Chapter 98: The Mysterious Mountain Village

  "Boom!" The giant spirit battle team charged forward, several air swirls suddenly flipped out, and slammed into the crowded snowdrift, dispersing it.

  The snow scattered, revealing a massive body, a python as thick as a water bucket was hiding inside. In such cold weather, there is such a large python, it's clear that this python is no longer an ordinary wild beast, doesn't need to hibernate, and must have nurtured a magical dan in its body, which can use yuanqi to protect itself from the cold.

  The python opened its big mouth and sprayed clusters of ice crystals towards Guo Fei and others, the Giant Spirit Battle Team fought back, several gray gas halos flashed and hit the python's body, knocking it out. This giant python was not an opponent for the Giant Spirit Battle Team at all.

  Guo Fei didn't lift a finger, leisurely sitting in the cave eating roasted meat. Before long, the Giant Spirit War Team dragged in a giant python covered in wounds. The python had been beaten to death.

  Hu Xiaoyue commanded the Giant Spirit War Team to peel off the python's skin, carefully storing it in a storage ring, and cut out fresh python meat for Guo Fei to roast and eat. They also found a blue-colored demon pill from the python's body, which was a water-attribute demon pill.

  "There are such ferocious beasts here, obviously there is a vast wetland nearby, otherwise it would not be possible to nurture such ferocious beasts. Master, take a look at the map, in the vast snowy plains, don't get lost on the way. Although I, the servant, have never been here before, I've also heard that there are several places that are not suitable for forced entry." Hu Xiaoyue said with some worry as she looked at Guo Fei eating roasted meat.

  "Oh, is there some kind of danger on this route?" Guo Fei hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice.

  "If we deviate from the road and head southeast from Heishi County, I'm afraid we'll run into the Black Dragon Pool. According to my elders, a thousand-year-old double-headed Jiaolong lives in the Black Dragon Pool. Although it hasn't transformed, it's extremely powerful, with an attack power comparable to that of a mid-level demon king a hundred years ago. Since it has two heads, one head has a wood attribute and can spit poison; the other head has a water attribute and is skilled at controlling water. Such demonic creatures usually have two awakened beast souls, making their attack power extremely strong, but they also have weaknesses - transforming is extremely difficult."

  "Oh, there is such an existence." Guo Fei suddenly became interested and said.

  "Don't think about going to fight it, the Black Dragon Pool is a thousand feet deep, with many hidden waterways inside. This turtle has lived for so long and is very cunning. If it can't defeat us, it will dive into the water. With our current cultivation level, we're still far from being able to enter the water and fight it. So, let's not provoke it if we can't win." Hu Xiaoyue said thoughtfully.

  "Hmm!" Guo Fei nodded, since this turtle had such a powerful backer, Guo Fei naturally didn't want to provoke it, after all, there was no point in doing something that wouldn't bring any benefits.

  Guo Fei took out the map and carefully examined it, finally confirming that this route was indeed deviating from the straight road to the southeast, estimated to be at least 100 miles westward. In the vast snowy plain, the road was invisible, but the general terrain could still be seen.

  "From here straight to the past, about two hundred miles ahead there is a human settlement mountain village called Xiaoliangzi Village. Where is a place where travelers often rest their feet. We go directly there." Guo Fei looked at the map, made a mark on it, and said to Hu Xiaoyue.

  The next evening, Guo Fei brought everyone here and saw a mountain village at the foot of the mountain from afar. The entire village was surrounded by high black stone walls, which were still very clear in the snowy sky.

  Guo Fei brought Hu Xiaoyue and others into the military symbol space, rushing towards Ashura Village. Before they even reached the village, they met two people on the mountain road - a rough-looking man in his forties or fifties, followed by a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy. Both of them were wearing animal hide clothing, with each person carrying a snow leopard on their back. They were clearly hunters from nearby, taking advantage of the heavy snow to hunt small animals that were easier to track.

  "Excuse me, sir, is that Xiaoliangzi Village up ahead?" Guo Fei walked forward and asked with a bow.

  "Exactly. Isn't this young man looking for a place to stay?" A man in his forties or fifties looked at Guo Fei, who was only wearing a thin noble warrior's uniform in the cold weather, and it was clear that he was a high-ranking cultivator, so he immediately spoke with respect.

  "That's right, I came from Heishan County and passed by here. The heavy snow made me afraid of getting lost, so I'm confirming the route." Guo Fei said with a faint smile.

  "Not bad, this is indeed Xiao Liangzi Village. People traveling to and from Heishi County all set foot in our village. The weather was too terrible, my son and I went hunting in the mountains, but we also got lost on the way, wandering in the mountains for seven or eight days, and only managed to rush back today, almost freezing to death in the mountains."

  "Heh heh. The weather is so bad, and you're still going hunting?" Guo Fei said with a faint smile.

  "Alas, there's no choice, the whole family is relying on us two to make a living. Young brother, you might as well stay at our place, although we don't have anything good, at least there's hot food to eat." The man said warmly.

  "Thank you. I don't know how to address you, uncle?" Guo Fei looked at the simple and honest father-son duo, but didn't refuse.

  "Everyone in our village is surnamed Liang. My name is Liang Dazhu, and this is my son, Liang Tie." The man said with a smile.

  Guo Fei looked back at Liang Tie, this young man looked quite robust, probably from long-term hunting and training in the mountains. However, he seemed to have not seen much of the world, a bit shy and timid.

  The three of them walked together towards Xiaoliangzi Village.

  "What's going on?" As he walked closer and closer, Liang Dazhu's face became increasingly unsightly.

  Guo Fei also found it strange. At this time, near dusk, every household should be cooking and smoke should be rising from the chimneys, but at this moment, there was not a single wisp of smoke coming out. Moreover, the entire village was silent, without a sound. It was inexplicable.

  Liāng Shuān seems a bit anxious, throws away the raccoon dog and rushes quickly into the village.

  Guo Fei bent down to pick up his prey, and walked into the village with Liang Tie. The village gate was just a wooden fence, which was half open at this time, and the two of them walked in without any obstacles.

  "Ah! Dead, dead, all dead!" Guo Fei followed Liang Tie to his home and just as they reached the door, he heard a mournful cry from Liang Da Xian.

  Guo Fei pulled Liang Tie into the courtyard. It was a quadrangle courtyard, with three thatched cottages in the main house and three thatched cottages in the wing room, all of which were open. Liang Daxun was kneeling in the living room of the main house, wailing loudly.

  Kuo Fei rushed in, and in the living room, on the two beds in the inner rooms, two old people were sleeping. Obviously, they were Liang Zhu's parents, but at this time, they had already become cold corpses. It seemed that the two of them had died in their sleep, lying naked under the quilt.

  Kuo Fei came out and quickly entered the adjacent room. The adjacent room also had two bedrooms. A woman in her 40s was holding a little girl of seven or eight years old, lying in bed under the quilt. At this time, they had already turned into cold corpses.

  "Uncle Liang, don't be sad first, go to other people's homes and see if it's the same, ask someone about the situation!" Guo Fei saw that Liang Dazhu was a bit mentally unstable, and Liang Tie was directly frightened silly, staring blankly without speaking.

  Guo Fei's words reminded Liang Dazhuang, he got up and wiped away his tears, rushing to go. Guo Fei followed closely behind him.

  The two of them looked at each other for a couple of hours, completely stunned. Everyone in the village was dead, and they all died in their beds, undoubtedly taken away by something in the middle of the night.

  The sky grew dark, and the houses around were hazy like ghosts floating in the snowy night, as if they were going to pounce on people. Liang Dazhu didn't have time to grieve, hastily returned home, saw Liang Tie still frightened silly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  "This thing reeks of evil! What kind of thing can silently and quietly take away the lives of people, without leaving a single wound or scar, and that's the lives of everyone in the village?" Guo Fei stood in the courtyard of Liang Zhu's house, looking up at the sky with a thoughtful expression.