Villain's Alchemy Book

Chapter 284
To the west of the Great Desolation, there is a place called Tai'a, west of Tai'a, there is a place called Changyun, a thousand li to the west of Changyun is Siam, five hundred miles to the west of Siam is mulberry, west of mulberry Baili is for Yunhuang.

"Yunhuang is a barren land in the legend, and it is also a land outside the law. The people here seem to be simple and honest, but in fact they are extremely cruel. They have no so-called moral constraints in their hearts. When we come here as outsiders, the most important thing is Unity, only unity, can allow us to survive here, other than that, it is all lost."

Abao is a one-armed old man. It is said that his arm was bitten off by a man-eating mantis. If this story is not scary enough, then if the hundreds of participants who were with him at that time were all killed by the mantis , if he lived alone because he fell off the cliff, that would be enough.

And everyone knew his life was tough.

A Bao is the leader of ginseng in Tai Alai. He has [-] ginseng under his command. Every year, he can find the best ginseng from poor mountains and rivers, and even sell ginseng essence to the rich and powerful.He earned countless shellfish based on this, and at the same time supported countless families who depended on him.

In fact, he hasn't done it since 20 years ago.

The reason why he traveled thousands of miles to Yunhuang this time was because the dignitaries of Tai'a paid [-] Bei coins and invited him to go out to find ginseng essence.

He used this money to house dozens of wives and concubines, as well as hundreds of children. At the same time, he housed hundreds of family members traveling with him.

However, they went out for more than a year, and traveled all over the mountains and deep forests rich in ginseng near Tai'a, but they couldn't find the whereabouts of the ginseng essence. Finally, they heard a rumor that someone had seen the whereabouts of the ginseng essence in Yunhuang.

After more than a year of futile work, everyone is simmering with anger.

Hearing such rumors, everyone came here excitedly, but when they really got here, they discovered that the barren land was not just talking.

They came to a small town. It is said that this is the largest town in Yunhuang, but there are only a few hundred families in the whole town, and there is not even a decent hotel. Moreover, the people here are extremely xenophobic. Supplies are a problem.

For half a month, they traveled all over the surrounding villages, but they couldn't find anyone to communicate with. If it wasn't for Abao to stop them, they would have been violent.

Just when Ah Bao flinched a little, his subordinates brought back a half-grown young man.

The young man was quite thin, but very strong. He was wearing simple animal skin, with large chunks of skin exposed, and several women in the team were blushing when they saw it.

Ah Bao also showed a look of surprise: "What's the guy's name?"

"Yun Jiu, I heard that you are looking for the whereabouts of the mountain spirit?"

"Yes, you……"

"Come with me."

Ah Bao was very surprised. Although this Yun Jiu was born in a barren land, there was no obstacle in communicating with them. What surprised him most was his attitude, which seemed urgent: "Yun Jiu, is it necessary to be so urgent?"

"The people here regard the mountain spirit as their god. How could they let you enter the mountain? If they know that I am looking for you, what you will encounter will not be cold eyes, but swords and axes."

These days, Ah Bao didn't get nothing. Knowing that the young man was telling the truth, Ah Bao immediately packed his luggage and pretended to leave.

After leaving the small town for twenty miles, he turned into the mountain under the guidance of Yun Jiu.

Yun Jiu led them around the mountains for seven or eight days, when everyone was complaining, finally saw a hidden lone peak in the mist.

"Yun Jiu pointed to the lonely peak, where the mountain spirit hides, but it's extremely dangerous..."

Suddenly, an old man dressed in sheepskin appeared on the road ahead: "Yun Jiu, ji li gu ji ji li gu lu."

Yun Jiu stepped forward: "Ji Li Gu Lu Ji Li Gu Lu."

The two chattered and chatted, and then became more and more excited.

"Master Liao, what are they talking about?"

Master Liao is an aborigine hired by Ah Bao nearby. He has no other role except to be proficient in the local language and can be regarded as a translator.

Master Liao said: "The old man is the elder of the young man, trying to dissuade him, but Yun Jiu's father died on the mountain, he hated the mountain god on the mountain, and wanted to destroy him. The old man said it was not the fault of the mountain spirit, but his father was born with greed. Read it. But the young man is obviously unwilling to listen to persuasion."

Ah Bao thought that the old man would continue to obstruct him, but when he was considering whether to use force, the old man stepped aside.

"Master Liao, why did the old man let us go?"

"He said, I sent your father into the mountain ten years ago, but now I never thought I would send you into the mountain too. Humans commit crimes without forgiveness, and God has destined our branch to be extinct."

A trace of fear suddenly appeared in Ah Bao's heart, but he quickly overcome it. He had collected so much money from the rich and powerful, and there was no way out.

Walking into the isolated peak, Ah Bao couldn't help asking curiously: "Your father, why did you enter the mountain?"

Yun Jiudao: "When my mother gave birth to me, it was difficult to give birth, and it failed in three days and three nights. Dad, Dad listened to the slander of outsiders and wanted to go into the mountains to hunt ginseng to save our mother and son. In the end, he died in the mountains, including his bones. I couldn’t bring them back, and my mother died, and I was the only one who was dug out from my mother’s stomach by the patriarch..."

This is a bloody and sad story.

Ah Bao thought of the bunch of grandchildren at home, and a pity suddenly rose in his heart.

"Now, you have deviated from the tribe. If you have nowhere to go in the future, you can follow me to Tai'a. If nothing else, I will give you a bite to eat and send you to learn. There is no problem."

"Let's talk about it after we all survive."

Yun Jiu led many visitors and walked slowly past the old man. The old man looked at them silently, with endless sadness in his eyes.

Why are humans so greedy?

The old man smoked dry tobacco silently, thinking about the legends that have been passed down for a long time in the prehistoric times, and thinking that he has been guarding the foot of this mountain for 40 years, and it is time to pay off his original sins.

It's just that the only grandson went up the mountain with him, and his branch is about to be cut off. Even if he goes down the mountain, what's the point?
Could this be God's punishment for him?

Thinking that his only grandson had already gone up the mountain, he began to consider whether he should go up the mountain with him.

He sighed, dropped the rocks, and walked slowly towards the mountain.

"Oh, maybe, this is fate."

"Grandpa, grandpa..."

Alas, maybe he was really old, and he actually had auditory hallucinations, and he actually felt the voice of his grandson behind him.

Suddenly, his hand was pulled by a strong and powerful dog. He suddenly came back to his senses and found that his grandson was pulling him with a concerned expression, and one of his feet had already stepped into the boundary of the forbidden area.

"Jiu'er, why are you here? Didn't you follow up the mountain?"

"Grandfather, what are you talking about? You know that I am the least courageous. How dare I go up the mountain? Even if I want to go up the mountain, I have to keep the seeds of our Yun family."

The old man grabbed Yun Jiu's face and pulled it into various ugly shapes. Yun Jiu was so painful that he almost cried.

The old man looked at the sacred mountain behind him suspiciously, and felt a chill rushing up his back: "You are here, so who is the one who just entered the mountain?"

"Grandpa, what are you talking about?"

"Nothing, let's go, let's leave quickly."

At this time, the old man didn't even have the courage to look up the mountain. He quickly took his grandson's hand and hurried away all the way.

Shenshan is isolated, like a ghost who chooses and devours people!
(End of this chapter)