Chapter 7: The Evil Spirit
Dirty King Temple.
This is a temple fifty miles north of Jackdaw's crossing, dedicated to the Dirty King, the so-called Lord of the Five Organs.
The specific thing Ning Tian didn't know.
A month ago, he was just an orphan in Jackdaw.
Now he was leaning against the straw mat, nibbling on a piece of bread that had been hardened. It was raining outside the temple, and Ning Tian was here to prepare to take shelter from the rain.
He didn't meditate all day, his mental state was very fragile, and he occasionally made strange whispers.
This temple has long been somewhat dilapidated, no pilgrims have come for a long time, and the head of the clay statue has disappeared for some reason.
It looks like this place is a perfect match for him.
After eating two pieces of bread and running to the water tank outside the temple to drink the rainwater, Ning Tian felt a swelling sensation in his abdomen.
Because he didn't know when he would be full, he would fill his entire stomach until he couldn't eat.
It's a strange feeling, and it's very uncomfortable.
When Ning Tian was in a hurry, he could only nibble on cakes at any time.
And this also led to the fact that the illness that could have been eaten for seven days could only be eaten for two days.
Immediately after that, Ning Tian began to meditate.
His breathing gradually deepened, his fingers pinched the Dharma seal that Lao Dao had learned, and the whole person fell into that strange state again.
The two red suns in front of his eyes became even more demonic, and Ning Tian could only look inward at his dantian and watch the fire grow and burn little by little.
During the whole process, his spirit gradually calmed down, and most of his hunger disappeared.
After a full three hours, Ning Tian felt that the flames of the dantian were no longer growing, and he let go of the magic seal in his hand.
The spirit gradually came back to his senses, Ning Tian lay on the straw mat and began to sleep.
This sleep was groggy, and when Ning Tian woke up again, he found that his body was covered in blood.
He hurriedly touched his body, but there were no wounds.
But the smell of blood was strong...... And it came from his mouth.
Eventually, he found a rat's head beside him.
It became clear that he had eaten a mouse last night.
This made Ning Tian's heart more and more afraid, not because he ate the rat raw, but when he was hungry to the extreme...... Will it eat people?
If it was a man lying here last night......
Ning Tian didn't dare to continue to imagine that what had happened to him in the past month had become more and more weird, and he had killed someone for the first time.
But cannibalism is still a little difficult for him to accept.
After packing up his things, Ning Tian was ready to continue on his way, eating rats was just an episode, and now it was even more serious than this.
The Dirty King Temple was still a day's journey away from Huoluo City, and Ning Tian was determined to rush day and night this day and enter Huoluo City on the morning of the third day.
He ran out of dry food, and to curb the hunger in his head, he had to keep eating to be satisfied.
Entering Huoluo City, he was able to replenish his dry food one more time, and he was also able to inquire about some news.
As the largest city south of the Southern Tang Kingdom, Huoluo City has a number of nearly 100,000 people, making it the best place to inquire about the news.
When a touch of purple intent appeared in the sky, Ning Tian walked to Huoluo City.
His spirit was very weak now, and Ning Tian found an inn for the first time.
"One room, ten catties of beef." Ning Tian said.
He slammed the fifty taels of silver tickets on the table, and the innkeeper glanced at Ning Tian, then made an abacus, and then carefully pushed the silver he found back to Ning Tian, along with a key.
"Xiao Zhang, send the guests to the room!" The shopkeeper shouted.
Xiao Er immediately ran over and pulled Ning Tian upstairs.
The shopkeeper looked at the sunken table in front of him, and felt a little frightened.
This is an amazing character!
Entering the room, Ning Tian smelled a fragrance, this was sandalwood.
Ordinary inns would not put such things, Ning Tian only said that he wanted a room, but did not say what room he wanted, and the shopkeeper naturally prepared a house with a heavenly number for Ning Tian.
At this moment, Ning Tian didn't have the energy to change anymore, but lay on the bed, and the whole person looked a little dazed.
Soon, a fragrance irritated his nose, and Ning Tian got up from the bed, grabbed the beef and began to stuff it wildly.
Xiao Er on the side of this scene was full of fear, he had never seen anyone eat like that, even if he couldn't stuff it in his mouth, he had to stuff it into it.
Then I didn't chew it and swallowed it straight into my stomach.
Immediately after, Ning Tian spit out a mouthful of blood, and his esophagus and throat seemed to have collapsed because of this, and blood had already come out of his body.
Even so, he kept biting on the beef.
It's not like eating at all, it's just about putting food in your stomach.
In the end, Xiao Er didn't dare to continue watching, so he could only leave here in a hurry.
"Shopkeeper, I think we've put demons in you." Xiao Er leaned over to the shopkeeper and whispered in his ear.
"Aren't you a hungry ghost?" The shopkeeper said, "Can ordinary people eat ten catties of beef?" ”
"I'm not talking about the hungry ghost." Xiao Er said, "You didn't see him eating, it was like killing yourself!" ”
Until now, he was scared when he thought about that scene.
"Don't worry so much, we have money to make, and that's enough." The shopkeeper whispered, "Are there still few strange people these days?" ”
He muttered a few words, then began to calculate again.
Xiao Er didn't dare to speak anymore, so he could only go back to the back kitchen to work.
In the room, Ning Tian completely swallowed ten catties of beef into his mouth.
That's really just swallowing.
Then he lay down on his head and began to sleep.
This sleep is a whole day.
When Ning Tian woke up, the sky was already bright.
His mental state relaxed a little, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.
The stomach should still be full, the ten catties of beef are not so easy to digest, and he has eaten a lot of things all day long.
Thinking of his state last night, Ning Tian's heart was filled with fear.
When he entered the city of Huoluo, he had an appetite for seeing everyone!
But against that desire, he found the nearest inn and regained his consciousness after eating the beef.
Now he's much better, and he's been able to refresh himself a little after the break.
However, he meditated on the bed for two hours, and it was not until Qingxin began to look at the room again.
There was no shortage of silver tickets and silver, which made Ning Tian breathe a sigh of relief.
After meeting Dao Xuan and the Qing-robed Dao Priest, Ning Tian knew that people's hearts were sinister, but he really couldn't prevent anything from yesterday's situation.
But what he didn't know was that it was precisely because of his crazy behavior yesterday that ordinary people did not dare to approach him.
After packing up his things, Ning Tian glanced at Sandalwood.
This thing seems to have a certain effect on calming the mind.