In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 677: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Fairy 49

Guobei County is not far from the capital, but because it is located between two mountains and has a neighboring city on only one side, news does not spread as fast as other places. I thought that when revisiting an old place, I would need to avoid being recognized, but I didn't expect that until Ruyi and Zhiqiu Yiye had been wandering around Guobei County for half a day, no one noticed the problem.

Zhiqiu Yiye deliberately went to the entrance of the county government office to take a look, but he did not find the wanted posters of the two people posted on the bulletin board. He said with a little surprise: "I didn't expect that our wanted posters have not been passed here yet!"

"We two came here on horseback, so we are naturally faster than those messengers. Before the wanted order arrives, we should quickly buy things and leave. It may not be so easy to come here to buy things next time."

Ruyi and Zhiqiu Yiye were walking on the street leading their horses, preparing to purchase a batch of supplies in Guobei County before going to Yinshan. Eight years had passed, and Guobei County eight years later looked no different from Guobei County eight years ago. The people were still working hard to live as before, the shops were still selling the same things, and the stories told by the storytellers in the teahouse were still those about female ghosts and scholars.

Ruyi was not surprised by this. Although she had cleared out most of the three major demon tribes in Qingshan, which were kept captive in Guobei County, eight years ago, eight years later, those who had escaped the net and remained in Qingshan still went down the mountain to eat humans. After all, Guobei County was the only county inhabited by humans in this area.

Fortunately, the monster that Ruyi killed eight years ago had already become a powerful top monster in the Qingshan monster clan. The little monsters that stayed behind had only grown so-so in cultivation after eight years, and even if they mixed in the crowd, they only dared to harm people by means of seduction and beauty. Therefore, fewer people died in Guobei County in these eight years.

Because of this, Ruyi has been away from Guobei County for eight years, but the number of people who worship Ruyi has not decreased with the passage of time but has increased. Later, new worshipers even did not know the identity of Ruyi, and only thought that she was a deity who could protect people from harm.

The power of incense and vows not only did not decrease, but increased a lot. The cultivation level of Ruyi's incense clone is now almost the same as that of Ruyi's original body, which is at the eleventh level of immortal!

Zhiqiu Yiye found many shops with clay statues of Ruyi on display along the way. He was full of doubts, but he knew that now was not the time to ask. He had to wait until the two of them finished shopping and left the county town before he asked, "Senior, why do those shops have clay statues of you on display?"

During these eight years, Zhiqiu Yiye and Ruyi traveled together and slayed demons and monsters. No matter what situation they encountered, Ruyi could always turn the tide at the most critical moment and never failed.

Although Zhiqiu Yiye mistook Ruyi for a cultivator at the beginning, after seeing more, he realized that Ruyi was not a human being, but a natural fairy as those monsters said. It’s just that Ruyi never admitted it, which made Zhiqiu Yiye curious like a cat scratching.

"Could it be that your true identity is a deity?!" Zhiqiu Yiye became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes shining, "So, senior, you are really a deity, right?"

"......No......" Ruyi was speechless. How could she be considered a deity? She couldn't even squeeze out a bit of immortal power from her body, let alone be able to use any immortal magic.

Wait until you break through the twelfth level of immortality and become an immortal god before you admit that you are an immortal god. Your strength is not enough now.

"Senior, please stop being so modest. You are a deity, right? Or a fairy who has descended to earth?"

"Just tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone else, really!"

"Shut up!" Ruyi was annoyed by Zhiqiu Yiye and glared at him to tell him to shut up. Zhiqiu Yiye saw that Ruyi denied it and was still being mean to him. Although he seemed to be obedient and shut his mouth and stopped talking, one could tell from the way he made eyes that he had a lot to say.

They talked, laughed, and played around. Even though there were only Ruyi, Zhiqiu Yiye, and the two horses behind them on the way to Yinshan Mountain, the desolate and empty environment no longer made them feel lonely because of each other's company.

It was getting dark when they left the city. The two walked westward accompanied by the moonlight and soon arrived at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. Without the thousand-year-old locust tree that blocked out the sun, Yinshan Mountain looked a lot more desolate. Ruyi searched for a long time before she found the path up the mountain among the weeds and trees.

"It seems that few people know that the tree demon grandma on Yinshan Mountain is no longer here. Otherwise, no one would have walked this road, and the road would have become deserted."

"Senior, have you been here before? Who is the tree demon grandma you mentioned?" Walking on the mountain road at night is not easy even for practitioners like Zhiqiu Yiye and Ruyi. They have to pay attention to their feet from time to time, careful not to be tripped by branches or step on empty space.

"Before I went to Guobei County, I lived in Lanruo Temple on this mountain. That tree demon grandma is a thousand-year-old tree demon on this Yinshan Mountain..."

In order to better concentrate the spiritual power in their bodies, Ruyi and Zhiqiu Yiye have not used any magic since they left the capital. They only act in the most primitive way. Absorbing the power of merit can improve Ruyi's cultivation, but relying solely on this method to improve cultivation will not make Ruyi stronger.

Ruyi realized this as early as when she was fighting against Zhigong in the painted wall. Although she was already an intermediate fairy, she almost lost to Zhigong who was three thousand years old. All this was because her cultivation came too quickly and was too superficial.

At this time, there was still a Yan Chixia meditating and breathing in the Lanruo Temple of Yinshan. When Ruyi and the others came in, Yan Chixia immediately noticed that a strange aura had entered the Lanruo Temple. He frowned and opened his eyes, his heart full of doubts: "How could someone enter the Lanruo Temple at this time?"

Ever since Yan Chixia came back and lived in seclusion here three years ago, there have been other people who have entered Yinshan and settled in Lanruo Temple until now, but these people are passers-by who are unaware that there are monsters on Yinshan Mountain. Most of them go up the mountain in broad daylight and stay on the mountain because they are afraid that they will not be able to see the road clearly in the dark. None of them would go up the mountain at dark and enter Lanruo Temple at dawn like Ruyi and his friends.

"Could it be that some evildoer wants to settle in Yinshan again?"

Yan Chixia sighed deeply. He really didn't want his peaceful life, which had finally become peaceful, to become more troublesome.

"Forget it, let's go out and take a look." Although Yan Chixia was helpless, he still couldn't let go of the righteousness in his heart. He picked up the sword, stood up, pushed open the door and came to the main hall. He wanted to check in the dark first to confirm the identity of the person before considering whether to show up. However, he didn't expect that he was discovered by the people inside as soon as he arrived outside the door of the main hall.

"Master Yan, long time no see, I hope you are well!"

"Hmm? This voice." Yan Chixia suddenly heard a familiar voice. He looked closely and smiled in surprise: "You are... Miss Song!"