Chapter 2300
Unbeknownst to them, the old shepherd came back alive before the cenotaph was constructed.
His appearance sent everyone in the vige into a frenzy.
They found it unbelievable that he could escape unscathed whereas all of his sheep died in the
disaster. It was nothing short of a miracle!
However, everything about the old shepherd became weird ever since.
First, his mannerism was peculiar, and his movements were rather stiff. When he walked, he moved
like a zombie.
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Additionally, he did not utter a single word since his return.
Rumor had it that the old shepherd filled his mouth with sand. So, he refused to talk in order to keep
the sand inside.
All in all, he looked and acted like a living dead.
Initially, the vigers had the impression that he was swamped by anguish and despair because he lost
of all his livestock.
Later on, the old shepherd started roaming around the vige aimlessly like a haunting spirit. A few
dayster, he died.
When the vigers found him, his body was as hard as a rock. There was something very strange
about the way he copsed. He was kneeling down in the direction of Gold Mountain, facing south,
seemingly worshipping the mountain.
Out of pity, the vigers buried him.
To their disbelief, the old shepherd''s tomb was dug up three dayster, and his body vanished
mysteriously.
The vigers were petrified. They wondered who would have done such a bizarre thing when it was
apparent that there was nothing valuable buried along his body. No one knew what the motive of the
culprit was.
Upon investigating, the police discovered that the tomb was dug from the inside.
In other words, the old shepherd might have possibly risen from his grave!
Anyhow, not many people believed the myth.
When he was buried, it was evident that his corpse had turned cold and stiff with no signs of breathing
or heartbeat. It was impossible that he was still alive then. How could he have escaped from his grave?
Could it be that he was a zombie? The myth was utterly absurd.
Many strange things happened after the old shepherd was buried.
Later on, none of the vigers who went up to the mountain could avoid being engulfed by a harsh
sandstorm.
The surprising thing was that they could all walk out alive after the disaster.
Simr to the experience of the old shepherd, the survivors would then act strangely and move stiffly.
They always stared nkly into space and almost never opened their mouths to speak.
Some imed to have seen their noses and mouths filled with sand.
After a few days, they suffered the same ending - death. A day after their bodies were buried, their
graves would unequivocally be dug up.
Judging from the holes made, someone dug it from the inside.
It was only after the series of strange urrences that the vigers started feeling dubious and having
their guards up.
It would be considered as a coincidence if the same thing happened only once or twice. However,
when it took ce more than ten times, something dreadful must be going on.
Since then, Golden Sands Mountain became a restricted area. No one dared to step foot into the
mountain.
A whileter, people began to explore the mountain again.
There was a pair of twins who returned to the vige after working elsewhere for several years.
They had no idea about the scary myth and wanted to climb the mountain one day.
As expected, they were met with a sandstorm.
However, their encounter was slightly different this time around. The older twin returned to the vige
the next day.
Unlike the other casualties, his movements remained agile, and he was not quiet albeit being a little out
of his mind.
He wailed day and night, iming that he saw a demon killed his brother and consumed his soul
afterward.
Luckily, he was only crazy for a few days, and things went back to normal thereafter.
When he recovered from the episode, he was not aware of his peculiar actions. In fact, he could not
even recall going to Golden Sands Mountain with his twin brother. It was as if he had lost his memory
completely.