After receiving the Mermaid's Tear from Huang Yue, Xie Xiaofeng first wiped it across his left eye, and soon after, an image of Huang Yue dancing in the deep sea appeared above his left eye, graceful and lifelike. When it ended, he reluctantly looked towards Huang Yue and said, "Huang Yue, take care!"

"Mmm!" Huang Yue nodded slightly to Xie Xiaofeng, her eyes brimming with tears that clearly conveyed her deep sorrow.

"Huang Yue, aren't you going to City H to find our friend?" Tang Jing said, "The way you're dressed now will definitely make it inconvenient to meet him, and could cause quite some trouble. I don't have any gifts to offer, so all I can do is give you some clothes I've worn. I hope you don't mind."

"Really?" Huang Yue's face lit up with delight, then holding Tang Jing's hand softly, she said, "Of course I don't mind, thank you so much!"

Then, accompanied by Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao, Tang Jing went to the van at the entrance of the village to fetch some clothes, while Xie Xiaofeng stayed by the well with Huang Yue.

"Huang Yue, do you think we will meet again in the future?" Xie Xiaofeng asked, gazing at Huang Yue.

Huang Yue pursed her lips and shook her head, her tone somewhat downcast, "I don't know! But do you want to see me? "

"Of course!" Xie Xiaofeng nodded, "We are friends now, aren't we?"

Huang Yue nodded repeatedly, laughing lightly, "That's right, we are friends! I want to see everyone too. It's just a pity that my family and I live a nomadic life, drifting from place to place, without a fixed location."

"That's okay, if it's convenient for you, you can come to find us. Although we few will also be drifting around for a while, we'll return to our hometown, City Y, soon enough. If it's fast, maybe just a year or two; at the slowest, it shouldn't be more than three years."

"Then let's agree to meet in City Y three years from today!" Huang Yue said earnestly as she looked into Xie Xiaofeng's eyes.

"Alright, alright!" Xie Xiaofeng eagerly agreed, his face full of smiles. Then he held up his left pinky finger in front of Huang Yue and added, "Then it's a promise to meet in three years!"

Huang Yue smiled as she lifted her pinky to hook with Xie Xiaofeng's.

Seeing her smile so sweetly, Xie Xiaofeng was momentarily entranced and couldn't help but exclaim, "Huang Yue, your smile is so beautiful."

Huang Yue was taken aback, her cheeks suddenly flushed with a touch of red as she lowered her head slightly.

Suddenly, Xie Xiaofeng's left hand, which was hooked with Huang Yue's, opened up, grasping Huang Yue's left hand. Instantly, their heartbeats quickened.

After a brief silence, just as Xie Xiaofeng was about to say something to Huang Yue, the man lying on the ground suddenly coughed twice, startling both and causing them to quickly retract their hands.

Afterward, the man opened his eyes and slowly got up from the ground. But just as he sat up straight, Xie Xiaofeng strode towards him, punching him twice in the face without saying a word to knock him out again.

"Huang Yue, don't be polite to him, this kind of person deserves to die a thousand times!" Xie Xiaofeng said, gasping with anger, cursing inwardly that the man had chosen the worst possible time to wake up.

"Okay, sure!"

Xie Xiaofeng turned around, hesitated for a few seconds, and then went back in front of Huang Yue, his heart beating faster once again. Huang Yue kept her head down, not daring to look into his eyes.

Just then, Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, and Tang Jing returned with the clothes. As Xie Xiaofeng watched their approaching figures, he felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

"Let's leave what we have to say for when we meet again in three years," Huang Yue suddenly said, raising her eyes to look at Xie Xiaofeng.

Xie Xiaofeng looked into her eyes, dazed, and nodded.

Shortly after, Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, and Tang Jing returned to the bamboo forest.

After taking the clothes from Tang Jing, Xie Xiaofeng helped drag the unconscious man to the edge of the well.

"Everyone, thank you for today! I really have to go now, until we meet again!" Huang Yue waved goodbye to Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, and Tang Jing. Then, she turned around and walked slowly to the edge of the well.

"Let me throw him into the well for you!" Xie Xiaofeng said, as he dumped the unconscious man into the well.

After reaching Xie Xiaofeng, tears of blue transparency could not help but slide down Huang Yue's face. Then, with a hoarse voice, she said, "I will remember you, and our promise for three years!"

Xie Xiaofeng nodded sadly, unable to resist opening his arms to Huang Yue.

Huang Yue slightly extended her arms to embrace Xie Xiaofeng and softly said, "Thank you, thanks!"

Shortly after, the two separated. Glancing at Chen Hao and the others behind her, Huang Yue turned gracefully, a blue light circling around her. When the light faded, her feet had transformed back into the shining fish tail from before. After gently squeezing Xie Xiaofeng's palm, she leaped into the ancient well.

"Huang Yue, I won't forget our promise for three years either!" Xie Xiaofeng shouted into the well.

Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, and Tang Jing exchanged surprised glances. The progression between Xie Xiaofeng and Huang Yue had surpassed all three of their expectations.

"Never thought Xie Xiaofeng could be so efficient!" Chen Hao remarked.

"Are you especially envious?" Ye Yuqiao suddenly asked Chen Hao teasingly.

Chen Hao gave a bitter smile.

The night was deep.

Without saying goodbye to the villagers, Chen Hao and the others drove the Exorcism Special Vehicle out of the village and checked into an inn in town.

The next morning, they left the inn early and set off for their next destination.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

The Exorcism Special Vehicle was about to enter the Dazhou Mountain Range.

Seeing a fork in the road farther ahead, Xie Xiaofeng, who was driving, suddenly slowed down the vehicle and asked Ye Yuqiao through the rearview mirror, "We're coming upon a fork, one road leads to the east and the other to the west. Which one should we take?"

"Take whichever road gets us to Dazhou Town faster!" Chen Hao said.

"The time it takes is about the same for both roads; anyway, we'll make it to Dazhou Town before dark."

Just then, Ye Yuqiao suddenly furrowed her brows tightly and said, "There's Demonic Qi nearby!"

Before she even finished speaking, she added, "And there's a beastly aura! The Demonic Qi is on the east side, and the beastly aura on the west, both very strong."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hao immediately took out the compass for sensing evil spirits from his chest. He saw one side of the Compass flashing with red light, and the other with green, exactly confirming what Ye Yuqiao had sensed.

Xie Xiaofeng showed a helpless expression, his face bitter as he said, "Ugh! Another multiple-choice question. Should we first deal with the demon to the east or the beast to the west?"

Ye Yuqiao blinked as she looked toward Chen Hao, clearly leaving the decision to him.

Understanding Ye Yuqiao's gaze, Chen Hao scratched his head with a wry smile and said, "It feels like the demon might be easier to deal with, so let's head east first!"

"Then let's take the east road!"

Not long after, the Exorcism Special Vehicle had traveled several kilometers down the eastern road. A puff of green smoke drifted from the deep mountains to the west, reaching the fork in the road, and then transformed into King Mieji's sworn brother—the Cyclops Demon King.

"Ah, why didn't they take the western road?" the Cyclops Demon King lamented as he gazed toward the eastern path.

A few days earlier, in order to contend with the Bat Demon King for the second-in-command position, they had made a bet set by their boss, King Mieji: whoever killed Chen Hao first would become the second-in-command.

For a fair competition, after deliberation, each of them took a position on one side of the fork, leaving Chen Hao to choose freely. Whichever side he picked would give the corresponding demon an advantage.

If Chen Hao wasn't dead by midday, the other would have to take their turn to go after him, and this would continue in rotation until Chen Hao was killed. During this, neither side was allowed to interfere with each other, nor could they occupy even a second past their time should it run out; whoever violated this would immediately forfeit.

Just now, Chen Hao and his companions had chosen the eastern direction where the Bat Demon King lay in wait, so the Cyclops Demon King could only hope that Chen Hao would survive half a day without getting killed by the Bat Demon King.

Half an hour later.

The Exorcism Special Vehicle carrying Chen Hao and the others arrived before a tunnel in the deep mountains. Looking at the pitch-black scene within the tunnel ahead, Ye Yuqiao frowned tightly, feeling that the lurking demon nearby would show itself inside this tunnel.

"Remember to slow down after we enter the tunnel!" Ye Yuqiao instructed, while she was sensing the Demonic Qi that flickered in and out of existence nearby.

"Got it!" Xie Xiaofeng responded, he reduced the speed and turned on the headlights.

Soon after, the Exorcism Special Vehicle entered the tunnel, and waves of cold air immediately invaded the inside of the vehicle.

Xie Xiaofeng quickly closed all the windows and swallowed a few times, feeling discomfort in his ears due to the unstable air pressure in the tunnel.

The tunnel was too dark; besides the range illuminated by the headlights, everything else was invisible.

And the magical power that Ye Yuqiao had sensed was at its lowest point at that moment.

"Could this demon have left?" Ye Yuqiao wondered suspiciously.

After about half a minute into the tunnel, as the bend ahead still wasn't the end, Tang Jing couldn't help but complain, "How can this tunnel be so long? My ears are about to hurt like hell!"

And right at that moment, several large dark shapes suddenly attacked the van from both sides and the top of the tunnel.

When these objects got closer, Xie Xiaofeng's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in shock, "Why are there so many bats!"

"Tatatatatata..."

No sooner had Xie Xiaofeng finished speaking than thousands of bats landed on the windshield, completely obscuring his view.

"Ah!" Tang Jing screamed, having never seen such a large number of bats before.

At the same time, Xie Xiaofeng hit the brakes hard, while Chen Hao quickly pulled Ye Yuqiao into his arms, protecting her head.

The sharp and urgent noise of the brakes echoed through the tunnel.

When the vehicle completely came to a halt, Chen Hao let go of Ye Yuqiao and looked beside him. The glass was now full of countless bats, leaving not a single gap.

Immediately after, Chen Hao's left eye emitted a purple Nether Light. He saw these bats continuously knocking on the glass and showing their unnaturally sharp teeth.

As the bats looked somewhat similar to mice, and since he had been scared of mice since he was little, Chen Hao was immediately frightened, his face turned pale, and his body trembled.

"These are bloodsucking bats!"

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