Chapter 6 6. People are coming
A few days later, the entrance to a small village in Taihang Mountain.
A group of dozens of people stood not far from the village entrance. These dozens of people were wearing various clothes, but each of them was carrying a wooden box of a similar style. A few of them walked into the village under the strange eyes of the villagers.
The villagers here looked at the man leading the way with disgust in their eyes.
This ancient and traditional village naturally attaches great importance to traditional ceremonies. From the birth of a child, to the wedding of young people, to the burial of the elderly, all banquets need to be carefully organized. But as the son of an old man, he found out that when the old man passed away, there was only an adobe built in the backyard. There was no coffin, no monument, not to mention a banquet and funeral.
If the villagers hadn't noticed that there was no movement at the old man's house for several days and the lights were not turned on at night, they really wouldn't have discovered it.
In the past few days, the villagers have been busy arranging the old man's funeral arrangements. This kid actually ran back. Who will show him a good face?
Lin Zhiqiang's face was equally ugly, and he was not a good person on both sides of this trip back to the village. He simply buried his father's body, took away the remaining gold and silver jewelry in the house, and made full plans to never come back and die outside for the rest of his life. But the "King of Hell" made such a request to him, and after some coercion and inducement, he also gave him enough reward, so that he could be indulgent and worry-free for the rest of his life. He had to return to the mountains, taking the group of people behind him with him.
I just need to show some respect and lead the way, and everything will be fine.
The man thought to himself, while inadvertently glancing at the beautiful and petite girl behind him.
There was no surprise in his eyes, only deep fear.
He saw with his own eyes that the girl broke the neck of the cat that was following her with an expressionless face.
The cat was specially brought by the girl from the imperial capital. It is her favorite pet. She is full of twisted possessiveness towards her belongings. This cat basically cannot go anywhere except following her. When she suddenly gets bored, it just so happens that the cat's behavior makes her irritated. The ending is the cold and heartless minions of death.
The cat's body was thrown carelessly by the girl to the side of the road, like a thin rag.
Along the way, the girl would take out the red scale from time to time and stare at it, with a sickly flush on her face. This frightened Lin Zhiqiang even more.
"People in the village don't like you very much?" the girl asked.
"It's right that they don't like me. Sometimes I hate myself." Although the man wondered why the girl suddenly asked this, he didn't dare to ask the question, so he could only laugh.
Gu Chuchu stopped and her eyes suddenly became sharp.
"What's the matter, Miss Gu?" Beside the girl, a muscular man in casual clothes asked.
Gu Chuchu didn't answer. She looked back at the mountains in the distance and frowned slightly.
There was nothing there, only an unobservable blue arc flashing through the branches and leaves of the trees.
"It's nothing, keep walking." The girl looked away, thoughtfully.
At several familiar corners, the group came to the old house.
The door of the house was open, with a white couplet on it. There was no one close to the old man in the village, so it was difficult to handle the matter. It took a day after the funeral to order a coffin and send the old man to the ancestral grave in the village.
Before coming, they had heard the story of the man's return to the village several times, and there was no need to say more at this point.
Several people walked into the house and started searching, sorting out all possible clues.
…………
The big snake slowly woke up.
It raised its head, opening and closing its scales subconsciously, frightening away the birds that landed on the ferocious snake's face.
The flowers bloomed.
The blue buds are blooming at this moment, and the flowers are shaped like narcissus. The white mist spread, the cold air was overwhelming, and it condensed into fine blue ice on the inner scales of the snake.
Li Xi'an's current deep sleep is probably equivalent to closing his eyes and resting in the human period. He knows that as the medium matures, it has attracted the attention of many creatures, but because of the big snake entrenched here, it has no choice but to leave. The most daring one is Take a peek at the shore of the deep stream.
To many creatures here, the big snake seems to be occupying the latrine and not taking a shit.
The golden candle overlooks the blue flowers, lowering his head to smell the fragrance. After all, he is a passer-by.
The huge red creature stood up, then turned over and disappeared into the deep pool. It is good to treat this as an opportunity for other creatures to pick the medium fruit. Even if it is not suitable, it is still a sure-profit business. But it doesn't intend to do this. The mountains not only support it, but also support other lives. This medium is indifferent to it, but it may be the rise and sublimation of other creatures. It would be a bit greedy to monopolize all the benefits.
This is not a law of nature, but Li Xi'an's way of living like a snake.
When the aura of the big snake completely disappeared, with this ancient stream as the center, the mountains and forests were boiling. Among them, there will always be another rising creature. Of course, this has nothing to do with Li Xian.
Orochi found a glimmer of enlightenment in his sleep these past few days.
It wants to go back to the old camphor tree on the island in the middle of the lake to transform this glimmer of understanding into something real. Accompanying the flowering of media, it cannot be said that there is no gain at all.
On the island in the middle of the lake, there are old camphor trees.
There is an unexpected guest from Li Xian.
Under the old tree on the small island, there lies a giant tiger. It lies there like a fire burning on the grass.
“南烛。”巨虎舔舐利爪，突兀出声。
Seeing the confused expression of the snake, it added, "Don't look at me like that. The synchronous communication between heaven and earth and all things is contained in the medium seeds. It is a required course for the rising creatures that eat the medium. My previous rise was not complete yet. You came to my door, so I didn’t say anything.”
The giant tiger paused, "And even if I could speak to you at that time, I probably wouldn't be able to do anything to you. I said there were some monsters hiding in this mountain, and it turned out to be you."
Li Xi'an didn't want to soak in the water and communicate with the giant tiger. It climbed up the old camphor tree and sat on the crown of the tree, as comfortable as returning to the bed at home after working overtime for several days.
"Do you know me?" Big Snake said lazily.
"Master of Taihang Mountain, who doesn't know the creatures in these mountains?" The giant tiger glanced at the big snake, as if he was surprised by Li Xi'an's self-awareness.
"Just call me Qingyan." Juhu saw that Li Xi'an wanted to ask something. "In addition, although this habitat is secretive, it is nothing to the rising creatures. I hope you can pay attention to it."
"Thanks for the reminder. So, why did you come to me?" Orochi asked.
"A group of uninvited guests have come to the mountains, and they are probably here for you. In the past few days, I have been wandering among the villages in the mountains to pay for my sins of killing. I saw them when I passed by a village. The leader of them had your aura on him. ”
"What do you think they have a chance of winning?" The copper-covered snake's face was ferocious and indifferent.
"There's nothing on the surface." Qing Yan shook his huge tiger head.
"But the girl in the lead has an extremely uncomfortable feeling. They go deep into the mountains, so they must be certain."
"You are the most powerful being among us, but you seem to know nothing. Even when you speak, you have to rely on the mountains." Qing Yan said solemnly, "Does it mean that you have never eaten media until you have grown up to this point?"
"Maybe." Li Xi'an replied.
"Terrible and terrifying." Qing Yan commented.
"Ordinary creatures do not have as long a life as you. In their eyes, a big snake protects the mountains from the time they are born until they die. So there is no creature in this mountain who does not respect the mountain god named Nanzhu." The giant tiger stood up and said, As he was about to leave, blue lightning suddenly appeared, covering the expression on Tiger's face. "The same is true for the king."
The blue light fled into the forest in an instant, leaving the huge golden candle burning silently on the spot.
After a long time, the leaves of the ancient tree fell.
Orochi smiled.
(End of chapter)