Zhi'an's anxious tone changed: "Le'an has always been by my side. I can't get out at all, and I don't know whether you are alive or dead."
I chuckled: "Don't worry, am I not living well?"
"I've been waiting for you around here, and I got something good last night!"
Zhi'an looked around warily and nodded.
"Let me ask you, where is the Golden Sore Cave?"
"How do you know this place?"
"I heard about it last night."
Zhi'an pointed his hand into the distance: "The Golden Sore Cave is in that mountain."
"Isn't this the place where Le'an picks mushrooms?"
"right!"
With that said, last night’s harvest was truly remarkable!
I quickly continued: "That man in the forest said yesterday that he wanted to go back to Jinshang Cave. I estimate that the Eighth percentile is his home!"
"Tsk."
Zhi'an frowned: "It's actually from Jinshang Cave?"
"Do you know this place?"
Zhi'an hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "To be precise, I just heard about it."
"That place is very strange. My master always goes there to worship during holidays, but he never lets me go."
After a pause, he murmured again: "No one knows about this except me. In other words, even I don't know where that place is."
That being said, this Golden Sore Cave is quite mysterious.
At this time, Zhi'an spoke again: "If necessary, I can make a trip."
"What else did you hear?"
After hesitating for a moment, I decided to tell the truth: "Actually, your junior brother is not what you see."
"He and the people in the forest are also plotting a game. The key to these games is you. Getting rid of me is only the first step. You must be careful."
As soon as these words came out, Zhi'an's face was filled with astonishment.
I can understand his mood. He sincerely repented and even sacrificed all his dignity to kneel down. In the end, he was treated like a monkey.
No one wants to accept this fact.
After being silent for a long time, Zhi'an finally said: "I am only grateful for one thing now."
"What?"
"I shouldn't be merciful."
To my surprise, Zhi'an did not cry loudly this time, nor was he heartbroken. Instead, he was particularly calm.
Probably, this is the feeling that mourning is greater than death.
Zhi'an said calmly: "Don't worry, from now on, I won't show any mercy."
"I want to clean up the door!"
His state is equivalent to giving me confidence.
What I'm most worried about is that he will betray him at a critical moment!
"In this case, you are responsible for one thing now, find a way to get that brand."
After a pause, I said worriedly: "Everything your junior brother is doing now is to paralyze you."
"I suggest you not to have too much contact with him from now on."
Now that the overall situation has been decided, whoever dies and who lives will have their destiny!
Zhi'an looked behind him warily and whispered, "I have to go back quickly to prevent him from becoming suspicious."
"Tonight, I will come out to find you, and you must wait for me."
After saying that, Zhi'an ran back in a panic, and I returned to my previous hiding place, waiting to meet Zhi'an again in the evening.
This wait lasted a day, and it was easier to say during the day. As soon as the sun set, the temperature immediately began to drop.
Until the moon reaches the branches, bursts of partridge whistles sound in the air one after another.
Birds like partridges don’t actually like to call at night, so I immediately raised my guard and responded with a partridge whistle.
Soon, Zhi'an poked his head out from not far away and waved his hand vigorously towards me.
As soon as we met, Zhi'an thrust a black object into my hand: "Look, is this what you want?"
I looked down and saw that the whole sign was pitch black and shiny, and there seemed to be words engraved on it, but I couldn't tell what they were.
My heart suddenly trembled: "Why did you take it out again?"
Zhi'an was also confused: "I must take it out for you to see. If I take it by mistake, wouldn't it be troublesome?"
When the words came to my lips, I swallowed them again.
Le'an is hiding his secrets from us now, and Zhi'an is very likely to have fallen into the trap of mist. In the end, it was difficult to tell the truth from the false, and both of us began to collapse from within.
To put it bluntly, even if it is not so extreme, it is still possible to alert the snake.
