"It seems that the black handprint was left intentionally by the monster, and we fell into the trap."
Bai Ze sighed, shook his head and said.
I didn't say anything and felt extremely guilty in my heart.
In any case, the middle path was indeed my choice. It was my wrong decision that led everyone astray. Naturally, I feel extremely ashamed.
"Okay, Xiao Chengzi, don't blame yourself."
Lonnie comforted her: "Faced with this kind of choice, no one can be sure that they make the right choice, and your previous analysis is indeed very reasonable. I can only say that the monster is too insidious, and we are still careless."
"But fortunately, you saved everyone from the illusion. The worst we can do is go down and choose another path again, isn't it?"
Bai Ze also patted my shoulder and said, "Yes, Brother Cheng, if it weren't for you, we would all be dead. Now is not the time to be upset. Let's hurry up and think about how to find the mountain god."
"good!"
I nodded, finally recovering from the annoyance just now, and taking a long breath, I began to think about the whole thing, trying to find some flaws in it.
The black handprints on Bai Ze's body appeared when he was trapped in the mist just now. As Bai Ze, the great immortal of the Bai family, wanted to put handprints on him silently, it was impossible for him to be unaware of it.
In other words, the black handprint on his body was probably imprinted while fighting that monster.
I thought again, when I dispersed the fog, I saw Ozawa standing not far from us, his face extremely calm.
During this period, he kept quiet and didn't make a sound. He didn't behave like an ordinary person. And how did he get the black handprint on his body?
Thinking about the doubts, suddenly, I had an idea.
"Ozawa, come here."
I smiled and waved to Ozawa.
"Mr. Cheng, what's the matter?"
Ozawa didn't know why and walked over to me.
"Turn around, I think I accidentally burned a hole in your clothes just now."
Ozawa quickly waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, Mr. Cheng, you just saved my life. What does it matter if your clothes are a little damaged?"
I said calmly: "Actually, I want to study the aura left by the withered vine just now. You'd better cooperate."
When I said this, Ozawa had no reason to refuse, so he had to slowly turn around and face his back towards me.
Taking advantage of Ozawa's unpreparedness, I suddenly grabbed his cuffs and pulled off his upper clothes.
Suddenly, Ozawa's bare back appeared clearly in my eyes.
There were more than a dozen needle-like wounds in the middle of his back, with blood still spilling from them.
At this time, Bai Ze and Lonnie were also standing next to me. After seeing the wound, they understood instantly.
These marks are exactly the marks left by Bai Ze after he transformed into his true body!
In other words, the monster that Bai Ze fought with in the fog just now was Xiao Ze himself!
Before Ozawa could react, Bai Ze stepped forward, grabbed Ozawa's throat, and lifted him up.
"Mr. Bai, what are you doing?"
Ozawa's eyes were extremely panicked, and his voice was hoarse.
"I've long seen that you don't look like a good person. It turns out that everything is your fault!"
Bai Ze roared angrily. With a little force on his wrist, Xiao Ze let out a violent cough. The strong suffocation made him roll his eyes.
"Don't, don't kill me!"
In extreme fear, Ozawa tried his best to shout for mercy.
"Brother Bai, let's see what he says first. Maybe we can find some clues about the mountain god."
I patted Bai Ze on the shoulder and said to him.
Bai Ze then snorted coldly and threw Ozawa to the ground.
"Tell me, why did you frame us?"
"You'd better have a suitable reason, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
Ozawa collapsed on the ground and nodded repeatedly in fear.
"Yes, I said it, I said it all!"
"Actually, I am really just an ordinary person. The reason why I led you into the illusion is because the mountain god of Dagushan forced me to do so!"
What?
Hearing this, I was very surprised. What we are looking for is the Dagushan Mountain God. Why does he hide and not show up, but instead wants to deal with us?
Ozawa told us that he was indeed a student. After going up the mountain, he was trapped in the barrier halfway up the mountain just like us.
It's just that unlike us, he saw a black shadow in the barrier. The shadow claimed to be the mountain god of Dagushan and asked Ozawa to do something for him, otherwise he would take his body and let him The soul is gone!
Out of fear, Ozawa could only sign a contract with the mountain god and do things for him under the mountain god's instructions.
The fog just now and the monsters that appeared in the fog were all transformed by Ozawa with the help of the mountain god's ability and used them on us!
"I really had no choice but to do this. Please don't kill me, woo woo woo!"
Ozawa squatted on the ground, cried bitterly, and kept begging us for mercy.
Although Ozawa's strategy just now has continuously led us into danger, he does seem to be just an ordinary person, and everything he did was out of necessity.
So I didn't blame him too much, but promised to rescue him from the control of the mountain god.
"However, you must lead us to the mountain god so that we can save you."
I said to Ozawa.
"Okay, that mountain god left a mark in my mind, I know where he is!"
Upon hearing my promise to save him, Ozawa nodded hurriedly, then stood up and led us in one direction.
Under the leadership of Ozawa, we walked through a pile of rocks and twisted along the steep mountain road for an unknown amount of time. Finally, a temple appeared in our sights again.
Different from the mountain temple I saw before, this temple is magnificent. There is a pair of stone lions standing at the door, and the top is covered with a layer of golden glazed tiles. It looks like a place full of Yang energy!
This should be the real mountain temple.
However, we are still not sure why the mountain god wants to deal with us, so we still dare not take it lightly. After the group was fully prepared, they entered the mountain temple.
The interior of the temple is very vast, with curls of sandalwood. In the center, there is a statue of a mountain god in a golden helmet, which looks extremely majestic.
"Ozawa, do you know how to contact the mountain god?"
I asked Ozawa.
"this……"
Ozawa shook his head: "Every time I need to contact him, the mountain god takes the initiative to enter my consciousness, but I don't know how to contact him."
"But now that I'm here, I can give it a try."
