Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 411 - 200: Martial Dao’s Six Emperors, Three Qi Refining Sovereigns, and the Great Beast from Hongze
Xu Guang did not head to Lanshan; the great terror on Lanshan was confronting the shadow soldiers, and he was not sure he could come out alive from it.
Although he thought the great terror on Lanshan would likely target the barbarians, and those third-grade barbarians would probably not dare to follow.
But he did not dare to gamble.
Thus, he cautiously walked along the ghostly realm.
He walked for an unknown duration and surprisingly encountered a village.
This was a ghostly realm situated in a valley, very mystical and concealed. Initially, Xu Guang planned to enter to hunt fierce ghosts, but upon entering, he discovered a faintly visible village, with even some living people.
Living people and dead people were easy to distinguish.
Xu Guang was certain these were living people, definitely not those replaced by demons.
There were living people in the ghostly realm, protected by some powerful exotic demon beasts or ancestral treasures, yet they were very exclusive.
There were also some customs that outsiders found hard to accept.
Xu Guang did not enter the village, but Ah Wei stopped.
"Do you have elders in the village? Are they calling you?"
Xu Guang was surprised.
Immediately he thought of something. Could it be that the exotic creature protecting this village is a great beast?
This was not impossible. According to Ah Wei, although great beasts are social animals, some adult great beasts have peculiar temperaments and live alone after reaching adulthood.
Even though Zouchuan Dao was a hundred thousand and eighty thousand li from Kunlun, it was possible for a strong great beast to have traveled here.
He discussed with Ah Wei for a while and decided it was worth going in to take a look.
Great beast tribes were sparse, and generally, scenes of the same species killing each other were rare.
With these thoughts, Xu Guang walked towards the village.
At the village entrance stood an old woman with silver hair, loose and dull skin filled with wrinkles. Her clothes were strange; made from the leather of fierce ghosts and some tree bark, yet the craftsmanship was excellent, giving an unusual primitive and wild feel.
Her eyes were bright, not at all matching her elderly appearance. Instead, they seemed like those of a young girl, giving a vivid impression.
She seemed to be waiting for Xu Guang.
"Honored guest, the Mountain God invites you."
She spoke in Central Plains language with difficulty, carrying a Langya Dynasty accent.
Xu Guang dismounted beside the old woman and cupped his hands in respect.
He vaguely felt a sense of threat from her, as if she contained some power or treasure.
"May I ask, was it the Mountain God who sent you?"
The old woman nodded with a smile, her bright eyes swept over Xu Guang and landed on General Wei behind him.
"So it’s a fellow kin of the Mountain God. Though small, let the little Mountain God and the honored guest come with me."
Xu Guang glanced at Ah Wei, who seemed to communicate with the so-called Mountain God from afar and nodded towards Xu Guang.
Thus, the three of them walked.
To meet the Mountain God, one must pass through the village.
Thus, Xu Guang saw for the first time the village, with a style drastically different from the present world. The building style was rough yet delicate, like a cave of hilltop dwellers mixed with Han Dynasty carving craftsmanship, creating an unharmonious feel.
There were not many people in the village; the houses scattered around, totaling about a hundred families. Xu Guang estimated that the population was no more than a thousand.
People they met greeted the old woman, and from their words, Xu Guang learned that this old woman was the village’s priest, responsible for daily communication with the Mountain God.
The people on the road looked curiously at Xu Guang and Ah Wei, indicating they hadn’t seen strangers for a long time.
Soon, Xu Guang felt his earlier judgment had been too hasty.
The Mountain God’s residence seemed far away; the old woman needed to return home for instructions first.
They stopped in front of a small courtyard, and the old woman said this was her home.
Soon, two pairs of middle-aged men and women appeared, looking curiously at Xu Guang.
Xu Guang watched as one, two, three, four, five... altogether sixteen children emerged from a house of just over thirty square meters.
The oldest was fifteen or sixteen, the youngest still had a runny nose.
Xu Guang:...
Aren’t you packed in too tightly? Shouldn’t the ghostly realm be vast enough, so why live so crowdedly?
The old woman noticed Xu Guang’s internal surprise and smiled, "There are ghosts, living together is safer."
Xu Guang nodded.
After giving instructions, the old woman led Xu Guang and Ah Wei towards the distant vast mountains.
Watching her struggle to walk, Xu Guang wanted Ah Wei to carry her, but she firmly refused.
In her view, Ah Wei was the little Mountain God; how could a person sit on the Mountain God?
Xu Guang had no words.
The destination was indeed far, taking half a day’s walk.
Eventually, Xu Guang carried the old woman, as she refused to sit on General Wei but agreed to sit on him.
Xu Guang looked at the rare green mountain peak in Wangdang Mountain, somewhat surprised. Compared to the rest of the ghostly realm, it was like a terrestrial holy land.
White mist lingered, with various exotic flowers and fruits, and occasionally some peculiar demon beasts walked through the forest.
Of course, these demon beasts were not very strong.
At the mountain entrance, the old woman knelt devoutly and murmured indistinctly.
A moment later, she started walking with Xu Guang.
To Xu Guang’s surprise, they did not enter the mountain but went around its perimeter.
Then...
After a thunderous roar.
A mountain peak over three hundred meters tall collapsed, revealing a head nearly forty meters wide, with clouded yellow-green eyes as big as a person.
