Chapter 19 Great Good News

In the following days, Gongshu Jie stayed near Shuisheng Village to search for the demons.

But he did not live in the village, nor did he contact the villagers.

During the day, he patrolled outside the village and in the mountains, and walked every inch of land inside and outside Shuisheng Village with his feet, looking for every place where the demonic energy might remain.

At night, he found a clean place to sit down, closed his eyes and rested, breathing the wind and drinking dew.

As a witch, he had long been detached from the world and did not need to eat or drink.

As for the ugly widow who died two years ago, although he was curious, Huotong Country believed in the God of Fire and worshipped cremation. After death, people would be cremated and their ashes would be scattered in the rivers.

Apart from knowing that the ugly widow's surname was Mu, he could not ask for more useful information.

He also visited the mountain god temple in the deep mountains twice, and indeed saw the inscriptions left under the altar when the mountain god temple was built.

However, he failed to see Bailang again during these two visits. The beast seemed to be still cultivating in seclusion. Only the huge vortex cloud above Hanyu Mountain was slowly circling, and it seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.

The villagers were busy. The Double Ninth Festival was approaching, and it was the time for harvest sacrifices.

They not only had to harvest the crops in the fields, but also prepare sacrifices for the Wolf God. Because of the order from the village chief, this year's sacrifices could no longer be as casual as in previous years, and they needed to be sincere, so the villagers were much busier than in previous years.

And Gongshu Jie's stay here was almost at its limit.

As a witch in a city, in charge of the incense sacrifices to the God of Fire, on such a major festival as the Double Ninth Festival, he had to rush back to Qianzhen City to preside over this year's harvest sacrifices.

As for the demon species, after patrolling for the past few days, Gongshu Jie had confirmed that the demon species was not here. The reason why he stayed was nothing more than wanting to see Lu Heng before leaving.

But Hanyu Mountain was always calm, and the Wolf God did not come out of retreat, so Gongshu Jie could only sigh.

However, on September 5th, a flock of birds suddenly flew away in Hanyu Mountain, and a long wolf howl was heard from afar. In the sky, vortex clouds surged and thunder was magnificent. Although there was no thunder, it seemed that even the calamity clouds in the sky were happy that Lu Heng had come out of retreat.

"Huh... I finally came out."

After emerging from underground, Lu Heng returned to the ground again. The feeling of being down to earth made him happy.

However, after coming out of retreat, Lu Heng suddenly discovered something strange.

"Huh? Why did the incense and wish power in this mountain temple suddenly increase?"

Lu Heng, who noticed this, was a little confused.

When repairing the demon body before, the wolf demon had almost consumed all the incense and wish power accumulated for eighty years. The remaining incense and wish power were all given to the little girl named Xiao Ai.

Logically speaking, there should be no incense and wish power in the mountain temple.

The agreement between the wolf demon and the villagers is that the villagers are required to offer a stick of incense to the wolf demon clay statue in their homes every twelve days according to the number of the twelve earthly branches. Now it is not the time for the next incense offering. Logically, there will be no incense and vows in the mountain temple.

But after Lu Heng sensed it a little, he found that the mountain temple not only had accumulated incense and vows, but also a lot of them! It was almost equal to the amount collected by the wolf demon in the past six months.

Lu Heng was a little confused. After careful sensing, he found that all these incense and vows came from the Shuisheng Village at the foot of the mountain.

He was even more shocked.

What happened to these villagers? Why did they suddenly become so pious?

The wolf demon used coercion and inducement, various means frequently, and used the power of the mountain god to ensure the bumper harvest of Shuisheng Village for eighty years, but he could only get a little incense.

Now that Lu Heng has done nothing, why did these villagers suddenly become pious? Could it be that some disaster happened in the village, and these villagers were desperate and wanted to ask Lu Heng for protection?

But Lu Heng checked these incense and vows, but found that they did not contain that kind of strong desire and plea.

This group of villagers were just simply worshipping him.

That was very strange.

Lu Heng thought about it carefully and felt that this matter was probably related to the black-robed witch Gongshu Jie.

When he was practicing underground, Lu Heng also felt that Gongshu Jie went into the mountain twice. But Lu Heng didn't want to meet this witch again, so as not to be seen by the other party as a showman, so he never showed up.

Now five days have passed, and the Double Ninth Festival is coming. In this world, the Double Ninth Festival is a major festival for harvest sacrifices, and its importance is almost as good as New Year's Eve and Spring Festival.

As a witch in a city, Gongshu Jie must have rushed back to Qianzhen City to preside over the sacrifice. Even if Lu Heng was confused, it was impossible for him to verify it again... uh...

Faintly, Lu Heng suddenly felt a burning breath coming from outside the mountain, approaching here rapidly.

Then, Gongshu Jie's clear voice echoed in the mountain.

"Welcome the God to come out of retreat."

Not long after, a black-robed figure came from outside the mountain and landed in front of the mountain temple.

The black-robed witch smiled and bowed, "Gongshu Jie greets the God."

"…………" The huge white wolf looked at him speechlessly, and was silent for a long time before slowly saying, "Has Gongshu Wuzhu not returned to Qianzhen City yet? The Double Ninth Festival is coming soon."

Gongshu Jie smiled and said, "In fact, I was going to go back today, but I didn't expect to meet the God coming out of retreat before I set off. It seems that my fate with the God is not over yet."

Lu Heng looked at him speechlessly and asked, "With the witch's foot speed, how many days does it take to get to Qianzhen City from here?"

"Six days," Gongshu Jie stood up straight and said, "but if we travel against the wind day and night, we can reach it in three days."

...Well, you are really persistent.

Lu Heng shook his head helplessly and said, "Uncle Wu Zhu has been waiting for me for so long, but he has something to ask of me? Has the absconding demon species been found?"

"The demon species has not been found yet, but I have checked inside and outside Shuisheng Village and confirmed that the demon species is not here," Gongshu Jie said, "But the demon species is weird and unpredictable, and there may be some kind of secret technique that I don't know about. 1 If God is free, he can also pay attention.”

"Okay, this is a simple task, I will pay attention to it," Lu Heng looked at Uncle Jie in front of him, thought for a while, and said, "The temple is a poor family, and there is no tea reception, no tables, chairs... So, I am There is a group of monkeys in the mountains who can make fruit wine. If Uncle Wu Zhu doesn't mind, I can let them bring the wine."

Uncle Jie had a smile on his face and said, "I have heard of the name of Monkey Wine, but I have never tasted it. Now I am really blessed."

"Okay, then let me leave this place."

Lu Heng lightly tapped the ground with his front paws, using the power of the mountain god to pass the order to the monkeys in the mountain, then turned and walked towards the top of the main peak behind the mountain temple.

Lu Heng took a step forward and shrunk to an inch. He and his uncle Jie appeared in the forest dozens of feet away. Taking another step, the surrounding scenery changed again. One person and one wolf were already standing on the top of the main peak of Hanyu Mountain.

Lu Heng stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the mountains and rivers at his feet, and said.

"Although there are no pavilions, pavilions, stone tables and chairs here, the view is wide and you can overlook the inside and outside of Hanyu Mountain, and you can see how small the mountains are. Please wait for a moment, Monkey Wine will arrive shortly."

Gongshu Jie stood on the top of the mountains, with his feet on the bluestone, the mountain breeze blowing on his face, smiling and stroking his hands, "Great kindness."

He sat on the ground and looked at the huge white wolf in front of him. He felt more and more that this beast was indeed extraordinary and was significantly different from the ferocious and cruel beasts in the legend.

It may be a great good thing that there is such a mythical beast in Huotong.