Xia Xiao only knew that there was a relic in his body, but he didn't know where it was. He closed his eyes and quietly walked towards it following the warmth emanating from his body. Xia Xiao walked for a long time, his consciousness was blurred as if he was asleep, and he even forgot what he was looking for, but gradually, he woke up and understood why he did everything.

This feeling is a bit like doing homework at night in high school. I was clearly very sleepy, but I had to do the homework. So, I wrote the words "Pacific Ocean" on the political paper, and then spelled "watch". When I was awake, I might feel confused and didn't know what I was doing, but at the time I felt that my thinking was correct and even made sense.

In a breath, four spaces supported Xia Xiao to move forward. He vaguely felt that he should awaken the earth space. He didn't know whether the magic would have an impact on it, but only with the complete five elements could his body be stronger and more stable. Xia Xiao thought he could try it sometime, but not now, so he suppressed the idea and continued to move forward. He kept walking and walking, and the dark world he arrived at was like his unique spiritual sea.

There are not many places in the world that can be compared to the sea as a metaphor for the spiritual world, but Xia Xiao cannot be happy now, because it is too huge. Even if he creates waves, it is difficult to find the relic in it.

Looking around, it was dark all around. Feeling the warmth, it was warm all around, not the quiet and cold feeling as before. Xia Xiao frowned at Azhu's eyes, as if he had failed, but he suddenly discovered something else.

Xia Xiao, who had been looking around, suddenly looked down at his hands. The faint light on them was like a golden Buddha. Could it be that the relics had merged with him?

Without anyone to guide him, Xia Xiao had no idea, but he stared at his palm for a long time and felt an extremely pure power in it, as well as an earth force flowing through his body, which made him happy and fascinated.

Maybe he could awaken the Earth Element through it. Besides, the power it brought also protected Xia Xiao and Azhu from the invasion of darkness, but when he actively tried to touch it, he couldn't touch anything.

The relics are Buddhist objects and exist in Xia Xiao's body. It is not surprising that he cannot touch them. After all, Xia Xiao is not a true believer in the secular world and he is unwilling to even believe in the existence of Buddha.

To Xia Xiao, there is no Buddha at all. The existence of Buddha is different from that of God. God does not have to force people to save them. He is just a symbol of power, but Buddha is a belief. He still believes it. But some people say that Buddha really exists. Then Xia Xiao would rather believe that those Buddhas are monks in Tanghua Temple rather than an empty-handed shopkeeper who has never come to the wilderness.

Being in darkness but with light in his heart, Xia Xiao felt that Xuyun was the Buddha. At least his special attainments in the way of magic were beyond his reach.

Xia Xiao had lost his mind. If there were thousands of troops at that time, he would have killed them all. Ordinary people would have died even faster. However, Xuyun had persisted in his thoughts for so long in the magic path, which showed how strong he was. And it was the relics transformed from all his insights that gave Xia Xiao the ability to not be disturbed in the dark.

Xia Xiao's idea of ​​developing the relic to gain some abilities was in vain. But Ah Zhu took a long time to understand the relationship.

"So, the relic that Senior Xuyun transformed into has become your ability?"

"I didn't say that, but it's almost the same. However, I don't know exactly what kind of power I have."

"What does that mean?"

Azhu didn't understand, and sat next to Xia Xiao, his bright eyes eager to know the answer.

"Let me give you an example. Camels know it, right?"

The firelight reflected on half of Ah Zhu's face, making it look as delicate as jade. She listened attentively to Xia Xiao's explanation of what she understood, without any melancholy because of the embarrassment and poor environment. Such a girl is a treasure, but the way she gnawed on the meat bone was a little dull.

"The camel subconsciously drank a lot of water. When it walked into the hot desert, it felt thirsty and wanted to take out the excess water in its body and drink it again. But the water was already stored in its body and it was impossible to take it out. But no matter how hot the weather is, it will be fine because it has enough water in its body. It just feels very painful. Now I am that camel, and the relics are the water I drink."

Ah Zhu frowned and was stunned for a long time. Just like Xia Xiao thought, he did not suddenly realize the truth. He only had an exaggerated expression and said a few dirty words.

"The camel is sick, and so are you!"

"Why don't you understand?"

"It's too taxing. It gives me a headache just thinking about it."

"Eat your meat."

The sky and the earth were dark, but Ah Zhu was there, and there was a bright and warm light like a fire. The dry biscuits with the meat soup were good, but Ah Zhu asked a question from time to time.

"Aren't you going to rescue them?"

"He's not stupid. He's obviously a veteran. The defenses he set up weren't broken. You rushed to rescue him so suddenly that he thought you ruined his plans."

“Oh~”

Ah Zhu let out a long breath and even served Xia Xiao a bowl of soup.

"You're so smart. It's right to follow you..."

"If you want me to add fuel to the fire, just tell me."

After the cold words, Xia Xiao stretched out his hand, and the flame without a carrier continued to burn under the black pot. In front of the two of them, another pot of broth was bubbling. Ah Zhu flipped through her backpack, but there was nothing to cook, and she was a little disappointed. Seeing her like that, Xia Xiao was extremely disgusted and joked:

"Want to eat hot pot?"

"Yes! The last time I ate it was in Xiyang."

"Please bear with it. There isn't enough food right now, but I can teach you another way to eat it."

Xia Xiao broke the dry biscuit into pieces, poured a spoonful of steaming broth on it, added a few pieces of meat, and handed it to Azhu.

"What is this?"

"Pao Mo."

"How do you know so many delicious foods? Did you learn it in your previous life?"

"Yes! But only by staying alive can you eat more delicious food."

"Of course I have to live. After all, I have a relationship with God, so I won't die so easily. Just follow me and recognize me as your big brother, and I will bless you to be the same as me!"

"Come on, I've already told you that you have nothing to do with God."

"It matters sooner or later!"

Ah Zhu was stubborn, but in such a dark night, with light and hot food, there was hope for the dawn. Xia Xiao was also very full, and he estimated that the time was almost up, and the Adventurer's Guild team was about to fall into trouble and face difficulties.

"I'll go and take a look."

"What about me?"

“Stay where you are.”

Xia Xiao made a seal, and the Huodou suddenly appeared beside Ah Zhu, and then there were layers of flames that ignited the surrounding wasteland, so that Ah Zhu would not have to stay in that small circle of fire. Although Ah Zhu was not particularly familiar with the sturdy Huodou, it gave her a sense of security, as if she was not afraid of anything. A fierce guy like Huodou was more reliable than the angry door god.

This was the first time Xia Xiao had summoned the Hu Dou since he had become a demon, because they were his symbol, and letting others see them would be like exposing his identity, but in this vast darkness, the Hu Dou were no longer noticeable. His flames flickered like the flames around him, and even though there was no wind in the air, they could strike deep into his soul.

Xia Xiao and Huo Dou looked at each other, and then walked away as Azhu watched them leave.

Xia Xiao had a faint light, which was not obvious in the firelight, but in the dark, it glowed like a firefly, faint but real. But he gradually went farther and farther, disappearing from Ah Zhu's sight. She began to worry when she had this thought before he left.

"The nights here are so strange."

Ah Zhu talked to himself, and asked Huodou to lower his head and look around. He was a masculine fire, and was extremely sensitive to evil, but he could not see through the things hidden in the darkness around him. He could only pay attention to the surroundings at all times, and he dared not lie down even if he was brave enough.

Huodou was responsible for protecting Ahzhu. He knew how important this girl was to Xia Xiao, so the fire in his body was always ready to burst out, and the magma was ready underground, ready to burst out at any time. Xia Xiao valued himself, so Huodou would not let him down.

"Why hasn't Xia Xiao come back yet?"

"My dear aunt, it's only been a minute. It's so dark everywhere, how far can he go?"

"All right."

Ah Zhu suddenly became interested and asked:

"Why are you so respectful to me?"

"If that bastard Xia Xiao didn't like you, I wouldn't care about you. I never like girls who talk too much."

"So you like Shu Shuang?"

Huodou naturally liked it, but he glanced at Ah Zhu and said nothing. Ah Zhu snorted and raised his head and said:

"I can't do worse than her!"

Huodou smiled softly and did not answer. But a fire suddenly ignited in his pupils, and the temperature around him rose instantly, fighting against the coldness of the night.

When Ah Zhu saw his change, he immediately moved closer to him. Although he felt an indescribable burning sensation, his face turned red in an instant and his clothes became hot, he did not dare to stay too far away.

A gust of cold wind brought with it unusual power to extinguish the flames of the evil spirits. The twenty circles were reduced to four in the blink of an eye. The light around Ah Zhu quickly decreased. The light, which was not bright to begin with, quickly became silent in the dark world, as insignificant as a drop in the ocean.

The fire flickered in the darkness, and the evil spirit wrapped its vitality around Azhu to protect him from the high temperature. Then three huge flames burned out, facing the four directions together with the evil spirit.

With one person in one pot, Ah Zhu was at a loss. But the Huotou arched his nose, bared his teeth and released all his power, vowing to fight against the boundless darkness. Even though the darkness was as boundless as the sky and the Huotou was only like a candle, the unknown creatures in the darkness still did not choose to attack the Huotou and Ah Zhu. Because they had a faint Buddha light on them, the unknown creatures in the darkness had once confronted the Huotou nose to nose and eyes to eyes, and were about to start a fight, but it left in a hurry, and a gust of wind blew.

"Xia Xiao..."

Ah Zhu was extremely worried and suddenly had a bad premonition. She didn't know she was safe, so she just stayed where she was. But Xia Xiao soon felt something coming from the darkness. He walked in the darkness, looking forward. There was a breath of life there, but it was surrounded by a group of unknown things. But compared to the things coming from behind, they were as small as cats and dogs in front of lions and tigers.

Xia Xiao instinctively wanted to dodge, but he blocked its path, causing it to change direction in the howling wind and suddenly rise into the sky, but its destination was still the place with the breath of life.

The charcoal fire kept dying out, suddenly bursting out due to hammering like quenching fire, and then disappeared into darkness.

These charcoal fires contained all of the captain’s powerful vitality, but they were constantly being impacted and were on the verge of breaking.

The six people in the two tents sensed something was wrong, and the young man was so frightened by the noise outside the tent that he could not make a sound. The invisible monster was toying with them, like a cruel hunter torturing his prey, watching them die in despair before swallowing them.

The wind was howling, as if there were angry ghosts and gods. The captain was the first to leave the tent and look at this dark world. It was like standing on the bottom of the sea, and he didn't know where the sea surface was. There was only darkness and invisible monsters all around. Their bodies were big or small, but they all attacked this place, wanting to demolish it and turn everything here into ruins.

The wind had broken through the barrier and blew in the captain's face, forcing him to turn around and drag the young man out of the tent. He didn't know what was happening, he only saw the charcoal fire getting weaker and weaker, and the captain shouted loudly:

"Now that we have left, please do not disturb the living! We are offering our lives as a sacrifice, please calm down and let us spend this night!"

Darkness was approaching, and the charcoal fire had only a few last rays of light. It was an extremely desperate scene.

Because of the wind, the young man couldn't hear what the captain was shouting, and he couldn't see anything around him, and he almost thought he was dead. What flashed through the captain's mind was the teachings of the predecessors of the Adventurer's Guild.

This wasteland will never breed any living creatures due to some events, but it will accumulate the souls of the dead. Those who died here all have resentment, and these guys are the collection of those resentments. Tanghua Temple will come to save these dead souls every once in a while, and they usually don't gather like this, but there are exceptions to everything.

This was the second time the captain had experienced something like this. The first time, many seniors gave blood to them in an attempt to calm their anger. But blood could not comfort them, so they killed one person!

In fact, this practice has been around for a long time, but no one has ever done it. In such a chaotic environment, it is obviously better to hold on to your companions than to kill those around you. As long as you have a little conscience, your first reaction to such danger is not to kill, and even if you survive, you will be condemned and criticized. But the captain is ready. He knows whether to sacrifice one person or all, and he also wants to live.

"If you take this life, don't embarrass us anymore!"

The knife was about to fall, but a flame suddenly flashed into his eyes from nowhere. It was a ball of blazing flames, colliding with the strong wind in the darkness, setting off a blazing and heart-pounding heat wave.

Under the heat wave, the tent rolled, and the people inside rushed out, staggering to gather behind the captain.

The wind blinded them, and weeds were everywhere, like another kind of flying snow, causing chaos and terror in the world. The seabed was surrounded by ferocious predators, and they were coming towards them. But one person appeared in the captain's eyes. He came from the darkness and emerged from the predators. However, the owner of the flame, at this time, appeared in front of the captain in the darkness.

Because of the flames, the captain and the other six people could not see the face of the person who came. They raised their palms to cover their faces and did not have the energy to observe his appearance. But after a hasty eye contact, the captain recognized that this person was Fang Huan. Those eyes told a lot of stories, making them unwilling to believe that he was an ordinary lay disciple.

The eye contact was extremely brief, but Fang Huan's voice was clearly heard by the captain.