Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 602 Wild Ghost Village, Evil Dog Ridge, Golden Rooster Mountain

Wangshan is a dead horse.

Before Li Wushou began his cultivation and wandered around with the old beggar, he often had this physical sensation.

But today, in this cemetery, I had that feeling again.

The distant mountains, partially obscured by dark clouds, appeared not far, but as Li Wushou walked towards them, they seemed much farther than crossing Huazhou.

It seems that there is an innate Dao pattern influencing the mind and spirit in this process.

Li Wushou walked slowly and unhurriedly, his expression carrying a hint of amusement.

Because he finally saw traces of "humans".

A stream meanders along the outer edge of the mountain ridge.

The source of the stream should be deep in the mountains. The water here is dark and mysterious, not an ordinary water source, but the River Styx that Li Wushou is very familiar with.

However, the deathly aura in the Styx River here is far stronger than that in the Styx River within Li Wushou's divine aperture world, and the malevolent and malevolent energy it contains should also be heavier.

This suggests that it must contain even more evil spirits.

This was not unexpected by Li Wushou.

As the cemetery of "Heaven," the number of people who died here was probably beyond Li Wushou's imagination.

It's normal that the number of yin spirits contained within him is greater than the River Styx in his divine world!
What truly intrigued him was that he had discovered "people" beside the seemingly lifeless stream.

Moreover, these "people" even used the Styx River, which ordinary people avoid at all costs, as a "water source" for their daily lives.

Li Wushou stood on the canopy of a shady tree, gazing at the four or five "people" busily fetching water by the stream.

These "people" are not really people, though.

It can only be said that it has some outward appearance of a "human".

At first glance, the bodies of the men were all broken and battered, even tattered.

Intestines ruptured, abdomen rotted, limbs severed, body missing.
Another person had the most scars. In addition to missing limbs, there were many holes through his body, including his head.

Its left eye was empty, and its head was also pierced through from front to back.

But this person was the one with the strongest aura among the five.

The other person had their hands behind their back and was directing the other four.

Looking at these people, Li Wushou could tell from their tattered wounds that they seemed to have been torn apart by wild animals.

The beast was quite ferocious, tearing the group to pieces.

The hole through the leader's body looked as if it had been pierced by something sharp.

The group looked utterly miserable, but their movements as they fetched water were surprisingly agile, indicating that their injuries were not fatal.

This also reveals that these "people" are different from ordinary people.

In addition, Li Wushou also discovered Dao patterns within their bodies.

These Dao patterns were engraved on the bodies of these individuals. Unlike the Five Mountains Hermit and others outside, the Dao patterns on the bodies of these individuals were filled with Yin-attribute aura.

Li Wushou, who was also proficient in the Yin Dao, could immediately tell that these Dao patterns were pure Yin Dao patterns.

This is probably why these people are not afraid of the River Styx.

After observing for a moment, seeing that the group had finished collecting the water from the River Styx and were beginning to return towards the mountains, Li Wushou leaped up and chased after them.

The five "people" were carrying a bucket carved from mountain stones when suddenly their vision blurred.

Then he saw Li Wushou, with gray hair and a green robe, standing in front of him.

The five "people" were immediately taken aback, and were even more shocked when they saw Li Wushou's posture.

Then, as if remembering something, the leader's single remaining eye gleamed with excitement.

They hurriedly put down the buckets containing the water of the River Styx, and the leader of the group, along with the four others, suddenly knelt down and bowed:
"Mu San from Wild Ghost Village pays respects to the noble sir of Youdu City."

Li Wushou's expression shifted slightly as he looked at the five kneeling "people".

He was not surprised that these five "people" retained their sanity; he could tell from the fact that they had carved open the mountain to obtain water from the River Styx.

To his surprise, the other party mentioned "Wild Ghost Village" and "Netherworld City"!
He didn't know much about "Wild Ghost Village," but he had heard of "Netherworld City" before.

Previously at Huangyuan Mountain, the old beggar's old friend Boyue had been known as the "Lord of Youdu," and Li Wushou had even discovered the location of the "Gate of Reincarnation" beneath Boyue's palace. Although he already knew that there must be a connection between "Reincarnation" and "Forbidden Immortals," hearing the name "Youdu City" suddenly in the Primordial Tomb still stirred up Li Wushou's emotions.

Looking down at the five kneeling "people," Li Wushou asked calmly:
"Oh? How do you know I come from Youdu City?"

Upon hearing this, Mu San, who was kneeling on the ground, was taken aback.

Isn't this common sense?

But if an adult asks such a question, there must be a reason behind it.

Without hesitation, Mu San replied instinctively:
"Replying to my lord, it is because only the lords of Youdu City have complete limbs, unlike us whose bodies are broken and incomplete."

Upon hearing this, Li Wushou asked again:

"Oh? Why is that?"

Mu San, who was kneeling, became even more agitated.

The adults were asking common sense questions, but Mu San suddenly thought of a possibility.

The connection between Wild Ghost Village and Youdu City has been severed for a long time. Mu San had only heard the legends of Youdu City from the people of Wild Ghost Village.

Over the years, he has gone from a newcomer listening to the legends of Youdu City to an old man in Wild Ghost Village telling the legends of Youdu City.

For him, Youdu City had long become a vague and distant dream.

Even he himself wasn't sure if Youdu City actually existed.

Otherwise, with contact severed for so long, Youdu City should have sent someone to reopen the road by now, right?
Has Wild Ghost Village been abandoned?
Mu San never shared these thoughts with anyone, because survival in Wild Ghost Village was difficult, and the younger generation needed something to hold onto in order to survive, and Youdu City was that something.

But he couldn't help but think about it.

Especially after his failed attempt to break into Jinji Mountain last time, Mu San was utterly despondent.

Mu San's intention in collecting the water of the River Styx was to atone for his sins with his death, thereby appeasing the anger of the mountain's guardian spirit.

But then he unexpectedly saw a person with a complete body!
Mu San didn't want to find out where the other party came from.

He had only one thought in his mind: the other party must be from Youdu City!

It must be Youdu City!
And their arrival this time must be to save them!

If not, who can stop the increasingly unscrupulous Mountain Guardian God this time?
Gritting his teeth, Mu San's expression turned solemn, and he replied respectfully:

"Your Excellency, we spirits of the wilderness have known the true lineage of the Netherworld since the day we were born with intelligence."

Although we are now barely surviving in Wild Ghost Village, our village has never stopped offering sacrifices to the Lord of Youdu.

Every single one of them longed to cross the Evil Dog Ridge and Golden Rooster Mountain to reach Youdu City and experience the teachings of the Lord of Youdu.

However, the guardian deities of Evil Dog Ridge and Golden Rooster Mountain, from some unknown time, began to lose their ability to distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong.

Any spirit that enters Evil Dog Ridge will be torn apart by vicious dogs, and even if it is lucky enough to enter Golden Rooster Mountain, it will be pecked by the golden rooster.

Therefore, we can only live in our crippled state outside Evil Dog Ridge and Golden Rooster Mountain.

We have been hoping day and night for the lords of Youdu City to come and rescue us.

The four people kneeling behind Mu San were slow to react, but upon hearing Mu San's words, their expressions became excited.

They knelt on the ground, pleading:

"We beg the lords of Youdu City to save us!"

Li Wushou gazed at the five people, muttering to himself:

"Evil Dog Ridge? Golden Rooster Mountain? The Guardian God of the Underworld?"

This was quite similar to the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking that he had heard earlier.

Just as he was about to question the five people about the origins of the mountain guardian spirit, his expression suddenly changed, and he turned around to look into the depths of the mountains behind him.

Two towering figures suddenly stood up from the depths of the mountains, which were originally filled with yin energy.

Looking down towards the direction of Wild Ghost Village at the foot of the mountain, the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking rose again.

"Wild Ghost Village, where are our offerings?"

(End of this chapter)