Ziyun, Ji Ya and Ma Xiaoguang walked out of the dense forest, and at this moment Ma Xiaoguang was lying on his shoulder with a pink hair ball, which was the previous big-eared rabbit, and now she shrank to the size of a palm and put it on Ma Xiaoguang's shoulder.

Seeing this, Ziyun asked, "Miss Ma, you really don't have to subdue this demon beast?"

Ma Xiaoguang said with a smile: "It's good for Brother Ziyun to call me Xiaoguang, I said that I want her to be my real partner, so naturally I have to really trust her." No need to take it. ”

Ziyun was noncommittal: "Whatever you like." ”

The three of them beat the big-eared rabbit to obedience, Ma Xiaoguang originally wanted to subdue the big-eared rabbit, but she was surprised to find that the big-eared rabbit's IQ is not low, and it seems to be able to understand human language, she and the big-eared rabbit looked at each other for a while, the big-eared rabbit stared at the big watery eyes, looked at Ma Xiaoguang pitifully, and Ma Xiaoguang also pouted and looked at the big-eared rabbit.

Ma Xiaoguang said: "Now you know how powerful we are, right?"

The big-eared rabbit nodded.

"You don't want to be sealed into a wooden card by me, and then only leave thirty percent of the combat power, and be supported by the envoys, right?"

The big-eared rabbit shook his head busily.

"Then would you like to be my partner? ”

The big-eared rabbit looked at Ma Xiaoguang suspiciously, and then the two little meat hands pointed at each other.

"If you want, I won't seal you, let's go on a trip together. ”

The big-eared rabbit looked at Ma Xiaoguang probingly.

"I'll take good care of you. ”

The big-eared rabbit thought again, and the two little eyes rolled around, and then nodded.

Ziyun also asked if you don't seal it, aren't you afraid of the big-eared rabbit escaping? Ma Xiaoguang said that it's rare to meet a demon pet with such a high spiritual intelligence, I don't want to rely on the seal to enslave her, try to communicate with her, wouldn't it be better if she really accepted herself? The previous monster's spiritual intelligence was too low, and if it wasn't forcibly sealed until it was half dead, it wouldn't communicate with you at all, this time no matter whether the big-eared rabbit was temporarily soft or sincerely followed, as long as it could communicate, it was a good start.

The three of them went out of the mountain, Ziyun and Ji Ya naturally continued to walk towards Huadu, and Ma Xiaoguang was also full of curiosity about Huadu in the harbor city, so he came over to take a look, anyway, she had nowhere to go. Of course, this is only one of the reasons, more importantly, although she wants to communicate with the big-eared rabbit sincerely, but she is also afraid that the big-eared rabbit will suddenly escape, and the three of them can still subdue it, and I am afraid that she will not be able to subdue her on her own, in fact, sealing it is the easiest and best way, but it is always a pity that there is only thirty percent of the combat power left.

The three of them walked together for a day, and they should have taken a boat to Xiaozhou at the ferry, but when the local government temporarily requisitioned a boat, if they wanted to take the waterway, they needed to wait for a short period of five or six days, or about ten days for a long time. However, Lin Yue's entanglement was not enough to rent a car and horses, and he used the boat fare as a food expense, and he could still survive it for three days. Although Ma Xiaoguang said that he was rich, Ziyun and Ji Ya still had a deep relationship with her, but they were just walking, and Ma Xiaoguang didn't care, so the three of them walked around together.

This day finally arrived at a small town under the rule of Xiaozhou, the three of them are still looking for a place to eat, although it is just past the afternoon, but I don't know what the road ahead is, in case there is no place to stay at night is also troublesome, after eating, Ziyun also wants to explore the road ahead.

In a small shop, three people sat down to order some food, and there were a few merchants at the adjacent table who could not take the waterway, so they came here by land.

Ziyun asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I don't know where this is, what is the place ahead, and how far is it from Qiongzhou?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "So that Xiao Langjun knows, we are called Nanshanjiao Town, and a few miles ahead is a place called Ghost Crying Forest, as for how far it is from Qiongzhou, I don't know this." I heard that the merchant travelers who came and went should be less than 200 miles. ”

A merchant on the side said with a smile: "The shopkeeper has said a lot, to be exact, it is one hundred and twenty or thirty miles."

The shopkeeper admitted: "I haven't been far from this town, so where do I remember these numbers?" "Everyone smiled kindly.

Ma Xiaoguang asked, "The big place in front of you is called the Ghost Crying Forest, could it be something unclean?"

But the shopkeeper said: "Rest assured, girl, this forest grows strangely because of the trees, and there are often strong winds, the leaves and tree holes will make a sound, there is no evil spirit, I grew up here, although this forest does not dare to say that no one is killed, but it is not a dangerous place that often kills people." ”

Ma Xiaoguang was quite disappointed when he heard this, and thought that what kind of monsters could he catch this time, the Ma family's sealing technique could accommodate not only living people, but also demons, beasts, ghosts, or dead things.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper thought that Ma Xiaoguang was still worried, so he said: "If you still have to hurry for a while, if you can't get out of the Devil's Cry Forest after dark, you can see a manor along the avenue, and you can ask for accommodation there." ”

This time it was Ji Ya's turn to be curious: "I heard you say that although this place is not dangerous, it is not a good place, how can there be people living there?"

The shopkeeper said: "I don't know about this, ten years ago there was a gentry in the town, he didn't buy real estate in the town, but built a big mansion in the Devil's Crying Forest, and he didn't have much contact with the people in the town, but I only knew that the owner of this place called himself 'Xiao Wusheng' and lived alone." ”

Ziyun raised his eyebrows: "This is too strange, it won't be ......"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Xiao Langjun doesn't have to be confused, there are also merchants who come and go to the manor to seek accommodation, according to them, this Xi Wusheng is a frustrated person in the officialdom, and he doesn't want to be disturbed, so he lives here incognito, he was originally a quite amiable person, nothing ......"

Ziyun nodded, now in this world, there are indeed a lot of unsatisfactory people who are hidden in the mountains. At this time, a voice shouted: "Can't go, can't go to the woods, can't go to see that person, it's going to kill someone!!"

Everyone looked outside the shop, but there was a sloppy old woman with a rotten wooden staff in her hand, and she screamed to everyone in horror. The shopkeeper shook his head: "It's this crazy woman again." He said so, but he still took two steamed buns from the cage drawer next to him.

"Alright, let's go. The shopkeeper stuffed the steamed bun into the arms of the crazy woman.

The crazy woman hugged the steamed bun and still said, "You must not go!

"Ah, okay, okay. ”

Ziyun saw the store blow away the crazy woman and asked, "Shopkeeper, what's the matter with this old lady?"

The shopkeeper said: "This old lady's surname is Jiang, she fled from the north a few years ago, and she began to have a sanity, and she has become more and more crazy in recent years. ”

After the shopkeeper left, Ziyun and Ma Xiaoguang glanced at each other, although Ji Ya's cultivation was the highest among the three, but when it came to cultivation, he was far inferior to the other two.

Ziyun said, "I'm afraid we're going to spend the night here tonight." ”

Ji Ya asked, "Aren't you leaving?"

Ma Xiaoguang whispered: "Sister Ji Ya didn't find out, that mother-in-law was a monk just now?"

Ji Ya looked dazed, Ziyun nodded and said, "I also noticed a slight mistake in her, if it wasn't for the fact that I had been cultivating with the master for a while, I wouldn't have been able to see it." ”

Ji Ya suddenly realized: "So, what she just said ......"

Ma Xiaoguang nodded: "Eight or nine times out of ten is true, this Ghost Crying Forest must be a yin and evil realm, it is suspicious to build a big mansion in this kind of place, plus what this senior said......"

Ziyun looked outside: "It's always okay to be cautious, stay tonight, let's meet this senior." ”

……

The sun is in the west, Ziyun and the three of them choose to stay, but there are also those who are in a hurry, and a few merchants at the adjacent table leave together, and now the world is not peaceful, they are a group of six people, in addition to four who do business, there are two swordsmen who are hired for money, and these four businessmen are also accompanied by Pu Dao and whistle sticks, and they have a little bit of kung fu.

The Devil's Cry Forest at dusk is even more hideous, and the wind occasionally blows in the forest, and all kinds of strange rocks and tree holes make noises. There are cooing and whirring, mixed with the sound of sizzling from time to time. A few people can also be regarded as going south and north, at this time, if a few strongmen come out, they will not be afraid, but on the contrary, this situation is even more infiltrating.

After the sun went down, it left a touch of blood on the western horizon, and the treetops were already staring at a few people with owls purring, I don't know if it was real or an illusion, and the ghost crying forest after night was even more shady.

Someone saw that everyone was timid and said, "Go, where are there so many ghosts, but just scare yourself." ”

Several people had the courage to walk forward, the person walking at the end of the team suddenly felt a heavy shoulder, as if a hand held down himself, he looked back tremblingly, but after turning his head, he saw a rotten and suppy, pupil congestion grimace close at hand, the two faces were not two inches apart, the pupils under this person opened suddenly, and shouted loudly, the people in front of him did not see the grimace, but suddenly heard the shouting and was suddenly frightened, at this moment several demons and monsters appeared on both sides of the road, some flesh and blood blurred, some hideous, and some strange, they rushed to the merchant and others。

Several merchants and guards were startled and scattered and fled for their lives, some people didn't even dare to open their eyes, they could only run forward with their heads down, waving the weapons in their hands while running, and the surrounding demons and monsters made a seeping sound, making several people panic, but no matter how they waved their weapons, they couldn't dispel the demons.

Among the six people, two merchants and one guard ran together, three of them ran the fastest, and the other three rushed out first, and saw a manor from a distance, thinking that it was the place where the shopkeeper said that Xi Wusheng was in seclusion, and he didn't care much at the moment, and ran directly to the manor.

……

After the three of Ziyun stayed in the inn, they went to look for the crazy woman surnamed Jiang, this town is not big, the crazy woman is not difficult to find, the three of them came to a rickety simple wooden house, the crazy woman is leaning against the wooden house.

The three of them stepped forward and clasped their fists and saluted: "I've seen my predecessors." ”

The crazy woman's eyes widened, no longer the crazy and stupid appearance when she first saw her in the afternoon, looking at the three of them, the girl on the left was wearing a scimitar, and her clothes were embroidered with Pegasus patterns, and she was from the Ma family in Northern Xinjiang. The girl on the right covered most of her appearance with a hat, but she was carrying a big sword on her back, and she looked like Mingjian Villa, the descendant of the sword god in the north, and the young man in the middle couldn't see the way, and she was carrying a long sword but there was no sign, but she could intersect with the two northern girls behind her, and she shouldn't be from the south, maybe she was a young talent from a certain family in the north.

It is no wonder that these three people can see themselves, and the madwoman said, "You have come from the north, what are you doing here?"

The three of them looked at each other, Ziyun and Ji Ya were not good at reporting the master directly, but Ma Xiaoguang said: "The younger generation has been in the north for a long time, and I heard that Huadu is a first-class metropolis in the south, and there are many treasures that I have never seen, so I asked two friends to come and see if there are any rare and exotic beasts in the south." ”

The crazy woman nodded, this is also credible, the Ma family in the north is in the northernmost part of the Great Zhou territory, and the flower capital is in the southernmost part of the South China Sea, it is not strange that a few young people want to travel to the rivers and lakes when they see the hunting, and the people of the Ma family have the habit of collecting monsters and strange beasts, and it is not strange to come to the south to look for them.

Seeing that the crazy woman was not surprised by the origin of the three people, Ziyun asked, "Senior, what did you say in the afternoon...... Isn't there something really wrong with this place?"

The crazy woman sneered: "The place is a good place, but there is one more demon." ”

The three of them were shocked when they heard this, there was really something wrong here.