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Chapter 12 Wangxiang Village

The Saint Lady was stuck in the town and scolded Wu Haishan with a craftsman-made parrot.

Wu Haishan led his men in another fierce chase and found them in the valley.

Only Ah Hua was left, praising the grilled insect skewers.

One of Wu Haishan's martial artists was so angry that he kicked a rock away and said, "Damn it! I got tricked by that little bastard again!"

The stone flew up and headed straight for Ah Hua.

The big rooster's head flapped, its eyes widened, and it crushed the stone with one claw. Then it pounced on the martial artist like lightning and pecked him hard.

The martial artist screamed "Ah" and a bloody hole appeared on his arm!

He was furious and drew his sword, but the big rooster had already flapped its wings and flew to the top of the tree.

Wu Xiu chopped down the tree with one sword, and Ah Hua flew to another tree, stood on the top of the tree, stared with eyes wide open and shouted provocatively.

Go ahead and cut down the trees. If you have the guts, cut down all the trees in this mountain.

Wu Haishan held him back: "Business is more important."

Wu Xiu cursed and put away his sword: "Go back and get your bow and arrow, and shoot this beast to death with one arrow!"

Ah Hua was victorious and she stood on the treetop singing loudly with her head held high, feeling very proud.

The group followed the trail and continued to chase, dodging powerful evil spirits in the mountains. After going around in circles, Wu Haishan felt several times that he was about to catch the guy, but the guy was a slippery creature and always managed to slip away at the last moment.

They walked into a valley that was completely desolate, with weeds and trees dying abnormally.

There is a strange, tall rock in front of us. It is thin and long, and the top is slightly thicker like a head.

Thick vines are wrapped around the strange rocks, covered with small pink and white flowers.

This strange rock was seven zhang high. When Wu Haishan saw it for the first time, he was shocked. He thought it was a huge green-skinned, white-flowered poisonous python, raising its head to the sky and swallowing the essence of the sun and the moon.

Wu Haishan felt that the strange rock was staring at him with ill intentions.

Wu Haishan scratched his neck in annoyance, and the anger in his stomach burst out of his nostrils uncontrollably.

There was no need to ask A Guang, he also knew that in Guiwu Mountain, this kind of rock was 99% likely weird.

"This mountain is really weird!"

The person leading the way stopped and said, "That kid went southwest."

Wu Haishan was impatient: "Chase, is there any need to say more?"

As soon as he spoke, his uncontrollable anger burst out of his mouth.

Wu Haishan didn't want to take this job at all—he wanted to stay with the Saint Lady and see what the so-called "bait" was. For an alchemist, this was a rare opportunity to broaden his horizons and also a chance to practice.

The crowd went around the foot of the mountain and followed the trail.

Xu Yuan was actually about two miles ahead of them. His clothes were torn in several places by thorny branches, and he looked quite disheveled.

There were several times when they almost caught up with us.

The ability to escape was due to the ability to "look at fate".

The people from the Pingtian Society sneaked over from the woods and bushes, and Xu Yuan could see their "fate" in advance.

The "Sky Rock Python" in the distance that was about to transform kept staring at him, and Xu Yuan got a layer of goose bumps on his back.

The monster could see all prey within a ten-mile radius.

"We must enter Wangxiang Village before dark and never spend the night in the mountains!" Xu Yuan calculated the distance and time was tight, so he quickened his pace.

……

Wu Haishan chased after him for another hour or so, then suddenly grabbed A Guang and said, "It's getting dark. Where can that kid go? Does he want to die in Ghost Witch Mountain?"

Ah Guang replied: "We should go to Wangxiang Village."

Wu Haishan continued to ask, "Can I stay overnight in Wangxiang Village?"

Ah Guang replied again: "No, the village in the mountains never accepts people who stay overnight."

"Then why did he spend the night in the village?"

"Pretend to be a merchant going into the mountains to collect goods. The rule in the mountains is: you have to accept whatever the villagers give you. The price must be fair and you can't cheat or deceive."

Wu Haishan breathed a sigh of relief: "Just spend some money."

Ah Guang remained silent. That medicine could make a person obey orders and answer every question, but Wu Haishan's last sentence wasn't a question, so Ah Guang didn't explain. It wasn't as simple as spending some money.

The sky in the mountains gets dark earlier than in the town, which made Xu Yuan misjudge the time. It was about to be night, and Xu Yuan was still half a mile away from Wangxiang Village.

The surrounding gullies and valleys had fallen into complete darkness, and all kinds of strange noises were heard, as if something was drilling out.

Xu Yuan was running wildly. Just as he passed a small forest, a pair of eyes like murals opened on the bark of a tree. The branches were as sharp as ghost claws and grabbed towards Xu Yuan, but they just brushed past his back.

Those eyes were filled with regret and hunger as they watched the blood food go away.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of wooden sticks rang out in the village, like the night watchmen in the city.

When the wooden sticks sounded, the village gate was about to be closed.

Xu Yuan was anxious and shouted: "Wait a moment——"

Once the village gate is closed, no one is allowed to enter or leave. Anyone who dares to trespass will have to face the axes and crossbows of the village's mountain people.

You can beat the mountain runners, and the village rules are no longer rules to you. You can do whatever you want in the whole village.

But Xu Yuan obviously doesn't have this ability now.

There are more than 30 households and less than 200 people living in Wangxiang Village.

Outside the village, peach wood stakes were erected and peach branches were woven into a fence wall, forming a circle.

The village gate is narrow, not even as big as the main gate of the "Yitingfang" Inn.

An old man in his early fifties, with rough, dark skin, a hunched back and a sad face, was closing the village gate while knocking on a clapper.

When the old man heard the shout, he just turned his eyes and saw that it was someone he didn't know, without even pausing.

Xu Yuan hurriedly shouted again: "I'll take delivery, the price is absolutely fair!"

The old man rolled his eyes upwards again, and seeing that it was not completely dark yet, he paused for a moment.

The gate of the village was half closed and stopped there.

Xu Yuan rushed to the gate of the village as fast as he could and slipped into the village in a flash.

"And us!" Suddenly another shout came: "We are also receiving goods."

The old man lifted the village gate and prepared to close it, but it was already completely dark.

But when I looked again, I recognized one of them, A Guang.

Knowing that A Guang was familiar with the mountain runner, he slowed down his pace a bit.

Wu Haishan and his group were all top-notch practitioners. They were running at a very fast speed regardless of everything. Xu Yuan wanted to help the old man close the gate of the village.

But in the village, Xu Yuan didn't dare to act rashly.

"I can't catch up, I can't catch up, I can't catch up..." Xu Yuan kept muttering in his heart, watching the village gate close with only a crack left and was about to be completely closed.

Suddenly, a hand reached in from the crack of the door and blocked the gate.

According to the rules, as long as the door is not closed, you can still come in.

Wu Haishan was sweating profusely. He brought three practitioners with him, plus A Guang, a total of five people.

Except for Wu Haishan and A Guang, the other three were injured.

The worst one was one whose left arm below the elbow was bitten off by something!

They were still behind Xu Yuan, and the evil spirits and monsters had already appeared.

Wu Haishan saw Xu Yuan and smiled cruelly: "You little bastard, why don't you run..."

He was about to attack when a cigarette with a bowl was extended to him, blocking the two of them.

"Things outside should be solved outside. This is the rule of our village." The old man's voice was full of phlegm, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Wu Haishan frowned unhappily. This old guy is not a hermit, so how dare he set rules for me?
The old man took a puff of his cigarette, and the copper head of the pipe instantly burned red. Wu Haishan screamed "Ah" and a big blister appeared on his arm!

He looked at the old man in astonishment. He was an alchemy practitioner and had "fire in the belly". Ordinary flames could not burn him at all.

Not to mention getting burned.

(End of this chapter)