Cannibalism

Everyone found Yong Chuan following the message sent by Chuanxin Zhu.At this time, Yong Chuan had already arrived at the position of the evil tiger attacking people.

"How is the current situation?" Xie Sheng strode into the yard, "Did you find any traces of the evil tiger escaping?"

Yong Chuan shook his head, looking regretful.

Inside the door was a man who was sitting on the ground and weeping bitterly, crying and shouting: "Mei'er, you died so miserable!..."

"Meier is his wife's baby name." Yong Chuan sighed, "I heard from this villager that he was cleaning the firewood house this afternoon. His wife was weaving in the house, and his eight-year-old daughter was taking a nap in the next room. But when When he heard the noise and leaned out of the window to check, he found a tiger broke into the yard, and his wife and daughter were all thrown to the ground by the tiger. Then the tiger somehow stunned the two of them, picked it up and ran away quickly. Can't catch up."

A hole was broken in the tall bamboo fence in the yard, Yong Chuan leaned over to pick up a piece of bamboo.

"Something's wrong." Run Shen looked at the ground at his feet, "When a tiger preys on the prey, it will kill the prey first, and it is impossible to knock the prey unconscious. Therefore, I think there is still a possibility for the wife and daughter to survive."

The crying man over there heard his guess and raised his voice: "No, they must be dead, woohoo... My poor Meier and Donger! You died so badly, I , I will kill this tiger tomorrow to avenge you!"

Run Yuan hurriedly persuaded: "You must not just give up like this. As long as you haven't seen the evil tiger kill them with your own eyes, they still have a glimmer of hope."

"It was the same in the past. They knocked out the fellow villagers and took them away. We thought there was still a glimmer of hope, so we went up the mountain at night to search. But we didn't find anything. When we came back, we found a pile of blood on the road at the gate of the village. bones, and a few pieces of clothes that were originally worn on the body.” The man wiped away his tears and sniffed, “They are too smart. Knowing that we will track the blood, they never kill them directly, but keep them The life of the prey, wait until the hidden place, and then eat them..."

"How can there be such a cunning and vicious tiger?" Xie Sheng, as a member of the tiger clan, naturally knows the predatory habits of tigers.Tigers who have not cultivated their spiritual consciousness have always directly bit off the neck of their prey when hunting.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Ren Tobishi staring at the sky in a daze, without saying a word, as if he was thinking about something.

"Oh, what crimes did our Lujia Village do..." the man burst into tears as he spoke, "I have pity on my Meier Donger, woo woo woo."

Xie Nan walked into the firewood room and found a hunting bow hanging on the wall.He winked at Xie Sheng who was standing outside.Xie Sheng understood, and immediately said to the man: "We are here to hunt down the evil beasts and comfort the spirits of the victims. I wish you condolences, please believe in us, we will definitely catch the evil beasts and bring them to justice."

"You, can you do it?" The man raised his head and looked at him with red eyes from crying, "Our whole village worked together, but we couldn't catch these wolves, tigers and leopards."

Run Yuan said confidently: "In three days, we will definitely restore peace to this village."

Xie Nan asked, "What should we call you?"

"My name is Lu Gui, you can call me Dagui." The man wiped his tears with his sleeve.

"Are you a hunter in the village?"

"Yes." Lu Gui stood in front of the fence hole, with a strong nasal voice, "It's a pity that there are no arrows in the woodshed, otherwise I would have shot this pregnant tigress, skinned it, and smoked it." Its bones were cut out, and then the children in its stomach were dissected, and they were paraded in the streets to relieve the hatred of the villagers."

Xie Sheng was surprised: "Is it pregnant?"

Lu Gui spat: "Yes, based on my years of hunting experience, this tiger is definitely pregnant with cubs."

At this time, the wandering Toshiro Jin suddenly woke up, and he asked: "Have you ever shot and killed its family members or friends before?"

Lu Gui was confused by this question.

Xie Sheng tugged at his sleeve: "Tigers are beasts that live alone in the mountains and forests. What's more, they cannot have the emotion of revenge like humans."

"What if Brother Hu taught them?" Xie Nan turned the folding fan in his hand, "If Brother Tiger used to be the god of this place, then he must know how to communicate with the creatures here."

"This..." Lu Gui stroked his disheveled hair, "Although I don't understand what you are talking about, the land god enshrined in our village is indeed a tiger."

"Can you take us to the earth temple in the village?" Tobishiren couldn't wait to go to the place where the gods were enshrined to find clues.

"Yes, yes. It's just..." Lu Gui's red and swollen eyes flustered, "We smashed the Earth Temple, and now it's deserted, without incense."

Under the leadership of Lu Gui, everyone went to the Earth Temple.

Now that the tiger attacked Lujia Village, no one dared to go out.Xie Sheng noticed that there were many pairs of eyes on both sides of the road staring at him.All the villagers who dare not go out are watching the people passing by on the road through the windows.

"It's here, it's here."

Lu Gui pushed open the dusty door, making a strange creaking sound.There was a small hole in the door, and there were squeaking rats coming from inside.

Tobimuro Jin walked in first.

The inside of the temple is gray and gray, it should be that no one has been there for a long time.

Broken shrines lay scattered around, and incense ash fell on the ground.The incense table was arranged crookedly, and there were a few rotten oranges beside it.

At this time, a pile of sand and soil suddenly leaked from the beam of the house, almost falling on the head of Kiteshiren.

"Squeaky-"

There was rattling on the beams.

"Be careful." Xie Sheng took Yuan Shiren's arm, and used magic to light a beam of light on his fingertips, "Look at the smoke and ashes in this room, it's best not to use open flames, it may be dangerous."

"Okay." Runshen nodded, "All according to brother Xie's orders."

Xie Sheng and Yuan Shiren walked in the forefront, illuminating the mural totem on the wall with the light from their fingertips.

"Huh? Why... isn't this a tiger?" Yong Chuan was extremely surprised, "Why is it so different."

"Lands like a black bear, antlers on a tiger's head, and a thin tail like a cow and a horse." Xie Nan shook his head, "No wonder the gods don't bless you. You even drew his portrait wrong."

"There is nothing wrong with the drawing." Originally, Lu Gui was a little absent-minded because his wife and daughter were taken into captivity, but now he frowned, and retorted firmly, "This is our mountain god, which once brought us countless treasures. The portrait is impossible Error."

Seeing that Lu Gui was agitated, the others stopped talking about this topic.Xie Nan said to Xie Sheng: "Brother, I will escort Brother Lu Gui home first, he needs to rest now. You can accompany Flower God to continue investigating here, and I will go back as soon as I go."

Xie Sheng replied, "No problem."

After Lu Gui left, Yong Chuan sniffled and sneezed.He said: "The smell here is really bad, I'm afraid it's the smell of rotting corpses."

"There is a dead mouse." Tobishiren narrated a scalp-numbing fact in a very calm tone, "The mouse running around on the beam is dead."

"Squeak."

Right now, the cry is frightening.

Runshen looked up and shrugged his shoulders: "But I heard it barking."

"Aren, are you sure?" Xie Sheng was obviously also very surprised: "It was not a monster when it was alive, and I can't feel the monster aura on it."

Run Shen frowned, pursed his lips, and said, "If you haven't cultivated into a monster, you can't have resentment when you die, you can't turn into a ghost, and you can't stay in the world for a long time."

Run Yuan was puzzled: "If that's the case, why does this dead mouse still run around and bark?"

Yong Chuan said: "Could it be that someone trapped its soul here to prevent it from reincarnating?"

At this time, Xie Sheng's brows relaxed, and he looked suddenly enlightened: "I understand."

Tobishi Jin asked, "Understand what?"

"I finally know why the two twin swords of Runyuan and Runshen are screaming." Xie Sheng felt a chill on his back, "The absurdity of this Brother Tiger is that he bestows spiritual consciousness on those creatures who have not become demons , so that they have the ability to think, so when this mouse dies, it can develop resentment like a human, and turn into a ghost to wander around the world."

"It's against the way of heaven to give spiritual consciousness at will!" Run Yuan exclaimed, "This will cause disputes between birds and beasts, and cause chaos in all walks of life."

Yuan Shiren stretched out his hand to touch the four-figured totem mural: "Because the villagers painted the wrong statue... Is this the tiger god's revenge?"

"Even if you want to take revenge, you will definitely not choose this method of anger." Xie Sheng folded his arms, holding his face and holding his breath, "No one can bestow divine consciousness except for God's gift. He needs to activate a forbidden technique that consumes vitality to achieve it. And once activated, the forbidden technique cannot be stopped, and his soul will be dissipated in the world due to the exhaustion of essence, and no one can restore it in the future."

Yong Chuan couldn't understand: "If he really does this, it's not so much revenge on the villagers as revenge on himself."

Everyone was silent for a while, and Run Yuan suddenly said: "Master once told me that Lujia Village is a village where pots are hung to help the world."

"How do you say?" Yong Chuan asked, "Could it be that the villagers in Lujia Village are proficient in medical skills?"

"I don't think so." Runshen shook his head, "Lu Yueming's minor injury needs me, an outsider, to treat it. How can this village help the world?"

Tobishiren looked at the mural and murmured: "Tiger head, antlers, bear paws, and—"

"Wait." Xie Sheng also leaned in front of the painting.

A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Lu Gui said that the god on this portrait brought countless treasures to their village. Could it be because they made a lot of wealth by using tigers, bears, deer, and cattle?"

Combined with the so-called "hanging pot to help the world", Run Yuan's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly realized: "bear gallbladder, tiger bone, velvet antler, and bezoar are all precious medicinal materials!"

Hearing this, Yong Chuan covered his stomach, afraid that his bear gall would be taken away.