Chapter 113: Mountain of Mist
After checking on several people, this was the case, and although they appeared to be unharmed on the surface, there was a faint rancid smell under their skin. He suddenly felt that something was wrong, raised his head and asked:
"Village Chief, may I ask if there are any demons left near the village?"
Ling Xiaoxian and Bai Shengye also felt strange when they heard him ask.
The village chief thought for a moment:
"After the magicians who fought against the demons left, there were no more demons in the nearby forest, and the nearby villagers were no longer attacked by demons...... If there are any demons left, it must not be in the forest, I'm afraid, in the Qinglong Mountain in the rear. ”
He looked up at the misty Qinglong Mountain behind him, and everyone's eyes followed him.
"Qinglong Mountain is a forbidden mountain, and villagers have been forbidden to go up the mountain for a long time. The reason is that there is a very evil fog in the mountains, as if it deliberately follows people, and the deeper you go to the mountains, the thicker the fog becomes, and once you fall in, it is difficult to get out. ”
"Why don't we go to the mountains and have a look?" said Kurofeather.
"I'm also at a loss for blindness, so it seems that I can only go to the mountains to check it out. Bai Shengye also agreed to go.
When the village chief heard this, he looked panicked and hurriedly stopped:
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't go, that mountain is not a joke, how many people have gone and never come back......"
Bai Shengye patted him on the shoulder:
"Relax, we'll come back before dark, if there are really demons on the mountain, I'll help you get rid of them by the way." ”
Behind the village, there is an abandoned gravel road that leads to the mountain, but few people take it. Not because the mountains are steep, but because of the clouds and mist all year round.
The fog is rising, and the misty mist wraps around the mountainside like a streamer, obscuring the sky.
The three of them said goodbye to the people in the village for a while, and walked to the foot of Qinglong Mountain, which was already some distance from the village, surrounded by uncultivated wasteland, and the road up the mountain was also flooded with wild grass. A few people were about to walk forward, when suddenly there was a rustling behind the bushes at the foot of the mountain.
"Who is it?"
Ling Xiao's tears hit the bushes accurately with a binding chain, and a villager behind the bushes let out an "oops" and was tied up.
"Oh, the magician, spare your life!" the villagers shouted.
He threw himself on the ground, his feet kept kicking, but he refused to let go of a rope in his hand.
"What are you doing, why are you hiding?" Ling Xiao asked with tears in his eyes.
"Spare my life, I am a villager of Shenshou Village, and I secretly ran up the mountain, please don't tell the village chief, he will definitely scold me if he knows!"
"Sneaking up the mountain?" Ling Xiao asked what Hei Yu and Bai Shengye meant with his eyes, and continued to ask him: "Qinglong Mountain is a forbidden mountain, why do you still sneak up the mountain?"
The villagers were let go, and the chains were untied, but he did not dare to hide it, and said tremblingly:
"I ...... I happened to pass by here once, and I happened to find that after the villagers were blind, the animals near the mountain were also blind, and they were better hunted than the animals in the nearby forest, so I actually sneaked to the mountain for hunting, but I would never dare to go up the mountain......"
In order to prove what he had said, he brought out a fawn from behind the tree, and the fawn's eyes were so black that he could no longer see.
"Our family is a hunter in the village, and sometimes we can't catch any prey after a day in the nearby woods, but as long as we sneak to the foot of the mountain, after a while, these prey will roll down the mountain as if they had fallen from the sky. A fawn like this, sold for venison, can support our family for several days, so even if I take the risk, I sneak up to the mountains......"
Listening to his words, Black Feather confirmed his thoughts even more, and said:
"Not only the people in the village are blind, but also the animals that go up the mountain. If the guess is correct, the reason must be in the mountains. ”
Bai Shengye said to the villager:
"We'll find out the cause of your blindness soon, and you don't have to sneak up into the mountains again. ”
"Thank you, thank you. ”
The villagers hurriedly thanked them and hurried down the mountain with the fawn.
On the way up the mountain, the higher you go, the thicker the fog becomes, and everywhere you can see blind beasts stumbling through the forest, some of them crashing into the trees next to them.
Further up, the towering trees overhead obscured the sky, and the light was already dim under the thick fog, and it was even more difficult to discern the direction at this time.
The road behind him was already submerged in a thick fog, and when he looked down the mountain, he could not see any villages and woods except for the white expanse.
If you are an ordinary person, you are already in a labyrinth at this time, but fortunately, Ling Xiaotear has a strong reconnaissance ability, and Black Feather has the Devil's Eye, and under the opening of the Devil's Eye, the forest is as clear as if the fog has been cleared.
Further on, the atmosphere in the forest became even more eerie, and these blind beasts not only roamed around the forest, but also became weaker and weaker, and even fell into the forest, gradually decaying, and the corpses of dying or dead beasts could be seen everywhere.
An even thicker smell of decay wafted from the depths of the forest, and Black Feather's mind heard the noisy hum of demons again.
"The demons are ahead. Black Feather said.
Bai Shengye took out the Xuanbing Staff, but he was carrying a heavy medicine box on his body, and he was unable to move, so he was willing to stand behind Hei Yu to assist. Ling Xiao's tearful magic book was suspended on his left shoulder, his staff was suspended next to his right hand, and he held the pendant of the book of summoning in his hand, ready to meet at any time.
After a moment of silence, a storm-like darkness poured out from the depths of the forest ahead, gradually rising into the sky, and dark clouds spread out, obscuring most of the sky in front of them. Hei Yu and the others only saw the thick black clouds overhead, and the light suddenly dimmed.
"What is this!" Ling Xiao exclaimed.
When the wind blew up, the beasts ran away, and the remaining frail beasts struggled to get up, but they fell weakly. Seeing the place where the black storm swept by, the rotting corpses and immovable beasts, the skin and flesh were all pecked and eaten in an instant, and only the dry bones were left all over the ground!
"I want to go home!" Ling Xiao cried out in tears, pulling the clothes behind Hei Yu's back, hiding behind him and not daring to come out.
The chirping of countless demons in the dark clouds rang out chaotically, sharp and hoarse, and they were already surrounded by them. Kurofeather noticed that the dark clouds hovering overhead were rapidly passing black shadows formed by countless black wings, causing the light in the sky to flicker and flicker.
"It's supposed to be a demon like a scavenging crow. "The reason why they keep the animals in the mountains and don't eat them is because they want to wait for them to rot before they eat." In this way, it seems that they left the villagers below the mountain and did not attack, which is also the reason. ”
Ling Xiao was terrified when he thought about it carefully. Based on her perceptual abilities, she immediately judges:
"Although these demons are small in size, each one of them has been cultivated for more than 10,000 years!