Chapter 87: The Spirit of the Dog Appears

Everything finally quieted down. The chaotic, blood-boiling, hallucinatory images disappeared completely the moment the tiger soul entered my body.

The cave was quiet for a few seconds, and then I heard a muffled sound coming from above our heads, followed by the panicked voices of the Miao people. The muffled sound was the master of the cat spirits, whose seven cat spirits had been destroyed by the tiger spirit.

Just as if one day my tiger soul is destroyed, I will also be greatly implicated. The power of the soul, which is the most important component of the power, will be greatly reduced. If it is more serious, I will even fall into the state of a living dead person like Yuan Yi.

This is the symbiotic soul that nourishes the soul. It has its advantages and disadvantages.

In contrast to the panic of the Miao people, I heard Huigen cheer from below: “So handsome, the big tiger is so handsome.”

I asked in surprise, “Hui Gen, can you see?”

Huigen said with contempt, “After practicing Buddhism for three years, I can see many ghosts and demons. As long as there is something with a strong aura around, I can see it automatically.”

I was silent. Hui Gen was indeed a wise root. This Buddhist heavenly eye is not simpler than the Taoist heavenly eye. He can see without opening his heavenly eye on his own. Maybe his spiritual awareness is not as strong as mine, but when it comes to cultivating wisdom, I can’t catch up with this kid even if I pat my own back.

I was silent. I originally wanted to ask Gao Ning why he could see my tiger soul, but now was not the time to ask questions. The cat spirit had been removed, and I had returned to normal. Of course, I would climb down as soon as possible and talk about it.

The burning pain on my body was from the scratches I got earlier, but compared to the pain when the cat spirits possessed me, this was definitely nothing.

Just like life, you think you can’t bear a certain small hardship, and when you meet your life, it’s over. But after enduring greater hardships, you realize that the original small hardships may already be happiness, and then you learn to understand and learn to cherish the present.

Who doesn’t stumble and fall, and then gradually understand and see life more clearly?

As I was feeling this way, Gao Ning and Huigen had already finished climbing down the tunnel and were waiting for us at the bottom. Ling Ruxue and I were still a few meters away, but we were almost there, which made me very excited. Maybe there was hope for us to escape.

But just then, a harsh voice in Chinese rang out again: “You won’t get through here. Someone has already awakened the spirit of the dog in the tunnel. You won’t get through.”

It was the person who cast the spell on the cat spirit. He seemed to have recovered a little and was busy threatening us. I didn’t bother to respond to him, and silently gave him the finger in my heart, and continued to climb down.

There are so many Taoist methods, and if it comes to it, I’ll fight the dog spirit. I’m not going back anyway.

Finally, I climbed down. The feeling of stepping on the ground was slimy. At this time, I saw that the bottom of the cave was actually covered with the corpses of bloodline moths. These corpses proved that everything that had just happened was not an illusion.

Gao Ning was obviously very happy to see that I and Ling Ruxue had come down. He said very loudly, “Hurry up. The ointment that can restrain the blood thread moths is only available from those old monsters, but those old monsters can’t come out easily, and it’s more troublesome to wake them up. But it’s been so long, and I can’t guarantee that those old monsters won’t come. Hurry up and go.”

Gao Ning urged her repeatedly, but Ling Ruxue didn’t budge. She looked at Gao Ning and said, “Who are you? What are you up to? You actually dared to encourage Chen Chengyi to feed himself to the cat spirit. Do you want to kill him?”

Ling Ruxue suddenly brought this up, which Gao Ning did not expect. She knew that she could not stop me from accepting the curse of the cat spirit, so she could only help me in silence. Because I am stubborn and stupid, if I decide not to do something, I may do something even more drastic.

Although I finally successfully survived the danger, this cannot be a reason for her not to be on guard and not to be afraid of Gao Ning. Therefore, after temporarily being safe, Ling Ruxue decisively attacked. It seems that if Gao Ning does not give her a reasonable explanation, she would rather take action on her own and would not let Gao Ning continue to take risks with us.

Gao Ning was stunned and didn’t know what to say. After a long silence, he said, “I won’t let Chen Chengyi die, because I need him in the back, otherwise I wouldn’t have kept looking for him to cooperate. And you, to escape, you need me, please believe this. In addition, I know that Chen Chengyi has the tiger soul, and the cat spirit can’t do anything to him. I’m betting on this. You also know that escaping is a gamble with your lives. I can’t guarantee anything is 100% certain. I believe you won’t be so unreasonable, will you?

Yes, this is a risky business. How dare we ask Gao Ning to guarantee our safety? Gao Ning has already shut us up. He seems to have a lot of secrets, but he doesn’t want to tell us. What can Ling Ruxue do?

The rest of the way is nothing more than a matter of believing or not believing him, but do we dare to gamble that we won’t believe him and run away on our own? I thought of that huge, grotesque bug and shuddered.

Ling Ruxue took a deep breath and asked, “I can’t help it if you avoid the important issues and focus on the trivial ones. It’s true that we need each other, but you should at least explain why you are wearing the full costume of the great witch of the Black Rock Miao Village. And it’s a full set of formal wear for sacrificial prayers?”

Gao Ning glanced at Ling Ruxue and said, “What’s so strange about this? As a Gu girl, you should know that these bone rings and chains contain the power of the soul, which can increase the power of magic when casting spells. These totems can also awaken the weak totem power, which is helpful for casting spells. Of course, I need this outfit! As for why I have this outfit and what happened to me in the village, this involves my secrets, so I’m afraid I can’t tell you.

Ling Ruxue was about to say something, but I grabbed her hand and said, “Let’s go. It’s a waste of time to ask. I just want to take you and Huigen out.”

Ling Ruxue’s hand struggled in my hand, but I didn’t let go. Ling Ruxue sighed and let me lead her for a few steps, then suddenly she broke free.

I looked at her with a displeased expression, but she did not make eye contact with me. She just said calmly, “It is my duty to protect you. Don’t misunderstand!”

Suddenly, my heart was suffocating. If it was just a responsibility, then how could I explain the ambiguous feelings that seemed to be there? How could I explain the feelings that were inadvertently revealed when I was doing everything for me?

But these things are only the feelings of two people, and they simply cannot be spoken of. I could only say in a muffled voice, “I know,” and then walked forward in a daze.

But even so, Gao Ning was not satisfied with our speed and actually made us run. After running for a few minutes, I heard a noisy sound behind me, and then I turned around with a flashlight and saw a figure moving vaguely in the cave, which was already very far away.

I couldn’t see clearly, but I knew immediately what was going on. It was the Miao people who hadn’t given up chasing us. The figure was illuminated by the flashlight, and it looked very large. Even if I couldn’t see clearly, I could see that there was a rope tied around his waist. They had tied the person up with a rope and lowered him down.

The blood-thread moths did not attack, which means they must have had some kind of defense medicine. Doesn’t that mean the old monster has woken up?

Not only did we discover this, Gao Ning and the others also discovered this. Gao Ning’s face changed, and then he shouted, “It will take time for them to come down. Let’s run!”

Needless to say, once again, the few of us ran as fast as we could in the tunnel. In my mind, as long as we ran smoothly to the insect room and climbed out of the hole, we would be in the mountains and forests, and no matter how good they were, they would not be able to find us in the mountains and forests.

By then, I will set up a simple maze, and we will be truly safe.

But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. As we ran furiously, a series of throaty sounds rang out in the tunnel ahead. The sound was like the low warning sound that dogs make when they want to bite people, warning people not to get too close, or they will bite them.

Damn it, the dog spirit! The man’s words have come true. After the cat spirit, the dog spirit is causing trouble again. How will we be tortured all the way?