Chapter 104 Doubts
I slept for a long time.
When Zhao Yushu opened his eyes again, the sun was already setting and it was already afternoon.
A greasy aroma wafted over, and Zhao Yushu swallowed instinctively. It seemed that he had not eaten properly in the past few days. Although cultivators could rely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to sustain their lives, they could not achieve complete fasting after all, and their desire for food was still very strong.
"Awake? I didn't expect Black Deer to have built a small warehouse near the pond. It's very cold inside. The meat is still edible. I roasted some. Let's eat together."
Zhao Yushu turned around and found that Lan Ling was roasting an animal as big as an adult sheep on the black deer grill. He didn't know whether it was a deer or a roe deer. The four children had also woken up and were hiding behind Lan Ling carefully, watching him.
"I didn't expect you had this skill." Zhao Yushu took a piece of barbecue and took a big bite. It was crunchy and delicious.
"What? Are you looking down on us?" Lan Ling divided the meat. The children cheered and ran to the side to eat with relish. Then a gurgling sound came from behind Lao Zhao.
Zhao Yushu turned around and saw Hei Lu lying on the bed, staring at the barbecue in his hand. Zhao Yushu shook his head: "You are seriously injured and can't eat greasy food." Hei Lu's eyes widened immediately and he tried to open his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.
"We fought so hard yesterday that I didn't have time to ask you, how did you get captured by the mountain god? Is it related to Zhang Yuan?"
"So his name is Zhang Yuan. You seem to know him?"
"I met them once when I just left Longmen. They were from the Nanyang Zhang family. The two brothers had some misunderstandings about me. I didn't take it seriously at the time. I didn't expect that they also entered Jiufeng Mountain and stood on the side of the mountain god."
Lan Ling seemed to be thinking about something: "They should have reached an agreement with the mountain god a long time ago. Outside the mountain god temple, Zhang Yuan suddenly appeared. At first we were on guard, but he asked us if we knew Uncle Chen, the elder from my family who came with me. He also said that Uncle Chen was injured and asked them to come for help. His eldest brother found a strange tree inside and it seemed to be dying. He hoped that we would go in and take a look and help take care of it."
Lan Ling sighed, "We followed him into the temple without any suspicion. As soon as we entered, we smelled a fragrance that seemed to be another kind of pollen. Hei Lu was attacked by Zhang Yuan and fell down before he could hold his breath. Although I held my breath, I was suppressed and couldn't move. But how the mountain god knew you, I don't know."
This is indeed very strange. The mountain god has been keeping Lan Ling and Hei Lu alone without taking any action, as if he was waiting for me to come over. What is there about me that is worthy of the guardian god's attention?
Moreover, after he arrived, the mountain god even chatted with him for a few words. He said that he was also delaying time, probably waiting for Zhang Yuan to be ready.
There are too many doubts. What is the mountain god's disease? Why is the black deer the next container? What role do I play in this incident?
Zhao Yushu finished eating the whole leg and washed his greasy hands. The nature of the mission seemed to have changed. It was no longer a simple task of killing the mountain god. There must be a hidden thread that he had not discovered yet.
The most urgent task was to restore the teammates' condition first. Zhao Yushu looked at the black deer lying motionless and touched his chin.
"Miss Lan, we may have to act separately for a while."
In the mountain temple, Zhang Chun sat weakly on the ground. The night had passed and he had temporarily returned to normal.
“The pollen of this Blood God Flower consumes too much blood and energy. It seems to be extremely powerful, but after this time, I’m afraid I’ll have to stay in the Second Heaven for a long time. If I were an ordinary person, I’d be drained of my blood and energy and die within three times at most.”
Zhang Chun tilted his head slightly to glance at the listless mountain god tree, and continued, "This mountain god is much weaker than we thought. If he loses to Zhao Yushu, we will be in vain this time. Yuan, can you tell what disease he has?"
Zhang Yuan was accompanying his elder brother. He shook his head when he heard this: "I can only see that the spiritual power is chaotic and there are traces of black light entangled. It doesn't look like the pure and clear spiritual power that a guardian god should have. Brother, I'm afraid..."
Zhang Yuan looked back at the mountain god: "I'm afraid that this mountain god is no longer a god, not as good as us." Zhang Yuan quietly made a gesture, and Zhang Chun squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "The most urgent thing is to find a way to prevent him from controlling me at night. I vaguely sense that he has played tricks on my consciousness. I'm afraid that sealing my mouth and nose with spiritual power will be useless. In addition, don't do anything yourself. I don't think Zhao Yushu will give up. Let's wait and see and let them fight each other."
"Brother is right. We will just wait for them to fight to the death. Oh, brother, you were blinded last night and didn't see that kid had a dagger in his hand. I didn't know where he had hidden it before, but he showed it when you stopped him. I almost went blind at first sight. I suspect it is a treasure of at least Earth Rank or above."
Zhang Chun was shocked when he heard this: "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment: "That dagger is too terrifying. I don't dare to have any thoughts. I just want to remind my brother to be on guard."
Zhang Chun hesitated to speak, and finally sighed: "I just realized that the mountain god, Zhao Yushu and us are all walking on thin ice at this moment."
Lan Ling frowned after hearing Zhao Yushu's plan: "Brother Zhao, are you afraid that I'm in danger and deliberately sending me away?"
Zhao Yushu raised his hands in surrender: "How could I have such an idea? I always feel that things are a little out of control. I am afraid that these children will get into trouble, so I just want Miss Lan to make a trip."
"Brother Zhao, you and I are in the same boat. Are you really unwilling to tell me the truth?" Lan Ling is very smart, and Zhao Yushu has known this for a long time.
"I think there's something wrong with the mountain god, not what we see. Miss Lan may not believe it. The things I've experienced recently are all big, so big that I could have died at any time. I was just lucky enough to have escaped. But this time the mountain god made me feel very uneasy. It's funny to say that before I met the mountain god, I was half disbelieving and half respectful of gods. But when I met this mountain god, I found that he was pitifully weak, but he was actually a god. I'm sorry, my mind is a little confused, and what I said was incoherent. Anyway, I have a hunch that something terrible has happened in Jiufeng Mountain. I hope Miss Lan doesn't get involved."
Zhao Yushu talked for a long time, and Lan Ling's eyes became more and more confused: "Let's go together."
"I can't leave. The mountain god has set his sights on me. Although this is shameless, to be honest, I think in the eyes of the mountain god, I am more important than the black deer."
Lan Ling was not a shy person, so she stood up immediately and said, "Brother Zhao, I will leave right away, but you have to promise me one thing."
"Miss Lan, please speak."
"Three days, at most three days. I will definitely bring reinforcements. You must not die within three days."
Zhao Yushu smiled and said, "The mountain god wants to kill me, but it may be difficult. I will wait for you."