Following the baby's crying, Li Yang walked towards the Tu village.

This Tu people who live in the mountains all year round have a architectural style similar to that of the Miao people, and they are all hanging attics several meters above the ground.

However, compared to the exquisiteness of the Miao people, they appear to be much more crude and simple. Moreover, due to the steep terrain, most of their residences are of varying heights and very messy.

Behind the village is a huge stone wall. Because it is close to the waterfall, the entire stone wall also looks wet.

"Um..."

When I looked closer, I saw a narrow cave hidden under the stone wall.

The entrance to the cave was not big and could barely pass by alone. The faint crying of the baby came from the cave. When Li Yang walked closer, he saw a pungent and bloody smell of rottenness in the cave.

Water stains are permeated everywhere in the cave, making it dark and damp, and the stone walls around it are smooth, obviously made by manual polishing.

Li Yang groped down the cave and walked about a distance of about a hundred meters. As he went deeper, the smell of blood and rotten smell became more and more intense.

Soon, a faint light came into Li Yang's eyes from the front.

"This is..."

Following the direction of the light, Li Yang walked forward quickly. Soon, an oval cave appeared in front of him.

The cave looked like a stove without a roof, and a dazzling ray of sunlight shot into the cave from a small hole at the top.

I saw a huge pool in the middle of the cave, which was covered with black and red sticky blood. You could vaguely see the corpses of animals and humans emerging in it.

"Qingyuan Fruit!"

I saw an emerald green fruit tree growing in the center of the blood pool. The fruit tree showed transparent green crystals throughout, and red blood vessels could be vaguely seen in its trunk.

The fruit tree is not tall, only about one foot, with lush branches and leaves. The emerald green branches and leaves are emitting crystal aurora under the sunlight.

The most peculiar thing is that there is a black rattan stick around the tree. The rattan looks like ink, which forms a sharp contrast with the trunk that is emerald green crystal.

"Hmph...What a bunch of damn beasts!"

Looking at the four walls of the cave, cages made of wood were embedded in them, and among the cages, the refugees covered in ragged clothes and numb faces, Li Yang couldn't help but narrow his eyes and shouted loudly.

Seeing this scene, Li Yang still didn't understand what was going on.

This group of natives learned evil methods from some unknown place, but they used their life essence to force their spiritual roots to prolong their lives. This Qingyuan fruit tree was obviously dug from where they didn't know where.

With the spiritual energy and environment of the world here, it is obvious that it cannot meet the nutrients needed for the survival of this spiritual root.

These natives caught wild animals and living people, and used their flesh and blood, energy to force the spiritual root to prosper.

Looking at the refugees locked in cages in the surrounding mountain walls, a chilling harsh light flashed in Li Yang's eyes.

Judging from the traces of these human clothes, they are obviously all the people at the foot of the mountain, and they are all dull and stupid, and they are obviously suffering from inhuman torture.

Most of them are women, most of them are uncovered. Judging from the scars on their bodies and several of the raised abdomen, they are obviously tools chosen by these natives to give birth and vent.

There was even a baby who had just been born and wrinkled in his skin lying on the ground, his breath was already dying, obviously he had just been born.

"Oh...well, this world is like a sea, and it's so difficult for all living beings. I have already avenged your grudges for you, so let's go on your way with peace of mind!"

Li Yang looked at these refugees with numb faces, empty eyes, and lifelessness. Even though he was tenacious, a trace of unbearableness flashed in his eyes. Judging from the appearance of these people, the reason why they are still alive is just the instinct of living creatures to survive. If there is a choice, death may not be a good choice for them.

"The sky is clear and the earth is bright, I will give me the gods: seal!"

Looking at the Qingyuan Fruit Tree in the center of the blood pool, a golden tentacle popped out from behind Li Yang and pulled it out of the blood pool. Several magic seals formed between his hands, and a mysterious golden talisman was hardly stamped on the trunk like crystal.

Take out a jade box from your arms, Li Yang reached out to pick off the top of the fruit tree. The Qingyuan fruit, the size of an apple, was green and green, and carefully put it into the box.

"This Qingyuan Fruit is a spiritual fruit used to sustain vitality. Whether it is seriously injured and dying or near life, it can be used to hold your life.

This kind of spiritual fruit tree is a healing holy fruit that gathers vitality and produces three fruits every ten years. It may not be particularly precious in ancient times, but in today's world environment, it can be regarded as a very rare spiritual fruit.

Especially for those practitioners who have little life span, it is hard to find a fortune.

This is also why Li Yang asked Qingyuan Fruit about the reason why the old Taoist Ruan, who had little lifespan, wanted to fight with him.

"Puff puff puff puff...sheep..."

"Crack..."

Li Yang opened his mouth and vomited it. Suddenly, the red sun fire spread in the cave. In a moment, the entire cave became a sea of ​​fire.

"Good guy, it's quite heavy!"

He reached out and pulled out a pitch-black vine from the void. Li Yang touched the vine in his hand, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

This kind of vine, when held in the hand, is not the roughness of wood at all, but is very delicate, like beautiful jade, but it is as dark as ink, but it is extremely heavy. Li Yang looked at it for a long time but could not see what it was.

The small vine, which is less than two inches, has a lifting weight of hundreds of kilograms. Not only that, its texture is also extremely hard and the material looks very unique, neither gold nor jade. As for whether it is wood, Li Yang couldn't figure it out for a while.

But he understood that this thing was definitely a treasure, and its value might not be under the Qingyuan Fruit Tree.

After putting away the vines, Li Yang searched the Tu tribe's mountain village. However, the Tu tribe's high priest's house was the object of his focus. It is located in the deep mountains. This Tu tribe lives in the deep mountains all year round, and there are naturally many ancient medicines that have been born in it.

Especially in the old priest's room, Li Yang found a lot of good things, and even he found a few of the spiritual materials needed to refine the Nirvana Golden Pill.

As for the rooms of the other tribesmen, they did not get much. After plundering the entire village, Li Yang soared into the air, and a fire burned the entire village to a white ground.

......

Three days later, in the boundary of Jingxi, Guangxi, lightning and thunder were roaring in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.

A young man in a black and white robe and a hat walked on the muddy road in the mountains and fields, looking up at the sky from time to time, frowning, as if he had something to worry about.

"Oh... in the big winter, thunder and lightning, this..."

Looking at the abnormal celestial phenomena in the sky, Li Yang looked confused and puzzled.

Since entering the Jingxi region of Guangxi two days ago, this celestial phenomenon has never been normal. It is okay to say that the downpour of heavy rain in the winter is a subtropical area. It is normal to have rain near the seaside, but thunder and lightning are a bit out of place.

Spring thunder and summer thunder are good, but winter thunder is not common, especially the heavy rainstorms that last for two days and two nights are even rarer in winter.

"Brother-in-law... Look at your hurry-in-come appearance, but you have anything important to do!"

At this moment, on the road not far ahead, a father-in-law who was over fifty years old, wearing a straw raincoat and a hat, looked hurried. Li Yang hurried forward, stopped him and asked.

"The young man is not our locals, right?"

After being stopped by Li Yang, the father-in-law looked up and down at Li Yang. Although he was a question, he had a confident look on his face.

"My father-in-law has such a good eye. I am indeed not a local, but I came from Yunnan!"

"What good things are good for those with poor eyesight? If you are a local, you won't ask this question."

Faced with Li Yang's flattery, the father-in-law sighed with a bitter smile on his face, and the wrinkles on his face looked even deeper.

"I don't know what happened in Yinghai County recently. It has been raining heavily for a week. Fortunately, we are near the sea, otherwise it would have caused floods. The strangest thing is not these, but this kind of thunder and lightning is everywhere every day."

As the father-in-law said, he pointed to the sky, his eyes full of bitterness.

"What my father-in-law means that the rain has been going on for a week?"

Looking at the scene of silver snakes dancing in the sky, Li Yang was also very confused. Even in the subtropical climate, it is normal for the Guangxi area to be rainy in summer, but heavy rain generally does not last long. Moreover, it is still winter, and the heavy rain for a week is obviously a bit strange.

"Seeing my father-in-law's face in a hurry, are you going to rush home?"

"Hi... The old man is not going home, he is going to the city to worship the Dragon Prince!"

Seeing Li Yang asking questions, perhaps because he felt depressed, the father-in-law gradually opened up and continued, " "Why, Master Yu in the county town, joined forces with several major households in the city to build a Dragon King Temple, and invited the abbot of Fankong Temple to come to the abbot's consecration ceremony with Huang Banxian in the city."

"Today is the day when the Dragon King Temple is consecrated. According to Huang Banxian, it is our Yinghai County who offended the Dragon King, so that there will be this heavy rain!"

As he said that, the father-in-law's turbid eyes couldn't help but become wet: "This continuous heavy rain may be fine, but the dealer in the fields has been completely affected by seedlings. How can we ordinary people survive?"

"If my father-in-law doesn't dislike me, I also want to go to the Dragon King Temple with you, don't you agree?" Looking at my father-in-law's tone that gradually became more swallowed.

Although Li Yang didn't believe the irritation of the Dragon Prince, he felt more and more that there must be something strange about this matter, so he helped his father-in-law and asked.

"We are interested in giving birth to children, so let's go together!"

Although the father-in-law is not young, he works all year round and is in good health. The two of them chatted all the way to the county town.

Yinghai County, as the name suggests, is a county town near the sea. Because of its very good geographical location and the prosperity of maritime trade in recent years.

Although Yinghai County is just a county town, it is not inferior to some major cities in the mainland.

As we approached the county town, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased. Judging from their hurrying appearance, it was obvious that they were also attending the so-called consecration celebration of the Dragon King Temple.

After paying the entry fee, I saw that in the county town, there were already crowds of people, most of them were pedestrians wearing straw raincoats and hats, and a few were wearing umbrellas and long gowns.

"Hey... In previous years, even during the Chinese New Year, this county town has not been so lively!"

Looking at the crowded abortion, the father-in-law couldn't help but sigh.

Li Yang looked at the continuous stream of people coming, and he also vaguely felt something was wrong in his heart. How could the local rich people from these mere counties have such influence?

Judging from the scale of the abortion, I am afraid that the people within a radius of hundreds of miles have all rushed over.

Soon, with the flow of people, Li Yang saw the Dragon King Temple, which covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres in the northwest of the county town.

The entire Dragon King Temple has blue bricks, glazed tiles, vermilion beams and pillars, and a vast gate tower. Various reliefs of dragon seeds can be seen everywhere, and gilded plaques are hung high above it.

"Good guy, let alone Dragon King Temple, even ordinary provincial capital governments may not be so grand!"

As he squinted his eyes and looked at the Dragon King Temple, Li Yang's suspicion became even stronger. Perhaps ordinary people had no idea about money.

But Li Yang knew that it would be inevitable that the rich people from the county towns would want to build a Dragon King Temple of this size, not to mention losing everything or causing trouble.
To be continued...