Chapter 38
"Can I trust you?" She suddenly asked such an irrelevant question, but she had already turned her back to me.
The two of us surrounded Sister Ma, standing on guard against the slow-moving corpses on all sides. Although all spells had lost their effect, the ghost still existed within her. Since spells were useless, we could only resort to the most direct method: close combat.
But before we could fight these shriveled villagers, a cold breath came from behind us.
I dodged it by rolling forward and looking behind me. I saw two Ma sisters standing together, slowly merging into one, while the other me looked at me as if I were a toy.
That’s right, in their eyes, I am now a plaything being played in their palms.
I didn't sit there and wait for death. Instead, I fought with the villagers who surrounded me, trying to break out of the encirclement.
These mummy-like villagers were not very powerful. Basically, their arms and legs would be broken if touched, so I easily tore a hole in them.
But this didn't mean I was out of danger, because that "I" and Sister Ma hadn't made a move yet. Even when I reached the village entrance, neither of them caught up with me. This was beyond my expectation. Could it be that they were just going to let me go?
Of course not, because just as I ran to the village entrance and was about to step out, two coffins fell in front of me. The coffins were completely black, and the coffin lids slowly opened. "I" and Sister Ma stood up from the coffins and just stared at me.
Now it was just a matter of time before I could achieve my goal. Instead of retreating, I attached ghosts all over my body and slammed into the two of them with all my strength.
With a loud bang, my eyes went dark. When I came to my senses, the lid of the coffin had already closed and I fell into it.
Suddenly, a picture appeared in my mind, and the scene was right here on the Black Mountain.
Four hundred years ago, in Heishankan, there lived a pair of brothers: the elder was named Wang Hai, and the younger was named Wang Ze. Since childhood, they had followed their father into the mountains to hunt, and before they were twenty, they had already mastered hunting techniques.
However, one time, while hunting on the Black Mountains, the father and his two sons encountered a tiger. The tiger was hungry and would not let them go. No matter how skilled they were, they were no match for the full-grown tiger. To protect his sons, the father shot an arrow at the tiger's forehead. The tiger reacted quickly and dodged the arrow, but the arrow pierced its stomach, causing it to bleed.
This completely enraged the tiger, and it pounced on their father with great momentum. Their father's goal was to have the tiger catch him so that the two sons would have a chance to escape.
The father pushed the two of them away and shouted, "Run!"
He then ran off to the side, attracting the tiger's attention. The tiger naturally wanted to deal with the biggest threat first, so it chased after his father. Although Wang Hai was heartbroken, he also knew from his father's experience that encountering a tiger was a sure thing. He didn't mind, but his brother was there, so no matter what, he couldn't let the Wang family's bloodline be cut off.
So Wang Hai pulled Wang Ze and ran down the mountain.
Although their father was an experienced hunter, he was no match for the tiger in the mountains. He hadn't gotten far before it caught up with him. Tigers can swim, climb trees, run fast, and possess exceptional hunting skills. This is like adding wings to a tiger's power, demonstrating its omnipotence, aside from flight. A single fight with a tiger would be hopeless, even if they tried to escape. A hungry and injured tiger, in particular, would be invigorated, its ferocity heightened.
The father of the two men was killed without any chance of resistance.
When the two brothers returned to Heishankan, they saw that their father had not come back for a long time. They knew that he must be dead, so they burst into tears.
After crying, the two discussed how to avenge their father. After much discussion, they found that no matter what they did, they could not defeat the tiger. However, they did not give up the idea. Instead, they set many traps in the mountains, hoping that the tiger would fall into the trap one day.
After two or three years, a wandering Taoist priest came to Heishankan. He also saw that Heishankan was extraordinary, so he went into the village to inquire about it and happened to run into the two brothers.
The Taoist priest asked the two for a bowl of water and, following the current, asked them about the Black Mountain Reservoir. The two brothers, who had followed their father hunting since childhood, knew the Black Mountain Reservoir like the back of their hand. They recounted its details to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest was increasingly astonished, having never imagined that after all his years of traveling across the country, he would stumble upon such a precious feng shui site.
The Black Mountain's shape is like a natural coffin. If a blessed person were buried here, their descendants would surely be rich and powerful, even becoming kings, princes, generals, or ministers. Of course, they must be blessed, otherwise they would not be able to suppress the good fortune of this Feng Shui treasure land.
So he asked the two brothers to take him to the mountains to have a look.
The two brothers were kind-hearted and had no idea that the Taoist priest had already taken a fancy to Black Mountain, so they took him into the mountains.
As luck would have it, the tiger that ate their father appeared in front of the three of them again. Although the Taoist priest knew Feng Shui, he did not have a trace of mysterious power in his body and was no match for the tiger at all. Fortunately, some of the talismans he drew still had some effect. He threw a charm at the tiger and ran down the mountain with the two brothers.
The tiger, a yang being, was unaffected by the talisman and chased the three men, biting them. As Wang Hai watched the tiger approach, he thought of his father's death and saw his brother right behind him. He bent his bow with all his might and, with a mixture of hatred and protection, shot an arrow straight at the tiger's forehead. This arrow was reminiscent of Li Guang's shot at the tiger, except that Li Guang's shot, frightened, had hit a rock, while this one pierced the tiger's forehead.
Seeing the tiger injured, the three hurried down the mountain. The old Taoist priest was out of breath, having been frightened by the tiger and had lost his soul. He counted on his fingers and realized that this was his doom. Before dying, he told the two brothers the secret of Black Mountain.
The two brothers believed the Taoist priest's words without a doubt. They buried the old Taoist priest and went up the mountain to look for the tiger.
After all, the tiger was shot in the forehead, so it was almost certain to die. Entering the mountain, the two followed the blood trail to a cave entrance.
This cave is the tiger cave, and the tiger is inside.
The two of them entered with torches, but they still didn't reach the end after walking for half an incense stick of time.
Ordinary tiger caves are not so big, but knowing that the tiger must be here, the two men walked in with torches. In the end, they saw the tiger lying there, having died for a long time.
When the two brothers saw the tiger dead and their father's death was avenged, they knelt on the ground and cried. After they finished crying, they found that the cave had traces of human intervention and was not formed naturally.
With the old Taoist's words, the two of them were excited and began to explore the cave. During this search, they actually found something.
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