Zhu Bajie said with a look of grievance: "Brother Monkey, where do you want to go? I just want to take a shower when I'm dirty." What do you think of my old pig?"

"Bajie, Xiao Jiu is a woman. How can you go along?" Tang Seng said with some reproach.

Seeing that everyone was opposing, Zhu Bajie had no choice but to say, "Master...... Then I'll help show Xiao Jiu the place. If someone breaks in, I'll be able to stop it, won't I?"

Sun Wukong saw that Zhu Bajie was going too far the more he talked, and he was going to pinch his ears again. Frightened, Zhu Bajie hurriedly hid behind Tang Seng.

Looking at everyone's frolicking appearance, Ruan Jiu looked helpless.

Following the direction pointed by Sun Wukong, Ruan Jiu quickly found the waterhole. As Sun Wukong previously described, the waterhole is located between mountain streams, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the shore is lined with low trees, but it is also very secretive.

To Ruan Jiu's surprise, the water in this pool looked extremely clear. Coupled with the whispering of warblers on both sides, it is not too pleasant to take a bath here.

In the past few months, although there are still a few sets of changes of clothes around. But after each battle with the enemy, there are more or less scars left on the body. While these scars heal quickly, the clothes don't.

"The next time I go to town, I'll have to buy more clothes to keep in reserve. Ruan Jiu thought secretly.

After checking the surroundings again and making sure that there was no one, Ruan Jiu carefully took off the clothes on his body. In order to prevent her clothes from being destroyed by wild beasts, she specially pressed a bunch of dead branches on her clothes. This is an extra layer of security.

"This water is so cold!"

After entering the waterhole barefoot, a trace of coldness instantly hit Ruan Jiu's whole body. The water in the pool was not very deep, and even in the middle of the pool, the waterline was only up to Ruan Jiu's neck.

said that it was a bath, but in fact, for Ruan Jiu, it was more like a water play.

She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had played like this, and although she was the only one, it didn't affect the fun of playing in the water in the slightest.

No one will pass by here anyway, and you don't have to worry about anyone peeping around.

Just as Ruan Jiu was splashing in the water, suddenly there was a loud "bang!" behind him. Listening to the sound, it seems that something has entered the pool.

Ruan Jiu was startled, but when she turned around, she found that there was nothing behind her.

"Could it be that I heard it wrong just now?" Ruan Jiu frowned slightly. But she soon dismissed the idea. Because on the surface of the water near the water's edge, a thick layer of ripples is being created at this moment. It was clear that something had just entered the pool.

Thinking of this, Ruan Jiu suddenly felt a chill on his body. She was wearing only a thin underwear now, and if someone did go into the water, wouldn't it be ......

The more I think about it, the more terrifying I feel.

"Let's go back......"

Ruan Jiu thought as he swam towards the riverbank. I don't know if it's because of my own heart, but she swam for a long time when it wasn't very far away.

Finally got ashore, Ruan Jiu was just about to get dressed. Suddenly, her body shook. Suddenly my mind went blank.

"I ...... Where's the clothes?"

Looking at the empty ground, Ruan Jiu was stunned on the spot. At first, she thought she had misremembered. But when she saw the dead branches scattered on the ground, she realized that she was not wrong.

The branches were still there, but the clothes were gone.

The first thing that came to mind was that someone had secretly taken her clothes while she was playing in the water.

"It's miserable...... How can I go back now?"

Ruan Jiu was speechless for a while. She definitely can't go back directly to the way she is now.

As he was struggling, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the woods ahead.

Ruan Jiu was startled, and hurriedly jumped into the pool, submerging his entire body in the water.

"Anyone?"

Surprised, I saw a figure walking out of the forest.

As soon as he saw the other party's appearance, Ruan Jiu felt that his face was red. I almost didn't sink my head to the bottom of the water.

Sure enough, it was as if God had deliberately corrected himself. At this moment, it was a young man who appeared in front of her. said that he was young, but looking at the other party's appearance, it seemed that he should be in his thirties.

The man was dressed in a gray cloth robe, his skin was dark and shiny, and he carried a huge bamboo tower behind his shoulders.

As the man approached the shore, he suddenly snorted. And when he saw Ruan Jiu, who only had half of his head exposed in the center of the pool, he was so frightened that his feet slipped, and the whole person fell directly to the ground.

"Ahh......h I'm sorry!"

The man quickly realized his faux pas, so he quickly turned around and said with an apologetic expression.

Ruan Jiu's face was slightly red, and this was the first time she had encountered this situation. I can't help but feel embarrassed.

But after all, she is a person who came here from the 21st century, and her skin is naturally much thicker than that of people here. Anyway, it's so far away, and it's still soaked in water. The man couldn't have seen anything.

Seeing that Ruan Jiu had not spoken, the man thought that the other party was angry. So he quickly closed his eyes and continued to apologize.

"I'm sorry girl, I didn't mean to see you just now. No, no, no, I didn't see anything! No...... Ah...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

The man's words were obviously a little incoherent, and it could be seen that he was also very nervous at the moment.

Seeing him like this, Ruan Jiu suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart. Although he was accidentally bumped into in the bath, the other party was still a decent gentleman. When I think about it this way, I feel much better.

Seeing that the other party was still apologizing, Ruan Jiu cleared his throat and said to him, "You must not turn around......"

"Don't worry, girl, I will never turn around. The man said in a firm tone.

Ruan Jiu nodded: "Well, I believe in you." ”

"Girl, why are you here alone?" the man asked curiously.

"I ...... I was going to take a shower here. But I don't know why, the clothes on the shore suddenly disappeared. ”

"The clothes are missing?" the man frowned slightly, and then he seemed to hear something again, and hurriedly said, "Girl, you better come up quickly." It's dangerous in this water!"

Ruan Jiu was speechless for a while, thinking to herself that if she had clothes to wear, what would she do here to do? Of course, she didn't say this directly. Instead, she asked a question that she was more concerned about.

"What's the danger in this water?"

The man was still facing away from the pool, and when he heard Ruan Jiu ask himself, he explained, "It is said that there is a very vicious monster living in this pool. If it finds out, you're in real danger, girl. ”

"Youkai?"

Ruan Jiu's heart moved. Then he remembered the voice that had appeared behind him earlier.

Could it be that it was the monster in the water that made the sound just now?