[R18] The Patriarch of the Demonic Way (newly revised version) – “The Patriarch of the Demonic Way (Newly Revised Edition)” Chapter 21 [English]

Chapter 21 Yangyang Fifth 3

Wei Wuxian said, “Oh, there are man-eating monsters there, right?”

He has heard similar legends at least a thousand times, and has removed them with his own hands hundreds of times, which makes them boring.The doctor said in an ups and downs tone: “Yes! It is said that there is a ‘man-eating castle’ in the forest ridge, and man-eating monsters live in it. Anyone who accidentally intrudes will be chewed up by them until no bones are left, and no body can be found, without exception! Scary, right?”

No wonder Jin Ling appears here. He didn’t take down the Soul-Eating Goddess of Dafan Mountain last time. This time he must be here for the monsters on Xinglu Ridge.Wei Wuxian said, “How scary! But since there are no bones left and no bodies can be found, how do you know that they were eaten?”

The doctor was silent for a moment and said, “Of course someone saw it.”

Wei Wuxian admired him, “But didn’t you just say that anyone who accidentally intrudes will be chewed to the bone, without exception? Who spread this rumor? It’s so powerful that after seeing such a scene, it can still come out alive to spread the news?”

“…” The doctor said, “This is how the rumors spread. How do I know?”

Wei Wuxian: “Then do you know how many people were eaten on Xinglu Ridge? When were they eaten? How old are they? Male or female? What’s their last name? Where do they live?”

Doctor: “I don’t know.”

Wei Wuxian: “Qinghe Bai Xiaosheng? Huh?”

The doctor was angry and carried the basket on his back: “The rumors never spread like this!”

Wei WuXian chuckled, “Don’t, don’t, don’t leave, don’t go. Let me ask again, is Xinglu Ridge still within the territory of Qinghe? Isn’t Qinghe the territory of the Nie family? If there are really man-eating monsters in Xinglu Ridge, they just sit back and ignore it?”

Unexpectedly, the doctor did not answer “I don’t know” this time, but showed a look of contempt: “Nie family? If it were the Nie family back then, of course they would not sit idly by and ignore it. The day after such rumors spread, they would raid the place where the evil spirits were infested. But now, the head of the Nie family, hey, isn’t he the one who ‘doesn’t know anything about everything’.”

The original head of the Nie family in Qinghe was Chifeng Zun Nie Mingjue. After his father’s previous head was killed by Wen Ruohan, the head of the Wen family in Qishan, he took over the Nie family before he was even crowned. He had a strong and tough style.He is sworn brothers with Zewu Lord Lan Xichen and Lianfang Lord Jin Guangyao.After the Sun-shooting Campaign, under the control of He, the Nie family had a period of power that was close to that of the Lanling Jin family.After he became obsessed with practice and died in public, the person who took over as the head of the family must be his younger brother Nie Huaisang.Wei Wuxian asked, “What do you call him ‘one question, three ignorance’?”

The doctor said: “You don’t know this allusion? This head of the Nie family, when people ask him something, he won’t tell if he doesn’t know, and he won’t tell if he knows. When the question is asked urgently and he is forced hard, he will shake his head repeatedly and cry, saying, “I don’t know, I don’t know, I really don’t know!” Please let him go. Isn’t this asking three questions and not knowing?”

Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang were classmates back then, so they could say a few words about this guy.Nie Huaisang was a good-natured man, and he was not unintelligent, but he had no intention of learning, and all his intelligence was used elsewhere. He painted a fan to catch birds, skipped classes and fished for fish. He was indeed extremely talented at practicing a certain discipline. He was forced to achieve elixir formation eight or nine years later than his peers in the he family.When Nie Mingjue was alive, he always hated the fact that iron cannot become steel, and he was very strict with him, but he still couldn’t hold up the wall.Now that there is no elder brother to protect him from the wind and rain, to provide guidance and advice, the Nie family in Qinghe is making rapid progress under his leadership – and the river is declining.After becoming an adult, especially after becoming the head of the family, Nie Huaisang was often too busy with all kinds of unfamiliar affairs, asking for help everywhere, especially for his elder brother’s two adopted brothers. Today he went to Jinlin Terrace to cry to Jin Guangyao, and tomorrow he came to Yun Shen to complain about his illness. With the help of the two masters of the Jin and Lan families who always supported him, he reluctantly took the position of the head of the family.Nowadays, everyone talks about Nie Huaisang. It’s hard to explain clearly, but there are four words written on their faces: pustule and waste.

It is inevitable to feel sad when we recall all the events of the past.

After Wei Wuxian inquired about Xingluling, he still took care of the doctor’s business, bought two boxes of rouge, carried them in his arms and walked back to Lan Wangji. The latter still had no intention of asking him to get the money bag back, and without saying a word, they walked together in the direction pointed by the doctor.

There is a large cedar forest on Xinglu Ridge. The forest road is open and the green shade is rustling. I walked through it for a while and didn’t encounter anything strange.However, the two of them didn’t have much expectations and took this trip just in case.If the horrifying rumors about a place are true, there is always something that has a nose and an eye to it.The soul-eating goddess of Dafan Mountain is causing trouble. Once you inquire about the victim’s home and surname, you will know clearly. You can’t even hide the nickname of A Yan’s fiancé.And if the details of the victim’s name are hesitant, then it is mostly based on rumors and sensationalism.

After less than half an hour, they finally encountered some twists and turns after all the hard work.Seven or eight figures staggered towards the opposite side, rolling their eyes and wearing ragged clothes. They seemed to fall over in the wind and were extremely slow. They turned out to be a row of extremely low-level walking corpses.

This kind of walking zombie is not only the only one that is bullied among its kind, but if it meets a slightly stronger living person, it can knock over a row of them; if it meets a child who runs faster, it can be thrown across the street in an instant.Even if you are extremely unlucky and are caught and sucked in by them for a few breaths of yang energy, they still can’t kill you.Apart from their ugly appearance and unpleasant smell, they do not pose a threat at all. Therefore, when encountering them during night hunting, most senior monks will simply ignore them and leave them to the juniors.This is the same as hunting only tigers and leopards but not mice.

When Wei Wuxian saw them approaching, he knew something was going to happen, so he lowered his head and retreated behind Lan Wangji.Sure enough, this line of walking corpses crookedly walked to about five or six feet away from us. When they saw Wei Wuxian, they were so frightened that they immediately turned around and retreated back the same way. Their legs and feet were two or three times more agile than when they came around.Wei Wuxian rubbed his temples, turned around and said horrifiedly, “Oh my god, Hanguang-Jun, you are so powerful! As soon as they see you, they turn around and run away in fear! Haha.”

Lan Wangji was speechless.

Wei Wuxian pushed him hahaha: “Let’s go, let’s go to Lingzi. I don’t think there are any other monsters. The people in this place are really good at telling stories. A few useless walking corpses can turn into monsters that eat people without spitting out their bones. The ‘Man-eating Castle’ must have been programmed. It’s a waste of time!”

Lan Wangji was pushed several times by he before he took a step forward.Before Wei Wuxian could catch up, a frantic barking sound suddenly came from the distance in the fir forest.

Wei Wuxian’s expression suddenly changed, and he instantly flashed behind Lan Wangji, hugging He’s waist, squatting down and curling up into a ball.

Lan Wangji: “…Shang is far away, why are you hiding?”

Wei Wuxian: “First, first, first, first, first, first, hide before we talk. Where is it? Where is it?!”

Lan Wangji listened for a moment and said, “It’s Jin Ling’s black-maned spirit dog.”

Wei Wuxian stood up when he heard Jin Ling’s name, but was immediately forced to squat down again by the barking dogs.Lan Wangji said: “The spirit dog is barking, something must have happened.”

Wei Wuxian cried out in agony, and managed to stand up on trembling legs: “Let’s go and take a look!”

Lan Wangji didn’t move a step, and Wei Wuxian said, “Hanguang-Jun, move, move! If you don’t move, what will I do?”

After a moment of silence, Lan Wangji said, “You…let go first.”

The two of them were tugging and stumbling, following the sound of dogs barking, but ended up twice in the fir forest.The barking of the black-maned spirit dog also came and went far away.After hearing the barking for a while, Wei Wuxian managed to get used to it and finally stopped stammering: “Is there a maze here?”

This maze is clearly man-made. Just now, I said that the rumors about Xingluling were just based on rumors, but now it becomes a bit interesting.

The black-maned spirit dog roared for half a stick of incense and was still full of energy. After distinguishing the maze, the two followed the sound. After a while, the outlines of dense stone castles emerged in the cedar forest.

The stone castles are all made of gray-white stones, with ivy and fallen leaves covering the surface. Each one is shaped into a strange semicircle, as if several large bowls are buckled on the ground.

There is actually such a stone castle in Xinglu Ridge. It seems that the rumors are not groundless.But it’s hard to say whether it is a “man-eating castle” or what is inside.

Jin Ling’s black-maned spirit dog was running around the stone castles, sometimes purring lowly, sometimes barking loudly.Seeing Lan Wangji approaching, although he backed away timidly, he did not run away. Instead, he yelled louder at them, and looked at the stone castle. His front paws dug holes in the ground, causing dirt to fly up, and he was restless.Wei Wuxian hid behind Lan Wangji and said painfully: “Why doesn’t it leave… Where is its owner? Why is the owner missing?!”

From the time I heard the barking of dogs, I haven’t heard any sound from Jin Ling, not even a cry for help.This black-maned spirit dog must have been brought here by he, and it must have broken the maze, and a living person seemed to have disappeared like this.

Lan Wangji said, “Go in and take a look.”

Wei Wuxian said, “How to get in? There’s no way.”

There is really no way.The gray-white stones were sealed tightly, leaving no doors or windows.The black-maned spirit dog jumped up and whined, as if it wanted to bite the corner of Lan Wangji’s clothes, but it didn’t dare, so it went around him and bit Wei Wuxian’s hem, and dragged him out.

Wei Wuxian’s soul was about to leave his body, and he stretched out his hands towards Lan Wangji: “Lan Zhan…Lan Zhan Lan Zhan…Lan Zhan Lan Zhan Lan Zhan!!!”

The black-maned spirit dog dragged Wei Wuxian, and Wei Wuxian dragged Lan Wangji, and a dog dragged the two of them around for a short half circle to the back of the stone castle.There is a cave entrance nearly as high as a human being.The shape was irregular, and the ground was full of large and small gravels, which had obviously just been exploded by someone using a violent magic weapon.The entrance to the cave was so dark that it was difficult to see clearly, but there seemed to be a faint red light.The black-maned spirit dog opened its mouth, barked wildly at the group inside, and wagged its tail crazily at the two people.

Needless to say, Jin Ling must have broken open the stone castle with force, but something unexpected happened after entering.

Bichen automatically unsheathed it half an inch, and the blade emitted a cold light blue light, illuminating the dark road ahead. Lan Wangji bent down and entered first.Wei Wuxian was driven crazy by the dog and rushed in after him, almost colliding with him.Lan Wangji held He’s hand and shook his head, not knowing whether it was reproach or helplessness.

The black-maned spirit dog clearly wanted to follow, and tried its best to rush in, but it seemed to be blocked by some force. It could not break through the barrier anyway, so it had to sit down at the entrance of the cave, its tail wagging more and more crazily.Wei Wuxian was so happy that he almost knelt down before it. He withdrew his hand and walked a few steps inside. The cold blue sword light was contrasted with the black surroundings and turned into cold white.

The trees on Xinglu Ridge are tall and deep, and it is very shady, but the inside of this stone castle is even cooler.Wei Wuxian went into battle in light clothes, his cuffs and vest were whistling with the cold wind, and he was sweating all over from being frightened by the black-maned spirit dog.The light at the entrance of the cave has long since disappeared like a candle extinguished. The further you go in, the wider and darker it becomes.

The top of the stone castle was rounded. Wei Wuxian kicked the gravel at his feet and heard a slight echo.

He finally couldn’t help it, stopped, put his right hand on his temple, and frowned slightly.

Lan Wangji turned around and asked, “How?”

Wei WuXian said, “…It’s so noisy.”

Inside the stone castle, there was deathly silence, as quiet as a tomb.It originally looked like a tomb.

But to Wei Wuxian’s ears, they were already surrounded by a lot of noise.