Chapter 589: Legend of the Mountain Ghost

"I have already investigated the situation today, and it is basically certain that the place where the Witch Clan resides is where we need to find the Cranberry Flowing Heart," Chen Yu said while organizing the herbs he had gathered today.

"Then the situation is somewhat complicated. Does that mean if we want to obtain the Cranberry Flowing Heart, we must wipe out the Witch Clan's ancestral land?" Ye Qingning frowned.

"Yes, so this matter must be considered carefully," Chen Yu nodded. "You don't need to be anxious. I will first probe the strength of the Witch Clan's Elder Council. Wuming should be in seclusion; otherwise, he would have certainly sensed it when I arrived here."

"Alright, I will listen to you in everything," Ye Qingning nodded.

Just at this moment, a noisy sound suddenly came from outside, and someone outside the door was shouting, "Get out here, Chen Yu, get out here."

"It's the villagers," Ye Qingning's expression changed.

"Let's go out and see." Chen Yu turned and walked out the door, only to see a group of people outside with torches, surrounding the place where he and Ye Qingning were staying.

The leading man was none other than Yuexiu's husband, and he roared with an angry expression, "Chen Yu, where did you take my wife and child?"

"Your wife and child?" Chen Yu looked puzzled.

"It's Yuexiu. She looked for you this afternoon. I'm telling you, Chen Yu, no matter what your purpose is for coming here, you must hand her over to me today, otherwise I will risk my life with you," Yuexiu's husband roared.

"These outsiders have no good intentions at all."

"That's right, pretending to treat our illnesses, only to end up abducting the women of our village."

A group of villagers also looked filled with righteous indignation.

"I did indeed see her today. She brought your child to find me. Your child was already burning up to the point of unconsciousness. After I treated him, she went back," Chen Yu frowned.

"Nonsense! Hand the people over quickly. If you don't, I won't be polite," Yuexiu's husband roared, stepping forward to take action.

Chen Yu grabbed his arm and gave it a slight twist.

"Ah..." Yuexiu's husband's tone changed from the pain.

"I'll say it again: after I treated your child, she went back. As for where she went, I don't know. Instead of wasting time making a scene here, you'd be better off looking for her," Chen Yu pushed him away.

"I can testify. I was there when Yuexiu came. I saw her on the small path on the south side of the village. You should go look for her quickly; did she get lost in the dark?" Ye Qingning also said urgently.

"The south side of the village?" All the villagers' expressions could not help but change upon hearing this.

It seemed as if there was something terrifying on the south side of the village.

"Why were you at the south side of the village? Don't you know that place is the entrance to our Witch Clan Sacred Land?" someone shouted angrily.

"I went there to gather herbs. You all were diagnosed by me here today; many of you have poor health, but there were no medicines, so I went to the mountain south of the village to gather some. The herbs are still inside now, and I am processing them. If you don't believe me, go see for yourselves."

Chen Yu said coldly, "I have no relation to you, and I helped treat your illnesses because I was grateful for your hospitality. Heh, I didn't expect that good intentions would not be rewarded."

The group of people fell into Silence, and the aggressive momentum they had when they first arrived vanished.

"It's not Mr. Chen's fault; it's the Mountain Ghost. The Mountain Ghost has entered the village." Just at this moment, the village chief ran over with a few people, sweating profusely.

"What? The Mountain Ghost is here?" The villagers' expressions changed again.

"This, this, what should we do? The Wizard of the village is not here. What will happen to my wife and child?" Yuexiu's husband's face turned pale upon hearing this.

"What Mountain Ghost?" Chen Yu asked with a frown.

"Mr. Chen, you don't know, but the place where our Sacred Land is located is where the Mountain Ghost lives. In that big Mountain, there are Mountain Ghosts. They rest during the day and come out at night to prey on women and children."

The village chief said anxiously, "Usually, when the Elders of our village are here, they don't dare to appear, and the Sacred Land also suppresses their nest, so we have been at peace for these years. But I didn't expect them to come out while we were performing ancestral rites. What are we to do?"

"What do they do when they abduct people?" Ye Qingning asked.

"This... they, will, will eat people," the village chief said with a pale face.

"I will go check the situation immediately." Chen Yu's expression also became serious; looking at the village chief, he didn't seem to be talking nonsense.

Regardless of whether ghosts truly existed, given the place where the Witch Clan lived, it was possible that a few monsters that people couldn't describe had emerged.

"I will call Ye Qinglong to get up immediately, and we will go into the mountain together to search." Ye Qingning's expression also changed.

"No, it's too dangerous." Chen Yu shook his head.

"But Nanshan is so big, you won't be able to find them if you go alone. If we go together, we can look out for each other," Ye Qingning said, lowering her voice, "We have weapons, it will be fine."

Chen Yu was startled. Ye Qingning was right; Nanshan was very large. If he went alone, it would be hard to cover everything, and having more people would certainly be better.

Once Ye Qinglong heard there were Mountain Ghosts, he was initially a bit afraid, but his curiosity overcame his fear.

He called Huang Wei, brought the bodyguards, and went into the mountain with Chen Yu.

In the Witch Clan Sacred Land, the people in the village had to follow ancestral teachings and could not enter the mountain, so only Chen Yu and his group went in together.

After asking clearly about the area where the Mountain Ghosts might appear, Chen Yu and the others swung their flashlights and headed over.

"Chen Yu, are those people reliable? Are there really Mountain Ghosts?" Ye Qinglong's excitement overcame his fear. After wandering in the mountain for a long time and finding nothing, he was instead somewhat disappointed.

"I'm not sure either, but it's true that there are things in the mountain." Chen Yu swung his flashlight and looked around, "Everyone be careful, I feel that something is not right."

"You're overthinking it." Ye Qinglong really didn't want to listen to anything Chen Yu said, and he waved his hand dismissively.

Suddenly, a figure in the dark night lunged from the side. Chen Yu turned abruptly and flicked his hand, sending several Silver Needles flying out.

A black shadow fell to the ground with a thud, then let out a squeaking cry of pain, and then this black shadow dove into the bushes on one side at an extremely fast speed, disappearing without a trace.

"What was that thing?" Ye Qinglong was startled, and he immediately leaned toward Chen Yu in tension.

Although this guy didn't get along with Chen Yu, when there was danger, his first reaction was still to lean toward Chen Yu.

"I didn't see it clearly, everyone be careful," Chen Yu shouted.

As soon as his voice fell, a black shadow attacked rapidly, and with a thud, a bodyguard was knocked down by the opponent.

*Puff*, the bodyguard fell to the ground, and it was clear he was unconscious.

"Lao San!" Huang Wei shouted deeply and hurried forward to check.

This bodyguard named Lao San had a mouth full of blood, and the ribs on his chest were sunken in; clearly, quite a few were broken.

Chen Yu stepped forward quickly to perform Acupuncture to stop the pain, then set the ribs. Lao San's face was pale, and although his spirit was extremely poor now, his Life was at least preserved.