Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 38 Encountering Monsters

After running out of the city, Tian Buli went back once again, and only after confirming that the family had indeed left the house did he feel at ease to escape.

Hu Yuwei passed the imperial examination and ranked first in the city. He also had dinner with the elder men in the city.

What's more, one of the county magistrate's achievements is to see whether there are talented people in the jurisdiction. This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Hu. If anyone is to be arrested, it will be himself, and Mr. Hu's family will not be implicated.

The only people who might be affected are Bai Yanhong and Zhang Xia, but Tian Buli can't protect himself, so there is really no way.

We can only hope that Hu Yuwei will help us after he knows about this. Relying on his reputation as a scholar, he should be able to protect those two people.

However, if he did not step forward, the two would still suffer a miserable fate, and the ones he could not let go of the most were the dragon lady and the three children.

It was just a trivial matter, but I couldn't let it go after thinking about it for a whole day and two nights.

Tian Buli didn't know where he was running to. He only knew that he kept running west after leaving the city. After he calmed down a little and stopped thinking about those things, he found that he had come to an unknown place.

There were weeds everywhere, the mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk on, and the forest was dense and deep. You had to hold on to the trees on both sides to keep your feet while walking.

"Where is this? I remember there's a county to the west. I've been hiding from people these past few days and I don't dare walk on the main road. Now I'm in trouble!"

After Tian Buli realized that he was lost, he stopped having wild thoughts and began to look for a way out down to earth.

The clothes and shoes he was wearing were new when he came back. Dou Niangzi was thoughtful and made him a pair of sturdy and durable shoes.

Although his clothes were covered with grass leaves, seeds, dew and dust, they were still decent.

When I came out, I took some bean cakes and pickled meat from the kitchen. I had eaten them all yesterday, so now I have to find a place to get something to eat.

Tian Buli found some wild vegetables and fruits to eat, but he didn't dare eat too much for fear of getting an upset stomach.

Fortunately, there is a system that can tell whether you are poisoned by looking at your lifespan.

"Alas, the life span has not changed much compared to before."

Tian Buli was looking for a way out in the forest. When he came to an area with sparse trees, he saw the outside of the mountain.

The scenery ahead is incredibly beautiful, with endless hills and green grass, and the mountains, sky, and rivers are as ethereal as a painting.

"It's over. There's not a single family to be seen, nor any farmland. A place without fields can't be a good place. What kind of wilderness have I run to?"

Tian Buli felt sad, and when he recalled the tenderness he had with Dou Niangzi, he felt even sadder.

"Alas! Never mind. This is retribution for my unclear relationship with Lady Bean and affecting other people's families. I deserve to be punished."

Tian Buli accepted the current situation. It was a good thing this way. He would no longer disturb the Dou Niangzi family.

The branches nearby were in the way like clothes hanging out to dry. Tian Buli broke off a branch and used it as a stick, then carefully approached the river.

The stream meanders towards a distant place. There are small fish and shrimps in the stream, as well as quiet and motionless clams.

Tian Buli drank some river water helplessly, but he only took a sip and didn't drink too much.

It was around May or June when Tian Buli found a nest of bird eggs in the water grass while taking a bath.

There were five bird eggs. Tian Buli took two to fill his stomach and put the rest back where they were.

After taking a shower, I went ashore and basked in the sun for a while. The weather here is pretty good, but the soil is soft and looks obviously unsafe.

Tian Buli carefully left this place and walked into a hillside road with weeds more than one meter high.

"Help! Help!"

Tian Buli, who was looking for a place to live, suddenly heard a woman's soft voice calling out.

Suddenly hearing a woman's voice in the wilderness was a bit scary.

How could there be women in a place like this?
Tian Buli was about to leave when he suddenly heard the man's voice again.

"Hahaha! I'm going to eat you soon!" A arrogant and rude voice.

Behind the rough sound was another man's miserable wail, "Ahh! Help!"

After hearing the voices of several people, Tian Buli frowned, picked up a stone and walked over carefully.

About two or three minutes later, Tian Buli smelled blood.

When I pulled aside a leaf that was in the way, I saw a bloody scene.

I saw a black-backed wolfdog, about 1.67 meters tall, lowering its head and tearing into the belly of a fat rabbit. It bit out the intestines and meat from the rabbit's stomach and put them on the ground to eat.

The black rabbit looked like a pig lying on the ground, its limbs still moving, but it was obviously dead.

He could make some sounds just now, but now only some faint "uh uh uh" cries could be heard, and the pain was heart-wrenching.

Not far from the black rabbit, a beautiful woman in her mid-twenties dressed in grey was trying her best to push off a football-sized shell from her foot, but she couldn't get it off no matter what.

The beautiful woman was only wearing coarse linen clothes, and her hair was simply wrapped in a square scarf, but she looked gentle and pretty, with a graceful figure and black eye shadow around her eyes, unlike an ordinary woman. Tian Buli was not afraid when he saw this, and he actually walked out directly.

Neither the black dog nor the beautiful woman noticed him.

Just as the black dog was concentrating on eating the fat intestines, suddenly a huge rock flew from a distance and hit the dog on the head!
Boom!
The severe pain made the big black dog scream. Without caring about the pain or fighting back, it ran away immediately.

"Let's go!" Tian Buli quickly ran to the woman, picked her up and ran away.

When the woman saw that it was a person, she quickly let Tian Buli hug her and did not struggle.

Tian Buli ran out quickly holding the woman in his arms. He thought the woman would be very heavy and it would be troublesome to run with her, but she felt soft in his hands and was very light, not even as heavy as a bucket of water.

After running with the woman for two or three minutes, Tian Buli turned his head and looked behind him. The big black dog did not catch up with him.

Tian Buli breathed a sigh of relief and said to the beautiful woman in his arms, "Are you okay? What happened to that monster?"

When the beautiful woman heard Tian Buli's question, she looked at him carefully and said, "My benefactor, I am also a monster..."

"It's okay." Tian Buli was not surprised at all. "It's normal to encounter monsters in the wilderness. What kind of monster are you? How did you get caught by the monster dog?"

When the beautiful woman saw that this man was not afraid of monsters and did not hate them, she immediately felt more at ease.

When the beautiful woman thought of her own affairs, her face was filled with sadness.

"I am the rabbit demon from the Red Peach Mountain. I have been practicing here with my husband, the Black Rabbit King, and have been able to avoid the pursuit of the Black Wolf Demon for decades. But the Black Wolf Demon refined a treasure, and recently many demons have been captured and eaten by it."

Tian Buli put the rabbit demon down and looked back, feeling relieved only after making sure that the wolfhound had not followed him.

"Since the wolf demon is so powerful, we shouldn't stay here for long. Is there a place to hide nearby?"

The rabbit demon still couldn't stand steadily on one leg, and he couldn't remove the leg-biting shell on his foot.

Only then did Tian Buli realize that the woman had no ears on the side of her head. Her normal ears seemed to be wrapped in the towel on her head, and there was a bulge behind her buttocks, which should be a rabbit tail.

Seeing that the rabbit demon was unsteady on her feet, Tian Buli reached out to support her, "Let me carry you and you show the way."

Without waiting for the rabbit demon to speak, Tian Buli picked her up and said, "Hold me, so I can save some energy."

The rabbit demon quickly and obediently hugged Tian Buli's neck.

"If you don't mind, please go to my cave to rest. There are only some wild fruits and wine in the cave."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as I can eat, drink and sleep."

The rabbit demon quickly pointed the way, and half an hour later they arrived at the foot of an inconspicuous mountain wall covered by weeds.

Under the guidance of the rabbit demon, Tian Buli quickly got in.

The entrance to the cave was very small at first, and it was still very small once you entered it. There were stones and fallen rock pillars blocking the entrance, and there was damp water vapor and puddles inside. It didn't look like a place to live.

However, after being instructed by the rabbit demon to continue walking inside, they passed several cave gates and came to a garden planted with flowers and plants, which looked like the courtyard of a wealthy family.

There is a clean stone pavement under your feet, with vegetables, flowers and plants planted on both sides, as well as a few fruit trees.

Sunlight was falling on the slanted area above the head. This place seemed to be the interior of a mountain, as if it had just been dug out a few years ago.

Thinking that this was the residence of the two rabbit monsters, it suddenly seemed much more reasonable.

But these two rabbits have the ability to dig caves, so why were they caught by a wolf monster?
The problem was soon figured out. People can dig holes, and they will die if they encounter bad guys.

The craftsmen who built the imperial mausoleum must be better at construction than the monsters. Being able to build does not mean that one is strong, it only means that one knows how to use tools.

The wolf demon didn't catch the rabbit by relying on fighting skills, but rather used tools to catch the rabbit demon that it had been unable to catch before.

The rabbit demon felt much more relaxed after returning to the familiar cave, and said gratefully: "Thanks to my benefactor, I was able to escape. I don't have human money to repay you, so I don't know how to repay you."

The rabbit demon remembered something again, "My benefactor helped me, I heard that in return for the favor, young female demons would serve as bedmates. I will call a few of my daughters here, and you can pick one to keep."

Tian Buli said directly: "I have nowhere to go, just let me live here."

The rabbit demon looked embarrassed.

Tian Buli asked, "Is there anything inconvenient?"

The rabbit demon did not hide it, "The cave originally belongs to whoever occupies it. Now my children and I don't know where to go. If you don't mind, can you take me and the children in as servants?"

She originally wanted to send one of her children, but when she heard that this human was going to stay, she happily sent both herself and her children.

They were unable to go out due to a leg injury, and there was a monster outside that ate rabbits. Having a human to protect these timid monsters was a blessing they had gained after fifty years of practice!

"Of course!" Tian Buli agreed quickly, "Where do you live? I'll take you back to your room and help you take the thing off your leg."

"Thank you, benefactor!" The rabbit demon quickly pointed the way, "This way."

(End of this chapter)