The fourteenth collect the fifth chapter decadence
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Hundred Thousand Mountains, Zhenmo Ancient Cave.
After the beast demon was resurrected, the scene in the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave was completely different from the previous scene of black clouds and howling wind. Although the sky was still dark, the black air that had gathered at the entrance of the cave had dissipated, and there were more than 10,000 sq.
The dark wind also disappeared without a trace.
Apart from the still barren mountains, only the stone statue of a woman standing at the entrance of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave still stood there unchanged despite the weather. And right in front of it, dressed in bright silk clothes, was an extremely handsome woman.
It can even be said that he is a young man with a hint of coquettishness.
She has a face that is fairer than that of an ordinary woman, with thin eyebrows and thin eyes, thin lips and pointed jaw. If you look closely, you can see that this face is vaguely similar to that of the stone statue of a woman.
However, the temperaments on the faces of the two people are completely different!
This young man was the beast demon resurrected from the ancient cave of suppressing demons. No one could have imagined that the demon that terrified countless people in southern Xinjiang would be such a handsome young man.
Since the day of his resurrection, for some unknown reason, he has done nothing. He has neither massacred people nor screamed in ecstasy. Instead, he just stood silently in front of the stone statue of the exquisite witch, staring silently.
A black shadow flashed, and the lich floated silently from a distance and came behind the young man.
"Lord Beast God."
The young man remained motionless and without looking back, he said, "How's it going?"
The Lich stared at his back and said: "The Thirteen Demon Kings have subdued all the remaining barbarians in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and they have all obeyed the orders of the Beast God."
The young man's body moved, he slowly turned around, and said calmly: "How many clans are left in total?"
The Lich said: "Now there are only thirty-seven tribes. In the past hundred years, the dragons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains have been leaderless, and the barbarian tribes have killed each other, and many tribes have been wiped out."
The young man smiled coldly, and there was no expression of disappointment on his face. On the contrary, there was a feeling of unruliness faintly emanating from the depths of his heart. His eyes were like lightning, and he turned around on the lich's black-veiled face.
The Lich suddenly felt as if his face had been burned by flames.
"Actually, they should be from the Thirty-Eight Clan," the young man said leisurely, "Aren't you the last descendant of the Black Witch Clan?"
The lich lowered his head and remained silent.
The young man slowly turned his head, and his eyes fell on the face of the exquisite stone miko statue again. He stared at it for a long time, and suddenly called out: "Kuromu."
The Lich's body trembled. For him, this name was like a wound carved deep in his heart. Every time he called it, it hurt him again.
I heard the young man looking at the Linglong stone statue, and suddenly there was a hint of vicissitudes in his tone, saying: "Have you ever regretted it in front of Linglong after all these years?"
The Lich was silent for a long time before whispering: "Yes."
The young man didn't look back. A strange light flashed in his eyes, and he said quietly: "Except for your big brother who turned into a vicious spirit, you are the only one in this world who knows about my relationship with Linglong. Back then, there were eight of you,
He chased me through thousands of mountains and rivers, and now I think about it as if it was yesterday."
The body under the black veil of the lich suddenly began to tremble slightly, as if the past events were still vivid in his mind.
It was just that the young man didn't pay attention to the lich's reaction at all. What he said was not so much to the lich as to whispering to himself to the stone statue. In his eyes, the only thing he saw at this moment was the stone statue of the exquisite witch.
"You," his voice slowly revealed a hint of sadness, desolation and indignation, "what are you doing for?"
The stone statue was speechless and stood silently.
"In your heart, are all the common people in this world and destiny and destiny so important?" The young man's voice suddenly became a little excited and gradually became louder.
"If you take those things more seriously than me, so you want to get rid of me, right?" The expression on the young man's face showed a strange and cold smile with a hint of coquettishness, "But you know, I don't care at all.
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"What bullshit God's will, what sentient beings in the world, what do they mean?" His expression became more and more sad. The strange thing was that although the expression in his eyes was extremely terrifying, his appearance became more and more charming and beautiful, almost unlike an ordinary person.
"If you want me to die, just one sentence is enough. Do you know? Do you know?" He roared sharply, facing the stone woman, and then, slowly, his voice dropped,
"But why...you actually regard those things as more important than yourself and your own life..."
Slowly, he reached out his hand and gently touched the face that had gradually become roughened by countless years of wind and frost, brushing against the once gentle face deep in his memory!
A cold feeling, without any warmth, slowly came from the palm of my hand.
He opened his arms, hugged the stone statue gently, and the young man's expression gradually turned into a strange tenderness. The Lich stood behind him, silently watching the strange scene.
"I know that it is the people of this world who have harmed you." The young man half-closed his eyes and whispered softly as if dreaming, "Don't worry, I will let everything come to bury you, and then I will come again
Looking for you..."
"You wait for me..."
The low voice fell quietly and finally disappeared. The charming young man hugged the cold stone statue, the lich in black stood stiffly, the dark clouds in the sky thundered, and raindrops fell from the sky.
Heavy rain fell in the wind, turning the world into a hazy place. Faintly, the Lich stared blankly, and the raindrops fell on the face of the stone woman, falling silently——
Like tears!
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Three thousand miles east of Qingyun Mountain, beside the ancient road extending from Kongsang Mountain to the southeast, there is a lonely wilderness. It is the season when the grass grows and the orioles fly.
The He family shop, one day away from Xiaochi Town, is standing alone by the ancient road as usual, greeting passing travelers. The owner of the shop, Boss He, naturally no longer remembers how many guests he has welcomed and seen off.
, passers-by, there are naturally all kinds of people. But during these three days, he gradually became certain that although he was getting older, he would definitely remember such a guest.
In fact, it is not quite accurate to say that it was a guest. To be honest, it was a guest with a weird monkey. And for Boss He, what impressed him deeply was that there were actually three weird-looking monkeys.
The effect of the monkey eyes is even greater.
Three days ago, Boss He, who was standing outside the shop door next to the ancient road soliciting customers, saw this man with a dusty look and a blank expression walking from the ancient road with a three-eyed monkey lying on his shoulder. For some reason,
He felt a bit familiar. At that time, he stepped forward to greet him. He wanted to say something fancy and drag the guest into the shop to rest for a while, but unexpectedly, he only said:
"Sir, we have hot tea and wine, why don't you go inside and rest..."
Before the next words were spoken, the haggard-looking man suddenly disappeared from his eyes. The next moment, when Boss He came back to his senses, the man was already sitting next to the wooden table in his small shop.
And on the table, there was a piece of silver that was enough to eat and drink in this small shop for three days.
Boss He was naturally very happy and quickly served drinks and food. But to his surprise, this guest and the monkey actually stayed in his shop for three full days.
Night, and even today, I don’t seem to have the intention to hit the road.
The man's spirit was obviously very bad. In the past three days, Boss He didn't even see him say a word or laugh once. Every time when he brought the food and wine to the table, the man just looked at the wine pot silently.
Then drink slowly.
It's just that this guest's drinking capacity seems to be very poor. Every time he drinks a little, Boss He estimates that it's less than half a bottle, and he collapses on the wine table, unconscious. Contrary to the master, this
The three-eyed monkey that the man brought made Boss He dumbfounded in surprise.
To be honest, Boss He opened a shop here. Although the place was remote, he was considered a somewhat knowledgeable person because of the large number of customers in the past. However, in the past three days, he had sworn countless times in his heart that he had really seen this person.
The monkey who is the best drinker and has the largest alcohol capacity in his life.
In just one day and night, all the fine wine in Boss He's shop, including the jar of daughter's red liquor he had hidden under the old locust tree behind the shop, was consumed by this monkey.
The monkey, obviously, still looked unsatisfied. It scratched its ears, looked around, jumped around for a long time, and kept barking "Zhi Zhi" at Boss He. Although Boss He didn't understand monkey language, even a fool could understand it.
I didn't want to pay attention to what the monkey meant, but unexpectedly, the monkey was as smart as a ghost and actually stole the money that Boss He had collected back and dangled it in front of Boss He.
Boss He had nothing to do, not to mention that others had already paid enough money, so he had to send a guy from Xiaochi Town to deliver wine here overnight. At first, he was quite annoyed, but as time went by, he actually gradually fell in love with this monkey. And
Apart from his love of drinking, this three-eyed monkey has no other bad qualities. Instead, he often plays in the store. When he's in a good mood, he even does a few tricks, such as being able to create a bunch of flames from his hands out of thin air.
Not only did Boss He's eyes widen when he saw the stuff inside, but all the other merchants who passed by in the past few days were also very excited about it. They stayed in Boss He's shop for a long time, allowing him to earn more money.
But the owner of the gray-haired three-eyed monkey is completely opposite to the lively monkey. He spends most of the time sleeping drunk, waking up once in a while and just looking around with his eyes blankly.
Occasionally, the monkey ran back to him, and his eyes would have some brightness. He lazily stretched out his hand to touch the monkey's head. Then he seemed to remember something sad again, so he picked up the wine bottle and drank again. After a while, he fell into sleep again.
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Sometimes Boss He secretly wondered if this man was a lunatic. But even though he was just an ordinary shopkeeper, he still felt that this man was different from other passers-by. Apart from anything else, this man just stayed there
For three days in this small shop, all the mosquitoes that used to be the most common at this time of night suddenly disappeared. What's more, the ghost crying sounds that often echoed in the wilderness on the ancient road outside the small shop every night seemed to be blown away.
Something was frightening and everything disappeared. So much so that Boss He was used to hearing these ghosts crying and howling, but suddenly it was so quiet for the past three days that he couldn't sleep.
At dusk that day, Boss He stood behind the counter of the small shop, closed the account book he had just calculated, and let out a long sigh. Then, he looked into his small shop.
The setting sun outside the window still has a faint afterglow, which illuminates the sunset in the sky red. At the same time, it also shines in from the window of the small shop, elongating the tables and chairs here and reflecting them on the ground, as if time is quietly passing by here.
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Boss He's mood suddenly felt a little strange, and he felt confused for a while. He thought he was already over fifty. Although the helper always said that he looked only about forty, he knew that his health was gradually failing.
Time is not forgiving, so have you spent your whole life like this?
He stared blankly at the gradually lengthening shadows of tables and chairs on the ground. When he raised his head, he saw the mottled and peeling marks on the walls of the small shop.
The lonely setting sun shone on his face, showing some inexplicable vicissitudes of life.
He sighed and shook his head. It's better not to think about these things. Boss He smiled bitterly, picked up the account book and walked towards the only customer in the shop at the moment and his monkey.
The guest always sat at the farthest table. As usual, he was drunk and lying motionless on the table. His monkey was squatting on the table, holding a wine bottle in his left hand.
, grabbing delicious food from several plates with dishes on the table with his right hand, drinking a sip of wine, eating a bite of food, and living a happy life.
Boss He walked up to the guest, coughed, and cleared his throat, but he couldn't help but glance at the monkey first. The three-eyed monkey obviously didn't care about his arrival and only glanced at him.
, and turned his attention to the wine bottle in his hand. Boss He sighed. This monkey was really the only animal he had ever seen in his life that was so addicted to alcohol. Moreover, it was carrying a big wine bag on its back, although it was already shriveled.
, but you can imagine what was contained in it in the past.
Boss He looked away. For some reason, he felt a little nervous. Even he couldn't explain it clearly. He coughed a few more times and then said cautiously: "This... guest officer."
The man in front of him remained motionless.
Boss He was a little embarrassed, but he continued: "Well, sir, it's like this. The ingot of silver you paid three days ago has now been used up. Our store makes small profits, right..."
I don't know if the man was really drunk, but there was still no movement while lying there.
Boss He sighed and said: "Actually, sir, the ingot of silver you paid is indeed a lot. Let alone three days of eating in a small shop, even five days is enough. But... it's just...
The noble animal is so powerful and has a large capacity for drinking. In just three days, it has drank all the wine in the shop. Not to mention the four bottles of wine that were sent to it in two batches. It also drank up all the four bottles of wine.
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When Boss He said this, he looked at the monkey three more times, only to see the monkey glare at him and make a face.
Boss He said in a low voice: "Can you please pay some more silver? Oh, by the way, the ingot of silver you paid three days ago was stolen by a noble animal. It has not been paid back yet. I..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "ding" sound and a silver coin bounced twice on the table and appeared in front of Boss He. Boss He took a closer look, but the monkey took out the silver coin from nowhere.
The stolen money was thrown away in his face.
Boss He quickly put it away and put it in his arms, but hesitated for a moment, glanced at the monkey, took out the silver, opened his clothes, and put it in his own clothes.
Just when he collected the money and was about to speak to the man again, a voice suddenly came from the door of the shop:
"anyone here?"
Boss He was startled and looked back, only to see three people standing at the door, two men and one woman, led by an old man. He was holding a bamboo pole with a piece of white cloth hanging on it, with the words "immortal guides the way" written on it;
Next to him is a girl who looks to be seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful appearance and a smile on her face.
There are two people, the old one is a fairy, the young one is beautiful and delicate. Behind these two people, there is a middle-aged man standing, holding all the packages. However, he has a strange appearance and is taller than the first two people.
He has more than one head and a face that looks like a wild dog, which makes him look disgusting.
Boss He hurriedly greeted him. After all, it was obviously impossible for a guest with a monkey to sneak away. It was better to greet the newly arrived guests first. He greeted him with a smile and said: "Yes, there are three guests. Are you having dinner?"
Or stay in a hotel?”
The old man at the head chuckled, squinted his eyes and said, "Why, Boss He, don't you recognize us?"
Boss He was stunned. He looked at the old man carefully for a while, but he couldn't remember that he was doing business on this ancient road. There were so many passers-by. How could he remember them all? He could only shake his head in embarrassment and said: "
I'm sorry, sir, I'm getting old and my memory is failing me."
The old man had a look of pity on his face, shook his head and sighed: "Oh, it's a pity, it's a pity. Most of the mortals in the world are like this. They have immortal fate in front of them, but they don't have the wisdom to know it."
Boss He was startled and immediately felt a little awe. He looked at the old man carefully and saw that he had a white beard and a crane bone. He was probably an expert. Although he didn't know why he had achieved enlightenment.
The expert looks like a fortune teller, and the girl next to the old man looks disapproving. But since he is an expert, it is natural that a mortal like him cannot understand it. If he understands it, wouldn't he too?
Become an adult?
Thinking of this, Boss He's face had already gained a bit of respect, and he said respectfully: "Yes, yes, this guest... No, please invite me from within, Master."
The old man agreed and swaggered in first, holding the bamboo pole pointed by the immortal. The girl behind him smiled bitterly and shook her head. She turned to the man carrying the package behind him and said:
"Master Wild Dog, let's go in and rest for a while."
The man responded and followed in. The three of them sat at a table. The dog-faced man put the package on the chair next to him and made a "bang" sound. It seemed that it was not light.
These three people are naturally Zhou Yixian and Xiao Huan's grandson. As for the dog-faced man, he is the only remaining wild dog Taoist in the Blood Refining Hall. Since the Battle of Death Lake, the wild dog Taoist has followed
Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan travel around the world and call themselves home all over the world.
At the beginning, Yiyi Xian really disliked the wild dogs. He picked on the wild dogs every day and made sarcastic comments from time to time. But somehow, Taoist Wild Dogs seemed to have changed his mind and became a new person.
He didn't hear it, but followed him all the way, but Xiaohuan was kind-hearted and could not see through it, and often spoke out to protect him.
Although she is young, she has a sharp tongue. Even though Zhou Xian is a veteran, he is often said to be speechless. In the end, he has to accept this fact. Fortunately, as time goes by, he gradually discovers that wild dogs are not without their merits, such as
The heavy parcels that usually need to be carried by oneself can now be thrown to this "coolie". Moreover, in Xiaohuan's slightly apologetic eyes, the "coolie" does not feel disgusted at all, but looks very happy.
As for other benefits, such as encountering wild beasts when walking in the wild, seeing ghosts on the road, meeting strong men when crossing mountains, etc., naturally they sent this wild dog "hero" to deal with them. Along the way, Zhou Xian felt extremely comfortable.
I have been walking for a lifetime, but I have never felt as comfortable as I have in the past few months. I only wish I had not met this wild dog earlier.
During this time, the three of them revisited their old places. Anyway, they were wandering around the world. They could go anywhere. As they walked, they walked back to this ancient road. Thanks to Zhou Yixian, who was like a ghost, he actually returned.
I remember that Boss He, who opened a small shop on the roadside, pretended to be a master when he came up, which made Boss He startled and shocked.
Seeing how respectful Boss He was to him, Zhou Yixian was very proud and ordered a few dishes. When Boss He walked away quickly to prepare, he turned around and was about to brag to Xiaohuan and Taoist Wild Dog.
Suddenly, for some reason, Xiao Huan and Taoist Wild Dog suddenly had incredible expressions on their faces, and their eyes were fixed.
Zhou Xianqi said: "Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Taoist Wild Dog raised his arm that seemed a little heavy and pointed deep into the shop: "See for yourself."
Zhou Yixian glared at him, turned to look, and suddenly his body was shaken.
In the remaining light of dusk, the last ray of light fell from the window. In the dark corner deep in the shop, there was a man's figure, and above the table, in the shadow, a three-eyed monkey was looking at them.