Seeing Uncle Guge's attitude, Li Lili didn't seem to want to make too much embarrassment on the scene, so he interjected, "Uncle Guge, you still want to tell us about that mountain elf, right?" Why had I never heard of this when I was here?

Uncle Guge listened to Li Lili's words and became kind. He said, "It's not called a mountain elf, it's called a thousand-faced beast, and it's a spirit animal that guards the temple." It has never appeared before, only in legends. Gradually, very little was mentioned. Even the young people in the village hardly knew that this thing existed, and of course you wouldn't know about it at the time. ”

Old Ash said, "Thousand-faced beast? What a strange name! ”

Uncle Guge squinted at Old Gray and did not answer.

Li Lili said, "Uncle Guge, is there any explanation for the name of this thousand-faced beast?" ”

Uncle Guge looked at Li Lili, muttered, and said, "The appearance of the Thousand-Faced Beast was a few years ago. At that time, two people who did not know where they came from actually bypassed the obstacles along the way, and even no one in our village found anyone entering the mountain at that time. The two men did not leave the slightest trace and walked all the way to the holy lake. It was on the edge of the sacred lake that the two men encountered the Thousand-Faced Beast, and their purpose was not successful. ”

At this point, Uncle Guge paused. Although he didn't say the result, everyone knew at a glance the result of the encounter between the two people who had sneaked into the mountain and the Thousand-Faced Beast.

Uncle Guge paused, then continued, "This is the first time the Thousand-Faced Beast has appeared. Since then, the Thousand-Faced Beast has occasionally appeared near the Sacred Lake, and some people have encountered it. It's just that everyone who has met has a different description. Some people say that the Thousand-Faced Beast has a monkey body and a human face, like a cute little doll. Some people say it looks like a wrinkled old man. Some people even say that she looks like a charming little girl. ”

Li Lili said, "That's how the Thousand-Faced Beast got its name? ”

Uncle Guge shook his head and said, "No. The name of the Thousand-Faced Beast was told to us by the Archmage. In ancient legends, although the Thousand-Faced Beast was mentioned, it was only mentioned about it, but its title was not mentioned, nor was its ins and outs mentioned, but it was only honored as a divine beast. The archmage tells us that the Thousand-Faced Beast was originally just a white monkey, a pet adopted by the god of war among the gods of the Bogda. But the white monkey is intelligent by nature and is very good at pleasing the god of war. Over time, it was gradually influenced by the God of War, and began to cultivate in front of the God of War. Therefore, the god of war named it the Thousand-Faced Beast. Later, the Thousand-Faced Beast went on many expeditions with the God of War and made great contributions to Bogda. ”

Uncle Guge said as he added firewood to the fire, so that the fire in the firepit would always keep the flame vigorous. "Ever since the Thousand-Faced Beast appeared, the people of the tribe have respected it, and it has never harmed anyone of any tribe. With its ability, no one else can deal with it except for the archmage who can restrain it. But it was very friendly to the tribe, and it used to play with the children of the tribe on the other side of the temple, showing the children swinging on the tree, somersaulting on the top of the tree, and picking fruit from the cliffs for the children to eat. ”

Listening to Uncle Guge's story, everyone couldn't help but be moved. Some are relaxed, and some are leisurely reverie. For a moment, everyone seemed to forget the horror of the Thousand Faces Beast when they chased everyone just a few hours ago.

Ah Mei looked at me and said, "The ancient legend always gives people a mysterious beauty power. ”

I smiled wryly and said, "I'm afraid this legend is not just a legend anymore. ”

The old cannon said, "A legend is a legend after all, no matter how powerful the Thousand-Faced Beast is, hasn't it not cultivated to the incorruptible body of King Kong?" Didn't I put one down too? I still believe that as long as we use our wisdom, there will be ways to help us preserve ourselves. ”

Uncle Guge snorted coldly and said, "Do you think you really have the ability to kill the Thousand-Faced Beast?" If a Thousand-Faced Beast can be killed like this, then it can still be a Thousand-Faced Beast? ”

Li Lili said, "I think so, otherwise how could the thousand-faced beast that was shot be completely gone?" Thinking about it carefully, the thousand-faced beast must not have thought that the old cannon would suddenly shoot, otherwise with its skills and old cannon's marksmanship, it would have been impossible to hit it. The old gun's shot should have only injured it. After the Thousand-Faced Beast was injured and fell to the ground, it lay motionless on the ground, in fact, it was not that it could not move, but it wanted to take the opportunity to observe everyone's movements and reactions. As soon as the situation was understood, it vanished without a trace. During this time, it is very likely that it went to heal. Otherwise, I'm afraid we wouldn't have so much time to escape. Even right on the edge of the Holy Lake, it can serve us in a pot. ”

Everyone felt that Li Lili's analysis was reasonable, but Lao Pao was not convinced, and said, "Why can't it be that the Thousand-Faced Beast is not just one, but that it has other companions?" Why couldn't it be that I did kill one at the time, and its companions took the opportunity to save it? And it wasn't the one I shot us to kill us, but its companions who had come to take revenge? ”

There is some truth in the words of the old cannon. Because none of us know what is really going on. We can only judge from the superficial situation. More importantly, Lao Pao's words opened up an idea for us to think of more possibilities. Milliface's other companion is just one of the possibilities, and Milliface can have more companion ....... Thinking of this, everyone didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Uncle Guge's room finally fell silent, and the light of the fire in the burning pit reflected on everyone's faces, and the shaking of the flames made everyone's faces look a little weird. The room was warm, and no one was sleepy because everyone's nerves had been tense before. Now, as soon as he relaxed, he quickly fell asleep one by one around the fire pit and curled up on the felt blanket that had long been spread out on the ground. After all, after a whole day of endless escape, everyone's mental and physical strength was exhausted to the extreme.

Only Uncle Guge was unhurried, adding firewood to the fire pit from time to time. Uncle Guge was expressionless, staring blankly at the flames dancing in the firepit, even if one or two sparks exploded from the firepit and splashed on him, he didn't seem to feel anything. I don't know if he's fugue or thinking about what happened to us today.

I stared blankly at Uncle Guge staring at the fire, and as I looked at it, I felt my eyelids grow heavier and heavier, and then I couldn't open them anymore.