On the next trip, Xiao Jizheng encountered several new things.

One of the most interesting things is that once when the big man passed by a bare stone mountain, he said happily: "Fortunately, I didn't miss the day, and in two days there will be a big drinking party here, and it will be very lively." Let's find a place to stay. ”

It was hard for Ji Zheng to imagine anyone holding a drinking party in this barren mountain with only bare stones and few flowers and trees.

Because this place is so deserted, not to mention the inn, there are not even people, and there is no place to stay.

However, the cheeky man seemed to be familiar with this place, and soon found a cave with ease, and then used it as a temporary place to stay. and told Xiao Jizheng not to go out of the cave alone, and to ask him to go with him if there was something.

Xiao Jizheng was very obedient and never left the cave alone.

Two days passed quickly, but Xiao Jizheng didn't see anyone coming over to prepare for the reception.

That night, Xiao Ji was asleep very early. He was in a daze when he was suddenly woken up by some bustling sounds.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the uncle was already dressed and looked like he was going out.

The cheeky man saw that he was awake, so he said, "Since you are awake, let me take you over to have a look."

It's just that you have to remember that no matter who asks you questions, don't make a sound, let alone take half a step away from me, do you hear? ”

Xiao Jizheng immediately nodded in agreement.

After Xiao Ji was dressed, shoes and socks, the uncle handed over a talisman and asked him to bring it with him.

Xiao Jizheng felt that this talisman was very familiar, and after a while, he remembered that if he remembered correctly, this talisman seemed to be exactly the same as the one that the uncle gave to Sister Rabbit Jing before.

It's just that he's not a goblin, so why should he carry this kind of talisman?

However, out of trust in his uncle, he didn't ask anything, and simply put the talisman in his pocket.

When Xiao Ji was following his uncle out of the cave, he found that there were many more people on the originally empty stone mountain, and the dense number could not be counted.

At this time, it was almost midnight, and a bright moon slowly rose, reflecting the entire originally bare stone mountain.

However, when Xiao Ji was gradually approaching the top of the mountain with his uncle, he found some very strange situations.

He saw that some of these people were very strange-looking.

Some people look like they are just ordinary people, but their necks are much longer than ordinary people, and they are a lot taller.

Not only is this long neck intimidatingly long, but it can also turn back and forth, and even turn all the way from the front to the back back to the front in a full circle, completely violating the human body structure.

Some people have eyes larger than owls, taking up almost half of the entire face.

Some people's entire mouth is full of sharp teeth, and even when the other party speaks, they can faintly smell a fishy smell.

Others are as tall as large black bears, and their arms and palms are clearly covered with beast-like hair. Both hands have sharp nails that look more like two claws than hands.

Except for these people who look more special, most of the others are still relatively normal. But when Xiao Ji was looking at their eyes that glowed in the dark, he couldn't treat them as human beings at all. It's like a bunch of beasts in human skin.

Xiao Jizheng instinctively felt very scared, so he grabbed his uncle's clothes tightly and didn't dare to leave him at a step.

Fortunately, those people didn't do anything to him, at most they just glanced at him curiously.

After a while, the moon gradually rises to its highest position, indicating that it is exactly midnight.

At this moment, Xiao Ji was surprised to see that the tallest and largest boulder on the Stone Mountain.

As if out of nowhere, a stream of crystal clear water gushed out of the crack in the boulder and flowed down the groove that someone had dug out.

Below it, dozens of men dressed in red stood guard at the exit of the groove, taking turns to catch the spring with hundreds of large tanks taller than a man.

Strangely, all the people on the mountain did not move, but gathered in a circle and stared directly at the movements of those people.

Except for the sound made by the men in red when they received water, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was very strange.

After receiving about a pillar of incense, the spring suddenly became smaller, and then disappeared completely after a while.

If it weren't for the water stains on the grooves, the spring would have been like a dream.

When the water was dry, the men in red carefully sealed each jar of water and sent it down one by one.

When all the spring water was sent down the mountain, there were still five large vats left on the top of the mountain.

But the five vats were obviously different from those used to hold the springs, not only were they larger, but each of them was covered with mud, as if they had just been dug out of the ground.

An old man in red clothes walked to the middle and saluted: "Thanks to everyone, this year, the Shijiu clan has successfully received Yuequan again." In order to thank you for your help, please smile and accept a glass of wine for each person according to the ancient agreement. With that, he clapped his hands.

A man in red immediately opened the sealing mud in one of the vats.

As soon as the mud seal was opened, a strong and clear aroma of wine spread.

That aroma, even a child like Xiao Jizheng, who has never drunk alcohol, thinks that how can this taste so good. Not to mention the others, all of whom stretched out their noses like fools to smell the unusual aroma of wine.

All the people present who smelled the aroma of wine showed extremely excited expressions, and even the uncle who had always been calm looked like a drunkard who was about to drool.

When the old man in red began to officially divide the wine, there was no scramble on the spot, because they knew that as long as everyone present had a share, there was no need to fight at all, so they all consciously went to get the wine one by one.

The old man in red used to divide the wine with a large jade cup tied to a stick, and he would directly use it to scoop a glass of wine and distribute it to the person who came to receive it.

No one will drink the wine directly, but carefully pack it with a wine gourd or jug, and then take it back and taste it slowly.

The big man was no exception, and when it was his turn, he skillfully opened the wine gourd hanging on his body, and then let the other party pour it into the gourd.

After pouring a glass, he didn't plug the wine gourd, but pointed to Xiao Jizheng beside him and said, "Please pour his share in." ”

The old man in red looked at Xiao Jizheng and said, "Do you agree?" ”

Xiao Ji was about to speak, but suddenly remembered what the uncle had said before, and quickly closed his mouth and nodded vigorously.

The old man in red poured another glass of wine into the wine gourd of the big man.

The big man suddenly smiled and pulled Xiao Jizheng away.

Looking at his elated appearance along the way, Xiao Jizheng couldn't help but wonder if the reason why the uncle brought him here was not to make up the number of people to occupy a place for wine, right?

After returning to the cave, the cheeky man couldn't put it down and stroked the wine gourd in his hand, not only reluctant to drink it immediately, but also very eager to try a little bit, but his psychology was so entangled.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and decided to go back and drink again, he was afraid that as soon as he opened the gourd, he couldn't help but drink it, this wine was too fragrant.

As soon as he put down the wine gourd, he found that Xiao Ji was looking at him with a questioning expression.

Remembering that this kid had helped him earn an extra glass of wine tonight, he suddenly said with a pleasant face: "Little ghost, do you really want to ask about tonight's affairs?" It's okay, you ask. ”

Xiao Jizheng asked unceremoniously: "Uncle, who are those people?" ”

"What do you think?"

"I don't think they're human, especially the weird-looking ones."

"Looks like you're not stupid. Let me tell you, not only those who look strange, but even those who look like ordinary people are not actually people, but youkai, whether they are wine distributors or wine leaders. ”

"There are so many youkai?" Ji Zheng couldn't help but be stunned.

"This is already a few, in the deeper barren mountains and forests, there are more powerful monsters.

Of course, there may be a few cultivators like me who want to mix in and share the drink, but they are certainly a very small minority.

Remember the talisman I gave you before I went? That talisman can not only isolate demonic energy, but also isolate popularity, so those youkai didn't realize that we were human.

It's true that it's rare to see so many youkai in normal times, but today is a special day, so they all gather there. Do you see the spring water flowing down from the top of the stone? ”

"See."

"It's called Moon Spring, and no one knows where it came from, except that it only flows out of the stone every year when the moon rises in the middle of the sky, and it only flows for a short time at a time.

Moon spring water is the main ingredient used to make the legendary 'moon god', the best liquor that is not inferior to the fairy brew, and only the youkai of the 'Shishu' clan know how to use the moon spring water to make the 'moon god'.

In order to prevent other monsters from stealing the Moon Spring Water, the Shijiu clan set rules with many demon clans in ancient times. As long as the wine clan successfully gets enough moon spring water every year, they will use alcohol to make the 'moon god' to entertain every demon clan present, but only one cup each.

These monsters are gathering here tonight to taste this fine wine. ”

Thinking that he had just been in the midst of so many man-eating monsters with his uncle, the more Ji Zheng thought about it, the more terrifying he felt. If a certain monster finds out that they are human, wouldn't that be sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth?

Seeing that he was frightened like this, the big man smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, if you are not sure, I will not take you there." Don't look at so many monsters there, in fact, there are not many who are really powerful. Most of them are little demons who have only been cultivated for two or three hundred years and have just transformed into a human form. The strange-looking guys you see look so strange because they haven't even taken on a human form yet.

Monsters of this level, unless they deal with me together, if I want to take you away, they won't be able to stop me.

Really powerful youkai don't appear in front of people easily, they are very cautious.

Most of these little demons are just minions, and they don't come here to drink for themselves, but to honor those powerful monsters. ”

After listening to the explanation of the big man, Ji Zheng was much more relieved.