In ancient times, they secretly became gods in the deep mountains.

Chapter 126 A God Lives on the Mountain Top

After Old Liu and the others left, Gu Yuexi switched the image in the water mirror to Kaoshan Village and saw a chaotic scene.

The villagers were desperately fleeing for their lives.

Behind them were several strong and burly men with strange smiles on their faces and a fierce and sinister light in their eyes, who did not look like they had experienced three years of drought.

They looked like ordinary people, but their speed was extraordinary; they could catch up with the panting villagers in just a few big steps.

"Help!"

"The mountain monster has come down from the mountain and is eating people!"

The villagers cried and shouted.

They were puzzled. It was clearly not even late afternoon yet, so why would the mountain monster come down from the mountain?
The villagers were terrified, fearful, and desperate.

The mountain monster followed closely behind, and no matter how fast they ran, they couldn't escape its grasp.

"Oh God! Are we really going to die like this?" An elderly woman with mobility issues collapsed to the ground, unable to get up, pounding her chest and wiping away tears, crying out in despair and sorrow.

Shuanzi's mother held her four-year-old son tightly, her face filled with terror, her lips trembling violently. The son buried his head in her neck, and the two of them shivered.

Look here!

"what--"

Shuanzi's mother was in tears. The mountain monsters had their eyes on her son. Just like humans, the mountain monsters also liked tender, fresh meat.

"Woo!"

She was trembling violently, her face was deathly pale, and her teeth were chattering. Her son in her arms didn't utter a word, too frightened to even cry out loud.

"Mountain monsters, please spare us! This is my only child. If something happens to him, how can I face his father who is fighting on the front lines?!"

Shuanzi's mother knelt before the ghost, trembling and sobbing uncontrollably, desperately trying to beg for mercy to escape her fate.

However, the mountain monster has no heart.

An old woman, her eyes red from crying, said through gritted teeth, "Shuanzi's mother, don't beg them! They're a bunch of mindless beasts; they can't understand human language!"

Shuanzi's mother cried and begged for mercy: "Please, I beg you!"

A mountain monster raised its hand toward the bolt.

"No!"

Shuanzi's mother hugged her son tightly, using her back to block the mountain monster's movements. Enraged, the mountain monster roared fiercely at her, making a threatening sound in its throat.

"Ah!" Shuanzi's mother was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes.

"Someone come and save us!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Most of the villagers had previously thought about waiting to die, but when death actually came, they longed to live.

This is even more true when one's life is threatened by a mountain monster.

"Heavens above! Open your eyes! We have suffered enough. Ten years of war, three years of drought, and we were almost poisoned to death by monsters. Haven't we suffered enough?"

The sounds of weeping rose and fell all around.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the mountain monster tore off human skin, leaving it bloody and scattered on the ground. A strong, pungent stench assaulted the villagers' senses. Before they could even feel disgust, they stared in terror at the mountain monsters, who were on the verge of going berserk.

"The mountain monster...the mountain monster is angry."

"God, help me!"

The villagers had long since lost the strength to escape; their legs went limp on the ground, their eyes filled with despair, and their voices trembled and broke in mid-air.

Shuanzi's mother thought helplessly that she could not save her son. Two lines of tears fell down her cheeks. She felt desperate and helpless. She wished she could perish together with the mountain monster, but she did not have the ability to do so. Was she just going to watch her son be taken away and eaten by the mountain monster?

The mountain monster's hand was almost touching the top of Shuanzi's head.

The crowd could not bear to look.

They thought to themselves.

The mountain monster has sharp claws and long armor like daggers; Shuanzi will surely be torn to shreds.

The villagers looked away.

Despair filled their hearts. Even God wasn't on their side. They wouldn't live to see Uncle Liu and the others return to the village. They didn't know if they had found the immortals, or if they had been eaten by mountain monsters on their way into the mountains.

"Hehe—" The mountain monster reached for Shuanzi.

"Bang!" It was suddenly thrown away by an invisible force and crashed to the ground with a thud.

"What happened?" The villagers looked at the mountain monster lying on the ground in confusion.

"what!"

The other mountain monsters were also thrown aside by an invisible force.

They screamed and crashed around in a circle of light, which seemed like an invisible box that trapped them in one place.

The villagers looked surprised.

"The mountain monster seems to be trapped!"

Shuanzi's mother was only concerned about her son: "Thank goodness, Shuanzi is alright!"

With the mountain monster no longer a threat, the other villagers got up from the ground one by one.

"Found it! Found it!"

Several strong voices came from the mountain, sounding like Uncle Liu and his group.

Everyone looked around and saw that it really was Uncle Liu and his group!

"Uncle Liu!"

"Grandma Chen!"

"Mrs. He, you're back."

Someone quickly called out, "Uncle Liu, don't say anything yet, come and take a look. The mountain monster came down the mountain to eat people, but it got trapped at the village entrance. It looks like they can't move."

"What!" Before Old Liu could share the good news he had brought, he was stunned by the villagers' words. He looked at the sky: "It's not even late afternoon yet, why is the mountain monster coming down the mountain?"

Someone shed tears: "We don't know either. They disguised themselves as hunters to trade with us for grain, and then Lady Youfu was eaten by a mountain monster!"

"Ah!" Old Liu frowned deeply, closed his eyes, and shook his head.

"By the way, village chief, what's wrong with the mountain monsters? They seem to be trapped in a cage. Just now, it tried to eat the rope, but it was thrown away by a force, and the other mountain monsters were also thrown into this strange cage. I don't know when they'll get out. Let's hurry home and hide!"

Old Liu looked left and right.

Suddenly, he was terrified: "It's the Golden Saintess! It must be the Golden Saintess! She said she would get rid of the mountain monster and bring peace back to the mountain village."

He clasped his hands together and said tremblingly, "May the Empress protect me! May the Empress protect me!"

"Uncle Liu, what nonsense are you spouting? What does this have to do with Lady Jin Sheng?"

The villagers gathered around to listen.

Old Liu said, "You don't know this, but there really is a fairy living on the mountaintop. The shining, rare treasure is the fairy's palace. You must be familiar with her. She is the Golden Saint Goddess who saves people from suffering!"

"The Golden Saintess said she was passing through this place and couldn't bear to see the villagers suffering from the monster. She said she would get rid of the mountain monster for us, so you can rest assured!"

Hearing such exciting news for the first time, the villagers covered their mouths and noses, afraid to make a sound.

Saved!
They are truly saved.

“I think the halo that trapped the mountain monster is the Golden Saintess who appeared to save you when she saw you being oppressed by the mountain monster.”

That makes sense! That makes sense!
Such a strange thing has never happened before.

The villagers firmly believed this.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving us from our suffering and for showing your power to save us. Please kill these mountain monsters and don't let them come out to harm people!" Old Liu prayed.

"what!"

The mountain monsters bared their teeth, their eyes fierce and ruthless.

The aperture emitted a burst of intense light.

After a few screams from the mountain monster, the monster within the circle of light was crushed into dust and disappeared without a trace.

The villagers cheered with joy.

"May the Golden Saintess save all beings from suffering and deliver them from all afflictions!"