In the early morning, on the bud that was about to bloom, crystal clear and bright dewdrops sparkled, appearing lively.
"Help! There was a ghost! Eh? It's dawn."
Looking at the rising sun, listening to the melodious chirping of birds, and breathing in the fresh air, Li Yang woke up from her state of fear. It turned out that she was still alive.
"Could it be another dream? Yes, it was a dream. It must be a dream. I knew it. This is a new society, a new era. It's not the feudal society of the past. There's nothing strange about it. He was just too tired. It seemed that he needed to rest for a few more days to replenish his energy. When he went back, he would call his boss to take a few more days off.”
Recalling everything that had happened last night, Li Yang could not believe it at all. She always thought that she was too tired and that was why she had nightmares.
"Gulp ~~ Gulp ~~"
"I haven't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. My baby's stomach is protesting. Hurry up and go back to the county town to eat something delicious. Although the distance was a little far, he treated it as a morning exercise. His destination was the county town, Wu Dalang's sesame seed cake stall. He ran forward!”
Hearing his stomach growling, Li Yang did not think too much about it. He ran towards the county town. The most important thing for him now was to eat. Eating was the most important thing in the world. Li Yang's family was poor and she had never eaten anything good. She only ate salted vegetables and steamed buns every day. She could only eat meat during festivals. Therefore, being able to eat meat was a great blessing for Li Yang. Later on, when her parents passed away, Li Yang started working in another city. She only ate pickled vegetables and steamed buns every day. However, she did not feel that she was eating badly. It was fine as long as she could eat her fill. Only when she was full would she have the strength to work and earn more money.
"But then again, the dream last night was too real. Whether it was the old granny, the hanging ghost, or the last monster, they were all unbelievably real.”
"It's not a monster, it's a Taotie!"
"Who is it? Who's talking?" Li Yang looked around. There was no one around? He shook his head." I heard wrong. It must be an auditory hallucination or a bird chirping. I must be imagining things again." Hurry up and run back. I'm getting hungrier.”
After running for more than an hour, Li Yang finally arrived at the county town.
"Strange, strange. After running for so long today, you're not tired at all. You didn't even sweat a drop. Normally, even if he wasn't tired, he should be sweating profusely after running for an hour. What was wrong with him today? 'Forget it, I don't care anymore. Eating is more important. I feel more and more hungry. Even if a cow is placed in front of me, I think I can still eat it.'”
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"What's wrong with me? Why did he eat so much? Why did he still feel hungry? I still want to eat, I really still want to eat!"
Li Yang felt like he had gone crazy when he thought about his crazy behavior at the sesame seed cake stall. That was 30 sesame seed cakes, a total of 30! At that time, the people who were eating breakfast were all looking at Li Yang as if he was a monster. Li Yang knew that her stomach had reached its limit, but she just couldn't stop herself. Other than hunger, her mind was filled with nothing but food. In the end, she had to rely on her willpower to stop her desire to eat. Then, she hurriedly found a guest house, booked a single room, and locked herself in the room. Li Yang knew that something must have happened to her body. It must have happened while she was asleep.
"Sigh, it seems that what I was worried about still happened. Is this fate?”
"Who is it? Who's talking?"
Li Yang was shocked when she suddenly heard someone talking. She was clearly alone in the room, so why was there a voice?
"Just say 'Tao Tie' in your heart and I will appear.”
Following the voice's instructions, Li Yang chanted the word " Taotie " in her heart. A purple-red light flashed, and a monster appeared in the room. The monster had the body of a cow and a human face, but its eyes were under its armpits. The most exaggerated thing was its huge mouth, as if it could swallow anything.
"It's you, the monster from last night. What do you want to do? Wait, could it be that what happened last night wasn't a dream? Is that true?"
"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. Besides, even if I wanted to eat you, I wouldn't dare to. If I ate you, I wouldn't be able to live. Moreover, you're my descendant. You should call me ancestor.”
"Ancestor? Impossible, I'm a human, you're a monster, how can I be your descendant, you're lying!”
"Is there any point in lying to a mortal from the human world? With my ability, what value do you have for me to lie to you? What do you think?"
"That's true. I'm poor and powerless. I have no value at all. Then who are you?”
"Listen up, I was the leader of the Jiuli Race, Chi You!”
"What is it? You are Chi You?" Hearing the monster's name, Li Yang was so shocked that he stuttered. He did not dare to imagine or believe that the monster in front of him was the legendary God of War Chi You.
"Impossible, how can you be Patriarch Chi You? That's impossible. Are you kidding me?”
"Why would this king lie to you? Back then, this king and the Yellow Emperor child fought for the world."
After listening to Chi You's narration, Li Yang's mouth was wide open, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. He didn't expect the legend to be true. The God of War Chiyou had turned into such a horrible person in the end. If Chiyou hadn't told it himself, Li Yang believed that this must be a fantasy story written on the Internet. Initially, Li Yang had many questions, but the hunger in his mind was getting stronger and stronger. He even had the desire to swallow Chi You.
"Ancestor, what's wrong with me? I feel like I'm getting hungrier and hungrier. I even have the desire to eat you. Please help me!"
After hearing Li Yang's words, Tao Tie stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Li Yang's forehead. Li Yang felt a surge of energy from Tao Tie's index finger to his brain. The hunger in his brain had lessened, and he no longer had the desire to eat.
"It feels so comfortable. I feel satisfied. Although I'm still hungry, it's not obvious anymore. Thank you, ancestor. However, Ancestor, what exactly happened to me?”
"Last night, I came to the human world from the underworld to find my head. I happened to sense my bloodline nearby, so I wanted to see how my descendants were doing. By the time I found you, your heart had already stopped beating. Your condition at that time was beyond saving in the human world. In order to save you, I could only attach myself to your body and use my spiritual power to nourish your body to replenish your vitality, so that your heart could beat again and extend your life. However, something unexpected happened at that time. A portion of my soul fused with your soul, causing your soul to mutate. And that part of my soul is the soul that was corroded by the foul gas when I turned into a Taotie. It only knows how to devour and has no spirituality, so your soul was also corroded by the foul gas. Even though there is only a trace of it, if you don't suppress it, the foul air will slowly corrode your soul and strengthen it. You will then become a human-shaped Taotie who only knows how to eat until your body explodes and dies. In layman's terms, you'll be stuffed to death."
"Ancestor, please save me. I don't want to die. I'll do anything as long as I don't die.”
" There are two ways to save you. The first is the Dust Bead, also known as the Phoenix Gall. It is formed from the Spiritual Qi of the Phoenix. The Phoenix Gall contains the essence of fire. It is a top-notch item of extreme Yang in the world that can refine the foul Qi in your soul. "The second method is to devour souls. I have a method that can help you cultivate your soul. When your soul cultivates into a divine soul, this turbid qi won't be able to do anything to you.”
"Do you know where the Phoenix Gall is?”
"I don't know."
Li Yang knew that she had no choice but to walk down a path that had no end.
"Forefather, please enlighten me on how to cultivate the soul.”Li Yang knelt in front of Tao Tie.
"Now, come with me to a place.”
"Ancestor, where are we going?"
"Underworld!"
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