Zhang Changgong came out of the weapon shop carrying an empty basket on his back.
Before he went in, it was filled with arrows. Going further, he went to the blacksmith shop early in the morning and ordered a new batch of tough iron pieces, which he wanted to use to make more arrowheads. The money from the "dog farm" is used to repair the house, and there is no money to pay to the people below. He used to take some time off from his busy schedule, and it would take him a long time to make a good bow and a good bundle of arrows. He has always been the "supplier" of that shop, and the order for his bow there has been lined up for the fourth year. Now in order to make a living, I have to work faster.
"Xiao Zhang'er?"
From a distance, he saw a young girl walking towards him. Although he is much older, his eyesight has not aged with him. He was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened in surprise.
"How did you..."
"I'm looking for you to repair my bow." Ye Yuejun smiled and spread his hands, "The last one of birch wood was broken...it was cut off."
"Ah, it's a pity. That one has been used for at least... twenty years, right? That one was given to you twenty years ago. The thing on your hand is really durable. But after so many years, even if it is not used by anyone, If it’s broken, it won’t be used anymore.”
"Your craftsmanship is good. If it hadn't been cut off like this, it wouldn't be a problem to use it for another twenty years."
"No matter where. The wood hadn't been soaked in medicine at that time... I happened to be making a new bow recently, so I'll take it to you first. It's made of local eucalyptus. It's not strong but soft, and it's more durable. Today It will be completed within a day. If you have nothing else to do, you can follow me directly back to the dog farm to have a look."
"Thank you so much." Ye Yuejun walked with him, "By the way, how is the child you adopted before? By now, he has already married, right?"
"...Hey, this kid is stubborn."
However, just before Longbow came back, there was someone who entered the dog farm gate earlier than him. At that time, Tan Ge was in the infield directing workers to build the damaged site. He only heard a burst of noise outside and felt suspicious.
A strong demonic aura was approaching. She twitched her nose keenly and turned her head to look at the entrance. With the guards screaming, the nine-tailed cat holding a ball of red fire broke through the door again. The workers in the room who saw this scene were stunned at first, then dropped their tools and ran away from the back door in a hurry. Tan Ge crossed his arms and stared at her with a frown.
The cat is in human form again, with fiery red lines tattooed on half of her face, which are twisted and weird, and it's hard to tell what the pattern is. They were like cracked ravines on the skin, with lava flowing through them; or they were like snakes divided into several pieces, struggling to death on the girl's face.
"Here comes another one? It's endless, isn't it?" Tan Ge cursed secretly, "Cat? It's even more annoying than the last one."
"What's the last one? What does it have to do with me?" Maomata hugged his shoulders and glanced at the whole place casually, "Someone sent me to this place...a dog farm, right? It sounds like a name that makes people dislike it. Ah, as for what it is, I don’t know. But just ask your boss to come see me.”
"...Who do you think you are? Do you still want to see the boss? You can come and go as freely as if this is a vegetable market, and you can pick whatever you want? I think you are sincerely here to cause trouble. There have been a lot of strange things recently, and one or two monsters have escaped. If you come here to cause trouble, you won’t be afraid of being trapped inside for the rest of your life.”
The cat raised his eyebrow slightly again. A ray of light came from the gap in the roof, her pupils tightened a bit, and she looked even more fierce. She sighed softly like a sneer and said, "I take it you are not going to cooperate with me?"
"You are not one of the monsters that can point fingers at me."
Suddenly, an afterimage erupted behind Tan Ge, which was clearly the illusion of a fierce dog. Although she was human, she took long strides like a real hound. She held up a chair that was about to fall apart with her hands and used her legs to push it over. Not to be outdone, the cat bared its fangs again, with pale fur on its face, making the patterns more vivid and eye-catching. Her clenched hands suddenly opened, and a row of sharp claws came out of their sheaths like awls, bursting out with scarlet sparks.
The two girls were so agile that no one else could see their movements clearly during the fight. But there were no other people around, and the entire infield was their stage. The chairs that had not yet been sorted were scrapped even more, and the repair racks that had just been erected were dismantled to pieces. During the fight, Tan Ge realized that the strange flame was extremely hot and more terrifying than the hallucinogenic fox fire - it could actually ignite something, but it could not extinguish it. She had seen this kind of fire from other monsters before, so she could detect it before it caused serious consequences.
"Close hand!"
Tan Ge heard a powerful roar.
She finally dodged Nekomata's claw, and the chair she had just landed on was smashed into pieces, and the raised wood chips were burned into black charcoal by the sparks. The Nekomata's movements were so much faster than his own that he could even see the afterimage, and it was accompanied by dazzling firelight, which made it difficult for people to parry. Tan Ge fell in front of the visitor, turned around and raised his hand, meaning to warn the cat not to take a step closer.
"Are you in charge of things here?" Mao Mao asked Changgong.
Zhang Changgong looked at her, then at the mess on the ground, scolded Tan Ge with a dark face and said:
"You're such a troublesome girl."
"It was the monster who came to cause trouble first, okay? She also hurt our brother. Didn't you see it when you came back?"
Zhang Changgong disagrees with Tan Ge's theory. He pressed her raised arm, took two steps forward, and looked up and down at the intruding monster. He knew someone was coming - he had been greeted by someone above, but he wasn't sure if it was her, if it was...a monster.
"Excuse me, what's the girl's name? What's the purpose of coming here?"
The cat stretched out his hand again and retracted his nails. She straightened her messy hair like a real cat, and said casually: "Just call me Xiaobai. Someone asked me to come here. Go directly to your boss and ask me to help you with something. Look, Is this how you treat guests? How polite!"
"Miss Bai, I'm really sorry. It was Zhang's negligence and he didn't say hello to his subordinates. Fortunately, I thought you wouldn't come so early. Mr. Hunting Gong hasn't visited yet, so please be patient. Because there were some incidents a few days ago. A fox demon came here to make a scene. We are a little more wary of external monsters. Please forgive me. If you don't mind, you can stay here for two days. I'll go and let someone..."
Tan Ge didn't say anything when he heard the boss's name. But looking at her stubborn eyes, she didn't regret what she had just done. She even felt that her attack was not harsh enough. For some reason, she just wasn't happy with that bratty girl, and the latter happened to be too - maybe this was the innate antagonism between cats and dogs.
"No need." Xiaobai waved his hand, "The monsters you imprison here are too noisy, making people unable to sleep. I heard this noise three blocks away, like a pig being slaughtered. And... Take care of your dogs.”
That contemptuous look made Tan Ge bar his teeth again. Zhang Changgong had no choice. He knew that this girl had been living with the dog demon and had formed this habit in her early years. After so many years, I can't change it no matter what.
"I'll come back in two days, and I'll deal with it casually for now. You don't have to worry about me."
After that, she turned to the back door and walked away.
Tan Ge sighed deeply, turned his head and said, "Who are you?"
Hazuki-kun took a few steps forward from the door, but still kept his distance from her. Presumably the white cat just now was also aware of her presence, but he just didn't intervene. She also glanced around the entire venue and shook her head helplessly.
Zhang Changgong introduced her, saying that this was Mu Ranyanlai Ye Yuejun, one of the Six Paths of Impermanence. Ye Yuejun just nodded slightly, ignoring Tan Ge's alert gaze. But compared to monsters, when she realized that the person in front of her was still a human being, she was not so hostile.
Ye Yuejun was a little uneasy.
The demonic aura on Nekomata's body just now will be the work of Kuchugetsu-kun tomorrow. Although this is the territory that belongs to Lord Gaoyue and she doesn't have to meddle in it, she is still very concerned about what Lord Katsutsuki sends people here to do. She naturally knows what the "dog farm" means. As a former monster, she naturally has a grudge against this place, but she has no right to interfere.
"In my opinion, there is a huge Gu pond."
In the inn at night, Ye Yuejun said this to everyone.
Dai Luan scratched her head: "Gu Pond? I don't quite understand... does it mean the pool underneath?"
"No...how should I explain it? Gaoyue-kun is the best at Yin Yang magic and poison poison. The entire dog farm is her experimental field. If you take a poison cup and put all five poisons into it, let them fight. You fight to the death, and the last one left behind is the so-called Poison King. The Shadow Pavilion should be trying to screen out monsters that meet the conditions..."
Mu Wan was a little confused: "Didn't you say that those winners are very beautiful?"
"Sigh. People will only care about the new winner, and the process of becoming a king...they won't be interested in what happens after that."
"The Death Shadow Pavilion makes me feel very uneasy." Shan Hai lifted his hair and frowned, "They were studying the art of controlling corpses and the method of reviving souls before... Now they are talking about the Poison King. Also, they have been studying Thinking about Yun Waijing, it seems that there is a shortage of manpower to study some forbidden arts, and it is also to facilitate the search for materials. I always feel that they are too dangerous."
"But Gao Yuejun is really capable." Dai Luan held up her face, "Her most powerful confidants are the Five Poisons, and it will take a lot of effort to tame them. Moreover, it seems that they are brothers and sisters."
Ye Yuejun smiled bitterly: "There is no such thing as an inherently harmonious relationship. Some of them are not the original Five Poisons... The five Poisons and the relationship between master and servant have all gone through bloody trials. , and it became the stable situation it is now.”
"Huh? Who is it?"
"That's the youngest one."
"Miss Zhu Tong?"
"That's right. The spider demon in the past was a male and had a good relationship with She Ji. Alas, it's useless to talk about this. It's better to think about what we should do next."
After Ye Yuejun finished speaking, Shanhai answered.
"You said before... that Tan Mu was adopted by a man named Zhang Changgong?"
"Ah, yes, that's what happened... Longbow is her adoptive father. Because her dog demon adoptive mother is dead, she was attacked by a demon hunter and sold to a dog farm. As a result, she died because of too heavy a blow. Huangquan. She stays there now just to wait for those murderers to appear again so that she can personally avenge her adoptive mother."
"Then the hatred of his biological parents..."
"Are you talking about the rich man? Didn't Liangyue-kun tell you? Her adoptive mother gathered some monster friends and killed them all one by one... But her adoptive mother was a kind-hearted monster. I am I have seen it. I heard that during that time, she was living in the mountains with her young Tan Ge. Some monsters rejected her when they saw her, saying that the girl smelled like humans. In order to protect her, the dog monster always smiled By the way, she is also a monster, but she looks like a human monster..."
Shanhai sighed softly.
Some people don't look like monsters, but they have hearts that are more vicious than monsters... This is the most foul-smelling thing.
