Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Zhang Wei had also witnessed his cousin's ability to bring up the most sensitive topics.

However, he didn't take it to heart.

The other person spoke in a haphazard way, instilling in Zhang Wei almost every rural tale he had heard over the past twenty years, and even some of the older stories in great detail.

Zhang Wei summarized it simply, picking out the ones with real substance, and could put together dozens of targets: the mines of Zhuqianlin, the wandering ghosts and vengeful spirits in various places, wild beasts that have become spirits, ghosts and vengeful spirits, folk tales and supernatural tales... This doesn't even include kidnappers, thieves, or people who are human but have some kind of evil ability.

In this sense, Chizhen, where Liujia Village is located, can be considered a prime example of a small temple with a big demonic influence!

There are a lot, but that's normal.

After all, Chizhen's geographical location is what it is.

You can see the Taihang Mountains from any high vantage point. With its advantageous environment and distance from the bustling crowds of big cities, it's no surprise that you have all these things!

Fortunately, it only borders the Taihang Mountains. If it were further south, at the angle between the Taihang and Taiyue Mountains and the Yellow River, and then surrounded by a "silhouette" of land, the scene would be quite something!

Regardless of whether the villagers were having an easy time or not, for Zhang Wei, a newcomer who was thrown in, it was definitely a hellish ordeal with no chance of survival.

of course.

The sheer amount of things Zhang Wei has encountered in just four and a half days has far exceeded his usual definition of a newcomer, not to mention the things his cousin hadn't mentioned—things hidden deep in the mountains...

As Zhang Wei gazed into the distance, at the edge of the narrow village, nestled between dark mountain ridges on either side, a village with faint lights gradually came into view.

We're almost at Liujia Village!

Seeing this, Zhang Wei sorted out his thoughts and put down many burdens in his heart. Only then did he realize that something was strangely wrong with the surrounding environment!

The specific feeling... is roughly like when you are home alone, and suddenly a strange sense of unease arises in your mind, as if there is a gaze quietly watching you from somewhere in the house.

But usually, this feeling has a very clear direction.

It could be from outside the bedroom door, on the corner staircase leading to the second floor, or from the bathroom, outside the window, or other places.

Although Zhang Wei had this faint feeling, he could not detect the obvious source of the sensation.

"Dog, Dog Egg!"

Just then, the cousin timidly tugged at Zhang Wei's elbow.

Despite being an adult several years older than Zhang Wei, he acted like a helpless child. As Zhang Wei turned his head to look back, he cautiously gestured towards the hillside, saying, "It looks like there's something watching us on that hillside over there!"

The words were spoken.

Raise your hand!

In an instant, a fiery red color shot into the sky, transforming into more than a hundred arrows in mid-air, which rained down on the hillside where the cousin had been pointing.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Although the arrows fell like rain, they exploded upon landing with a sound like firecrackers. The sudden burst of malevolent energy flooded the surrounding area like a burst dam, and was as sharp as a forest of knives. Wherever it passed, grass and trees were broken, and yellow dust flew everywhere. Even two nameless graves on the mountainside suffered an unexpected disaster, with half of the mounds of earth exploding, almost knocking open the coffins as well.

Zhang Wei stood still, protecting his cousin while scanning the mountain.

After being cleansed by a wave of malevolent energy, the hillside was riddled with potholes, and clods of earth were mixed with grass roots and wood chips... Strangely, he didn't see the suspicious figure his cousin had mentioned.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Before the cousin beside him could even close his jaw.

The crimson aura that permeated the hillside surged back like a receding tide, swirling and lingering three times in the narrow dirt road. The illusory mist even transformed into knives and spears during this process, piercing the ground every few steps.

However, even so, he still gained nothing, and he couldn't even detect a trace of residual Yin energy.

"Dog, Dog Egg, maybe I'm seeing things. Should we hurry back to the village?"

"Won't!"

Zhang Wei's voice was indifferent. He raised his hand and pinched his cousin's face. The surging murderous aura transformed into a blood-red gauze that enveloped him from behind.

One person's intuition might be wrong, but when two people raise objections, there's no room for gambler's guess. And since every place has been investigated, the least likely candidate is the most suspicious!

Grabbing his cousin's head, feeling the immense force with which the other man shoved him while gripping his wrist, Zhang Wei's lips gradually curled into a grin:

"Damn it, I can't be bothered with you money-losing trash. You even came to my door looking for me. I was wondering why a villager would know so many strange things about the surrounding villages. How come you can describe even the legends from the Ming and Qing dynasties in such detail!"

Although the blessing Zhang Wei received formed a simple connection, it was not yet comprehensive.

At least, without his Yin-Yang Eyes directly observing, he didn't even notice when his cousin's body was taken over; it was only when the other party deliberately exposed himself that he became suspicious.

"Let me go, let me go!"

"It was my fault. I shouldn't have tried to tease you. Please forgive me since I didn't do anything too serious!"

On the village road, a man who was over 1.8 meters tall was being pressed to the ground by a child who was only 1.3 meters tall. With his knees on the ground, he pleaded for mercy in a fearful voice.

However, through the gap between his fingers, in the moonlight, he only saw a cold and heartless face: "No, you absolutely cannot. If the evil energy floods your body, I certainly won't survive, but you, my cousin, will also be crippled for life. I'm willing to apologize, willing to compensate with my funeral offerings!"

"No, no, no, perhaps you can drive me away using some old-fashioned methods: wooden chopsticks, a water bowl, or wait for Blind Wang from your village to come and prepare me..."

The next moment, a stream of blood sprayed directly onto his face.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the cousin's pale face, stained with blood, quickly regained its color. His already superhuman strength became even more ferocious and immense, and as he struggled, he let out inhuman roars and curses.

Zhang Wei remained expressionless, simply changing the one hand used for immobilization into two.

After offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God twice, if Zhang Wei couldn't control an adult possessed by a wandering ghost, then he would seem rather useless.

In the silence, watching his cousin, who had been struggling and then collapsed completely under the scorching heat of the True Yang Arrow, finally let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was already past midnight before he returned. After midnight, the True Yang Arrow count reset, which gave him a way to exorcise ghosts without harming anyone.

As for why Zhang Wei didn't listen to the pleas of the deceased soul within his paternal relatives and instead used a more economical method... it's already possessed a living person, so what's the point of reasoning with it?

Can you really believe in demons and monsters?