The Spirit World

Chapter 346 Night·Demon·Human

The night was not very quiet, but rather a bit noisy. Some people could not stand the loneliness of sleeping outdoors and started humming songs. When the moon reached the middle, the singing disappeared.

Chang Yufeng kept his eyes closed, not looking around, just leaning against the pillar of the pavilion to rest. The singing was not pleasant to the ear, it was just a soft howl as if it came from his heart.

Yizhi Yizhi, carry my thoughts.

Can the branches of Yiyuan remember my longing for you?
I have been traveling these days, and when I heard this song, I began to understand that people who miss home are the same no matter where they are.

He didn't look at the moon, but lowered his head, feeling a little tired, as if he were a person who had no way to go home, nor could he stay in a hotel.

We feel a bit of sympathy.

My heart cannot calm down.

I don't have any random thoughts, but I just can't calm down.

The moonlight was very bright, and he could feel it, but he somewhat hoped that there was no moon at this time. When it was dark, the Yi Garden would also be dark, and no matter how beautiful the branches and buds intersected, it would be difficult to see them, and he would not have any wild thoughts.

Someone stood up to urinate. When he passed by Chang Yufeng, a gust of wind blew on Chang Yufeng's body, and he smelled of alcohol.

When he came back, Chang Yufeng was still conscious. No one knew what he was thinking about in his head, but it also seemed like his head was blank, as if he was not thinking about anything.

This feeling is very strange. My head feels very small. I can’t remember anything. There is nothing. It’s completely empty.

There are no dreams. After being tired, I feel so clear-headed.

squeak……

squeak--

squeak!
It sounded like a mouse was squeaking.

That's definitely not an ordinary mouse, but we don't know what species it is or whether it's dangerous.

Chang Yufeng opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound. The night watchman looked at him without any surprise and glanced around.

"There's a mouse..." Chang Yufeng said in a low voice.

"Yes, there are rats." The night watchman put a piece of wood into the campfire and poked it to make the sparks stronger.

"What? You can't sleep?" The night watchman looked at Chang Yufeng again and asked with interest: "Is this your first time spending the night outside?"

"That's it."

"Then it wouldn't be the first time."

"Hmm? I guess it counts as what I said... I guess it's the first time." Chang Yufeng didn't understand his train of thought. He stood up and sat down gently next to the fire.

The fire was not because the border between the Principality and the Empire was cold, but to drive away ferocious beasts and magical beasts. After all, only a few ferocious beasts and magical beasts would actively attack humans.

"If there is hesitation, it must be the opposite." The night watchman used spiritual power to direct the smoke from the firewood he had just put in to a place where there was no one.

"It turns out you can think this way..." Chang Yufeng looked at the firewood fluttering in the breeze.

"Of course, you are still young and probably don't understand." The night watchman placed his hands on his knees, with blue spiritual power flowing through his body.

The night watchman looks very white under the moonlight, and with the fiery yellow light beside him, a strange sight of half white and half yellow is formed.

He was a bit shabby and his eyes were not clear, but his voice sounded mature.

"Then... why don't I understand? Is it because of my age?" His words aroused Chang Yufeng's interest. This night watchman seemed very interesting. Could he guess what others were thinking?
"Of course it's not just because of age, it's also because of the mind." The night watchman closed his eyes as if meditating, sitting in a very correct posture, allowing the blue spiritual energy to pass through him.

It stands to reason that people who practice cultivation do not need that much sleep, so it is reasonable for them to keep watch. Judging from the current situation, the slowly flowing blue light looks like crystal stars. This person should be practicing the common spiritual power concentration technique, and his strength can only be below the Gold Rank.

"What do you mean?" Chang Yufeng looked at the bonfire, the sparks from it were red enough to burn the eyes.

"Although it is said that the younger they are, the harder it is for them to mature mentally, this is related to the fact that they have not experienced much. So, no matter what you say, it makes sense, because you don't need to be serious with them, you can know what they are thinking with just one glance. You are a little hesitant about whether to tell others that this is the first time you have spent the night in the wild, which means that there is something you don't want to tell others. If there is something you don't want to tell others, it is very likely not a good thing. What would be something you don't want to tell others when you camp outdoors for the first time? If there is, then it must not be the first time." The night watchman suddenly grabbed to the south with his hand, and the wind followed his hand, raising a thin dust on the ground. The bonfire was also flickering, still burning.

Suddenly, a red mouse squeaked in his hand, its red fur standing up straight like an arrow. But the night watchman squeezed it hard and it wilted instantly, squeaking non-stop as if begging for mercy.

"I don't quite understand." Chang Yufeng quietly looked at the mouse caught by the night watchman. It was a rat demon.

Monsters usually eat people without leaving any bones behind.

The existence of monsters on this border means that a large number of people died here. The souls of the dead people are unwilling to go to the next life, and their resentment has formed monsters.

Of course, this is just one reason for the formation of monsters. There are so many strange ways to become monsters, so monsters and humans must be separated.

Monster is called spirit, monster, spirit and soul.

Legend has it that there is a country of ten thousand monsters, which accommodates all monsters. They are not isolated from the spiritual world, but are in a "corner" of the spiritual world, without freedom.

Of course it's not that they don't have freedom. Da Wang and Da Huang are monsters. They travel around the world happily every day. It's not that anyone restricts their freedom. However, if someone says that she is a monster and she harms humans, she will most likely be executed on the spot.

It’s not that humans are prejudiced against monsters, it’s just that most monsters treat humans as food, and you can’t be without prejudice.

In a war-torn era with monsters roaming everywhere, there aren’t necessarily many good people, let alone many good monsters.

"I told you, it doesn't matter if you don't understand." The night watchman grabbed the submissive rat demon. The rat did not move. The night watchman squeezed it hard. The blue spiritual power was like a flame roasting the rat demon. The rat demon was burned by the flame and jumped up and down in the night watchman's hand, but was unable to break free.

Squeak!
Squeak!
Squeak!
The sound was not loud, and Chang Yufeng could only hear it clearly when he got closer to the night watchman.

Chang Yufeng looked at the suffering rat demon and couldn't bear it. Just as he was about to speak, the rat demon turned into red smoke and disappeared in the blue flames.

"What? Are you feeling sad?" The night watchman seemed very happy. He didn't look at Chang Yufeng. He just clapped his hands, and the blue flame disappeared.

The work of keeping watch was boring, but it was actually a good amusement. But the amusement was short-lived and it was gone in a flash.

"No...no..." Chang Yufeng touched his head. The temperature of the campfire was very high, almost hot.

"You are just a little kid, but you are so hypocritical." The night watchman looked at him and threw a small object next to him. "It's normal. It's good for children to have compassion for small animals, but it has to be used in the right place. That's a rat demon, it comes to eat children."

Chang Yufeng picked up the thing, it was an orange.

The red bonfire, the red oranges, and the moon behind the dark clouds seemed to be covered by dusk.

"Rat demon..." Chang Yufeng said this word.

Of course he knew it was a rat demon.

"Yes, it's a rat demon. It's evil in nature. It's sniffing the scent of children here blatantly. It must be dead." The night watchman cut the orange into pieces, put them into his mouth one by one, and carefully separated the white silk sacs.

Chang Yufeng lowered his head and looked at the orange.

This isn't a case of throwing away a child's animal, or killing it, and then giving him a candy bar.

Rather, it is about questions like who lives and who dies.

He had thought about it many times, and it seemed as if he had inadvertently felt pity. As long as the rat demon stopped causing trouble and eating people, it would not die...

Is that right?

Is it really?

What if that rat ate humans? Do you know?

Who should die? As a demon, he should die.

Really? "Don't think I'm heartless. To humans, monsters are very dangerous. They are more bullying than humans. You can never imagine what some adults will do. The same goes for monsters. No one knows if they will eat you in the next second." The night watchman seemed to be comforting Chang Yufeng. In his opinion, Chang Yufeng, who lowered his head, was a little depressed. That was naturally because he killed the cute rat monster and burned it alive. To a child, the crooked movements of the rat were indeed a little cruel.

And extremely cruel.

They will feel that the uncle in front of them is inhumane and even hostile.

He explained: "Don't think that uncle is cruel. If I hadn't killed him, a child might have been eaten today. If that child was you, you would definitely thank me for my behavior today."

Chang Yufeng shook his head, said nothing, and nodded.

He wanted to say that he was not depressed, but he felt that if he spoke out certain issues, people would feel that he was being pretentious, and if he didn't speak out, people would feel depressed. If possible, he didn't want to find a solution to the problems that had existed between the two ethnic groups for thousands of years, but he just felt that if this person saw Dahuang, would Dahuang also be burned to death like this?
He may not be able to defeat the king.

The king might burn him alive.

He said he bullies the weak and fears the strong.

Can we say that he will kill all weak monsters?

This person's logic is very strange. I don't know how to answer him. I also don't know how to ask him.

silence.

It is always said that silence is golden.

He lets others guess his thoughts and can say anything. In his eyes, he is just an ordinary child. Ordinary children would think like this, and mice may not be that scary.

"There are also demons. Some demons are like this too, killing people without hesitation..." His voice was a little high, so he lowered it and continued: "You have to run away when you encounter one. Although you may not be able to escape, they are definitely more dangerous than this man-eating rat."

The night watchman really seemed to be comforting himself after having done something wrong, or comforting a child who had seen a bloody scene.

He wanted to say that it was natural for monsters to eat humans and for humans to kill monsters.

But I couldn't find the right words and it sounded a bit awkward.

Not everyone is a great writer who can speak fluently, but everyone has situations that they feel should not occur.

He was like an adult who had done something wrong and explained it.

Isn't this an easy guess as to what to do?
grown ups……

No one becomes an adult straight away.
No?
Chang Yufeng peeled the orange, and the night watchman stopped talking to Chang Yufeng. Instead, he stood up and nodded to another person.

The other person was Yue Shuihuan, who came to take over the night watchman's shift. Now it was Yue Shuihuan's turn to keep watch.

Yue Shuihuan seemed to have gotten up on his own.

I guess he couldn't sleep either.

You can tell from the dark circles under his eyes during the day.

Yue Shuihuan sat down opposite Chang Yufeng, glanced at the fire, took the firewood in his hand, and did not put it in.

"Why? What did Lao Guo tell you?"

The night watchman's name was Lao Guo.

"Nothing." Chang Yufeng answered him: "He killed a rat demon. He talked to me about some principles."

"Is that so..." Yue Shuihuan didn't ask why, but just nodded.

"Can't you sleep?" Yue Shuihuan glanced at his daughter who had turned over.

She was sprawled out on her back like a little piglet.

"Yes, I was feeling a little upset and couldn't sleep, so I got up." Chang Yufeng slowly removed the silk sac of the orange with his hands. The whole orange was spinning in his hands as he let the silk sac fall off.

"I felt the same when I was first stopped. I didn't know what to do. I lost my business, I was in debt, and I couldn't go home. It was really hard..." Yue Shuihuan put the firewood in and placed it aside gently. The flame did not move at all.

"Oh, it's so hard..." Yue Shuihuan looked at the campfire. The fiery red light shone on his face, and he looked a little haggard.

"I see, you are not afraid of strangers at all. Even Lao Guo can chat with you. You have some skills."

"It was Lao Guo who came to talk to me himself." Chang Yufeng ate a slice of orange. It was somewhat sweet, but still a little sour inside.

"That's rare. It's good to find someone to talk to when you get up in the middle of the night." Yue Shuihuan didn't meditate to practice, but just looked at Chang Yufeng quietly.

Chang Yufeng saw this and stopped eating the orange.

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just think you look like a human being."

Chang Yufeng was a little frightened.

"Who does it look like? What a coincidence?"

"I haven't said who it is yet, where does the 'coincidence' come from?" Yue Shuihuan looked at the surrounding pavilions which had become much darker. There was only one person on guard in the other pavilions as well.

"You look like someone I saw, but I can't guarantee it's him. Your eyes look like his."

"Hmm... I'd like to listen to it." Chang Yufeng took two bites of the orange and puffed up his cheeks before flattening them.

"Jack Nyman. A little kid from Wenti County." Chang Yufeng had expected the name Yue Shuihuan said, so he was not surprised. He just looked at him with wrinkled eyes and asked, "Who is Jack Nyman?"

"It's nothing, I just said it casually. This kid and I have only watched him compete. I'm sure you know about the Dragon Tournament. I went to watch a few games of Wenti County and I think he has the most potential."

Chang Yufeng nodded, then shook his head.

"Your eyes are very similar to his eyes, but other than that, there is no other similarity. They are somewhat similar and not similar at all."

Even though Yue Shuihuan said this, Chang Yufeng still felt that this man who went out with a child was indeed not simple. He was delicate and thoughtful.

"Although I don't know him, I have heard of him. I just haven't seen him in person, so I don't know what the situation is." Chang Yufeng put the firewood into the campfire, and sparks appeared, which then disappeared.

Smoke was rising slowly.

They talked a lot that night, but nothing mattered. When the smoke from the inn started to rise, it was the coldest time. Yue Shuihuan used his spiritual power to draw out a fire, which swirled around the entire pavilion and warmed people's bodies.

Chang Yufeng finally closed his eyes for a while. When the sun shone on their butts, they would need to go to a special place to wash.

Someone informed them that the border was open, and Yue Shuihuan invited Chang Yufeng to join them. Chang Yufeng found a place that was not on the way and declined, and just followed him for a short distance in the valley.

Once you cross the border, it is naturally the border of the empire.

In the empire, one must naturally follow the empire's rules.

Chang Yufeng's destination is Dongyu.

There is a fairy mountain there.

Waiting for its owner to return.

Tomorrow there will be both Mei Lang and Chang Yu Feng, so it will be a double update.

It's rare that only the Chinese New Year can allow me to consciously update twice a week.

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(End of this chapter)