NOVPUBChapter 1043: Chapter 950: Killing the New Year Pig
Chapter 1043 -950: Killing the New Year Pig
The little mountain village.
In the early morning, Li Fan woke up groggily, a lingering fondness for the warmth of his bed in the winter chill.
Xiao Bai was sleeping sweetly, curled up in the crook of his arm, with its cute little paws resting on his hand.
He couldn’t help but stroke Xiao Bai before gently placing its head on the pillow. Then, he got up, dressed, opened the door, and stepped outside.
The disciples were all busy with their own things. Long Zixuan was observing fish early in the morning, Dugu Yuqing was grinding ink, and Zi Ling was still painting…
But on the other side, Wu Dade let out a scream!
“Ah!”
He clutched his bottom and ran about.
And behind him, a big white goose was chasing after him everywhere!
—That big white goose was also taken out by Li Fan from the System.
He had originally wanted Da De to learn the technique of goose-rearing, but this goose turned out to be vicious, chasing Da De to peck every day, so much so that even Big Black Dog dared not get involved. It was practically a tyrant!
“Dead Dog, save me!”
Wu Dade hurriedly ran toward Big Black Dog.
But Big Black Dog was still sleeping. Seeing this, it grit its teeth and transmitted a message:
“Human Pet, you’re deliberately leading trouble my way, I’ll bite you to death!”
It barked loudly, snapping at Wu Dade until he quickly jumped away.
The big white goose walked past Big Black Dog, giving it a look of animosity in its goose eyes!
Big Black Dog suddenly felt intimidated and said:
“That goose egg back then… I didn’t steal it on purpose… Auntie, it wasn’t my fault!”
Hearing this, the big goose got even angrier and was about to peck Big Black Dog.
“Alright, Da De, stop causing trouble, come and have breakfast,” called Li Fan at that moment.
Hearing this, Wu Dade felt like he’d received a pardon. Leaving the dog and the goose behind, he rushed quickly to his master’s side, as obedient as could be.
Gong Ya brought breakfast: eggs, lean meat and vegetable porridge, and soy milk.
Plain but delicious.
“Great Demon King, here, you can have the yolk.”
Yun Xi peeled an egg, but she only liked the egg white, so she gave the yolk to Li Fan.
Li Fan smiled.
“Master… Since the goose isn’t laying eggs, how about you take it back?” Wu Dade said in a meek voice.
These past few days, he’d been pecked so much that he’d become somewhat scared.
He wanted a break for a few days.
Li Fan replied, “It’s not laying eggs? Maybe you’re not raising it right?”
That shouldn’t be right. If it’s always not laying eggs, there’s probably a problem.
But after pondering, he said:
“You raise it for a few more days. If it still isn’t laying eggs, we’ll slaughter it and eat it, and get you two new goslings to raise.”
Upon hearing this, Wu Dade immediately deflated; he still had to raise it for a few more days…
Meanwhile, the big white goose that was chasing Big Black Dog to peck, on hearing these words, showed shock in its goose eyes.
It suddenly felt panicked.
To be slaughtered and eaten?
It immediately stopped, turned around silently, and walked over to the chicken coop.
“May I… borrow a nest?”
The big white goose, its words surprisingly humble.
The old hen nodded indifferently.
The big white goose immediately went to nest down!
It was trying hard to lay goose eggs!
“Is Little Li at home?”
Outside, Uncle Zhang’s voice came over.
Li Fan replied, “Yes, I am.”
Gong Ya stepped forward, opened the courtyard gate, and Uncle Zhang walked in, smiling as he said:
“We’re slaughtering the New Year pig today. I’m here to ask Da De for a hand!”
Hearing this, Li Fan couldn’t help but be delighted, “Slaughtering the New Year pig? That’s great news… Let’s go and have a look too.”
He immediately led Wu Dade, Dugu Yuqing, and the others to join Uncle Zhang.
As for Yun Xi and Zi Ling, Li Fan asked them to stay in the yard, as slaughtering a pig wasn’t an elegant affair, and he didn’t want them to watch.
…
Outside the village.
Qing Chen and the others finally entered the Deadman Wilderness.
“This old softshell turtle, please take it to Oath Keeping Valley for Xiao Kun and the others to try,” said Jiang Li as he took a Negative Chess Luo Turtle carcass and handed it to Yu Linglong.
There were three Negative Chess Luo Turtles in total, each weighing several dozen pounds. Keeping two was enough.
Giving one to Oath Keeping Valley was also sufficient for their use, especially since these were Overlord-level, even more formidable than the Four Sights beings they had encountered before.
Yu Linglong was thrilled upon hearing this. Overlord-level ingredients were being offered! She couldn’t help but feel lucky to have secured a strong alliance as this was a direct path to soaring high…
“Yu Linglong understands!”
She took a deep breath and, with the old turtle in tow, immediately headed towards Oath Keeping Valley.
Beside her, the Buddha Ancestor, Grass Ancestor, and Chess Ancestor stood there, dumbfounded.
That was an Overlord-level being, yet it was being given away as if it were a worthless item, just to provide a taste test?
Wasn’t that a bit too much? 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
“What exactly is this ‘ten venerables’ village’?”
Qi Shuangming couldn’t help but murmur,
“Could it be that in that village, Overlord-level beings are treated as food? That’s too astonishing…”
Soon, they landed in front of the small mountain village.
The sight of the village before them left all three in utter shock.
“Is this some small mountain village…? This, this is clearly a forbidden place, isn’t it?”
The Grass Ancestor couldn’t help but blurt out, his eyes filled with terror.
“Forbidden paths crisscross like an ocean… How can such a place exist in the True Ancestor World…”
The Buddha Ancestor murmured,
“The place described in the Shijing (Classic of Liberation) as the land on the other shore probably doesn’t even possess the status of this place…”
The Chess Ancestor, however, was extremely excited,
“This village is clearly arranged based on the profoundest path of chess; each plant and tree holds a secret. It’s terrifying!”
Only now did he realize that the chess game at Sacrificial World Mountain paled in comparison to the layout of this small mountain village!
What kind of beings could possibly reside here?
“Let’s go, back to the village!”
Qing Chen spoke up.
“That’s not right…”
The Grass Ancestor suddenly said, sounding very uneasy,
“That… gentlemen, are we just going to walk in like this?”
“I’m afraid that once I go in, I’ll revert to my original form, becoming a mere foxtail grass…”
Out of worry, he even revealed his true nature as foxtail grass.
The Buddha Ancestor also said,
“We practice the Grey Mist Method, and entering this place… I fear we might be executed…”
But Jiang Li smiled and said,
“Don’t worry, it’ll be fine.”
“Others have already gone in before, and as long as you harbor no evil thoughts, you should be alright.”
The small mountain village did indeed suppress the Origin of the Grey Mist.
But since they were entering together without ill intentions, it seemed they would not be suppressed. Otherwise, those lunatics before…
Would have long been buried with grass three inches above their graves.
Hearing this, the Buddha Ancestor and the others finally felt relieved and followed them in.
No sooner had they entered the village than they heard a tremendous pig squeal!
The squealing echoed throughout the entire village.
“Ah!”
The Buddha Ancestor and the others had just entered the village when they heard the sound, their faces instantly changing, feeling dizzy and overwhelmed, and they all fell down!
“What kind of terrifying creature’s roar is this? It scared me to death… scared me to death…”
The Grass Ancestor’s face turned even greener with fear!
The Buddha Ancestor quivered, bringing his hands together and reading the sutras to calm himself down.
Qi Shuangming simply closed his eyes and sat down on the ground with a thump!
All three were overwhelmed.
Jiang Li and the others were also taken aback. What was this…
“Could it be… time to slaughter the New Year’s pig?”
Qing Chen suddenly said.
Upon hearing this, Lu Rang’s eyes lit up,
“Absolutely, let’s go watch the pig slaughtering!”
When the Buddha Ancestor and the others heard this, they were stunned.
Slaughtering the New Year’s pig?
What was this ghostly affair? In the mortal world, it seems common folk slaughter a New Year’s pig for the holidays…
But what they heard clearly sounded like a roar from a forbidden beast, a roar that could kill a person with sheer fright!
They looked at each other and followed Qing Chen and the rest.
“Heavens… what kind of beings are these… The grass by the roadside is of an unimaginable realm…”
The Grass Ancestor trembled as he walked.
Whenever the wind gusts and a few blades of weeds sway, he would panic at once and hurriedly bow to the grasses, saying,
“Respected senior, please calm your anger, I did not mean to gaze upon you, please forgive me!”
The Chess Ancestor grew increasingly fearful as he walked until he dared not take another step for fear that every corner of the small mountain village harbored a life-and-death situation where a single misstep could prove fatal.
Thus, he moved very slowly, sticking closely behind Jiang Li, only daring to step where Jiang Li had stepped.
As for the Buddha Ancestor, his complexion was ashen, his muscles tensed with extreme anxiety, drops of sweat falling while he muttered,
“Detach from life and death, detach from life and death… I mustn’t fear, I have detached from life and death!”
He was entirely relying on the Buddhist resolve of “entering hell” to keep himself moving forward.
Finally, they turned at a corner and saw Uncle Zhang’s courtyard.
But upon seeing the scene in the courtyard, the three great ancestors were so frightened that they froze in shock!
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