Chen Zhui and Hops smiled at each other and both understood their meanings.

"I can almost conclude," Hops' voice was low and terrifying. "Without the one-eyed demon vulture, the scavenger wolf is almost the same as the blind man, and his sense of smell is less than a mile away!"

"If you say so, we will be sure of what we are targeting?" Chen Zhui's tone seemed to sigh or question.

"I'm afraid," Hops smiled bitterly, "if the appearance of the scavenging wolf can be regarded as a coincidence, then is it a coincidence that the eight-clawed water ghost who has always lived in seclusion?"

Chen Zhui nodded and said, "At this point, I won't hide it from you anymore. I said in the Black Swamp that I am a junior high-level magician. It was a bluff, just to shock the enemy in the dark, but the eight-clawed water ghost still came, which proves that the enemy was not scared, in other words..."

Before Chen Zhui finished speaking, Hops took over the sentence: "In other words, the enemy's strength is likely to be no lower than that of the primary level!"

"Yes." Chen Zhui replied, silently sighing in his heart at Hops' keen thinking.

For a moment, both of them remained silent, with their own thoughts, and the surroundings fell into a brief silence.

Chen Zhui was thinking about whether he could protect Chen Xiaohe and Tang Shishi if the enemy was stronger than imagined.

Tang Shishi has the magic walking tool of "Blue Water and Tianxin", so it should be no problem to escape. As for Chen Xiaohe, this little girl's strength is probably a little stronger than herself.

But what worries Chen Zhi is that if he can't escape for a while, then Chen Xiaohe probably won't run away alone...

Hops was also full of thoughts, his little dark eyes were deep and quiet, and from time to time, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"There is another possibility," Hops suddenly spoke and broke the silence. "Although the enemy is not very powerful, he is a desperate person! Only in this way can he not be shocked by your words."

"Faithless," Chen Zhui pondered for a while after hearing this, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He said, "The one who is seeking life on this border is not a Faithless person. As long as he is not strong, can he be more dangerous than the thunderous eight-clawed water ghost?"

After hearing Chen Zhui's words, Hops slowly stretched out his right fist, but his face remained silent: "So, you and those two girls, plus Bru, should you four be able to deal with it?"

"Old Master Hops, let me tell you this." Chen Zhui returned to his sloppy appearance and leaned relaxedly beside the fire. "As long as the turtle hiding in the dark is not an intermediate magician, we can chop him up as soon as he reveals it!"

"Then I'll be relieved." Although Hops said that, his face was still tense, and the light in his eyes flashed and darkened.

"You can watch here for a while first, I'll go into the house to take a look." Chen Zhui patted his butt and said, "This is the first time he slept with Chen Xiaohe outside, and he is still a little worried."

"Well, go." Hops agreed.

Chen Zhui gently stepped over the alarm line with bells tied into the room where everyone was sleeping.

The room was pitch black, only the moonlight outside the window shone in. You could vaguely see the figures lying on the ground, and the slight snoring sounds were coming one after another.

Chen Zhui stepped over the person lying on the ground and came to Chen Xiaohe's side.

I saw the little girl sleeping soundly with her thumb biting her mouth, and occasionally humming a few whispers: "Sir... Takoyaki... well..."

Chen Zhui couldn't help but smile knowingly when he heard this. This little foodie was always eating in her dreams!

"Shen Zhui, Shen Zhui!"

Suddenly, a slight voice came from nearby, calling Chen Zhui's name.

Taking advantage of the dim moonlight, Chen Zhui looked carefully and found that it was Tang Shishi.

"Shishi, are you not asleep yet?" Chen Zhui asked in surprise.

"I feel upset and can't sleep." Tang Shishi replied in a low voice.

"Let's go out and talk." Chen Zhui was afraid of disturbing everyone to rest.

The two of them walked out of the door, walked around Hops to the open space behind the house.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Zhui asked with concern. He had never seen Tang Da Lazy Cat sleep when he couldn't sleep enough. He usually couldn't sleep enough.

Tang Shishi was used to being rich and well-dressed in the Tang family. Even if she had her own small apartment in the college, she had been sleeping in the wilderness?

Moreover, there were a group of strange men lying in the room, with all kinds of smelly feet, grinding their teeth, and snoring...

How could she sleep?

"Didn't you say it," Tang Shishi glanced at Hops and leaned into Chen Zhui's ear, "Is anyone making trouble in secret? I'm a little worried."

"oh!"

Chen Zhui suddenly realized, and then repeated the conversation with Hops to Tang Shishi, comforting him: "The old man judged that this person is at most a desperate person and should not be too strong, so we can deal with it."

Tang Shishi stared at Hops's flashing back, thought about Chen Zhui's words in her heart, then frowned and said, "Why do I think this is not that simple!"

"Hmm?" Chen Zhui was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly, "What do you mean?"

Although Chen Zhui is smart, he is not as good as Tang Shishi in terms of human nature and knowledge. Therefore, in this regard, Chen Zhui will listen to Tang Shishi's opinions.

"Do you know what goods are transported by the caravan?" Tang Shishi asked.

Chen Zhui shook his head, he had never paid attention to this.

"It's salt." Tang Shishi said lightly, "Which magician has ever seen a magician who has become a desperate for a pile of salt!"

Chen Zhui was shocked when he heard this, and his mind was already in an uproar!

Why didn't I expect this?

"So, what will he do?" Tang Shishi asked and answered, "There are only two things, either for the treasure or for revenge!"

After listening to Tang Shishi's words, Chen Zhushi was like a enlightenment, and he immediately understood!

"Then you say," Tang Shishi's voice showed a cold feeling, "Even I could think of these, would Hops not have imagined them!"

Hiss! Chen Zhui took a breath of air when he heard this, feeling a chill on his back.

"Then... why did Hops hide the truth from us?" Chen Zhui's voice trembled a little. Although he had this question, he had a vague answer in his heart.

But Chen Zhui was unwilling to believe this answer!

He didn't want to believe that an old man with kind eyes would be so scheming.

He was unwilling to believe that there was no basic trust between people.

He was even more reluctant to believe that the people he protected along the way would actually lead him into the water for his own selfish interests!

Tang Shishi's eyes showed a cold look. She glanced at Hops in the distance with a gloomy and terrifying voice: "He wants to tie us to him and be his scapegoat!"

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