Chen Shi's eyes could see clearly even at night, though not very far. Straining his vision, he saw that the dark shadow was a black bear wearing human clothes—a scholar's Daoist robe, with its hair tied in a topknot secured by a hairpin.
Its Daoist robe was quite roomy, hiding its fat body.
The rumor of scholars wearing Daoist robes originated with the Jiajing Emperor, who was a member of the Daoist sect, styled himself the Longevity Emperor Monarch and the Purple-Polar Immortal Old Man, and bestowed Daoist robes upon his civil and military officials. Afterward, scholars took pride in wearing Daoist robes.
If one encountered this bear at night, one would definitely mistake it for a plump female scholar. Only when approaching close could one tell it was a bear.
Yet once you saw it clearly, it was often already too late. The black bear would pounce directly and eat you!
This black bear was eating the scholar's leg while alertly looking around in all directions. The sound it made while eating was very small, presumably out of fear of waking others.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, it turned its head to look toward Chen Shi's side.
Chen Shi's gaze flickered, and he was about to use a spell to slay this black bear when divine light suddenly flashed within the room. A divine shrine and divine embryo appeared behind the back of Zhao Kaiyun, and with a hum, a streak of sword Qi flew out!
The black bear was incomparably agile. At such close range, it actually avoided Zhao Kaiyun's Zi Wu Zhan Xie Sword, reached out to grab the half-eaten scholar, and with a loud crash, smashed through the wall and fled the room!
"Evil Sui, still trying to run!"
Zhao Kaiyun had not expected it to