[Journey to the West] I will send you to the west for my teacher!

A pale face was reflected in the dim light.

The man was wearing a dark green cloth, he looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, except for a head of black hair, his exposed skin was white and almost transparent, his face was clear and handsome, and his facial features were correct, but his skin was sparse. A layer of blood, obviously pale and abnormal.

The boy's eyes were as narrow and long as willow leaves, as if there was only a slit left. Xuanzang beside him ignited a flame in his palm. When the flames flickered, Long Xiaobai discovered that the pupils of the other party were actually purple!

This is not the color of normal human eyes.

"Are you... a person?" Long Xiaobai hesitated to speak out.

The boy shook his head slowly.

"Monster?" Long Xiaobai shivered.

The boy shook his head again.

"Then..." Long Xiaobai frowned.

"I'm a shemale." The young man said softly.

Shemale?

Long Xiaobai's eyes widened, and his eyes unconsciously glanced back and forth at an indescribable position on the boy's chest and lower body: "You... don't look like you at all!"

Don't shemales always have big breasts, fat buttocks and heavy makeup?What's the matter with your chest so flat?Surgery failed?Furthermore, their current location should be closer to India, but far away from Thailand!

Facing Long Xiaobai's suspicious eyes, the boy continued: "I am a half-demon born of a human and a monster."

Long Xiaobai's expression froze for a while and he was speechless, "Brother, half-demon is half-demon, what kind of ladyboy, don't use the titles indiscriminately, okay, you will make me misunderstand your gender and sexuality if you talk like this.

The boy found a clean place to sit down, and asked them, "You two are alright, what are you doing here? This is not a place where the living come."

Seeing that there was no hostility in his words, Long Xiaobai replied: "We are Buddhist learners traveling west, so we must pass here."

"A pilgrim?" The young man was a little surprised, and squinted his eyes, as if he wanted to see the two people in front of him more clearly, "Just the two of you?"

"Not only that, there are also a few senior brothers, we are being chased by monsters, no, we were dragged down here by you."

"Oh, I thought you broke in by mistake and wanted to save you. You two are really brave."

"There are monsters everywhere here, it's actually quite difficult to get in by mistake..."

The boy was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Long Xiaobai was complaining, and smiled softly: "It's safe now."

Long Xiaobai looked around, and after her eyes gradually adapted to the dim light, she realized that she and Xuanzang were in an extremely vast underground space. A waterway passed by, and the silver light on the water surface shone in the distance. The shadowy overlapping shadows, and the lonely white light between the high and low levels are transmitted from the gaps, making the whole space even more lonely and empty.

Long Xiaobai: "This is...?"

"The underground city is different from the one above. It is isolated from the world and very safe."

While Long Xiaobai was digesting the information, the boy said again: "My father is a human, and my mother is a monster. Most of the people living here are surviving humans and half-monsters like me. Of course, there are also some monsters who are willing to intermarry with humans." .”

"Wait, didn't you say that the golden-winged roc ate ​​up all the men, women and children here 500 years ago?" Long Xiaobai asked.

The young man sighed: "After the catastrophe, some people survived by chance. They discovered this cave, and built this half-demon city together with the monsters who were willing to get close to humans at that time. Everyone hides here and thrives. Besides, people This kind of creature is the most tenacious vitality I have ever seen, how could it be so easy to be driven to extinction."

"So you have been living here for hundreds of years?" Long Xiaobai couldn't believe it.

"Yes, always here."

No wonder her skin is as white as a little dragon girl's. It turns out it's because she hasn't seen the sun all year round.

"What are you going to do next?" The young man originally wanted to save their lives, but these two were Buddhist scriptures traveling west, so they definitely couldn't stay in this dungeon for long.

Long Xiaobai turned to look at Xuanzang: "Master, what did you say to the elder brother at the end?"

Xuanzang replied, "I told them to meet you at the west wall."

The young man frowned: "West side? The guards are the strictest there, do you have to go there?"

Long Xiaobai explained: "It's because we have to go that way, so the guards there are the strictest."

The boy nodded to show that he understood, stood up and said, "Then come with me."

Long Xiaobai also stood up subconsciously, and asked in disbelief: "Is there a direct way to the west city wall?"

"There is still some distance. After all, we can't build the exit of the dungeon to the base of other people's walls, but it's not far away." The young man turned around, "The entire dungeon is about the same size as the city above, so although we can Go directly from underground, but the distance is not short, if you want to rush to the western city wall before sunset, you must hurry up."

Hearing what the boy said, Long Xiaobai and Xuanzang couldn't help speeding up their pace.

After leaving the backlit shadow area where the boy dragged the two of them down, the light outside was slightly brighter, but it was still a pale light without color, as if it came out from the thick smog, illuminating people weakly.

After walking about tens of meters, Long Xiaobai suddenly remembered something, and asked the boy leading the way: "By the way, what's your name?"

The boy turned his head, his ears moved, and there seemed to be something blue-green flashing in his hair. Long Xiaobai took a closer look, and it turned out to be a few feathers.

"My mother is the Peacock Princess, so I followed her name, also called Peacock."

Long Xiaobai still wanted to ask something in detail, but he heard the boy urging: "Hurry up! There is a boat docking just ahead, we can take a section of water to get there, so we can go a little faster!"

The two raised their heads quickly, and soon, they saw a small boat parked by the river ahead.

A lantern was lit at the bow, creating a warm orange halo in the gray-white waters.

"Boatman! Wait—"

The boy called to stop the boat and led Long Xiaobai and Xuanzang aboard.

The shadow of the candle shakes, and the water shines brightly.

The picture in front of him became clear under the light reflected from the water surface, and Long Xiaobai realized that the boatman who was rowing the oar was actually a half-monster.

Although he has the appearance of a human, his neck is covered with silvery white scales of fish. If you look carefully, there seems to be something like flippers growing between the five fingers of his hands that are paddling the oars. From the appearance, this boatman should be fish essence and descendants of mankind.

But just as the boy said, the monsters, humans, and half-demons in this dungeon seem to have gotten used to living in peace. Even when they saw the two humans boarding the boat, they didn't show any strangeness.

With the sound of water shaking, the boy suddenly asked without thinking: "Can you beat those monsters after you go out?"

"Not sure," Long Xiaobai scratched his head, then glanced at Xuanzang who had a calm expression, "It should be... about the same."

Although there are many monsters here, she hasn't seen Xuanzang's real attack until now. Before the mana was sealed, Xuanzang never seemed to show that he had reached the limit. Now he has eaten the golden pill of the Bodhi ancestor, which is a Buddhist way. The body of dual cultivation, logically speaking, should be stronger than before, right?

"It would be great if we could get rid of the Golden Winged Roc King, so we can get out of this dungeon." The boy sighed, "I haven't seen the sun for a long time."

Long Xiaobai: "Actually, no matter whether we can beat the Golden Winged Roc King or not, he should disappear after this battle."

Boy: "Huh? Why do you say that?"

Long Xiaobai: "If he wins, then the task is completed, and the golden-winged roc should be recalled to heaven by Tathagata; if he loses, it's even easier. According to my master's temper, it must be a dead end, so no matter this time Make or break, and you're all close to returning to the surface."

"Really? Your master... is so powerful?" The young man looked at Xuanzang, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

Long Xiaobai pursed his lips and burst into laughter: "It's absolutely true."

The young man was stunned, and quickly raised his head in the next second, and shouted at the boatman: "Row faster! I'll give you extra money! Double!!"

The wind on the river poured into the cabin, blowing the broken hair on the side of Long Xiao's white face, she let out a long sigh of relief, calmed down and narrowed her eyes quietly.

******

At this time, in the palace of the Lion Camel Kingdom, the golden-winged roc threw the cup on the ground and roared at Xiao Zhuanfeng who came to report——

"What did you say? Tang Monk is gone?"

"I still disappeared suddenly while surrounded by monsters. What's the situation? Could it be that the monk is still hiding..."

"His disciples also ran away without a trace, why? Are they planning to completely ignore their master?"

Xiao Zhuanfeng tremblingly said: "As far as the situation at that time is concerned, it is indeed so."

The golden-winged roc squinted his eyes, and his dark eyes glinted at Xiao Zhuanfeng and the other two great kings, the expression on his face changed again and again, and finally, he fixed on suspicion: "Did you see clearly? Don’t let someone else take that monk Tang, you didn’t notice it, did you?”

Bai Xiangjing felt the words were harsh, so he simply stated his position: "What do you mean? How can ordinary monsters have the guts? Since it is a cooperation between our brothers, there is no reason for any one to eat alone. Xiao Zhuanfeng said that Tang Monk was missing. Let’s send troops to catch him, he will never be able to escape the four hundred miles of Lion and Camel Country by himself!”

The golden-winged roc gave a sly smile: "That's right, send an order to gather all the monsters in the city and guard the west gate for me. As long as he can't get out of the city, we will have a lot of opportunities!"

A few hours later, three miles to the north of the city wall on the west, three heads suddenly popped up from a mass of graves.

Long Xiaobai: "Are all your exits designed in such a special place?"

Boy: "No, it's just that among the several exits here, I estimate that this is the safest."

Long Xiaobai stared at the messy graves in the messy graveyard and shuddered, can it be safe, no one, whether human or demon, would want to wander around in such a ghostly place.

Long Xiaobai looked in the direction of the city gate, there were densely packed monster soldiers, and if he wanted to pass through there, a bloody battle would definitely be inevitable.

Long Xiaobai looked at Xuanzang, who was lying beside him: "Master, what should we do now? First join the elder brother and the others?"

Xuanzang: "No, I can't judge the specific location of the three of them now. If you send out a signal rashly, it will easily attract monsters!"

Long Xiaobai: "Then what should I do?"

Xuanzang: "Wait."

Long Xiaobai: "When will it be?"

Xuanzang: "It is easy for them to escape, but it is difficult for us to escape, so they must attack first, and then we will go to meet up. If we attack first but they have a problem and cannot respond, no one will cooperate. We will be very dangerous in the city. .”

Long Xiaobai was silent for a while, looked at Xuanzang and said, "I listen to you."

Xuanzang nodded seriously, and turned to look at the boy: "What about you, do you want to go back to the dungeon first? I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle waiting here."

The boy lowered his head and lay down in the grass, without any response for a long time.

Long Xiaobai poked him hard: "What's wrong with you?"

The boy lifted his head weakly: "It's been a long time since I came up, I'm a little dizzy."

Long Xiaobai knew that this little half-demon brother... was probably drunk.

Once a person adapts to the underground hypoxic illusion and re-enters an area with relatively high oxygen content, he will feel unwell and gradually develop symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, chest tightness, and dizziness.

"If you don't...you should go back first, thank you for sending us here." Long Xiaobai was worried when he saw his weak look.

The boy shook his head to wake himself up: "It's okay! I'm fine! As long as I can get rid of that golden-winged roc, I should help you!"

Seeing his firm expression, Long Xiaobai probably couldn't persuade him anymore. He didn't know when Sun Wukong and the others would make a move, so he simply let him lie down in the grass and slowly.

It was almost dusk, the bloody setting sun blended with countless demons and ghosts, and the air was full of oppression and solemnity.

In the bleak autumn wind, Xuanzang frowned, looked to the west sky and said: "Get ready, they are coming!"

Long Xiaobai immediately looked up, and saw a beam of golden light suddenly exploded above the western city wall!