After a while, Fang Heyu's mother Zhang Xia came back with two large bags of various New Year's goods, and when she saw Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi, she hurriedly put down her things, took Chen Ruoxi's hand and said with a smile: "Xiaoxi, I knew that you would come back for the New Year, you see, I went to buy some food, and I didn't buy anything good because of the tight time, let's make do with it today, and go to the county tomorrow to buy it." ”

The corners of Fang Heyu's mouth twitched slightly, and said, "Mom, it seems that I am your son, as if you didn't see me." ”

Zhang Xia glared at Fang Heyu angrily, and said, "You said that every time you carry out a surprise attack, can't you call back first?"

Fang Heyu said with a smile: "Mom, if I don't come back, I will definitely call, and if I don't call, I will definitely come back." ”

Fang Rong said: "Okay, it's almost noon, hurry up and cook, Xiaoxi, you haven't eaten until now in the morning, right?"

Every time it's like this, Chen Ruoxi has been in her own home for two years, and when her parents saw Chen Ruoxi for the first time, they were very satisfied with her, and they liked her very much, and even her "status" was affected.

Zhang Xia glared at Fang Rong and said, "What's the hurry, I don't want to have a good chat with Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi, I haven't seen you this year, you seem to be more beautiful than before, did you eat any elixir, you see this skin, how watery." ”

Fang Heyu had a black line on his head and said, "Mom, what do you say, it's still an elixir, how can there be any elixir." "My mother is good at everything, but sometimes she is a little off-line.

Chen Ruoxi smiled and said, "Auntie, why don't I accompany you to the kitchen, we will talk while cooking, and you and Uncle Fang should also eat at noon." ”

"Today's New Year's Day, I'm in a hurry to have lunch, we have a good meal in the afternoon, I have prepared a few fish and a few catties of river crabs, and you can eat more when the time comes." ”

Fang Heyu smiled bitterly: "Mom, we don't eat much in the morning, this stomach is already growling, why don't you give us some noodles first?"

"Okay, you wait, Xiaoxi, you wait, I'll get it done soon." ”

"Auntie, let's come with me. Chen Ruoxi hurriedly said.

Zhang Xia asked her to sit down on the sofa and said with a smile: "You guys have worked hard all the way, rest for a while, and cook noodles quickly." ”

Zhang Xia's movements were indeed quite fast, and in less than twenty minutes, two bowls of steaming noodles were served on the table. Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi were also not polite, they were indeed hungry, so they ate directly, while Fang Rong and Zhang Xia did not eat, but sat at the dining table, watching them eat, with happy smiles on their faces.

Fang Heyu asked while eating: "Dad, I don't think something is quite right in the village, it is usually very lively at this time, why are the families closed today, what is going on?"

Fang Heyu rents a car to go home for the New Year every year, and the villagers also think that he has done a big business, so they will come over to be polite and chatter, but this year's atmosphere makes Fang Heyu feel a little wrong. Generally speaking, my playmates from childhood to adulthood will rush over to catch up with themselves.

Fang Rong's face changed slightly, then he sighed and said, "Don't you know, on the mountain on the other side of this lake, a fierce beast has appeared, and it has already injured more than ten people. ”

"What, beast?" Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi were both surprised, and asked rhetorically at the same time.

"Yes, at first, a few people from the village went to the opposite mountain, you know, they sometimes go over there to pick some wild vegetables or something, but they were injured by the beast, and then Fang Erga, Goudan'er and a few of their young people went over with shovels and pickaxes, trying to solve the beast, but the result was good, the beast didn't solve it, they were all injured by the beast. ”

Fang Erga and Goudaner are Fang Heyu's best friends since childhood. Fang Heyu frowned slightly when he heard this, and said, "What kind of beast is it, can you see it clearly?"

"I heard that Goudan said that it was a black cat, and it was extremely fast, and its claws were extremely sharp, not like an ordinary wild cat at all. ”

"Wild cat, how is this possible, even if this thing is fierce, it can't easily hurt an adult, right?"

Fang Rong said with a solemn face: "I specially went to see a few of them, that's what Goudaner said, you know that kid, he never lies, let alone exaggerate." ”

Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi glanced at each other, and they both felt that there was something strange in this, and the wild cat hurt people, which really sounded incredible.

Fang Heyu quickly finished eating the noodles, and then said, "I'll go to Goudan'er's house to have a look." ”

Chen Ruoxi said: "I'll go with you." ”

"Good. ”

Goudan'er's house is in the east of the village, and Goudan'er's parents saw Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi coming, and hurriedly greeted them, and said with a smile: "Xiao Yu, are you back for the New Year?"

Fang Heyu nodded, and then said, "Auntie, I came back in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring any gifts, what about the dog?"

"It's good to come back, what kind of gift do you bring, the dog is injured, and the flesh on his leg is blurred by the wild cat, and he is lying down. ”

"Then I'll take a look. ”

Goudan'er was an extremely strong, but honest young man, who was lying on the bed frowning at this time, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Dog, I've come to see you. Fang Heyu greeted him with a smile as soon as he entered the room, and then looked at the dog's bandaged right leg.

"Heyu, you're back, Xiaoxi, you're here too. When the dog saw Fang Heyu and the others, he immediately greeted him with a smile, and then tried to sit up.

Fang Heyu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, let him sit on the bed, and then said, "Dog, what's going on, you tell me in detail." ”

Goudan'er smiled bitterly: "Damn, that thing is evil enough, it is extremely fast, we can't even touch its shadow, and the claws are extremely sharp, otherwise my legs would not be injured like this." ”

"Hear my dad say it's a wild cat, can you be sure?"

"I'm almost sure, it's definitely a cat, but it's a lot bigger than an ordinary wild cat, and it's pitch black as ink, and I don't know where it came from. ”

"Erga, what about them?"

"I was also injured, but fortunately it was just a cat, and if it was a wild dog or something, with this speed, I guess several of us would have been bitten to death. ”

Fang Heyu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I know, how about it, you don't feel any discomfort, have you been vaccinated against rabies?"

"If you fight, do you dare not fight, otherwise you won't be able to get infected easily. ”

"Well, then you have a good rest, I won't stay longer, I'll go see Erga and a few of them. ”

Next, Fang Heyu visited several of his hair children separately, and the information he got was basically the same as what Goudan'er said, which made Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi feel that this wild cat was unusual.

This year is still a little lifeless overall, not only Fang Heyu's family, but even the entire village seems to be filled with a layer of haze, and the source of the haze is the wild cat that suddenly appeared to hurt people.

Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi rested in the same room, and this room was Fang Heyu's bedroom before he went to college. In Fang Rong and Zhang Xia's opinion, the two of them have long been a young couple, and it doesn't matter if they live together.

Entering the bedroom, Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi were lying on the bed, hugging each other, they used to sleep together often, so there was nothing embarrassing, but they didn't take the last step.

"Ruoxi, what the hell did you say was going on with that wild cat?"

"Is there any record in your Easy Heart Sutra that there are any spirit beasts and monsters?"

"Yes, yes, but if it's really this kind of thing, do you think a few of them can come back?"

Chen Ruoxi thought for a while and said, "Yes, what do you mean?"

"It is estimated that it is to gain some kind of power, or to mutate, so that it will have the speed and strength that ordinary wild cats do not have. ”

Chen Ruoxi nodded and said, "Why don't we go and have a look?"

"Not now, you forgot that it's a black cat with a whole body like ink, go at night, we are too passive, tomorrow, it's not bad for this night. ”

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Fang Heyu led Chen Ruoxi to pay homage to the elders in the village one by one, and then took Chen Ruoxi around the small lake in the village and came to the opposite mountain.

Spreading out their senses, the two immediately noticed that something was wrong. Chen Ruoxi said suspiciously: "Brother Yu, I seem to feel a trace of cold qi, although it is also a form of energy, but it is different from the Heaven and Earth Yuan Force. ”

Fang Heyu said with a solemn face: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, Ruoxi, you feel right, it's corpse qi, and the corpse qi here is still very thin, to the south, the corpse qi is getting stronger and stronger, it seems that the corpse qi is coming from that direction." ”

"Corpse gas, how can there be corpse gas here?"

"I don't know, it seems that the wild cat was infected by the corpse qi, which produced some kind of mutation, but the wild cat should not be deeply infected, otherwise they may not be able to go back. ”

"So powerful?" Chen Ruoxi said in surprise.

Fang Heyu nodded and said, "It is very clear from the records in the Heart Sutra that in the cultivation realm, in addition to our orthodox cultivators who cultivate the Yuan Power of Heaven and Earth, there are also some side doors, such as corpse cultivation, ghost cultivation, etc., what they absorb is not Yuan Force, but corpse qi or revenant, in short, it is very evil. ”

Chen Ruoxi gasped when she heard this, and said, "There is still such an evil cultivation method?"

"Yes, there are even more terrifying ones, such as blood cultivation, a way of cultivating using the blood of humans or animals, which can be said to be extremely cruel, because they will directly take the blood of living people. ”

Chen Ruoxi's face turned a little pale when she heard this, and said, "Brother Yu, what the hell is going on here, is there a corpse cultivator in the south that you said is not successful?"

"I don't know, let's go and take a look, and if it's too dangerous, then retreat. ”

"Good. ”

The two of them spread out their bodies and ran towards the south, the corpse qi did come from this side, because the further south they went, the stronger the corpse qi became, and later the two had to use the true qi to protect their bodies, otherwise they were likely to be infected by the corpse qi.

"The vegetation here is all black, and it seems that it has been infected for a long time, and I don't know if there are any animals in this place. Fang Heyu looked at the surrounding environment and frowned.

Chen Ruoxi nodded, and then said: "Brother Yu, there is a valley over there, which seems to be the source of corpse qi, and the corpse qi there is so heavy that the divine sense can't sweep it in." ”

"Let's go and see. ”

It was a valley about 100 meters long, and even though it was already noon, the valley was still filled with fog, and the two of them couldn't see the situation inside clearly.

Just when the two of them were hesitating to go in and have a look, suddenly a Buddha horn sounded.

"Amitabha, the two donors, are they also here for this corpse?"

Fang Heyu and Chen Ruoxi were startled, they didn't expect anyone to appear in this place, they turned around and saw that a big fat monk was standing there with a bowl in his left hand and a Zen staff in his right hand with a smile. Even in the cold winter season, the great monk's robe was not covered with clothes, and his big belly was exposed, as if the cold wind had no effect on him. Of course, Fang Heyu felt that his robe was a little not big enough, because the belly of the great monk was not much better than the Maitreya Buddha statue in the temple.

Fang Heyu looked at the great monk vigilantly, and said, "Master, you are also here for the corpse qi?" Fang Heyu had to be vigilant, because the appearance of this monk was too abrupt, you must know that they had been spreading their divine consciousness before, but they didn't notice the existence of the great monk at all, and the great monk seemed to suddenly appear here.