At this time, Xia Houyi, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes. He leaped up and rushed in one direction as well. Xiahou Yi was in front of a tree trunk, drew his sword and slashed it, and the yellow talisman attached to the tree was also chopped.

Su Ning searched around again, and finally cut off three yellow talismans nearby. Xiahou Yi looked around and shouted at her, "All the charms have been destroyed!"

At this time, the thick fog in everyone's eyes finally dissipated, and the magic barrier was broken. Su Ning put away the tiger tooth dagger, she ran to pull out the companion who was trapped in the swamp, and when Xia Houyi saw it, he also ran to help, and the other party was grateful to the two.

The crowd gathered tremblingly, and after this dangerous situation, there were only eight people left. The crowd became more vigilant and pressed close to each other.

During this period, they encountered some accidents, they fell into the Nine Palaces Bagua Array and were attacked by poisonous bees, and three more people were in distress.

The night is already thick, and the first quarter moon is shining in the sky. The branches in the forest are swaying, like ghosts waving their claws, and the cold owls are screaming at night, like the sorrowful cry of unjust souls.

The remaining five sat around the fire, intending to spend the night before going up the mountain. Among the survivors were Su Ning, Xiahou Yi, and the girl in purple, plus two young Taoists.

The girl in purple has always been indifferent and has not spoken to everyone so far. She sat on the stump next to her, and her expression was indifferent, fiddling with a string of jade bracelets on Hao's wrist.

Xiahou Yi and Su Ning were approachable, and Su Ning took out his white grass flower pill to heal the injured Taoist. Xia Houyi brought his own dry food to share with everyone, and he brought some pickles, venison jerky, almond cakes, etc., wrapped in a few beautiful cloth boxes and oiled paper. Su Ning also took her own food out, she brought some chicken heart dates from Tu Mountain, and put them in the cloth bag that Bai Ying gave her, and it didn't rot for more than ten days, and the taste was still delicious.

The other two also brought dried meat and dried fruits by themselves, and they even brought wine, saying that it was cold and that drinking some wine could make snow gas. Su Ning was insensitive to the wine and declined their kindness.

The four "men" chatted cordially while eating, during which Su Ning politely beckoned the purple-clothed girl to eat together, but the other party was unmoved, so she gave up.

The men introduced their names and hometowns to each other, and Su Ning learned about Xiahouyi's name and learned that he was from Jingshi.

Su Ning saw that he was hugged by the front and back in the Twilight Pavilion yesterday, and he was extremely noble, and now he sat on the ground with them, without any arrogance, and couldn't help but have a good impression of him again.

One of the two Taoists, surnamed Zhao, was going up the mountain for the second time, and he gushed about his encounter with the other three people about his journey up the mountain last year:

"Last year, when we went up the mountain, we happened to encounter a snowstorm, and before we reached the mountainside, more than 10 people were blown away by the wind, which was really scary. We were trapped by the wind and snow for most of the day, and when the snow stopped, we came out again, and we couldn't see all the mountain roads, so we got lost in the mountains again, which was really bad. ”

Xia Houyi asked, "Then how did you get out of danger later?"

The man surnamed Zhao said: "We made a detour in the same place for two days, and the food we brought was all eaten, and we were almost attacked by Xiong Zhen, and then the disciples outside the gate of Datong Mountain found us and rescued us from the mountain." Speaking of which, those who are in distress will not actually die, Datong Mountain is a faction of heavenly nobles and people, and they will assign people to patrol the mountains to rescue those who are in danger and illusions. ”

The other three nodded when they heard this, and Su Ning asked curiously: "Brother Zhao, you said that you met Xiong Zhen, but in winter, don't Xiong have to hide and sleep?"

Su Ning understands the language of animals, so she understands the habits of animals very well.

Zhao Daoren said: "Brother Yu doesn't know, the animals in Datong Mountain all have spirituality, and even more cultivate to become fine, they are different from other animals in the mountains, and they will act as usual in winter. ”

"I see, that's ......" Su Ning sighed, Lingshan blessed land is not ordinary, like Tu Mountain, all year round like spring, plants are not affected by the change of seasons.

In the middle of the night, everyone meditated and rested by the fire. Xiahou Yi offered to come to the vigil, but Su Ning couldn't help it, and made an appointment with him to keep watch in the first half of the night and the second half of the night respectively.

Xiahou Yi was about to add dry wood to the fire, and he suddenly noticed that there was an unusual movement in the distance. Xiahou Yi didn't dare to hesitate, and then woke everyone up:

"Everyone, pay attention, something is coming......"

The rest of the people shook their spirits and twisted their swords. Even the purple-clothed girl, who was far away from everyone at first, couldn't help but move closer to the fire.

I saw that among the shadows of the trees, a bean light flickered brightly and flickering. If there was really a foreign body approaching, a Taoist couldn't help but murmur:

"What's that......"

Everyone was like a great enemy, holding their breath. The light came from far and near, and the five of them gradually saw who was coming. The visitor was a beautiful young woman in cloth, carrying an angry lantern in her hand, and beside her was an unkempt child of five or six years old.

Although the people who came were women and children, they could not let down their guard. Because in the deep mountains at night, ordinary people will not come up, and everyone knows very well in their hearts that this is probably because those who come are not good and those who are good will not come.

Su Ning immediately recited the mantra of clear eyes and clear heart. She found that the beautiful young woman's face was human, but her body was like a rabbit. Su Ning didn't know at this time that this young woman was transformed by the "false beast", and the false beast was a kind of spirit animal that liked to deceive people.

And the child was a little white ape.

Although they are spirits, their spiritual power is weak, and under Su Ning's prying eyes, they found that the spiritual power of these two monsters is not even at the first level, and there is no evil spirit on them, so Su Ning gradually relaxed his vigilance.

The two monsters, who pretended to be mother and son, came to the fire, and the woman blessed everyone, only to see her frowning, and said worriedly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the concubines have something to ask for. ”

Xiahou Yi asked politely, "May I ask what is the matter?"

The woman said: "The concubine and her grandson went up the mountain to collect medicine, but the grandson was not very caught in the trap of the beast, and he couldn't get out, so he begged you to help." ”

When she spoke, the little boy next to her looked at everyone with big black eyes, and he looked quite innocent.

Except for Su Ning, everyone didn't believe her words, and the Taoist surnamed Zhao asked vigilantly:

"Who are you? How dare you run to the mountains when the night moon is so high?"

The woman whimpered and said, "The concubine's family is not a local villager, but on the way back to the hometown, I passed by here, and heard that strange flowers and plants grow all over the mountain, and my grandson became greedy for a while, so I thought of coming to pick at night, but I didn't expect to fall into the trap......"

She said emotionally, but another person said, "How can we believe such clumsy words?"

The woman said with tears in her eyes: "The concubine's words are true, if you don't believe it, please follow the concubine to the front to find out." ”

This was to lead them away, and the people were even more alert.

Su Ning felt that this situation was familiar, by the way, when she was in Lubed Mountain, Huahua was injured by an arrow, she begged Nading Yuanhou to let Huahua go, but the other party didn't move, she also said similar things at the time, and asked the other party to check with her own eyes.

Although Su Ning saw that the woman's original identity was a monster, she still pushed herself and others and felt empathy. Su Ning Dao:

"In that case, let the benefactor go and check it out. ”

The woman was overjoyed and thanked her one after another. Two Taoists persuaded Su Ning:

"Brother Yu, you have to think twice. ”

"yes, how can you trust her side of the story?"

Xiahou Yi also whispered to Su Ning: "Brother Yu, this woman's origin is unknown, if you rush forward, I'm afraid there will be fraud." ”

Su Ning understood his concerns, and she enlightened the other party in turn: "Thank you Brother Xiahou for reminding me, if I encounter danger in the next place, I will shout for help." Besides, Brother Zhao just said that Datong Mountain is a faction of heavenly nobles and helps people, even if there is fraud in this, it will definitely not hurt my life......"

Xia Houyi said solemnly: "Even if it doesn't hurt your life, if you lose the election, it's not worth it." ”

Su Ning replied gratefully: "Brother Xiahou, Yu Thank you for your concern. It's just that...... If he lost the election in order to save people, Yu was also willing. ”

Xiahou Yi was speechless, he stood in place, frowning and thinking. Su Ning said to her companions: "Follow the female benefactor to check, go and go back, please be more careful." ”

Su Ning said, hugged his fists to everyone, and followed the woman, mother and son, they only walked away a few steps, but Xiahou Yi followed with an arrow.

Su Ning was stunned, and Xiahou Yi said:

"Brother Yu, I will go with you, and if you encounter danger, you can also take care of each other. ”

Xiahou Yi was also moved by Su Ning's words, he was originally a person who was keen on helping the needy, and he came to seek the Tao with the purpose of benefiting the common people in the world. As Su Ning said, even if it is a trap, he loses because of his kindness to save people, he has no regrets.

Su Ning was grateful again: "Brother Xiahou, thank you!"

The woman said in a loud voice, "Thank you, two beneficiaries." ”

The woman led the way with a wind lantern, and the childish child followed with one hand holding her skirt, followed by Su Ning and Xiahou Yi. The four of them walked into the deep woods, and the remaining three had different thoughts.

The purple-clothed girl saw Su Ning and the others drifting away. The light in her eyes sank, and she lifted her feet and followed. The remaining two hurriedly called out to her:

"Girl, are you going too?"

The girl in purple turned a deaf ear, and just followed Su Ning and her party quickly.

The Taoist surnamed Zhao muttered: "Anyway, the poor road will not go...... I'll have to hurry when it's dawn......"

Another person also chimed in: "Yes, we can't protect ourselves, and we still care about these idle things." ”

The two of them returned to the fire and sat down, Su Ning and the others had already walked away, and they couldn't even see the light. There was a ghostly crying wind around them, and both of them couldn't help but shudder.

They added a few handfuls of firewood to the bonfire and encouraged each other, and the surname Zhao said:

"They should be back......"

Another person replied: "There is no way to come back, who let them not listen to ......"

At this moment, a strange mist drifted over, and it was very similar to what everyone had encountered on the mountainside during the day. The fog was still mixed with gusts of wind, and the bonfire suddenly went out with a "poof!" The two Daoists immediately stood on end, and the Daoist surnamed Zhao forced his composure, he picked up his sword and stood up on the ground. The other man followed suit with his sword, and the two of them looked around with alarm, back to back.