There were bursts of screams and a series of crisp laughter in the silent woods.
A gust of wind blew by, blowing up the fallen leaves on the trees. The onlookers could not help but tremble, with very desolate expressions on their faces.
After a long while, Qiao Xi coughed, kicked Tian Xie Gui with her foot, and said, "Nuo, tell me, why did you bring these people here?"
Tian Xie Gui climbed up from the ground, a look of aggrievedness appeared on its terrifying face, and it looked indescribably weird. Qiao Xi couldn't help but reached out and hit it on the head with a fan.
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Tian Xie Gui twisted his hands - he really twisted them, the two slender arms were tangled together, as if they were tied into a knot.
Qiao Xi: "..."
He held his forehead and was thinking about whether to take any measures, when Tian Xie Gui finally spoke coquettishly.
It has been living on this mountain top, not far from the mountain where Fengyue God's shrine is located. The monsters around here know that Lord Fengyue God doesn't like monsters who do evil.
——Especially after the recent legend that Fengyue Shen-sama had a draw with Shutendouji, the ghost king of Dajiangshan, these monsters became more and more in awe of Fengyue God.
After hearing that Fengyue God once said that he didn't like monsters with bad karma, the monsters nearby consciously curbed their behavior.
Well, the above background (…).
Speaking of which, this evil ghost was not originally a vicious monster, but just loved playing pranks.
It is a monster born in the mountains and forests. When humans come to chop wood or collect herbs, it pretends to be an acquaintance and lures humans into the depths of the mountains and forests.
Then when they see these human beings getting lost in the deep mountains and forests, wandering around like headless flies, they will laugh happily.
——As for what the meaning of doing this is. Well, for monsters whose life span is almost endless, being able to laugh happily is already a very meaningful thing.
Tian Xie Gui spoke of his purpose in an aggrieved manner.
In fact, it is not really playing a prank today.
There is an abandoned shrine in this mountain, where the unwanted children brought by the bird usually live.
Although Guhuoniao is a monster, maybe because she is a monster with an aura of maternal love, the children she brought here are not afraid of her.
——Of course, it may also be because Guhuoniao has gone through all kinds of hardships to raise them, so they don’t have the concept of being afraid of monsters since they were children.
In short, this group of children and Guhuo Bird have always gotten along very harmoniously.
However, just two days ago, the bird that brought food to the children every day suddenly disappeared.
Most of the unwanted children in the shrine are disabled or too young to take care of themselves, and cannot feed themselves at all. Or some kind-hearted monsters will throw some wild fruits into the shrine after discovering that the bird has been missing for the past two days.
Such things kept these children from starving to death.
The child who was raised by the bird in the shrine also knew that there were monsters in the mountains, but he was not afraid. When he saw food being thrown into the yard, he picked it up and ate it consciously.
However, these children are still growing humans after all, so eating these wild fruits all the time is not an option.
It had been several days, but the bird had not come back, so the monsters gathered around to think of a solution.
It happened that that day a child named Goro ran to the mountain crying. The monsters thought about it and came up with an idea.
A fox demon led Goro to play in the mountain for a few days. Then when the humans went up the mountain to search, the evil spirit pretended to be Goro and led the humans to the shrine to find the children. Then the children could ask for help from humans.
Already.
——Well, Tian Xie Gui realized that this plan was flawless, and a bunch of monsters also applauded.
This group of simple monsters are completely unaware of the reason why these children were abandoned. They take it for granted that if humans find these children, they will definitely feed them.
So when it was discovered today that humans finally came up the mountain to look for Wulang, the evil spirits were going to lure these humans there just as planned.
——Then first I discovered that one of these people was actually... no, it was an Onmyoji.
That's all.
It observed it for a while and found that this Onmyoji was quite weak. If you were careful, there would be no problem.
However, it just screamed, and before these people could get closer, it was hit on the leg and fell from the tree.
In an instant, anger arose in his heart, and evil grew in his courage.
Then when he saw the familiar aura of the person hitting it, it was instantly startled.
The first thought that comes to mind is - Yaoshou has seen the living Lord Fengyue God!
According to legend, Fengyue God, who defeated the ghost king of Dajiang Mountain, came to this mountain!
Then I started thinking about whether any monster on this mountain had done something bad recently.
However, it thought about it and determined that the monsters on the mountain were all very well-behaved.
——Those who are not good will have been beaten away or sealed by Lord Fuyue God long ago.
It did not expect that Fengyue God, who had only heard its voice but not seen its person, would come here. It was trembling in its heart and at the same time a little proud - it had also seen Fengyue God's monster.
Fortunately, monsters rely on their breath to identify monsters, otherwise monsters that change their faces every day (...) wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
cough.
In short, basically, although the monsters on the nearby mountains have never seen Fengyue God himself, they still know his aura very well because they enjoy the protection of this god. That's why this evil ghost looked directly at Qiao Xi for the first time.
He was immediately aware of Qiao Xi's identity.
After it emotionally narrated the whole story of the incident, not only Qiao Xi, but also some of the villagers who came to look for Wulang were a little startled.
The man who seemed to be Goro's father couldn't help but mutter to himself in confusion:
"I just scolded him a few words that day, and he ran out of the house crying. It's been two days and one night and he still hasn't come back. I thought... I thought..."
He said "I thought" several times but didn't say anything.
Watanabe Yukiya looked at Qiao Xi in confusion, and couldn't help but ask: "Is what it says true?"
Qiao Xi tilted her head and asked, "What do you think?"
Watanabe Yuki opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
——He felt that what this evil ghost said was very credible.
But……
"But it's a monster."
He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Qiao Xi held the folding fan, tapped it on the palm of her hand, and continued to ask: "What about monsters?"
Yingcao glared at Yuki Watanabe with some dissatisfaction, and said in a clear and crisp voice: "Yes, so what about monsters? Aren't there some cruel people among humans who can throw babies who have no ability to protect themselves in the mountains?"