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Chapter 347 I Can't Compare (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

This stone niche is only about seven feet long.

The diagonal section is only a little over ten feet long.

Gu Xianniang had tried her best to stretch the rope to a length of ten feet, but it was still no match for the rope.

Gu Xianniang was still somewhat unwilling, and one last time, she stretched her body to its thinnest and longest length.

After decades, a living person has finally returned to this stone niche.

After being hungry for so long, who wouldn't want to eat when they see delicious food?

But this time, the rope suddenly stretched out, extending all the way from the niche into the cave outside!
Gu Xianniang compared them again and was horrified: No, this person can't be eaten.

If I eat that, my stomach will definitely burst.

It withdrew from Lord Xu's dream, filled with resentment: This person had been given a free ride!

Fortunately, there were two other people.

Gu Xianniang is choosing between the two; which one should she eat first?

Evil spirits make no choices; they want them all.

And so the two of them entered the dream at the same time...

Suddenly I noticed some movement.

The rope went into the cave and poked Dafu in the neck.

Dafu was woken up; he hadn't slept well and was very grumpy in the morning.

Raising its head, its silly, goose-like eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

Hmm? There seems to be something in the cave?
Dafu suddenly stood up, and just as it spread its wings, Gu Xianniang darted away from it.

Dafu was furious, thinking that the thing had woken him up, so he hurriedly chased after it.

He crashed headfirst into the rock blocking the entrance to the hole.

The bump on his head had gotten even bigger.

Dafu cackled angrily a few times, then helplessly went back to lie down.

It brushed against my head with its wings, it hurt so much.

Then, after inhaling the thin "sleeping air" in the cave, he drifted off to sleep again.

……

As dawn approached, Xu Yuan was the first to wake up.

He touched his head and realized something was wrong.

Gao Guanzi didn't call out to himself.

They were both sleeping soundly.

Xu Yuan looked at the animal sinew rope pressing down on him and seemed to understand something.

"Hmph, let them continue sleeping."

Lord Xu harbored some resentment.

Because I trusted these two mountain runners, I followed them to this shrine of the goddess.

They explained the various circumstances surrounding Gu Xianniang in great detail, seemingly having made thorough arrangements... but this is what happened?
Xu Yuan sat up against the stone wall, quietly watching the two of them, waiting for dawn.

……

In the darkness, the mountain winds near Pig Call Rock grew stronger.

Those pig-like screams rang out frequently.

But because it was nighttime, and all sorts of strange cries and roars echoed through the mountains, the sounds here didn't seem so abrupt.

Suddenly, a heavy black wind blew from afar.

He turned around below Pig-Calling Rock and transformed into a shadow with a crow's head and a human body.

It was draped in a jet-black feather cloak.

He does bear some resemblance to Old Man Bai.

The difference is that its entire body is made of raven feathers.

The one with the white eyes is made from the feathers of various eagles and falcons.

Its eye sockets had no eyeballs, and two dark red flames burned within them.

After landing, it turned its head left and right, and then began to walk.

Its posture was very strange, swaying and somewhat unsteady.

Because what was stepping on the ground was not a foot, but a pair of bird claws.

Bird claws are not designed for walking.

But it is fast and agile.

It felt like running and jumping, with black winds swirling around you, and you could even glide for a while from time to time.

It quickly grabbed small animals from the surrounding area.

It was those four people who were released during the day; they all had illnesses on them.

These small animals were extremely irritable, and their illnesses made them completely forget about "reverence".

It plucked feathers one by one from its black feathered cloak and stuck them on the small animals.

These small animals immediately became unable to move or make a sound.

Its hands, hidden beneath its feathered cloak, are also bird claws.

It's not really suitable to do certain things.

It observed the small beast for a moment, and the blood-red flames in its empty eye sockets flickered slightly, seemingly with a look of disdain.

Then the crow opened its beak and inhaled—and all the ailments of these small animals were sucked into its mouth.

Every little animal recovered its health.

It smacked its lips, seemingly not quite satisfied with the "taste".

"Pah!" it spat out.

All the ailments he had just inhaled turned into a thick phlegm that fell to the ground.

That patch of ground immediately turned a sickly dark yellow.

Then it glanced around casually, picked out a wild rabbit from among the small animals, and opened its mouth to blow out a breath of purplish-black light.

The rabbit had just been cured when its entire body began to fester and fester, succumbing to another, even more terrible disease.

Satisfied, it twisted its body and with a whoosh, transformed back into a heavy black wind, soaring into the sky and quickly disappearing.

It hadn't been long when a tree root emerged from the ground.

Then, a tree root quickly grew a patch of roots that wove a net, covering the patch of dark yellow soil and pulling it underground.

The soil and roots were gone.

……

As dawn broke, light streamed through the cracks in the rocks, growing brighter and brighter.

Gao Guanzi and Bai Laoyan woke up with a start almost simultaneously and sat up together.

Old Bai subconsciously drew the wood-chopping knife from his waist.

Gao Guanzi's ears were wide open, and he was also holding an arrow in his hand.

He used a bow and arrow.

Old Bai can also use a bow and arrow, but his skill is not as good as Gao Guanzi's.

"woke up?"

A slightly teasing voice came from the side.

The two looked over together and saw Lord Xu sitting against the stone wall, with Dafu lying beside him, and he was gently stroking Dafu's feathers.

Both of them blushed.

He stammered, unable to speak.

They knew that Gu Xianniang must have come last night.

After all, they all had those wonderful dreams that brought them joy.

But the fact that they are all still alive and well means that someone saved them.

Who else could it be but Lord Xu?
Two mountain runners received special care from others in the Ghostly Witch Mountain!

If word gets out, they'll lose all face.

The one who felt most ashamed was Old Man Bai, since he was on the first shift but ended up sleeping until dawn.

They didn't call Gao Guanzi either.

If something really goes wrong, he will bear the greatest responsibility.

Lord Xu waved his hand, looking at the two of them, and said, "Alright, nothing serious has happened after all."

"We are ashamed." The two lowered their heads and whispered their apologies to Lord Xu.

Xu Yuan said, "That's enough, let's go up."

Gao Guanzi quickly removed the stones blocking the hole.

The ropes left behind yesterday still dangle outside.

This rope was specially made by Old Man Bai and is unlikely to change shape in the mountains.

But Gao Guanzi's ears twitched, and he snorted coldly: "There's something waiting for us up there."

Old Bai, wanting to atone for his sins, put the wood-chopping knife in his mouth and started climbing up: "I'll go, I'll kill it!"

Xu Yuan waved his hand: "There's no need to take such a risk."

Lord Xu rode up on his fiery wheel—but saw no evil spirits.

As soon as Xu Yuan rushed out of the cave, the evil spirit wisely ran away...

Old Bai felt even more ashamed.

If I were to come up here myself, a fierce battle would be inevitable.

"Let's eat something, then go check out Pig Cry Rock," Xu Yuan said.

……

The four people arrived at Pig Cry Rock very early yesterday. The small beasts still had black feathers stuck in their bodies and could not move.

They carefully put the small animals into the bamboo cage.

Especially that wild rabbit.

Even though they had never encountered the rabbit, the four of them still discovered that a festering sore was spreading rapidly from their hands and was showing signs of suppuration!

The four men were terrified: "Quickly, go back and beg the master to save us!"

Not long after they left, Xu Yuan and his two companions arrived at the foot of Pig Cry Rock.

Old Man Bai and Gao Guanzi stood in one place.

They were experienced: "These marks... seem like something was dragged directly into the ground by tree roots or something like that."

Xu Yuan pondered, "Ghost Beard Wood? Is there any way to track it?"

"Watch me!" Gao Guanzi got excited and lay down, pressing one ear to the ground.

(End of this chapter)