Chapter 23 Boiled Fish
Yunji's words about "Guan Bao" were sincere and natural, like a great good man who likes to sacrifice himself for others.
The blacksmith and his son were dumbfounded.
A chuckle came from the corner door. Xiao Cui could make a sound without moving her mouth, and said: "One person's blood is not enough, three people are enough."
Upon hearing that they wanted to drink the blood of three people, the blacksmith and his son were so frightened that they trembled and their eyes were full of horror.
Yunji said calmly: "Don't look at me because I'm thin, but I have a lot of blood. You can't drink all of it, so why not call a few more small fish to drink together."
After Yunji finished speaking, the crackling sound behind the corner door became louder.
Xiaocui's facial features were distorted, and she made a sound on her pale face: "Okay, let me taste it first. If it tastes good, there will be no bones left, cluck, cluck, cluck..."
In the gloomy whisper, the woman squeezed in from the corner door like a long snake, her upper body hanging in the air, and behind her was not her body, but a huge fish tail, swinging all the way, and the fish scales fell to the ground.
The fishy smell surged, like a large basket of dead fish that had been piled up for several days, mixed with an unpleasant corpse odor.
"The taste is definitely good, but it's just a bit..." Yunji bared his teeth, suddenly pulled out a bone knife from the stove, and said, "Grudge!"
Buzz!!!
Before the sword arrives, the wind arrives first.
The bone knife that had been forged for three days was wrapped in flames. When it left the furnace, a billowing heat wave suddenly erupted. The heat wave was like a strong wind, causing the blacksmith shop to shake.
The bone knife became very thick, the blade was red, and it was shaped like a fang, giving people a sinister feel.
"What a knife!" the old blacksmith exclaimed involuntarily.
"He's not afraid of heat. Are those human hands?" Niu Da was not concerned about the knife itself, but Yunji's hand holding the knife.
That was a weapon that had just been forged from the furnace. It was like molten iron. If you just held it in your hand, it was still a human being!
Looking at Yunji holding the hot sharp blade, and then at the half-human, half-demon bride in the corner door, Niu Da suddenly had a strange illusion, which one was the monster?
When the knife came out of the furnace, it immediately emitted a monstrous aura. Not only did the shape of the bone knife change, but its breath also changed.
The previous bone knife contained the evil aura of countless monsters. Since the addition of Jiaoya, the evil aura has added a sinister intention. The combination of the evil aura and the ominous intention has formed an astonishingly ferocious aura. This aura is like mountains, like evil waves, like the night.
There is an evil beast opening its eyes.
"Jiao!!!"
The woman was about to pounce on her, but was frightened by the bone knife, and she screamed and turned around and ran away.
The little fish monster is like a natural enemy in front of Jiaoya.
"Now that you're here, don't leave."
Yunji picked up the knife and chased after him quickly. When he turned to the backyard, he heard a popping sound and something fell into the water.
Arriving at the mouth of the well, Yunji glanced at the large fish scales at his feet.
It turned out to be a fish monster, and it ran away so fast that it even used well water to escape.
Anticipating that the fish monster would jump into the well, Yunji put a gentle smile on his face and hung the red bone knife in his hand at the mouth of the well. Then he let go and the knife fell down.
There was a loud squeaking sound, a cloud of white gas rushed out from the well, and the cold well water was completely boiling at this time.
Quenching the knife with well water is the last step in the three-day forging process.
Hysterical screams sounded from the depths of the well, and the half-cooked fish monsters fled desperately, leaving large fish scales on the bottom of the water.
Standing by the well, Yunji hugged his shoulders and watched the white gas continuously rushing out of the well mouth.
Forging the knife not only fused the bone knife with the dragon's teeth, but in the past three days Yunji had forced a large amount of flames into the knife. The fiery red blade contained extremely hot power, and even a well of water could not cool it down.
It looked like the heat wave would still be steaming for a while. Yunji returned to the blacksmith shop, and there was a second bone knife in the furnace that had not yet been put into the water.
"How is Mr. Yun? Has the fish monster been killed?" The old blacksmith couldn't help but worry when he saw Yun Ji coming back so quickly. Niu Da stood aside and stretched his neck, waiting for the news.
"Escaped." Yunji said with a relaxed expression.
"Escape, escape!" The old blacksmith was shocked and said: "Letting the tiger return to the mountain will leave troubles in the future. Please help me, sir, to get rid of the fish monster. Sir, my skills are superb, and I must have a way to subdue the monster."
"Don't worry, the half-cooked fish can't survive the storm." Yunji comforted him.
"Half-cooked?" The old blacksmith and Niu Da looked at each other, wondering what the half-cooked fish monster looked like.
"Have there been any drownings in the small lake outside the town in recent years?" Yunji asked.
"It happens almost every year. It's strange to say that the lake doesn't look deep, but people drown every year." The old blacksmith said truthfully.
"A boy from the teahouse next door drowned in the lake half a month ago. I heard he slipped into the water and drowned because he was not sitting firmly while fishing." Niu Da scratched his head and said in confusion: "I remember that boy knew how to swim.
, why did he drown? Could it be that he was hit by something evil..."
Speaking of Zhuoxie, Niu Da thought of his bride, Xiaocui, and suddenly his hair stood on end and he broke into a cold sweat.
"Sure enough, the small lake is the source." Yunji nodded and said: "Help people to the end. Since there is a fish monster harming people, let's take the blame."
As he spoke, he pulled out the second bone knife from the stove, and Yunji jumped out of the blacksmith shop in a few steps and headed straight for the small lake outside the town.
The fire knife is like a torch, and the steps are like flying.
The young man walking in the night, covered in moonlight, sang folk songs.
There was an undercurrent surging under the calm small lake, and pairs of fish eyes, big or small, opened in the darkness. Some fish eyes had two rows of sharp spines under them, and some had a large, dark mouth.
There are not only fish at the bottom of the lake, but also human bones of various sizes.
The dead lay silently at the bottom of the lake where the sun never shines, and every white bone contains strong resentment. It is these resentments that make the small lake even more gloomy and cold.
Heat waves and footsteps came from the lake, and Yunji's figure stood by the lake.
"There needs to be more vinegar, more greasy sugar, boil the oil in the pan, fry the big fish, and waste a whole lake of delicious food. It's a pity that you cannibals can't get into my belly."
As he spoke, he waved his arms fiercely, and the bone knife flew up like a line of fire.
The moment the sword fell into the lake, it was like kerosene being ignited.
Gurgling, the bubbles are churning.
Squeaking, the fish meat is getting cooked.
Hurrah, the whole lake is boiling.
Crunching, the bones are dancing!
The human bones lying silent at the bottom of the lake were floating and swaying under the heat wave, as if they were dancing happily, and the resentment accumulated for many years was rising and dissipating in the heat wave.
The lake water gradually boiled from top to bottom, with longan-sized bubbles rolling in. All the strange fish of different sizes were cooked and floated on the lake surface.
The fish monster that had just escaped from the well mouth into the small lake was the most unlucky. Half of its mature body struggled wildly in the lake water until its head and tail were twisted off, and it died completely.
The smell of fish floated around the small lake, attracting some lone wolves and wild dogs to wander nearby, but soon these beasts noticed something and fled away whimpering in fear.
Yunji always stood by the lake, looking at the small island in the middle of the lake.
There was light in the villa on the island, and candles were still burning at midnight.
"How did the people in the demon den survive?"
Yunji's eyes were full of curiosity. He walked along the lake for a while and found a small boat, so he took the boat alone and rowed to the center of the lake.
Not long after, the boat docked and Yunji landed on the teapot-shaped island in the middle of the lake.
The island is not big, with a courtyard and many houses, most of which are dark and the whole courtyard looks empty.
The door was unlocked, so Yunji pushed the door open and walked in.
The yard was quiet, there was no sound, only a little candlelight could be seen flickering in the backyard, like a will-o'-the-wisp.
Chapter completed!