When I first arrived at the small fishing village next to the Ghost Eating Forest, I didn't know what dangerous monsters were nearby, but a fierce beast appeared without warning!

The beast was shaped like a tiger and a leopard, covered in pitch-black fur, with sharp teeth and claws, and a long tail dragging behind it, staring at me and Liu Han with malicious intent. This makes us highly nervous and ready to make a move.

"Blackie! Don't be scary! ”

At this time, the originally suffocating thrilling scene was abruptly added with a very delicate voice, which made people feel very weird.

A little girl about ten years old walked from behind the tiger-shaped beast, and actually reached out directly and patted it on the head, and said coquettishly: "Bad little black! Just like to scare strange guests! One more time, I don't love you anymore! ”

When Liu Han and I heard this, we were immediately dumbfounded. Feelings, this beast is the pet of this little girl!

Xiao Hei was slapped on the head hard, but he was not annoyed, but lowered his head and licked the little girl's face, obviously very obedient. The giant beast that originally seemed fierce and dangerous in front of us was really well-behaved and cute like a little black cat in the house......

"Hahaha!" Xue Da on the side couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, "I was also taken aback by Xiao Hei when I first saw it, so I didn't tell you about it in advance, I just wanted to see your reaction!" Oops, it didn't disappoint me! Ha ha! ”

I was so angry and amused that I had to put the knife back as usual. Liu Han glared at Xue Da fiercely, his face pale.

Village Chief Wang Shou still stood up to play a round at this time. He said to me: "Don't be strange to the guests, Xiao Hei has a gentle temperament, never hurts people indiscriminately, and listens to my daughter Xiaocai the most." If it scared you just now, I apologize to you on its behalf! ”

I waved my hand embarrassedly and said, "Don't worry about it, we just overreacted suddenly." It's just this little black ......."

"Oh, it's a night flying cat, a beast unique to the Ghost Forest." Wang Shou explained, "It's just that three years ago, I took Xiaocai to the outskirts of the Ghost Eating Forest to cut down trees, and accidentally found a dead night flying cat with an injured young beast lying next to it. ”

"I wanted to kill the young beast with a knife and peel off the skin of the mother beast and sell it, but I was stopped by Xiaocai. When she saw that the young beast was pitiful, she begged me to allow her to adopt her. I usually doted on her too much, and I couldn't resist her, so I agreed. ”

"The Night Flying Cat is originally a fierce and ferocious beast, and it also belongs to the status of a top predator in the Ghost Eating Forest. I never thought that after my daughter's careful care and domestication in the past three years, this young beast would be tamed by her! Since then, it has become my family's pet and named it 'Little Black'. ”

"Daughter?" Hearing this, Liu Han's focus was obviously different from mine, and he immediately interjected and asked, "Is Xiaocai your biological daughter?" ”

"Alas!" Wang Shou sighed, "I did have a lovely daughter when I was alive, as big as Xiaocai." But unfortunately she died when she was ten years old. Xiaocai was only met after I went down to the underworld, and I saw that she was lonely, so I kept her with me and recognized a goddaughter. ”

When Xiaocai heard Liu Han ask about her, she looked up and smiled at Liu Han and shouted, "Hello big sister!" It's rare for us to see a girl as beautiful as you! ”

When Liu Han heard this compliment, his face suddenly warmed, and he also smiled: "Little sister, you are also very cute!" Hmm, can you touch Xiao Hei too? ”

"Yes! Come and touch it, it won't hurt! Xiaocai replied happily.

Liu Han walked forward slowly, walked around to Xiao Hei's back, and reached out slightly warily to gently stroke Xiao Hei's back. Xiao Hei turned his head to look at Liu Han, and the two sides looked at each other for a few seconds, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward. However, in the end, Xiao Hei still stretched out his tongue and licked Liu Han's hand to show affection.

Liu Han was overjoyed, and touched Xiao Hei's head and beard more boldly, looking very interested. She was the Yin Cavalry of the Yin Army, and the Night Flying Cat was only slightly smaller than the Cerberus, but much more docile than the Cerberus.

"Is it male or female?" Liu Han asked.

"It's just like us, it's all girls! Hey! Xiaocai replied mischievously.

"That's even more fun! Come, kiss one! ”

Liu Han soon got into a hot fight with Xiao Hei, and even began to play kissing. After a false alarm, Xiao Hei suddenly changed from a scary monster to a cute pet, this transformation is really laughable!

While the two girls went to play around Xiao Hei, Wang Shou and Xue Da and I continued to talk about how to enter the Ghost Eating Forest to explore.

According to Xue Da and Wang Shou, the Ghost Eating Forest is in a large canyon ten miles away from the fishing village. There are a large number of trees that eat yin things, whether they are ghosts or animals born of yin qi, including yin cultivators who have practiced yin gong, they are all the objects of their prey, which is very strange and thrilling.

But because of the weird and thrilling, many magical and precious plants and animals grow in the ghost eating forest, and there are always expeditions here from time to time to search for treasures. As the closest gathering place of civilization, these explorers often use this small fishing village as their foothold.

Therefore, in addition to going out to sea to fish, Wang Shou and other residents of fishing villages have also taken up a side job of providing temporary accommodation and collecting intelligence. This time, Xue Da came to the Ghost Forest to explore again, and the first thing was to ask Wang Shou for news first.

Wang Shoudao: "The terrain of the Ghost Eating Forest is long and narrow and uneven, and the flood season is uncertain every year due to the influence of the water level in the upper reaches of the underground river. The last wave of the river has passed last month, and now is the time for all kinds of rare fungi to emerge from the low-lying areas of the forest. If you're going to enter the forest at this time, I'd suggest you look for it around the Blackwater Swamp. ”

"What's Blackwater Swamp?" I asked.

"It's a dangerous place in the Ghost Eater Forest." Xue Da replied, "However, the location of the Blackwater Swamp is only in the middle of the Ghost Eating Forest, and it is not particularly dangerous, so we can go." ”

"What's in the back section?" I'll ask again.

Xue Da made a grimace at this time and said, "It is said that there is a white-haired bear in the innermost part, three feet tall, with infinite strength, and even a roar can shock people to death. However, I have been in so many times that I have not had a chance to meet each other. ”

"If you really bump into it, hmph, I guess you won't be able to sit here and talk to us!" Wang Shou snorted angrily.

"So powerful?" I thought to myself, "When I was in Zuoqiu City before, I also saw the biggest boss in Dead Zeli, which was a three-headed Jiao. If the white-haired bear is as powerful as the three-headed Jiao, it is indeed unprovoked! ”

"Okay, since Wang Tou'er said so, let's go to the Blackwater Swamp this time." Xue Da patted his thigh and made a decision.

He took out some Yin Yuan and handed it to Wang Shou, and said, "We will be bothering you again in the next few days, you can collect these expenses first, and then talk about it." ”

I see that Xue Da gave hundreds of Yin Yuan, if it was just for a few days, it shouldn't cost so much money, I'm afraid it still includes intelligence fees.

Sure enough, Wang Shou didn't shirk, put it in his pocket directly, and then turned his head and asked me, "What about Boss Feng?" Do you want to go into the woods? ”

I was a little moved, but I glanced at Liu Han again, she was still playing with Xiao Hei. However, when she heard Wang Shou ask me this, she also nodded at me, which meant that she agreed.

So, I said to Wang Shou and Xue Da: "Since we are here, let's go in and have a look." However, how should this income and expenses be calculated? ”

Xue Da said very happily: "Boss Feng, don't worry, you are only two people, and it is impossible for you to enter the team alone, so join my expedition team for the time being." At that time, all the income and expenses will be calculated on a per capita basis, and how much my team members will take, and you will also take as much, what? ”

"Okay!" I also think it's the best, it saves me a lot of trouble.

After the discussion, we took our leave of Wang Shou. Xue Da is an old customer, he received the key with Wang Shou, and when he went back, he took his team members to stay in the village. And Liu Han and I still went back to sleep on the boat as usual.

Liu Han played with Xiao Hei for a while, but he was still reluctant. I said to her, "Since you like it so much, why don't we go into the ghost forest this time and catch one for you to raise?" ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Han shook his head when he heard it, and said, "I'm afraid it's not so simple." Blackie is just a special case, and the wild Night Flying Cat can't be tamed so easily. The helldogs raised in the underworld have also gone through many generations of continuous mating and breeding, eliminating the wild ones, leaving the obedient ones, and strictly training them to domesticate the cerberus that listens to people. ”

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "So, Xiaocai has picked up a treasure?" ”

"That's pretty much it." Liu Han said.

Back on the boat, I told a few ghost guys about my decision to enter the forest, and told them to stay on the boat and watch over their families. Naturally, there is no opinion on ridicule ghosts and so on.

At noon the next day, Liu Han and I packed up our gear and went to find Xue Da together. Since the two of us joined the team temporarily, we didn't bring too many things. Moreover, in order not to reveal my identity too much, I didn't even wear the set of Yin General armor that I used in battle, only an ordinary helmet and a heart goggle, and the secret copper soft armor continued to wear inside. I thought the cavalry spear was too long, and I didn't bring it, and the weapons with me were the usual knives and ruyi chopsticks.

Liu Han kept the halberd in his hand, and he also brought a simple knife, but the armor was not fully worn. Unlike marching battles, flexibility and convenience are sometimes more important than thorough protection.

Xue Da's expedition team prepared more complete supplies in advance. In addition to enough dry food for a month, he also brought a lot of tents and tools, all of which were loaded on two large lizards that he had just bought from the town of Hekou.

After everything was ready, Xue Da led the team and set off for the Ghost Eater Forest.