I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 82 Flooding the Eighteen Bends

The secret passage was pitch black with no light at all. Xiao Qi initially thought of using a luminous pearl for illumination.

She had already taken it out but then put it back. It was such a waste. She had a military flashlight, given to her by Uncle Zhang.

The secret passage was as tall as an adult man, and it was so long that you couldn't see the bottom. It felt quite spacious for a child like her to walk through it.

But it's exciting!

Originally, the two of them would spend their days searching for treasures in the ruins of the Taoist temple. They dug out all sorts of random things, such as talismans, peach wood swords, and coin swords, and even two small white porcelain bottles.

Each bottle contained about half a bottle of something I couldn't tell what it was. It looked like sheep droppings, was black, and smelled a bit like bitter Chinese herbal medicine.

Her master said it was a kind of medicine used to heal injuries, but she didn't like it, so she just glanced at it with disdain and ignored it.

Xiao Qi didn't even want it; she wasn't injured and didn't need it.

Finally, she gave the two bottles of medicine to Old Lin. She gave him the medicine, but kept the white porcelain bottles. Then she put the colorful yo-yos she had bought in town into them.

Overall, this enormous Taoist temple, which has existed for who knows how many years, is still worth her time to search for treasure.

So the discovery of a secret passage made her even more excited.

"Hmm? Little Dragon, can you hear any sounds coming from inside?"

Meng Qi was walking along, looking around curiously, when suddenly she stopped, quickly turned off her flashlight, reached out and hugged the head of the little dragon next to her, and climbed onto its back.

I whispered in its ear, "Fly, and go faster."

Xiao Long leaped up and was about to dash forward, but he didn't expect what was above him. With a loud crash, the two of them crashed into the stone wall at the top of the secret passage, making Xiao Qi dizzy and seeing stars.

Xiao Long himself was also dizzy from bumping his head.

Moreover, after the collision, the two of them fell down together and crashed onto the stone slab below with a loud bang.

Regardless of how badly the fall went, the noise alone would have scared away even an ant inside.

And indeed, as Xiao Qi clutched her head and wailed, a gray rabbit head with two long ears peeked out from around the bend at the end of the secret passage.

The pink eyes shone eerily in the darkness, and this eeriness was particularly noticeable when they stared blankly at Xiao Qi.

Because of that momentary daze, Xiao Qi endured the pain in her head and turned on the powerful flashlight she was holding, pointing towards the end of the secret passage.

The blinding white light caused the rabbit demon to lose its sight temporarily.

But it quickly realized what was happening and turned to run away.

Xiao Qi jumped off the dragon head and gave chase.

But the rabbit demon was really cunning. There was more than one way after the secret passage ended. Xiao Qi looked at the dense forks in the road and felt discouraged.

They say a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and it turns out it's true!

However, she was still unwilling to give up. After coming out of the secret passage, she kept messing with the demon-revealing mirror, trying to get it to show her where the rabbit was.

In the end, a photo was taken, but it was as if no photo was taken at all, because it was pitch black and all you could see was a narrow secret passage; above that was Sanqing Mountain.

What's the use?

For the next month, Xiao Qi ran into the secret passage every day. The little brat was incredibly brave. She had Xiao Long guard the entrance while she carried a knife and searched through each passage like she was in a maze. In the end, when she finally circled back to the starting point, she was quite happy.

This is a new way for little kids to play: mazes.

She was having so much fun, but the rabbit demon was getting annoyed. It thought the child would give up after a few days of searching, but the little rascal was so persistent, coming every day for a month. While it could guarantee it wouldn't be found, who wanted to play hide-and-seek with her?

The rabbit demon pondered, realizing it couldn't activate the teleportation array in a short time. Should it temporarily leave Sanqing Mountain and hide somewhere else?
As I was thinking this, I suddenly heard a strange sound, like flowing water.

Ok?
Although this place is not far from Jiaolong Pool, the secret passage is in the opposite direction. In addition, the material is special and it is protected by an array, so there is no way you could hear the sound of water from Jiaolong Pool.

The rabbit demon initially thought the rushing water was coming from the Dragon Pool, but as the sound grew louder and more strange, its pupils widened suddenly, staring incredulously at the surging water flowing into the narrow, winding secret passage.

You little brat, you have no sportsmanship!
The little brat it scolded for being uncivilized was now standing at the entrance of the secret passage, excitedly directing the little dragon to spray water inside.

"Spray more, spray more, quick!"

After playing with the rabbit for a month, the little brat decided to force it out today.

Although the secret passage was winding and circuitous, Xiao Qi spent a month trying to figure out the connection between each passage and its final destination.

But it doesn't matter. She figured out the most important thing: the entrance to the secret passage is the highest point, and all the winding passages inside are lower than it. Also, there is no exit.

Although she herself couldn't be sure, the broken mirror could, and no matter how she looked at it, it only reflected this one entrance, which meant that there really was no exit inside.

Although she didn't quite understand why a perfectly good Taoist temple would build a winding, secret passage with no exit, it didn't matter. All she wanted was rabbits, and she had to make the spicy rabbit heads she hadn't been able to make before today.

"What is Xiao Qi doing?"

As Meng Shulan walked towards the Taoist temple, Lin Qingquan happened to be visiting Qingshui Town that day.

For the past six months, he has mostly lived in Yunmeng Village, occasionally patrolling with Yin Zheng and Zhang Dabao, and then taking a few days off each month when he is not busy.

Although the mother and daughter didn't miss him, he missed them.

"She's catching rabbits."

Meng Shulan glanced at Lin Qingquan, but her gaze was drawn to Xiaolong.

It opened its mouth wide, and water gushed out like a pillar, leaving Meng Shulan speechless.

"Does it store all this water in its belly? How come there's so much?"

Lin Qingquan was also amazed, but unfortunately he didn't understand. After all, this was the only dragon they had ever seen, so how could they know what its talent for spouting water was all about?
The couple walked toward the entrance to the secret passage where Xiao Qi was, but before they got there, suddenly there was a buzzing sound, and Lin Qingquan and Meng Shulan both felt a sharp pain in their heads. The scenery in front of them seemed to freeze and they stopped moving.

As they recovered their senses, a fluffy gray shadow darted out from the entrance of the secret passage, quickly dodging the knife in Xiao Qi's hand, knocking aside Xiao Long, and flying into the bushes ten meters away.

Xiao Qi followed closely behind, leaping after him with her knife in hand.

"Xiaolong, go and block it from the front."

That attack just now affected not only Lin Qingquan and Meng Shulan, but also Xiaolong.

It shook its head, let out a roar, and leaped into the air.

However, before it had flown very far, the little dragon came down and saw Meng Qi chopping at a dead tree stump with a knife. In just two strokes, she chopped the stump into pieces, revealing a small hole at the base.

"You damn rabbit, if you've got the guts, don't go burrowing!"

Meng Qi was furious. This rabbit could change size, but no matter how big or small it was, it wouldn't fight her. It was a coward who only knew how to run away.

She was furious, but she also knew that she couldn't make spicy rabbit heads today.

(End of this chapter)