Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Mo Hanyu was stunned when he saw the painting on the stone tablet.

Although these lines were rough, blurred, abstract and exaggerated, he immediately thought of the strange creature that had shown him the way before.

Is this worshipping it?

Mo Hanyu stretched out his hand in confusion and froze the assembled stone tablet to ensure that it would not fall apart easily.

Then he turned it over and tried to find other traces on it.

Logically speaking, a sacrifice should not consist of just one picture.

Mo Hanyu looked up the stone tablet from top to bottom, front to back, but still found no other clues, which made him feel a little strange.

Why is there no eulogy?

Mo Hanyu frowned. He knew that some places were often attacked by wild beasts or ghosts that they themselves did not know, and finally compromised with the targets of the attacks, regularly offering them food, and even worse, they would sacrifice children to ensure the stability of the village.

Is this what the village is like?

But the creatures I saw before didn’t look like this...

Mo Hanyu was thinking, when suddenly his eyes changed, and immediately his figure flashed and he jumped off the stage.

At the moment he left, a sharp arrow hit the place where he had just stood like a meteor, causing an explosion.

The person hiding in the corner secretly sighed. This evil cultivator is indeed much more perceptive than ordinary people.

The man wanted to find Mo Hanyu's figure, but suddenly felt a bone-chilling chill from behind. He was startled and before he could move, he was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.

Mo Hanyu appeared silently behind him, looking at him with cold eyes.

The man looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old. His clothes were tattered and he was holding a crossbow in his hand. Obviously, that was his nature.

Seeing that the ice was showing signs of breaking, Mo Hanyu did not hesitate and froze the entire room and covered it with a thick layer of ice.

As the ice cracked, the man had just escaped from the ice, and before he could even catch his breath, he was pressed to the ground by Mo Hanyu.

"Who are you?" Mo Hanyu grabbed his throat and used force with his fingers to make it difficult for him to breathe.

"I--" the man started, but due to lack of oxygen he was unable to think and could only utter a few words with difficulty.

"What are you going to do?" Mo Hanyu asked again.

"Ring - Finger." The man knew that he could not escape since the difference in strength was too great.

Mo Hanyu frowned. He definitely couldn't give the ring to him, and from what he saw just now, if he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been crippled if not dead...

This person directly wants to kill himself.

Mo Hanyu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again his gaze became calm: "I'm really sorry."

After saying that, Mo Hanyu twisted his throat.

After confirming that his men were dead, Mo Hanyu slowly stood up, his heart still beating wildly.

Mo Hanyu's fingers were shaking.

Mo Hanyu took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

This person came with the intention of killing from the beginning, so if he killed him, logically there shouldn't be any problem...

But when you really do it, the feeling is different after all.

Mo Hanyu clenched his fist, put it to his mouth, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.

He was not sure if there were any more enemies around, so now was not the time to be in a daze.

Mo Hanyu thought about it and activated his attributes to cover the entire remaining village. He conducted a careful survey and confirmed that there were no other people present.

Mo Hanyu breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the person next to him who had already died, thought for a while, and just to be safe, he pulled out his Qi Blade and condensed ice on it, forming a long ice knife.

Mo Hanyu raised his hand and chopped off the man's head.

Qin Xiao had told him that some people would pretend to be dead to deceive the enemy, like some beetles, but the way those people pretended to be dead was almost the same as real death. They would come out of the suspended state after the enemy left, so if you wanted to kill them, you must remember to chop off their heads or dig out their hearts.

Qiu Puyue agreed with this method, and then explained to Mo Hanyu that many corpse binders have this skill, so he must be more careful and pay attention.

This was Mo Hanyu's first time killing someone. Although he was a little flustered, he still remembered the instructions of the two men and chopped off the man's head. This way he could confirm it.

Mo Hanyu's heart was beating wildly and he felt a little nauseous due to the intense mental stimulation. He turned his head and dry-heaved a few times before slowly returning to normal.

Mo Hanyu wiped the corner of his mouth, looked at the corpse again, and then walked out.

The entire village was covered with ice, and the temperature dropped significantly in an instant.

Mo Hanyu walked towards the altar and saw that all those things were destroyed as expected.

Mo Hanyu felt a little sorry, but he didn't care too much. He waved his hand gently. The ice shattered into particles and dissipated directly in the air.

Mo Hanyu looked around for a moment and continued walking towards the top of the mountain.

“It’s really scary…”

In a woods not far from the village, a young man squatted on a tall tree, staring at the almost dot-like figure with interest.

Mo Hanyu suddenly felt something and looked back, but he could only see tall and dense trees a thousand meters away from him.

Mo Hanyu frowned in confusion, turned around and continued forward.

“Your perception is really sharp.” The young man chuckled and turned his gaze to a dark shadow on the tree trunk next to him.

"Are you sure?" the black shadow asked coldly.

"Give it a try..."

……

"Let's go, let's go—"

Erya pinched her waist in annoyance, causing ripples on the surface of the water: "Why are you so slow? You won't let me touch you."

Tian Miao glanced at her and said nothing.

"Hey--"

Erya was a little angry.

Because of his attributes, Tian Miao followed the river all the way. Erya wanted him to enter the river and lead him more than once, but for some reason Tian Miao insisted on walking step by step by himself.

"Treasure." Tian Miao looked up and said seriously.

"Ah? You want it?" Arya was puzzled and dived into the river. Suddenly, small bulges appeared on the surface of the river, like mountains.

"Are you sure you want to look in these mountains?" Arya's voice sounded, and the mountains changed shape, turning into a huge beast. "You might get eaten."

As it spoke, the beast suddenly changed into a small Tian Miao. "Tian Miao" stood on the cliff, walking unconsciously, then stepped on empty air and fell down.

"It's also possible that you might fall to your death—"

There was another change, and vines wrapped around "Tian Miao"'s body, surrounding his neck, thighs, and arms, trying to cut him into pieces.

"It's also possible that they will be eaten by plants in the woods—"

"It is possible that——"

The water flow was still trying to change, but Tian Miao suddenly smiled and clapped his hands: "Looks great, look great, one more."

Erya:......

"I'm telling you that this mountain is very dangerous!!" Shui Liu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and turned into a human again, pinching his waist and yelling at him, "I feel a lot of powerful auras in this mountain. We are no match for them. If you want to get out, I can find an exit and take you out in a month. The best thing to do is to run away quickly, right?"

"But..." Tian Miao looked at him, "Qin Xiao——"

"So what does that person thinks have to do with you? They haven't contacted you for such a long time, they must have forgotten you." Arya said unhappily.

"You're talking nonsense!" Tian Miao was angry and glared at Him.

"Even if you haven't forgotten, so what? Do you know that I can't protect you here at all? There are so many powerful people and things in these mountains. There is a high possibility that you will die."

"But... aren't we leaving?" Tian Miao said.

"So I told you to just jump down and let me take you away." Arya was going crazy. He had extremely high intelligence and perception. Unlike other attributes, he was also extremely sensitive to dangerous auras. There were too many things in these mountains that exuded a terrifying aura, which made him want to escape instinctively.

Water demons actually have a very good nature of seeking good fortune and avoiding danger, because they are much more sensitive to things than humans, so once they sense danger, they will instinctively escape. This is also the reason why Qi cultivators find this nature tricky.

Tian Miao shook his head: "I want to go."

"Why?!"

"You can help him find the treasure." Tian Miao insisted.

Arya was furious, but she could do nothing about him. She had wanted to force him into the river before, but she didn't expect that this guy would force her back.

He could only glance at him angrily and said, "Then I'll go along the river and have a look. You stay here by yourself and I'll be back soon."

After hearing this, Tian Miao immediately smiled and nodded.

Seeing his appearance, Arya sighed, turned around, merged with the river, and passed through the river.

……

"...Oh my god, he's lost." Yin Xihui pulled the bow and detonated the corpse not far away.

The day before yesterday, he and Qiu Puyue were attacked by a group of people. Negotiations failed, and there were also strange creatures chasing them... God knows there are so many strange creatures in these mountains.

The situation was urgent at the time, so Qiu Puryue asked him to go first and she would hold them back.

At that time, Yin Xihui looked at Qiu Puyue's already bloodshot pupils and felt that he would be in the way if he stayed there, so he turned around and ran without waiting for her to urge him.

Qiu Puyue was unable to stop them all, but that was quite manageable. After all, it took Yin Xihui a lot of effort just to catch the two people who chased after him.

"..." Yin Xihui frowned and looked around.

Before I knew it, I had arrived at an unfamiliar forest and had no idea where I was.

Yin Xihui recalled that he had not agreed with Qiu Puryue on where to meet, and his mental strength did not support their contact, so it seemed that they had to separate temporarily.

Yin Xi sighed darkly, his face darkening. He looked around again and climbed up the tree lightly.

Not long after he climbed up the tree, several people appeared below.

Yin Xihui concealed his breath and hid in the dense leaves, staring at them.

The clothes of several of them were a little torn, and it was obvious that they had experienced a chase and duel.

"Someone has been here." One of the people in the group spoke first, apparently noticing the corpse on the ground.

"It's obvious." The leader had a gloomy face, and was obviously in a bad mood. He glanced around and said, "They haven't even gone far."

Yin Xihui felt that their voices were somewhat familiar. He stared at the leader who was about his age and found that he was 44.

The atmosphere among the few people was a little weird.

44 seemed to realize something and turned back suddenly, but he only saw dense and intertwined branches.

44 narrowed his eyes.

Yin Xihui stared at them with cold and expressionless eyes, thinking something in his heart.

“But I say, are you serious?” The person next to 44 suddenly spoke, his tone full of disbelief.

"Are you really going to look for that treasure?" asked his companion, as if he was extremely confused about his choice.

Yin Xihui's eyes changed.

"Of course." 44 didn't notice anything unusual, so he was relieved and smiled, "Do you think I can't do it?"

"Of course not..." 50 scratched his head, "But it just feels a little weird. We have encountered a lot of strange creatures along the way, right?"

"So what? If the treasure is really as Feng Yaoshan said, it must be a priceless treasure. Of course I want something like this." 44 said, with a gleam in his eyes.

The people behind him looked at each other, somewhat hesitantly.

Finally, 50 spoke softly.

"But...we don't want it."

44 suddenly turned his head: "What do you mean?"

Perhaps it was because 44's gaze was too terrifying that 50 retreated a little.

47 next to him said boldly: "44, we just feel that——"

"You think this matter has nothing to do with you, because it is what I wanted, so you want to quit, right?" 44's voice was very cold, almost without any warmth.

“…Yes.” 47 said.

44 gritted his teeth: "Why?"

"...44, we already have a comrade who has died, right?" 50 spoke, his brows full of sadness.

44's face darkened when he mentioned this: "That's because he—"

"He could have survived!" 47 suddenly shouted, "You abandoned him!"

"The best solution at that time was to give up on him, right?!" 44 also suddenly became excited. Perhaps the death of the people around him was a big blow to him. He shouted to 47, "He has been cut in half by that thing. There is no way he can survive! You want to take back his upper body, but it is impossible!"

"If we really do what you said, we will all die, right?!"

"...In that case, why did you bother looking for the treasure? You know how dangerous it is here. We could all die in these mountains..." 47 didn't understand and his voice was shaking.

"Of course it's because as long as we get the treasure, everything will be over!" 44 gritted his teeth. It was the first time that Yin Xihui saw such an inappropriate expression on his face.

"But why does it have to be us? Can't we let some other people go? Maybe there are others who want to go?" 47 said, "Do we have to be sacrificed just to end it? Then I'd rather walk out alive!"

"Why do we have to sacrifice someone..." 44 didn't understand their thoughts, "As long as we can go on together——"

"But it will happen again, won't it, 44?" 50 said, tears filling his eyes. "It will happen again, and you will have the good sense to abandon us."

"How is that possible?" 44 said in disbelief. "If I had a better choice at that time, I would definitely not choose to run away! Do you have any solution?"

"We can't abandon him!" 50 shouted, "He's still asking us for help! Even if there's no way... we can't give up--"

44 showed an expression of incomprehension: "So according to what you said, if we don't give up, we should accompany him to die?"

"...Why can you be so indifferent?" 47 held his head in confusion, "Why..."

"...In short, in our opinion, since you can abandon him, you can definitely abandon us." 32, who had been silent the whole time, said in an extremely confident tone, "Finding the treasure is your personal wish, so we don't want to be with you anymore, 44."

44 was silent, staring at them, without saying anything.

Yin Xihui understood what had happened.

He didn't think 44 did anything wrong, but it was a pity that he chose the wrong teammate.

Yin Xihui withdrew his gaze.

If 44 had not lied, he would have made the same choice if faced with that situation.

Abandoning teammates who are doomed to die and choosing the safest and most survivable retreat is the right thing to do. Although abandoning companions who are seeking help is a very cruel thing, in that situation, reducing the number of deaths is the most important and correct thing to do.

Yin Xihui glanced at the other people.

After all, the argument had nothing to do with him. Even if he felt a little sorry, he would not bother with such trivial matters. After all, 44 had clearly expressed that he wanted the treasure, and Qin Xiao had also expressed such an intention. In this way, the two of them could barely be considered rivals.

According to his observation, 44 is not a good person either.

Although he didn't know what would happen after he got out, he chose Qin Xiao.

Yin Xihui looked coldly at the people in the gloomy atmosphere and prepared to leave.

"...Have you seen 52?"

A delicate female voice was heard, causing Yin Xihui to pause.

He turned around suddenly and saw Qiu Puryue appeared in front of 44 and the others, looking at them with questioning expression.