Chapter 9 Catching Crabs I
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When night fell, a small fishing village appeared in front of Chen Xu and the others, and white smoke curled above the village, presumably the villagers were preparing dinner with fireworks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Let's go to the fishing village in front of us and find a family to borrow for a night." Chen Xu said to Cai'er.
"Okay, it's up to you." Cai'er said.
The two came to a dilapidated wooden door, and Chen Xu slammed on the door.
Soon, an old woman opened the door and cautiously poked out half of her head, and when she saw the person clearly, the whole person came out, and the old voice sounded, "Young man, what are you doing?" ”
"Old man, we are passing through here, and we want to borrow it for one night, I don't know if we can?" Chen Xu asked with a smile.
"Come in first! There are a few dilapidated rooms, as long as you don't dislike them. The old woman felt that the two of them were not like bad people, so she turned to one side and welcomed Chen Xu and the others in.
"Old man, here comes a guest." As soon as she entered the house, the old woman shouted into the house.
A septuagenarian man staggered out, made tea and put it on the table, and went into the inner room again, never speaking, a little melancholy.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'm going to get something to eat. The old woman got up and left.
Cai'er looked around, the simple wooden houses were dilapidated, and there was a lot of dust in some places, "This is the dwelling place of the world, and it is really different from the heavenly court." Cai'er thought to herself, and she shook her shoulders unconsciously, but the two old men looked good.
Soon, the old man came to the table with a plate.
Cai'er saw that some of her heads were big, and she saw a plate with peanuts, a plate with some vegetables, and a few small salted fish lying there quietly on a plate.
Perhaps seeing Cai'er's thoughts, the old man smiled and said: "The two of you are the sons and daughters of big families in the city, and the hospitality is not good, I hope you will forgive me." ”
When the old woman said this, Cai'er was a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "Auntie, you misunderstood." ”
Chen Xu doesn't care, he grew up in the deep mountains and forests, and he can eat anything.
The old woman smiled and shouted to the back room, "Old man, come out to eat." ”
The old man came out slowly, sat down at the table, and looked out of the door from time to time, looking a little absent-minded.
During the meal, Cai'er's face showed a strange expression many times, in the heavenly court, it was a delicacies of the mountains and seas, a fairy peach elixir, where had I seen such food, but Cai'er still insisted on eating it, after all, the two old men had a good intention.
Several people rarely spoke, and they seemed a little depressed, until in the end, Chen Xu smiled dryly and burped, and said, "This dish is so delicious, it would be better if there was wine." “
The crowd was speechless for a while.
At this time, the old woman said solemnly: "Don't go out late at night." ”
"Auntie, why?" Cai'er asked.
"Girl, don't you know, there is a crab with high mana in the big lake, very powerful, if you go out at night and are met by him, I am afraid that my life will be in danger." The old woman said.
Cai'er frowned and said to herself, "Crab essence? Then he said to Chen Xu: "Let's go and catch the crab essence." ”
Chen Xu also said: "Good idea, let's capture it tomorrow." ”
The old woman said secretly: "Young people nowadays are really capable of bragging! But he said, "It's better not to provoke them." ”
The old man sat aside, his face cloudy, and he wanted to speak but couldn't interject, and he wanted to speak several times.
"Uncle, are you in any difficulty?" Chen Xu saw the old man's expression, maybe he wanted to say something.
At this time, the old man suddenly stood up from the stool and knelt in front of Di Chenxu and the others.
The two hurriedly helped the old man up, and Chen Xu said, "Old man, what do you mean by this?" ”
"Please, two of you, save my grandchildren." The old man choked up.
And the old man was also sad at the moment, no longer spoke, and kept shaking his head and sighing.
"Hurry up, what's going on?" Chen Xu asked, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
The old man sat at the table, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "The crab spirit asks our fishing village to hand over ten young children every month for their cultivation, if they don't do it, it will kill the people in the village and slaughter the people in the village." We had no choice but to give him the toddlers every month, and now he was almost exhausted of the toddlers in the village. At this, the old man's face turned angry.
Chen Xu's face gradually became gloomy, "Old man, don't worry, we will definitely do our best to help you get rid of the crab essence, I don't know if your grandson is now....?" ”
"The children are still locked up in an abandoned land temple in the west of the village." The old man said.
"Since there is a land temple, then the land lord has not done anything?" Cai'er, who was silent, asked.
The old man shook his head, "Hey! I used to hear that there was a land lord, but he was driven away by the crab spirit a long time ago. ”
As he spoke, there was a fierce knock on the door outside, "Presumably my family Qingzhi is back, I'll open the door." The old woman got up in a hurry and walked to the door.
After the door opened, a man in cloth walked in listlessly, his eyes were still red, as if he had just cried.
"Mother." As soon as the man entered the door, he shouted aggrievedly.
"Child, don't be sad, a distinguished guest came to the house today, saying that he would help us get rid of the demon." Mother said.
The man's eyes lit up and he looked into the house, but after seeing the two young men and women, the hope that rose was instantly shattered, and he whispered to his mother: "None of the monks who have attained the Tao are opponents of crab spirits, and how to get rid of demons by two young people, they must be deceiving you old, they must be two charlatans." ”
The conversation between mother and son was heard clearly by Chen Xu, Cai'er also stood up and said: "Don't underestimate us, we are masters of demon extermination, but we are not comparable to some half-hung immortal cultivators, and the crab essence is easy for us to capture." ”
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As soon as the sky was hazy, Qingzhi spread the matter of eliminating demons in the village.
It was not yet noon, and the courtyard of the Qing family was surrounded by the villagers, and everyone was full of curiosity, wanting to see who had such great ability, and there was a trace of excitement in their hearts, hoping that someone would really be able to subdue the crab essence.
"Everyone, be quiet!" Qingzhi shouted, looking at Chen Xu and the others, "This is the master who wants to help us get rid of the demon." ”
When everyone saw the two, they all shook their heads and sighed, and some even began to coax.
"It turned out to be two hairy dolls, how can they get crab essence."
"Yes! Don't fail to catch demons, but mistake your own life. ”
For a while, there was a lot of discussion, and some people had already turned around and left.
"Folks, please believe us, we will definitely get rid of the monsters." Cai'er said loudly to the crowd.
"There is no hair on the mouth, the work is not old, and the two little babies are still trying to catch demons, which is really beyond their means." Someone said.
Hearing that the people were talking like this, not only Chen Xu and the others were embarrassed, but even Qingzhi felt unnatural.
"No man can be a face, and the sea cannot be measured. Just believe them once. Qingzhi said anxiously.
"But if it can't bring down the monster, what if it starts a rush and wantonly kills our villagers?" There is humanity.
Cai'er stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely kill this monster, just rest assured." ”
Chen Xu also said: "Let's take the children back first, so that they don't be frightened." ”
Although the villagers had doubts about the ability of Chen Xu and the others to eliminate demons, they still brought their children back, who would bear to tighten their own flesh and bones in the mouth of the monster.
Everyone hugged Chen Xu and the two to the lake.
"The crab spirit lives in the lake on weekdays, and it eats countless people in our village." A middle-aged woman said.
Chen Xu looked at the wide water surface and said, "We have to lead it out first." ”
"Crab spirits like blood, so let's take the chickens and put the blood in the water to attract it out." Aoyuki suggested.
Everyone hurriedly went home and caught chickens, and some even brought a few months old chickens, not to mention, everyone also made up a few pots of chicken blood, and the villagers poured the blood into the lake, and even the killed chickens were thrown into the water.
Everyone didn't dare to breathe, quietly watching the lake, the breeze caressed the lake, rolled up the waves, and slapped the pebbles on the shore, but half an hour passed, and there was still no shadow of the crab spirit.
Just when everyone was waiting impatiently, huge bubbles suddenly appeared on the calm water, and countless bubbles made the lake tumble, and an object like an island surfaced.
"It's crab spirit." Someone exclaimed, and the crowd scattered in all directions, leaving only a few daring to watch from afar.
Soon, most of the body of this huge object was exposed, and two large pincers were held high in the air, and it was indeed a huge crab.
As the crab spirit got closer and closer to the shore, Chen Xu and the others slowly stepped back.
When the crab spirit climbed ashore, the two were surprised, the crab spirit's body was several times larger than what they had just seen, and its whole body stood there like a small mountain.
Chen Xu took the lead, pulling the bow full of strings, countless arrows formed by spiritual power, like a large net of flashing light flew towards the crab essence, and when the spiritual power arrow light hit the crab essence, it made a clanging metal impact.
"The crab essence has rough skin and thick flesh, and it can't be ejaculated." Chen Xu said.
"I see that you have a special bow and arrow in your arrow box, which seems to be a bit extraordinary, shoot crab essence with it to see the effect." Cai'er said.
"No!" Chen Xu directly refused.
"I think you just don't want to help." Cai'er was annoyed.
was attacked for no reason, the crab spirit was furious, his small eyes widened, and he crawled towards Chen Xu and the others. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Pay attention to the ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter qdread), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! )