handed child, which would put the cart before the horse.
"It's all because of us that our children were harmed! I'm going to see Empress Mingshan! I want my children back!'
Only then did Jiang Li discover that among these four-handed young men, there was actually one person who was not unconscious, holding on to the stalagmite and holding on to it.
They are the same pair of sisters who won the championship before.
The younger sister has fallen into a coma, but the older sister is still holding on.
Because two of the children who were snatched away were their children.
Not only that, she also wanted to cross the boundary and truly enter the mountainous area of Beiyin Mountain, climb all the way up the mountain, and pay homage to the Empress of Mingshan whom they had worshiped for many years.
I want to get my child back.
But where can the real Beiyin Mountain be as simple as before?
As soon as she crossed the line at the foot of the mountain, she realized something was wrong.
The reversal field here is no longer just a simple flip up and down.
She tried to squeeze the stalagmite tightly, but her palms opened wider and wider, even as if she wanted to break her fingers off.
The movements her body made were completely opposite to what she wanted to do.
Under this situation, the whole person naturally could no longer hold on and fell directly. Jiang Li grabbed him with a vine net bag and dragged him back.
Outside the boundaries of the safe stalagmite area, all the Four Hands clan members were already in a state of crying and fighting.
"It's all your fault, why did you save them!'
"It's you who harmed our children, give them back!"
Seeing Jiang Li come back, many families who had lost their children looked at him angrily.
Some people came forward to question Jiang Li, and even stretched out their hands to attack him.
But before their hands touched Jiang Li, a terrifying coercion erupted from him, carrying a wave of air that directly overturned thousands of four-handed people.
The pure-blooded dragon clan, the aura of the Human Emperor, and the will of Shura were integrated under Jiang Li's mental pressure, and the group of four-handers pressed down were like mud, clinging to the ground.
Many people rolled their eyes and foamed at the mouth. If Jiang Li hadn't deliberately restrained himself, he would have crushed them all into mincemeat.
I didn’t dare to resent Grandma Mingshan who really took away the child, but she wanted to put all the blame on Jiang Li. Do you think he is easy to bully?
Jiang Li sympathized with them because their child had just been taken away, but that was not the reason why they could be rude to Jiang Li.
In terms of terror, he may not be any worse than Grandma Mingshan!
"Please...please take away your magical powers!"
It wasn't until more than ten breaths later that Jiang Li slowly regained control of his momentum. The few people who were still barely conscious felt like they were drowning people returning to the shore, feeling like they had been reborn.
"Tell me, what's going on?'
Under his pressure, only a few village chiefs could barely stay awake.
After the pressure disappeared, they struggled to get up from the ground, panting heavily.
But I dare not show any disrespect at all.
With a look of shame on his face, he began to explain to Jiang Li what happened to Grandma Mingshan.
"Sir, this so-called festival is actually a sacrifice. The warriors in our village are actually...all sacrifices!" It turns out that five hundred years ago, the Four Hands tribe relied on their tenacity and hardworking nature to
Life in this land is pretty good.
The population at that time even exceeded one million.
But I don't know when, a powerful ghost suddenly occupied the mountain.
Then he would frequently sneak down the mountain and rob children.
A four-handed person who does not have a reliable inheritance of cultivation methods has no power to fight back.
In grief, children were kidnapped one after another.
Such a long-term disaster has caused the population of the Four-hand clan to plummet. It will not take long before they will be completely wiped out.
Later, out of desperation, the then leader of the Four Hands Clan led his men to light a fire at the foot of Beiyin Mountain, and negotiated with Grandma Mingshan as a mortal.
As lambs ready to be slaughtered, they did not have much room for negotiation. The negotiation process was naturally very humiliating.
It is impossible to make Grandma Mingshan and the sneaky people on the mountain give up cannibalism.
We can only threaten that if we continue to eat like this, the Four Hands tribe will be completely extinct within thirty years, and they will never be able to eat blood food again.
Finally, Grandma Mingshan agreed not to attack their children easily.
The four-handed people also need to set up a brazier at the foot of Mingshan Mountain. They need to keep the brazier burning forever.
Whenever the flame in the brazier was about to go out, they would select strong men with four hands to come in and put in the fuel.
And those that fell down on the way were sacrifices to Grandma Mingshan.
Over the years, this condition has led to fewer and fewer members of the Four Hands tribe, and now there are even less than 10,000 people.
But they dare not disobey.
It is also necessary to call the tribesmen who go to light the brazier a hero and make them proud to die.
But the truth only spreads among the village chiefs.
As time goes by, young people and children gradually forget the truth. Their dream since childhood is to win first place for their village in the festival.
This is the origin of the Four-Handed Man Festival.
As for Jiang Li's behavior, no one died during the fuel addition process.
You must know that adding fuel to the brazier is just a reason and excuse to deceive yourself. The real purpose is to let the young men in the village take the initiative to die as sacrifices.
Jiang Li saved the sacrifice, which was considered as breaking the five hundred years of agreement with Grandma Mingshan.
As a result, Yinshan sneaked down the mountain to plunder again, taking away all the four-handed children.