Chapter Sixteen: The One-Eyed Monster's Parting Words of Warning

  "I'm taking the risk, so it's fine. I didn't come out to waste my name on human relationships. Don't need you to repay me, just give me a few more Dog Head Gold when we get back to the camp."

  "You'll naturally get your share when the time comes, don't worry." Miao girl took off her hair tie and smiled as she spoke. As she did, a waterfall-like cascade of raven-black hair poured down her back like water, framing her delicate and charming face with a soft, beautiful smile that seemed to hold an inexplicable beauty.

  I couldn't help but secretly complain to myself that I had such a peerless beauty by my side, and earlier I couldn't resist sneaking extra glances at her. Old Six was even more infatuated, looking as if he were in a trance.

  The Miao girl seemed to know I was looking at her and felt a bit embarrassed, so she hurriedly said: "It's getting late, sir. You should go back to your room and get some rest. You still have a long journey ahead of you tomorrow."

  Back in his own room, he could already faintly hear the birds chirping outside. The sky was about to brighten up soon, and if he didn't get some rest tonight, it would probably be a sleepless night.

  After lying down, the image of a Miao girl kept appearing in his mind. At this time, Old Six suddenly walked out from behind the door with something in hand and said: "Ghost Old Big, what's going on with this paper nailed to the back of the door? Take a look at what it says."

  I took the paper and was shocked to see that it read: "Ghost Dao Chang, you are indeed not a name in vain, you have solved my Zhong Hai Gu. But this time, I'm just playing with you, next time we'll be serious. You still have your brother's blood on your hands, have you forgotten how Xue Ling Zi died? This vendetta will not be repaid, I will never give up - Du Yan Ren leaves."

  I don't know when this note was left on the door, or maybe he's been secretly watching me all along. Looking at the paper in my hand, my heart is racing and I can't calm down. This person seems to have come specifically for me, like a ghostly figure, suddenly appearing and disappearing. From the words left on the paper, it seems that not only did he see the whole process of me solving the puzzle, but also had time to rush ahead of me and leave this warning, and was able to escape without revealing any flaws, evading both my and Old Six's ears. It looks like this opponent is quite formidable.

  "When did he stick this paper on the door? My Six and I didn't stay in Miao's room for long, it seems that he has been watching me from afar. No wonder I felt like someone was watching my back. He must have been unable to find an opportunity, so he used giving Miao a gu to distract me and take advantage of the situation to make his move. Moreover, he seemed to know me well, knowing that I wanted to exorcise the gu for this person, but what he didn't expect was that there was another expert by my side, Knife Scar Six." I rubbed the paper with the message back and forth in my hand, feeling puzzled.

  "Oh, he's actually Blood Spirit Son's older brother. No wonder he came looking for me to settle a score." As soon as I thought of Blood Spirit Son, I suddenly understood everything.

  This reminds me of the time last year when I was on a mission to escort a corpse and had a fight with Xue Lingzi. According to the rules of the profession, if two groups of people meet on a narrow road, they will nod at each other, smoke a cigarette, and let the one with fewer escorts give way. If the two corpse escorts are not from the same sect, they will compete with each other to save face for their own sect, and the loser will automatically give way. That time, Xue Lingzi was in the wrong, he not only didn't give way but also wanted to snatch the corpse I was escorting, as a result, I accidentally cut him into two pieces with my mountain-piercing knife.

  "Hmph - robbing someone else's corpse, I don't want to bother with it. Robbing mine is just asking for trouble, isn't it? You're a one-eyed dragon who wants to come and take revenge, I'm not afraid of you." I coldly hummed to myself as I looked at the note in my hand.

  "What's written on the paper? Tell me, don't bully me, an illiterate person, okay?" Knife Scar Six's voice broke my train of thought.

  I lifted my head and saw Knife Scar Six's puzzled and curious eyes, so I comforted him saying: "Nothing, brother, you go rest now."

  After finishing speaking, he fell onto the bed and pretended to sleep, leaving behind a scarred person who was muttering to himself: "Looking at your solemn face, I'm sure there are things you can't think of, and also things that make even me, Ghost Old Master, worried."

  I pretended to fall asleep and didn't respond. Seeing that I wasn't paying attention to him, he had no choice but to lie down and sleep with his clothes on. The room quickly returned to silence.

  Lying in bed, although the body is already sleepy, but there is no sleepiness. The shadow of Niao girl is always flashing in front of her eyes, and that ghostly one-eyed dragon makes her feel uneasy all the time. After tossing and turning for a long time, just as she was about to fall asleep, she vaguely heard someone knocking on the door.

  "The hot water for washing your face has been sent up." It turned out that the shopkeeper was holding his aching head, and I weakly got up to open the door, only to find that it was already broad daylight. After washing my face, I woke up Knife Scar as usual to go downstairs to eat.

  Downstairs, several Miao people were already sitting there waiting for me. The Miao girl was also there, and I finally got a good look at her. Her Miao costume accentuated her slender figure, but that delicate face had once again hidden behind the hanging decorations. I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, with an inexplicable sense of loss.

  When I came down, the Miao girl hurriedly and politely offered me a seat. At this time it was still early in the morning and there were not many people in the store, so I took off my bamboo hat from my head and sat next to the Miao girl, asking her about the situation of that warrior. Listening to her say that except for his body being a bit weak, he had no major problems, I felt slightly relieved. Before we could chat for long, Knife Scar, who usually liked to sleep in late, also came down.

  Everyone packed up after breakfast and continued on to Guizhou Miao Village, but the five Miao people from last time became four Miao women who didn't travel with us. Leaving Yelang, riding horses and continuing westward, we left Hunan's border and entered Guizhou in less than half a day.