Author: Half Life of a Caterpillar

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"The legendary Moqi is an auspicious beast that is worshiped by folk people. How could it be a monster that eats human brains?"

Uncle Jiu had no answer for this, so he could only try to find the answer from this corpse.

Time gradually passed by, the sun set in the blink of an eye, and night officially ushered in after the last red light in the sky disappeared.

Qiu Sheng lit the oil lamp, and the dark morgue suddenly became brighter.

"Ah this..."

The moment the lights came on, several people froze on the spot, staring at the corpse in front of them.

I saw that the white fluff of the corpse was undergoing rapid transformation at a speed visible to the naked eye. The white fluff faded away like a tide. In just a few breaths from head to toe, the corpse returned to its original appearance as a marrow-eating tapir.

There was also a foul smell coming.

Looking at the magical scene in front of him, a bright light flashed in Uncle Jiu's eyes, and he came to a realization as if he was enlightened.

"Qiusheng Wencai, go see if there is a moon outside!"

Uncle Jiu came to his senses and immediately asked Qiu Shengwencai to go out to see if there was a moon today, because he remembered that records about marrow-eating tapirs appeared on moonless nights, but there was no such record about Moqi.

Qiu Sheng had mentioned before that maybe they were related, but Uncle Jiu didn't think there was a relationship between the two at that time, but now he had a bold guess in his mind.

"Master, no!"

After a while, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai came back and said.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Aunt Sue was a little puzzled that Uncle Jiu suddenly asked the two of them to go out to watch the moon, but then she thought that Uncle Jiu might have discovered something, so she asked him.

"Do you remember, according to records, when the marrow-eating tapir will appear?"

Uncle Jiu did not answer directly, but asked Aunt Zhe instead, and Aunt Zhe subconsciously answered after hearing what Uncle Jiu said.

"Remember, it's when there's no moon... it's bright!"

As she said that, Aunt Zhue suddenly discovered a new world, she looked at Uncle Jiu with wide eyes, and Uncle Jiu nodded to her, and then talked about his speculations with the three of them.

The marrow-eating tapir only appears when there is no moon, so there are very few records about it. So where is it at other times?

If they really feed on the brain and spinal cord guard, how many moonless nights will there be only a few times a year? That doesn’t mean they will starve to death!

The fact that the black fur fades away after dawn and changes back at night shows that the marrow-eating tapir and Mochi are originally one, but it will turn into a brain-sucking monster within a certain period of time. At other times, it will be Mochi.

Wandering in the world.

Mochi relies on nightmares. Long-term ingestion of nightmares is not harmless to Mochi. These negative energies accumulate in his body and cannot be evaporated, just like human indigestion.

So in normal times, it is a mochi that eliminates nightmares for people, but when there is no moon, these accumulated negative energies emerge like a second personality, and the reason why the marrow-eating tapir likes to eat people's brains is also

in this way.

"Ms. sir, you are so awesome! You can imagine all this!"

Aunt Sue looked at Uncle Jiu with a fangirl expression. Although she had always been Uncle Jiu's fangirl, men only wanted to praise, so that when you wanted him to do something, he would be embarrassed to refuse.

"You two pack this place and rest."

Gu Gu took Uncle Jiu out and turned around to wink at the two of them, meaning not to call them tonight even if the sky fell.

"Master, this time it is true that the sword has not grown old yet!"

"Stop talking, pack up and go back to bed."

Wen Cai looked at the two people leaving and smiled, while Qiu Sheng was not surprised. As the saying goes, a goodbye is better than a new marriage. Aunt Zhue wished he could stay in Yizhuang every day without going back. It was not easy for him to come here.

There is no chance of letting Master go.

But he no longer had the energy to tease her. He hadn't closed his eyes since last night, and he felt like he was going to lie here if he didn't sleep.

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Wangchuan Town

This was the first town that Li Mu arrived after leaving the provincial capital. It was just getting dark at this time, and a night market had already been set up on the street. Li Mu randomly picked a stall and sat down to comfort his five internal organs temple.

While eating, he listened with open ears to the conversations of the surrounding diners. Suddenly, Li Mu stopped eating and sat upright to look at the passers-by on the street.

Li Mu's position happened to be close to the roadside. He just noticed a yin energy passing in front of him. However, it was not easy to find the source of the yin energy with so many people on the street.

He took out the grapefruit leaves from his arms and covered his eyes for a moment. Then he took them away and took a look. In Li Mu's sight, a big-nosed ghost wearing a round hat and a shroud appeared.

The reason why he is called the Big-Nosed Ghost is because this ghost's nose is a bit bigger than the average person's, and it looks particularly conspicuous.

I saw him constantly jumping in front of pedestrians and waving hello to them, but normal people couldn't see him at all. When Li Mu saw this, he sat down again.

Just now, he thought that the ghost was mistreating pedestrians, so he almost took action to subdue him.

Judging from the appearance of the big-nosed ghost, Li Mu estimated that he had just died and was unaware that he was now a ghost.

In this case, Li Mu didn't want to meddle in his own business and let him continue wherever he was. After finishing his meal, Li Mu slapped a few coins on the table and stood up to leave.

And just as he was about to go in the direction where the big-nosed ghost was, Li Mu followed the crowd into the town, and the big-nosed ghost had already arrived in front of Li Mu without knowing when.

Li Mu didn't even look at him, and subconsciously turned aside to avoid contact with him, but then he realized that he shouldn't have moved away, as this would reveal that he could see him.

Sure enough, when Li Mu avoided him, the big-nosed ghost looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't know if it was a coincidence.

Then they saw him abandoning the other people on the street and reappearing in front of Li Mu very attentively, then raising his hand and moving slowly in front of him.

"Hey, can you see me?"

"Do you hear me?"

Li Mu behaved this time and allowed the big-nosed ghost to make pretense in front of him, pretending not to notice.

"Oh! You can't see me again. Am I really dead?"

The big-nosed ghost just stood in front of Li Mu, sighing and talking to himself, and Li Mu had to pretend to be looking at the things sold by street vendors.

"Don't buy anything from him, it's all fake!"

Next to Li Mu was a stall selling antiques. He casually picked up the one-month-old cup and placed it in front of him. The stall owner enthusiastically wanted to come over and introduce it to him. At this time, the big-nosed ghost saw it and said next to him.

When Li Mu heard this, he put down the luminous cup, pretended not to notice it, then deliberately bypassed the big-nosed ghost and went to another stall.

But I don’t know if this big-nosed ghost is in conflict with Li Mu. He just follows him wherever he goes. That’s it. The main thing is that he is still chattering next to Li Mu.

At this time, a child was running on the street with the windmill his parents bought for him. He was about to collide with the big-nosed ghost. Li Mu quickly stopped him and pulled him aside. It was this action that made the big-nosed ghost go away.

The nose ghost aroused suspicion on Li Mu.

"Can you see me? Otherwise, why did you stop him?"

The big-nosed ghost stared at Li Mu with wide eyes. Seeing that Li Mu didn't speak, he stepped forward. The huge nose was about to hit him. Li Mu had to step back and look at him helplessly.

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