Chapter 435 Memories of the Frog God
However, the fact that monsters really exist in this world and he is lucky enough to have the ability to see monsters is already the most novel-like development.

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"Quack~"

"Baa baa~"

The Frog God and the Monkey King naturally disagreed with Xiao Xiao's words. In their opinion, one thing should be treated separately, and they did not care about the process but only looked at the result.

As far as the results are concerned, Xiao Xiao did provide them with a lot of help, which is their truest feeling as the recipients.

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Xiao Xiao smiled helplessly.

Then, in order to change the subject, and indeed to express his doubts and perhaps some hidden worries, he asked, "Little frog, you have become smaller, why?"

"Baaaa?"

The eyes on the back of the monkey tried hard to look upward, indicating that it was also confused.

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"Qua~"

The Frog God was a little stunned. He didn't expect that Xiao Xiao would ask this question just because Xiao Xiao had mentioned something similar to a complaint before.

Humans are still as perceptive as ever.

It suddenly felt a little emotional.

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"Quack~"

However, the reason behind this cannot be explained in just a few words.

It's all old news.

Besides, it’s not a big deal.

As if because of the memories, the Frog God's gaze couldn't help but reveal a sense of distance.

Are you sure you want to listen?
The frog god asked.

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"Baa baa~"

The monkey nodded quickly, and was happy to listen to what its friend said.

In the past, the frog god would always tell it stories.

Talk about the outside world, about human beings, and about interesting legends.

This time, Yao also thought that the Frog God was going to tell a story.

Having not heard the frog god tell stories for a long time, Yao was quite impatient.

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Since Xiao Xiao asked this question, he naturally didn't mind spending a little more time listening to the Frog God's answer.

The frog god gave him a good sense.

Thinking of the scene when he first saw the Frog God, he couldn't help laughing.

And the little frog always looked serious but clumsy, and he couldn't stop laughing.

He was somewhat concerned about the fact that the frog god's body had become smaller.

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"Qua~"

Since Xiao Xiao and his friends are willing to listen, then let it go.

There is nothing to hide about this.

The Frog God smiled inexplicably and slowly began to tell the story.

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"Quack~quack~quack~quack~"

The story is not complicated.

The Frog God was once the patron saint of the villagers.

However, it was not born as a god, but was worshipped as a god later by coincidence.

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That year, there was a severe drought in the village, the river dried up, and the ground cracked.

The sun was scorching hot in the sky, and large areas of crops in the fields were burned to death.

Seeing that they were about to lose all their harvest, despair gradually appeared on the villagers' faces.

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At that time, it was just an ordinary frog.

He has been living with other frogs in a pond near the village.

However, due to the severe drought, it watched helplessly as frogs died one after another.

It was panic-stricken and afraid.

The feeling of lack of water made it feel suffocated.

The villagers’ despair is also its despair.

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At this time, a Taoist priest traveled to the village.

He found the village chief and said he had a way to pray for rain.

It's just that he needs a high reward.

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After discussing with the villagers, the village chief agreed.

Because there is no way out in the whole village.

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It’s not like they haven’t thought about leaving.

The older generation is willing to coexist with the village.

They are old and can no longer walk. Moreover, this is their roots and the place where they have lived all their lives, and they are unwilling to leave their hometown.

But the children are still young.

Their lives shouldn't have ended so early.

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But leaving is just a thought.

This area is drought-stricken.

How can they get out of this desperate situation when they don’t have enough water and don’t know the way?

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It's too late after all.

No one expected the drought to be so severe.

By the time they discovered it, it was already too late to save the situation.

Therefore, even though they knew that the Taoist priest in front of them was most likely just a charlatan who was trying to defraud people of their money, the villagers still had a faint hope in their simple hearts.

Maybe this Taoist priest really has a solution?
Then, even if it meant giving up all the village’s property, they would still do it.

They are willing to give everything for that glimmer of hope.

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It was the only frog left in the pond.

Looking at the corpses strewn all over the bottom of the dried-up pond, the little frog had a blank expression on his face and a look of despair in his eyes.

All the creatures in the pool died.

Silent eyes looked at the overly bright sky, reflecting the cracked world.

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The village is different today.

The village, which had been silent for a long time, was filled with noise again.

Even though the little frog had no strength left, it still couldn't help but jump towards the village out of curiosity.

Maybe it's a glimmer of hope in my heart.

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The little frog saw the Taoist priest.

He has a gaunt face, a pale beardless complexion, and a loose Taoist robe, which gives him a Taoist air.

However, there was no compassion in those slender eyes, only cunning and greed.

The little frog instinctively disliked this human.

It was a little disappointed, it thought...

Why? Actually, it doesn't know either.

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The little frog paid no attention to the strange platform in the village.

It's leaving.

But then I heard a loud shout: "That's it!"

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Then it was caught.

It was placed on a high platform.

It suddenly felt a pain in its body and smelled blood.

Is it going to die?
It turned its eyes slightly and found that there were many corpses of other animals around it.

It looked at the human dancing in front of it and seemed a little dazed.

But none of that matters anymore.

It knows it is going to die.

But, "click~"

A loud thunder streaked across the sky, and the sky suddenly darkened.

Soon, the rain began to fall heavily.

The last things the little frog realized were the cool feeling of raindrops hitting his body, the pain of his wounds, the hoarse and choked shouts of the villagers, and the faint crying of the human woman.

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The little frog thought it was dead, but unexpectedly it came back to life.

But it is no longer just a frog.

It became a monster.

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The village survived that year because heavy rains solved the disaster.

The little frog has been worshipped by the village for generations.

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Even though the little frog died a violent death, he did not hate the people in the village.

It was the Taoist priest who killed it, not the villagers.

But the Taoist priest was nowhere to be found.

Even though it was ignorant, the little frog understood that the villagers' offerings were important to it.

So, it stayed in the village and helped the villagers to the best of its ability.

It was just a latecomer and didn't understand anything. It just felt that it was no different from the original itself, except that the villagers could no longer see it.

Until one day, there was a severe drought.

The villagers came to it for help.

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(End of this chapter)