Nan Chan

The night in the mountains is dark, and neither birds, beasts nor insects can be heard.The whole mountain was silent, Fanshu held Gu Shen's clothes, and kept quiet with the little wild ghosts.The mountain god does not know where to rest, the atmosphere is secretive, and the way forward becomes more and more unpredictable.

Cang Ji stepped on the rotten leaves and said, "There are no other things in this mountain, not even a worm."

Gu Shen picked up the leaf and smelled it carefully, then crushed it between his fingers.Although he doesn't have the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the ground beyond the mortal body, he has the insight to see the details.Gu Shen looked around at the trees covering the sky, and said: "This mountain is full of trees, and the roots and vines are much more intricate than other places. Could it be that the mountain god also has the ability to cause decay?"

"No." Jing Lin said, "It should be Dongjun who revives all things, transforms corruption and promotes renewal. If this god can do the same, he should have a place in the Nine Heavens Realm."

The gods gather in the Nine Heavens Realm, each showing their magical powers and possessing great powers.For example, Drunken Mountain Monk, casting a magic wand to cross gold and shake evil, does not rely on his admirable talent, but his true nature.Anyone with a cultivation base will be born with a sea of ​​spirits, and the sea of ​​spirits is vast, surrounded by the true nature.The truth is built by the heart and urged by the spirit, and each person is different.Drunken Mountain Monk's true form is "Drunk Mountain", because this person is resolute in nature, hard to submit to others, and especially obsessed, so he has been unable to purify the six roots for a long time.

Dongjun was even more different. When Jiutianjun first pointed him out, the Three Realms were in an uproar, which showed the controversy.He is a king and god, but he still needs to do this thing of calling the spring. It is not that the current Cheng Tianjun intends to suppress it, but that no one can do it except him.

The conversation between Jing Lin and Gu Shen didn't end, when Cang Ji suddenly saw Cang Ji circling around the tree, pushing aside the thick pile of rotten leaves with his feet.He leaned over and sniffed lightly, and said, "This place smells weird, and there is an unfamiliar stench in the mud."

Gu Shen squatted down and rubbed the mud, he dipped his fingers and sniffed: "I can't smell it."

Cang Ji lightly kicked Sweet Potato's buttocks, and said, "You come."

Potato clenched his clothes tightly, covered his ears, and said with fear and fear: "You don't need to smell it, it's the smell of corpses..." He cried and said, "Many people died here."

Gu Shen dug the mud with the sheath, and when he dug to a depth of two palms, he dug out a sharp finger bone.He said: "The bones of thousands of people that the pig spirit said must be here."

If they uncover the soil at this time, they will be able to see that the mountain is covered with bones, piled up into a mountain.Towering trees take root in it, and the mountains are lush with bones.

Gu Shen moved the finger bones and said: "There are marks on the bones. If it was strangled to death, it should be on the neck. Why would there be marks on the finger bones?"

"It depends on what this mountain god grandfather is. It must not be a beast, but if it is a snake or something, it doesn't look like it." Cang Ji traced the strangle mark between the finger bones with his fingertips, "It's too thin. You are also born Have you never seen him in the city?"

Fanshu replied tremblingly: "No, I haven't seen it... If I have seen it, I can find my mother."

Jing Lin never made a sound, he raised his finger and caressed the tree trunk.The forest leaves shake, and there seems to be a rhythm between the friction.

Gu Shen said: "You can't even see them, so can you still escape?"

"Although I can't see it." Sweet Potato whispered, "But Grandpa Mountain God knows every move in the city. He never allows anyone to go out without authorization, so no one can go out."

"I can't see the spirit world here, so I ran away when I wanted to." Cang Ji said, "What method did he use to make people so obedient."

"Scared." The little wild ghosts grabbed the corners of their clothes and said in unison, "Brother, be afraid!"

"What is not common, yet can be hidden from sight?" Gu Shen asked after thinking.

"Rather than being uncommon." Jing Lin's robe was blown by the wind, and he raised his hand to caress the tree, "It's better to say that it is the most common."

The ancient wood is rickety, and it doesn't move when it hears the sound.

But seeing the starlight swaying, close your eyes and listen.The breath in the wind is light, and the surrounding trees sway with the breath, condensing into mountains and waves, and then melting in the wind, returning to the night.

Dongjun suddenly stopped and listened to him, stopping the drunk mountain monk from asking.He said: "Listen."

The Drunken Mountain Monk stood up with his staff and concentrated on his breath. After a long while, he said, "I didn't fart a single fart."

"Such a wonderful sound, but you just want to listen to farts." Dong Jun said, "It can be seen that there must be a reason for your lonely life."

"Stop talking nonsense, what did you hear?"

Dongjun's eyes were half closed, revealing a kind of joy.He said: "This place is surrounded by mountains and is a natural barrier. If foreign things do not disturb, it should be a paradise. Therefore, the vegetation is of the same mind, and the mountains and rivers come from the same source. But the bad thing is that the city was built by people, which not only disturbed the aura, but also added to the debt. Dead mad."

"I see that the terrain of this place is inconvenient, and the spirit of heaven is conceived inside, so it nourishes all things and transforms into spirits. There are so many monsters running around the mountain. Where does the death energy come from?" Drunken Mountain Monk asked confused.

"It's only natural if you don't realize it." Dong Jun put his hand behind his back, "Otherwise, what else would I do? However, as the chief assistant officer of the Soul Chasing Prison, you can't even remember the territory governed by the god in charge of Zhongdu. No wonder they When I see you, I will stumble overtly and secretly."

"The gods in charge of Zhongdu are so numerous that I can't remember them when my hair grows out." Drunken Mountain Monk asked, "Who is in charge of this place?"

Dongjun said briskly: "No one cares."

Drunken Mountain Monk looked around and said, "Since this place is pregnant with the spirit of heaven, why didn't you send the god in charge?"

"Because the debts of this place are unpaid." Dongjun said, "The Boundary Division measures the various places, and where incense is prosperous, temples are erected, and the gods in charge are stationed according to merit. You stayed in the town before, and since you can invite Hui'an The stationing of immortals with such qualifications has something to do with its continuous incense for hundreds of years. This place does not pray to the sky, and it does not pray to gods. Tube."

"How absurd, since worshiping evil spirits, nothing else but that! How can you ignore it?"

"But 500 years, you also forgot." Dong Jun glanced at him, "You are a demon slayer, and besides Li Rong, isn't Linsong Lord the one who slays demons?"

The Drunken Mountain Monk choked for a long while before he said stubbornly: "Although I am only responsible for killing demons, it is not impossible to eliminate demons. Besides, Jing... After Linsong Lord, is it possible that the entire Nine Heavens Realm can no longer be challenged?" Is someone out there!"

But Dong Jun sighed softly, and said quietly: "How can people be so picky? Slaying monsters is easy, but killing demons is difficult. In the world, apart from those who were buried in the sea of ​​blood, there are only Li Rong's Poor Spear and Jinglin." The Yanquan sword. Now that the broken body is sleeping, and the Yanquan is broken, where will Cheng Tianjun choose someone? Cultivation is easy to find, but the truth is hard to come by. Eliminating demons and defending Taoism often involves blood. If you are not determined, how dare you do whatever you want take over."

"There are Buddhas in the Vatican, but if I don't believe in them, no one will be able to eliminate demons."

Dong Jun suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, he walked away with his hands behind his back, saying: "Idiot! When will you understand? There will be twists and turns. If the real Buddha is easy to invite, then why should Li Rong sleep in a sea of ​​blood? In this world, one thing is exchanged for one." Things have always been a balance of merit and virtue, and a circle of cause and effect."

Drunken Mountain Monk followed closely behind: "You said that people here worship evil spirits, but I can see that they are all monsters. Where are the people?"

Dongjun shrugged: "I'm going to pay off the debt."

"No." Drunken Mountain Monk said, "Since the evil spirits have not been eliminated, who can ask them to pay their debts?"

"It's my own debt. A few people can accumulate grievances and turn them into birds, but the Rakshasa bird is not a powerful thing after all. But if thousands of people accumulate grievances and blood, I can't predict what will happen." Dong Jun was in high spirits. , "But let me run into it."

Lured by the quiet sound, Gu Shen stepped forward slowly and touched the tree trunk.The ancient tree that has never moved suddenly dropped a branch, and touched Gu Shen's eyebrows from Gu Shen's shoulder.The dead branches and rough skin slid inch by inch, and it hurt a little.

"He..." Gu Shen's throat suddenly choked up, and he pressed down, "Do you recognize me? Although I have been to the north, I have never been here."

The rhizomes of the ancient trees were pulled out from the soil, and then covered with white bones.The vines grew more and more, and the ancient tree was bent down, turning into a huge monster with roots dragging mud.He glides on his roots, moving slowly.The branches brushed against Gu Shen's face as if to identify him, then gradually passed Gu Shen and leaned towards Sweet Potato.

Sweet Potato landed on all fours, her ears touched by vine branches.He was stunned to see the monster moving in front of him and screamed for no reason.

"mother."

The little wild ghosts stepped on the mud and climbed up the monster's vines.They showed innocent and lively smiles, bowed their heads on the vine branches, and said happily together: "Mother!"

The sweet potatoes are hugged by rattan, and the little wild ghosts are also surrounded by rattan.He has neither a face nor a mouth, but both Cang Ji and Jing Lin can hear humming.In the vague and ethereal humming sound mixed with tens of thousands of voices, he gently shook the children, and Sweet Potato hugged his vine and cried out.

"Mother." Potato leaned against him, "It's my mother!"

"It's mother!" The little wild ghosts rolled and laughed among the mud and vines, "It's mother!"

"He" took the children and moved down the mountain.The grass and trees all over the mountain separated into roads, and bones fell from his vines to the mud. He seemed to be still searching, swimming to a further place.

"Where is he going?" Cang Ji turned his head to see Gu Shen, but found that Gu Shen's face was full of tears.

Gu Shen held the scabbard, wiping away tears incomprehensibly: "...I thought he recognized me."

Jing Lin looked at the way to go, but did not answer.He seemed to have understood something, but he couldn't express it to Gu Shen.

Gu Shen turned his head and saw "he" patrolling the mountain away, suddenly felt an unbearable pain.He couldn't even tell where the pain was, he just repeated: "...I thought he recognized me."

The mountain god patrols the mountain at night, and the sky is full of stars to guide him.In this way, he wandered around the mountains over and over again.More and more little wild ghosts protruded from the grass. They played around barefoot, riding on the rattan of the mountain god, calling "mother" unevenly.

A copper bell rang from Gu Shen's waist, urging him to follow.The bell woke up Gu Shen, but not Jing Lin.His eyes lingered on the copper bell, as if seeing some old friend.

The little stone man jumped out of his sleeve, chased after Gu Shen, and jumped up to grab the copper bell.The copper bell wrapped around Gu Shen and hid it in his belt.The stone fell to the ground, watching Gu Shen chasing the mountain god with the copper bell, for some reason, his back looked a little lonely.

Cang Ji squatted behind it, and pressed his finger between its grass crowns: "I can take it back, what's the hurry."

Shi Shi held Cang Ji's fingers and was carried by him on his shoulders.

"Since you didn't say a word, you must have understood some reasons." Cang Ji looked at the front, "This thing is neither a demon nor a demon, and it is not vicious, but it is murderous. I think he has no spiritual sea, and it is a mess inside and outside. What the hell is he?"

Jing Lin stepped on the bones, lowered his head and watched quietly for a moment, and said: "If I guess correctly, Gu Shen will not be able to go home."

"What does this have to do with him?" Cang Ji said.

"It has nothing to do with it, but it has something to do with it." Jing Lin kicked the bone away mercilessly, "This place is originally a treasured land of geomantic omen, but people have messed up the spirit of the sky. This city was built by people, but it is placed deep in the mountains. There is no road. No outsiders are allowed in. There is only one road leading to the outside in the city, and heavy gates and iron locks have been built. Monsters still feel that they cannot escape, let alone mortals."

"It's like a stone pot." Cang Ji said, "Surrounded by mountains, it's naturally dangerous. It's inconvenient for people to live here. But the city is well-built, and it's not like fleeing from disaster."

"It was indeed built to escape." Jing Lin said, "but it was escaped for guilt. Donglin killed four of the Chen family and could attract Rakshasa birds. Ten thousand people died here but there were no evil creatures. The Division Division didn't notice it. Because Huang Quan didn't report."

"What?" Cang Ji asked, "Are there any relatives of King Hades here?"

"The King of Hades is afraid he won't admit it." Jing Lin paused for a moment, "It's likely that after the murder, even the soul was swallowed up."

"Then where do so many brats come from?"

Jing Lin looked at Cang Ji, and said, "Children die early."

Cang Ji asked: "Where is this place?"

"This city is not Taoyuan Township, but a Tibetan nest. There was a passage in the Winter Forest, 'All the girls in the car froze to death'. Although Zhongdu is wide, it is not we who can reach the point where people freeze to death. This way?" Jing Lin paused, not continuing.

But Cang Ji still heard the key point.

"Why." Cang Ji said with a cold expression, "I only send girls here."