Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Man-Eating Black Dragon
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With the crow of chickens, there was movement in the village. The living wake up in the morning, and the dead have died last night.
There is an archway at the entrance of the village, with three big characters on it, Black Dragon Village. Passing through the torii and walking along the gravel road, you will find the way into the village. There are several sentry posts around the village, and it seems that someone is watching everything in the village. After a while, the sun came out, and the sunlight sprinkled on the tin roof, on the country roads, and on the dead silence of Heilong Village.
"The people in this village don't speak, are they all dumb?" Xiaohong did not hide the suspicion in her heart.
"It's wrong, they don't communicate, they don't know what's going on!" Shen Bing looked at the pedestrians on the road as he walked.
In a village of this size, there are thousands of people, to say the least, but not a single one speaks.
"Find someone to ask!" Xiaohong said and walked to a remote place, it turned out that she felt that these people didn't like to talk, there must be something unspeakable, there were many people, and they couldn't talk about anything, only in a secluded place, maybe they could reveal something. But it was too early, and many people were still at home and had not gone out, and the people they met were also walking on the road in groups of three or five, as if they were going to the mountains to cut wood.
Xiaohong had no choice but to pull a nearby villager and asked, "This big brother, what happened in your village?"
The man hurriedly got rid of Xiaohong, and said in a panic: "Don't ask me, I don't know!" After saying that, he flew away.
"What's the situation? I took the wrong medicine!" Xiaohong felt inexplicable, but she was even more curious, something must have happened.
Shen Bing saw that no one paid attention to him, so he had to continue walking. Seeing that I was about to leave the village, there were mountains behind the village, and if there was still no one to take care of it, I had to go back the way I came. At the south end of the village, he saw a few people wearing filial piety clothes, just silently burning incense paper, but not kowtowing, it seemed that a younger generation in the family had died. There were many graves nearby, and many of the wreaths had not yet rotted, apparently only a few months.
"Daughter, go with peace of mind, and be a good family in the next life!" cried a mother who cried sadly, her voice low, as if she was afraid that people would hear. Shen Bing heard it clearly, it turned out that her daughter had unfortunately passed away.
Xiaohong saw that the man was crying sadly, and her heart was also very uncomfortable. It seems that the silence in the village had a lot to do with the young girl's death. Xiaohong also stepped forward and took a few pieces of paper and burned them, and the mother looked at her in surprise, and a few words seemed to pop out of her eyes: Who are you?
Xiaohong has very little experience in crying in her life, and she can't squeeze out many tears for a while, so she puts on a very sad expression, as if the dead person is her friend for many years.
"This girl, are you Yu'er's friend?" asked the mother, who stopped crying, asked Xiaohong, who was sad on her face.
Xiaohong nodded, the fake drama was really done, she seemed to be really sad, and the uncomfortable feeling was really like she had just lost a good friend for many years.
"Then get out of here!" said the woman, seemingly worried about Red's safety.
"Why?" asked Red.
"You're not from here, are you? don't ask, go quickly, or you'll be too late!" said the woman, excitedly, certainly not lying.
"Auntie, you have to tell me, how did Xiaoyu die?" Xiaohong has already entered the play, although it is fake, but with true feelings, she guesses that the dead Xiaoyu should be about the same age as her.
"So you don't know yet!" The woman collected her emotions and began to speak slowly, this is what she wants to do most at the moment, crying can not bring Xiaoyu back from the dead, but confiding can make her continue to feel Xiaoyu's existence.
Now that it has been lost, the only thing we can do is not to forget.
"Xiaoyu didn't have it last night, I gave her a bath with my own hands, hoping that she can walk clean and be innocent in the next life. I also have no choice, I chose her, this is a custom for decades, no one dares to break it, otherwise it will only harm the innocent. It's not that no one has resisted, please the Taoist priest of Ethereal Peak, you can't beat and be eaten, please the nine-fingered mage, you still can't beat it, and you are also eaten. There are so many people with vast powers, so what can we farmers do? We can only accept it, and send a boy and girl to feed him every month, so that the village can be safed for a month. People are going to die, but he doesn't eat my old bones, otherwise I'd rather die for Yu'er. What a handsome girl Yu'er is, and sensible, she can cook and make fire at such a young age. Now that I've grown up, if I didn't live here, I should find an in-law. The woman sighed to herself, and the sorrow in her heart eased considerably.
"I don't understand what you're saying, can I ask a few questions?" asked Xiaohong tentatively.
"Ask, I'll tell you everything I know. The woman was trying to plead her grievances.
"That man-eating thing you said isn't a human, what kind of monster is it?" asked Xiaohong.
"It's a black dragon, it can speak human language, this village is the name changed according to its meaning, it doesn't allow the villagers to tell outsiders anything in the village, especially can't tell its secrets, it has a lot of eyeliner in the village, and the benefit is not to eat their people. It doesn't have to eat people every month, in the winter, it doesn't eat, and now that the winter is over, it starts eating again. There are many people in the village, and we draw lots to select people, and our family won the lottery yesterday. The woman became sad again as she spoke.
"That black dragon has always existed, or did it come recently?" asked Shen Bing.
"I've been here for as long as I can remember, but I heard from the old man that it came here more than 70 years ago, and it didn't fly into the air, but it looked like it was thrown from the sky, because it landed directly in the open space of the village, and smashed a big hole, and it was very loud. Everyone said that it was degraded from heaven to earth, and it must have done something bad, otherwise it would not have eaten people. The woman said.
"Is it very powerful?The Taoist priests of Ethereal Peak have all been eaten by it, and who is the Nine-Fingered Mage?" asked Xiaohong.
"That was decades ago. A Taoist priest from Ethereal Peak passed by and heard about the affairs in the village, so he decided to subdue the black dragon. That Taoist priest is really a bit of a supernatural power, the black dragon pool where his sword flew, someone in the village watched from afar, as if he was eaten by the black dragon in a few rounds. Later, the Nine-Fingered Mage came, who had the ability to summon wind and rain. The so-called nine fingers means that his mana reaches the ninth level, and every time his mana increases by one weight, he will break a finger, and when he reaches the tenth level, he will cultivate into an immortal, and the ten fingers will grow again. The Nine-Fingered Mage was actually stronger than the Black Dragon, and he beat the Black Dragon up and down in a few rounds, and even knocked off half of his wings, but unfortunately he chose to make a mistake at the last moment. He used his mana to refine a deadly fire and wanted to burn the black dragon to death, but unexpectedly, the black dragon swallowed his fire in one bite, spit it out to him, and burned him to death. What a pity!" the woman continued. Shen Bing and the others listened attentively to these legends and stories, very curious.
"That black dragon is not afraid of fire, it would have spit fire, but the mage didn't know it, so it failed. Xiaohong said.
"That's right, that's a shame. Such a good opportunity was wasted, even the nine-fingered mage was eaten, and no one dared to challenge the black dragon anymore. The woman said.
Sure enough, there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky. Shen Bing couldn't imagine how powerful the nine-fingered mage's mana was, and how powerful a person who had almost become an immortal was. No wonder the master said that he is not the first in the world, he is probably far from becoming an immortal. The mana of the nine-fingered mage is unimaginable, but the Taoist priest who can fly with a sword can be compared, obviously far stronger than himself, and far beyond the first-class level, and was eaten by the black dragon in a few rounds, which shows that the black dragon's skill is also unfathomable. At first, Shen Bing still wanted to fight the grievances, but now he has no confidence at all, and he will be eaten ironclad.
"I'd love to meet the Black Dragon. "When Lu Li heard that it was a black dragon, it was like hearing someone mention a friend he hadn't seen for many years.
"It likes to eat girls your age, who are not married yet, and it tastes delicious. The woman said.
"Then he's definitely not going to eat me like this. Bright touched his belly and laughed at himself.
"No, I have to meet the black dragon. Will it fly?" Xiaohong has Qingluan by her side, as long as she can't fly, she is not afraid.
"It can fly, but it's rare to see it fly now, and it's said that the Nine-Fingered Mage once crippled its wings a little. Young man, don't be curious, that's not fun, let's go quickly!" the woman looked around, and saw that no one was relieved, and she was worried that these young people were impulsive and wanted to fight each other.
"You know a lot. Why don't you run away?" said Shen Bing.
"It's all from the old people in the family. If anyone can escape, they really can't escape! The village is full of its eyeliners, one escapes, the whole family dies, and there is no escape, there are people watching from all directions, and the roll call is going to be called at night. The woman said helplessly.
Shen Bing had received too much information about the black dragon, and it was difficult to digest it for a while. He only knew that in order to defeat the black dragon, he could only outwit him, not defeat him. Xiaohong knew that the black dragon was not flying fast, and she already had a plan in her heart, but she didn't dare to act rashly, and decided to discuss with Shen Bing before acting.