Chapter 21: Village of Disaster

"Sir," a child's voice suddenly came, and a little kid of seven or eight years old was seen standing timidly not far away, looking at the two of them expectantly.

"What's up?"

"Well, sir, do you still need sea cat eggs now?" The kid looked at the experiment cautiously and whispered, "I saw you didn't buy any just now, so..."

"You have sea cat eggs?" It's not that Yan didn't believe it, but this little kid looked only seven or eight years old, how could he have such a valuable thing on him.

The kid nodded, "I have it, but I don't have it with me. You can come back with me to get it."

"How is it?" Shi Yan looked at Ye Yier and asked, "Do you want to follow and see?"

Ye Yier nodded happily. Although she said she was not disappointed about not buying sea cat eggs, she still felt a little regretful in her heart. Now when she heard what the little kid said, she was naturally happy.

The little kid laughed happily, his mouth wide open revealing a row of tiny teeth.

"Wait, do you want to take Baoer with you?" If Ye Yier hadn't mentioned it, Shi Yan would have really forgotten about him.

The two returned to the inn, woke up Baoer, and followed the little kid.

Along the way, many people pointed at them or avoided them and took a detour.

The little boy lowered his head, not daring to look at the crowd, and walked quickly out of the city.

Obviously, this was not the first time he was treated like this.

Shi Yan pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and roughly understood why everyone was pointing fingers at them.

"Look, it's the kid from the Disaster Village. What's wrong with the guards? They let the people from the Disaster Village enter the city!"

"That's right. Look, there are people walking with him. Aren't they afraid of being infected with bad luck?"

"Hush, speak softly. You are probably from another place and have never heard of the Village of Disaster. Let's just wait and see! I have only heard about it, but I have never seen what it is like to be infected by the disaster!"

"Hehe, that's true!"

Shi Yan frowned deeply and muttered in his heart, "Village of Disaster?"

Arriving outside Qianshui City, we walked north along the beach, passed a rocky mountain, and passed an area full of stranded ships.

As we walked along, the population became increasingly sparse, the environment became increasingly desolate, and gusts of black wind blew like the howling of ghosts.

"Shi Yan, why is this place so weird!" Ye Yier was a little scared and stuck close to Shi Yan.

"Don't be afraid, my wife. I'm here to protect you!"

"Shut up, little brat!" Shi Yan glared at him viciously.

Baoer was afraid that he would come to snatch her candy bag again, so she didn't say anything back, but just snorted and turned her face away.

Shi Yan patted Ye Yier lightly and said, "Don't be afraid," then he frowned and looked around vigilantly.

"Little boy, aren't you here yet?"

The kid who led the way looked at Shi Yan timidly and said carefully, "Sir, please believe me, we'll be there soon, right ahead!"

Seeing his sincere eyes, there was no sign of lying.

After walking for a few more minutes, we finally arrived at a desolate gray valley. The front of the valley was full of graves, which looked a bit eerie.

On the other side of the valley, near the sea, there was a black sea area. Several fishermen were casting nets to catch big fish. When they saw Shi Yan and others, they put down their work and looked at them coldly.

"We seem a little unwelcome!"

The little boy led a few people into the village. As soon as he entered the village, he opened his voice and shouted: "Fellow villagers, I'm back with guests, come out to greet them!"

An old man walked out of a dilapidated house and said, "Xiaoxun, stop playing pranks. There won't be any guests coming to our village!"

"No, Mr. Mo, there really are customers. They are here to buy sea cat eggs." Seeing that Mr. Mo didn't believe him, the kid named Xiaoxun hurriedly explained.

"Oh?" Mr. Mo was slightly surprised. "Could it be that there are really guests coming to our Renjia Village?"

"Yes, Mr. Mo, look, it's them." Xiaoxun said, pointing at Shi Yan and the others.

At this time, people from the village came out one after another. There were not many people in the village, only about ten households, forty or fifty people, mostly elderly and children, and few young people.

They all looked at Shi Yan and others curiously, as if they were looking at some strange animals, and chattered in low voices.

"I'm sorry, guests who have come from afar. Our village rarely has guests from outside on ordinary days, so everyone is a little curious. Please forgive me."

Shi Yan felt uncomfortable being stared at by them, so he just coughed lightly and explained his purpose.

"Sea cat eggs," Mr. Mo pondered for a moment and asked carefully, "Do you really want them?"

Shi Yan was confused by what he said. If it was not necessary, why did he run so far?

Mo Lao explained, "Maybe Xiaoxun didn't explain it to you clearly. How should I put it? This sea cat egg is a little weird!"

Something weird?

Shi Yan looked at Ye Yier, his eyes full of confusion and puzzlement.

Old Mo brought Shi Yan and the others to a relatively intact house. "Our village is called Renjia Village. We have relied on hunting for a living since ancient times. And it's not ordinary hunting. We in Renjia Village have a secret skill that can detect and steal the eggs of spirit beasts."

"Detecting spirit beast eggs!" Shi Yan was shocked. It was a well-known fact that spirit beast eggs rarely appeared on the market. The reason why they rarely appeared on the market was that they were difficult to find and that there were often spirit beasts protecting the spirit beast eggs. And there were not just one or two, but a group. This was why the eggs of the most common first-grade spirit beast sea cat could be sold for twelve second-grade spirit stones. And this dilapidated little mountain village actually had this ability!

They make a living by stealing eggs from spiritual beasts, which means that stealing eggs from spiritual beasts has become a part of their lives.

Shi Yan suddenly felt a little interest in Renjia Village, or the Village of Doom.

However, if what Mr. Mo said was true, then why did the people in Renjia Village seem to be living a bad life?

Shi Yan told Mo Lao about his doubts. Mo Lao sighed and smiled bitterly, "Originally, Renjia Village was quite wealthy, the richest village around. But one day, a villager from Renjia Village brought back a strange egg, and everything changed."

"What do you mean? Is there something strange about that egg?" Shi Yan asked.

Mo Lao smiled, pushed open the door, and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this, take a look at this sea cat egg first."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Shi Yan didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he had to take Ye Yier and Baoer into the house.

The room is not big, only about fifty square meters, but it is lined with neatly arranged rows of wooden shelves, on which spirit beast eggs are neatly arranged according to categories. According to preliminary estimates, there are about two to three hundred spirit beast eggs.

Shi Yan was stunned. It was the first time he saw so many spirit beast eggs.

Ye Yier was not too surprised. She didn't know the value of these spirit beast eggs. Her eyes rolled around and she looked at them curiously.

Baoer held Ye Yier's hand like an adult, and made a sound with his little mouth.

Following Mo Lao and walking deeper into the house, Shi Yan discovered that there were many kinds of spirit beast eggs here, basically all spirit beasts with five basic attributes. Shi Yan was puzzled at this time, putting so many spirit beast eggs with different attributes together, wouldn't the attributes conflict?

This is the same as the storage of spiritual flowers, and it follows the principle of mutual promotion and mutual restraint.

"Mr. Mo, won't it damage the quality of spirit beast eggs with so many attributes if they are put together?" Shi Yan couldn't help but ask.

Old Mo laughed: "This is one of the secret techniques of our Renjia Village, the effect of the Soul Locking Array and the Sleeping Array!"

He explained: "Look, aren't some of the spirit beast eggs placed a little far apart here? This is where the Soul Locking Array is engraved. The Soul Locking Array can lock the spiritual power of the object itself and a certain space, so that it will not leak out, and it will not cause spiritual powers of different attributes to interfere with each other, thus preventing the quality of the spirit beast eggs from declining!"

"What about the sleeping formation?" Shi Yan asked again.

"The sleeping formation can put some spirit beasts that are about to hatch into a sleeping state, so that the situation of high-level spirit beast eggs devouring the spirit power of low-level spirit beast eggs will not occur."

After hearing this, Shi Yan seemed to be thinking about something.

These two formations, one for locking and one for fixing, are a perfect combination. Shi Yan was thinking, can these two formations be used on spiritual flowers?

If this is possible, it would avoid the embarrassing situation where jade boxes are too expensive and cannot be stored on a large scale.

Just as Shi Yan was thinking, several people came to one of the rows of wooden racks. This row of wooden racks mostly contained eggs of water-attributed spirit beasts. The shells of the water-attributed spirit beast eggs were mostly blue, ranging from light blue to dark blue. However, there was a white egg in the middle, which was particularly conspicuous.

Mr. Mo carefully took out the white egg and said, "This is it."

"This one?" Shi Yan exclaimed in surprise: "This white egg is a sea cat egg? Could it be a mistake?"

"Yes, we have seen sea cat eggs in a store that specializes in selling spiritual beasts before. Those were light blue, and they are completely different from yours!" Ye Yier looked at Mr. Mo suspiciously, "Mr. Mo, you are not..."

She didn't finish, but everyone knew what it meant, except, of course, Baoer.

Old Mo coughed dryly and said awkwardly, "I have been alive for more than sixty years and have never lied to anyone. My ancestors can testify to this! This is indeed a sea cat egg. A villager in my village brought it back from a sea cat nest. There were four sea cat eggs in the nest, and only this one was blue. The other three seemed to have been drained of their life essence by the sea cat and have died."

"The village appraiser determined that this is a second-grade sea cat egg."

Shi Yan sneered, "Second-grade sea cat eggs? You are just trying to trick me. Sea cats are all first-grade, so how can they be second-grade?"

"You!" Old Mo's face flushed and his neck thickened, and he said angrily, "I have never lied to anyone in my sixty years of life. My ancestors can testify to this!"

"Hey, there is actually an alienated spirit beast egg here, how bizarre!"

Suddenly, a figure appeared out of nowhere behind Shi Yan, as if he had been standing there originally, or as if he had suddenly stepped out of the void and stood behind Shi Yan.

Shi Yan turned around when he heard that. He was shocked and his heart skipped a beat. "How come you are here?"