The arm was cut off by a strong force at the joint, and the wound was very smooth, and because it had not been in the water for a long time, there were still dripping red blood from time to time when the man fished it out of the water.

The surroundings were quickly filled with a pungent smell of blood, and many onlookers turned pale with fright, and a few young girls couldn't help but want to vomit.

The scene was eerily quiet.

I don't know who in the crowd shouted: "Water Demon!"

His voice was frightened, and there was a hint of trembling, and he shouted, "It was the water demon who did it!"

The crowd erupted suddenly, and they no longer dared to stand on the edge of the lake, and shouted to retreat back.

The 800-mile Dongting Lake stretches as far as the eye can see, and in the darkness, under the shroud of a faint mist, this vast body of water is even more mysterious.

Shenzhou, also known as Kyushu, is taken from the meaning of five lakes and four seas. And this Dongting Lake is one of the five lakes, and it is also the largest in area. Throughout the ages, this huge inland lake and the Yangtze River on the north side do not know how many creatures have been raised, according to legend, in this 800 miles of lake water, there are many terrifying water demons inherited from ancient times.

These water demons are cruel and powerful, and even cannibalistic and kill people, and for thousands of years, I don't know how many nearby fishermen have been buried in this mysterious water.

When Yun Xiaoye was in Shushan, he heard that a hundred years ago, there were frequent incidents of big demons in the water hurting people in Dongting Lake, and it seemed that Qian Duoshan, the head of the Qian family, who was not far away at the time, showed his might, killed more than ten big demons in the water, and saved one side of the water and soil.

And in the past few months, the water demon that has been dormant for a hundred years has actually begun to move again, a while ago, the famous Qian Thirteen Sister also personally investigated, so far there is no follow-up, I didn't expect that this time the water demon actually came to Yueyang City, where human activities are frequent, which is still very rare.

In the crowd, the storyteller shook his head silently with a white cloth curtain, and the granddaughter next to him seemed a little scared, and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa, is it really a water demon?"

The storyteller didn't speak, just sighed.

How many vicissitudes of life, how many joys and sorrows, are all in this old sigh.

Yun Xiaoxie's chivalrous heart didn't know which pimple corner of his soul rose again, and he turned his head to Song Yourong and said: "We are disciples of the righteous path, and this time we are going down the mountain to kill demons, help the heavens, and save the people of Li...... Now is the time for us to shine!"

Song Yourong frowned and said, "You don't want to go into the water to catch demons, do you?"

Yun Xiao said righteously: "Why not?"

Song Yourong said: "It's a big deal, this is Xiangxi, since ancient times, Xiangxi has become a family of its own, and the two ways of righteousness and demons can't interfere, even if there is really a water demon, the four masters of the corpse chasing family are like clouds, and they will deal with it, so let's not get involved." ”

Yun Xiaoye shrugged and said: "I see that the ability of these four corpse chasing families is also commonplace, that Qian Thirteen Sister is quite famous, didn't she still hurt Shi Shaobei last night under the same name as her? ”

He spoke righteously, and his face was impassioned, as if a brave and righteous young man was fearless in the face of all the killings in front of him.

Song Yourong's heart trembled, he really didn't expect that Yun Xiaoxie, who had always been greedy for life and afraid of death, would have such a high consciousness in the face of major rights and wrongs.

"Did I misread him before?"

Song Yourong thought so in his heart, and was just about to say that he would also go out to kill demons and eliminate demons, Yun Xiaoxiao suddenly looked around, and his righteous face suddenly became obscene, his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, like a philistine businessman, almost drooling out.

He said in a low voice: "I heard that generally successful demon clans have a demon pill in their bodies, which is a treasure condensed by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth's spiritual energy, sun and moon, which can not only be resold for silver, but also help cultivators improve their cultivation, and even refine magic weapons and pills, we just took the opportunity to dig up a few demon clan inner pills!"

Song Yourong's expression froze, and there was a stunned look in his eyes.

"Didn't you just say that you slay demons and eliminate demons and help the heavens...... Why doesn't it seem that you have this intention at all, but are bent on digging up the water demon Neidan?"

"Digging Neidan and slaying demons and eliminating demons is the same meaning, and there are more people in our righteous path who go to the Hongchuan Mountains to kill the big demons under the slogan of killing demons and eliminating demons. Now this water demon hurts people, in addition to the demon, we have protected the water and soil, and by the way, it is also appropriate to dig a Neidan and take it for ourselves......"

Song Yourong couldn't cry or laugh, and was silent.

Who is Yun Xiaoxie?

It is known as the number one big rat in Shushan!

What are rats? Rats specialize in stealing and bringing food that other people's families have been fortunate enough to grow to their own homes.

No profit can not be early, although Yun Xiaoxie has such a chivalrous spirit and righteousness in his heart, but if there is no benefit, he has to fight with people, which is really difficult for him to do.

It was dark, and there was no moon or stars to be seen. Heavy black clouds shrouded the air, making the atmosphere even more depressing.

The rest of the unlucky man's body was long gone, except for half of his arm, and no one dared to look for it in the water now.

The water demon is a cannibal, and everyone is pale and goes in the direction of Yueyang Ancient City behind them.

Yun Xiaoxiao didn't leave, he squatted by the lake and watched carefully, trying to find some clues, Song Yourong stood behind him, watching him mess around.

Not far from the darkness, the pair of grandfathers and grandsons who were walking the rivers and lakes and telling stories did not leave in a hurry, but they did not dare to approach the lakeside.

"Grandpa, let's go. ”

The little girl seemed a little scared, and pulled her grandfather's sleeve and said softly.

The storyteller turned his head and glanced at his granddaughter, sighed again, and then turned his head to look into the distance, which was the deepest part of the eight-hundred-mile Dongting Lake in the dark, where was there?

The old man stared for a long time, as if he had traveled through time and space, as if he had seen something dozens or even hundreds of miles away.

In the end, he retracted his gaze, took the bamboo pole curtain with "joke about the world", and turned around and walked towards the ancient city of Yueyang behind him, but the moment he turned around, his eyes still looked at the figure of the young man and woman on the edge of the lake.

The night gradually sank.

Yun Xiaoxiao searched for a long time and found no trace of the water demon, and couldn't help but feel disappointed, seeing that it was not early, he and Song Yourong decided to go to the ancient city of Yueyang to find an inn to live in temporarily, and then come to subdue the demon and eliminate the demon during the day tomorrow, and dig a few water demon Neidan by the way.

Yun Xiaoyi and Song Yourong came to the ancient city of Yueyang, at this moment it was already dark, the pedestrians on the street did not decrease but increased, and many beautiful girls on the street walked in twos and threes, or gently shook Luo fans, or whispered, so that Yun Xiaoxie, who was not completely civilized about the affairs of men and women, was also overwhelmed, and longed to have a few more eyes.

After inquiring, I learned that today is the first day of the fifth month, and it is the famous Xiangjun Festival in Xiangxi, which is to commemorate the concubine Niangniang a long time ago.

According to legend, when the tribal leader went out on patrol, the woman called Jun Concubine chased her to the shore of Dongting Lake to see her man, and her tears fell and it became today's 800 miles of Dongting Lake, and her hair withered became a famous Jun Zhu near Dongting Lake in Xiangxi, and her body turned into Laojun Mountain.

The rumors are naturally exaggerated, how can a woman's tears form an eight-hundred-mile Dongting Lake?

However, this love story is mostly sought after by local young unmarried men and women, on the first day of the fifth month, ask for a marriage sign in the temple of the concubine Niangniang, put a heart-to-heart lamp, you can usher in a happy love.

Yun Xiaoxiao and Song Yourong are also young and vigorous teenagers, and they naturally have a beautiful vision and yearning for love in their hearts.

The temple of Junfei Niangniang is also very famous in a radius of several hundred miles, and Yueyang Tower is one south and one north, echoing each other from afar.

At this moment, there are many young men and women gathered around the temple of Junfei Niangniang, and there are many vendors on both sides of the street.

In the crowd, there were two women, one with a slender figure, wearing a black skirt, but wearing a black veil on her face, making it difficult to see her face.

Following this black-clothed veiled woman was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, dressed in Miao Baise costumes, with a lot of delicate silver jewelry, especially the silver earrings under the two earlobes. She was quite delicate, with a round face, large eyes, and slightly bronzed skin.

There is less of a kind of gentleness of a middle-earth Han woman, and more of the fierceness and heroism of a woman of different races.

These two are naturally Qian Thirteen Sister and her maidservant. I don't know why, Qian Thirteen Sister also came to this Yueyang Ancient City after nightfall.

"Miss, you see the street is so lively!"

The Miao woman waved her arms and looked quite excited, and the silver ornaments on her body made a jingling sound with the movements of her body, which really attracted the attention of many young men on the road.

Qian Thirteen Mei didn't speak, just walked slowly in the crowd, and unconsciously arrived at the temple of Concubine Jun.

Qian Thirteenth Sister stopped, and her eyes fell on the ancient big tree in front of the temple of Concubine Jun Niangniang, at this moment, the branches of the big tree were already full of sachets of wishes begged by believers, looking at the number, I am afraid that there are not ten thousand, but also eight thousand.

The Miao girl next to her didn't know where to run, and it took a long time to get out of the crowd, and there were still two river lanterns in her hands, one black and one red.

She smiled and said, "Miss, there are too many people inside, let's go put the heart lamp." ”

Qian Thirteen Sister's dead fish-like gray eyes stared at the Miao girl for a while, and the Miao girl was not afraid, but with an innocent smile.

After a while, Qian Thirteenth Sister said slowly: "Luo Yu, do you say that this Lianxin Lantern really works?"

The Miao girl named Luo Yu nodded, and said seriously: "With the blessing of the concubine Niangniang, it is naturally effective." Miss, if you have any wishes, write them on the river lantern, as long as you can find the river lantern in the lower reaches of the river, the princess will definitely bless the lady to fulfill her wishes. ”

Qian Thirteen Mei hesitated for a while, as if she thought that she really had a wish in her heart, and immediately stretched out her white jade-like fingers and gently took a black river lamp in the hand of Luo Yu, a Miao girl.

Black river lanterns are rare, and most of them are pink or red, which is festive. However, buying a black river lantern is easy to find by yourself downstream, and there is no need to look for a needle in a haystack.