Chapter 52: Demon Nature
Frankly, it doesn't feel like a village at all, but it's a bit closer to the pictures of foreign slums that Zhou Ang had seen online in his last life.
The Tang Dynasty emphasizes the beauty of grandeur and magnificence, Chang'an City will not be said, just say that the locality, whether it is an official house or a residence, do not take this as an aesthetic tendency, to Lingzhou, it has been southern, to tell the truth, compared to the kind of grandeur near Chang'an City, it is still worse in temperament, but even so, it is also important to pay attention to a hall is a hall is a hall, and people with a little money have to bring a corridor pillar when they start a new house.
Why? atmosphere!
There are many villages outside Lingzhou City, you can see from a distance, or built along the river, or by the mountains, those houses are in the eaves of the intertwined, there is always an indescribable neatness. Even if it is unplanned, it always has a sense of regularity - this is the subconscious aesthetic pursuit of the people of Datang, or human beings.
But on the other hand, there is ...... A shack built haphazardly with piles of wood and planks.
Cluttered.
And it's clear that it's never going to be strong.
Frankly speaking, I heard the dog demon talk about some things in this demon realm before, especially the centralized discipline and training, learning human writing, and the division of labor after the end of discipline, Zhou Ang was more and more frightened!
It didn't feel like a legendary youkai to him, but more like a time-traveler trying to educate his uncivilized tribe - and the other party seemed to have done a good job!
But when he really walked in front of this "demon village", Zhou Ang suddenly felt relieved.
Maybe the "king" in their mouth is really a great demon, but at present, it seems that all these actions he has done are far from reaching the point where he can shock himself.
One person and two demons walked across the single-plank bridge built on the river outside the village, and soon saw other monsters.
The two demons also had swords in their hands, and they seemed to be standing guard at the entrance of the village.
Seeing the badger demon and the dog demon from a distance, they greeted each other, and then listened to the introduction of the dog demon, both of them turned their heads to look at Zhou Ang, and whispered a few words with the dog demon badger demon, and then the two monsters laughed.
"Hey, fool, since you've just come from outside, you must have something to eat!"
Zhou Ang spread his hands and acted stupidly, "What to eat?"
He's actually very nervous right now.
As early as when he was chatting with the dog demon and the badger demon, his mind was spinning his thoughts almost all the time, repeatedly weighing whether to strike first, even if he killed a monster and ran away, but after hesitating, he still wanted to take the opportunity to mix in the village they said to have a look.
This is, of course, out of curiosity.
Not only was he curious about what kind of youkai the "king" they called was, and he would try to train and organize the youkai in this way, but he was also curious about how far he had gone by doing so.
But at the same time, of course, he also knew that there were dozens of various youkai in the place where he was about to penetrate, and if they found out that they were not of their kind, they would immediately attack them.
What he was especially afraid of was that there were demons in this village who could see through themselves at a glance.
After all, this is a mysterious world, since there are demons and people in this world, since there are people who can see the demon at a glance, there must be demons who can see through the "human flavor" on their bodies at a glance.
It's just that the results observed so far are, first, to let down his guard and surprise a little about the "governance" of that "king", and second, the few monsters he found out that he encountered may have been centrally disciplined and domesticated, at least in front of their own kind, but they did not show too much aggression.
That's why he decided to continue to play dumb, and was ready to at least sneak into the village to observe the situation inside the village, and then decide whether to withdraw immediately, or find an opportunity to kill one and then retreat.
But at this time, with Zhou Ang's answer, the two monsters guarding the entrance of the village suddenly came over.
The badger demon and the dog demon also walked after them.
There was a monster at the head, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and Zhou Ang guessed that it should be transformed by a fierce beast such as a tiger and leopard.
The four monsters, just walking over with their front and back feet, are actually quite oppressive.
"The old dog said you were a horse?" the big guy asked.
Zhou Ang was stunned for a moment and said, "Ah...... yes, what's wrong?"
The big guy laughed slowly—if that look on his face could be called a "laugh".
He said, "Didn't your messenger come in with you?"
Zhou Ang suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still said, "I don't know! He said to let me come in and wait for him, and then he threw me in!"
When the guy heard this, he turned his head to look at his companion on duty and exchanged glances.
Zhou Ang's bad premonition suddenly became heavier.
However, the badger demon and the dog demon seemed to be a little hesitant and cowardly, following behind these two, faintly a few steps behind, not daring to approach.
Zhou Ang subconsciously took a step back, "Hey, you ......"
The big guy suddenly said, "Do you know? Lao Tzu hasn't eaten a human for more than ten years, and I have almost forgotten what the human heart and lungs taste like! Do you know how pitiful I am? I can only eat a meal of meat every few days, and I am too difficult...... As he spoke, the demon continued to walk over.
Zhou Ang took a step back, "I really didn't bring anything to eat! I don't know what you need to eat!"
"But you're a horse!
Zhou Ang was stunned for a moment, "I'm a demon!"
After a pause, he added, "We're the same kind!"
"Yes, you are a demon, we are also a demon! But in addition to being here, I will also eat demons when I am outside! You are a horse, although Lao Tzu has never eaten a horse, but as long as it is meat......"
"Hey, you ......"
"Old ......"
Before Zhou Ang's words were finished, he only heard the guy with the tiger's back scream, as if he was calling the name of his companion, and then Zhou Ang suddenly found that the situation around him changed in an instant.
A curling mist steamed up from the surface, and instantly pulled out a curtain that dissolved in the mist, cutting off everything around, and even the figures of the badger demon and the dog demon suddenly disappeared.
At the same time, the mirror in Zhou Ang's arms was heating up and trembling slightly excitedly.
At that moment, Zhou Ang felt that the consciousness it transmitted to his head seemed to say: "Kill it!"
Zhou Ang couldn't help but clench the hilt of the sword in his hand.
Frankly, he was nervous.
Not only because of the other party's tiger back and strength is unknown, but also because there are three other monsters right next to it, one has been determined to be its helper, and the other two are also unclear.
And even if there is only one monster, Zhou Ang is not sure if he can kill the other party alone!
Looking back now, although he has participated in many battles, and he has killed a lot of monsters, even the sixth-order cultivation masters have sniped, but most of them are sneak attacks that take advantage of their unpreparedness, and Zhou Ang has never tried it once in a real face-to-face battle.
And the thinking inertia brought over by his previous life, he obviously prefers to use his brain to solve problems, and he has to use a sword as a last resort.
But at this time, the other party seems to have made up his mind.
The creature stepped across the curtain.
With a happy and longing smile on his face, he said earnestly: "I still remember that a little girl of seven or eight years old I ate back then was so tender! It was so delicious! I never ate such a good thing again!"
"You're definitely not as delicious as that little girl, but I don't dislike you, I want to eat you today!"
"If you want to blame it, blame your envoy, who told him not to send you to the place!"
"Lao Tzu is just hungry, but now everyone is sleeping, as long as the four of us don't say anything, no one knows that you have appeared near our village. I'm still a good villager after eating you!"
When he heard those words, Zhou Ang's state of mind suddenly calmed down, and he borrowed a force from the mirror in his arms, breaking through the "barrier" around him at once.
Then he asked, "You ate a little girl of seven or eight years old?"
"yes! it's delicious!" the guy said.
Zhou Ang didn't say anything else when he heard this, but calmly pulled out the long sword in his waist.
"Then let me die!"
As soon as the words came out, Zhou Ang stabbed with a sword.
But the guy who seemed to have a tiger's back dodged this sword very lightly, and while his backhand was a punch to Zhou Ang's shoulder, he didn't forget to laugh: "You really talk like those humans outside!"
Just feeling the rumors, Zhou Ang subconsciously understood that this guy should be just as he guessed, a monster with infinite power. But at this time, he also noticed that not only the badger demon and the dog demon who were standing a little farther away at the moment, but even the roe deer demon who used the demon magic to create a "puzzle" that surrounded him, did not seem to have the slightest intention of coming over to give this monster a hand.
This shows that they are extremely confident in this guy's strength and believe that they can't be his opponent, but on the other hand, Zhou Ang knows that this is also his best chance!
While dodging, with a somewhat embarrassed look, but he was just able to avoid this powerful punch, but at the same time, he said: "If you kill me, aren't you afraid of being found out?
The guy cracked his mouth and smiled, and said proudly, "You don't have a household registration! we can't have you here!" and then pounced ferociously in an instant.
Zhou Ang was waiting for this moment.
"Stasis!"
In fact, Zhou Ang has always understood that up to now, whether he can fight a tough battle has not been verified, but he is good at sneak attacks of "defeating the strong with the weak", which has been proven again and again.
Therefore, it is better to keep a low profile first, and then suddenly sneak attack, which is more secure.
So at this time, with a "stagnation" in Zhou Ang's mind, the body of the guy who pounced on the tiger's back suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Although it may not even take half a second to break through this small spell, this time difference is enough for Zhou Ang's sword to aim at its chest and stab it hard.
Just the next moment, with a "ding", the sword broke.
Zhou Ang couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and his face turned pale in an instant.
And at this time, the huge monster with a tiger's back and a bear's waist broke through Zhou Ang's "stagnation" spell, and then roared angrily, and as soon as his body was free, he fiercely used his entire body as a weapon and pounced again.
"This guy's skin is so thick and hard!"
Zhou Ang thought of this sentence in a hurry, and it was too late to make other reactions, so he quickly rolled to the side in embarrassment, and avoided this ferocious attack.
But on the way to dodge, Zhou Ang intuitively felt the arrival of danger, and in the midst of the rolling, he suddenly exerted force on his back, and at the same time slapped the ground with one palm, and the whole person jumped up.
And at the moment when his body flew off the ground, just as he was about to roll over, there was a sudden "bang" sound, and a boulder fell out of thin air.