Cheng Yu felt rather helpless as he watched the man giggling and chuckling like an idiot. Naturally, he wasn't about to enter the forest now. Who knew whether there were more Demon Monsters like him in there?
Cheng Yu turned away decisively. Finding somewhere to rest came first; everything else could wait until tomorrow.
But just as Cheng Yu turned to leave, the grinning man began trailing him, matching him step for step.
When Cheng Yu looked back, the man stopped where he was, still grinning foolishly.
Though Cheng Yu had no idea what the man was up to, he stayed on his guard.
Not far from the forest, Cheng Yu found a decent spot: a large rock that was narrow at the bottom and broad at the top.
It looked like it could just about shelter him from the rain, so Cheng Yu promptly settled down to sleep beneath it.
Sure enough, the Demon Monster man followed Cheng Yu over. He stayed a short distance away, still giggling and chuckling like an idiot.
Cheng Yu pretended to sleep. He wanted to see whether the man really had become an idiot after eating that wild boar or was merely putting on an act.
Before long, drool trickled from the corner of Cheng Yu's mouth. A short distance away, the Demon Monster man was still grinning foolishly.
By the time Cheng Yu slowly woke up, dawn was breaking.
Cheng Yu felt a little embarrassed. He had overestimated his willpower-or, more accurately, lost to this body's instincts. His body was already frail, and he had spent the whole day walking. Not long after lying down, he had lost consciousness.
Fortunately, the Demon Monster man was still grinning foolishly. Cheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like he really had become