C21

After a short rest, we got up to continue our journey. In a short day, we met a giant beetle and a mountain sprite. These two frightening things, even if I wanted to be careless, I couldn't help but start to be cautious.

But since it's like that, I'm even more curious about what is truly hidden in this Xiao Xi Kou.

On the way, I asked Wu Ji why he was so familiar with Mountain Demon. After all, this thing isn't a common sight. Before last night, I even thought that Mountain Demon only existed in the legends of the Mountain and Sea Scripture.

Wu Ji said that, but in truth, the things recorded in the Mountain and Sea Scripture, even in this era, there were still many things that could be found, and the monsters recorded within should have all existed before.

However, with the passing of time, the evolution and elimination of species, many things can no longer be seen by us anymore.

However, there would still be some species that would escape from time and evolve into a more suitable mode of survival.

Examples of science include the three-eyed beetles, the nautilus, the horseshoe crab, and so on. These are creatures that have lived on Earth for hundreds of millions of years.

As for what kind of strange and mysterious species actually exist on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, we may never know.

Therefore, most modern people would treat the Mountain Sea Scripture as a myth. However, the Mountain Sea Scripture was also a piece of information that encompassed geographical history and even the collection of ancient organisms.

"Okay, although I think what you said makes a lot of sense, but where have you seen Mountain Demon before?" "Otherwise, why would I understand it so well? After all, even though I believe everything recorded in the Classic of the Mountains and Seas to be true, if I really meet those monsters, it would not be an easy matter."

Wu Ji did not immediately reply. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the direction of the sun before taking out the Death Jade rune and placing it by the side of the road. With the Death Jade as the center, he took two steps in four different directions before returning to his original position and putting it away.

Then he answered my question.

He said that when he was travelling with Master Zhi Yuan when he was young, he coincidentally met with Mountain Elf's rebellion, causing the death of three people from the village.

Not only did the Mountain Demon devour the human soul, it also devoured the physical body as food. The villagers thought that the wild beasts had come down from the mountains to cause chaos, so they set up many traps to catch the Mountain Demon.

After hearing that, I asked in surprise, "What happened next?"

Mountain Demon looks like an inhuman being, like a monkey or a monkey. He has one leg and one arm, and that thing has already been cultivated to a certain degree. "The village was sealed off and left behind, so the villagers believed it immediately. At that time, not only Mountain Demon was released, but they also promised to give him a confession every year.

Wu Ji paused here, and I asked probingly: "Give your confession? Don't tell me we're using pigs, cattle, sheep, and sheep? "

"It's a living person." Wu Ji looked at me and said.

In an instant, my back felt cold, and I could not help but recall what happened last night. If Wu Ji did not notice anything strange, I might have just followed the Mountain Demon Beast, and been wiped clean!

"The village dedicated their lives to Mountain Demon for several years. Originally, everything was safe and sound. However, due to Mountain Demon's greedy nature, he became more and more unsatisfied. Thus, more and more people disappeared from the village.

Saying that, Wu Ji shook his head, as though he felt extremely regretful.

"What happened next?" I couldn't help but ask.

Wu Ji said that because the mountain road was far away, it was already two days before he and Master Zhi Yuan arrived at the village. At that time, there was not a single person in the village, and the entire village looked like an empty city.

Afterwards, Wu Ji and the others suspected that Mountain Demon had done something, and let the young man lead them to the cave where Mountain Demon had cultivated. Sure enough, they saw many villagers lying in the cave, their bodies unharmed, but they were all dead.

"Is it that Mountain Demon who devoured the souls of the villagers?" The more I listened, the more scared I became.

Wu Ji nodded his head, "That's right, other than the young man who went down the mountain to look for help, there are more than fifty people in the entire village.

"Did you catch your Mountain Demon in the end?" Hearing this, I couldn't say what I was feeling. I felt like I was stuck in a pit of my stomach.

Wu Ji shook his head, saying that the Mountain Elf had escaped, they searched through every possible place, but they couldn't find the Mountain Elf.

Master Zhi Yuan believed that the thing had already become the climate before it was worshipped by the villagers. Not only was it sacrificed for the living, it had also engulfed the souls of over fifty people.

"Is there no other disturbance in the vicinity?"

"No. Master Zhi Yuan had always been brooding over this matter, thinking that if we had arrived at the village earlier, those villagers would not have died. At least it could save some lives. And after so many years, whenever he heard of a suspected Mountain Demon appearing, Master Zhi Yuan would rush over to check, in order to prevent another similar event from happening. "

"What will happen to those souls that were devoured by Mountain Demon?" It occurred to me.

Wu Ji slightly raised his head and looked at the mottled tree image above our heads. Whether it was the soul that had been devoured by Mountain Demon or some other evil being, the soul that had been devoured would disappear from this world. It has completely disappeared! "

Wu Ji's words caused me to tremble with fear.

The next sentence he said made me even more uneasy. He said that the mountain elf from last night should have become a bit of a climate, so he was very difficult to deal with. Mountain Demon is a very vengeful person, so we have to be even more careful so that he won't be unwilling to take revenge on us.

"Are you trying to scare me?" I was beginning to feel a chill in my spine.

But Wu Ji looked at me very seriously, "Do you think I'm joking?"

Well, it doesn't look like it at all...

I thought about how he used the rune Death Jade yesterday, and why a wisp of smoke that was in the shape of a human came out of the Death Jade and scared the Mountain Elf away.

"I'm not sure if that thing can really deal with Mountain Demon, or if it's just a smokescreen for Mountain Demon." Wu Ji said, and then played with the Death Jade in his hand.

"But who was the one sealed in the Death Jade?" I'm curious.

He smiled. To put it simply, all the negative energy that was sealed within the Death Jade runes were sucked out from the ghost's body. This was why it would transform into a human, but it was not a human's true soul.

"Why would the Mountain Demon be afraid of it?" I pointed at the Death Jade.

"Mountain Elf could sense the resentment emanating from this thing. He admitted that he wasn't a match for it, so he fled in panic."

Wu Ji said it in a very simple manner, but I keep having the feeling that he was still hiding something and had not told me everything yet.

"Don't be afraid. Since we have already suffered a loss once, Mountain Demon will not let us succeed a second time." Wu Ji saw that I was a little uneasy and comforted me with his words.

Looking at his resolute eyes, I smiled and nodded.

When it was almost noon, we stopped to rest for a while. I asked Wu Ji if he noticed that the Xiao Xi Kou was abnormally quiet, so quiet that he couldn't even hear the chirping of birds and the chirping of insects.

He did not mind this at all. Firstly, the experts had set up a formation inside the Xiao Xi Kou, which was equivalent to a transparent wall that was formed by an independent spatial magnetic field.

Secondly, we have seen the giant beetles here. Ignoring the fact that there are so many of those large insects in the forest, even if there were only one or two of them, they would have probably eaten all the birds and insects to death.

I think it makes sense.

"How long do we have to walk before we reach the place you're looking for?" I looked at our rations. There wasn't much left, and we still had to prepare our rations for the return trip.

Wu Ji raised his head to look at the direction of the sun. If we were fast enough and his deduction was not wrong, we should be able to reach our destination by tomorrow morning.

I was a little excited because I didn't know what kind of mysterious world we were about to face.

Wu Ji brushed a leaf off my shoulder and said that he would definitely protect me, so I don't have to worry.

I couldn't help but laugh and rolled my eyes at him. "Why are you being so secretive? You make it sound as though I'll be captured by Mountain Demon in the next second!"

Wu Ji smiled, but did not speak about him.

But even though he was smiling, the way he looked at me made me feel strange.