That night, Ding Xiaolan had a strange dream in the hotel. In her dream, she was in a dimly lit place, and she saw her father walking towards her, still reminiscent of her childhood.

She ran towards her father, but he disappeared and fell to the ground, waiting quietly for the moment when he would be swallowed by sleep. But even so, she still prayed silently in her heart, hoping to go back to the past, the last time her father left her.

When she felt lonely and helpless, Ding Xiaolan saw a light in front of her, and her vision was pale white, as if covered with a layer of fog.

Ding Xiaolan kept blinking her eyes, desperately trying to suppress the impulses that kept surging in her heart. She felt a pain in her chest, as if she had been burned by something hot, and her breathing was disturbed by it.

There was a huge butterfly flying in that mysterious light, no, it wasn't a butterfly, she was a woman with a pair of butterfly wings on her body, a strange and beautiful young woman.

She flew towards Ding Xiaolan, and the corners of her mouth were still dripping with blood.

Suddenly, out of thin air, a tiger with golden fur appeared, and it also had a pair of wings and nine tails behind it.

The tiger flew up like a bird of prey and swooped down on the butterfly-winged woman, biting off her head in one bite and devouring her entire body.

Blood ran down the tiger's teeth, soaked through the woman's robe, meandered past her knees, and then flowed like a stream into the large stall on the ground

"Ahh

Ding Xiaolan screamed in fright by this bloody scene, and suddenly woke up from the dream, only to find that it was just a nightmare, and only the cold pillow accompanied her.

She felt a strange aura in the room silently, stimulating the fragile nerves, this strong psychological suggestion made her no longer able to sleep peacefully, Ding Xiaolan hesitated and climbed down, and finally opened the door and walked out.

She came to the next door, which was the room that Qi Lu and Lao Wu had booked. At the door, Ding Xiaolan hesitated, but still didn't have the courage to knock on the closed door.

Late at night, a girl entered the room of two big men, and Ding Xiaolan felt a little embarrassed.

Just as she was hesitating whether she should go back to her room and sleep, she suddenly heard heavy footsteps in the corridor behind her, as if someone had come up from the stairs.

Ding Xiaolan suddenly realized that the hairs on her back stood on end, and she turned around sharply in fright, only to find that it was Lao Wu and Qi Lu who came back, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

"Xiaoding, you haven't slept yet?" Seeing Ding Xiaolan standing at the door, Lao Wu's face was slightly surprised.

"Ahh

"It's so late, go to bed early, there's still a lot to do tomorrow." Qi Lu smiled slightly, took out the room card and opened the door and entered the room.

After a busy day in Hailong Village today, the two of them haven't slept so late, and they are still tinkering with something, Ding Xiaolan suddenly realized that something was wrong, and she hurriedly followed the two into their room.

"Why, you're not going to sleep?" Qi Lu's voice had a reproachful meaning, but it was more caring.

"Do you want to wait for me to fall asleep, so you can continue to do bad things."

"Hey, I said Xiaoding, how can you talk like that, as if we are all big bad guys." Hearing this, Lao Wu's face was a little unbearable.

"Then let me ask you, why didn't you sleep just now, did you run somewhere?"

Qi Lu pretended to reply easily: "I didn't do anything, we went out for a walk." ”

"yes, we're just going for a walk." Lao Wu also chimed in.

The more the two covered it up, the more Ding Xiaolan didn't believe it, and she said to Qi Lu angrily: "When I'm transparent!" It's not a day or two since this girl has been following you, and I don't know about your tricks! Tell me, when did you get into the habit of taking a walk at night? ”

"Hey, hey!" Qi Lu laughed awkwardly.

"Say, what the hell are you going to do!"

"What else can I do, but I went to Hailong Village again." Seeing Ding Xiaolan's appearance of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, Qi Lu no longer concealed it.

"What, what are you doing in Hailong Village again?" Ding Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Could it be that you went to discuss the demon removal with the surname Xu?" ”

"Alas, if it weren't for the demon eradication, I really wouldn't want to have too much entanglement with Xu Chunlin." Qi Lu opened the window, leaned his back against the wall and smoked. "Lao Wu and I went to see the so-called sea eye."

Tossing around blindly in the night, it turned out to be for this kind of thing. Ding Xiaolan asked strangely: "Didn't we see it last time, do you think there is something wrong with that small mound?" ”

"There are some problems, but what exactly is going on, we don't know yet."

Lao Wu had already turned on his laptop and was busy, and when he heard Qi Lu's words, he took out his mobile phone and motioned for Ding Xiaolan to come and see.

In the phone were a few pictures they had taken at the buried eye of the sea. Because it was dark night, the two of them were one with a flashlight and the other with a mobile phone, so the photo was not too clear, but Ding Xiaolan still saw that there was something abnormal in the corner of the mound taken in the photo.

"The soil in this place is a little different from the surrounding color, it looks like new soil."

Qi Lu replied: "Yes, this place was once dug a hole, and then it was refilled with soil for fear of being discovered. ”

"But why didn't we find out last time?"

"The man who digs the hole is very cunning, not only does he bury it with earth, but he also covers it with a big stone."

"What is he digging this hole for?"

"I don't know, I didn't find anything inside. And he dug very deep, Lao Wu and I dug nearly two meters deep and still didn't see the bottom. ”

"Strange, so what the hell does he want to do?" Ding Xiaolan was surprised and put forward her own opinion: "Could it be a child digging and playing, or a boring person who is idle and has nothing to do?"

"You stupid, how can a child dig such a deep hole? If it were you, would you be full and have nothing to dig a hole of more than two meters? Qi Lu suddenly realized that his tone was a little heavy, he suddenly stopped, and then moved on to other topics: "Let's talk about something else first." There are also some doubts that I may not be able to sleep if I don't solve them tonight. ”

"What is it, tell me about it." Ding Xiaolan became interested, and her face was completely sleepy.

Qi Lu handed the demon dragon picture that Xu Chunlin painted today to Ding Xiaolan, "What do you think of his painting skills?" ”

"Well, I have a foundation, and I'm much better than me." Ding Xiaolan honestly admitted.

"If you look closely at the dragons he draws, do you think they are different from the dragons you usually see on TV?"

"He painted it like a dragon." Ding Xiaolan seemed to see the fame.

Qi Lu smiled and asked her, "Yes, what is the basis?" ”

"Because it has no horns on its head, and it has five claws."

Qi Lu nodded approvingly, what Ding Xiaolan said was the characteristics of Jiaolong.

It is recorded in the ancient book that "Jiao turned into a dragon for a thousand years, and the dragon became a horned dragon for five hundred years, and became a dragon after a thousand years." In other words, the dragon is a relatively inferior form of the dragon in the process of evolution, and it needs to survive the tribulation in order to become a dragon in the true sense of the word, so as to have great power.

Legend has it that at the moment when Jiaodu turned into a dragon, it must be accompanied by thunder and lightning and rainstorms, and then it soared from the dormant abyss to the nine heavens, and accepted the training of the heavenly thunder, so that it could be reborn and transformed into a true dragon that commanded the nine heavens.

Ding Xiaolan asked again: "Are you saying that what Xu Chunlin saw was a dragon, not some Japanese monster and ghost?" ”

"Yes." Qi Lu replied in a deep voice: "I have refuted his point of view, but he just won't believe it." The dragon is an auspicious beast, how can a monster deserve to have such a sacred posture, let alone a filthy monster like a ghost. ”

"Xu Chunlin is very conceited, he doesn't listen to you at all."

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"Hehe, so he is the only one who suffers in the end." Qi Lu chuckled, and continued: "And this dragon evolved from Yu. ”

Living in the midst of large rivers and lakes, it resembles a giant python, and it is the juvenile stage of the dragon, and it needs to cultivate for 500 years before it can transform into a dragon, so that it has the opportunity to evolve into a dragon.

"How do you know that the dragon painted by Xu Chunlin evolved from a dragon?" Ding Xiaolan's question was not unreasonable, because most of the Jiao were created by its Jiaolong parents, and only a very small number of Jiao were cultivated by Jiao.

"Because Xu Chunlin's Jiaolong has no tentacles under its jaws, it shows that it is a Jiao evolved from a dragon."

Ding Xiaolan asked curiously: "Why does the dragon evolve into a Jiao without tentacles?" ”

"Because Yu is the same as Lilong, from the day of cultivation, there is a jewel in the chin, and if it has tentacles under its chin, it will have an impact on the growth of the orb."

"Why haven't I heard of this kind of rumor, you can't be bragging, right?"

"Hehe, Xiaoding, come to me." This time it was Lao Wu who spoke, and he smiled and beckoned Ding Xiaolan to come over to look at the information in the laptop.

What was displayed on the screen was a frolicking in the river, Ding Xiaolan took a closer look and found that it was really as Qi Lu said, there was no beard under the chin, but there was a bead flashing with colorful light.

Lao Wu explained to her with a smile: "This is a pan, and there are no books in the world that record its origin." ”

Ding Xiaolan suddenly found that Lao Wu's laptop computer was like an encyclopedia of demons and monsters, which recorded many strange things that she had never heard of.

"Beaulie, is it a type of beyond?" Ding Xiaolan had finished reading the text introduction about the Pan Yu in the computer, and found that it was not much different from the Yu recorded by the world, so he opened his mouth to ask.

"Pretty much." Lao Wu responded vaguely: "This guy lives in the clouds of Yushan, and mortals have no chance to see his true body." ”

Qi Lu spat out the last smoke ring and said leisurely: "Beauty, now you should understand why I don't sleep to find out the origin of this monster that plagued the villagers, right?" ”

"If you know the identity of the monster, of course, you can deal with it with its weaknesses." Ding Xiaolan replied with a big grin.

"Well, it seems that you still don't understand." Qi Lu sighed and put the extinguished cigarette butt into the ashtray.

Ding Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Wouldn't it be to tell Xu Chunlin and let him take precautions early?" ”

"Of course not, this guy is selfish and mean, and I don't want to be kind enough to help him."

"Then I don't understand, what are you for, it won't be purely for yourself, right?"

"Do you remember what Village Chief Yan told us about the reason why crazy women are haunted?"

"You mean she's covered in fish scales?"

"Think about it a little further." Qi Lu smiled and reminded her.

"You mean that the villagers dug a well and dug through the sea eye, and then Uncle Yan and they dived under the water and found a lot of strange corpses, right, they also found a swimming orb!" Ding Xiaolan tilted her head and thought for a while, and finally suddenly realized.

A different brilliance gradually rose in the depths of Qi Lu's eyes, and he looked at Ding Xiaolan and smiled: "Yes, this is the case, it has solved a doubt in my heart." ”

"Are you saying that this bead is the jewel of Jiao's cultivation?"

"It should be." Qi Lu suddenly yawned, he stretched and said, "Okay, it's too late, I'm going to sleep." ”

"Hey, I can't sleep, I still have a lot to ask you." Ding Xiaolan had been completely aroused by Qi Lu's curiosity, and He was a little sleepy.

"If there is anything to talk about tomorrow, you should also have a good rest." Seeing that Ding Xiaolan was still staying and not leaving, Qi Lu smiled and said, "If I don't leave, I'm going to take off my clothes and sleep, do you want to see my strong body!" ”

"You!" Ding Xiaolan was so angry that Qi Lu's childlike skin couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to go back to her room to rest with her mouth pouting.