A light piercing sound, Ghost Li's figure streaked across the night sky. The dark clouds in the sky were heavy, not a single star could be seen, as if even the sky was affected by the catastrophe in the south, appeared dark and gloomy, not giving one any hope.
After leaving Zhou YiXian and the rest, Ghost Li flew towards the south for a period of time, just that in this night sky, under the dark clouds, all directions were gloomy and dark, the wilderness and mountains under the sky, desolate and desolate, the people in the air were also empty, not knowing where to go.
Xiao Hui, who was crouching on his shoulder, suddenly called out twice, Ghost Li glanced at it, saw three eyes in front of him, Xiao Hui was grinning, to it, most of the time it seemed to be happy. Ghost Li's face revealed a rare smile and affection, gently patted the monkey's head, his body sank down and landed on the ground.
The place where they landed was a high mountain in the wilderness with a dense forest. Looking at the lush vegetation and dense shrubs, it was hard to find a place to step on in the forest. It seemed that no one had ever come to this mountain and forest in the wilderness. Ghost Li's face was indifferent, landed in the forest, before he landed, his right hand shook, the Soul-Devouring stick flew out from his sleeve, circled one round under his feet, no strange sound was heard, in a blink, within a radius of six chi, all the trees, shrubs, brambles suddenly withered, in a blink turned into withered branches.
And following the Soul-Devouring stick flying back to his hand, Ghost Li clearly felt a thin cold air moving around the black stick. Xiao Hui happily called out, jumped down from his shoulder and ran deep into the forest. Ghost Li looked up at Xiao Hui's back figure, ever since he went to the southern border, especially after Xiao Hui transformed, its appetite started to increase rapidly, always thinking of eating.
The night was deep, the night breeze blew from the wilderness, brushing past this stretch of forest, the forest made wave-like sounds, numerous shadows swayed together. Ghost Li slowly sat down, slowly closed his eyes, the surrounding tree shadows brushed past his face, in the darkness, he was like a silent spirit.
After an unknown period of time, a low roar was heard indistinctly from afar and then disappeared without a trace, Ghost Li frowned slightly, opened his eyes but his body did not move, as expected after a moment, the nearby bushes shook, it was the monkey Xiao Hui running back.
The sharp and annoying brambles to Xiao Hui, did not seem to be a threat, many times it just stepped over them. Running nearer, Ghost Li saw it clearly, one of Xiao Hui's hand was on its chest, hugging a few wild fruits but the other hand was dragging behind it, like it was pulling something.
Ghost Li could not help but felt puzzled, glanced behind it and was shocked. In the shadows, Xiao Hui was actually dragging something that looked like an animal as it ran back. That animal was not small, much bigger than Xiao Hui, but Xiao Hui was able to drag it very easily. After a while, Xiao Hui had already ran nearer, laughed and put down the wild fruits first, then waved its hand, a muffled sound, a large thing fell in front.
That was a mature wild boar, its head was extremely huge, most likely even taller than Xiao Hui but right now there was a hole on the wild boar's head, its body was bleeding, it was already dead. Ghost Li looked at the wound, saw that it was still fresh, was stunned for a moment and said to Xiao Hui, "You caught it?"
Xiao Hui grinned, at the same time pointed at the wild boar and then at Ghost Li.
Ghost Li sighed, smiled and said, "I am not hungry."
Xiao Hui scratched its head, its three eyes blinked and then pointed at the wild boar and then at itself. Ghost Li was amused by it and could not help but laugh, for a moment the heaviness in his heart lightened, smiled and said, "Alright, I will help you."
Xiao Hui immediately beamed with joy, obviously it knew Ghost Li's skills were extraordinary and it was its favourite. Ghost Li rolled up his sleeves, his fingers like a knife, lightly slashed across the wild boar's belly, immediately the tough boar skin was cut open. His movements were familiar, in two or three moves he skinned the wild boar and then flew up to find a place with spring water to wash the boar, set up a fire and started to roast the boar.
The fire gradually grew brighter, Xiao Hui and Ghost Li's faces were illuminated by the fire, Xiao Hui had already finished the wild fruits, right now its eyes were staring at the roasted boar which was emitting a fragrance. Ghost Li slowly took out all kinds of self-made spices from his waist and added some to the meat, then found a small bottle of sesame oil and started to drip it lightly on the boar. The sesame oil slowly flowed along the boar, as it was roasted by the fire, it slowly seeped into the meat. Very quickly, the surface of the boar started to turn a faint golden colour, transparent oil droplets oozed out from the boar, an alluring fragrance wafted out.
The fire flickered, illuminating the monkey's and human's faces, also illuminating the surrounding small open space and trees. The reflections of the tall trees swayed, as if there was a wind whistling. Ghost Li looked at the burning fire in front of him, gradually lost in thought, while Xiao Hui looked at the roasted boar with a drooling expression, rubbing its ears and scratching its cheeks, at times running to the side to pluck some branches to add into the fire. In the quiet air, a strange and alluring fragrance pervaded.
Deep in the forest, a low roar was suddenly heard, "Hou!" That roar was deep and powerful, seemed to be very far away but it was still clearly transmitted over, a murderous intent swiftly spread out. Ghost Li abruptly awoke from his deep thoughts, his brows slowly frowned, his body did not move but his gaze gradually deepened, looking towards the direction of the roar. Xiao Hui with a swoosh jumped onto Ghost Li's shoulder, its face also did not show any fear, also turned and looked.
In the fire, a sound was heard, a branch exploded, the wild boar's fragrance became stronger.
Three feet away, it was the dark forest. The wind in the forest seemed to have suddenly picked up, making whistling sounds. After that low roar, there was no more sound, but that cold and austere killing intent seemed to have a tangible quality as it rapidly approached this place.
Ghost Li's pupils contracted slightly, his brows frowned even tighter.
"Crackle!" The other twig finally burst apart as well.
Suddenly, the whistling wind lost its sound, the entire forest seemed to have stopped, there was no more sound. In the darkness ahead, the dense forest and the intertwining brambles, suddenly fell to the sides, revealing a narrow path that could only fit one person.
A youth dressed in brightly coloured silk clothes, his face handsome to the point of almost having a flirtatious feeling, walked out step by step from the darkness. In the darkness, he was actually so conspicuous, as if the surroundings were lit up because of him. Ghost Li did not get up, did not move, still on the ground, his eyes looking straight at this youth.
That youth looked at Ghost Li and then at Xiao Hui, slightly stunned, with a sound, said, "Three-eyed Spiritual Monkey!"
Ghost Li did not speak but Xiao Hui suddenly [Zhi zhi] started to cry out, looking very angry.
Almost at the same time when Xiao Hui called out, that deep roar sounded again, the only difference was, this time the roar came directly from the youth's back.
"Roar …" Following this deep and powerful roar, an extremely malevolent monster head slowly rose from the back of the calm-looking youth's shoulder. It had four eyes, and two pairs of eyes were on either side of its face. They were as thick as copper bells. The mouth was extremely huge, almost as wide as the face, when it opened its mouth, sharp teeth could be seen, especially the six sharp fangs protruding from the mouth, it was even more terrifying, under the dim light of the flames, drops of saliva could indistinctly be seen dripping from between the teeth, landing on the monster's greyish black skin full of lumps.
Ghost Li's countenance finally changed, he slowly stood up, coldly said, "TaoTie?"
That youth had not replied, his eyes still assessing Ghost Li, suddenly he seemed to have sensed something and turned to look at the TaoTie (Note 1), couldn't help but was startled, this ferocious beast's ferocious gaze right now had even more greed but its target was not Ghost Li and Xiao Hui, but the wild boar which was being roasted on the ground.
The tempting aroma of roasted meat wafted in the air.
The youth suddenly laughed, said to Ghost Li, "Your cooking is not bad! I was wondering why the TaoTie was restless tonight, didn't expect it was attracted by you. "
Ghost Li indifferently said, "Although the TaoTie is an ancient ferocious beast, ferocious and swift but it has always been gluttonous, a roasted boar is nothing."
The youth shook his head, said, "Not so, this TaoTie of mine is different from the others, ordinary delicacies have long disregarded it, didn't expect it to be gluttonous to this extent by your crudely roasted meat."
Right now it was as that youth had said, the TaoTie seemed to be especially fond of this roasted boar, saliva flowed down from its mouth and along the gaps of its teeth, suddenly a whistle, the TaoTie jumped out from the youth's shoulder, turned into a black shadow and pounced towards the fire. Unexpectedly a grey shadow flashed, angry sounds were heard, it was Xiao Hui who leapt across the sky, blocking in front of the roasted boar.
The TaoTie with a low roar, landed on the ground and revealed its real body, it had four sharp claws, its body looked to be at least four times bigger than that wild boar, the strangest thing was its neck was extremely long, rising upwards, almost doubling the height of its body.
Compared to it, Xiao Hui was pitifully small but for some reason, the TaoTie seemed to be fearful of Xiao Hui and did not dare to be careless, just that it could not bear to part with the delicacy in front of it, it growled softly, its expression also gradually turned ferocious.
Ghost Li looked at the two beasts who were angrily confronting each other over the roasted boar, suddenly said, "This wild boar is not finished roasting, the taste is also not at the right temperature, what are you two fighting for?"
His words were baffling, even that youth could not help but take another look at him but the two beasts reacted, the TaoTie's four eyes stared at Xiao Hui, Xiao Hui also stared with three eyes, the two beasts' seven eyes stared, one bigger than the other, after a moment, Xiao Hui called out a few times at the TaoTie, bared its teeth and then ran a few steps back, sat down beside Ghost Li, its eyes staring straight at the roasted boar.
The TaoTie's four eyes followed Xiao Hui's movements, after Xiao Hui sat down, this ferocious beast called out twice, inconceivably also slowly walked to the other side of the fire, retracted its hind legs, swung its forelegs lightly, actually also crouched down in front of the fire, saliva still flowed out uncontrollably from its mouth, other than looking horrifying, it also looked somewhat funny.
That youth watched the TaoTie sit down, slowly walked over, did not seem to care about the filth on the ground, sat down beside the TaoTie, looked at Ghost Li, smiled and said, "Who is your distinguished self, I did not expect you to have such means, even the TaoTie can temporarily suppress its ferocious nature?"
Ghost Li did not look at him, sat down, his eyes drifted back to the fire, said, "You and I met by chance deep in the mountains, why do we need to know each other's names, it is only a roasted boar, only to fill one's stomach."
The youth looked at Ghost Li for a while, suddenly laughed loudly, his laughter loud and clear, startling countless night birds in the distance.
"Well said, well said." He lightly tapped his leg, a look of praise on his face, said, "What a good 'only to fill one's stomach'. Speaking of which, all the living beings in the world, busy themselves all day, isn't it just to fill one's stomach. In that case, the so-called 'human' that you said, isn't it also the same as me this TaoTie evil beast, there is no difference? "
Ghost Li gently flipped the roasted boar, the fragrance of sesame oil on the boar immediately thickened, tempting the TaoTie opposite to him for a while but not knowing if it was to savor the delicacy or for something else, this strange beast, other than being ferocious and also known for its gluttony, actually endured it, and at the same time Xiao Hui fiercely glared at it.
The fire quietly burned, reflecting on Ghost Li's face, he slowly said, "There are differences between humans."
The youth said, "What?"
Ghost Li said, "Love and hate, affection and enmity, humans have feelings."
The youth laughed loudly, said, "Don't know the beasts also have feelings, you killed this wild boar, you should know the wild boar's pain and fear, just like when I kill you, you will also be like a boar. All living beings are equal, where is the difference between humans and beasts? "
Ghost Li looked up, looked at the youth, said, "There is a difference."
The youth's gaze turned sharp, said, "What difference?"
Ghost Li said, "I have a great regret in my life, day and night engraved in my heart, living is worse than death but I cannot not live. Living I still have hope, dying I will be a heartless and cowardly person. This kind of affection and enmity, how can a pig have it? "
The youth was startled, the sharpness in his eyes gradually faded, and then a strange expression appeared on his face.
Note one: TaoTie: [Strange Gods and Demons]. Strange Beasts Chapter: In the extreme south of the Divine Prefecture, there is an evil beast, four eyes, black skin, long neck and four legs, its nature ferocious, extremely gluttonous. It advances as swift as the wind, wreaking havoc.
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