2. Mysterious East Mountain

"Jinling, you...... How did you...... Can you speak human words?" As soon as the words came out, Ye Shuangqi found that his voice trembled. He really couldn't believe that the weird things in the history of Hearsay could happen to him so really.

Jin Ling didn't seem to have any malicious intent, and made a voice similar to that of a little girl: "Brother Shuangqi, thank you for taking care of me for so long, I'm going home." Ye Shuangqi asked in surprise: "Where is your home?" "We all live in Dongshan. Jin Ling replied with some pride. Ye Shuangqi was shocked again, and then remembered that when he exchanged the military kettle for the golden bell that day, Zhang Tongsheng had said that he had gotten back the puppy in Dongshan.

Dongshan is a mountain in the east of Bayan Town, Bayan County. There is nothing strange about the mountain, but the ground of Bayan is located on the northeastern plain, and it feels a little strange that a mountain suddenly rises on the vast plain. For the townspeople, Higashiyama is a mountain of mystery. Dongshan is not too big, the highest peak is only three or four hundred meters, compared with the majestic mountain peaks in other places, it is really insignificant, or it is more suitable to call Dongqiu.

On the east mountain, the trees are lush and the vegetation is abundant. Because of the long winter season in the Northeast, the trees are mostly pines and cypresses. Although the East Mountain is not high, it is very beautiful, and there is a unique scenery in winter and summer. In summer, the East Mountain is full of green trees, the ancient cypress and pine trees are lined up one after another, the flowers under the trees are fragrant, and the flowing water is still in the water; in the winter of the East Mountain, the pines and cypresses are covered in silver, and the snow is covered with snow under the trees, and there is a vast snowfield. Such a beautiful Dongshan was originally a good place for the townspeople to go out on a wild outing and feel comfortable. However, some legends have given Dongshan a mysterious color, which makes many people afraid to set foot easily.

It is said that more than 100 years ago, a couple fell in love with Dongshan all the way, and when they forgot to return, they encountered a supernatural event. Eventually, the man disappeared and the woman fled back to the town alone, her face terrified, but she was too delirious to tell what had happened to them. For a while, the news was spreading, and fewer and fewer people in the town went up the mountain. However, as time went by, the people of the town changed for two generations, and the matter gradually faded away, and more people climbed the East Mountain. Just when people were negligent in their guard, something happened to Dongshan again. During the puppet Manchurian period, a Japanese spy was responsible for surveying the mountains, rivers and water conservancy in Bayan County, which was convenient for mining and road construction, and served the Japanese invasion, and climbed Dongshan with two puppet soldiers. As a result, all three died violently, and their bodies were found covered in claw marks. Some people in the town say that there are demons and monsters on the East Mountain, and some say that there are foxes and yellow sin on the East Mountain. Nearly fifty years have passed, and Dongshan has become more and more mysterious, except for a few brave people who have been to Dongshan, and the people in the town have retreated.

Jin Ling claimed to live in Dongshan, Ye Shuangqi could not be surprised. In addition to being frightened, Ye Shuangqi slowly calmed down, and thought to himself: This golden bell must be an elf immortal saint, fortunately, he has not treated it badly in the past few months, and he should not be punished in any way, but since he is an immortal saint, how did he be caught by Zhang Tongsheng? Ye Shuangqi was arrogant and puzzled, and Jin Ling seemed to see through his thoughts, and asked: "Are you very strange how I was caught by Zhang Tongsheng, do you want to know what kind of demon and monster I am?"

Ye Shuangqi was taken aback again, Jin Ling actually understood what he was thinking, and indeed there was a difference between immortals. Jin Ling continued: "Brother Shuangqi, I know you are very kind, so you might as well tell you everything!"

Ye Shuangqi was snickering in his heart, he was already curious, not to mention this thing that is difficult for ordinary people to encounter, he wanted to know more clearly, so he nodded vigorously at Jin Ling. Jin Ling looked at his eager appearance and smiled: "Actually, I am a fox!" Ye Shuangqi was puzzled, although Jin Ling's body was about the same as a fox, but it was definitely the appearance of a dog, how could it be a fox?

Jin Ling seemed to understand his mind again, and said: "If you show up in your original form, you must be a little scared, so I use slow techniques to transform into the appearance of a dog, because I am still shallow, and I can only become something similar to my body." After that, I saw that it seemed to take a breath, and gradually showed the appearance of a fox. Ye Shuangqi's eyes widened, and he was shocked again.

The fur of the golden bell is still golden, the size of the body has hardly changed, the head has obviously changed from a dog to a fox, it is still very cute, even a little charming, and the tail has become thick and fluffy. Jin Ling jumped and jumped straight onto Ye Shuangqi's quilt. This ultra-close contact made Ye Shuangqi involuntarily shrink his upper body backwards. Jin Ling let out a silver bell-like laugh: "Brother Shuangqi, don't be afraid, you treat me well, I won't hurt you." ”

Ye Shuangqi stabilized his mind and asked, "You said that you are a fox, so you really have a fox den in Dongshan?" As soon as the words came out, he felt that what he said was quite inappropriate, but it could not be taken back. Jin Lingjiao laughed and said, "We actually live in the outer heavens above the East Mountain, and you humans can't see it. That day, I went from the outer world to the East Mountain to refine the essence of nature, but suddenly there was a loud bang that shook my Genshin Impact. One of the Genshin Gods ran back to the Outer Heaven by itself, and I lost all my strength and lay down on the ground to recuperate. Zhang Tongsheng's father and a few companions found me, and I quickly turned into a puppy with slow surgery and was taken back to Zhang's house. Later, you exchanged the kettle and came to your house again, and have lived there until now. ”

As soon as he heard Jin Ling talk about the kettle, Ye Shuangqi suddenly remembered that the kettle had appeared inexplicably three times and twice in the past few days, and blurted out: "You got the kettle?" Jin Ling replied proudly: "Yes, my skills are slowly recovering, and I can carry it with my mind, seeing that you are blamed by your grandfather, I moved the kettle." ”

Ye Shuangqi was puzzled, couldn't help relaxing, and then asked: "Jin Ling, then why are you leaving?" Jin Ling sighed, seemed a little reluctant, and replied: "I have been cultivating in your house for several months, and my strength has recovered, and tonight is the night of the full moon on the fifteenth day of August, and I have summoned the lost original god back and completely recovered." I know that my grandfather is anxious for me to go back, and I can't delay at your house any longer. ”

"Who is the ancestor?" Ye Shuangqi asked curiously. "Ancestor is the leader of our outer heavens, my distant ancestor, and he has been practicing the Tao for thousands of years. Jin Ling had a look of reverence on his face. "How old are you?" Ye Shuangqi's question followed. Jin Ling couldn't help laughing: "I'm still young, only over three hundred years old." "Huh?" Ye Shuangqi didn't expect it again, and swallowed "So you are so old".

Jin Ling looked at the moonlight and said, "Brother Shuangqi, I can't delay any longer, I have to rush back to Dongshan Tianwaitian now!" Ye Shuangqi's frightened intention had completely subsided, and when he saw that Jin Ling was leaving, he was stunned, and asked expectantly: "Jin Ling, can you take me with you?" Jin Ling hesitated for a moment, smiled and nodded vigorously.

Under the silver moonlight, a person and a fox, in a hurry, went straight to the east mountain. In August, Dongshan is already in full autumn. Under the moonlight, Ye Shuangqi saw a lot of fallen leaves along the way, but fortunately, there were mostly pines and cypresses in Dongshan, which still looked lush.

Although he has lived in Bayan Town for 18 years, Ye Shuangqi has never climbed Dongshan, just like many other townspeople. The mystery of Higashiyama made him a little timid, but this mystery has always stimulated his curiosity strongly. Ye Shuangqi once mentioned that he wanted to go to Dongshan several times, but his grandfather sternly refused. When it comes to Dongshan, Grandpa seems to be full of anger, hostility, and hatred. This time, because of the golden bell, Ye Shuangqi finally walked to the foot of Dongshan.

At the mountain pass, there is a small construction site. Ye Shuangqi was not only secretly surprised, most of the people in the town did not dare to go up the mountain, when did they have this construction site? Ye Shuangqi didn't know that there was a treasure in Dongshan. It is said that when Bayan County was sorting out the county annals, it was found that the Japanese spy Yamamoto Yusaku surveyed Dongshan and died tragically with two puppet soldiers, but a small diary was found from him. The diary contains a lot of information from Yamamoto's investigation, one of which says that there is a gold mine under the East Mountain! After the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party ushered in another civil war, and after the founding of New China, for many reasons, no one dared to mention the secret of Yamamoto's diary. At the end of the 80s, when the upsurge of reform and opening up in the whole country had risen, and all localities were trying to invigorate the economy, Yamamoto's diary was rediscovered. However, considering the mystery of Dongshan and the reverence of local residents for Dongshan, the news of mining in the mountain was blocked to a very small number of people. The first phase of exploration work was launched a few months ago, and the exploration team leader was Zhang Tongsheng's father, Zhang Jianguo. On that day, Zhang Jianguo and several team members, at the location described in Yamamoto's diary, detonated explosives and conducted in-depth exploration through blasting. The loud sound that Jin Ling heard was the explosion of explosives.

Jin Ling doesn't know much about human mining, and is not interested. Although Ye Shuangqi was a little curious, what was more attractive to him today was the fox family above the East Mountain. Ye Shuangqi stayed at the mountain pass construction site for a short time and found that there was no one on the construction site, maybe he had gone home for the holiday, or he didn't need to be on duty all night, or no one dared to watch the night here. So, one person and one fox trail from the mountain. The altitude of Dongshan is not high, and the ups and downs of the mountain are relatively soothing, so Ye Shuangqi didn't feel much difficulty. It's just that there doesn't seem to be any road on the mountain at all, and the inaccessible people for many years have made the Dongshan vegetation very lush, although some have begun to lose their leaves, but the branches are staggered, and the vines are vertical and horizontal, and it is really difficult to move forward. Jin Ling seemed to be very familiar with Dongshan, scurrying around in the gaps of the branches and weeds, Ye Shuangqi followed it and meandered forward, and was unconsciously left behind by a distance.

Ye Shuangqi was walking on his own, when suddenly a strange wind suddenly rose. In the moonlight, a huge shadow struck behind him, and with a squeak, a large mouth of blood opened open, and its sharp teeth shone with a white light......