These earth temples are scattered on both sides of the mountain paths. They vary in size, some are as tall as a person, and some are only more than ten centimeters tall. They are very crudely built, and the materials are basically stones and branches picked up from anywhere.
In all earth temples, there is a "little man" carved from stone or wood. The "little man" is stained with blood and is dark red, which looks extremely strange.
"It should be the Earth Temple." The giant god observed it carefully, then stood up and said, "It's similar to the Earth Temple on the mountain in my hometown in the countryside."
"But why are there so many built?" He looked puzzled: "Could it be that there are many land masters on this mountain?"
"It stands to reason that there is only one Earth God in every place, so building one Earth Temple is enough." Yiye Zhiqiu shrugged: "But there are too many here, right?"
Everyone was puzzled and simply stopped thinking about it.
Soul Burial Mountain occupies a very large area, and it would be too difficult for just a few of them to find Sun Wukong, so in order to save time, Zhang Ze summoned the Pied Piper and asked him to call mice for help.
Unexpectedly, after the Pied Piper played for a long time, not a single mouse came.
"What's going on? Are there no rats in this mountain?" Zhang Ze was surprised, and the Pied Piper also spread his hands, saying that he didn't know the reason either.
There is no other way, everyone has to rely on themselves.
One day passed in the blink of an eye, and only half of the Soul Burial Mountain was covered, and no one found any clues about Sun Wukong.
Seeing that it was getting late, everyone decided to find a place to rest for the night.
Shan Dao Bu Qing and the Dragon King collected firewood and started a bonfire. Everyone sat together, ate some food and prepared to rest.
At night, when everyone was sleeping, Zhang Ze suddenly heard a series of knocking sounds coming from somewhere deep in the dense forest.
"This voice is very regular. Could it be a human?"
Zhang Ze sat up, said hello to the birdie who was watching the night, and went to check the situation alone.
After just a few steps, Liu Yueying followed from behind. She grabbed Zhang Ze's hand, and the two of them smiled at each other and walked together into the depths of the dark forest.
"The sound came from over there."
Liu Yueying pointed in a direction, Zhang Ze nodded, and the two of them stepped lightly and quietly approached.
Passing through a forest, a faint blue light suddenly appeared in front of them.
Zhang Ze and Liu Yueying stopped and found a secret location to hide and observe the situation.
I saw that the faint blue light was emitted by a blue flame, which floated around a petite figure, illuminating her.
Zhang Ze took a closer look at the figure and found that it was a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, but this girl had a pair of animal ears and a big fluffy white tail behind her.
"Is it a fox demon?"
Zhang Ze was a little surprised. Liu Yueying patted Zhang Ze's arm gently and pointed to another place for him to look at.
Zhang Ze saw more lights shining in the depths of the dense forest. They were of different colors and all revolved around a figure.
"These seem to be monsters..."
Liu Yueying whispered in Zhang Ze's ear. Zhang Ze nodded and made a gesture to tell her not to move and continue to observe.
The two of them turned their attention to the little fox demon again and saw that she was hitting one stone against another. The stone that was hit had begun to take on a human shape.
Apparently, she was carving a human figure.
The blue light reflected on the little fox demon's face, and sweat ran down her pretty cheeks. She gritted her teeth and kept tapping the stone. She seemed to be muttering something in her mouth, but Zhang Ze couldn't hear it clearly.
After a while, the little fox demon seemed to be done. She looked at the stone statue in her hand and let out a sigh of relief. Then, she rolled up her sleeves, exposed a section of her snow-white arm, and scratched it with the sharp edges of the stone statue!
Suddenly, a deep wound was cut into the skin, and blood immediately poured out of the wound.
The little fox demon bit the corner of his lip and poured his blood on the stone statue. His muttering became louder, and Zhang Ze heard it clearly this time.
"The Great God of the Land, the little demon Hu Sanniang will build you a temple, erect a stone statue, and dedicate ten years of cultivation to you. Please let me live..."
After saying that, she respectfully placed the stone statue into her earth temple, then made a seal with one hand, and the blue flame blended into the stone statue.
For some reason, Zhang Ze always felt that the little fox demon named Hu Sanniang had shrunk in an instant, from fifteen or sixteen years old to seven or eight years old.
Now Zhang Ze and Liu Yueying finally understand who built so many earth temples on the mountain.
It turns out to be these monsters!
Zhang Ze felt very strange, why did these monsters worship the Earth God?
You know, although the Earth God is in the Immortal Class, his magic power seems to be very weak.
Especially in Journey to the West, it is really a bully, and any monster can ride on his head and dominate, but the land man can only accept it.
Why are the land lords here so awesome?
Let the monsters build a temple and statue for him, but also dedicate your own cultivation?
Zhang Ze felt very strange, but he did not intend to delve into the matter. After all, he was here to find Sun Wukong, not to solve the mystery of the Earth God, so there was no need to create extraneous matters.
Zhang Ze signaled to Liu Yueying, and the two of them were about to retreat. At this time, another voice suddenly came over.
"Sanniang! Tomorrow night, the great god of land will hold a ceremony to worship the sky. Will you go?"
"Don't go..."
"I can see Sun Wukong, why don't you go?"
"Don't go..."
The bodies of Zhang Ze and Liu Yueying were immediately frozen in place. They looked at each other and were surprised: "Sun Wukong?!"
They looked over there again and found that the person talking to Hu Sanniang was a little boy with an afro. His hair stood on end and there were some fruits stuck on it.
"Is this a hedgehog?"
Liu Yueying was made to laugh by the appearance of the hedgehog spirit, but she was afraid of scaring away the two little monsters, so she had to hold it back.
"Xiao Qi, I advise you not to go either."
Hu Sanniang had a look of fear on her face and said: "The God of the Land is too scary and moody. He will kill people when he is happy and he will kill when he is unhappy!"
"The number of monsters that died in his hands ranged from 100 to 80. Why did you take the risk?"
The hedgehog spirit named Xiao Qi picked a fruit from his head and handed it to Hu Sanniang. Seeing that Hu Sanniang didn't want it, he started eating it himself. While eating, he said: "I also know there is danger, but if we don't go, we will offend the land god." If we get angry, our end will be even worse!"
"Besides, I'm also really curious about what the Monkey King was like who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago..."
He looked full of admiration: "He is a great hero and my idol in my heart!"
"It's up to you. I'm definitely not going anyway!" Hu Sanniang still shook her head and sighed: "I have to seize the time to practice and make up for the cultivation I have given. I will make sacrifices next year. If this continues, I will Changing back to his original form...sigh, when will these days end?"
"Sanniang, don't think so much." Xiao Qi was open-minded and said: "Now the gods and Buddhas can't protect themselves. We little demons live day by day. Maybe when the heaven and earth will be destroyed together, we will all die." ”
Hu Sanniang sighed and said with a depressed look: "It took a lot of effort for me to cultivate, and I still want to cultivate into a fox fairy in the future... Alas, it seems hopeless."
She said goodbye to Little Thorn and walked in another direction.
Zhang Ze and Liu Yueying followed immediately. If they catch Hu Sanniang, they can figure out what happened to Lord Tutu and Sun Wukong, and they can avoid detours.
Hu Sanniang is short in stature, but her speed is not slow. She walks like the wind in this place with lush vegetation, and she is several hundred meters away in the blink of an eye.
"She probably used magic, otherwise she wouldn't be able to walk so fast."
Zhang Ze sent a private message to Liu Yueying: "I'll chase her first, you be careful."
Liu Yueying nodded, Zhang Ze took a deep breath, and used the Dragon Breath Technique. His speed suddenly increased a lot, and after a few dodgers, he disappeared from sight.
After chasing for about a few minutes, Zhang Ze suddenly discovered that Hu Sanniang was missing.
"Strange, I have been staring at her before, how could she suddenly disappear?"
Zhang Ze stopped and looked around. Unknowingly, he found himself in front of a barren grave.
This barren tomb is very large, and the tombstone is very elegantly built. It looks like it belongs to a wealthy family, but it seems to be very old, and only half of the tombstone is left.
Zhang Ze was about to study the tomb carefully when he suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from faintly.
"Young master, are you looking for a slave?"
Zhang Ze turned around, but there was no one there, but a cold wind blew from the back of his neck.
"I feel so lonely here, sir. Can you stay with me, sir?"
A pair of cold hands touched Zhang Ze's cheek from behind.
"Hmph! Pretending to be a ghost!"
Zhang Ze hummed, and [Blood Dragon] appeared out of thin air. He suddenly turned around and slashed with his sword, but it was all gone.
A white figure of a woman floated past. She covered her face and cried, looking pitiful.
"Young Master is very hateful. I just want to be gentle with you, but you hurt me with a knife..."
At this point, the woman's voice suddenly turned cold: "Just like my heartless man!"
After saying that, she took off her hands, revealing a face with distorted features, opened her hands like eagle talons, and rushed towards Zhang Ze fiercely!
Zhang Ze sidestepped and stabbed the woman with another knife. As a result, the blade penetrated the woman's body.
"Is it an illusion?"
Zhang Ze immediately looked around and guessed that it must be Hu Sanniang's fault.
"This fox demon must have discovered me and set up this illusion to scare me away?"
Zhang Ze's guess was good. Hu Sanniang did find someone following her, but her cultivation was greatly reduced now and she was unable to defeat the enemy. She had to use her best phantom attack in the hope of scaring Zhang Ze away.
Who knows, Zhang Ze is not afraid at all.
"Six-eared macaque, come out!"
To deal with monsters, you have to rely on the six-eared macaque's piercing eyes.
"Owner!"
As soon as the six-eared macaque appeared, a pair of golden eyes locked in a certain direction and said in a cold voice: "Is there a monster that wants to harm the master? It's looking for death!"
Before Zhang Ze could speak, he had already pounced on Hu Sanniang, who was huddled behind a big tree.
Bang!
The iron rod swept across, and the tree as thick as a person suddenly broke in half, scaring Hu Sanniang so much that she ran away holding her head.
"Liuer, I want to live!"
Zhang Ze hurriedly spoke out. He was really afraid that the monkey wouldn't be able to hold back his hand for a moment and beat Hu Sanniang to death.
"I know Master."
The six-eared macaque moved in front of Hu Sanniang in an instant, scaring the little girl so much that she screamed: "Ah! Please forgive me!"
"Follow me to meet the master!"
The six-eared macaque grabbed Hu Sanniang's animal ears and brought her to Zhang Ze.
Hu Sanniang cried so hard that she thought she was dead this time.
Unexpectedly, the man in front of her did not kill her. Instead, he touched her head and asked in a gentle tone: "Hu Sanniang, let me ask you a few questions. If you answer truthfully, I will not embarrass you."
"well……"
Hu Sanniang trembled, guessing Zhang Ze's identity.
"There is no evil spirit in this person. He feels like a human being... But how could he order the monkey-faced monster just now?"
"First question, do you know where Sun Wukong is?"
Zhang Ze asked, Hu Sanniang was stunned for a moment, shook her head and said: "I don't know, but Sun Wukong has always been under the control of the God of the Earth, he knows."
"The great land god you are talking about is the land father-in-law, right?"
Seeing Hu Sanniang nodding, Zhang Ze continued to ask: "Didn't Sun Wukong defeat the Buddha in a fight? How does the Earth God have the right to control him?"
"It is the right given by Buddha Wutian to the Great God of the Land."
Hu Sanniang sighed and said: "Hundreds of years ago, Grandpa Tu here was a good man. He was kind and kind, and he got along very harmoniously with us monsters."
"Unexpectedly, one day, a black light fell from the sky, and a man in black robe came to our Soul Burial Mountain. He took Grandpa Tu Tu away. When he came back, Grandpa Tu Tu seemed to be a different person..."
As if thinking of something terrible, Hu Sanniang's body was trembling, and she said in a trembling voice: "His magic power has become very powerful, and he has also become very cruel, forcing all of us monsters to build temples and stone statues for him, and even Dedicate ten years of cultivation!"
"If anyone resists, he will kill him. We are all afraid and can only follow his orders."
Zhang Ze carefully observed Hu Sanniang's expression and saw that she was sincere and did not seem to be lying, so he nodded: "Well, then the next question."
"How do I find the Earth Master?"
"The Great God of the Land usually doesn't show his face. Ordinary people can't find him at all. He only appears when summoned by the Great Immortal and the Great God..."
Hu Sanniang suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, tomorrow night is a ceremony to worship the sky, and the God of the Earth will definitely show up."
"What is the heaven-sacrifice ceremony? Where is it held?" Zhang Ze asked.
"On the top of Soul Burial Mountain, there is a large open space. Every year, the land god holds a ceremony to sacrifice to the sky. He requires all monsters to participate."
Hu Sanniang blinked and said: "If you want to find Sun Wukong, you can go to the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. I heard that the Earth God will bring Sun Wukong out this time."
Zhang Ze nodded with satisfaction. The information Hu Sanniang provided him was valuable, and he now knew what to do.
"Thank you Hu Sanniang." Zhang Ze touched Hu Sanniang's head again and said with a smile: "You can go now."
"Really?"
Hu Sanniang couldn't believe it. The furs of her fox clan were the most popular. Once it fell into human hands, the result would be cramps and skinning!
But the man in front of her actually let her go, which made her a little confused.
However, Zhang Ze kept looking at her with a smile, which gave her hope: "Maybe, this person really doesn't want to hurt me."
Glancing fearfully at the cold-faced six-eared macaque next to her, Hu Sanniang stood up slowly and stepped back step by step. Seeing that no one was stopping her, she immediately turned around and ran away, and disappeared after a while.
"Zhang Ze." Liu Yueying came out of the darkness and asked, "Did you catch that little fox demon?"
"Yes." Zhang Ze nodded and said, "I already know where Sun Wukong is. Let's go back first and have a big fight tomorrow night!"
