pertwk Chapter 2409 The Mountain Bandits
Chapter 2409 The Mountain Bandits
Chapter 2409 The Mountain Bandits
Ling Jinbao hesitated.
After about half an incense stick's time had passed, the skuas suddenly flapped its wings and flew away.
Ling Jinbao didn't breathe a sigh of relief, because he noticed the ground trembling slightly, indicating that something big was coming.
The skuas didn't want to be discovered slacking off, so it quickly slipped away.
The vibration was peculiar, accompanied by the sound of something sweeping across the ground. Ling Jinbao deduced it was the monitor lizard; its tail was so long that it inevitably dragged on the ground when it walked.
“It’s coming for you,” the voice said. “It can smell the Cyclops on you.”
The doll in Ling Jinbao's hand quickly pointed in two directions.
Danger! Danger!
He was about to be surrounded.
"If you don't listen to me, you're dead," the voice said. "You have one last chance. Now, take off your disguise, conceal your aura, and head east."
Ling Jinbao had no choice but to do as instructed.
They encountered the demonic eye several times along the way, but thanks to the timely warnings from the voice and the puppet in Ling Jinbao's hand, they managed to avoid it without any serious danger.
But he knew that the monitor lizard was still hot on his heels.
After slipping for about a mile, the voice suddenly said, "See that mushroom umbrella next to you? Jump on it."
Ling Jinbao happened to walk to the side of a mushroom-shaped building. Upon hearing this, he jumped onto the mushroom house and saw a deep dent in the roof. Strangely, it was blocked by the eaves of another building and could not be seen from the air unless one was standing at his angle.
"Lie down inside and play dead."
Ling Jinbao jumped into the groove as instructed, and not only did he remain motionless, but he also stopped his heartbeat.
Two breaths later, the monitor lizard arrived at the narrow courtyard and looked around. The wolves behind it were also sniffing around.
However, from their perspective, they simply cannot see the grooves on the roof.
After a routine search of two rounds without finding anything unusual, the monitor lizard led its minions onward.
Soon after, two more demonic eyes passed by, but they did not spot Ling Jinbao either.
Finally, the voice said, "It's safe for now, come down."
Ling Jinbao whispered, "Who are you? Where are you?"
"Want to see me?" the voice said. "Left...right..."
It then guided Ling Jinbao to several more places, finally saying, "Go forward."
"Ahead?" In front of him was a stone wall, its cracks filled with moss, its color mottled, clearly showing its age. Ling Jinbao reached out and touched the stone wall, confirming that it was real and had a rough texture.
"See that red sandstone on the wall? Press it twice, then come in."
There was indeed a red sandstone the size of a quail egg in the upper left corner of the stone wall. Ling Jinbao gently pressed it twice, then pushed it against the stone wall.
The stone wall didn't move, but he went inside.
It's black in front of you.
Then, Ling Jinbao found himself in a dark cave with no doors or windows, the only source of light being a narrow horizontal crack in front of him. The cave was filled with bottles, jars, and all sorts of odds and ends, leaving almost no room to step.
"Where are you?"
"Here." A wisp of smoke rose from the dark corner, drifted onto the stone pier, took on a human shape, and then sat down.
He was handsome and fair-skinned, with a slender build, and his arms were slightly longer than those of an average person.
Ling Jinbao sized him up. The man's appearance didn't reveal much information, but he knew that this guy was probably not a living person.
"Who are you? And why are you here?"
“My surname is Bao, and I was the same target you infiltrated. I was trapped here a long time ago.” The man smiled. “I never expected that someone would still be sending lambs to the slaughter.”
A bag? Ling Jinbao's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out, "The bandit Chi Shan!"
From legends to the monsters captured in Jade Capital, it is said that once upon a time, a celestial thief was caught when he tried to sneak close to the White House. The Earth Mother was furious and specially extracted his soul, trapping him deep in the city and torturing him.
And this unlucky fellow's nickname was "Chishan Bandit".
The man tilted his head: "There are still people in this world who have heard of my name? So much time has passed. Hmm, five hundred years or a thousand years?"
"More than two thousand years ago."
Chi Shan's eyes widened: "What..."
"By staying here, you have escaped the depletion of spiritual energy and the fall of immortals in the outside world."
The bandit Chi Shan muttered, "Two thousand years... two thousand years have actually passed! Alas, time seems to stand still in this city. And where did you come from, to die?"
The man spoke rudely, but Ling Jinbao didn't mind: "More than two thousand years—the word 'more' cannot be omitted. I come from Mount Ling. Are you imprisoned here?"
"That's it."
Ling Jinbao kept looking around: "Is this a secret realm? I've heard that most of the secret realms in Jade Capital City are controlled by the Earth Mother."
“If this is the Earth Mother’s secret realm, she will know as soon as you enter,” Chi Shanzei pointed to the crack. “Take a closer look and you’ll understand.”
Ling Jinbao cautiously peered out from the crack, and what he saw was...
The first thing he did was make eye contact with a big yellow eyeball!
Even though Ling Jinbao considered himself incredibly brave, this moment almost made his heart stop.
Such large eyes, with vertical pupils, staring straight at him.
Ling Jinbao darted to the side.
Then, the owner of the large eyeball outside the rift continued walking with heavy steps, as if he hadn't seen him at all.
"Hahahaha!" Chi Shanzhai laughed so hard he almost fell over.
Ling Jinbao stood there awkwardly, asking, "Can't it see me?"
He moved closer to the crevice and realized that the giant lizard that had just passed by was the same one. Several other monsters followed closely behind, but none of them could see him.
Most importantly, these monsters were huge; their heads alone were much larger than the dark cave he was in.
Ling Jinbao scratched the back of his head. No, it wasn't that the monsters had gotten bigger, but that he had gotten smaller!
"What the hell is this place?"
“The crack in the wall. The crack in the wall of the house you came in from…”
That's why the monsters couldn't see Ling Jinbao. Who would stare intently into a crack in the wall for no reason?
"Excuse me, I've been alone for too long. It's rare to have guests." Chi Shanzei straightened his back. "Let me reintroduce myself. My nickname is indeed 'Chi Shanzei,' but I'm not Bao Chi Shan, I'm Bao Chi Hai."
"Huh?" Ling Jinbao looked completely bewildered.
Who is Bao Chihai? Is he Bao Chishan's brother?
“Bao Chishan and I are twin brothers, but I died shortly after birth. So my parents refined me into a Yin spirit, and I grew up and cultivated with Bao Chishan. The only difference is that he is a living person, while I am a Yin cultivator.”
Ling Jinbao suddenly realized: "You all share one body?"
Yin Shen, commonly known in folk tradition as raising little ghosts.
Some evil cultivators cause other people's children to die unjustly, and then use their souls to refine little ghosts; but the Bao family, for example, uses their own young souls that died prematurely to refine them, which can be considered a way to keep their loved ones alive. Moreover, these two brothers have had a telepathic connection since childhood, and they will be even stronger in battle.
"I guess so. Almost no outsiders know about this."
(End of this chapter)