C51 (2/2)

After walking for about half an hour, the red leaved forest was so vast that one could not see the end of it.

Mountain Demon stopped.

”Is this the place? But there's no epitaph! ” I didn't see anything, but Mountain Demon suddenly turned around and looked at me strangely.

”It's right under your feet!”

”F * ck, can this bro not create tense air when he has nothing better to do? What's with that gaze just now made me feel scared, as if I'm the epitaph to a grave!”

Mountain Demon retracted his strange gaze and gave an embarrassed smile.

”Hey, you better stop laughing. You're used to seeing facial paralysis. Your muscles don't even have tendons of joy. It's even uglier than crying when you laugh!” I looked down. There was nothing under my feet. Could it be that I was buried in this layer of earth?

I stepped on it.

”Actually, there are tombstones down there. The ground we were walking on was covered by a tombstone!” Mountain Demon said as he used his bare hands to dig.

I can't stay calm. What do you mean, the ground of the redleaf grove where we walked for half an hour was covered with epitaph? And why did the Mountain Demon stop here to tell me?

I started to doubt why he was looking at me with such a strange expression. Because it was too abnormal, but he was very strong, and now it was only the two of us. I honestly asked if he could see through my thoughts, which I couldn't hide.

As expected, before I could say anything, Mountain Demon took the initiative to say, ”I won't harm you because there's no need. Just now, I was looking at you because there was a ray of light shining from your body!”

”What light?” I looked at my body and saw nothing different from the light around me.

Mountain Demon didn't reply. He just kept digging. I discovered that Mountain Demon's hands were very rough, full of fur. He looked like a gorilla, and in a few moments, he dug out a red stone slab.

It looked like granite, but the red was no lighter than maple leaves. It was also stronger. I touched it and felt that it was a rock.

”You see? Let's dig up a small piece of the epitaph here, and we'll go up the mountain soon. You'll see lightning striking together, and there's something in this stone!” Mountain Demon stopped moving.

It seemed like he had been here before, and knew a bit about this place. He just wanted to prove something to me.

I didn't ask any more questions and just followed Demon Mountain up the mountain. We followed the red slate that was dug out and headed towards the higher ground. This was because the tree was a ruler and it was very precise. As long as we followed a tree, we would reach the top.

As I walked up the mountain, I kept my eyes fixed on the sky. I was puzzled as to why there was suddenly a thunderstorm without any signs of brewing.

We walked on for another half hour, and when we reached the top of the mountain, there was a cracking sound. My ”He stuck me between his arms and the tree trunk and shouted in my ear,” ”Look down the mountain!”

Then I remembered what had happened at the foot of the hill, and I looked towards the place where the Red Slate had been dug up.

A group of eunuchs were beating the gongs and drums as they walked through the space. After a dozen or so eunuchs walked past, a steamer appeared, and half of the steamer's arm drooped out, while the other half of the steamer was forced open by the struggling arm. There was a flash of lightning, and I actually saw the face of a woman inside the steamer, like a swollen steamed bun, ferociously staring at me.