In that distant little black house

The giant bird hovered in the air for a moment, then swooped down towards the giant bear.

Its body was extremely huge, and when it swooped down, the hurricane it brought down actually knocked down a large area of ​​trees.

Zhang Jingmo hid among the trees, and carefully avoided the fallen giant tree. Compared with the giant bird, his figure was only half a paw of the giant bird.

Although the giant bear that was attacked looked very bloated, it was actually agile. When it saw the giant bird attacking him, it quickly turned to the side, dodging the blow of the giant bird.

Unable to get a single blow, the giant bird flapped its wings again and returned to the sky.

The giant bear roared and stood up from the ground. It opened its bloody mouth and howled continuously towards the place where the giant bird stayed in the sky. The sound turned into sound waves and attacked the giant bird.

Seeing this, the giant bird flapped its wings hastily, canceling out the sound waves from the giant bear's mouth.

The back and forth of these two giant beasts made Zhang Jingmo almost see their strength clearly.If he had to fight recklessly, Zhang Jingmo was confident that he could kill the giant bear, but even if he won this battle, it would definitely be a miserable victory.

After the giant bird canceled out the sound wave of the giant bear, it let out a sharp cry, and actually retaliated in this way, and also sprayed a sound wave towards the giant bear.

Seeing this, the giant bear slammed its giant palm, trying to slap the sound wave away, but it miscalculated the power of the sound wave, and its front paw was instantly pierced.

The giant bear was injured and became even more angry, but the giant bird flew very high, and the giant bear could do nothing about it.

With just a few actions, most of the tall forest around the two monsters was destroyed. But what is very surprising is that when those tall trees fell, the originally delicate saplings on the ground turned out to be invisible to the naked eye. It can be seen that it grows at a crazy speed, almost in a few breaths, it becomes a row of towering trees - it can be seen that in this forbidden area, even the seemingly ordinary plants must have their own uniqueness Otherwise, it would be impossible to survive in this forbidden area.

The thick trees growing around the giant bear also caused some troubles for the giant bird. It blew again and knocked down the newly grown tree to the ground.

For a while, the giant bird and the holding were both helpless. After assessing the situation, the giant bear showed a lazy attitude. It seemed that it was not in a hurry at all, and even sat down and began to take a nap.But the giant bird didn't dare to go down, it could only keep circling in the sky.

After observing for a while, Zhang Jingmo came up with a guess—the goal of this giant bird did not seem to be to kill the giant bear, but to pass through the giant bear and reach the thick fog behind the giant bear.

The giant bear was like a heartfelt guard, sitting firmly in front of the fog, refusing to move a step.

Zhang Jingmo's figure is nothing more than an ant-like existence to these two monsters. The giant bear may have discovered Zhang Jingmo, but at this moment, all its attention is on the giant bird.

The giant bird knew that it would be more beneficial to the giant bear if the battle was dragged on. It chirped, flapped its wings, and then swooped down from the sky towards the giant bear again.

The two monsters fought again.

I don't know if it was because the giant bird was a little impatient. After a blow, it couldn't dodge in time, but was caught by a paw by the giant bear, and then fell to the ground fiercely.

The giant bird let out a mournful cry, but it did not retreat, but raised its head and pecked at the giant bear's head.If this peck is real, I am afraid that the giant bear's head will be pecked right through.The giant bear also knew its danger, so it had no choice but to block the giant bird's attack with its other bear paw, and then wanted to bite the giant bird's neck with one bite.

The other paw of the giant bear was also pierced by the long beak of the giant bird. However, on the land, the giant bird will suffer a little. If it hadn't rushed into the fog, it probably wouldn't have revealed it. The biggest flaw was caught by the giant bear, so that it was so embarrassing at this time.

The giant bird's giant wings kept flapping on the ground, setting off bursts of hurricanes. The giant bear's target was originally the giant bird's neck, but under the giant bird's frenzied struggle, it had some signs of being unable to hold down the beast.

The giant bear knew something was wrong, it roared, jumped into the air, and then crushed the giant bird heavily.

Zhang Jingmo clearly heard the sound of bones breaking.

The giant bird let out a mournful cry, its head tilted to one side, the wings that had been waving were also fatigued, and bright red blood overflowed from its long beak.

The giant bear knew that he had won, but he didn't dare to be careless. He lowered his head and made a final blow to the giant bird's neck. It didn't stop until it completely bit off the giant bird's neck and began to breathe heavily.

It is not difficult to see that in this contest, the giant bear has always had a great advantage. It is not as anxious as the giant bird, and it has just eaten food, so it only needs to sit on the spot and wait for the rabbit.

However, even so, the giant bear still suffered a lot of injuries. There were many hideous scratches on its face, and its entire body looked bloody.

After resting for a while, the giant bear began to bend down and nibble on the body of the giant bird. It would stop to take a breath after eating two bites, obviously a bit exhausted.

Zhang Jingmo was still waiting, he knew that the giant bear would definitely rest.

Sure enough, after eating half of the giant bird's body, the giant bear stopped eating, lay down on the spot and closed its eyes. It didn't take long for its breathing to calm down.

This time was different from before. Zhang Jingmo felt that the bear had fallen asleep. He took a light breath, and instead of using spells, he walked slowly to the giant bear.

The giant bear's body was like a hill, and its hard fur was covered with crimson blood clots. It was obvious that it had experienced many battles.

Zhang Jingmo held his breath, sealed the aura in his body with a talisman, and walked past the giant bear lightly.

The giant bear seemed to hear some faint noise, and its ears moved slightly, but it was too tired, so it didn't take this noise to heart, but continued to take the time to rest.

Zhang Jingmo just walked in front of the thick fog. The thick fog seemed to be a chain curtain, separating the world on this side from the world on the other side. Standing in front of the thick fog, Zhang Jingmo was about to step in, but he heard There was a roar of great anger—it was obviously Zhang Jingmo's move to enter the thick fog, which woke up the giant bear.

Zhang Jingmo didn't look back, he stepped directly into the thick fog, and when he stepped in, a bear's paw hit the place where Zhang Jingmo was standing.But it was still too late, Zhang Jingmo had already entered.

Seeing this, the giant bear roared anxiously, and kept patting the cliff beside the dense fog, and the stones on the cliff kept falling. It really wanted to step into the dense fog, but when it stepped in, it seemed to be stabbed by something. When he reached the general level, he let out a roar in pain, and then reluctantly pulled his legs back.

After the thick fog, there was nothing strange.It still looks like a very ordinary mountain forest, but it is much quieter than the outside.

After Zhang Jingmo entered the mist, he saw the red line again. The color of the red line was even brighter. It was obvious that Zhang Jingmo's goal was not far away from him.

However, at this moment, Zhang Jingmo heard a woman's voice.

The voice was soft and gentle, like a mother whispering kindly to her child when she was young, she said: "You are so naughty, why are you running around, be careful, I will catch you and punish you..."

Hearing this voice, Zhang Jingmo was in a trance for a moment.But fortunately, he had been prepared for a long time, and his cultivation base was much higher than Lu Guijiu's. He didn't hear the voice, so he was directly hooked out of his soul.

But being able to shake Zhang Jingmo's mind at the first sound, I think this monster has something extraordinary.

Inside the mist, it was extremely quiet. You couldn't hear the chirping of birds and insects, or the howling of wild animals, but this kind of silence made people feel a little uneasy. Zhang Jingmo followed the extension of the red line and walked into the forest.

In the forest where there should be no people, there is a small path made of bluestone. This path spreads and twists, heading towards the deep mountain.

And the red thread that led Lu Guijiu's soul followed the trail to the mountain.

"You're here? I've been waiting for you for a long time..." It was the woman's voice again, and Zhang Jingmo frowned slightly when he heard the voice: "Who?"

"It's me, it's me..." The woman laughed like a string of silver bells: "Come here, you can see me when you come here."

Zhang Jingmo pursed his lips, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to the voice, and the bad feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.It's just that the place where the red line goes is obviously at the source of the sound.

Now that you have already entered, there is no reason to return empty-handed.

Zhang Jingmo pursed his lips, and walked up the bluestone path step by step.

There was no wind in this forest, but Zhang Jingmo heard the rustling of the surrounding woods, and the faint cry of a child was mixed in.

The woman's voice disappeared, but the child's crying became louder and louder. Zhang Jingmo walked carefully for a while, and after turning a corner, he saw the source of the crying.

It was a young child who was squatting on the side of the road and crying sadly. His face was buried between his knees, and his small body was constantly twitching, obviously crying very sadly.

Zhang Jingmo soon noticed that the end of the red line was on the child - this was the soul of Lu Guijiu, and it was not known whether it was that soul or the other.

Seeing his target, Zhang Jingmo was still very careful. He didn't step forward, but said softly not far away: "Why are you crying?"

The child didn't answer, but the crying became louder and louder.

Zhang Jingmo heard a trace of familiarity from the crying, and he called out tentatively: "The ghost?"

When the child heard Zhang Jingmo's call, his body seemed to be stiff. After a long pause, he slowly raised his head, and said in a childish voice, "You called me?"

After the child looked up, Zhang Jingmo saw a tear-stained face. This face was exactly the same as Lu Guijiu's when he was a child. His cheeks were chubby, and his eyes were like purple grapes, but they were all stained with tears. A bit pitiful and embarrassing.

Zhang Jingmo said, "I called you."

Lu Guijiu showed a blank look when he was young, and he said, "Who are you?"

Hearing what Lu Guijiu asked him, Zhang Jingmo felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he said, "I am Zhang Jingmo, and I am your master."

When Lu Guijiu heard the word master, his eyes lit up instantly, but it was only for a moment, because he soon started crying again, this time crying more sadly than before, and he said: "You Lie to me, you lie to me—Master doesn’t want me anymore, Master doesn’t want me!”

Zhang Jingmo said: "Why would I not want you?"

But when the child cried, he didn't care what other people thought. He cried louder, which actually made Zhang Jingmo feel irritable.Originally, Zhang Jingmo didn't want to go forward, but when he saw the child crying so much, he walked up to the child after observing the surrounding situation.

Zhang Jingmo said: "Don't cry."

The young Lu Guijiu didn't look up, but still cried.

Zhang Jingmo sighed, and flicked the red thread tied on the child's ring finger with his hand, then stroked the child's soft hair: "They are all big children, why are you crying?"

The child raised his head sobbing. Seeing Zhang Jingmo walking in front of him, he asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Zhang Jingmo said: "I am your master, you are lost, I will bring you back."

The child was stunned and said: "But my master, didn't he want me?"

Zhang Jingmo said: "Why don't you?"

The child said: "Because, because I... did something wrong."

Zhang Jingmo said: "You are still young, and there is still a chance to correct it. It doesn't matter if you do something wrong, just correct it next time." Zhang Jingmo continued to comfort in a soft voice.

The child sobbed and said, "Will Master really not blame me?"

Zhang Jingmo said: "No."

Hearing this, Lu Guijiu raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and said, "You are so kind, who are you?"

Zhang Jingmo said helplessly, "I am your master."

Lu Guijiu hiccupped, then stammered, "No, no, my master wouldn't say such things to me, he—he hates me."

Zhang Jingmo frowned, reached out and twisted the child's face slightly: "Nonsense, how could I hate you."

Lu Guijiu said: "He really hates me because I'm not a good boy." He said it very seriously, with a look of frustration on his face.

Zhang Jingmo said: "You are a good boy." ——Although it was not a good thing in the first life, fortunately, it is still good in this life.

Lu Guijiu asked cautiously: "Really?"

Zhang Jingmo nodded: "Will you go back with me?"

Lu Guijiu said: "Go back? Where? My master doesn't want me anymore, I, I can't go back." After he finished speaking, he started crying again.

Zhang Jingmo knew before that Lu Guijiu was a crybaby when he was a child, but now that he experienced it once again, he said helplessly: "Don't cry, a dignified man, what does it look like to cry.'

Lu Guijiu whispered: "I'll just cry for a while... After I go back, I won't be able to cry anymore."

Zhang Jingmo touched Lu Guijiu's chubby little face, and said helplessly, "Okay."

So Lu Guijiu began to cry again. At this time, he seemed to be only four or five years old, and it was indeed the time when he cried the most, but Zhang Jingmo remembered that Lu Guijiu back then was not what he is now He loves to cry, even Zhang Jingmo has hardly seen him cry.

I just don't know whether he suppressed his crying nature at that time, or whether he is too squeamish by Zhang Jingmo now.

Lu Guijiu was also very trustworthy, he said he would cry for a while, but he only cried for a while, and when he wiped away his tears, he saw Zhang Jingmo stretching out his hand towards him.

Zhang Jingmo said: "Let's go."

The young Lu Guijiu stared blankly at Lu Guijiu's hand, and asked cautiously, "Can I hold it?"

Zhang Jingmo said: "Of course it is possible." Since the child in front of him is tied with a red thread on his finger, it means that Lu Guijiu must have lost his soul, but I don't know why he is so different from Lu Guijiu. It's not like the way Lu Guijiu clinged to him when he was a child.

After getting Zhang Jingmo's permission, the child slowly stretched out his hand and held Zhang Jingmo.

Seeing that he was so careful, Zhang Jingmo said, "Are you afraid of me?"

The child immediately shook his head, and said, "I, I'm not afraid of Master..."

Zhang Jingmo said: "If you are not afraid of me, why do you look like this?"

After Zhang Jingmo asked this, he regretted it, because the child cried again after hearing this, but this time Zhang Jingmo couldn't persuade him no matter how hard he tried.

He could only bend down helplessly, picked up the child, and said as he walked, "Okay, you can cry, don't hold back."

If the child in front of him is one of Lu Guijiu's souls, he can fully see how disturbed Lu Guijiu is. He is afraid of being abandoned by Zhang Jingmo, afraid of Zhang Jingmo's anger, and he is full of fear at a young age.

But Zhang Jingmo really didn't understand, he had treated Lu Guijiu very well in this life, why Lu Guijiu still looked like this.

Could it be, what did he do wrong?Zhang Jingmo couldn't think of a reason, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

One red thread was found, and there was one left. Zhang Jingmo hugged the crying Lu Guijiu and continued walking up the path.

The leaves in the forest are still rustling, as if some terrible monster is hidden in it.

Xiaolu Guijiu seemed a little scared, he hugged Zhang Jingmo tightly, not daring to let go.

Zhang Jingmo felt that his shoulders had been completely wet by Xiaolu Guijiu's tears, he was a little helpless, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing that Zhang Jingmo had been arguing to go to the top of the mountain, Xiao Lu Guijiu said in a low voice, "Where are you going? You can't go there... There are terrible monsters over there."

Zhang Jingmo paused: "Monster?"

Xiao Lu Guijiu nodded his head, and said, "It's so scary, every time I get close to her, I feel such pain." After he finished speaking, he shuddered involuntarily.

If possible, Zhang Jingmo naturally didn't want to go. He knew there was something there, but where the red line extended was the top of the mountain. Now that he had come here, there was no way to just turn back.

Zhang Jingmo said: "Don't be afraid, I will accompany you."

Xiao Lu Guijiu showed a confused expression, he said: "Who are you, I think you are so familiar, yet so strange..."

Seeing that Xiao Lu Guijiu's mental state seemed to be very bad, Zhang Jingmo thought for a while, then took out a shell from his bosom, and said, "Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to come in here for a while?"

Xiaolu Guijiu said in a daze, "What is this?"

Zhang Jingmo said: "It will make you feel more comfortable inside..." This shell is what he asked for from Wen Zhen, it is a special container for the soul.

Xiao Lu Guijiu hesitated a bit, he said, "But this one looks very small."

Zhang Jingmo grabbed his face: "You look very small."

Xiao Lu Guijiu hesitated for a while, but still responded: "Then I'll try, if it's uncomfortable, don't lock me in." After he finished speaking, he turned into a wisp and flew into the opened shell. middle.

Seeing this, Zhang Jingmo thought helplessly, this kid is really easy to deceive, if he is a bad person, he might be able to deceive him easily.

After Xiao Lu Guijiu got into the shell, he screamed inside. Zhang Jingmo thought he was uncomfortable at first, but the next thing the bun said was: "Oh, oh, it's so comfortable inside, I don't want to go out..."

Zhang Jingmo: "..."

Xiao Lu Guijiu said again: "Are you really going to the top of the mountain? It's terrible there. You, you said that Master is not angry with me anymore and wants to take me back. Don't lie to me."

Zhang Jingmo said softly, "I won't lie to you."

Hearing this, Xiao Lu Guijiu became happy. He kept talking about how much he liked Master and how sad he was after Master didn't like him. Zhang Jingmo softened his brows when he heard it.

Zhang Jingmo thought to himself, I don't dislike you, why are you so worried deep in your soul.

With Xiaolu Guijiu, the surroundings were no longer as quiet and terrifying as before. Zhang Jingmo approached the top of the mountain step by step, and Lu Guijiu's voice never stopped.

Until Zhang Jingmo stepped into a certain range, Xiao Lu Guijiu's voice suddenly disappeared.

Zhang Jingmo asked suspiciously, "Why don't you speak?"

Xiaolu Guijiu whispered: "Don't talk, there are monsters here, they will hear our voices... Keep your voice down..."

Zhang Jingmo lowered his voice: "Monster? What monster?"

Xiao Lu Guijiu said: "It's a—a big dragon—" The moment his words fell, Zhang Jingmo heard a dragon roar resounding through the sky, and a black dragon soared into the sky from the top of a mountain not far away—isn't this the most annoying thing for Zhang Jingmo? Surprised, what surprised him the most was that the other red thread leading to Lu Guijiu's soul was actually on the toe of the giant dragon.

Zhang Jingmo was silent for a while, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad. He was happy that his apprentice was so promising, and the soul that came out of his body could be transformed into a dragon shape. What was sad was that he thought of some way to turn this dragon take it back...