I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

The giant bear raised its head, revealing its blood-stained teeth as it swooped down the hillside.

Its left foreleg was folded to its side and was completely unusable. Its right foreleg was gripping the ground tightly, and its two hind legs were trembling.

He was standing very awkwardly.

They still stood in front of the stone box.

Cheng Fang stared at him for two seconds.

"Kill him."

No one tried to persuade them.

The bodies of Jiang Yue and Feng Jin have not yet been transported out of Heihuailing.

Who the giant bear guards doesn't change the fact that he has killed people.

Xu Mian lowered the gun barrel again.

The embers in Qin Zhao's palm spread out along the ground, blocking the giant bear from rushing towards the wounded.

Jiang Zhaoye dragged the black stick around to the side.

Tang Zhi leaned against the rock, her right hand hanging down. The trailing thread from the previous round was still around the giant bear's right forepaw, the other end attached to a rock on the slope.

She gripped the control lever with her left hand.

No deadlift is needed.

Once loosened, the stone falls and naturally tightens the thread.

Cheng Fang took a step forward.

A low growl rolled from the bear's throat.

As he took his second step, he suddenly lunged forward.

The left forelimb cannot touch the ground, and the whole body tilts to one side when starting.

The speed is much slower than before.

But the distance is too close.

That massive body could still crush a person when it crashed down the rocky slope.

Xu Mian fired first.

The bullet entered the outer side of the giant bear's right eye.

The giant bear suddenly tilted its head, causing its attack to deviate by half a foot.

Qin Zhao's fire line rolled up from the side.

The giant bear instinctively avoided the flames and, unable to pounce on the wounded behind it, could only continue charging towards Cheng Fang.

Cheng Fang did not try to tough it out.

He dodged the bear's paw, his iron bones covering his right shoulder, and then rammed into the bear's jaw.

boom!

The giant bear raised its head upwards.

Jiang Zhaoye rushed in from the side and smashed his only remaining good hind leg with a stick.

The giant bear snapped its hind legs and fell downwards.

The right front paw suddenly braced itself against the ground.

"Tang Zhi!"

Tang Zhi loosened the control buckle.

The rocks on the slope rolled down half a meter.

The thread suddenly tightened, pulling the giant bear's right forepaw outwards.

He only swayed for a moment.

But that's enough.

The giant bear slammed its chest and abdomen onto the rocky slope.

Gunfire erupted from seven locations immediately afterward.

All shots were aimed downhill, avoiding the stone box behind.

The bullets entered the chest, abdomen, and side of the neck.

The giant bear stiffened for a moment, then rolled down the rocky slope.

The soil was pressed into a long trench.

He crashed into a rock halfway down the slope and finally came to a stop.

Cheng Fang raised his hand.

"Ceasefire."

"Don't come near."

The giant bear was still panting.

Every bite was covered in blood and foam.

He tried to lift his right front paw, but couldn't lift his body.

No one stepped forward to finish off the enemy.

He no longer had the strength to launch a second attack, and the stone box was directly behind him. Approaching rashly could result in either receiving a fatal blow or bringing the battle back to the Scripture of All Spirits.

Suddenly, the spirit's voice rang in Lin Ye's ears.

"Why are you lying down?"

"stand up."

The giant bear scratched at the rock with its paws a few times.

The fingernails made a screeching sound.

The spirit's tone quickened considerably.

"Put me down."

"Run east."

"They're grabbing the scriptures first, they won't have time to look after you."

The giant bear did not look eastward.

He raised his head and looked at the black stone box on the slope.

Then I started climbing back.

The severed left forelimb dragged in the mud.

With each shift, a new bloody welt appeared below his left shoulder.

The spirit's voice deepened.

"East!"

The giant bear ignored it.

"Why did you come back?"

"I don't need you to guard me anymore."

The giant bear let out a low growl.

Its right front paw gripped a protruding rock, and after moving its body forward by half a foot, it slid back.

The spirit seemed genuinely anxious.

"Didn't you hear me say 'leave'?"

The giant bear climbed up again.

No one spoke.

Tang Zhi pursed her lips, her left hand still resting on the control button.

Xu Mian did not move the gun barrel away.

Cheng Fang was not relaxed either, but he did not urge anyone to come forward.

The giant bear climbed slower and slower.

The stone box was only a few meters away from him.

It took him a long time.

The spirit stopped cursing.

After a while, he whispered:

"You're actually being obedient now."

The giant bear finally climbed to the stone box.

He could no longer lift his head; he could only turn his face to the side and touch the cold stone surface with his nose.

a bit.

It's very light.

After confirming that the stone box was still there, his body slowly relaxed.

His head rested against the corner of the stone box.

Its right front paw was placed in front, blocking the way to the stone box.

His chest and abdomen rose and fell one last time.

Stopped.

The spirit remained silent.

The wind blew across the hillside, carrying a strong smell of blood.

Suddenly, Lin Ye heard a metallic rattling sound.

It's very close, yet very chaotic.

It was as if someone had combined several voices together and forced them into his head.

The hunter's trap bite.

The iron chain hit the stone.

The cub's rapid, weak breathing came in short bursts.

"Don't lie down."

The spirit's voice was even fainter than it is now.

There's water ahead.

He was panting and didn't move.

"If you lie here one more night, you'll rot."

"Climb forward."

The sound suddenly stopped.

The sound of water squeezed in.

The tongue licked the shallow water, and the nose kept bumping against the edge of the rocks.

"Drink slowly."

"Nobody's going to steal it from you."

The next moment, it turned into the dull thud of a bear's paw shattering a stone.

The spirit is cursing.

"I told you to draw in the qi, not to destroy the house!"

"The qi goes down to the abdomen."

"Let's start over."

Another sound of shattering.

"Besides strength, haven't you developed anything else?"

The giant bear was breathing heavily.

Lie down.

Get up.

The impact sound grew deeper and deeper.

The sound grew louder and louder.

Suddenly, the voices of several strangers were heard in the middle of it.

"The meridians are here!"

"Dig it up and take a look."

The spirit's voice turned cold.

"Get them out."

He ran outside in a panic.

The bear's paw fell.

The scream was only half-sounded.

The surroundings were quiet for a moment.

"If you're dead, you're dead."

The spirit said.

"So we don't have to bring people back when we get back."

Then, the sound of running could be heard from the other side.

Immediately following was a second scream.

The lingering sounds mingled together.

There were sounds of the spirit teaching the giant bear to exchange its power, and also sounds of him being scolded after stealing honey.

"Who told you to bring the beehive back?"

"It all flowed into the bones!"

"Lie further away."

"Don't drool here!"

Time seemed to have jumped by for a long time.

With heavy footsteps, they walked deeper into the mountains and forests.

The spirit said:

"You can leave now."

"There aren't many things around here that can stop you."

"Don't spend all your time looking after this pile of broken bones."

The footsteps are getting farther and farther away.

The sound of rain continued for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, the familiar sound of footsteps echoed outside the cave again.

The spirit remained silent for a moment.

"Why are you back again?"

The giant bear let out a low growl.

"There's no honey outside?"

The heavy object lay flat on the ground.

The vibrations made even my bones crack.

The spirit cursed a few times.

Finally, only one sentence remains:

"stand up."

"Practice what I taught you yesterday, one more time."

The sound dissipated.

There is no complete picture.

No one spoke up for the giant bear.

There were only some old, broken pieces of sound.

But that was enough for Lin Ye to understand.

When the spirit of the artifact first awakens, it needs a wild beast that can move the scriptures and guard its hiding place.

He rescued the giant bear initially with the intention of using it.

The giant bear also became agile with the help of the weapon and learned how to cultivate.

He killed people for the spirit of the weapon.

The spirit of the artifact never stopped it.

Later, the spirit told him to leave, and he did leave.

But not long after, he came back on his own.

Lin Ye opened his eyes.

The giant bear's carcass was still leaning against the stone box.

Tang Zhi looked at him for a while.

"He went through all that trouble just to come back and guard this box?"

Lin Ye paused for a moment.

"What's so great about guarding a box?"

"He's guarding that old man inside."

Jiang Zhaoye spoke coldly:

He'll protect whoever he wants.

Those who died at his hands will never come back.

"I know."

Lin Ye did not defend the giant bear.

Cheng Fang didn't offer any comment, but only said to the technician next to him:

"Write down everything: time of death, wounds, and traces at the scene."

The technician began taking photos.

There was still no sound from the stone box.

Lin Ye reactivated his spiritual hearing.

After a long while, the spirit of the artifact finally uttered a soft voice:

"I told you to leave long ago."

It stopped for a moment.

"Stupid bear."

Then it quieted down again.

Lai Changqing took a step forward.

Cheng Fang also lifted his foot at the same time.

The two stopped in front of the stone box, separated by the giant bear's carcass.

Jiang Zhaoye picked up the black stick.

The flames rekindled in Qin Zhao's palm.

Tang Zhi's right hand was immobile, but her left hand had already gripped the remaining threads tightly.

Xu Mian slowly moved the muzzle of her gun away, and it landed on the members of the Candle Shadow Society.

Lai Changqing looked at Cheng Fang.

"The bear is dead."

Cheng Fang said, "Mm."

"The agreement is over."

"Perfect."

No one needs to be reminded again.

Those who were fighting side by side against the giant bear just moments ago have now returned to their respective positions.

The spirit of the artifact could no longer sit still.

"Tell your captain."

He said urgently:

"Don't let him touch it recklessly. Seven, take this old man away; we can discuss the basic spirit-guiding technique."

Lin Ye didn't speak.

The spirit then said:

"Anyone with the surname Lai will do."

"Tell him that if Zhuyin wants it, I can give it to him too."

He paused, then gave a special instruction:

Let's break it down.

Lin Ye raised his head.

Cheng Fang and Lai Changqing were both looking at him.

"The spirit said that if Qi takes him away, we can discuss the basic spirit-guiding technique."

"If Zhuyin gets him, he will give you what you want."

The artifact spirit exploded instantly.

"Who told you to say it all at once?"

Lin Ye said, "It saves you from selling the same item to two different companies."

"This is negotiation!"

"You just lied to me once, and you expect me to help you?"

The spirit was speechless for a long time.

Lin Ye quit Lingting directly.

Cheng Fang reached out his hand.

"Open the sealed box containing the spirit barrier."

The technician immediately removed the silver-gray box from the back.

As soon as the latch popped open, Jiang Zhaoye crossed the black stick and stood in front of him.

Lai Changqing looked at Cheng Fang.

"The Book of All Souls cannot be returned to seven places."

Cheng Fang didn't waste any words.

"Then rob it."