Chapter 75 (1/2)

“What happened?!”

Tang Mianmian was shocked. The shaking here seemed to be even greater than the previous major earthquake… Could it be a landslide?

Xiao Tangqiu was keenly aware of the increase in demon energy around him. Ever since he was scratched by a low-level demon, his sensitivity to demon energy had grown. For example, now he could vaguely feel the magic fluctuations in the air.

Kisaragi rushed into the shrine without hesitation and Xiao Tangqiu chased after her without even thinking about it. He had just stepped into the shrine when he became keenly aware of the increase in demonic energy in the air. It even made it difficult to move for him… Such a terrible demonic coercion, it was even more terrifying than Lippinobert’s!

Although he didn’t have any specific comparisons, he could guess that they were facing a very difficult big guy this time. He felt even more certain after he chased Kisaragi into the main hall.

But the strange thing was that when they entered the shrine, the violent tremors subsided.

Like Hundred Ghost Village’s shrine, Hundred Ghost Town’s main hall also enshrined a wolf-shaped idol in the center. But this wolf-shaped idol was several times larger than the Hundred Ghost Village idol, and it was also more strange and terrifying. It stood condescendingly in the center of the main hall, looking down at everyone from above with a gloomy and cold gaze like a cold-blooded beast.

No matter how you looked at it, this statue was more like a demon god than a mountain god.

“Who are you? Don’t intrude upon the shrine without permission!” A voice suddenly rang behind the idol.

It turned out that someone was hidden behind the idol. After that person stood up, Xiao Tangqiu discovered that it was a Hundred Ghost Town villager he had met before. The villager looked at them vigilantly and seemed to recognize them.

“It’s you! Outsiders! Leave the shrine immediately! You do not belong here!”

Hundred Ghost Town residents were actually hiding in the shrine!

Xiao Tangqiu was very surprised, but he wasn’t sure whether this villager was a normal human being or not. Nevertheless, he tried hard to obtain information, “Can you tell us… what happened here?”

The villager’s expression gradually turned frightened, “Outsiders! Leave the shrine immediately! Leave Hundred Ghost Town immediately!”

Xue Junli said solemnly, “We will leave soon, but before that, can you tell us… what is going on here?”

“Leave immediately!” The villager’s expression became more and more frightened, and his voice became more and more urgent, “Outsiders! Get out of here!”

His hostility was very obvious. But at this moment, an elderly low voice rang out, “Enough…”

The lady elder was helped by a few villagers and came out from behind the statue. She sharply looked at Xiao Tangqiu’s group. Although her tone was calm, she was full of spurning, “Outsiders, leave here quickly. This is not the place where you should be. Now the mountain god is angry. If you still refuse to leave, I am afraid the mountain god will soon judge you for your sins!”

Xiao Tangqiu quickly asked, “The mountain god is angry? Why is that?”

The lady elder glanced at Xiao Tangqiu coldly, “Outsiders, this is not the place you should be, and this is not something you should know…”

The previous villager exclaimed in agitation, “The mountain god is angry because of your offense! The mountain god has condemned Hundred Ghost Town! It’s all your fault!”

Xiao Tangqiu was stunned. At this moment, Kisaragi suddenly spoke coldly, “It is not the mountain god that condemned the Hundred Ghost Town, but the living that you sacrificed. The deceased have a deep grievance that cannot be resolved. They will not dissipate for a long time and it has affected the mountain god… The mountain god of today is no longer the mountain god of before!”

“You speak nonsense!” The villager immediately retorted angrily.

Kisaragi asked coldly, “Then I ask you, where did the other villagers go?”

The villager stammered, but he couldn’t say anything.

Kisaragi sneered, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t say it. Anyways, I already know that the villagers have become monsters under the influence of the mountain god!”

“Nonsense! How can they change… become monsters under the influence of the mountain god!”

“Really?” Xiao Tangqiu raised an eyebrow, “but your expression doesn’t say that.”

“Nonsense! You’re all talking nonsense! It’s just nonsense!” The villager was full of anger. “We of Hundred Ghost Town worshipped the mountain god for generations, and the mountain god has always protected our Hundred Ghost Town. How can the mountain god turn the villagers into monsters?”

Xue Junli asked, “So where are the other villagers?”

The villager choked and could not speak for a long while.

The lady elder heaved a long sigh, “Forget it, we can’t cover it up anymore! The other villagers of our Hundred Ghost Town have indeed become monsters…”

Her originally hobbled and rickety figure seemed more and more worn and aged. With the support of a few villagers around her, she looked at the idol enshrined in the center of the main hall with dim old eyes. The idol appeared darker and darker under the dim candlelight in the shrine, mysterious and unpredictable.