Chapter 1: The Demon Illustrated Book
Outside the window, the night breeze is blowing, and the frogs in the rice fields are chirping and insects chirping, and they are full of life.
The faint candle flame flickered in the room, dimming the entire dilapidated room.
Zhang Tao lay on the table and opened his eyes, his eyes were full of horror, as if he had woken up suddenly from a nightmare.
"Where is this?"
Looking around, he looked stunned as he looked at the body of a crow that had been dead for a long time and was completely black on the table in front of him, and then he showed an incredulous expression.
Mixed memories kept pouring into his mind, and Zhang Tao soon learned from his memory that he had crossed over.
Now it is the Great Departure Dynasty, the thirty-third year of the Yuan Dynasty.
Due to the revival of the aura more than 100 years ago, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued to come, the entire imperial court was in turmoil, the people were not able to make a living, and the people lived in water and fire.
What happened in this world was very similar to the situation in the myth of the ghosts on the aqua star where he once lived.
Demons are in trouble, ghosts are rampant, ordinary people have no ability to resist in the face of these terrifying existences, they can only struggle, secretly praying to God, to survive in this strange world, and pursue that ethereal hope of survival.
He is now a well-known down-and-out demon hunter who specializes in catching and hunting demons for a living, living in fear and tension every day.
Originally, he was a person who aspired to become an official in the court, but unfortunately he thought too much......
How full the dream is, how cruel the reality is!
After ten years of hard reading the books of sages, he was swept out of the house because he couldn't comprehend the so-called Haoran true meaning of the reader for a long time.
Unable to join the Confucian Academy to continue his practice, he was disheartened, so he could only return to a remote village and town under the jurisdiction of Xuanzhou to inherit the ancestral business, and had to risk his life to hunt demons and monsters.
"Heh... I'm an art student who graduated from a prestigious 211 prestigious university, and the identity I crossed over turned out to be a monster hunter struggling on the line of life and death......"
After a short period of panic, he quickly calmed down, instead of too much entanglement and anxiety, it is better to accept this reality and adapt to this identity as soon as possible.
"This crow is the so-called monster?"
The next second, he shifted his attention to the cold crow corpse on the desk in front of him.
The crow, since ancient times, is an ominous symbol, representing doom and death, is the soul messenger of hell, wherever the yin is dignified, there will be a crow haunting, attracting ominous disasters.
The stiff corpse of the bird was placed in front of him, still exuding a cold ominous aura, affecting the surrounding environment at all times, and his fingers approached the pitch-black feathers as if they were touching a cold ice cube.
"The world is very unsafe, and there will be accidents at any time, and there is a danger to life..."
After Zhang Tao sorted out the memories in his mind, he felt a chill in his heart.
Those who deal with cruel and bloodthirsty demons every day have not had a good ending so far, either missing or dying violently, or those who survive have lost their minds and become insane, and the end is very miserable.
If possible, he would like to change his profession to make a living, after all, he is no longer the useless Zhang Tao, who has mastered superb painting skills, where can he not beg for food?
It's better than walking a tightrope on the edge of a cliff and risking your life to hunt down those demons and monsters.
It's just that he signed a cooperation contract with the government.
The contract stipulates that he must obey the orders of the government anytime and anywhere, and assist the government in hunting and dealing with demons together, and has no right to refuse.
Once he dares to break the contract halfway and is unwilling to continue to participate, then the government in this area of Xuanzhou will immediately issue a sea fishing document to arrest him, and if he dares to resist, he will be killed.
And after being arrested, he could no longer gain a foothold in the Dali Dynasty, and hid in Tibet all day long, panicking all day long.
With his skills, even if he escaped from the place under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, he would not be able to survive for a long time in the desolate wilderness, let alone face the invasion of demons that appeared at any time.
You must know that the chance of demons and monsters appearing outside the city is very high, and in comparison, it is relatively safe in the city.
After all, there are not only patrolling the streets in the city, but also the high-level patrol guards!
As soon as he thought that he had suddenly crossed over and was reborn here, Zhang Tao was wary of the crow corpse that exuded an ominous aura in front of him.
As soon as the situation changed, he turned around and ran!
For the means of examining the corpses of these monsters to determine whether there is a strange danger, Zhang Tao does not know, he can only use physical close contact to carry out human flesh demining, if it is unlucky, it is also happening from time to time to encounter an ominous tragic death.
He had just crossed over, and the memories of this aspect in his mind were not actually described in detail......
Zhang Tao's eyes narrowed slightly, holding his breath, and he looked nervously at the cold bird corpse on the table.
Stretching out his hands, he carefully touched the pitch-black feathers in front of him, and he didn't dare to take a breath.
One, two, three......
Time passed minute by minute, and Zhang Tao felt like a year.
"Whew... No danger! ”
Zhang Tao took a long breath and quickly withdrew his hands, secretly glad in his heart, fortunately there were no accidents.
Just as he was about to dispose of the crow's corpse, his mind was in a trance.
I saw an old yellowed book appear strangely in front of me, and on the cover of the book were written four strange and distorted small seal characters---- Demon Illustrated Book.
The font is scarlet as ink, as if it was written with the blood of some animal, and after a long period of precipitation and condensation, it has the current blackened appearance.
The book is only nine pages long, and it is thin and light, like human skin.
The Demon Illustrated Book contains demons, and everything in heaven and earth can be learned!
Zhang Tao flickered his eyes and saw a crow pattern with a pitch-black body and gray eyes appearing out of thin air on the first page.
The other eight pages were blank.
He couldn't help but be curious, and stretched out his hand to touch the strange appearance of the human skin book in front of him, which felt smooth and soft, and after feeling it carefully, it seemed to have temperature, which looked very scary and weird.
"Quack..."
The moment he saw the crow's drawing, a piercing old eagle's cry suddenly appeared in Zhang Tao's ears, and he stared at the lively crow with a strange look on his face.
In the next second, the details of the gray-eyed crow suddenly appeared in his mind.
Fire jackdaw, an ominous monster entrenched in the mass graves of Wuling Mountain, has a pair of gray eyes that can devour yin souls, feeds on carrion, and contains a wisp of cold fire in its body, which can burn the three souls and seven spirits of the living after release, it is the source of calamity, an ominous symbol.
Immediately afterward, there was a strange picture in his mind.
In the picture, a scholar is reading a book with a candle, concentrating, swimming in the ocean of sages and sayings without distraction, and a crow standing on the bookshelf with him reading a book by his side.
The little crow seemed to have intelligence, its dark eyes were dripping, and it silently looked at the scholar by the candle in the room, motionless, without a sound, for fear of disturbing the scholar to read.
Its belly fluttered slightly, and with each tremble, it drew a wisp of incandescent white breath invisible from under the scholar's body.
The little crow is an injured chick that was rescued home by a scholar, and if it weren't for the presence of the scholar, it would definitely freeze to death in the cold winter.
Following the scholar's side every day, it thrived, and within a few days, all its injuries were healed.
On the other hand, the scholar's body became weaker and weaker, his spirit was sluggish, his vitality continued to fail, and he became older and weaker day by day.
However, after the death of the scholar, the little crow did not want to leave, and continued to stay in the scholar's mansion, constantly absorbing the yang energy and vitality of others.
Sure enough, this world is extremely dangerous, and just a small act of kindness by a scholar has brought ruin to the whole family, and even let himself die without understanding......
It wasn't until a few days ago that after the people in the scholar's mansion died inexplicably one after another, this matter finally attracted the attention of the government, and finally died tragically under the siege and fighting methods of many fast catchers and demon hunters!
The picture disappeared, and the ins and outs of this fire jackdaw and his life experience all appeared in Zhang Tao's heart.
At the same time, the Demon Illustrated Book also gives the danger identification of the Fire Jackdaw: D-level intermediate level.
The danger level on this demon illustrated book is divided into four levels, from high to low...... Each level is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower.
D-level mid-level, obviously not too high in terms of danger level!
The origin of the human skin book was very strange, and there was no information about it in his memory, so it appeared out of thin air.
In a trance, Zhang Tao regained consciousness, and the human skin book in front of him disappeared.
And he had an extra fruit the size of a fist in his hand.
Yin Fruit!
It is as dark as ink, the whole body flashes with a strange light, and there is a faint fragrance when you smell it, and the fragrance enters the nose, which makes people feel refreshed and refreshed.
This is the treasure of heaven and earth that those cultivators regard, each of which can increase cultivation and enhance strength.
"This ......"
Zhang Tao was a little surprised, after digesting the memory picture that suddenly appeared in his mind, looking at the dark fruit in his hand, he instantly understood the key.
His plug-in has arrived!
"Demon Illustrated Book, identify demons, and get rewards?"
Zhang Tao muttered to himself, happiness came too suddenly, which made him a little overwhelmed.
Although he didn't know exactly how this [Demon Illustrated Book] appeared, it didn't prevent him from opening his mouth to eat this fragrant Yin Fruit.
With this [Demon Illustrated Book], he has the foundation and reliance to settle down in this dangerous world.
Without saying a word, he picked up the fruit and took a bite of it.
The fruit melted in his mouth, and in an instant, the Yin Fruit in his hand disappeared, turning into a cool and special ability that poured into his body, soaking into his limbs.