The little girl took us to the village chief's house, which was a small courtyard with four tile houses and a stone table in the courtyard. There is also a stable next to the yard.

The village chief's surname is Niu, he is in his fifties, he looks very simple, his hands are very rough, his clothes are not very clean, and his body is a little rickety, as if he has been working as a coolie for many years.

The little girl took us here and left, and I explained my intention to the village chief. If he is willing to stay with us for one night, I will give him the carriage including the horses.

The village chief Niu asked me, "The carriage was given to me, how can you hurry?" ”

"Village Chief Niu, we plan to go over the mountain, so that we can get to Fengyang Mansion faster."

Village Chief Niu hurriedly waved his hand, "I can't do it, the guest officer must not pass through Niushou Mountain." ”

That's when I learned that this mountain was called Niushou Mountain.

I frowned and asked, "Why?" ”

The village chief sighed heavily and told me the ins and outs of the matter.

Three years ago, Niujia Village was an ordinary village, and the villagers lived a life of farming.

Until one day, two villagers went into Niushou Mountain to hunt, one villager bled to death on the spot, and the other villager was scared away. After returning to the village, he took everyone into Niushou Mountain to find the body of another village name.

It turned out that the body had turned into a pile of bones.

At this time, a woman's voice suddenly came from a nearby cave, and the woman said that she was the attendant of the mountain god of Niushou Mountain. On the orders of the mountain god, he specially appeared to find boys and girls under the age of sixteen for the mountain god.

As long as the villagers contribute a pair of boys and girls every year, the mountain god can ensure that the wind and rain in Niujia Village are smooth and happy forever.

At first, the villagers didn't believe it, thinking that someone was doing something wrong, so they wanted to go into the cave to have a look.

As a result, as soon as he got close to the cave, he bled to death.

The woman threatened the people not to come near the cave.

When such a strange thing happened, the villagers reported to the official, saying that there was a demon girl. The government sent people over, but nothing was found, so the matter was stopped.

Later, the demon girl began to help the villagers of Niujia Village, but she only helped secretly and never took the initiative to show up.

This includes curing people and livestock, and punishing the wicked in the village.

Help the people in the village resist the forced taxes of the government, and the government also arrests the strong men.

It sounds like these things are indeed good, but the problem is that the banshee said that the mountain god wants a pair of virgins every year.

The village chief Niu is an understanding person, and he said that wherever he went to serve the mountain god, he was eaten by monsters. But what can be done for the boys and the girls?

The village chief Niu said that not only Niujia Village, but also several nearby villages heard about this kind of thing, and they also came to the banshee for help.

If they can't pay the taxes, they will be arrested and tortured by the government, and their corrupt officials know that what they are doing is wrong, and they dare not report it to the banshee who killed a few people.

I heard that it was because the commander of the Jinyi Guard's Soul Exploration Division made Nan Ya jealous and hateful, and specialized in punishing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they didn't dare to make a big deal out of it. Last year, someone reported the matter to Six Doors, but then the people from Six Doors didn't come, so the matter was over.

Niu Village, they also found a demon hunter to catch the banshee, but unfortunately before they reached the entrance of the cave, they bled to death.

Everyone had no choice but to decide to worship the boys and girls. Every year, a lot will be drawn to decide whose children to send, in order not to make the children afraid, they lie to the children, saying that they will go to the gods to be a child, eat and drink without worry, and can also learn immortal arts.

After hearing this, Niu Meng was a little angry, "Village chief, you are too unauthentic, for your own life, send the child out, the tiger poison does not eat the child, what is the difference between you and livestock." ”

The village chief sighed, "What can we do, the banshee said that if we don't worship virgins, we will go on a killing spree." The court doesn't care, and the demon hunter can't control it, so the whole village has to live......"

"Mengzi, don't blame them for this. You go to prepare, after dinner, let's go to Niushou Mountain to have a look. ”

I am now more and more able to understand what my grandfather said, there is no right or wrong in this world, there is only the survival of the fittest.

And those corrupt officials will not let these things spread to the capital, as for the six gates, this kind of thing is just a trivial matter for them, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

Village Chief Niu looked at me very puzzled and asked, "Guest officer, are you ......?"

"Village Chief Niu, don't worry, I'm Fang Shi, no matter what monsters are in this mountain, I will help you catch them."

The reason why I'm so confident is because I'm a lot stronger now. It's really become a lot stronger, probably because of Nanya's blood, so that I also have the ability to be with Nanya.

Tang Jinghong is naturally not afraid, after all, it is a nine-tailed demon fox, she grew up in the demon world since she was a child, what kind of monster has she never seen?

Although I boasted to the village chief Niu about going to the sea, the village chief Niu was still a little worried, and told me that this banshee was very powerful, and asked me not to provoke her.

I asked the village chief not to worry, just go over and have a look first.

Seeing that I was so persistent, the village chief Niu didn't say anything more.

Dinner was more sumptuous, and the village chief stewed a chicken, perhaps because I gave him the carriage. As for catching monsters, I don't know if he doesn't want me to catch them at all, or if he doesn't believe in my strength.

Although it was early autumn, it was still early for dinner. The three of us simply packed up and headed to Niushou Mountain.

Tang Jinghong is the one who is cold, she just said that I will go too, and I dare not agree. If it was that gentle, I wouldn't have let her go.

The village chief took us with him, and all the way he was talking about how powerful the banshee was, killing people without blinking, and persuaded us to think about it again.

I got impatient and replied to him, "Village Chief Niu, if we are really killed by the monsters, you don't have to be responsible, and you don't have to help us collect the corpses." ”

At this time, the village chief Niu didn't say anything anymore.

He took us into the valley in the mountain, and told us to go two miles east and see the cave where the banshee was.

The three of us said goodbye to the village chief and headed to the mountain.

The mountains are lush with vegetation and the air is good, and the sound of insects and birds is everywhere.

"Miss Tang, that kind of monster kills people without showing up, and makes people bleed?" I asked Tang Jinghong.

Tang Jinghong told me very coldly that there are many monsters.

Some are making sounds that humans can't hear, but they have an effect on humans.

Some of them are looking at humans with their eyes, and they can also harm humans.

Some yokai can be invisible and invisible to humans......

All in all, yokai can kill humans through a variety of methods.

As for what kind of monster this banshee is, she won't know until she sees it, after all, she can't even detect the demonic energy now.

I didn't notice it either, although after waking up last time, I probably knew what the demonic aura looked like. But it's not very clear, maybe it's really like Nan Ya said, after having a skin-to-skin relationship with a monster?

I had Niu Meng cut his fingers and used his blood to draw a talisman on his back, which could be used to ward off all kinds of witchcraft. It's not clear if it's too powerful, but it's okay with general sorcery.

After all, he is still an ordinary person, in case there is really a bleeding or something, although I will not die with me, but I can't guarantee that he will not fall into any problems.

Niu Meng still looked indifferent, he said that he had never seen the wind and waves, if the seven orifices bled to death, he could see something fresh.

You say that a person is not even afraid of death, what else will he be afraid of?

By this time the sun was about to set, and the dark red sunlight passed through the dense trees, leaving dappled red shadows on the mountains.

We didn't encounter any wild beasts along the way, and we all said that there were wolves and wild boars in the mountains of the north, and we could occasionally meet grizzly bears, but we didn't encounter anything.

As we approached the entrance of the cave, the surrounding scenery changed.

The flowers and trees along the way are particularly luxuriant, and some of the trees in the previous place have begun to wither and yellow, but the flowers and trees here are vibrant, which is a bit contrary to common sense.

And there are a lot of flowers and plants that I haven't seen before.

Tang Jinghong frowned slightly, and said: "Most of the flowers and plants here are from the demon world, how can they be planted in the human world?" ”

"What's wrong with that?"

"The things in the demon world can't survive in the human world, even if they are powerful monsters, when they reach the human world, their strength will be reduced a lot. Flowers and plants are even more unable to survive, and if they want to survive, they need human blood as nutrients. ”

"What?" I was taken aback.

I know that youkai need to drink human blood to maintain their strength or appearance, but I didn't expect that even the growth of plants needs human blood as nutrients.

In other words, this banshee is not only a problem of eating boys and girls, but also a murderous demon.

At this time, a vine suddenly wrapped around Niu Meng's right leg, and there was a large flower behind him, which was growing a bloody mouth.

The flower has no eyes and a nose, only a mouth with two rows of sharp teeth.

"Fierce son, be careful." Niu Meng had a knife on his body, so I wasn't too worried, just reminded him.

Niu Meng nodded, looking like he wanted to swing his knife to cut through the vines wrapped around his legs.

"Wait......" Tang Jinghong suddenly stopped.

She walked up to Niu Meng and gently kicked the vine with her foot, and the vine seemed to be frightened by something, and immediately let go of Niu Meng and retreated.

And the flower behind Niu Meng also hurriedly closed his mouth.

Tang Jinghong is the princess of the demon world, thinking that these plants in the demon world should be afraid of her, right? Maybe this banshee doesn't necessarily know Tang Jinghong.

But I didn't dare to ask more.

So, Tang Jinghong walked in front to open the way for the two of us, and the two of us followed behind.

After walking a short distance, I saw a cave, and the entrance of the cave was almost as high as a man. There are two very strange trees in front of the cave, guarding the entrance of the cave like guards.

By this time, it was already dark, but I could see it, and now I could see things at night even without drinking, and it was clearer than before drinking.

Tang Jinghong frowned slightly, "It's so strange, why is there no demonic energy." ”