Chapter 9: Meng Po?!
"Woo~, it stinks, but Sister Tsubaki, it's a shame that you can find such a place, otherwise we would have been burned to death or taken away as thieves. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"What do you think we're doing, aren't we thieves? Actually, I regret it a little, and I should have been burned to death in the woods rather than come here. Tsubaki grimaced.
"No, could this staircase lead to the eighteenth layer of hell?" Yun Yuan joked disapprerovingly, he didn't believe that there was anything more terrifying than being burned to death.
The long corridor spirals down, structurally a cylindrical staircase, encased in a long underground structure, hidden under a tree hole in the woods. Cobwebs dot every corner of the hallway, filthy sewage drips, and echoes throughout the space.
I don't know how long it took to walk, the two of them finally finished this way, Yun Yuan thought according to the logic of this world, such a dirty and smelly passage leads, maybe it will be a magnificent palace, but the plot really didn't get used to him, let alone the palace, there was not even a broken house, at the end of the passage, there was a big hole dug out, and a stinky underground river flowed through here, I don't know if its upstream is a public toilet in the village, and which unlucky river is downstream, and in such a closed environment, there are a few broken logs that barely can be counted"House", Yun Yuan called him a house because he saw an old woman sitting inside, counting a few shiny copper plates, and something was burning in the broken pot next to it.
"Yo, I knew you'd be back. The old woman brushed away her shiny, evenly, oily sticky hair, revealing a row of rhubarb and mutilated teeth and laughing at Yun Yuan and Tsubaki. Immediately after, her gaze was attracted by the Staff of Life held in Yun Yuan's arms.
"Oh, let me see, what is this! Oh my God! This is such a baby, what's the matter, you're here to make a deal with me again?" the old woman smiled casually, cunning and sinister as if written on her face.
"No, we're just here to take refuge. Chun Yizheng rejected her rhetorically, and Yun Yuan also nodded in agreement, this old woman is not a good person at first glance.
"Oh, tell me, am I so annoying? I was kind enough to let you take refuge, and you didn't even say a word of thanks. "The old woman's face was covered with age spots, and the folds of laughter almost covered her face. Yun Yuan felt that although this old woman didn't look like a good person, she could make sense of what she said, and felt that she should really be thanked, but Tsubaki didn't pay attention to her, and he had to stand aside obediently with the staff of life. Tsubaki didn't find a place to sit, both of them stood, and the old woman, seeing that they were ignoring her, continued to count her copper plates with interest.
The atmosphere froze like this, and Yun Yuan felt that it was a little difficult to breathe. The old woman didn't seem to be unwilling to be left out, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and I don't know whether it was mockery or something else on her face.
"Little handsome guy, I see you all the way, you must be cold and thirsty, come, drink hot soup. The old woman poured a bowl of steaming soup from the broken pot, and Yun Yuan, who watched it, swallowed.
Great, Yun Yuan was indeed cold and thirsty now, and the old woman's behavior reminded him of the old woman who had taken him in from the Earthquake Country, and he suddenly became less vigilant, and thanked him to take the steaming soup.
"Can't drink it!"
Tsubaki shouted, and ran over to break the old woman's hand.
Syllable!
The thick hot soup hit the ground, Yun Yuan thought it was poisonous, but it was nothing the same, Yun Yuan looked at Tsubaki with some puzzlement, why did he refuse the kindness of others?
"What are you looking at me like this, this is Meng Po soup, you will become a fool if you drink it!"
, sister, you're teasing me, this is Meng Po soup! Isn't this old woman Meng Po?! Oh, I should have thought that the world was teasing me, hehe, hehe.
"The old man is surnamed Meng, this soup will not make you a fool, but also make you forget your troubles, relieve work pressure, and be unscrupulous. The old woman laughed like a zigzag tree, but Yun Yuan really seemed to have a terrifying taste now.
"You...... Know what I'm here for?"
At this time, the person who should not have spoken suddenly spoke, and Tsubaki's face was still a little hesitant.
"Of course, you want me to help you send that fish back to its original world. ”
"How do you know?" Tsubaki's face was full of panic as she saw through her thoughts.
"I know everything, and I know that this handsome little guy is from that world. ”
Meng Po said that even Yun Yuan was shocked this time, his origin should only be known to him and Chun, this person really knows everything.
"You already know, why didn't you tell me last time!" Tsubaki was a little angry.
"Truly, I'm a businessman, of course I have to think about my own interests, if I told you in advance, there would be no such deal, Truly. Meng Po's laughter resounded throughout the cave, sounding the death knell for the end of the world.
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Tsubaki's house, Tsubaki's grandparents sat at the table with a sad face, and in front of the two, stood Zhu Rong, an angry law enforcer.
"The village chief, the stakes are high, and the person who stole the staff of life must be found out. Zhu Rong said resentfully, obviously it was a big shame to let Yun Yuan and the others slip away.
"The Staff of Life is indeed precious, but at the moment everyone is in trouble because of the signs of doom, and now I am afraid that it will cause panic if I talk about who to search someone's house. Tsubaki's grandfather said.
"The staff of life is a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation, and the priest will use it to preside over the ceremony, if it falls into the hands of the bad people and communicates the gates of the two worlds, then it will be the real end. Zhu Rongfen did not back down.
"Alas, Zhu Rong, you are still young, everything in this world is destined, maybe this is our destined catastrophe, the next coming-of-age ceremony is still early, if you can survive this time, you can check it again." ”
"But ......"
Zhu Rong wanted to say something more, but was stopped by his grandfather with a wave of his hand, so he had to retreat.
"Wife, is your induction accurate?" Grandpa watched Zhu Rong leave, turned his head and asked Grandma.
"Well, I can't sense the Staff of Life, and she probably won't go anywhere else but there. ”
"Alas, Tsubaki, this stupid boy, do you still have to do that? ”
Grandpa sighed and shook his head.
"Isn't this what you said, don't be sad, our world is not a ......"
Grandma reassured, and when she said this, she didn't say any more.
Outside the window, more and more thunder and lightning were blowing, and the wind and rain were shaking.
……
"What do you want this time, my other half of life?"
When Tsubaki said this, Yun Yuan was shocked, didn't Tsubaki's half life be handed over to the judge? Why does it seem to be in the hands of Meng Po now.