"There are always various reasons for people who fall into the evil way in this world. However, the practice of the evil way, the practice of killing people, and the practice of eating blood, all kinds of evil things are vicious and cruel."
"Even if there are a thousand reasons and a thousand reasons, the moment they fall into the devil's way, these devil cultivators are no longer [humans]."
"If only repentance in the heart can lead to life, then how can the dead who were poisoned by evil spirits rest their eyes?"
"Anyone who wants to forgive that group of murderous demons is trampling on innocent creatures who have been slaughtered by demons."
"No one in this world is qualified to forgive the demons on behalf of the dead... No matter how high the cultivation base is."
Lu Heng looked at the little boy and sighed: "As monks of the right way, the only thing we can do in the face of these demons is to kill them all."
"It is not only to avenge the dead, but also to protect the living and prevent more living beings from being harmed by these demons - this is the only thing we can do."
In Lu Heng's sigh, Xiao Ai had already come over with a hot meal.
On the wooden table taken out from the small embroidered bag with him, three dishes and one soup were placed, steaming hot.
Xiao Ai said, "Lord Wolf God, it's time to eat."
Lu Heng smiled and said, "Okay, here we come."
Having said that, Lu Heng stood up and said to the little boy beside him, "Let's have dinner first, maybe after we have dinner, the evil spirits of Qingming Cave will come to the door."
Chapter 257
In the post house, the campfire is roaring, and the food is fragrant.
Lu Heng, Xiaoai, and Wuyou are eating dinner as if they were at home.
Tableware and chopsticks are readily available.
But in the end, the evil spirits that Lu Heng said did not come to visit.
This post house that has been abandoned for many years in the wilderness is still deserted and empty.
Six years ago, when Lu Hengchu came down the mountain, the scene of business trips would never happen now.
And the little boy had been sitting by the door after he finished his meal, looking at the faint night scene outside, as if expecting a fox demon who came to report on the road.
But this scene never happened.
Until the sky was bright, Xiao Ai took him to clean up the ashes of the fire in the inn and prepared to travel, but Qingming Cave did not send anyone over.
There was a bit of disappointment on Shen Wuyou's face.
Standing at the door, he looked again at the lonely dilapidated house standing in the wilderness. The little boy finally noticed the strangeness of the house.
"Dad, what kind of person would build a house in a wilderness where such beasts are rampant?"
The little boy asked curiously, "Is he not afraid of being attacked by wild animals?"
Although the little boy knew very little about the outside world, he also knew that this kind of wilderness far from the city was dangerous.
Lu Heng explained: "This is a post house, a temporary house built for businessmen and tourists traveling from the south to the north. In the wilderness, it is difficult to travel. Travelers like us can have such a place when they rest at night. A rundown empty house is the best thing to do."
The little boy was even more curious: "But this house has not been lived in for many years... When we came in last night, the cobwebs on the door were very dense."
Lu Heng sighed and said, "This road used to be very lively. It's just that there have been no merchants walking outside in recent years, and this post has gradually become deserted."
Lu Heng's explanation made the little boy stunned for a moment, and he finally understood: "Is it because of the demons in the Qingming Cave..."
Lu Heng didn't speak, but he obviously acquiesced.
The group continued on the road, heading east along the desolate road.
The further east they went and the farther they were from Hanyu Mountain, the more desolate the scene appeared in their field of vision.
The abandoned post house standing on the side of the road has not been lived in for many years.
A huge pack beast wandering alone in the wilderness with a broken suitcase, I don't know when it was separated from its owner, the pack still remains, but the owner has long since disappeared. The pack beast that has lost its goal can only return to the wilderness, survive alone in the wild, and become the beast it used to be, but no one can take off the heavy luggage on its back for it.
There are also many bones crawling on the roadside... Those bones all have the same characteristics, the bags and clothes are intact, and there is not even the slightest crack on the bones, but they died inexplicably by the roadside.
It was obvious that the demons attacked and directly devoured the flesh and soul of these living people, rather than dying in the mouth of the beasts on the roadside.
As for the roadside beasts...
Once there were many business travelers, there were many ferocious beasts lurking on both sides of the road, ready to attack the lonely travelers at any time.
But now that the road is desolate and the business is no longer there, there are no more beasts squatting and guarding the living people on both sides of the road.
The ferocious beasts returned to the mountains to hunt other prey, abandoning the human race who would never have food delivered to their door.
Six years ago, when Lu Heng went down the mountain, he was walking on the road. A day, he could see dozens of vicious beasts of different shapes squatting and lurking in the bushes beside the road.
However, after walking on the desolate road for two days and two nights, he didn't even see a single alien beast.
The only ferocious beast I encountered was a passing tiger. The opponent rushed from the wilderness, chased a running wild horse across the drive, and disappeared into the forest on the other side of the drive.
As for Lu Heng and the others who passed by Chidao Mountain, the tiger didn't even look at it, and he didn't pay any attention to it. He might not even notice that there was another living person on the desolate Chidao Road.
Today's desolate and bleak scene, even the little boy who has never walked on the road feels desolate.
They continued eastward, and on the third night after walking ashore, they stepped into the boundary of the city.
This city is called Zhaoguang. The huge boundary monument stands on the road, which once represented the danger of a city of witches, and deterred the demons and demons.
However, now above the boundary monument, it is covered with dry black blood, smeared with the ferocious word "death", which is full of provocation.
On the top of the boundary monument, a small Jingguan was piled up with human heads.
Some of the stacked human heads are already bones, while others are just rotting. The stench wafted from afar, and there were flies buzzing and flying around.
Seeing such a terrifying sight, Shen Wuyou's face turned blue, and he almost vomited.
Even Lu Heng frowned slightly.
No matter how rampant the demons are, even a city's boundary monument is so ruined that no wizard cares... It seems that outside the Hanyu Mountain... at least near this Zhaoguang City, the situation is already very bad.
Too bad the wizards don't have time to do such trivial things as cleaning the boundary markers.
Continuing to walk forward, about a dozen miles away, they saw the first village within the boundary monument.
The village is located not far from the edge of Chi Road, and the post house is built outside the village.
It can be seen that because of its proximity to the adjacent post house, the village used to be prosperous, and the buildings did not look shabby and poor.
When merchants from south to north stay in the post house, they will definitely go to the village to have fun at night.
But now the post house is deserted, and the village is also dark and dull, with no lights in sight.
Lu Heng said: "Let's go to the village and have a look."
The roadside post has long since collapsed, and the mud walls are overgrown with weeds. There may have been a fight, and no one came to repair it afterwards, so it is no longer possible to move in.
Fortunately, the village was not far from the road, and under the cold moonlight, the group walked slowly towards the desolate and silent pitch-black village under the moon.
The path into the village was also overgrown with weeds.
When Lu Heng and the others passed by, there were even frightened snakes fleeing in the grass beside the road. It was obvious that no one had come for a long time.
This village, probably like the collapsed post house, has been abandoned for many years.
In this way, walking on the road paved with bluestone, Lu Heng and the others walked into the village entrance and saw the mottled ashes archway at the entrance of the small village.
Mingxi Village.
Behind the archway is the same bluestone-paved street. On both sides of the road, two rows of houses stood up, but there was no light.
Under the cold moonlight, these two rows of pitch-black houses stood side by side, setting off the path into the village like a huge pitch-black mouth, waiting to devour all the living people who entered.
Lu Heng smiled slightly and said, "Just live here tonight."
After speaking, he stepped into the dark street first, stepping on the moonlight.
Chapter 258
Behind Lu Heng, the little boy hesitated.
He really wanted to say that this village is very infiltrating, why don't we camp tonight.
However, after Dad stepped into the small village, Sister Ai followed closely, and Gu Yan followed with flapping his wings.
Suddenly, the little boy was the only one standing outside the village.
In the barren and dark village entrance, the lonely little boy was submerged in the night, and in the surrounding wilderness, there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him...
The little boy instantly forgot everything he wanted to say, and quickly chased after him, for fear that Lu Heng and the others would disappear when he turned his head.
In the village, although the doors and windows are closed, the prosperity of the past can be vaguely seen.
Lu Heng stood at the threshold of a brothel for a long time, looked at the door of the brothel full of fallen leaves, and sighed.
Even this most lively place is now so deserted.
Xiao Ai walked directly into the brothel and looked around coldly. The dark golden beast seems to emit a cold light in the darkness.
Even though the brothel was dark and dull, Xiao Ai could still see everything inside clearly.
"No blood, no signs of fighting, but no signs of migration."
After Xiao Ai came out of the brothel, she said to Lu Heng, "The people in this room seem to have disappeared out of thin air, and there are even uneaten leftovers left on the table... It's just rotten."
Lu Heng nodded.
The little boy who followed him was a little confused, because the corpses he saw along the way were all murdered by demons on the spot, with their bones exposed in the wilderness.
But this is not the case in this village
"What are the demons taking the living for?" Shen Wuyou asked curiously, "Dad, do the demons plan to use the villagers as hostages to coerce the wizards?"
Lu Heng sighed and didn't answer.
Xiao Ai said indifferently: "Evil devils need blood food to practice the exercises, but it is impossible to have blood food all the time. Every time I go to attack the villages and cities, it will be troublesome."
"That's why it's much more convenient to catch the living people in the devil's den to watch over the breeding, and they can eat at any time.
Xiao Ai's answer made the little boy's face pale.
Even though he had seen a lot of tragic situations along the way eastward, he was still frightened now.
"Raise... feed people as blood? Isn't that treating humans as livestock?" The little boy was completely stunned.
Xiao Ai smiled coldly and said, "Wrong, it's not just humans... all things in the world, humans are just one type of [Human Genus], and demon cultivators like you and me are also [Human Genus]."
"Even because of our cultivation, we are a more nourishing blood food for the demons."
"In the Qingming Cave, in addition to mortals who don't know how to cultivate, there are bound to be all kinds of cultivators with cultivation."
"If your brothers and sisters are not special, at the moment when you meet the demons in the Qingming Cave, with your special identities as demons, at least you can use them to hold a blood-eating banquet-level luxury dish, which is qualified enough to entertain the four demons. ."
Xiao Ai's words made the little boy pale and terrified. I have a deeper understanding of the demon in the Qingming Cave.
Lu Heng left the empty brothel and continued walking towards the depths of the village.
Even such a small village is dedicated to the god of fire.
Although there is no magnificent fire temple, the fire temple in the center of the village, similar to the ancestral hall, is also the most noble and sacred building in the village.
It's just that at the moment when the villagers disappeared and the village was deserted, the temple of the Vulcan also fell into disrepair.
After Xiao Ai opened the door, what appeared in front of Lu Heng and the others was a messy and dirty temple.
The dusty, weedy ground was strewn with black bloodstains. It seems that when the evil spirits entered the village and kidnapped people, there was no one who resisted in the village.
It's a pity that in this small fire temple, even if there are wizards on duty, the strength is definitely not as strong as the evil spirits.
The black blood that was scattered on the ground silently depicted the tragic scene at the beginning.
Lu Heng looked at the solemn Vulcan statue on the altar and sighed.
"Let's spend the night here tonight."
After speaking, Lu Heng walked to the corner and sat down with his knees crossed, closing his eyes and resting.
Xiao Ai took the little boy Wuyou to clean the inside and outside of the Fire Temple, swept away the dust, blew away the cobwebs, and scrubbed the altar.
The Vulcan God statue covered with cobwebs once again shed its dust and revealed itself.
But now no one in the village worships Him.
After Xiao Ai cleaned up, she took out the small embroidered bag she carried with her, and took out a square dining table, a complete stove, matching cooking utensils and seasonings, as well as clean water, dried bacon and a series of things.
After the fire was cooked, Xiao Ai went out the door, planning to go to the wild to pick some wild vegetables and come back.