Chapter Forty-Seven Clues

  The evil creature hastily retreated, taking away the vengeful Daishan monster, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight. Black Cow saw that the danger had been averted, so he rushed into the tent, gave Yunxue and Kairui some water to drink, and then came before Yang Hao.

  "Tell you, can you keep it a secret?"

  "We are here to dig ginseng..." Yang Hao gave the answer, but Hei Niu seemed dissatisfied and retorted a sentence back at Yang Hao.

  "I don't think any of you are short on money, just look at your equipment, the price of any one of these items far exceeds that of ginseng. If it were ordinary people, they would have been scared to death by the mountain goblins, how could they still have the mind to fight? So please tell me, what is it that you're after? Why are you willing to risk your lives to come and dig for ginseng?" Hei Niu was indeed a mountain man, he wasn't doubting Yang Hao's words, but rather Yang Hao and his group's actions had left him somewhat perplexed.

  "What you said is right, we didn't come for the money, and besides, the ginseng we're going to dig isn't just any ordinary ginseng, it's a thousand-year-old human-shaped ginseng king."

  "What...?! Thousand-year-old ginseng?!" The black cow's face suddenly turned very ugly, as if remembering everything.

  "What's wrong with Black Cow???? Is anything wrong???"

  Yang Hao slowly floated to Black Cow's side and gestured for him to sit down.

  Black Cow sat on the empty grassy ground in the forest, opening his mouth.

  "To be honest with you, Grandfather went missing in search of the thousand-year-old ginseng..." Hei Niu's expression was tinged with sadness.

  "Oh???? When was this???? Come tell me..." Yang Hao's interest was piqued, so he waited for the black cow's response.

  As Hei Niu spoke, Yang Hao came to understand that Hei Niu's grandfather was a famous ginseng digger on Changbai Mountain, and every year he would find countless ginseng roots. It was said that last year he even dug up a 600-year-old giant ginseng, which shocked the entire mountain area. Later, the government sent people to offer 5 million yuan to buy it, but Hei Niu's grandfather refused to sell and instead found a wooden box to seal it in.

  Not long after that, a stranger came to my home one night and talked with my grandfather about the thousand-year-old ginseng of Changbai Mountain. It is said that this ginseng has been cultivated for over a thousand years and has become extremely powerful, able to transform into various forms, hiding in the most secret corners, sometimes male, sometimes female, sometimes becoming a child, moving swiftly and cleverly. Everyone says that if you can catch the thousand-year-old ginseng, there will be nothing difficult in this world that can stump you. However, the king of the thousand-year-old ginseng likes quiet, spiritual places with abundant energy. These places are mostly steep cliffs. Moreover, some animals with strong spiritual energy protect it, making it not easy to find at all... My grandfather and the stranger chatted for a whole night, and the next morning my grandfather set off, saying he was going to find the thousand-year-old ginseng before leaving, but never came back again.

  "So, it seems that we've come here for nothing?" Yang Hao asked the black cow with a somewhat unwilling gaze.

  "It's not necessarily so, maybe it knows..."

  "You're saying......" Yang Hao nodded in understanding. That's right, this time they had just entered the primitive jungle for a short while and encountered the legendary mountain goblin, although it was under false pretenses, but at least it confirmed that the old people's legend wasn't made up out of thin air. It's a fact. If you have any strange rumors from your ancestors, don't take them as jokes, maybe they really existed. If another 100 years pass and humans continue to hunt lions and tigers without control, then it's possible that children 100 years later will only be able to hear about them through pictures and old people's stories.

  Yunxue and Kairui soon walked out of the tent, Yunxue's whole body was weak and her face was somewhat pale, while Kairui only felt a headache and his spirit was somewhat scattered.

  "Are you awake?" The two people nodded after hearing Yang Hao's words, and then remembered the evil deeds of Yi Xie, and a surge of anger rose to their hearts.

  "It's all right, it seems that we have gained something this time, and now we must make an effort to attack..." Yang Hao then let Yunxue and Kairui stay in the original place to rest, whispered two sentences with Heiniu, got up and chased after the big footprints left by Shanxiao...

  "What are they going to do????" Yunxue looked at the back of Yanghao and Heiniu with some confusion, earlier when the mountain goblin appeared, they were afraid to hide, now why did they take the initiative to chase up again?

  Kerry didn't say anything, but he also had some misgivings in his heart.

  Yang Hao and Hei Niu crossed over two small hills, finally arriving at a small valley with a waterfall, where they found the giant monster and the panting Ye Xie Dao Ren. The lush weeds and wildflowers covering the mountainside set off the white waterfall, red cliffs, making people feel as if they had lost all sense of weight, melting into the scenery. But these two didn't have the heart to appreciate the view anymore, because over there, a fierce battle was raging.

  Dà Shān Xiè was previously injured by Hǔ Tóu and is now facing the real culprit - Yì Xié. With injuries and exhaustion, its movements and attacks have slowed down significantly. Yì Xié, on the other hand, is retreating while fighting, but can't keep up with Dà Shān Xiè's pace and is also panting heavily.

  "Hei Niu..." Yang Hao saw this and leaned in close to Hei Niu's ear, instructing him in a low voice, after which Hei Niu lowered his body, using the dense underbrush on the mountain to conceal himself as he crept stealthily towards the location of Yi Xie.

  The giant mountain demon panted for a moment before lifting its massive foot and stomping it down towards Yie Xie's forehead. Yie Xie didn't dare to slow down, leaping backward while swinging his sword horizontally in an attempt to slash the demon. However, this attack was like a mosquito bite to the mountain demon, who was infuriated that it couldn't hit Yie Xie and let out a deafening roar. The demon's foot stomped empty air, followed by a punch that came crashing down. Just as Yie Xie regained his footing, he felt a gust of wind slap him in the face, like a knife cutting through the air, causing him to roll away to the side. Meanwhile, the black cow had quietly snuck up beside Yie Xie...

  This was also a sudden move. As soon as he stood up, he saw that the big mountain demon had somehow managed to pull out a large tree by its roots with his bare hands and held it high above his head... If this were to hit him, he would either die or be crippled. Just as he wanted to dodge, Black Cow suddenly emerged from the grass thicket, also holding a wrist-thick club in his hand, and heavily struck Yixie's calf...

  "A crisp cracking sound reached the ears of Hei Niu, and Yi Xie's face turned red like a monkey's buttocks as his calf was broken. At this moment, his red face was precisely because of this. As they spoke, Da Shan Xiao's fatal blow had arrived, and Yi Xie's calf was broken, unable to dodge again. He then activated the Golden Bell Shield, hoping to get through this ordeal."

  "Boom~~~" A loud noise, a huge tree trunk slammed onto Yixie's body, Dashan Jiao saw it and attacked with glee, letting out a few long-awaited roars of release, followed by consecutive fierce blows that struck Yixie's body one after another.

  “Huff…huff…” With each strike, a mouthful of fresh blood would spurt out, likely due to the intense shockwave caused by the blows. The aura surrounding Jīn Zhōngzhào grew weaker with each successive attack, but Dà Shān Xiǎo seemed to become increasingly frenzied, showing no signs of stopping. And so it continued, once, twice, thrice... Dà Shàn Xiǎo didn't even know how many times he had struck before finally exhausting himself and stopping. The grass around Yì Xié was uprooted, the surrounding area a mess. Yì Xié knelt amidst the broken branches and scattered leaves, his face deathly pale. His wide eyes seemed to want to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth...

  "Pffft..." A mouthful of sticky fresh blood spurted out, and with this mouthful of blood, Ye Xi lost all his strength, his eyes darkened, and the black eyeballs suddenly turned gray. He fell into the pool of blood.

  Yang Hao had already felt that his five internal organs were no longer intact. His blood vessels were all shattered, and even his bones had multiple fractures. At this point, even if he encountered a great divine being, it would be difficult for him to revive him...

  "Big guy, your revenge has been avenged.... This person is dead...." Yang Hao sent his consciousness into Dashan's mind with a puff of air, and then Dashan also sat down on the ground with a thud, panting heavily, and tears actually appeared in his eyes, revealing a grateful expression.....

  "No need to thank me, a life for a life is only fair... But, Big Fella, I have something I'd like to ask you, hope you can help me out if you know the answer, would be great if you could let me know." Yang Hao asked tentatively, wanting to see how Da Shan Xian would react... Only to see that after hearing Yang Hao's words, it leaned its head forward slightly, focusing intently on him, waiting for him to continue.

  "Big guy, do you know where the Millennium Ginseng King is????” As soon as Da Shan Xiao heard the words "Millennium Ginseng King", a look of panic flashed across his eyes, and was caught by Yang Hao. The two stared at each other for several minutes before Da Shan Xiao pulled out something shiny from behind him and threw it in front of Yang Hao. After letting out a loud shout, he turned around and ran away without looking back....

  "What does this mean?" The black cow asked a sentence after slowly walking to Yang Hao's side, picked up that piece of bright fragment the size of a palm and examined it...

  "This... this... is scales~~~~~~" Yang Hao and Hei Niu shouted out in unison, because the shiny piece in front of them was none other than a snake's scale. Neither Yang Hao nor Hei Niu had ever seen such a large snake scale before, so it was normal for them to be shocked. But what connection did this scale have with the Thousand Year Ginseng King??? Why did Shan Xiao want to give it to Yang Hao????