Can Xue frowned.
At the time, she hadn't paid much attention, but now, it was no wonder the Evil Ancestor had been so excited after receiving the reward.
She secretly looked up at Qi Yu and the others. Seeing that they were all anxious about Feng Mian's disappearance, she couldn't help but lower her voice and remind them:
"Why don't we go to the Evil Ancestor's birthplace to have a look?"
"I once heard a friend say that the Evil Ancestor was formed by gathering all the evil energy in the world. The place where he was first born was a village called Qijue Mountain. The Evil Ancestor cannot die, so perhaps he is recuperating there."
As she said this, Can Xue's mind was blank.
She had never experienced true human affection, so she couldn't empathize with how sad Yu Zhen was.
But... for some reason, she wanted to help her.
"That's right," Qi Nian murmured, "The Evil Ancestor cannot be completely annihilated. Since that's the case, he must still be alive. If we find him and interrogate him severely, we might be able to find out the reason for this matter?"
Qi Nian looked at Yu Zhen.
Yu Zhen wiped away the tears that had fallen from her eyes at some unknown time and nodded directly:
"There is an evil well in the village on Qijue Mountain. I've heard of it too. It's where the Evil Ancestor's primordial spirit was born. No matter what, I must know what Feng Mian has been hiding from me today! Let's go to Qijue Mountain now."
Qi Yu nodded. She originally wanted to say something more, but seeing Yu Zhen's red eyes, with tears about to fall, she finally bit her lip and swallowed her unsaid words.
Instead, she reached out and gently hugged Yu Zhen.
After that.
The group spent three days organizing and tidying up.
During this time, Qi Yu also made a small bag for the still foolish little Winged Tiger Ming Lou and hung it on its hand.
After everyone had finished organizing, they flew to Qijue Mountain together.
Qijue Mountain was located on the border of the southwestern sea.
It was a very steep peak with an independent barrier set up.
The peak had four seasons, and it looked ordinary on the surface.
However, as long as someone with spiritual roots stepped onto this mountain, regardless of their cultivation level, they would all be sealed, and even their storage pouches would be unusable.
It was a truly strange mountain.
Qi Yu stood at the foot of the mountain, hesitating: "It's not that I don't want to go in, but I'm a little worried. If we can't use any magic, even if we meet the Evil Ancestor himself on the mountain, what can we do to him?"
Yue Zhiyin stood with his hands behind his back: "It is indeed worth worrying about, but I think since we can't use spiritual energy, the Evil Ancestor's primordial spirit should also not be able to use evil methods."
"That, that's true," Qi Yu nodded.
After a moment of hesitation, the few people finally stepped into Qijue Mountain.
The moment they entered Qijue Mountain, Qi Yu immediately felt a strong oppressive force.
Her cultivation was suppressed.
Unable to use spiritual energy, every step up the mountain required her own effort. After walking for three to four hours, Qi Yu's strength was finally exhausted, and she squatted on the ground, unable to move.
Ming Lou lay on Qi Yu's head, its wings drooping, panting from exhaustion.
Feng Siqian and Feng Yunzui were also exhausted.
Feng Yunzui was on Feng Mingqi's back, while Feng Siqian was on Qi Nian's back.
Li Yu squatted on the ground and pointed to his back at Qi Yu: "Come up."
Qi Yu climbed onto his back, resting her chin on Li Yu's shoulder, feeling lazy all over.
Li Yu hugged her and weighed her.
Yue Qi Yu hugged Li Yu's neck and whined, "Dad, I'm so tired. Why is this mountain so high? We've been walking for so long and haven't seen any people, nor the shadow of the Evil Ancestor's primordial spirit."
Ming Lou let out loud roars on Qi Yu's head.
The sound was neither like a tiger nor a wolf.
Yue Zhiyin also rarely walked so far on foot and was tired. He looked up and saw the little Ming Lou on Qi Yu's head, and couldn't help but reach out and scoop him up.
Then, with a mischievous look, he rubbed its belly.
Ming Lou tried to escape with all four limbs. When it couldn't escape, it turned and bared its teeth at him.
Yue Zhiyin tapped its little baby teeth, still holding it firmly, and played with it while walking.
He played with it until little Ming Lou was drowsy.
After Yue Zhiyin played with it for a while, Sui You took it from the side and continued to play with it.
Qi Yan and Chi Ming followed closely behind.
The group took turns playing with it, bullying little Ming Lou until it lost all its temper and simply drooped its wings limply, letting them do as they pleased.
The entire tiger felt miserable.
Sui You looked at little Ming Lou: "We need to think of a way for Sixth Brother's situation as well."
Although the little one was indeed fun to play with, this situation couldn't continue indefinitely.
"I think so too, but none of us understand Sixth Brother's current situation," Yue Zhiyin took it back, holding the little furball in his hand: "After this is over, we still need to go to the Winged Tiger tribe."
He gently scratched it, and little Ming Lou slept soundly in Yue Zhiyin's hands.
It seemed he was used to it.
Sui You nodded and looked up to see a small path paved with gravel not far away.
Li Yu, carrying Qi Yu on his back, stopped.
The gazes of the group crossed the hill, and they indeed saw rows of exquisite and cute small villages.
Qi Yu jumped off Li Yu's back. When she got closer, she casually pulled over a woman carrying a wooden basin and asked, "Excuse me, is there a place where we can stay?"
"It's like this, my senior brothers and sisters are here to visit relatives, but we got lost. We just want to find a place to rest. We have money, I wonder if you could do us a favor?"
"You have money?" The woman originally wanted to say it was inconvenient, but upon hearing this, she swallowed her words and looked hesitant: "I do have a place in my backyard where you can stay, but how many days will you be staying? How much money can you give me?"
Qi Yu directly took out a gold ingot and a bank draft: "We might be staying for about fifteen or sixteen days. During this time, we might have to trouble you."
Gold was a very rare currency, not something anyone could possess in the mortal world. One had to go to the bank to exchange it.
But to exchange it, one needed a ticket to prove that the gold was not stolen.
Qi Yu handled both matters at once, and the woman's face immediately broke into a smile: "Oh, staying for more than ten days? No problem, no problem. We have clean bedding over there. If you need anything, I'll go down the mountain to the market to buy it for you."
Qi Yu nodded.
She followed the woman.
To find the Evil Ancestor's hiding place, it would take at least ten days. Staying in the village temporarily was safer than sleeping outdoors.
Yu Zhen hesitated beside her, but finally couldn't help but ask, "Yu'er, you can't even use your storage pouch, where did you get the gold from?"
"Of course, I kept it in my purse for emergencies," Qi Yu raised her head proudly, "Money is a very important thing in the mortal world. You can lack anything but money, otherwise, you can't move an inch."
Yu Zhen thought of the woman's expression changing instantly after seeing the gold and nodded.
The group followed the woman to a courtyard and pushed open the door.
A man holding a razor came out and said to the woman who was guiding Qi Yu and the others:
"Mom, are there guests?"
"Yes, they're here to stay, and they gave us money," the woman said, then couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to shave fish?"
A hint of doubt arose in Qi Yu's heart.
Shave fish?
That term was so strange.
"Yes, the village chief called me," the man said excitedly. He looked at the woman and said, "Mom, you don't know, the village chief said the mermaid caught this time swam from the North Sea, and its fish tail is worth a lot of money."
Yue Zhiyin frowned.
Qi Yu and the others exchanged glances.
A mermaid from the North Sea?
The villagers here actually made a living by hunting mermaids?
Qi Yu mused in her heart.
The man speaking opposite looked up as he spoke and saw Qi Yu's exquisite and beautiful profile. His tone paused, and then, he stammered and proactively invited:
"By the way, mermaids are very rare. Do you guys want to go and see? Perhaps you can get a mermaid pearl."
Upon hearing this, Yue Zhiyin and the others exchanged glances.
Qi Yu blinked her eyes, looking expectant, and nodded, saying, "Can we really? I've never seen a mermaid before. That's great."
The man's cheeks turned slightly red.
Qi Yu smiled and curved her eyes.
Yue Zhiyin looked at Qi Yu's receding back and suddenly couldn't help but turn around and whisper to Li Yu:
"Master, have you noticed that Junior Sister Qi Yu, at some point, seems to have become good at dealing with humans?"
Before, she could at most be a young mistress behind the scenes, catching little monsters to make money for her.
Li Yu was stunned for a moment and looked at Qi Yu.
Qi Yu's personality?
Indeed, there was a change.
But he hadn't really noticed it before.
Thinking about it now, ever since Qi Yu merged with the Evil Cold Hell and her cultivation rapidly increased by absorbing malevolent thoughts, her personality had indeed changed rapidly...
He didn't know if it was good or bad.