"I don't understand what that thing is. The villagers call it the Bracelet Pearl Empress. It should be a snake demon that can change its shape."
Shen Yi said while thinking, he didn't know much or little about the beings enshrined in the temple, just some information anyway.
From his point of view, there are actually many villages like Daoguo Township, which are extremely remote and almost isolated from the political power.
Only such a village would enshrine some messy things.
And this is how the "Bracelet and Pearl Empress" was born.
Build a temple for him and design a totem that matches his image, so as to seek the protection of a powerful being like the Queen of Pearls.
But it's a pity that people don't bother to pay attention at all, they just have fun watching these ants do all kinds of weird things to please themselves.
How to put it... Shen Yi was not sure that the Bracelet Pearl Empress was a fictitious one, for no reason, because there were really people in the village who had seen the so-called Bracelet Pearl Empress, and there was more than one person, a total of three people, such as Meng Duanzhi's younger brother , Meng Laoliu.
A little girl named Huahua.
Another one is the son of Old Man Li at the entrance of the village.
Of course, besides these three, there were many other people who had been seen before, but they were all dead.
They have all seen the Suizhu Empress appear with their own eyes, and Old Man Li's son also saw the Suizhu Empress eating people.
The person who was eaten was Liu Erniang’s ex-husband.
Then there are people who disappear in the village from time to time. Maybe they were caught and eaten by the Zhuozhu Empress, but it's not sure.
The society of the demon clan rarely has the order found in human society. Without the existence of the demon king, most of the remaining demons would follow more of the laws of the jungle.
When you are hungry, you have to eat when you need to.
You eat me, I eat you, that's it.
I won't stop eating you just because you worship me.
Humans are also in the demon clan’s diet.
Even if all the missing people in the village are caused by the Suizhu Empress, then the Suizhu Empress can be considered a better type.
It's just that a few people disappear occasionally. If they encounter a more vicious monster, the village dedicated to the monster will directly become their slaughtering base.
Forget about evil spirits, those things are avoided by everyone except the grudge disciples who regard them as treasures.
Of course, there are also talkative monsters. They usually make some demands for the worship of their own villages. A common one is to worship a pair of boys and girls every year...
Speaking of the Bracelet Pearl Empress, Shen Yi had also noticed in the past two months that monsters that couldn't transform could provide a lot of red energy. What if they were monsters that could transform?
This is Shen Yi's idea.
It's a pity that Empress Zhuizhu has never appeared before, and I don't know if it's because of me. Empress Zhuuzhu is deliberately hiding from me.
In short, in the past two months in the village, I have not heard of any villager missing.
"Why, do you want to go and see the temple?"
"No need." Tsurumi Chuyun shook his head. She didn't come out to see anything.
"OK." Shen Yi nodded, turned around and floated towards the altar.
And she pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but blame: "You don't feel embarrassed to eat other people's chickens? You almost ate all the chickens raised by Aunt Liu."
"Eh? What's wrong with eating a chicken? It's not like I eat for free."
"Aren't you eating for free?"
"How about I send some prey to Aunt Liu's house from time to time?"
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"By the way, where are you going?"
"You'll find out later."
"Tch, why are you so mysterious?" Shen Yi was very disdainful, and then looked at her altar. There were a lot of red and yellow filaments in it, which were pushed up and down by the cyclone inside the altar. You couldn't see it unless you looked carefully. arrive.
Looking away from the red and yellow filaments, Shen Yi discovered that the old witch's altar had undergone some changes compared to two months ago.
There are some wrinkles on the top of the second floor of the altar. They should have appeared under the influence of the cyclone. They are said to be wrinkles, but if you look at them separately and focus, the wrinkles seem to be cracks.
I think that when the second level of the altar was broken by the cyclone, the old witch successfully stepped into the pure level.
"Just here."
Not long after, she stopped at the edge of a stream outside the village.
"No, what are you going to do?" Shen Yi asked again, but she didn't answer and put the alchemy furnace on the ground.
"Hey, I'm going to make alchemy. Just make alchemy. Why do you want me to do it with you?"
"What if I obey Aunt Liu's words and I get picked up by a wild wolf?"
"You can't defeat some wild wolves?"
"I don't even have the strength to hold the sword now, what do you think?"
"Okay, okay, that's right?"
"Um?"
"Aren't you going to make elixirs in the house?"
"I'm not in a good condition. I don't know if I can make elixirs. It would be bad if I disturb Aunt Liu and the others."
"As you wish." Shen Yi shook his head and was too lazy to pay attention to her. He opened his mouth and sucked in, swallowing some red and yellow filaments.
And He Jian Chuyun also had a ball of light red flames appear in his hand. The moment the pill fire appeared, both she and Shen Yi were surprised.
"Good guy. You haven't been lying down in vain for the past two months. The alchemy fire has changed so much. Can you be promoted to Wolf Brand Alchemist?"
Tsurumi Chuyun looked at the elixir fire in the palm of her hand and was confused for a while. When she realized it, she shook her head: "No, my elixir fire is still in the process of transformation, but it is almost over."
Hearing what she said, Shen Yi could only nod. Although the old witch's elixir fire turned red, it was still significantly different from Bian Daoqing's elixir fire. The color of the elixir fire was not so positive compared to his.
"Okay, don't talk yet, I'll give it a try."
Taking a deep breath, Tsurumi Chuyun sent the alchemy fire in her hand to the bottom of the alchemy furnace. When the alchemy fire detached from her hand, the heat flow gradually circulated inside the alchemy furnace. She successively threw in the elixir for refining the high-quality beast-enhancing elixir. After gathering the seven required medicinal materials, he closed his eyes, concentrated his attention, and carefully controlled the elixir fire.
Perhaps because of the wound on her heart, she felt an indescribable feeling of powerlessness when controlling the pill fire. No, it couldn't be said to be powerlessness, it was more like a feeling that her physical strength could not keep up.
Just like a normal person, he can run more than ten laps on the playground in one breath on weekdays, but for some reason today, he was exhausted and out of breath after running only three laps.
Now Tsurumi Chuyun's alchemy is similar to this, and the control of the alchemy fire is very tiring.
The elixir fire at the bottom of the elixir furnace, which should be gentle, is also beating constantly, giving people a very impatient feeling.
Shen Yi used his senses to observe the situation outside. In short, the elixir fire gave him a bad feeling, so he couldn't help but said: "Old witch, don't force it. If it doesn't work, stop practicing."
She didn't answer, frowning, trying hard to calm down the pill fire.
"Old witch?"
"Old witch!"
"Hey! Old witch, did you hear that?"
"Okay, let's talk about it after you finish this furnace."
"...Old witch?"
"..."
Shen Yi tried to persuade her several times later, but she ignored them and continued like this for more than two hours. Suddenly, as if Tsurumi Chuyun had mastered some kind of skill, the beating of the pill fire gradually slowed down, although it was still beating. , but better than at the beginning.
It was also at this time that she slowly opened her eyes, staring at the alchemy furnace in front of her. She lowered her hands to support the ground, and then moved her body back little by little.
"What are you doing?" Shen Yi felt something was wrong and couldn't help but ask.
This time Tsurumi Chuyun replied, his tone was very steady.
"I want to see if I can leave it alone, like you said."
"Then why are you retreating?"
"It's possible... the furnace will blow up..." When she said the word "blow up the furnace", her voice trembled twice, but her hands and feet did not stop. After a while, she moved to two or three meters away from the alchemy furnace, and then Then he watched her slowly stand up from the ground, every change of movement seemed so cautious.
For fear of alarming the Danhuo.
And as she stood up, the alchemy fire at the bottom of the alchemy furnace began to beat violently again, and it was even more serious than at the beginning.
Tsurumi Chuyun retreated all the way to ten meters away. Only at this distance did she feel a sense of security.
Fortunately, although the alchemy fire looks very unstable, there have been no accidents so far. The wisps of light smoke floating above the alchemy furnace still smell very clean, with a refreshing fragrance of medicinal materials.
After waiting for a while, the explosion scene still didn't happen. Shen Yi asked again: "How is it?"
She shook her head: "It's okay."
Then he waited patiently aside, chatting with Shen Yi from time to time.
The subsequent elixir refining process went smoothly, but without deliberate control, it took much longer than before to let the elixir fire independently refine the elixir.
In the past, Tsurumi Chuyun focused all his attention on alchemy, and one batch of high-quality beast-enhancing pills only took a little more than an hour. But now, the time required to make a batch of high-quality beast-containing pills exceeds three hours.
After she extinguished the elixir fire and took out the elixirs from the elixir furnace, the number of high-quality beast-enhancing elixirs was only three, and the quality was also a little worse.
"Come."
He Jian Chuyun handed over the three newly refined beast-enhancing pills to Shen Yi. The other party took them into his mouth and chewed them. He couldn't help but shake his head: "You can't do this."
"Just be content." Unlike Shen Yi, she was very satisfied that Dan Huo could make a furnace of elixirs by herself. She put away the furnace and said to Shen Yi: "It's late at night, let's go back. "
Shen Yi smacked his mouth twice. These three fine beast-enhancing pills tasted a bit bitter, but they barely replenished one unit of red energy.
On the way, he asked Tsurumi Chuyun: "Old witch, when do you plan to set off?"
"Listen to you."
"Listen to me, are you sure?" Shen Yi asked back. He Jian Chuyun turned around and said, "Aren't you my master?"
"Oh, there is still this awareness."
"..."
"Okay, I'll decide."
Shen Yi thought about it, the old witch was a wanted criminal in Daliang, and the royal family Liang was looking for her everywhere. One more day in the border of Daliang would be one more day of danger, so he wanted to leave early.
But considering that he may be in Jizhou now, the possibility of leaving Daoguo Township without encountering evil spirits along the way is almost zero. Of course, Shen Yi can handle it if he encounters danger, but if it is too troublesome, he can save himself , but you may not be able to save the old witch.
She is still seriously injured and can hardly walk. What kind of fighting ability can she have?
Thinking of this, Shen Yi could only say: "Forget it, let's wait until your injury is better."
"oh."
Tsurumi Chuyun nodded, chatting on the road, and entered the village unknowingly.
It is already late at night, and all the villagers in the village have turned off their lights. Most places are shrouded in darkness. Only Aunt Liu's house still has lights on.
As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Aunt Liu stuffing firewood into the stove in the main room. Xiong Yingchun was sitting next to her, the chimney making a gurgling sound.
Seeing the two of them, He Jian Chuyun asked aloud: "Aunt Liu, it's so late, why are you still not sleeping?"
Hearing her voice, Aunt Liu quickly turned her head and stood up, then grabbed her hand and blamed her: "Where have you been, girl? Why are you back so late?"
"Uh... I went to find food for Xuan Li, so I came back a little late..."
"What are you looking for to eat? We have food here."
"Auntie, what Xuanli eats is different from what we eat."
"What does it eat? Tomorrow I will ask your Uncle Xiong to go into the mountains to look for it."
"Auntie, just leave Xuanli's matter to me, so I won't bother Uncle Xiong." She patted Auntie Liu's hand gently, and the other party seemed to have thought of something, and quickly let go and ran to the main room to bring it. A bowl of thick chicken soup.
"Come on, my dear, drink this bowl of soup and warm yourself up."
"Auntie..." The other party's kindness made her a little uncomfortable, and it was difficult to face it, but in the end she took the bowl of chicken soup and nodded: "Yes, I understand, auntie, thank you."
"You kid."
Aunt Liu scolded He Jian Chuyun again. After seeing this scene, Shen Yi couldn't help but open his mouth, especially wanting to laugh.
Watching Tsurumi Chuyun finish the bowl of still warm chicken soup, Aunt Liu then pulled her into the room, lit the oil lamp and pointed to the bed.
"I've laid out two quilts, so you can sleep here peacefully. If you feel cold, just put on another quilt."
"Yeah, I will, aunt, it's not too late, you should go to bed quickly."
"..."
It was probably almost early in the morning, and Aunt Liu didn't stay long. She said some more to Tsurumi Chuyun, and then left, but the door was not closed.
As soon as she left, Shen Yi walked in. Hejian Chuyun sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him in a daze.
"What did you come in for?"
"I came in to sleep? What do you want me to do?"
"You sleep here too?"
"Hmm?" Shen Yi tilted his head twice, pulled out a blanket from the bed and lay down on it. This behavior made He Jian Chuyun frown.
"Have you been sleeping here during the two months I was in coma?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"What can I do to you?" He tilted his head and asked a soul torture, leaving Tsurumi Chuyun speechless for a moment. He could only blow out the oil lamp, take off his shoes depressedly, lie down on the bed and cover himself with a quilt. .
She didn't believe what Shen Yi said at all. This guy must have done something to her.
But in fact, Shen Yi didn't lie. Although he slept in the same room with her at night in the past two months, he really didn't do anything to her.
Xiong Yingchun, Aunt Liu and his wife would come in to visit every once in a while. In the morning, before dawn, they would bring porridge in and feed the old witch, making her look like their own child.
If I had to admit that I really did something bad to her... Is it a mental calculation to secretly scratch the soles of her feet at night?
But just when Shen Yi was thinking about these things, Tsurumi Chuyun might have thought that he would do this, so he suddenly lifted the quilt, threw the pillow to the bed, changed the direction, and fell asleep again with his head facing Shen Yi's side. Down.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing, sleep." (End of chapter)
