Chapter VIII Obligations of Short-Lived Species

Cultivation is cultivation... Zhou Yimu's words are as if he didn't say the same thing.

Zhou Fan said helplessly, "Is there a monk in the village?"

This is the most important thing. If there are no monks in the village, where should he go to find monks? Learn the way of practice to continue your life?

"This..." Zhou Yimu thought about it.

Gui Feng said, "The two master Fu masters in the village should be monks."

Zhou Fan's heart moved slightly, he felt that what Gui Feng said made sense, the two Talismans looked very special.

Yi Yimu added: "And the village patrol team leader Lu and Muramasa Luo Kaitian seem to be monks too."

Then there are four monks, Zhou Fan couldn't help but ask: "Are you sure they are all?"

Zhou Yimu said: "Afan, your mother and I are just ordinary people, and we usually talk about monks from some people, so we can't be too sure."

Gui Feng also nodded and said, "We only know that some powerful people are monks, and we don't know what the specific criteria are."

Hearing this, Zhou Fan frowned, but he could understand it.

"Afan, you can talk about lifespan and monks later." Yi Yimu's face suddenly became serious, "Now my mother and I have more important things to discuss with you."

"What's more important?" Zhou Fan was stunned for a moment, what is more important than life span?

Gui Feng also suddenly remembered, she grabbed Zhou Fan's arms with both hands, her eyes fixed on Zhou Fan's trembling voice: "Your father is right, the life expectancy is at least four years, but now it's burning eyebrows, Mother must save your life no matter what, Afan, you go to pack up first, and leave this village when it gets dark."

"What?" Zhou Fan had a confused look on his face.

Yi Yi Mu suddenly shouted: "Gui Feng, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Gui Feng said anxiously: "I'm not talking nonsense, Afan must leave Sanqiu Village, do you want to watch your son die?"

Zhou Yimu had a look of struggle on his face, but he quickly said sullenly: "Of course I don't want to, but your idea won't work."

Zhou Fan looked at the two of Zhou Yimu, and he asked, "Father, mother, what are you talking about, I don't understand at all, why do I die if I don't leave the village?"

Guifeng said: "Afan, don't interrupt, Yimu, why doesn't my idea work?"

Yi Yimu didn't speak, but went to open the wooden door, glanced outside the house, quickly closed the door, and pushed on the wooden latch, locking the door completely.

Only then did Yi Yimu turn around and come back and said solemnly: "Speak quietly, otherwise it will cause trouble for outsiders to hear."

Gui Feng was also suddenly alert, she agreed with her voice lowering: "You are right, we really need to be quieter."

Zhou Yimu looked at Gui Feng and said coldly: "What's the difference between letting Afan escape and sending him to death, have you forgotten that the village practiced the method of sitting together? Five families, ten families, why do they supervise each other and report each other? If you don't expose it, ten families will sit together!"

Zhou Fan's expression changed slightly. He had also heard of the law of concatenation. If one family committed a crime, if the other nine families did not report it, the nine families would also be implicated and regarded as a crime. In ancient times, some dynasties adopted such strict laws. , I can't think of it here.

"Today's hair-binding ceremony, the whole village knows that Fan'er's life expectancy is nineteen, and the nine family members nearby have a very good relationship with us, but they will not allow Fan'er to escape and harm them. They may already be nearby. Staring." Zhou Yimu continued.

"And even if you are lucky enough to let Afan escape from the village, it is so dangerous outside, how can you let Fan'er live outside, Guifeng?"

Hearing Zhou Yimu's series of questions, Gui Feng's face paled and tears flowed down again: "I lost my head and came up with such a trick, but if I don't run away, how can Afan survive in the village? Coming to our house."

Zhou Yimu sighed: "Escape ten to death without life,

But if you don't run away and join the patrol team, there is at least a chance of life. Afan can only seize this chance. We must try our best to help him. "

Zhou Fan kept listening, but the more he listened, the more confused he became. He asked, "Father, mother, why do I want to join the patrol team? And why should I join the patrol team without a chance of death?"

Yi Yimu frowned and said, "Afan, you have forgotten everything, and I don't know if it's good or bad. It's unavoidable that you join the patrol."

"Because your lifespan is only nineteen, you are the short-lived species mentioned by the village regulations. You have no choice but to join the patrol team."

"Short-lived?" Zhou Fan heard a new word again, "Does it mean that my lifespan is very short? But I am a short-lived, so what does this have to do with the village?"

"Anyone with a lifespan of less than 35 years old is a short-lived species, and a person over 100 years old is a long-lived species." Yi Yimu explained as much as possible, "Every one of us is protected by the village and has an obligation to contribute to the village. The village rules No one can violate it."

"What if it is violated?" Zhou Fan asked.

Yi Yimu said with a cold face: "If you violate the village rules, the light ones will be expelled from the village and left to fend for themselves, and the heavy ones... even people like you will be killed."

Zhou Fan felt a little cold in his heart, he almost forgot, this is not a civilized and rule of law society, he thinks the village rules are very barbaric and unreasonable, but in the eyes of these people it is a very normal thing.

Zhou Fan asked, "What danger is there in the patrol team?"

Gui Feng's voice choked: "Afan, the patrol team is going to patrol outside the village, and many people die every year. The people in the village secretly call it the death squad."

"Is it dangerous outside the village?" Zhou Fan still can't understand this weird world, and of course he doesn't know what's going on outside the village.

Zhou Yimu said: "Of course it is dangerous outside the village, there are endless strange ghosts and ghosts, the ghost you encountered yesterday is only the lowest existence, and the existence of very little threat."

The ghost is only a very small threat? Zhou Fan felt shivering, and now he finally understood the situation he was about to face.

Don't look at him having four years to live, but if an ordinary person like him joins the patrol team and faces those monsters and ghosts that are far beyond the yin and ghosts, once he encounters one casually during the patrol, now Zhou Fan does not feel at all. have a chance to survive.

No wonder his mother, Gui Feng, wanted him to escape from the village as if he was irrational, and Zhou Fan himself couldn't help but think of running away.

But just now Yi Yimu has made it very clear that it is useless to escape. Even if he can escape from the patrol team, he has to face those dangerous existences directly when he goes outside. What does he rely on to survive?

Guifeng cried again, she felt that her son was really suffering.

Zhou Fan just frowned. He was a little dazed. He didn't expect to be in such a dangerous situation after only a few days of travel.