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Chapter 136 The Traitor Who Crossed the Mountains (23)

At the outermost edge of the Hundred Mountains, there is a narrow gorge.

This is a natural chasm and a forbidden place, considered a "forbidden zone" by the Ghost Fang Kingdom.

Especially now that "Hou Tian Shi is suspected to be dead".

Almost all those in the know remained silent, unwilling to utter a single word about the red-haired demon or the earth-shattering sword strike.

However, today, this taboo of the Ghost Kingdom has been broken.

A woman dressed in a black ceremonial robe and with her hair tied in a snake-shaped bun arrived at this narrow passage.

You can tell just from this outfit.

This woman was a priestess from the Ghost Kingdom, and most likely a noblewoman of extremely high status.

But what's most shocking is that the woman is holding a severed head in her hand.

Even though he had lost his body, even though half of his pale spine was exposed to the air...

But the head could still open its eyes and speak...

Only the incessant wails revealed his current suffering.

"It's...here..."

Seeing that the head was still groaning in pain, the woman frowned slightly, and then used a spell to relieve its pain.

"This is the First Line of Sky, the border between the Hundred Mountains and the Ghost Kingdom."

After the pain subsided, the head's speech became noticeably more fluent.

However, whether out of fear or terror, the voice of the head remained extremely weak.

"You were once captured by the Gui Rong clan, and then rescued by the female barbarians..."

"When that 'fraudster' led you to Gao Village, you rebelled because you were dissatisfied with the little shaman's distribution of food."

"Although you may be the only person in the Ghost Kingdom who has ever personally traversed this narrow passage..."

"But do you think you're worthy of my trust?"

The woman calmly recounted the head's past achievements as if it were merely a trivial matter.

"No, it's not my fault..."

He struggled to move his spine, and immediately raised his voice to shout.

"Under those circumstances, everyone knew that the food supply in Gao Village would eventually run out!"

"That little shaman restricts our food intake, isn't he just trying to squeeze every last bit of strength out of us before we die?"

"Clearing land, building houses, hunting..."

"Once we've completed these tasks, that's when they'll kill us!"

"From this perspective, they are actually no different from your Ghost Fang Kingdom!"

"I simply chose to resist before that, and I didn't hurt anyone; I just ran away beforehand."

A cold smile curved her lips as the woman laughed disdainfully.

"They just ran away early?"

"What about those you incited to 'rebel'? Did they run away?"

"No, not only did they not run away, they also caused that little witch doctor quite a bit of trouble..."

"If it weren't for the appearance of that red-haired demon that intimidated them."

Do you think those 'minor troubles' might escalate into a 'major upheaval'?

Upon hearing this, the head fell silent instantly.

He knew, of course, how ungrateful he was, but it was just following his most primal survival instinct.

He was one of the few insightful people among those mountain slaves.

Head was among the first mountain people to believe E'tu's words and decide to go to Gao Village Town for refuge.

Similarly, the head is also the first to notice the food shortage problem.

According to his prediction, as Gaocun Town and nearby villages received more and more mountain slaves, the food supply was destined to be insufficient.

If this continued, that naive little witch doctor would eventually kill everyone. Head didn't want to die, so he made what he thought was the right choice at the time—to incite a rebellion and flee with the grain.

But no matter how hard he racked his brains, he never imagined that at the last moment before he was about to escape the Hundred Mountains, the Red-Haired Demon God appeared and defeated the Five Gods.

Especially this formidable chasm right now, his head barely survived, having faced death countless times.

"Oh, right, let me tell you something else..."

"You think the food in Gao Village will eventually run out, and you think that little shaman will kill you after he has drained your strength."

"But in fact, at the same time that little shaman was receiving you, that 'fraudster' was also stealing food from the Ghost Kingdom."

Looking down at the incredulous head, the woman's cold smile deepened.

"I don't know how that 'fraudster' managed to do that..."

"But before he caused havoc in Yayi, he had already created a huge food crisis for the Guifang Kingdom."

"You think your encounter in the Ghost Kingdom was just a coincidence?"

"No, in fact, if it weren't for the king's dedicated reforms, the Guifang Kingdom might have been destroyed three years ago."

When the king was mentioned, the woman's expression clearly became somewhat abnormal.

Fortunately, the head didn't notice this and instead opened its eyes wide in realization.

"So that's how it is. No wonder those lunatics almost devoured me back then..."

Three years ago, in that winter, it was a woman who rescued a head from a crowd of starving people.

Unfortunately, the woman was a typical descendant of a noble family from the Guifang Kingdom.

She was willing to save the head not out of any kindness, but simply because she saw the potential value in the other person.

Even if the other person only had half a body left, the woman was willing to keep him in an earthenware pot.

Until recently, the Kingdom of Guifang was once again plunged into internal strife.

Having learned some of the truth, the woman decided to come to the mountains of Baidi to try to find the legendary "fraudster".

Because only by finding that "fraudster" can their country be saved, and only then can they fulfill the mission given to them by the gods.

"Priest Qingfu, I don't know why you went to the Hundred Mountains..."

Just then, the head, which had snapped out of its daze, spoke again.

"But I don't recommend you continue, because the dangers ahead are far beyond your imagination."

"This 'narrow sliver of sky' before us was once a battlefield for the gods, a testament to the red-haired demon who forced back the five directional gods..."

"Unless you can fly, even with the protection of the gods, it will be difficult for you to get through here."

As he said this, his gaze was fixed on the cliff in front of him, and his tone revealed undisguised fear.

The cliff was tens of meters wide, and the bottom was unfathomably deep.

Only the sharp spikes could be faintly seen protruding horizontally, making it look extremely terrifying.

Even more terrifying is that the sword energy left behind by that red-haired demon at the bottom of the cliff is so sharp that just a glance at it can make your skin sting.

The head couldn't even imagine what terrible consequences would result if those sword energies were reactivated.

“I can’t fly, but I have to get there.”

He firmly rejected the head's intention to retreat, for Qingfu had no habit of backing down in the face of battle.

"fool!"

By placing two fingers in its mouth, Qingfu emitted a low growl, similar to that of a wild beast, through the low-frequency whistling sound of its Adam's apple vibrating.

This is a form of witchcraft performed through sound, a secret method that can control wild beasts in the mountains.

"fool!"

The whistle had barely been sounded for a breath when rustling sounds began to emanate from all directions.

By the time the head realized what was happening, countless snakes had already built a "snake bridge" on the cliff, quietly waiting for their master to use it.

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(End of this chapter)