Song Bailu's words made me understand her difficulties. Her reasons were justified, and I really did not have the qualifications to know the truth. If I did not have any countermeasures, even if I knew the truth it would only increase my fear and anxiety, causing me to lose my composure and act and make arrangements recklessly.

She sighed and said, "Go in quickly. Just pretend you know nothing. Maybe it's just some nonsense. Since I'm awake, I'll take over the shift in advance. You go to sleep."

I nodded, and then we went into the house. Fortunately, we did not wake up the two girls who were sleeping soundly. They didn't know anything for the time being, which was good. At least they could still sleep comfortably. But if they knew certain things, they would probably be worried every day, anxious and sleep unstable.

Those who know the truth are usually the ones who bear the greatest pressure.

I walked to the bed and lay down where Song Bailu had just slept. But after thinking it over, I still felt that this was not appropriate, so I said, "I did ask for help tonight, but starting tomorrow, I will try to find an alternative place for a new residence. After you find it, you have to tell me everything. I will never put my teammates in danger. Those things are lurking in the abyss. We should try our best to stay away from them instead of just waiting to die."

She nodded, her face looking slightly better, and said, "As expected, you have been a soldier, and you are very thoughtful. But for the rest, we'll talk about it after you find it."

After the deal was settled, I felt a lot more relaxed. I could feel a special smoothness while lying on the animal skin. In addition, the fire burning in the cauldron emitted heat which helped me eliminate a lot of the moisture in the cave. Before long, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

I slept soundly and thought I could sleep till dawn, but someone woke me up in the middle of the night.

I opened my eyes dazedly, only to see Shi Yunwen standing in front of me. When she saw that I woke up, she took two steps back, waved at me, picked up the lit candlestick on the ground, and walked out of the cave.

I rubbed my eyes to make sure I didn't see it wrong, and pinched myself to make sure I didn't have any special dream, but I found it was still quite painful. It seemed to be reality. Since it was reality, Yunwen usually wouldn't wake me up, because she cared about my sleep quality, and would not easily call me alone.

I couldn't help but fall into reverie. Could it be that because we soaked in the spring pool together today, she had some other thoughts about me?

Although I can understand this, after all, we are all human beings, but I didn't expect it to be Yunwen. I thought it would be Yingchun who would bring up this kind of thing first.

But no matter what, she invited me out, so even if I wanted to reject her, I had to go out, even though I didn't want to do that.

So I straightened my clothes, fiddled with my hair a little, and then went out. I saw her leaning against the mountain wall, contemplating the moon, and I coughed.

"Why is it so slow?" Yunwen asked softly.

I was shocked. Why was he so anxious? It seemed that it was exactly what I thought.

"Oh, I'm still a little tired. What's wrong? Is there anything?" I asked.

She walked over and pressed my shoulder. I immediately sat down, swallowing my saliva. I was very nervous. Was it really like this? Somehow, I felt very excited.

She also sat down and moved closer to me. I tried not to move. I didn't expect such a beautiful woman to be intimate with me under the full moon and beautiful flowers. This was something I had never dared to think of, and it made my heart throb. I looked at the swaying candlestick with fire, and asked, "Um, do you want to light a fire?"

I thought she would just put out the fire, or something, but she looked at me in surprise and said, "How can I talk to you after I put out the fire? Zhou Bo, you're acting weird tonight."

I looked more closely and saw that she was holding a few scraps of paper in her hand, and she came close to me just to discuss some issues with me.

Realizing that I was overthinking, I immediately scratched my neck in embarrassment, feeling disappointed, and said, "Oh, I didn't see those papers. I thought you were going to discuss this with me in a conversational way."

At this point, Yunwen thought I needed to be more secretive, so she put away the remaining pages, blew out the candle, and said, "Is this okay?"

He was really obedient, so I said helplessly: "Okay, tell me."

"Tonight, I heard what you and Sister Bailu said. What you were discussing was the creatures hidden in the cave, right? Actually, when Sister Bailu mentioned the white devil to me before, I wrote it down. Later, I found the remaining burnt pages in your backpack, and also found related clues. So tonight I want to tell you about my discovery." Yunwen said in a low voice.

It turned out that he was afraid that Song Bailu would hear it, so he woke me up in the middle of the night in a secret way and asked me out alone. Fortunately, I didn't do anything excessive, otherwise it would have been too embarrassing.

"Have you read the contents of those fragments? Tell me if you have any clues. Are there any records of the characteristics or names of those creatures? Tell me everything you speculate and know," I said.

"The torn page says, 'During the plum rain season, there are many disturbances in the mountains. There is a demon with white butterfly wings that disturbs the mountains... Those who are in chaos should avoid it. The giant-footed wild man in the mountains knows this, so he escapes and saves his life.' This is the record about the white demon. It is at the bottom of the third torn page. It means that the thing will appear during the plum rain season. There is a large piece in the middle that is missing, so we can't know what it is." Yunwen said.

"White wings? Is it a butterfly? No, butterflies collect nectar from flowers. If they hide in dark caves for a long time, they will starve to death due to lack of food. This is definitely not their life habit. Besides, what's so scary about butterflies?" I muttered.

"Maybe it's a monster with butterfly wings, otherwise why would it be called a demon?" Yunwen said.

"It's unlikely. Demons don't exist in the first place. They are only called that because of a kind of fear. Even if it is a monster, it can only be some kind of creature. It also needs to eat and drink to fill its stomach. Besides, Bai Lu said that it lives in groups, so it needs sufficient food. But in the darkness of the abyss, there are few plants without light, and even fewer insects. Don't they eat anything?" I asked.

"Well, these are the records about the White Devil. There are also some clues about the treasure hunt led by the Dragon Seeker Li Zihu. They are scattered, but there are clues about the supreme treasures on the Western Zhou Dynasty tripods. Each bronze artifact is engraved with the important experience of its owner, just like the three bronze artifacts and the jade pendant we found before. It's just that I think the owner of the bronze artifact only took back those three and the jade pendant, and they were stolen by later generations..." Yunwen said.

I was a little confused. Wasn't the leader Li Mufeng? Why was it changed again? Or were they two brothers leading the team? But then I figured it out. Zihu is Li Mufeng's courtesy name. As the saying goes, "clouds follow dragons, winds follow tigers." Zi is a compliment for men in ancient times, and Zihu is his courtesy name. Therefore, Li Zihu must be Li Mufeng.

"It must be that group of unlucky foreigners. They didn't expect that something from more than 3,000 years ago would cause people today to lose their lives and die in the mouths of vicious beasts on the island." I said, shaking my head.

"The torn pages said that the supreme treasure has many benefits, but I didn't see too many of them. I only saw one sentence that said whoever obtains it can have the same lifespan as the Heavenly Dao and be immune to all demons... Of course, this is all feudal superstition, but it would also make those people want to risk their lives to try and steal it. This is probably why those black soldiers died here, because they coveted this benefit." Yunwen said.

"It's all nonsense. How can you believe it? It seems that those butterfly-winged white demons and the like were just written by the ancients to brag and boast. They might also be reports written to the emperor, so they were written in an exaggerated way to show their hard work in leading the team and to ask for rewards." I said with a smile.