Chapter 38 The art of animal creation, the truth comes to light
There were no cat corpses in the corpse pit at all, but human corpses. They were all human corpses!
The scene in front of them was so frightening that several villagers even fainted.
"Why, how could this happen?"
"It was obvious that what we were burying was a cat corpse. It was obviously..."
"Yes, yes, it was indeed a cat corpse at that time. How could it be a human being?"
"Xie evil spirits! It must be evil evil spirits!"
"Yes! It's evil! It was the cat demon who did it!"
The villagers talked to each other and quickly concluded that it was a cat demon! Otherwise, how could the cat corpse turn into a human corpse?
There were so many people present at that time, and many people even handled it, so it’s impossible that they all saw it wrong!
"Let's go! Go home and pack your things. I said we can't stay in this village anymore, but you just don't listen to me!"
"Yes! Let's go! Let's leave before the cat demon finds us!"
Uneasiness quickly spreads among the crowd like a plague.
At this time, the village chief rushed out and shouted: "Let's go! Why are we walking! This is our root!"
"Village chief, please stop trying to persuade me. We are reluctant to leave, but if we don't leave, are we going to stay and wait for death?"
"Yes, village chief, you should pack your things quickly! We really can't stay in Shangfeng Village any longer!"
The village chief's old face turned blue with anger, and his body couldn't stop trembling. "You, you guys, don't even want it anymore, don't even want it anymore!"
"Village Chief, stop being stubborn. As long as people are around, there will be no place where you can't take root? Let's go!"
"It's good for us to take care of each other on the way."
"Quiet!" Cao Li suddenly shouted with raised eyebrows.
The villagers looked at each other and became quiet for a while.
Chief Qiu raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and asked: "Little Taoist Master, what on earth is going on?"
If you ask me, who should I ask? The upset Jiang Wuji glanced at Chief Qiu, who subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
At this moment, a villager stumbled to the entrance of the village and shouted: "No, it's not good! That cat demon, that cat demon..."
"What happened to the cat demon?!" Jiang Wuji frowned.
The villager gasped and said: "That cat demon has changed, turned into a human!"
Become a human?!
Jiang Wuji led some people back to the place where the cat demon was burned, and found that the cat demon's body had actually turned into a burnt black human corpse!
So the cat demon really turned into a human?
At this time, the horrified Chief Qiu said, "I've only heard of demons cultivating the human form. Why is this cat demon turned upside down?"
"Perhaps the talent is his true form." Jiang Wuji suddenly said this.
"Little Taoist Master, isn't this... a bit ridiculous? Can this person become a cat?" Cao Li scratched his scalp.
Jiang Wuji asked tentatively: "Have you ever heard of the art of making animals?"
Since this world can cultivate immortals, and has the art of seizing bodies and driving away corpses, it is reasonable to have the art of creating animals.
Judging from the expressions of the two of them, Jiang Wuji knew that he had guessed correctly. There really was a way to create animals in this world!
Master Qiu said with a solemn face: "Dali's law states that those who make livestock will be hanged. Those who live in the same house, have an upright neighborhood, an upright square, and a village that is upright and do not correct them will all be exiled for three thousand miles. If there is a general amnesty, they will be punished by hanging.
Those who work as livestock are still hanged, and those who live with the family and those who teach are still exiled three thousand miles."
"Master Taoist, do you suspect that this cat demon is actually causing trouble?"
The body of the cat demon turned into a human, and the cat corpse buried under the locust tree turned into a human corpse...
Jiang Wuji carefully recalled everything that happened several times and said: "Before entering the village yesterday, I observed the three corpses under the locust tree. If the cat demon eats the heart, the wounds on the chest should have marks of gnawing or tearing.
Tear apart.”
"But the wounds on the three corpses were all caused by sharp blades. The cuts were smooth and did not appear to be biting or tearing."
"So yesterday I guessed that the so-called cat demon was actually the work of sinister people. Since it is a human being, I think it won't be a big deal if we keep it overnight."
"However, the incident of the cat demon last night eliminated my original thoughts, and I subconsciously concluded that there was really a cat demon causing trouble. It was not until I saw the dead body last night that I recalled my original thoughts."
"That's it, that's it!" Chief Qiu exclaimed repeatedly, respecting Jiang Wuji even more.
"But...if it was really the person who made the animals, what was his intention? Making animals is a serious crime and should be avoided by the government. Why did you come to your door last night?" asked Chief Qiu.
Why are you asking me everything? Do you, the chief clerk, have no brains?
Jiang Wuji ignored Qiu Weiliang and calmed down to think about these issues.
"Assuming that the cat monster is really the work of the animal maker, then why did he send it to his door after killing someone last night?"
"No, if you want to do this, it will produce results. I have thought of it a long time ago. Let's try the opposite thinking."
"When a cat demon comes to your door, the result is death. When the cat demon dies, the case of the cat demon's troubles is over."
"If the case is closed, who benefits?"
"It will be beneficial to the people of the entire Shangfeng Village, and it will also be beneficial to the secret animal makers."
"Since the death of the cat demon is profitable, we need to find people who can deal with the cat demon to enter the village, so even though we know that there are ninth-level Taoist cultivators and ninth-level martial artists among us, we still try our best to invite us into the village, hoping that we can deal with the cat demon.
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"But what if we don't enter the village? What if the cat demon case is not solved?"
"People continue to die in the village? No, death is not something the mastermind behind the scenes wants to avoid. He won't care about it. According to the law of the seven-day eclipse, he should prefer that people continue to die in the village."
"Then what is the real benefit of the cat demon's death?"
"!!!"
Jiang Wuji's pupils shrank sharply, and some points that he had been unable to figure out suddenly became clear to him!
"Cao Li!"
Hearing Jiang Wuji, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly call him, Cao Li trembled and subconsciously responded: "Young man is here!"
"Go and bring the village chief to see me, quickly!" Jiang Wuji said.
"Yes!" Cao Li didn't need to ask any more questions. He called a few officers and left in a hurry.
After Cao Li left, Master Qiu asked: "Master Dao, do you suspect that the village chief is the monster who made animals?"
"We'll know when he arrives." Jiang Wuji said perfunctorily.
For him, it is not the most important thing whether the village chief is a monster creator or not. He doesn't even care about the real purpose of the cat monster case.
What Jiang Wuji cares about is, if the cat demon case is ultimately man-made, then what was the cat demon he encountered in the original world last night?
When I go back next time, how should I deal with the aftermath of killing a cat in the middle of the night...
Not long after, Cao Li came back with the village chief in custody.
The village chief knelt on the ground with a confused look on his face, "Master Qiu, little Taoist, I, what did I do?"
"Do you speak for yourself, or should I speak for you?" Jiang Wuji asked.
The village chief stuttered when he spoke, "Tell me, what did you say? The common people, the common people really don't understand..."
"Are you the initiator of the cat demon's troubles?" Jiang Wuji looked condescendingly at the village chief. The latter's kind and kind appearance was indeed hard to associate with a vicious demon.
Without waiting for the village chief to say anything, Jiang Wuji continued: "You invited us into the village because you wanted to use our hands to eradicate the cat demon and calm the people's hearts, right?"
The village chief quickly kowtowed and cried: "The grassroots are wronged, the grassroots are wronged! Although the grassroots have concealed some things before, eradicating the cat demon is what everyone in Shangfeng Village wants to see."
"Yes, you all hope to eradicate the cat demon, but in fact you still have a way out, which is to leave the village." Jiang Wuji said.
"I heard before that most people want to leave Shangfeng Village, and just now whenever someone mentions leaving the village, you become extremely excited."
"Earlier, you wanted to stop me from digging a corpse pit, because you knew that once the corpse pit was exposed to the light, it would inevitably cause panic, and they would flee from here to avoid the disaster of the cat demon."
"If everyone runs away, Shangfeng Village will naturally cease to exist, and cannibalism will naturally become more difficult."
The villagers kept kowtowing and crying: "No, no, this matter has nothing to do with me! The common people are wronged, the common people are wronged!"
"Don't rush to complain. If I am wrong, I will apologize to you." Jiang Wuji continued his analysis.
"If my guess is correct, your seven-day eclipse must be taken from a living person, right?"
"But if that's all, you can capture enough people first. Whether Shangfeng Village is dispersed or not, it won't affect your cannibalism."
"So you really don't want the villagers to leave Shangfeng Village. This is your root, but you have to kill people...why?"
"What is your motive for killing? To cure a disease? No... you have already survived the plague."
"Then what made you..."
Jiang Wuji looked at Cao Li standing aside and said, "Go and bring his son over."
Not long after, the village chief's idiot arrived, and at the same time many villagers gathered outside.
Everyone was talking and talking.
"Don't bully my daddy! Don't bully my daddy!" Chi'er waved his hands and feet uncoordinatedly, with almost zero lethality.
At this time, Jiang Wuji smiled and said: "Don't worry, we won't hurt your father, but you have to answer some questions from me."
"What, what's the problem?" Chi'er asked with his fingers in his mouth.
Jiang Wuji: "Did the food last night taste good?"
Chi'er nodded excitedly and couldn't help salivating, "It's delicious! It's delicious! Daddy gave it to me!"
The village chief wanted to speak, but Cao Li covered his mouth in advance.
Jiang Wuji asked again: "Then do you know what you are eating?"
