Sacrifice of evil god

Lance seemed to be very familiar with Qi Yue's textbooks on the table, perhaps he had already done some research before coming here.He deftly opened one of the pages, and there was an eye-catching illustration on it—a four-hoofed monster with a sheep's body and a human face, with thick and curved horns on its head, and long hair covering most of it On the face, there is a striking big mouth with sharp canine teeth bared inside.Its four claws supporting the ground are like human hands. The most peculiar thing is that its eyes are not on the face, but are born under the armpit. A protruding yellow giant eye is very eye-catching.

According to the "Shan Hai Jing · Bei Shan Jing", the name of this monster is "Roe Owl". Although the name sounds similar to the word "roar", and from its ferocious appearance, it seems that the sound it makes should also be deafening. Lei Guan.But in fact, it can cry like a baby. It has an almost paranoid desire for food. When it is hungry, it will devour it recklessly, and even eat its own body, just like some babies will when they are hungry. Nibbling at mother's nipples like a catharsis, with self-destructive madness.

Lance pointed his finger at the picture of the roe owl, and with a certain sincerity and sincerity, he asked Qi Yue for an answer: "For example, what about this one? Does it really exist?"

Qi Yue's heart skipped a beat. In fact, the monster Roe Owl has a more well-known name - "Glutton".Qi Yue felt that there seemed to be some kind of gear of fate quietly starting in the dark, maybe it was in response to the ancient motto handed down by the family, maybe it was his destined fate with the evil god Taotie, and he had already found the door.

He stared blankly at Lance for a while, then put on a serious expression, and said to the students below: "Let's dismiss the get out of class, I have a problem with this gentleman to discuss alone."

In the secluded private booth of the campus cafe, Lance and Qi Yue were sitting opposite each other.

In fact, Lance is also a psychiatrist who has experienced great storms. If he hadn't had a good mentality, after such a weird event happened at home, how could he still be able to hold his temper and sit here and drink face to face with Qi Yue? coffee.

Qi Yue stared at the illustration in the textbook for a while in silence before pointing to the monster on the picture and said: "Doctor Lan, I can tell you responsibly that this is purely the imagination of the world, far-fetched, don't think about it." too much."

Lance clasped the handle of the coffee cup tightly: "Mr. Qi means that the various abnormalities that my lover is showing now are purely psychological? It's really not the legendary 'evil spirit'. ’, or… ‘possessed by the evil god’?”

Qi Yue crossed her fingers and said nothing.

Finally, Lance couldn't hold back anymore and put down the coffee cup excitedly. The liquid in the cup shook: "Mr. Qi, you know that I am an expert in psychology. To tell you the truth, I am the best in the world. I have a Ph.D. from the medical school, and I have personally experienced what it is like to suffer from a mental illness. Based on my professional knowledge, Qi Mo is definitely not mentally ill! So many catastrophes in the past, He survived the inhuman days by himself, and now that the two of us are finally together, I can't think of any reason for him to have a mental breakdown!"

Qi Yue still didn't speak, but he pressed his five fingers even tighter, and he could even see protruding joints and sunken finger marks.

As a psychiatrist, Lance naturally observed this change. He knew that Mr. Qi must have reservations, and that the determination to conceal it had been loosened: "Mr. Qi! I know that you are an expert in ancient mythology. It’s not that I’ve studied all rational possibilities. From the perspective of modern medicine, I’m really desperate, and I won’t come here and talk to you about these strange things. Please, please help me!”

Qi Yue lowered her eyelids, as if she had a mental struggle, and finally let out a long snort, and said to Lance slowly: "Doctor Lan, please don't get excited, I just want to say that the "Shan Hai Jing" written Things are imagined by people. But this does not mean that in this vast universe, there are no things that cannot be explained by the 'science' you are familiar with."

In fact, Qi Yue is very familiar with "Glutton".According to his research, the reason why people imagine Taotie as a monster with the body of a sheep and the head of a man is firstly because the pure-colored white sheep is the "sacrifice" used by the ancients to sacrifice to Taotie.However, there were not many people who were lucky enough to see Taotie's real body, so they came and went again and again, spreading rumors, passing the rumor that Taotie's giant eyes growing on the back were growing on the armpits.

Or in a sacrificial ceremony, when Taotie appeared to devour sheep, a baby happened to cry, and people misrepresented his normal adult male voice as a baby cry to increase the vividness of the legend.And the reason why Qi Yue can know so accurately is because his ancestors had seen Taotie with their own eyes, had a relationship with that evil god, and signed some kind of contract with it.

"Qiyue" is the homonym of "contract" and also means "pleasing".According to the family prophecy, the "contract" should be fulfilled in Qi Yue's generation, and Qi Yue's mission is to please that evil god.So Qi Yue herself is the sacrifice of the evil god.

"Doctor Lan," Qi Yue said seriously, "please take me to your house to have a look."