There was still a village where children were playing, but at the moment everyone closed their doors and walked on the village road, except for the sound of the wind and snow howling, there was no sound, and it was dead and silent.

It's a weird thing.

Ye Qiu frowned and said, "What's going on?"

The old man shook his head, his expression indifferent, as if he didn't care at all.

Just at this time, a child pushed the window open, and a pair of big sparkling eyes stared at Ye Qiu fiercely.

Although he couldn't see anyone, Ye Qiu remembered that those eyes were the child who was hiding behind him and pretending to be pitiful and then suddenly attacked.

Ye Qiu stepped forward, and the child closed the window completely.

Then there was a violent cough in the room, and it was supposed to be an old man.

For this child, Ye Qiu had a very complicated emotion in his heart, turned his head to look at the old man, and asked, "That's it?"

The old man didn't nod or shake his head, and he didn't even give an expression.

Ye Qiu could only walk to the door and gently knock on the wooden door that was already full of wormholes.

He knocked for a long time, but there was still no sound in the room, and he couldn't help but increase his strength.

There was a faint sound of conversation in the room, and I couldn't really hear what was being said, and then the wooden door made a screeching sound and opened a line.

It was the child who opened the door, and it was still the big sparkling eyes that looked at Ye Qiu.

Seeing him, Ye Qiu hurriedly put on a smile, "We have no malice, we just want to find a place to rest and leave tomorrow morning." ”

The boy looked back and heard an old man's voice coming from the room: "Let them in." ”

The kid turned to look at Ye Qiu, obviously hesitating, but his hand had already involuntarily opened the door.

After Ye Qiu and the old man walked into the house, he hurriedly closed the door again, as if he was afraid that something would break into his house behind Ye Qiu.

In the center of the house there is a fire pit, in which flames are jumping, barely illuminating the whole room, in the corner of the wall, is a big kang, under which pine leaves are burning, and on the kang sits an old man, who is holding a pipe.

Ye Qiu first felt a little uncomfortable under his feet, and when he looked down, he realized that the ground was not paved with stone slabs, but the original soil, because it had been stepped on too much, so it arched up small lumps.

Ye Qiu never thought that there were such poor people in this world.

The old man came down from the kang, still holding the pipe in his mouth, and he groped for a moment in the dark corner, and then he heard the sound of some crash, and then sparks splashed, and then the whole room lit up.

The old man carried an oil lamp and placed it on a table next to the kang.

It was only at this moment that Ye Qiu could see the old man's figure and face clearly, it could be said that he was skinny.

The old man pulled two stools and motioned for the two guests to sit down.

Because the four feet of the stool were of different heights, it was weird to sit up, so Ye Qiu could only be regarded as squatting.

He looked at the old man in the technical building and found that he was sitting flat and stable, without any discomfort at all.

Ye Qiu couldn't help but look at the stool he was sitting on, and found that it was the same as his own, and he couldn't help but admire this old man in his heart.

After Ye Qiu sat down, he asked, "Old man, what's going on in this village?"

The old man put down his pipe and let out a long sigh: "Recently, I heard that there are monsters in the mountains, and they come out to arrest people at night, which makes several nearby villages unsafe, and at night, they don't dare to go out." ”

With that, he coughed violently, and then continued to look at the pipe, which he smoked so hard that it burned very brightly.

"Monsters?" Ye Qiu blurted out, "Are there really monsters in this world?"

Naturally, he asked the old man who had come with him.

The old man also seemed to be suddenly interested, nodded and said: "Yes and no, the mountain and wild spirits that people call are actually some spirit beasts with spiritual intelligence, but this kind of spirit beast rarely appears in the human world, because a spiritual beast with spiritual intelligence is extremely sensitive to danger. ”

Ye Qiu frowned and said, "Spirit beasts, I always thought that spirit beasts would only appear when they awakened and summoned, but I didn't expect them to appear alone." ”

The old man smiled: "Spirit beasts are independent individuals, humans just borrow their power, some spirit beasts can even transform into humans, and lurk among humans, such as the dragon clan last time, it is rumored that their ancestor is a divine dragon, so they can continue the bloodline of the divine dragon." ”

It was the first time Ye Qiu had heard of this, and he was shocked beyond comprehension for a while, of course, he couldn't help but think of Ma Fengchime, and the whole person suddenly looked a little sad.

The boy had always been wary of the two outsiders, but now he listened to them with relish, and his vigilance was reduced a little, and he stared at the old man with big eyes, and asked, "Are you spiritual priests?" An uncle once came to us, and said that there is a very powerful kind of person who is not afraid of demons and monsters. “

The old man pointed at Ye Qiu and said with a smile: "He's amazing, ask him for help, I will definitely be able to help you catch that monster." ”

Ye Qiu frowned and looked at the old man, but the old man closed his eyes, stretched out a pair of hands to the fire, and roasted slowly.

The kid looked Ye Qiu up and down, obviously not believing the old man's words, the big brother in front of him didn't look like that kind of powerful person.

He cautiously asked, "Are you really a spiritual priest?"

Although Ye Qiu didn't know what medicine was sold in the old man's gourd, he still nodded.

Seeing Ye Qiu nodding, the kid frowned instead: "I don't believe it, unless you can prove it." ”

Ye Qiu couldn't laugh or cry, isn't he just a spirit warrior, and he still needs to prove it? In Snow Moon City, there is nothing, and the spirit warrior is not a big handful.

Of course he didn't know that in a poor place like this, even food and clothing were a problem, let alone cultivation, and the people here simply didn't know what cultivation was.

He looked at the old man, who still had his eyes closed, and seemed to be asleep.

With helplessness, his mind moved, and a dark blue knife appeared in his hand, and the knife rotated gently, scorching and shining in the light of the fire, which was exquisite.

The kid looked at the knife, his eyes lit up, full of envy, "Can you really help us catch that monster?"

This time, Ye Qiu was even more helpless, and he didn't agree for a while, and he didn't agree for a while.

Seeing that he did not agree, the boy hurriedly said, "As long as you promise to help us, I will give you my best gift." ”

Ye Qiu looked at this child with mixed feelings, this was obviously just a five or six-year-old child, full of purity and innocence, but as soon as he thought of the things on the stream, he felt afraid for a while, and even had a chill down his spine.

The kid continued, "Are you still blaming me for lying to you just now? I can't apologize to you, as long as you help us catch that monster, you can do whatever you want to me." ”

He said it extremely sincerely and was extremely aggrieved, but the more he was like this, the more Ye Qiu felt bottomless.

It's hard to believe that he would be so wary of a child.

The old man seemed to know Ye Qiu's embarrassment, and after coughing a few times, he put the finished pipe on the table and knocked it, and said softly: "Xiao Qi, this is our own business, don't embarrass others." ”

The kid's face changed instantly—

first snorted coldly, then pursed his lips, and said angrily: "What kind of spirit, even a monster is afraid, think of you as a cowardly person, don't live in my house." ”

The old man scolded: "Xiao Qi, how can you be so rude to the guests?"

The old man, who had closed his eyes, stood up suddenly, pointed at Ye Qiu and scolded: "You said that you are also a spiritual warrior, why don't you have a chivalrous heart at all, people need help, what if you help, how do I teach you in peacetime?"

This abnormal old man made Ye Qiu stunned for a moment, and frowned: "I ......"

The old man glared and interrupted: "What am I, hurry up and arrest your monster." ”

Ye Qiu frowned and said, "Now?"

The old man made a gesture to fight: "Isn't it now when do you want to wait?"

Ye Qiu was puzzled: "Then I have to let me know where to catch it." ”

The old man blew his beard and glared, "Find it yourself." ”

After speaking, he directly pushed Ye Qiu out, and opened the door for Ye Qiu by the way.

The old man's actions frightened the boy so much that his big eyes widened and he froze on the spot.

The old man walked back to his place, sat down and said with a smile: "Little child, if you are not sensible, you just don't clean up." ”

The old man was a little worried: "Is this son really okay?"

The old man said disapprenously: "If you die, you can only count this kid as not good at learning, and he can't complain about others." ”

Ye Qiu was inexplicably pushed out of the house, standing in the wind and snow, only to feel that it was terribly cold.

If you had been standing outside, you might not have felt this way, but just now you were still baking a warm fire, and suddenly you were pushed into this snowy snow, as long as you are a person, you will feel cold.

He rubbed his hands together and looked around, and it was not only dark, but also silent.

He really didn't know where he was going to find the spirit beast in the troubled country, and he couldn't understand why the old man suddenly became so angry.

Glancing at the door that had been closed, Ye Qiu sighed and walked forward, even if you want to catch it, you have to find someone to ask you where the "monster" is.

But every household in the whole village closed their doors and windows, and let Ye Qiu knock on it, and no one would open the door for him, as if there was no one in the house at all.

After trying many homes in a row, he had no choice but to give up.

He first walked out of the village along the village road, and when he was helpless, he saw a little fire in the distance, and under the white snow, he could faintly see a few figures.

He quickened his pace and walked towards the firelight.

After getting closer, Ye Qiu saw that there were seven or eight men around a bonfire, muttering something.

And these people soon discovered Ye Qiu, they all stood up, and the weapons in their hands were directly pulled out, and they shouted in unison: "Who is it?"

Ye Qiu hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, big brothers, I was just passing by, and when I saw someone here, I wanted to come over to get warm." ”

After these people saw Ye Qiu clearly, they also relaxed, and then put away all their weapons and gave Ye Qiu a place.

One of the Chinese characters also threw a pot of wine to Ye Qiu, "Take a sip, the effect of this thing is very good at keeping out the cold, looking at the little brother's dress, it shouldn't be a local, right?"

Ye Qiu took the wine jug and thanked him, "In Xia Ye Qiu, the people of Snow Moon City, I wanted to find a place to rest, but I didn't want to open the door for me." ”

Another man laughed and said: "Little brother doesn't know, this neighborhood has not been peaceful recently, so at night, every house is closed, I advise the little brother to leave early." ”

Ye Qiu frowned and asked, "Is something wrong?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally made up his mind, and the man who leaned on Ye Qiu's left tore off a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and said at the same time: "I heard that there is a monster in the mountain, and the county order is rewarded and captured, no, we people are here to find this monster." ”