overnight evolution

Normal people wouldn't think about it after hearing this, so I didn't know at the time that Xiu meant... Xi might be my child and his.To be honest, I still refuse to think about how a big man would give birth to a baby, and what kind of strange baby it would be. The baby rested on the grassland for a night, and continued to go deep before dawn. Xiu has recovered a lot, and brought Follow me all the way west.The route we traveled was very tortuous, and even if I had to walk back along the original road alone during the day, I still couldn't find the north.At first, he thought that he chose this route just to avoid the hunt of the elders, but he didn't expect that after walking for a long time, he came to a cave.

...Don't tell me that what we are stepping on is actually a monster with green hair and the hole in front of us is its mouth!

The pitch-black cave opened on a boulder protruding from the ground, the lower half was buried in the sand, and a strange depression was formed around the entrance.The huge suction force from the depths of the cave continuously sucks in the things near the entrance of the cave, so the plants growing in this area are very low, but the root system is very developed. It seems that there is a piece missing from the sky, making the whole green blanket become incomplete.

It seems that when he chose to enter the grassland at the beginning, Xiu had already determined his destination, which was this strange cave.

After confirming that this was not a monster out of common sense, I calmed down somewhat, and asked him, "What are we doing here?"

"This is the entrance to the underground world. The largest race in Atlantis lives underground." Xiu said in a low voice, taking my hand and putting it on his waist, "Hold me tight .”

After speaking, he held my shoulders tightly, jumped towards the dark cave, and fell all the way along the suction force.

In the darkness, only the sound of howling wind kept passing by my ears. I hugged his waist tightly, feeling the pain on my cheek.I don't know how long the feeling of weightlessness lasted, and the momentum of the fall suddenly slowed down. I quickly opened my eyes, just in time to see the golden wings spread out behind the cultivation body beating vigorously, canceling the falling momentum completely.

... In any case, there is always a genuine pleasure in not breaking into meatloaf.

After pausing in the air for a few seconds, his feet finally touched the ground again.There was still no light around, only the phantom of the wings that were dissipating behind the cultivation gave off a faint light, illuminating the air around him.I looked up at the place where we just came down, calculated the time and speed of the fall, and concluded that the cave above our heads was about a few thousand meters above the ground.

... Well, I really can't imagine how to reach this underground world hidden thousands of meters below without wings.The largest race in Atlantis is undoubtedly the ant clan, and their army is also the backbone of the continent, but people with a little common sense know that not every ant has wings, so how do they get down by themselves?

He stayed in place for 2 minutes before moving on.The place we landed is only the passageway to the underground world, and we have to walk a long way in the dark to reach the kingdom of ants.Ants can use their sense of smell to identify directions, and light is actually superfluous to them, so there are no lights in the passage, so I can only hold Xiu's hand and walk close to him.

In the dark world, you can only hear each other's breathing, although you can't see it, you feel very safe.When I tripped over a rock for the third time, Xiu stopped.Griffins can see even in the dark, so I can't see him, but I can imagine the helplessness in his eyes when he looks at me.

"...I'm sorry." From the beginning to the end, I was a drag, I don't know how to drag him into the underground world.

Ants are natural architects like bees, and their nests are as intricate as works of art, and humans are amazed by them.But I thought, if they also experienced the pain of walking a maze in the dark like me, they probably wouldn't stand and talk without back pain.

I lowered my eyes, felt my hair being gently stroked, and then the heat source around me disappeared.

"Teacher?" I was nervous, and I stretched out my hand forward, "Where are you going—"

Hello!I just accidentally stepped on your feet, you don't have to be so heartless, leave me here alone, right? !

At this time, a warm object passed by my waist, and I reached out to touch it, and there was a smooth feeling of feathers on my hand.

...Then what, can anyone tell me what I touched?

When Xiu's voice sounded again, it sounded a little lower than usual: "Come up."

I responded subconsciously, then froze in place and couldn't move——

Nima, what I touched just now was actually his original body...

Original...

ahhh-

It was the first time I saw a live griffin in such a ghostly place, Nima couldn’t even take a photo as a souvenir—God, do you dare to be more cruel to me? !

Even in the dark, you can feel the heat from the griffin beside you, which is continuous and reassuring.Carefully turning around the giant beast that is much taller than me, feeling the smooth curves and undulations under the palm, the feathers of the griffin have a strange suction, making it impossible for my palm to leave it.Because I can't see in the dark, I can only imagine what this beautiful giant beast looks like, and how it is different from the two bronze giant beasts stationed in front of the library.

... Needless to say, he must be very handsome.

I stopped, and quietly put my face on it, rubbing it tentatively.

Xiu noticed my small movements, but he kept a conniving attitude and let me rub against him.It wasn't until I had had enough of playing that I stopped all my movements and stood aside in an orderly manner that he asked in a low voice, "Have you played enough?"

I nodded, and then remembered that we were still in a dark passage, and he might not be able to see my movements, so I quickly replied: "Play——no, enough exploration is enough. This is not the first time I have seen a live Griffin, we have to allow proper curiosity..."

It's just that he didn't seem to be listening to my defense at all, and said in a low voice: "Let's play next time."

After speaking, the tail curled around my waist forcefully, easily put me on the back, and walked towards the darkness with steady steps.

I moved my legs and touched his folded wings.This passage is probably very spacious, and I sat on such a tall monster and walked forward without bumping my head.After thinking about it, he leaned down and hugged the warm neck of the griffin, buried his face in the exceptionally soft neck feathers, and couldn't help rubbing it twice.Xiu in the griffin state is the same as his human form, no matter what he does, he has a leisurely stroll in the garden, even in the dark, he is extremely comfortable.

I was confused for a moment, and almost fell asleep in this bumpless progress.In order to avoid actually falling asleep and drooling on him, he quickly opened his eyes -- well, although he still couldn't see anything.While being careful not to fall asleep, he quickly searched for topics in his mind, and said, "By the way, I'm the first person to be so arrogant, right? Sitting on the back of the guardian of Atlantis, I really can't even think about it." I feel...cough, so has anyone ever ridden on your back like me?"

The giant beast walked quietly in the dark, and I imagined its possible expression.Failed, so I thought about how the cultivator would react when it was in human form, and found that it was still a waste of effort-what reaction do you expect Bingshan to have?split?I don't think even my grandfather can see when Xiu will show shock or other emotions.

Just when I thought I wouldn't get his answer, and started to rub against the griffin's neck in boredom, his voice sounded in the darkness: "Those who can ride on a griffin, after so many years you are the first."

...Although I thought it would be such an answer, I was still flattered.

There was a faint sound of wind in the passage, which meant that we were not far from the exit, but the darkness still shrouded our vision, and we could not see anything.I became a little interested, chewed on this sentence, felt that there was something else in it, and asked tentatively: "So, many years ago, there were others who could sit on you?"

"Griffins were created in the first place because the Mother Goddess needed a mount." Xiu's voice echoed in the darkness, and he couldn't hear any excitement or dissatisfaction. He simply narrated a piece of history, "So this species should have a strong With its unique limbs and powerful claws, it can walk on land and climb among rocks."

...As expected of a god, what a great handwriting.

The giant beast's wings stretched slightly. Although the passage was wide, it wasn't big enough to accommodate the king of the air to fully extend its wings.So Xiu quickly gathered his wings again and moved on, "Later, considering the life characteristics of the air race, they integrated the eagle's gene into the body of the griffin, so this race became what you see today. form."

"Okay..." So I should be thankful that the mother goddess didn't go to the bottom of the water, but she also wanted to take the mount?Otherwise, the griffin I saw today might be a sea, land and air amphibious species with a fish head and gills—Nima, that would definitely scare SHI people, no!

The long passage seemed to have no end, I lay on Xiu Yuan's body, chatting with him casually.Although I was the one who asked the questions most of the time, and he only answered me once in a while, and they were all fairly brief, I was willing to just be surrounded by darkness forever and go on forever.This darkness cut off the moment and reality, and everything seemed very peaceful.On the contrary, after leaving the darkness, there are still many conspiracies waiting for us in the light.

Therefore, the light is not necessarily so good.The more I experience it, the more I realize this.

For a moment, I resisted the arrival of the light, but my eyes opened wide and looked forward uncontrollably.The faint sound of the wind in my ear has become more and more clear. Although there is no light yet, the exit is almost here.I hugged the giant beast's neck slightly, and called him in a low voice: "Teacher..."

Xiu was silent for a few seconds before responding to me. His voice was strangely soft due to the infiltration of darkness: "In the future—" His footsteps paused slightly, and he continued to move forward, "Call my name."

I moved my lips, even though I'd called him that before when I was in a hurry, but getting permission from me felt completely different.Being able to call him by his first name felt like finally being one step closer to where he stood, not being treated as a mere student or guardian.

In this way, the two seem to be finally able to stand on an equal footing.

Because when I opened my throat, it seemed to be blocked by something, so I tried a few times before screaming, the volume was so low that I could hardly hear it.

—Ahhh, I don’t want to go out even more now.

However, the moment the voice fell, the giant beast broke through the blockade of darkness.As if some kind of barrier had been broken, the eyes suddenly became brighter, and the eyes accustomed to the darkness secreted a lot of tears reflexively due to the stimulation of the light.The warm liquid overflowed his eye sockets and landed in the soft feathers in front of him.

The griffin's powerful long tail wrapped around my waist again, rolling me off my back.With eyes blurred by tears, I stared hard at the beautiful creature in front of me, and saw white light radiating from its body, dissociated into light particles that radiated out in all directions.When it extended to half a meter away, it was blocked by an invisible barrier again, reflected back instantly, and condensed into a figure again.

The light dissipated, and Xiu appeared in front of him again.He lowered his eyelashes and patted away a spot of dust on his shoulder, then turned slightly sideways, raised his eyes to look at me, and stretched out his right hand toward me——

"come over."