“nuo god?”
Qin Xuan frowned slightly, but he didn’t say anything, slowly walking out from the side.
To make these people notice him, he deliberately made some footsteps.
“Who’s there?!”
Hearing the sound from that side, these few people immediately stood up.
Upon seeing Qin Xuan, the Middle-aged Man immediately shielded the others behind him vigilantly.
“Don’t be nervous, I only helped because I saw you were about to be engulfed by the miasma.”
With that, Qin Xuan waved his hand.
Instantly, Spiritual Qi surged out, dispelling all the surrounding miasma!
“An Immortal, it’s an Immortal!”
Seeing Qin Xuan dispel the miasma so easily, these few hunters were in an uproar, and their gazes towards Qin Xuan became reverent.
Blowing away the miasma surrounding them, Qin Xuan stepped forward.
“We greet the Immortal!”
Several Middle-aged Men hurriedly bowed towards Qin Xuan, but they did not kneel, clearly indicating that this was not their first time seeing a Cultivator.
“It seems there are also Cultivators here.”
Waving his hand, Qin Xuan gestured for them not to be so formal.
“Are you hunters from this place?”
Hearing this, these hunters hurriedly bowed, and the Little Girl, who was only seven or eight years old, was pulled behind by her father but still secretly peeked out at Qin Xuan.
“Yes, thank you, Immortal, for saving us; we are eternally grateful.”
The leading hunter said, and Qin Xuan smiled.
“Since you are hunters from this place, then you should know the way out. How about this: you lead me out of here, and I will help you deal with the Qingyang Bird outside!”
The few hunters exchanged glances, a hint of wariness in their eyes, but the Little Girl immediately poked her head out excitedly when she heard Qin Xuan say that.
“Oh, Big Brother, can you kill the Qingyang Bird outside? That would be great…”
The Little Girl, dressed in Miao style, was pulled back by her father before she could finish speaking.
“Xuan Xuan, come back!”
With that, the Middle-aged Man cupped his hands towards Qin Xuan, speaking apologetically.
“Your Excellency, my daughter was impolite; please forgive her.”
Hearing this, Qin Xuan smiled.
The Middle-aged Man was clearly suspicious of him.
However, his top priority was to leave here, so Qin Xuan directly ignored the Middle-aged Man’s words.
“Uncle, you’re too polite. You don’t need to call me an Immortal; I’ve only learned some minor Daoist Magic, so I can’t be considered an Immortal.”
Qin Xuan smiled, signaling them not to be nervous.
“I know you might be uneasy. How about this: you lead me out of here, and I will eliminate that Qingyang Bird for you.”
“After we leave, we can go our separate ways. How does that sound?”
“This place is surrounded by miasma; even I cannot continuously dispel it. I hope Your Excellency considers this carefully!”
This was a subtle threat.
After all, it was clear that these people were quite wary of the miasma here.
If they were unwilling to lead Qin Xuan out of here, then Qin Xuan naturally wouldn’t do good deeds for free.
Seeing the few still hesitating, Qin Xuan smiled.
“If I wanted to harm you, I could do it now. Why go to all this trouble?”
His words were very direct: this group of people simply wasn’t worth Qin Xuan employing any schemes or tricks.
“Alright, Young Master makes sense.”
The hunter standing at the front evidently understood this point as well, and he cupped his hands towards Qin Xuan somewhat awkwardly.
They were just a group of ordinary hunters; they simply had no value for Qin Xuan to specifically target.
“I am Mu Jing. I apologize for offending the Immortal… Young Master just now.”
He remembered that Qin Xuan didn’t want him to be called an Immortal, so he proactively changed his address.
“Uncle Mu, you’re too polite. Let’s go; the miasma here is getting denser and denser. If we stay any longer, even I will feel uncomfortable.”
Even Qin Xuan would feel uncomfortable if he stayed in this miasma for a long time, let alone these Mortals.
“Alright, let’s go now!”
With that, Mu Jing and his group led Qin Xuan.
As they walked, they chatted with each other.
Soon, Qin Xuan learned about the situation of this group.
Mu Jing was a hunter from a small Miao village nearby, making a living by hunting.
The Little Girl beside him was his daughter, Mu Xuan.
This time, he had brought several fellow villagers and his daughter into the mountains. Unexpectedly, before they had even caught much game, a reckless young man in the hunting party actually stole a Qingyang Bird’s egg.
This bird was most vengeful; even if the hunter threw the egg away, the Qingyang Bird pursued them relentlessly, determined to wipe them out!
As a result, cornered, they eventually fled to this vicinity and could only hide in here.
Although the Qingyang Bird dared not enter here, it guarded the outside, completely unwilling to leave.
As a result, they were driven to a dead end.
Inside, the miasma raged, and one wrong move could lead to erosion by the miasma.
“So that’s how it is. But what exactly is going on here? Why can’t we get out?”
Qin Xuan frowned; he wanted to understand why they couldn’t get out of here.
“I thought Young Master wasn’t from this area based on your clothes, and now it seems I was right.”
“This is a place protected by the nuo god; only those who believe in the nuo god know how to leave here.”
The girl stared at Qin Xuan curiously.
Qin Xuan’s clothes were completely different from theirs; it was clear at a glance that he came from the outside world, which made her very curious.
“nuo god?”
Qin Xuan’s heart stirred, and he looked at Mu Xuan.
“Mu Xuan, you also believe in the nuo god?”
Qin Xuan asked tentatively, and Mu Xuan nodded repeatedly, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
“Yes, yes! If it weren’t for the protection of Lord nuo god, all of us would have died here long ago!”
“Lord nuo god is the most fair and just; all of us believe in him!”
The more the girl spoke, the more she idolized him.
Hearing this, Qin Xuan’s face remained expressionless, but a cold sneer flashed in his heart.
It was probably another cult.
However, Qin Xuan wouldn’t say much.
He wouldn’t interfere with what these people chose to believe. They were partners for now, and after leaving this place, they would go their separate ways. The nuo god and everything else had nothing to do with him.
“This is it!”
After walking a few steps, Mu Jing suddenly stopped, gently caressing a tree trunk.
The tree trunk looked unremarkable, but after Mu Jing caressed it, a human face, seemingly smiling yet crying, slowly emerged on it.
“It’s indeed the mark left by the nuo god!”
Everyone was overjoyed and immediately gathered around.
After looking around and confirming that this was the correct spot, these few people took out a small statue from their In arms.
The statue stood on a small cart.
“This is…”
Qin Xuan’s heart stirred.
Although the statue was entirely human-like, its face had no features.
“Put the Divine Stone in!”
Mu Jing instructed a young man beside him, and soon the young man took out a gray stone and placed it on the small cart beneath the statue.
A moment later, the statue on the small cart slowly raised its hand and pointed in one direction.
“This way!”
The few people immediately followed the direction indicated by the small cart, moving forward continuously.
“Spirit Stone!”
