After Chuan Shu died, the four apprentices turned black

Chapter 35 The Origin of Demons
The village is not too far from the post station, much closer than the post station to the Rain Prayer Terrace.

Yueying imagined that it would be a place made up of many tents, surrounded by some fences to defend against foreign enemies... It turns out that she was wrong.

This can hardly be called a village, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a town.

It is completely different from the demolished buildings commonly used by nomads, but solid wooden structures, which are solidly built on the land, crowded in rows, but generally not tall, and are clustered together in large areas. Then a square with a large area is vacated.

At this time, the square was full of flames, crowded with people, and the noise seemed to be like a huge wave.

Yueying was a little amazed, those who didn't know it thought it was not a celebration banquet, but a scene of burning, killing and looting.

"Looks like it's already started, let's go." Morida whistled, with a bold smile, pulling her and ran over excitedly, not refusing.

Nangong's expression was not very good all the time, but he could only keep up with a frown. Master Xu and several guards looked at each other, shook their heads and followed helplessly.

The more crowded the place is, the more closely you must follow to prevent accidents.

In the crowded crowd, Yueying noticed that the ratio of men to women here is very unbalanced, it is difficult to find women in the crowd, and tall men are everywhere, which is understandable, after all, it is a military camp.

"Morida, you're here, do you want to be with me tonight?"

"Come to me, Morida, I promise to satisfy you!"

"What are you thinking, Morida is not a casual person."

When everyone saw Morida, they greeted her very familiarly and joked with her. Morida responded coquettishly to them, occasionally cursing back loudly when she heard excessive remarks, and the scolded people didn’t care. Haha laughed as if hearing something interesting.

Of course someone noticed Yueying, but just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, he was immediately followed by Nangong, who followed him and glared back. His cold expression was like a snake, and everyone who wanted to get close to Yueying was attacked indiscriminately. The cold breath came back.

Even though he is relatively thin and small, it seems that he is not enough to look good in this group of strong men, but almost everyone knows him. At the celebration banquet the day before yesterday, this thin boy didn't even move, so he killed him with his mysterious and terrifying ability. A strong man who wanted to beat him up because he was not pleasing to the eye.

Killing people here is a common thing. If the person who took the initiative was killed, then no one will blame or punish the murderer. Instead, he will be regarded as a warrior. Only the powerful can be respected.

What's more, they also heard that he was sent by the imperial court. If it was just this identity, it would at most make them behave more restrained, and they would not be so afraid of him. It was his strength that really repelled them.

"He's here again."

"It seems that the woman is the princess."

"It's really beautiful, but it's a pity that it has an owner."

They looked at each other and smiled, and naturally regarded Nangong Yuheng as Yueying's little consort.

"Shike, this is the Princess Mingchen I mentioned to you earlier, treat her well tonight." Mo Lida smiled and pushed Yueying to the side of the most honored position in the upper middle of the square, which is the seat for distinguished guests.

The main seat was covered with animal skins, and the appetizing roast whole lamb was placed on the low table above, as well as delicious wine. The person sitting on the main seat was Shike, and it seemed that he was the master here.

In the smoldering fire, his broad face was dim and unclear, and his slightly squinted eyes caused heavy wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He had short, tough hair, big earlobes, a wide mouth, and a thick neck. The most difficult thing to ignore was his huge figure. Shape, in short, is very oppressive.

Yue Ying seemed to be facing a lazy lion, she could look at the same level as the standing one just by sitting, and it was hard to imagine how overwhelming it would be when standing up.

His voice was also expected to be deep and thick, as if a giant was speaking, and even the air was shaking:

"your Highness."

"Meeting for the first time...Shik."

"It's my honor that His Royal Highness Mingchen can come to my celebration banquet." He was quite proud of the little princess.

Yueying was a little nervous, looking at his hands casually placed on the low table, she suspected that he could crush her head with one hand.

There are also many people around who have been attracted, stop celebrating and focus on this side.

"Don't be afraid of Yueying, the Shik people are very good, but they look a little scary, but this is also good. At least most people dare not challenge the majesty of the village. There are almost no battles that cannot be won with him."

Morida laughed to soothe Yue Ying's emotions, then greeted two slave-like women from nowhere, carried the heavy food tray to Yue Ying's position, and arranged her seat.

The reason why it is called a heavy food plate is because the food plate seems to be made of heavy metal, with a bright color in the firelight. Just looking at it is enough.

"Your Highness can enjoy it as you like." Shik smiled, his face was wrinkled but did not make people feel old. "You can tell me anything."

After finishing speaking, she stopped paying too much attention to Yueying, which made Yueying breathe a sigh of relief.

Nangong stood by her side without saying a word, his whole body tensed.

He didn't see Shik last time when he came here, but after he killed the person who provoked him, a person came to deal with the scene when everyone was commotion. Everyone respected him, as if because he was Shik's confidant.

At this time, the man knelt and sat in the shadow behind Shik, his eyes closed and motionless, as if Shik was a dormant machine when he did not explain the task.

If everyone present Nangong has the confidence to solve it easily, then the only thing he is afraid of is this Shike. He even breathes much slower and bigger than normal people, and his breath is almost equal to the combined volume of the five people around him. .

This is one of Nangong's techniques for recognizing people after he acquires abilities. The more powerful a person is, the more unusual their breathing is. the man's ability.

Shik, he is really not sure that he can win it steadily.

After eating and drinking for a while, Yue Ying was still a little cramped. The banquet was full of men, and it was lively, but it was more noisy, yelling and wrestling. Everyone seemed to have nowhere to vent their energy. There were even people who got drunk and made trouble, and the fights were neither serious nor serious. In a short while, several people were beaten out of blood.

Everyone seemed to be used to it, while cheering for the winner, while excitedly joining the next game.

The smell of male hormones is everywhere. Yueying was quite interested at first, but she became bored after watching too much. She absent-mindedly ate a few mouthfuls of mutton, and the smell of mutton almost overwhelmed her. It almost killed her.

She frowned, feeling that she was not suitable here.

Until a few women dressed in cool clothes came up in a row, the scene was silent for a moment, and then exploded more vigorously. Amidst the shouts and whistles one after another, the women began to dance slowly. Surprised, I didn't expect this kind of activity to exist in a place with so few women.

"These are prisoners of war." Nangong whispered beside her.

"Really?" Yueying blinked her eyes, and she couldn't see any traces of prisoners of war from their generous and beautiful dancing postures. Instead, she felt that they seemed to regard this place as their own stage, and from time to time they would wink at the men around them. , eliciting an even crazier response.

"The status of female captives here is very high. They can choose a man to start a family, and even choose to live with multiple men... As long as they have no objections, Shike is responsible for ensuring their safety, so there are even women who take the initiative to defect here." Mo Lida heard their conversation and joined in with a smile and explained.

No wonder...

Yueying looked at Shike with some exclamation, and felt that he was a very good leader. With his policy, he could coordinate and reduce some unnecessary conflicts, and it could also ease the mood of the soldiers.

It can be seen that everyone respects him very much.

Shike noticed her gaze, and slowly turned his pupils to meet her gaze. Yueying felt cold all over, trying to straighten herself without showing timidity, and slowly raised her smiling face.

"Your Highness is not used to our food?" He asked with concern.

"It's a little bit, but it's okay, I'm not hungry." Yueying said quickly, to be honest, apart from the smell of sheep, there is another important reason why she doesn't eat this sheep, that is, today's weird sheep, which made her always eat it. I can't help but think about it.

And when she saw the roasted whole lamb in front of her, she would think of that lamb almost effortlessly, as if it had been plucked and roasted and was lying in front of her, waiting for her to bite it, and then it would There are some horrible things happening.

"Ok."

Yue Ying pursed her lips, her heart moved, and she blurted out:
"Shike, I have something to ask."

"Oh?" Shike was a little surprised, and changed his posture to face Yue Ying, looking very serious, but Yue Ying felt that it was like a mountain turned in a different direction, which made her feel even more oppressed.

"That's right, we found a sheep when it rained in the past two days."

"A sheep." Dashan nodded seriously and repeated the end of her sentence, showing that he was listening carefully.

This made him look a lot more friendly and less scary. Yue Ying relaxed a lot and told what she saw and heard today and yesterday without any haste.

I didn't have any expectations at first, I just thought it was a strange story, and when I asked Shike, I thought he was very reliable, maybe he would know something that everyone didn't know, but I didn't expect that the more he listened, the more he looked Seriously, the back that was slouched before gradually straightened up, appearing taller and stronger.

He asked questions from time to time as the story progressed.

"In the same location?"

"Did you really hear the shrill wolf howl?"

"Did the sheep struggle before dying..."

Not only him, but the confidant behind him who always closed his eyes and waited for orders was also attracted, and opened his sharp eyes to listen carefully.

"It's probably like this, do you have any ideas?" Yue Ying swallowed anxiously, "For example, what is it..."

"Devil's disease." The confidant suddenly said, and then stood up slowly, "If you guessed correctly, that sheep was entangled by a demon and suffered from a demon's disease."

Shik looked at him solemnly, and said:

"Kita, are you sure?"

"If it was before, I may not be sure, but recently... there are signs of that. The wars are too frequent, and the demons have an opportunity to take advantage of them. They have already planted the seeds." He said to the rest of the barracks , much thinner, and his voice is faint and cold, saying these words makes people shudder.

Monsters will come in places with the most disasters, wars and famines, Yunze Country is almost the best breeding ground for monsters, so monsters that are hard to find in certain areas are not rare in Yunze Country.

Although in recent years, due to the active confrontation of the god-given people, the number of monsters has decreased a lot, but if a large-scale disaster breaks out again, the monsters will sweep in again, bringing more despair to people's already miserable lives .

Death is their nourishment; pain is their food.

"Demons, people who are possessed by demons will gradually become demons. This is how they reproduce. There are also demons who plant seeds on animals. The demons born in this way are mentally incomplete, so their main task is to spread seeds. It's their main target." Qita glanced at Yue Ying and the others, as if examining them.

"Will the seeds be spread if you touch the sheep?" Yueying asked in horror, and Nangong held her hand immediately.

"Impossible," Master Xu strode forward to the two children, and stared at Qita calmly, "I also know something about monsters, and monsters are not simply derived from contact, so don't spread rumors and create Panic!"

Kita smiled and nodded:

"Of course it's not so scary. What monsters need is corpses and panic. First of all, you have to be a dead person before you can be possessed by a monster and become the next monster. Moreover, the possessed monster has obvious characteristics, such as not being able to struggle but being able to kill. lamb of a dead wolf."

Shik waved his hand:

"Don't talk about it here, let's talk about it in another place."

So the group moved to another place, and the celebration continued, but they came to the big house belonging to Shik with a heavy heart. This building was much taller than the surrounding ones, and the high roof seemed too empty for ordinary people. But Shik felt a little crowded, because he could touch the roof that was three months high with his hands.

Everyone sat in a circle with serious expressions, as if they were having a small meeting.

"Now it has been confirmed that the demons have started to appear again. Before the problem becomes serious, we should find the source and curb it." Qi Daxu babbled, and when he spoke, it always made people feel that he was talking to himself.

Yue Ying couldn't get in the conversation, but just listened hard, collecting these completely unfamiliar information.

Nangong was similar, looking at Master Xu silently, only Master Xu had the right to speak on this aspect among them.

He cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "Before that, I would like to know more about what happened recently, which is the reason for the rampage of demons... Can you explain a little bit about whether you have held celebrations so frequently, whether it has always been like this, or is it recently Only increased the frequency?"

The sharp question silenced the air.

(End of this chapter)