Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen Decadence

One Hundred Thousand Mountains, Zhenmo Ancient Cave. After the resurrection of the beast monster, the scene of the ancient cave of Zhenmo is quite different from the previous appearance of the dark clouds and howling wind. Although the sky is still dark, the black air gathered at the entrance of the cave has dissipated. Yinfeng also disappeared without a trace. Except for the still barren mountain range, only the stone statue woman standing at the entrance of Zhenmogu Cave, still stood there unchanged regardless of the weather.And in front of her, stood a young man who looked extremely handsome, even with a hint of coquettishness.

On a fair face, with thin eyebrows and red eyes, thin lips and sharp jaws, upon closer inspection, this face is faintly similar to that stone statue woman. However, the temperament of the two people is completely different! This young man is the beast monster resurrected from the ancient cave of Zhenmo. No one would have expected that the demon that terrifies countless people in southern Xinjiang is actually such a handsome young man. From the day of his resurrection, for some reason, he neither killed wantonly nor howled with ecstasy, but just stood silently in front of the stone statue of Linglong Miko, staring silently.

A black shadow flashed past, and the lich floated silently from a distance, coming behind the young man. "Master Beast God." The young man remained motionless, without turning his head, and said, "What's the matter?" The Lich stared at his back, and said: "The Thirteen Demon Kings have subdued all the remaining barbarians in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and they are all under the command of Lord Beast God." Only then did the boy's body move, he turned around slowly, and said indifferently, "How many clans are left in total?" The Lich said: "Now there are only thirty-seven clans. In the past hundred years, the dragons in the 100,000 mountains have no leader, and the barbarian clans often kill each other, and many clans have been wiped out."

The young man smiled coldly, and there was no disappointed expression on his face. On the contrary, there was a faint feeling of unruliness emanating from his heart. His eyes were like lightning, and he turned around the lich's face covered in black veil. The Lich suddenly felt that his face was almost burned by flames. "Actually, it should belong to the thirty-eight clan," the young man said leisurely, "isn't there you, the last descendant of the black witch clan!" The lich bowed his head and remained silent. The young man turned his head slowly, and his eyes once again fell on the face of the stone statue of Linglong Miko. After staring for a long time, he suddenly called out: "Heimu."

Lich's body trembled. To him, this name seemed like a deep wound carved in his heart. Every time he called it, it would hurt him once. Hearing the young man staring at the Linglong stone statue, his tone suddenly became a little bit more vicissitudes, and said: "It's been so many years, in front of Linglong, have you ever regretted it in your heart?" The Lich was silent for a long time before whispering: "Yes." The young man didn't turn his head back, his eyes flashed with a strange light, and he said quietly: "In this world, except for your big brother who turned into a fierce spirit, you are the only one who knows the relationship between Linglong and me. There were eight of you back then, Chasing me through thousands of mountains and rivers, thinking about it now, it seems like it was yesterday."

The body under the lich's black veil suddenly began to tremble slightly, and he still vividly remembered the past. It's just that the young man didn't pay attention to the Lich's reaction at all. What he said was not so much said to the Lich, but rather whispered to the stone statue. In his eyes, at this moment, there was only the stone statue of the exquisite witch. "You," his voice slowly revealed a bit of sadness, sadness and indignation, "what are you doing for?" The stone statue was speechless and stood silently. "In your heart, is the life of the world and the fate of fate all that important?" The young man's voice suddenly became agitated, and gradually became louder.

"If you value those things more than me, so you have to get rid of me, isn't that right?" The expression on the young man's face showed a strange and coquettish cold smile, "But you know, I don't care at all !" "What bullshit is God's will, what are all beings in the world, what is that?" His expression became more and more stern, and the strange thing was that although the expression in his eyes was extremely terrifying, his appearance became more and more coquettish and beautiful, hardly like ordinary people. "You want me to die, just one word is enough, you know? Do you know?" He growled sharply, facing the stone statue girl, and then, slowly, his voice dropped, "But, why... ...You actually regard those things as more important than yourself and your own life..."

Slowly, he stretched out his hand, gently stroking the rough face that had been eroded by countless years of wind and frost, brushing the once gentle face in deep memory! A cold feeling, without a trace of warmth, slowly spread from the palm of my hand. Opened his arms, embraced gently, and held the stone statue in his arms, the boy's expression gradually became strangely gentle.The lich stood behind, silently watching the eerie scene. "I know, it was the common people in this world who harmed you." The young man half closed his eyes, and whispered softly, "Don't worry, I will let everything come to be buried with you, and then I will come again Looking for you..."

"You wait for me..." The low voice, quietly low and finally disappeared.The alluring boy embraced the cold stone statue, the black-clothed lich stood still, the dark clouds in the sky thundered, and raindrops fell from the sky. The heavy rain was falling in the wind, making this world hazy. In the vagueness, the Lich stared blankly, the raindrops fell on the face of the stone statue woman, and fell silently—— Like tears! ※※※ Three thousand miles to the east of Qingyun Mountain, beside the ancient road extending southeast from Kongsang Mountain, there is a lonely wilderness, and it is the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies.

The small shop of He's, which is a day's journey away from Xiaochi Town, is also the same as in the past, sitting alone beside the ancient road, welcoming the passing travelers.Boss He, the owner of the small shop, no longer remembers how many guests he greeted and sent off, and the passers-by, of course, have all kinds of appearances.But during these three days, although he was getting older, he would definitely remember such a guest. In fact, it is not very accurate to say that it is a guest. In real terms, it should be a guest with a strange monkey.What left a deep impression on him was naturally the strange monkey with three eyes.

Three days ago, Boss He, who was standing outside the shop door next to the ancient road, was welcoming customers when he saw this dusty, bewildered man coming from the ancient road with a three-eyed monkey on his shoulders, he felt Somewhat familiar.At that time, he went up to meet him, and he wanted to say something extravagant and pull the guest into the small shop to rest for a while, but unexpectedly he only said: "Guest officer, this store has hot tea and wine, why don't you take a rest inside..." Before the latter words were spoken, the man who looked very haggard suddenly disappeared from his eyes. When Boss He came back to his senses, the man was already sitting at the wooden table in his small shop.And on the table, there was an ingot of silver enough to eat and drink non-stop in this small shop for three days. Boss He was naturally very happy, and hurriedly served wine and food. To his surprise, the guest and the monkey were actually in his small shop, and they stayed for three days and three nights until today. , It seems that there is no intention of going on the road. The man's spirit was obviously very bad. In three days, Boss He didn't see him say a word or laugh once.Every time he brought the wine and dishes to the table, the man silently looked at the flagon, and then drank slowly. It's just that the guest officer's alcohol capacity seems to be extremely poor. Every time he drank a little, Boss He estimated in his heart that it was less than half a pot, and the whole person fell down on the wine table, unconscious.Contrary to the owner, the three-eyed monkey brought by the man left Boss He dumbfounded. To be honest, Boss He opened a shop here. Although the place is remote, but because there are many merchants in the past, he can be regarded as a person with some experience. However, in the past three days, he has vowed countless times in his heart that he really saw this place. The monkey who can drink the most in his life and has the largest capacity for alcohol. In just one day and night, all the fine wines in Boss He's store, including the jar of daughter's red spirits he hid under the old locust tree behind the store, were all consumed by this monkey. And this monkey still had an unfinished look, scratching its head, looking around, jumping and jumping for a long time, and screaming at Boss He non-stop.Although Boss He doesn't understand the monkey language, a fool can see what the monkey means, so he doesn't want to pay attention to it. Unexpectedly, the monkey is as clever as a ghost, and secretly steals back the money that Boss He collected, and in He Dangling in front of the boss. Boss He was helpless, not to mention that the customer had already paid enough money, so he had to send a waiter from Xiaochi Town to deliver wine here overnight.At first he was quite annoyed, but after a while, he gradually fell in love with this monkey.Besides, this three-eyed monkey has nothing bad about it other than drinking. Instead, it often plays and frolicks in the store. When it is in a good mood, it even does a few juggling. The merchants who passed by for a few days were all very happy. They stayed in Boss He's shop for a long time, which made him earn more money. But the owner of the gray-haired three-eyed monkey is completely opposite to the lively monkey. Most of the time he sleeps reeking of alcohol, and when he wakes up occasionally, he just looks around blankly. When he ran back to the side, his eyes were bright, and he lazily stretched out his hand to touch the monkey's head, then seemed to remember something sad, picked up the flagon and drank again, and after a while, he was intoxicated in sleep again. Sometimes Boss He also secretly thought, maybe this man is a lunatic.It's just that although he is an ordinary shopkeeper, he still feels that this man is different from other passers-by.During the three days that this man stayed in this small shop, the mosquitoes that were most numerous at this time of night in the past suddenly all disappeared; what's more, every night in the past, the sound of ghost cries that often echoed in the wilderness of the ancient road outside the small shop, It seemed to be frightened by something, and everything disappeared.So much so that Boss He was used to hearing ghosts crying and wolves howling to sleep, but suddenly these three days were so quiet that he lost sleep. At dusk that day, Boss He stood behind the counter of the shop, closed the account book he had just calculated, and let out a long sigh.Then, he looked into his small shop. There is still a faint afterglow of the setting sun outside the window, which illuminates the sky red and at the same time, also shines in from the window of the small shop, elongating the tables and chairs here and reflecting them on the ground, as if time is passing by here quietly . Boss He's mood suddenly felt a little strange, he was at a loss for a while, he must have passed fifty, although the helper always said that he looked only around forty, but he knew that his body was gradually failing. Time is not forgiving, is it just like this for a lifetime? He stared blankly at the gradually growing shadows of tables and chairs on the ground. When he raised his head, he saw the mottled and peeling marks on the walls of this small shop again. The lonely setting sun shone on his face, showing some inexplicable vicissitudes in the world. He sighed and shook his head. Don't think about these things.Boss He smiled wryly, picked up the ledger and walked towards the only customer and his monkey in the shop at the moment. The guest always sat at the table in the back, and at this moment, as usual, he was drunk and sitting on the table, motionless.And his monkey was squatting on the table, holding the jug in his left hand, and grabbing delicacies from several dishes on the table with his right hand, drinking a sip of wine and eating a mouthful of food, living a happy life. Boss He walked up to the guest, coughed, and cleared his throat, but couldn't help but glance at the monkey first, and saw that the three-eyed monkey obviously didn't care about his arrival, and just glanced at him. He turned his attention to the jug in his hand again.Boss He sighed. This monkey is really the most alcoholic animal he has ever seen in his life. Besides, it has a big wine bag on its back, although it has been shriveled. Boss He withdrew his gaze, but felt a little nervous in his heart. Even he couldn't explain clearly, coughed a few more times, and then said cautiously: "This... guest officer." The man in front of him remained motionless. Boss He was a little embarrassed, but he continued: "Uh, guest officer, it's like this, the ingot you paid for three days ago has now been used up, our shop is small and the profits are small, isn't it..." The man didn't know if he was really drunk, and he lay there, but there was still no movement. Boss He sighed, and said dully: "Actually, the ingot you paid for is quite a lot, let alone three days in the small shop, even five days is enough. It's just...it's just expensive." The animal is really too strong, and the drinking capacity is too large. In the past three days, it has drunk all the wine in the store, and the four cylinders of wine that were sent by another person in two times have been drunk by it... ..." When Boss He said this, he looked at the three-eyed monkey again, only to see the monkey glared at him and made a grimace. Boss He said in a low voice: "Could you please pay some more silver, uh, by the way, the ingot you paid three days ago was stolen by a noble animal, and it has not been returned yet, I..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "Ding", and a silver coin bounced twice on the table, appearing in front of Boss He.Boss He took a closer look, but the monkey did not know where to find out the stolen silver ingot again, and threw it in his face. Boss He quickly put it away and put it in his arms. After hesitating for a moment, he glanced at the monkey, took out the silver again, opened his skirt, and put it in his underwear. Just when he collected the money and was about to speak to the man again, a voice suddenly came from the door of the small shop: "Is anyone here?" Boss He was startled, then looked back, and saw three people standing at the door, two men and one woman, the leader was an old man, holding a bamboo pole in his hand, with a piece of white cloth hanging on it, with the words "immortal guiding the way" written on it; Beside him was a girl who looked seventeen or eighteen years old, with a beautiful appearance and a smile on her face. There are two people, the old and the young, the old is immortal and the young is beautiful, but behind the two of them, there is a middle-aged man who is holding all the packages, but he is born strangely, taller than the previous two. Above the head, a face looks like a wild dog, which is disgusting to look at. Boss He hurriedly greeted him. After all, it is obviously impossible for the guests with monkeys to sneak away. It is better to greet the new guests first.He greeted him with a smile and said, "Yes, yes, three guest officials, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?" The old man at the head chuckled, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Why, Boss He, don't you know us?" Boss He was taken aback, and looked at the old man carefully for a while, but he couldn't remember anyway. He was doing business along this ancient road, and there were so many passers-by. How could he remember them all, so he shook his head in embarrassment and said: " I'm sorry, guest officer, I'm getting old and my memory is not working." The old man had a look of pity on his face, he shook his head and sighed: "Oh, what a pity, what a pity, most of the mortals in the world are like this, there is a fairy fate in front of them, but they don't have the eyes to know." Boss He was startled, and felt a bit of awe at once. He looked at the old man carefully, and saw that he had a fluttering white beard and a fairy wind of crane bones. He was probably a master of Taoism.Although he didn't know why the Taoist master looked like a fortune teller, and the girl next to the old man seemed to have a disapproving expression, but since he was a master, he naturally couldn't understand it. Didn't he become an expert himself? Thinking of this, Boss He's face has long been a little more respectful, and he respectfully said: "Yes, yes, this guest officer... No, please come from the master." The old man agreed, and walked in first with a bamboo pole to guide the way. The girl behind him smiled wryly and shook her head, then turned to the man carrying the package behind him and said: "Prince Wild Dog, let's go in and rest for a while." The man responded and followed in. The three of them sat down at a table. The dog-faced man put his package on the chair next to him and made a "bang", which seemed to be quite heavy. These three people are naturally Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan's grandfather and grandson, and that dog-faced man is the only wild dog Taoist left in the Blood Refining Hall.Since the end of the Battle of the Dead Marsh, Daoist Wild Dog has followed Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan to roam the world and make his home all over the world. In the beginning, Zhou Yixian really didn't like wild dogs. He picked on wild dogs every day and every day, and made sarcastic remarks from time to time. He followed all the way, and Xiaohuan was kind-hearted, he couldn't see it, and he spoke up to defend it. Although she is young, she has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. Although Zhou Yixian is an old Jianghu, she is often speechless by the words, and finally has to accept this fact.Fortunately, as time went by, he gradually discovered that wild dogs were not useless. For example, he used to carry heavy parcels by himself, but now he could throw them all to this "coolie", and in Xiaohuan's slightly apologetic eyes, the "coolie" did not Not disgusted at all, but very happy. As for other benefits, such as encountering wild beasts when walking in the wild, seeing ghosts on the road, meeting strongmen when crossing mountains, etc., naturally, this wild dog "hero" was dispatched to settle things down. Along the way, Zhou Xian only felt extremely comfortable. I have been walking for a lifetime, but I have never walked as comfortably as I have in the past few months. I only wish I didn't meet the wild dog earlier. During this period of time, the three of them revisited their old places. Anyway, they wandered around the world and could go anywhere. As they walked, they walked back to this ancient road.Thanks to Zhou Yixian, who is like a ghost, he still remembers Boss He, who runs a small shop by the side of the road. Seeing how respectful Boss He was to him, Zhou Yixian was very proud, and ordered a few dishes in a grand manner. When Boss He walked away quickly to prepare, he turned around and wanted to brag to Xiaohuan and Taoist Yegou , but saw the faces of Xiaohuan and Taoist Yegou suddenly have inconceivable expressions, and their eyes were straight. Zhou Yixian asked strangely: "Hey, what's the matter with you?" Daoist Wild Dog raised his arm that seemed to have become a little heavy, and pointed to the depths of the small shop: "Look for yourself." Zhou Yixian glared at him, turned his head to look, and suddenly his body shook. In the afterglow of the evening sun, the last ray of light fell from the window. In the dark corner deep in the shop, there was a figure of a man, and on the table, in the shadows, a three-eyed monkey was looking at them . Xiaohuan was stunned, and called out in a low voice: "Small gray?"