Volume 2 Demon Ridge Jingyanggang Chapter 11: Demon Ridge Jingyanggang
Looking at the description of the side quest, Wang Liang felt dazed for a moment. Then he walked up to the merchant with a fierce look in his eyes and picked up the merchant.
The businessman was a fat man, weighing nearly two hundred pounds, but he was lifted up by Wang Liang. Wang Liang clamped his hand around the businessman's neck, making it difficult for him to breathe.
"Tell me, what's going on."
Seeing the businessman’s fat face turn red, Wang Liang loosened his grip, letting the businessman fall to the ground.
The merchant roared and was about to rush forward to fight with Wang Liang, but a cold and shining Mo Dao was held to his neck.
Wang Liang, who held the merchant's neck with a knife, said coldly, "You can tell me now."
The murderous aura on the sword made the merchant piss himself. He shouted loudly: "Don't kill me, my brother-in-law is the county magistrate, don't kill me."
Afterwards, under Wang Liang's murderous gaze, the businessman finally told him the situation here in detail.
It turned out that about five years ago, a ferocious tiger came to Jingyanggang. The tiger was very powerful and killed nearly a hundred hunters within a year. It even once attacked the village at the foot of the mountain.
After learning about this, Yanggu County, which is near Jingyang Ridge, quickly sent troops into the mountain to kill the ferocious tiger. Unexpectedly, this caused the tiger to resist. In the end, the ferocious tiger turned into a demon in the bloody battle, drove away the mountain god, occupied Jingyang Ridge alone, and called himself the King of Jingyang Mountain.
Afterwards, the ferocious tiger turned into a demon tiger, and Jingyang Ridge became a demon ridge, and the road leading to Jingyang Ridge was almost interrupted.
In the end, it was the Heavenly Master and the nearby army that came and suppressed the demon tiger, preventing it from causing chaos in Yanggu County. However, they also reached an agreement with the demon tiger that they would only set out on the road during noon every day, using special methods to safely pass through the Demon Ridge. At other times, all they had on the road were food.
The special method mentioned here is the gong that was snatched away by the waiter.
There are three of these gongs, one in each of the three caravans.
This gong is called a horn gong and was originally used to drive away corpses. No, it was originally used to clear the way for officials. After being processed by some masters, these three gongs can make the team following behind look like ghost soldiers.
As long as they stay within the team's range, even if the monsters in the mountains and forests see them, they will only think that they are dead people passing by and will not treat them as living people.
Only in this way can they safely pass through the Demon Ridge Jingyanggang.
The merchant got this gong because of his brother-in-law. In the past few years, he has been taking the mountain road from Jingyanggang to Yanggu County. Since only three caravans can pass safely, he has made a lot of money.
But now the gong has been snatched away by someone, so they are considered to be stragglers. They are safe for the time being, but no one knows who has angered the demon tiger just now. Who knows when the demon tiger will jump out and kill everyone here.
At this point, the fat businessman burst into tears, "I didn't have to lead the team myself today. I just wanted to go see my sister. Why is it so difficult for me?"
"Stand up, is there any other place to hide now?"
After listening to the situation here, Wang Liang raised another question. Without knowing the other party's strength, Wang Liang was not sure that he could kill a monster.
"Now we can only go to the Mountain God Temple. There is the residual breath of the Mountain God there, plus my brother-in-law's seal suppresses it. If we are not attacked, we can stay there forever. If Jingyang Mountain Lord attacks, we can hide there for about three days."
"The mountain temple?"
Wang Liang glanced at the civilians here and finally shook his head. "If there is no other way, we can only go to the mountain temple, but I would rather leave here today."
"Sir, there is no other way. Without the gong, we will be targeted by monsters before we can walk ten miles in the mountains. All we can do is wait for the caravan to show up tomorrow and leave with it."
When the passers-by heard what the fat merchant said, they all nodded. They were all people who took this road, and they all knew the strength of Jingyang Mountain Lord. They would risk their lives to make some money, but it did not mean that they were willing to die. They now only hoped to find a safe place to hide and wait for the arrival of the caravan tomorrow.
But Wang Liang was not optimistic about this idea. If the voice before was the voice of Jingyang Mountain King, then the line of Jingyanggang had been cut off. Not to mention tomorrow, even for a period of time afterwards, there would be no caravans coming up to the city. By then, they would only become the tiger's reserve food.
"Throw away all the goods on the cart, and we will drive the cart after your fellow. As long as we can get the gong back, we can go down the mountain."
As soon as Wang Liang finished speaking, he encountered opposition from everyone.
It is impossible to abandon the goods. These are their family's last capital. They all rely on them to survive. Simply abandoning these goods here and running away is the most unreasonable choice.
So everyone stood up and surrounded Wang Liang, as if wanting Wang Liang to take back his idea.
Glancing at them, Wang Liang sneered.
"If you don't want to, forget it. I plan to go down the mountain by myself. If I just keep walking along this road, I can get out of Jingyanggang."
The fat businessman's eyes widened when he heard this, "Sir, you're not going to protect us?"
"I don't owe you anything, why should I protect you?"
Wang Liang felt that the fat merchant had a very fresh and unconventional imagination. He didn't know what the fat merchant was thinking, why would he think that he must protect him.
The fat merchant finally realized that Wang Liang was not the kind of person who would sacrifice himself for others. No matter how he called himself the county magistrate's brother-in-law, there was no envy in Wang Liang's eyes.
Finally, the fat merchant said, "I have a treasure. I hope you can protect us as we go to the mountain temple and wait for the caravan to arrive tomorrow."
Just as the fat merchant finished speaking, a message popped up in front of Wang Liang with a ding.
[Would you like to accept the temporary mission: Yaoling Mountain Temple?]
[Task requirements: Protect the merchant Wang Yi and 33 civilians to the mountain temple, and guard them until noon the next day. For each civilian who survives, the mission evaluation level will be increased by 1 point. If the merchant Wang Yi survives, there will be other rewards.]
This accident made Wang Liang speechless. He didn't expect that this fat businessman would have such a benefit.
At this moment, the fat merchant Wang Yi seemed to feel that Wang Liang's eyes were no longer so resistant, so he quickly said, "My hero, please believe me, this thing is a treasure. As long as you can keep me safe for one night, I will give it to you ."
