Chapter 19: The Colorful Bird

  I covered my face with both hands and waited for that group of bird-faced people to swallow me into their belly.

  At this moment, Mr. Zhuo suddenly opened his eyes and shouted at me: "Use the Heavenly Eye!"

  I hastily withdrew my palm, and the Heavenly Eye automatically opened.

  My eyes shone with a faint golden light, and the faces of those who wanted to pounce on me suddenly stopped in mid-air, then turned around and flew back to the side of the big bird.

  I suddenly gained confidence, stood up and held the talisman to continue running towards the big bird.

  The big bird apparently also had doubts about me, looking me up and down.

  I leaped into mid-air and threw out three talismans with a whoosh, shouting "Hurry up like the law!"

  Those three talismans suddenly emitted dazzling light, forming a net that trapped the large bird.

  The big bird chirped and wanted to break free from the net, but the more it struggled, the tighter the net became.

  I felt that the strength of my body was about to be exhausted, I bit my finger and stained it with blood on the talisman, and threw out the last talisman, hitting the big bird's forehead.

  The big bird's shrill cry echoed through the entire cave, and those human-faced birds flew towards me again.

  My body fell from the air again due to inertia.

  Those birds of ill omen concentrated and rushed into my chest.

  Why is it always the chest?!

  My chest was originally very painful, and being hit by these people's faces made me almost cough up blood.

  I think this time I'll definitely be half dead from the fall.

  Just then, the big bird suddenly rushed towards me and flapped its wings violently.

  I felt myself being enveloped by a flow of air around me, and my falling speed slowed down.

  I was still in shock when the big bird suddenly pecked at the clothes on my chest and slowly put me down on the ground.

  Those people-faced birds looked at the big bird and all showed puzzled expressions.

  The big bird cried out towards the sky a few times, and those human-faced birds flew away in all directions.

  I was full of questions and turned my head to look at Mr. Zhuo behind me.

  Mr. Zhuo had dispelled the barrier and was standing behind me, a gentle smile on his face as he said, "The seven-colored bird has now made a contract with you."

  "That's right, now you are my master." The rainbow bird replied, and then its body shrunk to the size of a small sparrow, except that the feathers on its body were colorful.

  It flew onto my shoulder and leaned against my ear, saying: "From now on until you die, you are my master. However, it's not ruled out..." It stopped here.

  Is this bird going to kill me?

  My mouth twitched, this is finding a demon to protect me? It's clearly finding a time bomb!

  Mr. Zhuo smiled and patted the head of the Rainbow Bird, saying: "From now on, Han Dong's safety will be in your hands."

  The rainbow bird did not respond.

  Why do I feel so dangerous?

  I asked Mr. Zhuo if he could give up this rainbow bird.

  Mr. Zhuo said with difficulty: "Once the contract is signed, this demon will recognize you as its master for life."

  "But this bird will definitely kill me!" I shouted in discontent.

  Mr. Zhuo smiled with his eyes narrowed: "This way you can exercise your skills. Anyway, since you've opened the Heavenly Eye to level three, you can be on guard even in your sleep, so there's no need to be afraid."

  I opened my mouth, wanting to retort a couple of sentences, but found that Mr. Zhuo was quite right.

  After that, Mr. Zhuo took me out of the cave and said he would take me to Yunying Mountain Villa to use the remaining time to cultivate my Tianyan and the coordination with the Seven-Colored Bird.

  The two of us felt a change in the scenery around us with every step we took, and before long, we arrived at Yun Cong Mountain Villa.

  I also understood why Yunying Mountain Villa was named this way, because the entire villa is shrouded in clouds, and the higher the terrain, the more clouds there are.

  Outside the Yunying Villa is a large gate similar to a fence, with the words "Yunying Villa" engraved on it.

  Mr. Zhuo knocked on the door and then stepped aside to wait.

  After waiting for a while, no one came to open the door.

  Mr. Zhuo furrowed his brow and knocked on the door again, but after a while, still no one came to open it.

  Mr. Zhuo could no longer wait, and with a slap of his palm, the large door was split open, and a burst of evil energy suddenly surged out from inside the door, my chest began to hurt again.

  Mr. Zhuo's eyes were filled with murderous intent as he walked into the door.

  Inside the door is connected to the stairs, and the stairs are surrounded by wooden houses, but the houses keep emerging with evil spirits.

  Mr. Zhuo casually pushed open the door of a wooden house, and a strong bloody smell rushed out from inside the house.

  I couldn't see what was inside the house with my naked eye, so I had to open my heavenly eye.

  The scene in front of me was so shocking that I didn't know what expression to make.

  The whole house is full of monster corpses!

  Some monsters had their wings broken, some monsters lost their heads, and some monsters were hung in the window position, and what was wrapped around their necks was actually the monster's tongue!

  The house was filled with a bloody atmosphere, and many ghosts were shuttling back and forth among the corpses of monsters, the whole scene was extremely eerie!

  The rainbow bird on my shoulder suddenly became restless, jumping and shouting loudly.

  Mr. Zhuo quickly pulled me out of the house and opened the door to another room, where the scene was even more shocking!

  Those monsters seemed to have encountered something terrifying, all their eyes staring in the same direction, and they were all covered with wounds.

  What happened?

  I turned to look at Mr. Zhuo, and Mr. Zhuo was also somewhat surprised, pulling me to continue walking inside the villa, looking through every room, with each one more terrifying than the last.

  I have a feeling of walking into a haunted house, and these ghosts are real!

  When I walked into the last room, it was already dusk.

  I thought I would encounter something even more terrifying in the last room, but when I opened the door, there was nothing.

  I used my divine eyes to carefully scan the room, but in the end, I really didn't see anything.

  Mr. Zhuo was also somewhat surprised, walked around the house for a while, and only felt at ease after confirming that there really was nothing.

  I had been holding back the question all along and finally couldn't bear it anymore, so I asked him: "Master, what's going on here?"

  Mr. Zhuo furrowed his brow and shook his head, saying: "I don't know either, I just feel that to figure out what happened, we need to stay here. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with this room, let's live here for now."

  "Was this place originally full of monsters?" I asked again.

  Mr. Zhuo nodded and said, "Yes, the clouds in Yunyingshan Villa are all condensed from the demonic energy on the bodies of monsters. The monsters here are very friendly, so they can help you improve your cultivation."

  "Are there friendly yokai?"

  "Of course." Mr. Zhuo said with a heavy heart, "Humans have good and evil, ghosts and monsters also have good and evil. Not all ghosts and monsters are bad, not all humans are good."

  I find such theories incomprehensible.

  The seven-colored bird on his shoulder shouted towards the direction of the door as if it had seen something.

  I curiously looked in the direction of the seven-colored bird's chirping, and as a result, I saw a black shadow flash by.

  I suddenly had a premonition that this black shadow must know the reason why Yunyong Mountain Villa became like this, and hurriedly chased out.

  That black shadow ran exceptionally fast, I couldn't catch up with it at all. I asked the Rainbow Bird: "Can you catch up with it?"

  The rainbow bird nodded its head and flew from my shoulder towards the sky, growing bigger with each ascent until it reached the size of the one in the cave.

  It wasn't until then that I realized why the rainbow bird could stir up a gust of wind with just one flap of its wings - it was actually as big as an entire football field!

  The seven-colored bird chirped as it chased after the black shadow and easily pecked at its clothes, bringing it before me.

  That black shadow turned out to be just a small fox demon.

  It has the shape of a human being, but its ears and tail are those of a fox.

  It cowered in a ball, embracing its head, and trembled with fear, saying: "Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

  "Little fox, what's going on here?" Mr. Zhuo walked over and asked, apparently they knew each other before.

  The little fox heard Mr. Zhuo's voice and lifted his head, after confirming that it was indeed Mr. Zhuo, he felt a bit relieved and suddenly rushed over to hug Mr. Zhuo's leg, saying: "Mr. Zhuo, save us!"

  "Alright, alright, you tell me what happened here first," said Mr. Zhuo patiently.

  The little fox still didn't let go of Mr. Zhuo's leg, with tears welling up in his eyes and a choked voice saying: "I actually don't know what happened either, it just started last month when I woke up one morning and this place had changed. First the monster in the first room was killed, then the second... finally all the monsters in every room were killed! Our fox family was so scared that we found a place to hide."

  "Have you clearly seen who did it?" Mr. Zhuo asked again.

  The little fox shook its head, hugging Mr. Zhuo's leg even tighter, saying: "As long as it gets dark, strange gases will be produced here and there will be strange noises. By the next day, a monster will definitely have been killed."

  I stood by and listened, suddenly opening my mouth: "Is it an exorcist or a yin-yang master?"

  The little fox said it definitely wasn't them, saying that onmyouji and spiritualists wouldn't kill youkai without a reason.

  The monsters of Yunying Mountain Villa have lived here for thousands of years. Before, the demon slayer and Yiyang City also wanted to come here to subdue all the monsters, but later found that the monsters inside did not harm people, so they left.

  So from then on, Yunying Mountain Villa became a paradise for monsters to live in peace and stability.

  "If it were really an exorcist or a yin-yang master, there would definitely be some kind of spell formation, and these monsters would also have traces of being expelled. But look, these monsters are obviously killed by their own kind." The little fox said, with a lingering fear in her eyes.

  Looking out, the sky outside has already turned dark, and that monster might come again tonight.

  Mr. Zhuo took the little fox and walked into the house at the top of the mountain villa, deciding to see what would appear tonight!