Since her encounter with Xu Shenxing was not normal, in a sense, Song Yu was used to meeting unusual people in Sakura Apartment.
In fact, it was not only the tenants in the apartment, but even Sakura Apartment itself, from the roof to the foundation, exuded a strong sense of mystery. Even though the owner, Xu Shenxing, repeatedly insisted that Sakura Apartment was just an ordinary dilapidated apartment.
For example, in the innermost room of the second-floor corridor where Xu Shenxing had forbidden her to enter, there was often a strange sound, as if someone was playing mahjong inside. In the courtyard outside the room, which was untended and overgrown with weeds, there was always a clump of peanut-like plants constantly changing its position. Two days ago, it was still near the door, but these days, it had run to the small pond that had long dried up. The girl was also sure that she had seen a staircase that seemed to lead to the basement behind her when she was cleaning the room. However, after she hesitated for a moment, the staircase disappeared and was replaced by an ordinary little cubicle with brooms and the like.
After becoming numb to this strange phenomenon, Xu Shenxing suddenly brought back a girl who did not have any supernatural abilities. Other than being very cute, she was just an ordinary girl in every aspect. This made Song Yu feel quite shocked.
In order to prevent his sister from being afraid of the strange phenomena in Sakura Apartment, Xu Shenxing even rolled up his sleeves and blocked the door of the innermost room of the second-floor corridor with a wooden plank. Although she did not know what happened to the staircase leading to the mysterious basement, at least the peanut clump (or something that looked like peanuts) outside the courtyard had disappeared.
Of course, maybe the peanut clump only sensed danger and hid in the weeds...
In any case, Song Yu was happy that there was finally a normal person like herself in Sakura Apartment, not to mention that the other person was someone who could become her sister-in-law. Therefore, the number of times she went to Sakura Apartment recently had inexplicably increased.
On this day, when she walked into Sakura Apartment with ingredients, she heard Xu Shenxing talking to Qin Xingyan.
Speaking of Qin Xingyan, Song Yu was a little surprised. In her impression, Qin Xingyan was just a rustic but very quiet girl in school. Her grades were just average, and she almost never went out to sing karaoke with other students. She was the obedient type and was not very popular among the boys.
However, she did not expect that after taking off her glasses, her temperament would change so much (in fact, the main credit was the magic attached to her eyes). She gave people a feeling that she was full of immortal aura.
If she appeared in school in the way she did in Sakura Apartment, she would be able to easily attract a group of fans — although her taste in clothes was still very rustic....
"Something like this black shadow," Xu Shenxing seemed to be trying to describe a strange thing and then let Qin Xingyan guess its true form, "Do you have any impression of this?"
Qin Xingyan thought for a while and finally shook his head, "As far as I know, there should not be a creature with this appearance among the local monsters..."
"What if it is not limited to monsters?" Xu Shenxing was silent for a moment and asked again.
"There were some ancient gods who looked like this... Senior, have you heard of 'Xingtian'?"
"The one who uses the nipple as the eyes, the navel as the mouth, and has to face the God of Heaven's anus?"
Xu Shenxing thought for a while and said with uncertainty.
"Yes, but in fact, there is another legend about Xingtian that is not so widespread."
Qin Xingyan continued, "Legend has it that a long time ago, a man-eating beast appeared on the earth. In order to suppress it, the tribes at that time united and sent a team of the strongest warriors, and Xingtian was among them.
"Those warriors found the beast and fought with it. In the end, they finally captured and killed it in Changyang Mountain. However, there were only two warriors left in the team. One of them did not exert much strength during the battle and had been hiding all the time. It was not until the end of the battle that he attacked the other warrior who had made great contributions in the battle, which was Xingtian.
"In order to monopolize the glory of killing the beast, that person killed Xingtian, cut off his head, and hid it in Changyang Mountain. He took the beast's body back to the tribe to receive the reward.
"In the end, Xingtian's resentment was not quenched. He dragged his headless body and went to the tribe to kill that despicable coward. However, his appearance was regarded as a monster by the people in the tribe and he was expelled. After that, Xingtian became a terrifying demon god who resented humans, especially treacherous villains. "
At this point, Qin Xingyan took a sip of tea, indicating that he was done.
"In other words, Qiu Yue's parents did something treacherous and angered that thing. That's why they brought this disaster upon themselves?"
Xu Shenxing quietly listened to her words and then muttered thoughtfully, "That's right."
Thinking about it, there was nothing wrong with it … His biological mother left him and Old Man Xu behind and ran away with a rich businessman. In a sense, it was treachery, right?
"I'm just saying, don't believe it too much," Qin Xingyan hurriedly waved his hand, "No one knows what happened in the ancient times. The previous popular legend may be more credible. After all, there must be a reason for it to spread so widely. "
"Who cares, having a direction to investigate is better than not knowing anything." Xu Shenxing rubbed his temples and said in distress, "I'm not good at this kind of investigation, but all I've encountered recently is this kind of f * cking thing … When will there be a situation where I can just rush over and solve it …"
"I'm serious, this kind of thing is not very credible. After all, the legend of Xingtian can be traced back to at least three or four thousand years ago. You said that the black shadow was more likely than Xingtian …"
Qin Xingyan also sighed and said helplessly.
"Mothman?" Xu Shenxing asked curiously.
"When I went to the bookstore to look for knitting … I was looking for information, and I accidentally came across a book about unidentified creatures. It recorded the story of the Mothman." Qin Xingyan frowned and tried hard to recall. "Well, I don't remember the details, but its appearance is a little similar to what you described. Moreover, the Mothman itself is the representative of bad omens. It is said that as long as the Mothman appears, bad things will happen. The most famous of which is the Silver Bridge incident in West Virginia, the Kingdom of Hope. "
"Forget it, whether it's the demon god Xingtian or Mothman, as long as we know their true forms, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Xu Shenxing stood up and seemed to be planning to go out, "Because the villa in Chiyuketsu is a real estate, the group of relatives can't divide it up in the short term. I'll take this opportunity to go there again to investigate again."
"What about lunch?" Song Yu, who was about to cook, hurriedly asked.
"Make me a bento." Xu Shenxing hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he did not refuse the girl's kindness, "I'll eat slowly after I find that thing."
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