Looking at the herbs in my hand, I let out a wry smile and put them directly into my mouth to chew.
The taste was truly unpleasant, extremely bitter.
My mouth was filled with drool.
Master, however, told me to swallow it all, and Aunt Yunxia also said it was good medicine that tasted bitter.
Finally, I endured the very peculiar bitterness and swallowed everything.
My wounds were bandaged, and I had taken the medicine.
Then, I prepared to rest. Aunt Yunxia also left the room.
Master and I each had a bed. Now, with the curtains drawn, we began to rest.
Lying down felt truly comfortable.
My entire body felt relaxed.
Soon, I fell asleep.
But after I fell asleep, I had a strange dream.
In the dream, I saw a red sky.
Red clouds floated, as if stained with blood.
And beneath the sky, it seemed like an ancient battlefield.
Dense and numerous, there were corpses and battle flags everywhere.
Blood flowed like rivers, gurgling.
It was as if I could see the pained expressions of everyone in the battle as they died.
The terror and resentment made me feel incredibly, incredibly oppressed.
I didn't want to look, but these scenes kept flashing before my eyes…
And the oppressive feeling kept accumulating within me.
Finally, I couldn't help but cry out.
"Ah!"
The next second, I suddenly opened my eyes.
Only then did I realize that I was still sitting on the bed.
What I had seen just now was merely a dream.
As I steadied myself and prepared to lie back down to rest.
I unexpectedly heard a rustling sound from the foot of the bed, as if something was there.
Hearing the unusual sound, I curiously sat up and glanced over.
But upon looking, I was completely stunned.
In our dark room, at the foot of the bed, there were now hundreds of rats.
These rats were motionless, all lying on the ground.
The cage that contained the rat demon was being carried on the backs of over a dozen rats, moving towards the room's main door.
And guarding the door were over a dozen rats, each biting its own tail.
Were they trying to open the door?
Besides that, some rats were looking up at me on the bed.
Their eyes flickered with an eerie glow.
Seeing this, my heart instantly skipped a beat.
I knew something was wrong; these rats were trying to help the rat demon escape.
My face was filled with alarm. Just as I was about to shout a warning.
But the rat demon in the cage suddenly let out a squeaking sound.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak."
As soon as these squeaks sounded, all the rats on the floor raised their heads.
Showing fierce expressions, they all let out "squeak, squeak, squeak" sounds.
Some even leaped into the air, directly pouncing onto my bed.
They lunged towards my eyes and mouth.
Seeing this, my face was greatly shocked.
I quickly shouted:
"Master, Master…"
After speaking, I used my hands to swat at the rats.
The other rats, meanwhile, dragging the cage containing the rat demon, quickly ran towards the main door.
The door was also opened by those rats with a "creak."
And these rats, with great planning and coordination, actually pushed the door open.
Clearing the path for the cage carrying the rat demon.
"Where do you think you're going!"
I shouted loudly.
I slapped away a few rats, ignoring the more than a dozen rats that had climbed onto me and were biting me, and leaped off the bed, giving chase.
My master was also woken by my shout.
Without understanding what was happening, dozens of rats swarmed towards him.
Some even tried to burrow into my master's mouth, attempting to enter his stomach and kill him.
Although my master was panicked and didn't know what was going on.
His cultivation was, after all, quite high.
Even though he didn't know how all these rats had silently entered their bedroom.
But at this moment, these rats wouldn't fare any better.
Master's body trembled, and a surge of qi erupted.
The dozens of rats that pounced on him were all thrown back, dying on the spot.
And I, who had chased them off the bed, was surrounded by hundreds of rats.
Constantly squeaking, they incessantly bit at my body.
But I, like a human machine, continuously kicked away these rats and chased them out of the room.
When I reached the corridor, I was utterly dumbfounded.
The corridor was now densely packed, with thousands of rats appearing.
All of them were making "squeaking" sounds.
And they were all looking up towards me.
The cage containing the rat demon was on the backs of these rats.
Like a surging tide, they continuously moved towards the window at the end of the corridor.
"Damn it!"
I realized the situation was bad and shouted again:
"You won't escape!"
I said, and without regard for the thousands of rats.
I chased forward directly.
But these rats, it seemed, were too numerous and too dense, which also greatly affected me.
Slowing down my speed.
Just as I was about to catch up to the rat demon's cage.
The rat demon's cage was transported by the rat swarm to the window.
Then, from the second floor, it was pushed directly down.
With a "clang."
It tumbled on the ground, and a large group of rats below continued to drag the cage forward, running very fast.
I certainly wouldn't let it escape like this.
I slapped away a dozen rats and continued the pursuit.
Holding my breath, I leaped, jumping down from the second floor.
Following the direction of the rat demon's escape, I continued to chase…