Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 224 The tip of the needle versus the awn of wheat

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Kyoto.

Fan Zhongfu was eating brown rice, and there was not even a dish on the table.

There were three poems in front of him.

Drinking Song, the White Jade Capital from Heaven and the Preface to Farewell to Ma Sheng of Dongyang.

"Good, good, good. My Confucianism is thriving, and it has produced such a genius. However, my favorite part is the Preface to Ma Sheng of Dongyang." Fan Zhongfu couldn't put the Preface to Ma Sheng of Dongyang down.

"I think Zhou Ping will be able to enter the third rank of Confucianism soon."

"Song of the Wine" and "Heavenly White Jade Capital" are suitable for those who like obscene songs and lyrics, while "Farewell to Ma Sheng of Dongyang" suits the taste of ordinary scholars. The two complement each other." Fan Zhongfu also understood Zhou Ping's thoughts. Zhou Ping wanted to win by quantity and then quickly enter the third rank.

Fan Zhongfu looked towards the distant Qinghe County and said, "This is a time of great contention, a time of great contention."

Kyoto, the imperial city.

Emperor Jing coughed a few times, and the maid who was cutting his white hair accidentally cut off a lot of the good hair.

Emperor Jing was immediately furious: "Someone come."

Several eunuchs and guards rushed in and grabbed the maid.

"Do you want to kill me? Who sent you here, Prince Heng, the Crown Prince, or those ministers?" Emperor Jing asked while pinching the maid's neck.

The maid shook her head frantically, tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, no, I was just careless just now."

Emperor Jing looked at the maid suspiciously, then looked at several guards, and then hurriedly said, "Get out, get out. This man tried to assassinate me, so kill him too."

The guards dragged the maid out of the house, raised their swords and slashed, killing the girl.

“This is the eighth one.”

"No, you remembered wrongly, this is the ninth one."

"What a pity, what a pity."

"Yes."

Several guards were whispering.

Emperor Jing is now suspicious of everything, and anyone who takes care of him may be killed if they are not careful.

"Where is the Imperial Master? Where is the Imperial Master?" Emperor Jing suddenly exclaimed.

A eunuch rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Master is not in Kyoto. He has not been heard from for a month. The monks in the temple said that the Imperial Master is in seclusion."

Emperor Jing had a look of anger on his face: "Even the Imperial Master is unreliable. He must have defected to the Crown Prince and these nobles. They just want me dead!"

Ever since the Immortal Grass appeared in the world, Emperor Jing arranged for Wu Wudi and Bu Si Qiao to go to Qinghe County to find the Immortal Grass.

However, Emperor Jing also discovered that since the appearance of the Immortal Grass, the entire political situation began to be turbulent.

The prince began to meet with ministers frequently and made important promises to them.

"Live again! Yes, the prince has been the prince for thirty years. If I live again, he must die in front of me, so these actions are certain." Emperor Jing was a little frightened as he looked at the crowds outside the house.

"Little Plum."

"His Majesty."

"Arrange someone to take me to the academy. I will go there to meditate for a few days. The crown prince will be the regent."

"Yes."

Qinghe County.

A secret realm opened. When it opened, the phantoms of the Taoist Saint, the Confucian Saint, the Martial Saint, the Buddhist Saint, and the shadow of a gigantic monster appeared.

Some people began to enter the secret realm, but no one who entered could come out.

Secret place.

Zhuque crossed his legs, revealing his spring beauty.

Captain Leng and Wang Cheng were right behind her, and besides the two of them there was also Uncle Lame.

There was no light in Uncle Lame's eyes.

Then, there were many followers of the evil cult.

Pu Ren clasped his hands together in front of the ten monks one by one with a look of respect on his face. Xiao Baiyun also had a rare expression in his eyes.

"My fellow brothers, you are all masters above the third rank. Our master was seriously injured and is recuperating. He has instructed us to obtain the Immortal Grass at all costs." Pu Ren said with his hands clasped together.

Xiao Baiyun and several monks nodded solemnly.

Then came two groups of Taoist priests.

One of the groups of Taoists was led by Zhang Ziling, who was accompanied by a peerless beauty.

The beauty was wearing a veil, making it difficult to see clearly. She seemed like she was not from this world, otherworldly.

"I never thought that the saint girl has already reached the second level of Taoism at such a young age, and has also achieved the third level of Buddhism and Confucianism." said an old man.

Zhang Ziling looked at the woman. She will be the key figure in breaking into the secret realm this time. You guys must cooperate with her. As long as we get out of the secret realm, my Zhang family will have another first-class person.

"Yes, master."

There was another group of Taoists, who were dressed in rags.

Among them, there was a big man who picked his feet and smeared something on Zhiqiu Yiye's body while picking his feet.

"Look, you are the Holy Son, but others are already at the second rank in Taoism, and you are barely at the third rank. How can you compare with them?" said the old man.

Zhiqiu Yiye left the foot-picking man in disdain and retorted: "Master, the head of Tianzong is a first-rank, and you are only a second-rank, right? It is normal for us to be one rank lower than them, so it is normal for the Saint Son to be one rank lower than the Saint Daughter."

On a large flag, the word "Zhao" was clearly written.

A thousand soldiers were guarding outside a tent.

Inside the tent.

Zhao Tiancheng and his father, Governor Zhao, knelt on the ground.

Wu Wudi and Undying Joe stood behind a man, and there were ten other masters in the tent.

The man turned around slowly, and it was Emperor Jing.

Emperor Jing felt the undercurrent in Kyoto, so he asked Fan Zhongfu to take him to Qinghe County. He wanted to find the immortal grass himself!

The Governor of Zhao County was promoted by Emperor Jingdi and was an old minister of the previous dynasty. He was absolutely loyal to Emperor Jingdi.

As soon as Emperor Jing died, the governor of Zhao County would definitely be liquidated.

Therefore, County Magistrate Zhao brought his most powerful subordinates with him. Those one thousand soldiers were all of the fifth and fourth rank.

Emperor Jing also has more than a dozen third- and second-grade cultivators on his side.

There were also many martial arts practitioners gathered at the entrance of the secret realm.

Among these people, there are dozens of third-grade cultivators, a few second-grade cultivators, and there are hundreds of fourth-grade cultivators.

There is no one left in Qinghe County.

Following the order of County Magistrate Zhao, everyone arrived at the entrance to the secret realm.

"Damn it, we don't know any martial arts, but we still want to enter the secret realm. Aren't we just asking us to die?" Chen Li cried.

Not only her, many people were crying.

Mr. Yuan was among them, along with his two sons and his wife. They were still okay, because the two sons were already ten years old and had some ability to protect themselves.

Some women were taken to the entrance to the secret realm right after giving birth.

The girls and brothels from the Jiaofang Bureau were also brought to the entrance of the secret realm.

Wang Cheng came to Zhou Ping with his wife and two concubines. He clasped his fists and said, "Zhou Ping, I'll rely on you after you go in."

Zhou Ping was surrounded by Liu Ruyan, Fan Shiyi, Xiaoqing and Yan Yi, and Xiaobai was held in Liu Ruyan's arms.

There were some scholars from other places in Qinghe County who did not have time to leave and surrounded Zhou Ping. They were also forced to enter the secret realm.

Seeing that something was not right, Meng Jiusheng took Meng Hetang and flew away.

There is no need for Confucianism to get involved in such matters.

"Enter the secret realm!"

The governor of Zhao County gave an order.

Thousands of ordinary people from Qinghe County entered the secret realm, followed by the officials headed by County Magistrate Zhao.

The government was afraid that too many people would enter at an early stage and take away their own opportunities, so they sent a thousand people as cannon fodder first, and then their own people went in.

Next came the Taoists, Buddhists, and martial arts practitioners, and finally the common people of Qinghe County, and then the final 1,000 soldiers.

The huge team entered the secret realm.

One year.

This year, no one left the secret realm.

There have been earth-shaking changes outside the secret realm.

"Master, why hasn't anyone come out yet? Dozens of masters above the third rank have entered our Tianzong." An old man asked anxiously.

Zhang Ziling made hand gestures, with a look of worry on his face, but not much.

During this year, Qinghe County completely turned into a dead city because all the people in the county entered the secret realm.

Later, some cultivators also entered the secret realm one after another.

Later on, no one came out of the secret realm. This went on for half a year, and no one entered the secret realm again. Everyone thought that the people who entered the secret realm were dead.

In this year, Emperor Jing's son succeeded to the throne and was named Emperor Yuan.

Barren mountains and dilapidated temples.

The place had long been abandoned and overgrown with weeds.

Several horses were eating grass, and there were saddles on their backs.

A loud thunder flashed, illuminating the dilapidated temple and the statue with only half a head.

In addition to the statues, there were several dead people lying in the dilapidated temple.

These people were lying in all directions.

Some had their eyes wide open and blood coming out of all their orifices, while others had their eyes closed and seemed to be soundly sleeping.

"Bah!"

Another thunder.

The thunder frightened the horse so much that it neighed and screamed, and it took a while for it to calm down.

Not long after, Zhou Ping and a few others came out of the dilapidated temple. They were wearing the uniforms of the escort agency.

Zhou Ping, Yan Yi, Scar, Chen Erdan and Yuan Gong.

"Ahem." Yan Yi spat out a mouthful of blood, which was surprisingly black. There were actually five black fingerprints on Yan Yi's back.

The five fingerprints were purple in color and emitted a faint black aura.

Lin Fan's expression changed.

"Five Yin Poison Palm!"

This palm technique is feminine and vicious, and is a skill of the evil devil.

If an ordinary person is hit by a poisonous palm, even if he doesn’t die immediately, he will have a hard time surviving for more than three days!

"I'll take Yan Yi and go first, and you guys follow." Zhou Ping didn't waste any words, picked up Yan Yi, and then jumped on the horse.

After a day and a night, Zhou Ping finally arrived at a courtyard.

In the courtyard, there are Liu Ruyan, Fan Shiyi and Xiaoqing.

"Xiaoqing, come and take a look, Yan Yi has been poisoned." Zhou Ping carefully placed Yan Yi on the ground.

Zhou Pingqi's horse had already fallen to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Xiaoqing came to Yanyi, checked her out, and then bit Yanyi's neck with her venomous fangs.

"It should be fine now. You just need to rest for a few days." Xiaoqing said.

Zhou Ping let out a long sigh and nodded. He looked at the horse that was foaming at the mouth from exhaustion.

"Good horse, good horse, if you were a stallion, I would buy you many mares to thank you for saving Yan Yi's life."

"If you were a mare, forget about this life. Let's wait for the next life. Yes, the next life. I will repay you even if I bring grass and tie a ring in my mouth in the next life."

Lin Fan gently patted the horse's butt, which was the whip mark left by him.

"Whoosh whoosh."

The horse was very touched by Lin Fan's thanks. It seemed to understand what Lin Fan said and deliberately spread its legs.

Lin Fan's mouth twitched slightly. Okay, like me, with a penis.

But what's this slight disappointment?

"What happened? Did anyone attack you?" Fan Shiyi asked with a frown.

Zhou Ping nodded: "There were more than a dozen Jianghu cultivators. They knew that we had Xiaoqing and Xiaobai in our hands, so they wanted to use me to threaten everyone, but they have been killed by us."

Fan Shiyi said: "The world is already like this, why bother escorting?"

Zhou Ping grinned and said, "I'm just sitting there doing nothing. If I don't find something to do, I'm afraid I'll go crazy."

One year ago, Zhou Ping and everyone else came to the secret realm.

This secret realm is very strange. The cultivation of all humans is suppressed. A third-grade cultivator may not be able to defeat an ordinary person.

This secret realm is somewhat similar to Zhou Ping’s previous life. There are some differences in everyone’s physical fitness, but the difference is not big.

However, in addition to humans, the cultivation of the demon race was also suppressed, but not as much.

The demons are still stronger than humans, and they also have spiritual energy and can display some magical powers.

For example, Xiaoqing can use the spiritual energy in her body to treat illnesses and cure diseases.

There are also the ghost bride and ghost babies. Their cultivation has also been suppressed, but they are still stronger than humans. These are Zhou Ping’s means of saving his life in the secret realm.

All in all, all humans are at about the same level, even women can kill men while they are sleeping.

In addition to the suppression of cultivation, the most peculiar thing about this place is that there is plenty of water and food.

Liu Ruyan came under an apple tree. She picked a fruit, and another apple grew immediately.

Zhou Ping wiped it casually and put the apple into his mouth.

In addition to apples, the same is true for crops in the fields. After the crops are cut down, new crops will grow immediately.

Therefore, after arriving in the secret realm, there is no problem of hunger at all. No one will starve to death because they can pick up food and drink at will.

After most people entered the secret realm, they automatically gathered into a city. Because many people in the city came from Qinghe County, the name of the city is still Qinghe County.

The administrator of Qinghe County is still County Magistrate Lu, and Wang Cheng is still the constable.

However, above the Lu County Magistrate are Zhao Tiancheng, the Zhao County Magistrate and Emperor Jing.

The people of the Taoist Tianzong found a remote mountain and lived alone.

The Buddhists live in Qinghe County.

Thousands of Confucian scholars also lived in Qinghe County. Many of them were outsiders, so they automatically formed a residential circle with Zhou Ping as the core.

Qinghe, county government office.

"This woman actually dared to seduce Mr. Zhang. She is guilty of a heinous crime. Take her to jail, give her thirty lashes with the cane, and then punish her by drowning her in a pig cage." Magistrate Lu slammed the gavel.

There was a woman and a wealthy man in the hall.

Originally, the official wanted to force himself on a woman, but was bitten by her and took the matter to the county government.

It was just that Magistrate Lu was on good terms with the official, so he said that the woman seduced the official.

At this time, the woman stood up and yelled at Magistrate Lu: "How dare you, you dog official, slander me? Brothers, let's tear down the county government office."

As the woman finished speaking, ten strong men came out. One of them pinned Mr. Zhang to the ground, while the other nine rushed into the hall and started punching and kicking County Magistrate Lu.

In the end, County Magistrate Lu was nearly beaten to death, and Wang Cheng rescued County Magistrate Lu with a bruised face.

In the county government office, Zhao Tiancheng, Zhao Junshou and Emperor Jing were chatting about something. The three of them were sitting on stools, while Wu Wudi, Undying Qiao and a dozen other strong men were standing.

And Zhao Tiancheng also occupied the main seat.

"What's the noise outside? Immortal Joe, Wu Wudi, you two go out and take a look." Zhao Tiancheng said while touching the pangolin.

Wu Wudi and Bu Si Qiao had some dissatisfaction in their eyes, but they still went. They were both second-grade cultivators and originally only listened to Emperor Jing.

But here, their cultivation levels don't count at all. The two of them are only slightly stronger than ordinary people, but if three of them gang up on them, they will also be defeated.

Here, Zhao Tiancheng's pangolin still has some spiritual power and can suppress more than a dozen people, so Zhao Tiancheng is qualified to sit in the main seat.

Not long after, Wu Wudi and Bu Si Qiao came in with bruised faces and noses, and they brought County Magistrate Lu and Wang Cheng with them.

"These untouchables have rebelled." Magistrate Lu cried to the governor of Zhao and Emperor Jing.

However, this place is different from the outside. If it were outside, the dozen people in this room could single-handedly wipe out the people making trouble outside, but if the people were really angry, the people outside could beat Emperor Jing and others to death.

When the people who rushed in saw the pangolin in Zhao Tiancheng's hand, their faces immediately changed and they ran away.

Soon, the people dispersed, but they were still cursing.

The people were afraid of pangolins, so they didn't rush in.

"If these lowly people were outside, I would have killed them long ago." The governor of Zhao County said to Emperor Jing, "Your Majesty, they disturbed your holy carriage."

Emperor Jing said quietly, "It's different here than outside. Everyone's martial arts skills are about the same, and they have no worries about food and clothing, so the presence of the official family is not necessary. It's inevitable that they have no sense of awe."

Emperor Jing paused for a moment and then continued, "Have you figured out the situation here? We should find a way to leave this place while they still have some respect for us. Otherwise, when they completely lose their respect for us, I'm afraid we won't have an easy time even with the pangolin's protection."

The abundance of food and water, as well as the suppression of cultivation, have made the official status lose its deterrent power. I am afraid that in two years, people on the street will say "Hey, is old Jing coming out?" when they see Emperor Jing.

This was something that Emperor Jing did not want to see, and neither did the governor of Zhao County and the magistrate of Lu County.

Wang Cheng is very familiar with the situation in the city, he said.

"There should be four forces in the city."

"First of all, we are the government. We have pangolins and thousands of soldiers."

"Secondly, they are Buddhists. They have hundreds of real monks, but also hundreds of believers."

"The third group is from the Taoist sect, the Tian Sect and the Di Sect. However, after they came here, the Di Sect people mixed in with the common people, and the Tian Sect people found a place to build a stronghold."

"The fourth are some Jianghu monks, who were gathered together by a monster called Wutongshen."

Wang Cheng introduced.

"You are wrong. In fact, there are two forces in this city." Emperor Jing suddenly said.

Zhao Tiancheng and the governor of Zhao County both looked at Emperor Jing.

Emperor Jing sat up straight and continued, "We have no trace of the people from the Demonic Cult. The second is the people from the Confucian School. They have gathered together with Zhou Ping as the core. They are a force that cannot be underestimated."

The others nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Wang Cheng, please tell me about the geographical situation of this city and how we can leave here." Zhao Tiancheng said.

There was a flash of murderous intent in Emperor Jing's eyes, and the governor of Zhao also looked at his son with some anger.

The three-person seat was very telling. Emperor Jing was just being modest, so Zhao Tiancheng sat on the main seat. After all, they still needed Pangolin.

"It's like this. The area we are in is at the foot of a mountain. There seems to be an invisible wall blocking other places. If we want to leave, we have to go up the mountain."

In a separate courtyard.

Dozens of people planted flowers and plants in the yard. Since food and fruits grew everywhere, they didn't need to do much work.

A woman spat out a fruit core from her beautiful mouth, and soon, a fruit tree grew out of the ground again.

This is Suzaku.

There are more than a dozen people in the courtyard, all of whom are members of the Demon Cult.

Zhang Sheng was still lying on the ground, not daring to even look at Zhuque.

"Sir, this is the current power structure. The government's authority no longer exists. If you want to leave the city, you have to go to the mountains, but I think there must be dangers in the mountains." Zhang Sheng said.

Suzaku nodded slightly.

Captain Leng has already left the government and has clearly joined the evil cult.

Captain Leng did not have the same respect as Zhang Sheng. He half-knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, with my strength, I can kill more than a dozen people by myself. I think I can go into the mountains to find a way out for you."

As Captain Leng spoke, he glanced at Zhuque unscrupulously.

Zhuque raised his eyebrows and looked at Leng, the police chief, seductively: "If you give me the demon seed, how much strength do you have left?"

The demon species is very strange. Like a monster, although its cultivation is suppressed in this place, it still retains some strength.

That’s why Leng the Captain dared to look directly at Zhuque, because the demon seed made his fighting power comparable to that of a monster! More than a dozen people were no match for Leng the Captain.

"What you said, sir. The demon seed is mine. Why should I give it to you, sir?" Captain Leng smiled awkwardly.

Zhuque smiled lightly, emitting a silver bell-like laughter: "Demon seed? Yours? Don't forget, the demon seed was given to you by me! Now give the demon seed back to me."

There was coldness and anger in Captain Leng's eyes. It was naturally impossible for him to return the demon seed. In this place, with the demon seed, he could form his own force!
"You bitch, you actually asked me for the demon seed. The demon seed is mine!" The cold captain laughed sinisterly, "The demon seed is not only mine, I also want to taste the flavor of your demon sect Suzaku."

After Captain Leng finished speaking, he was about to pounce on Suzaku.

However, the next moment, Captain Leng felt a pain in his neck. When he turned his head, he saw a huge rat biting his neck.

"Kabang!" The rat bit down hard again, and blood spurted out of Captain Leng's neck. He was a little bit unbelievable. He clearly had the blessing of the demon seed, so why was he so easily ambushed?

The one who killed Captain Leng was none other than Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng's demonic ability allows him to transform into a wild beast.

This kind of change is not an animal creation technique, it is just a change of form, but a complete transformation into a monster.

Therefore, once Zhang Sheng turned into a monster, his overall strength also became stronger, and a cold captain was no match for him at all.

Captain Leng couldn't believe that his neck was bitten off by Zhang Sheng.

"Zhang Sheng, you."

The next moment, Zhang Sheng turned into a human form, with blood on the corner of his mouth. He took the demon seed out of Leng's body, then lay on the ground again, holding the demon seed in both hands: "Sir, your demon seed."

Suzaku was very satisfied. She yawned and said, "I am a little tired. This demon can recognize its master a second time. I will give it to you as a reward."

Zhang Sheng was excited all over. With the power of the two demon species, even if he was not here but outside, his strength should not be underestimated.

The sound of Suzaku's footsteps became quieter and quieter, he must have returned to the house.

Zhang Sheng slowly stood up after a long time, and then accepted the demon seed of Leng the Captain. He looked at the dozens of people in the courtyard, and then looked at Leng the Captain on the ground: "Humph, you are indeed strong in limbs but simple in mind. The master has dozens of people under his command, and there are many monsters among them. You want to fight her! You don't know what's good for you!"

At night, Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi were strolling on the street.

During this year, the houses, street stalls and night markets here have taken shape.

There are also a lot of alcoholic drinks and snacks.

Because there was plenty of food, there was no need for money. If people wanted to buy something, they would barter for it or just give it away for free because there was so much food.

Many small vendors buy things not for a living, but for self-realization.

"How much is this Chaos?"

"No money, free."

"How much is this candied haws?"

"What money do you need? I need to repair a road at my house tomorrow. You can just come and help me."

Fan Shiyi looked at the secret realm in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "In this world, there is no hunger or fatigue. I don't want to leave."

Zhou Ping smiled calmly: "These ordinary people don't want to leave. If you leave, you can still call the shots outside, but if they leave here, they won't have enough food to eat outside."

While the two were talking, the two men were seen arm in arm with each other and looking at each other in ambiguously.

Xiao Qing whispered to the two of them, "Look at those two men, there must be something wrong with them."

The two looked at the two men and immediately looked away.

"Disgusting." Fan Shiyi said.

Xiao Qing smiled and said, "Are you not disgusted anymore?"

Zhou Ping didn't understand what Xiao Qing meant, so Xiao Qing asked Zhou Ping: "Zhou Ping, do you feel sick?"

Zhou Ping thought about it and felt a tingling sensation on his body. He then said, "Two women don't feel disgusting, but two men do. However, I don't discriminate. It is the instinct of men and women to reproduce. Maybe it's true love when they are at odds with each other."

Xiaoqing was stunned, and carefully savored Zhou Ping's words.

Fan Shiyi looked at Zhou Ping deeply: "It is the instinct of men and women to reproduce. Is it true love to be so stubborn?"

Zhou Ping nodded, and then said: "I have seen an experiment."

"experiment?"

"Well, don't worry about that detail."

"Someone put some rats in an environment with plenty of water and food, and initially they thought that the rats would multiply into a huge population."

"But it is not."

"When the population grew to a certain size, the female mice were unwilling to reproduce, and the male mice rode on the male mice, and eventually the mouse society collapsed."

Zhou Ping said.

Although Fan Shiyi didn't understand what the experiment was, she roughly understood what it meant. She looked at the invisible wall beside the city and said, "Zhou Ping, do you think we are also an experiment? If we are locked up here, we will also end up like you said."

Zhou Ping shrugged: "No matter how far it goes, I will never like men anyway."

"Really?" Xiao Qing asked Zhou Ping, "What do you think of the person next to you? If she were to wear women's clothes, she would be absolutely stunning, no worse than a woman."

Fan Shiyi: "Get lost."

one year later.

Zhou Ping looked at the panel, which showed that his lifespan had become two hundred and fifty years.

【Lifespan: 250 years】

[Telepathy: Eleven]

[The End of the World: Part 3]

[Go on a convoy to achieve immortality, do not ask about worldly affairs]

On the escort panel, Lingxi Yizhi was bright, but Tianya Zhichi was gray. On the panel, the two points that could be teleported also disappeared.

This means that the teleportation function of the dart panel has disappeared here.

Fortunately, he can still accumulate lifespan and has the Lingxi Finger to use.

During this year, various businesses and orders in the city were re-established.

Because there is enough food, people no longer worry about food.

Many craftsmen and vendors set up stalls not for money, but for the realization of their personal self-worth in life.

The status of officials has become increasingly dispensable.

However, the abundance of food still brought some problems.

Full, warm and lustful.

When a man has eaten his fill, he starts thinking about finding a woman.

Some people would fight privately over women, some even fought to death, and some even raped women, but the villagers put these people in pig cages according to village rules and regulations.

Most people enjoy this kind of life and will restrain their desires, but there are also a small number of people who will cross the moral bottom line and kill people.

Of course, there were also some people who kept going up the mountain, trying to find an exit.

It’s just that there seems to be some mysterious existence on the mountain. Some people can get down the mountain safely, but some people die on the mountain.

One day, an old lady was jealous that the old lady next door had a grandson but she didn't, so she killed her neighbor's grandson.

The old lady was sentenced to death, so she ran away and came to the mountains in advance.

That day, the old lady went up the mountain, and after a night, she came down the mountain again.

"There are good things on the mountain, there are good things." The old lady seemed a little crazy, but she was discovered by the people as soon as she came down the mountain. Because what she did aroused public anger, she was soon beaten to death by the crowd.

No one came to collect the old lady's body, but she was blocking the road, which really affected the mood, so a few idle drunkards threw her into a ditch.

At night, Zhou Ping came to the ditch, found the body of the beaten old lady, and then gently wiped her body with his hand.

During this year, many forces have extended invitations to Zhou Ping, including officials, Taoists, Buddhists, and martial artists. They wanted Zhou Ping to go up the mountain with them.

But Zhou Ping refused.

It cannot be said that Zhou Ping refused, but that it was Liu Ruyan who refused.

Every time someone came, Liu Ruyan cried, and the reason was simply that the mountain was too dangerous and she was afraid of becoming a widow.

Zhou Ping had no choice but not to go.

However, Zhou Ping still kept an eye on the situation on the mountain. After all, many people had died on the mountain.

However, because the dead people did not come down the mountain, Zhou Ping could not use the soul-searching technique.

The old lady is a good opportunity.

After returning home, Zhou Ping began to check the old lady's memory.

The old lady was a pitiful person. Her parents married her to a man with tuberculosis for money.

The old lady had four daughters but no son, so she was never welcomed in her husband's family and was often beaten and scolded by her husband.

This also caused the old lady's character to be distorted.

She felt that it was her fault that she couldn't give birth to a son.

Later, three of the four daughters got married, and one married a beggar who had fled here.

However, her fate happened again to her daughter.

The daughter gave birth to three children in a row, all girls, while the daughter who married out gave birth to a son.

The old lady complained about her youngest daughter all day long, and the youngest daughter cried all day long.

The daughter's husband didn't say anything, but the old lady was still upset about it.

Especially after the neighbor gave birth to a grandson, the old lady became mentally unbalanced.

The old lady said that it didn't matter whether she had a son or a daughter, and that her daughter would be filial, but psychologically she became extremely depressed.

Finally, one day, when the old lady saw her grandson next door playing on the street, she lured him with candy.

The little grandson was suffocated to death by the old lady and his body was dismembered.

However, the law is strict and there is no loophole.

The old lady thought she had done everything perfectly, but she never imagined that someone had seen her seduce the little boy.

In the end, the villagers found the old lady's grandson's body dismembered in her home.

Zhou Ping sighed, saying that the difference between men and women is related to social ideology and productivity, and it cannot be explained in one sentence.

Zhou Ping then looked at the old lady's memory.

After the old lady was discovered, she chose to leave the county and go to the mountains.

Because several places in the county town are blocked, there is no way to leave, just like an iron barrel.

The exit of the iron barrel is on the mountain.

The old lady also knew that the mountain was very dangerous, but since she was going to die, the danger was nothing.

It was daytime when the old lady went up the mountain, but after she went up the mountain, it turned into night.

Finally, the old lady came to a dilapidated temple.

There is a stone statue in the ruined temple. The statue is not a human, but a fox with nine tails.

There were more than a dozen people following the old lady into the temple. Among them were monks, Taoists, warriors, and Confucianists.

Just when the old lady was at a loss, something suddenly happened in the dilapidated temple.

The dilapidated temple was completely renovated and turned into a hot spring.

A number of well-dressed men appeared in the hot spring.

These men were of burly build, with their upper bodies naked, and their huge bones were faintly visible.

"Miss."

A group of men shouted.

Then the old lady went into the hot spring in confusion and enjoyed the services of these well-dressed men.

The old lady was in a daze and felt increasingly weak.

Suddenly, the old lady saw a man, who was her husband.

The old lady's fear of her husband immediately awakened her.

Looking again now, there is no hot spring anymore, it is still a ruined temple.

Tentacles extended from the ground of the ruined temple and reached into people's bodies.

People's bodies were drying up at a speed visible to the naked eye, but everyone's face was full of happiness.

The old lady was so frightened that she quickly tore off the black string on her body and ran down the mountain.

At the same time, she caught a glimpse of a fat man, who was white and beardless, who suddenly entered the stone statue of the fox.

Then, the old lady came down the mountain and was beaten to death.

Zhou Ping came out of the old lady's memory, then took out a pen and drew a portrait of the man.

Everyone else fell into the illusion, why was he the only one who entered?
This man's identity might be the key to leaving this place.

(End of this chapter)