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Chapter VIII Abandoning the Covenant and Going Deeply in Danger

The mist was steaming and lingering, and rustling sounds came from the grass. From time to time, a frightened little rabbit rushed out, and then fled to the distance. In the grass taller than a human, the whole picture could not be seen clearly at first glance, which made people feel fear for no reason, and inexplicably panic enveloped their hearts.

Through the gaps that emerge, from a distance, the winding mountains and undulating mountains are all over the mountains until they disappear into the haze. You don’t know what today is today in the distance. The birds sing low, making pleasant chirpings, reflecting with the surrounding insects, playing a joyful song; you can hear the gurgling sound of the stream, and join them with a cheerful tone, accompaniment of the song. Suddenly, a harsh chirping of wild ducks came, and a whistle, alarming the entire hidden birds and beasts, and the wonderful music stopped abruptly.

The sound of footsteps went from far away, and the long branches and leaves were pushed apart, revealing a cute round head. A square blue cloth wrapped around his head skillfully, like a hat; the navy blue clothing color was mixed in the grass, and it was almost impossible to detect it easily. The arms with long grass on his shoulders, the sleeves were narrow to the palm, and the laces were attached to his clothes. Like the locals in Mingcheng, they could hardly tell who he was. This was completely local ethnic costume and the best way to hide their whereabouts.

"Come on, beautiful girl, be careful, this place is too remote." The little monkey carried a big skin and kept pushing away the thick grass with the stick in his hand, diligently reminding the beauty behind him, with a youthful atmosphere between his eyebrows.

She was dressed in a green cloth linen and had strange hair accessories. In order to avoid trouble, she abandoned many of the accessories she deserved, but it did not affect her beauty at all, and completely integrated into the charm of a local girl. She fiddled with the long grass leaves and kept looking ahead, but her feet were moving carefully, afraid that she would step on something she shouldn't have stepped on. After all, who knows what would happen in this strange place!

I wiped off the fine sweat from my forehead and pulled the black clothes that were stuck on my body helplessly, emitting a faint smell of sweat, and mixed with the faint fragrance of camellia around me, which was very pungent. The leather boots under my feet were covered with mud. Just in case, everyone was wearing leather boots as they wanted to prevent poisons from hurting their feet.

I stood on tiptoe and looked out from afar. Before I could see the hidden appearance clearly, a gust of wind blew, and the grass branches rippled and waves covered my eyes. The destination I was about to reach was still far away in my guess. It was strange. From entering here, I vaguely felt that there seemed to be a strange force constantly pulling me. I even doubted, as Zhuo Bufei said, I had some mysterious connection with this place, but when I tried to explore it carefully, I found that this feeling disappeared strangely, and I wanted to refuse and welcome it. It was like the tenderness of orange, but I felt itchy in my heart, but I felt a sense of illusion that I could not grasp, which made people both frustrated and depressed.

"Old Zhuo, is this okay?" The old monkey pulled the huge skin that was stuck on his back hard, and it was filled with something. I didn't know, and even made me wonder if he could withstand such a heavy thing at his age. He wiped off the fine sweat from his forehead and said, "Didn't you agree to Mitsuko Fujiwara and Koliangjun to cooperate with them?"

"What did you say?" Luohan unscrewed the kettle and drank the water, shook the sweat beads stuck in his hands, and stretched his neck and said, "You should not go through the ordinary path when dealing with those hateful guys. Have you forgotten how they treated us before? We didn't do anything, we just didn't follow the agreement, right, Lao Bai." Luohan put away the kettle and looked at the dense grass around him, muttering, "Damn it, why is it so stuffy, it's hot and hot."

The white-headed man said frankly, "Did we promise them anything? I don't know. I just knew that Lao Zhuo nodded and did not make any promises." The skin he carried was beyond my imagination, and even made me unable to help but feel impulse and wanted to share some weight for him.

Luo Han was stunned and blinked his eyes, as if he knew Baitou Weng on the first day, then stretched out his thumb, suddenly laughed, patted his thigh, and said, "Gao, it's really Gao, Lao Bai, you really have you." He looked at the old monkey and said, "Did you hear it? Have we promised them anything? No, right!" His naughty look made everyone laugh and startled the birds in the bushes.

Facing the shamelessness of the two, the old monkey could only shake his head without paying attention. He slipped and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was flexible in body and carried a huge backpack, which did not affect his reaction. He just turned around and resolved the crisis. He was ridiculed by the Arhat and had this incident again. He cursed and looked at the ground angrily, and his face changed drastically.

"What's wrong? Have you seen a ghost?" Luo Han walked forward with a sarcastic smile, slowly saw what was on the ground, his face changed color, and waved his hand to Zhuo Bufei, "Come and see, what the hell is this."

In the mixed grassroots, a yellow skeleton appeared, which seemed to exist in a very distant era. The exposed holes could be clearly seen on the dead bones, and the dark teeth seemed to have been tested by the times and were intact with the earth. The skeleton was covered by the grassroots. If the old monkey had not slipped and kicked open the grass, it would have been impossible for anyone to have discovered it.

I leaned forward and took a breath of cold air. The skeleton was very strange. The eye was filled with soil, and it was inexplicably agile, just like it was alive. A chill appeared in my heart. The other eye socket was very hollow. I looked at it briefly and didn't know what substance was accumulated inside. Looking at it briefly, it was completely like the eyes were dried and precipitated, revealing gloomy and terrifying.

"Ah, look at what that is?" The few people were in a daze, completely attracted by the skeleton. At this time, the beautiful call was frightened, and the few people were frightened, and they all looked over. They saw a strange pattern engraved in front of the skeleton's forehead. At first glance, they looked like a wandering spirit snake.

"Smile girl, there is nothing to be afraid of." The little monkey smiled with concern, "It's just a skeleton." He stretched out the eyebrows stick in his hand, raised the skeleton embedded in the ground, making a dull sound, which fell into everyone's ears, and looked very strange. No one had heard of this kind of echo, and it was torn in dullness.

The little monkey was young and had a very strong heart, but the soil seemed very soft. With such force, he couldn't pick the skeleton out of the soil. He couldn't help but exclaim, so he plucked the courage to kick forward.

The skeleton shattered with a "crack", and the little monkey smiled and looked at Yan Ni happily, but Yan Ni's face was not easy to see, and she looked at the broken skeleton at the terror. The little monkey looked at the broken skeleton again at this time and found that there was a black shadow floating inside the skeleton, making a faint sound, as if it had been dormant for a long time, and was about to rush out, and he didn't know what dangerous thing was. He leaned over and looked at it. It didn't matter. After seeing it clearly, he hurriedly shouted, "Run, it's a bumblebee, poisonous."

At this time, a black body stretched out from the broken gap. On the triangular head, two long tentacles were shaking. The fat body shook and crawled out. The transparent wings shook. Only then did you see clearly that the bumblebee was about the size of a little finger, shining with brown patterns, flapping its wings all over, emitting terrifying power.

The little monkey was shocked. After all, he reacted quickly. He hurriedly took off the square green cloth wrapped on his head, shook it casually, and after it spread it, it covered the hole. The buzzing sound came into his ears. His body shivered, but the bumblebees were covered by the square green cloth and struggled for a long time. Only the square green cloth was up and down, like waves swaying on the water.

I knew the bumblebee's power, so I couldn't help but shivered and was secretly frightened. If the little monkey hadn't been quick, everyone might have been buried in the bumblebee's swarm today.

Everyone has heard of the ferocity and viciousness of the bumblebee, but they can't figure it out that there was a bumblebee nest hidden under the skeleton. The little monkey's competition accidentally angered the bumblebee swarm. Looking again, I only found that the green cloth was hit and jumped, and the middle was constantly agitating. The little monkey was worried, and his hands were quick and his eyes were quick. He lifted a rock from the ground and pressed it on it. He felt very safe, so he let out a long sigh.

Yini's face turned pale, and she pointed at the little monkey's back with a trembling voice and said, "Brother Monkey, don't move around."

A bumblebee with red body about the thickness of a finger was shaking its wings and laying on the back of the little monkey at some point, stretching its wings slowly, making a "buzzing" sound, as if warning the little monkey.

It was slow to speak, but then it was fast. A figure appeared quickly, untied something from his waist, and slapped the little monkey on the back with a "pop". Then a dull and unpleasant sound came, and the bumblebee fell on the ground, its body shrank down, overflowing with black and brown liquid, emitting a strange and pungent smell, trembling for a few times, and lost its vitality.

In order to save his son, the old monkey hurriedly picked up the kettle and smashed it on the bumblebee. Seeing that the bumblebee was beaten to death and fell on the ground, she still looked worried and held the kettle vigilantly. Only then did he realize that the kettle was covered with dark brown liquid, which was very unpleasant. He hurriedly looked at the little monkey's back and found a large piece of mucus, which was very disgusting. It was the place where the bumblebee was just slapped to death. It was obviously the internal organs of the bumblebee. The secretions were shocking and made a pungent smell, which made people unbearable.

Yini asked with concern, "Brother Monkey, do you feel uncomfortable?"

The little monkey found that Yan Ni cared about him, shook his head happily and said, "No, of course there is no more, and it has not stinged me."

The white-headed man was worried and reminded, "Go away, these bumblebees are too terrifying, bigger than what we usually see, and cannot be wrapped in square green cloth."

I looked at the worm-shaped honeycomb. The green cloth on the ground kept undulating, and the raised areas seemed to be a bigger queen bee to appear. I hurriedly ran forward with everyone.

After running for a long time, I found that it was almost a little distance away, so I stopped, gasped, and kept wiping the sweat on my forehead. I never thought that the weather in Mingcheng would be so big apart during the day and at night. While gasping, Zhuo Bufei suddenly stared at my feet in shock.

Along the way, I saw too many surprised eyes, which made me feel very nervous every time. I slowly looked down and my head was confused. The bumblebee that was beaten to death by the old monkey stuck to my leather boots at some point. The smell of fishy smell echoed around and couldn't get rid of it. It followed along, and my face instantly became ugly.

The bee that was beaten to death was as thick as a thumb, her fat abdomen was flattened by a kettle, and her huge triangle forehead was covered with soft hair that could be seen by the naked eye, and a dark thorn tube appeared on her mouth. I couldn't help but feel creepy. If this were inserted into the little monkey, I would never imagine any consequences.

I stretched out my feet in disgust and rubbed them on the ground a few times. The bumblebee stuck to my feet fell on the ground. In anger, I stepped on the dead bumblebee a few times and crushed the bumblebee's body, and then I breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is so disgusting. I have never seen such a big bumblebee, how could it grow so big?" The Luohan slammed his mouth and exclaimed, "But this smell is not a little bit bad. If I could smell this damn smell a hundred meters away."

As soon as he finished speaking unintentionally, Zhuo Bufei looked ugly and said tremblingly, "Hurry, run quickly, those bumblebees will chase after this smell."

I am really afraid of anything I can come to you? The "buzzing" sound came from afar. Perhaps the bumblebee was too terrifying. The sound of the bee flapping its wings was very harsh. I felt so uncomfortable under my feet, and I hurriedly raised my feet to look. At this time, a gust of wind blew, and the dead leaves on the ground rolled up. I was shocked to find that another skeleton that scared me was revealed among the dead leaves all over the ground.

I didn't have time to think too much and chased forward desperately, but my feet began to disobey. After stepping on the skeleton, I felt a little more afraid of being afraid and stepping on the skeleton buried in the dead leaves underground.

Fortunately, nothing similar happened. As I was running desperately, the square green cloth wrapped around my head was gone, but it made me feel much lighter. My body was covered in sticky sweat soaked my clothes. Fortunately, the Luohan and the others refused to let me touch my skin. Compared to them, I was much more relaxed so that I would not feel tired, but instead felt a sense of escaping from death.

Looking at the other people, it was even more miserable. They were carrying huge leather bags on their backs, running all the way, panting with exhaustion. Looking at the beautiful woman, it was not much better. They were ragged and hungry branches and leaves were stuck to their clothes. Even the dark hair was scattered while running away. She simply tied up one of the hair with a rope, making it look even more elegant.

"Damn it, I'm so exhausted." The Luohan panted and wiped his sweat. "Little monkey, this place is so weird that it's best not to move around, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

The Arhat had the most things on his back, and his strength was extremely strong, and he seemed much more relaxed than Baitou Weng and Zhuo Bufei. Zhuo Bufei was almost breathless, and Yini kept patting his back, and it took him a long time to breathe.

I had doubts in my heart. In order to verify the truth, I slowly squatted down, picked up a dead branch, carefully pushed away the grass, and slowly picked out the dead leaves covered on it. As expected, a dark yellow skeleton appeared again, which also collapsed and dried-up eyes, revealing a disgusting accumulation.

"Ah." Yini shouted in horror, "Where is this?"

The arhat and the old monkey saw the skeleton exposed on the ground, their faces became ugly, and the cold sweat instantly wet their clothes. The little monkey was bold and used a stick to push the ground beside him. The terrifying thing happened again.

Another skeleton appeared on the ground, and a curved pattern appeared on the forehead, and a terrifying foreign object was still exposed in the eyes.

"What exactly is this?" The little monkey lost his composure, saw the condition of the skeletons clearly, and said tremblingly, "These skeletons seem to be deliberately buried here by someone."

Zhuo Bufei also found a skeleton at his feet, and Ning frowned. He trembled in his heart, remembered a secret story, and blurted out, "Is this the legendary witchcraft?"

"Go skills?" I exclaimed, looking at this endless area, covered with weeds, and occasionally a few big trees were inexplicably similar, exuding a mysterious aura. "Can it be that the entire underground is full of such dry bones?" I was jumped by the sudden thoughts, and I didn't dare to breathe. I regretted that I shouldn't have come here. Even if I can't be a guard and restore my old career, I wouldn't be so embarrassed. Maybe I would really lose my life this time.

"This is not true, right?" Yini approached Zhuo Bufei tremblingly, her face pale and trembled slightly.

Zhuo Bufei frowned and said, "Everyone get out of here as soon as possible, and be careful not to break the skeletons, just to prevent other things from happening."

When I think of my feet, I almost had difficulty moving. It is no secret that the Tu tribes in the Mingcheng area like to breed Gu insects. According to rumors, Gu insects are very vicious and mysterious. I heard from friends that those evil people breed various Gu insects. If you are not careful, Gu insect god will enter your body without knowing it. Then the Gu insects can control you and even let you do anything unexpected. From beginning to end, you will be like a puppet.

There is also a terrifying legend. It is said that in order to increase the spirituality and extreme poison of the insect, those vicious people did not hesitate to breed the insects with living people. At first I didn't believe it, but in the face of the facts in front of me, I vaguely believed that the legend might be true, but I really couldn't think of it. If this huge area was as I guess, there were skeletons underground, then how many people died, and who was so cruel.

Thinking of the smelly liquid oozing out of the corpse of the bumblebee, my stomach rolled and almost vomited. At this moment, a slender and soft palm stretched over and handed me a pitch-black object.

It was tea leaves. I looked at the beauty in front of me, took the tea from her hand and put it in my mouth. The rich tea smell in my mouth instantly became much more comfortable in my belly.

Yan Ni looked at me in a complicated way, and said softly, "You must be careful."

I felt very warm in my heart, nodded, and smiled, "So too."

The white-headed man suddenly exclaimed, "No, we may be lost."

Only then did I look around, and now I realize that at some point, the rich mist covered the entire area, and the eyes were hazy and I could not tell the direction at all.

Zhuo Bufei calmly took out a compass from his arms, walked around for a few times, and pointed to his right hand with a smile, "This is the direction, but be careful."

Yini took out two daggers from her backpack and handed me a handful. I thought of her holding a stone lock in the yard, and I couldn't help but feel a little unfamiliar and curious about her.

The old monkey took out a curved sickle, but it was not a sickle. It had no blade and was full of serrated teeth. It was very strange. The arhat took out a few short sticks from his backpack, buttted them together, twisted them a few times, and turned them into a black short stick.

Everyone moved forward slowly, Zhuo Bufei took the compass to guide the way, and we followed carefully, not daring to strode at all, for fear of stepping on the skeletons on the ground.

I don’t know how long I walked, but the fog in front of me became even more intense and almost couldn’t move forward. We could only rely on the compass to distinguish the direction. After a while, I found a few skeletons on the ground. After a closer look, I was shocked. This is where we discovered the skeletons just now. Did we keep wandering around?

The little monkey noticed my strangeness and looked at it carefully. His face became ugly. He hurriedly shouted, "There is something strange here, we are back to our original place."

Several people looked at it and slowly saw the situation clearly, and became surprised. Zhuo Bufei took the compass and looked at it for a long time, but no abnormalities were found. "This is impossible." He took out the map from his arms and looked, "Yes, what's going on?" He couldn't figure out the situation. What's going on!

The white-headed man took a cold breath and said, "Is there a maze array here?"

"Fuck, do you believe all the legendary things?" Luo Han browed bitterly and touched his chin, "I want me to tell you that it's all this damn mist."

The old monkey said in confusion, "Did you feel something pulling us?" He said unintentionally, which was creepy. Only then did everyone feel that something really pulling us, and the Luohan reacted the most.

As soon as he said this, the little monkey's face changed, and there was undoubtedly a stone in everyone's heart. He said in a trembling voice, "Yes, I do feel something pulling my backpack,"

"Can it be a ghost?" The old monkey looked around vigilantly, and the gods tested, "I feel that the backpack is getting heavier and heavier, and the rock hook in my hand seems to be targeted."

I looked at his trembling iron hook in a heavy mood, and saw the strange thing called the rock hook by the old monkey was constantly shaking, while the old monkey seemed to be struggling and grasping it.

"Look," Zhuo Bufei screamed in shock. He raised the compass in his hand. We found that the magnetic needle in the compass was strangely attached to the compass at this moment, but when we looked carefully, the magnetic needle slowly floated up again, rising and falling continuously, as if nodding.

"What's going on? Is there really a ghost?" Luohan's face changed drastically.

The white-headed man breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly, "Don't get yourself down. It's not a big monster. There must be a very large magnet underground. The fog here is so big. We rely on the compass to walk, but the compass is pulled by the magnet, so of course we keep wandering in the same place."

Zhuo Bufei nodded and said, "Yes, it's just that this place is weird, the fog doesn't dissipate, and the compass has lost its function again. I really don't know if this is natural, or if someone deliberately designed such a place."

I was in a very heavy mood. If this was really designed by someone, it would be so terrifying. I asked worriedly, "What should I do now? Could it be that we can only wait for the fog to dissipate here?"

"I don't want to sleep here." Yini shivered, staring at the skeleton exposed on the ground, closing her eyes.

The white-headed man sighed, "Now you have no choice but to retreat. You can only choose one place at will and then move forward. If you are lucky, after you leave this ghost place, see if the compass can work."

Everyone looked at each other and finally looked at Zhuo Bufei, who was the spiritual pillar of everyone. Zhuo Bufei nodded and said, "It's all that. You can't really wait here for the mist to dissipate." His eyes fell on me, and then said, "Brother Cheng, point the direction, everyone should try their luck."

I didn't dare to breathe, for fear that because of my carelessness, I would bring everyone into danger again. But for some reason, the disappearing feeling in my heart appeared again. I always felt a force ahead, attracting myself like a magnet. I felt that power, and the inexplicable restlessness made me unable to suppress myself. I closed my eyes, silently said a few words in my heart, and pointed in the direction I faced.

"Okay, let's go in this direction." Zhuo Bufei casually put away the compass and walked in that direction first. No one looked at me and followed one after another.
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