There are stacks of cardboard boxes and empty bottles on a small, deserted alleyway under the river embankment.
Aguan followed the instructions of the talisman and searched for a long time before he found this small dead end alley. Wubu and Yueshuang were already waiting there.
"Where's the human stone?" Yueshuang asked.
Aguan spread his hands and made a "so big" gesture, and said helplessly: "The fossil is too big to carry around; and the color has also changed, and it looks like it is about to turn into a pupa."
Yueshuang turned her head and thought about it, and said, "I'm not sure what the signs will be during the process of the fossil's transformation into an adult, but you should be able to feel whether the sister Pianpian inside is dead or alive."
Aguan nodded. There was still warmth and slight movement on the stone, like a heartbeat. Pianpian should still be sleeping quietly inside.
Yueshuang continued: "To make a long story short, there seems to be no movement in the main camp in the past few days. As we expected, no large army was dispatched to search for the whereabouts of you, Master Tai Sui, and Master Chen Xing; there was not even a confrontation with Tai Yin. What's the news? On the contrary, Taibai Xingye, who was originally guarding the blessed land, is heading south, and it seems that he is going to use all his strength to deal with the Queen Mother of the West who has exposed her whereabouts."
Aguan remembered that both Queen Mother of the West and Gou Chen were still lurking in the mortal world. Perhaps this was the reason why the main camp could not fully capture him.
"What about... Liu Po, Atai and the others?" Aguan thought of Atai and Liu Po.
Yueshuang smiled bitterly and shook her head and said: "We can only inquire about some general news. Of course, we cannot detect the trivial details about your past companions."
"That's right..." Aguan sighed. At this time, Liu Po and Atai must have known about his situation. I don't know what they would think.
After a brief exchange of information with Yueshuang, Aguan did not dare to stay too long, fearing that something might go wrong with the fossil in the tin house. He carefully put away the several new communication talismans that Yueshuang gave him, and also took a few large flattened cardboard boxes and hurried back to the tin house.
It was dusk again in a state of confusion. Aguan covered the carton containing the fossil with a torn newspaper, took off the Fuling cloth bag hanging on his chest, placed it on the torn newspaper, and gave detailed instructions to the Fu Ling cloth bag. The ghost hands in the game are responsible for guarding the fossil when they go out.
"Master Aguan, Master Aguan!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded, causing Aguan, who was sleeping on his back on a small nest made of cardboard boxes, to jump up like a shrimp in fright. Aguan, who was still awake, immediately summoned the Ghost Crying Sword, raised it to his chest to protect him, and looked around nervously.
"It's me, it's me, Potato!" The voice turned out to be Old Potato.
"Old Tudou? Where are you?" Aguan came back to his senses and asked loudly.
After turning around twice more, he realized that there was a glowing red talisman floating above him. It turned out that it was Lao Tudou who was using the talisman to convey messages.
Old Tudou shouted: "Master Aguan, there has been no news from you these days! Where have you been? My companions in the blessed land are so worried!"
Aguan sighed and sat at the broken table.
Old Tudou's voice continued: "I know you don't have the talisman to contact me, so you can't answer me. But, I am still worried about you. Everyone is worried about you. Taibai Xingye took the order to conquer the Queen Mother of the West. The two armies They are confronting each other. The Blessed Land has been completely taken over by Master Ying Huo Xing. Master Ying Huo Xing has become very irritable and beats and scolds the monsters at every turn. Some of the monsters were even beaten to death by Master Ying Huo Xing. Everyone is very scared!"
"We land gods knew that this was not the way to go, so we thought of a way. Master Aguan, if you are still alive, don't give up, don't give up! Oh, San La is coming over, I can't say any more, Take care, sir!"
Old Potato's voice stopped suddenly. Aguan's eyes widened and he was stunned for a long time. He immediately passed Old Tudou's words to Yueshuang in a talisman.
"Don't worry too much. It's useless to worry. It's more important to take care of yourself first." Yueshuang seemed to have nothing to do and could only comfort Aguan.
After pushing open the door of the tin house, Aguan left the tin house and closed the "door" which was just a thin piece of iron. It was already dusk outside, and Aguan was restless. When he thought about the current situation of the blessed land, he felt anxious and overwhelmed. During the prisoner-robbing battle, Yinghuoxing had Chenxing behead two of his hands and one foot. Naturally, he should have been taken back by the medical officer, but at this time, all the evil energy must have come from the spirit who had always been friendly with Aguan.
Aguan walked sadly, worried about Liupo and Atai, and thinking about Fusheng, Ruoyu, Qingfeng'er, Feiding and other partners who shared life and death.
"If Lin Shan and I were on the same side, what clever plan would she have?" Aguan murmured to himself, looking at the dim sky, thinking of Lin Shan, and feeling mixed emotions in his heart.
Unconsciously, we have arrived at this old market, which is dirty and messy. It was dusk at this time, and the crowds were bigger, but not much more. Several new and clean supermarkets had opened nearby, which almost took away most of the customers who wanted to buy fresh fruits, fish and meat.
The vegetable stall in front of me looked familiar. Lying next to the vegetable stall was the little native dog named Bao Di that I saw in the morning.
Bao Di seems to be only more than three months old. He seems to be bored at this time. He is lying on the ground and playing with his two front paws, and he seems to be hungry.
Aguan came forward and took a look. The scars on Baodi's back were still there, and there was still swelling around them, but they were no longer as scary as they were in the morning. Aguan squatted down, touched Baodi's head, then moved his hand to the injured part of Baodi's back, and silently recited the healing spell repeatedly.
After repeating the healing spell several times, Baodi's injury was almost healed, but the scars were still obvious.
"Big brother──" the little sister's voice came from behind in the morning. Aguan quickly turned around and saw that she was still wearing her uniform and holding a bag of fast food in her hand.
"I...I massaged it. Look, its injuries are all healed!" Aguan said with a smile.
When the little girl saw Bao Di, the wound on her back was almost healed, and the swelling around the wound had also subsided. Baodi wagged his tail and licked his little sister's hand.
"Thank you!" The little sister giggled, took out a fried chicken leg from the paper bag, and placed it in front of Bao Di. Bao Di was just recovering from his injury and had a huge appetite. He ate the chicken legs cleanly in one go and even gnawed on the bones of the chicken legs.
"Here's a piece for you!" The little sister handed another piece of fried chicken to Aguan. Aguan was embarrassed at first, but he had been eating toast with pickled cucumbers for the past few days. He smelled the fried chicken just now, and he was already so greedy that he swallowed his saliva.
The little sister herself was eating a piece of fried chicken. Aguan started chatting with his little sister while eating. It turns out that the little sister's name is Xiangxiang. She is seven years old. Her parents are busy at work and come home late every day. Life is considered very comfortable. Therefore, Xiangxiang has long been accustomed to preparing her own meals after class. After entering elementary school, she would buy fast food and go home to eat almost every day after class.
Baodi is a little wild dog that Xiangxiang picked up on the roadside more than a month ago. When he first brought it home, Xiangxiang's parents didn't say anything. For some reason, Xiangxiang's parents gradually became irritable and often quarreled.
Early this morning, Bao Di chewed up Xiangxiang's mother's shoes. Xiangxiang's mother beat her severely and threw her outside the door, asking Xiangxiang to throw Bao Di away.
Of course Xiangxiang couldn't bear it, and walked around with Baodi for a long time, until Baodi was exhausted and couldn't walk anymore, so he lay down in the corner of the vegetable stall. Fortunately, he met Aguan who was wandering around on a stone fire wheel, and Bao Di saved his life.
"Brother Aguan, my mother doesn't let me keep a dog, can you help me take care of my baby brother?" Xiangxiang opened her eyes and said sincerely.
Aguan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Well...I am also busy with things, so I can't take care of it, but as long as Baodi doesn't run around, I will come and see it every day."
Xiangxiang was a little disappointed, but she still patted Baodi on the head and warned: "Did you hear that? You can't run around. You have to stay here obediently so that big brother can take care of you!"
Baodi barked a few times, licked the fragrant hand, rolled his big black eyes, and rubbed Aguan twice, as if to say thank you.
After saying goodbye to Xiangxiang, Aguan returned to the small tin hut. He looked at the fossil in the carton. The color of the fossil was darker, almost dark brown.
Aguan touched the Human Transformation Stone and still felt the heartbeats trembling from inside, so he felt relieved.
A few days later, Wubu and Yueshuang did not meet Aguan again. They simply sent a message with a talisman, saying that Taisui's health had improved a lot and that he and Chenxing were making trouble in the central area; occasionally pulling Zhenxing's hind legs, Hit and run. As a result, the main camp sent more troops to support Zhenxing, and there were also many new-faced generals, but they didn't know where they came from.
