Several small things were spread out on the round table. She turned on the small yellow light on the bedside and looked carefully at the things on the table that recorded witchcraft.
After walking around the market, I didn't buy much useful stuff, but I did see how many kinds of things the monsters used to record their magic.
Yuan Yuanyuan spent three thousand yuan, which was basically all her current savings, to buy the three items in front of her. Currently, in front of her there is a white pebble, a spotted pebble and a horn comb.
The first two were quite normal, but the third one surprised her for a while.
She picked up a pebble and looked at it. Before buying, you can't see the magic, you can only guess. She didn't know how other monsters bought this thing, she judged by looking at whether the thing was very old.
Yuan Yuanyuan shone the small horn comb under the yellow light. It was translucent. She didn't know that this thing could be used to record witchcraft.
Taking out a pen, Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the magic spells in the book and took notes from time to time.
She originally thought that it would take her a long time to search and she would have to spend a lot of time, effort and money on it, but who knew that the first white pebble mentioned this.
When she saw it, Yuan Yuanyuan became alert. She stared at the words intently, translating their meanings in her mind.
There weren't many useful things in this book of witchcraft, just a bunch of nonsense. The shop owner was cheating her out of money, but for Yuan Yuanyuan, this was the best possible scenario.
Armies, wars, rubies, monsters, humans...
Two hours later, Yuan Yuanyuan's face turned pale. She almost understood what was going on.
Indeed, there was such an army, and the ruby is also related to that war. It is a very iconic thing.
This war is a very famous war. Yuan Yuanyuan roughly estimated that the war took place around the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.
The two sides of the war are monsters and humans. Yuan Yuanyuan knew that monsters and humans have always had conflicts, but she never expected that they have fought each other several times. The wording used in the book of sorcery to describe this war is "the most recent large-scale war between monsters and humans". Yuan Yuanyuan thinks this is definitely not the first time. Even the world war is divided into the first and second.
But she herself didn't know how many wars there were, and she had just seen this war. Yuan Yuanyuan knew that she had too little knowledge of the demon world. Just like history is taught in school, she was like a wild man in a mountain valley, with very little basic knowledge compared to other people.
This book of witchcraft seemed to be written by an old man. It was full of chatter, as if he was casually recording some old stories. When the war happened, the old man was still a little witch, but he remembered it very clearly, and it can be seen that the war had a great impact on him.
The word "blood jade" is specifically mentioned in this book of witchcraft. It appears in an army called the "Blood Jade Monster Army". Every monster in it has practiced a kind of witchcraft that can be cultivated quickly. Every monster is an elite and wears a blood jade around his neck.
Yuan Yuanyuan learned about this army from the old man's description, because the end of this army was very tragic. All the members of the team died in the war, and no one survived. From the perspective of humans, they would definitely be considered martyrs. The old man had seen a monster from the Blood Jade Demon Army when he was a child, so he had a deep impression of them.
He wrote in that book on witchcraft that all the monsters in the Blood Jade Monster Army were his role models, and that he had been holding himself to the discipline of that army throughout his life.
When Yuan Yuanyuan saw this, she was already shocked. An army of monsters who learned this blood jade magic... every monster needed to use human blood to cultivate, and every monster in it was an elite. It was simply a killing machine.
She suppressed her inner shock and read it again. After all, the book on witchcraft was only written in the first person, so there was not much information to be obtained. For many things, the old man used some obscure words that were difficult to understand. Many of them used aliases and nicknames, and even some symbols.
At first glance, I thought it was some gangland term...
Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the notebook that she had scribbled all over, looked at the things on it, and simply tore off the page, and then a cluster of flames ignited at her fingertips.
The flames slowly rose up and burned the page of paper.
Yuan Yuanyuan blew out the flame between her fingers and looked at the piece of snow-white jade on her chest.
So...its previous owner was a monster that survived the war. This monster was definitely a very powerful character, and also a tragic character.
Because the owner of this jade is a tragic character. How tragic he is is not mentioned, but after reading this book of witchcraft, Yuan Yuanyuan can guess it herself... It is simply related to why he did not die that year.
A bunch of people died, but you survived. If not you, who else should I diss? That's why the big monster in pink hated her so much that day. Now thinking about it, Yuan Yuanyuan suspected that the big monster was just like the owner of the magic book, and had a special admiration for the Blood Jade Demon Army back then, so he scolded her for deserting the battlefield.
The hero I have liked for so long actually turned out to be a traitor. I can empathize with him and it is really unbearable.
However, there may be some untold stories behind this "not-death". If Ji Qiu had said to her at the time, "You are here to replace a villain boss", Yuan Yuanyuan would definitely not have thought about whether there would be any hidden secrets behind this. However, since Ji Qiu said "You are here to replace a tragic character"...
Shit, a bunch of people died and he was the only one who survived. Such a lucky thing can be called tragic. How tragic is this person?
The more Yuan Yuanyuan thought about it, the more evil her expression became. This... can only be described as a life worse than death? This person's life is really frustrating.
What kind of situation can be called a life worse than death?
Yuan Yuanyuan thinks that things like "the pain of eternal life" and "the pain of not being loved" in Japanese comics are all nonsense. Her thoughts are very realistic. Living is happiness, and dying is unhappiness.
Maybe loneliness is really a kind of pain, so those immortal people try every means to commit suicide, but Yuan Yuanyuan said that this is not a problem at all, she has a big heart, and she can bear as much pain as she can.
She rubbed her temples, thinking that this matter was too confusing, so she threw the stone in her hand into the drawer and picked up the next spotted cobblestone to look at it...
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There are many old customers in the pub. Even after being closed for a few days, when it reopened, there were still many people coming to patronize the business. When Yuan Yuanyuan walks outside now, many people recognize her and will say hello when they meet her.
Yuan Yuanyuan then realized that many monsters had read "Yokai Ji". Perhaps the monsters had previously disdained human picture books, but since the last picture came out, even the most dull monsters would take a look at this comic book.
Two big monsters are no joke. Even Sister Li said that this matter should not be mixed up. She felt that the monsters were gradually realizing that something was wrong.
Yuan Yuanyuan initially thought that this was a joke played by some big monster, but recently "The Monster" was mentioned more and more often in the pub, and Yuan Yuanyuan gradually felt that something was wrong.
There are so many monsters in the tavern... people coming and going, big monsters, small monsters, and even up to this point, no one knows the details of Ji Qiu.
After Yuan Yuanyuan finished washing the dishes, she quietly slipped behind a pillar at the back of the hall and listened to the deafening noise over there. Behind the pillar, there were many monsters hiding like her. Only a powerful monster like Sister Li Zi dared to approach them. Even the proprietress came out to comfort the drunk customer.
"That picture book is definitely wrong!"
In the hall, a huge creature was sitting in the middle. It must have drunk too much, and even its original shape was exposed.
Several little monsters nearby were nearly crushed, but were pulled back quickly. Everyone in the tavern came out to look at this guest who came from nowhere.
Such a big thing, just looking at it makes people feel oppressive and uncomfortable. Yuan Yuanyuan felt that this thing was as big as a building, and she needed to crane her neck to see it.
Yuan Yuanyuan carefully identified it and found it looked a bit like a cat, but the ferocious expression made it difficult to recognize it.
There was a chaotic evil aura floating around everywhere. From a distance, the black evil aura mixed with the purple and light blue smoke in the tavern, just like a painting splashed with ink.
"How could it be true... Who is that Ji Qiu? How does he know all this? If I could find him..."
There was another round of crackling sounds, and a pile of plates and cups were thrown to the ground. Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the broken pieces of white porcelain and wondered if Siqun would cry when he saw them.
This was all the result of their hard work.
"Yes, yes, please calm down, sir." This was the first time Yuan Yuanyuan saw the proprietress. She was a charming woman, but her face had wrinkles, she was wearing heavy makeup, and she was wearing a purple dress and a very strange hair crown.
She stood beside the monster, constantly stroking the monster's body with her hands. However, compared with the monster, she was like a little ant and could only look up. Yuan Yuanyuan, who was watching from the side, was a little afraid that she would be stepped on.
Yuan Yuanyuan listened to the quarreling sounds over there and quietly touched the head of a little monster next to her who was about to cry with fear.
She was just washing cups in the back, but when she heard the deafening shouts of the drunk guests here, she sneaked out.
Yuan Yuanyuan thought... this was probably another thing that he couldn't accept. Not only him, but even Yuan Yuanyuan herself couldn't accept it.
What is this?
As she was thinking this, she suddenly felt a pair of hands covering her mouth. She turned around and saw Siqun standing behind her, wearing sleeves on both hands and smelling a bit of soap.
Yuan Yuanyuan squeezed her eyes at him. Siqun pointed at the huge creature over there in a daze. Yuan Yuanyuan squeezed her eyes again.
Don't pull me, we are collecting information here.
Yuan Yuanyuan thought he had expressed his meaning clearly, but who knew that when he looked at the huge creature over there, his eyes suddenly turned red, his pair of dark eyes widened, and then he shook his head.
Shake your ass, let go of my mouth, is this a difficult thing to do? Yuan Yuanyuan glared at him.
The four people retracted their fingers and released the hand covering Yuan Yuanyuan's mouth. Before Yuan Yuanyuan could say anything, she saw him take a step back, then rushed straight into the distance. In the shocked eyes of the surrounding monsters, he rushed towards the huge monster over there...
Yuan Yuanyuan below is completely stupid.
Oh, my god, our hardworking cup washer in the kitchen is flying...
Qun'er, what did you misunderstand...I, I didn't force you to fuck him, what the hell is the magical train of thought in your head, come back quickly!