Jin Hui and the landlady are one step ahead of us and are already here.
So we plan to go into the village to find them, and after meeting them, we will go into the mountains together.
As soon as I entered the village, I smelled the aroma of meat in the air. Someone was stewing meat.
The village is all green with bamboo buildings, except for one house with a red lantern hanging in front of the door, a red cloth wrapped around the door frame, and a big red flower tied around it.
It stands out among the green.
There are several square tables in front of the house. Many villagers are sitting at the square tables. Some are smoking cigarettes and some are chatting. The scene looks very much like a wedding event in Yangshili countryside.
Because this house is right at the entrance of the village, we saw it as soon as we entered the village, and all the villagers also saw us.
They wore coarse linen clothes, the women had their hair tied up, and the men tied their heads with blue cloth strips. They looked a bit like the costumes of ethnic minorities, very simple.
When they saw a few of us, the villagers stood up and looked wary.
An old man walked out of the crowd and spoke awkward Mandarin, "Who are you?"
"We are here to find someone," Yuchen said, "A man and a woman came here yesterday. Where are they now?"
Yuchen is the kind of person with a strong aura, and an ordinary question coming out of his mouth feels like an interrogation.
The old man looked at Yuchen up and down, then at Wei Huang, and finally said, "Two strangers came here.
They didn't listen to our advice and went into the mountain yesterday. They haven't come down yet and are probably dead on the mountain.
Foreigners, I see that you have extraordinary talents and must be capable. Listen to my advice and go back and forth wherever you go. Don't go to the mountains to die.
"
It was a good thing this time, Yang Jin was not found, so he lost two more.
I looked at the old man, pretending to be innocent and curious, and said, "Old man, my master is the newly appointed general of the demon world. He is very powerful. Can't we go up the mountain without him? There are so many water monsters on the mountain.
Is it awesome?"
Hearing what I said, the old man looked slightly startled. He turned his head to look at Yuchen and bent forward slightly as a salute.
"It turns out he is the newly appointed general, no wonder he has such aura," the old man said, "General, you'd better go back to the Demon King's City. Once you return to the Demon King's City, you will have a bright future.
If you stay here, you will only die.
"
What he said was very arrogant. He knew Yuchen's identity and insisted that Yuchen would die on the mountain.
Yuchen had no reaction.
Wei Huang, who was standing aside, was unhappy. He frowned and said coldly, "Old man, do you know that you can easily get beaten if you talk like this?"
Wei Huang's aura was no less than that of Yu Chen, especially now that he was a little unhappy. He deliberately released pressure and forced himself towards the old man.
The old man could not bear Wei Huang's anger, and he knelt on the ground as soon as his knees weakened.
Wei Huang raised his eyebrows with a proud look on his face, "Remember, when you see us, you must salute like this!"
Seeing the old man being forced to kneel down, the villagers all stared at us angrily.
"What? Not convinced?" Wei Huang sneered, his voice suddenly turned cold, "Then you all kneel down for me too!"
As he finished speaking, a majestic force came out of Wei Huang's body, and everyone was forced to kneel down.
"Now, let me ask you questions and answer them well.
Otherwise, don't blame me for being cruel!" Wei Huang said, "What happened to the water monster? Tell me everything you know!"
At this moment, I finally discovered that Wei Huang's attitude towards others is completely different from his attitude towards Yu Chen.
He made a very clear distinction between himself and outsiders.
As his brother, he is loyal and reliable to you.
When you are his enemy, all he will give you is strength and killing.
When encountering people like Wei Huang, the old man and the others can only consider themselves unlucky.
Kneeling on the ground, the old man said, "Actually, we don't know when the water monster appeared..."
They have lived here for generations. They have heard from adults since they were children that there are water monsters in the back mountain and no one should go near the back mountain. Once they go up the mountain, they will definitely die.
Moreover, the water monster does not only stay in the back mountains. When the village is attacked by foreigners, the water monster will also go down the mountain and drive out the invading foreigners.
This cottage can survive safely in the demon world for hundreds of years, all thanks to the protection of the mountain and water monster behind it.
Hearing this, I said strangely, "How can this be a water monster? Isn't this the god who protects the village?"
The old man nodded, "In our hearts, he is a god.
He lives in the back mountain and never goes down the mountain to harm the villagers. Moreover, he will protect us. Our village voluntarily worships him.
"
As for the rumors about water monsters harming people, that is completely a misunderstanding.
Decades ago, the village held a ceremony to worship the water monster, and drove live chickens, sheep, and cattle to the back mountain to honor the water monster.
But who knew that there was a young girl in the village who was curious about what the water monster looked like, so she got mixed up with the sacrificial team and secretly went up the mountain.
After her family discovered that she had gone up the mountain, they must have said that the villagers had sacrificed their daughter to the water monster.
The patriarch at that time felt that this family had evil intentions and was not suitable to stay in the village any longer, so he kicked them out.
No one expected that after their family left the village, they would start spreading rumors that there was a water monster in the Four Rivers who had supreme magical power. If they could get his inner elixir, it would definitely be of great help to their cultivation.
The demon world has always respected the strong, and everyone pursues power.
After hearing such rumors, some people really came to the back mountain to hunt water monsters, but without exception, all the people who came never came back.
The more people die, the more famous the monster becomes.
The greater the reputation of the water monster, the more people come here to see it.
This has simply become a vicious cycle.
At first, the villagers were worried about the water monster. After all, the water monster was a good water monster. They did not want anything to happen to the water monster, but they were unable to stop the demon cultivators who came to kill the water monster.
But over the years, their concern has changed from the water monster to the people who come to hunt the water monster.
The old man said, "General, you young heroes, what I said is all the truth.
I don't want you to hurt the water monster, nor do I want to see anyone die at the hands of the water monster again. General, turn back and don't go up the mountain.
"
I was shocked too.
I never expected that the rumored water monster that has harmed countless people would turn out to be like this.
The first person who came to kill the water monster was also a tiger. Do they believe what others say?
Yuchen said, "Have you ever seen what the water monster looks like?"
The old man shook his head, "Over the years, our village has always been peaceful, and the water monster has never descended from the mountain.
"
"Let them go.
"After speaking to Wei Huang, Yuchen turned around and walked towards the back mountain with me.
Wei Huang withdrew his strength and said, "Old man, you can worry about the water monster this time, we will bring the water monster's body down the mountain.
"
Hearing this, the old man had a look of panic in his eyes.
To them, the water monster is a god who protects the village. They would rather we die than anything happen to the water monster.
When I look at Wei Huang, why does he need to scare others?
When I looked at Wei Huang, the corner of my eye happened to glance at Menglou, who was frowning. He touched his chin, looking very worried.
I asked what happened to Menglou?
Menglou raised his head and looked at me. He sniffed it with his little nose and said, "Brother, don't you think this smell is strange?"
I smelled it and said, "It smells like meat. What's weird? Do you smell something else?"
Wei Huang glanced at Menglou, and then said to me, "Little follower, your brother must be hungry.
How about you go to that house just now and beg for a bowl of broth for your brother?
After your brother is full, he will be swallowed by a water monster and become a dead ghost.