He Qi curled up quietly in the cave, the fire cluster in front of him emitting the only light in the darkness. Uncle Yang, who was beside him, quietly took out the long sword on his back, and the long sword wrapped in white cloth slowly appeared in front of He Qi's eyes.

This sword has accompanied Uncle Yang for many years, and since He Qi met Uncle Yang, he has always carried it on Uncle Yang's back.

Not even the rest of their hunting party had ever seen their captain use the sword.

In Lin Fan's words: "With the strength of our captain, none of the demon beasts in this mountain forest are worthy of the captain to use this sword!!"

This is the first time He Qi has seen this sword, it is ordinary but has a hidden edge, just like Uncle Yang and his people.

But today, Uncle Yang took out this sword. He Qi knew that what he had to face tonight might be that even Uncle Yang would have to go all out.

"Xiao Qi, you go to sleep first, I'll watch from the side!" Uncle Yang put his sword sideways and said softly to He Qi.

He Qi didn't feel a little sleepy at this time, and the fear in his heart was like a dark cloud covering his head, but for the unknown thing in the dark, there was still a trace of excitement and expectation in his heart, and he said to the man: "Uncle Yang, I'm not sleepy, I'll guard with you!!"

The night was always long, and I don't know how long it was, but suddenly He Qi felt a gust of wind blowing from outside the cave, blowing out the flames inside the cave. He Qi's eyes suddenly turned into darkness.

In a trance, a cold aura piercing the bone marrow actually drilled into his body, and he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave at this moment.

Slowly, He Qi's breathing became more and more difficult, and his heart actually had a feeling of wanting to explode, and his consciousness was like a flame swaying in the wind that would be extinguished at any time.

Vaguely he heard Uncle Yang's roar and the strange screams of monsters, and then he fell into a complete sleep.

......

It seemed that a long time had passed, and it seemed that the next moment, He Qi's consciousness gradually woke up. The sore pain in his eyes could not suppress his desire to see everything clearly, and he forced his eyes open, and the hazy scene in front of him gradually became clear

"Where is this?" he vaguely remembered that he was in a cave before he fell unconscious, but the scene in front of him was unfamiliar to him.

He slowly stood up against the feeling of weakness in his body, and what caught his eyes at this moment was a huge black stone slab carved with all kinds of strange stripes and patterns.

The cyan flames that burned around the slab hung in the air, and behind it stood a white pillar forged from dry bones.

Above the pillar, a broken gray flag swayed in the wind.

"Is this an altar!!" He Qi once heard the old man in the town say that in ancient times, when the Terran army went on an expedition, they had to sacrifice to heaven and earth first, in order to get the blessing of heaven and earth, so that their army could return triumphantly.

It is said that other tribes other than the Terrans also had this custom during that period

!!Suddenly, a huge shout came from the bottom of the altar, pulling He Qi's thoughts back to reality, he lowered his head and looked at the place where the sound came from, only to see that there were gray-white figures in the endless darkness below, and the sound came from the white shadow below.

"Wang !!" An old voice sounded in He Qi's mind. He Qi had never heard this kind of language, and the voice was ancient and obscure, but it seemed to be the resonance of the soul.

He could understand what that voice meant.

"You have finally returned!!The shame of a thousand years ago needs to be washed away with the blood of the enemy, we are waiting for your return...... The old voice came again, hovering in He Qi's heart like smoke.

The cheers below grew louder and louder. He Qi looked at the endless figures below, he could feel the throbbing in their or "them" hearts at this time, he could basically be sure that the figures below were not Terrans, even in ancient times, he didn't feel that the Terran bodies were made of gas.

What's even more exaggerated is that "they" are floating in the air one by one, and their scarlet eyes exude a sharp light in the darkness, like evil ghosts from the abyss.

"What the hell are they? Who is their king, and why am I in this place?" He Qi's heart was full of questions at this time.

If he had encountered this kind of thing before, he might have been scared half to death, but at this moment he has gradually become a little numb.

From the moment he took the stone bead to the cold pool on the mountain, he began to encounter all kinds of strange things.

First Shi Zhu swallowed up the water of the cold pool, and then happened to be touched by the Xuanyue green wolf who returned from going out, and finally was chased for dozens of miles, in the process of escaping, Shi Zhu entered his body and made a home on his chest, and now he has come to this ghost place.

If Shi Zhu is the key to unlocking bad luck, then the person who gave him the key has already been greeted countless times in his heart at this moment.

"Wang, our time is almost up, remember our agreement......" The old voice sounded in He Qi's mind again, getting weaker and weaker, and the figure below was slowly decreasing.

He Qi's body shook suddenly!!

"Wait, where are you going!! how am I going to get out of this place?' is your king??" he cried out.

"We ..... Waiting for you to ......" The last voice sounded, and did not answer the question in He Qi's heart.

Gradually, the voice became lower and lower, until it completely dissipated, and the white figure below did not know when it disappeared, and He Qi fell into darkness again.

......

Loneliness and fear gradually drowned He Qi, his weak consciousness continued to resist the erosion of darkness, I don't know how long it took, He Qi's consciousness became weaker and weaker, and it could dissipate into the darkness at any time......

"Xiao Qi !! Xiao Qi !!" The hazy call sounded in the darkness, He Qi's faint consciousness gradually became clearer, he struggled with all his strength, and the darkness bound to him slowly receded like a tide at this moment.

A ray of light from the sky hit his body, making him feel a little warm, and his consciousness gradually sensed his own body.

He slowly opened his eyes, and was greeted by the face of a man, who was looking at him at the moment, his eyes full of concern.

"Uncle Yang, where am I" He Qi's mind was blank at the moment, and he asked the man full of puzzlement.

"We were in the cave, you and I were by the fire last night, you may have been sleepy, and you fell asleep," the man whispered.

"Nothing happened last night, right?" He Qi said slowly, the exhaustion in his body made him feel that what had happened before was not so simple.

"What happened, I stayed next to you last night, I didn't wake you up when you fell asleep......" The man took out a white pastry from his hand and handed it to He Qi to motioning for him to eat, and said softly. Then he froze, looked at He Qi and asked, "What's the matter, you had a nightmare last night?"

He Qi looked at the man's plain eyes mixed with concern, and knew that he was not lying to himself. He nodded lightly at the man and looked inside the cave.

The setup was still the same as last night, there was no sign of a fight, and the carbon from the burning wood was piling up right in front of him at the moment.

"It must be a dream," he thought to himself!! then got up and patted the dust off his body, signaling for the man to go back, the man nodded to him, and then got up and walked towards the outside of the cave.

It was just dawn, and the calm valley was full of life, and the man led him down the mountain path in the direction of the town.