Chapter 224 Tell the truth Although the weather has warmed up, it is still cold at night. A bright moon hangs in the sky, and the moonlight is so clear and cold. The two men traveled at night. Lin Jue walked in a hurry. The junior sister looked around worriedly. Not far away, there was another person standing on the side of the road ahead. The two were terrified. In the moonlight, they initially thought it was just a dark shadow, like a tree stump on the side of the road. When they got closer, they saw it was a person. They were both shocked. "Don't be afraid, both of you." The man said with a smile, and then asked them, "How do we get to Liujia Village?" The sentence connection, wording and tone are all very stiff. "You, are you a human or a ghost?" Lin Jue took a closer look and saw that the man was tall, skinny, and dressed in cloth. He seemed to want to appear friendly and had a smile on his face, but the stiff smile made him look even more creepy.
People like this are monsters... The fox and cat in the backpack were also scratching his back quietly. But Lin Jue had already seen it. The man replied, "I'm just a passerby, asking for directions." "Liujia Village? It's in front." "Oh!" When the man heard this, he smiled slightly, then started walking with them. Although they were afraid, they couldn't refuse, so they asked: "Are you from Liujia Village?" "I guess so." The skinny man replied, "It's hard to walk on the road at night, so we should go together." "What does it mean?" "Oh? Oh! My wife is from Liujia Village! She went back to her parents' home for the New Year and never came back. I came to look for her, but I forgot the way and got lost!" This monster is obviously not good at lying, but he still makes up lies. Lin Jue felt amused in his heart, but his expression remained the same. "So that's it..." "Who are you two? Where do you live? Where are you going? Why are you still walking on the road so late? Aren't you afraid of encountering robbers or monsters?" "..." The two looked at each other in the moonlight. The reason they were originally looking for was Liujia Village. The road ahead was a bit remote and the only famous big village was Liujia Village. Unexpectedly, the monster found the same reason as them. Lin Jue thought for a moment and changed his words: "My name is Lin Jue, and this is my sister, Lin Qingyao. We have an uncle named Qiao Xuefu. When he was young, he borrowed ten taels of silver from a good friend, but unfortunately he became poor and had no money to pay it back. Recently, I heard that his friend and his wife were both seriously ill and bedridden, and had no livelihood, so they tried their best to collect five taels of silver. When my brother and I found out, we tried our best to collect the remaining five taels for him, and took them to Runze County to return it to his friend. But he has to stay there for one more day, so we came back first."
"Oh?" The monster seemed stunned for a moment: "Is it true?" "Of course it's true!" Lin Jue said, "Look, after we paid him back, we also caught two kittens from his good friend's house. We plan to take them back home to raise and maybe sell them for some money to buy a bag of salt. After his family raised the money for him, they were already struggling to make ends meet." The monster couldn't help but look behind Lin Jue. There was indeed some movement in the backpack, and a slight smell of cat. "Meow~" "Meow!" There were two cat meows, the latter one was a little weird. "Tsk tsk!" The monster couldn't help but exclaimed, shaking his head, "How could there be such a trustworthy person in the world!" "There is no other way. How can I not pay back the money I borrowed? He was poor before, and his friend could still make a living, so it would be fine. But now it's like this, he has to pay it back no matter what." “That makes sense…” The monster immediately stopped being suspicious and even sighed. "You are here..." Lin Jue turned his head and looked at him, waiting for him to show any signs of ferocity or intention to harm them, and then he would take him down. But unexpectedly, I heard the monster sigh and say: "To be honest, I am a monster in the mountains. I was planning to harm you on this road so that I could extort some money and sacrifices from you. But after hearing what you said, I felt that your life was also difficult. Moreover, you and your uncle are rare trustworthy people. Although I am a monster, I also admire such people in my heart, so I will not make things difficult for you today!" "Ok?" Lin Jue and his junior sister were surprised. "The roads are hard to see at night. Where do you live? I'll take you home!" "?" The junior sister loosened her hands and secretly adjusted the position of the beans in her palms. The bean soldier spell was on the tip of her tongue, but she took it back again. "Are you really a monster? Don't dare to say that!" "It is absolutely true!" said the monster. "Although I have been harming people here, it has only happened for a short period of time. I have never taken anyone's life. If you are really afraid and dare not go with me, I will leave now." "It sounds like you don't seem to be a bad person. Why do you want to hurt people on the road?" Lin Jue asked. "You are human, how can you understand?" These words reminded Lin Jue of the dog demon on the roadside, and he couldn't help but become interested. "We are traveling at night anyway, and we have encountered a monster. We have nothing else to talk about along the way, so why not talk about it?" "It's okay to say it, but don't spread it outside."
"Can!" "The world is in chaos now, and it's not just the human world that's in chaos. The demon world in the mountains is also in chaos!" The monster continued to walk forward with them, sighing as he walked: "For example, there is a crocodile king here. Qinzhou is centered on the capital, and the southeast is his territory. Although he does not have as many officials and soldiers as the human court, and does not collect taxes on weekdays, every time he holds his birthday banquet once every ten years, we monsters must prepare a big gift and present it to him, otherwise he will make things difficult for us, or even send his men to kill us." "King Crocodile? Birthday banquet?" "Yes! I usually practice in the mountains and play freely. I don't need money and I don't look for treasures. How can I give him a big gift? There is no other way. I heard that he has been obsessed with alchemy in recent years. So I can only find some wealthy families on the road, use magic to embarrass them, and extort some money and sacrifices from them. I will buy a few annual ginseng and offer them to him. Then I can spend another ten years in peace." "That's it!" "You haven't told me where you are going yet? I see you are not afraid of me, so I will send you back." The monster said, "Although there are no monsters like me causing trouble on the road ahead, there are some monsters and ghosts. If you are accidentally hit by them, even if they don't want to hurt you, if you are weak and timid, and you are touched by evil spirits or frightened, you will inevitably get seriously ill." "..." Lin Jue looked at his junior sister again, feeling both amused and embarrassed. This monster also felt a little strange - Even though these two are young and brave, they shouldn't be completely fearless when encountering a monster while walking on the road at night, right? Could it be that he met one of those people described in human books, who is born with courage, fearless of demons and monsters, and destined to achieve great things? At this moment, I suddenly heard a sentence: "To be honest..." The tone was almost the same as his previous one. "We two are Taoists from Mount Yi, and we have learned the magic of exorcising demons and monsters. We heard that there was a monster causing trouble on this road, so we came to kill you!" "what!?" When the monster heard this, he was shocked. He paused and glanced around, only to see the young man next to him smiling, as if he was not afraid of ghosts at all. This is much more terrifying than someone who achieves great things! "not good!" Little demons and ghosts have always been like this. If people are not afraid of them, they will be afraid of people. This is their way of survival. The monster turned and ran away. I never thought that there would be a loud bang—— The bamboo hat covering the backpack behind Lin Jue was lifted up, and two shadows jumped out from it, one in front and one behind. As soon as the white shadow in the front appeared, it grew taller when it saw the wind, and in an instant it turned into a three-tailed white fox almost the size of an ordinary mountain tiger. It flew with the wind and immediately blocked his way. A spotted cat followed and ran out. It was also very ferocious. As soon as it landed and took two steps, it paused and looked up at the white fox in front of it. I heard some incantations and some sounds of breaking air. The monster looked up. Under the bright moon, seven or eight flying swords spun around from both sides and stopped in the air in front of him, spinning non-stop, reflecting the cold light of the moon, and cutting everything into pieces. What kind of magic is this? The monster was startled and turned around to look. The two people were still there, but at some point, the other woman had already held an ancient long sword in her arms, and the other person was also calm and unhurried, as if she was not afraid that he would run away.
"Serious man, have mercy!" The monster's expression suddenly changed. Lin Jue was still a little dazed as he looked at this scene. I met a monster tonight. The monster was disguised as a human. I talked to him and it was 70% similar to my previous experience. It's just that the dog demon's acting was better, and this one, perhaps because he doesn't often interact with people, is not as good. The dog demon was just scary, but this one really wants to hurt people. Although it has never killed anyone, it can cause people to lose money and suffer disasters. However, he is no longer the same as before. In the past, one had to rely on intimidation to scare away the dog demon, but now, one doesn’t even need to use much effort, nor does one have to think hard about the words. One can scare the demon with just a little trick. "We originally came here to kill you, but we didn't expect that you would let us go because of our unintentional actions." Lin Jue said to him with a smile, "It seems a bit inhumane to kill you after all." "Master, please spare my life! I have never killed anyone before!" "I have heard that. It is not a capital crime as it does not kill anyone, but highway robbery is also a serious crime." Lin Jue walked up to him and said, "But considering that you are also helpless, and we do have something we want to ask you, we can discuss it." "Is there a discussion?" The monster raised his head and looked around. Although the flying swords hanging in the sky had disappeared, the white fox was still staring at him hungrily, as if it could bite off half of his head in one bite. The woman's silence while holding the sword also put him under great pressure, so the fear in his heart not only did not dissipate, but continued to ferment. When he heard that there was still room for discussion, he immediately said: "Real people, please speak!" "We have also heard that there is a Crocodile King here. We have always admired him. We have also heard that he will hold a birthday banquet this summer. We want to join in the fun. We happened to meet you, so we would like to ask you where the Crocodile King's cave is and when the birthday banquet will be held." "So that's it!" The monster breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "The Alligator Dragon King's cave is 200 miles away from here. Go down along the Weishui River. At the widest part of the river bend, there is a ferry on the right side that is always covered by fog. Just go down from there!" Then he paused: "As for the time, it's not in the summer, but in the spring, on February 22nd of this year. If you want to participate, you must arrive three days in advance." “Can people participate?” "The Alligator King's birthday banquet is held every ten years. I have attended twice. Both times, people came. However, people cannot enter the Alligator King's cave to attend the banquet. If you bring enough gifts, you can still join in the fun outside." “So there are a lot of monsters?” "Yes, quite a few." “How many powerful ones are there?” "There aren't many powerful ones, most of them are small like this." The monster replied quickly. "How many soldiers and generals does the Crocodile King have?"
"A real person? This..." The monster's expression changed and he suddenly felt something was wrong. Are you going to the party to join in the fun? "We are human after all, not like monsters." The sword-holding junior sister finally spoke, "So we must be careful." "This……" The monster thought about it and reluctantly accepted it. "I don't know how many soldiers and generals King Crocodile has under his command. Every time I went to a banquet, I never entered King Crocodile's cave. I only saw it from afar. I heard that the king has a military advisor who is good at magic, and dozens of shrimp and crab soldiers and yellow scale guards. There are also great demon generals such as Chicken Immortal and Rhino General." "I see." Lin Jue nodded, looking thoughtful. It sounds like the turtle demon sorcerer is also a well-known figure among them, while the shrimp, crab and fish demons are the main force. Although the turtle-demon sorcerer and those shrimp, crab and fish monsters have some abilities, like the black shrimp general and those yellow-scaled guards, a team of elite soldiers in the ordinary world may not be able to do anything to even one of them. But it is easy for them to deal with it now. (End of this chapter)