Demon in the world

Ah Jiu woke up from hunger. He was dreaming of eating a roasted suckling pig with smooth skin. After one bite, the meat was full of fragrance, but when he was about to take a second bite, it was gone, and there was a buzzing in his ears Sound of the waves.

He opened his eyes and saw the almost transparent blue sky above his head, with many black birds with white patterns circling above, and soft green grass under him, green grass?Now on land?

Ah Jiu sat up quickly, and saw Zhan Xiaoqian not far away was desperately breaking off a big clam shell, poking his fingers into it to feel for it.After a while, he took out a huge pearl from it, shined it on the sun, threw it into the sea angrily, and took out another one from his feet to break it off.

And his water-piercing golden-eyed beast flicked its tail leisurely, walking up and down the beach, catching fish to eat by itself.

Ah Jiu rubbed his drowsy head and walked over, very curious about Zhan Xiaoqian's actions, "Fifth brother, what are you doing?"

"Look for pearls," Zhan Xiaoqian said, bending his eyes, "brother, you're awake, sit down and help me find them."

Ah Jiu nodded, and sat on the rock to pick up a mother-of-pearl. He didn't have as much strength as Xiaoqian, so he tried to pry it open with a flat stone, looked around and asked, "Fifth Brother, where is this? Why are we here?" ?”

"Sikong Island, don't you want to come here?"

"This is Sikong Island?" Ah Jiu muttered and turned his gaze to the jungle in front of him. This is a large island, the edge of which can hardly be seen with the naked eye. The land on the island is unexpectedly fertile, covered with lush clumps There are big trees, and strange animals stick their heads out from inside to peep at them from time to time.

Seeing them, Ah Jiu felt more and more hungry, and her stomach began to growl uncontrollably.

"Isn't Fifth Brother looking for pearls? Why throw them into the sea?"

"There is no light, it doesn't look good." Zhan Xiaoqian broke open another one as he said, and threw all the scallops back into the sea, including the one in Ah Jiu's hand, "No more, no more, they are all defective products, worthless!"

"Fifth brother, is this really Sikong Island?" Ah Jiu was a little skeptical, the situation in front of him seemed to be somewhat different from what Changhua described.

"I said yes." Zhan Xiaoqian lowered his voice slightly mysteriously, and said, "Maybe there is something good hidden in the woods."

Ah Jiu was so hungry that he took out the Qiankun bag from his body and poured out some canned biscuits to eat, but he still couldn't feel full.

"Look how delicious your food is." While he was eating, Zhan Xiaoqian sat watching, his round eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Ah Jiu stuffed a lot of food into his mouth, but his stomach became more and more hungry. He felt that he needed some fresh meat to replenish his energy.

A deer just ran out of the grass, with oval pink spots on its body, two heads and six legs like conjoined twins, but its walking was unexpectedly harmonious and steady.It is not big, but it can be seen that it is very fat, with a bulging belly, a long neck that stands proudly, and a graceful and proud walking posture.

If you abandon the normal human aesthetics, this should be a very cute deer, but in the eyes of the extremely hungry Ah Jiu, it is a big piece of meat... that's it, and it looks easy to bully.

He put his hands on the ground and turned into a beast body, followed the deer's footsteps silently, then threw himself on the deer while it was eating the leaves, and bit its throat.

Hualu looked at the person in disbelief and didn't move, as if he didn't expect to be attacked, and the victim of violence was a small animal between a dog and a lion, and there seemed to be an unspeakable guilt in his eyes.Are you sure it's hunting and not flirting?Why can't I feel a little pain as a prey?

Ah Jiu looked into its eyes, and finally chose to give up. Although it really wanted to eat meat, but... it really couldn't bear to attack such a cute little guy.

But he didn't expect that after it took two or three steps, the flower deer's horns suddenly stretched out, and it rushed towards it aggressively.

Zhan Xiaoqian pushed Ah Jiu down in time, stretched out his hand and threw a copper coin from his sleeve, and stuck it straight into Hualu's forehead. It wailed twice and fell to the ground.

There was an accident during the hunt, but Ah Jiu was very happy to finally have some meat to eat.

"Are the brothers also on this island?"

"do not know."

"So how long have we been here?"

Zhan Xiaoqian picked his ears, "Just arrived, it's hard to find because it's active, I haven't had time to go into the woods to see it."

There are broken boats washed up on the shore, which can be used as firewood if they are broken directly. Ah Jiu made a simple grill to set up the deer, and spread the ready-made sauce while roasting.

While waiting, Ah Jiu found a kind of red marmalade fruit at his feet. It looks a bit like a strawberry but is as big as a Shuzi. It tastes sweet and delicious and can completely replace fruit juice.

When he came back after collecting the jam, the meat had already been roasted, and the outer skin was burnt red, but when he bit it open, there were extremely tender meat lines inside, and the aroma was rich and tangy.

After filling his stomach, Zhan Xiaoqian put away the water-repelling beast that turned back into a bracelet, and wanted to take Ah Jiu into the jungle.

Ah Jiu saw those trees with intertwined roots and vines, most of which could not be embraced by two people, at least a hundred years old, and worried that there would be hidden dangers hidden inside, but Zhan Xiaoqian patted his chest and claimed that he had Now, make sure he doesn't have to worry.

Ah Jiu was thinking about Wen Renchu, so he was encouraged by Zhan Xiaoqian with a few words.

However, something strange happened when the two decided to enter the tree. All the trees seemed to have human consciousness suddenly, and they spread their branches to firmly block the way, completely blocking them from the outside.

Zhan Xiaoqian tried several times, but was pushed out by the branch.

Ah Jiu said out of breath, "Fifth Brother, it seems that it won't let us in."

"Damn it," Zhan Xiaoqian stood firm, put his hand on his chest to grope for a while and then took it out. His fist was slowly loosened. At first, there was nothing in his palm, but slowly gathered a lot of light and shadow of gold, silver and jewelry, which flowed continuously. Flowing towards those stubborn trees, it is dizzying to see.

"Fifth Brother, what are you doing?"

"Brother, my trick is called Jianqianyankai, and it is specially used to deal with these dogs blocking the way."

Ah Jiu was stunned, "But they are not human, can they do it?"

Zhan Xiaoqian said reassuringly, "No problem."

After a while, the trees collectively shook three or five times, and finally the frequency of movements became more and more frequent. When Ah Jiu tried to push again, they no longer resisted as before.

Half a minute later, Zhan Xiaoqian successfully entered with Ah Jiu, and the inside was no different from an ordinary jungle.

The trees were so prospering that Ah Jiu could barely see any sunlight when he looked up, and with the monster's eyesight, he could only vaguely discern if there were any obstacles within a foot.

"Brother, don't get lost," Zhan Xiaoqian held his hand tightly, and carefully opened the way ahead without being affected by the light at all.

He was born with extraordinary talents, even at night when he couldn't see his fingers, he could quickly find a thin needle that fell on the ground.As a standard money fan, the first condition is to have good eyesight, because they can lead you to find or pick up more treasures.

There are dry branches under the feet, and the feet are soft after stepping on them, and occasionally there will be a crisp clicking sound. Ah Jiu pricked up his ears, carefully paying attention to the movement around him.

"Fifth Brother, is there anyone around... Why do I hear a strange sound?"

"It's ordinary pythons and poisonous spiders. They should be raised artificially, but they dare not approach us."

When people can't see things, their spirits are extra fragile and sensitive, so Ah Jiu subconsciously grasped Zhan Xiaoqian's fingers a little tighter.

The two walked for about half an hour, and Ah Jiu was finally relieved from the darkness. The sunlight shone in with the gradually thinning trees, and fell into the deep and silent forest, revealing large and dark green shadows.

He looked around for a week, only to realize where he was, and suddenly felt his scalp go numb.The top of the tree was covered with shiny spider webs, and the red or black bee spiders seemed to be as big as five or six-year-old children, and there were countless shiny green eyes shining densely behind them.

"Looking at the mysterious operation of this island, there must be a lot of valuable things." Zhan Xiaoqian said enthusiastically.

Ah Jiu couldn't help worrying, "Fifth brother, aren't you afraid that people here will arrest us?"

The Five Flavors Alliance deliberately built its base on an active island, and set up so many barriers around it. The original intention was to prevent people from seeing what happened. If someone accidentally broke in, I'm afraid they would be in danger.

Zhan Xiaoqian snorted, "I'm so old that I don't know what danger is."

He has a simple personality but is extremely stubborn. Once he insists that eight horses will not turn back, it will be difficult for others to persuade him to climb a mountain.

Although Ah Jiu had a very short time with him, he had a general understanding of his temperament, so he had to follow silently, carefully paying attention to all the movements around him.

Seeing that the exit was getting closer, Ah Jiu suddenly heard a burst of chaotic footsteps and a serious conversation between the two.

"Have you found it?"

"No, I searched all around, but I didn't even see a shadow. Could it be that I ran out?"

"It's possible, remember to find it before noon, otherwise the young master will be very troublesome if he finds out."

"Yes."

The footsteps became louder and louder, Zhan Xiaoqian pulled Ah Jiu's wrist in time, and the two managed to avoid behind the thick tree trunk.

The people who came were five burly and strong men. They hurriedly walked out through the woods, and they kept looking around. They walked in such a hurry that they didn't realize that there was a quiet person missing behind the team.

After these people walked away, Ah Jiu let out a long sigh of relief, and was about to get up when he found a man lying on the ground next to him, almost screaming out of fright.

At some point in Zhan Xiaoqian's hand, he took out a blue dagger, put the blade on the man's neck, and said with a smile: "I have something to ask, you have to answer it honestly, if you say something wrong, you can ask me again." There is no way to get out alive, what is this place?"

The man said in horror: "Si... Sikong Island."

Zhan Xiaoqian glanced at the tall building outside, "Is the site in front of the Five Flavors Alliance?" Seeing him nodding, Zhan Xiaoqian said, "Tell me about the situation here in detail."

The man asked tremblingly, "I don't know what you two want to know?"

"Is there anything of value on this island?"

The man didn't expect him to ask this question, he shook his head and then nodded, "This island is used to imprison some cooks and botanists... There is nothing valuable to ordinary people, but I heard that those research equipment and new The cultivated seeds are very valuable and may be sold.”

Zhan Xiaoqian is not very interested in this kind of things that need to be handled to make money, "How many people and monsters are there on this island, and who is the young master you just mentioned?"

Hearing him mention monsters, the man's face changed slightly, "There are probably more than 100 humans imprisoned here, and there are too many monsters guarding them. The young master is the most powerful person on this island. Everyone should hear him." Yes. Two of his pet deer just disappeared, so we have to look around."

"Two deer?" Ah Jiu whispered, "Is that the fat piebald deer?"

"Yes, have you seen it?"

Zhan Xiaoqian said happily: "Then you probably won't be able to find it, because it was eaten by my younger brother just now."

The man was dumbfounded, with a dazed expression, not knowing what to say.

Ah Jiu looked at him apologetically, "Excuse me... have any outsiders visited the island in the past two days?"

"Outsiders... seem to have caught a few in the past two days."

Shocked, Ah Jiu grabbed his arm and asked, "What's their name? What do they look like? Are they my brother?"

"I don't know, I'm just a little monster, I don't know about these things..."

Ah Jiu wanted to ask again, but Zhan Xiaoqian suddenly pierced the man's neck with a dagger, and a layer of ice immediately formed on the wound, which quickly spread around the body.

"Why did Fifth Brother kill him?" Ah Jiu trembled in fear.

Zhan Xiaoqian snorted coldly, "He wants to kill you first."

Ah Jiu followed his line of sight, and sure enough, he saw the man's frozen arm that was about to reach out to his chest, and his fingers turned into black sharp claws, each of which was like a sharp knife quenched with poison. now.If Zhan Xiaoqian hadn't stopped him in time, he might have pierced his chest right now.

Zhan Xiaoqian kicked the monster away, and the huge corpse fell to pieces when it hit the tree trunk.

The two were about to leave, and Ah Jiu heard that the people who had just passed had turned around in a hurry, passing the big tree where they were hiding without stopping at all.

Zhan Xiaoqian successfully tripped over two more, killed them without any hesitation and asked Ah Jiu to strip off their black suits.

The monsters on this island are all very big, and they look nondescript wearing them, but Zhan Xiaoqian is very proud, he turned around and said, "How about I wear this kind of clothes?"

"It seems a little strange," Ah Jiu carefully chose his words. He actually wanted to say that the clothes didn't fit well, and it wasn't his clothes at first glance.

"That's it." Zhan Xiaoqian really didn't listen to him, "Let's go."

Brother Wu seems unreliable, Ah Jiu said to himself silently, he had never felt such panic and anxiety when he was with Wen Renchu ​​before.

But Zhan Xiaoqian has always been self-centered, never considering other people's ideas, took his hand and walked out.

After leaving the jungle, there is a huge domed castle outside, with a tall tower next to it, and a large area of ​​blooming red roses can be seen inside through the iron fence.

The black Wusensen walls are matched with bright red roses all over the garden, giving people an indescribable sense of solemnity and weirdness.

I don't know if it's their luck or the monsters on this island are not vigilant enough, the two walked into the yard swaggeringly, and met a few men in suits on the way, but they didn't raise any doubts.

A man with the appearance of a gardener emerged from the flowers and said sharply, "You two...you are the ones you are talking about, why are you still slowing down? Didn't you hear the butler's request for all the staff to gather in the front hall!"

Ah Jiu caught a glimpse of two people hurriedly passing by, and quickly reminded Zhan Xiaoqian to keep up.

There are about 80 to [-] people in suits in the front hall, and the two of them are not conspicuous mixed in.

A moment later, a man with glasses and the appearance of a butler came out and asked, "Who is in charge of the door today?"

The two men in black came out timidly, and before they could even say a word of explanation, they were dragged out by the expressionless housekeeper and fed to the dogs.

The hall was silent, and Ah Jiu's hands were covered in cold sweat.They are so cruel to their own people, if they find out that they are two brothers, wouldn't the consequences be more serious?

When he was uneasy, the housekeeper raised his voice and said: "Do you know why I punished them? The young master's two deer disappeared this morning, and only its bones were found outside the forest. So many people can't see a pet. What's the use of you being alive? The person who committed the crime will take the initiative to stand up, otherwise I will find out later, it will be cheaper than feeding the dog."

Everyone looked at each other and remained silent for about ten seconds. The butler pushed his glasses, "You won't come out, right? Then don't blame me for being rude."

Someone whispered: "How dare we eat the young master's pet, could it be made by outsiders?"

"Outsiders?" The manager snorted coldly, "Apart from the ones brought by the young master, have you ever seen anyone else on our island? Apart from dozens of you, who would dare to walk around on the island? Just do it." How dare you try to quibble!"

The hall was dead silent again, and everyone dared not speak out.

Ah Jiu involuntarily went to look at Zhan Xiaoqian, and saw that he was absent-mindedly studying the cuff buttons of the person next to him, without any sign of nervousness.

The manager shouted coldly: "Take them all out to fill the sea, this group of people will be replaced again!"

"What are you all doing here?" A male voice said suddenly at the door.

The manager immediately changed his expression and walked over respectfully, "Master, you are back."

Ah Jiu subconsciously looked towards the door, and saw that the person who came was a young and handsome man in his early twenties, wearing a spotless white suit, with a blank expression on his face.

Ah Jiu had seen this person before, and it was the first friend he made in Wuji Mountain, Yuanchu.

If he hadn't wrapped his hands with rouge silk, he probably wouldn't have appeared on this unpopular Sikong Island, and he wouldn't have caused several brothers to disappear for no reason.

But I remember that at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, even Wen Renchu ​​couldn't beat him, and it was even more impossible to catch his brothers all at once, right?Thinking of this, Ah Jiu felt somewhat relieved.

The housekeeper lowered his head, "Master... I'm sorry."

Yuan Chu handed him the coat and said lightly, "What happened?"

"Your two deer were killed by someone this morning."

Yuan Chu paused, "How did you die?"

The housekeeper looked distressed, and said cautiously: "Only bones and a fire were found at the seaside. It seems that they were eaten by... while walking."