Chapter 1356 The Answer
Chen Yang looked up at the starry sky above. This was neither the Human Realm nor the Underworld.
Chen Yang could clearly feel a powerful aura operating above the sky, though it was fleeting.
But that feeling reminded Chen Yang of the Lord of the Underworld!
"Is it a being similar to the Lord of the Underworld?"
Chen Yang recalled carefully. Although the feeling was very similar, there was still a significant difference between the two.
The Lord of the Underworld, after all, had his own thoughts, but the power just now seemed to have no thoughts of its own. It was like a program.
Chen Yang shook his head. It was possible that he had been detected by the other party when he entered the Heavenly Realm just now.
However, since the other party did not make a move, he did not need to worry too much.
Chen Yang's spiritual power spread out to the surroundings. Within the forest where he was, there were indeed several cultivators.
The mountain spirit, which had been resting, immediately hid in a corner and began to tremble after feeling a powerful spiritual force sweep over it.
"A Nascent Soul realm spirit? This world is quite strange!"
Chen Yang did not know what kind of existence his current location belonged to in this world.
However, it was very rare to have seven or eight Nascent Soul realm spirits in a mountainous area.
Perhaps the Underworld was only like this?
Chen Yang did not seek out those Nascent Soul realm existences, because his priority now was to find a city.
Find the location of the Qin family!
Although he did not find a city, Chen Yang did find a village-like existence.
As soon as Chen Yang entered the village, he heard strange noises from within.
It was not until Chen Yang walked to the center of the village that he saw all the villagers gathered together, kneeling towards the bonfire in the middle.
And on the bonfire, a boy and a girl were crying.
Their cries were heart-wrenching and exceptionally piercing in the dark night.
When one of them saw a stranger enter the village, he immediately exclaimed.
"The Mountain God has arrived!"
Immediately, everyone kowtowed to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang frowned, looking at the scene before him, and guessed that these people had mistaken him for some Mountain God.
Chen Yang ignored these people and walked towards the two children in the center of the bonfire.
The flames around them immediately extinguished as Chen Yang approached. Chen Yang shattered the ropes binding the children in mid-air and then took them down.
Seeing this, the villagers immediately began to worship. The flames were insignificant before the Mountain God. The miraculous methods of the Mountain God were something they had never heard of.
"Mountain God, these are the virgin boy and girl specially chosen for you by our village. We beg the Mountain God to bless us..."
An old man knelt before Chen Yang and murmured, but he was interrupted by Chen Yang before he could finish.
"Look up at me."
The old man trembled upon hearing this and buried his head even deeper. "I dare not, I dare not. How can mortals behold the divine visage of the Mountain God..."
Chen Yang spoke again, "I told you to look up at me."
Facing the Mountain God's request, no matter how nervous and afraid the old man was, he had to raise his head.
Chen Yang, holding the two children, softly comforted them, "Don't cry. Where are your parents?"
The slightly older boy pointed to the houses in the distance and choked out, "My father was eaten by the Mountain God when he went hunting. My mother was tied up in the house."
After Chen Yang put the children down, he said to the old man, who had already looked up, "If I'm not mistaken, you are the village chief, aren't you?"
This was also the first time the old man had seen the true face of the Mountain God. He found that the Mountain God was not as terrifying as the legends described. On the contrary, he was quite handsome, and his gentle and refined demeanor was very much like a scholar from the city.
However, thinking of what the Mountain God had done to the village over the years, he hurriedly lowered his head, suppressing his fear to avoid soiling himself.
"Yes, I am the village chief. Whatever the Mountain God desires, just say the word, and we will satisfy the Mountain God's wishes."
"Please, Mountain God, spare the villagers!"
The other villagers were all prostrate on the ground, not daring to look up. The old man, being able to look at the Mountain God and converse with him, was already the bravest among them.
Chen Yang sighed helplessly, "First, help me send these two children home. I happen to have other matters to ask you."
Everyone in the village found this strange. The Mountain God wanted to send these two children home?
However, since the Mountain God himself had said it, naturally, no one would resist.
But even after Chen Yang took the children and the old man to leave, no one dared to get up from the ground.
If they left before the Mountain God spoke, it would be a great disrespect to the Mountain God.
Chen Yang naturally noticed this, but he did not ask about it. Instead, he asked, "The so-called Mountain God you speak of, are they those Nascent Soul realm mountain monsters in the mountains?"
Upon hearing this, the old man froze on the spot.
He looked at the Mountain God in shock, his mind unable to keep up.
Chen Yang raised an eyebrow and said softly, "You keep calling me the Mountain God, but when did I ever say I was the Mountain God?"
"I see that many people in your village have begun to cultivate. With proper guidance, they could also reach the Nascent Soul realm."
"Facing those Nascent Soul monsters in the mountains, it seems you are not without any means, are you?"
Most of the villagers had good vitality. Although they had not reached the Nascent Soul realm, they were like Grandmasters.
Although they looked like simple folk on the outside, the fluctuations of power within them could not deceive Chen Yang.
The old man's voice trembled as he asked, "You... you are truly not the Mountain God?"
Before Chen Yang could reply, the old man's expression immediately became solemn.
He then reached out to snatch the child from Chen Yang's arms.
Chen Yang naturally would not let him. With a gentle push, he immobilized the old man on the spot.
Chen Yang chuckled, shook his head with a hint of helplessness, and said, "It is true that I am not the Mountain God you speak of, but slaughtering you would be a matter of a blink of an eye."
"Of course, you can rest assured, I will not do that."
"You will answer whatever I ask. I only need my answers."
Fear immediately filled the old man's eyes.
This person before him, although he claimed not to be the Mountain God, seemed no weaker than the Mountain God!
Under Chen Yang's barrage of questions, the old man told Chen Yang everything about the Mountain God.
At the same time, Chen Yang also understood how corrupted the world he was currently in had become.