Da Zaojun

Chapter 25 Tiger Scholar

Song Wuji also thought that it would increase some kind of "merit" or something, that he could be protected by the merit and build a golden body or something like that.

But the monsters slaughtered the people wantonly. I guess all the merits, karma, and retribution are useless.

Song Wuji then checked what the use of this Fire Virtue Destiny +1 was.

Destiny: [Fire Deity Stove Ge. Residual +1]

In the past, when the Kitchen God died, the fragments of the Heavenly Destiny Stove Grid were lost in the Three Realms. Only by using the Five Virtues Destiny Grid to fill them up can the Stove Grid be rebuilt.

It turns out that +1 is the repairable progress.

Song Wuji couldn't say he was disappointed, he just thought of it as finding a main task.

After cooking a large pot of Xiangji Poyi Rat Tail Soup.

But then I saw a giant cat coming back from outside, which was bigger than a dog and almost as big as a sheep.

He just had a lot of wounds on his body and walked with a limp.

The cat smelled the rat tail soup and came forward, meowing.

"Meow ow!"

Song Wuji recognized that this was the "Cat Detective" who was appointed by the City God and the County Magistrate last night.

The City God and the County Magistrate gave him the job of "catching rats". Every time he caught a rat, he gained strength and accumulated law, so he grew up like this.

Last night the rat demon fled in panic, and the cat catcher chased after it, but now he has come back unexpectedly.

Song Wuji fished out some rat tails for Cat Cat to eat, thinking, "He looks a bit like Black Cat Sheriff."

Although the cat was injured, he still ate slowly. Only when he ate the mouse's tail did his eyes light up.

After eating about ten pieces of rat tail, the cat head stopped eating and licked its fur and wounds. After licking, it turned its feet and walked away.

Song Wuji asked quickly, "Did you go after the rat demon?"

"Meow?"

The cat catcher looked back.

"Bring back some of this tail." Song Wuji pointed at the giant rat's tail. Each piece of the tail was about one meter long and about the same thickness as a pig's tail.

"Meow?" The cat catcher looked at him like a piece of trash and said: Don't worry, I will bring you the prey!

Song Wuji didn't dare to follow Cat Cat Head out. It was too reckless. What if he died?
At noon, County Magistrate Tian went out of the city in person. He was not wearing an official robe, but only cloth clothes. However, he was surrounded by many supporters. His face was always serious and his brows were furrowed.

He walked to Sun Xiucai's place. Liu the hunter beside Sun Xiucai was a little nervous and thought to himself: If I take action now, can I take him away?
But he never dared to reveal himself. The oppression from the county magistrate was too strong, and the official seal on his head was the best amulet. If he still had a sense of justice in his heart, ghosts and gods would also respect him. How could they harm him directly?

Ghosts cannot do it, monsters may have a way, but they have to pay a price. Only humans can kill people easily, with one stab, a white knife in, a red knife out. All these powers and luck are useless.

"You refused to enter the city, yet you kept saying you wanted to see me." Tian Chengbi said, "I've seen your updated map of the Bai Ze monsters. It's very detailed. I'm leaving the city now because I want to ask you a question."

Sun Xiucai said, "My dear lord, please don't ask me too quickly. Let me tell you a story." Sun Xiucai said, "There was a family living next to the West Mountain. There was a little boy in the family. Every night, the boy would have a dream. He dreamed that a ghost led a tiger to chase him.

He had this dream more than ten times, and every time he had it, the tiger would get closer and closer to him.

He knew that sooner or later he would be eaten by a tiger in his dream.

So the day before the tiger caught up with him in the dream, he said to his parents: I dreamed that a ghost led a tiger to eat me. This dream is getting closer and closer. I am afraid that I will die soon. The tiger cannot find me and will come to my house. I don’t want you to get hurt, so I can only take the initiative to be eaten by the tiger.

The little boy was not willing to be eaten like this, and warned his parents: I heard that people who are eaten by tigers will become ghosts. After I am eaten by a tiger, I will definitely become a ghost.

If the tiger lets me lead the way, I will lead him home.

Wherever you see me wandering, dig a trap there so that you can catch the tiger and avenge me.

The next day, the boy was indeed taken away by a tiger in Xishan."

Sun Xiucai gave a bitter laugh: "It's just that this tiger has become a demon, and the story has gone off the track."

He continued the story: "If the tiger's parents and the villagers had worked together, catching the tiger wouldn't have been difficult, and it would have been considered getting rid of a threat."

"That tiger demon had just become a demon, so it wasn't very strong. Even though it ate people, the villagers just thought it was a ferocious beast."

"The hunters in the village organized the young and strong men to set a trap and kill and eat the tiger."

"But after the tiger ate the child, it gained the child's memories and learned these plots. He deliberately waited until dark, when the villagers had dispersed, and then secretly followed them all the way to the village."

"He first ate the hunter, and then he had the hunter's memories. He tore off the tiger's skin, and then he transformed into the hunter's appearance."

"In human form, he swaggered into people's homes and ate up the village head, village elders and others.

"Every time the tiger demon ate a person, he gained their memories and knowledge. But he still felt it was not enough. He had many questions that he had never considered when he was just a tiger."

"Then the tiger ate the village's only scholar. Suddenly, he possessed the scholar's knowledge and wisdom, the village elder's experience, and the village headman's experience in governing the village...

"The tiger grew wiser and more knowledgeable. He even took over the scholar's house and began to read the Four Books and Five Classics."

"He would often summon the scholars who had become his lackeys and ask them about historical events and the principles of life. If he was pleased, he would reward the scholars with treasures for cultivation, teach them magic, and even appoint them as his military advisors."

"As more and more people learned from it, the tiger's originally terrifying appearance gradually became more and more human-like. Its speech, behavior, and facial expressions even became more lively, and it could even tell a joke from time to time."

"The tiger demon even organized its minions and resumed production, pretending the area hadn't been invaded by demons. It tricked a group of living people into entering and told the other minions not to harm them... He even personally taught them to read and maintain peace in the area, believing he was doing a better job than humans."

The tiger demon often said: The emperor governs the world with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and he also wants to govern the world in the same way.

At first, the scholar thought that he was the one who guided the tiger demon to do good, and even felt that if he didn’t go to hell, who would?

Until I heard the tiger demon say in person: I have eaten many people, but most of them tasted bad. The food of the poor is bitter, the food of the wicked is poisonous, and the food of the elderly makes their tongues numb. Only good people, children, and scholars can improve their cultivation by eating it...

I didn't understand why, even though we're all human beings, the tastes differed so drastically. Some people could improve their cultivation and wisdom after eating it, while others suffered from stomach upset and indigestion.
It was not until I ate you, a scholar, that I realized that it’s not just us demons who eat people, but the world also eats people, and even more so, the world eats people, and people don’t resist.

I will replace this world and become your heaven, your earth, and your parents. I will make you familiar with my existence, grateful for me, and thankful for me.

(End of this chapter)