Cultivation little Taoist

Chapter 647

The trial site of the Pei family is in a mountain range north of BJ.

Although this is the imperial capital, the prosperity is only limited to the urban area, and it is still desolate in this mountain range.

After Ye Feng, Xia Shihan, and Pei Yan'er arrived at the airport, they rented a car and drove for four hours to reach the mountain range.

"This is the property of the Pei family, and the entire mountain has been bought." Pei Yan'er introduced: "There is the exclusive hotel of the Pei family inside, and the time for catching Nian beasts lasts for half a month. Arranged in order, the person who finally catches the Nian Beastmaster will be the first to see grandma."

"Your Pei family really has a lot of rules." Ye Feng said helplessly, "It's just a new year and you still make so much trouble."

"It looks like it's just New Year's greetings, but it's actually a rivalry between the various branches of the Pei family.

The first person who can meet the head of the Pei family every year will naturally have a higher chance of becoming the head of the family in the future. "Pei Yan'er explained,
"You may not have such disputes on Maoshan. In fact, within our Pei family, this kind of intrigue exists all the time."

Ye Feng has heard about this, but he is more curious about another thing: "Where did you catch all these years of beasts?"

"Actually, I don't know much about this." Pei Yan'er said, "This rule existed when I was born, or even when my grandma was born.

And hundreds of years have passed, and no one has ever caught the New Year Beast King.

Although the Nian Beast was not very capable, it was very cunning. Even though our Pei family went up to the mountain to catch the Nian Beast King every year, they all returned in vain.

We even thought that our ancestors were lying to us, but in fact there is no Nian Beastmaster in it. "When Pei Yan'er said this, she also showed a helpless smile.

"Brother, what exactly is a Nian Beast?" Xia Shihan asked curiously.

"There are many legends about Nian, and most of them are unreliable. According to our Yin Xing's understanding, a monster like Nian is nothing more than an extremely ordinary or even very low-powered evil spirit.

To say that the most reliable legend is the one about Ziwei Xingjun Zhannian Beast.

In ancient times, there was a ferocious monster that lived scattered in deep mountains and dense forests, and people called them "Nian". "Nian" has a terrifying appearance and a ferocious nature. It specializes in eating birds, beasts, and scale insects; it changes its taste every day, from kowtowing worms to living people, which makes people talk about "Nian".

Gradually, people grasped the activity law of "Nian". It turns out that it goes to places where people live every 360 to 360 days or [-] to [-] days, that is, once a year to taste delicious food, and the time of haunting is always in the dark. Afterwards, when the rooster crowed and the dawn broke, they returned to the forest.

People at that time regarded this terrible night as Guansha, which was called "Nianguan";
And came up with a whole set of "New Year's Eve" methods:

Every night on this day, every family prepares dinner in advance, turns off the fire and cleans the stove, and then fastens all the chicken pens and cattle pens;

Then seal the gate of the house to hide the "New Year's Eve dinner" - because this dinner has the meaning of unlucky; Make sacrifices to the ancestors first; pray to the gods of the ancestors to bless them to pass the night safely.

After dinner, no one dared to go to bed, but sat together and chatted to build courage.

As the sky gradually darkened, "Nian" rushed out from the deep mountains and old forests, and entered the village where people lived together.

I saw that the doors of every house were closed tightly, and there were still piles of sesame stalks in front of the doors, but there was no one on the street.The "Nian" who spent most of the night got nothing, so he had to eat some sesame sticks to satisfy his hunger.

After a while, the rooster crowed, and these ferocious and stupid monsters had to return sadly.People who have survived the "Nian Pass" are overjoyed. They want to thank the ancestors of heaven and earth, congratulate each other for not being eaten by the "Nian", open the gates and set off firecrackers, and meet their neighbors and relatives to congratulate them.

After many years like this, nothing happened, and people relaxed their vigilance against Nian Beast.On the thirty night of one year, Nian Beast suddenly ran into a village in the south of the Yangtze River.A whole village was almost eaten up by the Nian Beast. Only a newlywed couple with red curtains and red clothes was safe and sound.

There are also a few children who are playing with a bunch of bamboos in the yard. The fire is bright red, and the bamboos "pop" after burning;

Since then, people know that the Nian beast is afraid of red, light, and noise, and at the end of the year and the beginning of the year;

Every household puts up red papers, wears red robes, hangs red lights, beats gongs and drums, and sets off firecrackers, so that the Nian beast will not dare to come again.

In the "Book of Songs Xiaoya Ting Liao", there is a record of "Ting Liao's light".

The so-called "Ting Liao" is a torch made of bamboo poles.After the bamboo pole is burned, the air in the bamboo joints expands, and the bamboo cavity bursts, making a crackling sound, which is the origin of "firecrackers".

But in some places, the villagers don't know that the Nian beast is afraid of red, and they are often eaten by the Nian beast.

This incident was later reported to Lord Ziwei Xing in the sky. In order to save people, he was determined to destroy the Nian Beast.

One year, when the Nian beast came out, he knocked it down with a fireball, and then locked it on the stone pillar with a thick iron chain.Since then, "Nian" has been subjugated by people and has become a good animal for keeping houses safe.

Every New Year, people always burn incense to thank Ziwei Xingjun for bringing peace from the lower realm. "

"Brother, you seem to be telling a fairy tale!" Xia Shihan said with a smile.

"This is a fairy tale, but it is highly believable." Ye Feng said: "Actually, when the Nian beast was fierce in the past, its ability was very strong, comparable to the four fierce beasts, but it was subdued by Ziwei Xingjun and became a benevolent beast. Beasts, the ability has dropped a lot.

Now that even fireworks and firecrackers are not allowed to be set off, the monster like Nian has only become a synonym. "

"Then where did the Pei family catch so many years beast?" Xia Shihan was even more curious.

"It should have been caught in ancient times, right?" Ye Feng looked at Pei Yan'er.

Pei Yan'er also shook her head, "I said I don't know...

But every time we catch the Nian Beast and count it, we will release the Nian Beast back to the forest, and we will not kill it, just to get a lottery. "

"It's kind of like a game."

The three of them talked, and they drove to the mountain range that Pei Yan'er mentioned. There were already various luxury cars parked outside, and it seemed that the car that Ye Feng rented was quite shabby.

After stopping the car, the three of them got out of the car. After Ye Feng turned on the fourth-grade transfer, he soon noticed a faint barrier around the mountain.

This barrier contains a faint mortal aura, and it's not very strong.

It seems that the Nian Beast's cultivation base was not too high, but it was just raised by the Pei family as a prize.

"Hey, isn't this the Patriarch of the Pei family? Why are you still interested in catching the Nian Beast this year!" Ye Feng and the others hadn't entered before they heard a strange voice.

Pei Yan'er frowned, watching a group of people slowly approaching, led by a young woman in a white mink coat.

"The northeast branch of the Pei family, named Pei Xi'er, was the number two member of the Pei family before." Pei Yan'er explained softly to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng nodded slightly: "Who was the No. [-] member of the Pei family before?"

"I will." Pei Yan'er smiled mischievously at Ye Feng, and then walked up to meet Pei Xi'er: "Since you know that I am the Patriarch of the Pei family, why don't you kneel down to welcome me?"

"Yo, it's really hard to compliment you!" Pei Xi'er had a disdainful expression on her face: "You have been kicked out of Pei's house, who doesn't know?

I'm afraid it's inappropriate to come here to participate in the activity of catching the Nian beast, right? "

"As long as the younger generations of the Pei family are qualified to catch the Nian Beast.

Although I was expelled from the Pei family, I am still the younger generation of the Pei family.

I want to wish grandma and her old man a new year, what's your business? "Pei Yan'er is used to such intrigue and verbal confrontation, so naturally she refuses to show weakness.

"Hehe, if you want to spend this effort, who cares about you!

But I just kindly remind you that the first person to meet grandma must be me.

You'd better be careful, although this Year Beast's cultivation base is low, but it's not something you can deal with with a crippled cultivation base! "

"I don't need your reminder!" Pei Yan'er snorted, "I remember that every year the rule is that you can bring two people in together, right?
How high is your cultivation?Why don't you invite all kinds of families from the Northeast to serve as foreign aid to help you catch the Nian beast?
Do you want to mock me here?
This lady doesn't have a cultivation base, so she's better than you, a half-assed bastard with cultivation base! "

Pei Xi'er wanted to get angry when she was provoked by these words, but she quickly suppressed it. After seeing Ye Feng, she showed a wicked smile:
"I said, where did my beloved former head of the Pei family and Miss Pei get the confidence, so they brought the uncle who locked up Longjing back then to come together!

Oh, almost forgot!
It's not a son-in-law at all, but he has a long-standing marriage contract, and he got married just to help our Miss Pei get the position of Patriarch.

Tsk tsk tsk, the little girl next to her is his real girlfriend, right?

Yan'er, how big is your heart to drag someone over to help you catch the Nian beast? "

Women love to gossip by nature, and no matter how strict Mrs. Pei is, such explosive gossip will still spread up and down in Pei's family.

The most painful thing about Pei Yan'er's killing is probably about Ye Feng. At this time, her face was pale, and she took out Mu Yun trembling all over. She wanted to kill this Pei Xi'er.

However, Ye Feng pulled Xia Shihan forward slowly, patted Yan'er on the shoulder, and helped her put Mu Yun away.

"Let's go." Ye Feng said.

Pei Yan'er gritted her teeth, and gave Pei Xi'er a bitter look.

"Go slowly, my Miss Pei! When I visit grandma in front of you this year, I will intercede for you.

After all, Miss Pei, who has always been proud, even gave up her face in order to see grandma, which really sacrificed a lot! "

That Pei Xi'er laughed wildly, but in the middle of the laugh, she couldn't laugh anymore...

(End of this chapter)