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Chapter 93: The Tou Kanshan Monument (First Update!)

Xu Yuan shook his head without hesitation: "Stop dreaming. Building a temple for evil spirits? Why don't you go ask your grandfather? We dare to build it, but does he dare to accept it? As long as he lives in the temple, within three months, the Grand Canal Dragon God will come to visit."

"Really?" My sister's eyes widened.

Xu Yuan felt helpless. Although he was too stupid and easy to fool, it was not easy to communicate with him.

My sister suddenly said, "Help us kill the Haikou Toad."

Xu Yuan looked at the two sisters.

This time my sister didn't speak carelessly. It seemed that this condition was given by the old fox in advance.

"why?"

My sister started babbling nonsense: "That guy and his descendants are covered in pimples and are so annoying."

Since they refused to tell the truth, Xu Yuan did not ask any further questions.

"can."

Xu Yuan asked the sisters to come and negotiate, and of course he had already prepared the conditions to impress the other party.

It is impossible to give human blood food easily, but you can give as many chickens, ducks, cows and horses as you want.

But since they proposed this condition, Xu Yuan could accept it.

With the guillotine, Xu Yuan still has some confidence.

The sisters couldn't hide their joy. The younger sister took out a handful of fox hair and said to Xu Yuan, "Burn this with the fire in your belly, and then swear."

It was obviously the fur of that old fox.

The Ming Dynasty had a contract with extremely strong binding force, and the evil spirits also had similar methods.

Xu Yuan did as he was told.

After Xu Yuan finished his oath, his sister lifted the rope on the little fox's feet again. Xu Yuan pointed his finger and the rope quickly retracted.

"The Ghost Temple statue introduced a group of people from outside the mountain to the Locust Lady. The old woman wanted to take them to Guanghuo Street."

"If something in Ghost Witch Mountain requires going to Guanghuo Street to find those people to make a decision, it must be a huge matter!"

"They've already set off for Guanghuo Street this afternoon. Whatever you want to do, you have to hurry. They'll be there by noon the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Xu Yuan shook his head: "This is all something we already know. It's not worth it for us to kill Haikou Chan for you."

My sister chuckled and said, "Don't expect us to take risks to help you get information. The Locust Lady is not to be trifled with. Besides, we are working for the Exorcism Bureau. If the news gets out, we won't be able to stay in the mountains."

Xu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "We can handle our own affairs, but we can't go into the mountains now. The descendants of the Locust Lady are watching us."

The two sisters rolled their eyes, then put their heads together and discussed in a low voice.

But Xu Yuan could see that they were using a secret method to ask for instructions from the old fox outside the town.

After a while, the two sisters looked up again: "We can get you into the mountains safely."

"Avoid the descendants of the old locust?"

"What's the difference between those bedbugs and a blind man?"

Xu Yuan: “?”

"Wait." The sister said, then rolled to the ground, turned into a fox again and ran out.

About an incense stick's time later, my sister came back with a leather bag in her mouth.

The little head shook, and the leather bag in his mouth fell into Xu Yuan's hands.

The younger sister did not change her form either, and said to Xu Yuan, "Guess what it is?"

Xu Yuan just opened his skin and I still had no idea what he was looking for.

The younger sister stamped her feet in anger. Xu Yuan took out half a stone tablet from his leather bag, with some strange words on it.

"This thing..." Xu Yuan frowned, "It's not evil, but it has a strong evil influence!"

Xu Yuan fiddled with it again, surprised. "With such a strong infection, even a piece of stone would have become strange." His sister rolled her eyes at this unromantic man and said, "Do you know why those mountain runners in the village can travel freely in Ghost Witch Mountain?"

Xu Yuan immediately became interested: "Is it related to this thing?"

"Every hiker in the village has a piece like this in his hand. Otherwise, he can't stay in the mountains."

Xu Yuan became even more curious: "What on earth is this?"

"This is the Mountain God Stele in the 'Baotou Niche' on Guiwu Mountain, before the canal was built."

Xu Yuan had more questions in his mind and flipped over the stone tablet in his hand: "Head niche, mountain master stele... is the writing on it Jiaozhi script?"

It is very similar to the writing of the Ming Dynasty, yet it is also not the same. Most of the writing systems of the small countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty are like this.

“Yeah…” My sister didn’t know him either. “My grandfather said that back then, there was a group of mountain wanderers in Guiwu Mountain. They made a living in the mountains, and before entering the mountains, they would worship the mountain god at the top of the mountain road.

At every intersection there is a small temple half a person's height, which is a shrine with a mountain god stele enshrined inside.

If you worship the Mountain God, you won’t get lost in the mountains and won’t be targeted by monsters.

At that time, there were 36 routes leading into the mountain and 36 guard shrines for the mountain runners.

Later, there were thirty-six villages in the mountains!"

Xu Yuan: "That's not right. There are only thirty-four villages in the mountains."

"Two villages didn't follow the rules," my sister said proudly, "and they were massacred."

Xu Yuan frowned secretly: "What rules?"

"My grandfather's rules!"

Xu Yuan's eyes trembled slightly, but he didn't ask any more questions.

My sister continued, “After the canal was opened, all thirty-six shrines collapsed, and the mountain became filled with evil spirits.

Now the mountain walkers in the village need to perform the "invitation to the mountain ghost" ceremony once a month.

In the past, people worshipped the mountain god, but now they worship the mountain ghost.

After you've done this, you'll be able to roam freely in the mountains for a month, and most evil spirits will consider you one of their own kind."

The younger sister then explained the method of "inviting the mountain ghost," and Xu Yuan finally asked, "Where is Guanghuo Street?"

The younger sister came up and whispered something in Xu Yuan's ear, then jumped away and asked, "We have done what we need to do. When will you help us kill the Haikou Toad?"

Xu Yuan said, "I'll fulfill the agreement as soon as I deal with those people in the mountains."

The two sisters nodded and were about to leave with the little fox in their arms.

When they reached the door, the little fox suddenly raised his head from his aunt's arms and said stupidly, "Aunt, did you forget to tell them that this Mountain Lord monument can't be used frequently, otherwise it will turn into something like the mountain man, neither human nor spooky... Chirp!"

The little fox was pinched hard by his aunt.

Xu Yuan smiled and said to the little fox, "Come to me if you feel hungry next time. I'll treat you to chicken."

The little fox's eyes were originally filled with tears, but when he heard these words, his eyes suddenly lit up again.

"really?"

"Of course, we humans always value keeping our word!"

The sisters shook their heads vigorously and walked away quickly with the little fox in their arms.

"Remember our agreement."

"If you dare not fulfill your promise, Grandpa will definitely set rules for you!"

"You might as well go and find out how those two villages were massacred!"

Xu Yuan closed the door and looked down at the stone tablet in his hand. The collapse of the "roadside niche" meant that the mountain god... was stripped of his priesthood?
It turned into something weird, and these broken stone tablets were somehow connected to it.

You can get "protection" by "inviting the mountain ghost" once, but the protection now is completely different from the protection of the mountain god in the past!

(End of this chapter)