12dz Chapter 174 The Wedding in the Burning Village
Chapter 174 The Wedding in the Burning Village
There is indeed a celestial official in this village, but he can only deal with minor monsters of level 1 or 2. Monsters usually don't come to Forget-Worry Valley.
Because the spiritual energy here is depleted, no demon beasts would be willing to come to such a barren place to cultivate.
Therefore, the Valley of Forget-Worries naturally became a place where people gathered.
Spirit Beast Mountain is a place that humans would never set foot in, because it is teeming with monsters, and there are countless high-level monsters there.
Let's not even mention that this celestial official was originally in the village head's house, presiding over his son's marriage.
The village head's third son was lame and mentally challenged, so no girl in the village wanted to marry him.
The third son was never able to get married.
Today I just happened to buy a beautiful girl from the slave trader's second uncle, so I'm hurrying to get the wedding arranged.
Villagers rushed into the wedding venue, panicking: "Something terrible has happened!"
"What are you doing, disrupting my wedding! Can't you see we're having a happy occasion?" Muramasa immediately bristled and stood up from his high chair.
"A monster has entered the village!" Several villagers rushed in, panicking and gesturing wildly as they described the scene they had just witnessed outside.
"Immortal Official, Immortal Official, please go and take a look!" Several people came up and tried to pull the Immortal Official away.
The village head's servants all stepped forward to stop him.
The celestial official must remain to preside over the newlyweds' joyous occasion.
The foolish groom knelt before the hall, while the bride, whose head was held down by two matchmakers, had her hands and feet bound and her mouth stuffed with a white cloth.
It's obvious that they were coerced.
"What exactly happened?" The celestial official had no choice but to calm everyone down before asking the villagers.
Before they could speak, a powerful and domineering demonic aura suddenly swept over them.
In an instant, the once clear sky became overcast with dark clouds, and the wind howled.
The eerie red light, flickering and disappearing behind the dark clouds, was like two blood-red eyes, staring intently at everyone present.
With a bang, a gale swept in like a vicious wolf, carrying sand and rocks.
The wedding venue was torn to pieces by the eerie wind.
"The monster is coming! Immortal official, quickly exorcise the demon!" the villagers and the village head cried out in terror.
Zhiyan suddenly caught Jianjian's scent, reached down from the sky, and a demonic power enveloped the bride, pulling her into the clouds above.
"The monster ate the bride! The monster ate the bride!"
The celestial official could tell at a glance that this demonic beast was no ordinary creature; it was certainly not something a lowly henchman like himself could handle.
He crawled under the table and tried to escape; the best of the thirty-six stratagems is to flee.
Jianjian couldn't see anything because her head was covered by a red veil, and her mouth was also gagged so she couldn't speak. She didn't know what was happening outside, but she felt a strong force pulling her into her arms.
Her face touched the other person's chest, feeling soft and comfortable, as if it were a woman's.
A gentle, slender hand carefully removed the gag from her mouth. She felt a lightness in her body as the hemp ropes binding her turned into black powder and crumbled in the wind.
Then,
The newlywed's red veil was lifted.
What comes into view,
They were a pair of beautiful, purple, glass-like eyes.
He was watching her.
This frozen moment left Jianjian momentarily dazed and lost in thought.
"Sister Monster! It's you! You've come to save me!" Jianjian was overjoyed.
What followed was that all the grievances and fears that had been ignored before could no longer be contained at this moment.
Tears blurred my vision instantly and streamed down my face.
Looking at Jianjian, who was sobbing uncontrollably.
Zhiyan felt a pang of sympathy.
She reached out and touched Jianjian's cheek. Although her beautifully applied bridal makeup was smudged from crying, she still looked gorgeous.
She looked completely different from the dirty little beggar I had seen her before.
"Were you scared?" Zhiyan asked gently as she wiped away her tears.
This little girl has really suffered a lot. I'll definitely keep her by my side from now on... so no one can bully her.
"How dare they!" The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Zhiyan's eyebrows sharpened, and her tone changed abruptly. You could hear the anger squeezed out between her teeth.
Jianjian touched her wrist, which was still sore from being tied by the rope; there were bruises and even bloodstains on it.
Zhiyan saw this and was furious. For some reason, she felt that she had been offended by humans.
Holding Jianjian in one arm, she deftly twirled the fingertips of her other hand, instantly setting the entire wedding courtyard ablaze and reducing everyone who had wronged Jianjian to ashes.
A high-level demon beast can slaughter an entire village with just a flick of its finger, without lifting a finger.
Feeling the raging flames behind her, Jianjian wanted to turn around to look, but Zhiyan calmly pressed her head against her chest, preventing her from turning around to see that hell on earth.
"What's wrong? Sister?"
"Since you call me sister, your business is my business. If they bully you, they are bullying me. I'm just giving them a little punishment, so don't watch..."
When Nagi and Kou arrived, they found the entire eastern part of the village engulfed in flames, and could only shake their heads helplessly.
In the world of mythical creatures and monsters, the law of the jungle prevails, which is perfectly normal.
Tan You and Lu He from the neighboring village finally found out the whereabouts of the jade hairpin and jade pendant.
Sure enough, Aunt Jianjian had taken it to exchange for money. The traveling merchant, however, had no idea which village he had gone to now.
"How about we search the entire Valley of Forgetfulness?" Lu He pondered.
"What, didn't you realize that the merchant was a half-demon?" Tan You glanced at Lu He with some disdain, as if thinking to herself, "What am I going to do if my friend is an idiot?"
"A half-demon beast?" What is that? Is it in the original manga?
“Yes, we just came here asking him about what he was selling and buying. Didn’t you notice that those weren’t things that ordinary humans could obtain?”
Tan You mentioned that she had just learned from the villagers that a merchant was selling Seven Star Grass.
The Seven Star Grass grows deep within Spirit Beast Mountain, but humans cannot enter the depths of Spirit Beast Mountain.
Moreover, there are so many level seven or eight demonic beasts in Spirit Beast Mountain, especially the Water Rhinoceros Beast near the Seven Star Grass. This kind of demonic beast is extremely ferocious, and humans will die if they get close.
Unless it's another demonic beast that can dispel the aura.
"Do you remember the villagers saying that the merchants who come to sell their goods are different each time?" Tan You reminded Lu He, "Don't you find it strange that they say it's not the same one?"
"Now that you mention it, the lingering scents on all those items we were shown to buy from the merchants all came from the same person?" Lu He finally realized that a person with a thousand faces could only be a demon beast in this world of monsters.
"But how can you be sure it's a half-demon beast?" Lu He was very curious about how he knew.
"Oh, this," Tan You scratched his head and laughed sheepishly, "Haha, actually I suddenly remembered that I think I accidentally saw that merchant before... hahaha."
Lu He was speechless...
(Φ x Φ) I'm speechless...
After hearing all that nonsense you've said, I almost couldn't help but curse out loud.
"So what do we say now? Where do we look?"
"A guy with this ability is a shunner. He should be half-human, half-shunner."
"What the hell?" Lu He's face twisted in disbelief; he couldn't understand the names of these monsters.
System: A chameleon is a creature that changes its appearance...
The system's merciless mockery of the illiterate echoed in his mind.
Lu He could only manage a few silent chuckles to ease the awkwardness.
"Let's go find the big fox first. I'm worried about Jianjian." Tan You urged Lu He to go find Zhiyan and the others.
Oh my, this kid is courting death, daring to go to Zhiyan and even calling her a big fox? Isn't he afraid she'll kill him? He's got a big heart.
However, it's also clear that he genuinely wanted to know if Jianjian was safe.
"Alright, alright, let's go find Jianjian first, and then we'll figure out how to get her parents' things back together." Lu He had no choice but to take him to find Zhiyan and the others.