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There were indeed a lot of things in the Zhou family shop. Du Heng actually saw sweet potatoes and taro. The best thing was that he found onions, ginger and garlic that he hadn't noticed before!
However, the onions, ginger and garlic were all shrunken and placed in the corner, leaving only a bare root. If Du Heng hadn't been sharp-eyed, he would have missed it.
Du Heng picked and chose, and bought a basket of sweet potatoes, and half a basket of taro and various beans. He looked at the calendar, and today was already the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. Unconsciously, he had been in the village for a week.
We can cook Laba porridge tomorrow! Du Heng has already thought of tomorrow's menu. This time he has experience and is more careful in his shopping.
He saw baking trays and pots that could be placed on the table for cooking. Although Zhou Xiyue said that these were magical tools used by alchemists to refine spiritual plants, Du Heng thought that it was just a portable all-in-one pot and did not accept any objection.
Looking at the price, Du Heng chose the cheapest one, which was ten spirit stones and had a one-year warranty. Du Heng bought it without hesitation. With this pot, they could grill meat in the kitchen! Perfect!
Last time he visited the shop, he was in a hurry. This time he had enough time and found a lot of good things. For example... small shrimps with the smell of the sea and wide brown dried kelp, as well as salted duck eggs wrapped in mud and fresh duck eggs with green skin!
Zhou Xiyue said that this was used to feed the spiritual pet. Du Heng glanced at Xiaoxiao. To some extent, Xiaoxiao could also be considered his beloved spiritual pet... right?
Du Heng looked at Xiaoxiaoxiao's loving face. Xiaoxiao looked confused, but when he saw Du Heng was happy, he also laughed happily.
Then Du Heng bought things without any burden. In Du Heng's hometown, spending money on one's pet is not called spending money, it is called offering. What's more, the spirit stone today was provided by Xiaoxiao, so Du Heng didn't feel embarrassed at all.
Du Heng picked and chose and bought things worth more than 500 spirit stones, filling three storage bags. With these things, he would not have to go out for the next few months.
Zhou Xiyue rounded off the change for Du Heng and gave him three storage bags filled with things, then watched Du Heng and the others walk towards South Street.
Not long after the ox cart had gone, Zhou Lianhua from the Zhou family shop came back from the direction of North Street carrying a pickaxe in her hand.
Zhou Xiyue went to meet him: "Brother, have you dealt with it?" Zhou Lianhua wiped the sweat off his face and said in a rough voice: "There are too many monsters. You didn't see the large group in the north. It's really scary! But we are lucky. The monster god is back. Now there are only a few remaining beasts running to the south."
Du Heng rummaged through the storage bag and took out a handful of soybeans: "Xiaoxiao, do you recognize this?" Xiaoxiao looked at the beans and nodded. Du Heng said: "With this, you can make tofu and dried bean curd. Soon you will have a lot of snacks." Xiaoxiao flapped her wings happily: "Chirp~"
Du Heng took a long time to choose things. At this time, the sun was already hanging in the sky, just like the day when Du Heng followed Xuan Yu to the village. However, as they walked, the sky actually darkened.
Du Heng was rummaging through the storage bag in the carport, showing Xiaoxiao what he had bought today, when the cow roared. Du Heng had the impression that cows always roared peacefully, only alerting the people in the car when they were leaving or arriving. But now the cow's voice was very anxious, with an indescribable panic.
Du Heng lifted the curtain and took a look. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but he was shocked to see that everything around the ox cart had gone dark. It had only been an incense stick's time since they left the town, how could it get dark so quickly?
It wouldn't matter if it was getting dark. The cow tied in front of the carport was now anxiously paddling the ground with its hooves. Its hooves sometimes turned into blue fins in the deep snow, and sometimes appeared black. The cow lowered its head and stiffened its neck, looking ahead alertly.
Du Heng opened the curtain and looked in front of Niu'er. He saw a thick dark cloud in the snow in front of him. There were two blood-red eyes staring at Niu'er in the dark cloud, and there were sounds like stones hitting each other.
When Du Heng heard this, the hairs on his back stood up - there was something hidden in the clouds, and it was about to come out!
The dark clouds gradually dispersed, and a sturdy monster stepped out from the clouds. This monster looked like a leopard, but it was three or four times bigger than an ordinary leopard, and its body was almost bigger than a cow. There was a bone spur above its eyebrows, and the stripes on its body were black and red. It had a large tail, and Du Heng roughly counted it, there were five! What kind of monster is this!
The monster swung its tail and bared its fangs at Du Heng. Du Heng could smell the fishy smell coming from the monster's mouth. The monster paced back and forth in front of him. Its sharp claws compacted the snow with every step, leaving a claw mark as big as a sandbag. If you were scratched by such a monster, even a god would be unable to save you.
Du Heng's heart was filled with alarm. He looked around and was stunned. He couldn't even find a stone. All he could do was hold the storage bag tightly in his hand. If the monster attacked, he could throw the things in the storage bag out to save his life!
The monster lowered its body and let out a threatening roar. Du Heng felt his legs tremble at its low roar. He was not such a coward, but he could not control himself. At this moment, Du Heng admitted that he was scared.
But he couldn't retreat, he only had Xiaoxiao and Niu'er by his side, one was a child and the other was an animal, both needed his protection. Du Heng mustered up his courage, he reached into his storage bag and took out a talisman for attracting iron.
A flash of light flashed in the talisman, and an iron staff appeared in his hand. He also wanted to conjure up a big knife or a long sword, but his instinct told him that he would not be able to use a big knife or a long sword even if he had them in his hands.
Du Heng held the iron rod with shaking hands and stood behind the cow. The cow's breathing became heavier, and the snow dug by its hooves was thrown to the side to form a colorful snow pile.
Xiaoxiao squeezed out from the ox cart at this time. Du Heng grabbed his head and said, "What are you doing out here? Go in! Find a place to hide!" Xiaoxiao was just a little chicken. What else could he do by running out at this time except delivering food to the monster?
As soon as the monster saw Xiaoxiao, red light flashed in its eyes. The red light was three lifetimes long, and the eyes behind the red light were full of greed. The monster opened its mouth, and saliva actually flowed from the corners of its mouth! Du Heng could feel that the monster's sinister eyes had fallen on Xiaoxiao.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew up, and Du Heng only saw a black light coming straight at him from the sky above Niu'er. He had no time to react, and could only jump to the ground holding Xiaoxiao.
The thick snow restricted Du Heng's movements, and he fell flat on his face as soon as he landed, and Xiaoxiao was firmly pinned under him. It was also because of this that the debris from the exploded oxcart behind him did not hit Xiaoxiao.
Du Heng didn't dare to look back. He got up, picked up Xiaoxiao and ran, calling out to the cow as he ran: "Cow! Run!" The cow let out a long moo, and a faint blue light emerged from its body.
Before Du Heng could run far, he saw Niu'er turned into a blue fish and flew towards the village desperately. It turned out that Niu'er ran so fast that he could not see its trace in the blink of an eye. At this time, Du Heng regretted it a little. Why didn't he let Niu'er take Xiaoxiao away with him?
Du Heng could hear the monster's heavy breathing behind him. He could feel the monster looking at him teasingly. Yes, he was so weak that he couldn't outrun the monster with sturdy limbs even if he held Xiaoxiao in his arms. Even if Du Heng's legs were infused with spiritual energy, he couldn't run fast on the thick snow.
In panic, he turned his head, but the monster was gone behind him. Du Heng could not help but stop and turn around. He looked in the direction of the ox cart, but the ox had disappeared. Only the carriage with the roof torn by the monster was parked on the snow, with debris scattered around.
The monster disappeared? No, Du Heng was not so naive. He turned back in fear, and saw the monster's blood-red eyes and sharp teeth from the corner of his eye. The monster's breath hit the back of Du Heng's neck, and all his hair stood up.
It's over - this was the only thought in Du Heng's mind. Then his body flew out. The monster swung its claws at his back, but when the claws landed on him, he actually didn't feel any pain.
When he fell heavily into the snow pit next to him, he felt the pain of broken bones clearly. He leaned over and lay on the ground, and he didn't know when Xiaoxiao, who he had been holding, had dropped his hand. Xiaoxiao fell headfirst into the snow pit next to him, with only two claws scratching outside the snow pit.
If Du Heng saw this scene at any other time, he would definitely laugh out loud, but in this situation, not only could he not laugh, he even felt panic. He wanted to help Xiao Xiao, pull him out of the snow nest and let him escape quickly.
But he tried to hold up his body and couldn't do it. The blood on his forehead dripped down his face. Du Heng's face was pressed against the snow and he felt that his skin was almost numb.
Xiaoxiao's head was buried in the snow, and his voice was covered by the snow, making a thin chirping sound. Du Heng looked anxiously in Xiaoxiao's direction but couldn't move at all. He could only watch the monster walk towards Xiaoxiao step by step with vigorous steps. The monster looked at Du Heng playfully, and Du Heng felt that the monster's eyes were full of mockery.
The monster stretched out a claw to touch Xiaoxiao, and Du Heng gritted his teeth and roared: "Stop——" But because of the pain and his posture, his roar fell into the monster's ears, and it sounded weak like a moan. Du Heng's eyes were wide open, but tears slipped out of his eyes.
At this time, he realized how weak he was. Not to mention gaining a foothold in the world of cultivation, he didn't even have the strength to resist the monsters. With this kind of person, what qualifications and abilities did he have to live the life he wanted?
The monster turned its head and looked at Du Heng. Du Heng clearly saw the disdain in the monster's eyes. The monster stretched out its claws and touched Xiao Xiao, who pulled his head out of the snow with a chirp. He shook the snow off his head, not even giving the monster a straight look, and then ran towards Du Heng with his two short legs.
Du Heng had tears in his eyes: "Run..." Don't worry about him, just run. Run back to the village to find Xuan Yu and Jing Nan, and you will be safe when you return to the village.
Xiaoxiao lowered her head and rubbed Du Heng's face, and the golden fluff was stuck into wisps by Du Heng's blood.
Xiaoxiao did not run away. He stood firmly in front of Du Heng, then turned to face the monster: "Chirp--"
The little chicken spread its wings in front of the huge beast, just to protect Du Heng who was lying on the ground. At this moment, Du Heng clearly felt Xiao Xiao's thoughts. Du Heng never gave up Xiao Xiao when he was in danger, and he would not abandon Du Heng when danger came.
Even though he is young, even though his spiritual roots are damaged, Xiaoxiao is still the offspring of a proud big monster.
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