Chapter 106: The Captive Mountain Village
"Good things? What good things? Will you think of me if there are good things?" The pig demon looked unconvinced.

"It's really good news!" Master Rabbit said hurriedly.

"Tell me, what good news is there!" The pig demon then let go of Master Rabbit.

"Uncle Pig, I discovered a kind of delicacy in the human world." Uncle Rabbit quickly recounted the story.

After listening to Master Rabbit's story, the Pig Demon said with disdain, "Little Rabbit, you often say I'm stupid, but now it seems that you are the dumbest. Why don't you just catch a human and keep him in captivity? Just like humans kept us in captivity back then!"

"Master Pig, do you think I don't want to? But I can't catch him!"

"That was an ancestor spirit who killed evil spirits like killing a chicken. Did you know that there were three evil spirits? He killed them with just one shot. I was nearby at the time and I almost peed myself!"

Upon hearing this, Master Rabbit said with a bitter face.

"No way, Sanmian was killed?" The pig demon looked shocked.

After saying that, he looked at Master Rabbit suspiciously and said, "Little Rabbit, what do you mean? Do you want to harm me?"

"Master Pig, how dare I? I have a good relationship with that ancestor spirit. You know I have friends all over the world. The ancestor spirit is also my friend. He promised me that as long as I kill people on the way to his house and not in the city, he will not do it!"

Master Tu San hurried to explain.

"However, that gentleman is a little special. He doesn't want silver, but old medicine, precious medicine and wild delicacies!" After saying that, he secretly glanced at the pig demon. When he saw that the pig demon's face turned unfriendly, he hurriedly said: "Don't think it's not worth it. The food he eats is unique in the world, and the ingredients are extremely precious. It is not easier to find than precious medicine and wild delicacies. Moreover, ordinary medicinal materials of a hundred years old and tonic medicines such as ginseng of fifty years old will do!"

The pig demon heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the last sentence.

Common medicinal herbs that are 100 years old and ginseng-like tonics that are 50 years old are not very precious to him. Eating medicinal herbs of this age will not increase his strength, and he would dislike the bitterness if he ate them as food.
When Master Rabbit saw that the Pig Demon's expression had eased, he seemed to know what the Pig Demon was thinking and whispered, "Master Pig, it's just that they want complete medicinal materials. I'm afraid the ones you have won't be of any use!"

"Hmph! Complete medicinal herbs? Where can I get complete medicinal herbs?" The pig demon looked at his palm helplessly and said unhappily.

"Hehe, Master Pig, don't worry. I also think it's a bit unreasonable, but after thinking hard, I came up with an idea. We don't have a lot of silver. We can use the silver to hire those mountain people to collect herbs to help collect herbs."

Master Tu San said these things at the end because he wanted to achieve this effect.

How else can its wisdom and importance be demonstrated?

As for Guo Wei, I have long forgotten where he is.
"Okay, I got it. Come back in two days and take me to taste some delicious food!" After listening to this, the pig demon nodded thoughtfully and ordered him to leave.

"Okay, okay, Master Pig, I'll come see you again in two days!"

Master Rabbit said.

Although the pig demon was not allowed to go tonight, he didn't say anything because he thought it would take time to collect herbs. However, he still felt a little regretful that he couldn't eat the ultimate delicacy described by the ancestor spirits tonight.

After Master Rabbit left, the pig demon returned to the cave, and soon a earth-shaking snoring sound began to sound.

If Master Rabbit came to the pig demon's cave at this time, he would find that the pig demon was not sleeping at all, but was looking at the place outside the cave where Master Rabbit disappeared with his eyes open. There was a gleam in his eyes, and there was no trace of his simple and honest character just now.

Time passed, and the pig demon's snoring lasted for two hours before he stopped. He stood up and slowly walked out of the cave.

Only when it was sure that the rabbit demon had indeed left did it run away wildly.

The place where the pig demon came from was a mountain village.

Back then, it was a domestic animal raised by the villagers in this mountain village.

After becoming a demon, it captured the entire mountain village, including the village’s ancestral spirits.

Just like humans raise pigs, fatten them up and kill them during the Chinese New Year, it does the same thing. It eats humans to satisfy its hunger during the Chinese New Year. However, unlike humans who fatten pigs, it prefers to eat tender meat with fine skin and smooth texture. Therefore, every Chinese New Year, the village chooses a child to hand over to it.

The ancestor spirit that the rabbit mentioned can kill demons and evil spirits, but the ancestor spirit of this mountain village does not have such ability. If it wants to, it can kill this ancestor spirit at some cost.

But it didn't.

In its view, this ancestor spirit is the guard dog that protects its livestock.

Humans would raise dogs to prevent livestock from being stolen by wild beasts in the mountains. Naturally, they also needed ancestral spirits to prevent evil spirits from stealing the humans they kept.

"King Pig, it's not even the New Year yet. I wonder why you came to the village?"

The pig demon had just stepped into the territory of the mountain village when a figure slowly appeared in front of it, bowed and asked with a grim expression.

Something bad is bound to happen when this pig demon comes.

But in the past, they always came during the Chinese New Year, but this time they came only half a year later? Do they want to increase the offerings?

They could hold out once a year, but if they had to offer sacrifices twice a year, the village probably wouldn't be able to hold out for long. If they weren't located deep in the mountains, they would have passed through the pig demon's territory when going out and would have run away long ago.

livestock!!
They are now captive livestock.

But, what can we do even if we know?

What’s more, the most frustrating thing is that compared to other villages, their place is relatively stable.

It's ridiculous, but it's a reality that we have to accept.

Apart from the requirement to hand over a child as sacrifice every year, it is much better than other villages.

When evil spirits come, they have him, the ancestor spirit, to protect them; when monsters come, the pig monster can deal with them, so they can still survive.

Looks like a good thing.

But everyone knows that the pig demon just doesn't want to give away his own livestock for nothing.

It’s like the villagers, if others try to steal their pigs, they will not stop and will even risk their lives for it.

This is the mentality of the pig demon.

"What? Do I need your consent to go back to my home? Don't forget, you are just my dog!" After hearing the words of the ancestor spirit, the pig demon snorted coldly.

"Yes, yes, I am just a guard dog. I don't know why Master Pig came here. I can help you notify them!"

Zu Ling did not argue. If he angered the pig demon, the consequences would be disastrous. There were a total of eighteen villages in this mountain, and three of them had been destroyed by the demon. He did not want his village to become the fourth one.

The village was destroyed.

The spiritual tablet was destroyed.

Without incense and sacrifices to the ancestors, their spirits will slowly dissipate in this world in just seven days.

The vast majority of ancestral spirits were killed in this way.

"I want to be alone!" said the pig demon.

"Uncle Pig, there really are no suitable children in the village right now! Why don't you wait until the New Year, and then we can fatten up the children before you come back!"

Zu Ling said helplessly.

drag!
He is delaying it as long as possible until the Chinese New Year. Although he still needs to hand over a child, it is better than handing over one now and another after the Chinese New Year.

People!

Born in troubled times, one can only survive.

"No need. I don't want children this time. I want adults. Bring me the person in your village who is best at collecting herbs!" The pig demon knew what the ancestor spirit was thinking, but he just didn't care. He didn't have time to waste talking to him.

"Don't want children?"

"The one with the best herbs collection skills?"

"Master Pig, are you sure?"

Zu Ling was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Of course, hurry up, otherwise I don't mind eating a few children to relieve my boredom!" said the pig demon impatiently.

The ancestor spirit disappeared without hesitation.

Soon, the village became chaotic.

The villagers already knew when the pig demon came.

The might of the demon was so great that the dogs in the village were scared to death, and the people were trembling with fear, as if a mountain was pressing on their hearts. They naturally knew that the demon was coming.

The villagers, who were originally frowning and wondering whose child's turn it would be, suddenly became excited after hearing the words of the ancestors.

(End of this chapter)