"Old sir, I'm just asking for directions. You can tell me how to get to a nearby big city. I'll go there by myself without disturbing you."
Lu Yuan's tone was gentle. As a cultivation beast master, the most important thing he lacked was patience in communication.
People who are impatient will basically not be able to become cultivation-type beast masters.
The old man in his fifties knew he couldn't beat him, so he could only follow the steps given by the opponent.
"If you're just asking for directions, that's fine."
The old man's expression softened and he pointed in the direction behind Lu Yuan and said, "There is a Qianshan City to the south. You can go there."
"Thanks."
Lu Yuan nodded, turned around and left.
The old man watched his back disappear. His tense body still did not relax, but became even more tense.
He quickly packed up the barrels and farm tools, asked his pet red firecracker to guard behind him, and pulled his little granddaughter to run north.
The twin suns in the sky slowly turned overcast, turning into cold twin moons, and the sky turned into a clear night, cloudless and dotted with stars.
The granddaughter who had been holding back for a long time did not dare to speak. When she saw the red lantern at the end of the village, her steps slowed down. She asked unhappily:
"Grandpa, why did you lead them to the ghost realm?"
"That's not a human. Don't believe him. How can Nian beast coexist peacefully with humans." The old man shook his head.
"Is the Netherworld to the south? It sounds like a dangerous place. Old sir, is this how you usually give directions?"
Suddenly, Lu Yuan's voice echoed slowly in their ears.
The old man's face changed, and he turned around in disbelief. He immediately saw Lu Yuan riding the Nian Beast Dabai parked on the roadside, and his face instantly turned pale.
It turned out that Lu Yuan did not believe the old man's words, so he secretly turned back and followed him secretly.
On his way back to the village, the old man deliberately took a long detour.
The road that originally took half an hour took us around to the time when the moon appeared.
The old man thought he had thrown away Lu Yuan, but he didn't know that the speed of the grandfather and grandson was too slow. Dabai couldn't even use 30% of his strength.
Lu Yuan had just entered this era and didn't know much about the ancient world, so he had a lot of time to waste.
He was not in a hurry to go to the large city-state, so he followed them from a distance to see how long they would go before returning to the village.
As for the two-star red firecracker summoned by the old man, Dabai didn't take it seriously.
Dabai has the passive talent "Breathing Concentration" and the active skill "Concealment". The two are very compatible and can exert a powerful combination effect.
Even if you pass by a four- or five-star pet beast, you will not be easily discovered unless the other party has advanced detection skills.
"Master Beast Controller, please let my granddaughter go regardless of the faults of others. I am entirely responsible for this—"
After two puffs, the old man grabbed his granddaughter's hand, and together they knelt down to apologize.
"Whatever you want to do with me is up to you, but please don't harm your family and let her go..."
Speaking of her, the old man trembled at the end of his voice, feeling extremely regretful that he should not have guided the other party to the wrong place.
Now they have only reached the village gate and have not yet entered the village. I don’t know if they have alerted the village. If the whole village is mobilized...
The Nian Beast's strength is bottomless, it is not afraid of fire damage, and it is not afraid of bloodline suppression. It should be the legendary king of the Nian Beast!
The highest-star Fireworks Beast in the village only has three stars. Whether it can seriously injure the other party is a matter of course. If the two sides go to war, everyone will be the only one to die.
He could only kneel down and admit his mistake, hoping that the other person was human and still had humanity.
Jiang Xue secretly glanced at Dabai and saw Dabai's cute expression and black tail swaying from side to side. He was as silly, humane and cute as Mr. Bai's big dog.
Looking at Lu Yuan riding on the back of Nian Beast, she found that Lu Yuan was looking at her and noticed her little movements.
She was startled again and quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at him.
A few seconds passed.
She suddenly thought of Baymax's expression.
"grandfather."
"Don't talk..." the old man whispered.
"This Nian beast doesn't eat humans..."
When Jiang Xue tried to explain in a low voice, Lu Yuan interrupted and said:
"In that case, help me find a place to stay. I'm going to spend the night here tonight."
"Yes, thank you for not killing me—"
The old man quickly agreed, with a look of joy on his face as he gently pulled the corner of his granddaughter's clothes to make her calm down.
Lu Yuan considered that the Nian beast was the enemy of people during the New Year. In order to avoid causing stress among the locals, he asked Dabai to actively consume mana to enter a hidden state and be silent.
The village is located in the flat land between mountains, surrounded by dense bamboo forests and green mountains.
The first house I passed by had two red lanterns hanging on the eaves.
The room was dimly lit, and through the paper windows, stationary black figures could be seen, but no human voices could be heard.
The night wind suddenly blew by, and the red lanterns swayed gently. The originally festive color suddenly felt a little strange.
If the situation in the first house is an exception, it makes no sense to see the same situation later.
Lu Yuan looked at the several rooms in the back. They all had red lanterns hung in front of the doors and candlesticks lit inside. There were many figures, but there was no movement.
Some chimneys still had white smoke floating in them, indicating that it was meal time and the village was supposed to be very lively, but he couldn't hear anyone.
This village, is it normal?
"Why are you so quiet?" Lu Yuan asked calmly, touching Dabai secretly.
Dabai is a three-star Nian beast. He has a mastery-level active skill "Evil-Suppressing Light" that can suppress most evil spirits.
When the old man heard this, his expression changed. He did not dare to deceive Lu Yuan and said quickly:
"Maybe something happened in the village, and everyone went to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors."
"Ancestor worship? What do you mean? Please explain it carefully." Lu Yuan asked, pretending not to understand.
The old man glanced at him, slowed down his speech, lowered his eyebrows and said:
"Maybe an evil spirit has entered the village. Everyone has taken refuge in the ancestral hall. Donkey shadow puppets are placed in the house to indicate that there is someone in the house. They cannot enter without someone's consent..."
A curious expression appeared on Lu Yuan's face.
"My Dabai can suppress evil, do you need my help?"
"This... the ancestors should be able to handle it." The old man considered it.
He was not at ease with Nian Beast and could not feel the depth of his strength, so he could not let Lu Yuan enter the ancestral temple.
Lu Yuan didn't ask again. He knew that controlling spirits was also one of the ways to control beasts.
The ancestral spirit is the most powerful animal spirit in the village, and it should be easy to use it to suppress evil.
The girl next to him secretly looked at him many times.
Lu Yuan looks ordinary, but has a special temperament.
He is obviously extremely powerful and has a contract with a Nian beast that no one else can even imagine, but he doesn't mean to be superior to others and is approachable.
She had never seen such a kind and strong man.
For her, who has lived in a small, isolated village for a long time, Lu Yuan has a strange attraction.
Lu Yuan glanced at her, and she immediately shrank back like a rabbit and hid beside her grandfather.
While they were talking, the three of them arrived at the old man's home. It was a bungalow made of bricks and earth. The door god paper posted in front of the door was rotten and had not been replaced.
The stove for burning the fire was placed outside, and several bundles of dry firewood were piled outside the wall.
There are three rooms inside, two bedrooms on the left and right, and the living room in the middle. There is a pottery statue of the Kitchen God on the table, and the incense in the incense burner has been extinguished.
"Please just stay here tonight. My granddaughter and I will sleep outside..."
"Do you have a place to sleep outside? Don't be so afraid. I don't eat people."
Lu Yuan's intention was good, but when the old man heard the words "no cannibalism", he trembled with fright and turned pale, thinking of the terrible Nian beast Dabai.
'You may not eat people, but the Nian beast eats people...'
But he didn't dare to refuse Lu Yuan, so he could only beat his head, bite the bullet, and agree with a gloomy face.
