Outside Lingbi City is a beautiful mountain field, and between the mountains and fields are small villages dotted with stars.

The wind and rain are obscure, the world is wet, the green mountains are eyebrows, the lake is slightly wrinkled, and the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is always a light rain, and it becomes a freehand landscape ink painting.

Dozens of miles outside Lingbi City, there is a quaint small village with dozens of households.

It's called Qingniu Village.

Nestled in the mountains, the village is self-sufficient and has little contact with the outside world, with low black tiled roofs, bloated loess walls, and thin weeds growing along the muddy roadside.

Passers-by will secretly sigh when they see this village, what kind of people live in such a dilapidated ancient village?

In fact, there are many people living in Qingniu Village, and since ancient times, it has been hiding a big secret.

"Master Niu celebrates his two hundredth birthday today, you go to the village entrance to guard the road, don't let an outsider come in!"

The old village chief with a withered face stood at the door of the ancestral hall and gave stern orders to a few young people below.

His face was gloomy, his protruding cloudy eyes widened, and his skinny palms slammed into the ground like a chicken claw in boiling water.

"Give me a brighter eye, in case I anger Master Niu and something fatal, not only will it harm us, but it will also affect others in vain!"

"Yes, village chief, I'll go to the village east road to guard. ”

"I watched from the mountain path, and I didn't even put a pheasant in it. ”

"I'm at the village gate. ”

More than a dozen young people in the village hurriedly responded, patted their chests and promised, and then scattered in a hurry, running in different directions with hoes and sickles.

The old village chief nodded with satisfaction, looked down at the remaining women and children in the village, explained some sacrifices and the layout of the venue, and turned around and walked towards the eerie ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is the largest building in Qingniu Village, and it is extremely strict, with a height of more than ten meters.

It's hard to imagine that in such a dilapidated village, there is a huge ancestral hall, as if some untouchable behemoth is enshrined in it.

With trembling arms, he pushed open the thick door of the damp black wood, and the smell of rancid odor came to his face.

The old village chief knelt down on the ground respectfully, his ass was cocked high, his eyes were low on the ground in fear, and he didn't dare to look forward at all.

"Master Niu, the best wine has been prepared in the village, when will your birthday banquet start?"

"Moo!"

In the dimly lit expanse of space, the ancient altar was surrounded by water, and there was a figure as blue as a mountain on the altar.

The huge cyan figure on the altar opened its eyes, as if two fiery red lanterns were lit, the tail of the ox like a steel whip twisted and twitched, the wind whistled, and the black water splashed more than a foot high.

"My friend came in the evening and came back to me. ”

......

The rain was light, the clouds were bleak, and it was already dusk, and the sky quickly darkened.

The young man with a black umbrella stood on tiptoe and looked at the ancient village in the distance, turning from the cement road to the muddy yellow mud road.

"Little chicken, you said that the green cow demon really lives here?"

"Decades ago, when I passed by this place, I did see the villagers kneeling down, and one of them was calling friends and holding a lavish birthday feast. ”

Gu Huoniao explained aloud.

This afternoon, Ye Ling was in a bad mood because he forgot to bring an umbrella, so he made a temporary decision and decided to play with the green bull demon in the monster market.

In the monster bazaar that day, the green bull demon was uneasy and kind, first wanted to deceive Ye Ling's yang energy, but was deflated, and finally opened his teeth and claws in front of the pork shop of Pig Steel Guane, and the first one made a provocation, intending to put pressure on Zhu Gang Guan, and his mind was very vicious.

"Hmm. ”

Ye Ling nodded slightly, the last time he went to the mountain temple to subdue demons and eliminate demons, it was also the path guided by Gu Huoniao.

In the surrounding realm of Lingbi City, Gu Huoniao, a mountain-moving demon, is the existence of the head snake of the ground, has lived for hundreds of years, has seen a lot, it is simply a moving history museum, and there is almost nothing he doesn't know.

This is also one of the reasons why Ye Ling did not kill the Remnant Soul State Gu Won Bird.

Otherwise, according to his cautious character, he could do anything that directly broke the bronze ancient coins at that time, and harmed others and himself.

Sometimes, it's worth more to be alive than to die.

Ye Ling pondered for a while, and asked curiously, "Birthday banquet, do you monsters also have birthdays?"

Most of the demons and monsters between the mountains and seas are alone, the heavens and the earth are nurtured, and the demons are raised, where is there a birthday?

"Some monsters, some but, after a long time of contact with mortals, I always learned some things to usher in and send to the society, which is ridiculous. ”

Gu Xuaniao sneered, obviously very disdainful of the matter.

"That's because you don't have friends. ”

Ye Ling replied with a smile.

"Yokai don't need friends. ”

Gu Huoniao's tone was arrogant, and he responded indifferently: "Fierce beasts never walk alone, and those who need friends are often weak!"

When Ye Ling heard this, he shook his head and sneered: "That's right, your friend Two-Faced Buddha who shared hardships and struggled for wealth and wealth is still pressing under the rain mountain, oh, of course, it is also possible that he has been refined into a puddle of golden water by Master Yu's concubine." ”

Gu Xuaniao was silent for a long time, and only after a long time did he speak gloomily.

"If you have a chance in the future, you will help me split the ancient mountain of the two-faced Buddha with one sword, and I owe you a favor. ”

Ye Ling laughed, didn't reply, changed his hand to hold the umbrella, and walked forward.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and when I get close to the dilapidated ancient village, I see bright lights, smoke, and bleakness, like a ghost market in the mountains in a strange novel.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man with a hoe blocked Ye Ling's path in the middle of the road.

"Hey, young man, this way doesn't work, you go somewhere else. ”

Ye Ling stopped when he heard this, and asked suspiciously.

"The road is under my feet, why can't I walk?"

The big man looked left and right, and raised the hoe in his hand, as if he was bold, and he stared at him.

"An important festival is being held in our village, and idlers are not allowed to enter!"

Ye Ling glanced at him and said coldly.

"Heh, I've seen the sacrifice of the ancestors of the heroic spirit, but it is the first time I have seen the worship of demons and monsters, ridiculous and strange, unheard of!"

"You, you!"

Dahan's eyes were panicked, his face was shocked, and he said tremblingly: "Who are you? Why do you know that we are worshipping Master Niu?!"

Ye Ling walked straight forward and said.

"I'm a good friend of your old man. ”

As if he had been struck by lightning, the big man was so frightened that his hoe fell off and hit his feet heavily, but he didn't care about the pain, and quickly got out of the way and knelt to the side, crying bitterly and begging for mercy.

"Demon master, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, but he is blind and blocks your way, forgive the little one's life......"

The big man slapped his face fiercely, and his pale face became red and swollen after a few clicks.

In previous years, Master Niu held a birthday banquet, and several monster friends came, all of them were fierce and vicious, strange shapes, and they were easy to distinguish.

The young man I met today, born with a human-like appearance, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, where is the terrifying appearance of a monster?

Could it be that Master Niu only met this year?

Ye Ling waved his hand and said with a displeased expression.

"You get up and lead the way, I have brought some gifts that Master Niu asked for, and I will give them to him today. ”