The weather is cold and the bleak wind blows through the valley, heralding the end of autumn.
A squirrel has not stored enough food for the winter, and is now traveling through the deserted mountain forests, trying to pick up some pine nuts or hazelnuts that have fallen on the ground and have not been picked up by other squirrels.
Its black eyes kept moving, using its keen sense of smell to find food, and its excellent hearing to be wary of its surroundings, fearing that a python might pop up and swallow it for the winter.
As it ran, its fur suddenly exploded, and it was so frightened that it rushed up to the treetops nearby.
The open space below is actually filled with all kinds of nuts!
There are almonds, walnuts, chestnuts...
The squirrel was so greedy that it almost drooled. After observing it for a while, it immediately ran down the tree and threw itself into the pile of nuts, only to stuff them into its mouth.
It wasn't until his cheeks were bulging bigger than his head that even a pine nut couldn't fit in, that he reluctantly left.
Shortly after it left, a girl appeared holding nuts.
It's inappropriate to call her a girl.
Her upper body is in the shape of a human, her appearance is cute and agile, and she has a pair of clear purple eyes under her slender eyelashes. Her complexion is fair and can be broken by a blow.
The lower body is like a deer, the color is light brown with stripes of dark brown spots.
She is a deer demon and the mountain god of Nanmu Mountain. Her name is Silver Candlestick.
The silver candlestick swung its short, white tail, humming a song and placing the nuts bought in the human town on the ground.
Suddenly, she raised her head and saw someone walking up the mountain.
She has received many offerings and has been recognized as the mountain god by Nanmu Mountain. She has control over every plant and tree in the mountain.
The woodcutter who goes up the mountain to chop wood?
She jumped in the direction of the noise.
Not long after, Yin Zhuzhi, who was hiding in the dark, saw the people going up the mountain.
They were an old couple shivering from the cold, and the woman was holding a swaddling baby in her arms.
They seemed very anxious. They came halfway up the mountain panting, took out a stick of incense, lit it and stuck it on the ground.
The couple muttered words and kowtowed.
"Mountain God, everyone says you are the smartest. Please save my grandson."
"He's sick, and the doctor said he can't be cured..."
"The child is pitiful. His parents worked as coolies in Yuzhou and were eaten by barbarians..."
"Please ask the mountain god to be kind and save him."
The more Yin Zhuzhi listened, the more distressed she felt, and tears were about to come out. Her palms lit up and she held a branch with swaying sparks.
She could tell that the child had coldness entering his body. He must have bumped into something evil. It was a miracle that he could survive to this day.
She began to mobilize the will she had collected over the years.
Silver Candlestick was originally just a cultivation of refining the gods and returning to the void. It was the collected wish power that made her powerful and became a "god".
Although curing this child consumes far more will than the stick of incense, if he refuses to save him, he is not worthy of being the mountain god of Nanmu Mountain.
She has always believed that since she became a mountain god, she must take on the responsibility of a mountain god.
When children go up the mountain to play, she will secretly watch over them to prevent them from falling off the cliff.
When the business in the mountains is not good, she will use her magic power to carve exquisite stone sculptures, turn into human figures and go down the mountain to sell them. She uses the money she earns to buy nuts for the small animals that spend the winter.
Therefore, she will never give up saving people just because of her willingness.
The branches of the tree flashed, and a soft light composed of wishes floated towards the dying child and blended into his eyebrows.
"Wow~~"
The baby's cry echoed through the forest.
When the old couple saw this, they cried with joy and began to kowtow again and again.
"Thank you to the mountain god! Thank you to the mountain god!"
"When we make money, we will definitely build your temple!"
…
Seeing their smiles, Silver Candlestick also laughed happily.
Sudden! The evil wind is at work!
A strong humanoid tiger demon descended from the sky, first trampled the old man to death, then smashed the old woman's head with a punch, and then swallowed the crying baby into its mouth and chewed it alive!
Yin Zhuzhi's smile stopped abruptly. After seeing this scene, his face turned pale and his pupils couldn't stop trembling.
The tiger demon wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at the silver candlestick with a grin:
"Good blood food!"
Silver Candlestick was furious and shouted angrily:
"Hu Er! How dare you harm people in Nanmu Mountain!"
This Hu Er is also the mountain god of a mountain a hundred miles away. In order to force humans to worship it, it even killed a village of mortals as a threat. Silver Candlestick hated it.
It stared at the silver candlestick and shouted:
"What do you want to do by expending your will power at any cost?! My followers in Shiguo Mountain are all coming to find you!"
The more believers there are, the more incense offerings they receive, and the more vows they receive.
Hu Er has received very little wish power recently. After investigation, he discovered that all his followers came to look for silver candlesticks!
It jumped into the air and turned into a huge tiger. After rolling to the ground, its eyes were full of violent killing intent:
"Silver candlesticks! Everyone needs the power of will! How can everyone survive if you rob them all?!"
The deer's eyes were frightened, but he gritted his teeth and replied loudly:
"If you don't kill people and do good deeds, everyone will like you!"
"Hmph! If I didn't send a flash flood and drown them, I would already be doing good and accumulating virtue!"
Hu Er roared, his scarlet fangs flashing with cold light, and he lunged towards the silver candlestick.
The silver candle branch quickly jumped away from the spot, and the branch in its hand shot a beam of fire towards Hu Er.
But when the fire hit Hu Er, it only burned away a little bit of fur and had no effect.
Hu Er broke the tree, stopped and sneered:
"You spend most of your willpower on mortals, how can you be my opponent? If I eat you alive today, it can be considered a good deed for the nearby Shanshui colleagues!"
How could Silver Candlebranch be its opponent? The tiger demon itself was her natural enemy, and it never consumed its willpower. After eating human blood, it became even more ferocious, and its combat power completely crushed her.
Unable to escape, unable to fight, after a few rounds, Silver Candlestick was scarred and covered in blood.
"Bang——"
She hit the rock and spat out a mouthful of blood. There were scratches on her chest that were so deep that she almost fainted from the pain.
Hu Er licked his lips, his eyes were shining, and he walked towards her excitedly:
"Although you won't get the power of your wish after eating it, your physical body is also a great tonic!"
"Roar!!!"
It opened its bloody mouth and bit hard at the silver candlestick!
Silver Candlestick had no choice but to close her eyes in despair and welcome the arrival of death.
"..."
After a moment, she felt no pain and opened her eyes tremblingly.
But he saw Hu Er was frozen in mid-air, unable to even move his eyes, and unable to drool from the corner of his mouth.
Dead leaves were everywhere, the breeze was blowing, and the expressionless young man in white slowly appeared.
Along with him, there was a handsome young man with a tall and straight figure and long flowing hair.
"Moo——"
A cow's cry came from the sky, and a huge bull dressed in five colors fell from the sky.
Sitting on the back of the cow was a man dressed as a military commander, shouting:
"Best wishes! Wait for me!"
Baiyao glanced at the silver candlestick and then at the tiger beside him. He stretched out his hand and took out the imperial list.
In Yin Zhuzhi's frightened eyes, he waved out the imperial edict and made a strange seal with his hand.
With a thought, the imperial edict flew to Hu Er's head with a buzzing sound, releasing infinite suction.
I saw Hu Er's body withering at a speed visible to the naked eye, and all the wish power he had painstakingly collected was sucked away by the imperial list. His soul and body were shattered into dregs, and even the chance of reincarnation was lost.
[National Luck +2000 points]
Baiyao's eyes lit up, and an unprecedented sense of happiness filled his heart. If Kong Xuan and Huang Feihu weren't there, he would have wanted to punch the air with a set of bastard punches.
This is not much faster than offering sacrifices!
Get rich!
He looked at the silver candlestick with burning eyes.
The fawn was stared at so hard that its scalp was numb and its hind legs twitched slightly, but it did not have the courage to escape.
