The flames in the tent were still burning in the middle of the night, but the sound of singing and dancing inside had disappeared.

"Water! I want to drink water!" Bouro wakes up from his sleep, his consciousness out of the fire pit and his body back to reality.

Boro frowned, feeling the slimy smell of sweat on his body.

"Water" Boro came to the pot, there was some leftover broth in it, Boro didn't want to drink it anymore.

I looked around, but there was no other water except for the repeatedly boiled broth.

Boro looked at the red spicy soup in the pot hesitantly, if he did it again, he would faint because it was too spicy.

Shaking his head, "Forget it, it's more important to die." ”

Boro glanced up at the sky, which was still pitch black and nothing.

I couldn't tell if the wind was whistling in the sky, or if the white clouds were just flashing overhead.

Sla, from the outside of the tent came the sound of claws rubbing against the ground, but the dark tarpaulin around it could only reflect the shadows inside, and nothing could be seen from the outside.

"Night ghosts winter walk. Boro remembered that the people in the caravan had said that in this hundred miles of wilderness, it was a coincidence that night ghosts would be encountered before night. Take something from you while you're asleep.

Boro returned to the boulder he had been leaning on, picked up the jeweled scabbard from the ground, and stared around.

The invisible things in the darkness outside could see through the campfire inside the tent, and even his location was clear.

As for Boro himself, there was no more information than the snoring of the tent and the grinding of claws outside.

Boro pulled out the shengsheng, and the bright cold light flickered in the light of the tent's fire.

The voices outside the tent seemed to sense this, and it was clear from their voices that they were starting to get agitated.

Boro glanced at the caravan members who had fallen together, and walked out of the tent with his feet lifted his feet and stepped through the gap between their bodies.

Near the door, Boro held his breath and stared intently at the dim world outside. Maybe once you step out of this door, countless night ghosts will come up from all directions.

Naturally, the horses outside saw the night ghosts waiting around the tent at this time. They screamed in fear

Boro exhaled and stepped out with his sword raised......

Qiu Lao, who was leaning on the boulder, seemed to be woken up by the sound of horses outside, and opened his eyes sleepily.

"What's moving?"

Turning his head, he saw Boro, who was standing outside the tent with his sword in hand.

"It's weird. Boro looked around, expecting the night ghost to suddenly come up when he came out. Unexpectedly, nothing happened, and in the faint light of the fire, Boro looked at the convoy in front of him, and did not find any loss.

Just when he thought everything was safe, a palm suddenly came from behind him.

"Night ghosts!" Boro turned around sharply, and when he saw that it was Qiu Lao, he immediately stopped his sword hanging in the air.

Qiu Lao was also shocked to look at the sword that was already close to his face, fortunately Boro reacted quickly, otherwise he would have been beheaded for no reason.

"Uncle Qiu, why are you," Boro looked at him strangely, "I thought it was a night ghost." ”

"You see them," Qiu Lao asked.

"No, I just heard movement so I came out to see it, maybe it was just my delusion. I didn't expect to wake you up. Boro smiled apologetically.

"I wasn't woken up by you," Qiu Lao pointed to the horse in front of him, "I was woken up by them." ”

Qiu Lao came to his mount and stroked the mane on its head. From its eyes, Qiu Lao could see the horror. "Not a delusion. ”

Qiu Lao looked solemnly at the darkness around the tent, "The night ghost did come just now. ”

"Then why don't they attack, I can't stop too many at once on my own. "Boro is a little strange, it seems that this is the best time for the night ghosts to attack them, and these night ghosts seem to have been waiting around for quite some time before they woke up.

"I don't really understand that. Qiu Lao's expression was solemn: "But now it seems that our journey across the river will not be so simple." ”

"Uncle Qiu, I think it's better to wake everyone up and make some complete preparations. If they do attack, we will be able to fight back in time. ”

Qiu Lao shook his head, "No need, you can sleep peacefully tonight." They won't be coming back tonight. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you've ruined their plans, the Night Ghost only appears in the dead of night. But you woke up at this time, they don't want to collide with us like this, and they will be ready for the next time. ”

Qiu Lao said to Boro, "Don't underestimate these animals, they are much more clever than people. ”

Qiu Lao walked back to the inside of the tent, and Boro recalled what Qiu Lao had just said, "more clever than people"

Looking back at the horse team in front of him, Boro still didn't believe that the night ghosts had just left. He turned his head to look into the distance, which was darker than the darkness, where several pairs of eyes might be staring at him intently.

Indeed, just as Boro had guessed, the night ghost was now hiding in the deeper darkness and watching him. It's just that it's not just the direction that Boro is looking at, there are glacier night ghosts standing in the darkness of every inch of the surrounding land.

They didn't take any action when they saw Boro return to the inside of the tent, because they knew that the human hadn't really left.

After a while, Boro took a piece of firewood from the fire and threw it into the distance.

Watching the flames above the firewood fly through the darkness, Boro's eyes began to grow heavy.

There was a sound when the firewood hit the frozen ground in the distance, and the flames splattered in all directions.

Through the faint light of the fire, Boro saw the white phosphorus rapidly passing through the darkness in the distance. That's what the night ghost is called.

"I know you're here! If you dare to come, I'll kill you all! If you hurt people, I'll kill all of you, and there's not a single one left!" Boro shouted into the darkness around him.

Since these night ghosts are smart, they should be able to understand their own words.

Qiu Lao chair leaned back on the stone, looked at Boro, who was talking loudly outside the tent, shook his head, and smiled knowingly: "This is the first time in my life that I have seen someone dare to provoke the night ghost in the ice river after fainting from spicy drinking." ”

Old Qiu raised his head, "Old man, old man." ”

Boro walked back to the tent with his sword in hand. All that was left was the angry night ghosts raging in the darkness.

(End of chapter)