The monster was beyond my capacity, and I couldn't imagine what could have brought so many things together, and made the living and the dead look like a joint, and the cockroaches that contained even the most poisonous ones seemed mild and less terrifying in comparison.

The bugs on the puppet's head are very fragile when they are in Dongyan Town, and if they don't attack, they can fall into a pulp of flesh by falling from their heads to the ground, as long as they are careful not to let them get close, they should be fine.

The rich yin qi around him was not emitted by that monster, and the tart demon whip stopped here because those yin qi was continuously being transported into the monster's body at this time.

Where the body is covered with fine and dense insects, the flesh is constantly eaten, and new flesh grows again and again.

During the time I stood still, a large number of cockroaches quickly competed for food, but never left the surface of the body, as if the monster's own body was enough for them to eat.

Feeling a burst of yin qi pressing on me, my heart trembled, and I quickly turned the tart demon whip, and when the two yang fires on my shoulders were rekindled, the monster in front of me suddenly noticed my existence, and the eyes that were submerged in the juice chewed and spit out by the cockroach opened widely, and the juice suddenly sank into the eyelids around, leaving a few sticky whites of the eyes, blocking his eyes, and when it flowed out again, it was heavily bloody because of corrosion.

When you don't look closely, the dark pupils on its face exude a faint green light, and the eyes seem to be black holes that want to suck people into.

I met its shapeless eyes, and my frightened heart was beating wildly, but my body couldn't move, and I was firmly fixed in place.

When I saw the long scar buried under the fur on the left side of my face, I was pressed by the paralyzed nerves of bewitchment.

I slowly raised my hand and walked towards it.

It was a dangerous move, but it didn't wait for me to fall into its hunting trap, and the sight of me, an outsider, was stimulated, and its already painful breathing became heavier.

It raised its head high and let out a wolf-like, hoarse and mournful roar in the woods.

The echo rippled through the sky, and its mouth overflowed with bubbling yin qi, and I protected myself with a tart whip, and was forced to retreat again and again by this arrogance, turning my head and running in the direction I came.

It's changed.

The road in front of me was no longer the same as when I came, and I continued to walk from memory, and the bushes on the side of the road were gone.

I turned around, and there was no trace of the monster on all sides.

Not far behind him, an ethereal giant curtain was pulled up along the horizon, and the scene was like a primeval rainforest. Tall trees rise from the ground, their ends in sight, and the new leaves are green in the damp mist. Around the feet, the kudzu vines are like a net, covering the way forward, and mosquitoes, snakes and ants are faintly seen shuttling. Outside the large flowers and leaves of the tropics, there is an abrupt cold air that penetrates into the bones.

Those images are not real scenes, but a layer of virtual shadows that move with the fog, like a mirage.

I could see that I was not aware of anyone beside me, and it was dark in front of me, and a coat was over my head. I was about to fight back, when I smelled the faint fragrance of agarwood, I was stunned for a moment, and then an arm grabbed me and said in a deep voice: "Close your eyes, don't speak, follow me." ”

It's Jiang Xun.

His breath was messy, and his voice sounded hoarse.

My head was covered by his clothes, so I couldn't see what was going on in front of me, and I could only see the road under my feet when I looked down. He hugged me so hard that I felt as if I was leaning on a piece of ice, shivering with cold.

He walked very fast, and I followed him reluctantly, gritting my teeth, not daring to speak at such a moment, and simply listening to his closed eyes, ignoring what was going on, and giving myself completely to him.

Keep moving forward, without a turn, and have been walking for a long time, when Jiang Xun stopped, I paused for a few seconds, and seeing that he didn't make the next move, I reached out and lifted the clothes on my head.

We had walked out of the woods, and we were standing on the outer stretch of the road, and when we turned our heads, we saw the bushes on the side of the road.

I raised my eyes to look at Jiang Xun beside me, his face was pale, his hair was wet with mist, even his eyelashes and eyes were slightly rainy, he frowned slightly, and his eyes looked at the end of the road.

The sky was white, and I didn't feel that time was flying by, and at this time the sun was about to come out, and the light in a corner was like a broken fluorescence, quietly sprinkling people's homes.

"Let's go back." He deliberately avoided my gaze, turned and strode in the direction he had come.

I trotted a few steps after him, grabbed his wrist and flipped over. A knife in the palm of his left hand was broken and smooth, leaving a line, and the blood was no longer flowing, but the long cut only rubbed a little blood scab around.

"Enough of it?" Jiang Xun turned his head to meet my gaze and slowly raised the corners of his lips, "This time, it's not me who is in a hurry to find you." ”

His tone was weak, with a tense sense of relief that was as imperceptible as possible, and he moved his wrist and said, "You left me." ”

Remain?

Where do these two words begin?

Apparently he owes me an explanation. Why did he know that kind of bug so well, why did others still stand here after the cockroach got into his palm.

"Do you still count what you said before?" I looked at him, trying to find out in his eyes that he was lying.

Jiang Xun smiled frankly, "I won't count what I said to you." ”

I was just about to speak, Jiang Xun put his index finger against my lips, smiled lightly and said, "But it's not appropriate now, what do you want to say, I'll talk about it when I go back." ”

I hesitated for a moment, looked around, and saw that was indeed the case.

When I returned to the hostel, the hall was gray and the lights were not turned on, and only the kitchen could faintly hear the tinkling sound.

went upstairs, Tang Jia and Ziwei's doors were closed, and they shouldn't have woken up yet.

"Come to my room."

Jiang Xun smiled and stood still without moving.

I pushed open the door and saw that the people inside were stunned, and said, "Ziwei, why are you here?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the upside-down dishes on the table, and I already understood.

Ziwei stood up, there was no emotion on his face, he walked to my side, his demeanor was too far from his usual appearance, his eyes were indifferent and calm, he took away Jiang Xun's coat that I hadn't had time to return yet, and said lightly: "I have something to tell you later." ”

I was stunned, he lowered his eyelids, walked past me, and when he passed by Jiang Xun, he threw the clothes in his hand on him. The sound of the wind entrained in the hem of the clothes was clear, Jiang Xun grabbed it, and frowned.

Ziwei went down the corridor and didn't look back until his back disappeared from sight.

I felt a little strange in my heart, Jiang Xun leaned on the railing behind him, hugged his arms and looked at me, and said with a smile: "If there is anything you want to ask, just say it here, you should also learn to be reserved as a woman, don't lead any kind of man into the room, don't be afraid that I will bully you?" ”

I was accustomed to the small environment of Dongyan Town, and I really didn't think of this concern, and I felt that I had the ability to protect myself, so I didn't care. When I'm outside, I should pay attention, even if I don't feel it, it's hard to guarantee that others won't think otherwise.

I didn't respond to his teasing, but asked, "I wonder why you know so much about those cockroaches." ”

"I've seen it." Jiang Xun said: "A long time ago. ”

"Where?"

He smiled and shook his head, not wanting to answer, not wanting to go into details.

"You know they're poisonous, why aren't you afraid?" I changed the question and said more nuancedly: "I saw what happened in the forest just now, and you put the queen worm in the ......."

"That's all you want to know?" Jiang Xun interrupted me, "I'll give you a chance, all you want to ask is how many bugs?" ”

I couldn't discern his intentions, Jiang Xun said: "I understand what you mean, you can ask me bluntly whether the cockroaches I have encountered since Dongyan Town were raised by me." ”

I was silent, and Jiang Xun smiled: "Shen Qing, don't forget that I saved your life, no matter what your little apprentice told you, you only need to know one thing." ”

"What?"

"Anyone in this world can hurt you, but I won't."

"We don't know each other." I looked at him and said, "Why do you have the audacity to say such things again and again, when your promises are so cheap?" ”

Jiang Xun was quiet and didn't speak for a long time.

I was tired of it, and I felt that my words were too serious, so I hesitated again and again, and said in a soft tone, "I don't mean anything else." ”

"I understand." Jiang Xun opened his mouth coolly, turned around and propped his elbows on the railing with his back to me, and said with a chuckle: "If it were me, I would also hate a person like me." ”

Speechless.

Jiang Xun said: "I didn't put the cockroaches, let alone raise them, my purpose is not pure, I admit it, but I didn't want to hurt anyone." I am the antidote to your poison, and I am not afraid of the poison of cockroaches......"

He didn't seem to want to mention it, paused for a few seconds, and then smiled calmly, "Because I'm more poisonous than it." ”

I was puzzled, Jiang Xun came back to his senses and stretched out his hand to me, spread his palm, wiped it with his fingers, and asked me calmly, "Do you see it?" ”

The wound on his hand was healing at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye compared to when I saw it just now, and only a layer of skin on the surface had not yet grown, and all the tissues inside had returned to their original appearance.

"The pill I gave you that day was just a tonic, made of the herbs that your apprentice took back, it had no effect on the poison of the cockroaches, and what really saved your life was my blood." Jiang Xun withdrew his hand, hid it under the clothes, pulled out of my surprised gaze, and continued: "Since all things are mutually reinforcing, you can fight poison with poison, there is a kind of poison in my body, which can kill the poison of cockroaches, and detoxify you is the same, and it is the same when you put the worm queen into your body, it will eat immediately when it encounters food, as long as it eats my blood, it will die before it has time to reproduce." Unlike other insects, even if it is killed by humans and autolyzed, the toxicity of the body will not disappear, but will release pollutants to make the environment suitable for them to live, leaving eggs in the air for them to hatch with the wind. We can't take the risk of keeping the queen in a bottle all the time, once there is negligence, the cost of bearing the consequences is too great, and I do this, which is the safest way to kill it. ”

"You...... Is your blood poisonous? ”

And he also gave me to drink his blood?

I can't even say anything, I don't understand what's going on.

Jiang Xun looked disappreciative, "We are not normal people, I thought you could accept this kind of thing very normally." ”

I shook my head and asked him, "How did the toxicity in you form?" No effect on the body? ”

Jiang Xun seemed to smile and asked rhetorically: "Do you know how the weirdness in your body was formed?" ”

My life, color blindness, palm prints, and a pair of yin and yang eyes......

It is difficult for the parties concerned to explain the origins of these.

Maybe he was born like this, and he suddenly discovered it later because of a certain opportunity, and he didn't know why.

"That's right." I remembered and asked him, "Did you just see a monster in that forest?" It was crawling with cockroaches, like animals and plants, and its voice was very similar to that of a wolf. ”

Jiang Xun raised his eyebrows, "Monster? ”

"Yes, you're so close, you should have heard it."

Jiang Xun shook his head, "I haven't seen any monsters, but the scene that appeared, I think I probably know what it is." ”

"What?"

"Enchantment." He said: "Artificial barriers. ”