Sky Surveying Demon Hunt

Chapter 240 Slavery

As soon as he saw Lin Ji, the strong man's expression changed drastically.

"Who are you?!"

He held the pickaxe in his hand tightly, and glanced at the old man who had died on the bed, and his face was complicated for a moment.

Lin Ji looked at the man quietly.

He is said to be a strong man, but in fact he is just tall with a broad frame.

The body under his thin clothes was as skinny as the old man on the bed.

His face was sallow and his nose was blue.

"I'm just a passerby passing by here to ask for directions." Lin Ji prevaricated casually, then pointed to the old man on the bed and said, "His death has nothing to do with me. When I came, he was already dying."

Hearing this, the strong man had a look of surprise on his face.

"You can't go! The old thing dies when he dies, you are a prime man, you can't go!"

Lin Ji frowned slightly, puzzled, "Why can't I go?"

"Without the old things, the ore I handed in will not be enough. If the monk is dissatisfied, won't I suffer?"

"Come on, you fill the gap of that old thing! Just right!"

The strong man was talking excitedly, his eyes gradually became malicious, he held the pick tightly, as if Lin Ji would do it if he wanted to leave.

Such malice that was almost overflowing made Lin Ji feel cold all over his body.

What he was afraid of was not the strong man who was strong but the slavishness shown in his words and deeds.

Lin Ji simply sat down beside the bed.

"I'm not leaving, but can you tell me what's going on here? You all work for monks?"

"Master Monk!" The strong man retorted, seeing that Lin Ji was not going to leave, he relaxed a little, but still blocked the door.

"We low-class pigs were born to serve the monks. If we can't serve the monks, we will be meaningless."

As he said that, the strong man seemed to see the pity in Lin Ji's eyes, and said again: "I'm not stupid, you just look at me as an outsider! Outsiders are pigs, and you are no different from me! You must sacrifice to the monks. lifetime."

"And then? It's the same from birth to death? What's the point?"

"In the next life, I will become a monk in the next life." The strong man replied, "If I do well, I will become a monk, if I do worse, I will become a nobleman, and if I am worse, I will be an official. But if the monks are upset, they will Cast a curse and be a pig forever."

Lin Ji pursed his lips slightly, took a long breath, and tried hard to get rid of the depression in his heart.

"Do you believe what the monks say? Have you seen it?"

"I've seen it! I've seen it!" The strong man nodded quickly, with fear in his eyes.

"tell me the story."

"That's the county magistrate of our county. He annoyed the monk because he didn't turn in some ore."

"and then?"

"His dozen or so wives were taken away, and his newborn son, who was supposed to be a hereditary official, was treated as a pig and enshrined to the abbot."

The strong man said with some trepidation: "The bone skewer in the hand of the county magistrate is made of the ribs of that little pig. We have seen it with our own eyes."

Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Bone skewers?"

"The monk's reward can guarantee the safety of the whole life."

"They are all pigs, how can they be safe? How can they be safe?"

Hearing this, the strong man hesitated for a moment, but soon shook his head heavily.

"Useful, really useful."

Lin Ji shook his head secretly. He knew that no matter how much he said, it would be difficult to change the thinking of these people for decades, so he simply didn't waste his words.

"How many times did you mention the ore, and you said that the monks were sent to mine?"

"Yes, there is a jade mine just a dozen miles outside the county. The monks attach great importance to it. Let us dig it."

"How long have you been digging?"

"I don't know, I've been in the mine since I can remember, and that old thing is the same." The strong man pointed to the dead body of the old man on the bed.

Asked here, Lin Ji nodded and did not speak again.

No matter how much, this person probably doesn't know.

There was a helpless smile on his face.

"Oh, no wonder Mr. Tian said that if you see a bald donkey, you will kill it."

Some things cannot be understood by listening to others.

Before coming here, Lin Ji had heard many people talk about Victoria more than once.

But until he saw it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears, it was difficult for him to understand.

You can only feel it if you experience it yourself.

"Esoteric Buddhism... Buddha Kingdom."

Just as Lin Ji was muttering and thinking, there was a sudden noise outside.

The village that had been quiet for a while now became noisy again.

He heard a lot of footsteps, and after a little exploration with his spiritual sense, he found that the people living around came to the street one by one, and then knelt down on the ground.

The strong man seemed to have also seen the situation outside, and his face changed suddenly.

"It's the monk who is here, come out with me to meet him."

Naturally, Lin Ji would not refuse. He walked out of the house with the strong man, and then asked casually, "Do I have to kneel down?"

"I'm waiting for the pig, how can I not kneel when I see the monk?"

While speaking, the strong man knelt down and buried his head deeply on the ground, exactly like the hundreds of people around him.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lin Ji still standing, with anxiety on his face.

"Kneel down quickly, kneel down quickly!"

"Don't be disrespectful to the monk, otherwise you will be a pig in the next life."

Lin Ji raised his head to look at the sky, and there seemed to be a small black spot getting closer and closer in the far horizon.

He responded casually: "You were not pigs, but you are not now. No one can save you."

"However, it's not your fault."

Lin Ji lowered his head and looked at the strong man who was still looking at him from the corner of his eye.

"But I'm not a pig, never was."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The strong man became more and more anxious.

In the sky, there was a faint sound of wind.

Lin Ji saw a big bird, it was a roc.

Pengniao is a monster, most of them are no more than the first level and the second level.

Lin Ji had seen it in Strange Tales of Ghosts and Ghosts. This bird is very easy to domesticate. It is common in several western states and is used as a mount by people.

At this moment, on the back of the Pengniao, sat cross-legged a monk wearing a monk's robe.

Soon, Pengniao landed in the middle of the crowd, and trampled to death two kneeling civilians by the way.

Brain splattered.

The surrounding people did not have any commotion, it seems that they have already seen it.

Humanized excitement appeared on Na Pengniao's face, and he lowered his head to lick it.

The monk was unmoved, and after glancing at Lin Ji who was standing alone, he ignored him.

"Where is the county magistrate?" the monk asked.

An old man kneeling at the very front got up and knelt down in front of the monk.

"How is the harvest today?" the monk asked again.

"Returning to the monk, today's harvest is [-]% less than yesterday's." The county magistrate's voice was already filled with despair.

The monk nodded.

"Then go to death."

As soon as the words fell, the sharp part of Pengniao's wings pierced through the county magistrate's chest.

Lin Ji watched this scene, but his attention was on the bone skewer in the county magistrate's hand.

He kicked the strong man next to him.

"Oh, keep safe?"

The strong man trembled.

And the monk not far away finally set his sights on Lin Ji.

(End of this chapter)