The rain is still falling, and there is a hole in the sky that cannot be blocked.
If this continues, the six of us may have to spend the night in this ruined temple tonight.
Li Fu had given up the plan of continuing on the road, and instead spread out straw mats and put some snake and insect repellent on them.
As herb collectors, staying out overnight is already commonplace for them.
Not to mention the ruined temple, they even slept in caves on the cliff. Compared to sleeping in the wilderness, at least they had a roof to cover their heads tonight.
Perhaps because there were strangers of unknown origin around them, they didn't talk much after eating and lay down early.
Among them, the man who was missing two fingers and the oldest old man soon fell asleep.
After a while, Li Fu's snoring gradually started to sound, but only his nephew was still tossing and turning.
At the moment, Li Zongjie's mind was filled with the two people on the other side, especially that woman. He had never seen such a beautiful woman in his whole life.
The most beautiful Widow Meng in the village pales in comparison with her.
No, no, there is no comparison between the two.
When Li Zongjie was in the village, he would deliberately pass by Widow Meng's door just to take a peek at Widow Meng. However, facing Xia Huai, he did not even dare to raise his head, only feeling ashamed.
Li Zongjie noticed that Xia Huai was making sword moves with his fingers before, and then contacted what his second uncle said, these two people were probably the martial arts people mentioned by the storytellers.
This made Li Zongjie have a yearning for that mysterious world.
Maybe when he joins a famous family and learns martial arts, he can one day travel the world with a chivalrous woman.
While Li Zongjie was thinking wildly, his eyelids became heavier and heavier.
But perhaps because he had something on his mind, he didn't sleep too deeply. In the second half of the night, he heard some rustling noises.
Li Zongjie didn't take it too seriously at first, because in the wilderness, encountering snakes and insects is a normal thing, and this is why they sprinkle medicinal powder around them before going to bed.
The smell of those medicinal powders is very irritating to snakes and poisonous insects. Basically, they will not come close as long as they smell it.
But this time, Li Zongjie discovered that the movement seemed to come from the man who was missing two fingers, and it was still moving towards him.
Li Zongjie was a little confused and opened his eyes, only to see a pale hand bone crawling past him.
Li Zongjie was startled and woke up from the fright on the spot. He wanted to scream loudly, but the next moment a hand was placed on his mouth, blocking the sound he had not yet made.
Li Zongjie recognized that it was his second uncle's hand.
But although he didn't scream, he still attracted the attention of the hand bone.
The latter turned in the direction of him, and Li Zongjie also saw the thing clearly at this time. It was not a hand bone at all, but a weird-looking insect.
There is almost no flesh and blood on its body, only a skeleton. Five long legs sprout from the edge of the skeleton, like five finger bones, supporting the ground. The lower limbs are as sharp as sickles, and at first glance they look like fingernails.
The position in the palm is its mouthparts. There are no eyes or nose on it, and the remaining space is almost entirely occupied by a big mouth like a suction cup.
Li Zongjie swore that he had never seen such an ugly, creepy creature!
While he looked at the insect, he moved his hand little by little towards the scythe on his waist.
But before he could grasp the handle of the knife, he heard another rustling sound inside.
This time the sound came from his west side, where the white-haired old man slept.
Li Zongjie turned his somewhat stiff neck and glanced quickly there.
As a result, this sight almost drove him to pieces!
Because Li Zongjie saw that the white-haired old man's stomach had been torn open, and the bone worm on the other hand was crawling out of his abdomen.
Dragging his bloody body towards where Lu Jing and Xia Huai were.
Li Zongjie wanted to sound a warning, but his second uncle's hand was covering it tightly, and even breathing was becoming difficult for him, let alone opening his mouth.
And the hand bone insect he saw first, after looking at him for a while and confirming that he would not speak, actually turned its head, ignored him, and crawled towards the two people on the other side under the cover of night.
It was only then that Li Zongjie realized that their movement speed was surprisingly fast, and they could already catch up with the civet cats.
If the hand bone insect had just pounced on him, he might not have had time to draw his sword.
Li Zongjie turned back to look at his second uncle, and found that Li Fu's face was also pale and his body was trembling. Both uncle and nephew were obviously frightened by the scene just now.
At this moment, the two hand bone worms had crawled to the sides of Lu Jing and Xia Huai.
The man and woman seemed to be in sleep at the moment, as if they were unaware of everything happening around them.
When Li Zongjie saw this, he couldn't help but feel anxious. He didn't know where the strength came from. He broke away from his second uncle's hand and shouted, "Be careful!"
He didn't know what role his voice could play, because the two bugs had already arched their bodies and were ready to attack!
It seemed that even if Lu Jing and Xia Huai could be woken up by him, they would not be able to escape this disaster.
However, in the midst of the lightning and flint, a small sword flashing with scales suddenly shot out from Lu Jing's sleeve!
A sword stabbed a hand bone worm, piercing the hand bone worm directly. However, the force of the sword did not decrease, and it was nailed deeply to the ground.
At the same time, Xia Huai on the other side also took out the sword hidden under his body, and slashed at the bone worm on the other hand with one sword!
However, her sword attack only left a moderate scratch on the hand bone worm. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the latter immediately ran away.
But Xia Huai's long sword circled it directly.
The hand bone worm tried several times, but no matter whether it was forward or backward, it could not escape the scope of the sword net. Its bones collided with the sword blade, making a series of horrifying sounds.
Xia Huai's other hand was not idle either, and he made a magic trick.
The next moment, a flame ignited on her long sword, and the bone worm in her burned hand let out a scream.
Xia Huai noticed that the two hand bone insects seemed to be deliberately avoiding the rising fire when they were traveling, so he suspected that they were afraid of fire, and it worked after a try.
It didn't take long to get rid of the hand bone worm.
Lu Jing also took out the flying sword on the ground, wiped the blood on it, put it back in his sleeve, and nodded to Li Zongjie, "Thank you very much."
Although Li Zongjie's shout just now had no effect on Lu Jing and Xia Huai.
The two of them had noticed it when the first hand bone worm appeared, but no matter what, Lu Jing decided to thank him for risking his life to shout.
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