Facing the panicked Su De, Su Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Fourth Brother. I calculated before I came here. Only your life is in danger tonight. Big Brother and A Liang and the others will just suffer a little."
Sude blinked: "...Huh?"
Su Chen went over to pick up the hatchet and wiped the blood off it. Only then did Su De realize that the tip of his finger was cut.
"Achen, that thing just now..."
"It must be a mandrill," Su Chen shrugged. "Anyway, I've never seen one before, so I can't be sure."
"It's probably formed from the vengeful spirit of a monkey or something like that in the mountains, hence its monkey-like form. Just now, it seemed like it wanted to rip your internal organs out. It feels similar to a zombie, and it enjoys feeding on blood. However, although it's as agile as a hairy zombie, it doesn't exude evil spirits, but ghostly ones. Furthermore, since it's a vengeful spirit like a monkey, its soul power is far less than that of a human, so it's relatively easy to deal with."
Su De nodded subconsciously, then scratched his head.
No, what I said was all sensible words, but why didn’t you understand a word?
But soon, he asked in surprise: "Achen, how could you..."
"My sister-in-law saw that you guys didn't come back late at night and was afraid that something might have happened, so she went home to call me. Fortunately, she came in time, otherwise, you, the fourth brother, would be the real murderer this time and your life would be in jeopardy."
Su De felt a wave of fear again, and then a bowl of hot water was handed to him.
Looking up blankly, Su De saw Su Chen smiling and saying, "Fourth brother, drink a bowl of hot water to warm yourself up. Oh, and have some biscuits."
"You've been searching in the mountains for six or seven hours. You must be starving, right?"
Su De felt a soreness in his throat and eyes. Thinking back to the harsh words he had said to his younger brother two days ago, he felt guilty.
Before he could say anything, a coat was put on.
"Let's talk about it when we get back. After we warm up, we still have to walk a little up the mountain to bring back Big Brother and the others."
"Yeah, okay."
Su De quietly wiped the corners of his eyes, blew on the hot water, drank it in two gulps, stuffed two biscuits into his mouth, and got up in a hurry.
"Achen, let's go quickly."
Su Chen didn't try to persuade him. He put the hatchet in the basket, picked up the basket, picked up the tied cotton coat and walked forward.
When they reached the middle of the mountain, Su De exclaimed in surprise at the thick white fog.
Su Chen was also a little surprised, but remembering the records in his sect's scriptures, he quickly calmed down and bowed to the white mist: "Thank you for your help, little fairy. Now that the monster has been eliminated, please remove this fog."
Sud: “???”
He looked at his younger brother in astonishment.
For a moment, he even wondered if his younger brother had lost his mind.
But if you think about it carefully, you have encountered a mandrill, so it’s not surprising that there are gods in the mountains, right?
No, old people always say that mountains have mountain gods. Could it be that the fairy I mentioned is the mountain god?
Just as I was thinking, a voice came from the white fog: "Squeak~"
Well……
Is this how the mountain god speaks?
Su Chen's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to stand there with a smile.
Two more squeaks were heard from the white fog, but they were closer.
Soon afterwards, the white mist gradually faded away.
Sude was stunned.
There really is a mountain god!
But where is the mountain god?
He looked forward suspiciously in the direction of the flashlight, but saw nothing and couldn't help scratching his forehead.
Su Chen's gaze quickly fell behind a tree.
There, there was a furry tail and half a furry little face. On the little face, a pair of black round eyes were staring at him curiously.
Su Chen smiled and bowed to it again: "Greetings, little fairy."
It jumped out, seemed to feel something was wrong, and stood up again, shaking its tail.
"Squirrel?" Su De looked at the squirrel suspiciously, then turned to Su Chen, "Achen, this..."
Could it be raised by the mountain god?
"Fourth brother, this is a little immortal who has attained enlightenment in the mountains."
"……ah?"
Isn't it the mountain god's pet? But the immortal himself?
“Squeak!”
The squirrel seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Su De. It jumped over, jumped onto Su De's forehead, and scratched his hair. After scratching, it jumped into Su Chen's hand and landed steadily on the flashlight. It curiously clung to the front, as if trying to study how to make it glow.
"Squeak?"
After studying it for a while, the squirrel seemed to not understand, so it jumped around and gestured towards Su Chen.
Su Chen turned off the switch, and the surroundings instantly became pitch black.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak."
Su Chen turned on the switch again.
“Squeak!”
The squirrel's tail stood up and swayed slightly, looking very excited.
Its little paw landed on the switch, and it bent it hard, and the flashlight dimmed. It pushed it hard again, and the light came back on.
Next, a spot on the mountainside lit up and then dimmed, and then dimmed and then lit up again. This happened for more than a dozen times before the squirrel seemed tired of playing. It squeaked twice, jumped to the ground, ran forward twice, and turned around to look at Su Chen.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak~"
"Fourth brother, let's follow."
Su De was slightly surprised, thinking that his younger brother was indeed not an ordinary person. He could actually understand what the squirrel said. No, it was Xiaoxian.
It is impossible for an ordinary squirrel to turn a flashlight on and off.
Yes, that’s right, it’s Xiaoxian.
But soon, Sude's eyes widened.
ahead.
The eldest brother was grinning foolishly, grabbing and cutting something, his eldest nephew was stuffing dirt into his mouth, Atang was lying down, grabbing dirt and sprinkling it on his body, and Ah Hu was hugging a tree and rubbing against it.
"Achen, what's wrong with them?"
Su Chen laughed dryly: "Xiaoxian may be a little naughty."
The wise squirrel in the mountains was naive and only knew to charm them first so that they would not go out of the range of the white fog and protect them from being harmed by the mandrill. He did not expect that this would lead to them becoming like this.
"Squeak~" The squirrel shook its tail violently. Su Chen vaguely saw a faint green light spreading, and Su Mao's eyes immediately became clear.
When he saw the woods in front of him, he was stunned: "My rice... is not right!"
He turned around hurriedly and saw that his eldest son, who was eating dirt, suddenly stopped, then coughed violently, put his finger into his throat and began to vomit.
Atang looked blankly at the leaves and dirt on his body: "Quilt, where is my new quilt?"
Ah Hu stepped back suddenly, turned around and saw the people around him, his ears instantly turned red with shame.
"dad!"
After vomiting for a while and not finding any dirt coming out, A Liang finally raised his head and saw Su Mao shouting in confusion. Then he realized there was a light and turned around to see Su De and Su Chen. He was stunned: "No, Fourth Uncle, Little Uncle, why are you here?"
Su De snorted lightly, walked forward, and knocked him on the head very rudely.
"How dare you say that? Weren't you just collecting firewood before? Why did you go up the mountain with Ah Hu and the others to catch wild boars without saying a word? Do you know how fierce wild boars are? Do you think you can catch them?"
"Not only have we not caught the wild boar, but it's also lost in the mountains. Your fourth uncle and I went into the mountains to look for you and almost..."
Su De snorted again and said, "Forget it. If you dare to go into the mountains again next time, I will break your legs!"
Ah Liang held his head and said, "Fourth Uncle, I was wrong!"
Ah Hu and Atang also apologized repeatedly, saying that they shouldn't have encouraged Ah Liang to go into the mountains.
"Dad, Fourth Uncle, don't blame Brother Hu. It's me. I thought the New Year was coming soon. I didn't do anything at home this year and didn't make any money for the family. I thought if I could catch a wild boar and make some money, maybe I could buy some clothes for Mom and Dad."
After hearing this, the words that Su Mao wanted to use to scold his son got stuck in his throat, and his eyes turned red.
He sighed deeply, his eyes falling on Su Chen: "Achen, why did you go up the mountain?"