Night falls slowly

  After a while, when Zhang Jin returned to the gate of Hai Jucheng's old house with the black crystal, he indeed faintly smelled the fragrance of incense and fire wafting from inside, and more clearly heard Sanmaozi and Hai Jucheng Lao Han chanting: "Great Immortal, I was blind and offended you..."

  In the courtyard, Zhong Hai was being scolded by his master, while outside, Zhang Jing whispered to Hei Shuijing: "Hei Shuijing, search around here and see where that Huang Daxian went. We'll follow him and take a look!"

  Although Zhang Jin's nose is not inferior to that of an ordinary hunting dog, it would be possible for him to track down prey with his nose, but compared to Hei Shuijing's professional level, he is still far behind. So Zhang Jin would rather go home and bring Hei Shuijing over than bother to follow the trail himself.

  But the system map was even more confusing at this time. After all, on the small map of ten points of insight, all living things were just big or small dots. In the village, there were too many chickens, ducks, geese, cats, dogs and so on, Zhang Jin didn't have the patience to distinguish them one by one.

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  These days, the sky has been clear and cloudless. The bright moonlight that hangs in the middle of the sky shines down to the earth without any obstruction, casting a silver glow on everything it illuminates, bringing a hazy light to the seaside village at midnight.

  Under the moonlight, there were two black shadows, one big and one small, a man and a dog, sneaking around in the village houses where the lights had gone out.

  They say they are sneaky, not only because the man and dog walk silently, but also because of the black cloth wrapped around the head of the person behind. It's a bit like the bandits in the "bandit film" entering the village. On a dark day, walking on the road as silent as a cat, wearing a black headscarf, no matter what pose they make, it gives people a sneaky feeling.

  They are said to be swaggering because although the man and dog wandered around the streets in a seemingly aimless manner, they didn't try to conceal themselves or hide in the shadows. On the contrary, they seemed to be enjoying the moonlight and taking a leisurely stroll to aid digestion. Of course, going for a midnight stroll is typically something only people with mental health issues would do.

  It was none other than Zhang Jin and his beloved "Hei Shui Jing" who were tracing the footprints of "Huang Da Xian".

  The cloth wrapped around Zhang Jin's head was the same black handkerchief used in that bank building in Malacca City. The 'Night Walker's Hood' with its 'Night Vision +3' effect still provided significant assistance to Zhang Jin's nighttime activities. However, he didn't take out the night vision goggles seized from the bandits. Under this bright moonlight, with Zhang Jin's perception, having 'Night Vision +3' was already sufficient.

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  Zhang Jin and Hei Shuijing walked like this, one in front of the other. After more than ten minutes, they had already passed through half of the village and arrived at a ridge in the field.

  Hei Shui Jing walked ahead, lowering his head to carefully distinguish the aura left behind by Huang Da Xian, tracing the path that Huang Da Xian had taken. As he tracked down Da Xian, Hei Shui Jing was working diligently.

  Zhang Jin walked behind, looking up with his hands behind his back, thinking freely and aimlessly. While following the Great Immortal, Zhang Jin was actually daydreaming.

  Under the clear moonlight, a warm night breeze blew gently, listening to the chirping of crickets, and gazing at the silver-lit vegetable fields, paths, and distant dark mountain ranges. The feeling of being isolated from the mundane world and fully integrating with nature made Zhang Jin unable to help but indulge in it. As if in an instant, his heart had completely calmed down, and the taste of his soul separating was indescribable.

  For some reason, Zhang Jin suddenly thought of Zhu Ziqing's "The Moonlit Night in a Lotus Pond". Although he couldn't remember any of the words from it anymore, and although there was no lotus pond around him, he felt that only at this moment did he truly understand what Zhu Ziqing had felt back then.

  Zhang Jin was so immersed in his own "literary and artistic temperament" that he slowly followed behind Hei Shuijing, keeping a distance of two steps in front of him, until Hei Shuijing suddenly stopped in his tracks, crouched down into a sprinting posture, and Zhang Jin returned to his usual self.

  "Found 'Dashen'?" Zhang Jin asked silently in his heart.

  According to the reminder from Hei Shui Jing, Zhang Jin looked to the side and indeed, more than ten meters away, there was a small creature about 30 centimeters long, shining like gold all over its body, hugging a fat hamster and gnawing on it. It turned out that this little guy had failed to steal chicken at San Mao's house and came to the fields to hunt for wild food.

  Zhang Jin wanted to use his tamer system's appraisal technique to see what was special about this little guy, who had actually used a "fart" to make a strong young man "moderately poisoned". Unfortunately, the tamer's appraisal technique had distance limitations, 10 points of insight, and only a 10-meter range. So Zhang Jin had no choice but to learn from the ghostly enemy in the tunnel warfare, "sneak into the village, don't shoot", carefully approaching the place where Dashan was having his meal.

  However, Zhang Jin obviously underestimated the alertness of this immortal. He had just moved two steps forward and was about to bring this "immortal" into his ten-meter identification range when the immortal suddenly dropped its half-eaten midnight snack and transformed into a yellow line running in the direction away from Zhang Jin.

  If it were an ordinary ferret, when sensing danger, it would usually stop and observe before deciding whether to fight or flee. However, this 'big shot' faced with danger, responded in a completely different way, unexpectedly fleeing without hesitation, it's unclear whether it was due to being too timid or if it could sense the difference in strength. In any case, 'this ferret is absolutely extraordinary'. Zhang Jin became even more convinced.

  Just as Huang Zong was about to make a run for it, Zhang Jin, with his super fast reaction speed, also sprang into action without hesitation and engaged in a thrilling chase with the 'great master'!

  The yellow mongoose is arguably one of the species with the widest hunting range and most agile body in the world.

  They have a soft body, and are good at climbing trees, swimming, digging holes, and running. They can drill into holes as small as a cup mouth to catch mice and snakes; they climb trees to catch birds, squirrels, and even smaller monkeys; they can dive into the water to catch fish, frogs, and waterbirds.

  Even in flat wilderness or mountainous terrain, they can hunt wild rabbits that are most suitable for this terrain. The speed of the yellow weasel is not only comparable to that of the rabbit, but its endurance far exceeds it.

  Now in front of Zhang Jin was a not-so-small field, which was exactly the right place for the yellow weasel to show off its speed. Moreover, the unusual and outstanding "great immortal" in front of Zhang Jin's eyes had a speed that was unparalleled among the yellow weasel tribe, running at full speed, leaving behind only a fleeting yellow line between the wheat and vegetable fields.