Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

"I am Lord Dongwu, welcome to Kuguo Island." The woman said.However, the tone was calm and devoid of turmoil, neither the enthusiasm when welcoming the guests nor the impatience or indifference to the uninvited guests.There was a detachment in her tone and gesture, as if she was indifferent to what was going on, just routine.And compared with her unreasonable existence, there is actually not much sense of disobedience.

Zhan Zhao secretly estimated the danger level of this person in his heart, and at the same time guessed her identity.Obviously, the degree of danger cannot be estimated easily, and what he asked was: "Then dare to ask Lord Dongwu, are you the master of this place?"

"You can say that." Lord Dongwu supported Baiwu's temples with Baiwu's hand, acting like a real woman, she even blinked her eyes - this expression needs to be seen carefully , because when the eyelids and eyeballs are composed of white mist, the separation and connection between the two do not seem so obvious.

Zhan Zhao then clasped his hands and said, "Excuse me, I and a few companions wanted to go to the island by boat, but they got lost in the sea during a storm." He paused as he spoke, and then asked, "Just now, I'm sure I'm going to die , but turned around and came here inexplicably. I don’t know if it was Lord Dongwu who helped me? I am very grateful.”

"You don't have to be grateful to me, I brought you here just because you had the map of Chen Yin's bald donkey on you." Dongwu Jun said surprisingly, but his tone was still flat and boring, like a puppet no matter what. Can't really show the emotions that people have.

On the other hand, Zhan Zhao was silent for a moment when she directly called out the name of "Chen Yin", but soon came back to his senses - after all, it is not surprising for a strange person like Chen Yin to know any strange people.He just tentatively asked: "I don't know how many other companions I have?"

"They are not in danger of their lives, so you don't have to worry about them." Dong Wu-jun said, but there was a kind of lame schadenfreude in his tone, "You should worry about yourself."

Zhan Zhao blinked, and asked in an innocent tone, "I don't know what Dong Wu-jun means by that?"

"It means..." Lord Dongwu slowly raised his hands, and didn't stop until they were raised above the top, "Get ready to pay off Chenyin's debt."

Zhan Zhao could only hear the roar of the ground under his feet. Although the shock was not strong, it still made people feel hairy.While stabilizing his figure, he stared at Lord Dongwu and asked, "So, what misunderstanding did you have with Master Chen Yin?"

"It's not a misunderstanding," Mr. Dongwu still held his hand, and there seemed to be a slight smile on his lips, "it's a romantic debt."

Suddenly, countless towering giant trees uprooted in response to the sound, moving their cumbersome bodies amidst the rumble, and lined up like groups of soldiers about to join the battle.In the blink of an eye, this surrounding area no longer looks like it used to.The tall trees are close together, forming a high wall with intertwined leaves, and narrow paths that can only be passed by one person.

Zhan Zhao felt something was wrong, just as he was about to take the risk to capture Lord Dongwu, he saw that human figure completely dissipated in a gust of wind.

In the silent forest, only an ethereal voice remained: "You stay in my misty palace and see if Chen Yin will come to you."

"..." Zhan Zhao silently wrote a note to Chen Yin in his heart, and murmured to himself, "If the monk is willing to come to me, then he will be in hell." Although in his heart, Zhan Zhao still didn't He didn't think that Chen Yin would deliberately send him to the hands of the enemy, so he didn't feel any resentment.

Trust is a very strange thing. Although it will collapse in an instant after being shaken, it has been unbelievably strong before.Zhan Zhao and Chen Yin have known each other for many years, and certain things made him trust each other wholeheartedly—even though the monk seemed unreliable.

However, Zhan Zhao didn't dwell on this matter too much, instead he checked the situation around: the ground under his feet was pulled out and replanted, and a lot of moist soil was dug up again.The surrounding trees are unexpectedly strong and stable, pushing them without shaking, as strong as they have grown in that place for 1 years.The thick night took advantage of the void and descended silently, with a mocking and indifferent attitude.Although the white mist faded temporarily, when Zhan Zhao jumped onto a certain tree and tried to find a way out of the maze, he found that with his own eyesight, he couldn't even see where the boundary of the maze was, and even more so. Not any sign of the sea.If it weren't for the wet clothes on his body, Zhan Zhao would have almost forgotten that he was struggling for his life on the sea just now.

When he jumped down from the tree, Zhan Zhao murmured as if talking to himself: "Alan, it's up to you." He should indeed be like Lord Dong Wu said, it's better to worry about his own bad situation first.However, Zhan Zhao couldn't suppress the worry about Alan rising in his heart. He leaned against the tree and took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, but Alan appeared ignorant and ignorant before his eyes.

——So I should have left alone at the beginning, and told A Lan to wait in the fishing village, so as not to worry about it right now.

Zhan Zhao rationally knows that making this assumption is useless, but he still can't help but have this thought.He is too used to wandering alone, carrying all the dangers alone.This is not because Zhan Zhao really appreciates loneliness and loneliness, but because he is too lazy to carry another person's comfort on his shoulders.

But Alan made him realize that taking the responsibility of another person's safety is not so unbearable. And the thought of passing doesn't compare to the attraction of Alan accompanying him.

Long-term loneliness is not unbearable. What is really unbearable is when you suddenly get companionship after a long period of loneliness, but then lose companionship again and return to loneliness.

Zhan Zhao has not yet realized this.But one day, he will understand.

But right now, more than half of his mind is on this maze.The passage formed by the interweaving of trees is very narrow, and there are many forks and no rules to follow.There are lush weeds and shrubs on the ground, which are not good for walking.What's more, this so-called "mist palace" seems to stretch out endlessly, Zhan Zhao is not sure whether he can find a way out.

This kind of helpless predicament made him inexplicably recall a dusty past, in which a few strange but familiar pictures flashed, and the tragedy was heartbreaking.

Zhan Zhao's master is not an ordinary martial artist who sticks to the rules, and his words and actions are often unexpected, quite unpredictable.Apart from teaching people sticks and fists, what he likes most is leading Zhan Zhaotian to travel across the sea and north.At that time, Zhan Zhao was still young and had an out-of-the-box temperament. He also preferred the feeling of walking in the rivers and lakes to retreating in the deep mountains and old forests.It was at that time that his master received an invitation from a mysterious person and took him to Xuanji Valley together.

Compared with his unpredictable master, Zhan Zhao was still a young boy at that time, he asked the master frankly: "What is the origin of Xuanji Valley? Why did you invite Master to go?"

However, this question was never answered, and his master did not deftly change the topic as usual when he heard a question he was unwilling to answer, but showed a rare dignified expression.

But Zhan Zhao didn't really realize the thrill of this trip.Although his master is a carefree and dissolute character, he often put himself in danger when he brought Zhan Zhao by his side, and even put his young apprentices in danger several times.But both master and apprentice didn't think there was anything wrong.

But this time, although his master behaved differently than usual, Ke Zhanzhao couldn't see the worry hidden in this difference.Perhaps when Zhan Zhao didn't know, his master had hesitated whether to bring his apprentice, but in the end Zhan Zhao followed him—he was not someone who was easy to get rid of.

In this regard, Alan is very similar to him.

A gust of cold wind blew through, forming a strange humming sound in the passage, like the whimpering of some kind of beast.Zhan Zhao withdrew his thoughts and stopped thinking about the past.He took out the map wrapped in oiled paper from his arms, although this didn't really help him leave this place, because the Bitter Fruit Island on the map was only the size of a soybean.Still, having a map is a consolation.

Zhan Zhao remembers Chen Yin’s original words when he mentioned Kuguo Island: There is a tree at the highest point of the island, and there are bitter fruits on the tree.Pick off the bitter fruit that chose you.

Regardless of what it means to "choose your bitter fruit", at least Chen Yin let him go to the highest point of the island.Zhan Zhao walked in the passage for a while, feeling the ups and downs of the ground under his feet.Although it was very gentle, he was keenly aware of the gradual decline of the terrain, so he turned around and walked back decisively.

It's not an easy task, at least not as easy as it sounds.First of all, the passage is not straight, and you have to turn every ten or so steps. Sometimes you encounter a fork in the road, which is even more troublesome, because you don’t know which road leads to where.Secondly, the terrain does not go up and down all the way. Its ups and downs are often unexpected, and there is no rule to follow.Sometimes Zhan Zhao felt that he was gradually going to a higher place, but it was followed by a downhill road, and there was no intersection to turn.

Soon, Zhan Zhao became a little dizzy.Sometimes he would jump on the treetops to look in the direction of the moon, hoping to judge his own position.But there is no moon tonight, and there are not even a few stars, which is obviously very unfavorable for Zhan Zhao.Standing on a tree, it is also difficult to judge where is higher and where is lower, because there are many varieties of trees and different heights, which cannot be used as a reliable reference.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help sighing, and murmured: "Chen Yin, Chen Yin, you really gave me a problem." He felt a little excited again, because he was facing an unknown challenge, and his chest seemed to be There was a scalding heat surge.

"Then let's see who can have the last laugh." Zhan Zhao said softly, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was saying to someone who had disappeared at the moment, "You believe me too, yes no?"

And a voice suddenly sounded, saying: "Yes, I believe you."

Zhan Zhao suddenly turned around.

The author has something to say: Well, maybe I will write a gentleman's exhibition in the next book, but that's all for this one.In fact, in the few books I wrote before, Zhan Zhao’s personality is relatively well-behaved (cats and dogs are another matter), so I wrote something different this time.Thank you little angels for tolerating my waywardness, I love you, meow~o(=∩ω∩=)m