"This place was originally called 'Nine Mountains Col'. It is surrounded by nine mountains, hundreds of human villages, and more than 300,000 people living here.
I heard from my ancestors that there were monsters raging here in the past.
But with the Demon King's restraints, as long as you offer some cattle and sheep blood food on time, the demon clan will not easily cause trouble, and life will be pretty good."
The old man wiped the corners of his eyes and continued:
"Ever since the arrival of a great demon called Madam Mystic more than two hundred years ago, everything has changed.
First, they killed all the nearby human clans, and then drove out all the surrounding demon clans.
It took sixty years to force generations of human beings to build Qianlong Cave for them.
Haha, the name "Qianlongdong" sounds nice, but it is actually a snake cave.
More than half of the people who built snake caves died in the snake's belly."
After a moment of silence, the old man continued:
“This Madam of Mysterious God has a violent temperament and likes to eat people.
Every morning he eats a child, at noon he eats a young man, and in the evening he eats an old man."
Zhang Ke clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
He recalled the nightmare of being picked and eaten once a day when he was imprisoned by the snake demon.
"Alas! I think back then, this Luojiazhai was the largest village in the surrounding area, but now there are less than two hundred people who are barely surviving in this village.
Of the hundreds of villages around, there are only a few dozen left.
Over the past few hundred years, I don’t know how many people have been eaten by this snake demon!”
The anger in Zhang Ke's heart was about to burn through the top door, and he took a heavy breath and said:
"Is there no one in charge here?
There are also quite a few human sects in the Southern Territory!"
The old man shook his head and said:
"Alas! There are some human sects who have fought with that snake demon before, but that snake demon is extremely cunning. Once injured, it will shrink back into its lair and not come out.
After the sect members leave, they will take revenge on the surrounding villages.
I heard that there was a sect that guarded here for ten years, but the snake demon could not even step out.
Later, the Southern Territory Monster Clan sent many big monsters to forcefully drive back the sect's guard.
And that time, ten nearby villages were massacred.
Maybe even the demon clan couldn't stand it any longer, so they gave Madam Mystic a warning so that she wouldn't go on a killing spree.
otherwise..."
The old man laughed miserably "hehe".
"Otherwise, no one within these thousands of miles will survive."
Zhang Ke held back his anger and asked:
"If that's the case, why don't you move out of here?"
The old man sobbed twice and then said:
"Thousands of miles around this place is Madam Mystic's territory, and all the snakes and insects in the mountains and plains are her eyes and ears.
In the early years, some villages tried to escape, but were caught and eaten one by one.
Nowadays, the people in the surrounding villages are just hanging on. They don't dare to have children or run away. They can only wait to die day by day.
Death may come to you at any time, do you think people will still work?"
After explaining the general situation, the old man then said:
"You should also leave later, otherwise when Madam Mi Shen gets the news, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape."
Zhang Ke shook his head and said:
"It doesn't matter, this Madam Mystique probably won't go on a killing spree in recent months.
She is preparing to celebrate her birthday now, and there are many demon practitioners coming and going, so someone from the demon clan must have warned her."
The old man was stunned for a moment and suddenly said:
"No wonder Madam Mi Shen hasn't sent any more little demons in the past two months."
Zhang Ke pondered for a moment and said:
"I intend to live here for a while, but I don't know if it will bring trouble to the village."
The old man smiled bitterly and said:
"As long as you are not afraid of death, you can live here if you want.
People in the village are waiting to die, so why are they afraid of trouble? Early death and early reincarnation may not be a relief!"
Zhang Ke was speechless.
Next, Zhang Ke settled down in Luojiazhai.
He must find a way to quickly regain his strength and bring justice to the tens of thousands of people in Shekou who were killed in vain.
The old man guessed that Zhang Ke might be more than just a herbal collector, but he didn't ask or say anything.
...
At the same time, He Qing also came to other nearby villages.
Seeing the numb, dull and lifeless human people in the village, He Qing's heart was filled with regret.
He Qing was originally just an ordinary person, born in a small town in the south of Dingzhou in the Eastern Region.
His parents died, and his uncle raised him. He was smart, alert, and courageous since he was a child. He traveled around with his uncle's caravan at the age of ten, and he started running a single gang at the age of sixteen.
When he was eighteen years old, while on a business trip, he met a seriously injured monk in a mountain temple.
With a trace of compassion in his heart, He Qing rescued the monk.
Afterwards, in order to repay He Qing's help, the monk taught He Qing a volume of the Vajra Prajna Sutra using the method of 'mantra'.
I never thought that He Qing was a man of great wisdom, and after being inspired by the scriptures, he actually opened his mind.
After attaining enlightenment, he gave up his business career and found a dilapidated ancient temple where he recited Buddhist scriptures day and night.
Unexpectedly, he awakened the three magical powers of Buddhism, which are the most powerful in close combat, namely 'Vajra Golden Body', 'Dragon and Elephant Power', and 'Step by Step Growing Lotus'.
Originally, if he had persisted like this, a powerful eminent monk might appear in Buddhism in the future.
But when disaster strikes, you can't control your fate.
By chance, a woodcutter came to the ancient temple while taking shelter from the rain, and met He Qing by chance.
He Qing was very happy that few people came to the deep mountains, and chatted with the woodcutter all night long.
The woodcutter then said, since you have acquired a skill, what's the point of sitting in the mountain? Why not go down the mountain and show your ambition.
With just one word, He Qing's thoughts were stirred up, and he could no longer maintain Gujing Pingbo's heart.
After some thought, he walked out of the mountain.
In the following ten years, He Qing traveled to various places and made quite a name for himself with his melee magical powers.
Until that year, he and several friends passed by a valley inadvertently. A friend who was good at identifying gold holes saw that the valley had a special mountain topography, and there seemed to be a large tomb hidden at the bottom of the valley.
So a few people spent several months breaking into it bit by bit.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I was even more excited when I discovered a place full of forbidden spells.
With the help of a powerful forbidden-breaking magic weapon, the prohibition was actually broken.
But I didn’t expect this place to be called ‘Fenglong Valley’!
It is the place where the six-armed snake demon is banned.
An accident caused the six-armed snake demon to be released. Feeling that they were in big trouble, they dispersed and fled.
He Qing therefore returned to his hometown to live in seclusion until Mrs. Shaoyao came to visit and had a conflict with Zhang Ke.
After the battle with Zhang Ke, He Qing inquired about what Mrs. Shaoyao had done, and was greatly ashamed and mentally shocked.
So he dismissed his family and returned to the ancient temple alone to continue his practice.
Later, as the worldly ties were gone and his mind was free of obstacles, he was promoted to the Arhat realm and became the abbot of a nearby Zen monastery.
However, the incident of unintentionally releasing the six-armed snake demon in the past still made him worried.
In fact, he knew very well that releasing the six-armed snake demon was just an accident.
But after the six-armed snake demon escaped from the forbidden place, he was very grateful to several people and gave each of them a snake scale as a token.
She has promised several people that one day they can hold the snake scales and make a request to her as a token of gratitude.
He Qingben didn't take this matter to heart. A few years ago, a traveling monk came to his ancient temple to place an order.
He accidentally mentioned that there was such a snake monster in the Southern Territory that was causing great harm to the human race, which made him alert.
After some thinking, He Qing was ready to understand the cause and effect of the past.
But the snake demon is already in the realm of Yuanshen, and he can't fight it at all.
So in the next few years, He Qing swallowed a large amount of various drugs.
It wasn't until a few months ago that I felt that my body could no longer bear the changes brought about by the drugs, so I embarked on my journey south alone.
After he came to the Southern Region after all the hard work and made some inquiries, he finally understood how much harm the six-armed snake demon had caused to the human race.
After careful consideration, He Qing prepared to use his own method to solve the disaster caused in the past.
A few days later.
He Qing came to the "Qianlongdong" underground palace alone.
He took out the snake scales given by the six-armed snake demon in the past and handed them to the little demon at the door, waiting quietly for the summons of the six-armed snake demon.