Two days later, at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain.

"I knew I wouldn't be with you," Tsubaki grumbled, "and I was about to die from this little guy all the way." ”

In order to help Xiaozhao regain the smile of the legendary Zhongshan God, Tsubaki and I followed the mirror demon who was afraid of darkness to many places, and finally came to the foot of Zhongshan Mountain.

"There's no way, you two can't use the paper spirit door, you can only take the train and transfer the car all the way. I pulled myself together and said.

Originally, I thought that as long as I had a night light, I would be able to get through the night on the train, but I overlooked one thing: the train to Zhongshan had countless caves to drill. The extremely high frequency of the instant darkness made Xiao Zhao scream all the way, and by the time we finally reached our destination, Xiao Zhao was already almost fainting, and Tsubaki and I were also a little nervous in the constant screaming.

"Alas... Actually, it doesn't matter, just go back and sleep when things are done," Tsubaki rubbed his eyes with dark circles, "Now the question is, where is the legendary Zhongshan God?"

I looked up and saw the mountains unfolding in front of me, and it was not yet winter, but there was not even a trace of green to be seen on the mountains.

"At the foot of the mountain, there is an altar, and the god of Zhongshan is there. "The little picture came out of the hat of my clothes, and his voice sounded like he was about to die.

"You better rest in Ye Ke's hat," Tsubaki stretched out his hand and touched the frightened little photo, "Otherwise, you won't have the strength to speak when you see that Zhongshan God in a while." With that, he put the photo back in my hat.

Tsubaki and I searched all the way down the mountain, and found the god of Zhongshan mentioned by Xiaozhao on a high platform full of weeds.

"It's... It's a bit different from the legend," Tsubaki whispered to me.

The legendary Zhongshan God, whose body resembles a snake, is thousands of miles long, has a face as long as a human, and has a red body, which is a very majestic god.

On the altar in front of him, there is only a stone statue similar to the legend, and under the stone statue is a crouched one that is only more than a meter long... Serpentine dragons?

The dragon had a slender body, fins on its tail, and features that resembled those of a human, six short legs with eagle-like claws, and its body was covered with fallen leaves and cobwebs, and it did not wake up at all because of our arrival. If it weren't for the description, we wouldn't have noticed that there was such a guy here.

"Hmm... It's a little different from the legend..."I said, "but the one in front of me should be the god of Zhongshan." ”

Tsubaki patted my hat gently, "Xiaozhao, we're here." ”

I felt the little youkai in my hat move, and it was quiet again.

"Let her rest a little longer," I said, "and it won't be too late to call her when we wake up this dragon." Anyway, this is really a divine dragon, looking at the desolate appearance of the neighborhood, it should have not eaten or drunk for a long time. ”

"How are you going to wake it up?" Tsubaki asked, "It feels like it's sleeping deeply..."

"The god of Zhongshan is supposed to be the guardian of Zhongshan, and the altar should have been built by people to worship it," I took a few steps back and walked to the place dedicated to worship, "If no one comes to worship, of course the god will fall asleep, but if someone worships, it will be different." When I finished speaking, I got down on my knees, put my hands on my sides, and bowed deeply.

When Tsubaki saw it, he also walked up to me and kowtowed like me.

"You're a monster, what are you doing here?" I whispered.

"Who said that youkai can't worship gods?" Tsubaki ignored me, looking extremely pious, "Make a serious wish, maybe God will help you make it happen." ”

"You—" I smiled and didn't pay any more attention to her.

This trick really worked, and after a while, the little dragon with his eyes closed shook his body slightly, stretched his body full of fallen leaves, and then opened his eyes.

"Someone's coming?" it didn't seem to be talking to us, it should be talking to itself, "It's been a long time since anyone came..."

"You're the god of Zhongshan, aren't you?" I asked, "Let's come..."

"Human child, can you see me?" the little dragon interrupted me, "You're around... It's a youkai. ”

"Yes, I'm a ghostwriter. I replied truthfully, "I'm an important companion by my side, and I'm with you today a youkai who worships you." ”

"Xiaozhao, this kid is here too. "It's a god, I can feel the mirror demon coming before I even say it," the reflection of your mirror is a little dazzling. ”

... It turned out that it wasn't Zhong Shanshen who sensed the arrival of Xiaozhao, but that this little guy didn't know when he got out of my hat, and was standing beside me with a mirror at this moment.

"Are you a ghostwriter?" the god of Zhongshan seemed a little interested in me, "Do you know a demon slayer? I have an old friend who is a demon slayer." ”

"Demon slayers?" I said, "there are a few, but most of them are about my age. ”

"Oh.." Xiaolong was a little disappointed, "Also, after all, if that guy is still alive, he should be more than one hundred and seventy years old, and you humans can't live that long." ”

"You have a deep relationship with that demon slayer?" Tsubaki asked, curiosity killing cats, even cat demons.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it," Xiaolong's old voice didn't match his appearance, "it's he who sealed me on this altar, so I can never leave it." ”

"Huh?" Tsubaki and I said in unison, and at the same time Xiaozhao shouted in surprise.

“... You don't know this?" I asked Xiaozhao, "Didn't you know it before!"

"I've never heard you say..."Xiao Zhao's expression was like hearing a big news, "Moreover, with your strength, how can you be trapped by a demon slayer? and that demon slayer should have been a long time ago..."

"I'm just an ordinary mountain god," said the dragon, "and I don't have the ability to break free from the seal." ”

"But in the past, people would come to worship you?" Xiao Zhao was not reconciled, "People say that you are a great god, you open your eyes for day, close your eyes for night, blow into the wind, and control the four seasons!"

"It's just a legend," said the dragon, "just a legend that people create to make themselves feel at ease." ”

"You... Is it really the god of Zhongshan?" Tsubaki exploded again, and the mirror demon was obviously shocked by an incredible heart, and felt that his little body began to shake.

"Hey..."I tugged at the white cat's arm, "Your kind of question will shake Xiaozhao's determination..."

"Don't worry, Xiaozhao, of course I am the god of Zhongshan," Xiaolong was not angry, "The day Zhongshan appeared was the time of my birth, I coexisted with Zhongshan, felt Zhongshan's life, and felt all things in Zhongshan." "But that's all, people believe that I can control the rotation of the sun and the moon, so they often come to me to pray for the next year's harvest, and later, because they are afraid that I will leave Zhongshan one day, they ask the demon slayer to seal me on this altar made for me." ”

"Why did you, the legendary Candle Yin, make the local people worry that the god of Zhongshan would leave Zhongshan?" I asked.

"Because, indeed, I do leave for a while from time to time," said Candle Yin, "I love human beings the most, especially their nights, their flickering lights, their family reunions, their hearty meals, their joyful words, their gentle dreams." It closed its eyes, as if recalling, "These make me envious and longing, so I often sneak to human homes at night to see all kinds of things in the world." ”

"It doesn't make people worry you're leaving, is it?"

"However, in the summer of that year, I was too nostalgic for the family full of laughter and laughter, and I didn't leave for a long time, but it was that year, Zhongshan was in a great drought, and countless farmlands were damaged, and it was that year that the altar built by people suddenly collapsed for some reason," said Candle Yin, "Because of the panic, there was a rumor that the mountain god had left, and soon spread privately, and a demon slayer happened to pass by Zhongshan and found me without knowing it at the request of the people." ”

“... He sealed you?" Tsubaki couldn't help but say.

"No, not really. Candle Yin shook his head, "After he found me, he asked everyone to leave the room, and finally only me and him were left in the room, because I have always liked humans, so I didn't run away, and it doesn't matter if I was sealed by him, but guess what, what did this guy say to me?"

“...？”

"He mysteriously lowered his voice, saying that he knew that the drought had nothing to do with me, so could he let me cooperate with him in a play," Candle Yin said, "The name of the play is called, pretending to seal the god of Zhongshan." ”

(End of chapter)