Chapter Thirty-Eight: Monsters, the Arrival of the Year
It's late at night, and the clock strikes twelve o'clock at midnight, and it's already a new year.
At this moment, the sound of firecrackers still rings one after another, which is also a custom of this festival, the New Year.
I have to mention here Nian, a legendary beast, according to the old man, it lives in the deep sea and is a very fierce monster.
"Lord Shi Shu, Lord Shi Shu, and then, it must be a big monster, so powerful." Songguo lay on Shi Shu's lap, eager to know the next story.
"Of course, it's a very vicious youkai." Then he added.
"At that time, people were afraid of it."
"Cut, you know how powerful it can be to deceive children." It's not a defeated general, Qiu Huan said silently in his heart.
"Don't interject!" Shi Shu has just started, but she promised to tell the story of the Chinese New Year in Songguo, and the monster is very interested in the celebration of fireworks by humans.
But the atmosphere was ruined.
"Okay, okay, Master Shi Shu will continue to speak, don't talk to that adult." The soft and cute pine cone works hard to be coquettish, this trick is the best, and usually my brother eats him the most.
"Uh, hehe."
The ferocious monster is called "Nian", and it is in the deep sea all year round, but at the turn of the old and new years, it comes out to trample on the strong crops, hurt people and animals, and the people complain bitterly. On one occasion he went to the village again to commit a crime, and was scared away by the big red clothes hanging in front of the house. When I got to another place, I was frightened by the lights again. As a result, people have mastered the weakness of "Nian" who is afraid of sound, red, and fire. At the end of every year, people stick red couplets, set off firecrackers, hang red lights in front of their homes, burn firewood in the yard, gather firewood, chop vegetables and meat with kitchen knives, and make a sound to scare the "Nian" into escaping back to the sea, no longer endangering people and animals.
Over time, it has become a custom for the New Year.
"It seems that humans are very smart and powerful, and that kind of ferocious youkai can scare away." The pine cone is not a sycophant, so I quickly boasted about it.
"It's just a legend, mainly about the New Year." Shi Shu didn't know if there were such monsters as Nian, and human children could still bluff them, but it was better not to mislead the little monsters casually.
"Oh, Master Shu was also very powerful at that time, and the story was very good."
Shi Shu was a little embarrassed to be praised, and stroked his hair a little shyly.
"Good night Luo, Shi Shu."
"Good night, Nanyu"
"Good night..."
……
After saying goodbye to each other, Shi Shu stood up and stretched his muscles, and the car ride was a little longer.
Suddenly, a bad premonition arose on Shi Shu's body, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on his back.
On the other hand, he was also in a state of preparation, and his hair slowly exploded with the threatening sound of grinning teeth.
"Roar~" Qiu Huan let out a threatening sound unique to beasts, trying to scare the monster away.
"What are you doing here?" The monster obviously knew Mantou, and when he heard the threat, he asked in his own rough voice.
"It's not something you can manage, don't go back to your nest, it's weird you're here."
Qiu Huan felt deeply troubled, this guy was his defeated general, but I have to say that its strength is very strong, so many years have passed since that battle, and if it comes again now, Qiu Huan can't guarantee that he will win.
"Didn't you always think that humans were troublesome, and you came for that thing, obviously we need to do it again at this time, right?" The monster directly picked out the intention, Baiwuzhi, he wanted to get it.
"Of course, I'm afraid of you, but this person and thing belong to me, this is something that has been agreed with this human being, you guy want to intervene?" Qiu Huan didn't want to fight it much, and the scene of both defeats was the most troublesome when Shi Shu was exposed.
"Oh? I can't imagine that your courage has become smaller, and after so many years, you can't even compare to the original one. "The monster had a single horn, like a lion, and like a tiger.
"This is not what you said casually, no wonder you lost to me in the first place, you can only fight and kill without any brains, no wonder humans subdue you at the slightest artillery battle."
Qiu Huan didn't open the pot, and the monster became very angry.
"Then you say, how to solve it, if you don't fight, you will be so kind to give me things?" The youkai was furious and gasped for breath from its nostrils.
"No, no, no, you can grab this thing, but to prevent others from sticking in the bar, you have to put it properly, it's not impossible for the two of us to have a good fight."
Qiu Huan motioned for Shi Shu to leave, and although Shi Shu was a little reluctant, he also obediently entered the house.
That monster hasn't come to grab it for so long, but it's just because I'm afraid of the red spring couplets posted with Lin Yu in the morning, this kind of thing is suppressed, and it happens to be its nemesis.
In fact, those things have an effect on all youkai, but they are just big and small, like the most common kind of exorcism charms.
The two monsters came to the open place in the mountains one after the other, and the two sides stared at each other, and the duel between the big monsters was often won or lost in a moment.
Nian was the first to attack, and with great impact damage, he crashed into it like a small mountain.
Qiu Huan avoided it, if Shi Shu was there, she would be very surprised, because Qiu Huan's appearance was something she had never seen before.
The blue-black fur is like a wolf and a dog, but it has a pair of huge wings on its body, which exudes colorful spiritual light.
This is the true face of the monster.
This battle was very fierce, but there was still no winner or loser, Qiu Huan's body was colored, and the other party was not much better.
Both sides took a step back and gasped for breath.
All the little monsters here were trembling, and they all shrank in the dark and didn't dare to show their heads, nervously waiting for the two to finish fighting.
"Qiu Huan, why do you really bother, you and I have an acquaintance, just take half of each." The youkai didn't want to fight anymore, and serious injuries were not a trivial matter for fighting youkai.
"Nian, you really say it, don't just be able to divide half of this kind of thing, the monster I know is not comparable to your kind of goods, let's have a fight." A deep, ethereal voice rang out, with a majesty unlike usual.
"In that case, you're welcome." Nian frowned tightly and attacked again.
"Oh, come on."
The fierce battle kicked off again, and this time it was time to end.
"Rampant, I'm not going to lose again." The devastating power gathered on Nian's side and rushed towards Qiu Huan.
"One more time..."
"It's also a loss!"
I don't know when the branches and the like gathered, just surrounded Nian, Qiu Huan wrapped them with strength, and then crackled and exploded.
Although there is no red paper wrapping, the power of these things to burst is much stronger.
"Humans are really troublesome, especially humans who provoke monsters, forget it this time, next time I will strike with a simple reward."
"What a well-cared for."
A fluffy, fleshy puppy walks around town with an injured tail in tow, and anyone who listens will be amazed at how much a dog can talk.
That's right, that fluffy and fleshy puppy is the one who won the New Year's Qiuhuan, and he himself was not lightly injured.
The last blow of that year, although it missed, Qiu Huan also suffered solidly, and at this time he just wanted to go back to the nest and sleep well in order to recover.
"Wang~Wang"
Why can't Ben-sama get in? Qiu Huan didn't expect that his injuries were even more serious than expected, and the door god actually took this opportunity to stop him.
He's not that kind of little ghost or demon, how can he be blocked out by a god of this level of strength!
"Wang~Wang"
The puppy barked in a hurry outside, and even the injured tail wagged excitedly, as if protesting with the owner.
"Mantou, is that you?" Shi Shu's voice came through, and she opened the door a crack, looking for a familiar figure.
"Wang~Wang"
Of course it's Lord Ben, let me in.
Qiu Huan saw Shi Shu and jumped to get her attention.
Shi Shu picked up Qiu Huan and could see that he was injured.
"Why don't you come in outside?"
"This..."
Qiu Huan's refusal to answer was really embarrassing and damaged his image as a big monster.
"Alright, hurry upstairs and bandage it."
The breath of the owner of the house protects the monster from being rejected by the door god, in other words, the door god admits that Shi Shu is one of the owners of this house.
Speaking of Shi Shu's side, I have to say that although Shi Shu has many differences from ordinary girls, such as mixing with monsters or something, but...
In many ways, she really brought out the four words human girl vividly, such as now.
A fluffy, fleshy puppy with bandages and a bow on its head.
Not to mention, it's pretty good. It's a pity that Qiu Huan is so tired that he needs to rest to recover from his injuries, and he didn't look in the mirror before falling asleep, otherwise, he would have ripped off this strange makeup in a rage.
However, the next day, Qiu Huan still knew this unacceptable fact, because Xiaoyun and Lin Yu both smiled strangely at him.
He thought he was out of shape, but his intuition told him that things weren't that simple.
"Wang~"
"Manju~"
"Peng."
The revolt from the steamed buns.
This damn, tasteless human girl little ghost!
If he could turn back time and choose to be blind, then in the mirror, there was a big bow on his head, and his body was full of bandages.
So, Shi Shu, who just got up, was sanctioned, this stupid little ghost! Bastard!
Lin Yu: They all saw it.
"Hehe, I'm sorry for that, eat more meat, and I'll give you this piece too."
Shi Shu gave his ham meat to the steamed buns, trying to save the monster that exuded a sluggish atmosphere, which made Xiaoyun and Lin Yu laugh for a while.
As a result, Qiu Huan thought that they were laughing at him, so he smashed the meat and made the lunch box ping-pong.
"Am I really that ugly? Or I'll change it again. ”
"Xiao Shu, let's come on, my uncle has been a volunteer at the aid station, and his skills are professional."
"Really, your uncle is professional." Xiaoyun also helped.
I'm really afraid that if Shi Shu comes again, will the steamed buns run away from home angrily.
The first day of the new year, full of laughter, here is our story, continuing...