Chapter 1: Barren Mountains, Monsters

Although it is not a cold winter wax moon now, but the air is unusually cold, the bright moon hangs high, the silver-white moonlight, pouring on the earth, it seems that this night is dry and cold, there is silence under the mountain, the earth is even more silent, as for the surrounding of this hillside, it is also suppressed by endless silence, quiet, very quiet, so quiet that people are uncomfortable, looking around, all the desolation, but in such a desolate place, there is a woman of unknown origin, dressed strangely, like a walking dead walked up the hillside.

"Master! I saw ......" As soon as I saw Master, I immediately told me everything I had just seen and asked anxiously, "Master, what do you think is going on?" ”

"Since someone has come up, there must be a village nearby, but we haven't seen any village chief from here, maybe on the other side of the mountain, well, you say that, it's quite strange for the teacher." As the master spoke, he couldn't help but glance at the mountain peak in front of him, and whispered: "And the grass and trees on this mountain peak are thick and dense, and it is not surprising that there are strange and wild monsters hidden in the depths, lead the way ahead!" ”

Without saying a word, I turned around and ran with Master towards the mountain path where the woman had walked, but when we returned to the mountain path, there was no trace of the woman.

Master looked at me and asked in surprise, "Are you right?" ”

"I think I'm not mistaken, Master said, people have shadows, ghosts have no shadows, that woman clearly has a shadow, it's a person, now I'm delaying back and forth, maybe people have gone up, let's catch up!" I said anxiously and hurried upwards.

"Ergou, go slowly, I'm new here, and I haven't figured out the situation yet, so don't act recklessly......" Master shouted in a low voice behind me.

Where can I listen, the so-called saving people is like fighting fire, the woman is young, but her face is dull and unfocused, I can't figure out whether she is looking for death or something, in short, I am a little worried, I don't care about the master's admonition, I take three steps and two steps, fast to the extreme, but walking and walking, I can't help but stop, it's not that I'm too tired to walk, but the mountain road in front of me suddenly has no way, but it is blocked by a mess of grass and trees.

The master quickly caught up, he looked around, and asked in amazement, "Where is the person you are talking about?" ”

"I ...... I saw her walking in this direction, why is there no way here? I scratched my head in confusion.

"You must have read it wrong, since this road is not passable, let's go down the mountain, find a village to stay in first, and continue to travel around this mountain tomorrow!" Master glared at me angrily, took a breath, and immediately ordered me to go down the mountain with him.

"Master, I'm really not mistaken, there is indeed a ......"

"That's it!" Before I could finish speaking, Master immediately interrupted me solemnly and said in a deep voice, "Whether what you say is true or not, we must all go down the mountain immediately, this place is not suitable for a long time, and leave here with the teacher!" ”

I still wanted to argue, but seeing the astonishment and seriousness on Master's face, I suddenly realized something, Master must have seen something wrong, although I really wanted to catch up with the woman, if her life was in danger, I planned to save her, but the current situation obviously did not allow me to make my own decisions, under Master's hasty order, I had to turn my head and reluctantly follow Master down.

Just a few steps away, the mountain path down the mountain actually disappeared in front of us, and at some point a dark gray mist emerged from all around, gradually swirling around, seeing this, I immediately understood that Master was right, this is indeed not a place to stay for a long time.

Looking at it, we're in trouble again!

"Evil and presumptuous! I am Yang Yuanshan of the Maoshan Sect, passing by here, I didn't want to disturb your cultivation, but if you dare to be unscrupulous in front of me, don't blame my subordinates for not being merciful! As he spoke, the master took out his peachwood sword and glared angrily.

After the master finished speaking, I looked over again, only to see that the surroundings were still surrounded by gray mist, this kind of fog I know, pure white is fairy, light white is the upward movement of the earth, black is a ghost, gray is a demon, although I am not sure that these fogs are demonic energy, but these fogs are dark gray color, and there is a trace of blood in them, it is definitely not that simple, whether it is a ghost or a spirit, it has become the opposite of us.

I felt a trace of cold wind blowing from my back, and turned my head suddenly, but I was so frightened that I almost fell, only to see a dark gray fog pillar flying straight towards me, and at the top of the fog pillar, there was still ...... And two eyes that shone red, what kind of monster is this?!

"Ahh Master, run! "I didn't have time to explain why, so I shoved Master down the hill and dodged away from the onslaught of the pillar of fog.

Master was careless at his feet, he was almost pushed down by me, he turned over sharply and swung his sword back, as soon as the fog pillar touched the peachwood sword, he suddenly let out a shocking snort, trembling and retreated, Master hurriedly shouted to me: "Ergou, are you okay?!" ”

"Master, I'm fine! W-what kind of monster is this?! I ran behind Master in a panic, while Master scanned back and forth with a cautious face, and I kept close behind Master, for fear that the monster would attack us from behind again...... "What should Master do now?" We seem to be trapped by this monster! ”

"Humph! A mountain monster can trap me?! The master snorted coldly, reached out and bit his fingers, and forcefully slashed the blood on the body of the peachwood sword, and said in a low voice: "Ergou, be careful and walk step by step towards the mountain, this thing doesn't seem to have a real body, it is unpredictable, and it is a little troublesome to deal with, if you are a teacher, I am afraid that you will not be able to shock him, go quickly!" ”

It turned out that the few words that Master shouted angrily just now were actually to bluff the mountain monster, and it seemed that Master was a little confused now, and when I moved down the mountain step by step, Master also moved my steps, but suddenly, I pointed to the other side of us and shouted, "Master! There! Over there! ”

"The avenue is one, and the cloth is true!" The master held the peachwood sword in his right hand, and slashed the sword finger with his left hand towards the sword, only to see a golden light forced out from the tip of the peachwood sword, flying away, and hitting the monster's head.

I don't know if it was the power of the master's peachwood sword, or the power of those two mysterious spells, but I heard the monster let out a muffled snort again, and it collapsed all around.

As the gray mist gradually disappeared, the master shouted in horror, "Ergou, let's go down the mountain!" ”

I don't know why, Master obviously hit a monster hard, but at this moment he didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, but went down the mountain in terror, I had to follow down the mountain, we ran all the way down the mountain, all gasping for breath, I couldn't help but wonder: "Master, you obviously hit it hard just now, why didn't you chase it?" Instead, he escaped with me? ”

"What do you know?!" Master glared at me, turned his head to look at the mountain, and then sighed lightly: "I didn't expect that this desolate place, there are such difficult monsters, if there is a village near this place, then it will suffer, we recklessly broke into the cultivation place of that monster, we are already in a passive position, before we figure out the situation, if we chase over, it is difficult to ensure that a few more monsters run out of it, and then the teacher will be too busy to take care of himself, how can I protect you?!" ”

"Well, it turns out that Master was worried that something would happen to me, and I thought Master was scared......" I silently lowered my head, knowing that I was wrong to blame Master.

"What are you afraid of for the teacher?!" Master gave me an angry look and turned his head to the other side of the mountain.

"Master, Master, did you see exactly where that monster came from? What the hell did that monster conjure?! Curious, I caught up with Master and asked urgently.

"It was pitch black just now, and I was wrapped in layers of ghost fog all around, so I couldn't see it clearly, but I can be sure of it as a teacher." The master paused slightly, his expression a little confused, perhaps remembering the scene of seeing the monster.

"What's what?" I asked excitedly.

"For sure, that monster is difficult to deal with, now you're satisfied, right?!" Master glared at me again and continued on his way.

"Uh...... Isn't that nonsense......" I pouted, also unhappily replied.

"What? Do you dare to say that what the teacher said is nonsense?! Master suddenly turned his head and glanced at me, I hurriedly dodged in fright, and grinned with my teeth, and claimed that I said the wrong thing in a hurry, Master snorted, didn't pay attention to my nonsense, but counted me down as he walked: "If it wasn't for the fear that you would be swept away by that monster just now, I wouldn't have been so embarrassed as a teacher, I think I am also a Maoshan Tantric Sect...... Remember, don't tell outsiders what just happened! ”

"Oh, I know......" I nodded silently, the master just wanted to save face and suffer the crime, just now he was so embarrassed, it was clear that the master was also in a circle, only because the situation was too sudden, the change was too fast, so the master was so difficult, if he knew in advance that there were monsters in that place, a little preparation would not be like this.

I didn't go far, there was a vague outline of a village in front of us in our line of sight, I looked at it, about three or five miles away, but the master saw it in his eyes, his face was unusually ugly, he just said that there is a village of that monster on this mountain, I don't want to have a village around, once there is a village, it will inevitably be harmed.

My heart sank, so the woman I saw earlier was from this village? In other words, I don't have dazzles?

But Master didn't believe me, and I didn't know how to prove that what I said was what I had seen with my own eyes, so I was depressed for a while, and when we got to the village in front of us, we asked if anyone had gone missing, and we knew whether what I had seen earlier was true or false!