Chapter 122 The Height

Lawyer An returned to the campsite as dawn was breaking.

Everyone was gathered around the bonfire, eating roasted pig's head.

Eating this so early in the morning didn't seem quite right, but this was, after all, a wild boar that had become a spirit, with delicate meat that was quite different from ordinary pork...

Emmm...

If you were to say how many advantages or special qualities it had, it was hard to say, but after all, it was meat from a boar that had become a spirit.

With that psychological suggestion,

Everything tasted delicious.

It's like when selling eggs, vendors like to separate the smaller ones and sell them as "grass-fed eggs." Customers buy them and praise, "Grass-fed eggs just taste better than regular eggs!"

Xu Qinglang's skills were beyond reproach. After all, it had only been a day since they entered the old forest, and the ingredients they brought hadn't been used up yet, so as a chef, he had a lot of room to operate.

Seeing everyone in the camp eating roasted meat,

Lawyer An felt a sense of relief.

No matter what kind of turmoil they encountered, it was good that everyone was alright;

But then he felt a sense of tension again.

He had been missing all night,

And they were here roasting meat?

"Old An, did you go and learn from Xu Zhu?"

In the middle of the night, everyone else was asleep, but he secretly ran out to meet his Dream Lover.

"What?"

Lawyer An didn't quite understand. He found an empty spot and sat down, taking a skewer of meat that Xu Qinglang handed him and taking a bite.

Mmm, the meat of a wild boar spirit, delicious!

Zhou Ze shook his head. It seemed Lawyer An didn't know much about *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*. He supposed that was understandable. Lawyer An died before the founding of the country. When Jin Yong wrote his novels and the martial arts drama adaptations became popular, Lawyer An was still muddling around in the bureaucracy of Hell.

"Boss, I met someone, a master."

"How much of a master?"

Lawyer An looked up,

Raised his hand,

"He's..."

He seemed to be organizing his thoughts,

But his memory seemed to be stuck.

Lawyer An hoped to establish this morning's tone with a mysterious and profound feeling,

But he was probably too tired from last night, so his performance was a little off.

Zhou Ze was still waiting for Lawyer An's answer.

Seeing Lawyer An stuck there,

He didn't urge him,

But took the coffee from Yingying and took a sip.

"Ah, I don't know how much of a master he is. I guess I ran into him the night before last, but he could directly erase my memories of that night."

Lawyer An reached out and poked his forehead.

What Lawyer An relied on to make a living was clear to everyone in the Late Night Bookstore, but the other person completely crushed him in Lawyer An's area of expertise.

"Is he also here for the Dragon Vein?" Geng Chen asked.

"It seems like he's here for the battery." Lawyer An paused. "But he probably wants the Dragon Vein too."

Next,

Everyone ate while listening to Lawyer An recount his experiences from last night.

Lawyer An didn't exaggerate.

After he finished speaking,

Zhou Ze clapped his hands,

And said:

"Everyone's finished eating, right? Pack up your things, let's go."

Everyone nodded and began to pack their things.

Even Lawyer An calmly got up and picked up his backpack.

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that this time they were looking for the Dragon Vein, and from the boss's point of view, it couldn't be lost.

No matter how great of a master was aiming for the Dragon Vein,

They wouldn't give up.

Lao Dao needed it to save his life,

Ying Gou needed it to break the deadlock,

Zhou Ze had no choice,

But sometimes having no choice could actually save a lot of trouble.

It was like the difference between the *gaokao* (National College Entrance Examination) and postgraduate entrance exams.

In a normal senior high school class, everyone studies together and looks at the countdown on the blackboard;

But in a normal college class, it's common for a large portion of the class to give up halfway after initially applying for the exam.

The monotonous journey continued,

From morning to afternoon,

The road ahead began to become difficult to walk. There were more mountains and very little flat ground. It wasn't until almost dusk that the white fox stopped leading the way and stopped here.

They had arrived;

But this "arrived" didn't mean they had reached their destination, but rather the general area where the destination was located.

They found a sheltered place on the back of a slope and set up camp again. Everything seemed well-organized.

They hunted two rabbits and a pheasant along the way.

The so-called pheasant was actually a hazel grouse, scientifically known as *Tetrastes sewerzowi*, which was known as "dragon meat in the sky" and was one of the eight treasures.

But the fatty pork from the morning was too rich, and everyone wasn't very interested in eating meat again for dinner. This was when the importance of having an excellent chef in the team was demonstrated.

Xu Qinglang took out some flour and used some wild vegetables to make a noodle soup that was refreshing and filling.

After dinner,

Lawyer An was the first to crawl into the tent,

Making a show that he wouldn't go out and run around tonight no matter what.

Why does he always like to fly solo when there's nothing to do?

He runs into such strong masters every time; is he looking for excitement?

They didn't crush you because they were too lazy, but if you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet.

Tonight, Lao Zhang and Liu Chuyu were responsible for keeping watch.

In fact,

Not many people in the camp could really fall asleep. Boss Zhou could sleep while holding Yingying,

Everyone else was meditating,

So there was basically no chance of a silent sneak attack.

Zhou Ze didn't go into the tent too early tonight, but instead walked with Xu Qinglang to the top of a hill in front.

The weather was good tonight, and there were stars overhead.

Xu Qinglang found a rock, leaned against it, and sat down.

He looked up,

At the sky,

While constantly calculating with his fingers.

Zhou Ze couldn't understand Feng Shui anyway,

Nor was he in the mood to appreciate the stars,

So he lowered his head,

And pondered.

After a long time,

Ah,

Zhou Ze yawned, took out a cigarette, and handed one to Xu Qinglang.

He didn't ask Lao Xu if he "saw" anything,

Don't ask,

Asking means he didn't find anything.

When it was almost nine o'clock,

Zhou Ze and Xu Qinglang got up together and went down the slope.

When they returned to the camp, both of them had very serious expressions on their faces, as if they were lost in thought.

At least,

They had to pretend a little,

Otherwise, it would be really demoralizing,

And it would be hard to explain what the two of them were secretly doing on the hillside.

Boss Zhou began to rest. He had a feeling that now was the calm before the storm, and all he could rely on was his body.

He had to use this body,

Ying Gou also had to use this body,

To avoid overdrawing it, or at least to delay the overdrawing,

Adjusting the body to its best condition was the wisest choice.

In the second half of the night,

Lao Zhang and Liu Chuyu changed shifts.

Lawyer An, who had meditated, also got up. He got up, but this time he wouldn't leave the camp a single step.

He walked to Lao Zhang's side, and the two of them shared a cigarette, blowing smoke rings together.

"Lawyer."

"Hmm?"

"The person you saw last night, was he really that tall?"

"Tall, very tall."

Lawyer An smiled and continued, "Don't worry, you're actually very tall too."

There were

too many tall people in the camp.

If he slowly counted them,

It seemed that Lawyer An could only find some height in front of the three ghost messengers Liu Chuyu, Yue Ya, and Zheng Qiang. Compared to the others, he was just a little brother.

"We have to start looking tomorrow, it's going to be hard work." Lawyer An sighed.

"Yeah." Lao Zhang wasn't afraid of hard work, but he was still very curious and asked, "What does the Dragon Vein actually look like?"

"The Dragon Vein, it's not a thing. Maybe, in many people's eyes, the Dragon Vein refers to a mountain and river terrain, but it's actually not. It's more like a wisp of Qi, a magnificent wisp of Qi.

This thing is actually very useless, because the people who can grasp it aren't very useful, and the rest can't grasp it, nor are they qualified to reach out and try."

At least,

Lawyer An could guarantee that,

When the white fox first used the Dragon Vein to seduce Zhou Ze,

It probably didn't have good intentions.

Didn't you see that it never mentioned it again afterwards?

This time, it was the Great Boss who wanted it, so he sent the white fox as the leader, because the white fox also knew that even she, a demon who had cultivated for hundreds of years, wasn't qualified to touch it.

"Geng Chen and Lao Xu have made a lot of small puppets these past two days, you can say they are small detectors. Tomorrow, our group will be like an archaeological team, taking the puppets and drilling into the mountain gullies to search like looking for a needle in a haystack, like looking for a mine."

"Will it take a long time?"

Lawyer An shook his head and said:

"It won't take long."

Because Lao Dao can't hold on for too long.

Lawyer An really didn't want Lao Dao to have an accident, but Lao Dao's matter, through his conversation with the boss during the day, made Lao An realize its true complexity.

If Lao Dao was really just an old Daoist priest, an old Daoist priest who liked to care for fallen young women, the problem would be very simple. Whether to become a zombie, a half-demon, or possess a corpse and become a ghost messenger,

He could make a multiple-choice question and have the happiness of choosing.

But these things weren't suitable for Lao Dao, and might even be counterproductive.

Lawyer An couldn't help but sigh,

It was obviously an ordinary person, but he had an extraordinary destiny, which was a great irony.

Like the boss,

There was such a great figure living in his body,

But he was a salted fish.

Scratching his hair,

Lawyer An sniffed. He planned to wash his face with some mineral water to clear his head, preferably with some men's facial cleanser with a scrub.

Just as he turned around to rummage through his backpack,

Lao Zhang's questioning voice came from behind him:

"Lawyer, how tall was the person you saw yesterday?"

"How many times have you asked? Are you idle?"

Lawyer An found the facial cleanser and glanced at Lao Zhang, who was sitting opposite him, with annoyance.

But he saw Lao Zhang's mouth wide open, his eyes full of shock, looking in the direction behind him.

"Is it, like... that tall?"

Lawyer An was stunned,

Turned around to look behind him,

On the other side of the mountain head to the west, separated by several mountains,

There appeared,

A figure as tall as a mountain.

He was majestic,

He was dignified,

He was solemn,

Like a miracle recorded in religious texts,

Without any warning, without any foreshadowing,

He appeared there openly.

The purple python robe, the pearl crown symbolizing supreme power, and the terrifying pressure surrounding that great and enormous body.

"So tall..." Lao Zhang sighed.

"Yes, so tall." Lawyer An nodded, and added, "As tall as... the King of Hell."