me and my monster neighbor

The night was still long, Xu Lala turned off the lights, and sat on the table by the window in a daze. In the human village, Chuchu could only keep the original appearance of the little dragon cub, which squatted on Xu Lala's lap, with two thick and short front paws Holding the pair of silver stud earrings polished by Xu Lai himself, he loves the "claws" very much, and his posture is very much like a believer who is praying.

Xu Lala took out his mobile phone from his school bag, and pressed the unlock button of the mobile phone with his thumb. The screen of the mobile phone brightened up, but the lock screen was not unlocked.

屏保日期依旧停留在2x19年9月2日，锁屏界面的时间是16:32。

The three unread WeChat messages still stay in the lock screen interface, and no new messages have been received. The only thing that changes is the real-time time when the messages are received:

"Peerless European emperor painter: [animated expression] (13 minutes ago)"

"Peerless European Emperor painter: where do you usually take them for a walk? (39 minutes ago)"

"Peerless European Emperor painter: Auntie said that your two big dogs ran out of the door and disappeared, scaring people very much (40 minutes ago)"

Exactly 13 days have passed since Xu Lala left the city that never sleeps.

Xu Lala turned off the light on the phone screen, and leaned against the window frame, looking at the moon outside.Tonight's moonlight was clear and bright, shining on the window edge, leaving light and dark shadows on Xu Lai's body.

But the light and shadow only skipped Chu Chu in Xu Lai's arms.

Xu Lala lightly pinched the tip of Chuchu's tail in a daze.Xu Lai guessed it right, every day he passed in the monster world, only 1 minute passed in the real world.

To be sure, it is not difficult to understand why the human prophet does not need to eat, why he cannot recover once injured, and probably does not need sleep.

Xu Lala still clearly remembered that when he skipped class and left school, the bell for the second period of the afternoon just rang for a while, and now he was in the third period.

I don't know if his family's "big money" and "champion" have returned home.

Xu Lae subconsciously took out the titanium nameplate around his neck, and stroked the words engraved on the back of the tag with his fingertips. It was engraved with his name and the English "Iwannahome" without a "go".

Xu Lala can't go home anymore, he only hopes that his family's golden retriever and Erha can go back safely.

Xu Lala rubbed the center of his brows, he stuffed the tag back into his clothes, and put his phone back into his schoolbag and put it away.

Xu Lala's eyes fell on Chu Chu's body, and Chu Chu was just a small black ball with a whole body black.Compared with the initial incarnation of the adult form, Xu Lai is still more used to getting along with the small dragon cub form, because there is no burden.

This burden stems from Chu Chu having abnormal feelings for him.

Whether it's a public display of affection on the night of the city that never sleeps, or running towards him by jumping over a fire on the beach.Xu Lala didn't turn a blind eye, but he couldn't take it seriously.

At the beginning of the child's mind, he knows what it means to like.

After Xu Lala experienced the divorce of his parents, he regarded being heartless as his life motto. He hated being the one left, so he had to take his feelings very lightly.

Xu Lala grabbed Chuchu's tail and murmured softly: "You are just a child, what do you know?"

As soon as Xu Lala opened his mouth, he shut his mouth tightly again. After he learned that his parents were divorced, he once went to his father, and his father used this sentence to prevaricate him: "What do children know about things between adults!"

Xu Lala snorted when he thought about it.

Chu Chu squatted in Xu La La's arms without looking back, but Nine-Tailed Sky Fox Online teased with a smile: "As long as you give Wuli Chu Chu a chance, I guarantee that he will open your eyes, and then you will know that he understands." What's up, hee hee hee."

"..."

Xu Lala snorted coldly, saying that the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox knew nothing about Chuchu.

Nine-tailed Sky Fox sighed: "It's a pity, he just listens to you too much."

Xu Lie was also silent when he heard the words.

Xu Lala held Chuchu's tail in his hand to play with. Chuchu's tail was like an automatic folding fan. As soon as Xu Lala pinched the tip of the tail, the two petals of the tail fins opened with a "snap", and then slowly closed again , until it was completely closed, Xu Lale pinched the tip of the tail again, and the caudal fin unfolded again with a "snap".

But Chu Chu only cared about holding the pair of silver earrings that shimmered in the moonlight, and had no time to take care of other things. The change of the tail fin at the tip of the tail was also completely loyal to the body instinct.

The night passed.

The boss of the knife shop and the curator of the sword shop, Zhao, both rushed to deliver the goods before noon. The two teams rushed to the residence of the human prophet. The strange thing is that they came empty-handed, and they came here to ask Xu Lai's acceptance time. .

Xu Lai asked suspiciously, "Is there anything special about it?"

The owner of the knife shop replied: "Once the sword is sold, it comes with a [-]-year warranty, so that you can use it more at ease, but the dragon-slaying sword and the devil-slaying sword are gifts when you leave the village, and they will only be handed over to you when you leave the village. hands."

In other words, once Xu Lai got the sword, he could no longer stay in the village.

Although Xu Lala was puzzled, he still proposed to pick up the goods now.

The owner of the knife shop and the curator of the sword shop greeted each other with smiles, and made invitation gestures from left to right, asking Xu Lai to come with them.

Holding the shoulder strap of his schoolbag, Xu Lai followed them back to the drying ground between the knife shop and the sword hall.There is a long table covered with red cloth on the drying ground. There is an incense burner on the table. The incense burner is filled with rice.

Villagers in Datie Village burn incense and offer the dragon-slaying knife and demon-slaying sword on the knife stand. The pair of swords on the incense stand are engraved with Xu Lala's name, and all men, women and children in the village hold three sticks of incense and bow to the long table. , Xu Lai borrowed the ear of the nine-tailed celestial fox to eavesdrop on the corner of the wall to hear the prayers silently recited by the village names-others burn incense and worship Buddha to pray for a prosperous business, but the descendants of the knife shop and the sword hall are all praying for their own family. No one cares about the store, and the best result is zero sales throughout the year.

What the knife shop owner prayed for was that he would never sell another knife.

The owner of the sword hall prayed: This is the last sword sold.

——It can be seen how urgent their work-weariness is.

Although the ceremony of raising the sword is rather peculiar, it is also understandable that there is also a ceremony of sending flowers, red wine, champagne and asking for a group photo in combination with the modern car.

Xu Lie inspected the pair of swords on the spot.

This pair of swords is exactly the same as the swords that Xu Lai saw on the display racks of knife shops and sword halls. They are not heavy and less than arm length. Xu Lai holds the sword in his left hand and the knife in his right. He didn't see any tricks, and Shenwu Gui answered for him: "Hey, this knife and this sword both have magic resistance properties."

Demons have demonic methods, such as common and visible magical techniques such as absorbing objects through space, such as fire-attributed magical techniques that can instantly melt iron products into molten iron, and water-attributed magical techniques that can make iron products rust, but any magical technique I can't control this knife and this sword, and the magic resistance attribute can isolate the demon power.

Apart from this, this sword has no other characteristics.

Xu Lala held the sword and looked at it carefully. Just as he picked up the instruction manual attached to the bottom of the knife holder, he was so frightened by the sudden neat and loud ensemble of the villagers that he couldn't even hold the card steadily.

Xu Lala held the instruction manual in one hand, held the Dragon Slaying Saber and Demon Slaying Sword in his arms with the other hand, and stared dumbfounded at the villagers, headed by the owner of the knife shop and the owner of the sword shop, bowing deeply to him, Said: "Congratulations, Master Prophet, I wish you a smooth journey."

The villagers secretly jointly issued an order to expel the guests.

Xu Lai carried the dragon-slaying knife and the demon-slaying sword in a daze, crossed them between his back and his schoolbag, and walked towards the entrance of the village. While walking, he opened the instruction manual that came with the sword. There were three tips in it:

First, the dragon-slaying sword and the demon-slaying sword are the most representative tokens of the human prophets. With this object, you can get the support of all human races.

Second, the awakening pool of human prophets is in the Wanyao Hall, and [-]% of the traversers who enter the Wanyao Hall can awaken and become prophets.

Three, I wish you a long and healthy life.

Xu Lale:?

Leaving aside the third piece of nonsense first, this notice on the use of Dragon Slaying Saber and Demon Slaying Sword only provides the second piece of useful information, but it does not match the four words "instructions for use". The Dragon Slaying Saber and Demon Slaying Sword are used as proof of identity, and there is no other practicality other than that.

But just after Xu Lala was disgusted, he thought of the townspeople of Haomeng Town. If he had had the Dragon Slaying Saber and Demon Slaying Sword as tokens at that time, his conversation with the townspeople of Haomeng Town could have become his words. It saves time and effort, and none of the townspeople dare to say to him: "To prove that you are a prophet of the human race, first kill the monster next to you and we will believe you."

Thinking about it this way, the dragon-slaying sword and the demon-slaying sword are indeed must-have items for the human prophet to carry with him when traveling at home.

Xu Lala touched Chu Chu in his schoolbag with his hands behind his back, and when Chu Chu responded through the schoolbag, Xu Lala whispered, "Wait a little longer, and you can come out."

Chu Chu excitedly "chu!"

Xu Lai stuffed the instruction manual into the dark compartment of his schoolbag. He walked to the entrance of Datie Village and met the old man sitting under the banyan tree to enjoy the cool air. There was a chess game in front of him, but his eyes looked at the entrance of the village from time to time. .

Xu Lala walked over, and when the old man heard footsteps, he didn't raise his head and said: "The Demon Slaying Sword cuts gold like wood, and the Dragon Slaying Saber cuts jade like mud. This is a good sword and a good knife, but the name is not worthy of the name It's a pity..."

Xu Lala frowned and asked, "Grandpa, what do you mean?"

The old man looked up at him, smiled kindly at Xu Lai, and asked without answering, "Are you going to Wanyao Palace next?"

Xu Lala nodded firmly: "Yeah."

The awakened human prophets have two bugs against the sky. One is that all monsters except the master of Wanyao Hall can hardly cause damage to the human prophets, and the other is the awakened ability to predict the future.

Xu Lai has four great demon spirits by his side, the first condition is not very attractive to him, but the second condition makes him very excited.

Even if he saw his future self die unexpectedly, he still wanted to see the future of himself and Chuchu.

The black pawns on the old man's chessboard had already approached the matts of the red handsome, and he pushed the black pawns forward one more square, and the red handsome had to take a step back, but he could not retreat to the matts.

The old man asked Xu Lale for no reason: "Can you play chess?"

Xu Lala let out an "ah", scratched his head, and said, "I learned it when I was a child, but now I forget it."

The old man smiled and didn't blame him, he just said: "Then do you know the rules of 'not going out of the palace' and 'handsome not going out of the city'?"

Xu Lale nodded: "General Tanaka walks up and down, and if he is eaten, he will be the loser. I only remember this sentence."

The old man said: "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to play chess. Although the master of the Wanyao Palace is also restricted in the Wanyao Palace, dealing with him is not as simple as playing a game of chess."

Xu Lai grasped the point, and immediately frowned and said, "His Royal Highness can't leave Wanyao Hall?"

The old man smiled and said: "You can only leave when there is a specific opportunity. The rules are not fair. No human prophet in the past has killed the master of Wanyao Hall, but the rules are fair. The master of Wanyao Hall is too powerful. So his eternal freedom is imprisoned in the first hall, he is also very sad, if not for this, the master of Wanyao Hall would have turned this continent upside down long ago."

These few words of the old man are more practical than the sword that Xu Lai waited all day and night to get.

Xu Lala listened carefully, and when he noticed the rustling sound coming from the schoolbag behind him, Xu Lala was stunned for a moment, the sound had already attracted the old man's attention.

Xu Lala looked back anxiously, and saw the chain of the schoolbag being opened, Chu Chuheibuliuqiu's head suddenly popped out from the schoolbag diagonally behind him, Chu Chu was still grinning, like that emoji: Your little cutie suddenly appeared .

Apparently, Chu Chu felt that the "moment" that Xu Lai just said "wait a little longer, and you will be able to come out" has arrived.

Xu Lale: "..."

The old man: "..."

Seeing that Xu Lala and the other party's life body didn't speak at first, they got out of the schoolbag, lay on top of Xu Lala's head, stood upright, and looked down at the old man condescendingly.

The old man's popular science lecture also came to an abrupt end.

After a long silence, Xu Lala hurriedly pulled Chu Chu off his head.Chuchu's appearance was obviously a monster, Xu Lala was so embarrassed that he could only laugh "hehe". He held the armpits of Chuchu's two front legs with both hands and lifted them up. Under the surprised eyes of the old man, he couldn't help smiling Confidently, said: "Chu Chu, come, say hello to grandpa, and follow me to read, the friendship between monsters and humans will last forever!"

Chuchu said "chu~" cooperatively.

Xu Lala raised Chuchu's paw and waved it.

Xu Lala was afraid that the old man in front of him would also overreact to the monster, so he terminated his extracurricular tutoring.

"..."

The old man was stunned for a while, then lowered his eyes and continued to play chess, pretending that he had never seen Chuchu, and said to himself: "When you awaken to become a prophet of the human race, leave Wanyao Palace as soon as possible, as long as you don't play against the master of Wanyao Palace. , you are the strongest existence outside Wanyao Hall, don't take on the burden of saving the human race, you don't need to be burdened, just live in the present and enjoy yourself.

"If you encounter the Lord of the Wanyao Palace in the Wanyao Palace, it is best not to be too far away from the exit of the castle in close combat. If you are at a disadvantage, remember to exit the Wanyao Palace in time, but remember that you cannot be touched by him , otherwise you will not be able to escape.”

Xu Lala hugged Chuchu in his arms, and he wrote down the old man's words one by one. He thought that this old man was the NPC who issued the mission of Wanyao Palace.

It's just that this NPC reminded him overtly and secretly to enjoy himself in time, and that life is short, so it's good to be alive.