Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 38 Small changes can also be alarming

The sun gradually dispelled the fog in the mountains, revealing a merciless white light.

The shadow of the ancestral hall's roof is cast on the front yard, and the tablets of the ancestors of Wujiazhai are quietly arranged in the lobby.

On the altar at the bottom, in addition to the incense burner and fruits, there is also a wooden stand with a jade flute in green and red placed horizontally, with a colorful long silk ribbon wrapped around the end.

The old lady guarding the temple ran in hurriedly, holding her bamboo flute in her left hand, grabbed the jade flute with her right hand, turned around and ran out again.

As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall, she looked down from her vantage point and saw several figures running quickly on the hillside.

The cloak of the Wuzhai leader and Wutugu's figure are particularly eye-catching.

The young man from outside was almost on par with the leader of Wu Village, and was as fast as a tiger or leopard.

It seems that if he didn't need the leader of the Wu village to lead the way, he could be faster than the leader of the Wu village.

"It came so quickly?"

The old lady guarding the temple cursed, looked around, and suddenly ran to the side.

She had just run back to the ancestral hall from the bamboo forest. The distance was much shorter than the distance from the pit to the ancestral hall, so she arrived earlier.

If it comes to speed, she definitely can't compare to those people.

The leader of the Wu village was filled with anxiety and anger. He had seen from afar that the man on the mountain entered the ancestral hall and came out again, and he couldn't help but shout.

"Grandma, what are you doing?!"

The resounding voice echoed among the mountains.

After hearing his shout, Chu Tianshu looked over and found out the location of the old lady guarding the temple. He stretched out his arms and stomped his feet on the ground.

A small pit appeared in the soil on the ground, and his figure flew out like a falcon.

The ancestral hall is located at the highest point in the entire village.

The old lady guarding the temple ran out, but there was no place to hide in the large area nearby.

There is only a stone wall on the west side, covered with moss and vines, hiding a large cave.

Relying on her thin body, she didn't even look at the vines hanging over the cave entrance, and directly squeezed through the gap and rushed in.

Almost at the same time, Chu Tianshu also arrived here.

He grabbed a large piece of vines and with a flick of his wrist, he tore the tangled vines apart at the branches and threw them aside, revealing the cave entrance.

The sunlight instantly entered the cave, allowing him to roughly see the terrain and rock walls inside the cave to prevent any traps.

There was no mechanism, but a sharp and rapid flute sound suddenly came from the cave.

On the four rock walls, a large number of flying insects flew towards the center.

Before Chu Tianshu could see clearly what the insects were, a large burst of fire exploded where the flying insects collided.

Hooray! ! !

Flames erupted out of the cave.

Chu Tianshu raised his sleeve to cover himself, kicked his feet and dodged away, first retreating to the left and rear, then bending to the right and rear.

In the blink of an eye, he was ten meters away.

"what?"

Chu Tianshu looked again, but the mother-in-law was gone.

But there are still many small insects on the rock wall, sometimes flapping their wings and flying up, sometimes falling back to the rock wall, and their species are strange and varied.

Some look like pure black ladybugs, some look like green bees, and some look like fiery red ants, but their wings are longer than their bodies.

There were even more insects that couldn't fly, startled by the fire, and began crawling around in the cracks on the ground: centipedes, centipedes, geckos, scorpions, spiders...

He moved his eyes upwards and found that above the cave entrance, there were two large characters carved by someone, but they were previously covered by vines.

"Zang, Xian?"

When Chu Tianshu read out these two words, the leader of Wu Village and his men also arrived.

"She actually broke into the Hidden Immortal Cave?"

The Wuzhai leader took a breath and quickly said to Chu Tianshu, "It's very dangerous in here, don't go in rashly..."

The Miao people originally had their own writing system, but the systems passed down by Miao people in different places were not uniform and were not widely used.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, there was also a miscellaneous book called "Dongxi Xianzhi" which recorded that "the Miao people have a book that is neither Dingzhong nor Tadpole. The author is unknown."

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the legend had become: when the Miao people migrated to the southwest, the elders forgot to bring the Miao book and asked the eldest daughter-in-law to go back and get it. As a result, the eldest daughter-in-law heard the crying child and hurried to hug the child, forgetting to take the book. The Miao language has been lost since then.

Therefore, most Miao villages use Chinese characters to read and record records.

This Hidden Immortal Cave was named by an old scholar in the Miao village. If an ordinary outsider saw it, they might think it was some good place.

In fact, the old gentleman was playing a word trick, which was also a common habit among ancient scholars. He gave a dangerous place an elegant name to cover up its real name.

The so-called "hiding the immortal" actually means "hiding the essence".

This means that there are a large number of insects laying eggs and mushrooms spreading pollen and reproducing in the cave, all of which are tiny things.

The cave is more than two miles long. The widest part inside is about dozens of steps, and the narrowest part is about seven or eight steps.

There is no other way out, only this one hole.

Wujiazhai's climate is coldest after the winter solstice every year, but it is also one of those days with long, cloudless days and strong yang energy.

Only then will the tribe leader take the lead, select the most agile warriors and witches in the village, fully armed and well prepared, and go in to catch insects and pick mushrooms.

It can be taken outside to make poisons, medicines, poisons and wine, and has many uses.

But now, the climate is not yet at that stage, and there is an old lady guarding the temple hiding inside and playing the flute, which stimulates and affects the insects, and the danger is extremely serious.

"Some of those poisonous insects produce a flammable acidic oil, while others can produce tiny sparks when their claws collide."

"It's fine if they separate, but if they collide under the influence of the flute sound, they'll explode in the air."

The Wuzhai leader's expression was extremely solemn. "Furthermore, the deeper and darker the cave goes, the more poisonous the mushrooms that grow there are. If an explosion occurs in those places, I'm afraid it will directly ignite the mushroom powder and produce poisonous smoke."

"Anyone who takes even half a puff of it could become intoxicated, go insane, and talk nonsense."

Chu Tianshu said: "I saw two flutes in her hands. One of them was a mixture of green and red, like jade. That must be the Caiyun Flute. So, why did this mother-in-law suddenly do this strange thing?" When he said this, Chu Tianshu narrowed his eyes.

"Is she colluding with someone outside?"

The Wu village chief frowned and thought hard, "That shouldn't be the case. The ones responsible for going out to gather information are all my most trusted brothers, and the ancestral temple guardian hasn't left the village for decades and doesn't care about what's happening outside."

Wutugu's face was filled with rage, and he shouted directly into the cave: "Grandma, why did you break the rules left by our ancestors and ruin our competition?"

"You are an elder in the village, and you dare to bring shame to our village like this?"

His voice was like thunder, loud enough to be heard deep in the cave, and even louder than the village chief's previous shout.

There was also a sound coming from the depths of the cave, which was constantly transmitted by the stone walls.

"What are you yelling about?!"

The voice of the old lady guarding the temple was helped by the terrain of the cave. Although it was not very loud when it reached the outside, it was still understandable and full of annoyance.

"I used the giant acid mosquitoes to attack in order to protect the legacy of my ancestors. The mosquitoes will only make your bones and muscles ache and reduce your strength."

"Otherwise, if you and Zeva lose two games in a row, will you be able to stop them in the third game?"

"But even after all my help, you still lost. The village chief, this old fool, actually pointed fingers at the mosquitoes I raised and brought people to find me. You are the ones who bring shame to the village!!"

Wutugu became even angrier, his mouth stuttering with anger, and he said the word "you" seven or eight times in a row.

"Grandma, you don't want your Caiyun flute to be borrowed for any other reason?"

The leader of the Wu village raised his voice and said, "If that's the case, then there's nothing shameful about it. You could just tell me you're against it. Why did you take the initiative and then break into the cave with the treasure?"

A cold voice came from the cave.

"You guys made your decision without even asking me beforehand. How useful would it be if I came back to you later? I know you guys don't take an old woman like me, who's just guarding the ancestral hall, seriously at all!"

The Wu village chief defended himself, "You said you like quiet and peaceful life, and you haven't liked to get involved in village affairs these years, so we didn't inform you..."

The sound in the cave suddenly became louder.

"Can those things that happened before be compared with what happened this time?"

The old lady guarding the temple shouted, "I don't care about other things, but what is the Colorful Cloud Flute? It's a real treasure. It's not a piece of dead wood with a name carved on it. It's not a foolish dance and song to worship the unconscious mountain."

"You do those boring things year after year, clinging to useless things, but you want to lend out the real treasures casually?"

"Village leader, clan leader, think about what stupid things you are doing!"

"You actually pointed fingers at me! You, you, you are so disappointing!"

The face of the Wu village chief suddenly turned ugly, and Wutugu and Wuzewa were even more shocked.

The people who are most observant of customs in the village are often the older generation.

The person who guards the ancestral hall should be the one who understands these customs best, understands the clan rules best, and respects the ancestors the most.

But what did this mother-in-law say just now?

In fact, perhaps it was precisely because she had been guarding the ancestral hall and understood the witchcraft in the village that she understood better that there was nothing on those ancestral tablets.

I also understand better that when people worship the mountains, the mountains do not respond to them.

The only thing left is the Colorful Cloud Flute, a treasure recovered from the legends of our ancestors.

There actually is such a flute, and this flute really has amazing powers.

Over the past decade, the grandmother who has been guarding the temple has been observing the colorful cloud flute every day and learning to make the flute herself.

The instruments she used to perform witchcraft changed from long and short whistles to flutes.

It is impossible for outsiders to understand how much thought she put into this flute.

Even those who were from the same village and only went to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors during festivals could not agree with her.

"It seems that you really don't understand me."

The old lady guarding the temple in the cave said with deep hatred, "I am the only one who truly cherishes the things left by our ancestors!"

Chu Tianshu exchanged glances with Zhong Jinqiu, Lao Yu and others behind him, all with subtle expressions.

I guess I can breathe a sigh of relief first.

This old woman was not in collusion with anyone outside, and she had not arranged any series of conspiracies against them.

This incident was just her own agitation.

Not bad, just restless.

If she had had some detailed plan, she wouldn't have hidden in a cave with no other way out.

However, everyone had already made an agreement on breaking through the barrier and borrowing treasures, and most people in the village agreed, but suddenly this person jumped out and disrupted the situation.

If Chu Tianshu was a little weaker, he might have failed and would not have been able to preserve the evidence.

In that case, the great cause of both parties would not be ruined by conspiracy or by a powerful enemy.

But it was ruined by the restlessness of a lonely old man.

If the truth comes out in the future, people will really sigh and say that it is fate that plays tricks on us!
Shopkeeper Ma and Cai Shanjun also came slowly and heard the whole story.

"what is this?"

Shopkeeper Ma was furious, yet also amused and confused. "Our business was almost ruined by this old woman who we've never met and who lives in seclusion?"

Cai Shanjun remained calm. "Many great events throughout history have had their turning points in seemingly insignificant places. Back when Lord Xinling stole the seal to save Zhao, if it hadn't been for the help of a concubine of the King of Wei, how could we have known whether he would have succeeded or failed?"

"Fortunately, Tianshu hasn't lost either. We can still make amends."

Shopkeeper Ma nodded. "Since there's no other way out of this cave, the worst that can happen is we can just keep her awake for a few days until she's too hungry to bear it anymore. Or we can get some wet firewood and smoke her out."

The Wu village chief shook his head. "There are too many poisonous insects in the cave. If I smoke them carelessly and they run into the village, I can't handle it. As for starving her, I can, but even though she can catch insects for food, she definitely won't last more than a month."

"A month?"

Chu Tianshu said decisively, "No! Is there any other way?"

(End of this chapter)