Cannibalism

After visiting Lin Poran's former residence, Yong Chuan took out an iron lock and turned it around the knocker on the gate three times.

He locked the lock, took out the key, turned around and said to the Xie brothers and the Flying Flower God, "We can set off now."

Xie Nan's thoughts were still immersed in the picture scrolls in the study, he touched the towering arrow bamboo in front of the door, and said with emotion: "My old man's heart is full... In fact, he has lived his life more soberly than many people."

Xie Sheng couldn't understand: "So what can I do if I'm sober, it's because I don't want to face reality."

"That's all. Now that you have passed away, the past and the past have already disappeared. There is no need to mention it in the future."

Then Xie Nan was silent for a long time, and finally remembered that they were going to leave for Tianfu next.

He asked Xie Sheng: "Where is the place where the wild beasts you mentioned before are located in Tianfu?"

"Near Jiahu." Xie Sheng identified the direction based on his experience in exploring roads in the wild. "It should be over there."

Yong Chuan set up a cloud of mist and waved at the three of them: "I'll take you flying there right away."

Tianfu is surrounded by high mountains and mountains, Yong Chuan almost led the wrong way at first.The four finally stopped by the edge of Kings Lake.

Jiahu Lake is a circle larger than Yanshan Lake, and it is clear to the bottom, but in such a deserted place, it always adds a sense of chilling.

"I don't know where the wild beasts caused the disaster." Yong Chuan poked his head around, "Let me find a monster or land god to ask. This is a barren mountain and wild ridge, there should be many little monsters inhabiting it."

Xie Nan nodded: "It's good to walk around, since the wild beasts are making trouble, there may be some clues left on the mountain road."

When Xie Sheng heard Xie Nan's words, he immediately looked at the ground and started searching.

Tobishi Jin asked, "What are you looking for?"

Xie Sheng said: "Many beasts don't know how to hide their tracks. They will excrete outside, leave footprints, and even mark their territory with urine, and use it to emit a strong and pungent smell."

"Which ones count as beasts? Do I count?"

Yuan Shiren's eyes wandered back and forth between the Iron Eater and Xie Nan Xie Sheng.

"I've lived for more than 1000 years, but this is the first time someone asks me such a question." Xie Nan suddenly laughed, and he explained patiently to Jin Shiro, "Beasts are carnivores that grow in the wild, such as Tigers, lions, wolves, and the like all have a ferocious nature that makes people fear."

"Tiger..." Tobishiren continued to ask, "Are you considered beasts?"

"Of course we don't count." Xie Sheng looked disgusted at the so-called wild beasts, "The wild beasts don't know etiquette, justice, and shame. We are the beast race that has obtained spiritual consciousness and cultivated adults, which is very different from their beasts who only know how to reproduce."

Xie Nan saw that Yuanshi Ren's eyes were confused, and he was still puzzled, so he said, "Let me give a simple example to the flower god. Every spring, these wild beasts that live in the woods will spread the scent of courtship or Calling, according to their own instincts with another beast of the opposite sex | intercourse| conjoined children. They have no emotions and desires, so naturally they will not have a sense of love and responsibility for their partners. Therefore, after a few days of tenderness, the male beast will leave the female beast alone Leave. But we are different, at least we don't court every spring, all comers are welcome."

Xie Sheng agrees very much with his tenth brother's example: "Spiritual consciousness is the ability given to us by God to distinguish right from wrong. It also allows our eyes to see more and wider."

Xie Sheng turned around and pointed to the pink wildflowers on the side of the road: "It is impossible for a tiger without consciousness to see the red flowers, willows and green. In their eyes, many colors in the world are the same."

After finishing speaking, Xie Sheng picked one of the flowers and handed it to Toshirojin.

"Well, it's amazing." The young man spread the petals in his hands, and suddenly remembered his own sadness, "I don't know when my flower mouth will grow out, I have already forgotten what color it is."

Yong Chuan doesn't care about the difference between the realm of spiritual consciousness and wild beasts like Xie Nan and Xie Sheng do. With dark circles under his eyes, he sits on the ground and pinches his sore legs: "It's good to have no spiritual consciousness. I don't mind when I say goodbye." I will be sad, and I will not experience the tragic experience of the separation of my wife and children."

Xie Nan looked sideways: "Yes, each has its own merits."

Xie Sheng found Yong Chuan's thoughts very interesting: "It sounds like Brother Yong Chuan has experienced many ups and downs, and now he has seen through the world of mortals."

The four of them chatted a few words on the topic of divine consciousness and beasts, each having their own thoughts.

At this moment, two little Taoist priests carrying long swords came from the south of Jiahu Lake.

Yong Chuan recognized the Taoist uniforms on them: "They are disciples of the Leshan Sect!"

The two young Taoist priests were talking and laughing on the road, when they suddenly saw three people and a bear walking towards them in front of them.Except for the bear, the other three were all neatly dressed, with firm eyes, and looked extraordinary. The two of them had practiced for several years, and at a glance, they could tell that they were four monsters who had already cultivated to adulthood.

Among them, the small Taoist clasped his fists and nodded, politely said: "I ran into four warriors from the orc race in the mountains, I don't know what advice I can ask for."

Xie Nan got straight to the point: "Don't take the liberty to bother me. We heard that there are wild beasts near Jiahu. I wonder if the two priests know the exact location?"

"Oh? Are you going to the place where wild beasts are haunting? That's a coincidence." Another little Taoist clasped his fists at them and said, "We were sent down the mountain by Master this time for this reason. A group of wolves, tigers and leopards came to Lujia Village these days , and now more than twenty people have been killed by beasts."

Xie Sheng asked: "Can I ask the Taoist priest to take us to investigate?"

The little Taoist was very straightforward: "No problem. I see a few knights are humble and polite, and they must be the top figures in the orc clan. My name is Runyuan, and he is my junior brother Runshen. I don't know how to call you?"

"This person and I both have the surname Xie, and we belong to the tiger clan in the land of the East China Sea." Since we were traveling together with fellow travelers, Xie Nan didn't intend to hide his identity. He pointed at a person and a bear behind him with his fan, and continued to introduce, "This young man's surname is Yuan, and he is a mountain god. That iron-eating beast is called Yong Chuan."

"Xie family... Tiger Clan!" The little Taoist priest Run Yuan exclaimed, his eyes widened, "Are you the Tiger Clan on Tianyan Mountain?!"

The two Xie brothers responded, "Exactly."

Runyuan grinned, showing his white teeth: "That would be great. I didn't expect that the wild beasts in Tianfu would attract the knights from Tianyan Mountain. If you join us, we will be able to catch the evil beasts. Return the land of Lujia Village to a clean and peaceful place.”

Within half a stick of incense, the three of them and a bear followed two Taoist priests of the Leshan School to Lujia Village.

At this time, the scorching sun was in the sky, but the doors of every house in Lujia Village were closed, and there was no one on the road.Obviously, he was frightened by the chaos of wild beasts in recent days.

Tobishijin walked into the village, stepped on the dirt in the middle of the road, and gradually slowed down his pace.

His face suddenly became sad, and his eyes showed endless compassion: "I am very sad."

Xie Sheng quickly supported him: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

The young man's lips turned pale in an instant, and he shook his head: "I vaguely sense that there are many irresistible resentments hovering in the sky, which makes my heart unbearably sad."

Xie Nan said: "The five senses of the gods empathize with all things, including the sorrow and resentment attached to the wronged souls. It seems that those wild beasts have indeed eaten a lot of innocent villagers. The Flower God probably lived in the God Realm before and has never been in contact with so many animals." The resentment is unbearable for a while."

Run Yuan said: "Master told the two of us that when we arrived at Lujia Village, we would go to the third house on the west side of the short hill in the village and look for the owner of that house, Lu Yueming. Lu Yueming's cousin is an old friend of my master. It was Lu Yueming who entrusted our Leshan faction to help. Then the gods can go to his house to rest."

They found a low red earth hill in the village, walked west, and counted out the third house.

Run Yuan knocked on the door and shouted: "Hello, I am a disciple of the Leshan School. Is Mr. Lu Yueming at home?"

Soon someone came to open the door.The person who opened the door was a plainly dressed village woman. Her eyes were bruised and her complexion was dull. She probably hadn't had a good night's sleep for many days.

The village woman greeted them to go in: "My husband and I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and finally we have you here."

"It turned out to be Mrs. Lu. It's a pleasure to meet Mrs. Lu. Except for my junior brother Runshen, the others are knights who came to subdue wild beasts." Run Yuan made a bow, "Then Mr. Lu is at home?"

Madam Lu covered her face and sighed: "Yes. He was attacked by a tiger a few days ago and broke his leg. He is resting indoors. Hey... Fortunately, he saved his life."

"Broken a leg?" Run Shen took a step forward, "I have studied medicine under Master's door for many years, and I can diagnose and treat Lu Yueming."

"The Taoist priest is really a noble person from heaven." Mrs. Lu's eyes were red, and she couldn't hold back a few tears.She led them across the front yard: "I'll take you to find my husband."

When the crowd walked halfway, they suddenly heard Xie Sheng exclaim from behind: "Aren! What's wrong with you?"

I saw Ren Shiyuan shrunk into a ball, his complexion was frighteningly white for a while, he frowned, and said in a hoarse voice: "Probably the fish tail has not been digested yet, I, I want to rest for a while."

Seeing this, Xie Nan turned around and asked the female family members of the Lu family: "Ma'am, this is an immortal in the sky. He came here, his spiritual consciousness intervened in the resentment of the sky, and he was being harassed by wronged souls. He couldn't bear it for a while. He needs to calm down and cultivate for a while. Excuse me." Do you have a spare room here? So that this god can close his breath and isolate the infestation of resentment."

When Mrs. Lu heard that the young man was a god, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly responded: "Yes, yes!" She pushed open the door in front of her, and said to the remaining people, "This room is my husband's living room. Let him chat with you first. I will take the immortal to rest on the couch first."

Xie Sheng wanted to follow, but was held back by Xie Nan.Xie Nan whispered in his ear: "Flower God needs to temporarily close the five senses to recuperate his consciousness. It will be useless for you to follow, and it will only increase the trouble."

Xie Sheng just gave up, and could only worry in his heart, staring at the young man's back.

He stepped into Lu Yueming's bedroom with everyone.

There was a man with a sallow complexion leaning on the head of the bed, this must be Lu Yueming.

Lu Yueming, who broke his leg, curled his mouth into a forced smile, with a look of joy and pain in his eyes: "Masters, you are finally here."

"Let me take a look for you." Run Shen put the medicine box he was carrying on the small square table beside the bed, lifted Lu Yueming's quilt, and leaned over to observe the broken leg carefully.

"How did you fall? Tell me about the situation at that time."

Lu Yueming licked his dry lips, with a mournful expression on his face: "I was drinking at a friend's house that day. Suddenly a white-striped tiger broke in. When I escaped too hastily, I fell on the steps... I was lucky , It's a pity that my friend has already entered the tiger's stomach, and I'm afraid it has turned into dung."

Runshen touched his broken leg and said with relief, "Your injury is not serious. Although there are cracks in the bones, if you take care of it carefully, you will be no different from ordinary people in three months. I will open it for you." A few bottles of medicinal wine, apply it sooner or later."

Lu Yueming was very grateful, his cheeks and nose trembled slightly, and he saw tears falling: "Thank you, Daoist."

Xie Sheng asked: "Since when did the plague of wild animals appear in your place?"

Lu Yueming thought about it for a while, and answered uncertainly: "The plague of wild beasts... should have been there for more than half a year, but half a month ago, the wild beasts outside Lu's village became more rampant, and almost every day they captured one or two people and ate them."

"Is there a reporter?"

"Of course I reported it to the officials! The county magistrate sent three guards, but they were all dragged away and eaten by tigers and leopards in less than half a day. After that, the government never sent anyone to investigate the matter."

Xie Nan was puzzled: "This is the first time I've seen such an arrogant beast."

The iron-eating beast Yong Chuan had turned into a human form long before he entered the door. He asked, "I see that the gates of your entire village are closed today. Is it true that no beasts cannibalize people?"

"I heard from my wife that there is indeed no movement in the village today."

Xie Sheng knew what Yong Chuan meant by asking this question.He made a little plan in his mind: "The wild beast will always appear, then we can just sit back and wait for the rabbit."

As soon as the words were finished, Mrs. Lu over there suddenly screamed and ran over crying. Her steps were chaotic and she almost fell on the door frame.

"Help, help! A black bear broke in through the window and took the god... the god away!"