Although the weather has warmed up, it is still cold at night. A bright moon hangs in the sky, and the moonlight is so cold.
The two of them walked at night.
Lin Jue's steps were hurried.
The little junior sister looked around worriedly.
Not far away, there was another person standing by the road ahead.
The two of them were frightened. Under the moonlight in the sky, at first they only saw a dark shadow, like a tree stump on the roadside. When they got closer, they were startled when they saw it was a person.
"Don't be afraid, you two." The man said with a smile, and then asked them, "How to get to Liujiacun?"
The cohesion of sentences and the tone of words are very stiff.
"You, are you a human or a ghost?"
Lin Jue took a closer look and saw that this man was tall, skinny, and dressed in common clothes. He seemed to want to appear friendly and had a smile on his face, but his stiff smile made him look even more frightening.
Such people are monsters...
The fox and raccoon dog in the basket also scratched his back quietly.
But Lin Jue had already seen it.
Just listen to the man's reply: "I'm just a passerby asking for directions."
"Liujia Village? In front."
"oh!"
When the man heard this, he smiled and walked with them.
Although the two were scared, they couldn't refuse, so they had to ask:
"Are you from Liujiacun?"
"That's right." The skinny man replied, "It's hard to walk at night, so we'll go together."
"What does it mean?"
"Oh? Oh! My daughter-in-law is from Liujia Village! During the Chinese New Year here, she went back to her parents' house and never came back. I came to look for her, but I forgot where I was going and got sidetracked!"
This monster is obviously not good at lying, but he also makes up lies.
Lin Jue felt funny in his heart, but his expression remained the same.
"So that's it..."
"Who are you two? Where do you live? Where are you going? Why are you walking on the road so late? Aren't you afraid of encountering robbers and monsters?"
"..."
The two looked at each other under the moonlight.
Originally, the reason they were looking for was Liujiacun. The road ahead was a bit remote and the only famous big village was Liujiacun. Unexpectedly, the monster had the same reason as them.
Lin Jue thought for a moment and changed his words:
"My name is Lin Jue, and this is my sister, named Lin Qingyao. We have an uncle named Qiao Xuefu. When he was young, he borrowed ten taels of silver from his friend. Unfortunately, he has been poor since then and has no money to pay back. Recently I heard that his friend and his wife were married
Both of them were seriously ill and bedridden.
He got up and lost his livelihood, so he tried his best to collect five taels of silver. When our brother and sister found out, we tried our best to collect the remaining five taels for him and took them to Runze County to return to his friends. But he
If we have to stay there for one more day, we will come back first."
"oh?"
The monster seemed stunned for a moment: "Really or not?"
"Of course it's true!" Lin Jue said, "No, after paying back the money, we also caught two kittens from his friend's house. We are going to take them back to raise them and maybe sell them for a few bucks in exchange for a bag of salt.
After the family raised money for him, they couldn't open the pot anymore."
The monster couldn't help but look behind Lin Jue.
There was indeed some movement in the backpack, and there was a bit of a cat smell.
"Meow~"
"Meow!"
There were two cat calls before and after, the latter one was slightly weird.
"Tsk, tsk!" The monster couldn't help but gasped, shook his head and said, "How can there be such a trustworthy person in the world!"
"There is no other way. How can he not pay back the money he borrowed? He was also poor before, and his friend could just get by, but that's it. Now, he has to pay back everything."
"It makes sense..."
The monster immediately became less suspicious and even sighed.
"The one step here is..."
Lin Jue turned to look at him, and as soon as he showed a hint of ferocity or meant to harm them, he would take him down.
But unexpectedly, I suddenly heard the monster sigh and say:
"To be honest, I am a monster in the mountains. I am planning to harm you on this road so that I can extort some money from you as sacrifices. But after hearing you say this, I feel that your life is also difficult, and you and your kind
Uncles are rare people who keep their word. Even though I am a demon, I admire such people in my heart, so it will not be difficult for you today!"
"Um?"
Lin Jue and his junior sister were surprised.
"The road is difficult to see and travel at night. Wherever you live, I will take you home!"
"?"
The little junior sister loosened her hands and secretly adjusted the position of the beans in her palms. The spell of the bean soldiers was also on her lips, and she put it back again.
"Is your step really a monster? I don't dare to say such nonsense!"
"It's true!" said the monster, "but although I am here to harm people, it is only for this period of time, and I have never killed anyone. If you are really afraid and dare not go with me, I will leave now.
.”
"It sounds like he is not a bad-hearted person. Why would he harm people on this road?" Lin Jue couldn't help but ask.
"You are human, how can you understand?"
These words reminded Lin Jue of the dog monster on the roadside again, and he couldn't help but become interested.
"We were traveling at night anyway, and we encountered monsters anyway. We didn't have anything else to talk about along the way, so why not?"
"It's okay to say it, but don't spread it outside."
"Can!"
"Now that the world is in chaos, it's not just the human world that's in chaos. The demon world in the mountains is also in chaos!"
The monster still walked forward with them, sighing as he walked:
"For example, there is a King Dragon here. Qinzhou is centered on the capital city and his territory is in the southeast direction. Although he does not have as many officials and soldiers as the human court and does not collect taxes on weekdays, every ten years he
At a birthday party, we monsters must prepare a big gift to present to him, otherwise we will be embarrassed by him and even send his men to kill him."
"King Dragon King? Birthday banquet?"
"That's right! I usually practice meditation in the mountains and play freely. I don't need money or hunt for treasures. How can I give him a big gift? There is no way, there is no way. I heard that he has become obsessed with alchemy in recent years, so I had to
Find some people on the road who are looking for wealth, use magic to embarrass them, extort some money as sacrifices, prepare to buy a few ginseng roots that grow every year, and then offer them to them, and then you can live in peace for another ten years."
"That's it!"
"You haven't said where you are? I see that you are not afraid of me, so I will send you back." The monster said, "Although there are no troublemaking monsters like me on the road ahead, there are still some monsters. If you are accidentally killed,
If we bump into them, even if they don't want to harm you, if you are weak, timid, infected with evil spirits, or frightened, you will inevitably get seriously ill."
"..." Lin Jue looked at his junior sister again, feeling both amused and embarrassed.
This monster also felt a little strange——
Although these two people are young and bold, they still don't have any fear when encountering monsters while walking at night, right?
Could it be that you have met those people mentioned in the human book, who are born with courage, are not afraid of monsters and ghosts, and are destined to achieve a great career?
At this moment, I suddenly heard a sentence:
"To be honest..."
It was similar to his tone just now.
"The two of us are Taoists from Yishan, and we are used to the magic of subjugating demons. This time we heard that there are monsters causing trouble on this road, so we came to kill them!"
"ah!?"
When the monster heard this, he was shocked.
He paused in his steps and glanced out of the corner of his eye, only to see the young man next to him smiling, as if he was not afraid of monsters at all.
This is much scarier than someone who has become a big deal!
"not good!"
Little monsters and ghosts have always been like this. If people are not afraid of them, they will be afraid of people. This is their way of survival.
The monster turned and ran away.
I never thought of making a clang——
Behind Lin Jue, the bamboo hat covering the basket on his back was lifted, and two shadows jumped out from it.
As soon as the white shadow at the front came out, it grew when it saw the wind. In an instant, it turned into a three-tailed white fox that was nearly the size of an ordinary mountain tiger. It rode the wind and immediately stopped in front of him.
A twisted cat followed and ran out. It was also very ferocious. As soon as it landed on the ground and took two steps, it couldn't help but froze for a moment and looked up at the white fox in front of it.
I also heard some spells and some sounds breaking through the air.
The monster looked up -
Under the bright moon, seven or eight flying swords rotated from both sides and stopped in the air to the left and right in front of him. They kept spinning, reflecting the cold light of the bright moon, and cutting them into pieces.
What kind of magic is this?
The monster was startled and turned around to take a look.
The two people were still where they were, but at some point, the other woman had already held an ancient long sword in her arms, and the other woman was also unhurried, as if she wasn't afraid of him running away.
"Please forgive me!"
The monster's expression suddenly changed.
Lin Jue looked at this scene, still a little dazed.
Tonight, I met a demon. The demon pretended to be a human and talked to him. It was very similar to my previous experience.
It's just that the acting skills of the dog demon were better at the beginning, and this one probably didn't have much contact with people, so it was worse. The dog demon was just scary, but this one really wanted to harm people.
Although it has never harmed anyone, it has also caused people to lose money and cause disaster.
However, he is no longer what he used to be.
In the past, you had to rely on intimidation to scare away the dog monsters. Now you don't even have to use much effort or think hard about your words. You can scare the monsters away with just a few tricks.
"We were originally here to kill our subordinates, but we didn't want to do anything unintentional, so we asked our subordinates to let us off the hook." Lin Jue said to him with a smile, "It seems a little unkind to kill this subordinate again.
"
"Master, please forgive me! The little demon has never harmed anyone!"
"I've heard that a crime that doesn't involve killing anyone is not punishable by death, but robbery on the road is also a serious crime." Lin Jue stepped in front of him and said, "But there is helplessness in thinking about it, and we do have something to think about.
You have to ask your subordinates for advice, and in this way, we can discuss something."
"Is there a discussion?"
The monster looked up and then looked around.
Although the flying swords hanging in the sky were gone, the white fox was still staring at him, as if it could bite off half of his head in one bite. The silence of the woman holding the sword also brought great pressure to him, so the fear in his heart was not only
It did not dissipate, but continued to ferment.
When he heard that there was still discussion, he immediately said:
"Please tell me, real person!"
"We have also heard that there is a Dragon King here, and we have always admired him. We also heard that he is holding a birthday party this summer, and we wanted to join in the fun. We happened to meet him, so we wanted to ask him for advice. I don't know where the Dragon King's cave is.
Where is it, and when is the birthday banquet exactly?"
"So that's it!"
The monster breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:
"The Dragon King's cave is two hundred miles away from here. It goes down along the Weishui River. At the widest bend of the river, there is a ferry on the right hand side that is always covered by fog. Just go down there!"
He paused for a moment:
"As for the time, it's not summer, it's spring, February 22 this year. If you want to participate, you must arrive three days in advance."
“Can people participate?”
"The birthday banquet of the Dragon King is held once every ten years. I have attended it twice, and people came both times. However, people cannot enter the Dragon King's cave to attend the banquet. If you bring enough gifts, you can still join in the fun outside."
"There are a lot of monsters then?"
"There are quite a few."
"How many powerful ones are there?"
"There are not many powerful ones, most of them are small ones." The monster answered quickly.
"How many soldiers do King Dragon King have under his command?"
"Real person? This..."
The monster's expression changed, and he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Are you going to a banquet to join in the fun?
"After all, we are humans, different from monsters." The junior sister holding the sword finally said, "So we must be cautious."
"this……"
The monster thought for a while and reluctantly accepted it.
"I don't know how many soldiers and generals there are under King Longlong. Every time I go to a banquet, I never go into King Longlong's cave. I only see it from a distance outside. I heard that there is a military advisor under King Long who is good at
Magic, there are dozens of shrimp and crab soldiers, yellow scale guards. There are also chicken immortals, rhinoceros generals and other great demon generals."
"I see."
Lin Jue nodded, looking thoughtful.
It sounds like the turtle demon warlock is also famous among them, while the shrimp, crab and fish demons are the main force.
Although the turtle demon sorcerer and those shrimp, crab and fish demons have some abilities, such as the black shrimp general and those yellow scale guards, even a team of ordinary human elite soldiers may not be able to defeat one of them.
But it's easy for them to deal with it now.
Chapter completed!