★ Somewhere in the Otherworld

The sky was cloudy. Clouds obscured most of the sun's rays. Only a rainbow of light shot out of the gap.

A young man in a blue martial robe rode a slender golden dragon and galloped across the Nine Heavens.

The boy's clothes fluttered, and the cool breeze from the sky ruffled his black hair. The handsome face of the seventeen or eighteen-year-old was filled with a bright and bold smile.

"Ah Chen, how is it? It's fun in the sky, right?" the golden dragon spoke, looking back at the boy on his back in a rough voice that couldn't tell whether it was a man or a beast.

"Mmmm, it's so much fun! I never thought I'd be able to fly to the Nine Heavens!

"Okay!" the golden dragon listened and sped up his flight......

The boy and the golden dragon were tired of flying, and the dragon slowed down and swooped down into the clouds.

In a moment, a man and a dragon came to the flat ground. The dragon shrugged his body, and the boy was shaken to the ground as if he had been beaten by the waves.

"Ouch!" the young man was in pain, sat on the grass and rubbed his buttocks, and complained, "Ah Ling, can you be lighter!"

"Huhu ......" The golden dragon lay directly on the ground, panting heavily. "Whew-whew-. No, no, I'm tired! I haven't flown for too long, and my skills are rusty!"

"......" The boy was speechless for a while. Suddenly thinking of something, he patted the golden dragon vigorously and said, "Hurry up! Ah Ling, quickly change back! Quickly change back! If someone finds out, it will be troublesome!"

The golden dragon got up lazily under the urging of the young man.

After a puff of smoke rose from his body, the golden dragon turned into a blonde boy who looked about the age of the blue-robed boy and wore silver armor.

The amber pupils are tired, and the handsome and resolute face is amazing.

"Whew, it's really troublesome to change around! Master, I don't want to take you to the sky again!"

"That's not going to work! Didn't you say you wanted to repay me for being my guardian demon! I'm your master, you have to listen to my orders! In the future, you will often take me to the heavens to play. The blue-robed young man shouted angrily.

At this time, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and the sun shone on the earth.

The blue-clothed boy and the blonde boy were lying on the grass, and the sun was shining on them, and they were a little sleepy.

"Ah Ming, are you really not leaving?" asked the blonde boy in blue, yawning lazily by the way.

"Well, don't go, I'll wander with you, kill demons, punish evil and promote good, it's also good!" The blonde boy was also infected, and he also yawned.

"Okay, in the future, we will be together, I will be the most powerful demon master in the world, and you will be the strongest guardian demon in the world!"

The hearty laughter of two teenagers came from the grass. They were warmed by the sun, their eyes slowly narrowed, and they fell asleep......

......

The raging karmic fire burned down the trees, thatched huts, and everything by the sea.

The sea water was also burned up in half by karmic fire.

This nightmarish yellow karmic fire has been burning here for three days and three nights.

Dead fish, rotten shrimp, large burnt shells, crabs turned to ashes, and even corpses that are half-human, half-beast......

On the beach by the sea, there is an endless smell of death. The aquarium of the entire sea is shrouded in the shadow of death.

Two sea snakes, one large and one small, were swimming up to the shore from the sea, and the sea snakes turned into a mother and child, and the mother hurriedly pulled her child and ran forward, trying to escape from this terrible place as soon as possible.

"Where do you want to go?" said a gray-robed man with an ugly face pointing at the mother and son with a wooden staff-like club.

Mother and son did not dare to move forward, they knew that no matter how fast they escaped, they would not be able to escape the danger in the staff, and they would probably turn them to ashes in an instant.

The child was so frightened by the man that he trembled in his mother's arms. The mother hugged the child tightly, sweat already running down her forehead.

"Tell me, where is the Golden Dragons?" said the gray-robed man in a cold, hoarse voice.

"My lord, we really don't know!" the woman sobbed.

"Okay, you don't know, do you?" the gray-robed man sneered. The wooden staff was aimed at the back of the mother and child.

"My lord, please spare our mother and son! Please! I really don't know! Please, please let us go. Otherwise, you can let my son go! Please!" the woman fell to her knees and begged for mercy.

"Let you go? Yes, I'll let you go, let you go... Go to the Netherworld!" the gray-robed staff was aimed at the mother and son, and the tip of the staff spewed flames. The fiery snake pounced on the mother and son.

Before the two of them could scream, they were devoured by the fiery snake and wiped out!

For three days and three nights, raging karmic fires eroded the entire beach and ocean. The sea has long been devastated by life......

The beach was charred and blackened, with thick black smoke.

"Shentu Lao'er! I curse... Curse you...... Forever... In the midst of sin and ugliness... Even if you die, it will be ...... The most miserable... Death way, into hell from which there will be no return!!"

Ah Chen half fell to the ground, he forced himself to hold up, and spat blood. The blue robe on his body was also stained with blood.

Not far away, a middle-aged man in black was followed by an ugly man in a gray robe.

"Hmph, okay, no problem, why don't you go and help me explore the way first......? Let's find a way to hell!"

The man in black raised his hands, and a puff of black smoke came out of his hands.

The black smoke seemed to be conscious, and it all fell on Ah Chen.

The man in black and the gray robe turned around and disappeared on the beach when they saw that Ah Chen had no way to survive.

"Ah!!" Ah Chen screamed in pain. The body was corroded by black smoke little by little, and the pain was unbearable......

"Dust!"

Just as the blonde boy came ashore from the sea, he happened to see the scene of Ah Chen being consumed by the black smoke.

When he rushed to the front of Ah Chen. Ah Chen's body was already pitch black. I couldn't tell the color of my skin, I couldn't see the blue of my robe...... Only the two godless eyes could not be closed, looking in the direction of the blonde boy......

Finally, Ah Chen stopped breathing......

The blonde dragon boy sat down in front of Ah Chen and cried bitterly.

"Ah Chen, Ah Chen, wake up, Ah Chen!" Seeing that a good person had lost his life like this, the blonde boy felt as if he had lost the meaning of his life.

"You coward, how do you play dead! Wake up!"

"Dust, you... Liar! No... Woo... Said I wanted to be together... Go and subdue demons, you will be the most powerful demon master in the world, and I will do... The strongest guardian demon spirit! Now, why did you leave first!

The blonde dragon boy sobbed, complaining about Dusty in his arms.

In the past few years, they have wandered outside one by one, taking care of each other, practicing martial arts together, practicing chivalry, and subduing demons and eliminating demons. It has also helped many people of different races to solve their difficulties. They have traveled a lot together and experienced many, many things......

He is his guardian demon, and he is his demon master and attendant, they cooperate very tacitly, and they can understand each other's thoughts......

They are like brothers, comrades-in-arms, like close friends, like relatives......

However, Ah Chen just looked at him blankly, kept looking at him silently, and could no longer talk to him......

"Ahh

An exclamation. Jiang Chen sat up from the bed suddenly. Everyone in the dormitory was awakened.

"Oh, buddy, what's wrong with you? What is the dog called this morning! I'm scared to death!" a roommate was forced to wake up with sleepy eyes.

"Who's to say it's not!Tatsuko, aren't you having nightmares again?," the other boy also got up from the bed with a helpless face.

"I'm sorry, guys, I haven't been sleeping well lately. Always having strange dreams. Jiang Chen said to everyone with an embarrassed face.

He didn't know what was going on. I always dream of similar scenes, and often end up with nightmares.

Ah Chen, the golden dragon boy, the beach, the sky, the man in black and the ugly gray robe, who are they?

These scenes and characters kept wandering in Jiang Chen's mind...... In the washing room, in the cafeteria where breakfast, in the teaching building, and even in the teaching building for the final exam of the last subject...... Jiang Chen's mind was wandering around the picture in this dream.

It was as if it had happened. His perspective will be at the blue-robed Ah Chen in his dream, at the man in black, and then at the blonde boy. But no matter what, it felt so real to him.

"Alas, this classmate, what do you want? Don't answer the questions seriously!" The invigilator with a big tongue accent slapped Jiang Chen's exam answering table vigorously, startling him who was stunned.

Jiang Chen's body shook suddenly, and the exam pen he was holding in his hand was thrown out directly and smashed into the innocent classmate next to him.

Jiang Chen's funny behavior caused the whole examination room to burst into laughter.

He didn't bother to explain all this, so he apologized to the classmate who was hit by his pen.

The invigilator's face sank angrily. It occurred to him that this student seemed to have seen it somewhere.

In my impression, it's a naughty student, the kind of prickly head, I think it may be a student in my professional class.

Throughout this exam, the invigilator paid special attention to Jiang Chen......

After the exam, he returned to the dormitory with his roommate in a trance, ready to pack his things and go home for winter vacation.

Before leaving, he wanted to make himself more sober, so he went to the water room to wash his face, let the cold water prick his nerves, and activate his listlessness.

Jiang Chen slapped his face vigorously to lift his spirits. He sighed as he looked at his bloodshot eyes in the mirror of the water room.

I got dressed and went downstairs with my suitcase to take the train to the train station in the city.

Suddenly remembering something, Jiang Chen took out the mobile phone in his pocket and edited the text message:

"Ling'er, maybe you will go home before me. I've just finished my last subject. Ready to go back. I'll call you when I get back to city A╭(╯ε╰)╮"