Cannibalism

Xie Nan put his wide sleeves behind his back, looked at the white camellia trees outside the window, and said, "Actually, things are not as complicated as you imagined. After I caught the siren, I dug out the forest from the siren's belly. The remains of Po Ran’s parents. It’s a pity that these bones are far less shocking to the young Lin Po Ran than seeing the sea monster disguised as his parents.”

"When he was young, he thought those sea monsters were really his parents, so he knelt down in front of them and kowtowed and cried loudly, chanting 'the gods have appeared, the spirits have appeared', so I guess, maybe he is trying to win After learning the news of his parents' death, he saw a phantom of a certain God Realm in the East China Sea, and took this phantom as his soul sustenance." Xie Nan walked to the corner and lit a stick of agarwood, and lowered his brows, "You also You know, a child under ten years old can't accept his parents being eaten by sea monsters. Later, because of this incident, he became prejudiced against the entire monster clan."

The iron-eating beast Yong Chuan was a little surprised: "It's so? What I heard is completely different from what you said. Lin Poran often said to himself that he was lucky enough to see the gods when he was playing with his parents in the East China Sea. Since then, he has never forgotten the appearance of the gods, and it is his long-cherished wish in this life to see the gods on the fairy mountain again before he dies."

Xie Sheng didn't make a sound, he stood side by side with Yuanshiren, waiting for his tenth brother Xie Nan to continue.

Xie Nan approached Yong Chuan, looked directly at him and said, "Why he distorted the facts is unknown now, but you can rest assured that everything I said is true. The relationship between humans and demons was quite complicated at that time, not as it is today. Harmony, I think, his performance on this has something to do with his attitude towards the monster race..."

Xie Sheng continued: "Lin Poran hates monsters very much. Brother Yongchuan, the iron-eating beast, had to maintain his animal form in order to repay his kindness and stay by his side."

"At the beginning, I hanged the sea monster, and I felt sorry for him alone, so I often took time to visit him at his home. After the death of his parents, Lin Boran lived with his uncle, but because he was out of tune with the new environment, his temperament gradually changed. He is withdrawn and doesn't like to meet people. Fortunately, every time I see me bring him some food and teach him to read and write, he will show a childlike innocent smile." Xie Nan's eyebrows and eyes looked regretful, "Ah... but the good scene It didn't take long, within two years, Lin Poran knew that I was really a tiger demon. Since then, he didn't want to see me again."

Xie Sheng continued following Xie Nan's thoughts: "Brother Ten actually knew Lin Poran's intention to come and wanted to help him, but because of his prejudice against you, he could only let me go?"

"Half of the reason is this. The other half is: I thought that when he saw that you looked like me, he would always remember how kind I was to him back then. This way, maybe he will be able to get along with me in his old age. The previous suspicions have been settled. But now it seems that he has indeed completely forgotten me."

The aloes in the room smelled elegant and had the effect of soothing the mood, but Yuan Shijin felt a turbid air in his heart, and he said: "I stole your offering. The god he worships should be you."

Xie Nan didn't care, he closed his eyes and shook his head: "The Iris Goddess is overthinking. A tiger demon like me who walks everywhere in the world can't be a god. Most of the gods are majestic and solemn, and they won't walk out easily. The God Realm they live in, come to be contaminated with the breath of this mortal world."

"Brother Ten knows Ah Ren well, and this is his first time out of the mountain." When he said the word "first time", Xie Sheng suddenly showed a sense of pride from nowhere, "It can Yuanshou Mountain God condescends to come to our house, tenth brother, I am really not easy."

Xie Nan raised his lips and glanced at his snarky younger brother: "Yeah, it's not easy for you."

Hitoshi Tobishi didn't get into the joking atmosphere of the two brothers, his thoughts were still spinning around the topic just now.

"I didn't do anything. Lin Poran just happened to see a phantom projected on the East China Sea, and I remembered it for the rest of my life. You avenged his parents, retrieved their remains for him, and taught him without expecting anything in return. He reads and writes, but in exchange for such a result of 'severing ties'." The flower god who stepped out of Yuanshou Mountain for the first time obviously couldn't understand, and there was an absurd look in his black pupils, "The person he thanked before he died should be you are not me."

Hearing this, Iron Eater Yong Chuan stopped fiddling with the bamboo mat's arm, nodded to Xie Nan: "This little fairy is right."

Xie Nan laughed: "A hundred years ago, our Xie Tiger Clan received so much stare because of our identity as a monster clan. If we cared about this, we would have been pissed off. How could we build such a huge family?" Industry."

Yong Chuan touched his round chin, squinted his eyes and said: "This is true. Even in the bamboo forests of Sichuan and Shu, I have heard of your name of the tiger clan in Tianyan Mountain. Even the cultivators of the Leshan School Taoist priests also admire you very much. As a monster race, you can have such a high reputation in the human world, and you must have made a lot of sacrifices."

"That's natural. In order to maintain the order of heaven, four elder brothers have died in our generation alone." Xie Sheng said seriously, "Don't look at Xie Nan as my tenth brother, let alone the married sister who is in the front Ladies and gentlemen, Brother Ten is already an indisputable elder brother in the family."

Facing the flattery from the twelfth brother, Xie Nan quickly said: "What do you say is the same, why don't I see you listen to me? It's almost blowing me to the sky."

The iron-eating beast Yong Chuan stood up and took out a letter from his round belly: "Since you are his benefactor, then you are also my benefactor. I originally planned to stay in the East China Sea for a while, but now it seems that I really shouldn’t bother my benefactor any longer. Lin Poran wrote a letter after seeing the phantom of the flower god in the East China Sea, saying that he would take it home and store it in his study. Unfortunately, he died before returning to Sichuan. Now I plan to immediately Set off and help him send this letter back."

"Now?" Xie Sheng glanced at the sky outside the window, "Sister Eleven's wedding banquet is about to begin, since you are here, let's go to the wedding banquet before leaving. Speaking of Sichuan... I may go to Sichuan and Sichuan when the wedding is over Tianfu, we can go together when the time comes."

Xie Nan asked: "What are you doing in Tianfu?"

"Jinwei, the god of land, said that there was an evil thing happening near Tianfu. I want to go and see it."

"The wild beasts in Tianfu are causing trouble, how could it be your turn to investigate, a tiger far away in the East China Sea." Xie Nan gave him a white look, and said, "Mind your own business."

"The incident Jinwei said is very strange. Even the local gods did not come to rescue him, so it can be seen that this beast is not an ordinary beast." He turned his head and said to the Iris Flower God who was stunned by the side, "The land of Sichuan and Shu is beautiful and dangerous. , is the famous mountain landscape in the world, a thousand times more magnificent than your Yuanshou Mountain. Would you like to go with me then? You will be back in a few days."

Yuan Shiren couldn't look away when he heard the words "beautiful and dangerous", and he replied: "Okay, I will go with you."

Normally, his duty is to protect Yuanshou Village in the God Realm, and nourish the entire villa with the spiritual power in the God Realm, but now it happens to be the future of the priest, and the coming of human sacrifices has ushered in the continuous overflow of divine power in the Yuanshou God Realm. day.During this time of year, he doesn't need to worry that the nutrients in the God Realm won't take care of the villagers.Then it's not a bad idea to go out and hang out for more than ten days.

Xie Nan looked at the two of them talking as if no one else was talking, and suddenly felt a sense of confusion who did not know who the owner of this room was.He patted Xie Sheng on the back and reminded him: "We'll talk about this later, it's time to go to the Yuketang to attend the wedding banquet now."

Xie Sheng understood, and walked out of the house with Xie Nan and Yuan Shiren, and the iron-eating beast also crawled out unsteadily, following closely behind.

Yuan Shiren looked at Yong Chuan's fat body, and asked: "Why don't you change your human form? With your body, it seems that it is difficult to move."

"Now that Lin Poran has passed away, you don't have to worry about other people's eyes at all." Xie Sheng turned his head to look at Yong Chuan's feet when he was walking, and said, "Among the gods, gods and ghosts who came here, there is no one who disrespects our tiger clan. Clans are also demons."

Xie Nan also advised him: "At the wedding banquet, it's best to become a human and wear a more festive outfit."

Yong Chuan understood, a cloud of steaming mist emerged from his feet, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into the young man Xie Sheng had seen before.His humanoid skeleton is lean and well-proportioned.He also changed into two sets of wide sleeves, and dropped two lines of red embroidery on his waist and abdomen to express festiveness, but there was still a sense of indifference all over his body that made it hard to get close.Even if Hitoshi Toshiro had seen it once, he couldn't believe that he was the same bamboo bear who was chopping firewood just now.

Yuan Shiren looked at Yong Chuan, and found that he was much taller than the beast shape, and his height was half a head behind him.

While walking, Yong Chuan said, "Actually, I don't like changing people since a long time ago, and it has nothing to do with Lin Poran."

There are no monsters who don't want to become humans.

It was the first time Xie Sheng heard such an idea.

"Because there are too many rules when you become a human. You don't have so many worries when you maintain your original form." Speaking of this, Yong Chuan rarely laughed, "Those iron-eating beasts without consciousness in the bamboo forest live a much happier life than me every day. gone."

The other three didn't say anything more. When they walked to the Yuke Hall, firecrackers were crackling in front of the door.Those cubs that Yuan Shiren had seen at the foot of the mountain before were chasing and beating each other before hanging the whip, laughing happily.

Someone shouted: "The bride is coming soon!"

The gods sitting in the Yuke Hall rushed out one after another and looked towards the blue sky.

There was no cloud in the sky, and suddenly, a colorful silk and satin flew from the top of Tianyan Mountain. When it got close, it was discovered that it was a group of butterflies fluttering their wings.

A bride in a red hijab sits on this wave of colorful butterflies, swirling down from the sky.

Peach blossoms bloomed where the butterflies flew over. They hung down for nine days like a waterfall, but they hung in midair and never disappeared.

The top of Tianyan Mountain has been cut off by the rushing sea of ​​flowers, and the fragrance is overflowing within ten miles, and the bright sunlight roasts the fragrance even more intensely.The peach blossoms fluctuate with the butterflies in the clouds and smoke, like a magnificent picture scroll waiting to be unfolded.

It was the first time Yuan Shiren saw such a big battle, he pulled Xie Sheng's sleeve and asked: "The person sitting on top is your sister?"

"Yes." Xie Sheng waved his hands in the sky and shouted: "Elder Sister, you should be happy even if we are not around in the future. I wish you and your husband a happy night together for thousands of years."

"Where is the bridegroom officer?" Tobishiren looked around.

Before Xie Sheng could answer, those butterflies disappeared in an instant. A handsome man in wedding dress climbed to the sky from the mountainside, stepped on the peach blossom waterfall, and wrapped his arms around the bride's waist, hugging her slowly. Land slowly.

Cheers came and went from all around, Xie Nan hurriedly asked someone to light a new set of firecrackers.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack..."

Amidst the sound of firecrackers, Yuan Shiren heard Xie Sheng say: "My eleventh brother-in-law is the Butterfly King on the hill next door."