The Demon's Chosen.

Ethereal Mountain in the town of Eternal Serenity, along with three other mountains - Celestial in the Radiant Retreat region, Enchanted on the outskirts of Seraphic Summit, and Cascade in the Cascade Bliss delta - together form the Four Great Sacred Mountains.Among these four mountains, Ethereal is the smallest.Though not the largest, it is famous for harboring many rare and exotic herbs, attracting many who dream of changing their fortunes. There is a rumor about a giant ginseng on the mountain, nearly the size of a six-year-old child, with roots extending several feet, radiating a purple hue, known as the Purple King Ginseng.This ginseng sometimes appears in human form, wandering around the mountain's base. Accidentally spotted, some daring souls chase after it, only to find it disappears deep within the mountain, with the pursuers never returning. The more faint-hearted merely watch and retell the story to others.The tale spreads like wildfire, eventually exaggerating to the p

Dominic thought to himself: 'So she has only reached the level of a wandering spirit or a ghost, not yet a crying ghost capable of speech. The singing earlier must have been formed by the resentful thoughts at the time of her death.' Thinking this, he probed further: "Were you a famous singer when you were alive?”The girl nodded.He continued: "You haven't reached the level of a vengeful spirit, so you can't speak yet, but the fact that you can sing so loudly, echoing far, shows that your resentment at death was strong. Such strong resentment, yet still not enough to accumulate the power to reach the spirit level, means you must have died not too long ago."The girl nodded in agreement.He guessed: "Are you singing to call others here because you have an unfulfilled wish?"The girl didn't nod or shake her head this time but turned her face down towards the well. It looked like she was looking, but actually, only her bright red lips were directed towards the bottom of the well.Seein

The dancing figures were immediately flung about, some thrown onto trees, hanging precariously, others sent flying far, lying flat on the ground. The drumming stopped abruptly, and leaves scattered as if a strong wind had just swept through.Dominic sat down on the ground, panting. Looking at his sword, he scolded: "Grandma’s sword, be more careful next time.”The sword vibrated gently a few times and then stopped.Looking around, he saw dozens of chickens, each with vibrantly colored feathers. These chickens had just exhausted him with their dance. He casually grabbed the nearest one, intending to roast it, when the largest and longest-feathered chicken transformed into a human, the old man who had been drumming, now bent over and clasping his hands in a bow:“Great warrior, please spare my life.”Dominic glanced at the old man, speaking sternly: "You chickens lure and harm people with your dance, why should I spare you?”The old man, though disheveled, calmly replied: "There seems t

One year, the two oldest villagers passed away, and following this, two families were able to have children, each birthing one.The Anderson family had a boy.The Lee family had a girl.The children were born on the same day, which coincided with a strange occurrence in the village.That day, someone walking past the Tai Chi pond caught a glimpse of something in the corner of their eye. Initially unsure of what it was, they stopped to observe and realized something horrifying that had never happened before.The water in the pond was completely still, no longer moving.This slowly rotating stream of water had long been regarded by the villagers as a source of life, but now it had ceased to flow.That very night, a heavy rain suddenly poured down, the wind howled like a sweeping storm, and thunder roared deafeningly. Amid the echoing booms, one thunderclap, louder than the rest, seemed to shatter the sky and earth, striking a bolt of lightning directly into the Tai Chi pond, splitting t

Unexpectedly, one day, he took her to a mountain and accidentally encountered a demon from the underworld, which emerged from a crack between the underworld and the human world at the foot of the mountain. It tore me apart immediately and intended to devour my essence. She could only help me by absorbing my essence into the painting, wanting to protect me in there. However, the demon from the underworld had greater demonic power than those in the human world, it could enter the painting directly, wanting to pursue and eliminate completely. She begged it to spare me, and after a while, it agreed to keep me alive in here on the condition that she must absorb the essence and bodies of others into here for it, otherwise, it would kill both me and her. Since then, she had to follow its orders, absorbing people's essence to increase its demonic power, and then also absorbing bodies for the demon to devour alive. However, she also knew this was too cruel, so whenever she encountered daoist