I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 31 Black Sheep
As the number "three" fell, Meng Qi lowered her raised arm and looked down at the demon-revealing mirror in her hand.

The once clear and bright mirror was now pitch black, as if it had fallen into ink, or as if the entire mirror surface had been covered with a black cloth. In any case, there was nothing but black.

Meng Qi:
Where is the demon?

Isn't it a demon-revealing mirror?

She turned around somewhat dejectedly to look at the back; the antique brass had strange patterns on it, but it didn't seem like anything special.

So how exactly is this thing used?
Or is it just a strange mirror, not a demon-revealing mirror?

After all, her unreliable master had only mentioned it casually and hadn't even shown it to her.

"Xiao Qi, what are you doing?"

When Meng Jiu came out of the washroom, he saw his beloved granddaughter standing in the yard, fiddling with something. Curious, he walked over and asked, "What's that in your hand?"

"I thought it was a demon-revealing mirror, but it seems...?"

Before Meng Qi could finish her sentence, the originally dark mirror suddenly changed.

The grandfather and grandson stared wide-eyed as the blackness slowly faded, followed by a dim yellow light bulb, then red bricks with irregular shapes, and finally, a goat with only one horn on its head and a completely black body appeared in the picture.

Is it that sheep demon?
Didn't they say they went to Green Ivy Mountain? But I haven't heard of any houses on Green Ivy Mountain.

Because the mirror was too small, you could only see the goat with its eyes closed; you couldn't tell how big it was or where it was.

"Grandpa, this looks just like an ordinary sheep, about the same size as the two my great-grandmother raises. The problem is, I can't tell where it is."

Meng Jiu stared blankly at the light bulb and the red brick with adobe covering. Just as she was about to speak after hearing her granddaughter's words, the scene in the mirror suddenly changed again.

The light bulb and the sheep demon gradually shrank, and two more sheep appeared in the small space, one black and one white.

Next was the entire sheepfold, and a rather old hut made of red bricks.

Upon seeing the small house, the pupils of both the grandfather and grandson contracted simultaneously.

Before they could react, the small house shrank again, and the mirror slowly added more scenery. The courtyard, not very large and square, had a relatively new brick wall that looked no more than two years old. The main room was a bit old, but the glass door with its red, festive patterns was clearly newly installed.

Most noticeably, a bright and large energy-saving light bulb hangs under the eaves outside the glass door.

The grandfather and grandson exchanged a sudden glance and simultaneously ran outside.

Big Yellow, who was dozing off with his eyes half-closed at the kitchen door, suddenly got up and chased after him.

A large dog, a small dog, and a dog ran wildly across the paved cement road after exiting the gate.

Concern can cloud judgment, and both the old man and the young man forgot that there is a communication tool in this world called a "mobile phone".

Meng Jiu's courtyard was not far from his older brother's house. After driving along a winding road and turning a corner, he could see the red iron gate of a house not far ahead.

At this moment, Meng Shulan was helping the old lady take off her clothes in the bathing room next to the sheepfold. The wooden tub shaped like a bathtub next to her was filled with water, and the steam was slowly rising. Before long, the whole bathing room was warm.

Once the water was about 70% full, I helped the old lady inside and told her to call me when she was done soaking so I could come in and scrub her back.

Then Meng Shulan opened the door and walked out of the bathroom.

The outer courtyard wasn't large, but it was as bright as day, and you could see everything inside clearly.

Because the two elderly people have poor eyesight, her older brother installed a very bright energy-saving light at the entrance of the main room so that they could see the way clearly when walking in the yard at night and would not fall.

Suddenly, the two sheep in the pen started fussing and repeatedly banging on the pen door.

The old man and Lin Qingquan were playing chess in the living room when they heard a noise and went to the door.

Meng Shulan waved her hand at them, "Let me see if there's a fight. You guys keep playing."

The old lady loved raising sheep when she was young, and used to raise at least six every year. Now that she is old, she can no longer take care of so many. Under the strong request of the younger generation, she can only raise two to satisfy her craving.

The gate to the sheepfold is a bamboo fence, only half a meter high. Standing at the gate, you can clearly see two goats, one black and one white, bleating restlessly right next to the bamboo gate.

"what happened?"

Meng Shulan approached the sheepfold and peered inside to see if there was still water and grass, but her gaze suddenly froze halfway through her head.

She didn’t know if it was because of practicing with Qingge, but in the past two years she had clearly felt that her eyesight was much better than before. Even in the dim light at night, she could see everything around her clearly.

At this moment, the low-wattage light bulb on the roof in the middle of the sheepfold was still on, but it could only illuminate a very limited area. At least the two inner corners were completely dark.

The black goat's fur was like black satin, almost blending into the darkness, and its eyes were closed. Under these circumstances, even the best eyesight would not be able to see it.

But Meng Shulan did see it.

In a corner where the light couldn't reach, there was something—a black goat. One of its horns was broken off, leaving only the other intact.

Its eyes were closed, it smelled of blood, and its demeanor was completely different from the two ordinary sheep kept at home.

As if she had thought of something, Meng Shulan's pupils suddenly contracted.

At the same time, the black goat opened its eyes.

Being stared at like that by a human, it was hard for it not to notice, and it also realized that this human was no ordinary person, at least not like the group of brutes who attacked it yesterday.

It slowly raised its head, which now only had one horn, and a flash of ferocity crossed its eyes.

How abominable!

How did we get caught again?
It was brought into this polluted and ordinary world before it even reached adulthood. It originally thought it could become a king and tyrannize others, but it was defeated in less than half a day by a group of ordinary people who were like ants, using a bunch of unbelievable but powerful "magical weapons".

Not only did it lose a horn, but it also got separated from its parents in the chaos.

It was healing its wounds alone in a secluded cave when it became unbearably hungry and ventured out to find food. However, it had only eaten a few large, barking dogs when it was discovered by humans.

To avoid being harmed by those terrifying "magical artifacts" again, it panicked and fled like a stray dog.

It inadvertently discovered that the air here was cleaner and clearer, and that a richer sense of天地气 (heaven and earth energy) was gathering there. Influenced by this, it stumbled and ran over.

I had planned to stay among these two sheep for the night to observe them, and then decide tomorrow whether to stay in this place rich in the energy of heaven and earth to recuperate, or to find some highly nourishing humanoid pills to take and escape.

Of course, it also wanted to blend in with a flock of at least a dozen sheep to hide, but what was infuriating was that it was the only family in the village raising sheep.

Yet almost every household raises pigs.

What's the point of keeping such an idiot?

Lazy and smelly, how can they compare to the clean, beautiful and elegant sheep!

This world is indeed crude and superficial; it's not worth staying here any longer.
It's late tonight, but I'll be on time tomorrow!
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(End of this chapter)