After discussing with a few people and old people, Xiao Laodao sent them all away.

In a blink of an eye, it was night, Xiao Laodao left the ghost monkey at home and asked it to accompany the lame Taoist to watch the house, and Xiao Laodao led the master, Xiao Chujiu, and Xiao Eleven to the village in Qianshan.

At this time, the villagers of Qianshan were all waiting in the village, and after the grandfather arrived, they greeted each other, and then, surrounded by the villagers, the four people came to the place where the villagers admired the moon yesterday.

This is a relatively flat small open space, surrounded by several old trees, and in the middle is a stone table built up of several stone slabs, each with a circle of stone benches, which looks natural and pleasant.

On a stone table in the middle, there were drinks and dishes prepared by the villagers, and the grandfather couldn't refuse, so they all sat at the table. After the four of them sat down, the villagers said hello to a few people again, and then they went home and closed all the doors tightly, it seemed that these villagers were a little scared.

Xiao Laodao shook his head, picked up the wine jar, poured a bowl for the grandfather, and several people looked towards the top of Dongshan Mountain while eating and drinking.

At this time, there were a few thin clouds in the sky, and the moon was obscured by thin clouds, which seemed a little dim, Xiao Laodao looked at the thin clouds, and said to himself, "If these clouds don't disperse, we may come for nothing tonight." ”

Xiao Laodao said that after a while, the second watch day arrived, and suddenly, a small wind blew, and the wind blew on the body a little cool, and then looked at a few thin clouds in the sky, which were gradually dispersed by the wind, and after a while, the dark clouds dispersed, the bright moon was in the sky, and the silver frost covered the earth.

At this time, looking at the top of Dongshan Mountain, there is actually a layer of rainbow-like color, faint and faint, echoing with the moonlight, like a dream.

Suddenly, a slender figure appeared in the mist, and the master and several people suddenly stood up from the stone table, and saw that the figure seemed to be wearing a long skirt, with hair like a waterfall, obviously a young woman, the woman's body, exuding a faint cyan halo, under the moonlight reflection, it looked like a dream, ethereal.

The woman didn't seem to notice the grandfather, looked up at the sky, looked at the full moon in the sky, lightly blessed her, and then knelt on her knees and kowtowed.

This is worshipping the moon, the master and Xiao Laodao glanced at each other, and no one dared to make a sound, but when the woman kowtowed and stood up from the ground, countless streamers like silk threads poured towards the woman from all directions, and the cyan halo around the woman suddenly shone like stars, and at the same time, the woman's figure became clearer in the eyes of the master.

In this situation, the master is still the first time to see, the woman in the form of worshipping the moon, not only absorbing the essence of the moonlight, but also absorbing the aura of the earth, this is the cultivation method of the beast, the master has heard my ancestor say for a long time, the spirit animal practice to a certain time, will be separated from the animal body, continue to practice in the way of the soul, and when the soul cultivates to a certain extent, it will use the essence of the sun and the moon, the aura of heaven and earth, to condense the human body for itself. In the heavens and the earth, in the yin and yang worlds, except for the gods, human beings are the highest, and after the spirit animals are separated from the original animal bodies and condensed for themselves, they can appear in the human world in the form of mortals, blend in the crowd, and begin their human cultivation throughout the ages.

There is also a situation where souls are forcibly reincarnated into human beings and reincarnated as mortals, but this kind of forcibly reincarnated spirit animals will cause them to lose their cultivation in their previous lives. To put it bluntly, after they are reincarnated as mortals, their cultivation will start from "zero", however, animal cultivation will start from a negative number below "zero", the lower the spiritual consciousness of the animal, the greater the negative number, and it will take a long process for them to cultivate from a negative number to the "zero" of mortals, and it will be a short shortcut to reincarnate directly as an adult, but the practice in the previous life is lost, and there is no memory, and the shortcut also has to pay a price. (In the current book, I don't dare to touch on a little sensitive thing, and I feel uncomfortable when I write about it, but I have a bit of a headache when I write this today.) ）

For the spirit animals who did not take shortcuts, and condensed the human body through cultivation, in the past, the grandfather listened to what my ancestor said, and the ancestor had never seen it with his own eyes, and what the ancestor knew was also said by the ancestor Wang Shoudao.

However, the master saw it with his own eyes at this time, and when he heard what my ancestor said in the past, he didn't believe it very much, and felt that it was a myth, and this time, he completely believed it.

After the woman on the top of the mountain repeatedly bowed to the moon a few times, her figure appeared clearer, and it was estimated that she would condense into a human body in a few days, at this time, Xiao Laodao gently pulled the master's clothes, the master turned his head to look at him, and he hurriedly gestured to the master: This place is too far to see clearly, it is better to climb the mountain peak and see what it is. The master nodded, this person on the mountain still doesn't know whether it is good or evil, it's best to figure it out.

Dongshan was not far away, next to the village, otherwise they would not have been able to see so clearly. The four of them soon came to the foot of the mountain, and at this time, looking at the top of the mountain, the woman was still bowing to the full moon sincerely, and it seemed that the four of them had not yet been found, so the four of them began to climb up the path of the mountain.

This mountain is not too high, but the vegetation on it is luxuriant, whether it is seen up close or far away, it is full of aura, and it is not wrong for a woman to choose the top of Dongshan Mountain.

After the grandfather climbed halfway up the mountain, he looked up at the top of the mountain again, the woman was still there, looking attentive, but at this time, the woman's figure was clearer than when she was at the bottom of the mountain, her figure was graceful, and when she raised her hands to worship, she could occasionally see some white skin under her sleeves, but she was facing away from everyone and couldn't see the woman's face.

The four of them didn't dare to look more, and they continued to climb up, but the road further up was extremely steep, and few people in their village had climbed to the top of the mountain for so many years.

When the four of them climbed to the top of the mountain with great difficulty, suddenly, the mist-like light on the top of the mountain was gone, and then the place where the woman bowed to the moon was empty, and at the same time, a gust of mountain wind whined, and several dark clouds in the sky were blown over, covering the full moon again, and the whole mountain became dim.

Seeing this, the four of them glanced at each other blankly, and soon, the four of them came to the place where the woman worshiped the moon just now, which is the highest point in the entire Dongshan.

Xiao Laodao walked over and stood where the woman was standing, looked at the sky, the dark clouds covered the moon, looked down and looked at his feet, seemed to have found something, and quickly squatted down.

Seeing this, the master looked at Xiao Laodao's feet and asked, "Brother Xiao, have you found anything?" ”

Xiao Laodao stroked the withered yellow weeds under his feet with his hand, and replied ambiguously: "I didn't find anything, but I found it a little." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao stood up from the ground and asked the master, "Brother, have you noticed that the mountains in our vicinity are different from other places in recent times?" ”

When the master heard this, he shook his head blankly, "I didn't notice any difference. ”

Xiao Laodao was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said, "That's right, your mind is still with Miss Lan'er these days, and it's normal that you haven't found it." ”

At the mention of "Miss Lan'er", the grandfather's expression immediately looked gloomy, Xiao Laodao saw this, quickly got back to the point, and said: "I have been going out every day recently, and I didn't feel it at first, but later, I felt that the trees and weeds on the mountain this year were particularly yellow, and a few days ago, I went out of the mountain to buy things for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I found that the grass outside the mountain was still green, and the leaves on the trees were not falling. ”

After Xiao Laodao finished speaking, the master said: "It's cold in the mountains, of course the grass withers early, and the leaves fall early. ”

"That's not right." Xiao Laodao waved his hand, "When we were here last year, it wasn't like this, besides, there are only weeds and wild trees, but the crops in the field are fine, you come to see this ...... again" Xiao Laodao said, squatting down again, "This is where the woman stood just now, look at the weeds within a radius of nine feet." ”

When the master heard this, he squatted down, and when he looked closely, he saw that the weeds on the surrounding mountains were all yellow, as if they had been beaten by frost, and the yellow grass leaves were soft and collapsed on the ground.

The master frowned slightly, "It seems that what my father said is right, if you want to condense the human body, you have to absorb the aura of all things in heaven and earth, and these grasses should have been sucked away by that woman." With that, the master stood up from the ground and looked around, "The weeds in our area withered and turned yellow in advance, and it should all be caused by the absorption of spiritual energy." ”

"Not bad." Xiao Laodao nodded, "Right now, it seems that this thing is ten out of ten beasts that have sperm, and it is not a fairy at all." Xiao Laodao paused for a moment, and then said: "After it absorbs the aura of the nearby plants and trees, will it absorb the aura of our living people?" ”

The grandfather's brows frowned even tighter, "I heard my father say that if the domestic animals raised in the family become essence, many of them will absorb the aura of the head of the family, and this thing will only absorb the aura of the living in the future." ”

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he hurriedly said to the master: "Then what are we waiting for, hurry up and look for it on the mountain, while it has not yet absorbed people's aura, except for this scourge!" ”

Subsequently, the four of them were divided into two teams, the master took Xiao Shiyi, and Xiao Laodao took Xiao Chujiu, each pulled out the guy in his waist, and looked for it in the whole mountain, from the second watch day to the fourth watch, but he didn't find anything, and he found nothing!

Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Xiao Laodao reluctantly greeted a few together, "Okay, don't look for it, Dongshan is so big, just rely on a few of us, and we may not be able to find it at this time tomorrow, let's go back to sleep first, and let them go up the mountain with us to find it together!" ”

The four of them returned in vain, to the bottom of the mountain, the sky was already bright, a few people slept until the next day's sun, the three dogs' wives made some food, after eating, Xiao Laodao took the lame Taoist, my grandfather, etc., came to the front mountain, and gathered everyone in the village.

Xiao Laodao said to the villagers, I have found out last night, the "fairy" on the mountain is indeed a monster that has become a spirit, and the mountains in this area near the area are wild trees and weeds that have withered and yellowed earlier than other places, and they have all been sucked away by this monster, and when it finishes absorbing these wild grasses and trees, it should suck us alive!

All the villagers, all of them were shocked, and under the leadership of several old people, they begged Xiao Lao Dao to find a way to get rid of the demon.

Xiao Laodao immediately encouraged these villagers, saying that the monster has not yet become a climate, and now it only dares to come out at night, let's take advantage of the heavy yang qi during the day, go up the mountain to find the nest of that thing, and after finding it, we can get rid of it.

As soon as Xiao Laodao said this, the villagers, who were still a little scared, plucked up their courage one by one. Originally, there were not many people in their village, but they couldn't stand the men, women, and children from going into battle together, and those who could climb to the top of the mountain would go up to the top of the mountain to find them, and those who couldn't climb the top of the mountain would look for them on the mountainside, and those who couldn't climb the mountain would go around the bottom of the mountain to find them.

Suddenly, all over the mountain became villagers, however, dozens of people tossed around the mountain for a day, but still found nothing, so they almost turned over all the turf on the mountain.

After the villagers came down from the mountain in a sleepy manner, Xiao Laodao frowned and muttered to my grandfather, "You said this thing...... Not last year, it won't be an outsider......"