I don't know when the rain stopped.

Ouyang Nan held a rough wooden cup in his hand, and in the cup was sweet-looking clear water. There were many people shaking in front of him, subconsciously looking at the slightly clear sky, and his heart was in a trance.

Since he walked to the south, all the way was cloudy, and Ouyang Nan had lost count of how many days he hadn't seen the sun, half a month, a month, or more?

Such a subtle ray of sunlight poked out of the thick clouds, stretching into a huge pillar of light, gently hanging down, enveloping the gold and silver mountains, Ouyang Nan actually gave birth to a sense of good time.

Especially looking at the smiles on the faces of the ragged villagers around me, this feeling became even heavier.

The fog, which had previously obscured view, also thinned out until it disappeared.

Looking around, Ouyang Nan could even see the faint purple miasma in the Yunmeng Daze in the distance, floating between the sparse sunlight and tree branches.

Holly was talking to a group of seven or eight-year-old children by a low tree, laughing cheerfully from time to time.

There are many dwarf trees of that shape, and they grow in every corner of the village.

With Ouyang Nan's knowledge, he had never seen a tree of this appearance, only the height of an adult man, but it had brown aerial roots hanging down like a banyan tree, but it was not a banyan tree.

The young man surnamed Qin and his escort Lao You sat and stood, also looking at the surrounding scene.

I don't know if it's in the same situation, Ouyang Nan is more willing to trust these two strangers who have only known each other for less than an hour, rather than these simple-looking villagers in front of him.

Especially the young man surnamed Qin.

It seems that subconsciously, Ouyang Nan is willing to trust him.

Even if another voice in his heart reminded him that the other party was likely to be from the Demon Gate.

"Young Master Qin. Ouyang Nan finally didn't bring the cup in his hand to his lips, but put the wooden cup aside: "What do you think?"

"What do you think?" Shao Heng didn't miss the confusion that flashed in Ouyang Nan's eyes when he turned his head.

"That's right, the one just said. Ouyang Nan didn't know what to say.

It is said that there is a village on the rare Jinyin Mountain, and the people here call themselves "Chaoxi Village", Ouyang Nan wants to keep his senses and tell himself that these may be illusions.

But from beginning to end, he didn't find any trace of illusion.

But if it weren't for illusion, could it be that there really was such a quiet and peaceful place on the Gold and Silver Mountain?

The corner of Shao Heng's eyes quickly swept left and right, and the corners of his mouth hooked a small arc and said, "That young man said just now that he would invite their village chief to come and talk to us, in that case, we might as well wait a little longer." ”

More than an hour had passed since the four of them met the young man with the wooden gun.

Ouyang Nan looked at the sunlight that was constantly tilting overhead, and felt slightly anxious, but for some reason his whole body seemed to be very heavy, and he didn't want to stand up.

Holly jumped back to him and said, "I've been waiting for so long, that village elder is really busy!"

Her smile was bright, and there was no dissatisfaction in the slightest, as if this place was just a place where Holly Girl was out on an outing.

"There's no hurry. Shao Heng played with the wooden cup in his hand and stared coldly at the water in the cup.

For a moment, Ouyang Nan thought that he was going to try to take a sip of the water that looked extremely normal, but in the end, Shao Heng also put the water cup aside, and then stood up.

Ouyang Nan subconsciously stood up, and saw a middle-aged man who looked like he was forty or fifty years old walking slowly.

This person's clothes are a little different from the surroundings, more like the caftan of the Central Plains, and from a distance he looks like an older scribe. Although he had a beard, Ouyang Nan still noticed that this person looked very similar to the young man who had received them before.

"Maybe it's father and son, right?" Ouyang Nan thought to himself.

Shao Heng looked at the middle-aged man who claimed to be the head of "Chaoxi Village", his face changed slightly, and he immediately returned to normal.

The village chief said apologetically: "A few guests have been waiting for a long time, and a child in the village has relapsed into a stubborn disease, and the situation is a little dangerous, so the contemptible people have delayed for a while." ”

"It's okay, but the village chief knows how to use medical skills?" Shao Heng stepped forward, half a shoulder in front of Ouyang Nan, and his tone was polite and polite.

"Where do you know what medical skills, but you learned from your elders when you were young, and you can only show some minor illnesses and pains to the people in the village. The village chief's tone was calm, and the eyes that looked at Shao Heng and the others were just three points of curiosity and seven points of vigilance, which was very much in line with the appearance of the village chief of a small village when facing uninvited outsiders.

"The contemptible person's surname is Mu Minghua, I don't know who the guests are, how did they come to this day-and-night village?" asked Mu Hua.

"When my companion and I entered this gold and silver mountain, we lost our way due to the fog and inadvertently entered your village. But what Chief Mu said was a little strange, why couldn't others go to the village at dawn?" Shao Heng narrowed his eyes and asked softly.

Mu Hua glanced at Shao Heng and explained the origin of this Chaoxi Village.

Among this population, the villagers are ordinary people who have been displaced by war and natural disasters in the vicinity. A few years ago, a monk could not bear the war and established the village of Chaoxi here to protect these mortals who had lost their homes. Later, the heavy rain in the south continued, and ordinary people also came to settle here.

Because it was built by monks, there are obstacles up and down the gold and silver mountain, and in order to prevent harassment by monks with bad intentions, the obstacles are specifically aimed at monks to avoid Chaoxi Village. However, if a mortal defects to the area, the "sacred tree" left behind by the monk will send a warning to the villagers to come and pick them up.

Therefore, Shao Heng, Ouyang Nan and other four people who were obviously monks appeared here, which caused Mu Hua and others to question.

After listening to Mu Hua's words, Ouyang Nan and Gou You's applications were a little weird, one seemed to believe it or not, and the other was suspicious.

Only Holly and Shao Heng showed an expression of "so it is", one was true faith, and the other was superficial work.

Shao Heng has experienced a lot, and he can get the information he wants quietly, and Holly has a simple temperament and is approachable, and after a while, Na Muhua let down his guard against them and confirmed that they were not ill-intentioned medicine pickers.

The villagers who had been watching them from a distance gradually gathered around, asking questions with curious eyes, and Shao Heng The young man they first met outside the village was indeed the son of the village chief, but now he did not appear in front of Shao Heng.

"Qin ...... Brother, you won't really believe it, will you?" Ouyang Nan's heart wavered, but the last shred of reason made him ask Shao Heng quietly.

Shao Heng glanced at Ouyang Nan meaningfully, and said, "I'm very curious about the sacred tree that the village chief said. ”

Ouyang Nan looked at Shao Heng in confusion, not knowing what he meant, but Shao Heng had already taken the initiative to ask Mu Hua: "Chief Mucun, I wonder if I am lucky enough to be able to take a look at the sacred tree left by that monk senior?"

As soon as these words came out, the villagers who were originally talking and laughing were silent for a moment, and everyone, including children, stared at Shao Heng directly, with indescribably strange eyes.

Ouyang Nan was only glad that he was not the focus of his gaze, but he also felt that the hairs on his body stood up.

Shao Heng's expression was calm and unconscious, his eyes were sincere with a little expectation, looking at Mu Hua, waiting for a response.

Mu Hua's eyes looked straight back at Shao Heng, Shao Heng clearly found that Mu Hua's eyes were as empty for a moment, and the next moment he heard Mu Hua say: "Naturally, there is nothing wrong with it, but it is too late today, you guests might as well stay here for a night, tomorrow morning I will let the dog take you there." ”

As soon as Mu Hua spoke, the eyes of all the villagers returned to normal in an instant, and they all looked happy.

Ouyang Nan was about to object, but Shao Heng agreed, and couldn't help but show impatience.

After Mu Hua said that he had something to say goodbye and the other villagers dispersed again, Ouyang Nan said with a slight anger: "Brother Qin, what's the matter with you?"

In Ouyang Nan's opinion, even if Shao Heng is a son of a family who doesn't know the world, the guard Lao You's appearance of an old man should not let Shao Heng come.

But who knew that Gou You actually looked like he was the head of the young master, and he never had any objections to the master's decision.

The smile on Shao Heng's face had not completely disappeared, but his eyes had slowly cooled, which seemed to Ouyang Nan to inexplicably give birth to a trace of awe in his heart.

"Ouyang Gongzi, I have already taken care of the affairs here, you might as well look at the Holly girl first, lest anything trouble happens to her. Shao Heng raised his chin and motioned for Ouyang Nan to look.

Ouyang Nan looked back, and sure enough, he saw that Holly had walked away at some point, mingling with the children and women in the village, and one of the women was still holding a plate, which seemed to be something to eat.

Ouyang Nan was shocked, suppressed the doubts and uneasiness in his heart, and rushed over with an arrow.

"Banner master, why are you ......" Gou You was not puzzled in his heart, but he had followed Shao Heng for several years, and he had become accustomed to the behavior of this young master.

Shao Heng was silent for a while and said, "Chaoxi Village, this name is very wonderful, the so-called 'Divine Tree'...... Maybe that's what we're looking for......"

"Earth Shadow Pearl?" Gou You was a little surprised: "How could the Earth Shadow Pearl become a tree?"

"Then you have to see it with your own eyes. ”

"Why don't your subordinates break in and take a look?"

Shao Heng glanced at Gou You, and Gou You immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.

"There's nothing to worry about here, but there are some things I still need to inquire about from Ouyang Nan. Shao Heng said in a low voice, as if talking to himself.

When night fell, Mu Hua never appeared again, but an old man with white hair and a ravine-covered face brought them dinner with a few women.

Ouyang Nan refused the other party's kindness because he and the others had already opened the valley, but the other party still left something to drink.

I have to say that Ouyang Nan is far more cautious than in the past.

But think about it, Jinyin Mountain seems to have no grass, and there seems to be a land for cultivation in the village, but it occupies a very small area. There were no wild beasts nearby, and Ouyang Nan didn't want to think about how these meat soup dishes came from.

Holly seemed to be angry with Ouyang Nan, which provoked Ouyang Nan to try her best to appease her.

Shao Heng looked at this scene, and the expression on his face was as light as water.

Obviously, six years have changed a lot of things, including the gradually subtle and fermenting relationship between Ouyang Nan and Holly.

In the night breeze, the lingering rotten aura in Yunmeng Daze always lingered under his nose. The people of Chaoxi Village had already returned to sleep in the house, and Shao Heng and others were squeezed out of a thatched hut by the "enthusiastic" villagers as a temporary habitat.

This night, except for Holly, no one else rested, only quietly waiting for dawn.

Shao Heng took advantage of Ouyang Nan's unstable mood to chat with him, and probably asked in surprise after learning the reason why he came to Yunmeng Daze: "Gu poison?"

"Yes. Ouyang Nan took a deep breath, it seemed that he had been suppressed for a long time and needed to vent, and it seemed that there was still a glimmer of hope: "The Qin family is in the south of Yunmeng Daze, I wonder if Brother Qin knows where the Wu royal family is now?"

According to the analysis of the Medicine Saint, the Gu poison is afraid that only the royal family of the Wu clan can solve it, and if he wants to save Ouyang City, one is to find the person of the royal family of the Wu clan, and the other is the ethereal colorful holy soul lotus.

If he could find someone from the Wu royal family, Ouyang Nan would not need to look around for the legendary Seven-Colored Holy Soul Lotus.

"Ouyang Gongzi, can you tell me in detail about the symptoms of the Gu poison. Shao Heng finally asked with a calm face at this moment.

"Brother Qin, don't you ......" Ouyang Nan heard the hidden meaning in Shao Heng's words, and his voice was a little unstable.

"I ...... There is indeed a friend of the Wicans, perhaps...... Can help. Shao Heng paused again and again when he said this, and a trace of surprise appeared on Gou You's hideous face.

In the middle of the night, Ouyang Nan was overjoyed, and with the increasingly violent coughing of the old man in the night, he explained the situation of Ouyang City to Shao Heng in detail.

Until dawn, the sky was slightly bright, and a clear baby cry could be heard in the distance.