Zhou Kui squatted on the ground with his hands pressed his temples, his expression was extremely hideous and distorted, and the white rat spirit noticed Zhou Kui's abnormality, and regardless of his own exhaustion, he got out of Zhou Kui's jacket pocket.

"Brother Zhou, quickly recite the heart mantra!"

The reminder of the white rat spirit made Zhou Kui quickly wake up, he closed his eyes, and whispered the mantra of purifying the heart in his mouth: "The pure heart is like water, and the clear water is the heart." The breeze is silent, and the waves are not alarmed. Sitting alone, the harp whistled and sounded. Zen silence heart, the heart is as clear as ice. Everything is quiet, and the heart is quiet. ”

As the Pure Heart Mantra slowly blurted out, the whispering voice that lingered in his mind gradually dissipated, and Zhou Kui breathed a long sigh of relief.

The white rat spirit lay on Zhou Kui's shoulder, looking around vigilantly.

In the deep darkness, a fishy strong wind suddenly rushed towards Zhou Kui, and the white rat spirit widened his eyes and couldn't help but exclaim: "I'll go, what a big monster, Brother Zhou, run!" ”

When Zhou Kui heard the words of the white rat spirit, he immediately spread his legs and ran, always holding the sharp and sharp woodcutter in his hand.

"Don't look back, keep running back and forth!" The white rat shrank in Zhou Kui's robe, his expression very solemn.

Faced with this unknown monster, Zhou Kui remembered a horror novel he had read in the library when he was in college, and the author of the novel left such a shocking quote: "The oldest and strongest emotion of human beings is fear; And the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown. ”

At the moment, Zhou Kui didn't know the appearance of the monster at all, nor did he know the details of the monster, this mysterious monster entrenched in the cave was a completely unknown existence for Zhou Kui.

Finally approaching the entrance of the cave, Zhou Kui made the final sprint with all his might, and at this juncture, a slender tentacle tightly wrapped around Zhou Kui's right ankle.

Zhou Kui lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud, looking like he was about to be dragged back into the hole by the tentacles.

"I must not die here!"

Driven by a strong desire to survive, Zhou Kui struggled to lift the woodcutter and slashed at the tentacle several times, and in an instant, the black ink splashed everywhere, and Zhou Kui's body was dyed black by the splashed ink.

"Shhh

A terrible scream suddenly came from the depths of the cave, and the monster finally let go of the tentacles wrapped around Zhou Kui's ankle and hid in the deep dark world.

Zhou Kui got up from the ground and continued to run forward in a panic until he ran a long distance away from the entrance of the cave.

"Lao Bai, your rats' eyesight is much better than that of humans, and they can see objects clearly even in a dark environment." Zhou Kui paused for a few seconds when he said this.

The white rat spirit knew what he wanted to ask, and replied bluntly, "I see it clearly, but I don't know how to describe it to you." ”

Zhou Kui asked with a puzzled face: "You obviously saw that monster, but you don't know how to describe it?" ”

The white rat spirit stood on Zhou Kui's shoulder, scratched his ears and cheeks, and said, "Yes, that monster looks too strange, and it doesn't conform to the laws of nature at all." ”

"Lao Bai, don't worry, you speak slowly!" Zhou Kui said with relief.

The white rat nodded his little head, he looked at the entrance of the cave, and said with a solemn expression: "Just in case, let's go a little further!" ”

Although Zhou Kui had not recovered from the panic just now, after experiencing these things, he began to believe that it was always right to listen to the words of the white rat spirit.

One man and one rat continued to walk a few hundred meters until they could no longer see the dangerous cave.

"Brother Zhou, that monster looks like an octopus as a whole, but it has a human face, and other than that, almost all other parts of the body are black tentacles."

After listening to the description of the white rat spirit, Zhou Kui's brows furrowed even tighter.

It was already incredible to encounter a monster shaped like an octopus in the deep mountains and old forests, but the phrase "with a human face" said by the white rat spirit caught Zhou Kui's attention.

"An octopus monster with a human face? When I go back, I will definitely report this to Master, and I must not let it continue to stir up trouble! Zhou Kui thought in his heart.

The white rat spirit lay on Zhou Kui's shoulder and closed his eyes to recuperate, and suddenly, he stood up excitedly, pointed to a bamboo forest not far ahead, and said loudly: "Senior Brother Zhou, the black bamboo forest pointed out on the map is ahead, and we are out of the Meridian Valley!" ”

It didn't take long for Zhou Kui to walk to the mouth of the valley, and a black bamboo forest that covered the sky and the sun broke into his sight.

"Lao Bai, why is the bamboo here black?" Zhou Kui said the question in his heart.

The white rat spirit bowed slightly, and replied in a serious tone: "This is a corpse breeding ground in ancient times, and all the bamboo grows by absorbing the nutrients of the corpse. Senior Brother Zhou, when you enter the bamboo forest later, you must be vigilant, there have been many people who have mysteriously disappeared in this bamboo forest in the past, and I guess they may have been attacked by zombies. ”

When Zhou Kui heard the word "zombie", he was stunned for a moment.

"Master is too unkind, why didn't you tell me the news that there are zombies in the Black Bamboo Forest? Wait a minute, I remember that the route traveled by the second senior brother seems to be to return the same way when he reaches the black bamboo forest, could it be that the second senior brother also knows that there are zombies in the black bamboo forest, so he ......" Zhou Kui suddenly realized that he seemed to have been pitted.

......

The Heavenly Master's Mansion, the living room of the Old Heavenly Master.

"Qingyang, this is your mistake, you know that the black bamboo forest is very dangerous, why did you let Zhou Kui, a newcomer who has just arrived, go on an adventure, didn't you let him die?" The Heavenly Master said with some complaints.

Qingyang Daoist sat next to the old heavenly master, and said confidently: "I see people very accurately, the aura on Zhou Kui's kid, no, to be exact, the yin qi is relatively strong, I guess he was engaged in a profession related to yin and yang before." ”

"I see, no wonder you are so relieved of him!" When the Heavenly Master heard this, a tacit smile appeared on his face.

Speaking of Zhou Kui, the sun is about to set at this time, the afterglow of the setting sun dyes the sky red, the light around gradually dims, and the occasional mournful cry of crows in the black bamboo forest adds a bit of eerie atmosphere.

Zhou Kui thought that there might be a large number of zombies in the black bamboo forest, and he had the idea of returning the same way.

The white rat spirit naturally supported Zhou Kui to turn back, but it was very dangerous to walk at night in the mountains, so he suggested that Zhou Kui rest in place for the night and wait for the next morning before setting off.

Zhou Kui thought about it again and again, and finally adopted the suggestion of the white rat spirit.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet dark, Zhou Kui went to the vicinity to collect some dry firewood. Lighting the bonfire, the surroundings suddenly lit up, Zhou Kui sat on the ground, took out compressed biscuits from the yellow cloth bag, and ate them with mineral water, this is his dinner today.

"Lao Bai, why is it so cold here? It's May, but I always feel like it's below freezing. ”

The white rat spirit took a bite of the compressed biscuit, and said strangely: "The black bamboo forest was a large corpse breeding ground in ancient times, and there are thousands of corpses buried here, if you think about it carefully, so many corpses are buried in the soil, can the yin qi of this place not be heavy?" ”

Zhou Kui used to be the owner of a white shop, not to mention being completely proficient in supernatural things, at least he still knows a little bit about it, otherwise how can he mix it up on the road?

Regarding the statement of the white rat spirit, Zhou Kui fully agreed.

"Lao Bai, you see, before the sky is dark, there is already fog in the bamboo forest, no, this is not an ordinary fog, it is a yin fog formed by the condensation of yin qi." Zhou Kui put down the compressed biscuit in his hand, took out a woodcutter from the yellow cloth bag, and his expression became extremely solemn.

The white rat spirit said appreciatively: "Senior Brother Zhou, I can't see that you still understand this!" ”

"Of course, because that's what I used to do!" Zhou Kui said a little proudly.

"No wonder I can see some yin qi in you, from the truth, were you a grave digger before?"

Zhou Kui scolded angrily: "You are the Tufuzi, your whole family is!" ”

The white rat saw that he had offended Zhou Kui, so he stopped making a sound.

"I used to be the owner of a white shop, and I specialized in ordering and selling funeral supplies, and I was contaminated with a little yin qi, which is normal!" Zhou Kui didn't care whether the white rat spirit was listening or not, and whispered to himself.

"O owner of the white shop! So, you know how to spell? The rat spirit asked curiously.

Zhou Kui scratched his hair and replied with a complicated expression: "My father only taught me the spell of origami to ward off disasters, and I will only use this trick." ”

The white rat spirit was very satisfied and said: "Paper man stand-in technique, this spell is very good!" It is a stand-in spell with a very high success rate, or a life-saving spell, that often works wonders when it is most dangerous. ”

"Shhhh Zhou Kui suddenly raised his finger and motioned for the white rat spirit to silence.

The rat spirit pricked up his ears and listened intently.

"It seems that something has broken through the ground, I'll go, it's a zombie!"

As soon as the words fell, a strange yin wind blew in the bamboo forest, blowing out the bonfire lit by Zhou Kui.

"Lao Bai, we haven't entered the Black Bamboo Forest yet, why are these zombies starting to move!" Zhou Kui involuntarily clenched the woodcutter in his hand, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The white rat spirit stood on Zhou Kui's shoulder, and said with a dead face: "This place is really not ordinary weird, Brother Zhou, take a closer look, we are already in the boundary of the black bamboo forest!" ”

"What did you say?"

Surprised, Zhou Kui looked around in the faint light.

On all sides are lush bamboos that cover the sky and the sun, and in it, Zhou Kui even feels breathless.

"The yin qi is getting thicker and thicker, Brother Zhou, look, a layer of hoarfrost has formed on the surface of the bamboo!"

Out of curiosity, Zhou Kui reached out to touch the hoarfrost on a piece of bamboo, and the moment his fingertips touched the frost flower, Zhou Kui quickly retracted his hand like an electric shock.

"It's such a terrible yin qi, if it had been slowed down for a few seconds just now, my fingers would not have been saved!"

The white rat spirit couldn't hold his breath anymore, he quickly got into Zhou Kui's robe, and said with a trembling voice: "Don't run yet, do you want to be eaten alive by zombies?" ”

Zhou Kui heard the sound of breaking ground around him one after another, and he couldn't help but be horrified.

"But where can I run? We felt like we were surrounded by zombies......"