Chapter 42: The Nightmare Beast
Leaving the country in the east.
"Ah Yao, it's already time, aren't you resting?" A woman walked out of the house, hurriedly put on a coat for her, and sighed when she saw Ah Yao's dull eyes.
Ah Yao has been back for nine years, and the woman is even more sad when she thinks of that at the beginning.
A-Yao is her daughter, she has been lost for a year, and when she came back, she was in rags, covered with blood and sludge, and she had broken several bones, and almost no part of her skin was good.
Although she is no longer stupid as before, every night, A-Yao will always push open the door of the house and look blankly at the mountains to the north.
Others only said that she had cultivated her blessings, lost her stupidity, and was happy for the woman, but only the woman herself hoped that A-Yao was still the original stupid child, unlike now, without sorrow or joy, and her face was full of indifference.
Although it is autumn, Wuhuai Town is still relatively warm, after all, within the scope of Nanchao Kingdom, the four seasons are like spring.
A wooden boat was slowly moving on the water, and Hu Shu had heard that the Nightmare Beast had been haunting this area recently, and had been looking for it for a day, but it was still nowhere to be found.
At this time, Hui Yan and Qi Lan were already asleep in the inn, and Hu Shu was sitting on the bow of the boat, looking at the scattered people on the shore. They were putting river lanterns.
Most of the river lanterns are made of oiled paper, all shapes, most of them are white flowers, floating on the water, looking at it from a distance, it seems to be a little bit of it, people hope that the river lanterns will drift farther and farther, until they reach the side of the person they miss.
She may never come here to put the lights on, after all, the word wish is a luxury for her.
The boat docked on the shore, Hu Shu jumped down and paid the boatman some broken silver, but the boatman did not take it, but asked in a low voice, "The girl is looking for the beast?"
Hu Shu looked at this person, her eyebrows were slightly thick, her chin was full of stubble, and she looked like she was more than twenty years old.
Hu Shu didn't remember what she had said to the boatman about the beast, so she immediately took precautions.
"Don't be so nervous, I know where the beast is. His voice was not low again, but very brisk, raised his head, and looked at Hu Shu with a smile.
The corners of this person's eyes and mouth are slightly raised, and he is born with a smiling face, but he looks kind.
Hu Shu asked, "Is there a location for the Nightmare Beast?"
The man said, "The girl will come with me at once, this beast only haunts the night, and when the day comes, it should be gone." ”
Hu Shu was no better than before, she had already had the cultivation of self-preservation, so she went with the man.
Unexpectedly, the man took her into the alley, and the more she walked, the darker and darker, until she stopped in front of a house.
"Is this the place?" Hu Shu thought to herself, maybe this nightmare beast had turned into a human form like Qi Lan, but the nightmare beast had blended into the human race.
"Of course, come in, he's sleeping now. The man laughed.
Hu Shu walked into the door, walked through the courtyard, and looked at the furnishings in the courtyard.
There was nothing but a pool of water, it was very empty, not even some weeds.
Suddenly, the man behind him clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I finally fell asleep, and it will take some time to eat your soul." ”
Hu Shu immediately turned around, and the man sat on the edge of the pool and looked at her.
Something was wrong as soon as I came in just now, and I was fluttering all over, could it be that this was in my own dream?
"I can put people to sleep at once, and into his dreams, and eat him, and eat his soul. The man took on his original form, and it turned out to be a huge black cat, staring at her with slightly green eyes.
"I really fell for your trick. Hu Shu sneered and summoned his sword.
"It's actually a disciple of Yingzhou, and the soul of an immortal cultivator should be more delicious. The nightmare beast jumped up lightly and pounced on Hu Shu.
Hu Shu jumped and landed on his back, grabbed his fur, and couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the feel is not as good as retrospective, why is your cat hair so rough?"
The monster seemed to hate such taunts, and shook itself vigorously, trying to shake Hu Shu down.
Hu Shu smiled: "Don't waste your efforts, your condition Huiyan has told me, I heard that the soul has eaten too little recently, and the cultivation is much worse, except for making people fall into dreams, there is no other trick." ”
"You come down for me! Come down! We'll do it again!" the nightmare wagged its tail and tried to whip Hu Shu.
Hu Shu grabbed his tail, picked up his sword, and threatened: "Follow me, or I will cut off your tail." ”
"What reward can I get for following you?" said the Nightmare Beast.
"I'll give you the soul of Elder Yingzhou, do you want to?" A cold light flashed in Hu Shu's eyes.
As soon as it heard that it was an immortal, the nightmare beast immediately changed its attitude and hurriedly said, "That's good, let me do anything." ”
After all, the soul of any elder in this Yingzhou can enhance his cultivation for hundreds of years, and looking at the little girl in front of him, it shouldn't matter much.
"Well, I've got my blood on your tail just now, and if you betray me, you'll be eaten by this curse. Hu Shu jumped down and wiped her fingers.
"What?" the beast turned its head to look at its tail, and turned into a human form, and its face was crying and laughing, thinking that this was the end, and that it was all about the little girl.
"I'm Hu Shu, do you have a name?" asked Hu Shu.
"Pianpin. "Nightmare Beast Road.
"Dancing Pian, you are so public, why did you come up with such a name?" Hu Shu couldn't help laughing.
"Why? Isn't my appearance beautiful? Which of the three realms is as beautiful as mine?" replied Pianpin.
"I'll call you Xiao Hei in the future, so be it, hurry up and unravel the dream, and go back with me. Hu Shu gestured.
Xiao Hei raised his hand, and the surroundings instantly cracked, and Hu Shu's eyes were dark, and he woke up.
She sat up from the bow of the boat, and it turned out that when she had just spoken to Xiao Hei, she fell into a dream.
"Xiao Hei, there will be a lot of places to use you in the future, you take this wisp of soul first. A wisp of white soul appeared on Hu Shu's hand.
Originally, the beast just wanted to refute that title, but when it saw that there was a soul to eat, it took it without saying a word and stuffed it into its mouth.
Suddenly feeling that his cultivation had increased a little, he hurriedly asked, "What kind of soul is this?"
Hu Shu smiled: "A person who was killed by me, I have always carried the soul of the dead, and now it is useful, how is it?
Xiao Hei replied: "Although the taste of the resentful soul is a little worse, it can make the cultivation increase a little, which is not bad." ”
Hu Shu jumped off the bow of the boat, walked to the shore, looked at the sky that had been slightly white, and said lightly: "Let's go." ”
Square pots.
Su Li stood in front of the enchantment, his eyes were full of killing intent, he was still in the form of a fire fox, and the flames on his body seemed to burn everything out.