So I nodded to indicate that this was indeed the case, and the old man said with surprise on his face, "Then how did you come back to life, according to the old man's observation, you died for at least a few dozen minutes that time, if it weren't for some kind of divine object, it would be absolutely impossible to resurrect." ”

I really can't hide anything from his fiery eyes!

But that's all it takes, and trying to deny that if he knows, it would be too cost-effective to take the lives of the three of us in a fit of anger.

So I motioned for Xiu'er to take out the spirit bead that the demon fox gave that had been used three times. Unexpectedly, as soon as the spirit bead was taken out, the old man's seemingly weak eyes suddenly appeared, and his body stood up suddenly, and his hands stretched out excitedly. The sudden move frightened Xiu'er reflexively retreated.

"Xiu'er, it's okay, give the spirit bead to the old man!"

The old man's trembling body returned to normal after receiving the spirit bead with both hands for a while, and he said for a while, "I didn't expect this thing to really exist in this world, no wonder you can not be affected by the fragrance of the Dapeng bird, the will of heaven is so, the will of heaven is so!" ”

Seeing that he seemed to be in love with Hui Lingzhu, Kuroko simply took this opportunity to ask, "Old man, I don't know who you are, how did you think of catching a dragon as a fetish?" ”

The old man's mood finally turned cloudy to sunny, and he glanced at the sky, "It's still early, and meeting you is also a kind of fate, the old man was born to be a member of the dragon hunting family, why can't he catch dragons?" It's a pity that this golden dragon is hidden, and it is impossible to reappear in the world without a few hundred years! ”

Dragonslayers?

The old man saw the surprised eyes of the three of us, and said with a smile: "It is not surprising that the outside world knows very little about this. The old man's clan is withdrawn by nature, and he basically spends his life alone looking for the real dragon everywhere, and does not make friends with the outside world. As for what you think is a dragon-hunting behavior, it may not be normal, it's just because you and I have different perspectives. The old man was born as a dragon catcher, and the training he received since childhood was to live for this. If you don't go to catch dragons, can you still catch snakes? ”

Xiu'er answered, "Is that really the legendary dragon just now?" I thought it was just a mythical creature. ”

The old man shook his head and smiled, "Think about it, how did the original myth appear? It's probably just that someone has seen it, but the vast majority of people in the world have not seen it with their own eyes, so they resolutely refuse to admit it. Ninety-nine out of a hundred people say that the thing does not exist, and even if the remaining one insists that it exists, in the end, under the influence of others, his belief will be shaken, and over time he will have the idea that what he sees is not an illusion. It's terrible, but that's it! There are not just dragons in this world, but more than one. It's just that the old man is stubborn, and he has found this golden dragon, although he knows that it is not easy to deal with, but he still buries himself in business for more than 100 years, and finally makes a bad move, and all his previous achievements are lost! ”

After hearing this, I couldn't believe my next question, "Old man, you hunt dragons...... Do you want to eat it? ”

"Eat?" The old man seemed to have heard the ridiculous words, and laughed, "Which dragon has not survived for thousands of years, and its flesh is afraid that no matter how good its teeth are, it will not be able to chew it!" The old man catches dragons because of the natural physique of his own clan, and he must rely on the origin of the dragon to reproduce! ”

Xiu'er still has questions: "But don't all people in the world think of dragons, they are a kind of sacred things that protect the land?" Won't you be stopped by others from catching you like this? ”

"Blessed?" The old man shook his head, "This kind of illusory thing, the old man never takes it seriously." As for the opinion of the world, what does it have to do with me? You say they are sacred objects, so when you eat pork and dog meat, have you ever thought that maybe they are also sacred objects in the eyes of some specific people? But why don't you eat it anyway? ”

This series of rhetorical questions made Xiu'er speechless, and she didn't know how to respond. It's true that we don't think about it when we eat meat.

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest. Not to mention whether this dragon is really a divine thing, even if it is, so what? The people of our clan need to survive on it, and in order to survive, for the sake of the family, even if they risk the condemnation of the world, what is the problem? ”

Scold! To argue with the person in front of you, who has obviously lived for a hundred years, we are really not opponents at all, and this kind of problem has little to do with us, in the words of the old man, even if it is a dragon, what about it? If you put yourself in your shoes, my family, my brother was killed by a dragon. Even if everyone in the world is against it, I have to compete with it.

"Sir, I'm really sorry for messing up your plans this time, I wonder if there is anything we can compensate you for?" I spoke.

"Compensation?" The old gentleman laughed heartily, "Could it be that the three of you can still help me catch that golden dragon?" For the old man, it is the only thing that matters. Thinking about it, the old man spent twenty years to find this place from the age of twenty, locked the location of the golden dragon, and spent more than eighty years to find a Netherworld Dapeng bird as a bait to lure the golden dragon to appear. It's been too long, and it may not be destined to happen. ”

Scold! For a hundred years, on the one hand, he was really persistent, and on the other hand, I felt even more guilty about messing up his plans.

To tell you the truth, if it were me, who had disrupted my huge plan that had been held on for a hundred years, it would be impossible to say that the old man would be so generous and still be able to talk to us until now.

Killing the three of us won't help, but at least I'll feel a lot better!

After speaking, the old man looked at the spirit bead in his hand and muttered to himself, "If you have this bead, maybe you really have a chance to catch another dragon before you die." As he spoke, just when I thought he wanted to take it for himself, I saw that he calmly handed it back to Xiu'er, and said, "Little girl, this bead is a real artifact compared to a dragon." You must cherish it. Xiu'er looked at the spirit bead handed in front of her, and turned to me hesitantly, which roughly means that she saw that this bead is of greater use to the old man, not to mention that the three chances to resurrect the dead have also been used up, and keeping it will not be of much help to us. I smiled and nodded at Xiu'er in agreement. Xiu'er put her mind at ease, gently pushed back the hand handed over by the old man, and said gently, "Old man, since this bead is so important to you, why don't you keep it, just take it as a small apology for us messing up your plan." Although I can't understand the feeling of dragon hunting yet, I hope you will continue to work hard and succeed in catching one. ”

The old man's incredulous gaze swirled back and forth on the three of us, and everyone smiled at each of them. It seems that the old man, like his people, does not have much contact with the outside world. Therefore, on the one hand, although he is surprisingly old, he has not had the slightest idea of forcibly seizing it. On the other hand, seeing that we actually gave him such a precious spirit bead so simply, it seemed that I was a little afraid to accept this gift.