The ghost was taken aback, but all he saw was infinite tenderness in Xiaobai's eyes, shining brightly like tears about to fall, reflecting his own face, and he couldn't help but skip a beat.

  "You're drunk." Ji Li said this while barely suppressing a faint sweat on his forehead.

  Xiaobai's body, at this moment, seemed to be completely unable to stand up anymore, with all her weight leaning on Gui Li. But she saw her white teeth lightly biting her red lips, and in her laziness, there was still a hint of coquetry, her mouth making a low moaning sound, as if beckoning people's hearts, slowly, she leaned her head on Gui Li's shoulder.

  "Ah..." The woman with a hint of intoxication and infinite tenderness said softly.

  It seemed that the wine was too strong, she gently rubbed her head on Gui Ye's shoulder, perhaps it hurt! But her voice, soft and gentle, still whispered in Gui Ye's ear.

  "You're just too tired from living! Do you know that? Little fool!"

  The demon was startled by her last three words "little fool", but the tone of her voice was full of gentle and soft meaning, and a faint fragrance kept coming from her body, lingering on.

  The most formidable thing is that her peerless face is leaning lazily on his shoulder, her entire body nestled in his, making people dare not move, cannot move.

  If this scene were in the Central Plains, it would have caused countless rumors and gossip. However, in the southern border where customs are more open, the Miao people didn't think it was strange, and most of them thought they were a couple. Especially with Xiaobai's earth-shattering roar just now, it really shocked the entire Miao village, and no one dared to say anything else.

  Only some young Miao men who admired Xiaobai were momentarily depressed.

  At the same time, he didn't know what to do, and somehow, he recalled the meaning of Xiaobai's words earlier. The phrase "living is too tiring" slowly echoed in his mind, leaving him bewildered for a moment.

  Just then, he heard a few "squeaky" calls coming from beside him, which was Xiao Hui's voice. He suddenly remembered that Xiao Hui had been playing beside him all along, and the scene of the wine fight earlier was really too shocking, so he had forgotten about Xiao Hui for a moment.

  No sooner had he taken a look than he was so frightened that he could hardly utter a word.

  Only to see Xiao Hui, who had run back from the riverbank at some point, squatting not far from Gui Li and Xiao Bai, with three eyes rolling around curiously, looking at the situation in the field.

  At this moment, the wine-drinking contest between the two sides came to an end. Everyone was busy cleaning up, and Miao Ren Duo walked over to help those warriors who had fallen drunk, while Gui Li was holding a half-asleep Xiao Bai, laughing and crying at the same time.

  The scene was even more chaotic, with drunkards lying all over the ground, not to mention the long-handled spears and other weapons, rattan armor, and the large wine bags that the Miao people had dropped after getting drunk. The ground was littered with them, and some of the remaining strong liquor in the bags hadn't been sealed properly, slowly flowing out of the bag mouths and filling the air with a strong smell of alcohol.

  Mischievous and curious, Xiao Hui was born with a clever spirit, his curiosity ten times stronger than that of an ordinary monkey. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he quietly slipped to the side of a drunk Miao warrior who had fallen to the ground, looked around cautiously, and seeing that no one seemed to be paying attention, carefully picked up the wine bag that had fallen beside the warrior.

  The flavor of the liquor surged up, and Little Gray the monkey took a deep sniff. His three eyes spun around together, looking bewildered and perplexed, clearly having never encountered anything like this before.

  He sat down carefully on the ground, turned his head around and looked vigilantly in all directions before slowly bringing it to his mouth and taking a sip.

  Wine enters the monkey's mouth, Xiaohui puts down the wine bag, and the monkey's mouth makes a "chaa chaa" sound! Suddenly showing great joy, it seems to like this taste very much, can't help but make a "squeak squeak" cry.

  It was at this time that Gui Li heard the sound, turned his head around, and saw that even the monkey was drinking wine. After a shock, he became even more furious. He thought to himself, "This world has truly gone mad, how can it be that even foxes and monkeys have started drinking 'wine'..."

  "Xiao Hui, come here!"

  The ghost let out a loud shout, and Xiao Hui's ears perked up. Seeing his master's face looking quite stern, he scratched his head with his hand, then put down the wine bag and ran towards Gui Lie.

  It had only run a few steps when it suddenly remembered something, turned its head and ran back to the drunkard's side, grabbed the remaining small half bag of liquor in its hand, and dragged it on the ground as it ran back.

  The ghost's face turned gloomy, and at this time, many Miao people who noticed the monkey's situation burst out laughing. The Miao people are open-minded and generous, especially men love to drink. Seeing that the monkey also shares a common interest, they couldn't help but feel a sense of camaraderie. They thought to themselves: "Looking around the world, our Miao tribe's strong liquor is still the best. If you don't believe it, just look at how even the monkey can't resist taking a sip..."

  At that moment, many Miao people suddenly became happy and threw out a lot of bananas from the crowd, all throwing them at Xiaohui, apparently they liked Xiaohui and were giving it food.

  Xiao Hui was initially startled, only to see the sky and earth change color suddenly, with countless strange objects falling down, making it impossible to avoid. She couldn't help but get angry, chattering loudly and making fierce gestures at the Miao people. But after a moment, she took a closer look and found that they were all fragrant and delicious fruits. How could she not be delighted? She immediately picked up a few bananas from the ground, then slowly ran back to Gui Li's side, sat down on the ground with a thud, peeled the bananas and ate them. And the wine bag in her hand was still there, brought back with her.

  The ghost stared at Xiaohui, seeing Xiaohui eating with relish, occasionally sticking out his head, putting the wine bag to his mouth and taking a sip.

  The monkey drank several mouthfuls of strong liquor, but its face didn't seem to show any signs of flushing, and it seemed to have a considerable capacity for alcohol. Gui Li was about to say something when he turned his head and saw Xiao Bai leaning against his shoulder, her eyes hazy with intoxication. She let out a sudden sigh, and then swallowed back what she was going to say, saying nothing at all.

  It was Xiao Hui who smiled and handed a banana to Gui Li, which he had picked up from the ground earlier. It seemed that he was quite loyal and wanted to share his good fortune with Gui Li.

  The demon's face was stern, with changing expressions, finally slowly shaking his head, turning around and no longer looking at the monkey.

  Xiao Hui shrugged, not knowing why his owner wasn't interested in such a delicious treat. Anyway, he was happy to eat it himself and didn't bother with him. He looked around, darted out again, picked up a few more bananas, placed them on the ground in front of him, and savored them slowly.

  This chaotic scene was what Miao people's patriarch Tu Ma Gu saw when he just came out of the altar.

  The soldiers responsible for guarding the altar were all drunk, lying horizontally and vertically on the ground, with the strong smell of liquor filling the air; in the distance, the Miao people were watching from a three-layered circle, occasionally bursting into laughter; as for the two people from Central Plains, the man was okay, standing still, but his face looked quite uncomfortable, while the woman seemed to have also gotten drunk, her face bright red and extremely beautiful, leaning against the man's body, but still able to stand, which was much better than the Miao warriors who were lying drunk on the ground.

  Even the strange three-eyed monkey they brought with them was sitting at their feet, eating a piece of fruit and drinking a mouthful of strong liquor, in high spirits.

  Tuma Bone wasn't a fool, he took a few more glances and looked at the wine bags scattered all over the ground and the expressions of the onlookers, then he knew it wasn't those two people from Central Plains who were playing some trick, but rather his own subordinates weren't doing their job.

  At this time, seeing the clan leader walking down, someone had already run up and whispered in his ear, briefly telling him what had happened.

  Looking at these drunk devils, Tu Ma's bones were straight and his seven orifices were smoking with anger. He thought to himself that these useless people had abandoned their duties of guarding the altar. What was even more detestable was that over a dozen men had actually been knocked out by a weak woman while drinking, and if this matter were to spread, the Miao tribe would be shamed and ridiculed to death by the other four tribes in the south.

  With a determined mind, he decided to deal with these useless people later. Tu Ma Gu's face forced a smile as if he didn't see the mess on the ground and walked towards Gui Li.

  Gui Lie also saw Tu Ma Gu walking over, and his heart skipped a beat. Although this wine-drinking scene wasn't exactly a life-or-death battle, anyone could see that the Miao people had lost face in a big way. Earlier, when Tu Ma Gu came down from the mountain, Gui Lie had seen from afar that his expression was off, clearly furious.

  Although he forced a smile and walked over, Gui Li didn't know how he felt uneasy in his heart, and couldn't help but scold Xiao Bai for causing such big trouble.

  As he approached the old man, Gui Lie forced a smile and said: "Old fellow, my... this friend of mine, she really doesn't understand the rules, that's why she...".

  Tuma Bone shook his head and said to him: "You don't need to say it, I already know. To put it bluntly, the people under my command are simply useless."

  The ghost was silent for a moment, then cautiously said: "Is that great shaman willing to meet with us?"

  Tuma Bone glanced at him, then looked at the small white leaning against Gui Li's body, with half-closed bright eyes and light gasps. He smiled bitterly and said, "You can go up now! The Great Shaman has agreed to see you."

  The ghost was overjoyed and repeatedly said: "Thank you, old man."

  "I am the chief of the Miao people here, you can just call me Tuma Gu."

  Gui Li was taken aback, he had seen that the old man had great prestige among the Miao people, but he hadn't expected him to be the chief of the Miao tribe. He nodded and said: "Thank you so much, Chief."

  Tuma Bone shook his head and said, "You'd better hurry up! The Great Shaman is still waiting for you!"

  Gui Li responded with a sound, just about to step towards the altar in the middle of the mountain, but was held back by Xiao Bai beside him. He saw that her soft and boneless body was leaning against his own, if he walked away like this, she would likely fall to the ground.

  "Little White, I'm going to see the Great Shaman. You stay here and wait for me, okay?"

  Xiaobai didn't know if he had heard clearly in his drunken state, but the sound of Gui Li's voice rang in his ears, and without opening his eyes, a faint smile spread across his face, extremely charming, yet he didn't say a word, only tightening his grip on Gui Li's clothes by another fraction.

  The ghost was helpless, and after all, this place was a strange place. Xiao Bai was drunk like this, leaving her alone as a woman, couldn't help but feel uneasy. After thinking for a moment, he sighed and stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Bai, and they walked up the mountain together.

  Tuma Bone led the way on the front path, Gui Li supported Xiao Bai as they walked. Xiao Bai's body was still soft and fluffy, and when walking, it felt like floating in mid-air, with most of her weight leaning on Gui Li's hand. Gui Li furrowed his brow, with an inexplicable feeling in his heart, but suddenly he thought of something again and turned to look back.

  As expected, Xiao Hui was still motionless, sitting in the same place eating fruit and drinking strong liquor, occasionally letting out a giggle, completely carefree.

  The ghost kicked a banana with his foot, and it flew up and hit Xiao Hui's head, scaring him to jump. The monkey head turned around sharply and touched the place where he was hit.

  "Let's go," Gu Li said in a bad mood. As he spoke, he supported (or carried?) Xiao Bai and followed Tu Ma Gu to the altar on the mountain.

  Xiao Hui scratched his head, stood up, and threw away the fruit in his hand (which was almost eaten anyway). At the same time, he shook the wine bag. The soldier had a large capacity for liquor earlier and had already drunk a lot. With the wine bag falling to the ground, a significant amount of wine had spilled out. After being drunk by the monkey for a while, it was already empty.

  Xiao Hui threw the wine bag on the ground, just about to follow Gui Li, when he suddenly stopped, belched, and his monkey face slowly turned red. It seemed that Miao Ren's strong liquor was indeed extraordinary, and at this moment, it was also slowly taking effect.

  However, Xiao Hui was a spiritual creature after all. Although her face turned red, she still moved as usual and quickly ran over to catch up with Gui Li.

  Just as they were walking up the mountain road, the Miao soldier who was standing guard earlier had fallen down drunk in a big patch, with wine ghosts and wine bags all over the ground. Gui Li supported Xiao Bai to walk ahead first, while Xiao Hui walked for a bit before suddenly stopping, picking up another large wine bag from the ground, shaking it by her side, making gurgling sounds, apparently there was still quite some left, she couldn't help but be overjoyed.

  Under this surprise, Xiao Hui suddenly became happy, picking up a wine bag from the east and shaking it twice; picking up a wine bag from the west and shaking it twice. As he walked and picked, unfortunately, his monkey hands only had two hands, so he picked one up and dropped another, but Xiao Hui was greedy and didn't want to give up, putting seven or eight wine bags together that he had picked up from east and west, but unable to carry them all away, he became anxious and let out a "squeak" cry.

  Just as he was about to look up and ask his master for help, he took a glance and got a fright. He saw that his master had already followed the old Miao man far away, almost reaching the altar on the mountain. Xiaohui chirped anxiously, jumping back and forth, scratching its ears and cheeks, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Finally, with one ruthless heart, he grabbed two wine bags with his hands and dragged them on the ground behind him, rushing towards the mountain with all his might.

  The wine bag made of thick and sturdy leather by the Miao people was still intact, otherwise it would have been torn apart from being dragged around like this. As they watched the monkey's amusing antics, the crowd of Miao people gathered at the foot of the mountain couldn't help but burst into laughter, their voices echoing through the valley of Qili Gorge.

  Xiao Hui rushed all the way and finally caught up with Gui Li and others in front of the altar, panting heavily.

  The ghost turned its head to look at it, and saw the monkey open its mouth and stick out its tongue, panting heavily, but still tightly grasping two wine bags in its hand. It was stunned for a moment, then shook its head and turned away.

  Tuma Bone made a gesture towards the altar and said, "Follow me!"

  The ghost nodded and said, "Thank you."

  Tuma Bone smiled and walked into the Miao people's altar first, with Gui Li following closely behind him.

  As soon as they entered the altar, a gloomy feeling enveloped them, completely different from the bright and sunny world outside. It was unclear whether it was due to the great wizard's orders or not, but along the way, neither Tuma Bone nor Gui Li saw anyone else inside the altar.

  Xiao Bai was drunk with a happy expression, Gui Li's heart was heavy with worries, neither of them noticed their surroundings. Only Xiao Hui followed behind them, dragging two large wine bags, and every now and then let out a belch, his curious eyes darting back and forth.

  In the dark altar, on those stone walls, there was a faint red color, which seemed to be stained with fresh blood. And in the corners of the stone walls, there were often animal skulls and fierce beast heads, grotesquely decorated.

  Xiao Hui let out two anxious cries, and quickened his pace by two steps, closely following Gui Li. However, the wine bag in his hand remained tightly grasped and not let go.

  They encountered no obstacles along the way and soon arrived at the deepest part of the altar, outside the stone chamber where the great wizard was.

  The demon's brow furrowed suddenly, although he was somewhat tense at the moment, but subconsciously, the icy breath emitted by the Blood Devouring Bead in his body suddenly became a bit restless. In this stone room, there seemed to be a mysterious and unpredictable power that stimulated the Soul Devourer.

  Tuma Bone turned his head and said fiercely to Gui Li: "It's here, the Great Witch is inside, let's go in!"

  Guili nodded and followed Tumabone into the stone room, where he immediately saw the hunched figure sitting in front of the fire with its back to them.

  Tuma Bone signaled them to wait a moment, then walked forward himself and stopped at the previous place, saying respectfully: "Great Shaman, they have arrived."

  The old wizard's voice slowly rose, and what was heard in the ears of the fierce ghost was actually very fluent and authentic Zhongtu language. He said, "Please ask them to come over! Tuma Gu, there is nothing for you here, go!"

  Tuma Bone responded with a grunt and turned his head towards Gui Li saying: "You guys talk to the Grand Shaman then! I'm leaving first."

  Gui Li nodded to him and said sincerely: "Tribe leader, thank you so much."

  Tuma Bone smiled and said, "Nothing." He looked at the small white wine bottle in Gui Lie's arm again, thinking to himself that it was unbelievable that there existed a woman with such an enormous capacity for liquor in this world. Thinking this, he slowly walked out.

  After Dai Tu Ma Gu's figure disappeared, Gui Li turned around and looked forward.

  That hunched figure in the firelight flickered constantly, casting an uncertain shadow that seemed somewhat unreal, full of mystery.

  He was hesitating about how to open his mouth and beg, when the voice of the great wizard had already sounded.

  "Come on, young man!"

  Guilei listened to this hoary voice, and suddenly felt a little respect in his heart. He responded with a sound: "Ah", and slowly walked over to the big witch doctor's back six feet away. After hesitating for a moment, he didn't continue forward, but stood still on the spot.

  Xiao Hui trailed behind, carrying two large wine bags, closely following Gui Li's footsteps. Her three eyes darted back and forth, scanning the surroundings, before finally settling on the strange canine statue in front of her, staring at it unblinkingly.

  "Sit down!" The old wizard's voice said quietly.

  The little white body was already unstable at this moment, and it seemed that the wine had risen, with a strong desire to sleep. Subconsciously, he leaned on Gui Li's body, rubbed his head on his shoulder twice, and fell asleep soundly.

  As for Xiao Hui, it seemed that he was also affected by the quiet atmosphere in this stone room. He didn't even dare to breathe loudly and quietly sat down beside Xiao Bai, placing the two wine bags beside him. He secretly picked up one of them and put it to his mouth, taking a sip. His monkey eyes rolled around, looking towards the shadow of the great witch doctor.

  "What brings you here?" The great wizard remained facing the fire pit, without turning his head.

  "Guili Dao said: 'Great Witch, I have a friend who has lost two souls and seven spirits, only one soul remains. It's been ten years now, just like a fake death. I heard that Great Witch you have the Soul Recovery Technique, which can save her. Please, Great Witch, you must...save her..."

  In the end, his voice seemed to be trembling slightly as well.

  A decade of sorrow and waiting, searching in vain, all seem to be surging up to my heart at this moment.

  The great wizard did not speak, and the stone chamber fell silent, with only the flames burning in front of him, crackling and flickering uncertainly.

  After a long time, the great wizard finally broke the silence and said: "How did your friend get this illness?"

  The demon hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "Ten years ago, I was fighting with... an enemy, and the opponent's magical powers were unfathomable. With a powerful sword, he struck me down, and I couldn't resist. She... she sacrificed her life, burning all her vital energy to merge with my three souls and seven spirits, just to save me. But in doing so, she herself also became..." His voice choked up, and he paused for a long time before continuing: "Fortunately, she had an unusual treasure on her body called the 'Reunion Bell', which at the critical moment took one of her souls from her soul and captured it inside the bell, giving her a thread of life. Great Shaman, please save her."

  The Grandmaster's back was suddenly illuminated by the flames, and he seemed to have aged a bit more as he slowly said: "That friend you mentioned earlier, is he from the Demon Sect?"

  The ghost was shocked, just now he was afraid of the evil sect's bad reputation, so he didn't dare to specify, unexpectedly the great witch heard it and suddenly said it out directly. Just as he was surprised, the old voice of the great witch had already spoken again: "She must be a woman! And the spell she used is the secret 'Infatuation Spell' of the evil sect, right?"

  Gui Li was shocked, and then delighted. He was shocked that the old man in the dark altar of the southern border was actually an extraordinary person who had not been born into this world; he was delighted because the greater his abilities, the greater the hope of saving Bi Yao.

  He didn't care about anything else, nodded repeatedly and said: "The great witch doctor is indeed wise, it's true. However, although the world has many slanders against the Demon Sect, my friend here is truly kind-hearted to the extreme. Please, Great Witch Doctor, use your magic to save her this once!"

  The great wizard's shoulders seemed to have moved slightly, and in the sound of the flames burning, there was a faint sigh, the voice was faintly sorrowful, with a hint of heartache.

  "For you people of Central Plains' Orthodox Devil Cult, it doesn't make any difference to me, a wild man from the border. You don't have to worry about this."

  The ghost was overjoyed, just about to say something, when the great witch doctor continued: "That kind of soul-saving magic you mentioned, I do know a thing or two. But whether it can save your friend, I'm not so sure..."

  A chill ran down Gui Lie's spine, and his eyes grew hot. In these ten years, at this moment today, he finally saw a glimmer of weak hope in the layers of darkness.

  "But before that, I still have a question for you, and you must answer me first."

  Guili nodded repeatedly and said: "Great Witch Doctor, please speak."

  The great witch doctor said slowly: "Who told you that the great witch doctor of the Miao people's altar has a soul-calling technique passed down through generations?"

  Gui Li heard the words and was stunned for a moment, subconsciously turning his head to look at Xiao Bai. He saw that Xiao Bai had unknowingly started to slide down from his shoulder, his body soft and fluffy, with his head resting on Gui Li's thigh, a faint smile hanging from the corner of his mouth as he slept soundly.

  Guilian was fully focused on talking to the great witch just now and didn't notice her at all.

  At this moment, looking a bit further away, it was found that the little monkey Xiao Hui's face was also bright red. The two bags of leftover strong wine seemed to have been drunk by it mouthful by mouthful. At this moment, it leaned against Xiao Bai's body, its head resting on Xiao Bai's belly, its limbs spread out, and it lay on the ground with a loud snore, its belly rising and falling.

  The ghost turned its head and faced the back of the great witch, for a moment it didn't know what to say, shaking its head with a bitter smile.