Oh, so Gu Qiaoqiao wanted this thing.
Qin Yize held Gu Qiaoqiaoâs hand and pointed to the place they had been earlier, "On a stone over there, I didnât put it in my pocket."
When the two of them reached the stone on the open ground, sure enough, the two items were quietly placed on the flat stone.
Gu Qiaoqiao picked up the bone and looked closely, noticing that it resembled the whistle her physical education teacher used to wear around their neck as a child, although this one was made of bone, and it was unclear what animal it came from.
It was white, almost fossil-like.
As for the box, it was empty. The strange little thing inside, who knows where the Summoning Immortal Talisman drew it to?
Holding the bone whistle, Gu Qiaoqiao glanced around. She should be able to sense it; the talismans she drew generally lasted for about twelve hours.
So the Summoning Immortal Talisman should not be ineffective yet, but where exactly was it?
The little thing seemed very fond of the scent emitted by the Summoning Immortal Talisman. Could it have eaten the Summoning Immortal Talisman?
If it did eat it, would that backfire and increase its inner strength? If so, that would be terrible.
Gu Qiaoqiao became a bit anxious and pointed at the box, saying to Qin Yize, "Ah Ze, the little thing I mentioned earlier was released by the village chief from this box, itâs very dangerous."
Qin Yize looked around, but could not see anything within his line of sight. He frowned slightly, then looked down at the item in Gu Qiaoqiaoâs hand and asked, "Is this what you said the village chief used to summon butterflies and poisonous snakes?"
Gu Qiaoqiao nodded.
Qin Yize extended his hand, "Give this to me."
Not knowing what he planned to do, Gu Qiaoqiao handed the bone whistle to Qin Yize.
Qin Yize took it, placed the bone whistle on the stone, and then stomped on it.
Gu Qiaoqiao exclaimed in surprise, "Why did you crush it?"
"This thing is a curse, and itâs of no use to you at all."
Qin Yize was wearing military boots, with a thick sole. His strength was considerable, and he easily crushed the bone whistle. He then picked up a stone nearby and smashed the whistle into powder before stopping, pointing to the heap of powder, saying, "Qiaoqiao, this was made of human bones, not animal bones."
Ah, made from human bones?
Gu Qiaoqiao was startled.
She quickly stretched out her hand, looked at her palm, pursed her lips, and looked at Qin Yize silently.
Qin Yize chuckled at her, teasingly saying, "Qiaoqiao, arenât you fearless?"
Gu Qiaoqiao muttered softly, "Who says Iâm fearless? I do get scared, okay?"
For example, the poisonous snakes earlier, and a furious Qin Yize, she was really afraid of those.
Of course, she wouldnât tell him that.
Otherwise, Qin Yize would use his temper to intimidate her anytime, and that would be a problem.
At this moment, the box was still on the stone. Qin Yize picked it up and examined it closely. There was nothing special about it, just an ordinary box made of Three-Branch Wood from the mountains.
However, its age was indeed quite old. If it only contained something else, he might have taken it away, but not this time, this item couldnât be kept.
Qin Yize used the same method to crush the wooden box underfoot, then took out a lighter and set it on fire.
These age-old woods were coated with a layer of tung oil and caught fire easily. Very soon, it turned into ashes, so now, the village chiefâs two items were completely destroyed.
With these two items ruined, Qin Yize breathed a sigh of relief.
If he hadnât heard Gu Qiaoqiaoâs story earlier, he might not have realized the severity of these two items.
And at that moment, half of the sun had already sunk behind the other side of the mountain.
And at this time, Gu Qiaoqiao still couldnât sense where her Summoning Immortal Talisman was?
However, Gu Qiaoqiao was hungry now.
The backpack containing food was with Ling Nan, and it seemed she only had a packet of biscuits here.
Gu Qiaoqiao looked at Qin Yize, her big eyes blinking again and again.
Qin Yize glanced at Gu Qiaoqiaoâs expression and, amused, said, "Hungry?"
Gu Qiaoqiao nodded, "Yes, Iâm hungry."
Qin Yize looked around. In this kind of weather, it was not suitable to walk in the mountain forest, and there was no need either.
He looked towards the rocky wall they had been at moments ago.
Approximately seven to eight meters above the ground on the rocky wall, there was a small opening, but its interior was unknown. Gu Qiaoqiao followed Qin Yizeâs gaze and, surprised, pointed at the cave, saying to Qin Yize, "Ah Ze, thereâs a cave there."
The ground where they were standing was all stone, with piles of wild grass as well. If they didnât light the torches now, it would be very dangerous here when night fell.
However, such danger didnât matter much to Gu Qiaoqiao, because she could draw a Barrier Talisman to isolate the cave from its surroundings.
Yet, they still needed to gather some wood because they would have to eat dinner later.
So the two of them didnât delay any longer. Gu Qiaoqiao followed Qin Yize to gather dry firewood. This was a mountain forest, where there was no shortage of dry twigs and small sticks. Soon, they collected a large bundle. Qin Yize used a field knife to cut some wild grass, made a grass rope, and tied the firewood together.
Then, Qin Yize placed the wood on the ground and said to Gu Qiaoqiao, "Wait for me here for a moment. Iâll go check out whatâs inside the cave..."
Gu Qiaoqiao told him worriedly, "Be careful."
Qin Yize nodded slightly, then his agile figure quickly headed in that direction.
Soon he was under the cave and saw Qin Yize climb towards the cave entrance like a nimble monkey along the rocky wall.
But when he reached the entrance, Qin Yize paused,
then twisted his body to stand beside the cave. This way, no matter what rushed out from inside, it wouldnât pose a threat to him.
Qin Yize was carrying a field pack on his back.
It naturally contained all the necessary supplies for the wilds.
Including food.
At this moment, Qin Yize took out a flashlight. It wasnât large, but when he turned it on, its light instantly illuminated the cave.
When the flashlightâs beam shone into the cave, a rustling noise suddenly came from inside.
There was indeed something inside. Then, a few black, bird-like things flew out.
Afterwards, they disappeared into the night sky.
Gu Qiaoqiao clearly saw they were bats.
They were quite large, almost like eagles...