This Yinshan Mountain is located deep in the back mountain of Xiaoyang Village. It is quite far away, having climbed two mountains.
And it was already morning. As soon as the sun shone, all the snow on the mountain melted. It was very slippery when people stepped on it. They didn't know how many falls they had during the horse game.
Laixi was holding a hatchet in front of us to clear the way for us.
He often collects firewood in the mountains, so he can handle this situation easily, and is obviously much better than us.
By the time we arrived at Yinshan Mountain, it was already noon.
At this time, the sun was shining warmly on the earth, and after walking on the mountain road for several hours, I was still a little hot.
But as soon as I entered the Yinshan area, I immediately felt a cold feeling. It felt that the temperature in this mountain was obviously much lower than in other places.
Moreover, the air was filled with an eerie atmosphere, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Laixi said that Yinshan Mountain is still very cold even in the middle of summer. If people stay in the mountain for a long time, they will shiver from the cold, so the name Yinshan Mountain comes from.
According to Laixi, very few people from the village come to Yinshan on weekdays. Whether they are grazing cattle or collecting firewood, basically no one comes here.
Firstly, the Yinshan Mountain is really far away from the village, and it takes half a day just to travel there and back.
The second reason is that Yinshan Mountain has left many evil legends since ancient times. People of the older generation say that this mountain is unclean and that there are ecstasies.
I actually don’t know exactly what they call a ecstasy.
But according to Laixi, it is a very evil thing, similar to a ghost, which usually likes to appear on rainy or foggy days.
Once people encounter this kind of thing in the mountains, they will be confused by it and become completely lost in the mountains, unable to get out no matter how far they go.
And this seems to be not just a legend of the older generation. In short, Laixi told us with great certainty that there were people in the village who were actually fascinated by the ecstasy before.
He said that the man was from his grandfather's generation, and that he had seen him when he was a child. Later, it was said that he met a lost soul in this Yinshan Mountain, and he was so fascinated that he wandered around the mountain for several days before he came out.
And after the person returned home, he died within a few days.
Therefore, this Yinshan Mountain has been covered with a mysterious and strange veil in the minds of the people in the village. On weekdays, no one would come here at all.
"If this place is so evil, why do the women in the village dare to come here to pick mushrooms?"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but asked Laixi in confusion.
"This has been a legend for too long, and gradually people don't take it seriously. Moreover, a lot of mushrooms grow in Yinshan Mountain every year, and the women in the village have nothing to do, so a few people made an appointment. Together, we ran here to pick mushrooms."
Laixi said and sighed, "I didn't think there was anything before. Anyway, they were just superstitious legends from the older generation. Who knew there really were monsters in this mountain? If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have let Xiuzhi come. .”
"It's all over, don't think about it anymore, let's find the snake demon first."
I quickly changed the topic.
As soon as the topic of picking mushrooms came up, Laixi's unhappiness obviously came back again.
Although he also knew that his wife was not to blame for this matter, he still found it difficult to accept the thought of his wife being harmed by a monster.
We walked all the way up the mountain along Yinshan Mountain.
It was winter at this time, everything was withered, and the vegetation was yellow. Although the mountains were full of towering trees and the forest was very dense, fortunately there were no lush leaves blocking the sunlight, so the forest was still relatively bright and not as intrusive as expected.
It's just that the dead leaves on the ground are really too thick, and there's a layer of snow on top, so you can't tell the depth at all. If you step on it, it will sink into your ankles.
But fortunately, Laixi was always ahead to help us clear the way, so we didn’t have to worry about falling into a pit or anything.
As we go deeper, the snow on the Yinshan Mountain begins to get thicker and thicker.
Obviously the deeper you go, the less likely you are to find sunlight, so the snow has not melted, but has only accumulated more.
And I can obviously feel that the atmosphere in the forest is becoming more and more gloomy.
Along the way, you can even start to see traces left by some large beasts. There are large holes dug out on the ground. It is not known whether they were left by wild boars or other beasts.
Laixi had obviously never been so deep into Yinshan Mountain, so he slowly began to become a little nervous, and he kept vigilantly observing the large pits dug by the wild beasts in front of him, as well as the movements around him.
Fortunately, he was quite courageous and never backed down.
But so far, I haven't found any traces left by the snake demon, nor have I felt any demonic aura.
Look at the sun above your head. It's starting to set in the west now.
This means that it is already afternoon, and if we don't go back early, we will probably have to walk on the mountain road in the dark.
But after traveling all this way, if we can't find the snake demon, it will be in vain.
And this thing definitely still needs to be solved.
After all, when the evil energy between heaven and earth was suppressed by the dragon vein energy, the snake demon dared to harm people. Now that the righteousness of the world is weakening and the evil energy is gathering, if this kind of evil thing is not eliminated, It will definitely continue to harm people.
By then, it may not be just a village like Xiaoyang Village that will be unlucky.
So after thinking about it, I decided to find this thing out no matter what and solve it to eliminate future troubles.
In this way, we searched all the way forward in this uninhabited primeval forest. When I felt like we were about to walk out of the forest, I suddenly discovered that there seemed to be something hanging on the towering tree in front of me.
The thing was very big and long. It broke down several towering trees and just hung on the treetops.
As soon as I saw this posture, I immediately became alert.
Because no matter how you look at it, it looks like a giant python hanging on a tree.
But when we took a closer look, we discovered that it was not a giant python at all, but a huge snake skin.
When the wind blew over, the snake skin was still shaking slightly.
But this can be regarded as confirmation that there is indeed a giant python in this place. Otherwise, where would such a big snake skin come from?
Judging from the size of the snake skin, I feel that the giant python is definitely not small. I estimate that it must be at least a dozen meters in length.
Such a huge thing hangs above the head, even if it is just a snake skin, it still makes people feel a little frightened.
In fact, compared to this giant python, I would rather face a monster that transforms into a human form.
You can at least cast spells to fight monsters, but this kind of giant python is too big. Although it can be dealt with, the key is that it is scary to look at.
