Chapter 21: "The Tribute"

On the edge of the creek.

Wang Changsheng's eyes were cloudy.

He glanced at the black ash on the ground, and then at Li Laodao in the bamboo cage behind him.

There was silence for a few seconds, and then, without hesitation, he turned back the way he came.

He decided to kill the "Eye Demon"!

At the fastest speed!

I have to say that the concealment ability of this eye demon is really amazing, and it wasn't until the moment it burst out that Wang Changsheng felt the abnormal fluctuations.

The half-open "eye" at the center of the demon's eyebrows at the last moment is even more weird, and it can directly affect people's consciousness, if it weren't for the strong and domineering Jiuyang Convincing Qi Method, and his strong resistance to abnormal states, even he would inevitably fall into the way.

Thinking of this, Wang Changsheng was a little afraid.

The Eye Demon seems to be extremely confident in the ability of his third eye, so he didn't flee or launch a counterattack immediately after using it, otherwise he probably wouldn't have been able to kill it so easily, and might even be seriously injured in its counterattack.

If he was alone, Wang Changsheng could still endure it.

However, he still has the unconscious Li Laodao!

Wang Changsheng knew that last night's shot had made this demon target him.

The strength of these eye demon descendants is strong and weak, and the descendants who attacked him this time are far stronger than the one last night, which can be clearly seen from the experience value of one is 10 points and the other is 5 points.

But even this enhanced version of the sub-body is actually not very strong, mainly because of their amazing stealth ability, which lurks up to launch a sneak attack, which is extremely annoying.

And if the eye demon targets Li Laodao's body, Wang Changsheng, who is resting, will probably not have time to rescue.

Such a threat has touched Wang Changsheng's scales.

Therefore, this demon must be eliminated!

Of course, the biggest reason that prompted Wang Changsheng to make this decision was the information indicated in the hints on the attribute panel: the strength of the eye demon was still in the category of the little demon.

The little demon corresponds to the Bigu realm in the four realms of cultivation.

Relying on the benefits of high-grade magic weapons, coupled with the Jiuyang Qi Convincing Method and many talismans, as well as the power of Dao Fruit as a hole card, Wang Changsheng felt that even if he couldn't beat the eye demon body, it was still no problem to protect himself.

And if you want to find the body of this monster, you need to start with the woman and her party last night.

When the Eye Demon first appeared, it targeted the woman's swaddling baby, and there must be a deep connection between this.

……

It only took less than half an hour for Wang Changsheng to rush back to the broken temple.

But at this moment, the ruined temple was empty, and the four of the women had left.

Wang Changsheng was just about to turn around and chase after him, but the corner of his eye swept to the gift box quietly placed on the ground in the middle of the ruined temple.

He stepped forward and bent down to pick it up.

Then he turned and hurried in the direction of the woman's departing footsteps.

……

In the northeast of Anmi County, there is a temple called "Hongyin Temple".

It is rumored that there are great monks in the temple, but Hongyin Temple is located in a remote area, and the mountain road is rugged, so there are not many believers who come here to offer incense, and there are almost no people who have really seen the great monk.

Because they were afraid of the Eye Demon's attack again, the four of them rushed desperately, even if their feet were blistered with blood, they all endured it.

In such a hurry, it only took more than an hour for the four of them to come to the gate of Hongyin Temple halfway up the mountain.

It was only then that the woman and her party relaxed a little, gasping for air.

And this scene happened to fall in the eyes of Wang Changsheng, who was chasing after him.

In front of the gate of Hongyin Temple, a small novice is holding a broom, sweeping away the fallen leaves and dust on the ground.

Seeing the woman's entourage, Xiao Shami stepped forward and saluted with his hands folded: "Amitabha, dare to ask how many donors have come to Hongyin Temple to offer incense?" If so, it will take a while, and the Hongyin Temple will be open to the public after the time, so please forgive me. (9 a.m.)

The little novice was only eight or nine years old, and it seemed that he had just been ordained, and his voice was distinctively clear and clear.

"Little master, excuse me." The middle-aged man stepped forward and arched his hand, his face full of apologies: "There is less than half an hour before the end of the hour, I will wait outside the temple for a while, can I?" ”

"Yes." After the novice had bowed, he saw the four of them waiting under a tree on the side, so he picked up the broom again and cleaned it up.

Under the big tree outside the temple gate, the woman and her party seemed to be discussing something in a low voice, and Wang Changsheng, who was in the distance, saw this scene, and did not have the slightest intention to hide it, and strode forward.

The sound of approaching footsteps immediately attracted the attention of the woman and her party.

They turned their heads and saw the young Taoist priest coming, and after being stunned for a moment, they were immediately overjoyed: "Daoist! ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly got up and bowed his hand respectfully, and the woman held the baby and bowed, with excitement in her eyes.

And the two guards didn't dare to slack off, and they clasped their fists and saluted.

It is still unknown whether Hongyin Temple has a great monk who can protect them, but the young Taoist in front of him really killed the eye demon and saved their lives!

Although they didn't know why the young Taoist went and came back to Hongyin Temple, they didn't care about this at all.

"It's me." Wang Changsheng nodded, and then said straight to the point: "Tell me everything you know about the eye demon." ”

"I'll come and go, kill this fang."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man and the woman holding the baby were all happy, and then, the middle-aged man told the information he knew without reservation.

"We have to start with last year's drought."

The middle-aged man's expression was very complicated:

"The drought that lasted for a whole year has gradually dried up the rivers in Anmi County, which are not tributaries of the Dolphin River, and the lack of water for irrigation has led to a quarter of the harvest in the county."

"The townspeople thought they had offended the dragon lord, so they carried out many sacrifices and prayed for forgiveness and mercy from the gods, but to no avail."

"Not long ago, however, several children in the town died in their homes overnight, their eyes hollowed out, and they were brutally gouged out."

"Since then, children have been killed, and before these children die, a thin line will appear in the center of their eyebrows, as if they are about to open a third eye."

"The government traced it, but it didn't get anything, what else can it do like this, except for monsters?"

"So people were panicked, and everyone called this eye-catching monster 'Eye Demon'."

"From time to time, a traveling Fang Dao person passed by, ambushed at night, and laboriously killed an eyed demon, and the next day, a second eyed demon continued to come out to harm people."

"The man was so frightened that he fled, and before leaving, he told the townspeople that there were many eye demons, and he could eradicate them alone."

"The Taoist is gone, and the people in Anmi County are becoming more and more panicked."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man's tone was stunned, and his expression became more complicated: "What people didn't expect was that the day after the ninth child was killed, it miraculously rained the first rain of the year in Anmi County. ”

"It had been raining for less than an hour, but everyone was overjoyed."

"Then, every seven days, nine children would be killed in the night, and then there would be a rain of rain in time."

"Gradually, all the townspeople regard the existence of the 'Eye Demons' as the messengers of the Dragon Lord."

"For every nine children as a 'tribute', a heavy rain falls."

"Children with thin lines in the center of their eyebrows are regarded as 'tribute' to the Dragon Lord, and they are not allowed to escape from Anmi County."

"And my sister's child, who was less than three months old, became the chosen 'tribute'."

The middle-aged man lifted the swaddling clothes that covered the baby, allowing Wang Changsheng to see the baby's smooth forehead.

There, there was a faint black line, shaped like a closed third eye......

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(Thanks to the big guy "Chen Xiansen" and "levi10086" for their tips!) )

(There is something temporary tonight, the update is late, and I ask for your forgiveness.) )