Here Tanis Ka, the three of them rested and treated Wild Dog, after Wild Dog knew that his life was spared, he felt even more fortunate, privately he was perplexed by his unexpected bravery. But no matter what, after this, Tanis Ka, Xiao Huan and Wild Dog Taoist's relationship became a level closer, after all they had been through life and death together, Tanis Ka was not as cold to Wild Dog Taoist as before. Just that when he was ordered to do work, it was still the same as before but Wild Dog Taoist was after all seriously injured, most of the time it was Tanis Ka who did the work, which again made him grumble.
Xiao Huan and Wild Dog were still the same as before, just that in front of Xiao Huan, Wild Dog Taoist seemed to be more fearful, spoke less to Xiao Huan than before. Xiao Huan although felt it strange but she did not feel it, in this period of time, more of her attention was attracted to that ordinary looking black book.
Wild Dog Taoist had never seen Xiao Huan reading this book before, felt it was strange but Xiao Huan had never spoken about the origins of this book, Zhou YiXian also did not elaborate, after a long time, he himself also slowly got used to it, only that occasionally he felt Xiao Huan's expression, seemed to gradually change but what was different from before, he could not tell.
The demon beast catastrophe, started from the southern border ten thousand great mountains, the first to suffer was the southern border.
The various tribes here suffered from the demon beasts' torment, compared to the Central Plains, was far more severe. Nine out of ten houses were empty, was almost the inevitable outcome for many villages and towns, even if the entire village had no survivors, it would still appear from time to time.
After the catastrophe, the remaining small groups of demonic beasts in the southern border, were also much more than those in the Central Plains, those who survived the catastrophe, often had to endure the ravages and harassment of the remaining demonic beasts, this life was really dark without daylight, like an abyss of fire and water.
Ghost Li was in such a situation, once again set foot on the southern border.
Along the way, he did not find any traces of the Beast Deity, instead numerous Good Faction people swarmed over, among them were Qing Yun, Fen Xiang etc famous sects. Many of them seemed to have gone mad, one after another searching for the Beast Deity but very obviously, many of them had been searching but no one could find him.
After the defeat of Qing Yun, the heavily injured Beast Deity seemed to have disappeared into thin air, and no one could find him anymore. But this Southern Border Hundred Thousand Great Mountains was his old residence, no matter what, he would come back, right?
With this thought, Ghost Li entered the Southern Border. Coming with him, there were also numerous Good Faction disciples, among them FenXiang Valley could be considered to have returned home, after all FenXiang Valley was in the southern border, but the other Good Faction disciples' purpose, naturally would not only be to help the southern border commoners eliminate those remaining small groups of demon beasts.
But no matter what, because of the arrival of these people, the originally unscrupulous remaining beasts temporarily restrained themselves, after all these Good Faction disciples under the circumstances where it was within their power, would also eliminate these beasts. In this way, the atmosphere in the Southern Border was boosted.
But no matter who it was, no one was able to find the shadow of the Beast Deity in the southern border, now the only possibility, was that barren mountains and unruly rivers, the strange and mysterious Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
Who knew how many secrets were hidden in the layers of black mountains!
Before Ghost Li entered the mountains, he first went to the Southern Border Miao Tribe's Seven Mile Cave, not for anything else, just because of what the great shaman had done for BiYao that day, he also wanted to pay his respects.
TianShui Stockade, Seven Mile Cave, along the way, the original bustling and bustling scenes were all gone, tragic scenes along the way, even his heart which he thought had already hardened, could not help but be moved.
What was it for, that there would be such a calamity tormenting the common people?
He himself had achieved his cultivation and stayed out of this huge wave of evil tide, but what about the countless commoners suffering in the world? What mistake did they commit, why did they have to endure such a calamity?
Recalling back to Tian Yin Temple, countless commoners prayed to the deities day and night, looking at the world, there were even more commoners doing the same, prostrating themselves in worship to the Heavenly deities. But when the calamity befell them, who helped them?
Then, was there any use in this kind of worship?
Or was it, was it really responding to that mysterious sentence in [Tian Shu] — —
Heaven and Earth heartless, treating all living things as straw dogs?
Stepping into the Seven Mile Cave, Ghost Li sucked in a breath of cold air, this once picturesque place in his impression, had already been destroyed beyond recognition. The houses which were originally contiguous, almost all were left with broken fences and walls, the bustling crowds could not be seen on the streets, not to mention those children running and playing.
The remaining commoners looked to be only one or two out of ten, most of them were in front of the dilapidated houses, desperately and strenuously packing something, trying to find something useful from the ruins, however, what they could find, were the remains of the dead.
The entire Seven Mile Cave, pervaded with a sorrowful and decadent atmosphere, occasionally a few children, also stood there blankly, their eyes filled with bewilderment and fear, and after a while, an adult would come out from behind and pull them back in again.
Ghost Li walked slowly along the street, very quickly attracted some of the Miao people's attention, in their eyes, immediately a strong sense of wariness. In the strange atmosphere, even Xiao Hui on Ghost Li's shoulder, seemed to be much more well-behaved, although it was still looking around.
Ghost Li secretly sighed, did not wish to look anymore, quickened his steps, walked straight to that altar on the hill deep in the Seven Mile Cave, the further in he went, the more clearly the houses and roads, the more dilapidated they became. Ghost Li was silent, seemed to vaguely see the day when the calamity struck, the many Miao warriors, in order to protect the holy place, faced the ferocious demon beasts, fought to the death!
Even in the air, there seemed to be a faint stench of blood.
At the foot of the mountain, two young Miao soldiers stopped him. Ghost Li quietly stopped, looked at them, these two men, holding long spears, wearing armours but they were only fifteen or sixteen years of age, even the armours on their bodies, seemed bigger than their bodies, not knowing if it was left behind by the brave warriors.
"Gu lu ji ji hu?" One of them asked in Miao language.
Ghost Li did not understand but more or less guessed what he would ask, so he did not speak, only raised his head and motioned to look halfway up the mountain. He did not use his fingers, because he still remembered, the Miao people regarded this action as a great disrespect.
The two youths were stunned for a moment, looked at each other and then one of them seemed to be slightly older, shook his head, both of them did not move aside. Ghost Li felt slightly anxious but he really did not wish to fight with the great shaman tribe members who had once helped him, and looking at the tragic scene in the Seven Mile Cave, he was also unable to do anything.
He was silent for a long time, when the hostility in the two youths' eyes grew heavier, he sighed, turned around and was about to leave.
He had only taken a few steps when suddenly a commotion was heard from the mountain, he turned his head and looked, a moment later a person ran down from the mountainside, first spoke a few words to the two youths in Miao language, the two youths nodded repeatedly, stood aside, and then, this person who looked to be around forty years of age, used some broken Central Plains language to speak to Ghost Li, "You... good, great, great... shaman invites you up."
Ghost Li was shocked, frowned and said, "Great shaman?"
That person nodded repeatedly, Ghost Li inhaled a deep breath, nodded his head and followed that person up the mountain slope.
That cave was still in its original position but the building and stone platform at the cave entrance, were already beyond recognition, rubble shattered, rolled all over the ground. Among the rubble, a young Miao person, looked to be only around thirty years of age, dressed in a great shaman robe, smiling as he watched Ghost Li walking over.
His eyes, glowed faintly, as if there was a passionate flame burning in it, completely different from those Miao people at the foot of the mountain.
Ghost Li walked up to him, that young man smiled, used extremely fluent Central Plains language and said, "Hello Mr Ghost Li, I am the southern border Miao tribe's new generation great shaman, I have long heard of your great name."
Ghost Li was stunned for a moment, nodded to return the greeting, before he could speak, that young great shaman already smiled and said, "Please come in! I will bring you to see the previous great shaman. "
After speaking, he led the way, walked into that still dimly lit cave. Ghost Li followed behind him, also slowly blended into the darkness.
The cave was still as dark, the young great shaman's figure swayed slightly ahead, for some reason, Ghost Li felt that he looked familiar, after carefully recalling, he then remembered that the last time he came here, the great shaman had called out for this young man, he did not expect that after such a short period of time, he had already taken over the position of the great shaman.
Just like the last time, this young great shaman brought Ghost Li to the deep part of the cave where the Dog Deity was worshiped, the huge fire was still burning, making crackling sounds but that withered old figure was nowhere to be seen.
The young man walked up, respectfully bowed to the Dog Deity statue, and then from the Dog Deity statue's mouth, took out a wooden box, respectfully placed it on the ground and then said to Ghost Li, "Our Miao people's custom, after the death of the great shaman, we have to worship under the Dog Deity statue for a year, this is his ashes."
Ghost Li was silent, looked at that small wooden box, the entire box was plain and unadorned, without any decorations, even the wood used, was the most common trees in the southern border. The great shaman, like numerous Miao people, peacefully slept here.
Ghost Li bent down, bowed deeply.
The monkey Xiao Hui with a sound, jumped down from his body, ran to one side.
That young great shaman, according to the Central Plains custom, similarly bowed to return the greeting, and then carefully lifted that plain wooden box, once again placed it into the Dog Deity statue's mouth.
The two of them sat on the ground beside the fire, the firelight reflected in their eyes, extremely bright in the darkness.
Without waiting for Ghost Li to ask, the young man had already faintly said, "I am his disciple when he was still alive, and after the terrible calamity, all the senior priests here died, so, I inherited the great shaman's position."
Ghost Li silently nodded, his eyes unexpectedly looked at the Dog Deity statue, unhurriedly said, "The great shaman can be considered to have died for me, every time I think about it, I feel uneasy."
That young great shaman bowed slightly, said, "You are wrong, teacher had long told me, his life is up, even if he does not go to the Central Plains, only death awaits him, instead your esteemed sect is able to send teacher's ashes back, it is already our entire Miao people's great fortune."
Ghost Li sighed, quietly said, "These things, are also done by other people, it has nothing to do with me."
The young great shaman smiled, clearly not bothered by Ghost Li's words, said, "But this time you have come to our Seven Mile Cave, I do not know for what reason?"
Ghost Li said, "Actually not for anything else, just to pay my respects to the great shaman senior. Other than that, the calamity this time is so severe, regarding that main culprit, the Beast Deity, I have the intention to pursue, I wonder if you have any clues? "
The young great shaman's countenance changed slightly, obviously to him, the Beast Deity these two words were still an extremely terrifying and taboo word, he quickly quietened down.
After a long while, Ghost Li indifferently said, "You don't have to mind, countless people in the world want to find him but also failed, it is normal that you do not know. I have disturbed you here, I will take my leave first! "
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