Over the years, so many people from Daming Village have been sent as sacrifices, and none of them have ever returned. They are the first.

They returned completely unharmed.

He wasn't injured, and there was nothing wrong with him. As far as Ning Xiaoxiao was concerned, he even seemed to have gained a little weight.

That's a sacred mountain, an extremely dangerous place, yet they acted as if they'd just taken a short trip up it.

"Did you encounter a ferocious beast? Or did you see a god on the sacred mountain?"

"We did encounter a ferocious beast, but we did not encounter a god."

Ning Hong shook her head, "The sacred mountain is full of strange beasts, and there is no so-called mountain god."

"No mountain god?"

Old Zhu's eyes widened in an instant. "Are you sure there's no mountain god?"

"Really, no, but those strange beasts can eat people, can talk, and some can even transform into human form—"

"······"

Seeing that Elder Zhu was too shocked to speak, Ning Hong paused and then said, "However, as long as you don't provoke them, these strange beasts won't attack humans on their own—"

Is this really true?

"Of course it's true. If we hadn't attacked their sacred mountain first, these ferocious beasts wouldn't have attacked our village."

In addition, Ning Hong told Elder Zhu some things about the sacred mountain.

Of course, it was emphasized that at each entrance to the sacred mountain, there was a ferocious man-eating beast guarding it.

There are so many treasures on the sacred mountain.

It will always arouse human greed and desire.

If these points aren't emphasized, these people will inevitably go back up the mountain sooner or later.

When Ning Hongze left, Elder Zhu was already utterly shocked by the news. Hearing Ning Hongze's farewell, he simply waved his hand and told him to do as he pleased.

He needs some time to process the information he's received.

As soon as Ning Hong returned home, she heard Fenghuang vividly recounting the story between Gesang and Xiaoxiao, with the emphasis on the last sentence.

“Xiaoxiao herself said that she already has me. She said that she now—already—has me.”

Phoenix emphasized this point.

What are you thinking?

"Why even think about it? When Xiaoxiao grows up, I'll make her my wife."

"You're just a bird, trying to covet my Xiaoxiao?" Ning Hong sneered, a hint of disdain in her eyes. "Xiaoxiao was just saying that to make Gesang give up completely."

"I'm not an ordinary bird, I'm a phoenix, a phoenix, you know? A phoenix reborn from the ashes." How could he be the same as an ordinary bird? "I'm sure Xiaoxiao wasn't just saying that casually, she was serious."

"Xiaoxiao said she likes me the way I am. How similar do you think you are to me?"

"...Anyway, I don't care. I've already taken the novel seriously."

If he can't win an argument, he can resort to shamelessness.

"I don't care, in short, Xiaoxiao is my wife now."

"Little one—"

Just as the two were discussing something trivial, they suddenly heard a roar from outside, which sounded like Gesang's voice.

What happened?

Didn't he already leave?

Xiaoxiao made it so clear, how could this person be so tactless?

"What happened?"

Ning Hong had just stepped into the courtyard when she saw Gesang kick their front door open like a madman, his eyes bloodshot, calling out Xiao Xiao's name repeatedly.

"This is--"

Ning Hong looked somewhat surprised. "Gesang, it's so late, why are you here?"

The man's expression seemed a little off.

Why are your eyes so red?

A wisp of black energy was faintly wrapped around his body?

What has possessed him?

The phoenix naturally saw it too.

What happened?

Why does this man exude such a monstrous aura?

"Xiaoxiao is mine, mine."

Gesang suddenly grinned, and two fangs unexpectedly grew out of his mouth.

A ferocious beast?

Phoenix's expression hardened.

Some ferocious beasts disobeyed him and came to harm humans for no reason.

Gesang lunged forward again, but Phoenix slapped him across the face, its palm covered in faint phoenix flames.

The phoenix is ​​the most prominent mythical beast on this mountain.

Regardless of whether the strange beast wrapped around Gesang belonged to his sacred mountain or another sacred mountain, it seriously affected his dignity.

Phoenix flames struck Gesang's face, and Gesang instantly let out a scream.

Then a figure leaped out of his body, still burning.

It tried to dart away, but Ning Hong's green vines sprouted out and completely encircled it.

What are you?

After the thing left Gesang's body, Gesang collapsed limply.

They both glanced at Gesang, who was lying on the ground, but chose to ignore him and focus their attention on the creature.

Is that—another bird?

A bird's body with three snake heads?

Because of the binding vines, the three snake heads were entangled together.

It made a squeaking sound, like a mouse.

"Aren't you a divine beast of my mountain? How did you end up on my territory?"

All three snake heads turned to one side simultaneously, refusing to answer.

"Very well, if you don't want to answer, then you don't have to." Phoenix gritted its teeth, raised its hand and grabbed one of the snake heads, and without hesitation, snapped its neck in front of the other two snake heads.

It was bloody and violent.

The other two snakeheads were immediately taken aback.

They looked at each other in bewilderment and then started squeaking at the same time.

"You still don't want to talk about it? Then let's break off another one."

The phoenix seized another snake's head.

"Wait, I'll talk, I'll talk!" the snake's head, which was being choked, hurriedly said.

"But I don't really want to hear it now."

"No, please listen to me!" the snakehead pleaded.

Even if they're going to die, they want to die with some dignity; they don't want to be blown up in the head like this.

The remaining two snake heads then took turns telling everything they knew.

There is more than one sacred mountain.

There are three sacred mountains on this continent.

One is Nanshan, which is the one with the phoenix as its head.

One is Dongshan, which is some distance from Nanshan. The two of them are from Dongshan.

They are not ordinary strange beasts, but ferocious beasts formed from those strange beasts that died unjustly.

It can also be called a vengeful spirit.

The power of the evil spirit is not very strong, but it has one thing that other strange beasts cannot do: it can attach itself to humans and influence their emotions and behavior.

There are almost no evil spirits here in Nanshen Mountain, but in Dongshan—

"I don't know, after all, Fu Xi has a bad temper."

The lord of East Divine Mountain is Fu Xi, a man-eater who thrives on chaos and loves nothing more than causing trouble for others.