The Sacred Burial Grounds Chapter 7

Chapter 7 – Mutation

The fatty sure talked a lot, he kept talking all along the way, he was telling everybody about the time when he was studying in his school, something strange had happened back then and there had been a lot of rumours.

The field had so much legends and rumours, some of the stories spread out fast, and some only the locals knew, the stories were attractive and interesting though.

“Don’t listen to the myth, some of them have happened.” The fat man said very seriously.

The more he listened to him, the more he craved to hear his story.

“I even saw a Tibet mastiff puppy protecting an old dog that was almost dead in an old shrine, that puppy let out drops of golden tears.”

“Ssttt!”

Some of the people in the crowd made “ssttt” noises, they didn’t believe him, the story sounded too unreal.

“That was real, I experienced it for myself.” The fatty Zhou sounded serious, he sweared that all that he said was truthful.

“I even thought after that, maybe it’s eyes had been too bright so the tears reflected the colour of it’s golden eyes.” The fatty explained.

“If you really saw that Tibet mastiff puppy, why didn’t you approach it and hug it, and then adopt it? Now where is it?” A person asked and afterwards laughed.

“Ah, I really wanted to adopt it, but there was an old Lama (monk) in the shrine, he didn’t let me take the puppy.”

According to Zhou Quan, the shrine had been old, located in the depths of the field, the building had been almost collapsing.

The old Lama (monk) looked old and he had been a little deaf too, so it had been hard to communicate with him.

At the end, fatty Zhou had understood the Lama, the mastiff puppy hadn’t belonged to anyone and  the puppy could even chase away evil spirits.

“But that puppy’s strength sure was big, he bit my pants and also gave me a head bump.” Zhou Quan talked about his past, his face was full of curiosity.

The others didn’t believe him.

“When did this happen?” Chu Feng asked.

Because, the divine mastiff he had met in the Kun Lun mountain was fierce and also quite mysterious.

“It was about three years ago.” Zhou Quan said.

The train whistled, the view outside the window was passing fast and all the way into the east, at last they had left the highlands.

“You bought so many snacks?” Fatty Zhou didn’t think of himself as an outsider, so he even asked if Chu Feng  had any food to eat.

“These divine seeds taste good.” Chu Feng said.

“What?” Zhou Quan didn’t understand what he meant.

“Didn’t you say that some of the people back then would grow seeds like these, I guess these are one of those divine seeds.” Chu Feng said while pointing at the seeds that looked like Orchid beans.

Fatty Zhou was speechless, he kept putting food into his mouth and said: “The divine seeds taste good indeed.”

The people around them were laughing.

“Ouch!” Suddenly, Zhou Quan grinned and screamed, then he took out a small bean from his mouth.
“I say brother, where did you buy these Orchid beans, are these even edible?.” He was grimacing in pain.

He threw the seed onto the table and made a clang sound.

“God, did you see how hard it was to eat, what era is this, food safety problems still haven’t been solved yet!” Zhou Quan was angry and he was clutching his cheeks.

Chu Feng was startled, because those weren’t Orchid beans, those were yellowish and withered seeds.

Chapter end