Bamboo house, thatched house.
Zhu Tong and her brother went to the back mountain to dig some wild vegetables in the morning. After they came back, they chatted for a while before Zhu Tong started cooking. By the time she finished cooking and brought the meal to the table, it was dark outside before she and her brother could start eating.
"We haven't eaten yet." Zhu Tong complained. She fumbled in the dark and took out a small box. She took out a half-burnt candle and lit it. The dim candlelight flickered. Zhu Tong said, "The candle has a limited burning time. We must finish our meal within the time of one incense stick."
"Okay." Lan Zhi was anxious to "sleep" and ate as fast as possible. Zhu Tong also ate very quickly. The candles should not be lit for too long at night. This was also the "rule" of Chihu Village.
The two finished their meal quickly, and Zhu Tong quickly blew out the candle. It was dark outside, and she couldn't go back to her room, so she could only spend another night with Lan Zhi.
Lan Zhi said, "I can sleep on the floor."
Zhu Tong said, "No need. We slept in the same bed last night anyway. It's easy to catch a cold if you sleep on the floor at night. Let's sleep together."
Zhu Tong didn't want her brother to get sick, so they both kept their clothes on and covered themselves with the same blanket.
After lying down, the green soul left the body.
"Tian Miao..." Zhu Tong opened her mouth and was about to say something, but she didn't hear her brother's response. She turned her head and listened quietly for a moment, and found that her brother was breathing evenly and had fallen asleep.
"The sleep quality is really good..." Zhu Tong sighed softly. She didn't know why, but when she was eating just now, a thought suddenly came into her mind. She felt as if she could survive without eating.
But, how is this possible?
If you don't eat, you'll starve to death...
Zhu Tong bit her lip, turned sideways and hugged Tian Miao beside her. Her heart gradually calmed down, and she silently shook off the unrealistic thoughts in her mind.
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The green soul walked under the dark moonlight, scattering transparent fire along the way.
The white cloaks died wailing, and the scarlet worm twisted its caterpillar-like body and struggled in the flames, turning into a pile of ashes.
In addition, Lan Zhi also discovered some wandering "monsters" at night, and used the Earth Flame to deal with them all. However, Chihu Village is too large, with thousands of households, and there are a lot of monsters wandering around at night. Lan Zhi killed them all the way, and later found that she didn't encounter any monsters, and she didn't know where they were hiding.
The green spirit quickly circled around Chihu Village and found that all the monsters had disappeared, so it hurried to the town.
She is not a saint and cannot save everyone.
Besides, this is how the world of cultivation is, where the strong prey on the weak. Those cultivators entered the secret realm voluntarily, and Lan Zhi did not force them in. No one has the obligation to save anyone. If you want to gain benefits from the secret realm, you have to bear the risk.
She was able to kill a large number of monsters, which was considered a good deed.
Lan Zhi's power is ultimately limited and she cannot do everything.
Just after she left Chihu Village, several long scarlet worms and a few white cloaks emerged from the ground again.
“Click.”
(That transparent flame was too much, killing so many of our kind.)
“Click…”
(Alas, if only I could wake up the master.)
Only ferocious beasts can see the soul, other monsters cannot see it, but Lan Zhi's soul is made up of green flames, and the temperature rises wherever it passes. Even if they can't see her, they can roughly feel her presence. They can judge whether the "invisible enemy" has left by the temperature changes around them.
"Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka..."
(Don't panic, that transparent flame won't be able to stay proud for long. With the large number of its kind dying, it has already attracted the attention of the town and may even attract the adults in the city...)
“Click.”
(By then, the Transparent Flame will die.)
“Click.”
(Very good.)
The White Mantles talked and comforted each other.
The other side.
When Lan Zhi arrived in town, she couldn't help but feel her scalp tingling.
The streets were littered with corpses.
Life in the town was quite prosperous, with taverns and inns, as well as small vendors setting up stalls. Because the night came too suddenly, many vendors did not have time to go home, and some pedestrians did not have time to run home, so they all died tragically.
There were countless people in white cloaks, scarlet insects and ferocious beasts moving around in the streets.
Among them, the first two have physical entities, so the blue soul cannot be seen.
But the ferocious beasts were all in the state of souls. They were the first to discover Lan Zhi. This group of ferocious beasts was not the same as those from Chihu Village. They did not know the horror of the blue soul and rushed over with howling.
Lan Zhi didn't waste any time talking to them. She raised her hand and threw out many colorless and transparent small lotus flames.
“Ouch!!”
The streets were soon filled with screams.
Lan Zhi burned as she walked, and the temperature of the transparent flame continued to rise steadily, and the purifying power on it became stronger and stronger.
The transparent flame is keen on burning sins and usually only burns monsters at night, leaving the villagers alone.
However, some of the villagers seemed to be demon cultivators in the past, and had heavy karma of killing, so they were accidentally ignited by the transparent lotus.
Lan Zhi was too lazy to save such a person, so she just considered it as getting rid of a scourge for the people.
The town was over ten times the size of Chihu Village. At an average walking speed, it would take over ten days or even a month to explore the entire town. Fortunately, my spirit's speed allowed me to float easily, and with the long nights, I was able to cover the entire town in a single night. However, I only had good luck killing monsters in the early stages; those monsters later on stayed away, making them difficult to pursue.
"I need help..." Lan Zhi sighed. She felt she was alone and powerless, and she always felt that she couldn't take care of everything.
At this moment, a weak voice came from the side: "Do you need us?"
"Huh?" Lan Zhi was stunned for a moment, turned her head, and saw a baby face poking out from the dark alley.
The baby-faced boy blinked his eyes. He was also in a spirit state, but his spirit state had normal skin color, red lips and white teeth. He looked very cute, with cat-like eyes. He was wearing gorgeous purple silk brocade. He said, "My name is Ji Zifeng."
Lan Zhi thought for a moment, but couldn't think of a good name. She didn't want to reveal her identity, so she said, "My name is Qing Yan."
Ji Zifeng's eyes were filled with vigilance and fear as he asked, "Are you...are you human?"
Lan Zhi nodded, "Yes."
Ji Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the alley. "I thought you were a humanoid monster. I've never seen a spirit like this before..."
"Ji Zifeng, you big idiot, she said she was a human and you believed her?" A gritting voice came from the alley.
Then, several young men and women came out one after another. They were all spirits, and the clothes they transformed into had exquisite and detailed patterns. Some of them even had jade pendants hanging around their waists.
This jade pendant is not an ornament transformed from the soul, but a Horcrux.
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