Chapter 538: The Cunning Rabbit's Three Burrows

This wave of sleepiness came on suddenly; as I fell asleep, I realized something was wrong.

Upon seeing the scene before me, I realized this was Little Guy calling for help.

He was telling me in this way that he could barely hold on.

The evil bone inside the shell kept eroding Little Guy, trying to detach it; there were only two ways to do so.

Although A Cheng likely had high skill in witchcraft, I couldn't be sure he actually knew the witchcraft to detach the evil bone, and we still needed to communicate properly; for now I couldn't even fully track his whereabouts.

So the quickest and best solution was still to send Little Guy back to Zang.

I took a few steps forward, wanting to reach out and touch Little Guy.

But on the shell appeared a pair of narrow eyes, looking at me anxiously, as if trying to stop me from approaching.

Those eyes were almost a miniature version of Liu Junyan's, with the same slightly upturned corners, the same amber vertical pupils, and a ring of noble gold around the pupils.

Only, a faint black aura swirled around Little Guy's eyes.

Damn evil bone!

My heart felt like it was being cut by a knife; I carefully asked, "Xingchen, Mom will take you back to Zang, okay?"

Back in Song Mountain Valley, Liu Junyan and I had agreed that if this pregnancy was a girl, we'd call her Shan Shan; if a boy, we'd call him Xingchen.

Little Guy immediately blinked, his eyes showing a hint of urgency.

He indeed agreed.

"Okay..."

I was about to say I'd pack up and leave right away, but I saw Little Guy's eyes widen in terror, looking fearfully at my back.

I turned my head in confusion, thinking this was my dream where Little Guy pulled me in; if something else broke in, it wouldn't be so silent.

Unless the other person's skill in dream entry had reached a certain level—for example, they had mastered the Dream Weaving Witchcraft.

But when I turned my head, I actually saw something else!

It was a black eye with scarlet pupils.

When I looked at it, it didn't dodge or flinch; instead it glared at me fiercely, as if angry with me.

It was A Cheng!

A Cheng controlled the eye to enter my dream?!

This guy not only appears and disappears mysteriously, his witchcraft skill is indeed higher than I imagined.

Compared to the first time I saw such eyes and felt like facing a great enemy, now seeing them again I'm not afraid at all.

I turned back and said to Little Guy, "Xingchen, don't be afraid; it's your uncle sent to check on you. You have an uncle named A Cheng who can control many, many eyes; he's very powerful."

Little Guy narrowed his eyes, as if smiling.

What I didn't see was that the eye behind me suddenly widened, then quickly closed, and disappeared at some point.

Just as I was about to break free from sleep, a force accompanied by an incomprehensible witchcraft chant suddenly seeped in; next, I saw the layer of frost wrapping the egg melt at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, the egg regained its vitality.

That force and chant came quickly and left quickly, and I consequently woke up.

I opened my eyes and stared blankly at the canopy, for a moment unable to regain my senses.

I was somewhat uncertain whether what had just happened was real or just a dream.

At that moment my stomach jumped, then a strong hunger hit, and I felt I could swallow a whole cow!

I instantly realized it wasn't a dream; A Cheng had come and helped Little Guy!

Although he didn't directly remove the evil bone, he so casually suppressed its influence on Little Guy; perhaps he truly could detach the evil bone!

I sat up and looked around the room, seeing no more eyes.

A Cheng left.

This guy seems a bit awkward; he keeps coming to find me yet is angry with me—he glared at me in the dream, then suddenly helped me and Little Guy… So if I go apologize, he'll still forgive me, right?

I immediately raised my hand and slapped my forehead, feeling regretful.

Maybe I really overthought it; earlier I was afraid that going to find A Cheng at this juncture would make him think I was approaching him with an agenda, making him angrier.

Now it seems A Cheng has actually been waiting for me to come find him.

He is waiting for my apology.

Hunger hit my stomach in waves; I hurriedly got up to look for food.

Li Qingying's medicinal soup she had made earlier was still there; hearing I was hungry, she immediately reheated it and gave me a big bowl.

I drank while asking her, "Are they still talking?"

Li Qingying nodded.

I asked, "How far along are they? Is it going smoothly?"

"When I just came over, they had just disagreed," Li Qingying said. "The temple Seventh Lord described in Zang is not the same as the one Old Fang inferred."

I exclaimed, "How could they not be the same?"

If there's a mistake, it should be Old Fang who's wrong, right?

After all, Liu Junyan passed directly through the Formation Array of Wangsi City; the formation wouldn't be wrong, would it?

Li Qingying didn't know either, so I hurried to fill my stomach and go ahead.

When I arrived, they were still arguing.

No faces flushed, no one refusing to yield; a large sheet of paper was spread on the table, on which they drew sketches, with several maps and architectural drafts underneath.

They were fully focused, constantly analyzing.

Liu Junyan listened attentively to Old Fang; Old Fang also accepted Liu Junyan's view; after a while, they exchanged a knowing glance and concluded: "The cunning rabbit has three burrows!"

I, listening from the side for a while, also figured it out.

Neither of them was wrong.

Liu Junyan passed through the Formation Array of Wangsi City and entered that ancient god temple in the Zang Qu, merely a transit point.

Liu Junyan said, the incense of that ancient god temple remains flourishing; at least from outward appearance, the situation is not as bad as we imagined.

This is also why he suffered such severe wounds yet was able to return from the Zang Qu so smoothly.

The Zang Qu is too vast, too vast; we know nothing about that place. Without someone sufficiently familiar with the Zang Qu to guide us, we simply cannot fathom that land in a short time.

Fang Chuan Zong, based on his inference from the skull prayer beads, fortuitously filled our gap in this regard.

The location of that temple he inferred is only about ten li away from the ancient god temple Liu Junyan mentioned.

We even suspect that there is a Formation Array deployment between the two temples, enabling consecutive traversal and instantaneous translocation effects.

Everything is possible.

Liu Junyan said: "The Reward Body Buddha has already rushed to the Zang Qu, the Mystic Cat followed, according to Xiao Jiu's inference, the owner of the leg bone used in that string of skull prayer beads should be the Mystic Cat's original master; when the Mystic Cat returns to the Zang Qu, it will surely bring the Copper Coin Person to the place where it once lived and cultivated; if any problem is found, we will soon receive news."