Monster, come to my bowl

Cai Ji cast the Holy Word on the jade, and it looked like a pebble.

It's normal that the scarred man can't see any clues.

"Used to crack walnuts... no, to crack lobsters!" Cai Ji heard the scarred man's question and raised the big lobster he had just caught in his hand.

"Humph!" The scarred man snorted disdainfully, turned to the middle-aged man and said, "It's just a broken bow, nothing else."

"Just a bow..." The middle-aged man touched his chin and suddenly asked, "Brother, what rank of demon-suppressing guard are you? Do you major in archery?"

"Eighth rank!" Cai Ji deliberately said that his strength was lower than that of all the other opponents, and replied: "I have learned archery since I was young, so I was assigned to the ship as a shooter."

"Eighth Rank..." The middle-aged man seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly smiled and said, "Then do you know what this place is?"

"I don't know." Cai Ji shook his head honestly.

"This is a dense fog forest, at least two thousand miles away from Dingfeng City. The nearest island to the Dongzhou Islands is more than one thousand five hundred taels." The middle-aged man explained.

"Ah? So far?" Cai Ji was shocked.

He was genuinely surprised.

I thought that after being taken to the middle of the sea by the demon shark, I drifted on the sea in a boat for a while, and drifted a few hundred miles at most, but who knew that I actually drifted two thousand miles!

Even Robinson calls him an expert!

"I'm not lying to you! At least two thousand miles!" The middle-aged man nodded and took the initiative to say, "The dense fog forest is full of monsters. It's basically impossible for you to go back to Zhongzhou by land... But we can give you a ride."

Give me a ride?

Send me to heaven?

Cai Ji secretly complained, but pretended to be excited: "You are going to Zhongzhou?"

"Yes! Our next stop is Zhongzhou! A little over a thousand miles to the north, we will reach the border of Zhongzhou." The middle-aged man grinned and said, "But before that, we are going to explore a relic in the forest. If you are interested, you can go and take a look! If we find any treasures, you will get a share! If there is nothing, we will set off and you can take a ride on the boat."

More than a thousand miles away from the Zhongzhou border?

It's not a bad idea to go and have a look...

As for exploring the ruins, I definitely can’t refuse!

Cai Ji remembered the benefits he had gained from the Soul-sucking Demon before, and immediately nodded and said, "I'll go! I'll go! My archery skills are perfect, and I can definitely help... But I don't have any arrows!"

"We have plenty of arrows on board. We have whatever you want." The middle-aged man smiled and took the initiative to introduce himself: "By the way, my name is Cao Tianxiao, you can call me Boss Cao! These are my brothers, Scar Two, Scar Three, Scar Four! There are a few more brothers on board, I'll introduce them to you later!"

"My name is Voldemort." Seeing that the other party named himself so casually, Cai Ji also gave himself a casual name.

Anyway, they are just fooling each other.

Who is afraid of whom!

"Fu... Di... Mo, what a nice name!" Cao Tianxiao nodded pretentiously and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go aboard. I'll have the brothers prepare some food for you first."

"Okay!" Cai Ji picked up the longbow and mustard bag and followed happily.

……

After two days of hanging out, Cai Ji had a general idea of ​​the details of Boss Cao and the others.

Just as he guessed, this group of people were indeed not good people.

From their conversation, it can be heard that most of them are cultivators who committed crimes in their hometown and are now wandering around after being wanted by the Demon Suppression Guards.

For various reasons, these people gathered under Cao Tianxiao.

They usually roam around and commit crimes, such as robbing houses and doing all kinds of evil. When they encounter monsters, they will try to hide from them, and occasionally they will explore the monsters' territories.

Of course, the purpose of exploration is not to hunt monsters, but to find treasures!

A treasure that can enhance your strength.

A while ago, Boss Cao got a map from somewhere, and there was an ancient relic marked on it.

This ruin is in a dense fog forest, but only about fifty miles from the coast.

After discussing it together, the group decided to try their luck at the ruins.

At first, the other people on the boat were very unhappy when they learned that Cao Tianxiao had recruited a demon-suppressing guard to join their gang.

But after talking to Boss Cao in private, they immediately changed their attitude and became quite enthusiastic towards Cai Ji.

Cai Ji was not a fool. He immediately realized that he was being treated as a free worker!

The kind that you can throw away after using it!

But he was also very interested in ancient ruins, and pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.

Not only did he treat these people as brothers, he also naively expressed that he also wanted to join them.

After two days of preparation, the team set off.

Leave a few people to guard the boat.

Boss Cao set off with Scar Two to Scar Seven, plus Cai Ji, a total of eight people.

Cai Ji originally wanted to see how these people could avoid the harassment of the monster ants, but he found out that these people were well prepared. They took out a potion and sprayed it on everyone, saying that it could block the monster's perception.

You know what, the potion really works.

After the group entered the forest, not only did the ant monster ignore them, but most of the other monsters also did not initiate an active attack.

In addition, Boss Cao also gave everyone a special whistle.

This kind of whistle makes a low sound when blown. Although it doesn't sound loud, it has strong penetrating power and can be heard far away in the forest mist.

One whistle is to inform the location, two whistles are to indicate safety, and three whistles are to warn...

Cai Ji was not assigned a whistle.

He was told that he must always follow Boss Cao, not act on his own, and must obey Boss's orders in everything.

Cai Ji was also happy to save trouble.

The group wore homemade "gas masks" and followed the instructions on the map, making various marks on the road as they walked, and soon walked twenty or thirty miles deep into the forest.

We encountered many monsters on the road, but basically everything went peacefully.

Except for a kind of blind monster toad.

These toads feed on ants. Their eyes have degenerated, but their hearing is particularly developed.

If they see a living thing passing by, they will jump out and take a bite no matter what it is.

However, the monster Toad was of average strength and posed no threat to the group.

Boss Cao and his companions did not kill them. When they encountered them, they stepped on them and pushed them into the mud.

It’s not that they are kind-hearted, but they are afraid that the smell of blood will attract other monsters.

This group of desperate criminals became more cautious than Cai Ji when they got serious.

But despite being cautious, my luck was not very good.

According to the map, the remaining distance to the ancient ruins was less than thirty miles. The group wandered in the rain forest for more than ten days before they found the place.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Boss Cao and others for not working hard.

It is quite difficult to find the right direction in the dark and foggy forest.

What’s more troublesome is that on the day the ruins were found, the red haze descended!

The forest, which was already shrouded in thick fog, seemed to have fallen into a dye vat.

Everything was wrapped in blood.

"Scar Two, how many days until the full moon?" Standing at the foot of a mountain, Cao Tianxiao looked at the shadowy shadows of the buildings on the mountain and asked with forced calmness.

Scar Er is the scarred man who wanted to kill Cai Ji over a disagreement.

Hearing the boss's question, he replied coldly: "Eight more days."