So what exactly is going on?
Shapeshifting monsters? Chengdu the farmers of Great Azure Mountain be monsters?
Wei Gongzhan fled frantically. At this moment, he dared not hide his strength. With his bloodline fully activated, his speed was like a snake's shadow, much faster than when Wei Gongyan unleashed his full power on the stage. However, even at this speed, he was still unable to escape Great Azure Mountain even when he was exhausted from running!
The moment Wei Gongzhan stopped to catch his breath, he knew he couldn't escape. When he passed by earlier, he saw many villagers transformed into bizarre demons of all shapes and sizes: there were bears four or five meters tall, raccoons the size of a palm, and strange creatures with human heads and snake bodies, or whose bodies were simply bloated water balloons.
The entire Great Azure Mountain was completely different from what he had seen before. The fleshy worms had grown to seven or eight meters tall, the dense forests had become smaller than a finger, and the small rivers had become boundless. The entire landscape was changing as he ran, and he knew that he couldn't run anymore.
He was utterly shocked!
Who on earth is this powerful being, possessing such abilities?
If it were villagers turning into demons, he could barely accept it, but this change in the landscape was simply the work of a fairy in a storybook. As Wei Household, he had seen many powerful sorcerers in the capital, but he didn't believe for a second that anyone had this ability.
"Who is this extraordinary person? Please show yourself!"
Cluck cluck cluck
The response was a child's unique, adorable laughter, playful yet endearing, which chilled Wei Gongzhan to the bone. Demons often possess extremely bizarre and perverse personalities, and he didn't believe this childlike laughter was a good thing. Based on experience, the greater the contrast between a demon's personality and its demonic nature, the more terrifying it was.
In the North, some fierce-looking and terrifying demons are actually not so difficult to deal with, but things that look harmless are often terrifying. For example, ten years ago, the Heaven-Devouring Beast appeared in the Wolf Kingdom of the North. It looked like a naughty child, but it could swallow thousands of people in one gulp. It was extremely terrifying. It is said that the Wolf Kingdom used all its resources to seal that thing away, and there is still no way to destroy it.
The person in front of him, with a childlike voice, could change the world with a wave of his hand. He had never even heard of such an ability, let alone seen it!
"What kind of demon are you? If you're going to make a move, do it now. Why bother playing games with your grandpa?"
Wei Gongzhan drew the dagger from his waist, concealing it discreetly in his palm. His entire body tensed. The dagger was coated with the Wei Household's most potent snake venom, a trump card for the Wei Household members. If the opponent could appear easily, and he acted decisively enough, perhaps there would be a sliver of hope for survival!
He waited patiently, like a snake about to pounce on its prey.
Patience is a fundamental skill for the Wei Household. Their Wind Serpent bloodline makes them as patient as venomous snakes. He once hid in the desert for three days and three nights without eating or drinking, just to wait for an opportunity. It's the same here now. If the other party doesn't come out, he can also wait here for three days and three nights without eating or drinking.
But the other party clearly didn't have that patience. They appeared very quickly, just over five meters away. Wei Gongzhan was about to make a move as soon as they appeared, but the moment he saw the other party, he changed his mind.
He's such a child.
Wearing a red bib, a chubby little thing, as cute as a porcelain doll, popped out, staring at me with wide, curious eyes. "You said... you're my grandpa?"
Her voice was soft and sweet, like any other child's, with a touch of naivety, yet it had a way of melting your heart.
Wei Gongzhan almost instantly wanted to drop his guard. He didn't know why, but after just one look, he felt no hostility towards the child in front of him. Forcing out the last bit of his strength, Wei Gongzhan asked sharply, "Who are you?"
"You know me?" The little boy was confused for a moment, then bared his fangs. "Then you're lying to me!"
The child was clearly angry, but the two little tiger teeth he revealed were so cute and endearing that Wei Gongzhan couldn't muster any hostility. He could only force a straight face and slowly back away, asking, "What exactly do you want?"
"Hmph!" The girl snorted, pointed at Wei Gongzhan, and then something magical happened!
Without any warning, Wei Gongzhan's body began to change uncontrollably. The feeling was strange; Wei Gongzhan felt warm all over, as if he were melting. The next second, his body involuntarily reassembled itself and then turned into a lump of mud-like material, unable to move at all!
"Liar turns to cow dung, hmph!" The little guy panted heavily, lying on the ground and glaring angrily at Wei Gongzhan. Then, as if exhausted, he finally stood up unsteadily after a long while and walked away into the distance.
This isn't an illusion?
"Hey, wait!" Wei Gongzhan called out hurriedly, trying to move forward but finding it extremely difficult to move. His body's deformation made it very difficult for him to take even one step.
As the doll walked further and further away, Wei Gongzhan fell into despair. Would he be like this forever?
He gritted his teeth and kept moving forward, but his efficiency was extremely low. It took him at least fifteen minutes to walk a short distance, and his physical strength was exhausted very quickly. He needed to rest for at least half an hour. This snail-like speed of movement was unbearable even for Wei Household with excellent patience.
He walked and stopped for an unknown amount of time until he finally saw another living creature.
It was a monster with a bull's head and a human body, carrying large buckets of water to irrigate the fields. When it turned to look at Wei Gongzhan, it burst into laughter so hard that it dropped the buckets. It stood there in the fields, laughing hysterically.
Wei Gongzhan was speechless for a moment, looking at the other person. Now he understood that the villagers of Great Azure Mountain were not demons, but had been turned into this form by that strange child. Thinking about it, it made sense; the people of Great Azure Mountain were all refugees from Liuzhou, so how did they become demons here?
It turned out to be caused by some kind of magic, but he had never heard of such a magic before.
"Dude, is it really that funny?"
"Hahahaha." The bull-headed giant laughed for a long time before catching his breath. He got up and lay down, saying, "I thought it was bad enough that Old Yang next door was turned into a bucket, but you're even worse off, you've become fertilizer!"
"Shut up!" The water bucket, which had been used to water the plants, suddenly spoke as if it were a person, "You, He Daniu, you actually used me to hold water! You just wait!!"
"What, are you the only one allowed to tease me?" The bull-headed giant glared at the other man. "When I was turned into a fishing rod before, didn't you use me to fish? The hook was my butt. Do you know what it feels like to have fish constantly biting your butt in the water?"
"Weren't you moaning quite comfortably?"
"Bullshit!" The bull-headed man's face turned red. "If you say that again, I'll use you to hold manure, you believe me?"
Upon hearing this, the bucket fell silent. Lately, the jokes around him during the day of change had become increasingly outrageous, and he no longer dared to gamble on the other person's bottom line.
Wei Gongzhan standing nearby, had already understood what was going on.
These villagers were clearly used to being turned into this, and thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed there was no danger.
"Brother, I just got here, and I was really scared just now. Could you tell me what happened?"
"Just arrived?" The big man laughed immediately. "Then your first experience is quite different. Usually, the Lord Fox Immortal is quite gentle with new villagers. Did you do something to anger the spirit? This is the first time I've ever seen someone turned into cow dung."
"If I offend them, will things get worse?" Wei Gongzhan asked cautiously.
"What else?" The burly man laughed and pointed to the bucket beside him, saying, "This Old Yang is the one who refused to give the Lord Fox Immortal drinks when she came last time, and that's why he's in this state now!"
"What does this have to do with me?" the bucket said angrily. "Lady Chen Ying repeatedly warned that the Lord Fox Immortal is still young and cannot drink alcohol. Last time, which bastard gave the Lord Fox Immortal a few drops, and have you forgotten what happened to us afterwards?"
Mentioning this made Niu Tou Han shudder. That time, the little fox fairy went on a drunken rampage, and everyone on the mountain became Qigu for three days and three nights. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Wei Gongzhan thought to himself: This Lord Fox Immortal is allowed to cause such trouble in Great Azure Mountain. Just who is he? And what is his relationship with the two women Lord Hei Yun mentioned?
By the way, Lord Hei Yun mentioned there's a very terrifying girl inside the barrier. Could she be referring to this Lord Fox Immortal?
"Does this Lord Fox Immortal often act like this?" Wei Gongzhan asked tentatively.
"Not often," the bull-headed giant said with a kind smile. "Usually once every ten days or so. Don't worry, as long as you don't offend him too much, the Lord Fox Immortal won't keep you like this for long, usually only half a day."
"I see." Wei Gongzhan nodded. "This Lord Fox Immortal so powerful yet acts so recklessly, what does it have to do with the Mountain God of Great Azure Mountain?"
"I don't know about that." The burly man shook his head. "However, there are rumors that this Lord Fox Immortal has a relationship with that bewitching man in the back mountains. We dare not ask for details. The prefect and Lord Chen Ying can't do anything about this Lord Fox Immortal; they can only let her cause trouble on ordinary days."
Wei Gongzhan was about to ask another question when he suddenly heard that lovely voice ring out again from afar.
"That ugly man!"
Wei Gongzhan: "."
I'm considered handsome among the Wei Household, aren't I? Though I'm not as dashing as Lord Fei Jun, I'm certainly not ugly.
"Listen up, you ugly man!" The little girl stood smugly in the distance, hands on her hips. "My grandfather is the most powerful man in the world, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty! You dare impersonate him? Hmph, I'll punish you by making you turn into cow dung for three days!!"
Wei Gongzhan: "!!!"
Sorry for the late post. My keyboard broke, and it took me a long time to find a replacement.