Ancient Mountain Mystery (I)

Chapter 2: Jungle Ghost

Xu Ruian and Xiao Ming climbed up the hillside with all their strength. This place is the most dangerous and deadly part of the whole mountain. It is called a restricted area because there are monsters everywhere.

They finally reached the top of the mountain and saw a huge iron gate. Xiao Ming looked around, then cast his eyes on Xu Ruian and asked, "Where is this place?" Xu Ruian shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Then you lead the way." Xiao Ming said, "Don't you have a teleportation spell?"

"This spell is powerful, but I haven't figured it out yet," Xu Ruian responded.

Xiao Ming nodded, "Then let's go."

After that, Xiao Ming took Xu Ruian into the iron gate. The iron gate slowly closed, and Xu Ruian and Xiao Ming disappeared in an instant. Behind the iron gate was a narrow path, with high stone walls on both sides, and there were many black protrusions on them.

After walking about a hundred meters, a dense forest appeared in front of us. There was a towering tree in the middle of the forest. Under the tree stood a charming woman wearing a green skirt and a black face-painted. She held a dagger in her hand and drew something on the ground.

"The woman over there seems to be drawing." Xu Ruian stared at her and said.

"Then let's not go over there, I'm afraid of that. The female ghost will cause trouble for us," Xiao Ming said.

"What are you afraid of? Don't forget that we are exorcists, this kind of little ghost is no problem at all." Xu Ruian said, striding over the tree and walking forward. Xiao Ming saw it and followed him to the tree.

"Who are you?!" The female ghost raised her head and looked at them and asked.

"Haha, you don't need to know." Xu Ruian smiled. He took out a talisman from his pocket, recited a few spells, and the talisman turned into a white light and shot towards the female ghost.

Seeing this, the female ghost immediately raised the knife in her hand to block it. But the dagger in her hand was shattered by the white light, and the white light hit the ghost girl. Only a scream was heard, and the ghost girl's body suddenly exploded, turning into a ball of black gas and dissipating in the air.

The two continued to walk forward, and on the ground not far away, they found an antique watch with a strange pattern on the cover, which looked like a symbol, and a large circle was engraved on the surface.

Xu Ruian walked up to the watch and looked at it carefully. He picked up the watch and began to chase the spirit, which is to see the memories of others before their death through the things they used before their death. When Xu Ruian injected his soul into the watch, a picture suddenly appeared in his mind.

A man with a sturdy figure, wearing a white shirt, a gold necklace around his neck, and a pipe in his mouth, followed by two or three young men and women. They walked on the street as a group, talking and laughing. The men and women behind the man were all about fifteen or sixteen years old. The man looked young, but he had a rich experience.

They walked into the woods, and as soon as they entered, they all showed surprised expressions on their faces. The forest was so big that they could not describe it. They walked around in it for a long time but could not get out. They were confused.

"Did we take the wrong road?" One of the women frowned and said, "No, I know the road."

"Let's look for it again." The man said.

"Yes." Several people responded and started looking everywhere.

"Hey, there is a cave over there!"

Suddenly, someone shouted. He ran to the cave and opened it. There was a stone step in the cave, covered with a red blanket. Under the stone steps, there was a small pit, and a corpse was lying in it. The corpse looked scary. It was covered with blood, and its head was chopped off, leaving only the body. There was a big hole on each side of the head, and blood kept flowing out. The face of the corpse looked very ferocious, but the corners of its mouth were slightly raised.

"It's... a ghost!" The young man ran back in fear.

"Yes! It's a ghost!" The remaining three people were also scared to death. They quickly stood away from the corpse and looked at the ghost, not daring to get close. Their legs kept shaking, and they were so scared, especially the woman, who started crying.

"No way! Is it really a ghost?!" The man's body was also shaking, and he didn't dare to get close, nor did he dare to believe what he saw.

"What the hell is going on?" As soon as the man finished speaking, the corpse suddenly stood up from the ground and rushed towards him. He was startled and quickly dodged. But his speed was no match for the corpse. He was scratched by the corpse in a flash, and then fell to the ground.

"Quick!" The man quickly got up and shouted for help.

"Someone save me! Help! Help!" The man shouted desperately, but his voice was blown smaller and smaller by the mountain wind, and finally disappeared in the night sky.

The spiritual communication ended, and Xu Ruian returned to reality from the man's memory. Thinking of the scene he had just seen, and then thinking of the woman he had just met, he was confused and didn't know what was going on. But no matter what, since it was a ghost, it must be bad.

But the ghost in the man's memory was not the same as the ghost they had encountered, which meant that there were more frightening things in this forest.

He didn't know how many monsters and ghosts were hidden in this forest, but he could feel that there must be a powerful guy hidden in this forest, and maybe this forest was not as simple as they seemed.

At this time, Xu Ruian suddenly heard a sound behind him. He turned his head and saw a female ghost passing over his back. The female ghost was wearing green clothes, with a white face and red eyes. She was attacking him. Xu Ruian quickly dodged, but when he dodged, something tripped his feet and he fell towards the female ghost.

Xiao Ming immediately took out a piece of talisman, then reached into his arms, took out a peachwood sword and handed it to Xu Ruian. Xu Ruian took the peach wood sword and jumped to the ground. He glanced at the ghost girl, who also looked at Xu Ruian, with a trace of fear on her face.

"Who are you?" the ghost girl asked.

"I don't know you." Xu Ruian shook her head and said.

The ghost girl's face became ugly after hearing this, and she sneered and said, "I tell you, you are my prey!"

"What?" Xu Ruian was stunned, but he immediately understood what the ghost girl meant, and quickly adjusted his posture and stabbed the ghost girl with a sword.

"Child's play!" The ghost girl sneered, moved her body, and dodged Xu Ruian's sword. Xu Ruian's body hit the tree trunk, then fell down, and he struggled to stand up.

"It seems that I can deal with you without weapons." The ghost girl sneered.

"Really?" Xu Ruian snorted, shook his body, and rushed towards the ghost girl again.

The ghost girl suddenly jumped up and jumped into the air, holding a rope in her hand. She swung her arm and the rope flew over and wrapped around Xu Ruian's waist. Xu Ruian pulled hard with his wrist and pulled the rope off.

"Ah!" The ghost girl screamed and fell to the ground, her face full of pain.

"It's over!" Xiao Ming said, throwing the talisman paper out. This was the first time he used the fire talisman on ghosts and monsters, and the effect was particularly good. A ball of fire burned in front of the ghost girl. The ghost girl screamed, and her body was slowly burned by the fire.

The two packed up their equipment and continued to walk up the mountain. As they walked, several wolves suddenly jumped out of the bushes next to them. The two were just about to fight, when a woman in a black skirt jumped out from nowhere, waving a dagger in her hand and killing the wolves. The wolves saw it and ran away quickly, and she stood next to Xu Ruian and Xiao Ming.

"Nice to meet you," the woman said as she put the dagger back into the knife belt on the inside of her thigh. "My name is Xiao Ling, and I'm from the Monster Hunter Association. What are your names?"

Xu Ruian looked at the woman in front of him. Although she looked only about 20 years old, her temperament and appearance were not to be underestimated. She was so beautiful that people could not forget her after seeing her once. But the aura she exuded made people feel uncomfortable.

"My name is Xu Ruian," Xu Ruian said.

"My name is Xiao Ming."

After the two of them reported their names, Xu Ruian looked at Xiao Ling and said, "Why are you here?"

"Someone asked me to come to this mountain to find an evil god called Quan Shen, but I didn't find any clues after searching for a long time, so I came here to find out the situation first."

"Quan Shen?" Xiao Ming couldn't help frowning after hearing what Xiao Ling said. He looked at the surrounding environment, and then at the woman in front of him, and a bad premonition surged in his heart.

Xiao Ling paused and said, "It's dangerous here. Why did you come here?"

Xu Ruian clenched his fists and said, "That God of Power took away my beloved. I want to take my beloved back."

Xiao Ling looked at him, his expression became serious, and said, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course, I have to do this. I want to tear the God of Power into pieces!" Xu Ruian said with gritted teeth.

Xiao Ling turned around and said, "Have you thought about it? This mountain is very dangerous. If you don't want to stay here, you can leave."

Xu Ruian and Xiao Ming both nodded.

Xiao Ling glanced at the two and said, "In this case, I won't bother you anymore. I wish you good luck."

After Xiao Ling finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Xiao Ming looked at Xu Ruian and asked him: "What should we do next?"

"Keep going up." Xu Ruian replied, "But the road on this mountain is too complicated. I'm afraid it's not as easy as I thought at the beginning."

Xiao Ming and Xu Ruian continued to go up, and more unknown dangers were waiting for them.