Chapter Seventy-Two: The Strange Village
"Demon slayer? ”
Li Jihuang chuckled, but he didn't deny it. I came to the Big Ghost Mountain Range to subdue demons and eliminate demons, and now I am passing by this Fengyao Town and encountering injustices, so I should eliminate demons for the people.
"So, we're a peer. ”
Chen Ziqi asked excitedly, and a trace of excitement appeared on his beautiful little face: "Hey, your performance just now is so real, where did you buy the fire powder, share a little bit with me." ”
She thinks that Li Jihuang used a trick to cover her eyes, but the method is too clever, she has seen this method in many charlatans, but those people are unwilling to tell her, and she has not learned it.
"Running out of ......"
Li Jihuang was a little speechless, and wanted to help her take her pulse to see if she was sick.
The way he performed the fireball technique just now, did he look like those charlatans who had been abducted and deceived?
"Don't do that, I'll give you money......! Ten taels...... Hey, don't go!"
Li Jihuang's face darkened and he quickened his pace, Chen Ziqi's eyes widened, and he chased after him with a large bag and a small bag.
"This immortal family, this is the hall of our village, it is a little simpler, please deign to this. ”
The respected old man is the village chief. He looked at the young man in awe, and the villagers behind him also looked terrified.
Li Jihuang did not speak, but glanced at the group of villagers, and found that most of them were yellow and thin, and the children were also thin, hiding in the arms of their parents, secretly looking at themselves.
After looking at this simple hall and the villagers, Li Jihuang knew that this hall could not accommodate so many people, and he needed to publicize to these villagers that he would stop sacrificing children to monsters.
"It's almost evening now, and the villagers are hungry, and the cattle, sheep, pigs and fish that were killed are also a waste to be put away, so it's better to use them for the villagers to enjoy!"
Li Jihuang said softly, but there was a hint of majesty in his voice, not giving the village chief a chance to refute.
Hearing his words, the village chief's face was embarrassed, but the eyes of the villagers of Fengyao Village gradually lit up, to be honest, they have not been able to eat any meat a few times throughout the year.
The livestock in the village are all raised together, and they have to be used in a queue for farming on weekdays, and the rest of the pigs, sheep and other meat are used to breed and sacrifice to the river god.
Although the life here is a little poorer, everyone feels comfortable, not as uncomfortable as being exploited by the government.
And now when he heard that there was meat to eat, his eyes naturally lit up, and the children looked at the young man in noble robes with their fingers in their mouths.
"This ......"
The village chief seemed a little hesitant, and the next moment he was dispelled by Li Jihuang.
"It doesn't matter if you're done eating, I have some silver taels here, and you can go to a place where there are people and buy some livestock when you have time. ”
Seeing the other party's concerns, Li Jihuang took out fifty taels of silver from the storage bag and put it in his hand, causing tears to flood his eyes.
These fifty taels of silver, the whole village can save for ten years, but they can't save it! This county official doesn't have fifty taels of Fenglu for a year!
Most of the villagers have never seen silver in their lives!
They looked at the silver in the village chief's hand, eager for it, but they didn't dare to make a sound.
"With so much silver, we can exchange it for a lot of livestock to raise, and we have cattle in our village, thank you!"
The village chief's eyes were moist, and he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to the young man a few times, but he was stopped by an invisible force, but he was even more sure in his heart of the young man's supernatural powers.
This power is the power of divine consciousness in the Divine Sea, and it stands to reason that only a monk in the Refining Realm can open up the Divine Sea and practice the power of divine consciousness.
But he inexplicably opened up the Divine Sea, has divine sense, can be used to detect things around him, and can control things, but his power is limited, and he is not used to using it.
For a time, it was in full swing, the villagers held the cut and cooked beef, sheep and pork, the atmosphere was more lively than the New Year, many children ran around excitedly, and some domestic dogs also wagged their tails and approached, wanting to eat meat.
Many villagers told each other that cooking smoke was rising from their homes and food was cooking. Tonight everyone knows that there is meat to eat in the open space outside the synagogue!
Seeing this scene, Li Jihuang smiled softly, closed his eyes, leaned against the old locust tree outside the hall, and the whole person calmed down.
I think when he was wandering with the old man, he was like this, and he was very happy when he heard that there was meat to eat, but unfortunately he ran into a monster, and everything was over.
And now that he sees a monster harming people, he naturally won't let it go!
"Hey, I didn't expect you to be kind!"
Chen Ziqi walked over and looked at him in surprise: "Fifty taels, you are really willing." ”
Glancing at her with open eyes, Li Jihuang also chuckled, "Aren't you also here to eliminate harm for the people?"
"Cut ......"
Chen Ziqi sat beside him and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Li Jihuang. ”
Li Jihuang folded a weed, held it to his mouth, and looked at the lively crowd.
"Li Jihuang? ”
Chen Ziqi had some disgust on his face.
"Huh, what about you?"
Li Jihuang ignored this yellow-haired girl, in his eyes, he was seventeen, and according to his virtual age, he was already eighteen, so there was no need to be like a child.
"My name is Chen Ziqi. ”
He raised his forehead, looking a little proud.
"Qi next to the word king?"
Li Jihuang asked tentatively.
"Neatly Qi!"
Chen Ziqi said angrily, twisted his head to the side, and ignored him.
"How did you come up with the idea of running around at a young age? Don't you know the danger outside?"
Looking at her appearance, Li Jihuang laughed for a while, and took out some pastries from the storage ring and gave them to her.
"You're going to say that, why can't I come out and run out?"
Chen Ziqi snorted lightly, saw the pastry in his hand, swallowed his saliva, but didn't take it: "I have eaten a lot of things that are even more delicious than yours in the national capital." ”
After saying that, her stomach rang, and her little face turned red with anger. Ever since she came out secretly, she has been hungry and has not eaten, and she has eaten anything good.
I've never eaten anything so delicious before!
"You unassuming belly!"
Chen Ziqi looked a little angry, lowered his head and muttered to himself.
"Let's eat a little, we're together. ”
Looking at her appearance, Li Jihuang smiled and put the pastry in her hand.
"Alright then, give you a little face. ”
Chen Ziqi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and pretended to be careless and put the pastry in his mouth. The next moment she was shocked by the soft and delicious pastry, and the sweet taste made her almost eat her fingers.
"Don't worry, there's still one here. ”
Seeing her choking, Li Jihuang laughed for a while and gently patted her back.
"Don't touch me. ”
Her little face flushed, jumped up like a spring, looked at the boy cautiously, but the next moment she regretted that she had spilled all the pastries.
"Isn't it neatly Qi? Why are you so shy? ”
Looking at the red-faced girl, Li Jihuang smiled.
"It's your business. ”
She sat down in a huff, ignoring the boy.
Some of the dogs came running and ate all the pastries on the ground, and before long they were chased away by a group of children.
"Big brother, do you still have pastries to eat?"
A large group of children looked at him with their fingers in their mouths, especially the boys, whose saliva was about to run to the ground.
"Hehe, and, there. ”
He took out a large pile of pastries, was coaxed by the children, and finally left happily.
There are not many children in this village, some of them are about the same age as Li Jihuang, or some of the younger children dare not approach him, standing in the distance, looking at him in awe.
"Anything else?"
Chen Ziqi stared at him viciously: "Robbery!"
"Oh, no. ”
Li Ji said with a smile, he still has these pastries, but he just wants to take out so much, isn't there still meat over there?
"Humph......"
Chen Ziqi looked a little angry and turned his head.
No, the village chief respectfully invited the two of them over for dinner. Seeing the food in everyone's bowls, Li Jihuang frowned.
These chaff can't even be eaten by the birds on the Yueshan Sect. Seeing them eating so happily, Li Jihuang became depressed.
"Is it because the food doesn't fit?"
Seeing his appearance, the village chief was a little nervous. In other people's bowls, there are only three or two pieces of meat, but these two young people's bowls are covered with meat.
"Give her mine to eat, and I'm going to practice. ”
Li Jihuang said softly, and the next moment he walked alone under the old locust tree, closing his eyes and concentrating.
"Forget it, I'm not hungry!"
Chen Ziqi rubbed his stomach, walked to a big tree and sat down, looking up at the sunset with some confusion.
After a while, before it was completely dark, many villagers nervously left with their children. The old village chief came over, prepared a room for Li Jihuang and the others, and told them not to go out at night.
Li Jihuang was puzzled and asked him, but only got the news that "you can't go out at night on the day of worshipping the river god".
Later, the two were placed in a thatched hut with only a large bed, not even a table, and two small benches that were temporarily borrowed from nearby villagers.
"Hehe, it's so late, still not sleeping?"
Looking at the girl standing beside the bed, Li Jihuang laughed for a while.
"You sleep, I'm an authentic demon slayer, vigil for you!"
Chen Ziqi's face sank, and he pretended to be calm. In his heart, he was angry, and the village chief didn't give him an extra room.
"Hehe, come and sleep, I'll keep vigil!
Li Jihuang looked at this little girl with her eyelids fighting, and felt a little funny in her heart, took out a piece of cloth and spread it on the ground, and meditated cross-legged.
"Then I'll reluctantly agree. ”
Chen Ziqi took out some ghost drawing talismans and pasted them in some places in the room: "Fortunately, I am here, I am safe tonight, the demons and monsters can't come in, you have to thank me, take me to eat those pastries when you have time." ”
Chen Ziqi said proudly, she sat on the bed, hesitated for a while, and said: "If you dare to approach, I will kill you!"
"I won't come close, there are still some pastries here, you can eat, have a good rest after eating!"
Li Jihuang took out the pastry and gave it to her, he knew that this little girl didn't eat dinner.
"You...... You're not going to have any intentions, are you?"
Hearing the young man tell him to go to sleep quickly, Chen Ziqi was a little nervous and looked at him vigilantly.
"Love to sleep or not!"
Li Jihuang glared at her angrily, and he didn't close his eyes and concentrate on it, and he didn't pay attention to this girl anymore.
"Humph!"
Chen Ziqi snorted angrily, and soon lay down, squinting and secretly looking at this handsome young man, and it didn't take long for sleepiness to hit him and fall asleep.
Seeing the girl's appearance, Li Jihuang laughed in his heart, ignored her, and looked at the dark world outside.
In the middle of the night, there was a sudden knock on the door outside, Li Jihuang squinted slightly, grabbed the handle of the knife with his hand, and quietly walked behind the door.
He was a little puzzled, and glanced out the window, the fog outside was very thick, and even some of it poured in.