Ji Ning looked at the young man in front of him with wide eyes, a look of astonishment in his eyes.
He never expected to meet Qi Lan here.
The confusion in Qi Lan's eyes calmed down. He took a step back and asked somewhat unexpectedly:
"Why are you here?"
But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Qi Lan knew that his question was a bit stupid.
After just one glance during the day, he felt that this place was not simple, and he had the idea of exploring it alone at night. Naturally, Ning did the same.
Seeing that the young man didn't reply, Qi Lan turned around to investigate and found the broken coffin and the standing paper man in the center. He suddenly became alert and asked with squinting eyes:
"This is?"
"already dead."
Ji Ning sighed and looked at the paper man who had completely lost his life. He couldn't help but think of the map left by Master Shen Yu.
There are many more powerful puppets than this paper man. In order to replenish the yin energy of the saint's corpse, he must find a place as soon as possible to avoid being caught first.
A look of surprise appeared on the young man's knife-like face. This time, he did not restrain himself. He stepped forward and looked at the paper man carefully. After confirming that the second-stage monster was completely dead, he immediately took a breath of air. :
"Did you kill him?"
"So be it."
Ji Ning scratched his head, naturally he would not tell anything about the saint's corpse.
The Sui Yin Bead on the back of the paper man was indeed removed by it. That thing is equivalent to the beast elixir of the monster. If it is gone, it will die.
"It seems I still underestimated you."
Qi Lan looked at Ji Ning with a complicated expression.
His bone age is exactly nineteen this year, and his cultivation is at the Silver Bone Realm. He is still a long way from the second stage. The boy seems to be more than two years younger than him, but he can already kill the second stage monsters. .
Moreover, he was not injured yet.
Ji Ning was stunned for a moment, shook his head slightly and said with a smile:
"Brother Qi Lan misunderstood. Although the paper monster was in the second stage, it did not exert its full strength when fighting me. It was restricted by the seal, so I was able to capture and kill it by luck."
"But isn't that coffin his seal?"
Qi Lan asked with a frown. He didn't dare to believe that a monk in the Willow Bone Realm could capture and kill a second-level monster alone.
But if according to what Ji Ning said, the paper man was restricted by the seal, then the coffin should be intact.
And if we don’t open the coffin, how can we see the paper man?
The atmosphere in the air is a bit dull.
Ji Ning also felt that the reason was untenable and felt a little embarrassed, but he did not continue to explain.
After all, lying is endless as long as you open your mouth. One lie must be covered with thousands of lies. Tell less and make fewer mistakes. Don't tell anything. As for the truth, that is what Qi Lan should have a headache to think about. thing.
"There's nothing here anyway."
"This coffin was shattered when it broke free from the seal. The bones inside were all destroyed, and there were no treasures buried with it."
The young man holding the knife remained silent on his stern face.
He squatted down and carefully examined the traces on the ground. He even stretched out his index finger to lick the dust on the bones. He took out the compass, muttered something softly, waited for a while, and then made an unidentified sound. Meaningful sigh.
"It turns out there is really nothing here. Jiang Liuhai's inference is correct."
Qi Lan put away the compass, stood up, looked at Ji Ning, and said lightly:
"We didn't see each other tonight."
Ji Ning was stunned for a moment, understood what the other party meant, and smiled slightly:
"That's natural."
The two of them cupped their hands with each other without saying anything.
Going out at midnight and exploring the ruins without authorization is tantamount to trying to eat alone without the team's back. Regardless of whether there is any gain, this kind of behavior is definitely not allowed. If the team leader discovers it, some punishment will be inevitable.
Without saying much, the two left one after the other and returned to the ground.
The time has now reached the fourth update.
Under the moon, Ji Ning and Qi Lan were always no more than a hundred steps apart, walking through the jungle, their bodies hidden, even the bright moonlight could not detect them.
If nothing else happens, they can rush back to the camp before dawn.
But the accident still happened.
In the mountains and forests not far away, there were several howls of wolves, which were very tragic.
Ji Ning and Qi Lan were both very familiar with the habits of beasts. When they learned that there was something strange, they frowned at the same time and stopped, looking at each other solemnly.
There are monsters.
Wolves are social animals, and those who can appear here must not be ordinary wolves, at least they must be evil monsters.
Regardless of whether it is a wolf or a wolf demon, the cry of the moon will often be responded to by the same kind. The sound is long and long and can be heard for more than ten miles around.
But at this moment they only heard a wolf roar, and it was very miserable.
This proves that all the wolf monsters in the nearby mountains are dead.
"Xiushan is too big. Humans can't kill all the wolves, but demons can."
Qi Lan's expression was solemn. After all, no matter how powerful the human cultivators are, this is still the territory of monsters. In the huge jungle, there are dozens or hundreds of wolf monsters. If they are determined to run away, how can the monks stop them, let alone I want to kill them all, but monsters can, they belong to the forest.
Natural selection, survival of the fittest, hunting natural enemies is not difficult.
"A very troublesome monster, and there are a bunch of them."
Ji Ning knelt down and put his ears to the ground with a solemn expression. He heard the dense and heavy sound of hoofs coming from somewhere in the forest in the distance, like the beat of a war drum.
"Coming towards us!"
As the sound of those heavy hooves got closer and closer, Qi Lan also heard it, his expression immediately changed, and he hurriedly hid behind a tree.
Ji Ning also held his breath and concentrated, quietly hiding in the gap under a broken tree, not daring to make any sound.
So after a while, a group of wild horses with strong limbs and smooth manes rushed out of the forest in front of them. Their iron hooves were as heavy as a thousand stones, and every time they ran, they could make a lot of dents in the ground. marks, the horse's nose can even spit out fire, and the flat teeth in its mouth have grown out and become sharp.
This is actually a group of demonized wild horses, extremely numerous and powerful. The tallest and most noble gray-black wild horse in the middle of the group actually has a faint bulge on its head, carrying both sides of its back. There are also two jagged patches that seem to be growing out of horns and wings.
"That's a sign that it's about to evolve. It's only one step away from becoming a third-stage great demon!"
Qi Lan was horrified.
There are fifty or sixty horses in this group of wild horses, and their auras are powerful. The worst ones are as strong as human monks.
The most powerful leader is actually about to grow horns and evolve into a higher level Pegasus.
There is no doubt that once discovered by this group of demon horses, he and Ji Ning will surely end up in the same miserable death as those group of wolf demons.
Even the adventure group's camp more than ten miles away would be annihilated if discovered by this herd of monster wild horses.
"Why don't they leave? Do they still want to sleep here?"
Ji Ning secretly transmitted the message and looked at the wild horse monsters around him questioningly.
This large group of monsters moved their heavy iron hooves, smashing many big trees and rocks along the way, and razing the surrounding areas to the ground. When they finally arrived near this place, they all stopped in an orderly manner without being too presumptuous. Instead, they all spread out and found a place to lie down, seemingly wanting to rest.
Qi Lan looked at the wild horse monster lying in front of him in astonishment, and also smiled bitterly and replied through the voice:
"It seems that our luck is really bad. The area around here seems to be their territory."
Ji Ning was a little nervous and asked:
"Then what should we do? Do we have to wait here until tomorrow morning, wait for them to wake up and leave?"
Qi Lan shook his head:
"If you leave during the day, these monsters might do something when they see the sun. They will kick around like crazy. You and I will definitely be discovered, so we can only escape at night."
As he spoke, Qi Lan took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to lean half of his body out of the tree, and stared at the group of wild horses lying down and grazing not far away. After observing for a while, he sent a message to Ji Ning. :
"Contain your breath and leave from the southeast. There are the fewest monsters there. As long as you and I are careful, we shouldn't be exposed."
"What if it's exposed?"
Ji Ning asked through a message.
He looked at the leader of the wild horse herd resting with his eyes closed in the field, and a bold idea arose in his mind.
To capture the thief, capture the king first.
If he could catch the wild horse monster leader by surprise and punch him to death, would he be able to directly resolve this crisis?
"Forget it."
After a moment, Ji Ning slowly shook his head and looked away.
He still remembered that he had taken advantage of the right time and place under Ye Yu's nose and used all his methods. In the end, he was able to barely kill the buffalo demon in the early stage of the second stage by relying on the earth-level swordsmanship that Ye Yu taught him. .
But now, he has no sword.
This horse is countless times more powerful than the cow.
Qi Lan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:
"If they are exposed, they have no choice but to run away, and we must find a way to lead them to other places. We can't match the speed."
"I know that there is a low-lying valley in the southeast. It is full of thorn trees that are more than a hundred years old. It is difficult for horses to move. As long as we can enter the valley, we should be able to escape even if we are discovered!"
Ji Ning nodded and did not raise any questions.
Now, he didn't know what to do and could only follow Qi Lan's plan.
As a result, the two of them found a suitable time to avoid the sight of some wild horse monsters that had not yet rested, carefully walked out of the hiding place, and walked towards the valley to the southeast.
Every step was taken extremely slowly, and even the leaves on the soles of the feet were paid attention to, not daring to make the slightest sound.
In this way, the two of them walked more than ten steps in fear. Before they could feel lucky, they were faced with another wild horse running back with a burning fire in its nose, holding a wolf carcass in its sharp mouth.
Ji Ning's eyes widened and he hid behind a small stone. He watched helplessly as the horse crossed over him without making any defensive move.
"call!"
Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief after the horse jumped over and returned to its resting place.
Not even close.
If he was really stepped on, he would have no choice but to resist. The hoof was as heavy as a stone, and he could not resist forcefully.
And once he chooses to take action, he will inevitably alarm all the horses in the room. By then, it is really uncertain whether he will live or die.
Qi Lan's eyes widened as well. The two looked at each other and continued to fearfully stay away from the habitat of this group of wild horses.
Ten steps, twenty steps, a hundred steps...
Just when the two of them successfully passed through a messy bush, and there was no trace of the wild horse monster around them, they felt happy that they had successfully escaped.
In the forest ahead, another wild horse ran back with a wolf carcass in its mouth!
Its body is strong and its mane is smooth, showing a different style under the moonlight.
However, Ji Ning had no time to appreciate it.
Because this time, the horse's hoof fell right on his chest, crushing his sternum! !
