Chapter 8: Creatures from Hell?

  At this time, we have arrived at a pond near Liujiang, and Mr. Zhuo is using his experience to find the location of the earth dragon.

  I asked Mr. Zhuo: "Why are there earth dragons only near Lijiang River?"

  Mr. Zhuo said to me while exploring, "It's not just because the environment is well protected here. In the previous heavenly realm of Kunlun Mountain, the location corresponding to this world is right on the side of Liujiang."

  Mr. Zhuo looked for a long time but couldn't find it, and suddenly thought of me, because last time I found the gold cave relying on my intuition, this time he also wanted me to try again.

  I didn't have any experience, and I was actually quite puzzled as to why Mr. Zhuo, a man of such high caliber, couldn't find it, but I didn't dare ask him. So I just pointed directly at one place, and then we walked together with Mr. Zhuo, who seemed to be deep in thought along the way.

  "You're really something!" Mr. Zhuo looked at me inexplicably.

  After arriving there, Mr. Zhuo began to press the acupuncture points, and after a series of hand seals, the ground surface cracked open in a strange way, a force caused the center of the ground to rotate and open, forming a cylindrical hollow, I couldn't see the bottom at all.

  Mr. Zhuo pulled me down and jumped down, after landing, I clearly felt the humidity and warmth, a lizard-like creature appeared in front of my eyes, but it was obviously not a lizard. Mr. Zhuo walked over, the creature opened its eyes, wanting to make an attacking motion, but Mr. Zhuo's kind gaze stretched out his hand and gently stroked its head.

  The creature immediately became extremely docile and transformed into Mr. Zhuo's sleeve.

  Mr. Zhuo immediately pulled me out together and returned to the ground again. I asked Mr. Zhuo, "Is this the Earth Dragon?"

  Mr. Zhuo nodded and said, "Yes, the earth dragon's shape is similar to a lizard, also like a carp, with four limbs, and a dragon whisker on its head. After a hundred years, it can transform into a dragon on Mount Kunlun."

  Mr. Zhuo always catches some big Peng and Di Long, I don't understand what he uses these things for, Mr. Zhuo told me: "Many years ago, in this world, dragons and big Peng could be seen at any time, but they were polluted by humans. The world's air was poisonous to them, so they fell down and hid in secret corners. I rescued them and waited for the right moment to return them to their habitats. Otherwise, they would be trapped here forever and dare not go out. This is the responsibility of us spirit breeders."

  So it was, at that time my impression of Mr. Zhuo was still quite vague, demonic, and demon-slaying, but I couldn't understand Mr. Zhuo, however, in the later interactions with Mr. Zhuo, I gradually came to realize that Mr. Zhuo is great, and this greatness feels calm and smooth.

  Then Mr. Zhuo and I came to a small restaurant in Liujiang Village, ordered a few dishes, sat in the shop, eating vegetable buns, watching the tourists coming and going, making me excited, really having a tourist feeling.

  "Master, master, it's so beautiful here!" I gazed out of the window at the lovely street scene and tourists from all over the world.

  Mr. Zhuo just smiled and was about to say something, but stopped again, I couldn't guess what he meant.

  When I ate halfway, I suddenly thought of something and asked Mr. Zhuo: "We didn't bring any money when we came out, how do we pay for the buns? And isn't there a special rice grain, why don't we eat it?"

  Mr. Zhuo said, "I brought you out to experience and have fun, eating outside is also part of the worldly life, can't always eat special things unless it's a special occasion, and don't worry about money."

  I didn't understand what it meant that money wasn't needed at the time, but after we finished eating, Mr. Zhuo only said a few words to the boss and we left. I kept asking Mr. Zhuo for a long time what he had said to the boss, and Mr. Zhuo reluctantly told me: "The boss of this store is his younger brother, it's not suitable to give money, as the saying goes 'a great hidden talent hides in the city', opening a vegetarian baozi shop near Li River is just to make it more convenient for Di Long to escape."

  "And yet..." Mr. Zhuo trailed off, wanting to say more but stopping himself.

  "And what?" I rarely saw Mr. Zhuo with this expression.

  "He told me there was something I needed to take care of in the not-too-distant Phoenix Ancient City," said Mr. Zhuo, and then he pulled me towards Phoenix Ancient City.

  Following Mr. Zhuo on the road is never tiring, when we first arrived at Fenghuang Ancient Town, it indeed gave people a sense of ancient charm, there is a small village here, the villagers are enthusiastic and kind, seeing two strangers would smile and greet us, this forms a stark contrast with the coldness of city dwellers.

  "He's fallen ill again!" a villager shouted loudly.

  After a shout, many villagers rushed over together. People's expressions were worried and tense. Mr. Zhuo and I were also very curious, so we followed the crowd as they walked over.

  All that could be seen was a pigsty in a large courtyard, where a dirty man lay drinking wastewater with big gulps. The people beside him kept shouting: "Er Kui! Come out quickly! That's not the place for you to stay!"

  This scene made me almost vomit, a pungent smell hit my nose, the villagers also looked on with regret, several burly men rushed over and prepared to use force to pull out this man named Er Kui.

  It was strange that this Er Kui seemed to have incredible strength, no matter how hard the several strong men tried to pull him, they couldn't pull him out! Er Kui struggled free from them, and his mouth actually made a humming sound like a pig, his face was red with suffocation, his eyes were wide open, looking as if he was about to erupt in anger.

  After struggling for several hours, people still couldn't pull it up. Instead, they were all covered in a foul smell. In the end, everyone gave up.

  "Great Kui, Second Kui has been getting sick too frequently lately, and his strength is also becoming greater." a villager who was leading the conversation said.

  The one who lived with Er Qī was his older brother, Dà Qī.

  Da Gui said: "Village head, thank you for taking care of my family these days, I have no choice either."

  The villagers watched Er Qiu rolling around in the muddy pit like a pig, and they all sighed repeatedly. The smell was unbearable to everyone, and people kept their distance from Er Qiu.

  Mr. Zhuo and I both sensed something was amiss, Mr. Zhuo walked over first, while quickly forming hand seals, I also carefully noticed that each of the hand seals formed by Mr. Zhuo were different, even at high speed, I could still see them clearly.

  Mr. Zhuo's index finger showed a golden light spot again, but strangely, I found that only I noticed it, because the expressions of other villagers did not change at all, and they were puzzled why a strange middle-aged man wearing a Zhongshan suit was still approaching this smelly pig-man Er Qiu.

  Mr. Zhuo slowly approached Er Qiu, who stared blankly at Mr. Zhuo without any intention of resisting. Mr. Zhuo pointed a finger at the center of Er Qiu's brow, and the golden light seeped in, only to see Er Qiu suddenly calm down, blinking his eyes, seemingly puzzled as to why he was in the mud pit. He immediately stood up and sat on the shed, reflecting on himself.

  The villagers who were watching were all curious about what this middle-aged man wearing a Zhongshan suit had done.

  Da Gui looked at Er Gui, shouting his name, but saw that Er Gui had no reaction, only frowning and shaking his head from time to time, reflecting on himself.

  Although people saw that Er Qiu had not recovered normally, they all knew that he had met a superior person. Mr. Zhuo said to Da Qiu: "The treatment is not complete yet, the situation is more complicated."

  Dai Gui knelt down: "Great immortal! Please, I beg of you! Save my little brother! He's been like this for a long time!"

  Dai Gui cried out in grief, finally seeing a lifeline, Mr. Zhuo couldn't withstand such an attack and hurriedly helped Dai Gui up.

  "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of this matter, it just needs some time."

  After that, Mr. Zhuo and I were invited into Da Kui's home together, the villagers gradually dispersed, but there were also some village women and children who watched us from outside the window like watching animals.

  "What's going on with my brother?" Da Gui helped us brew some tea leaves.

  Mr. Zhuo seemed to want to say something but stopped himself, and then said: "He has something from underground on him, I'd better not say more about it, can I stay here tonight and take care of this matter tomorrow?"

  "Of course! Long-term stay is no problem, as long as you can cure my brother, my home is your home!" Da Kui was almost excited to death, because most of the villagers were quite ignorant. Er Kui had also invited the village's great immortal, Ding Xian, and the jumping immortal to come and take a look after he developed this strange illness, but none of them had any effect at all.

  But those people's excuses are surprisingly similar: Da Gui's heart is not sincere...

  That night, Mr. Zhuo and I stayed at Da Kui's house, and the villagers all dispersed. I was curious to death, but before I could ask, Mr. Zhuo told me: "The thing on Er Kui's body is not a demon or a ghost, but a creature from hell, called You."

  "What is it, and why did it stick to Er Qiu's body?" I looked out the window at Er Qiu, wrapped in a big quilt, still sitting on the railing, staring blankly at the mud pit.

  "This wretch makes a living by eating the filthiest and most rotten things in hell, where it's extremely hot. Although this wretch has strong heat resistance, it also yearns for the coolness of the human world. This Er Gui did something extremely filthy at a specific time and place, so it attracted similar things to gather together. This wretch then flew into the body of Er Gui, attaching itself to him to escape the scorching heat of hell." Mr. Zhuo said as he spread out a mat under me.

  I understood what this thing was all about, but I didn't understand why Mr. Zhuo had put a cushion under my feet, and under his indication, I sat down on it.

  "You have activated the lowest level of Yin Yang Eye, now sit cross-legged on a cushion and use the Yin Yang Eye to observe the situation in this village." Mr. Zhuo knew that my current physique could only do single lotus, not double lotus yet.

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