Chapter 217

There is a price to pay for being rude, especially to someone who holds your lifeline.

For example, if you don’t make money, it’s best not to argue with your parents. If they don’t give you pocket money, you will live a miserable life.

Just like Lu Daju at this moment, Rong Zhou couldn't come out and capture him, but he could completely cut off his energy absorption. The result of his bad mouth was that he could no longer maintain his human form in order to save energy.

Yuan Caidie, who had woken up in the morning, was singing in the yard. Behind her, a black cat was lying on the blue brick and tile house, flapping its tail boredly.

Lu Daju would rather maintain the image of a black cat than go back and bow his head, thinking that he could control him by cutting off his energy supply. Humph, dream on.

It is very inconvenient to use the cat form. Not to mention eating, drinking, having fun, visiting brothels and understanding, this is a social form. He even has to be extremely careful when going out. Most people in this world cannot eat enough, and basically no one will keep pets. Cats, dogs, birds or fighting cocks can only be seen in wealthy families.

As for stray dogs and cats in the city, they can only be seen in the pots or on the tables of people who are hungry.

Lu Daju went out for a walk in the image of a cat, and faced a pair of green human eyes. He was too lazy to cause trouble and just followed Yuan Caidie.

He was lying on the roof, pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, his mind full of all kinds of living things. For tens of thousands of years, the common people had suffered the most. No one cared about them, and everyone just lay on them to suck their blood. They were not silently oppressed, starving to death, and finally died quietly on the streets.

Lu Daju saw it all with his own eyes. Only by truly experiencing the world can one understand the cruelty of this world.

He opened his yellow and blue pupils and looked at the morning glow in the east. The red sun was already rising in the early morning.

He was not in a good mood either. He was afraid that he would do something that would cause the sun to be blocked by dark clouds. Compared with the time when he lived, the brothers and sisters here were suffering too much, and he could not bear to see it.

Yuan Caidie warmed up his voice and looked up at the roof as usual. His furry black hair was gilded by the sunlight. He looked up seriously and gazed into the distance, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, Junior Brother bought some meat buns from Chen's Bun Shop. Come down quickly."

"Meow." Lu Daju withdrew his thoughts, stood up and jumped onto Yuan Caidie's shoulder. He enjoyed the delicious food first. The smell was so tempting that he couldn't think about anything else.

The other brothers who were practicing their vocal skills in the team murmured sourly: "Why would a wild cat eat meat buns? Five cents a piece is such a waste."

"Be content, if Senior Brother Yuan hadn't become a star, you wouldn't have been able to eat meat for three days."

"Brother, why did you name the cat Mr. Lu? Wouldn't that be bad for offending that big money sponsor? He hasn't come for several days."

"Maybe this is Mr. Lu's cat, that's why he's called Mr. Lu. Otherwise, why would Senior Brother Yuan suddenly have a cat?"

"Ahem." With a whip sound, the boss appeared from nowhere. Several people were frightened and immediately did horse stance or handstand.

The class leader glared at the lazy ones and said, "You're just talking nonsense. You don't practice properly and just gossip whenever you get the chance. If you had half the skills of your senior brothers, you wouldn't have to worry about no one supporting you. If you don't practice properly, I'll spank you."

On the other hand, the opera troupe was practicing in the morning, and in the inn there was also a group of bald men of different ages doing morning prayers, chanting "Amitabha" diligently.

After the morning service, monks of all ages lined up to get a bowl of rice porridge each, which was so big that it was barely visible to the naked eye. This was served with dry biscuits that they had brought with them. The biscuits were as hard as stones and could break teeth without the porridge.

The eldest disciple put down his bowl of soup first, wiping his mouth with the palms and backs of his hands before recounting the rumors he'd heard in the city the past two days: "There's a rumor that there's a man-eating monster in the mass graves outside the north city. I even went around asking where the rumor came from, and finally found a man named Lao Gou. Lao Gou said he'd personally seen a monster in the mass graves carrying a lantern and with animal ears on its head."

"Is it the monster we heard that night?" The little bald head who couldn't help being curious asked hurriedly. Everyone heard the roar of the beast that night. It really was a monster.

Everyone has fear and curiosity. Now, when people are discussing among themselves, they are more curious than afraid.

"Buzz buzz buzz."

The big monk did not stop their discussion. He just held the bowl of porridge and drank it slowly.

"Master, basically no one goes in or out of the north gate. Everyone goes around it. This successor is trustworthy. Are we really going to go there to exorcise demons?" After so many years of chanting sutras, this was the first time I knew the existence of demons so clearly: "That demon is in the graveyard. It seems to eat people."

"But what can we do? The mayor said that if the problem is not resolved within a week, we will all be arrested." They were lucky that they did not perform the rituals in the afternoon. The masters who performed the rituals heard the roar of beasts that night and were arrested the next day. They are still in prison and have not been released.

Those who did not show their abilities that day were issued a notice that if they did not expel or kill the monsters in Jiangcheng within 7 days, they would all be thrown into jail.

Of course, some people also thought about running away, thinking that everything would be fine if they left Jiangcheng. However, the fat and big-eared mayor spoke again, saying that if anyone dared to run away, he would post a wanted poster. As long as there was a bounty on the wanted poster, the person would face endless troubles.

"If we can resolve this issue, we can ask the mayor of this city for a place to settle down and rebuild the temple." These monks who came from the north had their temples destroyed due to the war. In order to protect the remaining people and scriptures, several big monks took their disciples and grandchildren and wandered around looking for a place to settle down.

"Money is only a thing of the body. Since we have traveled here and encountered such a strange story, we must find out the truth. If it is really a monster and it will hurt people, we should persuade it to put down its butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot. That would also be of immeasurable merit."

The words of the leading monk became the standard for action. That afternoon, before it got dark, the youngest bald monks left the city.

When they passed by the city gate, the guard kindly reminded them that there were man-eating monsters at the cemetery at the west fork of the road outside the city. His face was full of fear when he said this, and it was obvious that he was afraid of that place.

The North Gate, which was already extremely deserted, was immediately closed after the monks left the city, as if they were afraid that some demons or monsters would rush in.