Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 68 Spider Mountain

"Guess."

Lu Zheng looked at Yinshi Village at the foot of the mountain and explained in a low voice, "This village is not big, and there are only a few places where ghosts can hide. The nightmare has lived here all year round, so it is very likely to be in the ancestral hall."

The ancestral hall in this village is a place for worshiping ancestors. Usually, few people go there, and it has a heavy yin energy, making it a place where ghosts like to hide.

An Jing thought Lu Zheng had discovered something, but he was just guessing.

Lu Zheng turned his head to look at An Jing and smiled, "The reason why I am so sure is because of you."

"Me?" An Jing thought for a moment and thought of something.

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Just now, when we were walking around the village, the young lady took a second look at the ancestral hall. When I mentioned this place, she didn't seem to object, as if she was sure that the nightmare was there..."

An Jing didn't expect that it was he who revealed a flaw that led Lu Zheng to make such a certain guess.

She couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Mr. Lu is very good at observing people's expressions."

"You're too kind. I'm far inferior to you in being able to spot the nightmare at a glance." Lu Zheng smiled slightly.

He felt that the other party was truly capable, as he had actually discovered that the nightmare was right in the ancestral hall. He was still a little lacking in skill.

Lu Zheng put down the bookcase, then took out a pen and paper and began to record what he had seen and heard in Yinshi Village.

After finishing the record, Lu Zheng packed up his things and continued on his way.

Seeing this, An Jing was a little surprised and asked, "Aren't we going to catch ghosts?"

Lu Zheng said, "It's not good to trespass into someone's ancestral temple in broad daylight. There just so happens to be a nest of monsters nearby. We can take them out and come back at night."

If Lu Zheng told the villagers that there was a ghost in the village, they would not believe it. They would probably alert the ghost and let the nightmare run away before they even went to the ancestral hall.

If you go directly to the ancestral hall to catch ghosts, it would be fine if you can catch a nightmare. But if you fail to catch the ghost and destroy something in the ancestral hall, you will get yourself into trouble.

So Lu Zheng planned to wait until the nightmare came out to act at night, and then come and capture it.

There's no need to unleash unrest in the entire Silverstone Village just for a nightmare.

An Jing did not object when he heard this, but followed Lu Zheng away.

The two of them walked slowly along the way, crossed several hills, and came to the foot of a green mountain.

According to the records of the mandrill, this mountain is full of poisonous insects and a nest of spider spirits.

Since the mandrill hates insects and has little contact with the mountain goblins, not many specific records are kept.

It is said that these spider spirits like to absorb human essence and occasionally come down the mountain to hunt passers-by nearby.

The villagers of Yinshi Village did not know that there was a nest of monsters in this mountain. They only knew that this mountain was full of poisonous insects, snakes and ants, so they would not hang around near this mountain.

It is said that there is a nightmare in Silver Stone Village, which belongs to the jurisdiction of King Bai Jin. Those spider spirits will not cross the border to hunt villagers.

Lu Zheng and the other man found a spot and started climbing the mountain.

There are no roads in the mountains, making movement quite inconvenient.

When he reached halfway up the mountain, Lu Zheng discovered that there was a hint of demonic energy around him.

He looked at the woods not far away. There were many spider webs between the trees.

Spiders of various colors and sizes are entwined in the web.

These are just ordinary spiders. The largest one is as big as a fist. Judging from their color, you can tell that they are quite poisonous.

Some spider webs were wrapped with flying birds and even fat hares, and no one knew how they were caught.

When An Jing saw this scene, she couldn't help but frown, and had an urge to light a fire and burn the place clean.

Lu Zheng looked calm. These spiders did look a bit disgusting, but it was better not to cause him any emotional fluctuations.

He raised his foot and continued on his way, when suddenly he saw a spider the size of a fist coming towards them along the silk thread.

When it was about ten feet away, the spider raised its abdomen and shot a strand of spider silk towards Lu Zheng. Seeing this, Lu Zheng was about to make a move.

Next to him, An Jing raised his hand and whipped the spider. The long whip was so fast that even the afterimage was invisible. It exploded the spider in front of him and the juice splashed all over the ground.

"These bugs are so disgusting." An Jing said with a frown.

Lu Zheng thought to himself, beating the bugs like this is even more disgusting...

Lu Zheng couldn't help but said, "Why don't you wait for me at the foot of the mountain, girl?"

An Jing raised his chin when he heard that. "Why would you do that? I just think they look disgusting. If I didn't want to alert the enemy, I would have burned this place down."

"Then let's keep going and go around them." Lu Zheng said.

Lu Zheng and the other man quickly bypassed the spider forest and tried to go up the mountain to a place with fewer insects.

Both of them are practitioners, so they can easily climb up any cliffs they encounter.

Soon, the two found a cave.

Outside the cave was a dense forest with more spider webs and spiders than ever before.

Some spiders are even as big as millstones, emitting a faint demonic aura. Although they are not demons yet, they have the potential to become demons.

At the entrance of the cave, there is a huge spider web barrier, and even the ground is covered with a thick layer of spider web to prevent outsiders from easily setting foot here.

Obviously, this place should be the nest of those spider spirits.

Seeing this, An Jing stepped forward and said, "Let me do it!"

As he spoke, An Jing raised his hand, put his left index finger and middle finger together, and held a long yellow talisman between his fingers.

She had been annoyed with these spiders for a long time and now she wanted to vent her anger.

"Wait a minute." Lu Zheng said quickly in a low voice.

An Jing glanced sideways upon hearing this and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Zheng looked at the talisman in An Jing's hand and asked, "You don't want to set fire to this place, do you?"

"Is there any problem?" An Jing said.

Lu Zheng said, "What if, I mean what if there are victims in that cave, will this talisman burn them to death?"

Lu Zheng didn't object to An Jing setting fire to the insects, but he was a little worried that there were other people in the cave who would suffer unexpected disasters.

"Huh?" An Jing was stunned for a moment, but she was anxious at the moment and did not consider this kind of thing.

An Jing's eyes flashed with embarrassment, and he couldn't help but say, "I didn't think it through..."

After saying that, An Jing put away the talisman and took out another one.

Then, An Jing triggered the talisman and flicked his fingers.

A ray of light flashed on the talisman and shot towards the spider web in the forest.

Suddenly, an invisible force quickly spread along the spider web.

I saw the spider webs quickly melting and turning into tiny water droplets falling down.

Even the spiders on the web could not stand and fell down one after another.

The entire dense forest was raining spiders, a truly spectacular sight...

Lu Zheng looked at An Jing, feeling surprised and suspicious. He thought the other party was a martial artist, but it turned out that he was very skilled in using talismans.

Noticing Lu Zheng's gaze, An Jing smiled and said, "I just know how to use talismans. I'm not a Qi Refiner."

(End of this chapter)