I have just been promoted to Qianhu, and I was shocked to hear that this is a Liaozhai!

Chapter 51 Mountain Monster, One-Armed Hundred Households

Zuo Dao looked at the skull rising and falling in the boiling water in the pot, and his expression became increasingly ugly.

He looked away and asked, "Master, do you know if Gushan Temple receives many pilgrims on weekdays?"

The monk put the lid of the pot aside and said with a smile: "Not many, they are just people who are lost in the mountains, and you can only meet some occasionally."

Zuo Dao put his hands on his waist and asked casually: "A few days ago, a caravan, a group of soldiers, and several imperial guards disappeared in this mountain. I wonder if Master has seen them?"

When the monk heard this, his expression was slightly startled, then he shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before."

At this time, the monk in charge of cooking took out several bowls of plain noodles from a pot and said, "Donor, the noodles are ready."

Zuo Dao held the noodle bowl in his hand, looked at the snakes, insects, rats, and ants still rolling in the bowl, and said again: "Master, are you sure you haven't seen them?"

The monk became a little impatient when asked, and said impatiently: "If I say I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it. If you don't eat the noodles, they will get cold."

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, who were behind Zuo Dao, looked at the noodle bowls in their hands, smelled the aroma and swallowed their saliva.

But the adults had never moved their chopsticks, so how could they dare to speak.

Unexpectedly, when Zuo Dao heard the monk speak, he sighed and said, "Since I haven't seen them, what's the use of you?"

As he finished speaking, a sword flashed past.

A huge head flew up and hit the boiling water in the pot behind them, causing a splash of water.

Water splashes fell on the ground and wet a piece of dry firewood.

This scene immediately shocked everyone present.

When Zhang Long and Zhao Hu saw this, they dropped the bowl in their hands on the ground and reached out to pull out the Xiuchun knife from their waists.

He looked at the remaining monks around him with vigilance, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

The body of the decapitated monk fell to the ground instantly, and a withered body crawled out from it, as if only skin and bones were left.

It has the same limbs as a human, but is short in stature, and its body seems to have only a layer of skin covering the bones.

After crawling out, he stared at Zuo Dao fiercely.

He said with a ferocious face: "How did you find out?"

Beside him, several great monks who were busy at first put down their work and stood behind him.

Zuo Dao looked at the bowl in his hand and tipped it to the ground.

I saw the soup noodles inside instantly turned into countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants falling out of it, falling on the ground and fleeing in all directions.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu felt chills when they saw this scene.

He looked at the monster in front of him and said, "I could smell the stench on your body from three miles away."

Category: Mountain Demon

Dao Xing: 200 years
Strength: mid-term acquired

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Hearing Zuo Dao speak, the mountain demon let out a roar, and then swept his scarlet tongue from the corner of his mouth.

He immediately rushed towards the left path with lightning speed.

Zuo Dao frowned slightly and slashed away with his knife.

Immediately the mountain demon in front of him was split into two halves.

When the remaining monks saw this, they all had a look of fear on their faces, and then they rushed towards the window.

But their little strength is not enough for Zuo Dao to see.

Almost in the blink of an eye, several sword lights flashed through, and the monk's body and the mountain demon in his body were chopped into two halves.

Several words "+100" flashed before his eyes.

Throughout the whole process, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu just stood there with their swords in hand, not even having time to draw out a single blow.The two of them looked at the noodle bowl they had discarded, and saw some snakes, insects, rats, and ants running out of it. They were so angry that they almost wanted to chop the corpses that were split in half a few more times.

If they didn't react just now and took one bite, they would probably be sick for a long time even if they were still alive.

As several mountain monsters died in the kitchen, the scene in front of everyone also changed.

The place where I was was turned into the ruins of the temple's kitchen, and there was an air of dilapidation everywhere.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the flame burning in the stove.

Zhao Hu stepped forward and headed towards the big pot he was looking at just now. After he saw the contents of the pot, his expression changed instantly.

Then he said with trembling lips: "Are these skulls the same people who disappeared before?"

Hearing this, Zhang Long also stepped forward to take a look, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

Zuo Dao used his embroidered spring knife to fly away the lids of several large pots and looked at the remains cooking inside.

He immediately said: "It has only been three or four days, and there are hundreds of people missing. It is unlikely that they are all dead."

"Turn this place upside down. We will see people alive and corpses dead."

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu heard this and immediately responded, then started looking around in the ruined temple.

Zuo Dao returned to the main hall just now.

I saw the original golden body of the Buddha. At this moment, the gold foil had already disappeared, revealing the clay body inside.

Behind the Buddha, gusts of cold wind blew from behind.

Zuo Dao stepped directly onto the Buddha's desk and came behind the Buddha statue. He saw that there was already a big hole in the wall behind the Buddha statue.

Just looking at the appearance, it doesn't look like it existed before, more like it was broken not long ago.

He looked down and saw that there was an opened cellar under the Buddha statue, and there were Buddhist words posted on the board at the cellar entrance.

It looked like it was sealing something, but it was so old that the Buddhist words on it were somewhat unclear.

Zuo Dao lit a fire stick and threw it down. When he saw that the fire was not extinguished for a long time, his body was covered with gang energy and he walked away.

Below is a long and narrow corridor that leads directly to the underground darkroom.

At the end of the corridor, there is a place that looks wider, with only a stone door at the end.

The stone door was ajar at the moment, and there were footprints extending into the ground.

Zuo Dao raised his hand and slapped the stone door on one side, and immediately slapped the stone door towards the inside.

The next moment, a blade of light lit up in the darkness.

Zuo Dao caught the sword's light with the Xiuchun Dao in his hand, raised his hand and pushed lightly, sending the opponent flying away.

He said loudly: "I, Jinyi Guard Qianhu Zuodao, who are you?"

As soon as the words fell, low voices sounded in the dark room.

Then someone was seen hurriedly lighting candles, making the entire dark room a little brighter.

I saw a Jinyiwei Baihu who had lost his left arm, holding a knife in one hand, half-kneeling on the ground, and said: "Jinyiwei Baihu Dynasty, I have met Lord Qianhu."

Zuo Dao looked down and saw that Wang Chao's face was pale and his lips were chapped. His left arm had long been lost. The wound was strangled with a strip of cloth, and there was faint blood oozing out.

He had used all his strength to slash out the knife just now. Even though he was half-kneeling on the ground, he had no strength left.

He scanned the entire dark room and saw that in addition to the lost caravan members, there were some soldiers and a royal guard in the dark room.

Although there are less than a hundred people, there are still as many as 40 to [-] people.

Zuo Dao used his true energy to lift Wang Chao up and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Wang Baihu."

When Wang Chao heard this, his lips trembled slightly and he said: "It is because of your humble position and incompetence that you let the monsters roam the mountains and kill people. I hope thousands of households will punish you."

(End of this chapter)