Chapter 8: Go find the murderer, I'll take you to a place where no one is
Even though his heart was pounding just now, Xu Xingxing was still frightened by these words.
She barked like a dog and quickly retreated three or four meters, holding her burning face with both hands, and said angrily, "Don't be crazy, I won't like it if you chop it off!"
Xiao Hei supported his chin with one hand, looking at her angry expression, not even realizing the joy in his words at this moment: "Hmm? You really don't want it? It seems that your love is just lip service."
Xu Xingxing was about to refute, but suddenly felt something was wrong: Was he joking, or did he really mean it?
She thought of the nightmare she had recently and her expression became serious. "Your hand looks better on your body. If it's cut off, it will rot no matter how much you take care of it. Besides, if you really like it, you won't hurt it."
If you really like someone, you won’t hurt them, right?
Xiao Hei's smile faded, and he was slightly stunned, looking at her sparkling eyes in a daze.
Just as Xu Xingxing was about to add a few more words, Xiao Hei said, "Boring," and turned over and lay on his side on the bed.
He fell asleep in a short while.
She rolled her eyes and lay down as well. Looking at Xiao Hei's figure with his back to her, she formed a preliminary judgment in her mind - the murderer should not be him, but this matter must be related to him.
There was indeed the aura of Xiao Hei's magic power at the fire scene, but there was also another aura intertwined with it. She didn't know who it was, but that person must be the murderer.
She glanced at Xiao Hei who was already fast asleep: He must know who that person is.
*
After half a month, Xiao Hei's biological clock was still very punctual. He stood up and wanted to leave as soon as it was dawn, but Xu Xingxing, with his messy hair, stopped him.
Xiao Hei raised his eyebrows slightly, stopped and looked at her.
Xu Xingxing tilted his neck and said confidently, "Don't even think about leaving my sight before you tell me the truth!"
"Yeah?"
Xiao Hei smiled, his eyes etched with coldness. "But I get irritated and disgusted when I see people. What if I can't help but burn the city down?"
His dark eyes seemed to contain ice. She should have found it unreasonable for him to say that, but at this moment, her heart was filled with deep sadness.
Yue Baiyin once told her that because of the beast contract, if she wanted, she could know Xiao Hei's past at any time. If she didn't deliberately explore it, the past would occasionally appear in her dreams.
Perhaps she was too weak during the time she was treating him, and she never had any dreams when she slept. Occasionally, if she did have a dream, she would forget it completely when she woke up the next day. But recently, after she gained two pounds from rest, her dreams became clearer.
She dreamed of a skinned puppy being thrown into the market, and then she dreamed of a black dog that had finally grown a new skin being tied up by monks to make medicine. The scenes were so horrific that she woke up in shock every time.
Then I didn’t dare fall asleep again and kept my eyes open until dawn.
So, the two pounds were quickly lost again.
Yue Baiyin's expression grew solemn after hearing her story, and he said solemnly, "Then he might have become a demon beast."
She asked what a monster was.
Yue Baishou said, "Spiritual beasts usually don't intentionally harm people, but demonic beasts do. It's perfectly normal for him to want to harm others after being treated like this."
Then came the news that Xuancheng had caught fire.
But although Xiao Hei really hates humans at the moment, his current actions are to suppress his desire to kill.
Then was it because of this reason that he left early and came back late in Kunlun, deliberately avoiding the time when Fang Zhiming and the others were active?
The plot of the dream became clear at this moment.
The skinned puppy was trembling all over, struggling in the mud with its flesh and blood all over it. The scene that had seemed horrifying to her before made her feel uncontrollably distressed.
Her nose felt sore and she wanted to cry again.
She fought back tears, but her voice was still tinged with sobs: "If anyone hurts you, it's okay to burn them to death."
Xiao Hei's smile froze on his face, and a strange feeling arose in his heart again.
Before he could think about it, his hand was grabbed. The girl's palm was warm, her eyes were red, and her voice was nasal: "Come on, I'll take you to a place where there is no one."
*
It is early autumn, the weather is clear and crisp, and large white clouds float in the sky, drifting with the wind, as if within reach.
The sea breeze is cool and pleasant, and the sea not far away looks like light blue jelly.
Xu Xingxing lay on the beach, looking at the clouds in the sky, and licked his lips——
I really want to eat marshmallows.
I want ice cream too.
I want milk tea...
She turned her head to look at Xiao Hei who was sitting on the beach.
The sunlight shone on his flawless face, making his skin look even whiter than snow. His lips were no longer as pale as before, but as red as blood. He was dressed in jet-black clothes, his hair fluttering in the sea breeze, and he was so beautiful that he looked like a god who had fallen into the mortal world.
At this time, he was supporting his knee with one hand, looking into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
Now was a good opportunity to strengthen their relationship. Xu Xingxing propped herself up and followed his gaze: "What are you looking at?"
"It looks familiar." It looks so familiar, even though I've seen it thousands of times.
"Look familiar?" She put her hand to her forehead. "Isn't the ocean the same?"
Xiao Hei retracted his gaze, his face again showing that slightly contemptuous smile: "Don't you doubt me? Bringing me to this deserted place, aren't you afraid that I will burn you to ashes?"
She really believed he could do it.
But doesn’t she have the protection of the Beast Contract?
Xu Xingxing lay back down and said perfunctorily, "I'm scared, terribly scared. I just hope you can give me a quick death."
Xiao Hei raised his eyebrows and stopped talking.
He was not afraid of the beast contract. This was not his body to begin with. If it was really necessary in the future, he would certainly not show mercy. He wanted to see if this beast contract could hurt his soul.
Xu Xingxing shuddered inexplicably, and subconsciously looked at Xiao Hei again. After looking at Xiao Hei's profile, he considered for a few seconds and asked, "You clearly know who the murderer is, so why don't you want to tell me?"
"Because I don't know who he is."
As soon as he left Kunlun, he was led to Xuancheng by a familiar aura.
The man knelt down before him after appearing. To be precise, it was not a human, but a demon.
The pitch-black body transformed into the outline of a human, wearing human clothes, but it could not transform into human skin.
Not even facial features.
So he couldn't speak. He knelt in front of Xiao Hei, trembling all over, as if he was afraid, but also as if he was extremely excited.
Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Xiao Hei prepared to leave, but this thing blocked his way several times.
He was dissatisfied and conjured up a stream of fire to kill him, but he escaped.
That night, Xuancheng suddenly erupted in violent flames, heat waves shot up into the sky, screams were heard everywhere, it was like purgatory.
He didn't want to care about it, but he smelled his own breath from the fire. If he hadn't secretly extinguished the fire, it would have burned for three days and three nights.
Of course, he wouldn't tell Xu Xingxing about this.
"Ah? You haven't seen it, how can I find it?" Xu Xingxing looked resentful.
"So eager to find it?"
"Yes, I have to find it quickly. Kunlun is now suspicious of you."
He scoffed, "So what if you doubt me."
"But I don't want to. It has nothing to do with us, so why should I be suspected for no reason?"
Xiao Hei was startled and looked at the girl on the ground. Perhaps the sunlight was too strong, she put her arms over her eyes, leaving only her pretty nose and lips that looked even pinker in the sunlight.
She said in a voice that was a little hoarse due to fatigue: Let's.
This unfamiliar word aroused the strange feeling in his heart. Although he didn't know what this feeling was, he could feel that it seemed to be slowly nourishing his heart.
Sunlight like this has the ability to make people feel comfortable and sleepy.
He stood up:
"Leave."
Xu Xingxing groaned in confusion and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Looking for the murderer."
Xu Xingxing suddenly remembered Xiao Hei's professional skill - searching.
He appeared in human form for so long that she almost forgot that his true form was a Huotou.
She had also heard of the beast Huodou when she was in the present world. According to legend, it was a follower of the fire god Zhurong. Because its appearance often brought fires, it was often regarded as a vicious beast.
She had roughly browsed through the Book of Beasts and found several beasts that she was familiar with, but they were not exactly the same as the records in the present world.
Just like Xiao Hei, whose spiritual power is related to fire, he is not regarded as a vicious beast by people in this world.
*
Half an hour later, the two stopped between a mountain outside Xuancheng. The mountain was not very majestic, but the vegetation was lush and verdant.
The two hid in the bushes and looked towards the village not far away.
It was a mountain stronghold. Although the wooden gate was wide open, it was heavily guarded.
Xu Xingxing quietly asked Xiao Hei: "Is the murderer here?"
Xiao Hei nodded. The aura was very strong, almost covering the entire area.
It was very weak when I first saw it, but it has grown ten thousand times stronger after just a few days.
It seems this demon is temporarily borrowing someone else's power. Otherwise, how could he have learned his skills in such a short time?
A red flame condensed in his hand, but when he was about to attack, the woman next to him grabbed his hand.
The woman's deer-like eyes widened: "What do you want!?"
Xu Xingxing was shocked by his indifferent attitude of starting a fight without even saying hello. There are humans here, darling!
Xiao Hei glanced at the hand that held him and said with a smile, "You don't think that everyone living here is an ordinary person, do you?"
Of course, she was not that stupid. She had watched quite a few TV dramas. Those who set up camp in the deep mountains were either rebels or bandits. Judging from the posture of the guards at the door, it was probably the latter.
"It's not up to you to decide their life or death at will." Xu Xingxing said sternly.
Of course, she also had her own selfish motives, because the Book of Beasts, which had been inactive for almost three months, finally rang again!
The location is in this mountain village.
So she had to sneak into the village first and find the spirit beast.
"How about we sneak in?"
"This village is protected by a barrier. If you force your way in, it will be difficult to avoid being discovered." Xiao Hei looked at him as if he were a fool, with a look that said, "Can't you see?"
She squinted her eyes and looked carefully, only to see that there was indeed a barrier as thin as a cicada's wing around the village. It was her fault that she only had the ability of a big boss but not the thinking of a big boss, so she didn't notice it for a while.
She smiled apologetically, gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Dog eyes are still good."
Even if Xiao Hei was really a dog now, he wouldn't like this compliment, so he said with a fake smile: "You are short-sighted."
Xu Xingxing: ...
She opened her sea of consciousness to the outside world to see if there was a way to break the impasse.
Although this mountain is not very high, the road is very rugged and difficult to walk on. Except for a group of people on the mountain road a few miles away, there is no human habitation.
Man and horse?
She was delighted and patted the depressed Xiao Hei beside her: "I have an idea!"
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