Sometimes when we are sleepy, we will take turns to rest with Dorje. When we rest, Dorje is our vigilant. When it rests, we act as a guard.

In such a place, we cannot count the time. Beyond the fire, there is darkness. I don’t know how long we have been away. Every meal is grilled fish, which makes me want to vomit when I smell the fish. The food I brought in before has been eaten up by us. One morning, when I woke up, I saw the white monster sleeping not far from us. I suddenly had a very sinister idea. I wanted to kill it and eat it. I think its meat must be more delicious than water fish.

Later I learned that I was not the first person to have such an idea. Liang Houzai and Liu Shangang later mentioned their experiences during that period and said that they had the same idea as me. Fortunately, we just had such an idea and did not really do so.

Fortunately, we did not covet Doji.

I traveled a long distance every day, sleeping when I was tired and eating when I was hungry. There was almost no communication between everyone, but I could see that the eyes of Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai were changing. There was no firmness in that look, only depression and disappointment. I know that everyone was almost collapsed.

Later, I took the initiative to talk to them. Every time I stopped to eat, I would tell the stories my master told me in detail. This storytelling experience also made me know that we did stay in this dark area for a very long time.

Because one day I found that I had no stories to tell, so I started to make up random things. Combined with my years of experience and some of my own fantasies, I adapted my master's deeds into a mess.

Actually, when I look back, Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai should have known that I was talking nonsense at that time, but they still liked to listen to me telling these stories. At that time, the stories I made up with no highlights were already considered their only spiritual sustenance.

The monster seemed to like to listen to my story too. I knew he couldn't understand it, but every time I told a story, it would surround me. A period of time of companionship made it dispel its vigilance against us. It began to take the initiative to ask us to roast fish. Sometimes, it would touch Doji with its pale right hand and feel the soft hair on Doji's body. The touch seemed to be a very novel experience for it.

We also found that although this monster living in the dark has a hideous face, it is not aggressive as long as it does not invade its homeland. Not long ago, a few of us wanted to eat its meat.

Sometimes I can't even tell who is more like a human and who is more like a beast than this monster.

The area on this side of the gate is much larger than the one depicted on the map. We have left the area covered by the Bagua map, but still have no springs. Liang Houzai said that we are not only far away from the Bagua map at this time, but also have a long distance from the canyon above the Ksitigarbha Tomb. If we continue, we will not be able to find the springs.

But I decided to continue walking along the river veins. I had a premonition that the spring was at the source of the river.

I have always believed in Liang Houzai's ability to speculate, and Liang Houzai rarely questioned my decision. He didn't say anything else, and we continued to move along the river.

After a long time, a corner appeared in the river. We turned the corner and moved again towards the area where the Bagua diagram was located.

This has become our new hope, at least it shows that the distance between the source of the river and the Bagua diagram is not as far as I imagined.

And during the next journey, we could clearly feel the road surface had a gentle slope, and we were moving towards higher places, and as we got higher and higher, there were fewer and fewer fish in the water.

The monster we were walking with became more vigilant than before. He often stopped and listened. Once again, I also heard a strange "buzzing" sound from the darkness in the distance. When the sound appeared, the monster's whole body was shaking.

Fortunately, the sound soon disappeared, and when the vigilance on the monster's face disappeared, we were able to move forward.

But not long after, the monster that followed us a long way suddenly disappeared.

That day we just finished our meal and sat on the ground to rest. Doji was originally going to help us watch out, but after a long period of continuous trek, Doji was exhausted and could not hold on. After we fell asleep, he fell asleep.

When we woke up, we realized that the monster was missing. We tried to find it, but nothing happened.

It was not until we walked along the river for a long time that we found its body on the bank. Something had bitten its neck and tore off a large piece of the flesh from its throat. One of its hands and one of its legs was severely broken. Due to the wet air, its body had already smelled a strong stinking.

The reason why we can recognize it is the monster that has been following us is because Liu Shangang found Doji's dog hair on his wrist when he was checking its body.

Its death made me feel a little more guilty out of thin air. I am not sure what this guilt comes from. Maybe it was because we killed its tribe members and failed to protect it.

We used engineer shovels to dig a large hole near the river and buried it. Liu Shangang roasted some fish and buried it together. These fish were also considered its burial objects.

In addition, Liang Houzai also found a stone as big as a palm from the river, stood in front of the monster's grave, and carved a very simple word on the stone: "He."

After dealing with his body, we continue on our way.

While walking on the road, Liu Shangang asked: "Why did he die? When it disappeared, we were all present, but why did he die and we were fine?"

I said, "Don't think so much, hurry up and leave."

Liang Houzai didn't speak.

Actually, I have thought about the question asked by Liu Shangang. I think, maybe just when we and Dorje were resting at the same time, he found something was approaching us quietly. He led the thing away and saved us, but he could not escape the disaster.

But I don't plan to say this, because I'm afraid I will not be able to stand such guilt and completely collapse.

Not long after we buried him, a strange "buzzing" sound appeared again.

The sound sounded like some huge insect wings vibrating rapidly. As the sound appeared, the ground also trembled at a very fast frequency. I felt something in the distance approaching us at an extremely fast speed, so I quickly drew out the green steel sword.

After being silent in the dark for so long, we are actually very eager for a battle to relieve the pressure in our hearts.

When Liu Shangang took out the hidden knife, he deliberately made a lot of noise, as if he was attracting the attention of that thing.

After a minute, the strange buzz was almost at our front, and the vibration on the ground became clearer.

Liang Houzai held the engineer shovel in one hand and took out the evil-proof talisman from his pocket with the other hand. I also felt that as the thing got closer and closer to us, a faint yin energy had appeared in the air.

Immediately afterwards, a black shadow rushed into the range illuminated by the fire and approached us at an extremely fast speed.

On the surface, it is a shadow that is close to the ground, as big as an adult's chest, and the buzzing sound comes from the shadow.

Sure enough, the sound that Liu Shangang just made caught its attention. As soon as it entered the area covered by the flames, it rushed towards Liu Shangang.

Liu Shangang quickly flashed, and I saw the shadow suddenly flying up from the ground. Before Liu Shangang could stabilize his center of gravity, he could only roll on the ground, and the shadow flew over his head.

I immediately drew my sword and stabbed the "shadow". When the sword blade touched it, a very hard touch came first, but the hardness and sharpness of the green steel sword still pierced it, and a large stream of blood gushed out along its wound.

When I saw the blood, I realized that this thing was a living thing.

After being stabbed, it twisted its body hard and quickly got rid of the green steel sword. After landing, it seemed to want to escape back into the darkness.

I quickly stepped forward, stabbed the green steel sword, and nailed it to the ground first.

Liang Houzai also rushed up at this time and stuck an evil-repelling talisman on its body. The yin energy on its body was quickly dispersed, and then the temperature on its body quickly dropped.

At this time, I could no longer feel angry from this thing.

Liang Houzai said: "It seems that it relies on the yin energy on the body to maintain life."

While speaking, Liang Houzai turned over the black thing on the ground and saw that it had a mouth as big as a palm on its body. To be precise, it should not be called a mouth, but a "mouth device", because it has no lips and only four rows of fangs that are like killing fish.

In addition to being dark all over, the thing in front of me also has a flat body similar to a manta ray, with a very long tail behind it.

There are many things similar to tentacles on the abdomen of this thing, but we do not find eyes and ears in it.

Liang Houzai studied it for a while before saying to me: "It seems that this thing is determined by the vibration of the ground. The reason why Liu Shangang was able to attract it just now was not because it made a loud sound, but because he walked frequently."

Liu Shangang said indifferently: "So what? We have killed it yet. Speaking of which, this thing doesn't seem to be a very powerful monster."

Liang Houzai shook his head: "If this thing appears alone, of course it will not pose any threat to us. But its body surface is hard and fast. Fortunately, when it hit you just now, you completely avoided it, otherwise with its speed and hardness, it will be enough for you to rub it. Moreover, its teeth are extremely sharp. If they appear in groups next time, we will have big trouble."

I looked at the corpse and showed a relaxed smile at Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai: "It's not so exaggerated. Since this kind of shadow monster has yin energy on its body, it can calm them down with one set of stance."
Chapter completed!