Chapter 288 Companions

The two men and the dog did not stop for too long. They just took a short break and then set off again.

Xigou took the initiative to act as a means of transportation, carrying Fang Zhixing and Junyao, and trekking through mountains and rivers.

It was dark, and the sky was full of stars! They ran for half the night before they stopped.

I found a cave and went in to rest.

Fang Zhixing felt a little tired and fell asleep immediately.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but Jun Yao suddenly pushed him awake.

"What's wrong?"

Fang Zhixing sat up, and according to his spiritual perception, there was no danger around him.

Jun Yao lowered her head and reminded: "Brother Fang, your ring is glowing."

Fang Zhixing was stunned at first, then he realized that the black ring Tianyin gave him was emitting a beam of light.

He raised his hand and the beam of light was immediately projected onto the wall.

"Go southwest, there is a Level 5 restricted area 27 miles away from you. Please go and clear out the pests immediately."

"This mission cannot be refused, otherwise you will be punished."

Fang Zhixing was speechless for a while, his brows twisted into a knot.

The thin dog stretched his head to look over and smacked his lips and said, "Rough..."

Jun Yao didn't understand and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Fang Zhixing said vaguely: "This ring belongs to a mysterious force, and they issued me a mission."

The thin dog asked, "Are you going?"

Fang Zhixing thought about it and nodded, "Go, Tianyin said it very clearly. The ring will issue tasks based on my personal strength, which means the danger is controllable."

Xigou Lian asked: "What if Tianyin lied?"

Fang Zhixing replied: "If Tianyin wanted to harm me, he wouldn't have waited until now, and he wouldn't have been so roundabout."

Xi Gou thought about it and said, "Condition 3 requires you to chop off the heads of 10 level 5 creatures. Well, you will have to enter the level 5 restricted area sooner or later anyway, so why not do this."

Fang Zhixing thought the same thing and sighed, "Instead of entering a level 5 restricted area with unknown dangers, it is better to go to a place where the dangers are controllable..."

The two men and the dog walked out of the cave and traveled day and night.

In a short while, they arrived at a place twenty-seven miles southwest.

That place was a barren mountain area with no human habitation.

"You are still sixteen meters, fifteen meters away from the entrance..."

Fang Zhixing walked forward and saw a hole suddenly appearing on the ground in front of him. It was pitch black and bottomless.

There is also a stone tablet next to it with the words "Bottomless Pit" written on it.

The stone tablet is mottled, the words are blurred, and it is full of traces of erosion by time.

The black ring displayed a line of text: "Please wait for your companions to arrive."

Fang Zhixing was stunned. He had a companion? He quickly signaled Junyao, "Hide first."

Jun Yao said: "Okay!"

Without saying a word, Xigou created a shadow clone and ran away with Junyao on his back.

Junyao has seen more than once that the thin dog can create an identical body.

She just thought it was a magical power unique to a level five alien beast and was not surprised.

Fang Zhixing sat cross-legged to conserve his energy.

In less than an incense stick of time...

Whoosh~ The wind suddenly got stronger, blowing up sand all over the sky.

Fang Zhixing narrowed his eyes slightly and saw a figure appear beside the bottomless pit.

The other person was a masked man with disheveled, graying hair, and a cane.

The clothes he was wearing were tattered and patched, a bit like a patchwork quilt.

At first glance, he looks like an old beggar.

"Huh?"

When the old beggar saw Fang Zhixing, he was surprised and said, "You are not a celestial being!"

Fang Zhixing shook his head and said, "No, I became a saint in the flesh, and you are the incarnation of a celestial being, right?"

Hearing this, the old beggar took off his mask, revealing a dark face, and said with a folded hand: "I am Fan Qiulai, from Danming City. May I ask you something?"

Fang Zhixing returned the greeting and said, "I am Zhang Changji, a casual cultivator."

Fan Qiu looked at the black ring on Fang Zhixing's left hand and said thoughtfully, "As far as I know, only celestial beings have this kind of ring. Where did you get this ring on your hand, my friend?"

Fang Zhixing replied, "It was given to me by a friend who is a celestial being."

Fan Qiulai understood and nodded, "I see, that's the case. Well, this is a good idea."

Fang Zhixing responded: "What do you mean?"

Fan Qiulai said with a smile: "When the gods and humans meet, they are very likely to suddenly attack and devour each other.

Therefore, the gods never meet each other. Even if they have to meet, it is best to conceal it and not let the other party know what their incarnation is in the human world, so as to avoid being ambushed."

After hearing this, Fang Zhixing recalled the conversations between Tian Huang and Tian Yin.

Celestial beings can eat celestial beings!

Looking at Fan Qiulai's outfit, everything became clear.

Fang Zhixing said, "I heard that there are several celestial beings gathered in the palace, and they are all living in peace, aren't they?"

Fan Qiulai waved his hands repeatedly and snorted coldly: "Those guys are in collusion and teamed up to devour other celestial beings. Once, this old man almost got..."

He suddenly paused and chuckled, "The affairs of the gods are too complicated to explain in a few words."

Fang Zhixing said in silence: "Excuse me, where is the real body of the celestial being? Why do you only walk in the human world as an incarnation?"

Fan Qiulai stroked his beard and said, "If I tell you that I don't know where my real body is, would you believe it?"

Fang Zhixing looked puzzled.

Fan Qiulai laughed and said, "Let me tell you this. One day, I woke up and the moment I opened my eyes, I knew that I was the incarnation of a celestial being. I remembered my name and most of my life, but I couldn't remember some details.

After that, I lived cautiously in the human world, living in fear every day, afraid that other celestial beings would find me and eat me.”

Fang Zhixing was speechless and simply couldn't believe it.

How can a dignified person like you live such a shameless life?

It’s so miserable!

He couldn't help but ask: "Then as the incarnation of a celestial being, what is the purpose of your life?"

"Practice!"

Fan Qiulai explained carefully: "When the incarnation becomes stronger through practice, the original body will also become stronger. This is how the celestial beings improve their cultivation."

Fang Zhixing blinked and asked, "So, celestial beings also practice martial arts?"

"certainly!"

Fan Qiulai nodded and smiled: "We contemplate the heaven and earth, comprehend the great power of heaven and earth, assimilate with heaven and earth, and pursue the power to control the rules of heaven and earth."

He thought for a moment and added, "Although you and I are both practicing martial arts, the techniques we practice are not of the same type. To become a saint is to practice martial arts, while to become a celestial being is to refine the power of heaven and earth."

Fang Zhixing was lost in thought. The more he understood the universe, the more incredible it seemed to him, even absurd.

The two met for the first time, but unexpectedly they talked a lot.

Fan Qiulai must be a chatterbox. Once he was sure that Fang Zhixing was not a celestial being and posed no real threat to him, he started talking.

However, the incarnation is just a castrated version of the celestial being, and does not know much about the important secrets of the celestial beings.

As they spoke, the rings on their hands lit up at the same time, emitting a beam of light.

"When the sky turns pale, walk around the bottomless pit twice, say 'No drinking today', then jump into the bottomless pit. Then you can enter the Level 5 restricted area."

Fang Zhixing's face twitched, and he immediately asked Fan Qiulai, "What force is behind this ring that is controlling us?"

Fan Qiulai spread his hands and said, "Well, to be honest, I want to know more than you do. I have been secretly investigating for many years, but unfortunately I haven't found any clues."

Fang Zhixing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did the information transmitted by the ring go wrong?"

Fan Qiulai said, "That's not the case. This ring is very useful, especially when we were exploring the Level 5 restricted area. We relied on it for guidance."

The two stopped talking as a hint of paleness appeared on the horizon.

They then circled around the bottomless pit and shouted those words.

The next moment, Fan Qiulai jumped into the dark cave without any hesitation.

Fang Zhixing was a little slow and observed, and found that Fan Qiulai's figure disappeared completely in an instant.

Seeing this, Fang Zhixing also jumped.

The feeling of falling was very strong and the wind whistled in my ears.

Suddenly, my feet touched the ground.

Fang Zhixing, holding the Ten Thousand Swords in his hand, immediately looked around.

Fan Qiulai was standing not far away.

At this time, they were in a deep bamboo forest, with tall and slender bamboos standing straight.

The early morning sunlight shines through the dense bamboo leaves and falls on the ground, forming patches of mottled light and shadows.

Fang Zhixing soon noticed that there was a gravel path not far away, which was covered with a lot of fallen leaves and overgrown with weeds. It seemed that no one had walked here for a long time.

“Have you been here before?”

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Fang Zhixing lowered his voice and asked.

Fan Qiulai shook his head and replied, "It's dead silent here, be careful."

He held up the ring and a beam of light shone on the ground.

"Follow the path out of the bamboo forest and you will see a mountain villa."

Seeing this, Fang Zhixing also raised the ring.

"Ten meters behind you on the left, there is a bamboo that has been struck by lightning. The bamboo has transformed into 'Sky Thunder Bamboo' and has the ability to resist damage from lightning."

Fang Zhixing's eyes lit up, and without saying a word, he turned around and walked over.

Sure enough, there was a charred bamboo over there, thinner than the green bamboos around it.

“Take the most charred part of the bamboo, about one meter in length.”

The ring gave a hint.

Fang Zhixing suddenly became spirited and swung his sword twice.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and the charred piece of bamboo fell into his hand.

At this moment, Fang Zhixing felt an electric shock and couldn't help but tremble all over.

Fortunately, the remaining lightning on the Tianlei Bamboo is not very strong.

Fang Zhixing shuddered and turned around to look.

Fan Qiulai followed and his eyes fell on the Tianlei Bamboo. His expression changed and he sighed, "You must have picked up a treasure. You are lucky this time."

Fang Zhixing hesitated and said, "The ring gave me a hint, why didn't you?"

“It’s a matter of distance!”

Fan Qiulai pointed to the ring on his hand and said, "If I were closer to that Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, the ring would give me a heads-up first."

Fang Zhixing suddenly realized and said, "Whoever sees it gets a share. I'll give you half of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo."

“No need!”

Fan Qiulai waved his hand and said seriously: "You are lucky this time. It may be my turn next time. If I also get a good treasure, I hope you will not be greedy."

Fang Zhixing said with a serious expression: "I understand. Then you and I will just rely on luck. Whoever gets the treasure will own it."

"That's great!"

Fan Qiulai said no more and turned towards the path.

Only then will you know that action must follow suit.

The two of them shuttled through the bamboo forest and soon realized that the bamboo forest was very large.

They walked for more than half an hour and still didn't get out.

If the ring hadn't kept giving hints, anyone would have mistakenly thought they were lost.

After a while, the view ahead suddenly became clear.

“Come out!”

Fang Zhixing perked up and looked around.

The bamboo forest is located in a low-lying area with a slope in front.

Looking up, a villa suddenly appeared on the top of the hill.

For some reason, the sky above the villa was dark and covered with dark clouds.

Fang Zhixing took a closer look and immediately found that the dark cloud was very strange and dirty, just like the water in a stinky ditch.

"Such a strong evil spirit..."

Fan Qiulai's eyes flickered, as if he saw something.

Fang Zhixing quickly asked: "What is that?"

Fan Qiulai shook his head and replied cautiously: "It's not clear yet, it may be some kind of evil creature."

At this time, the ring issued an order: "Enter the villa and destroy all monsters!"

"Walk!"

Fan Qiulai accelerated and rushed towards the slope, with a faint flame emerging from his body.

Fang Zhixing moved and quickly followed.

The villa came into view. It covered a large area, but it was not a luxurious manor of a wealthy family.

Outside is a low mud wall, and inside is an old wooden house that is in a dilapidated state.

The open yard was filled with the smell of blood.

Fang Zhixing glanced around and first saw corpses scattered all over the ground.

Although the corpses were all human, they looked very alien, with pointy ears and pig noses.

A pitch-black monster was gnawing on the bodies of those people.

Fang Zhixing's pupils shrank, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

That pitch-black monster looked very much like the adult alien in the movie "Alien".

Curved head, hard shell, sharp teeth and claws, and retractable tail and tentacles...

Moreover, this alien is extremely huge, with a length of seven or eight meters, which is very terrifying.

That’s not all!

There was black air swirling around the alien, as if black flames were burning, which was extremely strange.

"Burn!"

Fan Qiulai rushed forward without thinking twice. He rubbed his hands together, condensed a red fireball and threw it forward.

Whoosh! Flames shot up to the sky!

The alien suddenly raised its head and rushed back.

Boom! The fireball exploded, shaking the earth! The old houses in the manor collapsed and quickly caught fire when they came into contact with the flames.

The alien jumped out from the sea of ​​fire, with large areas of its body charred.

It bared its teeth, jumped to the edge of the sea of ​​fire, and suddenly sprayed out a stream of green slime.

The raging fire was extinguished in an instant.

The green slime emits a pungent smell that is very unpleasant.

The ground was instantly corroded and became dirty, a large piece of soil disappeared out of thin air, and a big pit was formed.

This situation...

Fan Qiulai's face became slightly solemn. He raised his hands and condensed a bigger fireball.

"I'll help you!"

Fang Zhixing snapped his fingers and blood-dropping bullets flew out one after another.

The blood drops were scattered around the alien and suddenly exploded.

The alien was forced to jump upwards!

"good!"

Fan Qiulai was greatly encouraged and threw a fireball down!

(End of this chapter)