Chapter 11: Test your knowledge
Half an hour ago.
In the corner of the village.
An unidentified object was scattered on the ground, swaying in the wind. It was as thin as a piece of paper, but one end of the paper was a person's upper body. Black liquid was flowing out of the seven orifices of the person's face. The black liquid seemed to have consciousness and was drilling into the seven orifices of another person lying beside him.
After a while, the upright human body deflated, and together with the "paper" on the ground, it turned into a complete human skin. The person on the ground suddenly regained consciousness and straightened up crookedly. When it was about to leave, it suddenly discovered Xiao Hei who was sitting not far away and admiring this scene.
Xiao Hei had turned back into human form at this time. The moment the monster saw him, it knelt down immediately, just like before, with its head buried deep in the ground, and did not dare to get up for a long time.
The last time they met, he was certain that the monster must know him, but it seemed not to understand what he asked and just kept bowing its head, which made him feel annoyed.
Fortunately, he did not kill it in the end and spared its life.
Xiao Hei crossed his arms over his chest and tilted his head slightly, as if he was very curious: "Didn't you borrow some magic from me a few days ago? Why are you using such a stupid method to improve your cultivation now?"
The monster's body trembled, and then shook violently.
"Oh, so the borrowed spell can only be used once," Xiao Hei suddenly realized, like a child, "I thought you were so powerful, able to use attacks for your own benefit, but now it seems you're just so-so."
As if to prove something, the monster opened its mouth wide and let out a strange low humming sound. The demonic energy in all directions suddenly became stronger, a thousand times stronger than what was sensed before entering the village.
Xiao Hei suddenly laughed: "Not bad, you can understand what people say. Do you still remember my previous question?"
The monster raised its head slightly, nodded heavily, and then dropped it again.
"Then answer one for me to hear?" Xiao Hei stood up. "For example, who am I?"
The monster trembled even more violently, and buried its head deeper, without saying a word.
His eyes suddenly turned cold. "What? You ate over 200 people, and you still can't even speak?"
The monster trembled even more violently, and slammed its head against the ground. After only a few hits, it smashed the man's face into pieces, leaking out thick black liquid.
Xiao Hei walked forward and stepped on the monster's head. "Are the people in this village enough?"
"If it's not enough, you don't need to live."
The monster's hands suddenly moved, drawing on the ground, vaguely resembling a deer.
"Is this the beast in the village?" Xu Xingxing was right.
"He's not stupid. Eating this beast is more useful than eating the people in a city."
Xu Xingxing's face appeared in his mind, and he was very surprised at the time. He had not entered the village, so how did she know that there were spiritual beasts here?
Just like when they saved him at the beginning, they descended from the sky when he was dying, and the huge forest came all the way towards him without any deviation.
It was as if she could sense it, or as if someone told her.
How did he get into this dog body, and can he find the answer from her?
He put away his smile and said condescendingly to the monster, "Then hurry up and eat. Why waste time on a mere human life?"
He looked at the monster's trembling body and asked, "Could it be that you can't defeat it?"
"What a waste,"
Looking at this stupid monster, he raised his foot and said, "Then I will help you one more time."
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"There is a dying spirit beast a thousand meters ahead, please go and rescue it."
"There is a dying spirit beast a thousand meters ahead, please go and rescue it."
The alarm of the Book of Beasts suddenly rang in his mind. Xu Xingxing's pupils suddenly shrank. Looking at Xiao Hei across the lake, a chill rose in his heart.
She shouldn't have trusted him so much!
No longer pretending, she left Qi Danxuan and the others where they were and flew to the place indicated by the Book of Beasts.
She moved quickly, but her mind was in a mess.
Sometimes she blamed the Book of Beasts for not telling her the exact location at the beginning, but only telling her to look for it in the village. Sometimes she wondered why Xiao Hei was only hostile to humans and monks, so he wanted to harm an innocent spiritual beast now.
She was extremely fast and in less than a moment she was standing in a cave.
Everything before her eyes made her feel extremely cold from the soles of her feet. She saw a twisted human body lying on the ground, with its head buried in the neck of a white deer, making a sticky chewing sound.
Bai Lu's eyes rolled back as he lay in a pool of his own blood. Blood foam was coming out of his mouth, and his breathing was only outgoing but not incoming. He looked extremely painful.
She felt a tightness in her chest, so she flew forward and kicked the thing away. The monster then froze into ice and exploded, leaving black residue scattered all over the ground.
Xiao Hei had already followed. He stood at the entrance of the cave, his back bathed in moonlight, his face buried in the darkness. He looked at Bai Lu, who was already in Xu Xingxing's arms, and said in a faint voice, "She's still breathing."
Xu Xingxing really wanted to scold him, but she didn't have the energy to pay attention to him at the moment.
When Xiao Hei was cured before, the Book of Beasts rewarded him with two beast coins. Now that the white deer was found, another one was rewarded, which was just enough to exchange for a bottle of medicine powder called Wound Healing.
She exchanged the medicine with great speed, sprinkled the powder on Bai Lu's almost broken throat, and waited anxiously.
Fortunately, the white deer was still alive, and fortunately, this medicine was produced by the Book of Beasts, and the severely torn wounds were gradually beginning to heal.
Xu Xingxing was so focused on watching the wound heal with bated breath that he didn't even notice when Xiao Hei squatted beside him.
"This medicine is so effective, it can even heal such a fatal injury," he said cheerfully, as if it had nothing to do with him. "It's just as effective as the drug you took out from somewhere the other day."
So that's how it is.
He had always been suspicious of her, or rather, he had never really been on guard against her.
Yes, he hated human monks, and she was also a monk. The moment he saw her in the forest, he wanted to kill her. Even if she saved him, he was still very wary of her.
But she was just the opposite. Perhaps it was because the filter that Lao Hei had cast on him was too thick, so she would never think of him in the worst light. She always felt that he had a miserable life and it didn't matter if he was a little naughty. She always believed that there was still kindness in his heart.
But the scene just now was a real blow to her. It was true that his life experience was pitiful, and it was also true that he was in great danger now.
She looked at the bloodstains remaining on the white deer and felt very tired. She hated intrigue and scheming, let alone her natal spirit beast, which should have been very close to her.
"So you bet the deer's life just to test me?" Xu Xingxing said coldly.
"Yes." Xiao Hei said without any hesitation, "I still can't guess how you were able to determine my location in the first place. Although I was seriously injured, I was still alert."
"That's all?" Seeing that Bai Lu's wound was almost healed, Xu Xingxing looked at the person beside him, "What are you still curious about? You can tell me everything."
Xiao Hei looked at her frank eyes, and a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes.
"If you have something to say, ask now. If you have something to say, fart now. You don't need to use anyone or anything as an opportunity, and don't waste your time probing me. Today, as long as you ask, I will answer everything. But," Xu Xingxing changed the subject, "can you please stay away from me now? I get annoyed just by the sight of you."
Xiao Hei raised his red lips slightly, and moved aside obediently, then asked all the questions at once: "Where did you get the sleeping pills back then and the powder now? Why do you know where the spirit beast is? Why can you bring the white deer back to life? If you already have this ability, why do you still need to find an excuse to sign a beast contract with me? Is it--" Are you the culprit who turned me into a vicious beast?
Seeing him pause, Xu Xingxing was very impatient: "Why don't you say anything?"
Xiao Hei raised his eyebrows: "That's it."
She stroked the white deer's already intact neck, and when she saw its breathing become even, she raised her hand and sealed the entrance to the cave with ice.
"I can't remember all the questions you asked. In that case," Xu Xingxing walked over to Xiao Hei and squatted down, "You can look into my sea of consciousness and you'll know."
Xiao Hei really didn't expect her to say that. His body suddenly stiffened and he couldn't think of how to respond. He saw Xu Xingxing's forehead touching him.
Her warm forehead touched his gently, her curled eyelashes trembled slightly in front of his eyes, and her bright red lips were close at hand. If she were any closer, the tip of her small nose would almost touch his nose bridge.
Perhaps because he was a dog now, he could smell even the slightest scent. Now his entire body and even his chest were completely invaded by her scent, and he stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
"Huh?"
The woman stood up slightly, touched her forehead, and gently pressed his, saying in a slightly scolding tone, "This is the step, you better be serious."
He realized that his mind was in a state of panic, so he quickly calmed it down. After he finally calmed down, the woman came over again, and he was hastily led into her sea of consciousness.
This was also the first time Xu Xingxing invited someone into her sea of consciousness. It felt like inviting a guest into her home, but she was still angry, so she said stiffly, "Take a look for yourself. Ask me if you have any questions."
In her sea of consciousness was an endless sea of flowers, and above the sea of flowers there was a book hanging in the air, moving without wind.
When Xiao Hei walked under the book and wanted to touch it, his fingertips suddenly hurt and he immediately withdrew his hand.
"Only I can touch this thing."
Xu Xingxing stretched out her hand, and the pages of the book unfolded like a scroll. She pointed at the Huo Dou on the first page and said, "This is you."
"It was it that told me the direction to find you, and it was it that gave me the drug that knocked you out. There's a reward for rescuing a spirit beast, and you're the first one, so I can't save your life without a spirit beast contract. Any other questions?"
Xiao Hei looked at the spiritual beasts and their habits recorded in the booklet. There were more than 500 species. Currently, only the portraits of him and the white deer were bright, while the rest of the pages were still gray.
"Who put this book here?"
Xu Xingxing thought for a moment: "God?"
Xiao Hei remained noncommittal and continued to ask, "Is this your responsibility?"
"You could say that."
“What will happen when it’s finished?”
"I don't know either," Xu Xingxing said, "Any other questions?"
Xiao Hei shook his head and asked with a smile, "Do you often bring people into your sea of consciousness?"
"Not really, you're the first one." Xu Xingxing was already sitting on the ground, surrounded by flowers. She was in a rare mood and looked up at him. "Since you've finished asking, it's my turn."
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