I sat in front of the door and smoked, and it was late at night, but my thoughts were chaotic. Looking at the wisps of green smoke floating into the sky in front of him, there was an indescribable depression in his heart.

This time I was too big and didn't think it through, if I could have resisted the urge to get closer and stay away from the dark shadow, maybe I wouldn't have been noticed by it.

After experiencing several births and deaths in the underground of the Great Black Mountain and Xuanming Temple, I can't help but have some support in my heart. I thought I knew enough about these earth beasts, but it was just wishful thinking.

I'm too tender, and everything I think and know is too shallow. To put it mildly, I hurt Luo Qiong.

The fingers holding the cigarette trembled slightly, the door behind him opened, and the fat man walked out. He looked at me and said, "Luo Qiong's situation is roughly as follows: Senior Han has already told me. In nine days, we will get back the blood of that black monster. Otherwise, Xiao Luo is afraid that he will ......"

"I know ......"

He pursed his lips, but there was no confidence in his tone, and he even felt a little helpless.

They came over, stood in front of me, looked at me and seemed to notice something wrong, and didn't ask me, but pulled the fat man and said a few words. But seeing that Zhuzi's face changed, he shouted in a low voice: "Really?"

"Really. ”

The fat man nodded and replied in the affirmative.

"Senior Han said it was a demon?"

Zhuzi asked again, as if he couldn't believe it.

"That's right, demon!"

The fat man nodded. Zhu Zi took out the cigarette case from his pocket, his whole hand was shaking slightly, and his expression seemed very wrong, as if his mental state had changed instantly. The fat man saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but ask strangely, "Zhuzi, what's wrong with you?"

Beads didn't answer directly, and turned around and walked over to me. Standing in front of me, he said, "Xiaoshan, if you want to catch that demon...... I can't help you......"

Just when I needed help the most, and when I was the most dispossessed, the beads actually had to be withdrawn. The fat man who heard it next to me suddenly changed his face and shouted to me, "What are you talking about, beads!"

"You've heard me, I'm going to withdraw my hands. I'm not going to wade through this muddy water. ”

The bead did not give a reason, which made the fat man even more angry, and even impulsively grabbed the bead's arm and shouted: "Bead, you are so unrighteous, we treat you as brothers, you treat us like this!"

Zhuzi's eyes showed a hollowness, as if a huge sense of powerlessness was deeply imprinted in his body. He opened his mouth and said slowly, "Because I treat you as brothers, I give you a piece of advice, don't get involved in this matter. Xiao Luo's fate has been decided, don't put yourself in it. ”

After speaking, Zhuzi shook off the fat man's hand and left the compound of Senior Han with a few people.

The night sky was covered with dark clouds, and the birds overhead began to whisper something. As if taunting, I threw away the unburned cigarette butt in my hand and slowly buried my head in my arms.

"Xiaoshan, don't worry, I'll ask Senior Han if there is any magic weapon that can be lent to us. Isn't it just a demon? We've dealt with zombies, and we're afraid that a beast won't make it?"

As he spoke, the fat man pushed open the door and walked in.

In fact, I know very well in my heart, like a mirror. Zhu Zi is a very smart businessman, he is righteous, but he will not give himself up. He had never flinched in such a dangerous place under the Xuanming Temple, but this time he withdrew in the face of the monster in the river.

This is enough to show one thing, the monster in the river may be far more terrifying than the zombies under the Xuanming Temple.

"Rumble ......"

A dull thunder rang down from the sky, and a bright bolt of lightning instantly lit up the earth. Reflecting my small figure, the rain poured down, and the earth washed away the dust in the rain. The sky was very bright, and it was frighteningly bright, but it was dark in front of my eyes, and there was not only guilt in my heart, but also a contempt for myself.

Pride, complacency, and grandeur are all excuses. If Luo Qiong doesn't lie down today, maybe I will be the one who will suffer from this in the future.

He traded his life for my safety.

This sin should have been borne by me.

The fat man pulled open the door behind him and came out and sat down next to me, I heard the sound of a lighter, but he never spoke.

The rain was very urgent, but there was no intention of stopping. Rainwater rolls off the tiles and onto the edge of the plastic canopy to form a column of water that rushes to the dirty ground. In ancient times, people used the word rootless water to describe rain, and they felt that it was a gift from heaven and should be the purest and most immaculate. But modern science proves that rain is not clean.

A lot of self-righteousness in the past will be proven wrong in the future.

It's like my pride and arrogance.

"Senior Han said that Master Zu's magic weapon can't be borrowed casually, but people are still saved, and he can only lend one treasure of his own. However, it has little effect on the demon. ”

The fat man's voice was very low, and every time he was lost in the past, such as losing a fight, or another girl who was pursuing him fell in love with someone else, his voice would be particularly low. Today, however, is more than ever.

I didn't speak, I didn't even move.

"Senior Han also said that demons and earth beasts are two different things. If we only rely on the two of us to catch demons, eighty percent will die in the end. ”

The fat man kept playing with the lighter after he finished speaking, but he didn't say anything more.

There was silence between us for nearly ten minutes, and the fat man finally couldn't hold it anymore, grabbed me by the arm, and asked, "Do you want to do it?"

I slowly raised my head, and even though there was no mirror in front of me, I could still feel the dead ash on my face.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the fat man and me, and it was as if two fires were burning in his eyes. The indomitable will inherited from the old man burst out at this moment.

"Grandpa said that the most painful thing about fighting for so many years is to see his comrades sacrifice, but the most regretful thing is that he can survive every time. Luo Qiong followed the two of us out of the Great Black Mountain, and we said at that time that even if we couldn't take him to make a fortune, we would never treat him badly. Manly man, he can do what he says. If you don't want to go like Zhuzi, I don't blame you, Lao Tzu went to do that monster alone. ”

The fat man walked out with a thorn as he spoke, but at that moment he heard me shout, "Wait." ”

The fat man was stunned and turned around, he was standing in the rain, his green coat already wet from the rain, staring at me.

"I didn't say I wouldn't go. ”

I said calmly, reaching out and picking up the strap of the backpack that Luo Qiong was sitting on. It was filled with bone daggers and spines, as well as some of the tools he used in hunting.

"Let's go bleed the monster and take off its head by the way. ”

After speaking, I tightened the strap of my backpack, saw the faint smile on the fat man's face, and walked into the rain.

When the two of us walked to the gate, Senior Han opened the door and said, "The demon is a spiritual creature of heaven and earth, but when it dies, it is just an ordinary beast, and the spiritual energy in the blood dissipates and has no effect. The blood you take must be released while it is alive. Remember!"

I nodded, turned to bow, and walked out the door.

Of course, I won't attack that monster rashly, and I won't do anything I'm not sure about last time. This time, I can't afford to make the same mistake again.

Around me, the one who knows the demon best must be Zhuzi, and his decisive withdrawal shows that he knows the power of the demon, of course, it is not that simple, in my opinion, he must have had contact with the so-called "demon". Only when you really experience it will have the most profound experience!

I took the fat man to the guest house where the beads stayed, it was raining heavily, the floor of the guest house seemed a little damp, the proprietress sat behind the counter and read the newspaper, and she didn't look up when she heard the voice, and said, "Do you want to stay?"

"We're looking for someone. Lee Dunjoo, is he there?"

The fat man asked.

"Oh, that little man. Just came back, upstairs. What kind of unit are you from, what are you looking for him?"

The proprietress seemed more vigilant, afraid that we were bad people, so she asked a few more questions. But when he raised his head and saw the fat man's face, he immediately smiled and said, "It's Chubby, I didn't hear your voice just now, find your friend, go up quickly." That's right, my fellow brought some walnuts, and when you leave, take them back to the old man to taste, this thing is very good. ”

The old man has some prestige in this generation, and he is very face-saving in ten miles and eight towns, especially when local leaders or friends from the military and political circles come to visit him every once in a while, which makes the nearby residents firmly believe that the old man is a person with a background. So there are a lot of people who want to please!"