Chapter Forty-Nine: The Mandrill for Change

"The blood moon on the fifteenth day of the seventh month is now, and the immortal life of the Fog Ridge is created..."

Seeing the plaque above his head, Zhang Tao subconsciously read out the revelation he had heard about the treasures of Wuling Mountain, and then the night sky here appeared in his mind as a blood moon, although it was not yet a full moon, but it was very imaginary with the description in the revelation.

Now, when he saw the words about the Taoist Temple of Immortality, he immediately connected it all naturally.

"Could it be that this is the depths of the Foggy Mountains?"

Zhang Tao secretly wondered, his brows wrinkled together unconsciously, forming the word 'Sichuan', and when he saw the Taoist temple half-hidden at the gate in front of him, he couldn't help but stop, hesitating to go in.

The Taoist temple here may be the Wuling Mountain Taoist temple recorded in the local chronicles of Tianwu Town... It is rumored that the incense is very effective!

In an instant, a thought popped into his mind!

Could it be that he just met the ghosts that died in Yizhuang outside the mountain, and they were all villagers near Wuling Mountain?

In other words, at this time, Wuling Mountain has become a ghost cave full of death...

"Brother Zhang, do you mean that we have arrived at Wuling Mountain?

Pang Shaoyuan realized that when he heard him mention Wuling Mountain, he remembered that he came to Tianwu Town for the treasure of Wuling Mountain.

Immediately, he reacted and wondered, "That secret passage leads all the way to the outside of the city... And it's all the way to Wuling Mountain, which is a hundred miles away, so it's no wonder we walked in it for a long time..."

He held a machete, stood beside Zhang Tao, and whispered excitedly: "I once wanted to go to Wuling Mountain alone to explore the situation, but who knew that there was a layer of miasma and fog outside the mountain, which had been blocking me from entering, and now I came in by chance..."

At the end, he laughed, a happy smile on his big broad face, and no longer complained about the pain of his broken arm.

"Pang Yingying, Wuling Mountain is not going to go!"

Hearing this, Liu San showed a look of horror on his face, and reminded in a trembling voice: "The older generation in the town all say that there is a mountain god in this mountain, and it is a great murderous place, and no one who strays into this place has left alive... All of them became sacrifices to the mountain gods! ”

"Rumor has it that people go missing in the mountains every year."

As he spoke, he looked around in a hurry and muttered, "Maybe this Taoist temple is the temple of the mountain god... Let's get out of here and find a way out. ”

The fog lingered, the blood moon dimmed, and the silence around was eerie.

"Roar!!"

Suddenly, a terrifying roar rang out from the depths of the jungle, shaking the old forest of dead trees and rustling.

"It's a monster!"

Zhang Tao's pupils shrank suddenly, his whole body was subconsciously tense, there was a chill behind him, and his eyes looked solemnly in the direction where the roar came from.

And after the big yellow dog kept them in front of the gate of the Immortal Taoist Temple, it disappeared, and did not bark again to give them a hint.

Rustle rustle ....

At the same time, there was a sound of dead leaves stamping in the bushes behind everyone.

"Who?"

Zhang Tao was extremely alert, and the moment he heard the sound, he judged that it was the sound of a creature stampeding.

"The situation here is unknown, let's be careful..."

His fists tightened, and he picked up a three-inch iron nail from his waist in his left hand, just in case of an accident, and then he could borrow the supernatural artifact Yin Cold Iron Nail to seal the enemy's soul.

In this way, the three of them stood at the gate of the Taoist temple, as if they were facing a great enemy, neither leaving nor entering it rashly.

Pang Shaoyuan was simply bandaged because of the fracture of his left arm, and he could not move vigorously, so he could only hold the machete tightly in his right hand, stick it behind Zhang Tao, and stare at the Taoist temple that was half-hidden by the door.

Liu San, on the other hand, held a dead branch in his hand and looked around in horror, sometimes looking at the Taoist temple, sometimes looking at the dark old forest outside the mountain gate.

Rustle~

The sound of stamping on dead branches continues.

The other party did not stop moving forward because of Zhang Tao's voice, and still walked in the direction where everyone was.

"Brother Zhang, what should I do?" Pang Shaoyuan asked nervously.

He is now injured, and if he is really in danger, he will not be able to exert his full combat strength, and he may even be held back...

"Wait and see, don't worry!"

Zhang Tao turned his head and cast a calm look at him, and said with relief: "Wait until the identity of the other party is confirmed, no matter whether the other party is a human or a ghost, it is not too late to make plans." ”

Barren mountains and forests, dilapidated Taoist temples, what can be encountered, Zhang Tao has no bottom in his heart.

Zhang Tao is like a backbone, Pang Shaoyuan and the others saw his calm demeanor and were affected by him, and immediately calmed down and felt a little relieved.

They were able to escape from Yizhuang, and they also experienced nine deaths... Lucky to escape, if they hadn't encountered the big yellow dog that suddenly appeared, they were probably still dancing with a group of ghosts in Yizhuang, and finally died tragically in the hands of that unspeakable terrifying existence.

Even if Zhang Tao had fled from Yizhuang at this time, he couldn't forget that terrifying coercion.

Just a trace of resentment leaked made him feel endless despair, as if he was not facing ghosts, but ghosts!

It's like sinking in an infinite ocean of death, he is like a flat boat drifting with the waves, and he feels like he will be destroyed by the waves at any moment!

Feelings of powerlessness, hopelessness, suffocation.

It always lingers in his heart, lingering!

"What kind of existence is the ghost thing that Yizhuang finally awakened?"

Zhang Tao's heart palpitated, and his face showed worry, he began to worry about the group of unscrupulous madmen in the Bloody Clothes Hall, what kind of crazy conspiracy they had in the Wuling Mountain.

The figure swayed, and with the faint light of the blood moon, everyone finally saw the face of the comer.

"How is that possible?"

Zhang Tao was shocked, looking at the familiar face of the other party, his eyes flashed with shock.

"Xiao Chen?" Liu San shouted in surprise.

He was about to run forward, round with his little brother, wanting to catch up with the other party, and express his heartfelt repentance for the pain in his heart.

"If you want to die, go forward!"

Seeing this, Zhang Tao let out a low roar and stopped Liu San from moving forward in time.

Xiao Chen's flawless face on the other side had a weird smile on his face, which made him feel creepy.

At that time, the other party was not alive, and the death notice was diagnosed by him personally, and there was no possibility of resurrection!

But the person in front of him who is exactly the same as Xiao Chen does not have a trace of cold and resentful aura in his body, who is he if he is not a living person?

"Third brother, I'm injured, it's so painful, can you come and show me..."

At this time, Xiao Chen's painful voice sounded in everyone's ears, and he staggered and approached everyone unsteadily.

"Little brother, this is Xiao Chen's voice, there will be no mistake..."

Hearing his younger brother's painful cry for help, Liu San was in a dilemma, looking at Zhang Tao in fear, not daring to move his body, but he couldn't bear his brother's injuries and pain, and wanted to come forward to rescue the other party.

However, Zhang Tao's cold-blooded ruthlessness in Yizhuang before shocked him, making him dare not disobey the other party's orders, so he could only stand in place and look at Xiao Chen with a concerned face.

"I'm still the same sentence, if you want to die, I won't stop you!"

Zhang Tao's face was expressionless, his tone was still cold, and his eyes were fixed on Xiao Chen's painful cheeks, trying to detect the flaws in the other party.

At this point, he still couldn't believe that the other party was Xiao Chen himself, maybe some demon and monster pretended to confuse them.

"Third brother, you are so ruthless, you say good brotherhood, blessings and hardships..."

Xiao Chen walked ten steps away from everyone, stopped, and did not continue to walk, but looked at Liu San with a pitiful face, and said, "I can't walk, third brother, can you come and help me?" ”

"Little brother, I'm ......" Liu San looked at Zhang Tao with a struggle in his heart.

"Since you want to help him, then I'll help you..."

After speaking, Zhang Tao raised his feet and took a step forward, under Liu San's puzzled gaze, he had already come to Xiao Chen's side, and stopped three steps away.

Liu San couldn't believe his eyes, the other party would be so kind, in his impression, Zhang Tao was a person with a cold temperament, who could not be saved when he saw death, and who was strong, and would not make a move for an irrelevant righteousness at all.

"Do you want me to help you?"

Zhang Tao stood in front of Xiao Chen, with a warm smile on his face, and used his dark eyes to observe the other party up close.

"Well, I'm a little unsteady, can you help me over?"

Xiao Chen nodded, and when he saw a pair of gray dead eyes suddenly appearing in front of him, he didn't feel scared or surprised at all, but his face was weak, and his voice revealed a wisp of eagerness and excitement, and said, "Just stretch out a hand and help me." ”

"Is that so?"

After seeing his calm performance, Zhang Tao was even more sure in his heart that this person was not the original Xiao Chen, but a mysterious creature of unknown origin.

Ghost?

Or is it a demon?

He couldn't be sure.

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to support the other party, but halfway through, he quickly withdrew it.

The moment he withdrew his arm, he carefully noticed that the other party's raised arm was covered with hair, and his nails were very sharp and slender.

"You... Why don't you come? Xiao Chen asked suspiciously.

"Come here, uncle!"

Seeing this, Zhang Tao made a decisive move, and suddenly burst out, and the cold iron nail holding the supernatural item was thrown out in an instant, and the heavenly spirit cover aimed at the other party was a nail.

"Roar!"

Caught off guard, Xiao Chen didn't dodge, and the cold iron nail hit the center of his eyebrows.

A terrible beast roar suddenly came out of his mouth.

"I already knew you weren't human!"

Seeing that his sneak attack was successful, Zhang Tao's figure quickly retreated, distancing himself from the unknown creature, just in case.

"Roar~"

Another terrible roar rang in everyone's ears.

Xiao Chen had a three-inch-long coffin nail nailed to his head, as if he had been greatly injured, he stood motionless, just holding his head and screaming in pain.

"Liu San, you can not believe Brother Zhang's kindness, but you must not question Brother Zhang's judgment!"

At the right time, Pang Shaoyuan's expression was serious, and he preached to Liu San, who was stunned on the side: "Maybe he is too ruthless for you, but for me, this is the survival experience of walking the rivers and lakes that the master said..."

After speaking, he looked at Zhang Tao's back and cast a look of admiration and admiration.

There was a bone.

The skull rolled off, and the miserable roar came to an abrupt end.

Xiao Chen's head was dumbfounded, staring at the three people in front of the Taoist temple.

"Ahh

When Liu San saw this terrifying and terrifying scene, he trembled all over, leaned against the stupid big man and screamed loudly, and was once again frightened and incontinent.

"Monkeys?" Pang Shaoyuan was shocked.

I saw that the moment Xiao Chen's head fell to the ground, the figure standing in place showed its true face, it was a seven-foot-tall humanoid ape, burly, baring its teeth, staring at Zhang Tao's eyes with a resentful light.

Its hair exploded like steel needles glowing in the moonlight, and it bent over its arms to the ground, its sharp claws scratching the ground, showing its furious mood at this time.

"This should be a mandrill!"

Zhang Tao's eyelids jumped, and after seeing the other party's appearance clearly, ancient books with relevant information appeared in his mind.

He once saw in "Divine Strange Chronicles: Strange Beasts in the Sea": "There is a Gan giant in the south, with a human face and long arms, a black body with hair, and a heel, and when he sees people, he laughs and laughs, and hides his face, so he escapes." ”

The mandrill is a kind of monster in the mountains, with a long body and a black body, and infinite strength.

Legend has it that it can run faster than a leopard, tear apart tigers and leopards with bare hands, is the overlord of the mountains, and has a very long lifespan, and is regarded as a monster.

Zhang Tao's nerves were tense, he saw the size of the mandrill clearly, and probed the other party's tyrannical aura, it was a strength qi that was not weak in the three heavens, and he knew that the cultivation of his people and others could not kill it.