Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 238 The Forgotten Mountain Goddess

Park Hyun didn't know what was going on either, and said blankly, "I had a dream. It seemed like a young man pushed me, and then I woke up."

The image of that islander flashed into her mind, and her heart clenched with pain. Tears welled up in her eyes: "It seems that I was violated by that islander who came to live on the edge of the village."

The mother-in-law covered her daughter-in-law's mouth with heartache and said, "I know, I know everything. Let's not bring this up again. Let's save up enough money and leave this village."

The father-in-law remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement with the old woman's words...

Outside the house, a woman wearing a postman's coat stood in the shadows. She looked to be about twenty-five years old, with a haggard face, a simple ponytail, and a pure white dress under her coat.

She stared intently at the elderly couple in the room, who were weeping with joy at their daughter-in-law regaining consciousness, her face full of doubt, and said to herself:
"Strange, really strange. Logically speaking, someone targeted by that devil shouldn't be able to recover naturally."

"What's so strange about that?"

A gentle voice suddenly rang out beside her, startling the woman in white.

She turned her head and saw a handsome young man in a shirt and jeans standing beside her. He looked at the house in front of him and said to himself, "He's been cursed. All we have to do is break the curse..."

The young man turned around, smiled, and extended his right hand: "Hello, my name is Li Xuan."

The family in the village, named Park Hyun, was violated by a Japanese man. Park Hyun became mentally unstable and went mad at night, killing his entire family with a knife and then setting their house on fire.

In the original story, the woman suffered a terrible fate, hanging herself from a tree in the village the next day.

Li Xuan came to the village not only to save the miserable family, but also to find the woman in white and see what she really was.

Unexpectedly, the woman in white subconsciously took a few steps back, thinking to herself that it was impossible. Although she was still wearing the clothes of a dead person, as long as she did not have the intention to reveal herself, she would definitely not be seen.

This young man is dangerous...

She turned and ran without hesitation because the young man had two pupils side by side in his eyes.

Times are changing, and people are gradually losing faith. While mainstream deities like God and Buddha are still worshipped, folk gods and minor mountain spirits have been largely forgotten.

A god without steadfast believers is pitiful; he is even worse than a ghost.

The woman in white ran wildly towards the mountain. She didn't know if the young man was an enemy or a friend, but she knew that he exuded an extremely powerful aura and was not someone to be trifled with.

Li Xuan's outstretched right hand froze in mid-air.

It's really strange. He greeted her with a friendly expression, but this woman is being far too sensitive.

He watched the woman head towards the mountain: "Alright, let's go somewhere secluded to chat for a while."

The village nestled against the mountains, and the woman navigated the forest with practiced ease, glancing back every now and then. She noticed that Li Xuan wasn't following, but the subtle sense of him watching her was still palpable...

She dared not stop.

As she approached the hillside, feeling the familiar surroundings, she felt a little more at ease and leaned against a large tree to rest...

Li Xuan stepped forward and said, "I mean no harm, please stop."

The woman was so frightened she almost lost her mind, thinking to herself, "Why does Gucheng always seem to be welcoming these strange and bizarre creatures one after another?"

She turned around and tried to run away again.

Upon hearing the word "freeze," the woman was horrified to find her entire body stiff, her limbs feeling like lead, unable to move an inch except for her eyes and mouth...

"Whether you are or not, I order you to leave this village!" Even though she was bound, the woman suppressed her fear and stared intently at Li Xuan, gritting her teeth as she said, "If you are an accomplice of that islander, I will never let you go."

Li Xuan walked over and sat down, saying, "My name is Li Xuan. I am a Chinese citizen and a judge in Fengdu, who judges those who cause trouble through ghosts and spirits. I am here specifically to handle the murder case in Gucheng."

As soon as he entered Gucheng, he received a notification from the black notebook regarding his current mission: [Expel the demons and correct the corrupted cults]

The answer to the question "devil" is clearly the Japanese, as seen in the movie. However, are there other interpretations of the word "devil," such as someone whose behavior resembles that of a devil?

That remains to be seen...

He lightly swept his index finger through the air, as if cutting an invisible rope.

The woman in white felt a sudden sense of relief, but her heart was filled with turmoil. Such methods were beyond the reach of even the entire village's faith.

If this young man were an enemy, there would be no need for him to go through all this trouble to torment me; he could have just attacked directly.
Suppressing her unease, she asked, "Are you really not an enemy of the village?"

Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Evil people, evil spirits, or evil gods are my enemies. Are you one of them?"

The woman in white was somewhat taken aback, and it took her a while to react: "I'm not."

Li Xuan cut to the chase, saying, "You don't seem like a living person, wandering around the village dressed as a dead person, yet you're not as pure as a wandering ghost... Could you be a mountain god formed from the collective faith?"

Mountain God...

What an ancient name.

The woman in white seemed somewhat dazed, as if she could see the villagers who used to offer her fruit and livestock in the mountains. She then snapped back to reality and said with a bitter smile:
"God? I'm just a wandering soul who doesn't know anything about this and suddenly finds himself living off the villagers' faith."

“The memories of the past are blurred, and fewer and fewer people believe in gods now. I cannot force them to believe in me, but this village once worshipped me and even held special ceremonies for me.”

“Since I have received offerings, I should do something for the villagers.”

"For example, protecting them."

Suddenly, she remembered something, perked up, and looked abruptly at Li Xuan, saying, "Could I ask you to get rid of that Japanese guy, or even just drive him out... If he stays here, all the villagers will die sooner or later."

Li Xuan was thinking about the problem.

The woman in white, thinking he was reluctant, quickly said, "It's not free. If you help drive out the islanders, I will hand over the authority in the mountain to you. Although it's covered in cracks, it's still the authority of a god..."

They actually went to such lengths for the villagers.

Li Xuan didn't know what benefits power brought, but he knew that if he took it away, this haggard mountain goddess would surely die.

He said, "The islanders can live here. You lead the way."

In the movie, the islanders built a wooden hut in the mountains, inside which they set up a corrupted Shinto altar and various photos of victims...

A female mountain goddess led the way.

As Li Xuan took his first step toward the hillside, suddenly dark clouds filled the sky, lightning flashed, and with a clap of thunder, a torrential downpour began...

The female mountain goddess was soaked to the bone. To her surprise, she found that Li Xuan was also getting wet in the rain, but his skin and clothes from head to toe were like the surface of a lotus leaf, with water automatically forming droplets and sliding off, so he didn't get wet at all.

It was just a little trick by Qi Qing. To avoid alerting the enemy, Li Xuan kept himself within the "Qing" range.

(End of this chapter)