Demon in the world

On this day, Ah Jiu had a strange dream. He first turned into an egg, then was lost by his brother during the war, and was born in a place called Qingcheng Mountain Lanyin Temple. A senior who recruits peach blossoms, and a master who is unsmiling.

Later, he bid farewell to his master and senior brother, and decided to go down the mountain to look for his brother who had lost him at the beginning. Because he wanted to please him, he started to learn how to cook, met two masters with very different personalities, and finally recognized his brother after putting in every effort.He took him to camp in the wild, went hunting in Wuji Mountain, and summoned a few brothers to find Sikong Island to help him get rid of the marriage thread...

He remembered that he proudly said to Ouyang Fei when he met him for the first time: "My brother is amazing, if he kills me, he will definitely not let you go!"

I also remembered that Wen Renchu ​​smiled at him and opened his arms, "Come on, Ah Jiu, give my brother a kiss."

Du Shiwei stroked his head like a fox, "Little ghost, will you follow me from now on?"

Dongfangqi put his sleeves on his face and said solemnly: "Your seal is black, and there will be a bloody disaster later."

Yuan Chu answered him indifferently, "My brothers are all bad guys, they want to separate me from you."

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Memories are like shells hidden in the waves. When the tide recedes, all of them are clearly presented on the beach one by one.

While dreaming, there seemed to be an invisible thing gradually withdrawing from the body.

At first he still felt that the acceleration was bitter and astringent, but also joyful and sweet, but in the end he seemed to have turned into a complete cold-eyed bystander, even when he was attacked by Meng Ji and the rough night in the West Sea, he had no emotion at all.

It was early morning when Ah Jiu woke up, and she had already returned to the bed in the room. The golden-winged bird was dozing off beside the pillow.

He blinked, and said in a hoarse voice: "At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty?"

The little bird shivered, and immediately looked at him energetically.

Ah Jiu touched the top of its head with her finger, and quickly retracted her hand.

There were two knocks on the door, Xi Feng pushed the door and walked in, "It's all right, the second brother found you fainted in the garden last night, everyone was frightened."

Ah Jiu shook her head, "I'm fine."

"Sister-in-law prepared breakfast herself, would you like me to bring it to you?"

"No, I'm getting up now."

Xi Feng reached out and wiped his forehead, and then his expression relaxed, "Then I'll go out first..."

After taking two steps, he seemed to remember something, "By the way, did I forget to take the wax pills away yesterday?"

Ah Jiu hummed, opened his mouth and said, "But I've already taken the medicine."

Xi Feng's smile disappeared in an instant, as if a seasoning plate was overturned on his face, "Did you really eat it?"

Ah Jiu said: "I really ate it."

Xi Feng hesitated to speak several times, but finally suppressed his emotions, "Hurry up, don't make big brother and sister-in-law wait too long."

After Ah Jiu rushed to the living room, he found that apart from the chairs placed beside the long table, Prisoner Niu and Wei Ran were sitting at the top, Wen Ren Chu and Xi Feng were in turn, and the seat next to Fu Xin was empty, just opposite famous person.

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit strange, and everyone stared at him silently.

He rolled his eyes and said embarrassedly: "Did I get up too late?"

"No." Prisoner Niu asked him to sit down, and said with concern: "Xi Feng said that you were given marriage silk and ate Shi Xin Dan, but is it true?"

Ah Jiu nodded flatly, "Well, it's true."

Zhan Xiaoqian couldn't hide his excitement, "Then brother, have you remembered everything before?"

Ah Jiu said sincerely, "I'm really sorry for hurting Fifth Brother when I was in Sikong Island."

"It's nothing, my injuries are all healed now!" Zhan Xiaoqian happily pointed to the wound and showed it to everyone.

Xi Feng looked at Ah Jiu for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Jiu brother seems to have grown up suddenly, but it doesn't matter, no matter what he becomes, he is our youngest brother."

Ah Jiu pulled the corners of her mouth, revealing a half-smile expression, but her eyes were not as bright and dazzling as before, as unfathomable as if soaked in ink.His eyes turned around and stopped on Wen Renchu, after a moment of silence, he finally spoke again, "Brother..."

Wen Renchu ​​slowly raised his eyelids, and looked at him calmly.

"What happened before, I'm sorry, I caused trouble to my brother."

"Are you finished?" Wen Renchu ​​suddenly got up and walked out, taking a wisp of breeze away.

Prisoner Niu was agitated by his behavior, and his face was slightly annoyed. He was about to attack but was held down by a soft pancreas, and he shook his head slightly at him.

"Forget it, the second brother has always had no good food." Xi Feng picked up the chopsticks and said, "I don't want to miss my sister-in-law's handicrafts. Everyone, hurry up and don't let the dishes get cold."

The dishes are cooked by Ruan Ran himself. The porridge is cooked with the juice of Qingqiu shepherd's grass and white pearl rice.

Neither the porridge nor the dishes were added with any artificial condiments, but they were able to appease the monster's stomach after eating.

The atmosphere gradually calmed down, and Ah Jiu also picked up a clove of purple garlic with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed for a long time but there was nothing to say.

Wei Ran said nervously: "Your elder brother and I have always had a light taste, are we not used to it?"

"No, it's delicious." Ah Jiu said slowly.

After eating, Ah Jiu was still a little dazed, and said, "What's wrong with Brother Jiu?"

Ah Jiu said: "I remembered the sealed Fool's Inn, and felt sorry for everyone. If I had been more diligent then, I wouldn't be what I am now..."

Prisoner Niu patted him on the shoulder, "It's God's will, no wonder you. It's not easy for us brothers to get together, so let's stay in Qingqiu for a while. You can go anywhere here without formalities. If you have time, go play with Crocodile Bao." Play, that child likes to be lively when he was born."

While the two were talking, Wei Ran came over with a scroll, handed it to Ah Jiu and said, "This is the congratulatory gift of Qinyuan Bird yesterday. It is said to be a painting called "The Kingdom of Food". I heard Xi Feng say that you I liked cooking before, so I specially stayed here as a gift for you."

The scroll was tightly sealed with kraft paper, and carefully tied with a black ribbon on the outside, which looked quite fresh and interesting.

After thanking Ah Jiu, he took it and prepared to go back to the room to enjoy it.

When passing through the garden, I saw the nine-tailed fox Liqing again, who was secretly pulling a peony flower on his head and was startled when he heard the footsteps. Complete, "Ninth... Ninth Highness."

Ah Jiu said: "Are you here to find my brother?"

Li Qing hurriedly nodded, "I made an appointment with the Second Highness yesterday...so...so..."

She was really afraid of Ah Jiu's murderous aura yesterday. The nine-tailed fox is naturally timid and weak in attack power. At this time, there is no follower around who can send for help. What if he suddenly becomes ruthless like yesterday? what to do...

Regardless of her reaction, Ah Jiu went straight over and picked a pale pink flower, put it in her hand and said, "You look better wearing this."

After he disappeared without a trace, Li Qing finally came to his senses. He compared the two flowers for a long time, and finally chose the small pink flower to wear with hesitation.

Ah Jiu returned to her room, put the Garuda on her shoulder aside, unwrapped the kraft paper on the scroll, and carefully unfolded it on the table, but instead of seeing the expected downtown, it was a picture of a flood. A hellish scene in transit.

The houses were all washed up in a mess. On the street, there were abandoned crying children, young couples crying with their heads in their arms, old women waiting for the dead bodies of the whole family, and livestock lingering under the broken walls. What's more, deep In the alley, there was a scene of cannibalistic fighting, and there was a broken earthen jar with only bones standing next to it!

Ah Jiu pointed with her finger, looked at every corner and character in the painting, and finally closed her eyes, and could still clearly feel the scene of their non-stop activities in her mind.

It's obviously such a miserable picture, where did you see food from the beginning to the end?Some are just mutilated corpses and half-dead disaster victims. Why is it named "The Kingdom of Food"?

He couldn't figure it out for a long time, and finally felt a sudden pain in his temple. After he opened his eyes, he was stunned for at least half a minute. What happened in front of him made him hallucinate!

What was drawn in that painting just now and the association in my mind actually appeared in front of my eyes!

Ah Jiu was very eye-catching standing on the road where the rubble was piled up on the ground. Several little beggars playing on bamboo horses quickly noticed him and looked at him quietly with curiosity and fear.

Ah Jiu walked forward along the picture in his memory, then turned left around Willow Street, and soon found the deep alley full of sewage.

There was no dry land around, and there was a rotten and sour smell everywhere. The strong man pressed the boy's head and drowned him in the muddy water, ignoring the painful struggle of the people below him and screaming.

Where the bricks are piled up in the corner, crocks hang from the walls with some characteristic hair and bones inside.

Ah Jiu likes to eat meat, and has eaten all kinds of meat, such as pork, beef, frog meat and some monster meat, but she has never had such a disgusting reaction like now.He waded through the muddy water and walked towards the two of them step by step.

He didn't know what he could do, but subconsciously felt that the drowning child should not have died.

The strong man heard the sound, and when he saw him, his eyes shone with a terrifying green light. Compared with the emaciated people around him, the clean and plump Ah Jiu was like a fallen meat bun.

But this meat bun is not easy to deal with. Now Ajiu is no longer the ignorant and simple Ajiu at the beginning, but the Ajiu who was blackened by Yuanchu and assimilated by Shi Xindan.

He is still full of goodwill and yearning for human beings, but he has a heart of vigilance and revenge against the enemy.

When the strong man had evil thoughts, Ah Jiu showed his sharp teeth, and let out a warning roar from his throat. Although the voice was a little immature to adult monsters, it had an extremely powerful deterrent effect on humans.

The strong man froze in place, froze for two or three seconds, then ran away.

Ah Jiu didn't chase after him, but walked over to pick up the child from the water. His face was muddy and his exact age could not be seen, his eyes were red and swollen but he still had stubborn eyes.After breaking away from life and death, he doesn't seem to be afraid of this fang-toothed monster.

"Thank you for saving me." The child said, wiping the mud off his face.

"You're welcome, can you tell me where this is? What happened? Why do people eat people?"

The child was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that he sat down on the wet square bricks, and said in a natural tone: "This is a wilderness. I just experienced a flood. There is no food to eat. Of course, I can only eat people. You It seems that they are not from here, but why did they appear here?"

He seemed to be familiar with this situation, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Ah Jiu told him about the picture scroll, and guessed that it might be a dream.

The young man laughed, "I would rather this be a nightmare. The Great Desolation has been like this for many years. Since I can remember, there have been disasters all the time. It seems that people in this land are born to live and suffer."

Seeing how skinny he was, Ah Jiu tried to find something to eat from his body, but in the end he found nothing.

After chatting for a few words, the two fell silent with each other's concerns. The child was imagining what to eat next, while Ajiu guessed why he got into the picture scroll by mistake.

As the sky gradually darkened, the boy's stomach growled. Seeing Ah Jiu standing up, he asked curiously, "Where are you going?"

Ah Jiu said: "I'll see if I can find something to eat."

"Where is there anything to eat? I have seen it several times in a few miles around, but there is nothing... Now it is dark, although you are a monster, it is best not to run around, in case someone catches you and eats it." what to do?"

"Eh?" Ah Jiu really never thought about the possibility of himself becoming food, he paused, and suddenly remembered that he had a Kundun that he was carrying with him.

More than a year ago, Wen Renchu ​​helped him catch a headless calf. It is said that it specially took advantage of the dark night to kill and cut off its head, and then put the prey on its own head to escape.

When he competed with Chen Haodong in making noodles, he used this Kundun broth to win once, and later on when he didn't use it often, he tied it with a red string and wore it on his hand, hanging it with the prayer beads given by Kongxiang.

He rummaged through it, and sure enough, he found the headless calf. Since it hadn't been touched for a long time, it had shrunk to the size of a mung bean. No wonder he never noticed its existence.

Ah Jiu picked up two pieces of broken tiles on the ground, took some dirty water and filtered it with his coat, and then soaked the calf in the water. The calf instantly swelled up to the size of a steamed bun, and its energy recovered quickly. There is a red thread tied for fear of spreading its hoofs and escaping.

The child next to him stared intently, "This is... what?"

Ah Jiu tied one end of the red thread to the child's wrist, "Here's this for you. When you feel hungry, press it and soak it in water. The meat it eats will grow back quickly. If you have time, you can eat it." Give the meat to others."

The child asked: "Give me the meat, how about you?"

Ah Jiu said: "I have to find a way to go back. Brothers will be anxious if they can't find me."

Speaking of this, he thought of Wen Renchu's indifferent eyes.If he disappeared, would he be in a hurry?Or are you still refusing to forgive yourself?

The child chased after a few steps, and finally stopped due to weakness, supported his knees and said: "Good man, my name is Qiye, my mother had a difficult labor when she gave birth to me, and it took me seven days to give birth. Remember my name, and I will give birth to you in the future." I will definitely repay you!"

Seven nights?After Ah Jiu heard the name, she got excited, but when she looked back, the place was empty, and the scene of broken walls gradually dissipated, and the surroundings returned to the appearance of her own room.

The scroll on the table was still wrapped in kraft paper and tied with a black ribbon, as if it had never been opened.

Just now...was it just a simple dream?Ah Jiu carefully checked the string of Buddhist beads on his wrist, and Kun Dun had indeed disappeared with the string.

Ah Jiu raised his right hand and looked at it for a long time, silently reading two words in his heart, Qiye... He had heard of this name more than once, the founder of the Fool's Inn, Qiye.

Ah Jiu locked himself in the room. It was almost noon before he closed his eyes again, and he drew the gate of the Fool's Inn in his mind. This time he just touched the copper ring, the two gates creaked open, and Monye jumped out. Looking up at him with surprise and joy, "Master, why are you here?"

Ah Jiu was also at a loss, "I don't know, I couldn't push the door open yesterday, and the third brother also said that the inn sealed it by itself, but somehow it opened by itself today."

Menye hurried him in, and the rescued little monkey Mengyuan was sitting on a chair and eating a small banana. When he saw him, he squeaked and flashed into the room.

"The inn was indeed automatically sealed a few days ago. At that time, I couldn't feel the presence of the owner at all. I thought I would never see you again!"

Ah Jiu also felt strange, so he told him about the picture scroll. Damon Ye was surprised and said: "It turns out that the ancestor master has appeared, no wonder the seal of the inn will be lifted by itself. I have also heard the story of Qiye. It is said that I was poor when I was a child. After going through a lot of hardships, he got the help of noble people and survived the catastrophe before he went to learn art from a master. In the end, he became the number one mage with the same reputation as Dongfang Lei. The legendary nobleman is the master, right? This is a predestined fate!"

The two chatted about the current situation of the inn, and Ah Jiu promised to take snapshots to look at the living room frequently in the future, so Monno felt relieved.

At noon, Zhan Xiaoqian came to knock on the door, called Ah Jiu a few times, but he didn't respond, and even lifted the scroll on the table to check whether it was a valuable antique, only to find that it was just a blank piece of paper with two large characters written in flying and phoenix dances on it: Roland.

After Ah Jiu regained consciousness, the two looked at each other, neither knowing what happened.

There were two more guests on the lunch table, one was the nine-tailed fox Luqing, and the other was a beautiful strange woman.

Seeing that Long Dahe Weiran was very polite to him, Ah Jiu asked Fu Xin who that sister was in a low voice, and Fu Xin said in a low voice, "Don't call me sister, that man is a man with a glass heart. Although you are not on the list of Hundred Monsters, you should have heard of the Four Great Sacred Beasts, right?"

man?Ah Jiuyi was stunned for a while before realizing it, "I heard my brother talk about it when I was practicing in Wuji Mountain."

Fu Xin said: "This is the androgynous Wu Muli."

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu are the four holy beasts. Among them, Xuanwu Muli is a hermaphrodite with a combination of a turtle and a snake. Although she looks feminine and feminine, she hates being treated as a woman.

Wu Muli and Yazi were childhood playmates and life-and-death friends. The relationship between the two seemed closer than others. The Nine-Tailed Fox was envious and jealous, but he didn't dare to interrupt their conversation.

Ah Jiu hastily picked up some food, and was about to leave but remembered the reminder on the scroll, so he asked Prisoner, "Brother, do you know what Roland means?"

"Roland?" Prisoner Niu thought for a moment and said: "I only know a small country named Roland, but it disappeared thousands of years ago, and now there is only a desert left there. If you want to know the details, you can go to my Look for ancient books in the study."

Ah Jiu went to the study to check a lot of information, but there were very few descriptions about this small country, and most of them were written in a few pens. Just when he was about to give up, he accidentally saw this sentence in "Illustrations of the Southern Kingdom": The land is partial and extremely cloudy, gathering monsters and many ghosts.

Reminiscent of what happened today, Qiye and the Fool's Inn, Roland must have revealed it for no reason. After Ah Jiu closed the book, he had already made up his mind. He left Qing and went to Roland to see what arrangements were waiting in the dark. Own!

When going out, Ah Jiu was taken aback by Hou's figure outside, and Wu Muli looked him up and down with Liu Mei raised.

Ah Jiu said: "What are you looking at?"

Wu Muli said: "I'm looking at what other skills Yazi's precious brother has besides eating a lot."

Everyone used small bowls when eating, but he used a large bowl that was seven or eight times larger than others, and the rice was still so pointed that it almost spilled out.

Ah Jiu could hear his sarcasm, but he didn't understand where his inexplicable hostility came from. He said truthfully: "I have no other skills, and other things are worse than my brothers."

Wu Muli curled his lips into a smile, and said in a very blunt tone: "It's good to have a little self-knowledge. I just heard you asking Roland like a prisoner. What are you doing there?"

Ah Jiu pursed her lips and turned her face away, "I don't want to tell you."

"Yo, it's quite mysterious." He stretched out his hand and squeezed Ah Jiu's chin, "For the sake of your brothers, I would like to remind you that if you want to go there, you'd better give up, or you won't cause trouble for them, just say I might never come back again.”

Ah Jiu raised his eyebrows slowly, and shone brightly in his eyes after shaking off his hand.

Wu Muli said leisurely: "The purpose of my visit to Qingqiu this time is to pass on Lord Bai Ze's order, and the Demon-Curting Cauldron will reappear. From now on, everyone on the hundred demon list must restrain their demon energy and return to normal human beings. No one is allowed to use mana And magic weapon. You are not on the hundred demon list, so you are not within the scope of the ban, but if you want to ask your brother for help, forget it."

Ah Jiu suddenly said: "Ah Jiu."

Wu Muli was confused, "What Ah Jiu?"

Ah Jiu paused each word, "My name is Ah Jiu."

He is the son of the dragon, Ajiu, who grew up in Lanyin Temple, and is also a qualified chef. He also has a fool's inn that no one else can have!The next time we meet, he will let this self-righteous hermaphrodite know that Long Jiu is not only good at eating!