Immortality from plundering luck

Chapter 16 Trembling Heart
Outside Xiyang Mountain, Shi He dismounted and tied the black horse to a crooked tree.

This journey is quite dangerous. This horse is quite human-like. It would be a pity if it were killed by the ape monster.

Afterwards, he took the Nine Cloud Steps, like a flying sword breaking through the air, startling countless birds in the mountains and forests.

As a light martial art, few people can practice the Nine Steps of Stepping Clouds to perfection, which is why Shi He is often faster than others in actual combat. Now that he is using it to travel, he is also very fast.

Not long after, he arrived at the foot of Xiyang Mountain.

Although Xiyang Mountain is occupied by a group of ape monsters, it looks no different from an ordinary mountain.

Shi He sniffed. The land in front of him was faintly filled with the smell of blood, which meant that a tragic incident had happened here not long ago, or even a few days ago.

Considering that this is the ape demon's territory, one can imagine what has happened here.

Shi He showed murderous intent on his face. He no longer hesitated, breathed calmly, and walked slowly towards the mountain.

The trees here are quite tall, almost every one is at least seven or eight meters high, and the trees are lush and green. As he goes deeper, the path is almost completely covered with weeds and shrubs, and there are tall trees on both sides of him. From his angle, the trees are towering into the sky, with lush branches and leaves, almost blocking all the view above his head.

Shi He knew that this was because the ape monster had been in this mountain for too long, so long that the surrounding villages had all been deserted. The original people either became food for the ape monster or moved away as a whole. This resulted in a deserted area near Xiyang Mountain, and naturally no woodcutters or herbalists came here, so the previous paths were also abandoned.

Coo, coo, a strange sound was heard.

Shi He paused and glanced at the dark bushes beside him. In the lush bushes, there was a faint pair of light green eyes, staring at him coldly.

Shi He frowned, ignored it, retracted his gaze and continued to focus on the feet in front of him.

There are many dry leaves under your feet, mixed with some twisted vines, layer upon layer. When you step on them, you feel like you are stepping on air, which makes you uneasy. You always think there is a trap under your feet, or some poisonous snake or spider hidden.

I came here to kill those ape monsters. If I get bitten to death by a poisonous snake before I even see one, I will die before I accomplish my mission.

click!
A slight sound suddenly came from the bushes not far ahead. Shi He collected his thoughts, stopped, and listened carefully.

The 'crunching' sound came to my ears again, like a mouse gnawing on something hard.

Shi He approached gently. His perfect control over the Nine Steps of Treading Clouds allowed him to reduce the sound of his footsteps to a great extent. However, as there were only dry leaves under his feet, even with his careful movements, he could not avoid making some noise.

Fortunately, there was wind at this time, making the leaves rustle, and the sound of Shi He's footsteps mixed perfectly together.

He used his hand to slowly push aside the grass on the right side of his body, and his vision suddenly became clear. However, the scene he saw made Shi He couldn't help but twist his facial features.

An ape demon covered with thick yellow-brown hair was half-crouching on the ground, holding a human head in its hand and tearing and gnawing on the flesh on the skull with relish.

On the human head, the pale white bones are clearly visible.

The ape demon did not notice the sudden appearance of the stone crane, nor did he know that not far to his side, a pair of murderous eyes were staring at him gloomily.

At this moment, the human brain in front of it is the whole world for it.

Shi He took a deep breath and suddenly jumped up. While the ape demon was still biting bones, he pressed a palm print heavily on the back of its head. The powerful internal energy burst out instantly, and the ape demon didn't even have time to react. Its body fell down directly and hit the ground powerlessly. The hard ape skull was directly shattered into pieces by the powerful internal energy.

Looking at the dead ape demon, Shi He left this place indifferently and continued to walk up the mountain. If he guessed correctly, the temple on the top of the mountain should be the ape demon's nest.

It is said that Xiyang Mountain was once a popular place with a Buddhist temple on the mountain, named Xishan Temple. After the ape monster occupied Xiyang Mountain, there was no one to worship in Xiyang Temple, and the Xiyang Temple, which was originally a popular place, became the monster's lair.

Maybe even the monks in Xiyang Temple became food for the ape monster.

[Ape demon in the mortal realm, luck level: gray, luck cannot be plundered]

A piece of information flashed by, but Shi He didn't care about it. It would be good if he could gain good luck on this trip. Even if he couldn't, it would be enough to make him feel better.

Continuing upwards, I suddenly heard a sound of breaking wind by my ears.

Shi He took a quick glance and saw a rather large rock, about the size of two ape brains.

He took slight steps and slowly dodged the attack of the flying rocks.

The rock hit Shi He's side heavily, creating a nearly half-meter-wide hole in the ground. Dust flew up and gradually spread.

He is very strong, and most human warriors at the fifth level of the physical realm have about this much strength.

It was impossible for human warriors to come to Xiyang Mountain. Shi He narrowed his eyes and almost instantly determined what had thrown the stone.

"Hey! Since you're still avoiding it."

As the sound came, two ape monsters appeared in front. One of them had a surprised expression, as if he had not expected that the two-legged sheep in front of him could actually dodge the flying stones he threw.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect that there would be a living person coming to our Xiyang Mountain on his own initiative." Another ape demon laughed out loud, looking at Shi He with greedy eyes.

"It's just that it's a little old, and the meat may not be very tender." The ape demon who threw the stone was quite disgusted. He licked a few yellow fangs with his tongue and recalled with a smile: "I still like the girl last time. The meat is so tender. I really want to..."

Before he could finish his words, the ape demon was surprised to find that the human being had suddenly disappeared without a trace, vanishing alive in front of it.

"Huh? Where's that guy from before? Did you see him?"

The ape demon turned around and planned to ask his partner, but was surprised to find that the brown hair on his partner's face had become darker and had a fishy smell.

"I say you"

Before he could finish his words, he felt a sharp pain and all his strength seemed to be drained away in an instant, making it unable to continue speaking.

The ape demon instinctively lowered his head, his pupils suddenly constricted, and he saw an old hand had pierced through his chest at some point, with a heart tightly grasped in the palm. Bloody liquid continued to seep out of the heart, dripping onto the ground.

The heart was exposed naked in the air, trembling increasingly weakly.

(End of this chapter)