Chapter 8: Human-faced Bear

Soon, Zhou Qingshan, Zhao Gang, Zhou Shiqi, Zhao Xiaoxiao and his three sons arrived at the scene quickly under the leadership of Manager Zhang.

In the open space in front of a loess house, many anxiously waiting villagers have gathered, including men, women, young and old, they are all farmers who have come to Shengfengling.

At this moment, a sharp-eyed farmer caught a glimpse of Zhou Qingshan wearing a bamboo hat in the crowd, and he immediately shouted excitedly:

"It's the young master who's here!"

As he shouted, the surrounding villagers turned their heads and focused their eyes on Zhou Qingshan.

"Young Master, how could a strange beast break into the spiritual realm? All seven members of the Li family were killed, it's so tragic... My family is not far from here, what should I do!"

A villager said anxiously, with uncontrollable panic in his voice.

"Yes, there is not even a complete body to be found!"

An atmosphere of anxiety and fear permeated the crowd.

Obviously, the tragedy that happened to the Li family greatly impacted their limited sense of security.

They could understand being attacked by wild beasts outside the spiritual realm, but as long as they stayed in groups of three or five and were careful, they could barely ensure their own safety.

This was the first time they encountered a strange beast that dared to enter the spiritual realm, and it was so ferocious!
Zhou Qingshan frowned slightly. Seeing that more and more people were coming and blocking the road, he raised his hand and shouted loudly:
"Make way. I'm here to resolve this matter. Let Captain Zhao go in and take a look at the situation first."

Zhou Qingshan was very prestigious. With just one word, the surrounding farmers immediately shut up and the crowd consciously made way for him.

Zhou Qingshan asked Shiqi, Sanzi and Xiaoxiao to stay outside and followed Zhao Gang to the door of the house. Suddenly, a pungent smell of blood mixed with a disgusting stench hit them in the face.

Zhou Qingshan covered his nose and said, "This stench is really from that strange beast."

Before coming here, he thought it was possible that it was just an ordinary wild animal that strayed into the spiritual realm, but now it is basically confirmed.
It's just that he was injured these two days. Normally, there would be two guard team members taking turns to guard the entrance to the spiritual realm, with torches to drive away wild beasts and chevaux de frise set up by Zhou Qingshan.

If someone had been on guard last night and brought a group of people to surround and kill the beast, wouldn't the beast be in danger?

How could this beast be so wise?

Then why didn’t this happen the night before?
Zhao Gang covered his nose and walked into the house, where he saw a shocking scene.

The wreckage was scattered everywhere, with broken bones and torn pieces of flesh everywhere, and marks of the sharp teeth of wild beasts still remaining on them.

"That beast actually ate before leaving?!!" His pupils shrank slightly when he saw this scene.

It’s not that there haven’t been cases of strange beasts eating people in Shengfeng Territory, but most of them happened outside the spiritual realm.

There was only one exception.

During Zhou Dashi's time, Zhao Gang encountered a strange beast. It had the ability to transform itself into a very beautiful person. It would come to people's homes at night and confuse their minds, forcing them to walk out of their spiritual realm and be eaten by it.

More than a dozen people disappeared one after another, and the lord at that time, Zhou Dashi, led people to keep watch.

It was discovered that the beautiful woman was actually a toad the size of a calf. The strange beast was wounded by Zhou Dashi's gun and hurriedly fled into the wilderness and fog, never to be seen again.

Zhou Qingshan entered the house and looked at the miserable scene in front of him. He felt extremely uncomfortable and almost vomited. He gritted his teeth and cursed:

"This damn beast!"

Zhou Qingshan forced himself to calm down and carefully scanned every corner of the room.

No signs of fighting were found. It seemed that the seven members of the Li family were being eaten by the strange beast in their sleep.

But how could people not wake up from the severe pain caused by the strange beast gnawing at their bodies? Only by making a sound, one of the seven people would be able to run out of the house, right?
But when he came in, there was no trace of blood in the snow outside.

This is very abnormal!
Moreover, the place where this family lived was only 800 meters away from the entrance to the spiritual realm. For the strange beasts, it would be easy to carry away one or two people and then go to a safe place to slowly enjoy the prey.

This kind of behavior is in line with the survival instinct of a strange beast, rather than swallowing it on the spot. This is not the flesh and blood of a warrior, so how could it be so tempting?

After all, the longer you stay in the spiritual realm, the greater the risk, unless...
Zhou Qingshan approached Zhao Gang and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Zhao, did you find out what the peace locket was yesterday?"

Zhao Gang also thought of something and answered in a low voice: "That seems to be the gifted organ of some exotic beast." "Gifted organ?"

Zhou Qingshan continued to ask: "Have you found out who gave it to Sanniang?"

The strange beasts do not have magic cores in their bodies, but they have organs that can display their innate special skills, such as horns, eyes, mouths, or internal organs.

Anyway, as long as it is a strange beast, there must be a special organ in its body, which is also the key for people to distinguish between wild beasts and strange beasts.

The innate organs of strange beasts are also a precious martial arts resource used to refine "big medicine"!

Of course, some powerful beasts will hunt their own kind and devour their innate organs in order to advance their own "special skills"!
"It seems to be a farmer. I am planning to let him."

Zhao Gang stopped talking halfway through.

"Young Master, how is Captain Zhao? The farmers outside are making a fuss again."

At this moment, Manager Zhang walked into the room, holding his nose and speaking softly.

"understood."

Zhou Qingshan said as he turned and walked out of the house, and asked the farmer outside:
"Which of you lives nearby? Did anyone hear any unusual noises last night?"

Faced with the question, several people immediately stood up in the crowd, looked at each other and shook their heads.

"There was wind and snow last night, but I didn't hear any unusual sounds."

"No."

"No."

No?

Zhou Qingshan narrowed his eyes slightly, his thoughts turning.

The strange beast was called the Human-faced Bear. Its special talent was not illusion or anything like that, but the ability to imitate sounds and movements to lure passers-by.

Similarly, the human-faced bear can also imitate other sounds, such as the roar of a tiger, which can temporarily scare people.

Obviously, it was impossible for it to devour all seven members of the Li family silently.

Someone must have been helping the strange beast. The seven people of the Li family either died early or were drugged. The drug was the kind that would make them unable to wake up even when being bitten by the strange beast.

There are bad people among the crowd!

Zhou Qingshan looked at the farmers below, and the figures of the Third Madam, the Second Madam, Manager Zhang, and finally Doctor Mo flashed through his mind.
He shook his head again.

At this time, several farmers standing in front of the crowd looked at each other and interrupted Zhou Qingshan's thoughts:

"Young Master, what shall we do?"

They are only a thousand meters away from the entrance to the spiritual realm. Something happened to the Li family tonight, and tomorrow it will be their turn.

Zhou Qingshan recovered from his shock, and said calmly:

"You guys go stay at other houses first. I'll send someone to keep watch here until the strange beast is eliminated!"

"Now you all go away."

Of course, he didn't have the strength to get rid of the strange beast now, but he couldn't show any panic, otherwise the farmers below would make a fuss.

At this time, Zhao Gang left the house.

Zhou Qingshan left his third son behind and asked him to find a few farmers to help bury the corpses first.

Then he led everyone to the spiritual realm pass.

(End of this chapter)