Chapter 166 165. Same species?

Xu Qing felt a little sorry for the corpse of this fourth-level great demon.

But there is nothing I can do.

If this fish-tiger monster was in its full strength, even if he took advantage of an opportunity and used its force to draw upon the thunder from the sky, he might not be able to destroy the body of the fourth-level monster.

However, the fish-tiger demon first forcibly stirred up the flood disaster energy, causing its solid body to be destroyed from the inside out, and then it was hit by the axe of the Jiazi God.

That's why there won't even be a complete body left under the thunder.

Xu Qing spread out his palms, and the shadow of a fish-tiger appeared in his palm. Judging from the aura, this wisp of flood disaster aura was much thinner than the one on the pig dragon.

A thought came to my mind.

The ray of disaster energy from the pig dragon that was suppressed in the dantian by the evil spirit of disaster also appeared in the palm of his hand, and then turned into the shape of a pig dragon.

The moment the phantom of the pig dragon appeared, it immediately pounced on the phantom of the fish-tiger. In a few seconds, the phantom of the fish-tiger was swallowed up completely.

The shadow of the Pig Dragon seemed to have become noticeably more solid.

"Ok?"

Xu Qing subconsciously let out a puzzled voice, and Luo Yufei immediately asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Xu Qing shook his head.

"It's okay, it's just that the two flood disaster energies merged into one, and I vaguely saw the figures of three other water demons."

Through the causal line, he could only know where the monster that obtained the flood disaster energy was.
Unexpectedly, the two flood disaster energies merged.

However, through some mysterious connection, he saw what the other three water-born monsters that had been affected by the flood disaster were.

"Three more?" Luo Yufei said with a frown.

"Yes, the entire flood disaster energy was divided into five parts, and was taken by five water-born monsters. The first was a pig dragon, the second was this fish tiger, the third was a loach monster, the fourth was a crab monster, and the last was a toad."

"Loach? Crab? Toad?" Luo Yufei had thoughts flashing through his mind.

Those who can control the water and break through the water-suppressing magic array on the river bank are not ordinary monsters. They should be at the fourth level. Monsters of this level are rare in the rivers.

The loach monster in this river can cultivate to the fourth level.
As far as he knew, there was only one loach monster named "King of Deep Sand".

This monster lives in a cave in the mud at the bottom of the river. It seldom moves for several years, but every time it moves, it will definitely disturb the peace of the river somewhere.

When the Deep Sand King was active, the boats passing through this part of the river were often swallowed by it along with the people and boats as food.

There are quite a few toad monsters in the fourth realm, and they include the Xue Wazi clan. The only one that really causes harm to the river bank is the "Hundred Ghost Frog King".

This monster can raise ghosts in its stomach. All the people who fall into the water and drown will turn into water ghosts and be swallowed by this "Frog King of a Hundred Ghosts".

Either chew it directly or force it to do something.

As for the crab monster.
We haven't heard much about the appearance of the four realms monsters here, but there is a crab monster clan on the Dongting Lake in the middle reaches of the river.

Perhaps this crab monster that controlled the water and broke through the river bank and shared the flood disaster energy came from the Dongting crab monster.

Luo Yufei told Xu Qing all the information he knew.

After listening to this, Xu Qing compared it with the three monster figures he sensed and felt that Luo Yufei's guess might be right.

The Deep Sand King, the Hundred Demon Frog King, and the Crab Monster with a Gun
Let’s not talk about the crab monster for now, those two monsters will be difficult to deal with once they hear this name!
However, no matter how difficult it is to deal with them, they must capture these three monsters as soon as possible. Otherwise, once they have refined the flood disaster energy, their strength will increase by leaps and bounds, making it even more difficult to kill them!

"Lord Luo, does your Arctic Exorcism Institute have any records of the realms of King Shensha and King Baigui Frog?" Xu Qing asked.

"The monsters in this river are mainly dealt with by the Water Purification Bureau, and our Beiji Exorcism Institute is responsible for assisting."

"But according to the information from the Water Purification Department, King Shensha and King Baiguiwa were both in the fourth realm before." Luo Yufei said in a deep voice: "The breakthrough of the realm of the demon race is not like that of us humans. It often takes hundreds of years."

"The Great King of Deep Sand and the Lord of Hundred Demonic Frogs have only achieved the cultivation level of the Fourth Realm in the past twenty to thirty years. If it weren't for this flood disaster, it would have been difficult for them to break through in the next hundred years."

"Speaking of which, the pig dragon you killed should have only achieved the fourth level of cultivation in the past few decades. It was only because it refined the flood disaster energy that it was able to break through in such a short time."

Xu Qing figured out one thing.

Why did that pig dragon rush out with the pig dragon group after refining only half of the flood disaster energy, instead of finding a quiet place to refine the remaining flood disaster energy?

It is afraid that those water-born monsters that have obtained the flood disaster energy will be the same as it, and their realm will be broken through after refining. It will be troublesome to eat them then.

Of course, there may be some remaining flood disaster energy that cannot help it break through the fifth realm. After all, the flood disaster energy that the pig dragon obtained was incomplete.

And because the evil spirit of disaster and calamity in his body and the disaster energy of floods and waterlogging were from the same source, they were attracted to him by accident and wanted to eat him.

"Let's deal with the affairs of this village first, and then we will immediately set out to kill the other three water monsters."

Killing the fish-tiger monster did not end the matter. The problem was what to do with the village.

Staying in one place with a fierce monster for a long time, the evil spirit that they unconsciously emit is enough to put ordinary people at risk of death. This treatment is not difficult. As long as Luo Yufei mobilizes the Yuan Qi to cover the entire village, he can naturally remove the evil spirit that has invaded the villagers.

The more difficult problem is that almost all the children in the village were eaten by monsters. Under such a huge blow, what happened to the villagers who lost their children?

Countless evil incidents have occurred in this context.

Extreme sadness will make people involuntarily seek spiritual support, and this is often the time when evil spirits take the opportunity to invade.

Neither Xu Qing nor Luo Yufei had a good solution for this. They could only wait for time to slowly cover the scars. After all, the child was dead, but the living people still needed to continue living.

At the same time, Luo Yufei will issue an order in the name of the Arctic Exorcism House, asking local gentry to cooperate with the government and pay more attention to the situation in this village.

If anything is wrong, report it immediately.

When Xu Qing and Luo Yufei returned to the village, the crying sounds in the village were no longer so obvious. Instead, they were replaced by an outburst after extreme repression.

People came to the land temple without any prior arrangement.

Even though the land temple had collapsed, people were still not satisfied and vented their anger on the ruins.

Under the fallen beams and broken tiles,

The only intact part of the collapsed and shattered statue, the head, was dragged out and left to be trampled and spat on by the villagers.

The crowd hated the statue as much as they hated the monster.

This statue has a spirituality.

It was originally an eight-hole stone in the mountains. Later, villagers found this stone and sculpted it into a land statue, and by accident, they chiseled a ninth hole in it.

As a result, chaos and ignorance were born, and it turned into a stone monster.

The villagers have been worshipping it for generations, with incense burning year after year, hoping that it can protect the village and villagers in times of danger.

As a result, despite the constant supply of incense, when disaster struck, not only did it fail to protect the village, but the spirit in the stone also escaped with the power of incense accumulated over the years.

As mortals, the villagers naturally did not know what had happened, but after the monster occupied the land temple, he told the villagers about this matter as a joke.

Luo Yufei, who was hovering in the air, saw this scene and said with emotion:
"In the previous dynasty, the gods of mountains and rivers governed the land and were in charge of all evil events in the area. But gods are gods, and humans are humans. How could gods risk their lives for mere mortals?"

"The only ones who can save humanity are humans themselves!"

"In the wild and desolate times of the past, the emperors of each generation worked hard and finally created a prosperous era for the human race. They definitely did not rely on those so-called 'gods', but on the 'king' and the people who gathered around the 'king'!"

Xu Qing did not comment on Luo Yufei's impassioned speech.

Gods and humans are certainly different species. When it is profitable, they can naturally protect the people under their rule. When faced with a life-threatening situation, they will not care about those mortals.

Since cultivators and mortals are both human beings, can they be considered the same species?

Xu Qing has always had this doubt.

The cultivators have long life spans, are immune to all diseases, and have mastered all kinds of magical skills. They can fly into the sky, hide underground, dive into the sea and split mountains. They are omnipotent. Compared with mortals who may die if they get sick, and who will die within a hundred years,
Can they really be considered the same species?

In the dynasties before the Great Sheng Dynasty, the cultivators of the immortal sect on the mountain ignored the mundane world, yet enjoyed the offerings and admiration of mortals. What is the difference between this and the "gods" that Luo Yufei mentioned.

If it weren't for the Great Sheng Taizu and the Taoist leader from Yuanfu Temple, who forced all the sects and gangs in the world to bow their heads, swear an oath, and take the responsibility of defending the land,
Wouldn’t this scene be seen now in those cultivators who are also human beings?

so,

System and order are the key that connects cultivators and mortals.

Without system and order, mortals are nothing more than a resource for practitioners. If they can be used, they will be saved; if they cannot be used, they will be abandoned.

With systems and order, cultivators and mortals are the same species standing on the same side.

Even though the status of the two is very different,

But at the very least, the strength of the strong will not be a heavy hammer hitting the weak.

However, the system and order of the Great Sheng Dynasty were not without problems. The power of the imperial court and local governments was concentrated. If the evildoers were officials,
For example, if the county magistrate Fang in Ningyang Town happens to be like that, the consequences will be extraordinary.

Xu Qing looked at the villagers who were crying and raging, wanting to raze the ruins again, then flew down and summoned the Jiazi God.

Belief in gods is most likely to influence people's minds, but if used in a good way it can be good, and if used in an evil way it can be evil.

When the villagers saw the majestic Jiazi God, they recognized that he was the "god" who helped them drive away the "god" who occupied the land temple.

They fell to their knees with a thud and kowtowed to the Jiazi God.

"Your child has already been reincarnated and returned to the netherworld. Live a good life from now on. Your child will be reborn into your family one day."

(End of this chapter)