HCB Chapter 374 - 374: Temple God!
Chapter 374 - 374: Temple God!
"No, Grandpa, I must cure the illness in the village," Ai Yeqing said stubbornly, "Qin Feng can do it, I believe in him!"
"What about after it's cured? Do you want to stay here forever?" Grandpa Ai asked again.
"Yes, the village has been attacked by fierce beasts year-round, and I'm the strongest here. Only I can resist their attacks. If I leave, wouldn't you be in danger, Grandpa?" Ai Yeqing replied.
At this point, Qin Feng curiously asked, "Does this place...suffer from constant beast attacks?"
Logically speaking.
The village has been established for a long period, and the residents who have lived here for years, constantly absorbing spiritual energy, should at least have the strength of an Inner Strength Martial Disciple, even without practicing any martial arts. Typically, fierce beast attacks should be rare.
Even if they occur, they are usually just some not-so-powerful tigers or wolves.
From what Ai Yeqing implied, it seemed that the fierce beasts attacking the village were formidable, requiring her capabilities as a Half-step Master to handle.
"Yes, it started when I was young, for some unknown reason fierce beasts frequently appeared in the village."
"They are very large and powerful, sometimes it takes dozens of strong men to handle one. The most severe attack was the one involving Little Ai's parents. The opponent was a three-meter-tall black bear—it injured many people, and only after fighting desperately did the two of them manage to kill the monster. At that time, their cultivation levels were also at a Half-step Master," Grandpa Ai explained.
Hearing this, Qin Feng frowned in contemplation.
A fierce beast capable of fighting equally with a Half-step Master must be a powerful spiritual beast. Why would it attack a village that has nothing of value?
The only explanation, as he had guessed before, was that this village has treasures!
It may be the spiritual energy unintentionally emitted by the treasures which attracted those spiritual beasts.
"Don't worry, once this is resolved, there won't be such powerful fierce beasts attacking the village anymore," Qin Feng reassured.
He was also unwilling to let Ai Yeqing stay in this village forever.
After all, he had "invested" a strand of Immortal Energy in her; not taking her away would be a waste.
After dinner.
The three of them prepared to sleep.
Grandpa Ai and Ai Yeqing, depending only on each other, had only two bedrooms. Grandpa Ai wanted to give Qin Feng his room, but Ai Yeqing wouldn't agree. Finally, it was decided that she would let Qin Feng sleep in the room, and she would go outside to practice sitting cultivation.
Qin Feng didn't insist too much and laid down.
It couldn't be helped.
Analyzing the village's Feng Shui and terrain in the afternoon drained much of his energy, he was indeed quite tired.
In the deep of the night.
While Qin Feng was sleeping, suddenly a "crack" thundered outside, followed by a startling clash of thunder.
Then.
A torrential rain began to pour down.
At this moment, Ai Yeqing hurried back into the room, looking frustrated, "It's raining, I have to come inside."
"This bed is so big, we can lie down together!" Qin Feng said.
"Pervert!" Ai Yeqing glared at him.
"…"
Qin Feng was speechless.
He truly hadn't thought anything inappropriate, thinking it was normal to share; how was it perverted?
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Suddenly another bolt of lightning struck.
It was accompanied by a strange cry.
"What's that?" Qin Feng wondered for a moment, and then, regardless of the rain and wind, immediately rushed outside.
Shortly after.
He returned to the room carrying a monkey.
The monkey was only half a meter long, struck by lightning, and completely charred.
That cry was from it.
Qin Feng decided to bring it back because, surprisingly, it was still alive even after being struck by lightning.
He placed the monkey on the ground, observing while muttering, "Not bad, not bad, this is a Spiritual Monkey. It's rare to find a Spiritual Monkey in this place!"
Saying this.
He continued to examine curiously by prying open the monkey's mouth to look at its teeth and pulling open its eyes to check, muttering, "Is this fellow also here looking for treasures?"
As soon as he finished speaking.
Qin Feng suddenly heard a "plop" sound!
Look up.
It turns out Ai Yeqing suddenly knelt down on both knees before him.
"Hey, why are you suddenly kneeling before me?"
Qin Feng said blankly.
"Who knelt before you!" Ai Yeqing said anxiously, "You must let go of the Temple God, it's our Temple God!!"
"What? It? This monkey?"
Qin Feng exclaimed in surprise.
"Don't be unreasonable, this is our Temple God, you should kneel down to the Temple God quickly!" Ai Yeqing hurriedly knelt and pleaded, "Temple God, please forgive his ignorance..."
"..."
Qin Feng was speechless.
The normally clever girl, how could she be so superstitious.
Indeed.
For decades, it has been relied upon for rainmaking, one must show reverence!
Only then did he realize that the Temple God worshipped by the entire village was actually a monkey; at first, he thought it was someone pretending to be a ghost.
He sighed.
Qin Feng told her, "Okay, it's currently stunned by lightning and can't hear."
"Stunned? What should we do now!" Ai Yeqing said worriedly.
"Don't worry, I've checked; it's nothing serious, this little creature is very strong", Qin Feng said.
"Who are you calling a little creature, this is the Temple God!"
"..."
Qin Feng was very speechless.
Moments later.
With Qin Feng's help, the Spiritual Monkey finally woke up.
Upon seeing Qin Feng.
It bared its teeth like it was seeing a stranger, seemingly wanting to bite him.
Seeing this, Qin Feng said, "I say, you dead monkey, don't you want to live anymore? You are poisoned."
"Poisoned?"
Beside him, Ai Yeqing was puzzled.
"Yes, it's poisoned," Qin Feng continued, asking the monkey, "I say, have you recently felt your skin darken, lack of energy, feeling weak all over, and rapidly losing weight?"
"Heh heh." The monkey nodded.
"That's right."
Qin Feng told Ai Yeqing, "If I'm not wrong, the villagers' illness is transmitted by it. Someone has poisoned it."
"Poison the Temple God? Who would dare do such a thing!"
"According to my guess, it should be someone coveting treasure. In these few days, you should be alert for any outsiders showing up."
"What do we do now? We need to cure the Temple God first."
"That's simple."
Qin Feng said and bit his finger, dripping a drop of fresh blood into the monkey's mouth.
The monkey shivered instantly, and then its body flashed a red light, walked unsteadily like it was drunk, and plopped to the ground.
Ai Yeqing seeing this, was extremely anxious.
Just about to help.
The monkey suddenly stood up again, stunned for a moment, then quickly ran to Qin Feng, knelt before his legs, and started kowtowing vigorously, with both gratitude and reverence in its eyes.
"What, what's happening?"
Ai Yeqing blinked, extremely baffled.
Many doctors had been brought in to treat the illness before, all unable to do anything for it.
Yet Qin Feng just dropped a drop of blood and it was fine.
Moreover.
It even showed such reverence to him!
Of course, Qin Feng would not admit how potent his blood was, capable of curing all poisons.
It was precisely recognizing his blood that made the Spiritual Monkey revere him so.
"Cough cough, this is a kind of Skill," Qin Feng worried his secret would be discovered, so he pretended to tap around on it a bit more, then ended his act, saying, "All right, it's fine now."