Swallow Back

Liu Yun was puzzled, but he didn't move. He led the little pack horse in with a calm expression and said to the old man, "We are passing travelers. Thinking of you staying here for one night, the room and meals will not be short of you."

"Oh... it's a coincidence, someone came here..." The old man scratched his hair blankly, shook his head and said, "This villain's house is a mess, only miscellaneous rice porridge and radishes are eaten, how can I be so embarrassed to collect money? What about the neighborhood? There is no businessman, you give the money, and the villain will not use it."

After saying that, the old man staggered and walked into the house tremblingly.

This is an unobstructed shabby house, with bamboo poles tied up as a skeleton and leather, thatch and rags as filling materials, it can only be said to be barely sheltered from the wind and rain.

Naturally, there is no floor in the house, just uneven soil.

In the center is a fire and an iron pot with several corners missing. On the left is a messy bed made of rice bunches, and on the right is a water tank, miscellaneous grains, pickled radishes and some daily necessities.

No other superfluous furnishings.

Just now, the old man made firewood and was cooking porridge, so the smoke from the cooking wafted out from the skylight.Now that I saw a guest come in, I grabbed two more grains and added a ladle of water.

Looking at his living conditions, it is an amazing act of kindness to be able to share food with strangers.

Although the environment was dirty and messy, Liu Yun and Saito Asanobu were not particular about people, so they sat on the ground when they entered.

Then the two felt something in an instant, and they looked at each other with a heart-to-heart.

That's right, although the old man is an ordinary person, there seems to be another monster full of creatures in the room.

Feeling carefully, the demonic energy seems to originate from the ground.

The accurate description is under the bed made of rice bunches.Could it be authentic?

Liu Yun frowned in thought, but was not in a hurry to speak for the time being.

Saito Asanoin asked directly, "Old man, how do you fill your stomach when you live in such a remote place?"

"Ah?" The old man turned around slowly and said weakly, "The little man has cultivated a wasteland behind the mountain, planted millet and radishes, and it is enough to eat."

"Oh...cough!" Saito Chaoxin coughed twice, then asked, "Why did you run into such a desolate mountain?"

"Ha..." The old man smiled, and the wrinkled skin on his face became more and more conspicuous: "Something happened at home, I can't stay any longer, so I can only run out."

"Well...cough...cough..." Saito Chaoxin nodded, coughed again, then went straight to the subject, and asked solemnly: "Does what happened at home have something to do with the monster under the bed?"

The old man was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and the wooden spoon in his hand fell, hitting the edge of the pot with a crisp sound.Then he trembled all over, stood up in astonishment, even his hunched back straightened a little bit, his mouth opened and closed quickly, but he couldn't speak.

At this moment, under the bed made of rice bunches, a person suddenly got out and shouted: "Are you here to subdue demons? Just kill me, don't be hard on the old man, he is an ordinary person!"

Looking closely, it was an old, thin old woman.

It's just that the face has a pointed beak, the arms have many feathers, and the feet have turned into eagle claws.

At the same time, the old man immediately fell to his knees and pleaded with a wailing voice: "Please forgive her! The old lady was cursed to become like this, and she has never harmed anyone..."

"Is this true?" Liu Yun suddenly asked seriously, a red light flashed in his eyes.

Immediately, the half-human half-bird old woman and the old man who was begging for mercy were a little sluggish, and answered questions honestly.

Next to Saito Asanobu was very surprised, his scarred face immediately showed fear, but he immediately covered it with a cough.

It turned out that the old man and the old woman were originally a husband and wife from a peasant household in the west of the Ueno country, under the city of Keilun.

But later, the younger brother of a concubine in the city set eyes on their family's irrigated land - irrigated land is quite rare in Ueno, where there are many mountains and few rivers - so he wanted to buy it forcibly.

The couple refused.

As a result, the old woman was casted a spell one night and turned into this strange half-man, half-bird appearance.

When outsiders saw it, they thought that she had turned into a monster, and they were all afraid and ran to the city to ask for "retreat".

Even the children do not care about family affection, and their attitude towards their mother is only disgust and rejection.

Seeing this, the old couple had to escape from the village in embarrassment.

However, they are just peasant families who have never traveled far in their lives and have no idea where they can go.

Fortunately, there was a kind-hearted female swordsman in red on the road at this time. After learning about the situation, she helped the old couple build a thatched hut in this inaccessible wilderness, and cultivated some fields so that they could live in peace.

I just settled down and lived here for almost two years.

In fact, this half-human, half-bird old woman, apart from her strange appearance, has no abilities worth mentioning at all, and she doesn't know how to harm others.

Hearing what happened to the old couple, Liu Yun felt a little sigh in his heart.

Faced with such a situation, it is really touching that they are still embracing each other.

Liu Yun immediately asked Saito Asanobu: "Can you still use a curse to turn a person into a monster?"

Saito Asanoin stroked his beard and said, "It's just a simple technique. It only needs to amplify the dark emotions in someone's heart and guide the demonic energy to gather. It can be done. The stronger the demon energy, the easier it is to succeed. Cough cough... But this technique is about to be lost, because it is not practical. If it is used on one's own people, it is afraid that the mind will change greatly after the demonization; if it is used on the enemy, it will Worry about becoming stronger after demonization...cough!"

Liu Yun suddenly said: "Then that leaves the function of framing."

Saito Chaoxin nodded: "And it can only be used in a closed place. If it is in a developed town, firstly, the people are well-informed and know that monsters may not necessarily be aggressive; secondly, there are excellent onmyoji in charge, completely The curse can be eliminated in time. Ahem..."

Liu Yun was a little surprised to hear this: "Can this curse be eliminated?"

Saito Asanoin asked, "Are you trying to help this old couple?"

Liu Yun nodded: "It's really hard for the two old men to live here. If the curse can be lifted, even if they can't return to their hometown, they can move to another place. If it's a little effort, why not do it?"

Saito Asano said: "Yes, yes. But the curse has been in effect for so long, and if you want to cure it, you must find... ahem... find the source, which is the reason for the deep and dark emotions in the old woman's heart. But this pair of They're not necessarily a good thing."

Liu Yun was puzzled: "What is the meaning of this statement?"

At this time, the old couple was still under the control of the "bewitching power", and they were dumbfounded and did not respond to any sound.

Saito Asanoin glanced at the old man and the old woman, with a meaningful smile on his scarred face, and whispered, "This old woman's appearance has changed from a human to a pike demon, but only half of it has changed. Just stop, probably because the level of the onmyoji who cast spells on her was too low. I told you before that demon energy must be attached to people's 'mind' in order to condense. And the reed sparrow demon, represented by 'Reading' is...ahem...it's the remorse and guilt of an infidel woman. Now this old man shouldn't know what happened, but if you want to touch the curse, you must explain it."

Liu Yun was shocked when he heard the words.

This old couple who love each other seems to be a model of growing old together, how can there still be infidelity in the past?

After thinking for a moment, Liu Yun hesitated and asked, "Can't you hide from the old man?"

Saito Chaoxin shook his head and said, "According to my analysis, we need to let the old man know the details of what happened, and then forgive the old woman from the bottom of his heart. This curse...cough...this curse can be lifted."

Liu Yun asked again, "What would happen if the old man refused to forgive him when he told the truth?"

Saito Asanoin replied: "Then the old woman will completely turn into a complete Ashwagandha and lose all her humanity and mind."

Liu Yun couldn't help but hesitate.

Compared with the ending of completely turning into a monster, the current situation may be better for the old couple?

Saito Chaoxin saw Liu Yun like this, and said again: "The old man doesn't have too many ideas, but, Mr. Sasaki, you are right, it's just a little effort. As long as you make up your mind, this old man will try his best to help."

Liu Yun frowned and lowered his head to think for a while, sighed, made up his mind, raised his head and said, "I would rather give him the cruel truth than false happiness."

Chapter 80 The Half-Human, Half-Demon Old Woman

"I'd rather give him the cruel truth than false happiness."

Liu Yun's words were loud.

Saito Asano didn't seem to care about this, and even nodded and said, "Okay, then let's try it out."

Liu Yun nodded, took two steps back, and withdrew his magical powers, releasing his mind control.

The old man and the old woman sat on the ground and opened their eyes blankly, at a loss.

Saito Asanobu took out the copper bell from his arms, shook it twice, there was a jingling sound, and asked: "Old lady, is there something in your heart that you have kept hidden for a lifetime, and you will never...cough...never. What would you like to tell anyone?"

Hearing this, the half-human half-bird old woman suddenly became excited, shook her head and said, "No! No! There is no such thing!"

The old man was stunned.

Saito Asanoin coughed twice, speeding up the shaking of the copper bell, and the tinkling sound became more and more urgent.

The old woman suddenly showed a disturbed look, but she still closed her eyes and shook her head.

Saito Chaoxin breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes widened, he snorted softly, and two rays of light shot out of his eyes.

Then I saw countless black smoke coming out of the old woman's body, condensing around her head, and not dispersing for a long time.

Saito Chaoxin asked again: "Old woman, is there something in your heart...cough...a thing that you have been hiding for a lifetime and never want to tell anyone?"

This time the old woman finally nodded in pain, and said: "More than 30 years ago, when I was just married, I was sick and lying at home, but the old man happened to be out drinking and gambling. It was Ah Duo, who had no money to marry a wife next door, who took care of me, and then... ...Then I told Ah Duo, that...that and that a few times. Sigh... Later, I realized the truth, I really wanted to die... The old man just ignored the family for the first few years, but he has been very kind to me since then, and he often went out to work. For the sake of the family..."

"What?!" The old man was furious when he heard that he had worn a green hat for more than 30 years. He stood up impatiently and scolded, "You! You did such a thing? Are you treating me like this?"

The old woman lowered her head and sobbed, wiping her tears away.

At this time, the black mist above her head became very unstable, swaying from side to side, as if it was about to explode.

The old man seemed to be in a hurry, shouted "Yeah", reached out and overturned the iron pot that was cooking the miscellaneous grain porridge, and kicked the still burning pile of firewood with one foot.

The hot juice and firewood splashed around and fell on the old couple, but they didn't respond and seemed to be unconscious.

The old woman was still crying, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry for you, you should have killed me more than 30 years ago."

The old man was panting heavily, his face flushed, his beard crooked, and he raised his arms to slap his wife.

The old woman just cried in remorse, but she did not escape.

The old man raised his hand in the air for a long time, but it didn't fall down after all.After hesitating for a long time, he finally sat down on the ground helplessly, sighed a few times, and said, "Forget it, it happened more than 30 years ago. It's also my fault. I didn't know you were sick, and you were still drinking and gambling outside... …Let’s make do with it, at our age, can we still share?”

The old woman kept crying, but raised her head with an incredible look.

The black mist above her head gradually became calm and peaceful, and it spread out and diluted a little.

The old man sat on the ground and sighed, frowning and saying nothing.

The old woman knelt in front of her husband with tears in her eyes, trying to say something, but she didn't know what to say.

At this moment, next to Saito Chaoxin shouted loudly, stretched out his hand, and released a strong white light, hitting the black mist above the old woman's head.

Wherever the white light went, the black mist instantly dispersed and disappeared.

The sharp beaks, feathers, and bird claws on the old woman also disappeared.

Saito Asano said lightly: "This is solved. Sure enough, it's not a curse cast by a powerful person, it's just a little troublesome after a long delay."

Liu Yun on the side heaved a sigh of relief: "This ending is not bad."

……

After a while, the old couple realized that the curse on the old woman had been solved, and they knew that it was the handwriting of the two mysterious guests today, so they couldn't be more grateful.

After thanking her, the old woman who had regained her body couldn't help showing joy, and then she suddenly remembered that her husband had already known about her loss of virginity, and her face was full of sorrow.

And the old man, staring at his wife now, is both distressed and angry.

I don't know what would have happened if there were no outsiders present.