Chen Gang ran away holding his head and begging for mercy.
Looking at Zhang Da's back as he beat someone and walked away, Chu Qiguang thought to himself: 'If this happens, they won't have the energy to trouble me for at least three to five days.'
Chu Qiguang heard from Qiao Zhi that martial arts had always been popular in Qingyang County, and there were many people in this dynasty who took the martial arts examinations to gain fame.
Nowadays, there are five or six families in the county that have high-ranking officials in office or have become officials. One of them, the Hao family, is eyeing a piece of land owned by the Wang family.
If the Wang family hears what he said now, they will definitely think that the Hao family must be doing this official method. They will find out after various inquiries and secret fights that they have been deceived. If they come to their door again, they will probably
Very cruel.
But Chu Qiguang was originally just using this information to buy some time and avoid the immediate trouble.
That night, Chu Qiguang lay on the kang and waited for his mother and sister to fall asleep.
He felt as if he was so hungry that there was a cold air rushing around him, making him feel uncomfortable and awake at the same time.
After enduring it for a long time, and feeling that his sister and mother should have fallen asleep, he cautiously got up.
Suddenly a small hand grabbed him. Chu Qiguang looked down and found that his sister was looking at him with wide eyes: "Brother, are you too hungry to sleep?"
As she said that, she stuffed half of the noodle pancake over and said, "Don't drink cold water, bro. I have a stomachache after drinking too much and my pants are pooped. Here is it for you."
Chu Qiguang was slightly startled, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't want to finish his dinner, leaving half of it.
He resisted the urge to eat the pancake in one bite and pushed the pancake back: "You can eat it yourself, I'm not hungry."
Sister: "Mom said you are the male of the family and you need to eat more before you can work."
Looking at his sister who was staring at the noodles with her lips pursed while giving him the noodles, Chu Qiguang sighed softly, took the remaining noodles and divided them into two parts: "Then let's have half."
My sister didn't refuse anymore, and licked the quarter of the pancake one bite at a time, as if she was afraid that it would be gone if she ate it too quickly.
After soothing his sister to sleep, Chu Qiguang touched his belly and secretly said in his heart: "It's boring to live like this anymore. We must improve it quickly. By the way, Qiao Zhizhi commands so many animals, just hunt and eat."
It shouldn't be difficult to order meat, right?'
…
On the way to the back mountain, Chu Qiguang was thinking about what he had seen during the day.
Ever since he quarreled with the Wang family manager, the liangzhang, and Zhang Da, the neighbors around him felt a little strange today. After Chu Qiguang greeted them as usual, most of them didn't respond. Apparently he was afraid of offending the Wang family.
'Today when I ask Qiao Zhi to coach Wu, I will make a plan to deal with the Wang family.'
Still following yesterday's route, I climbed up the stairs towards the platform where Qiao Zhi taught the little demons. But this time I had just walked not far when I heard the roars of various birds and beasts, and there seemed to be something in the roars.
With a little fear and panic.
"What's wrong?"
Chu Qiguang ran quickly towards the platform. Before he arrived, he saw two wild cats standing in front of the bamboo forest that had led him the way. They stood up and waved to him with their paws raised.
Chu Qiguang ran to them and asked, "What happened?"
The two wild cats meowed at him several times and kept waving their paws anxiously. When they saw that he couldn't understand, they simply turned away, as if they wanted to lead the way again.
Chu Qiguang followed the two cats and ran in the other direction when he suddenly heard a loud shout coming from the stone platform where he was originally going.
"Monster! You just want to get away by saying a few human words? I've long seen that you are not human!"
Then Jie Jie's strange laughter echoed in the night sky, accompanied by Qiao Zhi's voice: "Taoist! So what if I'm not a human being? The monsters on this mountain are under my discipline and will never hurt anyone. On the contrary, villagers from the bottom of the mountain go up the mountain, often
After killing my kind, you have the nerve to come and slay demons?"
The male voice said coldly: "Since ancient times, humans and demons have been at odds with each other. If humans want to open mountains and cut down forests, they will naturally kill demons when they encounter them. It is said that the survival of the fittest is natural selection. I didn't expect you, an old demon, to be so pedantic?"
Qiao Zhi: "Smelly Taoist priest! Today I want you to see what I am capable of, ancestor."
As he spoke, there were bursts of airflow again, and the sound of trees and bamboos falling down was heard again and again, mixed with the roars and whines of animals, getting farther and farther away.
Chu Qiguang was taken to a crevice in the mountain by two wild cats and hid.
Recalling the sound he just heard, Chu Qiguang didn't know who the demon slayer was, and felt a little uneasy.
The two wild cats were spinning around in a hurry, their tails were hanging down in fear, and they were caught between their legs, looking very panicked.
I don't know how long it took, but two dim lights lit up from outside, and Qiao Zhi's voice came along the night wind: "I lured that stinking Taoist priest away. Come out."
The two wild cats cheered when they heard this, rushed out and circled around Qiao Zhi.
Chu Qiguang also breathed a sigh of relief. After crawling out, he asked: "Master Qiao, who was that person just now? Why did he fight with you?"
Qiao Zhi sighed after hearing this, and said quietly: "That is the prison of the Taoist temple in Qingyang County. It is called Qingling Taoist. He is in charge of all matters related to fasting and rituals, and is also a strong hand in slaying demons. In the story you heard at the entrance of the village yesterday, it is
He happened to be a guest in Boxing County that day and stabbed the scholar to death."
‘It’s actually him?’ Chu Qiguang’s eyes moved and he asked again: “Master, do you think in the story of the mutiny case, is it the scholar who wholeheartedly pursues Taoism and dreams of a Taoist priest, or does he perform evil magic and be dreamed of by a Taoist priest?”
Qiao Zhi shook his head: "I don't know about this, but..." He narrowed his eyes slightly: "This stinky Taoist priest has a demonic aura about him. There is definitely something wrong with him."
Chu Qiguang was surprised and said: "Evil spirit?"
Qiao Zhi nodded: "The demonic aura is the aura of yin and yang that transforms into human form. It is an inhuman aura that occurs when demons transform into humans but have not yet reached perfection. It should only be found in demons with human form."
Chu Qiguang didn't know much about the monster system in this world, so when Qiao Zhi took the initiative to talk about it, he simply asked.
During Qiao Zhi's explanation, Chu Qiguang learned that monsters in this world are divided into two categories, namely monsters and monsters.
Most of the so-called monsters live in deep mountains and swamps, and their temperaments are mostly the same as those of wild beasts, but their power far exceeds that of ordinary beasts, and their intelligence is no less than that of humans.
After Chu Qiguang inquired, Qiao Zhi mentioned some of the more famous types of monsters, including snakes, mountain ghosts, black tigers, guhuo birds, etc. They are all ferocious beasts that often hurt and eat people.
Monsters are some animals that are naturally intelligent and have awakened their spiritual wisdom. If such monsters can persist in cultivating the Tao, they can become humanoid after entering the Tao, and they will be almost the same as humans.
After the monsters enter the Tao, they will give birth to offspring. After that, all the offspring will be born with intelligence, and some can even have human forms.
Such monsters reproduce from generation to generation, and each generation is like this. When the number increases, they form a group, called a monster clan.
After hearing this, Chu Qiguang said: "The Qingling Taoist has demonic energy in his body. He is either a demon cultivated by himself or born from the demon clan. But he can transform into a human form without entering the Tao, so he naturally comes from the demon clan.
Already?"
Qiao Zhi said: "It's very possible. I don't know how he, a monster from the monster clan, managed to sneak into the Taoist temple and learn the Taoist martial arts and Taoist techniques."
Chu Qiguang asked strangely: "Qingyang Temple often presides over folk slaying demons and other things, so why can't we tell him apart?"