From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 463: Ailao Mountain Gu Spider
Ailao Mountains, Yunnan.

Yunnan has long days in May, and the mountains usually begin to light up after 4 a.m. At this time, the sky is not yet fully light, and the sky is like a steamed cloth, dark and oppressive.

Wang Xianghong, with a greasy face and panda eyes, came out of the tent. To be honest, he had not slept well in the past few days.

Because it was too hot! Lying in the tent and doing nothing, beads of sweat were hanging all over my body, wet and sticky. It was hard to take a nap, but within four or five hours, I would wake up again due to the heat.

Ailao Mountain is called a mountain, but it is actually a continuous mountain range, and its west belongs to the Hengduan Mountains sub-region. There are 3000 peaks above 9 meters above sea level. The mountains are high and steep, majestic and spectacular, and rarely visited by people. There are clouds and rain all year round, and most of them are rain forests and Yunnan pine forests. There have always been many mysterious legends.

Even now that its spiritual energy has revived, Ailao Mountain remains mysterious.

"Brother Xianghong, you're awake."

Wang Xianghong had just walked out of the tent. It was still daybreak when he heard a crisp sound of tinkling in the mist from a long distance away. Then a Bai woman wearing an embroidered apron, a fishtail hat, and a peacock feather on her waist walked out of the mist with her waist twisted.

After seeing the woman's appearance clearly, Wang Xianghong's tense expression finally relaxed: "Sister Shima, it turns out to be you. Why are you up so early?"

The outline of the woman's face gradually became clear. She was a pretty Bai girl. Her fishtail hat was covered with silver ornaments. The tinkling sound just now was the sound of these small silver ornaments colliding with each other.

Wu Shima smiled charmingly: "If it's not me, could it be those spiders?"

Wang Xianghong grumbled, "That's hard to say."

"These spiders are very cunning. They can even control the animals in the mountain. Who knows if they can control humans?"

The Taoist Alliance officially named these spiders "Gu Spiders". The name first came from the frequent disappearance of tourists in Ailao Mountain in the sixth year of the Lingli calendar, and an adventure blogger took photos of strange "zombie deer" in the mountains, which attracted the attention of the authorities.

These spiders are quite cunning. When the Dao League sent people to patrol the mountains several times before, the young spiders parasitized the Ailao Bearded Toad, a national first-class protected animal in the Ailao Mountains, and used its endangered status to evade patrols in the reserve.

As the behavior of animals in Ailao Mountain became more and more strange, the Taoist Alliance also discovered this kind of poisonous spider. However, by then the spider group had grown to a certain size, so the Thirty-Six Taoist Academy cooperated with the Special Bureau to send disciples into the mountains to clean up the poisonous spiders.

Wang Xianghong was the instructor sent by Gansuyumen Taoist Temple.

Wu Shima smiled confidently: "Don't worry, these beasts haven't evolved to that level yet. Our village has been studying it for a long time."

The village where Wu Shima lives has a great background. They are an isolated Yunnan Wu tribe at the foot of Ailao Mountain. They were one of the 96 folk lineages that were incorporated when the Taoist Alliance re-recorded the "General Book of Cultivation Sects" in Wudang Mountain.

At this point, Wu Shima's face turned cold: "These beasts, not only harmed the poisonous insects cultivated in our village, but also hurt so many of my people! We will never forgive them!"

Seeing the murderous intent on Ashima's face, Wang Xianghong looked embarrassed. He took the stream water that Wu Shima had fetched and simply washed his face.

He had a headache. He met Wu Shima halfway. She and several villagers were surrounded by a group of zombie deer controlled by the poisonous spider. He thought they were ordinary people trapped in the mountains, and he stepped forward to save them.

It turned out that they were luring the snake out of its hole. After rushing up, I realized that I was the girl who was rescued.

The two groups hit it off immediately, and Wu Shima also took a fancy to the official identity and information of Yumen Taoist Temple, so they went into the mountains to explore together.

"Okay, Sister Shima, you know more about the Gu worm than I do."

After washing his face, Wang Xianghong squinted his eyes and looked at the foggy forest: "Where are we now?"

"It should be the lower reaches of the Nanxi River, entering the hinterland of the Ailao Mountains."

"We've only reached Nanxi River?" Wang Xianghong lowered his brows in thought. The thirty-six Taoist temples entered the mountain from thirty-six directions and agreed to meet at the deepest Xilong Peak. It would take at least a day to get from Nanxi River to Xilong Peak.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Xianghong raised his head and said, "We haven't seen any Gu spiders on the road these past few days. It seems that their nest is not in our direction. It's already daybreak. Wake up your people and hurry up."

At this moment, a girl with peacock blue eyes emerged from the mist of the mountain forest, stretching lazily while speaking.

"What, Uncle Wang, you don't think you're the first one to wake up, do you?"

Her name is Wuzaduo, which means the saint of their village according to Wushima. She is a 17-year-old girl of Bai nationality.

Behind her, several disciples from Yumen Taoist Temple were ready to go.

Wang Xianghong's face turned red, and he slapped a young disciple from Yumen Taoist Temple with a slap: "You are so bad, Su Lingling, why didn't you call me when you woke up!"

Su Lingling is a freshman at Yumen Taoist Academy this year. She looked aggrieved at this moment: "Teacher Wang, it was Aunt Shima who didn't let us call you. She said that you should rest more."

"What Aunt Shima? Is she that old?"

Wang Xianghong glanced at Wu Shima, who was standing next to him with a smile on her face, and his heart began to beat fast.

"Let's go, keep going!"

The group tidied their clothes and continued exploring the Ailao Mountains.

The mosquitoes in Ailao Mountain are venomous, but I don’t know if it’s because of the poisonous spiders or the presence of Wu Shima and Wu Zaduo, but except for the humid temperature, there were no mosquitoes to bother us along the way.

After walking for another half an hour, Wang Xianghong was chatting and laughing with Wu Shima. Wu Zaduo, who was exploring the way ahead, moved her delicate nose, and suddenly raised her head and made a gesture.

"There is a demonic aura ahead, and it is very chaotic."

Wang Xianghong was surprised: "Well, can you smell it?"

Wu Shima beside him suddenly became serious: "Zhaduo is the saint of my tribe. She is naturally very sensitive to demonic and poisonous spirits. What she said should not be wrong."

"Is there still such a thing as a saint in this era?"

Wang Xianghong looked in the direction Wu Zaduo pointed, and sure enough, there was a large forest there with extremely chaotic clouds and fog above it, as if many creatures were running around in the forest.

At this time, where could there be such a large herd of beasts in Ailao Mountain? There would only be controlled zombie beasts.

"Damn it, I've been wandering around in this mountain for so long, and I finally found you!"

Wang Xianghong's face was filled with joy, and he excitedly drew out the magic sword from his waist, and then pasted two protective talismans on his body.

"Disciples of Yumen Taoist Temple, come with me to kill spiders!"

Wu Shima hesitated for a moment, but when she thought of the five or six experts in awakening spirits on her side, and the serious losses of poisonous insects and her tribesmen in the village, she made up her mind and immediately followed with her tribesmen.

(End of this chapter)