Chapter 352: Intricate Connections

The true identity of the black hand hidden in the dark was finally revealed - a real thief! !

Since he is a thief, he is the remnant of the alien among the Qi-refining masters of the pre-Qin Dynasty, which means that the other party is most likely a human.

I don't like killing people. Last time I was forced to end the life of the old one-eyed man, I always dreamed of his bloody appearance for a long time, but at this moment, I urgently hope to chop off the head of this sorcerer with my own hands. At the same time, I also clearly know that this is a very dangerous opponent and should not be underestimated.

A thing that thinks about how to harm its own kind and turn it into a monster all day long is an out-and-out demon, better than a pervert, and can do anything.

"Rats, snakes, wolves!"

Wan Niang'er whispered: "So, these things that have appeared so far are all made by that thief? And their essence is actually the same, they are all human?"

"It should be like this..."

I glanced at the tiger lying in the back, and whispered to Xiao Zhi: "Whether it is a snake, a rat, or a wolf, these things are very fierce, as if they have really lost their humanity and become wild beasts. Why is Da Huang the only one who is different? I saw it when I got on the car. Da Huang should still have some human characteristics, at least he is intelligent!"

Xiao Zhi raised his head and thought about it, then shook his head: "I don't know either."

But I refused to give up. I knew there must be a huge secret in it. Looking at Da Huang's appearance, I knew that the sorcerer should have succeeded in casting the spell. It stands to reason that Da Huang has long become like the snakes and rats we have seen. I patted Xiao Zhi's head and said: "Well, tell me in detail about your encounter with Da Huang, and don't miss any details."

The road back to Zhenwu Temple is still long, especially after leaving the city, there is a long mountain road, there are no street lights, and the car is driving slowly. We have plenty of time to sort it all out. Xiaozhi is our only hope for a clear analysis, after all, she is the only person who has come into contact with that tooth-cutter!

This is a smart and precocious child, otherwise I and Brother Yaozi would not be fooled around. The language is very clear, and she clearly describes her origins and her experience with Dahuang.

It turned out that she was an orphan.

A child who didn't know who her parents were.

She only knew that she was born in a snowy winter, was picked up by a cleaner in a trash can, and then sent to a children's welfare home. About a year ago, a couple who looked very kind and decent came to the welfare home, pointed at her, and then left accompanied by the staff.

The children in the welfare home were very happy because the couple left them a lot of candy when they left.

However, Xiao Zhi saw the other side. The couple was not a couple at all. There was a crack in their fate. They were not destined to be a couple at all. She also saw that the couple would wear prison uniforms in the near future and wait for the death penalty in the cell.

She was smart and knew immediately that they were two liars. A beautiful volunteer sister once told her that if someone wanted to adopt her, she must be careful. It was said that there were people outside who pretended to get married and adopted children from the orphanage and then sold them.

However, she did not tell others, because when the couple came, she saw that all the staff of the orphanage would wear prison uniforms and go to jail in the near future!

She could see from the eyes of the couple that the other party had taken a fancy to her, and she had to escape. It was useless to tell the staff of the welfare home. These people were in collusion with each other, snakes and rats in the same nest, and they were simply accomplices. It was not the first time they did such a thing.

After careful planning, she finally escaped.

But where was her home in the vast sea of ​​people?

However, she was not worried or afraid. For some reason, when she escaped from the devil's cave, her heart was very calm, as if a voice kept telling her - go south, you must go south, there will be a home waiting for you, a home that will never abandon you again, there are people who are willing to protect you with their lives.

So, she kept walking, sleeping in the park, spending many nights in the wild mountains and forests, she begged, picked up stinky food from the trash can, and licked the salt left on the broken skewers discarded in front of the barbecue stall as greedily as drinking sweet rain...

She didn't ask anyone for help, didn't find the police, because she knew that she would be sent back to the welfare home, so she kept walking south...

Until she came to this strange city.

She knew that this was the place she was looking for, and the person who would always protect her in the legend would definitely wait for her in this city, and she just had to persist...

But she didn't expect that this persistence would last for a full six months.

Last year, on a snowy day, she was cold and hungry, and finally couldn't walk anymore. She huddled on the side of the road, staring at the heavy snow in the sky. She felt that she might not be able to wait for that person...

Just as she was getting more and more tired, a thick cotton coat covered her. She opened her eyes with difficulty and saw a kind old woman.

This was the only person she couldn't see any picture on. When she was on the verge of death, she appeared beside her as if she had fallen from the sky.

At that moment, she really thought that this was the person she had been looking for, the one who would give her a home.

She asked the other party: "Is it you?"

The other party was stunned, smiled, and said: "Go with grandma!"

Then, the other party picked her up. She felt very safe and secure in the other party's arms. She felt so happy that she almost fainted, and fell asleep like that.

However, when she woke up, she did not see the warm home she imagined. She was locked in a cage, surrounded by many cages, with many people locked in them...

A woman with a charming back turned her back to her, and she didn't know what she was busy with. She only saw a pool of shocking blood under her feet.

Finally, the other party turned around, and she still couldn't see any picture on her. She knew that this was the old woman. Even if her face was different, the breath and feeling were correct.

Then, she finally saw what the other party was doing.

The other party held a dark blue knife in one hand and a bloody human skin in the other. A bloody child lay on the table in front of him, motionless, and had already died.

The woman shook her head and sighed at the corpse: "You are not the one I am looking for."

Then, she went out with the corpse and the human skin...

From then on, Xiao Zhi could see this woman every day. She would leave them food and drink and force them to drink a bowl of very smelly medicine soup. Every three or five days, she would capture one or two children, and every month, she would kill a child.

Every time she killed someone, Xiao Zhi could see that the moon outside was round through the window of the broken house!

After a long time, this kind of day, one day, the woman came back, and it was Da Huang who followed her. At that time, Da Huang's eyes were scarlet and very cruel.

That day was another full moon night.

The woman killed someone again, and as a result, she said that the person she killed and skinned was not the one she was looking for. Then, she pointed outside the door and said to Da Huang: "It's time, you go!"

Da Huang left, and at dawn the next day, Da Huang came back again, but his eyes were no longer scarlet.

After Da Huang came back, he used his claws to split open Xiao Zhi's cage. When he was about to split open other cages to save other children, he heard the footsteps of a woman outside, so Da Huang picked up Xiao Zhi and ran away.

They ran for a long time, but I don't know since when, no matter where Xiao Zhi wanted to go, she would inexplicably return to the vicinity of my shop.

The night she met me, Da Huang was very uneasy and kept whining. Xiao Zhi understood Da Huang's eyes - that woman came here with the same things as Da Huang, and I don't know who she is going to harm this time!

We already know what happened later...

After saying this, Xiao Zhi blinked her big, clean eyes and looked at me, and whispered, "Big brother, are you the one I'm looking for?"

I couldn't say a word for a moment. It seemed that there was indeed some kind of magical connection between her and me, but I was a person from the Xuanmen sect. I didn't know when I would die in some corner, and no one would care about me. Even I didn't know where my home was. Why should I give her a home? I just looked into her eyes and couldn't say a word of rejection.

"It should be you..."

Xiao Zhi said to himself, "I can't see any picture on you. Every time I want to leave this city forever, I will come back inexplicably, and then I see you. It must be you, right!?"

Crunch!

Lao Bai braked suddenly again like he was having a seizure. He suddenly became extremely irritable, slamming his fist on the steering wheel, and roaring: "Fuck you, I can't stand it anymore, Jingzhe, can you nod your head? I get angry just watching you peeing!!"

I knew what he meant. This grandson hated the struggle of the poor. Xiao Zhi's experience moved him with sympathy. I sighed and whispered: "Lao Bai, you should know what we do. What qualifications do we have to say that we can give others a home? Have you forgotten being trapped in a tomb and eating Guanyin soil? Have you forgotten lingering on on an isolated island? Haven't you done things like going in with a white knife and coming out with a red knife? And she is just a child..."

"After all this, do you think she is still a child?"

Lao Bai suddenly calmed down, tremblingly took out a cigarette and lit it for himself, as if the roar just now had exhausted all his strength, leaning limply on the seat, and said lightly: "Yes, I admit that what you said makes sense, but have you really lived a life of begging? You haven't lived it, but I have, and I know what it feels like! Following us is really hanging your head on the belt, and you don't know when you will die, but even if you die at that time, this girl will die with a smile, believe it or not?

I also admit that we can't give anything else, but I'm fucking saying this, at least she doesn't have to lick skewers at the barbecue stall!

If you don't agree today, I will agree, no matter how I support her in my current state, even if I go out to rob, I will go to rob!"

Wushuang stuck his head out from the front with a sly look, like a thief: "Brother Jingzhe, too many lice don't itch, too many debts don't weigh you down, you're my host, I'm not afraid of having another mouth to feed..."

Wan Nianger didn't say anything, but when she looked at me, she showed a rare glimmer of hope, and said: "These things originally have nothing to do with me, but Zhang Xinya asked me to pass on a message to you, she said - Er Gouzi, I like this little girl very much, the Zhenwu Temple is full of a bunch of slutty old men, and it's hard to find a companion. If you chase her away, watch out for your skin!"

I smiled bitterly. It seemed that I had become a dictator. Actually, I had listened to what Lao Bai said. Then I looked at Xiao Zhi who was sitting in my arms. I thought that I might be her last hope at the moment. So I rubbed her head hard and said softly, "Then you should follow your brother in the future. Life in the mountains is hard. You should eat what your brother eats. Don't complain if you don't have enough food and clothes. Your brother is just capable of this."

Xiao Zhi bit her lips tightly. Her big eyes were full of tears, but she was very strong. She didn't cry no matter what. She kept nodding.

Lao Bai was very proud. He smiled and spit out the cigarette butt. While driving, he asked casually, "So... girl, you can see other people's fate. Is this innate?"

Xiao Zhi nodded.

"Strange!"

Lao Bai sighed softly: "This world is really magical. There are so many talented people in Xuanmen, but I have never heard of such a skill. He can directly peek into other people's fate without calculation. He is better than a fortune teller!"

Xiao Zhi drooped his head and whispered: "In fact, I can't see it every time. I can only see some intermittent pictures occasionally. I can't control it. It doesn't work every time!"

I couldn't help laughing. The little girl was really greedy. Three points of the number of people and seven points of the number of days influenced each other, so that things like fate are intertwined and there are countless possibilities. My master is a half-step heavenly master, the top existence in Xuanmen, but he can only peek into a corner of the picture in the fate, and it may not be realized because there are too many variables. But she only looked at Lao Bai and saw Lao Bai's ending, and even saw that I influenced Lao Bai. This is seeing the number of people and the number of days. This is not amazing, what else is amazing?

If you control this ability, what else can you say?

After thinking about it, I finally warned him seriously: "Xiao Zhi, don't abuse your ability in the future. Life is determined by heaven. It is a secret of heaven. The secret of heaven cannot be revealed. There are many things to pay attention to in our industry, but they all have basic principles. This is not a joke. If you judge others' fate casually, you will be punished by heaven in the end. I am afraid there will be no good end. In the future, unless it is necessary, don't say what you have seen, understand? Trouble comes from the mouth!"

Xiao Zhi nodded seriously, and was very smart. He immediately changed his words and called him "Brother Jingzhe" affectionately...

I don't know why, after making this decision, I didn't worry so much anymore. A huge stone in my heart fell to the ground all of a sudden, as if I had completed something that was very important to me.

"So, after listening to what Xiao Zhi said, do you have a particularly strange feeling? This sorcerer doesn't seem to be cultivating evil creatures at random, but is completing something in a planned way."

Wushuang suddenly said: "The blue knife, the strange soup they drank, killing people on the night of the full moon... these should all be ways to cultivate this kind of monster! And what Da Huang was asked to do may be the last step. Although I don't know what happened, Da Huang can't speak, but there should be an accident in the process, so that Da Huang became a strange magic!

What is certain is that not every child can be cultivated successfully, and this sorcerer has been looking for it!

Rats, snakes, wolves, tigers...

Each monster she cultivated is different. Will there be any connection between them?"

To be honest, I really didn't think about this before! !

The things cultivated by this tooth-cutter are all different. This should not be an accident. What is the connection between these things?

I think there may be some kind of pattern in this. If we summarize it, we can know what this tooth-cutter wants to do. At that time, maybe we can find her directly! !

While I was deep in thought, someone suddenly pushed my shoulder gently.

I looked back and found that it was Old Man Qi.

The old man huddled in a corner, not saying a word all the way, just taking care of his daughter and son-in-law. I didn't pay much attention to him. When he pushed me, I realized that the old man had been crying without knowing when, and whispered: "I thought of my grandson who was taken away. My grandson was taken away by a middle-aged woman. You say... Is it this thief who took her away? This little girl just said that this thief is an old lady at one moment and a young woman at another moment, so the middle-aged woman is also her..."

It turned out that he had been listening to us silently.

The loss of their grandson was the deepest pain for their family. When he heard us talk about the experiences of those who lost their children, his mood can be imagined. At this time, he probably couldn't help it...

However, what he said really reminded me.

How could such an honest family, who had never done anything evil, inexplicably attract these sorcerers?

In addition, this matter was related to the lost child, which easily reminded us of the child that Yindi and her husband lost twelve years ago!!

If that child really fell into the hands of the robber, the result can be imagined.

The child who was lost twelve years ago suddenly came back to find his parents...

I shuddered all over and looked at Old Man Qi in disbelief. The answer was already in sight: "So, the wolf that attacked us was actually your grandson?"

Old Man Qi did not respond, but turned his head away silently, wiping his eyes silently. Perhaps he was too sad. He had cried all his tears in the past twelve years. At this moment, only despair flowed in his heart, which was already difficult to express in words...

I was not calm in my heart. I finally grasped the key to the whole thing.

Xiao Zhi has explained very clearly how Ya Jue made these monsters. We know the production process. Now, when she succeeds, the monsters have to continue to be cultivated for twelve years!

Why must it be twelve years?

This is related to this evil magic. I can't speculate, but twelve years later, the monsters must come back to find their parents and kill them. This should also be part of the evil magic! !

"Dad Huang... didn't he also go back to find his parents?"

I thought to myself, that is to say, Da Huang had an accident during this process, and then he broke free from the control of this evil magician!

There are more and more clues, but things are still confusing.

Old man Qi was stimulated and coughed repeatedly. I didn't discuss this matter with them anymore. I was tired of this series of intricate things, and there was a lack of oxygen in the car. I fell asleep unconsciously while holding Xiao Zhi.

Boom!

Without any warning, a deafening explosion sounded, and the car was lifted up and fell heavily to the ground.

The people in the car rolled into a ball immediately, and I woke up from my deep sleep.

I looked up and saw that the car was parked on the mountain road. Under the headlights, I could see thick smoke all around.

Wan Nianger came to her senses and immediately asked: "What's the situation?"

"The tire exploded!"

Lao Bai seemed to have hit his head, and he covered his forehead and gritted his teeth and said: "Damn it, it rains on a leaking roof!"

"Cough cough cough..."

A violent cough came from the front seat, and it was Brother Yaozi's voice.

It seemed that the bump woke Brother Yaozi up.

He was controlled by the Yajue. Although he followed Qingzhu's instructions, he was too deeply poisoned by the Silk-Channel Gu. No one knew whether he had completely gotten rid of it. I immediately shouted, "Wushuang, hold him down, and everyone else get off the car!"

Unexpectedly, Brother Yaozi growled with difficulty, "Jingzhe... Run! Her target is you and the little girl who plotted against us. Run!"