After being homeless, he was picked up by God and brought home to be his husband.

The monster fell embarrassedly on a pile of rubble and dust. Unable to bear it any longer, it vomited two or three ghosts out of its mouth, along with a large amount of mucus vomiting out of its stomach, which was green and thick and made people feel nauseous.

Jiaojiao forced herself to lean on her body and lay at the entrance of the alley, looking around, but she didn't see a familiar figure among the few people. She burst into tears, broke down and shouted:

"Lian Xiu! Lian Xiu is not here!! He really swallowed Lian Xiu alive!!"

Chu Yitang weighed the beam and wanted to damage it again. The monster was hit hard one after another. Knowing that the situation was not good, he suddenly sprayed out a large amount of black mist from his nose, which made everyone unable to open their eyes and staggered away. He climbed up from the ground, put his webbed paws on the ground, jumped dozens of feet away, and ran away into the dark night.

Seeing the monster running away in the night, Chu Yitang quickly weighed the situation and was about to turn around. Shu Shu had already poked his little head out of the alley, waved at him vigorously, held one hand to his mouth in the shape of a trumpet, and his little face turned red from suppressing it. , shouting very hard:

"Go ahead!! I'm waiting for you to come back!!"

Chu Yitang couldn't help but laugh. He gestured to Shu Shu. Without any further hesitation, he raised his sword and walked away. His slender figure disappeared into the night and gradually disappeared.

Outside the ghost market is a vast fir forest. The tall fir trees block out the sky and the sun. Against the dark background, they look like tens of thousands of sharp swords standing upright toward the sky. The branches are long and dense, like skinny trees growing out of the trunks. Countless ghost hands, teeth and claws, terrifying and gloomy.

Chu Yitang followed the mucus left by the monster to the outside of the forest. There were many trees in the forest, and a few rays of moonlight shone through the faintly visible gaps. Chu Yitang took out a thumb-sized luminous pearl from his sleeve. Although the luminous pearl was small, it was enough. Illuminate a small area ahead.

Although the luminous pearl was bright enough, it also made Chu Yitang feel a little uncomfortable. He squinted his eyes slightly, took the luminous pearl lower, and found a large amount of green mucus on the grass under his feet.

After the fight just now, he has roughly figured out the origin of this monster. Deep in the black swamp, there are dark frogs that hatch and shed their skin every three hundred years. It is possible that this monster sneaked into the ghost market and disguised itself, swallowing ghosts and nourishing them with ghost energy. Wanting to better spend the molting period, and the full moon was about to pass, he revealed his prototype in the ghost market.

The monster should have sneaked into this forest, but it is still unclear where he is. It is very inconvenient for Chu Yitang to come to the ghost market. Due to the boundary, he has to be subject to many restrictions. In addition, he has not taken medicine today, and the ghost energy is gradually invading. , already made him feel dizzy.

There was no time to delay any longer.

Chu Yitang lowered his eyes to look at the pool of mucus, and what passed by his ears was the soft sound of the night wind blowing through the branches and leaves in the jungle. Everything was quiet, and the moon was dim. As he walked in the woods, the surroundings were quiet, and the needles could be heard. An extremely suppressed gasp could be heard somewhere. It was the crowing of frogs in the forest after the rain, but it was not as clear and crisp as that, low and muffled.

The night pearl illuminated the land under his feet. Chu Yitang was observing the terrain attentively. The sound of breaking through the air behind him was extremely faint, like a drizzle of rain, coming quickly. Chu Yitang didn't even raise his eyes. He stood firm, only tilted his head to the side, and fired several quenching stones. The poisonous fine needle rubbed the hair and was nailed into the trunk of a fir tree in front of him. In the blink of an eye, without warning, the bark of the tree exploded into fly ash, and the entire fir tree was smashed backwards, taking the ground with it. Trembling, loud noise.

Chu Yitang took advantage of the moment when the fir tree fell to the ground and rolled up with one hand on the ground. The sword tip broke through the air and stepped on the tree stump. With the sound that had not stopped, he raised his wrist and thrust out with the sword. The tip of the sword pierced the tree trunk. Chu Yitang climbed up. Lifting the hilt of the sword, in the darkness, he kicked the monster's chin. With a crisp cracking sound, the monster screamed in pain, and its fat body immediately flew several feet away, breaking a large tree behind it.

With this collision, several more ghosts came out of his mouth. What he chewed up only left some stumps and broken arms. Earlier when the monster ate it, he swallowed it whole. That was because he was extremely hungry, but now Later, when his stomach was slightly full, he started chewing instead. It seemed that some ghosts had been absorbed by him.

Chu Yitang's heart sank, and he flew to the side of the monster, carrying two in each hand, including a short and fat man, a tall and thin man, and two female ghosts.

Lian Xiu had been in the monster's belly for too long, and she gasped for several breaths when she was spit out. She still had the ruby ​​​​Green Luan-dot green hairpin on her head. She looked over stupidly and saw Chu Yitang at a glance. She looked like this at the critical moment of life and death. At the last glance, Lian Xiu immediately forgot about her current situation and was very surprised to be held in her hand and said:

"Hey, is it you, Master?!"

Chu Yitang had no impression of her and had no time to chat with her. Seeing that the monster was about to rise again, there must be ghosts in his belly that had not been spit out. Chu Yitang had no time to say anything more, so he only took a few people away and used his body to As a cover, he urged:

"After leaving this forest, go southeast and you will return to the ghost market. Come on!"

Lian Xiu and a few others nodded blankly and hurriedly got up. The monster had already risen from the ground. He couldn't bear to see the ghosts in his mouth and flew towards him with a roar. The short and fat man fell down again because the grass was slippery. I fell down and couldn't get up.

Seeing the monster approaching, Chu Yitang had no choice but to drag the man away by the back of his neck, and then threw the man to others. He used a fir tree behind him as a shield to get around, but unexpectedly, the fir tree was stabbed by a poisonous thorn and exploded immediately. Later, Chu Yitang couldn't hurt the monster, so he had to let go.

Unexpectedly, the monster's webbed claws struck violently, and the strong wind was fierce. The night pearl in his hand accidentally fell out of his hand, and it hit the front door hard when he turned his back to avoid it.

The light was so bright that Chu Yitang felt his eyes stinging as he approached. He frowned and jumped into the air to grab the night pearl in the chaos. He put one knee on the ground and tried to stabilize his body, but was forced to step back a few feet.

The monster also noticed the flaw that Chu Yitang revealed this time. He laughed wildly, and then a huge ball rose up from his mouth, instantly illuminating the entire forest as bright as day.

The light was too dazzling, and Chu Yitang suddenly felt severe pain in his eyes. He reluctantly raised his sleeves to cover his face. The corners of his eyes were blood red. An old disease relapsed, and blood and tears suddenly burst out. He could hardly open his eyes after being illuminated.

In the severe pain, Chu Yitang gritted his teeth to steady his mind and opened his eyes in the light. The monster was already rushing towards him with its bloody mouth open. Chu Yitang clenched a handful of withered grass at his side, blood and tears flowed. He was about to draw his sword, but the dazzling light in front of his eyes failed. Suddenly it was replaced by darkness, the light disappeared, and the pain subsided.

This moment came too quickly, as if the winter snow melted away, replaced by the soft spring rain covering his face. He lost his sight and the other senses became more acute. Chu Yitang looked sideways, but the end of his eyes brushed a cool, not delicate, end of his eyes. The skin was a little stinging from being rubbed. He could feel that someone was beside him, and they covered his eyes with something, maybe a silk belt, and gently wiped away the skin for him. Drops of scarlet tears.

What the tip of the nose smells is no longer rancid mucus, but an extremely fragrant but light aroma, which is fleeting, like a mist that cannot be caught, drifting across the face without leaving any trace.

All the sounds were wiped out the moment his eyes fell into darkness. He could not see, but in this dreamlike moment, he caught everything that was enough to make him feel at ease. He seemed to be placed in a very soft place. Dream, surrounded by cloud walls, you won't feel pain if you bump into it, let alone get hurt.

He didn't know how this happened, but the instinct of dependence that developed over time prompted him to rely on him and hand over everything, only to be led along until he came to his pure lake, a place where his soul returned home.

Chu Yitang stood there, letting the night wind blow on his face. After a long time, he regained his consciousness and raised his hand to pull off the covering on his face. What fell in his hand was a strip of cloth with irregular filaments visible on the edge. , as if torn from the hem of clothes in a hurry.

There are half dark patterns on the cloth strips. The original appearance cannot be seen clearly. Only some patterns can be recognized. The branches are graceful and graceful, and the layers of patterns are broken like a rain butterfly with broken wings.

Chu Yitang was at a loss and looked around, but except for the night pearl stained by mud under his feet, there were only luxuriant grass and endless jungle around him. The moonlight covered the ground and flowed down his sleeves. Apart from that, there was nothing else left. There is no other trace.

It seemed that everything just now was just a beautiful illusion, passing by with the wind and drifting away, leaving him alone in his own daydream, which he could never forget.

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Far away outside the fir forest at the other end, the frog demon was pointing its belly toward the sky, its mouth wide open, its head tilted to one side weakly, its body twitching from time to time, and it was unable to fight back.

The other ghosts that were spit out slowly woke up and recalled the miserable situation when they were devoured. Seeing this, they knew that they had been saved. They all hurriedly joined together and crawled to escape from this desolate and gloomy place.

On the slope not far away, a human figure has been standing for a long time, with mottled tree shadows, and his body is covered with moonlight. In the cold night, shadows gather around him, and he walks out of the darkness. The leading man is wearing a half-face mask, standing behind , bowed his head and said respectfully:

"Since you haven't returned for several days, the Imperial Master is very concerned. We hope that the Imperial Majesty will follow us back to the palace as soon as possible."

The young man stood facing the wind, his slender figure even more slender under the moon. Hearing this, he sneered and said sarcastically:

"General Liu wants to capture me and bring me back to the palace. I don't know if he is targeting me or someone else?"

"The Lord's words are serious. You are the lord of a country. Naturally, the Imperial Master will put your safety first in everything. However, if you leave the palace without permission, the Imperial Master will inevitably be worried."

The hand hanging by his side clenched unconsciously. The young man turned his eyes and looked towards the bottomless fir forest, trying to see something from it, but it was useless. He gritted his teeth and stared at the torn clothes under him. After a while, he finally had no choice but to let go of his hand, turned around and left unwillingly.

General Liu followed behind him without saying a word. Many figures disappeared into the vast wilderness, as if they had never stayed there, completely disappearing.