Chapter 142

In order to prevent emergencies such as the special year beast, Yu Tu did not close the teahouse. He allocated part of his consciousness and stayed in the teahouse wearing the vest of the Buyehou.

Because apart from the relationship, he had been studying very hard in the past six months, and since it was a rare New Year's Eve, Yu Tu decided to give himself a holiday and temporarily escape from the heavy sea of ​​ancient books.

It was extremely boring to stay in the teahouse when not reading, so Yu Tu prepared a new batch of tea. After the tea was prepared, there was still a lot of spare time, so Yu Tu began to observe the largest screen in the store.

Before he could figure out anything, he heard a knock on the door. He turned around and saw Gu Hongying, who had just been separated for a few hours but already looked extremely ferocious, appear in front of him. The cold wind blew in from the door, and Gu Hongying's dazed expression was reflected on his face. The tassels on his elbows and knees were baring their fangs, giving him a fashionable look as if he had been robbed.

Yu Tu still remembered that he was now the Marquis of Never Night and couldn't show his emotions so openly, so he just smiled and called out "Gu Hongying".

The one who reacted faster than Gu Hongying was the black cat in his arms. The black cat kicked Gu Hongying's chest and landed lightly. After walking a few steps, it squatted in front of Yu Tu, meowing and sounding very aggrieved.

Previously, the black cat Mimi and him had a good relationship and wanted to save the little boy Tang He, but in the end, it was its poop scooper Liao Huanyan who chose to pay the price herself and did not let the black cat save people at the cost of giving up its [talent]. But the good relationship has ended, and Yu Tu does not need to use any energy and can still understand what it wants to say.

From the "meow meow meow" sound of the black cat, Yu Tu finally figured out what had happened.

Tonight is New Year's Eve, and Liao Huanyan is preparing a family reunion dinner at home. Mimi is making a mess nearby, so she tactfully asks her to leave the kitchen. Mimi, who has nothing to do at home, suddenly has an idea and decides to come over to wish him a happy new year with her favorite canned food in her mouth—she even takes a lot of effort to wrap it up with Liao Huanyan's silk scarf.

After Mimi set out with the can in her mouth, she met the Nian Beast on the road. The two of them faced each other head to head on a high wall, and then both fell off the wall, landing on their backs.

Mimi was not an unreasonable cat. After apologizing, it was ready to run away with the can in its mouth. However, the Nian Beast, which was hit, took a fancy to Mimi's scarf and the can. However, the Nian Beast could not talk, so the two of them used body movements, and they started to quarrel and then started to fight.

You kick me and I claw you. The two of them are getting angrier and angrier, and have gradually forgotten their original intention. Who cares! Let's defeat the opponent first!

Gu Hongying was the unlucky guy who accidentally ran into the two of them when they were in the middle of a fierce battle.

The black cat meowed for a long time in one breath, and after finishing its complaint, it stared with a pair of beautiful emerald green eyes. Because of the soup that had been stuck on its body, its fur was dirty, and clumps of hair were condensed into clumps. Perhaps the stray cats on the street were cleaner than it.

Yu Tu reached out and touched its head. A stream of energy flowed out, and the black cat instantly became refreshed.

The black cat rubbed Yu Tu's hand and said in a coquettish voice: "Meow~"

At this moment, Yu Tu suddenly felt a faint thought, which came from the furious Nian beast that was holding its claws on Gu Hongying's neck. Its tail was snapping in the air. If the black cat was under its tail, it would probably be beaten well.

Yu Tu sensed the faint thought and realized that just as the black cat finished filing a complaint, the Nian beast took over.

The Nian Beast cannot speak, and its faint thoughts appear and disappear from time to time. After sensing it, Yu Tu came to a conclusion—the language barrier is indeed a fatal problem in communication.

The black cat thought that Nian wanted to steal its scarf and jar, and even after being rejected, it still wanted to steal them. Nian did have its eyes on jar, but it planned to exchange it for blessings. The black cat entered the stable period of [Talent], and blessings would do it no harm.

I don't know how they communicated specifically, but the result was that they had a fierce fight and both had a lot of hair pulled out.

Yu Tu explained in simple words to Gu Hongying who was accidentally involved, and then he reached out and touched the horn of the Nian beast with a smile, giving it a brand new look.

Gu Hongying weighed the Nian beast in his arms, looked at his tassel set, and complained: "Because of the language barrier, I am the only one who got hurt in the end?"

The Nian beast touched his cheek with its horn. Gu Hongying felt a warmth on his face and his body became warm as well.

Gu Hongying sighed, feeling that he was completely at a loss: "Senior, do you have any cans here? I want four."

"Canned tuna and chicken is best." Gu Hongying said in a low voice, a little embarrassed, "I'll buy double the amount and send it to you after the New Year."

Although he asked this, Gu Hongying didn't have high expectations in his heart. He didn't communicate much with the senior, Buyehou, but he always felt that the senior's personality would not be to stock up cat cans in such an elegant teahouse? Maybe the black cat brought him here with its paws stretched out and meowed, and it was just a coincidence!

But to his surprise, Buyehou nodded: "Yes."

Yu Tu often uses energy to make dog food snacks and teething sticks for Xiao Hui, and he has become very skilled at it.

Gu Hongying saw that Buyehou bent his knuckles and knocked on the table, and four opened jars appeared on the table silently. They were even considerately made warm, and the aroma of the jars spread. Gu Hongying heard the sound of swallowing saliva in his arms and at Buyehou's feet.

Gu Hongying bent down and put down the Nian Beast in his arms. The Nian Beast high-fived him with its tail, then ran towards the table without looking back, fully demonstrating what "food is the first necessity of the people" means.

The two that were fighting and pulling each other's fur just now got along harmoniously under the temptation of the canned food. They buried their heads in their food, and the only sound that could be heard was their happy cries, which made Gu Hongying a little greedy.

"Is it really that delicious?" Gu Hongying looked at the Nian Beast and the black cat eating without even raising their heads, and asked curiously, "Senior Buyehou, what brand of cat canned food is this?"

Under the warm light source, the Nevernight Marquis looks very peaceful and approachable.

"It's... a spiritual creation." Yu Tu originally wanted to say it was an energy creation, but energy was just the name he gave to the power in the Buyehou vest that was different from spiritual power. It was not a standard name. After thinking about it, he still used the most general concept, "It might taste better than ordinary food."

Gu Hongying had only seen spiritual creations in books, and he had always thought that this method of creating things out of thin air was exaggerated propaganda, but he never expected to see it for real now.

Reiki makes jars, what a great feat.

Gu Hongying suddenly felt bald.

He can return ordinary cat cans, but he can’t make cans made from spiritual creatures!

As if seeing through his thoughts, Buyehou said softly, "No need to return it."

Gu Hongying: "That's so embarrassing!"

But he can't pay it back even if we ask him to.

The Nian Beast and the black cat finished eating a can each. They looked at each other and sighed in a humane way at the same time. They pushed the table with their paws, one black and one white. In front of Gu Hongying, two untouched cans appeared on the left and right.

In the past, people borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, and now cute animals borrow jars to apologize.

Gu Hongying, who was wearing tassels, said: "!!!"

He was actually a little moved!

Gu Hongying pushed the two cans back the way they came: "Thank you for your kindness, but people don't eat cat cans."

The next second after pushing it back, he stretched out his two paws to press the edge of the jar, buried his head again, and never looked at Gu Hongying again.

There was a sincere apology, but not much.

Gu Hongying: “…”

Go lie down.

The two of them were gorging on their food while Gu Hongying squatted beside them and watched with his head tilted. As he watched, he suddenly understood those people who kept pets. Watching them eat was really a healing experience.

Suddenly, a stool appeared beside him, and Gu Hongying heard Buyehou's voice: "Sit down and watch, be careful of numb legs."

After they finished showing off their cans, Gu Hongying asked, "Now that you have eaten and drunk enough, can I go now?"

The black cat raised its head: "Meow~"

The cat is ready to go home!

The Nian monster jumped up from the table and hung on his back.

Gu Hongying put his hands behind his back to let the Nian Beast take advantage of him, then turned to the black cat on the table and said, "I don't understand your meow language."

Gu Hongying heard Buyehou's translation: "Little Nian Beast wants to follow you, Mimi wants to go home."

Gu Hongying's attention was diverted: "Are you really called Mimi?"

Black Cat: “…Meow.”

I wonder if you are still shouting so confidently?

"Thank you for your help today!" Gu Hongying thanked him again and prepared to leave with the Nian Beast. In the real-time dynamic picture of the Nian Beast in his mind, there were still many spots of light waiting for him to confirm. "Mimi, do you want me to take it back?"

"No need." Buyehou touched the black cat's head and said, "I will send it back."

Gu Hongying was relieved. He opened the door and waved: "Goodbye, senior!"

He quickly disappeared into the darkness, and the light shone outside the door, so that his shadow could no longer be seen.

"Meow?" Black Cat made a puzzled sound, curious why he suddenly stopped.

"Nothing." Yu Tu stroked his chin, "Let me take you back first."

He just suddenly remembered that what Gu Hongying took away was a special Nian beast. As long as the special Nian beast had no malicious intentions, there would be no problem. Being caught or bitten did not matter as long as he was not scratched by its sharp horns.

With such a small probability, Gu Hongying wouldn't be in such a bad situation, right?

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Yu Tu held Mimi and closed the door of the teahouse. His original body and the vest shared the real-time status of the Nian beast. On the way to send Mimi back, he planned to check the three Nian beasts along the way.

It is already past 11 o'clock in the evening, and in less than an hour, we will officially enter the new year.

When he arrived at the center of Wutong Town where the first Nian Beast was located, Yu Tu saw many people moving boxes of fireworks. A Nian Beast was standing on a box of fireworks, shaking its head as if it was dancing. Every place it passed left a pink and white paw print, shining in the light of the street lamps.

Yu Tu had already paid off the first energy vortex and most of the second one. Now he finally had a small amount of energy that he could mobilize at will. With the shielding field turned on, he walked through the crowd and approached the Nian Beast.

The Nian Beast blinked its beautiful big eyes, looked at him curiously, and its whip-like tail wrapped around his wrist. Yu Tu touched its horn and said, "The fireworks are beautiful, and it's not bad to keep them here."

So you can stop wrapping your tail around his wrist and try to walk with him.

The Nian Beast stood on the fireworks box and looked at him, then finally pulled back its tail and left a pink and white claw mark on his arm. A tiny firefly-like light spot floated down from its horn and merged into the body of the Nevernight Marquis.

After confirming that it was a Shannian beast, Yu Tu said goodbye to it and left the central square of Wutong Town.

Yu Tu's luck today is incredibly good. Whether it's his real body or his disguise, he hasn't encountered any evil beasts so far.

After Ma Jia sent Mimi back, the contact plate in Yu Tu's chest pocket suddenly made a buzzing sound. He took out the contact plate, and saw light red spots scattered all over the plate. Some of the red dots had turned green (the Nian beasts in these locations had been confirmed to be good Nian beasts), and some of the red dots had turned gray (the Nian beasts in these locations had been confirmed to be evil Nian beasts and had been resolved). But now, in the southwest direction, there was a light red spot that had darkened in color and was flashing rapidly.

Every time they solve a Nian beast, after confirming it in their consciousness, they will input their spiritual power into the contact board to inform others. If they encounter a situation that cannot be solved and need support, a situation like the one just now will occur. Those who feel capable of rescue can drive the teleportation talisman and teleport to the vicinity of the flashing red dot.

Yu Tu looked at the flickering light and calculated according to the scale on the contact disk...the person asking for help should be Gu Hongying.

It is indeed the law of the male protagonist in comics!

The vest didn't have a teleportation talisman, so Yu Tu could only let his main body go first, with the vest following closely behind. After activating the teleportation talisman, Yu Tu went over, and before he woke up from the dizziness of the teleportation, he saw a ruin.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a complete ruin.

The place where Gu Hongying was located was a half-abandoned park. The lifeless lake filled with green water was gone. Some of the plants in the water were hanging on broken branches, some were hanging on the shore, and some were hanging on the broken part of a half-broken stone bridge over the lake. Anyway, no matter where they were, they were not in the lake.

The situation around the lake was not much better than that inside the lake. The wild grass that grew wildly onto the walkway was plowed flat on the east side by an unknown force, the west side looked like leeks that had been neatly cut, the south side was burned to ash and still smoking, and as for the north... two pitch-black unidentified creatures were rolled together, leaving people confused.

The location of the transmission was random, and the place where Yu Tu landed was quite conspicuous—on the broken edge of a half-destroyed stone bridge on the lake.

The remaining half of the stone bridge was already shaky at the edge of the lake, struggling to maintain a precarious balance. Once Yu Tu's own weight was added to it, the bridge became unbalanced.

Half of the stone bridge fell into the mud in an irresistible posture. If nothing unexpected happened, Yu Tu would be able to run to the lakeshore before the stone bridge collapsed.

But the accident happened.

The two pitch-black unidentified creatures in the north were now hugging each other tightly. They turned into a high-speed spinning ball and slammed into the half stone bridge.

Yu Tu: “!!!”

Before falling from the bridge, Yu Tu quickly grabbed the remaining railings on the side of the bridge. Half of the stone bridge spun in the air and plunged into the rotten mud. Yu Tu held the thick stone railing and hung just above the rotten mud.

Yu Tu: “…”

If he hadn't worked out diligently in class every morning for the past six months, based on his physical condition before school started, he would have turned into a clay figure by now.

Two pitch-black unidentified creatures had already rolled into the mud at the same time. As they moved, the soft mud flew everywhere. Yu Tu had to try to get from the center of the lake to the other side without being covered in mud, while also having to guard against the mud rain coming from all directions.

He didn't understand how the entire lake could be destroyed when the water was frozen in the middle of winter.

After great efforts, Yu Tu finally moved to the shore safely. The two unidentified creatures in the pond had now become walking loaches, and most of the mud in the lake had been eaten up by them.

Yu Tu hid at a safe distance and observed. The mass of mud on the left, no, that unidentified creature, seemed to have a horn on its head. It should be the Nian beast. Judging from the shape of the one on the right... it should be a leopard?

Where is Gu Hongying?

Yu Tu frantically took out the contact plate. The red dot was still flashing rapidly, but the contact plate could only determine the approximate location and could not accurately locate a person.

After looking at the contact panel for a while, Yu Tu slapped his head. He was completely stupefied. In the outside world, he could use a cell phone to make calls!

Yu Tu took out a cell phone from his pocket and called Gu Hongying. His hearing had become increasingly sensitive since he awakened his spiritual power, and he could detect a faint ringtone in the distance.

Yu Tu rushed towards the source of the sound, but the faint ringing sound seemed to be far away, as if the distance between them was constant and would never change.

Yu Tu: “……?”

What is going on? A mysterious wall?

The phone rang for a while, and then it was automatically hung up when no one answered. Yu Tu called again, and this time the faint ringing tone was even farther away.

After repeating this twice, Yu Tu decisively hung up the phone and turned back to his original form. Walking deeper into the abandoned park, the trees were still lush. Although the leaves had all fallen in autumn, the outlines of people walking could be vaguely seen in the moonlight. It was easier to hide in the original form than in human form.

Yu Tu tried his best to gather the leaves and followed the direction in which the ringing sound was last heard in his memory. He moved carefully in the pile of fallen leaves, and then climbed between the branches next to each other. The more he used the prototype, the more flexible he became!

Yu Tumao walked stealthily for a long time, and finally, taking advantage of his height, he saw two outlines, one big and one small, behind a clump of leafless bushes.

Yu Tu moved forward more carefully, but as he got closer, he had more and more questions in his mind.

Did he... find the wrong person?

The outline of the smaller creature can be vaguely seen in the dark, with white fur, but the outline of the larger creature...why does it have diagonal horns on its head and a tail behind it?!

Because they were too close, Yu Tu did not dare to make a phone call for the sake of caution (for fear of not being able to catch up if he ran away). After closing his eyes and feeling the distance between him and the vest, Yu Tu decided to wait for a while. After all, compared to the original body, the vest's strength is really much stronger!

Yu Tu stared closely at the two outlines, one big and one small. After staying in the darkness for a long time, he could see a little more clearly. The two outlines, one big and one small, seemed to have their backs to him, and the bigger outline looked familiar no matter how he looked at it.

Could it really be Gu Hongying?

The vest entered the forest of the abandoned park and was about to arrive. Yu Tu quietly took out his mobile phone, hid behind a tree trunk, skillfully typed the content in the dialogue box with tea leaves, and then clicked "Send".

The next second, the waist of the larger outline suddenly lit up.

It’s Gu Hongying indeed!

Gu Hongying took out his cell phone from his waist, opened it and took a look. He immediately jumped up like a frightened bird and ran towards the direction of Yu Tu in panic!

Yu Tu jumped off the tree and turned back into human form. He turned on the flashlight on his phone, bared his teeth, and waved happily to Gu Hongying.

Gu Hongying was so frightened that he turned around and ran. Before he had run ten meters, the woods in front of him suddenly lit up, and Buyehou slowly walked out from the darkness holding a lamp.

Gu Hongying: “!!!”

Help! There is always a way out!!!

Under the influence of lights from both sides, this small area is not as bright as daylight, but it has enough visibility.

Holding the lantern, Buyehou was immediately struck by Gu Hongying. His eyes widened slightly.

"Shirazawa?!"

Gu Hongying, exposed under the light of the lantern, had a pair of beautifully shaped horns on his head and a fluffy, beautiful tail behind him. At this moment, his tail was hanging drooping on the ground. In the reflection of the light, Gu Hongying's black pupils were slightly blue, giving him a strange kind of beauty.

Perhaps because he was too frightened, a pair of snow-white wings suddenly spread out from behind Gu Hongying and quickly blocked his face.