After the old witch breathed out the black air, her whole body suddenly became depressed.
She swayed and almost fell to the ground. Two young female disciples behind her who were also dressed strangely stepped forward to support her and stabilized her body.
Although the curse technique is strange and difficult to prevent, it also depends on the strength gap between the two parties. The dragon's energy and blood are strong, and his magic power is far superior to hers. Therefore, although the curse against the dragon was successful, it also immediately consumed all the old witch's energy and spirit.
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If the dragon hadn't been busy dealing with the crowd's encirclement and wanted to resist the curse with all its strength, the old witch would have suffered from the backlash.
Everyone who was struggling to fight the dragon was overjoyed when they saw the dragon falling softly to the ground.
Previously, he was forced to fight around due to the fierce attack of the dragon, and his heart was filled with depression. At this time, he didn't know that the time had come to take advantage of his illness and kill him.
"Quick, the witch's curse has taken effect. Let's all come together. Don't let this evil dragon escape."
Deng Jiugong said hello, swung his sword, and took the lead in attacking.
The dragon roared angrily, endured the bursts of weakness in his body, got up, and retreated while fighting with the others.
It knows that if it doesn't leave, it may not be able to leave.
It didn't take long for it to transform from a snake into a dragon. In order to increase its magic power as quickly as possible, it decided to ask the people along the coast to offer tribute boys and girls for it to devour and refine. Unexpectedly, it didn't even eat a few people, but it was forced to this point by these people.
step.
In fact, the prehistoric land is vast, and it is not uncommon for monsters to force human beings to sacrifice boys and girls as blood food in remote places.
It's just that other monsters mostly choose to live in remote places. How dare it dare to show off outside Sanshan Pass and ask people to donate blood and food. If Deng Jiugong doesn't lead someone to get rid of it, then the position of the chief military officer will also be occupied.
Can't go down anymore.
Seeing everyone dragging it away, the feeling of weakness in the body came one after another, and the wounds on the body became more and more serious. The dragon had no choice but to activate his vitality again, spraying out water to freeze the surroundings, in the hope of being able to survive.
Return to the lake.
However, at this time, no one is willing to let it go.
Even though the dragon managed to return to the lake, the water on the shore was shallow. Before it could dive into the water, it was tied to several thick ropes, and many soldiers held it tightly to prevent it from leaving.
For a moment, everyone was red-eyed and tried their best to kill this evil dragon at the cost of some lives.
In the end, Jiaolong still did not escape his life. After being cursed, his combat power was greatly reduced, and he was killed by everyone together.
Of course, the dragon's dying counterattack also caused many casualties on the human side, especially since it could spray extremely cold water and freeze lake water, injuring many people.
The dragon was killed, and the crowd watching the battle in the distance suddenly cheered. Many of them were people living along the coast. Of course they were happy to see that the dragon had been eliminated and they no longer had to live in fear.
Qi Yuan was also infected. He was in awe of Deng Jiugong and others' feat of killing the dragon. At the same time, he was also surprised by the power and weirdness of the witch's curse.
However, he soon calmed down and walked down the shore.
It's not that he wanted to see the dragon up close. There were a large number of officers and soldiers surrounding it, and he couldn't get close at all.
His target was the shore. Just now when everyone was surrounding him and killing him, the dragon stirred up the lake water and although he failed to escape successfully, many fish and shrimps were unlucky enough to be washed ashore by the lake water.
Before anyone could react, he ran nearby first, reached out and grabbed a few lively fat fish, broke off a willow branch from a willow tree not far away, passed it through the fish's gills, and held it in his hand. He wanted to catch more.
By that time, the people who were close by had already rushed forward and did not give him another chance.
However, Qi Yuan was not depressed and was very happy that he could catch these fish.
People were happily discussing the battle to kill the dragon, but not many people paid much attention to the casualties suffered in the battle.
It's not that they are cold-blooded, but the human race that lives in the wilderness has long been accustomed to the invasion of monsters. Now it is a great blessing to be able to kill the dragon so that the people in this area can live in peace.
As for some casualties, this is inevitable. Moreover, the casualties are not serious, and there are still pensions from the General Military Office, so it is not everyone's turn to worry about it.
Amidst the noise and excitement, it was already evening by the time the cheerful people returned to the city.
Qi Yuan entered the city and felt his empty stomach protesting again.
So I exchanged two of the fish for some salt with a family, found an open space not far from the intersection, picked up some firewood, cut open the belly of the remaining two fish, scaled them, and took them from the well next to the road.
Rinse the water, put it in a crock pot, add some salt, and simmer it slowly over low heat. I go get some water myself, clean some wild vegetables I picked on the roadside when I came back, and put them in the fish soup later.
Cook and eat.
At this time, Qi Yuan heard voices and looked up. It turned out to be the same family that had been performing during the day.
It's just that they looked a little depressed at this time. The old man's two sons both had some injuries. Although they didn't look too serious, they obviously affected their activities. The daughter-in-law on the side was silently crying, but she didn't dare to say anything.
Qi Yuan saw that they had parked the carriage aside and unloaded their things. They were obviously planning to camp here and rest, so he cupped his hands at the old man and asked: "Old man... ahem, um, brother, I see you are not here today."
Are you going to follow General Deng to deal with the dragon? Didn't the General Military Mansion reward you, so why are you still here to spend the night?"
He hadn't turned the corner for a moment, and then he remembered that he was also an old man now, and quickly changed his words.
However, he felt very uncomfortable calling a man who looked to be about the same age as his grandpa brother.
When the old man saw someone asking, he was polite, but he looked a little helpless: "Oh, forget it, the General Military Mansion did not treat me badly, but the little old man was of low strength, and he brought his two sons to the battle together, and he didn't do anything.
It was too effective, so I didn’t get much credit. Although the General Military Mansion gave me some rewards because my two sons were injured, they were not too much, so they simply exchanged those rewards with the doctor for some healing herbs.
, it’s important to treat the injury quickly.”
Qi Yuan nodded, but he also confirmed that the old man was not an outsider, he just knew some magic.
The woman was packing things and preparing to make some meals. Although she felt sad for her family's injuries, she had to eat. The two children on the side obediently helped to pick up some firewood.
I saw the woman wash some corn, use a few stones to simply pile up a stove, put the earthen pot on it to cook porridge, and also put some wild vegetables in it.
Although Qi Yuan arrived early, he stewed the fish on a low fire, so he cooked it at about the same time as the other party.
Qi Yuan broke off two branches to use as chopsticks, turned over the fish meat in the earthen pot, and when he saw that the soup was white in color and moderately salty, he nodded with satisfaction.
Although there are no other seasonings or suitable kitchen utensils, the fish here is extremely plump and tender, without any fishy smell, but full of fresh fragrance.
Qi Yuan put the wild vegetables inside and smelled the fragrant fish soup, and suddenly felt that he couldn't stop drooling.
There was a grunt and the sound of swallowing was heard one after another.
Qi Yuan was stunned. He only swallowed once. Why did the sound...
When he looked up, he realized that there were two little ones squatting in front of him. Their two pairs of small black eyes were staring at the earthen pot in front of them, and glistening drool dripped down the corners of their mouths.
"hehe……"
Qi Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
The two children in front of him reminded him of his two little nephews, who were also about the same age as them. They used to have similar expressions when watching him cook. He couldn't help it, who made his sister-in-law's cooking not delicious?
Well, for this reason, I was very busy when I returned to my hometown.
"Yaya, Qiu'er, come back quickly."
The woman shouted from the side.
Seeing her child like this, the woman was a little embarrassed, but smelling the delicious smell wafting over her, she couldn't help but salivate. Looking at the vegetable porridge in front of her, she actually seemed to have a big appetite.
Qi Yuan watched the two children running back to their mother, holding the porridge in the bowl with their hands while looking at Qi Yuan with those shining eyes.
Qi Yuan chuckled lightly, stood up and said to the old man: "Brother, you still have some extra bowls there. Lend me two of them. I don't have much, but I don't even have utensils for eating."
"When you are out and have any inconvenience, I can just use it." The old man smiled heartily, took two bowls and brought them over.
Qi Yuan thanked him, took out the fish meat, and filled it with fish soup, accompanied by the freshly cooked wild vegetables, the aroma was fragrant.
He raised his head and waved to the two children who were looking at him eagerly. Although the little girl named Yaya was the elder sister, she seemed a little shy. She buried her head in her mother's arms and did not dare to come over. On the contrary, the little boy Deng Deng Deng
He ran closer, biting his hand and looking at Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan chuckled, stretched out his hand and handed a large bowl to the boy, waving for him to take it back.
"This... brother, how can this be done?"
The old man felt a little embarrassed when he saw this.
"It doesn't matter."
Qi Yuan picked up the bowl in front of him: "There are two fishes. Anyway, I can't finish them by myself. I just treat them as replenishing the bodies of your two sons. They need to be taken good care of if they are injured. Just in case."
It would be bad if it leaves behind troubles.”
Seeing what he said, the old man couldn't say anything else. After thinking about it, he said to Qi Yuandao: "Brother, why don't we come over and join us."
"That's fine."
Qi Yuan was just about to talk to the old man, so he didn't hesitate and sat over.
The old man took two pieces of cake and handed them to him. He opened his mouth and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sixty-three this year. Judging from my face, I think I'm a few years younger than me. What should I call you?"
"My elder brother's eyes are as bright as a torch, and my younger brother's eyebrows are... white. He is five years younger than me."
Qi Yuan smiled on the surface, but in his heart he thought of the witch's curse method today, and then thought of the nail-headed Seven Arrows book used by Lu Ya when he dealt with Zhao Gongming. Although no one would be bored to curse himself now,
However, you should take a long-term view. If you offend someone in the future and want to use a curse to deal with yourself, as long as no one knows your real name, it will be safer. In this way, you will announce that your name is Qi Baimei in the future.
Although he looks a bit paranoid about being persecuted, this is a world of gods, and there are endless magical methods. You can't be too careful.
The old man didn't know that in just a short moment, Qi Yuan had so many thoughts in his mind and was still chatting with him.
After talking with each other, I learned that the old man He Yu and his family traveled around the world performing arts for a living. However, wars are now frequent and life is more difficult than before, so there is a lot of helplessness in his words.
"Brother Baimei, this fish dish is so delicious."
After eating a few mouthfuls of fish, He Yu was filled with admiration.
"hehe."
Qi Yuan smiled, with all kinds of thoughts racing in his mind, and said: "When it comes to eating, I'm not exaggerating. I'm afraid there's no one in the world who can surpass me in cooking."
"oh……"
He Yu was startled and looked at Qi Yuan's confident look, quite shocked.
He didn't expect Qi Yuan to boast so much.
Qi Yuan looked at He Yu and said softly: "Now that there are constant wars in the world, why don't I find a stable place to settle down? Why do I have to suffer from this wandering? I see that your two grandchildren are not very old, so they follow you everywhere."
Wandering is not a long-term solution!"
"well."
He Yu let out a long sigh and said: "I also know that the children will suffer because of this, but my family has no tiles, no part of the land, and no other skills to make a living except this art show. How can I settle down?"
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"That's it."
Qi Yuan pretended to be careless and said: "If you are willing, brother, I can teach you some cooking skills. In the future, I will find a place to open a tavern and sell some food. It will be enough to feed your family."
"really?"
He Yu asked.
"really."
Qi Yuan nodded.
The old man was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly: "I really don't know how to repay my dear brother."
Qi Yuan chuckled and slowly revealed his fox tail: "Brother and I have a good relationship. I can teach you a few cooking skills without saying anything in return. If you really feel sorry for me, little brother, I am quite good at magic."
Out of curiosity, how about you teach me a few spells in your spare time?"