As we continued to move forward, we could feel movement all around us. There were some strange noises among the woods. I didn't know what these were, but I knew they were not easy to deal with. The direction of the sounds was also easy to identify. They should be at the foot of the mountain ahead. The closer we got there, the more noises we heard.

I couldn't help but become alert, hoping that no ferocious beast would jump out. If there was another one, I really wouldn't be able to hold on. However, the sound was already there when we came over just now. If it was there, it meant that the noise was not directed at us. It seemed like something was digging the ground or drilling somewhere.

Burrowing underground in the middle of the night? What kind of species is so strange?

In addition, when the cold wind blew just now, I also smelled some rotten food and a sour smell. This sour smell was more like the smell of a corpse. I don’t know if some animal died here. Everything seemed particularly weird. This West Island area was really terrifying.

"Bai Lu, when you came here before, was there always this kind of sound in this area? Do you know the animal that makes this sound?" I asked.

She shook her head and said, "I have never heard of such a sound, nor have I seen it. I usually go up from another mountain path and never go up this way. Only tonight I am going with you."

At this time, Yunwen ran over. Although Song Bailu rolled her eyes, Yunwen was already frightened and didn't pay attention to this. She quickly hid behind me, pointed in the direction of the running direction in fear, and said, "There, there is a ghost!"

Is there a ghost?

There are indeed many bizarre things on this island, but these monsters and demons are more or less based on a certain degree of dream reality. Their existence has a certain logic and they do not appear out of thin air. For example, ghosts are made of some kind of ashes, zombies are caused by viruses, madness and hysteria are caused by some kind of pollen. As for witches, evil dragons, goblins, etc., they are all manifestations of some legends. Moreover, they do have some kind of cultivation of heaven and earth, and they all have a certain degree of reality.

But talking about ghosts is a bit weird, because there are different opinions about ghosts among the people. The so-called wandering ghosts are things that cannot be verified. They will not exist out of thin air. There must be some possibility, not just that they exist. Therefore, I would like to see how the so-called ghosts exist?

Besides, I have a golden sword that can kill evil spirits, so there is no need to be afraid.

I went forward to investigate. Bailu stayed where she was, while Yunwen followed me up. Sanfu also stayed where she was. Yunwen pointed to the right and said, "It's here. I just saw someone's feet."

I raised the lit Golden Que Sword and shone it upwards. Damn, I was shocked!

It really was a pair of human feet, and they were still shaking. I almost fell down. Yunwen was so scared that she closed her eyes and hugged me tightly. I also hugged her, thinking to myself, thank goodness this ghost, it also satisfied what I had been thinking about all night. Now holding Yunwen again, I really felt open-hearted.

However, if this ghost elder knew that it not only did not scare me, but also made me think about picking up girls, he would probably be disappointed.

After a moment, I found that the two feet did not move except swaying from side to side, nor did they pounce down. Moreover, the Golden Sword was suspended in front of it just now. How could it not react at all? This made me suspicious, so I raised the Golden Sword, which was emitting golden light, up again, and I could really see the situation clearly.

"It's a man hanged here," I said.

It turned out that the smell of the corpse just now came from him. I took a look and found that he was also some kind of brown-skinned savage, but he looked bigger than the Wutu tribe. I don't know why he was hanged here, and there were a lot of rotten flesh on his body, with holes all over it. I guess it was because he was eaten by scavengers.

Even without ghosts or anything like that, this island still has a certain realistic logic of its own.

Yunwen didn't dare to look anymore and hurriedly pulled me back. I was still wondering why the corpse appeared on a tree when suddenly it fell down with a bang. Then I realized that it was the ghost vine that caused the trouble. Just as the corpse fell down, there was suddenly a rustling sound around, as if some large army was about to attack.

He is definitely not a good guy. He is frightened during the hottest days of summer!

I raised the Golden Que Sword, ready to deal with the group of demons and monsters that were coming to resist. At this time, a pair of big eyes came from the other end. I looked carefully and saw a kind of hairless monkey with a weird appearance and fangs. Just looking at it was enough to make me gasp. However, they had no hostility towards us. Instead, they dragged away the fallen corpse. The leader took a look at the tall and heroic Sanfu, and then retreated without breaking up to cause trouble for us.

It was a false alarm and the three of us breathed a sigh of relief.

"Or, let's wait until tomorrow. It's too dangerous and scary at night. I can't stand my pounding heart." Bai Lu said.

"We're already here. Do you think we still need to go back? Besides, there are cannibals here during the day and we'll be in danger." Yunwen said anxiously.

"I know that, but my courage won't allow me to go on." Bai Lu sat there timidly.

I was about to say something when I suddenly thought of something, so I said, "Okay, how about you light a fire here and stay with Sanfu first, and Yunwen and I will go alone and pick the devil flower and bring it back to you, how about that?"

Bai Lu thought about it and decided that this might be the best way. Besides, it was almost midnight and it would be daytime in a few hours. Moreover, the dog days would protect her and she couldn't stop us from picking flowers. So she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you here. Go early and come back early. What if I'm in danger?"

"Those monkeys seem to be afraid of Sanfu. It should be fine for you to hide behind Sanfu. If that doesn't work, you can ride Sanfu and escape first." I said.

She nodded.

Then she stayed, and Yunwen communicated with Sanfu in the language of all things. Yunwen and I set off towards the foot of the mountain. Since the skinless monkey left, the monster's digging sound had stopped, but the extraordinary silence also made us more afraid, and we didn't know what terrible risks might be.

But while we were still a relatively long distance away from Bailu, I held Yunwen's hand. She turned around in surprise, and I said, "She's gone, you don't have to pretend."

"What are you pretending...for?" Yunwen asked guiltily.

I took a step forward, hugged her tightly, touched her face with my hands, and said, "I heard your conversation. Song Bailu planned to prepare medicine for me alone, and threatened that if you didn't say good things about her in front of me, or told me what she said, she would quit and go back to the tribe, right?"

She sighed, put her arms around my waist, leaned her head on my shoulder, and said frustratedly: "So you know everything."

"I know, so I don't want to embarrass you and play a trick with you. But I also want to tell you that we are of the same mind as husband and wife, so you don't have to worry about so much. You don't have to hide it from me for her, we can just hide it from her together. Listen to me, she may not be the only one who can save us. I have seen the antidote now. Do you remember the sacrificial ceremony where you were going to be cooked? The two Wutu people who were forced to drink juice drank the antidote. You remember the smell, right? Maybe we can prepare it ourselves. You have experience in preparing medicines, so why don't we try it ourselves? If it doesn't work, we can find that girl again." I said.

She immediately raised her head, stood on tiptoe and kissed me happily, saying, "Yes, yes! That's right, we can find a way ourselves. I remember the smell, sour and bitter, there should be six or seven herbs. I can try it myself. Since the devil flies grow in that area, the antidote may be found nearby. You are so smart."

I kissed her lips again, touched her little cheek and said, "Next time, no matter what Song Bailu said to you, you can talk to me, a smart man. We are on the same side. Don't follow her routine, otherwise I won't know if something happens to you. If we can't make it, but only she can, that's easy to deal with. I will leave the medicine for you then."

"No, you keep it for yourself and don't give it to me!" Yunwen said coquettishly.

I smiled, and at this moment, just when we were being affectionate with each other, I suddenly heard a strange sound. The sound came from the foot of the mountain, not far from us, and the sound was like the sound of bare feet walking, like a human. I remember that cannibals all wore iron shoes. Could it be that there were people lying in ambush here without shoes?

No, I remembered the man who was hanged just now. He was not from the Wutu tribe, so he was not wearing shoes!