Ordinary people in the world of Uncle Nine

Chapter 194 Corpse Mutation
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Blood overflowed from the wound on the leg. The tapir grasped the ground with both hands, its back slumped tightly, baring its teeth at Qiu Sheng and Uncle Jiu like a gorilla in a zoo.

From time to time, the tongue sticks out of the mouth, like a snake spitting out a letter, and the eyes turn between the two, with vigilance and anxiety in their eyes.

"Master, watch out for its tongue!"

Qiu Sheng looked at the tapir's tongue like a snake letter and reminded Uncle Jiu with lingering fear.

During this period, their standing has changed from a straight line to a triangle side by side. From the perspective of the tapir, they can just see the villagers who are coming here.

The noisy human voices were sandwiched between the sound of gongs, and the light of the torches flickered scatteredly in the forest. Affected by these external factors, the tapir became extremely flustered, and it bared its teeth at Jiushu Qiusheng and the other two. Deterrent, while dragging his injured leg back.

"It's not that easy to run!"

All the fear comes from the unknown. When the tapir didn't show up, Qiu Sheng was still a little apprehensive about it, but after fighting, he found that apart from paying attention to its tongue, the tapir didn't seem so scary, so When he realized that it was about to escape, he immediately rushed over to stop it.

It's just that even though the marrow-eating tapir was wounded in the leg by Uncle Jiu's arrow, it still moved more nimbly, like a more nimble ape, using the surrounding environment to keep Qiu Sheng from getting close.

And after Qiusheng slammed into the air once, the marrow-eating tapir leaped behind him with the help of the tree trunk, stared at the back of his head, and swished his tongue to pierce him, but at this time Uncle Jiu shot another arrow through his tongue. However, nail the tongue directly to the trunk.

"Ugh..."

The tongue was controlled, and the marrow-eating tapir suddenly lost the ability to fight back. It wanted to escape but the tongue was fixed, and it was impossible to leave. Qiu Sheng kicked it and smashed it under the tree.

puff!
Qiu Sheng drew the short sword from his body and directly pierced it into the heart of the tapir. It struggled for a few times and stopped moving.

"Phew! Get it done!"

Kicking the dead tapir-eating tapir, Qiu Sheng wiped off the sweat on his forehead, and heaved a sigh of relief. The only thing that can threaten people is the tongue. The tongue is disabled, and the movement is restricted, just like the meat on the chopping board. The same at the mercy of others.

"Tsk tsk, why is this thing so ugly?"

After Wencai and the villagers caught up, Qiusheng took a torch and looked at the tapir's face by the light of the fire.

The head of the tapir is somewhat similar to that of a monkey, except that the nose is a bit like a wolf, and the whole body is covered with black fluff. The two arms are as long as the ankles, with human-like five fingers, and the dark skin is shiny.

When he got close, he could still smell the foul smell on his body, so Qiu Sheng removed the torch in disgust and stood up from the ground.

"Master, how to deal with this thing?"

"Find a few people to move back and cremate!"

Uncle Jiu frowned and looked at the dead body, and when he heard Qiu Sheng's words, he asked someone to carry it back.

"This is the monster that killed Ma Laosan? I'm so good, it looks really scary!"

After Uncle Nine and the others returned to Laosan Ma's house, he sent someone to inform the village head, and when the village head Ma came over, he was startled by the appearance of the marrow-eating tapir and took a few steps back.

Apparently terrified, the young man in the village was packing firewood and preparing to be cremated in the yard.

"The firewood is ready!"

"Move the body up!"

The Qing Zhuang family was busy with their work, while the village chief took Uncle Jiu to thank him.

"Uncle Jiu, thank you so much, otherwise Ma Laosan would have waited a long time before he could be buried."

Now that the murderer who killed Ma Laosan has been found, it means that his body can be buried. Ma Laosan is already dead, it is too late to say anything now, we can only let him go to the ground as soon as possible, and don't need to stop in Yizhuang Waiting for it to rot.

At this time, the night had receded, and as morning came, a smear of whiteness could already be seen on the horizon. When the first rays of sunlight appeared, those who carried the corpses to the pyre suddenly became flustered. Attract the eyes of several people who are talking with the village chief.

"what happened?"

Uncle Jiu frowned and walked over to ask, only to see a villager coming down from the top just now talking to Uncle Jiu in shock.

"The corpse above has changed!"

Seeing that he was stuttering and couldn't explain clearly, Uncle Jiu passed him and climbed up the woodpile to see what had changed.

"Ok?"

After Uncle Jiu climbed up, he couldn't help being stunned when he saw the corpse. At this time, the black down on the tapir's body had turned white, and after being exposed to the sun, the surface was even slightly golden.

"Master, the smell has also changed!"

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, who followed from one side, also pawed at the other side, and were also surprised by the change of the marrow-eating tapir. Qiu Sheng raised his nose and smelled a faint scent of sandalwood from the corpse.

Hearing Qiu Sheng's words, Uncle Jiu moved closer and smelled it. Sure enough, the previous foul smell had disappeared, replaced by a faint scent of sandalwood.

"Bai Rong...Master, could this be the Mo Qi you mentioned earlier?"

Looking at the completely changed corpse, Qiu Sheng suddenly remembered the nightmare-eating beast Moqi that Uncle Jiu had mentioned before, and the appearance of the marrow-eating tapir completely corresponded to it.

"What Mochi? What are you talking about?"

Wen Cai was not there when Uncle Jiu gave Qiu Sheng an answer before, so he didn't know anything about Mo Qi, so he couldn't help but feel puzzled when he heard what the two of them were talking about.

"I'll tell you later."

Qiu Sheng waved at him, then looked at Uncle Jiu.

"Don't burn the corpse yet, take it back to Yizhuang and put it away."

After thinking about it for a while, Uncle Jiu decided to take the body back first. It was the first time he had seen the real face of the tapir, and he was confused about it. But he didn't want to lose face in front of his apprentice, so he took it back to Yizhuang for observation and research. Besides.

The three of them came down from above to find the village head and explained the situation, but the village head naturally had no objection to this, so they borrowed a stretcher from Xiahe Village, and Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai carried the body back first.

After Uncle Jiu finished dealing with the matter in Xiahe Village, he went to Zhiguna to explain the situation in Xiahe Village to her.

Aunt Cane returned to the temple after taking Uncle Jiu and the others to Xiahe Village yesterday, and did not wait with them. When Uncle Jiu told about the situation of the marrow-eating tapir, she immediately became interested, so she followed Uncle Jiu back to Yi village.

"Mistress!"

"Haha, good boy!"

As soon as the two returned to Yizhuang, they were seen by Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, so they stepped forward to greet them in unison, and Aunt Cane was immediately greeted by them with a smile on her face.

And Uncle Jiu couldn't hold back his old face in the deep eyes of both of them, so he coughed dryly and asked as if nothing had happened.

"Where's the corpse?"

"It's in the morgue."

Qiu Sheng answered fluently, and then several people came to the morgue together, and the tapir's body was placed alone in a room, which was the room where Mr. Ren was parked.

"Hmm! It does have a strange fragrance!"

Aunt Cane leaned down and smelled the corpse. From last night until now, the corpse still didn't stink, and the sandalwood still remained.

"This should be the legendary Moqi, but why did the pith-eating tapir turn into Moqi?"

Aunt Cane was a little puzzled. Neither Mo Qi nor the marrow-eating tapir was described in the classics about the connection between the two.

　I originally wanted this setting, but it was not easy to write.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)