Cannibalism

The banquet was held at Tianyan Mountain, but the real bridal chamber was in Butterfly King's territory.When the wedding banquet was over and the guests were sent away, King Butterfly left with the bride.

Butterfly King sent ten servants to take care of the jade guest hall for the wedding banquet in Tianyan Mountain.These servants will no longer return to Yugong Peak, the territory of the Butterfly Clan. They will stay in Tianyan Mountain forever to serve the men and women of the Tiger Clan.

When Xie Sheng came back from the top of the mountain with Yuan Shiren on his back, he saw the iron-eating beast Yong Chuan standing at the gate of his yard without saying a word.As soon as Yong Chuan heard the noise, his pupils turned towards Xie Sheng's direction, and his cheeks met the moonlight leaking from the eaves.

The boy on his back was already sound asleep, so Xie Sheng lowered his voice and said, "What are you doing here?"

Yong Chuan: "Your tenth brother asked me to ask you if you need a maid by your side."

"No need." Xie Sheng walked into the door, "I practice at the foot of the mountain for at least half a month every month, and it's really inconvenient to bring a maid with me."

Yong Chuan followed him into the yard.

Xie Shengteng couldn't open his hands, so he had to use a column of air to gently push open the door, put Yuan Shiren on the bed, and covered him with a quilt.

Standing behind Xie Sheng, Yong Chuan saw the young man lying on the bed sound asleep, thinking that it was a bit weird for a god to sleep defenselessly in front of outsiders.He asked, "Is the Flower God drunk?"

"Not drunk." After scanning Yuanshiren's tightly closed eyes, Xie Sheng turned around and blew out the candle, "He's sleepy, just take a nap."

The two left the room, Yong Chuan turned back to the original shape of the iron-eating beast, slid his bulging buttocks down, and sat down on the steps, motionless.

"Huh?" Seeing that the other party had no intention of leaving, Xie Sheng asked, "What are you still doing here?"

"Your tenth brother drove me back. Of course I came to sleep with you." Yong Chuan straightened his short and fat legs, fell backwards, and just collapsed into a ball on the steps in Xie Sheng's yard.

Xie Sheng raised his eyes and looked into the dark interior: "I only have two rooms here, and there are no beds left."

"It's okay, there is a big tree in your yard." Yong Chuan raised his arm and pointed to the three-pronged tree in Xie Sheng's yard, "I just like sleeping there."

Yong Chuan stood up from the steps, and slid up the tree trunk. He found a comfortable position on the leafy tree branch, which just caught his round and fat body.

Xie Sheng originally wanted to say that he could make do with a bed on the floor for the night, but seeing that Yong Chuan climbed trees so proficiently and quickly, he didn't ask further.

Perhaps iron eaters really like to sleep in trees.

Xie Sheng said at the bottom of the tree: "Brother Yongchuan has been wronged."

Yong Chuan picked a few leaves from the tree and put them into his mouth, he chewed and said, "When are you going to leave for Tianfu?"

"I can do it at any time, mainly depends on the meaning of the Iris Flower God. When he wakes up, I will ask."

"Then I'll go to bed." Yong Chuan leaned against the tree trunk and waved his arms to Xie Sheng, "You should also rest as soon as possible."

Xie Sheng walked into another room. Since no one lived in it for a long time, the bed in this wing room was dusty.After cleaning up roughly, he closed the quilt and fell asleep.

On the second day, Xie Sheng woke up, before he opened his eyes, he suddenly smelled a familiar smell.This smell made him sober, he opened his eyes and looked forward——

Hitoshi Tobishi was sitting in front of the table next to the bed, staring at him without blinking.

Xie Sheng's back felt chills when he was watched by the other party.He immediately sat up straight and lifted the quilt out of bed: "You came to my room early in the morning to see what I was doing?"

Yuan Shiren didn't think anything was wrong, he stood up, walked in front of Xie Sheng, and handed him a cup of tea: "I woke up with nothing to do, I knew you best on Tianyan Mountain, so I came to see you .”

"Then you can wake me up. It's creepy to stare at me like this." Xie Sheng rinsed his mouth with tea, then turned his head and spit the water into the basin beside the bed.

Tobishi Jin nodded: "I won't in the future."

Xie Sheng glanced at the sky outside the window: "It's already high in the sun, so it's no problem to wake me up. By the way, I told you yesterday that I want to take you to Tianfu. When do you think it's appropriate to start? Are you still sleepy?"

Tobishi Jin wiped his eyelids: "I'm a little sleepy, but it's okay, if you are ready, then you can start now."

"Don't force yourself, if you feel unwell, just say so." Xie Sheng led him outside, "I'll talk to Yong Chuan about going to Tianfu right now."

Tobishi Jin said: "Hey, there is something that I find very strange..."

"What?——" Xie Sheng just walked outside the door, he was attracted by the scene in front of the door, he paused, and said dumbfounded, "When did the trees in my yard become bald?"

"I just found this tree to be very weird." Tobishi Jin walked around in front of him, pointing to the trident tree and said, "The other landscapes in the yard are full of greenery, but it is the only one that is completely bald."

Xie Sheng recalled the scene of Yong Chuan chewing leaves on his tree last night, and hummed softly: "I know who did it, so I'll go to him now to settle the score."

They hurried to the outside of Xie Nan's courtyard, and as expected, they saw Xie Nan and Yong Chuan drinking tea on the small wooden table.

"Yong Chuan!" Xie Gaosheng yelled, strode up to the iron-eating beast, and pinched his arm, "Why did you eat the trees in my yard so bald?"

The iron eater didn't answer, he put his other arm over his head.

Xie Nan saw that this posture seemed to be about to fight, so he quickly persuaded: "Forget it, isn't it just a tree, just plant another one. There are no bamboo shoots that Yong Chuan likes here, so he can only pick up some wild grass and trees. Eat. Anyway, you are going back to Sichuan soon, so what if you let him eat a tree before you leave, Yong Chuan's master just passed away, and now he has lost a lot of weight."

Xie Sheng saw that the fur on the iron-eater's body was messy and dirty, and his eyes were sunken in dark circles, looking depressed and aggrieved.Now that Xie Sheng listened to Xie Nan's persuasion, he couldn't bear to attack the iron-eating beast again.He shook off the iron-eater's arm and turned his back: "For Brother Ten's sake, I'll forgive you just once, and I won't make another example."

Yuan Shijin took a step forward and said to Yong Chuan: "There is one more thing. We came to you to discuss when to go to Tianfu."

After Yong Chuan listened, his aggrieved bear face immediately changed.He excitedly said, "Are you all free?"

"Yes." Xie Sheng said, "Sister Eleven won't come back to visit my relatives for a while, and I will go down the mountain when I have nothing to do. The flower god also agreed."

Yong Chuan patted his thigh: "Then let's go now, do you need to pack your bags?"

Xie Sheng and Yuan Shiren said in unison: "No."

"I will go with you." Xie Nan followed their footsteps.

Xie Sheng's eyes lit up: "Brother Ten is finally coming out of the mountain?"

Xie Nan shook his head: "I just want to visit the former residence with the iron-eating beast, and see how Lin Poran has been living these years."

The four of them used a spell that spanned thousands of miles, but in a short while, they came to a bamboo forest dozens of miles away from Tianfu.

This place is worthy of the bamboo forest in Shu, the bamboo grows taller and more luxuriant than anywhere else.

On the left side of them are all purple bamboos, the color is elegant and dim, and on the right side is a piece of yellow bamboo with flower stalks, which makes people feel happy.The path in the middle divides this place into two, forming a unique view of the bamboo sea.

"The clouds here are thick and the sun is bright, so it is called Weiyun Bamboo Path." Yong Chuan led them at the front, "Lin Poran's family is right ahead."

Xie Sheng looked around at the scattered bamboos, and pulled Yuan Shiren's sleeve: "Does this look like your God Realm? The center line of Chenyou Lake divides the barrier into two, one half is bright, the other half is dark, and the color is different from the other." The distinct Weiyun Bamboo Path has the same effect."

"Yeah. I think so too." Yuanshiren looked back and forth, "It's just that this place is more vibrant than Yuanshou God Realm, and every bamboo is full of vitality."

Xie Nan said: "We ordinary monsters can only directly perceive the seven emotions and six desires of the creatures in the world of spiritual consciousness, but the gods can perceive the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of all things in the world. Even the flower god praised it so much, it seems that the bamboo here is indeed growing well."

As they were heading west along the Yuan Road, they suddenly heard the sound of gurgling water not far away.Yong Chuan said: "Here we are."

A narrow stream appeared in front of them, and beside it stood a one-story house with a tiled roof.The buildings here are different from Tianyan Mountain, they are all built with dark bricks and tiles.

There were a few arrow bamboos planted in front of the Lin house, Yong Chuan climbed up the eaves along the arrow bamboos, climbed over the wall and entered, he unlocked the door from the inside, and said to the other three: "Please come in."

Xie Nan walked in first, looked back and forth in the courtyard, and asked, "Where are Lin Poran's bones buried?"

Yong Chuan replied: "At Kongwang Mountain."

Xie Nan was curious: "Why was it buried in Kongwang Mountain?"

"He asked me to bury it." Yong Chuan sighed, "He died not long after he saw the mirage. Maybe he thinks that the place where he can see the gods has good geomantic omen."

"You guys go into the house first, and I'll help him store this letter in his study."

Xie Sheng understands.Yong Chuan did tell them that before Lin Poran died, he wrote a letter for him to bring back.

"I'll go with you." Xie Nan asked, "What kind of books does he usually read?"

"I haven't been in his study, so I don't know what he usually does there." Yong Chuan walked to a low house with long eaves, and opened the door, "The older he is, the more he likes to stay there." In the study, probably because old people like to be quiet."

Xie Nan stepped into the study, followed by Xie Sheng and Yuan Shiren.

The study is very clean, all kinds of books are neatly arranged on the bamboo shelf from large to small, and the fragrance of pen and ink blows to the face.

"There are many paintings on the wall." Afraid that the fur would dirty the furnishings in the house, Yong Chuan took the initiative to transform into a human form, he found a nearby one, and blew off the dust on it.

"This is... a painting made in the year of Gui Chou." Yong Chuan looked at the inscription on the painting, "It is "The Scroll of Encountering the Gods in the East China Sea" that he made on his 60th birthday."

"The Scroll of Encountering the Gods in the East China Sea?" Xie Sheng quickly looked up the scroll, frowned and said, "But there is only one figure from the back."

In the painting, the back of the man with fluttering sleeves stands alone on the snowy waves of the East China Sea.The corners of the picture scroll have turned yellow, showing how old it is.

"Here is also a scroll of Encountering the Gods in the East China Sea with only the back view." Hitoshi Toshiro said from the other side of the study, "It was painted on his 72nd birthday."

Xie Sheng felt surprised, and heard Xie Nan say from a position two steps behind: "Here is "The Scroll of Encountering the Gods in the East China Sea" written by him at the age of 84, and there is still only the back view."

Xie Sheng looked around, and his eyes finally fell on the only hanging painting in front of him that had the front face of a figure.

As he approached step by step, the face on the painting gradually became clear.

——The "Donghai Yushen Scroll" at the age of 96 finally had a positive face.

Yong Chuan said behind him: "His 96th birthday was half a month ago. On the day of his birthday, he told me that he would go to the East China Sea to see the gods."

But who are the gods?

The person in the painting is handsome, with long hair and white clothes floating on the sea, and a familiar folding fan pinned to his waist.

Xie Sheng looked up at the face in the painting whose brows and eyes were quite similar to his own.

He said: "Brother Ten, the fairy of the East China Sea he painted is you."

At this time, Xie Nan also saw it clearly, he obviously couldn't believe it, turned his head and smiled helplessly: "Probably he made a mistake in the drawing."

Xie Sheng asked Yong Chuan: "You said he wrote a letter, can you let me read it?"

Without hesitation, Yong Chuan took it out of his arms and handed it to Xie Sheng.

Xie Sheng opened the envelope and saw a few words written on it.

"I saw your descendants on Mount Kongwang. Your faces are so similar. If it wasn't for his temperament being different from yours, I would hardly be able to recognize him with my dim old eyes."

"You taught him very well. I saw that this young man, like you back then, took it as his duty to be a hero. When he talked about his hometown, he was a little more energetic. I know that you have lived comfortably in the past hundred years. Happy."

"The wish has been fulfilled, and I will die in peace."

The author has something to say:

The copy of Lin Poran is finished.

The author of Salted Fish now writes two updates every two days, so there will be another chapter at around twelve o'clock tonight qwq