Originally, the sky was just cloudy, with the sun only occasionally blocked. By the time Ji Yuan and his companions reached Beishan Ridge, the sky had completely turned cloudy, and it seemed like it might rain at any time.
Beishanling is certainly not just a ridge, but refers to a group of mountains with a road to climb over them. Ji Yuan and his companions certainly did not need to wait for more people to walk together, so they quickly climbed the hill and walked on the mountain road of Beishanling.
If a normal person walked, it would take at least half a day to walk from the old farmer to Beishanling, but it only took Ji Yuan and his two companions a quarter of an hour.
It was still noon when we were in Miaodong Village in Shannan, but we had passed many places along the way and it was no longer early. After we went into the mountains again, the sky obviously darkened quickly.
"Mr. Ji, there seem to be robbers in Beishanling?"
Jin Xiu could taste something from the old farmer's words, so she naturally believed that Mr. Ji must also understand it. Perhaps only Aze was not very clear.
"There are indeed robbers."
Ji Yuan admitted it frankly, but even Aze was not nervous at all, after all, there was a god next to him.
Of course, there is more than one path in this mountain. However, along the direction that Ji Yuan and others came from, the most convenient way is to go north. After passing the open area at the beginning, the three of them walked onto a small path in the mountains. The road was very narrow and the vegetation was almost touching their bodies.
The three of them were walking on the path. Before, Aze didn't pay attention when looking at the distance, but now the road is narrow, the scenery in the mountains is close, and there is nothing to chat about to distract his attention, so Aze noticed that the scenery around him seemed a little blurry sometimes. To be precise, it was not that the scenery was blurry, he could still see it clearly, but occasionally he would feel as if his line of sight moved and his footsteps were misaligned, which made him feel dizzy, which was reflected in his visual perception as a misaligned and blurred feeling.
"Sister Jin, I feel like I'm flying..."
Jin Xiu patted the back of Aze's head to wake him up and whispered.
"This is a form of teleportation, also known as shrinking the ground and walking. There are many similar but different methods. When we take one step, we actually walk a long way."
Before they knew it, the road became wider and they could see a wide mountain road in the distance. Aze and Jin Xiu discovered that there seemed to be some figures moving in the bushes ahead, and those people seemed to be completely unaware of their approach and were still talking to themselves.
These were a few burly men with turbans wrapped around their heads and carrying weapons.
"Brother, we have found out that the team will not go up the mountain tonight and will camp at the foot of the mountain in the north. What should we do?"
A man ran quickly and approached a man sitting behind a rock by the road, reporting what he had discovered. The man and the people around him seemed very upset when they heard the news.
"My goodness, these grandsons are so cowardly! Beishan Ridge is not very big. If we walk quickly, it is possible to cross it before dark. But they actually camped at the foot of the mountain?"
"Yeah, these grandsons are too cowardly!"
"What should we do then?"
There are a total of six men here, each with a fierce look on his face. This fierce look does not mean that his face is ugly, but a kind of facial aura. As the saying goes, appearance reflects the heart. They are definitely not good people. Judging from what they said, they might be bandits.
Aze didn't dare to speak. Although these people seemed not to see them when they passed by, what if he spoke out and attracted other people's attention? He nervously grabbed Jinxiu's arm.
"Silly Aze, they can't see or hear us now, what are you afraid of."
Aze then smiled embarrassedly and quickly let go of his hand.
The six men over there also discussed the plan.
"Let's go and call the other brothers. When they are asleep at night, we will sneak down the mountain and kill them all at once!"
"Yes!" "Okay, let's do it!"
These men had just finalized the plan, but as Ji Yuan and the other two approached, a faint voice came into their ears.
"Certainly."
Afterwards, Aze and Jinxiu discovered that the six people were not moving. Some of them were half-squatting and were about to stand up, while others were chewing something so their mouths were crooked. It was not noticeable when they were moving, but it looked very strange that they were all still now.
For these ordinary people who have no Taoism skills, the energy consumed by Ji Yuan's immobilization spell is negligible. After casting the spell, Ji Yuan did not stop. Jin Xiu and Aze were very curious but did not dare to stop.
"It's not moving. This is so funny. Mr. Ji, how long will it take for them to move again?"
Jin Xiu asked curiously. As for why he didn't move, she knew that Mr. Ji had just cast a spell, so it was not convenient to ask for details.
Ji Yuan only replied "three days" and took the two of them past these "sculptures". They could not move for three days in the mountains, so they had to wish for the best.
Aze and Jinxiu were about to walk over, but when they passed by the man called Big Brother, he suddenly froze for a moment, then rushed to the squatting man and pulled out a dagger from his waistband.
Aze himself has a similar dagger, which was given to him by his grandfather. His grandfather also had one on him. He didn't find it when he buried his grandfather, but he didn't expect to see it here.
"Huh... Huh... Huh..."
Aze's breathing became rapid and bloodshot appeared in his eyes.
"It's you? It's you? Is it you?"
He yelled at the bandit, but the other party maintained a ferocious smile on his face and did not react at all, like a sculpture.
"Oh...oh...it must be you, it must be you!"
“Zheng…”
The young man pulled out the dagger in his hand and stabbed it into the man's right eye without hesitation.
"Puff..."
There was an obvious sound of a sharp weapon entering flesh, but no blood spurted out.
"Aze!"
Jin Xiu was frightened and rushed over to grab him. Aze turned around with bloodshot eyes and tears in his eyes. He pointed at the bandits with gritted teeth.
"It's him, it's them, it must be them!"
As he spoke, he pulled out the dagger and stabbed the man's right shoulder again, but because the angle was wrong, it scratched the man's leather armor and only left a bloody wound on the arm. Again, no blood spurted out, and even the hole in the right eye only showed blood but no blood spilled out.
Ji Yuan frowned slightly, walked closer to Aze, grabbed his arm, and blocked the third knife aimed at his throat. Aze looked up and saw Ji Yuan's calm eyes. At this moment, his sight seemed to reflect an ancient well under the moon, peaceful and tranquil.
"Just ask first."
After saying this, seeing that Aze's breath had calmed down a little, Ji Yuan turned his gaze directly to the bandit leader, and in the blink of an eye he had broken the spell that had immobilized him alone.
As soon as his body regained consciousness, the bandit leader shook his head, felt a sharp pain in his heart, and then blood spurted out of his right eye.
"Ah... Ah... My eyes, ah... My eyes..."
The bandit dropped the weapon in his hand, covered his right eye tightly with both hands, blood continued to seep out from between his fingers, and he rolled on the ground in severe pain.
"Come and help me, you bastards. Ugh, it hurts so much..."
Aze stood there with hatred, Jin Xiu stood aside with a frown, Ji Yuan grabbed Aze's hand and watched the man rolling on the ground indifferently. Although because of the relationship with the cave, there was no aura of death and resentment entangled on the man, and it seemed that his karma was not obvious, but in fact, it was entangled in his soul, so naturally he was the type whose death was not a pity.
"Hey... uh... who is there... spare my life, man, spare my life!"
After crying out in pain for a long time, with no one coming to help and himself seriously injured for no apparent reason, the bandit leader has realized the situation he is facing. After the initial intense pain and fear, he is now able to endure the pain and struggle to sit up, trembling, looking around with his left eye.
There were three people in front of him, a gentleman-looking gentleman, a pretty girl, and a half-grown boy. If he had seen such a combination in the past, he would have grabbed the girl directly, but now he didn't dare to do so. He just knew that he must have met a master.
"Okay, good man, spare my life. There must be some misunderstanding..."
"Where did you get this dagger?"
The bloodshot in Aze's eyes became even more intense, making it look as if his eyes were red and extremely weird. The bandit leader was actually a little scared after taking a look at the dagger. He looked at the dagger and found that it was his own. He was so frightened that he did not dare to tell the truth.
"This, this was given to me by someone else..."
"You are talking nonsense! You are talking nonsense. You killed the villagers of Miaodong Village and robbed them, you robber!"
The bandit leader now realized that he was wrong and quickly cried out for justice.
"No, no, no! I didn't kill the villagers to rob them. No! I killed a passing merchant a year ago and robbed him. I definitely didn't massacre any villagers. There were only 20 or 30 of us in total. How could we dare to rob a village? Hundreds of farmers dared to beat people to death with hoes!"
In excitement, Yamanaka covered his right eye with his palm, and more blood spurted out between his fingers. Aze was still breathing heavily after hearing this, but seemed a little dazed.
"In fact, it's not scary to have evil thoughts. What's scary is to be truly controlled by evil thoughts. Even if you are a real devil, you are not someone who has lost your mind. You know to seek good and avoid harm. In something like today, if you kill a good person by mistake, you will definitely regret it. And even if you didn't kill the wrong person, you should ask more questions for the sake of your deceased relatives. Even if he is the one who killed your grandfather, there must be other murderers. If you are controlled by evil thoughts, and you kill him, won't the others run away?"
Aze looked at the bandits with a cold expression, which only eased a little when he looked at Ji Yuan and Jin Xiu.
"Sir, is he telling the truth?"
Ji Yuan nodded and answered "yes".
Upon hearing this, Aze tightened the dagger in his hand, walked up to the bandit, and slashed his neck before the latter could react.
"Uh-huh... Uh-huh... Huh..."
The bandit covered his neck and opened his mouth wide, making a "ho ho" sound and fell to the ground struggling, and his blood dyed a large area of the mountain red.
At this moment, Aze was also confused. He just felt that he wanted to kill the bandit. He must kill him, otherwise his heart would continue to feel like a ball of fire burning, and he would feel so uncomfortable that it would burst.
"Aze, you were so scary just now!"
As Jin Xiu spoke, she approached Aze and pulled him away from the dying bandit. She also looked at Ji Yuan carefully, somewhat afraid that Mr. Ji might suddenly do something to Aze. Although she was not very experienced, she could see that something was wrong with Aze.
Ji Yuan saw everything with his Dharma eyes, looking at Aze, looking at the bandits, and even looking at the world they were in. As expected, Aze's evil thoughts were greatly influenced by the Nine Peaks Cave Heaven.