A little rabbit spirit yelled, and the beasts immediately dispersed.
Mr. Yang, who was holding the scroll in his hand, was stunned for a moment. He turned around to leave, then passed the students and blocked Wei Hao.
"Strong men, don't kill us."
While speaking, Mr. Sheep also whipped up a demonic wind and sent the scattered students away.
"There is no smell of human blood, but it occupies the land of local villagers' old homes. What is happening here?"
Wei Hao found a stone to sit on and asked carelessly.
Mr. Sheep, who had closed his eyes and waited for death, heard this and subconsciously touched his neck. Fortunately, the sheep's head was still there.
He opened his eyes slightly and saw that although the passerby was powerful, he was not a bad-tempered person. He would yell and kill monsters when he saw them. He just sat there and asked questions.
"Zhuang, a strong man won't kill me?"
"see your performance."
Wei Hao rested his elbows on his thighs, leaned forward and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I've eaten hundreds of goblins, and this one is as good as yours."
After hearing this, Mr. Sheep's legs became weak. He moved tremblingly, arrived in front of Wei Hao, and asked in a low voice again: "Are you serious about not killing me? Look at my performance...what are you looking at?"
"I'll ask questions and answer them. If you're satisfied, that's all."
"good!"
Mr. Sheep nodded and suddenly said, "I'm brave. If you don't answer well, just kill me, okay? Those children are quite natural in nature and haven't done anything harmful to others yet..."
"Okay, you are not qualified to negotiate terms with me."
He took out a pot of wine and took a sip. After he felt comfortable, Wei Hao looked at Mr. Sheep and said, "First introduce yourself, and then tell me what these little monsters are like."
"yes……"
Mr. Sheep is not stupid. The traveler from a foreign country in front of him does not look like an ordinary person. How can he take his daughter out without even bringing a handy weapon?
Even if it's a stick, you can still defend yourself after all.
If you don’t bring it, then it means that a skilled person is bold and has real abilities.
"I..." Mr. Sheep opened his mouth and suddenly took out a hat. It was a tribute hat. It was square and the crown was clean and neat.
Usually in Daxia, professors from local schools and societies only wear this kind of hat, because most of them have obtained the title of tribute scholar but chose not to become officials.
If you are a doctor, you are among the academic officials of the imperial court. You can wear regular clothes, but not official robes.
It's a kind of etiquette for scholars.
After straightening his clothes, Mr. Sheep saluted Wei Hao, and then said in a calm tone: "Old man is originally from Mobei. After being separated from his flock of sheep when he was young, he wandered near Beihai and was rescued by an envoy from the Tang Dynasty. In the next thirty years in the Spring and Autumn Period, The old man produced wool, and the messenger used the wool to weave a blanket..."
A simple story was told, and Wei Hao took back the wine he was going to drink.
"...Thirty years have passed, and the old man is about to die. However, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty have been watching the south in Beihai for thirty-nine years..."
"... When the old man was an animal, he had a thorough understanding of human nature. For thirty years, the envoy read and read classics day and night, all of which were written by predecessors..."
"In the thirty-first year, the old man became enlightened and gave birth to the 'Pearl of Wisdom'; when the messenger's beard and hair were all white, the southern army marched to Beihai, but the Tang Dynasty was no longer there, and the frontier troops of the Yu Dynasty came."
"However, the envoy is still respected by the border troops!"
Hearing this, Wei Hao immediately understood that this was the story of "Su Wu Shepherding Sheep".
It's just that "Su Wu" here is not so lucky.
But the "sheep" here are quite lucky.
Generally speaking, Wei Hao already understood that this old sheep spirit should have undergone transformation after understanding human nature, and that the envoy of the Tang Dynasty should be a very remarkable person, so it had the effect of "enlightenment".
The human spirit and will are so powerful, even though bystanders have never been there, they can still draw strength from the story.
"After becoming a spirit, the old man wanted to visit the messenger's hometown. He was cautious and practiced while moving forward. He walked for more than three hundred years before arriving here. Later..."
"How could it be so troublesome and take more than three hundred years?"
Wei Hao was immediately shocked.
"The old man was just a little monster at that time. Not to mention the weak monster power, there were monsters and beasts everywhere in Mobei. To travel twenty miles, the old man had to repeatedly inquire and observe secretly. After confirming that there was no danger, he would travel at night and then look for caves and bushes during the day.
Class avoidance and rest…”
"Awesome, this is a bit admirable."
"If it's winter or summer, you don't dare to travel, and you have to find a place to hide. Especially in winter, the wolves are so hungry that they will eat anything. If some demon groups are not aware of it for a moment, it is not uncommon for them to be besieged and exterminated by wolves.
things."
"What kind of monster is this? It's too useless."
"It is inconvenient to cast spells in the cold winter. If there is heavy snow, unless you are a big demon, you will not be able to move very far in one place. Even if you ride on the wind, you will not be able to freeze after walking for three to five miles. If your strength is a little weak, you will fall in mid-air.
, if it hits solid ice or rocks, you will be seriously injured even if you don’t die.”
"It's not easy to be a monster in a bitter cold land."
"That's why you have to be careful."
Mr. Sheep saw that Wei Hao spoke politely, so he was no longer nervous. He also saw the little girl beside Wei Hao playing with the dolls by herself, and thought to himself that this must be a loving father, otherwise his daughter would not be so well-behaved.
"It is the most difficult to enter the territory of the Yu Dynasty. You must avoid places where the national destiny is strong. I have practiced for sixty or seventy years before I can get through."
"This is not easy. But there is a saying that it is stronger than those big monsters. Those big monsters took advantage of the decline of the national fortune to form a group and come here. And there are hundreds of thousands of them, so they are very afraid of death.
Already."
After saying that, Wei Hao looked at Mr. Yang and said, "Speaking of which, it will be even more difficult for you to move within the territory of the human dynasty."
"Who says it's not the case, but there are popular places that I can't go to. So I always travel across the mountains and ridges to find some dilapidated temples to stay. After all, I have never eaten human flesh and blood, and many of the little gods in rural temples are very polite.
Over time, perhaps because of more good fortune, it became a lot more convenient, and some of the foreign guesthouses or temples where scholars had registered orders, we could also live together in them."
"Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"
"I don't dare pretend to be a scholar. I just do odd jobs such as chopping firewood and carrying water in the guest house. If I work hard, the boss, temple priest or abbot will probably turn a blind eye."
"It's not easy."
"There are still a lot of good people."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Wei Hao laughed when he heard this, patted his thigh and said, "These words are really interesting coming from the mouth of a monster."
"Don't make fun of a strong man. Although there are many difficulties and dangers, if an old man lives in a place full of monsters, he will only be worth a hundred or dozens of kilograms of mutton. Of course there are violent people in the human race, but there are still a few who kill for fun. Again. Or, even if there is such a person, there are many people in the human race who are against him, but among the demons, such crazy demons may dominate one side..."
It is a normal thing for monsters to eat the weak and the strong. It is true to eat, and it is really scary to be afraid, but all wild monsters still yearn for it.
But among the human race, if anyone leads the beasts to eat humans, it doesn't matter whether you are the emperor or the three nobles and nine ministers, you must die.
Therefore, what Mr. Sheep said is really the truth.
"In short, I have been careful along the way and practiced cultivation in the human world. My cultivation level has improved a lot. I have lived another hundred or two hundred years, which can be considered a profit."
"I see that your cultivation has reached the level of a demon king."
"I don't dare to talk about the Demon King, I haven't survived the tribulation yet."
Not caring about whether he could survive the calamity or not, Mr. Yang added, "Later, I read and listened to books, and chatted with the scholars, so I found out the hometown of the envoy. It is this 'Wuquan County', this is Jingshan .”
"The envoy's tomb is located in the northwest of Jingshan Mountain... just past the top of the mountain and along the way, there are two large pines and cypresses, which were planted by Lao Chan two hundred years ago."
He raised his hand and pointed at a mountain not far away. It was the mountain Wei Hao saw when he came, and it belonged to the "green forest".
"Because I often clean, the locals also think that I am a descendant of the envoy. Anyway, after six or seven generations, all the people I knew have passed away. Most of the people I knew were buried near the northwest of Jingshan, which is convenient. clean."
"The old man... is a tombkeeper... a monster."
When he said these words, Mr. Sheep's eyes were obviously a little lonely.
Wei Hao's expression was a little serious, and then he said: "Are you unwilling?"
"What?"
"You are not willing to accept why you were born as a sheep instead of a human being. What you are not willing to accept is this. You want to be a human being."
"..."
Mr. Sheep's eyes widened and he was a little stunned. It was obvious that he had been seen through.
"You can't control things like being born into the wrong child. Just look at it."
Wei Hao asked Mr. Yang to sit down and chat, "Sit down and talk, I'm just scaring you. As long as you don't eat people, I usually won't kill them."
He said it easily, but it also made Mr. Sheep even more uneasy. This kind of person must have ruthless means, otherwise he would not be so confident.
"Thank you."
After cupping his hands, Mr. Yang moved a stone and put it down, then shook his robe, then sat on it, put his hands on his knees, leaned forward slightly, and continued to Wei Hao, "Later, the old man is still here. I guard the tomb and occasionally communicate with students who are studying hard. I probably have some ideas after studying for a few more years. They find them useful and praise me for reading poetry and books. I am really ashamed..."
When he mentioned this, Mr. Sheep blushed a little and lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Later, there was a student named Chunwei who passed the border and was a second-class tribute scholar. He had been an official for decades and returned here after retiring. When he saw me again, he knew that I was not a human being..."
"Hahahahahaha..."
Wei Hao suddenly laughed, "The old boy was probably dumbfounded when he saw you. He thought about how you were still alive when I was young. I have one foot in the coffin and you are still alive. You must be dumbfounded."
"..."
Seeing Wei Hao being so vulgar, Mr. Yang was not dissatisfied, but a little embarrassed. He thought to himself: This charlatan is quite straightforward.
"Since we met again after decades, we naturally looked away. After knowing that I was a wild sheep that became a spirit, you didn't despise me. Instead, you respected me as your teacher. I feel ashamed..."
"That's what he should do. Without you teaching him skills, he would have no idea. As the old saying goes, 'It's up to the individual to lead the master to practice'. Personal efforts are important, but sometimes it also depends on opportunity. Whether he realizes it or not is just a matter of a moment.
things."
When talking about enlightenment, Wei Hao couldn't think of anything else but a dog...
Wang Zhaixing's understanding has one thing to say. Fortunately, he is a dog.
"My tribute robe and tribute hat were given to me by him."
Shaking his sleeves and robe, Mr. Yang added, "Later, I thought it would be better to share my experience. As for children, being an elementary school teacher is probably enough."
"Oh..."
Wei Hao immediately sighed, the naughty children in this small mountain village really found a treasure.
To be an enlightened teacher at the Confucian level is no longer to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, but to use a chain sword.
"Later, it gained some fame, and there were many people in the mountains and fields who were willing to send their children over."
"I never go out, I just teach."
"It's just that in the past few years, I don't know why, many spirits appeared, and there were recruiters. So many people moved away, and within a few years, this place became desolate, and the north and south of Beijing...
, except for the county town, it is actually almost sparsely populated.”
The timeline basically matched. When Wei Hao heard about the past few years, he knew that it was at that time that the national destiny of the Great Xia Dynasty began to have problems, which gave evil spirits a lot of convenience.
However, most of these are ancient spirits, and they are still local spirits. Those like the "Third Witch Prince" who have tens of thousands of elites and hundreds of thousands of minions are not local monsters.
"Since last year, it has become more and more difficult. There are many big man-eating monsters nearby. Although I am not proficient in fighting, I still have some skills. It is not a big problem to scare me. Those monsters who have just been born with intelligence, or
They are intelligent little elves, and I don’t want them to go astray, so I simply gather them and teach them like children.”
"Well, well done."
Wei Hao nodded, "I am not saying this to flatter you, but I am doing a good job for myself and others. Otherwise, if you meet someone like me, if you dare to eat people, I will kill them, and I will kill them all."
All gone, no one left alive."
The tone was very calm and the content was very exciting, which made Mr. Sheep tremble all over.
The surroundings were even more noisy, with rustling among the grass and leaves.
There were rabbits, lizards, and squirrels inside, with their heads popping up one after another. They were all clutching stones and sticks, ready to be struck by Wei Hao at any time.
"Then what's going on with the houses here?"
Wei Hao raised his finger and pointed at the strange-shaped houses and asked.
"This is troublesome."
Suddenly, Mr. Sheep sighed, with a worried look on his face.