Most of the villagers that had gone missing were alive.

According to them, it was true that a long time ago, they had done something very unkind. They had got rid of a family of stray dogs because they didn’t like it. They cooked the male dog with some chili peppers and made hotpot with the dog meat. At the same time, they killed the puppies with their iron shovels. The female dog was beaten up. Its legs were broken and then they hurled it down the mountain flank.

This could have been the reason why the wild dog spirit had harmed them. It made sense, didn’t it?

No love exists without a cause; no hatred exists without a reason.

Zen Master Baimei took the Xiezhi horn and the puppies with him. He told me that when the puppies grew up, he would give me one.

Li Mazi eyed the Xiezhi horn and didn’t want to let it go.

Zen Master Baimei clearly understood how Li Mazi felt. After all, Chuyi had said that the Xiezhi horn could somewhat help cure Chu Chu’s illness.

Zen Master Baimei smiled at Li Mazi. “After I make medicine out of this Xiezhi horn, I will deliver it to you.”

Several days after we returned home, Chu Chu’s situation became worse....