I dreamed of returning to ancient times, and I became a beast tamer

"Old sir, I just want to ask for directions. Please tell me how to get to the nearby big city, and I will go there by myself without disturbing you."

Lu Yuan's tone softened. As a training-type beastmaster, the last thing he lacked was patience in communication.

People who lack patience basically cannot become a training-type beastmaster.

The old man, who was over 50 years old, knew that he could not win the fight, so he could only follow the opportunity given by the other party.

"If you're just asking for directions, that's fine."

The old man's expression eased, and he pointed to the direction behind Lu Yuan and said, "There is a Qianshan City in the south. You can go there."

"Thank you."

Lu Yuan nodded, turned and left.

The old man watched his back disappear, but his tense body did not relax. Instead, he became even more tense.

He quickly packed up the wooden barrels and farm tools, asked his pet Red Firecracker to stay behind him, and pulled his granddaughter to run north.

The two suns in the sky slowly turned to cloudy and turned into two cold moons. The sky also turned into a clear and cloudless night with twinkling stars.

The granddaughter, who had been holding back her words all the way, slowed down her pace when she saw the red lanterns at the entrance of the village. She asked unhappily:

"Grandpa, why do you lead them to the underworld?"

"That's not a human. Don't believe him. How can the Nian beast coexist peacefully with humans?" The old man shook his head.

"The south is the Netherworld? It sounds like a dangerous place, old man. Is this how you usually give directions?"

Suddenly, Lu Yuan's voice slowly echoed in their ears.

The old man's face changed and he turned back in disbelief. He immediately saw Lu Yuan riding the Nian beast Dabai and stopped on the side of the road. His face turned pale instantly.

It turned out that Lu Yuan did not believe the old man's words. He turned back secretly and followed him secretly.

The old man deliberately took a detour for most of the day on his way back to the village.

The journey that was supposed to take half an hour ended up taking until the moon appeared.

The old man thought he had shaken off Lu Yuan, but he didn't know that the grandfather and grandson were too slow, and Dabai didn't even use 30% of his strength.

Lu Yuan had just entered this era and knew nothing about the ancient world, so he had plenty of time to waste.

He was not in a hurry to go to the large city-state, so he just followed them from a distance to see how long it would take them to return to the village.

As for the two-star pet Red Firecracker summoned by the old man, Dabai didn't even take it seriously.

Dabai has the passive talent "Breath Concealment" and the active skill "Hide", the two have excellent compatibility and can produce a powerful combined effect.

Even if you pass by a four or five-star pet, you won't be easily discovered unless the other party has advanced detection skills.

"Master Beastmaster, please forgive my mistakes and let my granddaughter go. The responsibility for this is all mine—"

With two plops, the old man grabbed his granddaughter's hand and pulled her to kneel down to apologize.

"You can do whatever you want to me, but please don't bring disaster to my family and let her go..."

When the old man spoke of her, the last words trembled, and he felt extremely regretful that he should not have pointed the other person to the wrong place.

Now they have only reached the village gate and have not yet entered the village. They don't know if they have alarmed the entire village. If the whole village is mobilized...

The strength of the Nian beast is unfathomable. It is not afraid of fire damage or blood suppression. It must be the legendary king of Nian beasts!

The highest star level of the Fireworks Beast in the village is only three stars. It is unclear whether it can seriously injure the opponent. If the two sides go to war, everyone will be the one to die.

He could only kneel down and admit his mistake, hoping that the other party was a human being and still had some humanity.

Jiang Xue secretly glanced at Dabai and saw Dabai's silly expression and his black tail swaying from side to side. He looked as silly as the big dog in Bai Wuye's house, yet very human and cute.

Looking at Lu Yuan riding on the back of the Nian beast again, she found that Lu Yuan was looking at her and noticed her little movements.

She was startled again and quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

A few seconds passed.

She suddenly thought of Dabai's expression.

"grandfather."

"Don't talk..." the old man whispered.

"This Nian beast doesn't eat humans..."

When Jiang Xue tried to explain quietly, Lu Yuan interrupted and said:

"In that case, please help me find a place to stay. I'm going to stay here tonight."

"Yes, thank you for not killing me—"

The old man quickly agreed, a look of relief at surviving the disaster flashed across his face, and he gently pulled the corner of his granddaughter's clothes, asking her to be more quiet.

Taking into account that the Nian beast was a hostile object during the New Year, Lu Yuan asked Dabai to actively consume his magic power to enter a hidden form and not make any sound in order to avoid causing stress to the locals.

The village is located on a plain in the mountains, surrounded by dense bamboo forests and green mountains.

The first house we passed had two red lanterns hanging on the eaves.

There was a dim light in the house. Through the paper window, I could see a motionless black figure, but I couldn't hear any human voice.

The night wind suddenly blew, and the red lanterns swayed gently. The colors that originally seemed very festive suddenly felt a little weird.

If the situation in the first house is an exception, then it doesn't make sense to see the same situation later.

Lu Yuan looked at the rooms at the back. There were red lanterns hanging in front of the doors, candles lit inside the rooms, and many people around, but no movement.

There were wisps of white smoke rising from some of the chimneys, indicating that it was dinner time and the village should be very busy, but he could hear no human voices.

Is this village normal?

"Why is it so quiet?" Lu Yuan asked calmly, secretly nudging Dabai.

Dabai is a three-star Nian beast with a mastery-level active skill "Light of Suppressing Evil", which can suppress most evil spirits.

When the old man heard this, his face changed. He didn’t dare to deceive Lu Yuan and said quickly:

"Maybe something happened in the village, and everyone went to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors."

"Ancestor worship? What does that mean? Tell me in detail." Lu Yuan asked pretending not to understand.

The old man glanced at him, slowed down his speech, lowered his eyebrows and said:

"Maybe there's an evil spirit in the village, so everyone is taking refuge in the ancestral hall. Donkey skin shadows are placed in the house to indicate that there's someone in the house. Without someone's consent, the evil spirit can't enter..."

A curious expression appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

"My Dabai can suppress evil spirits. Do you need my help?"

"This... our ancestors should be able to handle it." The old man said carefully.

He was worried about the Nian Beast and could not sense its strength, so he could not let Lu Yuan enter the ancestral temple.

Lu Yuan did not ask any more questions, he knew that controlling spirits was also one of the ways to control beasts.

The ancestor spirit is the most powerful animal spirit in the village, so it should be no problem to use it to suppress evil.

The girl next to him glanced at him secretly many times.

Lu Yuan has an ordinary appearance, but a special temperament.

Although he is extremely powerful and has a contract with the Nian beast that others dare not even think about, he does not act superior to others and is very approachable.

She had never seen such a kind and strong man.

For her, who has lived in a secluded small village for a long time, Luyuan has a unique attraction.

Lu Yuan glanced at her, and she immediately shrank back like a little rabbit, hiding beside her grandfather.

As they were talking, the three of them arrived at the old man's home, a brick-and-earth bungalow. The door god paper pasted in front of the door had rotted away and had not been replaced yet.

The stove is placed outside, and there are several bundles of dry firewood piled outside the wall.

There are three rooms inside, two bedrooms on the left and right, and a living room in the middle. There is a pottery statue of the Kitchen God on the table, and the incense in the incense burner has been extinguished.

"Please stay here for a while tonight. My granddaughter and I will sleep outside..."

"Do you have a place to sleep outside? Don't be so scared. I don't eat humans."

Lu Yuan had good intentions, but when the old man heard the words "don't eat people", he was frightened again and his face turned pale, thinking of the terrible Nian beast Dabai.

'You may not eat humans, but the Nian beast does...'

But how could he dare to refuse Lu Yuan? He could only grit his teeth and agree with a sad face.