Demon in the world

It is now late autumn and October, and the night in the mountains is cold and dark.After turning into a beast, Ah Jiu's eyesight was much sharper. Even in the dark night, he could still see clearly the situation in a radius of ten miles.

The Chongming Bird carried the two of them to the Shangui Mansion, stood there and danced lightly, bringing up a white light and then gradually disappearing.

Shanmu has already cleaned up the mansion, took Yuanchu with tears in her eyes and shook him a few times, trying to wake him up.

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he always closed his eyes and ignored it, his face was pale and quiet, his chapped lips were gently pressed together, as if he was asleep and refused any external interference.

Ah Jiu watched nervously, and stretched out his paw to push his arm, "Yuan Chu, Yuan Chu..."

After a terrible silence, Shan Mu tested Yuan Chu's breathing, and then looked at Wen Renchu ​​in horror, "Your Highness!"

Wenren said clearly: "Don't ask me why, he was already like this when I arrived."

Shanmu's eyes widened, and she cried out in a stateless manner: "Impossible, my family will not die at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty!"

Ah Jiu felt sad, and whispered: "Brother, can you find a way to save Yuan Chu?"

Wenren Chu said calmly, "The soul has been out of the body for a long time, and it is difficult for immortals to heal."

"No! I have a way to save him!" Shanmu put Yuanchu on the ground in a panic, and then she knelt down on the ground, caressing his face and said softly: "Don't be afraid, child, mother is here to save you " Ah Jiu looked sad, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

The mother of the mountain stretched out Yuanchu's body, took out the green mountain soul from her sleeve and put it in her mouth, then closed her eyes and swallowed it, a layer of green light gradually appeared on her face, and countless dots of light gathered from the sky , and finally merged into an arc-shaped light circle and entered her chest.

Ah Jiu stared at everything in front of her with wide eyes, tears swirled in her lower sockets and almost forgot to fall, "Brother, what is she doing?"

Wenren Chu said: "Use the power of the creatures in the mountains to regenerate the soul of the mountain."

"Can this save Yuanchu?"

"Maybe," Wen Renchu ​​said lightly, "if she is willing to give up her life."

Ah Jiu was speechless for a moment, and watched Shanmu stretch her hand to her chest, took out the reborn dazzling pearl, opened Yuanchu's mouth and put it in.

Not long after, Yuanchu's cheeks gradually returned to rosy. After waking up, he opened his eyes and glanced around, and finally stopped his eyes on Shanmu, but pursed his lips and said nothing.

Ah Jiu was happy in his heart, but he couldn't laugh when he thought of Wen Renchu's words. He looked at Shanmu worriedly, "Are you okay?"

But in just ten minutes, Shanmu stood up stiffly and smiled at him as if she had aged several decades, "It's okay...it doesn't matter."

After hearing her hoarse and old voice, she touched her face subconsciously. The face that used to be tight and delicate now became prickly and jerky, as if a piece of dry old skin was attached to the skeleton. Even her The blue veins on the back of the hand also bulged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The power in the body is rapidly passing away, and even the clear vision in front of him is slowly becoming cloudy.

The son she had exchanged for her youth and life was there silently, with the epiphyllum blooming beside him blankly.

Wen Renchu ​​suddenly said: "Let's go first, come and find me tomorrow by yourself."

Although it was not specified, everyone present knew that the object of these words was Yuanchu.

After the sound of footsteps disappeared, Yuan Chu slowly turned his face, and said to the old woman with gray hair, "Why do you want to save me?"

"Because I'm your mother." Although Shanmu's waist is no longer straight, her body is arched at a height that the child can look up to. She squats down slowly, keeping her son's line of sight parallel to prevent him from working so hard. Reached out to touch his face.

Although her appearance has changed, the aura on her body is still familiar. Yuan Chu couldn't help taking a half step back, and said with gloomy eyes, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

Shanmu lowered her eyes and smiled wryly, "I know, there is a saying among human beings that a child is better than a mother, how could I not know what you think? In fact, if you want to kill me, just do it directly, I will never have any resistance , there is no need to spoil your body like this."

There was a wind blowing in the yard, and a yellow leaf fell. Yuan Chu reached out to catch it, and said in a low voice: "I just want you to know how my father felt back then."

Shanmu coughed twice, her voice was hoarse but still gentle, "He is not your father."

Yuan Chu said: "He accompanied me to grow up and gave me everything I wanted, including care and fatherly love. In my heart, he will always be my father, not the stranger I have never met."

"When I die, you will take the mountain spirit to find Xilang. He promised me that he will protect you well in the future."

"I'm a man, why do I need your lover's protection?"

"You are still a child..."

"It's not long ago." Yuan Chu looked at her with a tilted head, smiling like a child, "Do you want to see me growing up?"

Shan Mu covered her mouth, but her eyes clearly showed longing, "Have you really grown up?"

Yuan Chu stroked the animal skin with his hand, and the smiling child instantly turned into a handsome adult man, standing elegantly in a white robe, and now he looked down at her.

Shan Mu was full of surprises, "When did you start...?"

Yuan Chu said: "When you murdered my father that night, did you think that my true identity was sealed so that I would never grow up, so that my father would not be able to see my true identity?"

Shan Mu tremblingly said: "What do you mean?"

Yuanchu said: "How can two mountain ghosts give birth to birds with golden wings? In fact, the moment I was born, he knew that I was not his child, but he hid the truth with love for you, You still have to pretend you don't know... He has retreated to this point, why are you still refusing to let him go?"

The secret that had been buried for many years was finally revealed in this dark night, and Shan Mu felt chills all over her body, "How could he know your life experience?"

Yuanchu sighed softly, "How could he not know? The mountain ghost is good at driving the snake king to pretend to be a lord, but the snake avoids me like a tiger... But I can't learn any of the skills I was born with, such as mountain searching and spiritism." Yes, you still try to cover up something that the entire Wuji Mountain knows about."

Shanmu trembled, "I just..."

"You just don't want me to come out of the mountain, right?" Yuan Chu seemed to be talking to himself: "Are you afraid that I will meet the man who hurt you... Are you afraid that I will become like him? Or are you afraid that he will kill you?" What about me? Either way, your worries are unnecessary."

After being stunned for a long time, the mountain mother suddenly fell to the ground, slightly bent her tired body under the starry sky, and the fading epiphyllum gently fell on her once beautiful face. For so many years, she has been holding on, sucking the spirit of monsters to maintain her youth and vitality. I don't look old, I hope I can protect my children.

But now, this child has grown up quietly without her knowing, and it seems that she no longer needs her protection.

She could finally rest, and the moment she closed her eyes, a pair of clear and smiling eyes appeared in her mind.Although Yuan Chu was not his son, the two looked surprisingly similar.

But the child is still a child after all, Yuan Chu seems to know a lot on the surface, but there are some things he will never know: For example, she is not a mountain demon but loves this mountain that breeds all creatures, but actually loves her husband very much , I love my children very much...

The mountain wind seemed to stop blowing over the courtyard, and there was no sound at all around.

After standing for a long time at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he picked up the canary that had lost its luster on the ground, "From now on, you will stay with my father well, and you don't have to worry about me all day long."

Ah Jiu didn't sleep well at night, he was dreaming about Shan Mu all night, all of which were messy and bleak.

After waking up, he asked blankly: "Brother, if mom is alive, will she be as good as Yuanchu's mother?"

Wen Renchu ​​paused, "The mood of being a parent is the same."

"Mother Yuan...is he really dead?"

"Ah."

Ah Jiu felt very sad. He ate some dry food in the morning, and when he ran to drink water by the stream, he saw a strange yet familiar young man walking towards him.

He looks very similar to Yuan Chu, with delicate eyebrows and indifferent facial features, and his white robe waving as if stepping on clouds when he walks.

Ah Jiu hurriedly shouted: "Brother, someone is coming." Wen Renchu ​​glanced at the visitor, and let out a cold scoff for some reason.

"It looks very similar to Yuanchu." Ah Jiu said to himself.

Someone came up to him and said calmly, "Because I am him."

Ah Jiu almost slipped off the stone in shock, "At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty? It's great that you're fine! How did you grow up so much overnight?"

Yuan Chu blinked slowly, did not answer his question, bent down to untie the red rope around his neck, and asked him with the mountain spirit, "This, do you still want it?"

Ah Jiu shook her head, "Brother said this is very important, you should keep it for yourself."

"Well, then I'll go first, and I'll come to play with you another day." After saying that, he nodded to Wen Renchu, turned and left.

Ah Jiu kept watching him go away before running to Wen Renchu's feet, "I can't figure out what happened."

Wenren Chu Lanlan waved his hand and said, "Don't think about it if you can't figure it out. It's not something that children should worry about. Your task today is to catch rabbits. If you complete it, you will be rewarded. If you don't finish it, you will have no food. Go ahead. "

Roasted hares are delicious, but catching rabbits is too difficult. After repeated failures, Ah Jiu took a deep breath and tried again.

The temperature has dropped sharply in the past two days, and the autumn leaves have quickly withered and turned yellow and shed a thick layer. Not to mention the exhaustion of running, and it is easy to make noises to alarm the prey.

It was noon, but Ah Jiu hadn't even touched the rabbit's fur. Wen Renchu ​​watched from a distance, and could only sigh about it.

After she was hungry, Ah Jiu consciously went to look for food, but she was too embarrassed to bother Wen Renchu.

There are many fruits in the mountains that are already ripe. The red persimmons hang on the branches like small lanterns. The fruits will fall off when they hit the tree trunk a few times. After breaking apart, the soft red flesh will be revealed.Bunches of wild grapes are plump and moist, and they are washed in the stream, and they are pleasing to the eye when hung on the branches.There are also many unknown fruits, yellow, red, and blue, which can be seen through the grass.Animals have a natural ability to identify poisonous plants, no matter whether they know it or not, they can know whether they can enter it by smelling it.

Perhaps because of the transformation, Ah Jiu is only interested in picking fruits now, but has no appetite for them. It only wants to eat meat now.

There is a little wild duck in the mountains, only the size of the palm of your hand, and the fur is very cute.Although the body is small but the meat is very fat, the wings are very short and it swims around the stream all day long. This is the only live prey Ah Jiu can catch. However, the taste is sour and bitter, and it tastes like old bark that cannot be chewed.

Ah Jiu caught more than a dozen of them, strung them on the branches and gave them to Fu Dou to roast, which barely appeased his hungry stomach, and watched Wen Renchu ​​finish eating the fruits.

In the afternoon, Ah Jiu continued to work hard, and luck finally came at dusk. With the joint interception of Fu Dou, he finally managed to catch a rabbit. Wen Renchu ​​was surprised but also very happy, and went to shoot a deer and pheasant Come reward it.

Still under Ah Jiu's guidance, Wen Renchu ​​made beggar's chicken and steamed venison. The beggar's chicken bone was crispy and tender. Although the venison was not as delicious as expected, it was still delicious.After eating, Ah Jiu sat down on the stone in satisfaction, humming and sighing, "I'm so happy to have a full stomach."

Wen Renchu ​​glanced at him, "As a monster, your pursuit is too low."

Ah Jiu smirked, and suddenly thought of something, "Brother, I want to play with Yuan Chu, and something happened to Yuan's mother, he must be very sad now?"

"Do you see him looking sad in the morning?"

"Maybe he doesn't want to show it."

Wenren Chu said: "If you want to go, you can go, remember to bring Fudou, and don't accept other people's gifts indiscriminately."

"I know." Ah Jiu rushed out excitedly, and Fu Dou immediately followed up.

After the two of them walked far away, Wen Renchu ​​said softly: "I want to see what kind of tricks you want to play."

Knowing that Ah Jiu is here as a guest, Yuan Chu seemed surprised, "Does your brother know you're here?"

Ah Jiu shook her tail, "I know."

Yuanchu smiled thoughtfully, and asked someone to bring two cups of nectar, and poured it into a saucer after mixing it himself, "I picked this myself, try it and see if you like it."

Sweets have always been a temptation that Ah Jiu can't resist, no matter whether he is a human being or a beast, he can't refuse, and he licks the flowers and honey on the plate in two or three strokes.

Looking at him from the side at the beginning of Yuan, his eyes were as clear as water, and he asked casually: "Ah Jiu should be able to transform into a human form, right?"

"Okay," Ah Jiu squatted upright, "but my brother said that I'm not allowed to change into a human being until I leave the mountain."

Yuan Chu said: "Since the two of us are friends, we should meet each other honestly, don't you think so?"

"You mean you want to see me as a human?"

"If you don't agree, I won't force it."

Ah Jiu looked embarrassed, and said after a while: "I'll show it to you alone, but don't tell my brother."

Yuan Chu smiled and promised, "I will never tell him."

When it was dark, Ah Jiu led Fudou back, and after seeing Wen Renchu, he felt guilty for no reason.

Without waiting for Wen Renchu ​​to speak, Ah Jiu began to explain what he went to Yuanchu's house to play, but skipped the part of transforming into a human.

Wen Renchu ​​listened to it quietly, and then asked, "Is there anything else you're hiding from me?"

"Ah, this..." Ah Jiu groaned for a long time, and finally whispered: "I'll show him the transformation."

Wen Renchu ​​was not angry, but asked about Yuanchu's reaction.

Only then did Ah Jiu feel relieved, thought for a while, and said, "He didn't respond, but took a lot of toys to play with me."

Wen Renchu ​​smoothed its fur gently with his fingers, but his eyes passed through the thick clouds in the sky, and he saw a large black shadow hovering in the sky.Those things should be gargoyles, right?What a bunch of disgusting fellows!

Ah Jiu didn't notice anything unusual, and soon fell into a deep sleep under his touch.

Wen Renchu ​​stood up quietly, summoned the Chongming Bird, jumped on its back and flew into the sky.

A gust of cold wind blew, and something sticky dripped on its face. Ah Jiu shook his ears, and unexpectedly woke up from his sleep, and found that there were black feathers dotted on the stone, and a strong smell of blood floated in the air .

It looked around in horror, but it didn't find Wenrenchu's figure. It tried to call a few times, but only vaguely heard the echo from a distance.

Fighters and luggage were all gone, and the pitch-black forest was like a devil with its mouth open, rhythmically roaring out the sharp wind with horns, other than that there was a deathly silence.What about people?Where did it all go?What the hell happened?My brother won't leave him, there must be some trouble!

Ajiuli passed through the bushes like an arrow, rushed to the top of the highest nearby mountain and looked down at the surroundings, but his heart sank slowly, and he yelled like an abandoned child, "Brother!"

It seemed that the rest was interrupted by his cry, and countless roars of beasts, wolves, insects, and owls all angrily rang out.

Usually when Wen Renchu ​​is around, they are very quiet, so silent that Ah Jiu almost ignores their existence.But now, they have revived like fossils!Ah Jiu could even feel the dangerous aura pressing towards him.

Under a crescent moon, a terrifying shadow gradually enveloped it, and what came was a giant beast with three patterned leopard heads and a snow-white body, and its six eyes were fixed on people like faint blue light bulbs.

Ah Jiu once heard Ouyang Fei say that this is a fierce beast named Mengji. Its claws are as sharp as a dagger that has been tempered with poison. It is useless, because its three heads will directly dismember the human body and devour it.

Ah Jiu shivered under its gaze, "You, do you know where my brother has gone?"

Meng Ji's tallest head laughed loudly, "Your brother? Is he also a monster as weak as you? He must have been eaten by someone!"

Ah Jiu said angrily: "You are talking nonsense!"

Meng Ji raised his front paw and waved it lightly, Ah Jiu's body was thrown high and landed heavily on the ground, his whole body's bones were crumbling.

Before he could get up, Meng Ji easily held him down, "What kind of monster are you? This is the first time I've seen such a strange looking thing."

It hurts... Ah Zhua's whole body was pressed into the grass, and his claws drew five sharp marks on the stone. He looked at the other party stubbornly and didn't speak.

"Are you deaf? Still didn't hear me?" Meng Ji exerted a little force, and was satisfied to hear the painful roar of the little beast.

The difference in body shape and ability between the two was too great. Ah Jiu had no room to fight back, but struggled hard on the rock, "My brother will not die..."

Meng Ji was stunned for a moment, "Who is your brother?"

Ah Jiu showed her sharp teeth, "It's well known."

"Tch, so it's just a human being." Meng Ji sneered disdainfully, and lifted Ah Jiu up by grabbing his tail, "You haven't answered my question, what are you? Who are your parents?"

It hurt so much, it felt like the tail was about to break off, Ah Jiu held back the tears so they wouldn't fall out, and said loudly: "I am the son of the Dragon Nine, Ah Jiu...my brother also has a name called Yazi!"

The moment it blurted out, the surroundings regained the previous silence.

thump!Ah Jiu was thrown heavily on the ground, Meng Ji's three heads all stared at it, and said in unison: "This is impossible!"

"I never lie." Ah Jiu managed to stand up, arched his back and sat in a posture ready to attack, staring at the other party.

Neither side moved. After a stalemate for a long time, Ah Jiu suddenly became anxious. It was going to find Yuanchu, and the mountain ghost would definitely find Wenrenchu ​​in the fastest way!

Under Meng Ji's watchful eye, it began to retreat slowly, and after retreating a few meters, it quickly turned around and ran towards the place where Yuanchu lived.

Meng Ji didn't catch up, and it couldn't move after Ah Jiu said the last sentence.

What Dragon Nine Sons... It's too ridiculous for it, which is in the top [-] of the Hundred Monsters List!Who in the world doesn't know that a dragon has only eight sons?The meat of such a small thing is rolling, it must taste extremely delicious... But just now, why didn't it bite its throat and tear its body apart?Is it because of the immature but dangerously familiar aura of the other party?Or is it because it mentions the name Yai Zi, which makes my heart tremble? !

No matter which one it is, it is too unlucky, and a dark misfortune slowly surrounds it.

Meng Ji stood on the top of the mountain for a long time before he managed to cheer himself up to comfort himself. It was still early in the morning, so it was better to go back and rest...

When it raised its front feet, a long-forgotten voice sounded from behind it, gloomy as if it came from hell, "Meng Ji."

Ah Jiu walked through the thorn bushes and stumbled all the way to Yuanchu's mansion. After turning into a human form, he knocked on the door and shouted, "Yuanchu, Yuanchu!"

The lights in the yard came on quickly, and after a while, someone opened the door and invited him in.Ah Jiu waited anxiously in the living room, feeling like ants on a hot pot, living days like years.

"Why is Ah Jiu here?" Yuan Chu came in with messy clothes, still holding a belt that hadn't been tied in time.

Ah Jiu grabbed his hand, "Yuan Chu, my brother is missing, please help me find him!"

Seeing tears on his face and red eyes from crying under the candlelight, Yuan Chu was slightly stunned, "What happened?"

Ah Jiu choked up and said, "Brother is gone, I can't find him no matter what."

Yuan Chu said: "Don't cry, I will send someone to look for it."

"Is there a faster way? For example, some kind of spell or something?" Ah Jiu sniffled and looked at him, remembering the well-known net of heaven and earth, which can quickly find things within a radius of hundreds of miles.Wuji Mountain is so big, if someone is sent to look for it, when will there be any news?

Yuanchu smiled wryly, "Not everyone is as powerful as your brother, and I... have no spells."

Ah Jiu explained at a loss: "I'm sorry, I was so anxious that I couldn't hold back my words..."

Yuanchu comforted it, "Don't worry, although Wuji Mountain is big, there are quite a few monsters under my jurisdiction. It should be found quickly, and it only takes an hour or two to search the mountain. Sit down and rest, and I'll go right away." order."

Ah Jiu said sincerely: "Thank you, Wuchu." He had no skills and didn't know anyone. At this most helpless time, he could only ask this new friend for help.

After waiting for about half an hour, Yuan Chu turned back and said to him: "Don't worry, everyone has been sent out, and there must be news soon."

Ah Jiu was so anxious that he walked around the room to spend his days like years.

After finally surviving until dawn, all the people sent out finally returned to work, and no one knew Wen Renchu's whereabouts.

Yuanchu took a towel to wipe off the dirt on his face, and said, "If even the mountain ghost can't find him, it can only explain two things. One is that the person has left Wuji Mountain..."

"No, brother will not abandon me!"

"Then there is only one possibility left." Yuan Chu gently touched his face, "The second is that he is dead."

Ah Jiu quickly withdrew his hand, "You're talking nonsense! My brother won't die, he's so powerful..." After talking about it, he couldn't be sure anymore.He suddenly remembered those black feathers on the ground, and those dripping blood...

"I'm going out to find him!"

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he held him back and said solemnly: "Now that my mother has passed away, many monsters do not obey me. The mountains and forests outside are very dangerous. You should stay here first. I will go out to inquire later. If there is any news, I will report it in time inform you."

Ah Jiu looked at him expectantly, "At the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, brother will be fine, right?"

Yuan Chu nodded slightly, "Don't worry."

After Ah Jiu drank some tea, she lay down on the table and fell asleep.

"Ah Jiu, Ah Jiu..." Yuan Chu tried to call a few times, but when he saw that he didn't respond, he picked him up and sent him to the room.

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he was slightly taller than Ah Jiu, and there was no flesh on his face, but it was extremely easy to lift Ah Jiu without any effort.

After putting Ah Jiu on his own bed, he covered the quilt for him, and carefully lit the incense before leaving the room.

A small black bat hanging upside down under the eaves had been waiting for a long time, and when he came out, he was delighted and saluted with his hands in front of his chest, "The villain has seen the right envoy of the alliance."

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he went out without listening, took out a white jade porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and began to collect the flower dew in the garden. After a long while, he asked calmly, "How is Yazi?"

The bat said happily: "Everything is as planned by the adults. Jai Zi rushed into the thorn formation, and after a hard fight for a long time, there was no movement. When the villain went to inspect the formation, he only found a pile of rotting flesh and blood."

Yuan Chu said: "As the most powerful of the nine sons of the Dragon, would Yazi be so vulnerable?"

The bat was stunned, "What does your lord mean?"

"I don't mean anything. It's always good to be cautious when things happen."

"The villain knows it. When we go back, we must let people continue to patrol the mountain and never let down our vigilance."

Yuan Chu nodded slightly, seeing that it was still hanging under the eaves and refusing to leave, he asked, "What else do you want to say?"

The bat sneered, "It must be a great achievement for the adults to dedicate the people in the house to the alliance. I only hope to speak well for the villains in the alliance in the future."

Looking at him at the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, his eyebrows raised slightly, "When did I say that I would dedicate him to the alliance?"