Chapter 24: Under The Moonlight

Chapter 24: Under The Moonlight

Under the moonlight, the figure of the white wolf lost in the mountain.

Leaving the hustle and bustle of the river bay, Lu Heng planned to return to the quiet mountain and find a place to sleep and enjoy the pleasure of mortals - this was Lu Heng's original intention.

However, after walking a short distance towards the mountain, Lu Heng suddenly perceived a familiar aura, which made him stop.

Lu Heng was a little surprised.

At this time, why did this little girl not reunite with her relatives down by the river bay?

Lu Heng put aside his intention to enter the mountain and walked in that direction.

Not long after, Lu Heng came out of the forest.

What appeared in his view was a huge mountain rock that rose towards the sky. When standing here, he could overlook the scenes at the river bay. But on the river bay side, people were unable to see this place because of the dense trees below. It could be said to be a good place with an open view.

Now, the girl named Ai was sitting quietly with her hands on her knees, alone on the edge of a boulder, staring at the bustle of the river bay below.

This dark and silent forest and the distant noisy river bay was forming a stark contrast. Some kind of silent darkness in the little girl’s heart seemed to show more loneliness.

Lu Heng came out of the darkness and asked, "Why are you hiding out here alone? Why not go down to reunite with your family?"

The voice that suddenly rang out scared the little girl.

But when she turned to stand up and saw the huge white wolf behind her, the fear disappeared.

Xiao Ai stood there rashly and kneaded the corners of her skirt.

"Lord Mountain God, you ...... Why are you here?" In the girl's voice, there seemed to be some surprise.

Today, when facing Lu Heng, Xiao Ai was no longer afraid, but on the contrary, she was happy.

Lu Heng noticed this change in mood, he asked, "When you hide alone in the mountain, are you not afraid of being carried away by beasts? There are a lot of beasts in this mountain."

The little girl said, "With the Mountain God sign given by you, Lord Mountain God, the beasts in the mountain will not attack me."

Lu Heng laughed, "I forgot about that......"

Looking at the little girl, Lu Heng once again thought of the sacrifice at noon.

At that time Xiao Ai was pushed out by the villagers, wearing the ritual dress that did not match her age. She wrinkled her small face and arranged for the crowd to do things according to the steps of the ceremony. There was a kind of calm on her face, just like a small adult, but that was not cute.

On the contrary, now this little girl who was a bit rushed but in a cheerful mood, was more in line with Lu Heng's memory.

Lu Heng stood beside the girl, looking at the river bay with her and said, "At noon today, I saw that the sacrifice ceremony was conducted by you. Because of me, everyone in the village is very afraid of you now, right?"

Lu Heng's words made the little girl hesitate.

Lu Heng then spoke lightly, "Just say what you want to say, I don't like to hear false pretenses."

Xiao Ai nodded her head hastily and said, "I know, and I don't dare to hide anything. Ever since Lord Mountain God let me go back and said the words of care in front of the village chief, everyone in the village has rejected me a little."

The sound of wooden boards pounding echoed in the mountain, and at the river bay below the mountain, the aged old village chief was shouting.

"The hour is up! The hour has come! Everyone kneel down facing the Mountain God Temple! Bow down to the Mountain God!"

The playful villagers now all gathered in one place and faced the direction of the Mountain God Temple.

But the village chief called out anxiously.

"Where is Xiao Ai? Go get her back quickly!"

Hearing this voice, Xiao Ai hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Lord Mountain God, I ...... want to go back to......"

"No need," Lu Heng interrupted her in an indifferent tone and said, "They are just going to worship me anyway, it is the same if you are here."

With a move of Lu Heng's mind, and in the next second, the huge vortex clouds that covered the entire Cold Feather Mountain in the night sky slowly opened up.

Then the clouds slowly scattered a gap. The moonlight fell down along the gap and shone on the Cold Feather Mountain, exactly on the huge mountain rock where the girl and the wolf were.

The trees below the rock all swayed and lowered their branches. The rock that was originally blocked by the canopy of these trees now appeared clearly in the view of the villagers at the river bay as the blocking trees moved away.

When the villagers tilted their heads, they clearly saw the huge rock in the mountain and the huge white wolf on it. The cold moonlight fell on the white wolf's body, and every hair of the white wolf seemed to be emitting a silvery glow, divine and extraordinary.

All the villagers stared in awe.

And at the moment they saw the white wolf, they also saw the young girl beside him.

Compared with the huge size of the white wolf, the tiny girl was so small that she could be ignored, but at this time no one dared to ignore her. And everyone recognized who that little girl was.

That was clearly......

"Xiao Ai?"

The villagers were talking about her, but the old village chief scolded in a low voice, "Shut up! No discussion!"

Then the chief walked to the front of the crowd and took the lead in bowing towards the wolf and girl on the mountain rock.

"Lord Mountain God!"

Behind the old village chief, the villagers also all knelt down and heavily kowtowed.

"Lord Mountain God!"

The villagers' shouts echoed in the wind.

Xiao Ai on the mountain rock had a confused expression and became restless once again.

The cold moonlight formed a silver-white pillar that fell on her and Lu Heng. At this moment, they were the most attention-grabbing focus of the entire Cold Feather Mountain.

Lu Heng gave a low laugh and said, "Let them fear you a little more. After all, it is better to be feared than to be hated."

Feeling dazed and confused, Xiao Ai looked at Lu Heng, and she saw the Lord Mountain God smiling.

In a trance, this scene of the giant wolf smiling under the moon seemed to be engraved in the girl's memory forever.