A Luo took Li Jian and Qi Xiu, master and apprentice, to the Linxi Village on a path.

Along the way, Li Jian asked A Luo many details, and then found out that in the past, everyone's life was not different, and the nightmare started a year ago.During this year, the children in the village were beaten by their parents almost every day.

When the matter first started to develop, it was not considered serious. The parents didn't really do much to deal with the children, mainly intimidating and abusing them.But slowly, more and more cases of beating children, parents are getting more and more serious.

This is also the case at A Luo's family. He had just been beaten hard and finally ran away from home regardless.

After hearing this, Li Jian couldn't help asking A Luo again. "Apart from being beaten, did anything strange happen?"

After thinking for a while, Aluo replied: "Yes. We are beaten during the day, and we will inevitably have nightmares at night. However, sometimes the nightmares will suddenly disappear, and the dream will be blank. Although this is strange, we are being beaten. After that, at least I can sleep well."

Nightmares, dreams that suddenly disappear.

Something flashed through Li Jian's mind, but he still couldn't grasp it, so he could only say, "Maybe something happened at night. Tonight, let's find a place to hide in the village and see if we can find anything."

Li Jian said, looking into the village.

This village is built along the mountain, most of the village households are in the flat area at the foot of the mountain, and a few village households are scattered scattered on the mountainside and the top of the mountain.Therefore, this village looks quite big, but in fact the main village households are concentrated in a small area at the foot of the mountain.

Li Jian thought for a while, and then asked: "Ah Luo, is there a place on the mountainside where you can see the villages at the foot of the mountain? This place should be relatively hidden, so don't let others find it."

Arlo quickly replied: "Yes. I'll take you there."

A Luo stepped on his feet, waited and watched the situation in the village, and then took Li Jian and Qi Xiu up the mountain on the path.

Reaching halfway up the mountain, the three of them hid behind a big rock.Bypassing this stone, you can see the situation at the foot of the mountain.

There is no blind spot here, and you can almost see every village at the foot of the mountain.

The sun was almost setting.

Li Jian looked down without even a second, and found that people had placed bells on the doorways and windows of every house.When people come and go, their expressions are very serious.

In addition, it seems that there is a family that is very good at mending nets. Many people went to this house with nets in their hands, and returned after mending the nets.

But this place is not a fishing village. What do you do with so many nets?

Li Jian was suspicious, and finally waited until nightfall.

At this time, Li Jian found that the children in every household seemed to be asleep, but the adults seemed to be asleep.By the moonlight, one can vaguely see adult-sized figures moving in every household.

In the village at night, except for the sound of insects, everything should be quiet.However, Li Jian heard a rustling sound, like some kind of creature crawling across the ground.Then, suddenly, the bell of a house rang.

Li Jian realized something, without hesitation, she immediately led the two boys, one big and one small, to the direction where the bell was ringing.

Simply that house was not too far from where Li Jian and the others were, and Li Jian and his party arrived after they didn't run for too long.But after they approached the house, they hid in the dark and did not move forward.

At this time, Li Jian secretly poked through the window and looked inside, and saw that the family had caught a creature with a net.

"I caught it! I caught it! I caught the nightmare!" the hostess cheered.

"Great, now we can finally turn over the errand!" The male host sighed, "Our child is also wronged. This time, he won't have to suffer for a month after the errand."

This time, Li Jian understood everything.

The nightmare-eating tapir has a body like a bear, a nose like an elephant, eyes like a rhinoceros, a tail like a cow, and legs like a tiger.In this way, although it looks weird, the nightmare is a good monster, and it specializes in eating people's nightmares, so that people can have beautiful dreams without being frightened by nightmares.

The dream-eating tapir is compassionate by nature, and it is easy to feel compassion. When a child has a nightmare, it will definitely appear to help the child smoke the nightmare so that they can sleep well.

Nightmare-eating tapirs are also rare monsters, and their skin and flesh can be made into very precious medicinal materials, which are priceless.

It seems that the people in this village discovered the traces of the nightmare-eating tapir nearby, and thought of catching the nightmare-eating tapir for money.They took advantage of its kind nature, and even attacked their own children!

Adults beat their children in order to scare them and make them have nightmares at night.Children have nightmares, and adults lay traps, waiting for the nightmare-eating tapir to take the bait, and then hunt and kill them.

——What a trapping plan!

Li Jian frowned, and rushed into the house with Qi Xiu.

He raised his sword and said, "Release the nightmare eater!"

After saying this, Li Jian felt that she was very majestic.He kicked the door open just before the door, and he felt that he was so domineering and cool that he had immortal skills by his side!

He turned his head and saw that Qi Xiu beside him was also looking at a couple in the room with disdain.Although he is still young, there is already a faint look of disdain between his brows, which seems to be a bit bluffing.

"Who are you..." The hostess frowned deeply when she saw Li Jian's clothes, "Could it be...the venerables of some cultivation school..."

"Everything has animism, not to mention the dream-eating tapir is a good monster. Why do you do this? And, how can you be so cruel to your own flesh and blood?" Li Jian asked with a flick of his sleeves.

"Do you think we can do it?" The hostess cried and fell to her knees. "That's why we had to have a few more children. I was afraid that the children would be beaten to death. But if we don't do this, our husbands will be killed." Catch them, and the whole family will be separated."

"Arrested? By whom? Who forced you to act like this?" Li Jian asked.

"We ordinary people, how do we know how to use the nightmare? What do we do with the nightmare? This is not the emperor's request."

The hostess sighed when she said this: "From last year, there was news that there were nightmare-eating tapirs here. The emperor heard about it and asked us to pay tribute to ten heads every month. In the first two months, we can still eat them." We caught a lot, and we can offer [-] head per month, which is already overfulfilled. But now... there are fewer and fewer nightmare-eating tapirs. The village chief said that if it is not finished, the emperor will be angry and will kill all the men in the village. Catch and kill them! We only paid tribute to five heads this month, and today we managed to catch one. But please have mercy!"

"I sympathize with you, who will sympathize with the nightmare eating tapir?" Li Jian thought to himself that this is indeed a key NPC, and explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly in a few words.But Li Jian also shook his head and sighed, feeling that this matter was difficult to deal with.

He suddenly thought of something, subconsciously turned around and looked at Qi Xiu.

He remembered that this was the boundary of Zhou State.In other words, the person who ordered the tribute, and the culprit of all this, was actually Qi Xiu's father.

Thinking about it, Qi Xiu also thought of this, and felt that it was really shameful to have such a father.He frowned, his hands under the long sleeves tightly clenched into fists.His lips were pursed, and his star-like eyes suddenly dimmed after meeting Li Jian's, then he turned his head sideways, and his brows frowned even tighter.

Seeing this, Li Jian no longer looked at Qi Xiu, but looked at the hostess. "I am Master Feijing from Muyun Peak of the Qingqiong Sect. If you have heard my name and still believe me, then hand over this dream-eating tapir to me. Don't do this again. These nightmare-eating tapirs live in groups , Among them is the Nightmare Eater King. If the Nightmare Eater King finds something wrong and chases after him, you will really be unsafe."

"But we..." The hostess and hostess knelt down together.

"Please hurry up. Which building does your village chief live in? I'll go to him and explain the situation."

Li Jian said so, seeing that they still had doubts, he said: "After all, I know fairy arts. The people in your village have been arrested, and I have a way to save you, and I will not let you be killed. And this matter I will also report to the head. He has always been fair and strict, and if there is such an emperor in the world, he will definitely intervene."

"Thank you Xianzun!" The hostess and hostess kowtowed to Li Jian one after another.

Li Jian was really not used to being bowed down by others, so after taking over the dream-eating tapir that had been caught by the net, she took Qi Xiu and A Luo outside.

A few people went to the entrance of the village first, found a relatively safe place, and released the dream-eating tapir.

Before playing it, Li Jian patted it on the head. "It's not safe here, don't come here again."

The dream-eating tapir looked at him with bright eyes, and whined a few times, wondering if he understood.

Li Jian patted its head again. "Okay, let's go."

The dream-eating tapir finally nodded, and walked away step by step under Li Jian's gratified eyes.

Watching the Nightmare Tapir disappear into the night and confirming that it was not caught by other villagers, Li Jian was relieved, and let A Luo lead the way, and walked towards the village head's house with Qi Xiu.

Unexpectedly, the village head was not at home that night, so he knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered. Li Jianjian planned to find a place to live and come to see it tomorrow.

As a result, A Luo invited him and Qi Xiu to stay at his house.

Arlo's home is near the top of the mountain, a little far away.When he came to A Luo's house, Li Jian naturally continued to put on a fairy-tale appearance, and told his parents not to whip their children again.No matter what A Luo's parents thought in their hearts, they still agreed to Li Jian on the surface.

A Luo's family is not rich, they are just ordinary village households, and there is only one room left.

Therefore, Li Jianjian slept with Qi Xiu that night.

Li Jian thought it was nothing, but Qi Xiu was afraid that it would disrespect him at first.

Li Jian persuaded him with all kinds of talk, and Qi Xiu was finally willing to "sleep in the same bed" with him.

That night, Li Jian didn't fall asleep much.

He suddenly remembered something.He finally remembered the description of Arlo in those millions of novels.

This Ah Luo's name is Meng Xuanshuang.He is the distant cousin of the heroine Leng Ruyue.

The story of Linxi Village was vaguely mentioned in the original book.Li Jian did pass by here with Qi Xiu, and also met A Luo.But at that time, Li Jian in the book didn't want to be nosy.He wasn't even a righteous person.It was A Luo who was offered by Qi Xiu.

A Luo is very grateful to Qi Xiu, he has always remembered this matter, and he would say a few words to everyone, and when he saw Leng Ruyue, he also told her.So Leng Ruyue has a natural liking for Qi Xiu.Later, Leng Ruyue and Qi Xiu got together through A Luo's arrangement.

However, all this has changed now.It was Li Jian who took the initiative to save people.The person Ah Luo is most grateful for has changed from Qi Xiu to Li Jian.

A slight difference is a thousand miles away.The so-called butterfly effect is also true.

In this way, how should this story develop after all?

Li Jian had a headache, and then noticed that Qi Xiu next to him was tossing and turning, apparently also suffering from insomnia.

Li Jian sat up involuntarily, and looked at Qi Xiu, only to see the 14-year-old him staring straight out of the window with his eyes open, not knowing what he was thinking.

Outside the window, in the night, a bright moon hangs high, and there is no starlight around.

But Qi Xiu's eyes were as cold as moonlight.

"Qi Xiu, you haven't fallen asleep yet?" Li Jian couldn't help asking.

"Senior, did I disturb you?" Qi Xiu sat up suddenly, looking at Li Jian with apologetic eyes.

He was really thinking too much just now, and he didn't even know Li Jian was sitting up.

Li Jian couldn't help but patted his head. "what's on your mind?"

"I was thinking, if I were the emperor, I would never do that kind of thing." Qi Xiu said seriously.

After hearing this, Li Jian sighed for no reason and looked serious. "Do you want to be emperor?"

"Senior, do you think I can be emperor?" Qi Xiu asked.

"You can do whatever you want. In this way, there will be no regrets in life." Li Jian said, "But the point is, do you really want to be the emperor? You will come to Qingqiong with me during this trip, and you will have the opportunity to cultivate your true self." But how to choose is up to you. To be an emperor, to cultivate the truth, these two roads, one is in the world of mortals, rich and glorious, but also bears heavy responsibilities, and requires iron and blood wrists; It is also difficult to endure. It is not easy to succeed in these two paths, and you can only choose one of them."

When Li Jian said this, he was putting on the airs of an elder and pretending to be 13 forcibly.

Unexpectedly, after saying this sentence, Li Jianjian heard Xiaoqing's voice: "Friendly reminder, please be cautious when communicating with the male protagonist. Your every move may affect his future decisions. This will affect the future The difficulty of the task and the development of the plot are very important."

—WTF? !Do you have to be careful with every word you say? !Li Jian felt a tightness in his chest, and couldn't help but vomit blood three feet away.

How did Qi Xiu know about the conversation between Li Jian and Xiaoqing.

After listening to Li Jian's words, he thought about it seriously.

After thinking about it, he looked at Li Jian and said, "If you go to be the emperor, you won't be able to practice with your seniors. Then I won't be the emperor. I have a high cultivation base, and I can protect the common people. I have become stronger , Naturally, you can teach the emperor a lesson. Or maybe, whoever said that the two roads cannot go together, maybe I will do it."

When Qi Xiu said this, his eyes were clear and resolute, with a certain look of disdain.Li Jian thought, I can't blame him for being a prince. Even though he was not favored and he was in a difficult mode when he was young, he was born with the aura of an emperor and general.

However, after listening to Qi Xiu's words, Li Jian thought about it. Her mission is to realize the hero's wish. If the hero wants to be an emperor and cultivate immortality, it will definitely increase the difficulty of clearing the level.

So Li Jian pretended to be deeply persuasive. "Qi Xiu, you can't have your cake and eat it too. Sometimes, people have to learn to give up. Some things are like sand between your fingers. The tighter you hold it, the faster it will run. So, it's better to give up some pursuits. Unworthy stuff."

After Li Jian finished speaking, she patted Qi Xiu on the head, said "It's time not to leave, go to bed early", and then lay down to sleep.

After hearing his words, Qi Xiu narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a while before lying down again.

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