108. Debts that should be repaid, must be repaid
When the temple representing the god of grain emitted an extremely dazzling blue light, all the villagers of Wangnan Village thought that it was a sign of the manifestation of the god of grain.
Therefore, when the brilliance gradually dissipated, and a young man with an ethereal temperament and obvious extraordinary, fell from the sky and appeared in front of this group of ignorant villagers, he would be mistaken for the manifestation of the god of grains!
But only Jiang Sheng, who had a little knowledge, and Jiang Bai, who had traveled and studied abroad, knew that this young man was not an immortal, but a monk!
The other party is carrying a long sword, could it be a sword cultivator?
However, for other rural villagers who have never been out of the mountains in their lives, the existence of monks is almost no different from that of immortals.
Su Mu glanced at it casually and noticed that there were more or less traces of decay and festering on the bodies of this group of villagers with thin faces, and faintly, there was an indescribable unpleasant smell coming from the wounds! Some of them are already all over the body, like bloody people, and some are just traces of it!
Pestilence!
Su Mu could see at a glance that this plague was based on the vitality of the parasite's body, as long as it was infected with this plague, the plague would become stronger and stronger, and the vitality of the parasitic human race or other creatures would become weaker and weaker, and eventually die!
At a glance, no one in the entire Wangnan Village was spared......
The plague is highly contagious, absorbing the life of the parasite in a short period of time and connecting with the life of the parasite, making it difficult to detect before the outbreak and difficult to cure after the outbreak.
Even in the big city where there were cultivators in the Immortal Dynasty, this kind of plague could be regarded as a headache, let alone this mountain village surrounded by mountains and closed and blocked.
In the event of a plague in such a place, the probability of the death of the entire village is outrageous, and it may not be discovered until long after the death of the entire village.
Normal people should run away early when they encounter this situation, right?
But instead of escaping, an uninfected doctor risked his life to stay in the village and read medical skills, and chose to venture into the mountains to collect medicine.
And the result of that person in exchange......
Su Mu's eyes turned and fell on the injuries that had just appeared on the bodies of many villagers.
Looking at the appearance of these injuries, they should all be scratched by daggers?
And when Zhang Lingyun appeared in front of them, he was clutching a dagger in his hand......
Thinking of Uncle Zhang's move to return to the village with excitement on his face and the conversation he heard before, Su Mu already had a guess in his heart.
"Lord Ceres, please save our Wangnan Village!"
"Please, please drive out this plague for us, Lord Ceres!"
"Lord Ceres, we will offer you more sacrifices!"
……
The villagers of Wangnan Village saw that the "God of Grains" in their eyes was silent, and they were a little frightened, thinking that they had not offered enough sacrifices.
After all, one of the sacrifices actually ran away, which should be a big disrespect to Lord Ceres, right?
But at this time, Lord Ceres, the villagers of Wangnan Village were like straws in the eyes of people who were about to drown, desperately trying to catch it, desperately begging to bow down.
It took less than three days for the plague to go from appearing to the first person to infecting the entire village.
And what if it was another three days?
Even the previously brave Orion Liu Shi and the arrogant Aunt Wang all knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Su Mu over and over again with a frightened expression, begging the god of grains to save them with great mercy.
Although Jiang Sheng also knelt down, he was the only one in the audience who did not speak.
He knew that the person in front of him was a monk and not a god of grains, and the other party might be a monk sent by Shaoyang City to investigate the plague.
Although he didn't know how the news leaked out, if in the other party's judgment, they had no value and hope of saving Wangnan Village, then Jiang Sheng had no doubt that the other party would immediately kill them all, so as to stifle the flames of the plague.
It was useless to beg and prostrate, their fate was all in the whim of the monk in front of them!
Jiang Sheng closed his eyes and opened them again, as if he had made a decision.
"This Shangxian Lord, in Xia Wangnan Village, Jiang Sheng, Shangxian can come to my poor village, which is the convincing that we have cultivated in Wangnan Village for ten lifetimes." Jiang Sheng raised his head, sneered, and spoke tentatively, his voice sounding a little trembling.
Seeing that the young man in front of him didn't speak, Jiang Sheng's throat moved, swallowed his saliva, and continued to laugh and said: "This Shangxian Lord, Wangnan Village is really poor, and there is nothing that can honor the adult for a while. ”
"However, the one on the statue of our Wangnan Village Temple is also a little mysterious, and it has blessed us with smooth weather and safety in Wangnan Village for ten years. The old man thought that the treasure was destined for the virtuous to live in it, and the old man begged the immortal to accept it! ”
When everyone in Wangnan Village heard the village chief say this, they were stunned for a moment, and their expressions changed slightly.
Lord Shangxian? Isn't it Ceres-sama? And that orb is not......
"Oh?" Su Mu raised his eyebrows, seeming to be a little interested.
Looking in the direction of the old man's finger, under the eaves of the delicate and small sacrificial temple, a stone sculpture sat quietly.
The stone carving is full of plaster, and the specific face can not be seen clearly, but the overall look is the head of a human body and a beast, making a roar in the sky, which is not like a human race at all.
At the center of the stone carving, a blue gemstone is set in it, and now it is emitting a faint brilliance.
Su Mu didn't pay attention to this group of ignorant villagers, just hooked his fingers, and the eyebrows inlaid on the sculpture of the temple, like a blue gem condensed from the essence of the sea, flew into Su Mu's hands.
Seeing this scene, the respectful eyes of the villagers of Wangnan Village became stronger, and their heads lowered a little deeper.
"Shangxian!"
Seeing this young man who was suspected of being a monk playing with the orb that they regarded as a treasure with one hand, Jiang Sheng's eyes flashed with a hint of joy.
As long as the teenager accepts it, it means that things are getting better!
Su Mu twisted the fingernail-sized orb with two fingers, and recognized the origin of this thing at a glance.
"Spirit Nedan ......"
Beasts in the mountains can turn into demon beasts after absorbing spiritual power, while grass, trees, rivers, and the like can be called "spirits" after absorbing spiritual power after they have spiritual intelligence.
Most of the "mountain gods" and "river gods" in some legends and stories are people who mistakenly regard the kind, docile and kind spirits as gods who protect the human race, and worship them as sacrifices.
The spirits themselves don't like to fight, and they are kind and friendly to the Terrans, and the Terrans can also absorb the power of incense to practice after the Terrans worship and sacrifice, so most of the spirits follow the Terrans' ideas and accept the sacrifices of the Terrans, and in return they protect the people!
After absorbing the power of incense for countless years, those powerful spirits have monstrous powers, their cultivation is amazing, and they can truly hold the authority of the gods, which is even more powerful than ordinary monks.
These spirits have a long lifespan, far surpassing the human race, so until now, there are still many powerful spirits on the Kyushu continent, but they generally don't show up.
If Su Mu is not mistaken, the jewel in his hand is the essence of the spirit after his death.
This spirit itself should not be strong, and it may even be that it has just turned into a spirit and died here for some reason.
As for the remaining hug, it is a precious thing for ordinary monks, but although this group of villagers does not know how to use it, they mistakenly inlaid it on the sculpture to worship and worship, so the birth of the incense gas was absorbed by the orb, which stimulated the mystery of the orb itself, so it sheltered this Wangnan Village has been smooth and weatherless, and there are no natural disasters.
Even though he is dead, the orb left behind by this spirit is still protecting Wangnan Village and the human race.
But Su Mu didn't care about all this, he only cared about one thing.
"Why did you want to do it to that doctor?" Su Mu asked calmly.
"Doctor?"
Everyone was stunned, Jiang Sheng reacted that the other party was talking about Zhang Lingyun, but before Jiang Sheng could speak, the annoying Aunt Wang directly opened her mouth with a look of disgust, and shouted at the top of her voice:
"Lord Immortal, you don't know anything!"
Although I don't know why this is called "Shangxian", the village chief is smarter than them, so it's right to call it right!
"Since the appearance of this plague, in just three days, more than 100 people in our Wangnan Village have all been infected with the plague, but Zhang Lingyun's family, who have had the most frequent contact with the plague infected people, has not shown the slightest sign of infection until now!"
Other villagers also helped: "Yes, yes, we have to figure out that something is wrong!" Either this spiritual luck has long had an antidote but it is not used by us, or this plague is made by this spiritual luck! ”
"That's right, that Zhang Lingyun likes to think about all kinds of herbs and poisonous herbs on weekdays, it must be the disaster that the guy made himself, and then he looked hypocritical and hypocritical, saying that he would definitely cure us!"
"Whew!"
"Hey, Lady Shangxian, guess what?" Aunt Wang didn't notice Su Mu's increasingly cold gaze, and still proudly told their "wit".
"We found this thing in Zhang Lingyun's house, and the situation after touching this flower is exactly the same as having the plague!"
Everyone stepped out of the way and took the fiery red flower that was about one person tall and looked extremely bewitching that had been moved out of Zhang Lingyun's house before.
Hu Tian, the inch-headed young man who had a thief and a thief's brain, rolled his eyes, and hurriedly ran out to ask for merit from the Immortal Lord.
"That's right, I sacrificed my life and forgot my life to risk my life for everyone in Wangnan Village, touched this poisonous flower, and then exposed Zhang Lingyun's true face."
And when Su Mu saw the fiery red flower, he looked weird: "You say this is a poisonous flower?" ”
Hu Tian was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously nodded: "Of course it's a poisonous flower, Shangxian look, after I touched this poisonous flower before, my palm is still ... -->>."
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… Huh? ”
Hu Tian wanted to stretch out his palm to show the immortal the wound that had peeled off the skin before, and the flesh was blurred and hideous.
But when Hu Tian stretched out his hand, he was stunned to find that his palm was as smooth as a baby at this time, not to mention the wound, even the scar left by playing with a knife and scratching his palm when he was a child disappeared without a trace at this time.
Hu Tian put his two hands together tremblingly, one hand was smooth and fair, and the skin was the envy of women, and the other hand was a rough palm that only ordinary rural men have.
It's hard to imagine that these two hands could be the same person!
The other villagers in Wangnan Village were also incredulous when they found out, and they didn't understand what was going on at all.
"Fire Spirit Flower, a kind of spiritual plant, the roots are long and leafy, the flowers are bewitching like fire, and when you touch it, you are burned by the flame-like spiritual power, the skin falls off, and the ......flesh and blood are burned," Su Mu said.
When Hu Tian heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly nodded and said, "That's right, that's what you said!" ”
He didn't deceive the immortals, and he didn't dare to deceive the immortals!
It's just that Su Mu ignored this guy, just stared at the villagers of Wangnan Village and continued: "After the epidermis is shed, the juice of the fire spirit flower will pour into the body of the person who touches it along the wound, and reshape the epidermis and flesh with spiritual power, and the reshaped flesh and blood will be more powerful, and it will become as delicate and smooth as a newborn baby. ”
The hand that everyone looked at Hu Tian was indeed as the immortal said, it was exactly the same!
"So this kind of fire spirit flower is generally used to enhance the physique of the body that has just stepped into the cultivation, and some rich women will choose to buy it to maintain their skin, so although this fire spirit flower is not precious, it can also be sold for some gold and silver, enough for a family of four to live a rich life for a year or two."
Su Mu's eyes swept around the crowd with strange eyes: "You told me that the plague came from this fire spirit flower?" ”
After listening to Su Mu's explanation, everyone in Wangnan Village was dumbfounded, and looked at the fiery red flower beside Hu Tian in disbelief.
"But...... But if it wasn't for this flower, why was only Zhang Lingyun's family not infected with the plague? Liu Shi stood up, clenched his fists, unwilling to believe it.
Could it be that they misunderstood Zhang Lingyun?
No way! It's absolutely impossible!
"Did you say?" Liu Shi turned his head sharply and looked at Jiang Bai, as if he wanted to seek recognition.
Jiang Bai looked away, not daring to look at Liu Shi, who was almost losing his mind, but he didn't open his mouth to answer.
The other villagers also reacted at this time and shouted noisily. "That's right, why is only Zhang Lingyun not infected?"
Looking at this group of hopeless guys, a trace of disappointment flashed in Su Mu's eyes, and he sighed imperceptibly, feeling unworthy for Uncle Zhang from the bottom of his heart.
At any time, people will subconsciously reject the alien, even if the alien is trying his best to kill these people!
When the whole village was infected, Zhang Lingyun's family, who were not infected, were outliers in the eyes of the villagers, and after some people fanned the flames, these ignorant villagers with low IQ were naturally regarded as gunmen.
The meanness of human nature is undoubtedly revealed at this moment!
At this time, Fu Yu supported Zhang Lingyun and rushed to Wangnan Village with the crows, standing on the roof of a house, hearing and seeing all this.
"This bunch of bastards ......"
The upright crow's face was full of anger, and he rolled up his sleeves on the spot and prepared to make a move.
These ungrateful bastards! How dare you treat that delicious uncle with barbecued meat like this!
What if something happens to my uncle and I don't have to eat barbecue in the future?
"Wait......" Float stopped the crow.
The crow looked back dissatisfied: "What's wrong?" ”
"Look closely......" Fu Yu pointed to the cold back of the field, and said calmly:
"Brother Su is angry."
"Want to know why?" Su Mu took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly narrowed into a crescent moon, and a smile bloomed on his face.
"Because of this!"
Su Mu raised the azure orb in his hand and showed it to everyone.
The appearance of the orb was reflected in the pupils, and Jiang Sheng clenched his fists fiercely.
Seeing the confused look in everyone's eyes, Su Mu stretched out his hand and waved it lightly at the orb.
Four illusory ribbons as pure as the sky were displayed in front of the villagers of Wangnan Village!
The four ribbons are as clear as water, one end is connected to the orb, and the other end winds out......
The villagers of Wangnan Village watched this scene in amazement, like a miracle!
But when everyone followed the gaze of the ribbon, their eyes changed one by one.
Because of the ribbons that extended from the orb, three of them went straight into it, ignoring the brass bell, while the last one climbed up to the roof and landed on a middle-aged uncle in his thirties.
When they saw the figure who had passed out in a coma, every villager in Wangnan Village had an irrepressible look of horror on their faces.
"This ...... It's ......"
"Wait, what is this on us?"
"What's the matter with this red glow?"
……
Before everyone had time to be shocked by Zhang Lingyun's return, they all found that there was an unsettling red light flashing on their bodies.
The brightness of this red light is inconsistent on everyone's body, the strongest is the village chief who hasn't looked at it since the beginning, and the weakest light is Jiang Bai next to the village chief.
"Don't panic!" Su Mu smiled and clapped his hands.
"I just let you see a different world, in your words, the world in the eyes of the immortals, to explain that the red light represents the plague, and the blue light represents the protection of the orb."
"As for why the red light is bright and dim, you must not be stupid enough to do that, right?"
Liu Shi glanced at himself in a panic, and then at the others, and found that the red light on his body should belong to the medium level among the others.
And the most frightening thing is that these red rays are still increasing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye!
Liu Shi knew in his heart that the stronger the plague in his body, the more red light he had, and the later he was infected, the darker the red light.
But in the next second, Liu Shi was shocked to find that when these red rays representing the plague spread around, when they climbed to the roof and rushed towards Zhang Lingyun, these red rays were directly bounced away by the azure light!
Liu Shi was stunned and looked at the gem in Su Mu's hand blankly.
I see!
So that's it!
It is precisely because of the protection of treasures that Zhang Lingyun, Huaili and the two children were not infected with the plague.
"Why? Why would the treasure shelter him? Liu Shi was furious and shouted hysterically: "It is obviously us who enshrine the treasures, and we should be the ones who are sheltering, why only protect them?" ”
The other villagers couldn't accept this at all, and the treasures they had worked so hard to offer for ten years were sheltering an outsider!
"Why?"
Su Mu looked at the silent Jiang Sheng with a smile: "This village chief, aren't you going to say something?" ”
"For example, how did you take this group of ignorant villagers ten years ago and kill that badly injured and dying good spirit! And what did the spirit say to you before he died? ”
Su Mu's voice was not loud, but it fell like a thunderbolt in Jiang Sheng's mind.
Jiang Sheng's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked up at Su Mu with a frightened expression, and his face was full of disbelief and retreated, falling directly to the ground.
"You...... How do you know!? Jiang Sheng shouted hoarsely.
The corners of Su Mu's mouth turned into a smile, and his expression became calm and indifferent: "I know far more than you think." ”
"Some, you told me; Some, that's what it told me. ”
Su Mu showed Jiang Sheng the jewel in his hand, and walked into Jiang Sheng and the villagers step by step.
"After all, no matter how kind you are, if you are betrayed and killed by a human you trust, there will be resentment in your heart, right?"
"So it makes sense to put a curse on you Wangnan Village before you die, right?"
Su Mu's tone was calm, but every word that fell into Jiang Sheng's ears turned into a heavy hammer, and it hit Jiang Sheng's heart at once.
"It's a curse, it's a curse!" Jiang Sheng muttered.
"Village...... Village Chief, what's going on? What curse? ”
Liu Shi on the side sensed that something was wrong, and grabbed Jiang Sheng's collar.
"When we started ten years ago, didn't you promise us that there would be absolutely no problems? Now this plague ...... Could it be the curse left on us by the monster we killed!? ”
Liu Shi kept shaking Jiang Sheng's collar, his face full of hideousness and anger!
Other villagers in Wangnan Village were also struck by lightning!
Ten years ago, on that snowy day, they poisoned and killed the monster that asked them for help...... Everyone here has a participatory.
At that time, the only one in the village who didn't do anything, and even kept persuading them, was now Zhang Lingyun's wife, who was sent by them as a sacrifice to the demon beast at that time...... Huai pear!
After that battle, although they succeeded in killing the demon beast that was already seriously injured and dying, the village also paid a very painful price, so they kept looking for the doctor.
And Zhang Lingyun happened to come to their village at that time.