Corpse Recovery Diver

So, from a very early time, Jiang Shui had already set the final big question for himself. What's it called... the Nine-province joint exam?

After returning home, Li Zhiyuan didn't rush back to Grandpa's house. Instead, after notifying Binbin and Ah You, he headed alone to Big Beard's house.

In the courtyard of Big Beard's house, Xiao Yingying was making paper crafts.

Seeing the young boy approaching, Xiao Yingying looked up for a moment. Realizing the boy wasn't heading towards the courtyard, she lowered her head and continued her work.

Li Zhiyuan walked straight towards the Peach Forest.

In the depths of the Peach Forest, surrounded by a small fence, the ground was covered with peach blossoms. Beng Beng lay inside, playing by himself.

Seeing Li Zhiyuan, Beng Beng let out a "giggling" laugh.

Li Zhiyuan chose a peach tree beside him, leaned against it, and sat down.

Just like that, he sat until near dusk.

During this time, there were two peculiar gusts of wind swirling through the Peach Forest. Li Zhiyuan noticed them, but he did not walk the Yin path.

Stretching lazily, Li Zhiyuan stood up, walked out of the Peach Forest, and headed home.

An even stronger wind blew through the Peach Forest, bringing with it a "whistling" sound.

Xiao Yingying put down her paper crafts, walked down the courtyard, entered the Peach Forest, and picked up Beng Beng.

Beng Beng stretched his hand, trying to catch the peach blossoms flying wildly in front of him. Children are not afraid; no matter what, they find it amusing.

Xiao Yingying, however, knew that "that one" was now very angry.

She didn't know why it was angry. Was it something the young boy talked about?

What Xiao Yingying didn't know was that the reason it was angry was that the young boy hadn't talked to it at all. He had purely used the spot as a tranquil Peach Forest.

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"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

Xiao Hei barked fiercely at Run Sheng.

Back in the university days, Xiao Hei used to sleep in the same room as Run Sheng. Run Sheng was the one who usually fed him. The relationship between the man and the dog was undoubtedly very close.

However, ever since returning from Guizhou this time, whenever Run Sheng tried to feed it, Xiao Hei would immediately stand up as he approached and rudely drive him away.

This was almost unimaginable in the past.

It didn't just signify a falling out between a man and his dog; Xiao Hei was always lazy. In Li Sanjiang's words, using this dog as a guard dog would still let a thief carry away everything in the house, and it would only blame the thief for being too noisy and disturbing its sleep.

Since it was young, Xiao Hei barked very rarely. Initially, it was even thought to be a mute dog that couldn't bark.

"Alright, move aside, let me feed it."

Yin Meng heard the noise and came out, took the soup bowl from Run Sheng, and offered the medicinal food to Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei stopped barking and lowered its head to eat the medicinal food.

But while eating, it still constantly watched, wary that Run Sheng might come closer.

Yin Meng: "You consumed that Gu child, so your aura is mixed. It's scared of you."

Run Sheng: "It's not scared of me."

Yin Meng: "Then what is it?"

Run Sheng: "It thinks I've been possessed by someone else."

"What's the difference?"

"There is a difference; it's thinking about me."

Run Sheng approached again, Xiao Hei stopped drinking the medicinal food, and once again barked fiercely at Run Sheng.

This time, Run Sheng didn't back away like he did in the past few days. Instead, he accelerated and arrived in front of Xiao Hei.

"Woof!"

Xiao Hei lunged at Run Sheng, opening its mouth to bite.

The Five Black Dogs were naturally animals filled with Yang energy. Moreover, this family dog had been fed medicinal food since it was young. Even though it appeared lazy most of the time, its inherent fierceness was undeniable.

Run Sheng raised his hand to block in front of him. Xiao Hei bit into Run Sheng's wrist, and even when lifted off the ground by Run Sheng, it refused to release its bite.

However, instead of shaking it off, Run Sheng squatted down, ignoring the pain from the bite, and placed Xiao Hei on his lap.

Xiao Hei continued to growl from its throat, and blood trickled from the wound on Run Sheng's wrist, staining Xiao Hei's white teeth red.

Run Sheng raised his other hand and patted Xiao Hei's dog head.

Yin Meng asked worriedly: "When will you fully digest that thing?"

Run Sheng shook his head: "If it's digested, then it would have been consumed for nothing."

Yin Meng pointed at Run Sheng: "Are you deliberately keeping it!"

Run Sheng didn't answer, which was an implicit agreement.

"Run Sheng, do you know how dangerous it is to keep such a thing inside you?"

"I only know it will make me even more dangerous."

"You guys, why are you all such lunatics."

Yin Meng lumped Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou into this category as well.

Even now, Tan Wenbin remains sullen and still refuses Brother Xiao Yuan's treatment.

Lin Shuyou continues to think daily about how to overdraw the potential of his body to extend the arrival time of the White Crane Child.

As these waves passed, everyone became increasingly less concerned about their own bodies, as if their lives were borrowed. After borrowing so much, they no longer cherished them.

Run Sheng stared at Yin Meng without saying anything.

In reality, among everyone, she might be the craziest.

Yin Meng crouched down beside him, opening her palm, and the Gu Worm scurried out as a toy, readily at her command, being handled like a walnut.

"Do you think I should give it a name?"

Run Sheng: "No need."

"Why?"

"Without a name, it won't hurt when it dies."

Yin Meng paused for a moment, but instead of getting angry, she nodded in agreement:

"Makes sense."

In her palm, the Gu Worm crawled even faster.

Time passed slowly.

Xiao Hei bit for a long time, and Run Sheng petted it for just as long.

Gradually, the fire in Xiao Hei's eyes faded, and it slowly released its bite before extending its tongue to lick the wound on Run Sheng's wrist caused by its bite.