Preface:

"It's useless, young spirit master, you can't save me, I can't become a mountain god in the first place, now that I have become a mountain god, I have already made today's plans. ”

"Ahh

Body:

On this day, Gu came to a village and saw a group of people gathered in a clearing, some of them frowned and didn't say a word, some sighed and shook their heads, and some whispered with a serious look.

Gu walked forward and asked, "What's going on?" so many people gathered here?" A villager squinted at Gu and said lightly, "You're from out of town, right?" ”

"Yes. ”

"No wonder such a big thing happened, you don't know, our village is dependent on the mountain to eat, every family in the village depends on collecting firewood for a living, and there is a spiritual master in the village, in charge of the operation of the mountain, we can only follow his arrangement, with his permission to enter the mountain, otherwise, once trespassing, we will be punished by the mountain, at least strange disease, or loss of life. ”

"It's incredible that there are real people in charge of the operation of the mountain, and throughout the ages, in the texts recorded by the spirit master, all the mountain gods (responsible for scheduling the balance of the mountain spirits, discovering the hidden dangers of the mountain, and maintaining the dynamic balance of the whole mountain at all times) are non-human animals, and I would like to meet this mountain god who is also a spirit master. After listening to what the villagers said, Gu came up with such an idea.

"Hey, guys, let me say a few words. Gu said.

When the villagers heard this, they all focused their eyes on this unfamiliar face, waiting for his next words.

"The spirit master is right, you can't enter the mountain without his instructions, because if the spirits in the mountains are not in relative balance, those invisible dangers will occur, for example, some spirits will enter people's bodies and cause illness, and some people will be confused and unable to get out of the mountains. There is only one kind of person who can barely enter the mountain without being affected by this. Its name is 'Spirit Master', because of its special constitution, the Spirit Master can see the spirit groups everywhere, so he can choose to avoid dangerous places, and can also infer the overall state of the mountain through the subtle changes in the flowers, birds, fish, insects, trees, shrubs and grasses in the mountain. The mountain god in your village is a spirit master, and I am also a spirit master, I can go into the mountain, first, to help you find him, and second, to help you explore the state of the mountain. ”

After listening to Gu's words, someone in the village said: "Yesterday, someone didn't listen to the advice of the villagers and went into the mountain without permission to look for Elder Hui Ling (the name of the spiritual master in the village), but this morning, their bodies were found at the foot of the mountain. Someone else added: "Since you are a spirit master, please quickly enter the mountain and look for Elder Hui Ling, without him, there is no way to arrange life in our village." ”

"Rest assured, I'll settle this matter, please wait for good news. After Gu said this, he tightened the wooden box and walked into the deep mountains.

Entering the depths of the mountain, Gu visually measured the concentration of spirits in several places, and sure enough, there were abnormalities, the number of spirits in some places was too large, and the number of spirits in some places was too small. Because of this situation, the surrounding flowers, birds, fish and insects are all moving, and the color of those trees and shrubs is also unhealthy light yellow.

Further down, a large dense fog was generated, which reminded Gu of the dense fog on the lakeshore when he met the Lake of Reincarnation, although the concentration of the fog now was not as good as the lakeshore fog at that time, but it was also quite tricky, and he couldn't identify the direction. It is estimated that the person who entered the mountain in search of the mountain god could not identify the direction because of the fog, stepped on the cliff, fell to the bottom of the cliff and died.

"Damn the weather, there's no other way to find him. Gu put down the wooden box, took out a small gourd from one of the places, opened the mouth of the gourd, and dropped a few drops of a yellow and bright liquid object on the ground - spirit wine (a kind that can be used to attract spirits - "Jue", Jue is a strip-shaped spirit that lives below the surface of the earth, he can be connected to the whole mountain, just like the nerve sensing line of the mountain, can detect the state of the whole mountain, even the mountain god is also through Jue to understand the whole mountain, so as to regulate the balance of the mountain. ）

As soon as the spirit wine was sprinkled, Gu leaned down, looked down at the spirit wine, half a minute, the "Jue" in the shape of a bar, a large number of them emerged from the ground, all gathered at the spirit wine to suck, Gu dipped a little spirit wine in his hand on his hand, and some of the feeling was wrapped around Gu's body. Gu wanted to seize this moment, and before the spirit wine in his hand was absorbed, he had to use his sense to find the person who was a mountain god in this mountain.

Gu closed his eyes, opened the second layer of eyelids, and with the help of Jue, he searched for the people inside the mountain, and the speed of searching was very fast, and it only took a few seconds to determine that there was no trace of the mountain on the right half.

"Where?!let me find you." Gu shouted with his eyes closed, and as Jue contacted the various parts of the mountain, there was no one in the lower part of the left side of the mountain. At this time, the connection between Gu and the mountain dissipated, and when he opened his eyes, the spirit wine in his hand had been sucked up, and Jue returned to the ground.

"It's a bit of a pity, but it's enough. "Gu looked for it in the upper left corner of the mountain.

Sure enough, coming to a relatively flat cliff somewhere near the top of the mountain, Gu found a mountain god who was a human.

He was an old man, who looked to be in his sixties, and he had a hat hanging from the edge of a cliff covered with vines and moss (a basic trait of a mountain god, either on his body or on his belongings). The old man was half-sitting on the edge of a cliff, looking very strange.

"Hey, are you okay?" Gu asked.

The old man pointed to his right leg with his finger and shook his head.

"Could it be that the leg is injured. "Gu took a closer look, but he didn't find any injuries. But since he's pointing here, he's probably sprained.

"Carry me, for there is a house of mine in this mountain. ”

Gu picked him up, and on the way back, Gu told him where he came from.

"It turns out that you are also a spirit master, at a young age, it is not simple. ”

As he was talking, he didn't realize that he was already in front of the door, it was a simple grass house, located in the mountains, lonely, making people feel lonely.

"Don't you feel lonely and lonely when you stay alone here?"

"As a spirit master, you should also know that spirit masters can't live in a crowd for a long time, or even settle in the same place for a long time, otherwise, the spirit master's physique will attract some untimely spirit seeds, and it will be troublesome. So, loneliness and loneliness are things that the spiritual master has to overcome. When he said this, the old man was already sitting in a grass house.

"You can settle here now, is it because you have become a mountain god? Gu asked as he drank a cup of hot water.

"It is in this way that the mountain god can have the ability to dispatch spirits, and although the spirit master can also do the same, the mountain god can have a greater range of control. ”

"Sounds interesting. Before I came, I wanted to ask a question, how did you become a mountain god?"

"It's been a long time. The old man squinted his eyes and recalled.

"When I was a spiritual teacher, I came to this place many times to help the villagers and treat their spiritual ailments (this is due to the fact that it is contrary to the principles of nature, i.e., going into the mountain to cut wood during the closure of the mountain). The villagers were very grateful to me and wanted me to stay, but I refused. ”

"Once, I came to this village again, and the people of the village happened to have a harvest party, and I had eaten a lot of wine, and I was already drunk, and I vaguely heard a villager tell me that one of the most beautiful girls in the village liked me, and after saying that, the man was pointing in a certain direction, and I looked there drunkenly, and saw a woman in a red dress, dressed beautifully, and her eyes were looking at me, but when I saw me looking at her, she quickly turned half of her body and lowered her head, and all I could see was the ruddy side of her face. ”

"There was a person who saw that I was obsessed with it, and said that I was very happy, and that I was liked by the most beautiful girl in the village, and he was not moved, so he bewitched me and asked me to stay, but I controlled my reason and refused. ”

"Oh, that's kind of attractive. Gu held his cheeks and imagined.

"I heard a voice coming, 'Isn't there a way for you to stay?', and I was drunk and I broke the secret that the spirit master needed to keep. I said, there is a way for me to stay, and that is to kill the mountain god on this mountain, let me eat its flesh and blood and become a mountain god, and I can live here for a long time. ”

"There is such a secret in the spirit master, I don't even know. Gu said in surprise.

"Remember, this is a law that spirit masters have adhered to throughout the ages, and it must not be broken, otherwise they will be punished. ”

"The punishment is that you stumble in the mountains and let another spirit master carry you back. Gu quipped.

The old man smiled and continued: "Someone asked me what the mountain god looked like, and I told them that I had seen it in the form of a nine-colored deer with nine colors on its body, a pair of huge antlers, and vines and moss growing on the top and back of the head, which was particularly beautiful. After saying this, I lost consciousness, probably drunk and fell asleep. ”

"What happened later?" Gu asked.

The next day, a woman knocked on the door of the hostel where he lived, and he opened his sleepy eyes and opened the door.

Everything that followed made this old man's memories now contain sweetness and pain.

As soon as she opened the door, the woman threw herself on her knees and begged, "Please eat this piece of meat." ”

He froze his mind and saw that it was the beautiful woman at yesterday's party, and his heart was surprised and delighted, at this time the woman lifted a piece of fresh bloody flesh high above her head, and from time to time blood dripped onto her beautiful face, and when she saw a drop of blood flowing into the corner of her mouth, she looked up at him with a smile, her eyes were full of tears: "Your Excellency Hui Ling, please eat this piece of venison, become the mountain god here, become my husband, I will become your wife, I will live with you forever, please, please!"

He stood in place, motionless, not expecting that a joke and a drunken word last night would kill the mountain god here, let alone that a woman went to hunt the mountain god in the mountains late at night, how terrifying she was for a man! How brave and resolute she was! How crazy! He thought for a long time, first shook his head and sighed, then looked at her and smiled bitterly for a long time, finally, he knelt down, touched the woman's face with one hand, took the meat from the woman's hand with the other, and ate it......

"So, have you become a mountain god?" Gu asked.

"That's right, I became a mountain god. The old man replied.

"Where's your wife?" Gu asked again.

"Anything that goes against the will of the gods of nature will be punished!" the old man sighed.

"...... she?" Gu didn't continue.

"She passed away in her second year with me. The old man said in a low voice.

"Ah...... This...... Shape. Gu thoughtfully.

"Haha, it's all in the past, it's okay, it's okay. It's not early today, you go to bed early, and tomorrow I ask you to go down the mountain early and tell the people in the village that I am safe and sound, and the mountain will restore order in a few days. ”

Gu nodded and fell asleep.

However, at half past four o'clock, suddenly there was a loud sound like a bell in the mountains, and Gu was awakened.

At this time, Gu found that the old man had long since disappeared, and an inexplicable nervousness made his heart beat faster. Gu repeatedly recalled the words of the old man's conversation with him, and suddenly realized that he rushed out of the door.

Gu guessed, and sure enough, he saw him again in the same place where the old man had stayed before, and the old man still put his hat on the corner of the cliff and sat in one place, as if waiting for something.

"Why do you want to do this?!Why do you wait here to die?!Don't you ever think about what you would do without the villagers who live under your mountain?"

"It seems that you already know, boy, Gu. The old man said lightly.

"I've lived long enough, I've been a mountain god for thirty years, it's time to unload my duties and go to another world without worry. When I die, a new mountain god will take over my duties and maintain the balance of the mountain. ”

"Why do you have to die?!" Gu asked loudly.

"Only by eating the former mountain god can you gain the ability to control the spirit and information about the various places on the mountain. I have to die, there is no other choice. ”

"You can keep doing it until you die naturally. "Gu is still persuading.

"It's useless, whether my mission is over or not, it's not up to me to have the final say, but the mountain has the final say, if one day I can't control the mountain anymore, it means that my mission is over. ”

“...... Why? No, I'm going to save you. Gu said sadly.

"It's useless, young spirit master, you can't save me, I can't become a mountain god in the first place, now that I have become a mountain god, I have already made today's plans. ”

"Ahh

"It's coming. The old man uttered his final words.

Listen to the wind whistling all around, accompanied by a magnificent roar like a bell.

Gu couldn't open his eyes, was swept down by the strong wind, and fell on a grassy slope.

After a long time, the wind stopped, and the loud sound was gone, Gu walked down the mountain with the old man's story and advice, and told the villagers.

After that, Gu embarked on his own journey, and at a distance from that mountain, Gu looked back.

A huge, beautiful and shocking white snake hovered around the top of that mountain, as if it was looking at Gu.

"It's really swallowed up by it, the cruel reality, the cruel law, but only in this way can we continue to maintain the balance of the whole mountain, and can we continue to protect and nurture the creatures and people on this mountain. I think I should congratulate you, Shinzan God. ”

Gu turned around, tightened the wooden box, waved his hand, turned his back to the huge white snake, and gradually walked away......