Sick beauty loses horse in thriller game

"You...you want to go to Shanxi Village?!" He said in disbelief: "Little girl, you really don't know how high the sky is! How dare you go to Shanxi Village?!"

Having said this, the old man became excited, walked to Jiang Lai's side, grabbed her wrist, and said nervously: "Don't you know clearly? Things in that village... are not something that anyone can interfere with. .”

"Ah, old man, don't worry, I am a human being. But many of my friends are not human beings," Jiang Lai said.

Such as auspiciousness, such as the seven young ladies, such as winter melon, such as little love.

The old man didn't quite understand what Jiang Lai meant.

He glanced at Winter Melon, who was held by Jiang Lai.

This little girl is not talking about people's friends... Could it be this dog?

Realizing that the old man was looking at him critically, Donggua wagged his tail at the old man in a friendly manner out of the professionalism of a working dog.

Old man:  …

Wagging his tail at a stranger, showing no sign of caution.

The little girl herself is not very reliable, and her friend, who is not a human being, does not appear to be very smart either.

If he went to Shanxi Village, wouldn't he be sent to someone's head after a long journey? !

"Old man, I have a friend who was taken into Shanxi Village. I must go and save her." Jiang Lai seized the moment and said truthfully.

The old man stared at Jiang Lai for a while. Seeing that she had decided to go, he sighed and said, "That's it."

"The situation in Shanxi Village is very complicated. I only know that there are not many people who have entered Shanxi Village in recent years. Those people, after entering... have never come out again."

"It is said that a powerful man-eating demon lives there and will eat everyone who enters Shanxi Village. The demon is so cruel and vicious that he will not even let go of the souls of those people."

"As long as you enter Shanxi Village, you will probably end up in a state of despair."

As the old man spoke, he took several herbs from the counter, arranged them, and handed a medicine bag to Jiang Lai.

"Put this away. This medicine can mask the smell of human beings. Wearing it on your body can prevent those evil spirits from discovering your existence. You can sneak into Shanxi Village secretly."

Jiang Lai checked it through Xiao Ai and found that the package of medicine did indeed work as the old man said.

She accepted the package of medicine and thanked the old man.

The old man sighed, "Well, I do have a map to Shanxi Village here. But your situation is special. Even if I give you the map, you can't check it. Then I will tell you the general direction of Shanxi Village. "

The old man told Jiang Lai the way to go to Shanxi Village, and then said to her: "No matter what you want to do in Shanxi Village, leave there as soon as you are done, and remember not to meddle in other people's business. Do you understand?"

Jiang Lai nodded, "Thank you very much."

It seems that this old man is equivalent to the NPC in the game copy.

She estimated that other players were similar to her and would find their way to Shanxi Village under the guidance of the NPC.

"Old man, what happened in Shanxi Village? Why do people in Ping'an Town avoid it? What's going on with the night market and the altar?"

Jiang Lai noticed that when she mentioned Shanxi Village, the old man's mood became obviously full of disgust.

The old man shook his head, "It is the tradition of Ping'an Town to hold a night market and open an altar to offer sacrifices on top of the night market. It is said that there is a big monster in Shanxi Village that harms one party. That monster has a lot of resentment. Even an accomplished monk , cannot completely seal the monster, and can only cast spells to make the monster sleep temporarily."

"This time of year is when the monster is about to wake up and become active."

"In order to prevent the surrounding areas from suffering the misfortune of being devastated, several nearby towns have reached agreements with surrounding temples and Taoist temples. Usually, the surrounding areas will offer a lot of incense money to support those temples and Taoist temples. When monsters are active, those Taoist temples The temple will send out monks in turn to go to the night markets held in various towns, where they will recite scriptures.”

"On the one hand, it is to strengthen the seal, and on the other hand, it is also for..."

The old man glanced at Jiang Lai, bit his lip, and then continued: "On the other hand, it is also for sacrifice. The demon will suck the souls of the monks who chant sutras, and then leave their corpses."

After absorbing enough souls, the demon will be satisfied as if it has eaten a full meal, and then fall into a deep sleep, quietly waiting for the next sacrifice to begin.

After listening to the old man's story, Jiang Lai didn't feel that the monster was suppressed by some master and fell asleep there.

It's more like...

The demon was raised in Shanxi Village by someone. Every year, someone would send food rations to the demon at a fixed time and place to ensure that the guy could survive.

"Old man, do you know what kind of monster that is? Where does it come from?"

The old man shook his head, "How can a commoner like Old Man know this? All I know is that this is a rule passed down from generation to generation. People have been doing this since before I was born."

Having said this, the old man couldn't help but sigh a little, and his words became full of sympathy.

"The locals know the truth. Even if they cannot leave here and move elsewhere, they are not willing to sacrifice the souls of their children. In recent years, those young monks and Taoist priests who have been used to offer sacrifices are all Taoist temple flowers. For silver, they were bought from places affected by disasters and famines. And... they were kidnapped from various places."

"Tsk, tsk, those Taoist temples were originally supposed to be places for worshiping gods. They were the cleanest and purest places in the world. But now...for the ceremony of sacrifice, those sacred and noble Taoist temples have become unknowingly contaminated. A place filled with so much blood and cause and effect. For a little kid like you, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the Asura Hell, the Sea of ​​Blood and the Bone Mountain."

The old man's words were full of the helplessness of the local people and his sympathy for the young monks who had no idea but sacrificed their lives because of it.

After bidding farewell to the old man, Jiang Lai set foot on the road to Shanxi Village.

In order to make it easier to travel, she bought a big black horse for zero yuan from the inn in Ping'an Town where the Taoist priests had found.

Donggua also wisely turned into a wolf head tattoo and appeared on Jiang Lai's arm, making it easier for Jiang Lai to take it with him on the road.

Because of his strong legs, Jiang Lai arrived near Shanxi Village at midnight that day in less than two hours.

After tying the big black horse to a nearby tree and letting it graze on its own, she called out the winter melon, held the winter melon, and continued walking towards the village.