Mythology

Chapter 90: Elk in the Forest of Beasts
Three faces of corpse Taoist children appeared in front of Yang He's eyes, and the clothes they wore were slightly different.

[Piyang Temple: You are the true disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. You are assigned by Taiyi Zhenren to work in Piyang Temple and be responsible for the production of Taoist robes. However, there is a shortage of leather spiritual materials in the sect recently. ]

[Gongde Temple: You are the true disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. You are appointed by Taiyi Zhenren to work in Gongde Temple and be responsible for the rewards and punishments of the outer disciples.]

[Pharmacy: You are the true disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. You are assigned by Master Taiyi to work in the Pharmacy. The alchemy furnace in the temple seems to be a little damaged. ]

Yang He frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something was wrong with Qianyuan Mountain.

Although there is no quality classification of the various Taoist temples in Qianyuan Mountain, it can be seen from the information revealed that some Taoist temples are obviously not very safe.

"Thinking about the evil Nuwa Palace, Qianyuan Mountain can't be normal."

"Hey."

[Whether to consume 1 point of spiritual vision to refresh the Taoist temple you are serving in]

Yang He couldn't help but keep his eyes on the pharmacy for a few moments. He was inevitably interested in alchemy, after all, it could improve the formula of the tonic pill.

Unfortunately, in terms of priorities, he needs to find the Taoist temple in Qianyuan Mountain where the resources are stored.

"Refresh."

[Huo Diao Temple: You are the true disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. You are assigned by Taiyi Zhenren to serve in Huo Diao Temple and be responsible for guiding the outer disciples in their cultivation.]

[Yuanshi Temple: You are the true disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. You are assigned by Taiyi Zhenren to work in Yuanshi Temple. You are responsible for maintaining the tranquility of Taiyi Zhenren's retreat.]

[Hundred Beast Forest: You are the true disciple of Qianyuan Mountain. You are assigned by Taiyi Zhenren to work in the Hundred Beast Forest. You are responsible for harvesting the spiritual materials produced by the spiritual beasts. The spiritual beast that is being let loose in the garden today is the elk. ]

Yang He did not continue to refresh, as the Forest of Hundred Beasts should have the resources of the Wanhua Baigui Hunyuan Sutra.

The pupil ghost's life-sustaining technique requires a stomach and intestines with some life left in it to begin with. The conditions are a bit harsh, and Baishoulin cannot guarantee whether it will work.

"Damn, I hope the thing I raise isn't an evil spirit."

The bone-melting technique of the powerful ghost can definitely be solved in the Forest of Hundred Ghosts. All that is needed is a high-quality spirit horn, which is another name for animal horn.

Elk happen to have horns, so the elk from Qianyuan Mountain cannot be of poor quality.

"Choose the Forest of Beasts."

The moment Yang He confirmed it, everything went dark before his eyes.

.........

The darkness dissipated in just a few breaths.

Yang He's five senses gradually recovered. The pupil ghost on his forehead opened earlier than his eyes. He immediately looked around, and a ghost hand appeared behind him.

The stale and decayed smell hit me in the face, mixed with the stench of livestock.

He found himself in a cramped room.

There was no light source in the room, and Tonggui's vision seemed to be covered by a veil. It should be some kind of magic array covering Qianyuan Mountain that was causing trouble.

Fortunately, my spiritual vision is not affected and I can see in the dark.

"How could this be... the Forest of Beasts in Qianyuan Mountain?"

Yang He took a half step back. His spiritual vision did not increase suddenly, but the mottled and yellowed walls in the house were covered with bloody words! !

The bloody words recorded the name of the spiritual beast, which was completely scratched out with fingernails.

Yang He looked at the bloody words and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Mandrill, blue ox, white tiger, crane, elk, goat, pig, black bear."

"There are eight kinds of spirit beasts in the Forest of Beasts, and the words are filled with fear."

"And the handwriting doesn't look like it was carved in recent years."

There are also a few lines of small words on the wall, recording the spiritual materials that need to be taken away regularly.

'In the southeast corner of the Forest of Beasts, cowhide is drying.'

'There are crane feathers in the bird's nest on the northern hillside.'

'Mandrills like to hang out in the southern pool.'

.........

The disciple who wrote the blood words seemed to have problems with his memory, which became increasingly confused, and in the end it was obvious that he had completely fallen into madness.

Yang He locked onto two blood words.

'The ancient tree to the west contains the organs of a spirit beast that needs to be nourished.'

'Elk will eat their own kind, remember to collect their antlers.'

Yang He also noticed that there was a shrine of Yuanshi Tianzun in the corner. The statue was missing arms and legs, and its originally solemn and dignified expression had been eroded by time, leaving only a bit of gloom.

The overflowing incense ash on the shrine further illustrates what the disciples of Qianyuan Mountain are afraid of.

"and many more."

"Each story in The Investiture of the Gods has a different time point. I shouldn't have just assumed that Qianyuan Mountain is after the festival."

"Something's wrong. Something's really wrong!!"

"According to the information from Yuanshi Temple, Taiyi Zhenren is in seclusion. The Forest of Hundred Beasts has not had any disciples to take care of it for a long time. What happened to Qianyuan Mountain?"

Yang He searched around and found that this place was supposed to be a place to store animal food, but it has been unattended for at least 20 to 30 years.

He looked at the door and hesitated for a moment before pushing it open.

Squeak.

There is a straight aisle outside.

There are eight closed iron doors on both sides of the corridor, with twisted patterns painted on them, as if to prevent the things inside from escaping.

The sunlight shines into the corridor from the end, and you can see at a glance that it leads to the mountains and forests.

Yang He's footsteps were light, but they still caused the roar of a wild beast to be heard from inside the iron gate. However, the noise soon stopped, leaving only continuous panting.

He looked around as he walked and saw wooden signs hanging on the iron doors.

There are eight wooden signs in total, and the names of the spiritual beasts marked on them correspond to the blood words on the wall. The room where the elk is imprisoned is indeed silent, so it must be out in the dense forest.

Yang He shook his head and subconsciously quickened his pace.

He walked out of the building and looked back to see that the Taoist temple with a plaque reading "Forest of Beasts" had been abandoned, the eaves were overgrown with weeds, and most of the vermilion dye had fallen off.

"Find resources first. Never treat Qianyuan Mountain as your own sect."

Following the instructions written in blood, Yang He headed straight towards the west side of the dense forest.

It was not long after he set foot in the dense forest.

Yo~~ A strange cry echoed, and a vague glance swept over Yang He.

Yang He gritted his teeth and went deep into the dense forest, trying to be as quiet as possible. The two ghosts in his body were also very scared, but they couldn't explain why.

Before long, he had gained something even before he saw the ancient tree.

There on the hillside lay the carcass of a moose.

The corpse had died not long ago, with bits of meat remaining on the joints. Judging from the signs of gnawing, it was cannibalism among the elks themselves.

Yang He's mind moved, and he used his ghost hand to break the deer antlers.

[Deer antlers filled with yin energy]

[The elk has been exposed to the erosion of Yin Qi for a long time, and it has become a Yin object. Due to the special environment, it has a trace of Yin spirituality and can be refined through the "Shigui Dao". 】

"It's a half-ghosted adult elk. Its pair of antlers is enough to try the introductory bone melting technique."

Yang He didn't bring the black cat with him, so he just held it in his hands.

He had no intention of exploring the Forest of Beasts. Instead, he was eager to end his trip to Qianyuan Mountain. This haunted place was full of weirdness and strangeness.

"kindness?"

Yang He had only taken a few steps when he heard the sound of dense deer hooves coming closer and closer.

Yo Yo~
Another weird cry.

His expression was solemn as more than a dozen elks appeared in the bushes.

The elk exuded a faint yin aura, but had not completely become evil. It just looked extremely terrifying when it looked at Yang He.

How to say it, it's like a large number of carrion crows circling in the sky.

The crows would start waiting before their prey died, just to eat fresh flesh and blood. The elk herd also seemed to foresee Yang He's death.

"The elk is not made of animals, but it is more terrifying than animals."

Yang He did not act rashly. Obtaining resources was the key, for he was afraid that the smell of blood would attract some evil things.

Then, wherever he went, the elk followed him.

"found it!"

The forest of beasts is not big, and the ancient trees stand out from the crowd by as much as 20 to 30 meters.

More and more elks were following Yang He. They kept a distance from him at a distance from the slightest sign of trouble.

The ghost hand sank into the soil.

There are dozens of earthen altars buried underground, which are deliberately sealed with talismans. This should be the way the disciples of Qianyuan Mountain used to preserve resources.

Yang He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly found the Yin object he needed.

【Intestines】

[The Yin objects derived from the Qingniu being eroded by Yin Qi for a long time, if properly preserved, the medicinal properties of the Yin objects will become more intense. 】

"I don't think the method for the Black Cat to advance to the next level is available in the Forest of Beasts. Let's talk about it later."

Yang He didn't want to stay in Qianyuan Mountain for even a minute. He had actually been to quite a few underworld places, and the Forest of Beasts was not the most evil one.

It just made him shudder and feel uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart.

Just in case, Yang He found four earthen jars for storing animal intestines, protected them with his ghost hands, and then activated his corpse-transforming immortal body to consume the yang fire.

At this moment.

Herds of elk no longer keep their distance from each other.

They couldn't wait to approach Yang He, with unspeakable greed in their pupils and their open mouths full of sharp teeth.

Yo~~~~
A long deer call sounded.

Unlike in the past, the other elks followed suit and responded.

Yang He's corpse had turned into a serious state, and his yang fire had been extinguished, but it was too late, as a elk that looked out of place appeared in the dense forest.

The surface of the elk is the same, but everything is fixed.

That's right.

While moving, the limbs remained in the same posture, the hair was not messy at all, and it approached Yang He in a parallel manner.

The pupil ghost between Yang He’s eyebrows left his body and hung in the air, then a shocking scene came into view.

The body length of this elk is actually twelve or thirteen meters.

It's not that the elk is huge, but that the elk itself is made up of countless similar species.

Except for the front, no matter from which angle you look at it, the elk is just a pile of irregular debris, which combine with each other to create a visual difference.

This is a strange deer that can only live on a flat surface.

Yo~~~~
Yang He found it scary even from a human perspective.

The elk disappeared instantly.

next moment.

Yang He’s dead arms were strangling his neck, but his body was still pierced by countless deer horns. The strange deer was like a long snake, wrapping itself in the middle.

[Your character "Corpse Dao Tong" has died, and the role-playing story has ended]

.........

[Obtain a pair of antlers filled with Yin energy]

[Obtain five intestines]

Yang He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with lingering fear. Even if he died, he would not be able to distinguish the level of the strange deer, but one thing was certain.

"Qianyuan Mountain and Nuwa Palace are not something that can be explored by the evil ghost realm, and even the evil ghost realm is difficult enough."

"Could it be that the timeline is after the Conferred God War? Hiss, there is still an unknown Taiyi Zhenren in there."

Yang He exchanged all his resources and immediately began to practice the Wanhua Baigui Hunyuan Sutra.

He used his ghost hand to refine the blood of animal intestines to remove impurities, and his stone arm ground the deer antlers into powder using a pestle and mortar.

"such a pity."

"With my talent for refining pills and tools on an assembly line, it would be a waste if I didn't practice a career as a living professional."

(End of this chapter)