23. Wu Lao
Aunt Pig's house is said to be spacious, but in fact, it is a simple enclosure of a piece of land. The area of the house is not small, but the house is built very casually, and there are several places where there are air leaks.
"Young man, you will sleep in this room tonight, I will sleep with the men of my family and snor, I am afraid that you will be noisy if you sleep closely." Aunt Zhu said words of concern, and took Zhao Yuan to a small room about ten meters away from the main house.
Zhao Yuan saw that the construction of this house was obviously not from the hands of Aunt Zhu's family, not to mention the complete facilities, and it was very sturdy and attractive. The wooden cottage even reflected a stylish aesthetic level, so Zhao Yuan agreed with great satisfaction. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and he is still afraid that they will not succeed?
"By the way, you horse is strangely handsome, and I happen to have some ears of wheat and weeds to feed him. Aunt Pig said as she stretched out her hand to the reins that Zhao Yuan was holding.
"Thank you, auntie, I appreciate your kindness, but my horse is more special, I like to find food outside, I'll just put him in the forest later." Zhao Yuan politely refused.
The purple wheel horse also neighed in agreement, shook its neck, Zhao Yuan released the reins knowingly, and the purple wheel horse spread its hooves and ran happily towards the forest at the edge of the town. The Purple Wheel Horse itself was a third-order demonic beast, and there would be no beast in this kind of edge forest that could threaten him at all.
"Little, young man, why did you let the horse go, aren't you afraid that it won't come back?" Aunt Pig is in a hurry, the purple wheel horse is a good horse that is hard to find, it looks much more valuable than this young man's gray robe, what can I do if I let it go.
"Auntie, you don't have to worry about me, this horse is very smart, I will come back tomorrow with a whistle. Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
Since Zhao Yuan said so, Aunt Zhu didn't say anything more in order to avoid revealing the punctures. During this period, Aunt Zhu Qian also enthusiastically wanted to give Zhao Yuan Zhang Luo food, but Zhao Yuan firmly refused. Joke aside, in less than two months he had seen two deadly poisons, how much heart did he dare to continue to eat from strangers with bad intentions.
Aunt Zhu Qian didn't force it, she secretly sneered in her heart, and left Zhao Yuan and went back to her house to make some preparations. Zhao Yuan's spiritual power shrouded her, watching her busy work, but she didn't see a reason.
In this way, night fell quietly before you knew it. There are no extravagant magic lamps in the countryside, and people tend to lie down and sleep at seven or eight o'clock. Zhao Yuan didn't plan to be the brightest star in the night sky, so he also lay down directly, but although his eyes were closed, he secretly vigilantly monitored everything around him with his mental power, especially Aunt Zhu's family.
In fact, at about five o'clock, Zhao Yuan found that Aunt Zhu's husband had returned. Aunt Pig just said to her husband, "There is a guest here, it's a mage" and didn't discuss this issue again, but Zhao Yuan still clearly observed the joy and greed flashing on the male orc's face through his spiritual power.
[It seems that the people of this town are very experienced and know that they can't whisper at close range of mages.] After listening to what Zhao Yuan observed, Lao Xuanwu said with some surprise.
Indeed, the closer I get, the clearer my mental perception becomes. Zhao Yuan echoed.
[But old man, I see that Aunt Pig and her husband are not young, why don't they have children at home? Moreover, the Pig Monkey and the Chickling Clan belong to a highly fertile race, but I have not seen any children other than babies in this town. Zhao Yuan said suspiciously.
When Lao Xuanwu heard this, he also felt strange, [If there is a baby, it can be ruled out that the people in this village are cursed. And it stands to reason that they must have murdered more than a group of travelers, but they were all so poor, and the town was very dilapidated, with no new buildings, perhaps with those ill-gotten gains, and the children were sent away. 】
When Zhao Yuan heard this, he also felt reasonable. I was about to continue the discussion with the old turtle, but I noticed that Aunt Pig, who was supposed to be asleep, came out of the house.
"Are you asleep, young man?" cried Aunt Pig softly outside the house. Even in the dark night, Zhao Yuan still found a hint of temptation on her face through her spiritual power.
So Zhao Yuan didn't make a sound, as if he had fallen asleep. Aunt Pig saw that there was no reaction in the house, and immediately beckoned behind her, Aunt Pig's husband crept out of the house, they carried a dimly lit small oil lamp, and silently looked down at the "sleeping" Zhao Yuan from the window next to the hut, and there was no pretentious enthusiasm in the two pairs of eyes, but * naked greed.
"Let's go. Aunt Zhu tugged at the corner of her husband's clothes, and the two turned around and hurried to the other end of the town. As the footsteps of the two gradually drifted apart, Zhao Yuan's perception of their spiritual power became weaker and weaker. At this time, Zhao Yuan's spirit moved, and his mental power probed into the homes of the three families he had met before, and sure enough, all the three families were not at home, but the nearby neighbors were still staying at home and sleeping soundly.
At this time, Zhao Yuan suddenly realized, no wonder when the three people greeted Aunt Zhu Qian before, Aunt Zhu Qian was so unhappy, it turned out that "those who see it have a share"!
At the other end of the town, outside a cave far away from the town, there were more than a dozen people kneeling neatly, most of whom Zhao Yuan had seen, and some were estimated to be relatives of these people.
"What's the matter?" In the cave, a hoarse and old voice came out, obviously the hot wind of midsummer was blowing on the kneeling people outside the cave, but they broke out in a cold sweat.
"Wu Lao, there is a mage from our village today, and he lives in my house. Aunt Pig, who was kneeling at the front, trembled. "It's a personal mage, young, with fine skin and tender meat, and a handsome purple wheel horse by his side. ”
"Oh, no wonder I smell a stench today, it turns out to be a Terran. The voice known as Wu Lao emitted a piercing laugh, which was extremely terrifying in the dark night.
"Please have mercy on us, we are all powerless civilians, the things on that young man's body, you can take what you want, just leave us the money for food. The husband of Aunt Pig, who was kneeling next to her, said in an extremely humble tone. He and Aunt Zhu had calculated before that Wu Lao was a martial artist, and most of the mage's things were useless to him, so they would definitely make a lot of money in the end. Moreover, this human race now lives in their house, even if so many neighbors who eat white food come over, they will definitely take the biggest head.
"Originally, as a mage, I didn't have much interest in making a move. But he can only be blamed for his bad luck, he is a hateful Terran. Well, I'm going to go with you tonight. The voice in the cave said.
"Thank you Wu Lao, thank you Wu Lao!" The pig and the dozen people kneeling on the ground began to kowtow happily. Then, they skillfully moved out a large brand new wooden basin, and then a dozen orcs lined up and began to bleed into the wooden basin one by one. According to the rules, everyone else put about 500 milliliters of blood each, and the piggy couple only put 200 milliliters of blood. Rao was a strong orc, but also pale and crumbling. Then, all the orcs knelt quietly ten meters away from the tub, forming a circle, their heads bowed deeply.
After a while, only the sound of limbs rubbing against the dry earth could be heard from the cave, and a shriveled strange man with a hunched back crawled out of the hole. He landed on all fours, with only a rag loosely wrapped around his crotch, and every inch of skin on his body was as rough as tree bark, clinging tightly to the skeleton. He looked a little struggling to crawl, but the orcs kneeling around him were silent, and none of them dared to raise their eyes to look at him.
As soon as the "Gollum" strange man came out, he buried his head in the big wooden basin without saying a word and drank wildly, as if the warm blood seemed to be some kind of elixir and jade liquid. As the blood in the basin slowly bottomed out, the strange man's body gradually plumped up, but in a quarter of an hour, a mighty man with a height of nine feet appeared in front of everyone. His originally shriveled and skeletal face had now turned into a thirty-year-old middle-aged man with a fierce face, with muscles high and bulging, and at first glance it contained terrifying explosive power.
"Ah, it's so comfortable!" he sighed in satisfaction as he drank the last sip of blood, his voice deep and powerful, and it was completely two people like before.
The surrounding orcs who knelt on the ground were trembling at this time, the weakness of their bodies and the fear of Wu Lao made them extremely uncomfortable, but for the sake of great benefits, they were willing. Over the years, at the cost of blood, they have always asked Wu Lao to take action and intercept passing travelers to obtain huge wealth. Now, their children have all gone to the noble academy of the ancient dragon clan that specializes in cultivating martial artists, and they have the opportunity to become martial artists and become human beings. And because of the instability of the "business", they never dare to spend a penny, and all the money is saved, in order to continue to pay expensive tuition fees for their children. So much so that after so many years, the quality of life of these orcs has not improved at all. But their families have saved at least tens of thousands of gold coins.
At the beginning, everyone in the town worked together and acted together every time, and the blood supply distributed to everyone's head was very small, but because the tuition fees of the noble academy were very high, the children who studied outside always found various reasons to ask for money from their families.
Just like this time, the pig and his wife would rather bleed more by themselves than have one more share of the spoils. However, because Zhao Yuan was taken away by Aunt Pig on the street, Rao is the orcs who saw it were tight-lipped about the others, but with their own and relatives, there were still more than a dozen people coming.