Liao Zhai's Refining God

Chapter 21
The heavy snow didn't seem to stop, like goose feathers falling, it kept falling continuously. In her previous life, Wang Lin had never seen such heavy snow.From Wang Daniu's mouth, I learned that this season is like this, and it often lasts for half a month after heavy snowfall.

The day before the agreed departure, Wang Daniu sent the belongings of the academy back to the other courtyard of the Wang family in Guobei City. The two belongings were not many, mainly some books and the Four Treasures of the Study.But according to Wang Lin's request, Wang Daniu did not reveal that the two of them were going to hunt tigers.The reason why the objects were carried away ahead of time was mainly because the academy had already graduated, and many children had already left the academy, but a few did not. It was because the snow was too heavy and the road was inconvenient, and Wang Lin was also planning to return to Qingsang Village after hunting tigers.

Early in the morning, Wan Shanhe brought five arresters to the entrance of the academy. He was wearing a thick bearskin coat, his face was still a little pale, but he walked quite vigorously, and he seemed to have recovered.Wang Lin also changed into a leather jacket. Wang Daniu was wearing a coarse cotton jacket, mainly because he had to spend the night in the mountains and forests at night. The weather was extremely cold. If he didn't wear something thicker, it would consume too much energy to keep out the cold.Wang Lin carried the simple knife on her waist. Besides the simple knife, Wang Daniu also carried a pannier, in which he bought food, flaming red wine, fire twisters, and a cowhide blanket for outdoor use. In addition, Wang Lin asked him to take the altar with him.

Although Wang Daniu was puzzled, he still put the altar in the basket according to Wang Lin's request.Although the dharma altar is not aggressive, it has the ability to absorb ghosts that are not high in cultivation and close to them. Once ingested into the dharma altar, it will be refined by the spirit refining array, which is equivalent to a low-level magic weapon. Wang Lin Of course you have to bring it.

"Brother Wang, thank you." The snow was almost knee-deep, and when he walked on the road in the city, the north wind was quite fierce, mixed with goose feather snow, and the face was icy cold. For ordinary people, walking in such weather would be difficult difficulty.When Wan Shanhe came, he was beating a drum in his heart. If Wang Lin used this as an excuse not to hunt tigers, he would not be reluctant, so he could only go up the mountain alone.Unexpectedly, Wang Lin and Wang Daniu had been waiting here early, and Wan Shanhe was quite moved by this character of keeping promises.

"Brother Wan, you're being polite!" Wang Lin cupped her hands and didn't say much.

Then a group of people walked across the streets and alleys towards the west gate. When they left the west gate, thousands of piles of snow were blown up by the north wind and rolled across the vast wilderness. Wan Shanhe asked the five police officers accompanying him to go back.Their physical strength can't keep up. In such bad weather, they are out of breath when they walk to the west gate. How can they go to the west mountain to hunt tigers.On the other hand, Wang Lin and Wang Daniu were calm and relaxed, walking against the wind in the thick snow, quite freely.

But even so, Wang Daniu took out the prepared turbans, Wang Lin also wrapped their heads, and Wan Shanhe had already prepared, taking out a turban from a bundle on his back and wrapping his head.

"Brother Wang, to tell you the truth, the grandpa is persecuting you so hard. The main reason is that this beast killed the family member of a lord in the capital. This lord used to be in Nanling's office, but now he works in Beijing. The news came half a month ago. His family members were killed in Xishan. After this incident, we conducted an in-depth investigation and found that at least 60 people were missing there. This is still the population of Guobei County. Get rid of this harm as soon as possible." Wan Shanhe stopped hiding from Wang Lin, and leaned close to Wang Lin and said loudly.

"Brother Wan, tell us about your tiger hunting last time, so we can be prepared," Wang Lin said.

"I'm ashamed to say that it's my brother's responsibility. According to the strategy of experienced hunters, they took a live sheep and tied it in the grove in front of the mountain temple to lure the tigers. Siege; At that time, the hunters were full of confidence and felt that I didn't need to take action. They asked me to rest in the mountain temple and wait for them to make meritorious deeds. However, there was no movement until midnight. I was surprised and took two men out to check, only to find the ambush I didn’t know that something had happened until none of the hunters disappeared. But then I was attacked by a fierce tiger. The beast was extremely fast, like a shadow, and the two men were killed when they met each other. I resisted for four or five rounds. The injury was serious, and he retreated to the mountain temple for defense, and escaped back after dawn." Wan Shanhe narrated.

After hearing Wan Shanhe's words, Wang Lin was even more worried. From his description, it seemed that the tiger had been leading them by the nose, and hadn't fallen into the trap of the Orion.

The mountain was covered by heavy snow, and I could have walked there in the morning, but I didn't arrive at the scheduled mountain temple until dusk, which was already sixty miles away from Guobei County.With such heavy snow, if the three of them were not physically strong, it would be impossible for them to walk so far in one go.On the way, I just added some beef and drank a few sips of flaming red wine.

The mountain temple stands on a small hill. There is a road in front of the temple, winding through the mountain forest. Although the mountain is covered by heavy snow, its outline can still be seen.Behind the mountain temple is the majestic and towering West Mountain, which looks even more majestic under the cover of white snow.

The mountain temple is not big, and there are three stone houses. Although the tiles are very worn out, there is no snow leakage.Wang Lin knew that there were ghosts and gods in this world, so she respectfully followed Wan Shanhe to open the heavy wooden door that was about to collapse, and walked into the mountain temple, where the bitter north wind was immediately isolated; the dry ground let Wang Lin felt refreshed, after all, she had walked the snowy road all day.

Wang Lin raised her eyes and saw that the statue in the mountain temple had been destroyed, a big hole was opened in the chest, and half of the head was missing.Judging from the current appearance, the statue is quite majestic. It seems to be a burly man. The image of the head does not look like a human, but a bit like a lion's head. I don't know if it was carved like this on purpose, or the mountain god here has such an appearance. .

When I talked with Fan Tianlong and Bai Dihu last time, I wanted to inquire about the relationship between gods like mountain gods and their city god system, and their divine powers, but they seemed unwilling to talk about the system, and it was inconvenient for Wang Lin to ask more.

"Brother Wang, we'll wait here! I have a hunch that this beast will definitely come." Wan Shanhe said in a deep voice.In fact, Wan Shanhe didn't finish his sentence. The reason why he was able to leave that time was because he had a vague feeling that the tiger let him go on purpose, as if he was waiting for him to bring people here again.

Wang Lin nodded, Wang Daniu went to the forest outside the temple, dragged a huge dead tree trunk into the temple, tore off its branches, lit a fire with a fire twister, and the cold temple was warmed up immediately .Then, Wang Daniu roasted the cooked beef on the fire, and shared it with Wang Lin and Wan Shanhe piece by piece. The night in the mountains is very warm.

After filling their stomachs, the three of them did not speak, and sat cross-legged around the fire silently, recharging their energy.

Midnight slowly fell, Mars flickered feebly, the biting north wind seemed to have gradually stopped, only the heavy snow falling down still showed no signs of stopping.

"Hmm!" A rotten, sour, and strange smell slowly seeped into Wang Lin's nose. Wang Lin slowly opened her slightly closed eyes, and glanced at the entrance of the mountain temple. There is nothing.But Wang Lin continued to use the energy in her brain, pouring it into her eyes, and then her heart was shocked. Three ghosts were floating at the door like a group of afterimages.

(End of this chapter)