"Youkai are not like humans, they are extraordinary creatures to be precise, and guessing with ordinary thinking or human morality will only make people more troublesome. There are many things in our concept that can be ignored or skipped directly for them, such as the 'pairing problem' that the little round face said. Lin Dong paused, and then said: "Monsters have a group life, but basically there is no husband and wife relationship. The vast majority of youkai are solitary beings, and they may never think of finding a mate for the rest of their lives. Of course, there are also youkai who are accustomed to the life of the race, and they will form a large team relationship, and even the upper and lower hierarchies are clear, some old and some young, some are old and some are young, and they live in a very orderly manner. However, living together does not mean that there is such a relationship as we humans, yokai are completely different from humans, they will not take the initiative to find a yokai to match with them, and they don't need to do that!"

"If you don't match, how can you breed offspring?" the little round face was a little dizzy.

"Monsters have a long lifespan, they don't need to rush to reproduce offspring, unlike ordinary creatures, they aim to pursue greater strength, higher life forms, and it will generally ignore this kind of reproduction. If you really need it, youkai don't need a partner, and you can do it on your own. Lin Dong casually broke a big secret.

"Huh?" Senior Sister was stunned.

"Do it alone?" The captain and Hai Dongqing were also thunderous.

"Are all monsters hermaphroditic?" Ye Qianru has heard the legend of the fox spirit, in mythology, the fox spirit is a hermaphroditic monster, itself can be male or female, can be transformed into a cricket brother or into a beautiful man. Unpredictable.

"Oh no, some youkai are genderless. But most are gender-specific. It's true that some are good at changing and can become a man. It can also become a woman, but it must have an ontological attribute, that's for sure. The existence of this sex I am talking about is only its characteristic, not that it necessarily needs to use this function to reproduce. In fact, most yokai, both male and female, can directly give birth to an offspring on their own. Maybe it's a split, but it's also a source. Maybe it's transfiguration, maybe it's parasitism, all kinds of means, it's different, but the result is the same, no matter what youkai, as long as it wants, it can directly create a descendant. Lin Dongyi said, everyone thought it was incredible.

"You mean you don't need to be human. You don't need another one to provide something, and you can continue to have children alone?" Ye Qianru asked very bluntly.

"Youkai can do that if you want, but almost all youkai don't do that. Lin Dong shook his head.

"Youkai breed offspring. It's going to be a big loss of power, right?" Qianjun guessed.

"Pretty much, but not all for that reason. Lin Dong nodded: "Whether it is split or originated, or other birth methods." After creating the next generation, youkai will indeed detract from their own strength. But. The real reason why youkai are reluctant to breed is that they prefer to live alone. I don't want to see a second self. ”

"You mean, the offspring born of a youkai looks the same as it?" asked the senior sister.

"It's exactly the same inside and out. Lin Dong nodded.

"It's a bit boring to copy another version of yourself. Senior sister thought about it and felt that if she saw a person jumping around in front of her every day, doing the same thing as herself, it would indeed be a speechless life.

"I think the twins are pretty cute!" Xiao Yuan's face disagreed, she envied the twins and hoped to have someone like herself.

"Twins are cute, but I think any mother doesn't want her daughter or son to be exactly like herself, looking like her is exactly the same thing. The most important thing is ideology, monsters can give birth to a descendant that is exactly the same as themselves, including ideology, and completely copy themselves, which humans don't have. Besides, youkai cultivation is very busy, no matter how much time there is, there is not enough time, and most of them don't have time to do this kind of thing. Lin Dong smiled.

"Isn't it okay to have a different baby?" said the senior sister seemed to like children.

"Yes. Lin Dong smiled slightly: "Actually, almost all monsters, if they really need to reproduce offspring, they will try to give birth to a creature that is different from themselves but has their own genetic characteristics." ”

"Could it be that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, all of them are different, this is the case?" Yun Youyou reacted the fastest.

"Dragons are not monsters, but the situation is more or less like this, spirit beasts will be a little better than monsters, and they are not very willing to have offspring, but when life is almost over, or life is about to break through to another realm, they will leave offspring as a memorial. There are also some special circumstances that will give birth to some special offspring, and this may be the case for the nine sons of the dragon. The specific truth depends on what happened at that time, otherwise, it is useless for the outside world to speculate. There is another possibility for the dragon to give birth to nine sons, and that is to change the body. The image of Long Jiuzi looks very strange, but the real body is not necessarily the one recorded in the book, their real body may even be the same, but in order to be different, they are willing to become a different image. Youkai also have this, some are willing to become the same, a large group together, looking exactly the same on the outside, like a family, but in fact they are fundamentally different. There are also some monsters who don't want to be like others, they like to be weird and weird, different from anyone else, and do it casually anyway. Lin Dong explained several reasons.

"No wonder those scorpions we raised don't give birth to babies!" Xiao Yuanyan sighed regretfully, she still wanted to see what the monster baby looked like!

"Stupid, those scorpions we raised are not mature yet! Besides, they are not monsters! The scorpions we raise, after they grow up, will slowly turn into a kind of war beast, similar to spirit beasts. Lin Dong Khan: "What I said before refers to high-level monsters, the kind that are self-aware, low-level monsters are more inclined to monsters, if the spiritual sense is not strong, strictly speaking, it is not a demon, it can only be said to be a monster." The low-level monsters in this part may still use instinct in the process of slowly fading. It's just that no matter how low-level a monster is, as long as it awakens, it becomes a monster. None of them will copy themselves, that's for sure. ”

"That's legendary. The fox spirit has become a beauty, and it is all fake to suck the essence of the book!" Ye Qianru was a little disappointed.

"No, a lot of them may be true. Lin Dong shook his head again.

"What?" this time, even the senior sister was scared.

"The human body is mysterious. There are many secrets in it, which cannot be detected by modern scientific means, and the more advanced science is, the more you look back at the human body, and the more mysteries you feel. Why are human beings so different from other living beings? I can't say it in a few words, but we all know that the human body has the essence of qi that other living beings do not have. With this, people can cultivate, and the reason why you can become so powerful. Just because you are human beings, if you are a stone, or a tree or an animal, can you learn what I teach you? This is not exactly the case, but there are reasons in it, the more essence a person has, the more radiant his life will be, and the easier it will be to cultivate, in other words. The more essence qi there is, the more talent potential there is!" Lin Dong explained.

"Is the fox spirit just stealing this essence qi to cultivate?" asked Qianjun.

"Yes. Lin Dong nodded.

"Why are all the subjects scholars?" the senior sister wondered, why didn't she find an old farmer or a peddler's pawn?

This is because, in the ancient people's concept, scholars were like stars. The discussion is more energetic, so the most spread is the scholars. On the other hand, scholars are generally better than the average person. There are more essences on them, so they become delicious snacks. It has nothing to do with the appearance. Yokai have a completely different aesthetic perspective from humans, and the more powerful they are, the more beautiful they are. No matter what the weak scum looks like, they won't like it. Lin Dong talked about a very practical problem.

"To absorb the essence of qi, you must need to pop, right?" Ye Qianru asked, the face of the little round face turned red, Hai Dongqing immediately turned his face, not daring to look at Lin Dong again, even the senior sister was a little embarrassed.

"You really can ask any question!" "Qianjun motioned to the Sea Witch, you are almost ready.

"That's not, in fact, you don't need to do that at all to absorb it. The fox spirit turns into a beauty and seduces scholars and talents, that is a means, not a skill to obtain the essence of qi. It is mainly to confuse the other party, so that the other party will give willingly and unnoticed, so it takes advantage of some things that ordinary people desire. In fact, monsters can be used, far more than this means, many places, such as many temples, look magnificent, but the inside is not necessarily clean, it is very likely that there are monsters secretly staying inside, disguised as various images, and then openly accept people's offerings! People kowtow to it, and giving it worship will also give a certain amount of energy, the speed is slow, but this kind of thin water is also terrifying, and the number of people is much more than a single scholar!" Lin Dong accidentally broke out a secret again.

"What?" Even the captain who was quietly listening was moved.

"Really?" Yun Youyou also looked at Lin Dong seriously.

"This is often the case with some very effective temples, such as seeking children, making a fortune, and other things that ordinary people are pursuing. A real immortal doesn't care if people get rich or not, and if an immortal can be sold with offerings, is it still an immortal?" Lin Dong smiled as he spoke.

"But what people like is to go to the temple to worship the miracle!" Qianjun was speechless.

"Nonsense, that's all kinds of monsters, don't they drink the northwest wind if they don't work? They just do it on purpose, to make some movement and make people fall in love with them. In some aspects that can interfere, they try to satisfy some of the pursuits of the believers, and then secretly harvest the things they need in their essence, such as the power of essence and the energy of faith. Lin Dong nodded.

"What should I do then?" Xiao Yuan's face was stupid, she remembered that she seemed to have worshiped before, and her mother at home also liked to worship, no matter what happened or not, she always liked to run to some magical temples.

"What to do, take care of yourself, just don't go to worship in the future! If you don't want to get anything, it won't deceive you at all, of course, it's better to go there less, after all, it's a bad place. Lin Dong said that it was okay to go around for a while, but don't run there every day.

"Brother Chief, what about ordinary people?" The little round face was very loving, she felt that so many people were like this every day, it was not a solution.

"I don't care about this kind of idleness!" Lin Dong spread his hands.

Ordinary people love to get rich.

Just love to worship.

No one cares.

Besides, if this truth is to be told, it is estimated that it will be the enemy of the whole world. I don't know how many monks, Taoists, and missionaries came to Dongshan to fight with themselves, not to mention those who believe in witchcraft and even evil things. There are clean temples, but there are more unclean ones, and in some places, people's hearts have become darker than monsters, how can you care?

Yun Youyou stroked the top of Xiao Yuan's head and comforted her, "If you want to do more, you must have greater abilities!"

Xiao Yuan's heart turned, she knew that she would definitely not be able to do anything now, and if she wanted to really help the chief's brother, she had to focus more and work harder. The chief's brother didn't say it, but he has been working hard secretly, there are so many things in the world, he can't be busy alone, in order to help as soon as possible, she decided to redouble her efforts.

Xiao Yuan's pink fist clenched, and he looked at Lin Dong very seriously: "Well, I have already decided, in order to help as soon as possible, Xiao Yuanface must take the first place this time, no, I will take the first place in all tests in the future!"

Hai Dongqing snorted: "After three minutes, you will forget your determination!"

"Not this time!" said the little round face was serious.

"Really?" Hai Dongqing didn't believe it at all.

"Don't talk about monsters, let's take a look at Mr. Duanmu's wonderful performance first, he is much more interesting than monsters!" Lin Dong picked up the mirror again, and he found that Mr. Duanmu had started to make small moves again, but this time, it seemed that he was not targeting demons, but people...... (To be continued.) )