"Chapter 35: The Scourge of the World"
The sky gradually darkened, and Xuantian, who was physically and mentally exhausted, came to a small village, penniless, and now he just wanted to find a kind family to borrow for a night. But what puzzled him was that it was not dark yet, but there was not even a single figure on the street, "Strange, where have all the people in this village gone?" Xuantian kept muttering in his heart.
"Anyone?" Xuantian kept knocking on one door after another, but there was no response at all, the doors and windows were closed very tightly, and he couldn't tell whether it was bright or dark inside. The sun was already halfway down, and night was about to fall, but there was nowhere to go. Xuantian couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that I'm going to sleep in the open air today." "However, in the year's practice on the mountain, sleeping on the ground is already commonplace for Xuantian, and he can still eat this bit of suffering.
Xuantian saw that there was a ruin not far away, and when he got closer, he saw that there were charred beams and broken wood everywhere, which was very miserable. "Whose house is this, it was burned down like this." Xuantian walked in and looked around, and found that there was a house that was only half burned and had not collapsed, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, so he opened his baggage and took out the prepared clothes.
After taking out all the clothes, he suddenly found that there were a few white stones in the baggage, Xuantian took them in the palm of his hand, and after a closer look, it turned out to be silver. Strange, how can I have silver in my baggage? After thinking for a while, he slapped the back of his head sharply, and said to himself: "It must be in my baggage that Master has put in my baggage, and Master is really, why didn't you tell me?" I've been starving for so long. But after thinking about it carefully, he and Xiao Hongfei were reluctant to say goodbye to each other at that time, how could they still remember these things. Xuantian put the silver in his baggage, covered his clothes over his body, and fell asleep.
When night fell, the village was still quiet, and there was no one in it, and at this moment, a dim light shone on the dark road. Xu's wife pulled Xu Laohan over, closed the window, and condemned: "I said old man, aren't you looking for death!" If you don't sleep well, what are you doing with the windows open? โ
"I said old woman, I don't think that young man is a bad person, he sleeps outside alone, he will definitely not survive tonight!"
Mrs. Xu pinched Old Man Xu fiercely, and said: "You are a person, you really don't change, you know how to meddle in things, that monster is elusive, I don't know when it will appear, you go out now, aren't you looking for death?" โ
"Oops! Saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, we can't see death soon! โ
"But..." Before Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she was interrupted by Xu Laohan.
"Look at that young man, about the same age as our grandson, you can't bear to have him mutilated by a monster?"
Mrs. Xu was stunned for a long time, and didn't say a word, just tears kept flowing out. Xu Laohan stretched out his hand and wiped away the tears on his wife's face, "Don't let the tragedy repeat itself." Mrs. Xu nodded slightly, "Then you must be more careful." โ
Xu Laohan took the lamp tower, opened the door, looked around, cautiously walked out of the door, and walked towards the ruins where Xuantian was.
After a day's journey, Xuantian was already exhausted, and he fell asleep shortly after lying down. Xu Laohan walked to his side and shouted many times, but there was no response, and in desperation, Xu Laohan could only pick up the wooden stick next to him and knock it heavily on his head.
Hearing only a sound, Xuantian immediately sat up and shouted loudly: "Who doesn't want to die, dare to steal..." Before he finished speaking, Xu Laohan immediately covered his mouth, "Little brother, you keep quiet, I'm here to help you." โ
Xuantian took away Old Man Xu's hand, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be an old man. "Grandpa, are you from this village?" Old Man Xu looked around nervously, "Don't ask so much first, come with me to the house." Xuantian didn't hesitate, immediately packed up his salute, and followed Xu Laohan to the house quickly.
Xu Laohan hurriedly locked the door, plugged the sweat on his forehead, and took a deep breath. Mrs. Xu walked over with a wet cloth in her hand, "Old man, are you okay?" Xu Laohan gently patted his wife's back, "Don't worry!" It's okay. โ
Xuantian looked at the old couple with a puzzled face, and said lightly: "I said grandpa, what happened to scare you like this?" Also, are you alone in your village? What about the others? โ
"The people in the village are staying in the house! Didn't go anywhere. โ
"Then why did I knock on the door for a long time and there was no response?"
Mrs. Xu walked up to Xuantian and asked in a low voice, "Young man, where are you from?" Listen to your tone as if you don't know anything. โ
Xuantian rolled his eyes and said hesitantly: "I came down from the mountain, I went to Jiangzhou to look for relatives, passing by here, it was getting late, so I wanted to stay here for one night." โ
"Oh... No wonder, it turned out to be coming down from the mountains. โ
"Grandma, what is going on here, can you tell me about it?"
Old Man Xu immediately walked over and pulled Xuantian to the table, "Young man, sit down, I'll tell you slowly." Xuantian sat down at the table and said with a smile: "Grandpa, do you have anything to eat here?" I've been running for a day and I'm a little hungry. โ
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Xuantian burped and took a sip of water, "You're really full of food, grandpa, say it!" Maybe I can help you. โ
Old Man Xu sighed, "Young man, it's good that you can protect yourself, a year ago, after the birth of the Wuzhuang Mountain Youlong, the enchantment between the human world and the demon world was destroyed by those demons of the demon world. Since then, there has been no peace in this human world, appearing in the world at every turn, burning, killing, looting, and eating human flesh, but the so-called evil is done! The ruins you slept in were their masterpieces. โ
"We invited many demon hunters to come to catch demons, but for some reason, we couldn't catch them every time, and after those demon hunters left, those demons reappeared, which made us frightened!" Xu's wife said.
"Then if you stay in the house, won't those demons break in?"
"You don't know, young man! We have charms at the door, and those demons can't get in, but if we go out, it will be more than lucky. It's a pity that the cattle and sheep we have worked so hard to raise sometimes disappear overnight, and we still count on them to make a living! โ
Mrs. Xu cried and said: "And our teenage grandson, who was arrested at a young age, I'm afraid that he has already been harmed by those demons." โ
After hearing this, Xuantian immediately slapped the table and said generously: "Grandpa, grandma, it is your blessing that you met me today, and I will eliminate the harm for you." After saying that, Xuantian tore the spells on the doors and windows, lit all the lights in the house, kicked the door open, and waited for the arrival of those demons.