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But after searching for a long time, he didn't feel anything. He clearly remembered that after he completely tamed the cat bug, it had become smaller and hid in his clothes.
Looking at the suspicious look of the Ghost-Faced Fox, Jiang Lu felt a little embarrassed.
"Don't worry, maybe it fell on the road?"
Jiang Lu turned around awkwardly and stood at the edge of the cave looking down.
He had his back to the ghost-faced fox and did not notice that the latter's face was full of horror.
From his perspective, a monster with a cat head and a spider body was hanging on the back of Jiang Lu's head, staring at him hungrily.
Evil spirit!
The ghost-faced fox instantly recognized the monster's nature through its eyes that were filled with emotion.
He finally understood why Jiang Lu didn't find anything, because the evil spirit was lurking in this monster's lair!
The ghost-faced fox suddenly felt desperate.
Without the holy weapon, there was no way to deal with the evil spirits. He had never thought that he would be so unlucky. It was a low probability event that would be posted on the forum and publicly executed if it happened once in a while.
There was no time to think about why it didn't attack Jiang Lu from below, but attached itself to him and came out together. The ghost-faced fox, which had already lost some of its mind, blurted out subconsciously:
"Watch out for the back of your head!!"
"what?"
Jiang Lu grabbed the cat bug with his backhand and held it in front of him. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and scolded it in a teaching tone: "You little bastard, you're running around, aren't you?"
"..." The ghost-faced fox's expression suddenly became extremely strange.
The movements are too continuous, and what’s with the tone?
It doesn't make sense, it really doesn't make sense.
Jiang Lu, who didn't notice the ghost-faced fox's strange behavior, grabbed the cat-faced bug's collar and dragged it in front of the ghost-faced fox to show off.
"See, brother really didn't lie to you."
Looking at the four pairs of claws and fangs, the ghost-faced fox felt his scalp tingling.
“Take it away!!”
Perhaps sensing the ghost-faced fox's hostility, the cat-cat-bug broke free from Jiang Lu's hand with an "ow", turned its head and threw itself into his arms, beginning to sob.
Seeing this, Jiang Lu felt a little distressed and seriously pointed out the ghost-faced fox's fault: "You scared it."
"Did I scare it?" The ghost-faced fox was dumbfounded: "Don't you consider whether it scared me?"
Do you want to listen to what you are saying?
How awesome am I that I can scare off evil spirits?
"Oh, it's just a pet, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Jiang Lu encouraged the ghost-faced fox: "Do you want a hug? It's soft and feels great, brother!"
But just when Jiang Lu was trying to improve the relationship between the cat-and-cat bug and the ghost-faced fox, the cat-and-cat bug dishonestly climbed down from Jiang Lu's arms, and in a moment it crawled to the venom trap set by the ghost-faced fox and began to lick the venom.
So Jiang Lu didn't care about improving the relationship anymore and slapped Maomaochong on the back of the head, which made the Ghost-faced Fox tremble with fear.
"Kittens can't take drugs!"
The ghost-faced fox looked at Jiang Lu and saw that he seemed to really treat this evil spirit as a pet. He even used such disgusting sound to educate it, but he couldn't hold it back in the end.
Fuck your little kitty!
Chapter 56 Enlightenment in Longchang
"So you're saying it's an evil spirit?"
Jiang Lu looked at the cat and bug who was lying on his legs and stepping on his milk in surprise, and he couldn't believe it: "But it's so cute."
What's so cute about it?
Ghost-faced Fox said coldly: "My suggestion is that we find the holy weapon as soon as possible while it is still relatively stable, and then..."
He made a motion of wiping his neck.
This action frightened Jiang Lu so much that he quickly covered the cat's eyes to prevent it from seeing this scene.
Jiang Lu was a little reluctant: "Isn't Huang Xiu'e too pitiful?"
"?" The ghost-faced fox didn't react for a moment and asked, "Who is Huang Xiu'e?"
"It." Jiang Lu pointed at the cat bug.
"......" Ghost Face Fox was speechless and said angrily: "You even gave it a name? And why is it called this name?"
"Because it's a golden shaded cat, and a female."
The ghost-faced fox was speechless for a moment, then pointed at Jiang Lu's right hand, which only had three fingers left, and asked in great sorrow: "It bit off all your fingers! Don't you feel sorry for yourself?"
Jiang Lu raised his hand and took a look. The bleeding had stopped long ago. Under the healing BUFF, granulation tissue had grown on the wound, and the finger bones were also re-condensing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
All in all, it's not a big problem.
"This is how you raise a cat." Jiang Lu vowed.
"You don't like it, do you?"
"Don't worry." Jiang Lu once again demonstrated his excellent strategic vision at this critical moment: "Actually, this is also within my calculations."
He covered Huang Xiu'e's ears to make sure she couldn't hear him before continuing to explain his plan.
"Didn't you say that once the evil spirit's body turns to ashes, its location will be marked on the map?"
Jiang Lu pointed at Huang Xiu'e with his chin:
"In other words, as long as it's alive, we can run around with it without being discovered by other teams, which is very beneficial to us."
The Ghost-Faced Fox remained silent. He felt that he had guessed what Jiang Lu was thinking.
"There are two evil spirits. Now we have one in our hands, which means that no matter how hard the other three teams compete, they can only find one. In this way, if they want to conquer the spirit realm, they will inevitably end up with three teams fighting for a piece of ashes. In this way..."
Jiang Lu smiled slightly:
"We can go and stop the fight, and then rob them of their damned possessions!"
Well, not entirely sure.
Ghost-Faced Fox guessed that Jiang Lu was planning to get the two pieces of ashes, but he didn't expect that he was not planning to compete with other teams, and in the end he still had to fight for them.
He is so dedicated!
"but..."
Ghost-faced Fox questioned: "You said this was within your calculations, but didn't you just know it was an evil spirit?"
"I calculate faster." Jiang Lu remained calm.
"So these are just your impromptu ideas. In the end, you just treated it as a pet, right?"
"Haha."
Jiang Lu smiled awkwardly without giving any explanation.
Ghost-faced Fox sighed meaningfully. He was not too optimistic.
“Although this plan is much better than the original one, I still feel it’s a bit shaky…
We are not idiots. I think the most likely scenario is that one team gets the Ashes, and the other two teams choose to wait and see.
If no one loses patience and takes action first, then the team that gets the ashes will most likely be able to evacuate smoothly.
You have to understand that the remaining two teams don't know that we have an evil spirit in our hands, so even if the first portion of ashes appears, they will not rush to fight for it, after all, there is still a second portion.
But it's not the case for us. To do this, they must start the fight first, and we will be the mantis stalking the cicada. If no one moves, then the pressure will be on us, and we will face two teams at the same time.
But once we choose to take action first, the other two teams will definitely have the same idea as you. The team that kills the evil spirits will not be able to take away the ashes smoothly, but we will also be attacked from both sides. "
Jiang Lu was silent.
Ghost-faced Fox’s analysis is not without reason.
Such a plan is indeed somewhat idealistic.
Once you make this choice, it is equivalent to pinning all your hopes on walking on a tightrope.
"So I think the safest option is to find the altar as soon as possible, get the ashes, and evacuate while the other three teams are still collecting clues and haven't encountered any holy artifacts or evil spirits yet."
Ghost-faced Fox calculated the time and said, "Time is also an important indicator for judging the final results in a bounty competition. We are already far ahead. As long as we can evacuate smoothly, we should be able to secure first place."
It is undeniable that the solution provided by Ghost-faced Fox is indeed the optimal solution.
but...
Jiang Lu looked at Huang Xiu'e, who had calmed down during their conversation and started skating secretly again. His eyes were filled with ripples and a hint of kindness.
At this moment, Jiang Lu felt that his perspective had changed.
He seemed to have returned to his childhood.
At that time, he personally gave away his beloved cat, Cat Chong, to escape responsibility, and this incident became a lifelong regret for him.
The scene of the cat and mouse killing and robbing, fighting bravely and fiercely, and fighting with the three-headed hellhound of my classmate's house until the road was almost wiped out is still vivid in my mind.
He saw the shadow of the tabby cat named Zhu Jianye on the golden shaded cat Huang Xiu'e!
The figures of the two cats and bugs gradually merged, and for a moment, Jiang Lu was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.
Now that the same choice is before him, he really cannot give them up again in exchange for his own comfort.
The boy back then...has grown up now!
"No, I won't do that."
Jiang Lu's low and resolute voice sounded.
"what?"
"I won't make the same mistake again!"
"what are you saying?"
Jiang Lu met the Ghost-faced Fox's puzzled gaze and smiled with relief.