The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 63: Mountain God
"Just now...what were those?"

Zhang Jiuyang clenched the sword in his hand, his expression somewhat solemn.

We haven’t even reached Chenjia Village yet, and just entered this deep mountain, but we have encountered such a strange thing.

"It's a mandrill."

Yue Ling sheathed his sword, his golden pupils gradually turned back to black, and the huge sense of oppression disappeared, but there was still some power left, which was hard to ignore.

Lao Gao was experienced and explained to Zhang Jiuyang: "The so-called mandrill, also known as mountain ghost, has a human face and a monkey body, one foot, and has the power to tear tigers and leopards apart alive. They often live in the mountains."

"In fact, mandrills are not that scary. According to the records of my Imperial Observatory, they have a certain degree of intelligence. Male mandrills like to collect money, and female mandrills like to put on makeup."

"So you can prepare money and rouge before going into the mountains. If you meet a male mandrill, you can call him 'Shan Gong' and throw money. If you meet a female mandrill, you can call her 'Shan Gu' and throw rouge. This will keep you safe."

Hearing this, Zhang Jiuyang recalled some books on strange stories he had read in his previous life. It seemed that there were similar records in "Guangyi Ji".

Even in some places in Lingnan, mandrills will farm with humans. People provide the land and seeds, while mandrills are responsible for all the labor and finally take half of the harvest.

He doesn't want anything less or more, and he has a very straightforward personality.

Luo Ping said in a deep voice: "But the mandrills here are completely different. They are very aggressive, as if they are under some kind of control."

“It’s evil spirit.”

Yue Ling slowly raised his eyes, the vertical mark between his eyebrows glowing with light. Through the thick mountain fog, he seemed to see the village shrouded in evil spirit.

"The abyss of evil spirits and disasters. Whenever there is evil spirit wreaking havoc, evil energy will grow within a radius of dozens of miles, giving rise to all kinds of evil things. These mandrills should be affected by the evil energy."

She said in a calm voice, "As long as the source of the evil spirit is cut off, they will naturally recover. Let's go, don't waste time."

Everyone continued to move forward.

But not long after walking, Yue Ling stopped again.

Only then did Zhang Jiuyang see that there was a deep pool in front of him, but it was shrouded in thick mountain fog and he would fall into the pool if he was not careful.

There was thick moss floating on the pool of water, and there were faint animal bones, emitting a faint fishy smell. It was obvious that it was stale water.

"Brother Jiu, there is something watching us from below!"

Ah Li popped her head out, holding two swords in her hands, eager to try.

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes narrowed. This place was really weird everywhere. Even a deep pool might hide some kind of monster!

"Boss, do you want to take a detour?"

Lao Gao asked.

Yue Ling shook his head and said, "This thing has become quite powerful. If we don't kill it, will we let it continue to cause trouble?"

Unlike the mandrill that was bewitched by evil spirits, the thing under the water had become a monster, and it seemed to have eaten quite a few people. Her magic eyes saw quite a few human corpses in the mud under the water.

"Sister Ming Wang, let me do it!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Ah Li arched her little head and was about to jump into the water, which frightened Zhang Jiuyang so much that he quickly grabbed her pigtails. Even so, the little girl continued to arch her body.

Having obtained the sword, she was eager to prove herself.

Yue Ling did not say anything, but just glanced at her calmly, with an intimidating look without even getting angry.

Little Ali immediately calmed down and went back to the Yin doll obediently.

One thing brings down another thing.

"General Yue, how do you plan to get rid of——"

Pfft!
Without waiting for Zhang Jiuyang to finish his words, she jumped into the pool without hesitation. Because she was wearing heavy armor, her figure sank quickly and disappeared.

The splashing water wet Zhang Jiuyang's trouser legs.

His face twitched, and he asked, "Your father-in-law, are you so...decisive in your actions?"

Lao Gao patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "You'll get used to it."

Luo Ping said with admiration and pride: "We are lucky to follow someone like Yue Tou."

Other Lingtai Langs would often let Si Chen, one of their subordinates, rush to the front. After all, the evil spirits had their own magical powers, and before they could figure out the true nature of the evil spirits, even Lingtai Lang would be afraid. Only Yue Ling was an exception. After she joined the Imperial Observatory, she did not change her style of marching and fighting. She would lead the charge in every battle, fighting side by side with her subordinates, sharing life and death.

She has been criticized many times by those above her, but she just keeps doing what she wants and never changes.

This also made her enjoy great reputation among all the Si Chens of the Imperial Observatory. The head of the Tian Gang, Ming Wang Yue Ling, countless Si Chens wanted to join her and were proud to work with her.

Wow!

In just a moment, the originally calm water became turbulent, as if there were giant beasts fighting underneath.

Zhang Jiuyang's eyesight was considered good, but now because of the mountain fog and the murky water in the pool, he couldn't see the situation below, and he was a little worried.

After a few more breaths, the water in the pond began to make gurgling sounds, and bubbles continued to appear on the surface of the water.

Zhang Jiuyang was stunned. Is this... boiling?

The next moment, the water in the pond returned to calm.

boom!
A figure emerged from the water. Her long hair, which had been tied up, was loose. She had black hair and cold eyes, and was as stern as frost. She held the snake's head in one hand and its tail in the other.

Wow!

She threw the nearly three-meter-long headless python onto the shore, and drops of water mixed with demon blood kept dripping from her armor.

Zhang Jiuyang noticed that the python's head was twisted off by someone, and there were many charred marks on the wound.

How violent!

Heat continued to come out of Yue Ling's body, evaporating the water droplets into mist. After a short while, her body was clean as before, and even her hair became soft and dry.

She tied her hair neatly, pulled out the Dragon Sparrow Knife, and skillfully skinned and cut the flesh of the python.

"It's just right to use it as dry food."

……

An hour later, everyone finally arrived at the destination of this operation, Chenjia Village.

Strangely, the mountain fog became smaller as we got closer to the village, and from a distance, we could vaguely see some broken walls.

The fissure razed the peaceful village to the ground, burying more than 300 people alive.

The mountain fog dissipated, and everyone was about to enter the village, but they found that their clothes were always caught on the surrounding branches. Some of the branches had torn strips of cloth hanging on them, which did not come from their bodies.

“Have these trees also become spirits?”

Zhang Jiuyang was secretly alert.

Yue Ling shook her head and said, "They were trying to stop us from entering Chenjia Village with good intentions. I think they also tried to stop other people, but unfortunately they failed."

Lao Gao was surprised when he heard this: "If it's not a tree spirit, could it be the mountain god?"

Yue Ling nodded and said coldly: "No wonder Blind Lin was able to bury the entire Chenjia Village alive. I think he must have used some evil method to influence the mountain god here."

Luo Ping explained to Zhang Jiuyang in a low voice.

It turns out that if some mountains gather spiritual energy for a long time, are nourished by feng shui, and have human popularity to nurture that spiritual light, it is possible that some kind of mysterious consciousness will be born, which is called the mountain god.

The magical powers of the mountain gods vary, depending on the time of their birth and the size of the mountain.

Generally speaking, the relationship between mountain gods and local people is mutually beneficial, and the Imperial Observatory will not interfere. If there are any outstanding performances, the imperial court will even canonize them as gods.

There is no way the mountain god would not know about something like the ground suddenly cracking and burying an entire village alive.

There is only one explanation, that is, He was unable to stop it, and even had to become Blind Lin's accomplice and launched the ground fission.

"Thank you for your kindness. I am Yue Ling, Lingtai Lang of the Imperial Observatory. I am here to investigate this case. Please don't stop me, Mountain God!"

Yue Ling clasped his fists and said loudly.

This is called courtesy first and then attack.

Miraculously enough, after she said this, no one was hung by tree branches again and they successfully entered Chenjia Village.

……

(End of this chapter)