Chapter 25 Visitors

After the Double Ninth Festival, the remote Hanyu Mountain became quiet.

After the rice harvest in the fields, there was not much farm work to do. Most of the villagers were at home, and the only thing they needed to consider was food for the winter.

But this year's rice crop is still a good harvest, and there is no need to worry about food for the winter. Just prepare enough necessities before the snow closes the mountain.

Not far away, Hanyu Mountain is even quieter.

The huge vortex clouds rotating in the sky still cover the entire Hanyu Mountain Range, and lightning flashes from time to time. Every once in a while, there is a thunderbolt, and the rumbling thunder has been transmitted to the outside of the mountain, deafening.

But the villagers of Shuisheng Village have become accustomed to this terrifying thunder and are no longer afraid.

The only thing they are curious about is what the mountain god is doing and why there is thunder in the mountain.

And the thunder in the mountain does not stop. As time goes by, the weather gradually enters late autumn. The grass and trees in the mountains began to wither and turn yellow, and the whistling wind in the forests gradually became cold.

Late autumn has arrived, and midwinter is not far away.

While the weather has not completely turned cold, the young and strong men in the village were organized. A total of 76 people took food and dry food, left the village, and rushed to the nearest city. They were going to purchase necessities for winter. Except for the young and strong who stayed behind, almost all the young and strong in the village went.

Because the wilderness is difficult to travel, wild beasts are rampant. Once you leave the range of the Hanyu Mountains, you may be attacked by wild beasts at any time.

And the journey is long and takes a long time. The nearest city is the nearest, but with the villagers' footwork, this round trip will take five to six days.

During these five or six days, the villagers will eat and live in the wilderness. Travel during the day and rest at night. If there are few people, they will not be able to resist the wolves and beasts in the wilderness.

If you are unlucky, the beasts you encounter are very hungry, and there may even be conflicts, resulting in casualties.

But this year, this did not happen. The villagers followed the route of previous years, crossed the wilderness, stepped onto the road, and successfully arrived at Luoye City. Then they spent a day purchasing the daily necessities needed for the winter.

On the way back, no accidents happened.

No terrifying demons passed by, and no terrifying beasts were encountered. Although they encountered several herds of beasts at night, they were all ordinary beasts. The villagers waved torches and weapons, shouted loudly, and scared away the herds of beasts.

After the young and strong men returned to the village smoothly, the villagers, led by the old village chief, held another ceremony to worship the wolf god to thank the mountain god for his protection. Although this sacrifice was not as large as the Double Ninth Festival, it also provided a lot of incense and wish power.

The large amount of incense and wish power even woke up Lu Heng, who was in a state of retreat underground.

He checked in surprise and found that this group of villagers were offering sacrifices to him again, and he was a little confused.

It's not a festival now, why are these villagers offering sacrifices again. Could it be that the autumn harvest is over and the villagers are bored at home? So they hold a celebration to cheer themselves up?

Lu Heng, who does not know the cause and effect and the specific situation, can only guess like this.

Since the Double Ninth Festival, he has been practicing in the mountains, and has resumed his original simple life, repeating the process of drawing lightning into the body, entering into a state of tranquility, and then drawing lightning into the body, entering into a state of tranquility.

Occasionally, he goes down the mountain to the river bend to perform swallowing a group of fish in one bite to fill his stomach.

No mountain people come to the mountain to disturb him, and the black-robed witch Gongshu Jie who left has not come back to visit. Occasionally, when he thinks of this witch, Lu Heng can't help sighing, and always has a premonition that Gongshu Jie is now tossing in Qianzhen City.

I just don't know who will be unlucky in the end.

I hope it's not me...

Thinking of this, Lu Heng entered the state of retreat again and continued to practice.

Time passed day by day.

Gradually, all the leaves in the mountains began to wither, and the weather turned completely cold, no longer as hot as in early autumn. When the mountain wind blows on your face at night, it even feels a little stinging.

In Shuisheng Village at the foot of the mountain, the lives of the villagers have returned to their former peace. The daily necessities for the winter have been purchased and stockpiled. Next, the mountain people only need to stay in their warm homes and survive this cold winter.

However, winter has not officially arrived yet, and Shuisheng Village outside Hanyu Mountain has welcomed new guests.

It was a day in late October, and it coincided with the frost. In the early morning, Hanyu Mountain was filled with thick white fog. This misty fog obscured everything, even the huge vortex clouds in the mountain could not be seen.

Wang Laoliu, who went out with his hunting bow on his back in the morning and was ready to call his companions to go hunting in the mountains together, heard a strange sound in the fog outside the village after he stepped out of the house.

Dong-dong-dong-

A heavy and slow sound sounded outside the village. It was like someone was beating a heavy drum, and it was like some terrifying beast was walking outside the village.

Then, the earth began to shake slowly. Although the shaking was not obvious, the shaking ground, coupled with the slowly approaching dull "drum sound", instantly changed Wang Laoliu's expression.

He hurriedly ran towards the village entrance, and soon he heard Ai Laosan, who was on duty at the village entrance, shouting.

"There is a monster! There is a monster!"

Dangdangdang-dangdangdang-

The bronze chimes hanging at the village entrance were struck violently, issuing a rapid warning sound, and the originally quiet village instantly boiled.

Hearing the alarm bell, many villagers who were still asleep climbed out of bed in panic. All the men picked up their weapons and rushed to the entrance of the village. Wang Laoliu, who had taken the lead, carried a hunting bow and rushed to the entrance of the village before everyone else.

Standing on the fence surrounded by logs, he saw the scene outside the fog.

What kind of monster was that!

The huge body was like a moving hill, several feet high. The huge head alone was as big as Wang Laoliu's tile house! The fence that the village erected to defend against wild beasts was as fragile as a fence that would fall down in the wind in front of this giant beast.

Wang Laoliu's eyes widened in horror, and he almost lost the ability to speak when he saw this scene.

This monster is too big and too scary!

But the villagers who were on duty on the fence were much calmer. They had been shocked by the huge body of the monster. But what made them put down their fear temporarily were the figures in front of the monster.

That's right, there were many figures following this giant turtle-like monster.

Those people were dressed differently from the people of Huotong, and most of them were carrying bags and things, as if they were migrating. Even on the spacious tortoise shell of the huge monster, if you look closely, you can see many bags tied to it in the mist.

It seemed that this huge turtle was just a packhorse used by these people...

The villagers of Shuisheng Village were all nervous and afraid, having never seen such a terrifying beast. Even the wolf god in the mountains seemed to be smaller than the giant turtle.

And in the mist, there seemed to be more than one giant turtle, and there were shadowy figures in the mist outside the village. The number of this group of foreigners seemed to be quite large...

In the mist, looking at the fear and uneasiness of the villagers on the fence, the girl wearing a wreath of green grass turned and ran into the mist, passing through one tribe member after another, and found the old man sitting in the mist to rest.

The girl ran over happily and excitedly, saying, "Grandpa priest, there is a village ahead. Such a remote place actually has people living there, and there seem to be a lot of people."

"But they don't seem to have seen the spiral turtle, and they are all very scared... Do you want to go over and talk to their village chief?"

The girl's story made the old man who was sitting on the side of the road raise his head. The old man with white hair was leaning on a black snake staff, and his upper body without clothes was painted with many pale patterns.

Although the muscles on the old man's body have been loose due to old age. But it can still be seen that this muscular old man must have been a brave and powerful warrior when he was young.

Hearing the girl's words, the old man stood up with the snake staff and said, "Since there are villagers living here, we should explain everything to them and don't scare them."

After the old man stood up, he walked towards the fog ahead with the help of the girl.

At the entrance of Shuisheng Village, the old village chief had already arrived with the elders. But the old people all stood on the ten-foot-high fence, nervously and fearfully observing the giant beasts and human figures outside, wondering what kind of guests had come to Shuisheng Village.

This scene in front of them was too scary!

When the old priest was supported by the girl and walked out, the villagers on the fence all noticed it.

Because when the old priest with his upper body naked walked out of the crowd, all the foreigners outside the village saluted the old man, showing that his identity was extraordinary.

And when the old priest was supported by the girl and walked out of the crowd, he did not pretend to be mysterious. He bowed to the nervous villagers on the fence and said.

"We are from the Xifeng tribe of the Li people. We migrated to your place. We did not expect to disturb you all because of the heavy fog. I apologize on behalf of our people."

"But we are not bandits. We will not burn, kill or rob. You do not need to be afraid. Next, our people will temporarily settle nearby and live next to you."

"If you need help, please ask our people for help. We will not delay within our ability."

Although the old priest was old, his voice spread throughout the Shuisheng Village. Whether it was the young and strong men on the fence at the entrance of the village or the women, children and the elderly in the village, they all heard the old priest's voice clearly.

This extraordinary performance immediately made the villagers open their eyes wide, knowing that they had met a big shot.

The old village chief clenched his cane even tighter, muttering, "Li people... Li people..."

He suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly, "But the Li people who migrated to various places, lived by the water, and were good at smelting iron?"

Before the old priest spoke, the girl who was supporting the old man and wearing a wreath of green grass on her head laughed and said, "This old man is well-informed... Yes, we are the Li people you are talking about."