If you can't eat grass, you will be eaten

"What should we do? Are we going to leave?" Yingcao was a little anxious, "There is still time to leave now."

"No need." Han Xiu replied, "They have the right to know the truth of the matter. Sending the Buddha to the west, since we have already been involved in this matter, why don't we help them break the barrier after telling them the truth?"

The bound people raised their heads sharply when they heard this, and looked at Han Xiu and the others angrily, but no one paid any attention to him.

After a while, the villagers found them along the mountain road holding torches.

"We were sleeping soundly when we suddenly heard a rumbling sound on the mountain. The whole village came to see what happened. I was looking for you just now, but I didn't expect that you were the one who made the noise." The king who took them in The elder sister asked in a bad tone, "What are you doing here at night?"

"We were also sleeping soundly in the room, but we were swept by a gust of wind. Then we met them and fought." Han Xiu explained.

"Ordinary people can make this noise? And you brought the black things lying on the ground? Where did you come from?" The villagers looked at the countless fallen trees around them, and they couldn't help being afraid, but long-term pain is not as good as Short-term pain, if you don't understand the purpose of these people, you may have trouble sleeping and eating.

"Are you monsters?" Someone in the crowd asked this question.

"Yes." Han Xiu admitted without any intention of hiding anything.

People gasped, and the questioning that was originally straightforward was laced with a little fear, "Then why are you here?"

"It was a coincidence that we passed by here, and then we found that the barrier outside the village was full of filth, so we came in to find out." Han Xiu heard the fear hidden in the villagers' tone, and tried his best to make his voice heard. Go up and be gentle, "But you don't have to worry, we will break that barrier for you. You can come and go freely in the future."

"Really?" Sparse voices sounded from the crowd, full of expectation.But then someone asked: "Then what if the person who arranged the barrier came back? If he finds out that we broke the barrier, will he anger us and kill us all?"

"No." Han Xiu replied decisively, "Because we have already caught the person who set the barrier."

After Han Xiu finished speaking, he moved aside, revealing the monster tied up behind him.The monster who was glaring at Han Xiu and the others lowered his head, his long pink hair covered his face, making it difficult for people to see his expression clearly.The monster seemed to bow its head when the villagers appeared.

The villagers were skeptical: "It is he who keeps us isolated from the world?"

People can't talk about hatred for this monster, because he didn't cause substantial harm to them except for confining them in the village.Instead, I was curious as to why he would do this.

"Why do you want to set up an enchantment outside the village?"

The monster didn't answer, and didn't even move, like a statue.Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl came out, and she walked straight towards the dying dragon on the ground.Kneeling and sitting beside it: "Mr. Long, is that you?"

The evil dragon glanced at the girl wearily, but did not answer.

The girl stood up again and walked towards the bound youkai.Standing in front of the monster, she wanted to brush away his long hair and see his face clearly.

Knowing what she was thinking, the monster turned his head away, unwilling to show his cheeks covered by long hair.

The girl's hand froze in mid-air, she didn't insist on seeing the monster's face.The girl knelt down in front of the demon slowly, and said softly, "Master Rain God, I know it's you."

Although the girl's voice was very soft, it reached everyone's ears very clearly.Rain God?Could this scarred monster sitting on the ground be the rain god who saved the whole village more than ten years ago?

Han Xiu and others who came from outside didn't know what happened, but the older villagers couldn't help recalling an incident that happened more than ten years ago.

More than ten years ago, there were several days of continuous wind and rain, and the flood was about to submerge the village below the mountain.The villagers went up the mountain to worship a small dilapidated temple.Even if they only occasionally worshiped the gods as a joke, they didn't even know what gods were enshrined in the temple.

But at this moment, almost all the villagers shouted in their mouths: "Master Rain God, please save us."

They unanimously begged the gods to give them salvation.After all, such natural disasters cannot be resisted by manpower, and they can only hope for the omnipotent gods.

They worshiped for as many days as there was heavy rain.Time passed day by day, but the heavy rain never stopped, and people began to become desperate.But not long after, the rain stopped suddenly, without warning.

The villagers rejoiced and congratulated each other.As they recalled the forgotten temple, it was destroyed in a small mudslide.The villagers hesitated whether to rebuild a magnificent temple to the god.

Someone said: "After such a big disaster, our own home hasn't been repaired yet. What's more, we don't know if there are any gods in that temple. I think the rain stopped by itself."

One person opened his mouth, and then someone echoed: "Yes, that's right. If there is a god in that ruined temple, how could his home be destroyed by a small mudslide?"

The people were persuaded by them, and they devoted themselves to the construction of their homes with peace of mind, and the gods in the temple were left behind by them.Only a five or six-year-old girl resisted vigorously, saying that she saw the gods, said that the gods saved them, and they should build temples for the gods.But people just smiled at her and didn't take what she said seriously. What does a five or six-year-old doll know?

As time progressed, the gods on the mountain were completely forgotten.Until now, it has been brought up again.

The villagers on the outskirts panicked, and they eagerly denied it: "How is it possible! Back then, there were no gods. What's more, the guys there are monsters, not gods! Hoshino, don't be fooled by monsters, come back quickly."

The girl stubbornly knelt in front of the monster. She ignored the villagers behind her, but focused on the man in front of her: "Master Rain God, do you still remember me? It was you who pulled me out of the mudslide ten years ago." come out."

The monster under the tree moved, but still did not raise its head.The girl continued: "After the rainstorm, I often go up the mountain to look for you, but I have never met you once. My ability is limited and I can only build a small stone shrine for you. Is it because my faith is not strong enough, so you to become a monster?"

The girl's voice was full of sadness, as if she blamed herself very much.The monster finally looked up, and there was no trace of resentment in the only remaining eye: "It's not like that. Thank you for the shrine, it's the best shrine I've ever seen in the world."

The villagers became restless when they heard the words. "Oh my god, it was actually Lord Rain God who saved us. What did we do?"

"Tomorrow! Tomorrow we will build the temple, and every day in the future we will pay homage seriously and offer tribute devoutly."...

"No need." There seemed to be a hint of joy hidden in the monster's voice, "I am a monster now, and the temple is useless to me."

The villagers seemed to be strangled, unable to make a sound.After a while, I heard someone say, "Then, what can we do for you?"

This sentence was like a drop of water dripping into a frying pan, and everyone immediately talked about it. "Master Rain God, I will make delicious tributes for you." "Master Rain God, do you have a place to live? Why don't you stay at my house? I have a vacant room."...

"Why are you still standing there?" Sister Wang glared at Han Xiu and the others, "Why don't you untie the Lord Rain God?"

Han Xiu hesitated for a moment, he still didn't understand the current situation, why did this monster suddenly become the rain god praised by everyone?Sister Wang couldn't wait to pat Han Xiu: "Hurry up!"

Han Xiu finally released the shackles on the monster.The monster stood up, and the cold voice came into everyone's ears: "It's good that you have this kind of heart. I am a monster now, and I don't need the power of faith. It's so late, everyone go back."

The villagers were silent for a while, and finally went back.The enthusiastic Sister Wang wanted to call Han Xiu and others to go back together. At this moment, she suddenly remembered that Han Xiu and the others seemed to be monsters too.The smile on Sister Wang's face froze for a moment, she turned her head unnaturally, her steps hurried, as if someone was chasing after her.

The villagers gradually dispersed, and only Han Xiu and the others and the monster remained in the woods.

The monster spoke first, and at this moment he also realized that he seemed to have misunderstood their purpose: "I am Yimulian, what are you guys doing in this village?"

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