Although the land from the foot of Cangshan Mountain to the lake has a certain slope, it is almost negligible, the whole is very flat, except for a few fishing villages by the lake, some villages on the edge of the city, few houses, and occasional big trees are just the scenery on this land, and there are few woods to block the view.

You can see far away at a glance.

A caravan came slowly, and knowing that there was a haunt in the vicinity, even during the day, they took down all the bells from the horses and mules so that they would not make a sound.

The weather by the lake is changeable, the clouds are very low, as if just a few feet away from the head, and go with the wind, maybe the last moment is still in the direct sunlight, the next moment into the shadows, light and shadow seem to be in this land and the lake to start a fierce confrontation, entangled.

"Remember, if you encounter a headless monster, don't panic, don't run away, otherwise life and death are unpredictable, wait for him to ask, ask him if his head is still on his head, and be sure to answer that it is still there."

It's not the first time I've come here, and I know very well about the headless monks who have been said hundreds of years ago and have appeared in recent years, but I still can't help but advise.

Everyone nodded yes.

Just walking, I suddenly heard movement ahead.

Everyone was vigilant for a while, and immediately stopped, their eyes flickering and hesitating, listening carefully.

“……”

Most of them are rumbling sounds, sometimes like footsteps, and louder than the movement of the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry stepping over the earth, sometimes like the sound of drums, but not as rhythmic as the sound of drums, sometimes like the sound of gold and stone touching, but deafening, sometimes like thunder, but not from the sky.

"What's going on?"

"Could it be that there are youkai?"

"It's the youkai!"

Everyone lowered their voices and panicked.

Now the world is restless, there are more and more demons and monsters, but now it is daytime, and here is a business road, most of the demons and monsters will not easily haunt the here and now, the only one who will, only the government invited the master to dispatch the headless monk who had no way to defend the army.

This headless monk can simply stop children crying at night in the local area.

The leader of the group bent over his waist and looked around, the sun shone everything golden, the meadow swayed in the wind, and looked overhead, although the sun had moved west, it was still dazzling.

There was a large dark cloud ahead.

Come to think of it, the land ahead is shrouded in the shadows of the clouds.

The stronger the sunlight, the darker the shadows.

“……”

The merchant who led the team was a little worried, and muttered to himself: "I'm afraid that someone has met that monster in front of me......"

At the same time, a bold young man in the team had already walked to the side of the road, slowly climbed up an elm tree on the side of the road, quietly probed his head, and looked ahead.

There were often dangers on the way to business, and this young man was bold and careful, and his eyes were good, and many times he was able to avoid it by discovering mountain bandits, monsters and wicked people, and at this time he saw him climbing a tree, and no one said anything to stop him, but they all stared at him.

But the young man's eyes suddenly widened.

"What's wrong?"

But the young man did not answer.

After a while, he quietly climbed down, opened a pair of extremely surprised eyes, and said to everyone, the clouds in front of him covered the sun, and he really saw the headless monk in the wasteland in front of him, who looked as tall and mighty as the statue of the protector god in the temple, but had no head, but what was even more terrifying was that there were two other stone giants that were more than a foot high, faintly showing gold, were fighting and fighting with the headless monk in that wasteland, the fight was very fierce, the scene was extremely spectacular, and the grass and trees were all broken, He was shocked and frightened.

Everyone was amazed when they heard this, and some of them followed the example of this young man, and quietly climbed up to see it, and came down to be shocked, and some people were very curious, but they could not climb up, or did not dare to look.

"Stone giant? Is it a mountain god? ”

"Golden, I'm afraid it's a fairy."

"It may also be the Arhat of the Western Heaven descending to earth."

Shocked and frightened, they were discussing in a whisper whether to go back the way they came, or go up and bypass here.

Just as they had made a decision to go back first, and when they saw a path going up, they went up from the path first, and when they went around the front, the movement in front suddenly stopped.

"Huh?"

"Finished fighting?"

"Are youkai removed? Did the immortals win? ”

"Don't speak!"

The leader scolded in a low voice and walked back quickly.

Unexpectedly, the wind and clouds changed, and the light and shadow flowed.

Mortals can't resist the scenery of the general trend of the world, even if they walk on the road, they are not as fast as the wind and clouds.

Unconsciously, a cloud was blown by the wind and drifted over their heads, sprinkling a shadow, and the scorching sunlight in front of them just now darkened for a while, and they couldn't adapt to it, only to feel that the light had plummeted, and even had a feeling of darkness in front of them, which made people afraid.

At this time, it was already late autumn, thanks to the big sun, I didn't feel cold, and even the road was still a little hot, and when the sun was gone, the temperature dropped sharply, and the body was a little more chilly inside.

"Remember. If you encounter it, don't run, don't be so scared that you can't speak, everyone has to answer, it's still there. ”

The team leader is very vigilant and responsible.

His voice was lowered, as if he was afraid of attracting the attention of a terrifying being, but it was even more terrifying.

Almost as soon as the words fell, there was movement next to him.

"Rustling ......"

There was a shaking among the reeds, and it was someone walking.

Everyone was silent.

"Hoo ......"

The wind blew a fishy smell.

The frightening thing happened after all-

A tall, muscular, headless monk draped in rags appeared before them.

The monk's clothes were already in tatters, almost nothing left of the rags, dirty, mud-stained, and hanging from reeds. Even if he didn't have a head, he was taller than a man, and his two arms were even thicker than the waists of many people who weren't thin, and I don't know how many people had been killed, and they had already been stained black with blood. And his fist is the size of a human head, pinched tightly, with countless wounds on it, stained with gravel, black and smelly tofu blood and rotten meat, knotted muscles all over his body, and his arms naturally droop and can't be closed, giving people a much more oppressive force than the statue of the protector god in the temple.

The monk walked unfast, as if he was wandering, but he walked straight ahead of them.

There was a hole in the belly, like a wound and like a mouth.

As the legend goes, he actually spat out:

"Have you seen a cat?"

"It's still there! It's still there! ”

The crowd responded in a chaotic manner.

After they returned, they were stunned and opened their eyes.

It's not the same as the legend says!

"Rustling ......"

The headless monk squeezed away the reeds and slowly left.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in shock, and at the same time looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

In the next moment, there was another rustling sound in the reeds on the other side, and everyone was startled, only to see a little girl walking out of it, raising her head and staring at them with a pair of clear eyes, seeing that they were not in danger, she also seemed to be relieved, and whispered:

"You're smart."

The people did not dare to speak, and did not know how to answer.

Then the girl pointed to the heavens and the way ahead, and then retreated into the reeds.

“……”

The business travelers looked at each other again.

The leader raised his head and looked down, looking at both the clouds in the sky and the road ahead, only to find that the wind was coming from the front, blowing the thick cumulus clouds behind him, and the road ahead was welcoming more and more sunshine.

That's when I realized -

The little girl was reminding herself not to go back, but to go ahead, where the sun was ahead.

"Let's go!"

This must be a fairy child in the sky.

Thinking so, the leader decisively turned around and continued to move forward.

"We ......"

"Go ahead."

"Good!"

"It's too thrilling today, let's not hurry, let's go to Fibrous City to rest for the night." The team leader couldn't help but sigh, "This road is really not smooth." ”

……

"It's been so rough on the lake lately." The innkeeper said to Song You, "Several groups of merchants, as well as people passing by the wasteland over there, have said that they have seen the headless monk and the mountain god fighting, and the villain has heard about it four or five times in the past half a month, and those people are all scared, and they are all about the same, it is definitely personal experience, not a lie." ”

This shopkeeper was a little slow to react, but Song You had lived here for half a month, and he had slowly noticed from many details that this person was probably not simple.

Not only him, but his cat and child are not simple.

At first, I was a little scared, but after a long time, I felt that I was very easy to get along with, so I let down my vigilance, and all the vigilance and fear were equally transformed into respect, and when I heard these monsters and strange things, I was naturally willing to tell him.

"When I first heard about it more than ten days ago, some people saw two mountain gods, and some people saw three or four, but they couldn't beat the headless demon monk, saying that the mountain god was just an ordinary stone, but two days ago, I heard someone on the street talking, the fisherman rowed from the lake and saw that the mountain god has been able to fight with the headless demon monk, you say this, the god is not magical?"

After hearing this, the Taoist immediately nodded:

"Magical."

The terrain here is relatively open, most of the houses are short, and the line of sight can be seen far away.

The headless monk is a ghost story that has been passed down for hundreds of years in the condensation, and after reappearing in recent years, no one knows that no one is afraid, and now there is a "mountain god" fighting with it, and it has been witnessed by many people in a row for more than half a month, which naturally caused a great sensation and discussion.

Everyone hoped that the mountain god would get rid of it.

Song You has been out for half a month, and he has become more and more familiar with the streets and alleys in the city, and he often hears about the fight between the mountain gods and demon monks outside the city.

Listen to it once outside, and listen to it again when you go back to the house.

There was some numbness in my heart.

You have to pretend to be fresh......

Especially after returning to the house.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside the door.

The jujube red horse does not play the horseshoe, and the sound of stepping on the hard stone slab is quite different from the usual sound of the horse's hooves, which is easy to distinguish.

The sound of horses' hooves went all the way to the side stables.

There are swallows flying outside the door.

It didn't take long for a petite figure to appear at the door, dressed in three-color clothes, carrying a short sword with a hat and swallows on his back, and a wet jacket on his shoulder, full of fish, the braids on the back of his head were a little loose, and a few strands of hair were messily pasted on his face with sweat.

Naturally, it's a miniature version.

"Sanhua Niangniang is back again?" The shopkeeper took the lead and said, "I caught a few more fish today, and the villain still received it at the market price." ”

"It's all big fish today."

"No problem......

The shopkeeper took the lead and opened it to take a look.

It's not just big fish, it's good fish.

The two parties quickly completed the transaction.

Sanhua Niangniang still left one, let the store help raise it, and made it herself at night.

Sanhua Niangniang was very diligent, and she also washed the washer, hung it in the back to dry, and then returned upstairs and said to her Taoist priest: "Sanhua Niangniang is about to tie with that monk!" ”

"It's the mountain god of Sanhua Niangniang, Sanhua Niangniang and the small flag are useless, they are more powerful than the mountain gods." Song You corrected.

"That's right! It's the mountain god of Sanhua Niangniang! ”

"Sanhua Niangniang's method of turning stones into gold can already cover the entire stone giant?"

"No, it's only half, and it's going to take a few times to get half."

"But I heard from people outside that some of them saw the mountain gods of Sanhua Niangniang fighting with the demon monks, and the mountain gods were all golden."

"They were wrong."

"That's coming soon."

"It's coming!"

Sanhua Niangniang snorted, turned back into a cat, and continued: "It's just that I fought with that monk today, that monk is so powerful, I can't kill him, Sanhua Niangniang invited the mountain god several times, but he was slowly beaten by him, and I used the method of turning stones into gold several times, and the mana was used up, and I still couldn't kill him, so I could only run away." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the Taoist, asking him for advice.

"If you want to invite the mountain god several times, it means that the mountain god is not powerful enough, and you have to use it several times to turn stones into alchemy, which means that it is not durable enough and not hard enough." Song You just said, "Sanhua Niangniang still needs to practice." ”

"Practice!"

The cat's expression is serious, very serious.

(End of chapter)