A Clash of Gods - Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Mr. Mu
In the forest, it was gloom. Yang Ning’s expression was dignified, and by the cold moonlight, he saw a wet puddle on the ground next to him. He squatted down and dipped his finger in it. As his finger approached his nose, a strong smell of blood came towards him instantly. Then he knew that it was blood on the ground.
He glanced forward, only to see the blood spilled on the ground. The blood spread to the distance in front of him. After he thought about it for a while, he knew that someone must have been injured and gone into the deep forest.
Although he knew it was very dangerous, Yang Ning could not help but grope along the blood stains to the deep forest. After a short walk, he saw that there were many corpses lying in front of him, and it was silent around. Yang Ning suddenly saw so many dead bodies, and felt horrified in his heart.
He found a steel sword aside, and he bent down and held it in his hand. Then he carefully approached and looked closely. There were eight or nine dead bodies lying around. Except for one without the head, the others were not broken. They were much more normal, compared with the two having died miserably who he had seen before.
These people were all in purple clothes. Several people were facing up. Yang Ning saw the spider tattoos between their eyebrows, knowing that these people were companions.
Not only many corpses lay on the ground, but various weapons were scattered. In addition to swords, there were various weapons such as iron hooks, short swords, iron chains and so on. At a glance, he could tell that these people all practiced martial arts.
These dead bodies were strong and they all practiced martial arts. It was hard for Yang Ning to imagine why so many people all died here in such a short time.
He was puzzled, and suddenly heard a noise from nearby. Yang Ning became alert and held the sword in his hand tightly. He turned his head, but only saw a bunch of messy vines aside. The noise was from the vines.
Yang Ning held the sword and went closer and closer. Soon he heard the sharp breathing sound behind the vines, and then saw a man leaning against a large tree. In the faint moonlight, he could see that this person was wearing a gray robe with a gray strap on his head. His white hair was as conspicuous as the snows in winter, but his eyes were extremely cold.
Yang Ning looked at this person, and immediately thought of the old man in gray robe whom the man in purple had mentioned before.
The old man with white hair was short of breath, and he was very weak. His eyes were very strict, but when he saw Yang Ning’s appearance, his eyes became cold and he asked, “Who… Who are you?”
His voice was very weak, and he seemed injured.
Yang Ning had already guessed that since the men in purple were looking for this old man, and dozens of men in purple died in the mountain at this moment, the murderer should be this old man with white hair.
But looking at the emaciated appearance of this old man, it was really hard to believe that he had killed so many strong men.
“Sir… Sir, what’s wrong with you?” Yang Ning was wary, “Are you hurt?”
The white-haired old man said in a cold voice, “I ask you who you are. Why are you here?”
Yang Ning felt the chill from the old man, and he really didn’t want to stay in this place of trouble. He took two steps back, but he saw that the old man’s arm shook violently, and a vine sprang out like a viper.
Yang Ning’s face became dignified. He held the sword in his hand tightly and slashed it with his sword. However, it seemed that the vine was alive. The sword hadn’t touched it yet, when the vine suddenly rolled sideways. Yang Ning felt that his wrist was held tight. The vine had tied up his wrist.
Yang Ning was shocked and wanted to break free, but his entire arm felt numb, as if it had been shocked by the electricity. The sword in his hand fell down and his entire body was pulled over by the vine.
Curiosity killed the man.
Yang Ning thought that he should never have come up to this gloomy mountain. At this moment, he never expected that he didn’t witness the good show but was going to be killed by this old man.
“Bang!”
Yang Ning was pulled over by the vine, and immediately fell heavily on the ground. This time he fell down really hard, as if his bones were about to fell apart. When Yang Ning struggled to sit up, he found that the old man was already in front of him, and he was staring at him with his cold eyes. At this time, he was leaning against the big tree alone.
“You are not from the Five Poisons Palace?” The old man glanced at Yang Ning and said in a weak tone, “Who the hell are you? If you are not honest, I will… I will kill you now.” After he said this, he frowned and his whole body trembled a few times. It seemed that he shook out of chills. Then he turned his head and with a sound of vomiting, he spit out his blood.
Yang Ning immediately smelled a stinking odor, which was extremely unpleasant.
“It turns out that this old guy was really injured.” Yang Ning saw this situation and immediately said, “Sir… Sir, you have misunderstood. I’m not from the Five Poisons Palace. I came into the mountain by mistake.”
However, he sneered in his heart, thinking that the old guy had mastered his skills, and he was really not an opponent. At this time, he could only fool around and seek opportunities to escape.
The old man mentioned the Five Poisons Palace, but he didn’t know what it was.
“By mistake?” The old man sneered, “You are a young kid. How could you break into the mountain by mistake?” There was still blood at the corner of his mouth, and his body was still slightly trembling, but his tone was gloomy, making people cold.
Yang Ning sat on the ground and sighed, “Sir, I am a wandering beggar. I have been separated from my companions. I heard that they had left along the official road several days ago, so I want to take a short cut here to catch up with them.”
““Go through the remote forest in this mountain?” The old man laughed, “You are really bold. Aren’t you afraid of being swallowed by the beasts in this mountain?”
“I don’t know that it is so dangerous in the mountain.” Yang Ning was in pain and struggled to stand up and said, “Sir, you may rest first. I won’t disturb you anymore. I will go down the mountain right now.” After that, he turned around and was about to leave, when the old man said with a cold voice, “Stop!”
Yang Ning knew that the old man would never let him go easily. He could only turn around and squeezed a smile, “Sir, I don’t have money. All I have is this cheap life. I just came here by accident unfortunately. You can rest assured that I have seen nothing tonight, and I will never say it.” But he thought in his heart, “I don’t know what the hell you are doing at all. Even if I want to talk about it, I will have no idea where to start.”
The white-haired old man said coldly, “It doesn’t matter if you say it.” He pointed his finger to the front and asked, “Do you know who they are?”
Yang Ning thought that the less he knew about these things, the better it would be. He shook his head and said, “I don’t know. Sir, I… I don’t want to know too much about it.”
“I have just said that they are from the Five Poisons Palace. Do you forget it?” The white-haired old man snorted coldly, “In front of me, don’t try to play any tricks…” After that, he coughed again, and his body couldn’t stop trembling.
“This old guy seems to be badly hurt.” Yang Ning thought, “If he really wants to hurt me, it won’t be a big deal to fight him to death.” But he still smiled and said, “Sir, you have misunderstood. Actually… Actually, I don’t know the Five Poisons Palace or whatever. I just want to go through this mountain as early as possible and find my companions.”
“You want to go through this mountain? Ha-ha, it seems that you don’t know yet that you will die soon.” The old man sneered, “The people in the Five Poisons Palace all cultivated in an evil way, and I took up the cudgels, so I offended them, and was chased by them. Although I have killed these people…” He coughed again, and said after he recovered from it, “Those who are around are rushing over here. If they see you, they will definitely kill you.”
This old man was really unreasonable. You killed those men. What was the deal with me? Why did he have to exaggerate it?
Seeing that Yang Ning was silent, the old man thought Yang Ning was afraid and whispered, “Are you familiar with the road on this mountain?”
Yang Ning shook his head, and the old man said, “You are not familiar, but I am. If you want to keep your life, you must listen to my orders. I can take you out of this mountain. Otherwise, you won’t escape their killing.”
Were you familiar? If he hadn’t known that the old man was good at martial arts, Yang Ning was ready to scold him.
The Niutou Mountain was continuous, and there was almost no road to follow in the remote forest. It was apparent that this old man went into the mountain in order to dodge the killing by mistake. Maybe he didn’t even know the name of this mountain. At this moment, he wasn’t shame to say that he was familiar with this mountain and he didn’t think before he called a bluff. He was extremely shameless.
Yang Ning knew that, but pretended to be a simple, “Sir, do you really know how to get out of this mountain?”
The white-haired old man nodded and said, “Yes, no need to say anything else first. I was slightly injured and it was inconvenient for me to move. Their people may come at any time. It is not suitable to stay here. You hold me on your back to leave here first.”
Yang Ning immediately understood that the old man was leaning against the tree because he couldn’t walk. He spit out his blood before, which stank, so he must be badly injured. Although he killed those from the Five Poisons Palace, he was apparently hurt by them. He still insisted that he was slightly injured at this moment, he was obviously full of nonsense.
The white-haired old man claimed to know the roads in the mountain and wanted to take Yang Ning out of the mountain. This was certainly also nonsense. His aim was just to make Yang Ning take him out of this mountain first.
Yang Ning knew that since the old man wanted to use him at this time, he would not easily hurt him. But it was really not the right time for him to escape. If he drove this old guy mad, he would definitely not get the benefits. He thought that since this old man was injured, then he had the chance to escape when his injury tortured him again.
The white-haired old man saw Yang Ning didn’t react for a while, sneered, and said strictly, “Why? Don’t you want to go out?”
Yang Ning hurriedly smiled and said, “Sir, you have misunderstood. I am worried… I am worried that I can’t hold you.”
“You can rest assured. I am very light.” The old white-haired man said, “Hurry up over here. If we don’t leave now, we won’t be able to leave when they arrive.”
Yang Ning had no choice but to go forward and pick up the old man. Strangely, this old man didn’t look slim, but when Yang Ning was carried on him, he was really light. The closer he was to him, the stronger the stink was. At this moment, he carried him on his back, and when the old man breathed sharply, the stink almost made Yang Ning vomit.
“Go that way!” The old man leaned on Yang Ning’s back and raised his hand to the depths of the mountain, “You do whatever I ask you to do, then you will definitely go out of the mountain safe and sound.”
“If I really listen to you, I’m afraid I will be killed by you in the end.” Yang Ning mumbled in his heart, but still said, “Sir, could you please tell me your name? How do I call you?”
“You just call me Mr. Mu!” The old man said, “Move, don’t waste the time!”