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The man was running leisurely, and suddenly felt a cold wind behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Yue Qing chasing after him with murderous energy, and he was so frightened that his soul was scared.

"Damn! so fast?!" he panicked, because Yue Qing was constantly closing the distance with him, so he hurriedly mobilized the little spiritual energy left in his body to speed up, but he still couldn't shake off the figure behind him, and when he saw Yue Qing's face, he felt that death was so close to him for the first time.

Four meters... Three meters... One meter ......

Seeing Yue Qing getting closer and closer, he was so anxious that sweat flowed out, and his pale face didn't know whether he was frightened or over-consumed aura, for a moment, he suddenly stopped and turned around, opening his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but Yue Qing suddenly stepped lightly on a passing rock and jumped up, and made a beautiful flip in mid-air, and the long sword with a sharp blue light in his hand stabbed at the top of his head.

"Wait a minute......"

Seeing the blade slashing down in the air, the man hurriedly raised his sword to block it, but how could he resist it with his strong crossbow, but he only heard a crisp sound of 'boom', and the forest suddenly fell silent, and the picture was frozen.

"You ......"

The man's arm was only half raised before it came to an abrupt end, the weapon slipped from his hand with a 'clang', his eyes widened, his face gradually covered with horror, he raised his fingers tremblingly, as if he wanted to say something, his lips squirmed for a long time, but he could only let out 'ho. Ho..' The sound of blood, blood running down his frightened face, and finally his eyes gradually dimmed and hollowed, and he slowly fell to the ground, splashing a cloud of dust.

......

When Ji Fan caught up, what he saw was a cold corpse and a ground soaked red with blood, while Yue Qing, who was standing on the side, was holding a long sword, his face did not change, and he looked indifferently like an excellent executioner.

Ji Fan approached, looking at the empty pupils that were not blind, his expression suddenly became complicated, the person who was still jumping in the last second became a cold corpse in the next second, although he understood that this person deserved to die, the world was so cruel, but when he saw the dead man, he still set off waves in his heart.

For a moment, he exhaled deeply, suppressed the churning in his heart, and walked over slowly.

"Senior brother, what are you looking for?" A fishy smell accompanied by a breeze on his face, his brows furrowed slightly, and he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with the environment here.

"Loot. ”

Yue Qing didn't raise his head, he turned over the person with a serious expression, took out the things and put them on the ground, Ji Fan was silent for a while, and then squatted down to inspect the things on the ground.

"There is!" At this time, Yue Qing suddenly looked happy, Ji Fan looked up when he heard it, but saw a simple round bead, which was exactly the same as the one in Yue Qing's arms!

"This is?" Ji Fan stood up as soon as he saw it, staring at the bead in his hand with wide eyes, and his expression was surprised.

"Hehe, do you remember what I told you that this kind of bead map is usually a set? This should be one of these maps. Yue Qing laughed heartily, took the other bead out of his arms, and put it together and smiled.

"One of them, how many more do you need to get the full map?" asked Ji Fan.

“...... I think you'll need three of them. Yue Qing pondered for a moment and said.

Ji Fan's expression was stunned, this doesn't mean that if you have another one, you can go treasure hunting? Although I don't know what the owner of this map has left, but if he can waste such strength, he must not be too disappointed to leave something behind, but a surprise just rose in his heart, and it soon turned into a sad sigh.

It's pure luck to have something like this today, and the devil knows when he'll come across it again.

"What's wrong?" Yue Qing asked with a smile when he heard this.

"There is also a bead, this time it is a coincidence, and the next time I meet it, I don't know what the year of the monkey will be. He replied casually, but as soon as he said this, he suddenly remembered the purpose of this person coming to the door, and a thunderbolt flashed in his mind, he looked at Yue Qing with a shocked expression, and couldn't help blurting out and asking: "Senior brother didn't kill those robbers at the beginning, wouldn't he be 'fishing'?"

Yue Qing looked at Ji Fan's serious face and didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth slowly expanded, and finally showed a mouthful of snow-white teeth, and smiled very brightly.

Seeing his somewhat smug expression, Ji Fan, who was wide-eyed, gasped, he didn't expect Yue Qing to be so meticulous, no less than the second senior brother Fan Ming, it seems that he had underestimated this 'fourth senior brother' in the sect before.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, junior brother, this world is like this, open guns and hidden arrows, you don't hurt people, some people will harm you. Seeing Ji Fan's expression change, Yue Qing's smile retracted, took the beads into his arms, and patted him lightly.

"Is this the way to survive?"

"Sort of......

Yue Qing put away the items on the ground one by one, and finally slapped the long sword on his waist, the long sword turned into a belt again, and when the dust settled, he saw Ji Fan who was still in a daze, and said, "Let's go, today's biggest gain has been obtained, and we should also leave." ”

Ji Fan nodded silently, and the two left slowly.

......

While walking and discussing the next step, I don't know how long, the two were blocked by a dense vegetation-covered verdant hill in front of them, and a stream next to them flowed by, the two slowly climbed up the low mountain, looking at the mountains in the distance, the clouds and fog were around, and the rivers and mountains were picturesque.

"Let's go here, if we go any further, those spirit beasts won't be something we can deal with. The breeze was blowing, and a flock of birds flew in front of him, Yue Qing squinted comfortably, turned his head and said to Ji Fan.

"Good. "A comfortable environment will always make people feel happy, Ji Fan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and Yue Qing carefully explored the surrounding environment, and found no trace of spirit beasts, here, like a paradise, is very peaceful and quiet.

"Come here, there's a cave. Yue Qing stood on the mountainside and shouted, Ji Fan approached when he heard it, next to an exposed rock, there was an imperceptible cave, he swept it in, the space inside was less than ten zhang, the cave wall was rough but unconventional, it should be artificially excavated.

"There are still a lot of people with vision, and it seems that it shouldn't be long after they have been abandoned. Yue Qing smiled and said.

"It's just the right thing we can do and save ourselves from sleeping in the open. Ji Fan smiled back.

The two entered the cave, and after a little tidying up, it became a temporary residence.

......

Time went back another month and a half.

In this half a month, Ji Fanri, who has adapted to the life of the mountain range, has no time to spare, except for his daily cultivation, most of the time he hunts spirit beasts under the leadership of Yue Qing, of course, the harvest is directly proportional to his diligence, he has not only cultivated to the late stage of the fourth stage of the aura realm, but even the instinctive consciousness reaction and combat experience have also advanced by leaps and bounds under Yue Qing's guidance.

At noon on this day, Yue Qing caught a few fish from the stream and was fiddling around the bonfire, Ji Fan's face was pale, sweat was flowing down from his head, and he looked like he was cultivating the Spirit Cutting Ancient Nightmare Body.

The aura particles in his consciousness were dense, and he guided the aura to refine his bones over and over again, and the pain had already numbed his nerves.

The aroma was permeated in the cave, Yue Qing took out some bottles and cans marked with spices from his baggage, and carefully picked up one of the bottles of spices and poured it, but found that the bottle was empty, and he couldn't help frowning.

Looking up at Ji Fan, as if he wanted to ask him for help, he realized that Ji Fan was silent in cultivation, and shook his head helplessly, so he had to get up and walk out by himself.

......

In the silence of the cave, there was the sound of a bonfire burning and popping from time to time.

It seems that a long time has passed, and the grilled fish has changed from fragrant to burnt, and Yue Qing has not returned. After a long time, there were a few muffled sounds in Ji Fan's body, his face seemed to be even whiter, and in a moment, his eyes slowly opened, and the black light in his pupils slowly dissipated.

"Whew..."

"The second layer of the Spirit Var Ancient Nightmare Body has finally been completed. ”

Exhaling a breath with a slight tremble, Ji Fan wiped the sweat on his head, and after a short rest, he raised his fist and blasted out against the rock wall in front of him, without using aura, so the rock wall was not damaged at all, but he didn't even leave a red mark on his fist.

"Awesome!"

Ji Fan looked surprised, swept away the soreness all over his body, touched the hardness of gold and iron under his arm, and said to himself: "With my current body, it is estimated that I can fight hard with spirit beasts of the same level, right?!"

After a moment of immersion in joy, Ji Fan suddenly remembered Yue Qing, and swept his eyes, only to see two charred grilled fish on the bonfire, and bottles and cans of some spices on the ground, Yue Qing didn't know where he went.

Staring at the charred grilled fish, Ji Fan sighed helplessly, cleaned up the ground and walked out of the cave, alternating between cold and warm moments, making him stretch his waist comfortably, squinting his eyes so that the sun completely fell on his face, and the corners of his lips gradually pulled out a warm smile.

There was no trace of Yue Qing outside the cave, Ji Fan retreated again, bored to look at the light spots cast by the hazy light at the entrance of the cave, moving his position with the passage of time, and soon, the sunset was all over the sky, Yue Qing did not return after all, and a bad premonition gradually rose in his heart.

"Nothing will happen, will it?"

Ji Fan's heart suddenly, he suddenly thought of the burnt grilled fish, the bottles and cans scattered all over the ground, indicating that Yue Qing was in a hurry, what kind of thing could make Yue Qing so anxious? Ji Fan shook his head, suppressed his bad thoughts, and quietly stared at the distant sky waiting for Yue Qing to return, but the sky was slowly darkening, and the figure did not appear, and Ji Fan's heart was getting heavier and heavier.

After a while, he became a little restless, walked out of the cave and looked around, the mountains looked a little fangs and claws under the imprint of the slanting sun, and a few strange cries came from a certain mountain forest, as if to welcome the arrival of night, the temperature gradually dropped as the sun faded, and a cold came, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Taking a few deep breaths, Ji Fan tried his best to stay calm, but the anxiety couldn't get rid of it, he lowered his body and scooped up the cold stream water and rubbed his face a few times, so that his mind cleared up a little.

In this wilderness, spirit beasts are rampant, where can Yue Qing go alone?

Looking at the rolling black mountains in front of him, and the roars of beasts gradually rising, Ji Fan wanted to return to the cave immediately at this moment, away from the danger under the night.

He secretly encouraged himself not to mess with his proportions, and reason told him that there were only two ways to choose now, either to find Yue Qing or to go back to the cave and wait.

After thinking about it for a long time, he still went to the latter more, after all, with his four stages of aura, running aimlessly in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range was simply looking for death.

Just as he was about to turn around, the water stains on his face that had not yet dried slid across the corners of his lips, Ji Fan licked the corners of his lips, and suddenly his mouth and nose were filled with a rich sweet smell.

"It's ...... Blood?" Ji Fan's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly squatted down to check the stream, but found that under the stream, there was an imperceptible trace of red, floating into the distance like a ribbon.

"Something happened. Ji Fan took a deep breath of cold air, and for a moment he thought about whether there would be a familiar figure lying in the upper reaches of this river......

Shaking his head fiercely, he secretly said that this was definitely not the case, and after struggling for a moment, he walked along the stream with some stiffness.

The further you went, the thicker the blood in the stream became, and by the end, the whole stream turned dark red, and under the gradually dimming sky, it was mysterious and dangerous.

The roars of the surrounding beasts gradually became lively, Ji Fan swallowed and spit, and continued to move forward.

He overcame all the way, and I don't know how long later, a rocky mountain that seemed to have been eroded by the wind blocked his way.

The rocky mountain is about 100 zhang high, there is no grass and trees on it, one side of the cliff is strange and rocky, the other side is flat as a knife cut, the whole peak looks like the remains of a huge creature from a distance.

"Is this here?" Ji Fan looked at this rock peak and muttered, along the way, the beast roars around him from time to time almost made him collapse, and when he arrived here, the wilderness was silent, as if even the air was no longer flowing, and it was precisely because of this silence that he felt more and more that there was a kind of danger here.

The river broke off here, Ji Fan guessed that there was an underground river, took a step, and just wanted to explore, when he suddenly felt a cold thing sticking to him behind his back, and before he had time to think, a palm that was a little pale in the moonlight suddenly grabbed his face!

At that moment, his eyes widened in horror, all the will that supported him to come here collapsed instantly, and he wanted to scream in his throat as if it was blocked by something, and he couldn't move, which was the greatest fear of strange things in the dark!

"Don't move. ”

A familiar voice came into his ears, Ji Fan blinked, although there were only two words, he still instantly recognized that this was Yue Qing's voice, and the person who was struggling to find worries appeared inexplicably. Although he was a little angry that Yue Qing left without saying a word, he was no longer alone, and the security of his dependence made his tense body slowly relax, and the palm that covered his mouth and nose was also released.

"How did you find here, it's dangerous to know it. Yue Qing said with a hint of reproach in his voice.

"I see that you haven't come back for a long time, and there is blood floating in the stream, I thought it was..."Ji Fan said that his voice weakened behind him.

“... I'm sorry. Yue Qing said, as soon as he thought about it, he knew that Ji Fan was very worried when he saw the blood, so he came over without hesitation, this little junior brother is still quite heartwarming.

"What kind of place is this, where does the blood come from..."Ji Fan asked suspiciously, the silence around him always gave him an inexplicable palpitation.

"I don't know, I can't explore, but if I go a little further, I always feel dizzy and nauseous, I'm afraid there's something evil here. Yue Qing shook his head and said solemnly.

"Evil?"

Ji Fan just wanted to ask again, but was pulled down by Yue Qing, he was full of doubts, but he saw Yue Qing's chin raised lightly, and looked in the direction he pointed, two black figures sneakily touched up.