Volume 1 Huangquan December Chapter 40: Success is in the heart
Suddenly, a black shadow rushed into the wall of fire.
I saw those flames flying in the sky curled up strangely, like the stimulated tentacles of insects, shaking violently. The fire was affected by unknown external forces, and was defeated. Before Mu Wan noticed anything, he was picked up by someone and rushed out of the encirclement.
.Tengu also took the opportunity to break through the confinement of high temperature.
Mu Wan was put down and she exclaimed.
"Master Shi?"
Although Shi Wuqi passed through those flames, there were no traces of burns on his body. Looking closely, the tongues of fire could not touch him at all, and only burned a few millimeters of his clothes and skin. He was probably using his spiritual power.
Wrapping it around his body to prevent direct contact with the fire body. He shook the fan open with one hand - the fan was also made of ordinary paper, coated with a light light by his aura.
He raised his arm and patted the fan down with his backhand. Directed by the wind, the fire went straight towards the owner of the fire. However, after the flames rushed towards him, they dispersed and the monster disappeared.
"Um?"
Neither of them paid attention to his movements.
At this time, Shi Wuqi felt someone leaning over from behind him. The monster appeared behind him at some point and suddenly buried its head deeply on his shoulder. He was startled and struck back with his elbow.
, but it came to nothing.
"You smell like a monster."
"The thief shouts, catch the thief!" Mu Wan yelled.
"What a compliment."
He turned into fire dust and dissipated in an instant, then reappeared in front of them, only a foot away.
Miss Qi rushed to their side and made a clear gesture of fighting. The monster glanced at her, thoughtfully.
"Ah, I remembered it. Master Shi Wuqi, right?"
"Oh? You know me?"
"Who hasn't heard of Mr. Shi? Why does a guy who likes to deal with monsters hang out with mere humans? I'm really embarrassed for you."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Believe it or not, I will tear your mouth apart!"
Mu Wan's anger never subsided, and the tengu looked fierce, revealing its sharp fangs.
Shi Wuqi stared into his eyes, faintly seeing some clues.
"Could you be"
"snort."
The surrounding fire suddenly became much smaller. The fire-bending monster looked at them several times, took out the white cigarette rod from his collar, and pondered to himself for a long time.
"It's really troublesome. Forget it, it's a waste of time."
After that, he shook his cigarette rod, waved his sleeves and left.
Mu Wan wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Shi Wuqi.
"Isn't the lesson enough? You are no match for him - at least not now."
Shi Wuqi taught her a lesson like this, which made her angry, but she couldn't get angry. At this time, it didn't make much sense to say "I can do something even if you don't come". She knew it. And Mr. Shi really saved her life.
Well, there is nothing to say.
The ice and snow created by the Tengu poured down from the sky in this area, extinguishing the remaining flames. The vegetation emitted curls of black smoke, looking like ghosts and ghosts in the dim moonlight.
The two of them returned to the hostess's house in silence all the way. Shanhai and Aluan had been waiting for a long time. Seeing them coming back in disgrace, the master and the disciple asked anxiously. Mu Wan stated the cause and effect, mixed with complaints against Shi Wuqi.
, and the nominee defended as if he was unconvinced. It took a long time, but the two of them finally figured things out.
Shanhai didn't know that before she walked with them, besides Yingyue Jun, she also encountered such a terrifying monster. He wanted to ask about the monster, but Shi Wuqi interrupted him and asked him while pouring tea:
"Stop talking about this. You went door to door during the day and asked, what did you find out?"
Shanhai frowned slightly and did not ask any more questions. He told the story of the day in detail, and Aluan added: How many people were missing in this mountain village, when did they disappear, their ages and occupations, where the bones were buried, and what happened in each family recently. Difficulties
"However, I was a little strange at first. Although the mountain is fertile, I saw that the village was well built, so I guessed that they had some kind of profitable business. Although I visited every house today and found nothing, I basically concluded that everyone The bosses are all afraid of being associated with bandits. Many things come from far away places - I even saw the fabrics from Dailuan City."
"Maybe it's for business," Mu Wan guessed, "This mountain is very long, and there must be many caravans passing through here."
Shi Wuqi sneered: "Huh, what's there to exchange for in this remote country? It's better to get money quickly by robbing. Besides, the girl also told me in the morning that the people in the village did do some shameful things to make a living. Many people were killed. The bodies were all thrown into the ravine."
After saying this, everyone in the room felt embarrassed. After quarreling for a while, they all fell silent. In addition, all the troubles during the day made everyone feel unhappy. It was already late at night, but no one had a rest. Shanhai urged Aluan several times, but she was indifferent. After a while, Shi Wuqi suddenly stood up and walked out the door.
"Where are you going?" Mu Wan asked.
"you guess."
These words made her extremely angry. It was obviously a kind question, but who would have thought that his answer would not sound better than the two "What does it have to do with you" from the monster.
"Don't go to that girl's house during the day, right?"
"Smart. No prizes for guessing correctly."
After saying that, he really walked out of the door.
Shan Hai recalled it. He had heard of that beautiful girl in Mu Wan's retelling, but she only mentioned her in one word.
"The girl you mentioned is so beautiful, but she lives in the farthest and most shabby hut?" He turned to ask her.
"Well, she said she was married outside."
"There must be something fishy."
"how do I say this?"
At this time, Dai Luan came up and interrupted.
"When we asked about the number of people in the village during the day, they did mention the farthest house. It seemed that they had almost forgotten about it. However, the old lady who lived there had passed away long ago, and the other villagers also paid attention to her. Don't care - some people don't even know she's dead."
Shanhai wanted to catch up with Shi Wuqi, but Miss Qi suddenly stood at the door, as if she sincerely wanted to stop them.
He seemed to understand something.
But Mu Wan didn't understand.
She sighed, showing displeasure, obviously not wanting to mention the matter again. She couldn't help but take Aluan's hand, and forced her to go back to the room to sleep. Aluan didn't know where such a big god was, and didn't want to sleep. She reached out to Shanhai as if asking for help, but he just waved his hand expressionlessly.
"Go to bed early."
Not long after lying on the bed, Aluan fell asleep easily. It seemed that she was really sleepy, but she just couldn't hold on because no one was sleeping.
In comparison, Mu Wan was not so relaxed. The scenes during the day were vividly played out in his mind, over and over again, making people very irritated. After all, he was saved by that guy from the Bone Master and was unwilling to give up. Or she was angry because she couldn't easily deal with the demonic fire of the red-clothed monster. She couldn't tell clearly, maybe it was, so she became even more upset.
In the end, it's all because of my own lack of ability.
If I could be a little stronger, and a little stronger, I wouldn't be fooled by that damn Zao Wuchang, and I wouldn't be reduced to the point of being helped by Shi Wuqi.
Master, maybe I won’t suffer so much.
A full hour later, Mu Wan was still thinking wildly, and she finally felt sleepy. At this time, a figure suddenly appeared outside the window - it turned out to be Lin Shanhai. He knocked on the window and immediately disappeared from the window. Mu Wan
Almost thinking that she had seen it wrong, she sat up from the bed alertly, somewhat confused.
Besides, Mr. Shi did arrive outside the small thatched hut during the day.
In the morning, she told him that he could just call her Miss Bai. At this time, in the middle of the night, Miss Bai was awake. She opened the door cheerfully and welcomed him in, and took his arm affectionately.
"Master Shi really didn't break his promise. He just came too late and made me feel sleepy. Oh my, why are you covered with so much dust? What did you do?"
As Miss Bai said that, she suddenly let go of him and went to twist a clean rag. Shi Wuqi sat on a worn-out chair, waved his hands and said it didn't matter, he accidentally fell it when he came. But he continued:
"Before I came here, I took a look at the ravine you mentioned. I saw a lot of white bones in the moonlight. It was really scary. It seems that if you are honest with me, the people in this mountain village are not good people."
"No!" Miss Bai came up and diligently wiped the dust off his body with a wet rag, "You must make the decision for my little girl. And since my man has been missing, I've had enough of the bullying, and my family is already surrounded by walls.
They also snatched away all the remaining dowry. It's pitiful that I am living such a hard life alone."
Miss Bai complained in a low voice. As she spoke, she began to sob. Shi Wuqi quickly stood up to comfort her, and she suddenly grabbed his sleeves and said pleadingly:
"Otherwise, Mr. Shi, please stay. I, a girl, can't survive in this mountain."
"Oh? Really."
Shi Wuqi's expression suddenly changed. He simply let go of Miss Bai's arm with both hands and shook out the fan.
"I think you lived a very happy life as a child. You eat meat every now and then, and it's very comfortable."
Miss Bai's eyes widened, tears still rolling around her. She looked at him with some horror.
"What are you talking about? I have to dig wild vegetables all day long to satisfy my hunger. What are you saying?"
Before he finished speaking, Shi Wuqi's face turned faster than a book, and the previous tenderness and concern were gone. He pinched Miss Bai's face unceremoniously, and red marks appeared on her fair skin.
"I see that the sickle and hoe on your wall doesn't have any mud on it. Except for the fallen ash, it's very clean. It doesn't look like it's been dug every day. Furthermore, with just this thing, how can you survive in this remote country?"
You’ve been living for a year and you’re still so cool? I think the monster that the villagers talk about as eating people is you, right?”
Shi Wuqi didn't use too much force, she struggled to push away, and said pitifully: "What on earth are you talking about?"
"You're still pretending to be with me."
There was an extremely weak sound outside, and Miss Bai suddenly screamed as if frightened, and hid behind Shi Wuqi. He walked out of the door, looked around, and Miss Bai followed behind, carefully pulling with one hand.
Touching the corner of his clothes.
Then, he instantly pinched her other hand.
The hand that Miss Bai was pinched actually stretched out extremely long nails, glowing with a terrifying cold light in the dim moonlight.
