Chapter 52: Xuan Ling escaped
The next day, Long Yin was squinting and napping in the freckled girl's arms, and his fox tail swept from time to time to prove how comfortable he was at this time.
It didn't take long for Long Yin to notice that the village had become noisy, and people came and went from time to time.
"Brother Li, something is wrong!" a man hurriedly came to the freckled girl's house and shouted to the middle-aged man who was cooking.
"What's wrong?" Hearing the man's panicked voice, Li Shan walked out of the firewood room.
"The village chief wants everyone to gather, you will know when you come!" After speaking, the man rushed to the next house in a hurry.
Seeing such a look, Li Shan didn't dare to delay, and said to the freckled girl: "Tiantian, the meal has been cooked, go and ask your mother to get up and eat." ”
"Oh, all right!" the girl replied, and then left the little bench and went to bed to wake up the sleeping woman.
"Something is wrong?" Long Yin was inevitably a little puzzled, what big thing could be in a small village. He decided to take a look, and if something big really happened, he would have to make a decision early to see whether to go or stay.
He slowly came to the girl's feet, stretched out his paws and tugged at the hem of her pants. Although he could go alone, in order not to attract attention, he had to call the girl with him.
After being with Long Yin for so long, the girl had long known some simple thoughts of Long Yin, she picked up Long Yin from the ground, looked into the distance, and saw that the adults were in such a hurry, and she was also curious about what was going on.
She carried Long Yin out of the door, but fortunately, her house was not very far from the center of the village, and there were many people gathering there along the way. There are men and women, old and young.
When some people saw the girl smile, the girl would sweetly shout, "Uncle or aunt is good."
The village is not very large, there are only a few dozen families, and most of the villagers have come to a huge locust tree in the center of the village. Under the locust tree stood an old man with a white beard, whose face had been left by the years.
In addition, a shriveled silverback ape was being thrown to the ground, its flesh pale and bloodless.
"Tiantian, why are you here!" Li Shan saw his daughter and pulled her to his side.
Long Yin looked at the silver-backed ape, and felt bad, could it be that these people have already discovered themselves, so aren't they throwing themselves into the net now?
He didn't act rashly, but lay down in the girl's arms and watched the change.
"Village chief, what the hell is going on?" a man wondered.
After all the strong men in the village arrived, the old village chief raised the crutches in his hand, nodded at the dead silverback ape and said, "This silverback ape was found by Jiang You when he went up the mountain to collect medicine this morning. ”
After speaking, the old village chief turned the body of the silverback ape over, and he didn't know where his trembling body came from with so much strength.
"You see, all the essence and blood in this silverback ape's body have been lost, and it seems that some murderous thing has opened a blood hole in the back of its head, and then sucked all the essence blood from its brain!" the village chief looked solemn.
Everyone approached, and sure enough, there was a bloody hole in the back of the silverback ape's head, but when they looked inside, the flesh that should have been pink and blood-red was also a miserable white, and there was no blood at all, which was very unreal.
"Hiss~" Looking at the wound on the back of the silverback ape's head, everyone gasped. Such a vicious and cruel eating method, in this mountain, there is a kind of fierce creature, that is, the terrifying Mocui bee that makes people like a snake and scorpion. After catching its prey, this fierce bird likes to chisel open the skull of the prey with its sharp beak and suck the brain marrow of the prey.
However, even the black bee cannot take away the essence and blood of the prey, and the black bee generally inhabits the deep mountains and generally does not leave the area where it is active.
In addition to this silverback ape, Jiang You said that there were more than ten fierce beasts in the same condition as the silverback ape just what he saw! The village chief's words were not shocking.
"What!" everyone's faces changed, and some terrifying beast had left its habitat and ran out of the depths of the mountain. This is the most terrifying news for this village.
"Where is Jiang You now?" Li Shan asked, he just glanced around, and did not find the young man's figure.
"He is now in the middle of the mountains, and he says that he wants to count how many dead beasts there are. ”
"How can this work, it's so dangerous in the mountains now, how can you let him mess around like this!" Li Shan heard that Jiang You was still in the mountains, and his eyebrows were full of anxiety. No one knows if this terrifying beast is still around here, if it is hit by Jiang You, wouldn't it be a dead end?
"I know your concerns, but someone has to find out, Jiang You's child picks yams in the mountains all year round, and he is more familiar with the environment of the mountains than anyone else, he is undoubtedly the best candidate. Besides, you don't know Jiang You's child's temperament, who can stop him from doing what he wants to do. The village chief's tone was also quite helpless.
"No, it's too dangerous in the mountains, I don't worry about him alone!"
"Dad, I'll go with you to find Brother Jiang You!" the freckled girl tugged at the sleeve of La Lishan's coat.
"Tian Tian, you will take Xiaoqing back later, don't let your mother worry, Dad promises you that he will definitely bring your brother Jiang You back!" Li Shan stroked the girl's face and spoke softly.
"Dad, then you must be careful. The freckled girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded obediently, knowing that she couldn't make any more trouble at this time.
"Li Shan, you wait a minute. The village chief stopped the middle-aged man who was just about to leave.
"There is one more thing you need to know, Lord Xuanling has disappeared!" the village chief looked very solemn.
"What?!Lord Xuanling has disappeared!" This sentence was tantamount to a bombshell to the villagers, and after hearing the bad news, the big guys couldn't believe what they heard. One by one, they looked at the old man, and some felt that the sky was about to fall.
Lord Xuanling is the patron saint of their village, and has guarded the village for decades. It is precisely because of the presence of Lord Xuanling that the village can take root here and be free from the attacks of fierce beasts. If it weren't for the Xuanling Lord guarding the village, how could they dare to sleep peacefully every night.
Although they were surprised and stunned when they heard that there were terrifying bloodsucking beasts around the village, they did not panic at the thought of having Lord Xuanling to protect them. But the patron saint in their hearts disappeared silently?
Long Yin was also surprised when he heard the news, he remembered that Jiang You had reminded him before, asking him to be careful of an adult named Xuan Ling, and not to be discovered by him as a fierce beast. He was still thinking about what this adult named Xuan Ling looked like, but he didn't expect that people had already run away.
"Why is Lord Xuanling leaving!" Someone looked very sad, as the town of the village, the Xuanling Beast ran away, so the village was not far from destruction.
Seeing that the big guy was like five thunderbolts, looking like he was lost and depressed, the old village chief was also sad in his heart. When he found out that Lord Xuanling had disappeared this morning, it was not the case.
Originally, he wanted to hide this matter for a while, so as not to cause panic among everyone. But in two or three months, winter is coming, and if we don't tell everyone about it before it happens, so that they don't get ready for it, what will happen if the beasts attack the village?
If the villagers had only known about the disappearance of Lord Xuanling by that time, the panic would have been much greater than it was now. If the villagers were unprepared and suffered heavy casualties, what would he face to face the ancestors and ancestors underground.
"I'm afraid it has something to do with that blood-sucking beast in the mountains!" the corners of the village chief's mouth were full of bitterness, he was old, and he didn't want the village to be destroyed in his own hands.
Everyone was silent for a while, the blood-sucking beast was so frightened that the Xuan Ling who guarded the village could only flee, but he was afraid that his strength had already reached the realm of the Yang God, such a terrifying existence, if they attacked their village, what would they do to resist?
After listening to everyone's words, Long Yin couldn't cry or laugh for a while. He thought something big had happened, and it turned out that it was all about him.
Isn't that terrifying blood-sucking beast in their mouths him? This is a complete misunderstanding! As for the Xuanling Lord in their mouths, Long Yin didn't know that he had seen such a person at all. Before his strength returned to his heyday, he didn't want to have anything to do with that Xuanling Lord.
"Big guy, calm down first, I'm looking for you this time, first, to tell you that there is a terrifying vampire beast wandering around here in the mountains, and secondly, to the disappearance of Lord Xuanling. With that, the village chief paused.
"Finally, I wanted to discuss what we should do next. Whether to stay here, or to leave the homeland and find a new place to live. ”
As soon as the old man finished speaking, the villagers began to discuss it. The old man watched the scene quietly and stopped talking.
"Village Chief, I think we should move out, without the protection of Lord Xuanling, when winter comes, how can we fight against those hungry beasts. Someone spoke.
"Village Chief, I think we should stay here, our ancestors have lived here for hundreds of years, their bones are here, we can't leave!" someone spoke again.
Most of the older generation doesn't want to leave the place where they've lived for most of their lives, and the younger generation doesn't want to stay here and feed the beast in its mouth. The two sides argued endlessly, and neither could convince anyone.
"Okay, I know, let's be quiet first!" The old man motioned for everyone to be quiet, and he turned his head to Li Shan, "Li Shan, tell me, are we going or staying!"
As the most powerful person in the village, his words are undoubtedly a guiding light for everyone to move forward, which is why the old man called Li Shan just now.
Li Shan was silent for a while, he felt a heavy burden on his shoulders. He knew that his words would determine the life and death of the village, and if he didn't make a good decision, he would be a sinner for the village through the ages. As the strongest person in the village, he has the responsibility to protect the personal safety of every villager.
"I mean, we're here to stay!" his words were categorical.