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Wu Ji and I distanced ourselves from the stone cliff's edge and vigilantly looked around, hoping to find some clues.

But there was no sound around us, no movement, no movement. We walked around for a while, but there was no sign of life!

Wu Ji let me see if there's anything wrong with my hand.

I immediately used my flashlight to look at the spot where I had just touched that thing. There was nothing out of the ordinary about it. Only then did I heave a sigh of relief.

"Why did this thing steal the Death Jade?" The Death Jade was not big, so it was quickly snatched away by me. It was obvious that the thing had been prepared for a long time without my knowledge, in order to be able to succeed in my sneak attack so quickly.

Wu Ji thought about it, and thought that maybe he had some sort of relationship with Mountain Demon, since he had died with his spirit sealed, that was Mountain Demon's favorite thing, he didn't need to use methods to forcefully separate his body from his soul, it was completely sent to his hands!

When I heard that, he lied that the Death Jade was clean and unused, so I knew it was that simple.

Wu Ji was too lazy to explain. He could only shake his head and say that he pitied the sealed soul within the Death Jade.

It was midnight, and the sky was still completely dark. Because we didn't know the terrain of the route ahead of us, nor did we know if there was anything even more dangerous ahead of us, Wu Ji and I didn't dare to rashly advance in the darkness of the night.

Rather than risking his life in the dark, it was better to stay alert where he was. Even if there was an emergency, it would be easier to respond.

At this moment, not only Wu Ji, even I was completely awake, we lit up the fire even more and sat together, waiting for daybreak.

Actually, he was also waiting for that thing to appear again.

I used a branch to pluck the fire and asked Wu Ji whose soul was sealed in the Death Jade.

He said that it was an evil spirit that had wandered around for a long time, and because it had been here for too long, it gave birth to resentment. However, he seemed to have a wish yet to come, and it was unable to be reincarnated like the reincarnation of the reincarnation of the reincarnation of the past.

Therefore, he conveniently kept the vengeful spirit into the Death Jade, planning to transcend it when he had free time.

Previously, when he heard that it was easy to get lost in Xiao Xi Kou, he told me that he gave me that item and told me to temporarily bring it with me so that he could quickly find me based on the unlucky aura sealed within the Death Jade.

But who would have thought that it would be snatched away by Mountain Demon …

I suddenly felt guilty. Due to a moment of carelessness, my soul was devoured by Mountain Demon.

Otherwise, when Wu Ji mentioned that I have transcended the limits and entered the reincarnation cycle, I don't know if there will be another beautiful occasion waiting for me.

But now, none of this had the chance to happen again.

I had always believed that death was not the end of everything, just the beginning of the next journey or adventure.

But what happened in the world, what happened in the blink of an eye, who could predict that?

Tomorrow and the accident. Who will be the first to suffer and be happy...

Wu Ji could see the change in my emotions. He lightly pressed on my shoulder, "Everything is due to karma, so you don't have to blame yourself too much. If I hadn't sealed it within the Death Jade, perhaps it would have already become a ghost of the side in trouble. "

Wu Ji's words didn't make me feel much better, but I also knew that it was useless to think too much.

We waited for over an hour, but there was still no movement. If not for the Death Jade in my hands being snatched away, I would have even suspected that it was all my imagination.

If it was some wild beast attacking them, they shouldn't just snatch the items and leave.

This kind of endless waiting to see if that thing would return made people feel anxious.

Late at night is the time when people are the most likely to fall asleep. I feel that my brain is in a state where it can no longer control itself, but my consciousness is so excited that I can't sleep.

The two of us whispered these words in a low voice, shifting the tiredness and tiredness from our bodies.

I was talking about the first time I saw my aunt, my dream about meeting the Third Grandma Hu, and also about seeing the appearance of the Old Half-immortal s who were in the room at night.

Then, a question suddenly appeared in my mind. I looked at Wu Ji and asked: "The soul should be something that doesn't have a physical entity, right?"

Wu Ji nodded his head, it was true, if he did not have a fleshly body to support him, his soul would only be left with his consciousness, and would not have any sense.

"That night, my soul left my body. Why are you and Mountain Demon able to grab my hand? "But I didn't have a physical body back then!"

Because the situation was urgent at that time, and I was still afraid and couldn't calm down for a long time after that, so I never thought about those questions. I suddenly thought just now, not only was Wu Ji able to see my soul, he was even able to hold my hand.

Hearing that, Wu Ji's gaze paused, as though he was surprised by my sudden question.

However, after a moment, he chuckled. He said that the Mountain Demon was a monster formed from cultivation, so it was not strange for him to hold my hand.

As for him …

"Of course it's because of my extraordinary talent!"

When Wu Ji said these words, his eyebrows hung with a light smile, and his eyes shone with flickering light.

"Isn't this answer too perfunctory?" I knew he was trying to fool me with this ambiguous answer.

Wu Ji shifted his gaze away from me and poured some firewood into the fire, saying that he could see things that normal people wouldn't be able to.

He had been waiting for him to continue, but he kept his mouth shut.

I was not very satisfied with this answer and just as I frowned, I wanted to continue asking, but when I saw Wu Ji's slightly lowered gaze, eyebrows, and pursed lips, I swallowed the words that were about to leave my mouth.

He obviously didn't want to talk about it. It was even possible that my stupid question reminded him of something.

"Ah, it should be morning soon." I pretended that nothing had happened and stretched my waist.

Wu Ji thought that his thoughts would be meticulous, there were many times when a single word or action from me would be easily seen through his heart. And he must have known, too, but neither of us had punctured the other.

After that, Wu Ji suggested that I sleep for a while. He would stand guard by the side, and even if there was anything, he would wake me up immediately.

Seeing that the sky was about to brighten, and thinking that there was still a long way to go before tomorrow, he didn't force it anymore, but he was truly not at ease in his heart. He shamelessly moved close to Wu Ji's side, leaned on his side, and closed his eyes.

In my daze, I heard Wu Ji asking me if I had put away the jade pillar properly.

That night, I had a dream. A middle-aged man in a seventies costume was standing not far from me, watching me. I asked him who he was, but he disappeared when I tried to get close.

I jolted awake, and Wu Ji looked at me in shock as he asked me what was going on.

After realizing that it was just a dream, I let out a breath of relief. However, the face of the middle-aged man in the dream still lingered in my mind.

"Why hasn't the sky brightened yet?" I looked around. It was still dark.

Wu Ji said, "You've only slept for half an hour."

I checked the time.

But perhaps because of that dream, I felt like I had slept for a long time.

"Let's sleep a little longer. It's still early." Wu Ji patted my arm, signalling to me not to worry too much.

I nodded, ready to lie down for a while, but before I could rest my head on the bag, I saw something flash across the rocks.

"Something is here!" I pointed at the spot.

Wu Ji also looked towards the direction that I pointed, but the thing had only gone by extremely quickly, and now it's gone again.

"Did you see that clearly?" Wu Ji checked it and asked me.

"It really does look like it's Mountain Demon." I was a little scared.

Mountain Elf's thing is too strange, especially after Wu Ji told me about Mountain Elf killing the entire village, I was a little afraid of it from the bottom of my heart.

Wu Ji did not panic even after hearing it, he only said that if we did not get rid of this thing, it was likely that he would continue to follow us.

As he said that, he took out a rock from the buddhist bag. From what I saw, it seemed to be a Death Jade.

He held the Death Jade, unhurriedly, and deliberately swung it up and down a few times.

From the looks of it, he seemed to be trying to use this Death Jade as bait to lure out the Mountain Demon Beast …