Liang Xingyang was testing the golden lantern with his spiritual energy, when he suddenly became alert and the fairy sword in his body naturally activated.
The dim ancient temple on the barren mountain was instantly illuminated!
"Crack!" The neck of the dilapidated statue was severed by the sword, and the ferocious head of the statue rolled to the ground.
The mountain god is a yin spirit, tangible and intangible. He has received a lot of incense and a sword in the past. The statue turned around, but the real body was not killed directly. He flew out of the statue, and a cold wind blew through the temple, causing the window sash and tiles to crackle.
Liang Xingyang frowned slightly, grabbed the golden lamp with his left hand, and formed the "Sacred Fire Seal" with his right hand.
He has dealt with the Golden Lamp Sect for many years, worshiped the Golden Lamp with his mother, and participated in various ceremonies. He is very familiar with the Golden Lamp Sect. In the past six months, he has killed many Golden Lamp masters and obtained the "Golden Lamp Divine Light". "The Sutra of Universal Illumination in Ten Directions" has the "Nine Seals of the Golden Lamp" on it, and he knows them all very well.
Following the direction of his seal, the lamp clicked, and eight flames burst out, and they flew towards the mountain god.
The mountain god felt that this flame could melt his soul and make him disappear into ashes. He was as horrified as if he saw a natural enemy. It turned into a dark wind and flew up and down. The eight lights were more dexterous, forming a formation and gathering and dispersing to kill him. Trapped.
"Master, have mercy! Master, have mercy!" The mountain god was restrained by the lights, but his range of activities was getting smaller and smaller. He felt like he was about to evaporate. It was similar to the horror that humans feel when facing death, and he was so frightened that he begged for mercy.
Liang Xingyang trapped him with lights, and the flames were suspended in the air, unable to attack him: "You evil mountain spirit, you actually want to eat me. Keeping you here is also harmful to others!"
"The real person Rong Bing!" The mountain god knelt on the ground and kowtowed upward, "I am not an evil ghost, but the mountain god of Hunter King Mountain!"
"Mountain God?" Liang Xingyang turned around and looked at the severed head statue, "This temple has been abandoned for a long time. Where are you from? You are a wandering ghost. You came here to possess the statue and wanted to pretend to be a mountain god to defraud me of donations. How dare you do it to me?" Are you pretending to be a god in front of me?"
"It's absolutely true! It's absolutely true!" The mountain god hurriedly explained, "There were originally more than thirty villages in the Hunter King Mountain. I was the hunter in that village, and my name was Shi Xiao. I was tall and strong during my lifetime. I once tore up a leopard, saved a baby, and hunted a three-eyed earth dragon that brought disaster to the village. After my death, the villagers built this mountain temple for me and regarded me as a god guarding the village. I worshiped at my residence. After receiving incense for several years and gaining three thousand vows, I went to the underworld to find Judge Tie Ya and was officially canonized. Only then was my name justified.
Everything was fine originally, but that year a tiger monster appeared in Baihu Pass. It was a cannibal. I fought with it and could only drive it away. The tiger demon could not enter the Hunter King Mountain area, so he stayed outside. When the people here came out, he would kill him. He would eat his flesh and bones to fill his belly, absorb his essence and practice, and keep his soul around him, turning him into a ghost and changing. Come back and lure people out.
Those ghosts are protected by the spirit of the tiger spirit and take shape, so they are not afraid of the sun. When they go out, they are either doing business, traveling to study, or visiting relatives and friends. When they come back, they will talk about how beautiful the outside is: either they talk about the prosperity and wealth in the city, or they talk about the prosperity and wealth in the city. Even if you beg on the roadside, you can get three tile-roofed houses; either it is very easy to make money, washing dishes in an inn, and you can get a thousand taels of silver in two years; or it is said that the officials there love the people like their own children, and the rich businessmen sacrifice their lives in charity, and they all pity the poor. Cherishing old age is like a paradise beyond heaven. People are deceived, and are stopped and eaten by tiger monsters on the way. After death, their souls turn into ghosts and come back to deceive the remaining people! "
"You just can't stop it?" Liang Xingyang asked.
The mountain god Shi Yao had a sad face: "Those evil spirits deceived their parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, and close friends. As the saying goes, a close relationship cannot be separated by distance. Everyone in the world listens to deception but not advice. How can I stop it?" What? I was about to capture and kill the demons, and the villagers came together and threatened to destroy my temple and cut off my incense. I cast a spell to prevent them from leaving the mountain, and they also dug out the doors and stole holes, and tried every means go out.
Those who were deceived went outside and were eaten by the tiger demon, and then came back as ghosts. Not only did they cover up their experiences, but they also made it more jealous and worked harder to say that the outside was good, prosperous and wealthy, and despised the simplicity and poverty in the mountains. In this way, they were like the ghosts in front of them. His words have been verified and become more and more convincing! In just a few years, there were fewer and fewer living people, and more and more ghosts. I received less incense, and my magic power also decreased, and I gradually became unable to fight the tiger demon.
Until one day, the tiger demon came to provoke me again. I couldn't win the fight. The tiger demon forced his way in and ate up all the old, young, sick and disabled people in the remaining villages! Everyone was gone, my incense was cut off, and I became weaker and weaker day by day, until finally the divine body formed by the villagers' willpower almost completely dissipated. Although I could still be attached to the statue, I became an orphan in the ancient temple on the barren mountain. The wandering ghost had no choice but to seal himself and fall into a deep sleep to preserve his body.
Until the young master lit a lamp and practiced Dharma on the altar table, which alerted me, I thought it was a sacrifice sent by a wealthy family. One of them had been sleeping for many years and was a little confused. The other two had been hungry for too long and were comatose and could not choose to eat. Be careful to offend the little real person, it is definitely not your intention! Everything I said above is true. I hope you can forgive me! "
After listening to this story, Liang Xingyang felt sad for a moment. Those villagers were stupid and brought about their own destruction. This mountain god could not be called unlucky. The villagers believed in him. He could drive away the tiger demon and protect the villagers. The villagers did not believe in him. , he was powerless and fundamentally lost the value of his existence.
"That's all." Liang Xingyang shook the golden lamp and called back all the flames. "You just wanted to eat me. Just let it go. I won't pursue it anymore. But according to what you said, where is the tiger demon now? ?”
Shi Xiao thought for a moment: "The tiger demon originally came from the Baihu Pass, a hundred and twenty miles away in the northeast. His lair is there, but I have been sleeping for I don't know how many years. I can't tell if he is still there now." .”
Liang Xingyang said: "I will go to the White Tiger Cove to have a look. If the tiger demon is still there, I will take advantage of the situation and find ways to get rid of him to prevent him from harming others again."
He jumped off the altar table and walked out. Shi Yan hesitated for a moment and followed from behind: "I have fought with that tiger demon for many years and know some of his strengths and weaknesses. The real person can take me with him, or he can do his best. "
Liang Xingyang looked him up and down. He was not sure how ferocious the tiger demon was and whether he could fight it. It would be good to have several helpers who knew the opponent's details: "Then you lead the way."
Shi Xiao said: "I have been canonized as a god by the Underworld Talisman. I am bound to Hunter King Mountain and cannot leave on my own. I have to be taken by the real person to come with me."
Liang Xingyang lifted up his sleeves and let him get into his sleeves. Then he lifted his sword into the air, shot straight to the northeast, and rushed to Baihu'ao!
