After climbing over two low hills along the Shuanglin River, we entered the range of Wolong Mountain.
Although Wolong Mountain is adjacent to the Imperial Trade Road, due to the complex terrain, lush vegetation, dense wild animals, and only a rugged and difficult mountain road connecting to the outside world, the population is actually very sparse.
However, many high-quality medicinal materials are also produced here, and some people have even seen monsters appearing there, so monks or herbalists who covet the monster's inner elixir often enter this mountain range.
Within a hundred miles of Wolong Mountain, only two or three small mountain villages are inhabited. The villagers live a primitive and simple life, do not communicate with outsiders, and appear isolated from the world.
"Brother Mu, judging from the map, you can reach a village by climbing two more hills. Let's speed up and try to get there before the sun sets."
Li Mu and Li Mu are both monks in the Alchemy Realm. It is not difficult to sleep in the wild. But if they can find a village to spend the night, who would be willing to freeze in the woods. Although summer is about to begin, the nights in the mountains are still cold.
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After listening to Lin Qingzhu's analysis, Li Mu also nodded, his pace accelerated significantly, and the two of them continued to walk westward along the mountain road.
Night came faster than Li Mu expected. When they climbed a mountain and saw the village in the mountain col in the distance, the sun had completely set.
The two of them did not hesitate and walked quickly towards the village. The village was also dark in the night, with no lights on. Li Mu and Li Mu could only rely on the moonlight to identify the direction of the mountain village.
"It's a bit strange. It stands to reason that even if the villagers live a simple life and go to bed early at night, it's impossible for them to have no lights at all. Brother Mu, let's be careful and don't make any noise yet."
The place where the two of them had originally planned to stay suddenly emitted a strange aura. The abnormal situation made Lin Qingzhu, who was very intuitive, the first to be vigilant.
"Well, that's right. I also think there's something weird about this village. I'll sneak into the village from the east first and see if I can meet any villagers."
After the two of them arranged their countermeasures, they walked one after another towards the quiet mountain village in the darkness. Li Mu's Jueying Sword had already been unsheathed, and the muscles in his body were tense to deal with dangers that might appear at any time.
Going down the hillside, the two of them soon arrived at the village. Looking into the village through the bushes, they saw that it was still dark. Generally speaking, even if all the villagers in this kind of mountain village were asleep, there should be dogs and the like.
Animals make noises.
But at this time, the word "dead silence" can only be used to describe the village in front of them.
Yes, it is dead silent, without any feeling of life.
"Brother Mu, we searched everything and found no one, not even a single villager. This village was abandoned."
After the two entered the village, they split up to investigate. The result was beyond their expectations. There was no villager in the entire village, not even livestock such as chickens and ducks.
"It's so strange, Qingzhu, look at these spears, they should be used for hunting, the tips of the spears have been polished not long ago, and these medicinal materials and dried food have just been exposed. There must have been people living in this village recently.
, but why was it suddenly abandoned?”
Li Mu walked to a house and pointed to the spears neatly placed on the wall and the sausages and bacon hanging under the eaves. Every detail in the village proved that not long ago, this was a mountain village where people lived normally.
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But the question is, where have all those villagers gone?
What made them abandon the village where they had lived for generations and leave in such a hurry?
"It's getting late. Now, Qingzhu, let's find a house to stay in first. We'll set off at dawn tomorrow. We'll take turns keeping watch this night. I don't know why, but I always have a bad premonition about this place."
Although this village in the mountains was full of weirdness, Li Mu and Li Mu still chose to stay there first, taking turns sleeping and resting, just in case.
After comprehensive consideration, Li Mu chose a house near the entrance of the village. It has a wide view and can deal with it calmly even if something unexpected happens.
The two entered the house and did not light the lamps, but simply made the bed so that they could lie down.
"Qingzhu, you rest first, I'll keep watch for the first half of the night."
Li Mu asked Lin Qingzhu to rest first, but he took a wooden chair and sat outside the house.
Lin Qingzhu was not pretentious about this arrangement. She knew that although the two of them had already entered the Dan Formation Realm, adequate rest would still be helpful for their subsequent journey. After saying good night to Li Mu, she lay down with her clothes on.
Li Mu was on duty outside. The girl was very relieved and soon fell asleep.
Li Mu, who was sitting outside the door, began to run the Tiantian Jue in his body. After knowing that this set of exercises might be the legendary heaven-level exercises, Li Mu began to use every bit of free time to practice it.
The higher the level of natural skills, the more difficult it becomes. In addition to requiring superhuman understanding, improvement can only be achieved through continuous hard work.
The temperature in Wolong Mountain was extremely low in the middle of the night, but Li Mu, who was constantly running the Tiansheng Jue, did not feel cold. Even the biting mountain wind touched Li Mu's body and was blocked by the strong and powerful vitality of heaven and earth.
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"The Pure Yang Burning Heaven Pill that I took before has completely transformed my meridians and Dantian. Now when I run the Tiansheng Jue, I will automatically draw out a trace of Pure Yang Qi. Even my sword moves will be enveloped with a hot momentum, which is much more powerful.
Maybe this is called a blessing in disguise.”
The night got a little deeper, I don't know when it started, and the wind in the mountains stopped.
"Crack..."
Suddenly, the sound of a wooden fence breaking caused Li Mu, who had been practicing with his eyes closed, to open his eyes suddenly. His perception of the pill-forming realm spread instantly, and his whole body jumped up, entering a state of high alert.
I saw a low shadow appear at the entrance of the village. It was not a human, but more like a beast. The previous sound was made by it accidentally stepping on a wooden stick on the ground.
"Is this... a dog? No, there's something weird about it."
As the black shadow continued to approach, Li Mu also used the moonlight to see its true face. It was a local dog that could be seen everywhere.
But the dog's pace at this time was not as flexible as it should be, but rather indescribably stiff. Li Mu also discovered that the dog's right hind leg had been broken. At this time, it was leaning on its remaining three legs to move towards
Come by yourself.
"Brother Mu, what's wrong?"
The movement outside the house also alarmed Lin Qingzhu. She jumped out and landed next to Li Mu. At the same time, she also saw the weird three-legged native dog in front of her.
"With the leg broken like this, no matter how patient the dog is, it should be whining in pain, but it doesn't make any sound, and its walking posture is wrong. It feels like a puppet being held up by strings. Be careful, I
Let’s go take a look first.”
After giving instructions, Li Mu held the Jueying Sword in his hand and walked towards the strange short-legged native dog.
"hiss……"
When Li Mu got within five steps of this strange dog, he finally discovered that this dog was indeed abnormal.
A pair of blood-red eyes gave people a chilling feeling. There were scars all over his body, but the blood that flowed out had dried up.
With this level of injury, the dog should have died a long time ago, but at this time, it seemed to be driven by something, and it was approaching Li Mu step by step with strange and stiff steps.