Three miles outside the south gate of the small county town, a small river flows almost silently.

In the cold winter night, it can be seen that the river is very shallow and slow, and there is a thin layer of ice floe near the shore, which freezes the rhizomes of many yellow-white wild grasses.

A wooden wheel with only seven spokes left lay on the river's edge, half of which had crushed the ice floe and stranded in the cold water, and the other half had been left on the shore and had overwhelmed many of the weeds.

On weekdays, if there are literati and artists here, they may be able to taste a little bit of desolate wilderness, and even make some poems and paintings with exquisite artistic conception.

However, at this moment, the originally clear water of the river has been polluted by dark red blood water, and there are many long black hairs floating on the water, looking like a ghostly dead river.

In the river and on the banks on both sides, the bodies of hideous and terrifying bats can be seen everywhere, the big ones are like geese, the small ones are like chickens, and they are all killed by arrows.

The wilderness on the bank of the river was even more in shambles, full of traces of horses' hooves, and the scene of fallen grass and rolling dirt has been spreading in the direction of the county seat.

I don't know how long it took, but when the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves had gone away, an inconspicuous piece of ice floe at the edge of the creek suddenly shattered, and two little white sheep came out of the ice.

The two little white sheep were about the same size, about two inches tall, and they were wet.

They looked around warily for a moment, making sure that the vicious Terran cavalry had gone far away, and then they had the audacity to trek ashore and begin to gnaw on the unpolluted weeds.

The two little white sheep have very small mouths, and they eat very gently, chewing slowly without any hurry, and hardly making any sound.

One of them curiously bit the wooden wheel next to him, and found that he couldn't help the old wood with his teeth, so he immediately gave up trying.

"Ahem!"

A voice that sounded like an old woman came: "It turns out that you two came here, it really makes my old woman easy to find!" ”

As the words fell, a short, rickety old woman with a thin wooden stick in her hand slowly pushed through the grass and walked towards the riverbank.

She walked in a strange and slow manner, as if every step had to be carefully considered, and her eyes were always on her feet, and she seemed to be cautious when she lifted her feet and landed on them, and she had to step on them steadily before continuing, lest she fall down.

The old woman was really unhappy when she walked, but her mouth was not idle, and she whispered slowly: "I am sad when I wade through the deserted road." There are no fireworks in all directions, but you can see forests and hills. ”

"The city is full of hazel thorns, and there is no way to do it. The cattails are wide, and the reeds are long and ......"

In this regard, the two little white sheep did not hear it, and still buried their heads in grazing unhurriedly.

After a few more moments, the old woman came to a slow stop beside them, and afloat aboard the wooden wheels so as not to trip over them.

"Oh, what two little pitifuls! Seeing that those cavalry were too vicious, the old man was so frightened that he left you in a hurry, right? ”

With that, the old woman grinned at the two little white sheep, and the smile was indescribably awkward, revealing a mouth full of mutilated teeth.

Her teeth were strangely shaped, strangely large and pitiful, and of different colors, white, yellow, and black, which were put together in an irregular manner, and it was strange to look at.

The next moment, the old woman used the thin wooden stick in her hand to put a little on the forehead of the two little white sheep,

The two little white sheep, who only cared about their own food and drink, suddenly froze, and the fur on their bodies quickly faded into two fist-sized, bulging sheepskin felt sacs.

The two little white sheep had lost their fur, and only two white sheep-shaped skeletons remained, and most of the grass paste that had just been chewed had flowed out of the cracks in the bones.

However, until this time, they did not stop eating, but ate faster and rougher.

"Tut-tut, you sheep are really pitiful, if you eat ten points, you will leak at least eight points, and it is not much better than the legendary starving ghost."

The old woman said pitiful, but her smile was even bigger, the flesh on her face became more and more distorted, and even two black teeth fell out of her mouth, and she began to leak when she spoke.

"You should take care of the old man's backpack, and when these two sheepskin felt sacs are empty, it is not impossible to give you two little poor children clothes to make, so that you can have a full meal."

The old woman said as she picked open one of the felt sacs with a thin stick.

It's full of human teeth!

The old woman was very casually fiddling with the felt bag with a thin stick, as if picking and choosing, and from time to time she stopped to glance at the two black teeth on the ground, so that she could use them as a reference.

At this moment, a crane chirp sounded in the sky above its head, and the sound was long and agitated, and the sound spread to the four fields.

The wooden wheels that had been lying quietly on the side immediately changed, and the only seven remaining spokes on it jumped up in unison, and all of them turned into seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys in the wind.

These young men were all slender and broad-shouldered, tall and long-armed, dressed in green leather armor, and holding golden hoops and big sticks.

The two sheep that no one cared about couldn't dodge, and they were trampled into two pieces of bones first.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang!

Seven golden hoops and big sticks formed a circle, smashing down their heads and faces like hailstones, making a dull sound.

The old woman was besieged, but there was no way to escape, there was no way to hide, and the thin wooden stick in her hand could not even resist for a moment, and was smashed into several pieces by the spoke.

However, its clothes are soft and brittle, and its flesh is loose, just like the wild grass by the river, and even the skin and flesh of its clothes are torn apart together, revealing the same strange-shaped and colorful skeleton in its body.

However, the strange thing is that no matter how shocking the crack on the old woman's body is, the next moment it can always heal quickly, and then it will burst by the spoked teenagers, and then quickly repair it as before, and so on.

And so, the thumping thump, the crackling of clothes and flesh, the crackling of bones and the crackling of bones were incessant, and the broken bones of different colors and sizes were scattered all over the ground.

After a long time, the beaten old woman finally reacted, raised her head with all her might, opened her crooked mouth, and let out a terrible and piercing howl.

"Don't fight ...... again"

Before it could finish its words, the most conspicuous monster was slapped on its mouth, and the mouth full of strange teeth immediately shot out like a heavenly maiden.

"There's a hidden weapon!"

The big monster screamed, and there was already a big white tooth on the door of his head.

He hurriedly covered his head and face with a golden rod, and at the same time withdrew.

The other six teenagers also cried wolf and dodged.

The old woman finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the skeleton in her body made a strange clicking sound, and she barely recovered her figure, but her head was obviously shorter than before.

When he looked down, he saw that there was a thick layer of bone slag under his feet, and he had even buried the two poor sheep under the ground, and he could no longer tell the difference.

The old woman immediately knew that she had been beaten for a long time, and that she had already suffered a great injury.

It didn't try to escape, but rolled on the spot and pounced, scooping out the two fist-sized sheepskin felt sacs from the pile of broken bones.

Immediately another felt sac was opened, containing not teeth, but human fingers and toes.

The old woman turned over with great difficulty, and turned on her back to the sky, and several bones in her body snapped as a result, and sharp spear-like bones stabbed out from all over her body.

If an ordinary person was so seriously injured, he would either die of pain or be pierced through the organs by broken bones and die, but the old woman didn't realize it.

It lay on the pile of broken bones as if no one was around, and lifted two felt sacs and poured them down.

Numerous teeth, fingers, and toes rained down into the old woman's mouth, which she struggled to open.

Seven young men surrounded each other again, and when they saw this, they couldn't help but glance at each other: "This old thing looks very evil!" ”

"yes, yes, it's really durable, it can't be killed no matter how you fight!"

"No, no, no, it's obviously broken as soon as it hits, how can this be considered durable?"

In a short time, two sheepskin felt sacs the size of a fist were devoured by the old woman.

It let out a long breath, most of its previous weakness was gone, its body was visibly elongated, and even the teeth in its mouth were filled, but it was still grotesque and ugly.

The old woman lay on the ground and couldn't get up, threw away the two sheepskin felt sacs, raised her eyes to look at the seven heads in a circle around her head, and spoke with a weak voice: "The old body and you have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, why do you indiscriminately commit this poisonous hand?" ”

The leader of the spokes asked curiously, "What the hell are you?" ”

The old woman's face was flushed with shame, but I was a knife and I was a fish, and finally replied weakly: "The old body was originally a human skin in the forbidden water, but it was ignited by the corpse qi floating from the north, and suddenly one day it was transformed into spirituality. ”

He nodded as if he didn't understand, and then asked, "What are you doing eating other people's teeth and fingers?" ”

"Is this...... The old body is congenitally a little deficient, although it is reluctant to transform into shape, but it can not be condensed into a substance, the bones are not bones, the tendons are not tendons, and it always looks like a person, and it is necessary to absorb the muscles and bones of people to refine the shape, so as to achieve the perfection of the body. ”

"In addition to the bones of the tooth and the tendon of the claw, I eat these two things to replenish the qi of the muscles and bones."

The teenagers looked at each other, their eyes were full of novelty, even if they themselves were spirits, but they also felt that they had gained insight and opened their eyes.

"Although this skin spirit is ugly, he knows a lot."

"Uh-huh, it was chanting poetry just now!"

After thinking about it, he suddenly cleared his throat, his expression became solemn, and his tone became serious, as if he was deliberately imitating someone: "Let me ask you, how did you get the contents of these two bags?" Do you know that according to the "Law of Great Qi", what are the sins of killing and injuring people, opening coffins and destroying corpses? ”

"The Law of Great Qi?"

The old woman was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting to hear this word here and now, but obviously knowing what the "Great Qi Law" was.

As a result, it looked at the young man and became weird, and the tone of his voice subconsciously became a little serious: "You don't want to wronged the old body, I didn't harm anyone's life, and I didn't dig the grave and open the coffin, this bag of human teeth and bags of human claws are all exchanged for his own skin by the old body, this is not a crime, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the seven young men looked at each other again: "This situation...... Adults have never taught you, huh? ”

The next moment, there was a loud whistling sound in the night sky, and a strong wind blew violently from top to bottom.

Everyone only felt that there was a flower in front of them, and there was already an extra person beside him, wearing a black robe and silver belt, wearing a red striped white fur, carrying a long knife, an iron shield, and a gold medal and a bronze tiger on his waist.

The seven teenagers who were the guards of the Clamp Hub Team immediately lined up like goose wings, bowing and saluting while giving way to the road: "See Lord Captain!" ”

Qi Jingzhi smiled and nodded: "Your brother's ability to set up ambushes has grown more and more. ”

As he spoke, he walked up to the old woman: "Where and from whom did you get these two human bones?" ”

"Captain?"

At this time, the old woman still didn't understand that she had fallen into a trap, and the other party was clearly in league with the vicious army before.

It had no luck in its heart, and hurriedly struggled to sit up, squeezing out an ugly smile on its face: "If the old body says it, can the adults spare me this stinky skin?" ”

Qi Jingzhi grinned: "Let's talk about it." ”

The old woman's smile became more and more reluctant, but she didn't dare not answer: "There is an abandoned camp north of the forbidden water, and there is a market in the camp, which is all about corpses, and the bones of the old body are exchanged in that market. ”

"It's all corpse business?"

Qi Jingzhi chewed on this sentence slightly, and his expression was a little cold: "Except for you who exchange skin for bones, what other corpse business is there in the bazaar?" ”

"That's too many, there are whole corpses for sale, but more of them are still dismantled and sold."

"Among them, the sale of skulls is the most common, and some spirits like to change their heads, change their faces or something when they are idle, and their hair and facial features can also be sold separately."

"There are also trunks and limbs, bones, blood fascia, internal organs, etc., the old body is now unrefined, the muscles and bones are uncomfortable, and they only care about human teeth and claws, and they don't care too much about the rest."

Qi Jingzhi's eyes flashed when he heard this: "These blood-eyed bats on the ground that snatch people's hair, as well as those murderers who are running around, killing people and wiping their faces, they have human hair and skin, and they all want to be sold in that market?" ”

When the old woman heard this, she shook her head: "This old body is not very clear, Xu is for sale, Xu is useful for himself." ”

"After all, the old body is a personal skin essence, the head is born, and the facial features are complete, especially this face can be rubbed as much as you want, you don't need to buy someone else's, and you don't know any sellers......"

It paused, and suddenly remembered something: "In that bazaar, hair should be worthless, but the dough business is extremely prosperous, and the best goods are often priceless, and even a new pawnshop has opened for this." ”

"Some spirits don't have money for a while, so they will give their dough to that shop, and they can often negotiate a high price......"

Qi Jingzhi was only angry at first about the corpse business described by the old woman, but the more he heard it, the more bizarre and absurd he felt, especially the pawnshop that could pawn the dough, which was even more incredible.

"Is the corpse qi of the cold mountain dragon corpse so poisonous? The wild land in the north of the forbidden water and the south of the cold mountain sounds like the world! ”

(End of chapter)