Underground, there were little people.
Li Yan finally understood what Wu Ba ant.
With his limited language skills, he didn’t understand the term "little people;" he ant actual little people.
Li Yan hurriedly activated his Divine Skills to investigate, then frowned slightly, "Lv San, ask him where he got this information."
With his current sll superpower, he knew everything about anything several ters underground, yet he could sll nothing.
Wu Ba possessed Body Divine Power, his talent all in his muscles, so how could he have detected sothing abnormal underground?
Lv San quickly communicated in the upper speech, murmuring back and forth, until he finally clarified the reason.
"Wu Ba’s tribe lives on Shennongjia, where little people often erge from underground and steal their food.
These little people wear clothing and even carry Jade Pendants; Wu Ba often encounters them, so he knows there must be such beings around..."
"Little people! Little people!"
Wu Ba nodded eagerly, then crouched down and gently lifted the rock.
Everyone else also looked down and were imdiately startled.
Beneath that rock, there was a small cavern, similar to a rat hole, but with neat edges; most importantly, it was blocked by a wooden board.
The wooden board was rough, yet it bore clear carving marks. Flipping it over, one could even see a small handle behind it.
"Little people! Little people!"
Wu Ba clutched the wooden board, his expression extrely angry.
Li Yan also beca interested, "Could it be the Wood Guest?"
In this world, many things from legends existed.
For example, at the Yunyang Prefecture Jiangzhe Chamber of Comrce, he t Mr. Lin from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who carried a "Wood Guest" with him.
It was a kind of humanoid spirit monster, hidden in the dense forests of the south of Divine State, occasionally harvesting spirit wood to trade with humans, thus called Wood Guest.
"It shouldn’t be."
Wang Daoxuan also took the small wooden board, saying with interest, "’Wood Guest’ is a forest spirit, usually residing in trees, and they do not wear Jade nor use golden artifacts."
"In ’Classic of Mountains and Seas,’ it ntions ’Zhou Rao Country’ and ’Jiao Jiao Country’ both inhabited by little people who lived underground, dressed in robes, could farm, but one was three feet tall and the other was one foot and six inches, much bigger than this."
"There are only two types so small: one is ’Jing People,’ who serve gods and dwell with them; the other is ’Junren,’ red-clothed and red-capped, adept at planting divine fungi for riding underground."
"From what I have seen, it is mostly ’Jing People.’"
Saying this, he looked at the surrounding mountains, "These spirit monsters, all from Ancient Tis legends, are mostly elusive nowadays."
"Rumor has it Xian Mountain is where Fuxi was buried after death, and it has also been the hidden dwelling place of Chi Songzi, Zhang Sangzi, and Yu Zi, where the Han River Goddess made her presence known, truly extraordinary..."
Li Yan took a deep breath, then shook his head, "This cave is too deep, branching in all directions; I have no idea where it leads. It’s probably just a normal exit."
Having said that, he then inquired, "According to Daoist, ’Jing People’ serve gods. So, there must be deities in this mountain?"
Wang Daoxuan nodded, "If there are ’Jing People,’ then there definitely are gods here, and these little people would also gather Jade to worship the gods."
Li Yan pondered for a mont, "I have a technique, but haven’t fully mastered it yet, and it might offend others. Let’s search first and discuss further if we find no clues."
The technique he referred to was the "North Emperor’s Divine Control Technique."
This Magic thod was very domineering, able to use Thunder Technique, forcibly suppressing Ghost Gods to obey commands.
He possessed Thunder Technique, and also had the Soul-hooking Thunder Rope; mastering it wasn’t too difficult, and he had been contemplating it every night, already having so insight.
But while it was fine for suppressing ordinary spirits, if there really were formidable Mountain Gods or Water Gods, it would instead anger them.
Having made a plan, the group continued forward.
Though Xian Mountain was not a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land, it was still a Famous Mountain with a long history of immortals and renowned hermits residing there; naturally, there were nurous Taoist Temples, and many famous tombs as well.
Jin’s royal physician Wang Shu and, Tang’s ng Haoran, Liu Biao, Du Fu... many historical luminaries of Xiangyang were buried here.
Honestly, it wasn’t so remote wilderness; if not for the recent outbreak of plague, there would have been plenty of travelers.
Li Yan really couldn’t understand why the Zen Ancestor’s Scripture Storage Forest would be hidden in such an obvious place.
To prevent accidents, they didn’t take the main paths but moved through the woods, soon arriving at a mountain hollow.
In the hollow, there stood a monk’s Taoist Temple, not very large and the architecture very modest and simple, just like those small temples seen everywhere.
Hawks soared in the sky; Lv San glanced upward then spoke in a heavy tone, "The temple is empty; there’s no one there."
Li Yan nodded, "Let’s go down and take a look."
The group descended the slope and entered the temple to investigate.
Indeed, the small temple was deserted, the kitchen stove long cold, the porridge inside had molded, and the surroundings were a ss with black bloodstains and drag marks on the ground.
The altar was also in chaos, covered in dust.
Li Yan looked around, shaking his head, "The monks here t with misfortune at least four or five days ago; it must have been those people."
Wang Daoxuan wondered, "What would they want with monks?"
"Not sure."
Li Yan again pinched the spell, took a deep breath, and shook his head, "It rained the day before yesterday; the scent has dispersed. Brother Lv San, see if the animals around know anything?"
Lv San imdiately cast a spell and blew a whistle.
But after a while, nothing appeared.
This surprised even Lv San, "The animals in this mountain don’t want to communicate with ."
Sha Lifei was puzzled, "That is strange, it’s the first ti I’ve seen this. Brother Lv San, could it be that all the animals in the mountain are dead?"
"Unlikely."
Lv San looked serious, glanced around at the surrounding landscape, and said solemnly, "This situation, as described in the ’Mountain and Sea Spiritual Response Scripture,’ indicates that there are rules in this mountain, presence of a Mountain God."
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