In the Blade

Liuhua Mountain is located along the Jishui River and is a well-known mountain in the local area.

It is said that in the old Chu Dynasty, a general stationed troops here. A group of arrogant and brave generals guarded the barren mountain, and inevitably had some resentment, which directly led to the suffering of the local people, who were harassed and suffered for a while.

It was at this time that a wandering Taoist priest came here.

"How can you treat the people like this! What is the difference between such behavior and beasts!"

The Taoist priest who entered the camp alone scolded those arrogant and brave generals, intending to redress the injustice of the local people.

The answer given by the arrogant and brave generals was swords, spears, swords and halberds.

The Taoist priest was executed on the spot. The soldiers of the old Chu Dynasty who respected strength would not talk about reason - or rather, they only understood one kind of reason.

Whoever has a sharper sword, whoever has a sharper spear, whoever is more fierce, whoever is stronger, is the reason.

"Then, that night, Liuhua Mountain collapsed, and all the soldiers were buried in the mountain."

At the foot of Liuhua Mountain, an elderly man was telling his grandson about this.

The young grandson was still a little confused. He didn't quite understand what he was saying, but he still followed his grandfather and worshiped the shrine of the mountain god in front of him.

That was the shrine of Liuhua Mountain God, the god who blesses the local weather and good harvests.

But no matter how much they worship, the Liuhua Mountain area has nothing to do with the four words "good weather and good harvests". The Jishui River often floods, and Liuhua Mountain also suffers from disasters. Occasionally, when the Jishui River does not flood, droughts come again. Even if there are no floods or droughts, there will still be heavy rains from time to time, and even hail will fall when you are unlucky.

It is precisely because life in the Liuhua Mountain area is so difficult that people's faith in the Liuhua Mountain God has become more and more pious.

After all, in this desperate world, a mountain lion who once saved the locals can at least give everyone some hope.

Even if this hope seems so far away.

"Mountain lion...?"

The young grandson looked at the statue in the shrine in a daze.

As long as he prays for its blessing, will everything be fine?

"It will be fine."

The old man touched the little grandson's hot forehead.

"Yes, it will be fine."

However, the young child could no longer hear these. The kneeling just now had exhausted the child's remaining physical strength - this also made the old man's prayers become more pious. He only hoped that his little grandson would not die of typhoid fever.

But the mountain lion far away in Liuhua Mountain would not respond to them.

Or rather, he was too lazy to respond to them.

After all, as the mountain king of Liuhua Mountain, the man in the tiger skin cloak has more important things to do, such as planning a few more disasters to make the local people suffer more, or simply let the Jishui River God come again and cause two more floods - after all, the thoughts of this defeated general are still easy to guess. As long as he shows a little weakness, the Jishui River God will definitely cross the line.

And after that, he will appear as a savior, repel the flooding river, and give peace to the local people.

Since the local people want him to protect them, he will definitely protect them. Of course, there are not so many difficulties and obstacles in many cases, but what's the problem?

He will find enough difficulties and obstacles, and he will definitely save these people.

"If it doesn't work, send some more ghost soldiers out... huh? What did you say?"

The Liuhua Mountain King, who had just called the ghost soldiers over, suddenly frowned.

Just because he received a bad news.

"The Jishui River Lord is actually dead?"

When Liuhua Mountain Lord first heard the news from his ghost soldiers, he was still a little confused. You know, although the Jishui River Lord was a defeated general to him, he was able to escape from his hands, which showed that the Jishui River Lord was quite capable. But such a person died without making any noise?

"What happened?"

Liuhua Mountain Lord continued to ask.

The ghost soldiers gave a variety of answers, which sounded like rumors among the people along the Jishui River. Some said that the Jishui River Lord was beaten to death, some said that the Jishui River Lord choked to death after swallowing the iron man, and some even said that the Jishui River Lord was punished and was killed by a stream of light from the sky.

"So, what happened?"

The answers were too confusing, so Liuhua Mountain Lord finally decided to send a ghost soldier to take a look.

His behavior was naturally a bit over the line, but the Jishui River was the territory of his former defeated opponent after all, so he didn't care if the other party would cause trouble for him - so that morning, a man in a green shirt of unknown origin came to Jishui Town.

The banks of the Jishui River, where the altar was once built, have now become a large construction site, and the local people are working hard.

"It's really spectacular!"

The man in the green shirt praised on the spot.

As the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling person. Seeing that the man in the green shirt, as an outsider, was actually praising their project, the local people were happy to give him a bowl of water to drink, even if they could hear a few more auspicious words, it would be a good thing.

And this also gave the man in the green shirt an opportunity to collect information.

"I haven't been here for a while. Has the flood problem been solved here?"

"Not yet, but it will be solved soon."

A resident of Jishui Town smiled.

"Anyway, He Bo is dead, and no one will interfere with our water conservancy projects anymore. As long as these are repaired, we will..."

"He Bo is dead?"

The man in green shirt showed just the right amount of shock.

"How is this possible? No, I mean, who can do such a powerful thing?"

"Of course it's Taibai Xing who risked his life in the river!"

Another commoner raised his hand and pointed to a shrine not far away.

The shrine is not big, and the iron man statue enshrined in it is less than a foot high. Even the face is blurry, and it is obviously hastily made.

But in front of such a scrawled statue, there are tribute fruits and incense candles.

Although they were just some bargains, the quantity and the pure quality of the incense made the man in green shirt feel frightened.

"This is……"

The man in green shirt couldn't help but secretly clenched his fists.

"Did you pick the tiger's fruit?"

Yes, this is the real reason why Jishui Hebo was able to escape. Indeed, Jishui Hebo has some abilities, but if Liuhuashan Jun really wants to kill someone, Jishui Hebo will definitely do the same. He couldn't survive - the reason why Jishui Hebo was able to escape, to put it bluntly, was because Liuhuashan Monarch deliberately let him go.

Let the Jishui Hebo cause trouble for a while, and when the local people can't bear it anymore, the Liuhua Mountain Monarch who came to rescue the distressed people will come and kill the evil Hebo, thereby taking the Jishui coast into his pocket and enjoying the incense.

So how could Jishui Hebo be killed by others?

"The person who came here is not a good person..."

At this moment, the man in green shirt was ready to explain everything here to Mr. Liuhuashan when he returned.

But on the bright side, he still had a kind smile on his face, and he looked as gentle as jade in a green shirt.

This also made the people of Jishui Town treat him more kindly. After all, this appearance was too deceiving.

"So this water conservancy project was also what Taibai Star asked you to do?"

While these mortals wanted to show off, the man in green shirt continued to ask.

"Did he lead you to do this?"

"Taibai Xing specially entrusted the dream to us!"

Speaking of this, many people suddenly looked proud.

"Taibai Xing has already taken us to do it once in my dream! Look, here is the diversion canal. Even if the river water rises again, it can be diverted away, and there is also the dam over there..."

"ah?"

The man in green shirt was stunned for a moment.

Aqueducts and dams? Where? Why didn't he see it?

"Isn't this still covered?"

The people smiled and waved their hands.

"How can things in dreams be taken seriously!"

"Yeah, what happened in the dream..."

The man in green shirt also laughed.

But immediately, he couldn't laugh anymore.

These mortals may not be able to see it, but he can see that the aqueduct pointed out by these mortals clearly did exist - but after the aqueduct was built, it was damaged by something. The damage was so great It was so sophisticated that these people didn't notice it at all.

And that dam...

"The dam has indeed been built."

Walking all the way to the Jishui River, the man in green shirt had already sensed the remains of the dam hidden under the water.

Even though the wreckage had been broken into pieces and mixed with the mud at the bottom of the river, he could still feel the residual heat brought about by the burning fire.

The dam and aqueduct were obviously repaired, but they were smashed and started all over again?

"Beast..."

No matter how well the man in green shirt disguised himself, he couldn't help but curse at this moment.

On the one hand, the behavior itself is too animalistic. Smashing the repaired thing and doing it again does not look like something that a person with a normal mind can do.

As for the other side…

Even if this dog breed robbed the incense and power along the Jishui River, it even planned to let these mortals have the power to fight against natural disasters - destroying the dams and diversion channels that had been built, just to allow these mortals to do it again. Do it again?

"Is this beast crazy?"

The expression of the man in green shirt gradually became distorted.

If these mortals really have the confidence to fight against natural disasters, then who can immortals like Liuhua Mountain Lord be able to save? Who else would contribute incense and willpower to these gods and gods?

Although the man in green shirt couldn't figure out why the dog named Taibai Xing did this no matter what he thought, this beast-like behavior was undoubtedly poking at the roots of their Liuhua Mountain!

"What a beast! Wait for me!"

Thinking of this, the man in green shirt didn't bother to cover up any more. A stream of misty green smoke escaped from the man's mouth, but it instantly changed and drifted into the distance with the wind.

But after the green smoke went away, the man in green shirt fell straight into the river like a stiff piece of wood.

"Hurry and save people!"

The busy people were shocked and jumped into the water to save people.

Fortunately, the current was calm, and most of the people who came to rescue people were good at water. A group of people jumped into the water and pulled each other, but they quickly lifted the man in green shirt who had fallen into the river to the shore.

However, it was at this time that they discovered that the person they were carrying was not a living person.

This is clearly a stiff corpse, and there are even corpse spots on the body.

So what on earth were they talking to?

"Ghost ah ah ah ah!!!"

I don't know who screamed first, and then more and more people fell into panic - meeting a ghost in broad daylight was too scary. You must know that many of them had just talked to the man in green shirt. God knows how...

"Don't panic! Calm down!"

Seeing that the scene was about to become chaotic, someone simply ran to the shrine and lifted up the iron man statue that was less than a foot tall.

"Taibai Star is here! What are you afraid of!"

Perhaps it was because of the large number of people, or perhaps because the statue really had some kind of magical power to calm people's hearts. After seeing the iron man statue, the people actually gradually became quiet.

That's right, when Taibai Star was angry, He Bo killed him as soon as he said so. He was just a ghost, so what did it mean?

"Maybe this ghost was killed by Taibai Star!"

After a while, everyone came to the conclusion that this ghost was suppressed to death by Taibai Star, otherwise it would have started harming people long ago.

With people's hearts at peace, the project continued. However, during the break, many people who were not so courageous asked people to build some smaller Iron Man statues, or carried them in their arms. Or hang it directly around your neck as an amulet for peace.

"Master Taibai Xing, please stay safe."

Whenever they think of the green-shirted ghost and feel fear in their hearts, they will take out this amulet and whisper a few words.

"Master Taibai Xing slays demons and eliminates demons."

"No, what did I do again?"

Feeling this new pure willpower wrapping around his upper body, Du Chengfeng, who was grinding stones in Datang Mountain, sneezed again.

"No, I can be blamed for the haunting at the construction site? So why is it haunted?"

Du Chengfeng was quite confused. Although he had lived in this world for a long time, he had never seen such things as ghosts - so he planned to go over and have a look after finishing his work for a while. He also I'm curious as to what this haunting is all about.

As for the name Taibai Star, Du Chengfeng has already messed up. God knows why, no matter it is Sanshan Town or Jishui Town, everyone likes to use this title as his nickname.

The nicknames are all given by others, and if others are willing to use them, what can he do?

"At least it's better than nicknames like Jibei Tiger, Yanzhou People's Massacre, Horses Trampling the Golden Palace, Regicide, etc."

Thinking like this, Du Chengfeng continued to work. If he finished work early, he could rest early.

However, at this time, the wisp of green smoke floating out from Jishui Town had returned to Liuhua Mountain.

"You mean, he's going to poke our roots?"

The man wearing a tiger-skin cloak inhaled the wisp of smoke into his mouth and nose, and immediately frowned.

"Taibai Star appeared suddenly. You really dare to use such a big name... It's good."

The man pulled out a generous sword from his tiger skin cloak.

"Since you plan to poke our roots, I will poke yours first."