Zhou You left the courtyard and headed to the Tianxing Palace.
As soon as I walked into the entrance of the hall, I happened to see two trainee demon slayers of the same period as myself whispering in a corner.
"This two-star mission... is too dangerous."
"I heard that Yang Wu went on his first demon-killing mission a few days ago and disappeared... Even the body has not been found yet."
"When I first embarked on this path, I was already mentally prepared..."
"Stop talking about this, let's think about how we can complete the three demon slayer tasks and be promoted to official demon slayers."
Hearing the conversation between the two people, Zhou You was stunned for a moment.
Yang Wu, who he had been sparring with before, is dead?
For some reason, he felt a surge of complicated emotions in his heart.
After joining the Demon Slayer Department, life and death are very common things.
But when you actually hear that a familiar person has turned into a cold corpse, without even a body, you will inevitably have some feelings.
Zhou You sighed slightly, but did not come forward to say hello to these two people. Instead, he walked straight to the counter where he accepted the task.
And coincidentally, it was the pretty woman who received Zhou You.
"Is it you? Are you here to take on the official demon-killing mission this time?" The delicate woman seemed to have some impression of Zhou You.
"Yes." Zhou You nodded slightly.
"There are a lot of two-star missions recently, you can choose first." The delicate woman said softly.
Zhou You asked: "Are there any closer two-star missions?"
Some tasks require going to very far away counties, and going back and forth is quite a waste of time.
As for Zhou You, he didn't want to waste any second. He just wanted to quickly complete the three demon slayer tasks and then be promoted to an official demon slayer.
In this way, he would have enough authority to exchange for better elixirs to assist in his cultivation.
"It just so happens that there is a task here that may be suitable for you."
The pretty woman smiled slightly.
On the white jade behind, a line of text quietly appeared.
【Nightmare】
Mission introduction: Twenty kilometers away from Qingzhou City, there is a small villa called Qingniu Village. In recent days, dozens of villagers in this village have had the same nightmare...
Mission difficulty: two stars
Task reward: twenty contribution points.
Zhou You didn't hesitate at all and said directly: "I accepted this mission."
It’s twenty kilometers away. I’m going there now. I should be able to arrive in the evening. If everything goes well, I might be able to come back tomorrow.
Still following the old rules, after registering with Zhou You's token, the pretty woman handed over the detailed information of the mission to Zhou You, and finally said: "I hope to see you again next time."
Zhou You waved his hands, turned and left.
The detailed information of this task is actually the transcript of the villager who came to report the crime.
After Zhou You walked out of the Tianxing Palace, he opened the transcript file and began to look at it.
"About nine days ago...I started having nightmares."
"In the dream, I seemed to be in an extremely dark world, and I couldn't control my body, but my consciousness was awake!!"
"When most people dream, they only feel that they are dreaming when they wake up. But in that dark world, I can clearly know that I am dreaming!"
"Immediately afterwards, I saw a little boy."
"What does it look like? I didn't see it clearly. Maybe I saw it clearly, but I couldn't remember it after I woke up... I don't know. In short, I just forgot what the little boy looked like!"
"I only remember that the little boy was standing ten meters away from me, with an innocent smile on his face, but his eyes were staring straight at me. That look gave me a creepy feeling.
"
"Keep repeating one sentence."
"Come and play with me...come and play with me..."
"The voice was very innocent...but I felt an unprecedented fear. I was so frightened that my whole body was shaking. Although my consciousness was awake, my body could not move. I couldn't even close my eyes.
I can only look at that little boy!"
"The next day, I didn't care. After all, I just had a nightmare. This is normal."
"But the next night, I dreamed of that weird little boy again. He still had an innocent smile on his face and looked straight at me. The most terrifying thing is that!!! That little boy
It’s moving!”
"It walked a few steps in my direction, then stopped. Then it still stared at me closely and kept saying, "Come and play with me!"
"On the third day, I was completely panicked. I found that my neighbor also had dull eyes and a listless spirit. After we talked with each other, I found that my neighbor also had a nightmare exactly like mine!"
"I didn't give up, so I asked everyone in the village and found that everyone had the same nightmare! They all dreamed of the little boy!"
"On the fourth day...the fifth day...the nightmare continues to torture us, and the little boy...is getting closer and closer to me!"
"Finally, I couldn't bear it anymore, and neither could the other villagers."
"Among them, some said it was an angry mountain ghost, while others said it was an evil spirit causing trouble... But the final result was that no one in the village dared to sleep and could only sleep during the day."
"If you sleep during the day, you won't dream about that little boy anymore."
"But if you sleep during the day, no one will do the work in the fields. It's not an option to continue like this."
"Then two days later, I discovered to my horror that even though I was sleeping during the day, the little boy still appeared..."
"In desperation, the village chief discussed with everyone and asked me to come to Qingzhou to report the crime..."
After reading the transcript, Zhou You frowned slightly.
This thing is so weird and abnormal, it should be weirdness at work, not a demon.
Because if it was a demon causing trouble, no one in the village would be alive to go to Qingzhou City to report the crime.
But based on this record alone, I can't find anything more useful by traveling around, so I can only go to Qingniu Village first.
First find a map to Qingniu Village, otherwise you really don’t know how to get there.
Then he found a fast horse and rode it all the way around, leaving the Demon Slayer Department.
...........
The afterglow of the setting sun fell quietly on a peaceful and peaceful mountain village, making it look increasingly quiet.
This village has beautiful scenery, with more than 20 houses, a small river flowing slowly, and surrounded by patches of green fields.
Woof woof woof~
A series of dog barks suddenly broke the original silence of the small village.
A young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes pulled a red horse to the front of the village.
In front of him, there was a black native dog barking.
"Quiet!" The young man glared at the black dog.
Black Dog immediately felt as if he was being stared at by some wild beast. He was so scared that he trembled and lay motionless on the ground.
Zhou You glanced at the stone tablet next to the village, which had the words Qingniu Village written on it, and spoke softly.