Whoosh!
On the second floor of Lanhong Pavilion, Jiang Li was about to open the door and walk into the bedroom. At the corner of the wall downstairs, a subtle friction sound drifted into his ears along with a wisp of breeze.
Jiang Li was alert. He rolled up his clothes and quietly ducked behind the pillar at the railing on the second floor. Looking down with the bright moonlight, he saw a dark shadow clinging to the corner of the wall, sneaking towards Lanhong Pavilion. Come to the practice room upstairs.
Heiyin was very fast, like a specially trained assassin. He moved quickly and landed silently. He rushed to the first floor in a few steps, flashed through the moonlight, and disappeared from Jiang Li's sight.
Immediately, there was the sound of the wooden door opening, coming from downstairs. Jiang Li used the sound to identify the direction and was able to confirm that the black shadow had entered the practice room on the first floor.
"Xiao Hei?"
Jiang Li's eyes narrowed slightly. With the help of the moonlight, he could see clearly the true appearance of the black shadow when it emerged from the corner of the wall. It was a black dog that was as black as ink and about six or seven months old.
It was exactly the one Jiang Li picked up from the alley of Hou Mansion more than a month ago.
Oddly enough, although this black dog has an ordinary appearance and a stubborn and bad temper, he always behaves like he is the only one in the world who deserves a beating, and is very arrogant.
But since he was revived by Jiang Li using Nine Breaths to Conquer Qi, not only can he eat and sleep, but he has also grown very quickly.
In less than two months, he was older than an ordinary native dog, which is six or seven months old. He had a short neck, thick limbs, and a lot of strength. He was as strong as a tiger cub.
"This dog doesn't sleep at night, so why does it sneak into the training room!"
Jiang Li was a little suspicious. He jumped over the railing lightly, grabbed the corner of the eaves with one hand, hid his body under the cornice on the first floor, and looked in the direction of the practice room.
After more than ten breaths, I saw the little black dog with two pointed ears, sneaking out of the practice room, looking around, and running towards the back garden with a golden spoon in its mouth.
"What is this dog doing stealing the crocodile dragon essence essence powder?"
A familiar aroma wafted out from the golden spoon in the black dog's mouth. Jiang Li frowned slightly and his expression became strange.
Not to mention that Lanhong Pavilion has never withheld the black dog's rations. Even if it was hungry in the middle of the night and panicked, it could sneak into the kitchen of the small courtyard. Although the Crocodile Jiao Jingyuan Powder is a secret body-tempering medicine, it is not suitable for consumption, and The taste is extremely bitter and difficult to swallow.
Jiang Li straightened his body, stepped on the corner of the eaves, and jumped directly onto the second floor roof of Lanhong Pavilion. He saw the black dog holding a gold spoon coming to the hot spring behind the rockery.
It put down the golden spoon and pressed its paws hard on the stone road. It lifted up a stone slab about half a meter long and weighing about a hundred kilograms. It dragged it away with its mouth, revealing the space below, which could accommodate an adult. Squatting pit.
The little black dog pried open another stone slab connected to the hot spring, and the gurgling spring water flowed from the hot spring pool into the small pit.
"Isn't this dog trying to get in shape?"
Jiang Li was stunned by the scene in front of him. As expected, the black dog splashed the crocodile dragon essence powder in the golden spoon into the small pit, jumped in, and began to move slowly inside.
Although the light in the garden is dim and the water in the small pit is turbid, judging from the black dog's movements and the fluctuation frequency of the water in the pit, it is clear that this black dog is definitely not a model Jiang Li who has been practicing randomly.
It seems to have really mastered a technique that can be used to train the body, and it seems to be of a high level.
"Demon dog?"
Jiang Li became more and more shocked as he watched.
There are indeed demons in this world. In the deep mountains and wild places, some wild beasts and birds have occasional encounters. By accident, they learn some methods of breathing into the moon, which can draw Qi into the body, nourish the soul, give birth to spiritual wisdom, and turn beasts into demons.
He had previously read a miscellaneous book called "Notes from the Thatched Cottage", which recorded many ghosts and strange legends.
The book says that beasts channel spirits, and after mastering the method of cultivating the soul and body, and continuing to practice, they can not only master the techniques of channeling spirits in dreams, controlling wind and rain, and enchanting people's hearts. Some monsters that have been cultivated to a certain level can also be disintegrated and turned into monsters. personal.
Jiang Li has traveled to this world for nearly half a year, and has long accepted these strange things.
But the black dog currently tempering his body in the small pit was still somewhat beyond his understanding and imagination.
When a monster activates its spiritual intelligence, it can indeed draw Qi into the body and nourish the physical body, but the method Black Dog is using at this moment is by no means drawing Qi into the body, but an extremely pure martial arts body refining method.
Where did a puppy that was only three or two months old learn martial arts skills?
Something's not right with this dog!
Jiang Li was suspicious, but did not act rashly. He just quietly observed the little black dog's every move.
Two hours later, all the crocodile dragon essence essence powder in the deep pit was absorbed, and the black dog jumped out of the pit. It shook the water droplets on its fur and dragged the stone slab back. After restoring it to its original shape, it did not return. Instead, the doghouse followed the steps and came to the rockery.
Under Jiang Li's even more astonished gaze, the black dog found a place on the rockery. Like a human, it sat cross-legged with its short legs crossed, its head looking at the sky, and it actually assumed the posture of meditating and practicing Taoism.
"This dog can also teach Dharma!"
Jiang Li only felt that his head was a little big. The beasts in the deep old forest opened up their spiritual wisdom and breathed into the moon. They were just following their nature. There was no reason to sit cross-legged and practice like humans.
Seeing how the little black dog seemed to be taking things at his fingertips and familiar with the road, Jiang Li could conclude that this guy was definitely not a newbie.
"A few nights before I picked up this dog, there seemed to be a monster breaking into the Marquis's mansion!"
Jiang Li's eyes flashed and he suddenly remembered something.
Although he didn't know what happened that night, he could faintly judge from the shouts from the soldiers' mouths that the monster that had stolen into the Hou's mansion that day seemed to have been injured.
And when he picked up the little black dog, the latter also looked depressed, groggy, and confused.
"I was wondering why there is an ordinary-looking native dog in the Marquis's residence. It turns out to be an injured monster!"
Jiang Li recalled the past and had some judgments in his mind.
Now that he discovered that the black dog was a demon, he naturally couldn't let it continue to practice under his eyes.
An unknown monster is hiding around you, and some of your secrets will be discovered sooner or later.
Jiang Li slowly stood up from the roof, his tall body blocking the moonlight.
"Ouch!"
The little black dog sitting cross-legged on the rockery opened his mouth and was about to spit out something. Suddenly he felt a darkness in front of his eyes. He was slightly startled. When he opened his dog eyes, he saw a man in Confucian robes on the roof of Lanhong Pavilion opposite. The handsome young man was looking at it with squinted eyes.
When their four eyes met in mid-air, the black dog's body froze, as if he was electrocuted, and his pupils vibrated, almost shrinking into a small dot.
It sat there blankly and stared at Jiang Li for a while, then twisted its body stiffly, stood up from the rockery, then turned its head, pretending not to see Jiang Li, and walked slowly on its short legs. Get off the rockery.
"Demon dog, why don't you stay and talk to me?"
On the roof of Lanhong Pavilion, Jiang Li looked at Black Dog, whose acting skills were very good, and smiled coldly: "Let's start with how many Crocodile Dragon Essence Powders you stole from me!"
