Things change
Any slight movement would cause them to turn their heads in alert, their faces ferocious, ready for battle at any moment. However, their fatigue was too obvious, their veins bulging, their nerves constantly on edge, as if on the verge of collapse.
The monsters no longer gathered at the entrance to the top of the mountain. Instead, they fled in all directions and squatted in groups of three or five in nearby corners.
When they reached the entrance, as expected, Yue Niang had done something. There was a row of half-buried corpses at the entrance, just like the one on the cliff that had been used to scare them, with their upper bodies sticking out straight, facing down the mountain.
It can be seen that it was the work of that fire demon again.
It was buried there without any scary intention, but it could scare these monsters who had killed countless people and were used to seeing corpses into such a state. They must have witnessed with their own eyes how the fire demon killed them and then stood there.
Just as they were watching, Yue Niang's men arrived and told them to return to their rooms. They said a female ghost was haunting the mountain, and they hadn't found the source yet. It was dangerous up there. Furthermore, the haunting had occurred after they had gone up the mountain. Although they were Sixi's saviors, they still needed to cooperate with Yue Niang's interrogation and investigation.
Before entering the house, Si Xi whispered a reminder: "Don't go back to your rooms later, go to the same room. Yue Niang may not really want to interrogate you, but she may have something to say, but these words make her hesitate."
Not long after Si Xi's words, Yue Niang hurried over. After closing the door, she sat down and said, "This happened suddenly. I had no choice but to find this excuse to gather you all together. I hope you will forgive me."
"Then the mountain master came here at this time, is it because of the female ghost in the mountain?"
"Not entirely. Yuemang Mountain will only become more and more dangerous. Si Xi, benefactor, you'd better go down the mountain immediately and never come back. Benefactor, I'm sorry I can't give you the Great Demon Pill I promised you for now, but if I can see you alive again in the future, I will definitely make it up to you double. Please rescue Si Xi and take him down the mountain with you."
"What exactly happened? Perhaps we can help. Although the female ghost has killed many people, it won't cost you, Mountain Master, your life."
"If it was just that harmful female ghost, it wouldn't be so troublesome."
Yue Niang conjured up a small wooden box and handed it to Si Xi, instructing him, "You haven't had a good life following me, but even if I go to hell and see your father, I won't be ashamed. This is all my belongings. I have a small courtyard outside the mountain. It's not luxurious, but it has everything. The title deed is in the box. Take it, go down the mountain, change your appearance, become an ordinary mountain spirit, and never come back, okay?"
"Why don't you come down the mountain together? You have to live a hard life in this mountain."
"I can't leave. But you can't. Once you get down the mountain, don't argue with anyone, and don't join any faction. When I'm done, pack up your things and take Yan Ye with you. There's a map of the way out in the box."
Si Xi asked directly: "You can't survive, right?"
"Four Joys..."
"If we go together, you can survive."
"Si Xi, if I go with you, you won't be able to survive either. I can't escape responsibility for your mother's death. I deliberately angered her because I wanted her to die so that I could become your father's wife. To you, I am the murderer of your mother. So don't have any scruples. I deserve to die, but you don't."
Si Xi was suspicious of her words and actions, but he still said calmly: "I know, so you can only die in my hands."
"No. Sixi, there's no room for negotiation on this matter. You must leave. From now on, everything about Yuemang Mountain will be a secret that you must never mention again, even if you die."
"Is it because of the Lord you and Father work for?"
"It will do you no good to know so much."
"Who are they, anyway? And what are you doing for them on this mountain? You could have escaped, so why didn't you? If you don't explain everything to me, how can I believe you're really letting me leave and not just tricking me out to die?"
Yue Niang didn't answer Si Xi's questioning. She simply pulled out four pearls from her bosom and said to them, "Although I can't give you the demon pills you want, these Nanji Island pearls can purify the miasma and evil spirits in your body. They are a hundred times more valuable than demon pills. They were conceived from the flesh and blood of the deep-sea clam monsters on Nanji Island and are extremely rare. All I have to do is promise to take Si Xi away from Yue Mang Mountain."
Yuanli disapproved and said, "It looks good, but it's useless, and there are only four of them."
"Why is it useless? You may not have any physical problems now, but the miasma must have already invaded your bodies. As mortals, you will surely die early. However, if you grind this pearl into powder and consume it, it will dissipate the miasma in your bodies and extend your lifespan by at least a hundred years."
Yuanli continued to pretend to be unmoved and said, "So what? We can just find them ourselves. Eight, deal."
Yue Niang snorted in displeasure and said, "Young lady, you are a little too ignorant. Let's not even talk about whether you can find Nanji Island. Even if you do, you won't get a single pearl. All the clam monsters on Nanji Island that can produce these pearls have been controlled by the master's people. If you go there, you will only die. There are only four, and I can only get five per month."
Si Xi interrupted, "But didn't you already give me three this month? Where did you get four?"
"I saved it. We're all dying anyway, so it doesn't matter whether we accept it or not." Yue Niang calculated the time and urged, "Are you willing or not? I don't have time to talk to you."
"make a deal."
"Okay, pack your things now, and when I give you the signal, you will set off immediately."
After saying this, Yue Niang regained the angry expression she had when she came, opened the door with a loud bang, and then left the courtyard.
Feeling that Yue Niang should have gone far away, Yuanli summoned Si Tiao over.
When Si Tiao came into the room, he looked extremely weak. He could not even stand steadily and could only sit down on the ground.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"It's okay, I just exhausted myself."
"What happened to Yue Niang?"
"She's fine, she's in such a good mood. She's in such a difficult situation, how can she still have the time to deceive me?"
Si Tiao struggled to crawl forward, approaching Yuanli, and pleadingly said, "Miss, I was wary and reserved before, but I won't do that now. I will completely betray Yue Niang and help you wholeheartedly. I don't need you to help me revive Shan Huai anymore. All you need is to bring my body back to Shan Huai for burial. I won't be able to leave Yuemang Mountain to search for Shan Huai's soul thread again."
"Then why should I believe what a traitor says now?"
"Young lady, you know. I'm willing to do anything to reunite with Shan Huai. You won't want to miss the latest news. I'm very useful to you. We can exchange benefits and I'm reliable. I can't even see the Lord alive. I won't live past tomorrow night. To me, Yue Niang and the Lord are nothing more than insignificant people who can be betrayed without mercy. If you find out that what I said is false, you can just ignore me and there will be no loss."
"Okay, go ahead."
Si Tiao kowtowed to Yuanli in gratitude, then said, "Yue Niang failed to capture the female ghost that has been causing trouble recently, and the number of monsters on the mountain has decreased significantly. However, now is the most critical juncture. This is when the so-called master needs to absorb a large amount of miasma and resentment. If Yue Niang cannot provide enough miasma and resentment for the master to absorb, then Yue Niang will be killed. This is the conversation I overheard between Yue Niang and her superiors."
Si Xi said, "Yue Niang and her superiors have always been cautious in their actions and would never let anyone else hear. But this time, you heard it?"
"The reason I'm so weak is because Yue Niang no longer provides me with pearls to purify the miasma. Without the pearls, I can't purify the miasma in my body, let alone control myself from absorbing less miasma. Soon, I will completely go against my nature. Yue Niang used me to absorb a lot of miasma to provide it to the Lord. I was almost dead before I came here. Yue Niang was anxious to save her life, so she brought her superiors to see me and save me. That's why I heard it."
"That's all the news?"
"More than that. I know the master's name. It's Xie Yuan. Yue Niang and his superiors have been planning for tens of thousands of years to help Xie Yuan escape and recover. As long as Xie Yuan recovers a little, he will soon come to Yue Mang Mountain. By then, there will be no living creature here. And if you want to survive, you must leave Yue Mang Mountain as soon as possible."
"You've already said I must leave Yuemang Mountain as soon as possible. So how long should I wait for you to die? Aren't you afraid that I'll get to know the news and immediately leave the mountain and ignore you?"
Si Tiao said in a firm tone, "You won't have the chance to leave the mountain before I die. I will be dead in an hour at most, and my body will be on the path you must take when you leave. You just need to pick me up."
"I wouldn't dare pick up your corpse. Your saliva could kill me."
"It's true that I could do that when I was alive, but if I inhale too much miasma, my body will explode and die. The contents of my body will quickly evaporate and dissipate, and within an incense stick of time, my skin will shrink back to its original size. At that time, I will be harmless to the girl."
"Okay, but if you're still not dry when I leave, I won't risk taking you."
"Okay. The locust tree is at the top of Guanshan Mountain in Huanghua Town, Jinghe River. It's next to the huge rock upstream."
After seeing Yuanli take note of it, Si Tiao left and went to his death peacefully.
After calling Heng Jin and Tian Shu, they discussed and everyone unanimously decided to leave Yuemang Mountain according to Yue Niang's plan and make everything go smoothly. When Xie Yuan returned to Yuemang Mountain, Heng Jin would bring the heavenly soldiers to deal with Xie Yuan.
However, Yuanli was always worried, feeling that things would not go so smoothly.
After packing up his things, Si Xi took Yuan Li through the tunnel he had dug all the way to A Niang's grave. The original tunnel had collapsed a lot, and the fallen soil was almost burying A Niang's grave.
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