Knife splashing

Chapter 332 Weird Corpse
"It's a blind bear."

Li Yan laughed silently and shook his head slightly.

Bears are very smart creatures. In some ancient hunting tribes, there were even bears that were cursed and forced to crawl on all fours. This is a good example.

The most common thing this thing does is to stand there and wave to attract people over when the vision is dim.

When people get closer and see clearly, there is no chance of escape.

But to mess with them is simply to seek death.

"Let's go."

Li Yan quickened his pace and said to Lu San with a smile: "You are still talking about finding someone to ask for directions, or a local wild animal will do."

As they were talking, they were getting closer and closer to the forest.

When you get closer, you can see more clearly.

It was indeed a bear, tall and strong, with thick brown hair, a slightly reddish chest, a broad nose, a big mouth, and eyes like copper bells.

It stood in the woods, one paw leaning against a tree trunk, the other waving up and down, its eyes bright and gloomy.

Human bear?

Li Yan was a little surprised when he saw it.

The so-called human bears among the people are mostly brown bears, which are common in cold plateau areas, while in Ezhou, there are more black bears.

There is no doubt that brown bears are more terrifying, with larger sizes, more ferocious temperaments, and sometimes even prey on black bears.

But soon, Li Yan found out the reason.

There was actually a collar around the neck of this human bear. It looked like it was made of Tibetan silver and was quite old. It was also inlaid with jewels.

Because it was hidden by thick hair, I could only see it when I got closer.

And this bear man has also realized that something is wrong.

Li Yan and his two companions were different from the previous civilians. Not only did they not run away, they also made it feel vaguely uneasy.

"Roar--!"

The bear-man roared, then turned and ran away.

This was beyond Li Yan's expectations.

He wanted to chase after him, but Wu Ba next to him dropped his luggage, roared, and rushed out.

His body is agile, his feet are powerful, and his muscles are flexing like a cheetah. He even crouches down and uses his hands and feet at the same time.

Li Yan and the other man only felt a gust of wind blowing past, and the wild man Wu Ba had disappeared into the forest. There was no longer any trace of the cowardice he had shown on the boat before.

Soon, the roar of a brown bear was heard ahead.

Lu San frowned and patted the magic gourd on his waist. Suddenly, poisonous bees flew out and went to help Wu Ba.

Li Yan shook his head and picked up the luggage.

The two quickened their pace and walked through the dense forest.

The savage Wu Ba, with his muscles swollen all over, grabbed the man-bear's head and pressed it to the ground.

The bear-man roared and struggled wildly, his huge paws splashing mud everywhere, his butt and body twisted left and right, but he still found it difficult to turn over.

As for the savage Wu Ba, his eyes were full of excitement, even with a hint of fanaticism. His ferocious fangs were exposed, and even his skin began to turn red.

This guy has unusually thick hair.

He had shaved his head at that time, but in the past two days, his hair has grown back. In his excitement, every hair stands up, making him look more like a wild beast than the man-bear below.

Feeling the bear-man struggling, Wu Ba's eyes suddenly showed a fierce light. He pressed the bear-man's head with one hand and clenched his other hand into a fist and smashed it down suddenly.

"Wait a minute!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Li Yan hurriedly tried to stop it.

However, it was already too late.

The savage Wu Ba awakened his physical supernatural power. The methods he learned since childhood were all about dealing with various wild beasts while imitating them, which was more like a primitive pictographic boxing.

He had already learned the hidden power in his ignorance, concentrating all his strength in his body, and he also knew the weaknesses of wild beasts.

Click!

With one punch, the sound of bone breaking was heard immediately.

The bear-man's neck suddenly twisted abnormally, blood and brain matter splattered from his ears, half of his head collapsed in, and his body stopped moving.

Li Yan immediately stopped and looked at Wu Ba with narrowed eyes.

Subconsciously, he did not regard the other party as a companion, and the reason he took him in temporarily was because Lu San was kind-hearted and wanted to save the savage's life.

After all, this is a Xiao, a half-human, half-monster creature.

Just like now, after hammering the bear to death, Wu Ba seemed to be aroused with some kind of ferocity, and it seemed that he didn't hear Li Yan's words at all, and he punched Li Yan twice more.

puff!
The man-bear's brain was completely shattered. Wu Ba reached out, grabbed the sticky brain matter, and was about to put it into his mouth.

"Wuba!"

Just then, Lu San shouted.

Wu Ba stopped with a shudder, the blood color in his eyes quickly faded, and he secretly glanced at Lu San again, then quickly rubbed the human bear a few times and wiped the brains off his hands.

Then he stood up awkwardly and stood there at a loss as to what to do.

As if he knew what Li Yan was thinking, Lu San shook his head and whispered, "You can't look at him with human eyes. It takes time for a beast to adapt when it joins a new tribe."

"Give me some time, he'll be a good companion..."

After saying that, he walked up quickly, with a stern face, and muttered in the upper language.

Wu Ba shrank his head and his body seemed to be shorter.

The little white fox had grown up a lot and was just following behind Lu San. When it saw Wu Ba being scolded, it suddenly became excited and jumped up and down, and then bared its teeth and roared.

Li Yan laughed in silence and said nothing more.

Since Lu San has said it, he has to believe it.

Thinking of this, Li Yan also walked up to the body of the man-bear, took off the collar hanging on its neck, and examined it carefully.

The necklace in her hand was made of Tibetan silver and was quite old. The patterns on it were full of auspicious clouds, treasure vases, and lotus flowers, and it was carefully inlaid with gems such as red coral, turquoise, and blue lapis lazuli.

It looks like a Tibetan secret thing.

There was also a sinister aura lingering around it, clearly it was a magical instrument, and there was a line of words engraved inside:.

Li Yan couldn't understand it at all, but he had already guessed that this human-bear was probably being raised by someone.

On the other side, Lu San also finished training Wu Ba.

Not knowing what Lu San said, Wu Ba hurriedly took the luggage from Li Yan, lowered his head, and glanced at him secretly.

Li Yan ignored him, but frowned slightly, pinched his fingers, took a deep breath into the air, and said, "Follow me!"

After saying that, he quickened his pace and walked ahead.

Lu San and Wu Ba followed closely, while the little white fox swung its big tail and galloped and leaped on the stone walls of the mountains and forests, one step faster than Li Yan.

This little thing is quite smart. It already knows what he is going to do and uses its sensitive sense of smell to lead the way.

The group walked along the way and passed a valley, where they suddenly saw a dirt road in front of them. Although it was covered with weeds, it was still vaguely visible.

On the ground, there were also traces of dragging blood and some animal hair, which were obviously from the previous hunts by the bear man.

Seeing this situation, Li Yan already realized something in his heart.

Sure enough, after turning a ridge, we suddenly saw some ruins.

This is an ancient kiln. The kiln has collapsed, but the structure is still recognizable. Pottery fragments and old tools are scattered in the grass. The surrounding earth is messy and covered with weeds, like graves.

In front of the kiln, there is a stone platform with many traces of burning. There are several battle flags on it, which have faded due to wind and sun.

It was obvious that a grand ritual had been held.

Li Yan shook his head slightly and said to Lu San who followed him: "It seems that this place is one of the strange kilns that the Shen family servants mentioned, but it has been dealt with."

After saying that, he looked to the other side. The place where the kiln was located must be rich in high-quality porcelain clay. Here, there was a hill, and even half of it was dug away.

Red soil, green vines, and a dark cave. Outside, there were animal and human remains and swarms of flies flying around.

The originally agile little white fox has stopped, baring its teeth at the dark cave entrance, its hair standing on end, as if it was on guard against something.

Li Yan pinched his fingers and smelled it, and immediately sensed a faint yin energy inside, as if something was watching them in the darkness.

"Don't move."

A murderous look flashed in Li Yan's eyes, and he quickly entered the cave.

As soon as he stepped in, he could feel the cave was extremely cold. A stream of black smoke whistled out from the darkness and rushed towards his face.

"Huh! That's a nice thought!"

Li Yan raised his hand and an invisible soul-hooking rope whizzed out. Feeling the movement of the hook, he pulled it again.

Call ~
The darkness suddenly dispersed, and a strong chilly wind blew in the cave, but soon it became quiet again. Although it was still a little cool, it was not creepy.

Li Yan shook his hands and continued walking forward.

Sure enough, there was a corpse lying deep in the cave. It had been decayed for a long time and was wrapped in a crimson monk's robe. There were also demon-subduing pestles, leather drums and other items scattered around it.

At the same time, Lu San also lit a torch and walked in.

"That's the guy."

Li Yan looked at the corpse on the ground and said, "This is a Tibetan esoteric master. I don't know why he came here. Even after his death, he wanted to attract people to possess him."

That’s right, in a short period of time, he had figured out the whole story.

The unknown monk in front of him has a powerful spirit. His ghost still lingers after his death and controls the human-bear to go out and eat people.

Cannibalism is just a means to attract people, and they must be Taoist monks so that they can be possessed.

Unfortunately, I was unlucky and met them.

Lu San was a little surprised. "These people are rare in Shenzhou. Why would they come all the way to Ezhou?"

What he said was not wrong. Since the collapse of the Tubo Dynasty, the snowy region has formed forces such as the Guge Dynasty and the Ladakh Dynasty.

During the Daxing period of the previous dynasty, the army of the Golden Horde was approaching the border, and the forces in this area came to submit one after another. In addition, many Dharma Kings joined the Golden Horde to fight against the Xuanmen Orthodox Sect.

Seeing the rise of the Great Xuan Dynasty and the disbanding of the Golden Horde, these forces immediately surrendered and voluntarily paid tribute, and were called U-Tsang.

That place is vast, the environment is harsh, and it is sparsely populated. In addition, the remnants of the Golden Horde are secretly active and disrupting the situation.

The Daxuan Dynasty did not want to spend too much effort, so it adopted a strategy of appeasement as the main method and military strikes as the auxiliary method to gradually quell the unrest.

It is relatively stable nowadays, but because the Tibetan Buddhist masters and the Xuanmen fought too fiercely in the previous dynasty, although the ancient Tea-Horse Road trade is prosperous among the people, the exchanges with the Xuanmen are not close.

"Just look at it and you'll find out."

Li Yan reached out and took out a piece of letter from the corpse's arms, but after opening it, his face suddenly froze.

It's all in Tibetan and I can't understand it at all!

"What is this..."

Li Yan muttered something and started to check other things.

This monk must have been quite accomplished in his life, at least the instruments he had on him were mainly a vajra, a prayer wheel, and a small human-skin drum.

The first two have a kind of evil power, while the human skin drum emits an icy breath, and when touched by fingers, white frost spreads.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, clenched his fist, and suddenly an electric arc crackled, and he smashed the human skin drum flat with one punch.

Bang!
There was a loud bang in the air, and a cold and gloomy air filled the air.

Afterwards, he also smashed the vajra and the prayer wheel.

These magical instruments were worshipped in front of the altar all year round. They were completely useless to him. It would be better to destroy them directly and then smelt them for materials.

In addition, there is a small bottle of ghee. After opening the lid, the rich medicinal aroma immediately hits your nose.

This should be something used in Tantric practice.

Tibetan Buddhism emphasizes the secrets of body, speech, and mind, and the "three secret blessings", which include various rituals and various hand seals.

Ghee can be used to practice hand seals and can also be used for offerings. Depending on the situation, a lot of precious medicinal materials are added.

Finally, Li Yan picked up another thangka.

Ever since the last battle with Tibetan monks in the Phosphate Mine Canyon, Li Yan had asked the Law Enforcement Hall for relevant information.

Thangka is also a kind of ritual tool in Tibetan Buddhism, which is used to help practitioners strengthen their faith and willpower, a bit like the Taoist practice of meditation.

The images of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are usually painted on it.

However, the painting on this thangka is somewhat creepy and weird.

There were two gods, one male and one female, both with ghost faces and fangs, their bodies were pitch black, and their six arms each held a magical weapon. They were entangled with each other and were wrapped in flame-like patterns, forming an embryo-like appearance.

When Li Yan saw this thing, he felt inexplicably nervous.

He seemed to be thinking about something, and carefully put away the thangka and the secret letter.

This monk came from afar, and although we don’t know his purpose or the reason for his death, it is definitely not a simple matter.

And he brought a human bear as a pet, and he was not stopped by the soldiers along the way, which is also strange...

There are people in the Buddhist community who are proficient in Tibetan. If they hand it over to Chengjue in the Law Enforcement Hall, perhaps they will be able to find out the reason.

Afterwards, Li Yan moved the body out and piled it together with the debris outside. He found some dead branches and burned it.

It was already afternoon when we finished all this.

Lu San was also in the distance. He called a few times, and the surrounding birds immediately scattered and flew away. He walked over and shook his head and said, "There are two villages a few miles away. They are both Miao villages."

"Twenty miles north, there is an inn on the official road."

Li Yan frowned, "Miao villages generally don't welcome outsiders. Let's hurry up and go to the inn to inquire for information."

After saying that, the three of them quickly left the valley.

The distance of twenty miles is neither far nor near. When they arrived, it was almost dusk.

I saw an official road in the distance, right next to the river, and a two-story inn standing alone beside the official road.

It was a civil engineering structure, not considered high-end. There were wine flags waving outside, a few horses were eating hay in the stable, and smoke was floating on the roof.

There was a waiter busy in the stable.

The image of Li Yan and his companions was really eye-catching. The waiter knew they were not easy to deal with when he saw them. He hurried over and bowed, saying, "Dear guests, please come in. Do you want to stay overnight or stay the night?"

"We need two upper rooms and a table of food and wine."

Li Yan gave instructions as he walked into the inn.

After entering the door, I immediately felt several gazes.

Li Yan looked around and saw that the inn was very simple, with rammed earth as the floor, and the tables in the lobby were a bit tattered.

There were not many people in the store. There were a few people sitting at one table, including men and women, young and old. One of them was carrying a fishing drum on his back.

On the other side, there were also a few people sitting there. The leader was a middle-aged fat man dressed in gorgeous clothes. He was surrounded by people dressed in black, looking like businessmen and servants.

Li Yan ignored him and, led by the waiter, went to a large room on the second floor and put down his luggage.

As soon as he closed the door, Lu San whispered, "There's something wrong with these people..."

"I know."

Li Yan shook his head and laughed, "They all smell like dirt. They are all grave robbers. Could it be that these people are so bold as to want to rob the king's tomb?"

　The second update will be later.

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　　There are cloud gods who use radios to forecast the weather, ghost gods who use electric batons, fire gods who use flamethrowers, Taoist masters who use pistols as palm thunder, and the Yangtze River Dragon King who guards the dam.

　　When you possess technology and power that transcends your time, you become a god in the eyes of mortals...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)