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Chapter 36: Wild Animal Farming and County Examination Information

In the paper house venue, when the fat shopkeeper was shouting, there were several paper people busy in the courtyard.

The bleating of sheep and the lowing of cows were being heard, and the sounds were terrifying.

It turned out that the paper people were sharpening their knives, leading out several cows and sheep, pushing them to the ground, holding them down, and cutting open their bellies with paper knives.

However, after their bellies were cut open, no internal organs flowed out of the cows and sheep's stomachs. Instead, naked boys and girls rolled out.

It turned out that the boys and girls standing on the stage like goods were not directly led out, but taken out from the stomachs of cows and sheep, so they were covered in blood, but their bodies were intact.

Huang Guishan saw that Yu Que was lost in thought, so he gently patted Yu Que on the shoulder and explained in a low voice:
"This method is very common, and is called the 'animal creation' method. Some unscrupulous people, after kidnapping and selling a living person, find it inconvenient to move the person, so they kill a cow, sheep, dog, or horse according to the size of the living person, and use a secret method to stick the fur on the animal while the blood is still hot, and they can turn the living person into an animal.

This way, it will be easier to transport between different places and won’t attract attention.”

Yu Que listened to Huang Guishan's explanation and remained silent.

He had indeed heard of the method of "creating animals". Like beating beggars, this method had become so cliché among children that adults would use it to scare children from time to time.

But the feeling of seeing it with your own eyes is ultimately different from what you get from hearing about it.

And there was one point that made Yu Que very confused, and he couldn't figure it out no matter how much he thought about it.

That is, not only adults and children know about the evil methods such as creating animals and beating beggars, but the government offices know it very clearly. Then why do these methods still appear openly in private cities?

"If this place is a black market, it is not surprising to see criminals who can use the beast-making power. Then why did that flower-beating woman dare to appear in the city so blatantly? Wasn't she afraid of being seen and captured by other immortals?" He pondered secretly in his heart.

Huang Guishan seemed to have seen Yu Que's reactions, and he said, "The night is still long, so there's no rush to find things. Let's go sit down first."

I have some shortcomings.

The two left the excited crowd and walked to a corner of the venue.

There were paper sedan chairs placed in the corners. Huang Guishan skillfully opened a red sedan chair and motioned Yu Que to come in.

Yu Que lowered his head, and as soon as he entered, his ears suddenly became quiet after he lowered the paper curtain.

There are two seats facing each other in the paper sedan, which seem to be specially created in the venue for guests to talk about confidential matters.

Huang Guishan sat in the sedan chair, he lifted the cloak on his head and tore off his face scarf, exhaled, and said: "Every time I come to this damn place, I always feel suffocated."

The man panted, pointed outside the sedan chair and said:
"How is it? Did you broaden your horizons and learn a lot tonight?"

Yu Que's eyes moved slightly, and he bowed to the other party: "To answer Senior Huang, it is indeed eye-opening. I never thought that there would be such a place in the city where filth and evil are hidden... and strange people gather."

"Tsk!" Huang Guishan laughed when he heard this: "You're right, this place is a den of filth and dirt!"

The other party laughed for a long time, but then sighed: "But do you know why there is such a place in the city, and where those insidious goods in the field come from?"

Yu Que raised his eyes and said immediately: "I don't know, please tell me in detail, Senior Huang."

Huang Guishan then slowly took out a pipe from his arms and puffed out smoke in front of Yu Que.

It seems that what this person smoked was not just tobacco, but a lot of medicinal herbs were added to it, so that the sedan chair was filled with a medicinal fragrance. When Yu Que smelled it, he not only did not feel disgusted, but felt slightly refreshed.

"Generally speaking, these things can only be learned by those who have passed the county school entrance examination. Otherwise, ordinary people will not know them even if they live to old age."

Huang Guishan said: "Although our dynasty has been established for more than 800 years, the world is still in a period of spiritual decline. The spiritual energy has disappeared, and even the demons are almost extinct. Instead, evil spirits are on the rise and ghosts are thriving.

As for where the ghosts come from, they are caused by the resentment of past generations, the sins of past dynasties, the corruption of heaven and earth, and the loss of the world... This is a general trend that cannot be resisted by human power, nor can it be reversed in just one day. It is rare and precious that this dynasty can establish thirty-six immortal capitals and seventy-two immortal cities to protect hundreds of millions of lives and maintain the orthodoxy.

However, outside the capitals of various places, witches and ghosts are still rampant, evil spirits are everywhere, and there are many ghost sects that like to kill. Even if you are an immortal, if you walk outside without any preparation, you may run into ghosts or evil spirits, or encounter evil cultivators and die. "

Yu Que sat in the paper sedan, listening to Huang Guishan's chattering, and felt strange again.

Because according to what this person said, the dynasty that people talk about as flourishing and prosperous is actually "wilderness" except for the so-called "thirty-six cities and seventy-two towns".

As for how wild the wilderness is, it is so wild that demons and ghosts are rampant and there are no rules. It is like the end of the world.

There is a demonic miasma, as big as a city, wandering in all directions, and no snakes or insects exist wherever it passes; there is a witch and ghost tribe, who worship a thousand feet, a thousand hands, and a thousand eyes, like to skin and eat raw, and offer blood sacrifices to ghosts and gods, and get happy when they smell blood; there are also immortals who gather and roar outside, wantonly killing people and taking souls, which is not evil, but worse than evil, and is actually the evil ways of ghosts...

All of the above, this statement, or this reality, is completely different from what Yu Que has been taught for a long time!

Suddenly, Huang Guishan pointed outside the sedan chair and said:

"These live animals transported here by the method of creating livestock were captured from the wild.

In the wild, although the immortal veins are cut off and ghosts are rampant, there are occasionally wild gods besides the evil ways, and they will feed blood, so there are still living people in the wild. However, these living people live like beasts, no more than 20 years old, and five out of ten can't even speak, let alone inherit the text and immortal knowledge. They are truly like wild beasts. "

As he spoke, he sighed again, "Speaking of those kids on the stage, they have been captured and sold here. Although their fate is not good, those who can do business here will basically not be used directly as materials for evil magic after being bought back. After all, it would be too wasteful to do so.

If we are lucky, among the survivors today, perhaps a few can eventually become slaves and servants and survive in the city..."

It turns out that the boys and girls who were sold in the venue would not end up as Yu Que had initially thought, being slaughtered and used as prey. Instead, they would be used as objects for testing medicines and elixirs and practicing the furnace, so that the value of "living people" could be maximized.

But when Yu Que listened, he not only did not feel relieved for them, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this matter was somewhat terrifying.

Compared with these "savages", even the prostitutes in Heping Lane in the city don't seem to live such a miserable life.

Huang Guishan saw that Yu Fencu was lost in thought and said with a smile:
"This is how the world works. The mere act of using humans as animals is not a big deal in the wild. In the city, it is already very difficult for the imperial court to confine such transactions to the ghost market and make them sneak around. If they must be strictly prohibited, firstly, it will continue to happen. If the official market is closed down, there will certainly be other private ghost markets and private black markets, which will be even more difficult to control. Secondly, the needs of many immortals are there. If there is really no source of goods, they will not bear it and will choose to do it themselves, which is more harmful."

The other party shook his head and said, "It's difficult to prohibit and control, so we can only turn a blind eye to it."

Yu Que listened carefully, with a look of melancholy on his face, not knowing what to say.

Huang Guishan's remarks today really made him seem somewhat shallow-minded, like a frog in a well. It turned out that he had lived for so many years, but he only knew about things in the city, and had no idea what the real situation was like in the wild.

Suddenly, Huang Guishan spoke again

"Don't think too much about it. The reason I brought you here today is not only to get some things for the festival, but also to let you see the world. Otherwise, when you really enter the county school, or go out of the city when you take the county school entrance examination, you will go to the wild and don't know the dangers, so you will be in a panic and lose your life."

Yu Que keenly caught the meaning of the other party's words. His eyelids twitched slightly and he immediately spoke:

"Senior Huang is saying that when taking the county entrance exam, there is a high probability that you will be taking the exam outdoors?"

The other party did not hide anything and said openly:

"Indeed.

The county examinations of previous years are closely related to suppressing demons and ghosts. Although the previous sessions were held in the city, according to Huang's summary, the frequency of ghosts appearing in the suburbs this year has increased a lot, and the evil spirits in the wild have also become much more ferocious. Even if the examination halls for the county examinations at the beginning of the year are not set up in the wild, they will definitely be chosen to be held in the mountains and forests in the suburbs. "

Listening carefully, Yu Que's expression was moved.

He was moved not only because the risk of the small county examination at the beginning of the year had increased, but also because the other party was able to tell him this news.

Information concerning the county examination, even if inaccurate, is not available to ordinary people.

At least Yu Que doesn't have such a way. Even if he does, he will definitely have to pay a considerable price if he wants to know it.

Thinking of this, Yu Que immediately stood up, bowed to Huang Guishan, and said sincerely: "Thank you Master Huang for your advice!"

When Huang Guishan heard the name "Master Huang", his face showed surprise, and then he immediately smiled.

He said with a smile: "You are too distant, kid. But I still have to remind you, lest you take chances.

If the examination hall is really set up in the wild, you must remember that the wild is not only unruly, but also has no laws at all. Although the county school will arrange personnel to take care of you, you must remember to abandon the so-called gentleness, courtesy, frugality and modesty, and treat yourself as a wild animal in the forest. "

Huang Guishan sighed, "Otherwise, you should either not strive to be the best and just survive, or pray for good luck and meet some good companions, so that you won't be stabbed by others or encounter any evil creatures that are too fierce."

Yu Que sat in the sedan chair, silently keeping Huang Guishan's words in his heart.

Although what this person said was not necessarily all true, the other party had no reason to deceive him.

Besides, now that he has been reminded by the other party, Yu Que only needs to ask around privately or in the streets or ghost gatherings to distinguish the truth from the false.

In addition, Yu Que repeatedly pondered what the other party said, and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart:
“Although I have long known that the current immortal path is in decline and its glory is not even one ten-thousandth of that of the ancient times, so that immortals and ghosts are mixed together and it is difficult to distinguish one from the other.

But is this world really so unbearable, and the wilderness so dangerous that even the huge Immortal Court can only keep a few corners of the land?"

After Huang Guishan finished his instructions, he kept silent, smoking silently, leaving Yu Que to ponder.

Not long after, the two men came out of the sedan chair again and went to buy things in the paper mill.

They first took out a piece of paper from the paper man's mouth and compared the materials. Then they wrote a piece of paper themselves and put it in the paper man's mouth, collecting everything bit by bit.

A few hours later.

Yu Que was short of money, and Huang Guishan seemed to be short of money as well. The two of them did not touch any of the goods being auctioned in front of the courtyard. They only bought some miscellaneous items from the mouths of a few paper figurines.

However, even if they were just some miscellaneous items, they were all good things that were hard to find in the ghost market outside the paper mill.

Yu Que left the paper mill with the goods in his arms, and then he went to Guiji Street to buy some more things. All the miscellaneous things he bought filled up his two sleeve pockets and a saddle bag.

Among them, there are more than one variety of materials used for arranging rituals.

After buying everything and broadening their horizons, it was time for the two to leave, and they parted at the gate of Guiji.

Before leaving, Huang Guishan was not on the way. He repeatedly told Yu Que: "Although the ritual of nourishing the spirit is effective, you should not get too caught up in it. Be careful not to become obsessed with it... This thing is a bottomless pit."

After the words were spoken, the other party didn't wait for Yu Que to say anything. He just waved at Yu Que and swaggered away into the thick fog alone.

"Junior, remember this."

Yu Que stood in the mist, bowing and greeting the other party, and only stood up after the other party's figure completely disappeared.

Then he stood where he was, and he pressed his two sleeve pockets and a sling again and again until he was sure that the hard goods were still there. He was filled with joy in his heart and his eyes were full of happiness.

With Huang Guishan's help, the materials for his amendment today were obtained without any effort, the quality is guaranteed, and the price is also good and affordable.

As for the consumable ghosts that trouble ordinary people the most, he had already prepared them long ago, including three ghosts that had died suddenly and were nearly a hundred years old.

It can be said that all preparations for setting up the "Ceremony of the Seven Corpses' Last Lights" have been completed.

He is contemplating and concentrating his Yin spirit right now!

(End of this chapter)