Xi Yangcai's smile was slightly cold, and Xiao Xiajiao's cute and beautiful face unconsciously appeared in his mind.

\'s a pity, but a little beauty who hasn't grown up yet, as long as she can complete the task entrusted by the teacher, what does it matter if she sacrifices?

\t"Let people follow, don't be discovered by the old man of the Xia family." In addition, keep an eye on Xia Jiang, as well as Coral City, once there is any movement, come and report immediately. Xi Yangcai commanded lightly.

On the mountain road outside Liuli City, Xia Jiao rode a horse and followed the brigade and was walking to the depths of the mountain.

\tThe north wind blew in bursts, and she tightened her thick cloak, secretly glad that she had a "warm charm" to defend herself, otherwise she would have frozen into a popsicle.

\tThe more you go into the mountains, the colder the weather will be, look at the other younger generations of the Xia family around you, one by one frozen like quails, eager to shrink into a ball, in such a state, how can you hunt at that time?!

\tThe ancestors of the Xia family also wondered when it was not good to hunt, so they chose this kind of cold and dead day.

\tBut probably only in such cold weather, there will be relatively few fierce birds and beasts in the mountains, and their group of rookies will not encounter too much danger.

\t"Is it cold?" asked the Old Ancestor, turning his head sideways.

\t "It's okay!" Xia Jiao was wrapped from head to toe in a thick fur coat, revealing only a pair of large black and white eyes.

Seeing her furry virtue, the old ancestor couldn't help but laugh and reached out to rub her head.

\t Xia Kun was not far behind them, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but be jealous, and when his palms were itchy, he wanted to raise the horsewhip and slam it at Xia Jiao's body.

\tThe ancestor is eccentric! is so caring and pampering for a waste, but he has never only sneered, scolded and scolded her.

\tLittle vixen, you continue to be proud, waiting until you reach the Black Forest...... I will definitely die without a place to bury!" Xia Su secretly calculated with a fierce look in his eyes.

The resentful expression on her face was too obvious, and Uncle Fan, who was with the old ancestor, coughed dryly and looked at her with a frown.

Xia Su was startled, tried to make himself act as if nothing happened, and hit the horse to follow.

\tThe group rode forward on the mountain road, running for about ten miles, and the family in charge of exploring the road suddenly turned around and reported that the avalanche in front of the mountain col, the edge of which was waist-deep, and the people and horses could not pass.

This kind of thing is very common in the mountains in winter, and the ancestor looked at the sky, thought for a moment, and then ordered to take another path into the mountain: "Go faster, everyone, that road will pass through the Black Forest, and we must pass through that forest before the sun goes down." ”

\tThe younger generations of the Xia family beat their spirits, held back the tears that came out of the freeze and agreed loudly.

\tBlack Forest?!

\tXia Jiao immediately thought that many of the notes and maps left by the ancestors in the Xia family library had mentioned this dangerous place.

\tThe Black Forest was originally the cave of a certain martial arts powerhouse in ancient times, and it was composed of countless strange trees with a pitch-black body, stretching for dozens of miles. These strange trees are not afraid of fire and water, and they have a peculiar ability to "absorb sound" - as long as two people are more than a foot apart in the forest, they will shout and cut their throats, and the other party will not hear the slightest sound.

The forest is filled with fog all year round, and the vast majority of people who strayed into it will be completely disoriented and trapped in it.

\tWhat's even more terrifying is that the forest is inhabited by countless blood-pupil bats, which feed on the sap and blood of strange trees in the Black Forest, and every time they go out, they will swarm and attack as long as they encounter living creatures, and they will never stop until they suck each other into dry corpses.

Thankfully, they seem to be somewhat inexplicably restricted, never leaving the Black Forest, and only active at night.

\tMany years ago, the ruins of the cave in the Black Forest were discovered, and countless warriors who came to the wind broke in, and the valuable things in the cave were also looted.

Those warriors went through a lot of hardships and left countless lives to mark a relatively safe passage in and out of the Black Forest, as long as they carefully followed this passage during the day, they could pass through the Black Forest safely without encountering too much danger.

This passage, the old ancestor has walked countless times over the years, that is, the young children of the Xia family in the team, as long as they have participated in hunting activities in previous years, most of them have the experience of traveling through the Black Forest.

\t didn't say anything all the way, and at noon, the Xia family walked to the edge of the Black Forest.

\tThe endless black forest in front of him is particularly abrupt and terrifying in the white sky and earth in winter.

There was a dead silence in the forest, no rustle of foliage, no roar of animals, not even a hint of wind.

\tThe white snowflakes fall on the black trees, melt into water in an instant, and then are sucked dry by the branches and leaves, leaving no trace.

\seems that even the overwhelming and all-pervasive snow cannot invade this dark and dead world.

In this situation, even the most courageous people will sincerely feel frightened and unconsciously vigilant.

The Old Ancestor's face was slightly gloomy, and he waved his hand to the Xia family's disciples: "Everyone stop here to rest, and enter the Black Forest after lunch." Tighten my skin one by one, and if you don't follow the rules, no one will be able to save you!"

\t "Yes!" The children of the Xia family agreed in unison, dismounted one after another, took out food utensils from their saddlebags, and each found a place to rest and eat.

\tXia Jiao looked at the black forest in front of him, and his heart was also furious, and he was even more unwilling to leave the ancestor's side easily.

\tFor fear of trouble, she invited Xia Jiang to Hongtang early to exchange for Bigu Dan, as long as she took one pill, she would not drink or eat for three days and three nights, and she would not feel hungry or thirsty.

\tBigu Dan is produced in the upper realm, so it is naturally not cheap, but who let Xia Jiao have not much else, just a lot of money?

\tThree hundred spirit beads for one elixir, she bought ten without blinking an eye—she ate one when she went out, and the other nine were also on her body just in case.

So at this time, she just took a random snack and pretended to be it, and she didn't have the desire to eat lunch at all.

Fortunately, as the leader, the old ancestor had a lot to take care of and dispose of, and he didn't pay attention to her abnormality, and others didn't care about how much she ate.

Seeing that everyone was almost resting, the ancestor gave an order, and the children of the Xia family got on their horses and lined up in a long line, with the ancestor leading the way, and the other two Xia family members broke off, and the others followed the line in pairs.

\tThe old ancestor deliberately let Xia Jiao follow him, and asked Uncle Fan to walk side by side with her, and took care of it carefully, and then loudly ordered to set off.

The strange trees in the Black Forest are surprisingly hard, and if you want to cut them down and open up a real path, you don't know how much manpower and material resources it will take to do it.

The so-called passage left behind back then is actually just an iron ring mark wrapped around the trees along the line, so that people will not lose their way in the forest.

I don't know how many years this black forest has existed, many trees are so thick that it takes seven or eight people to hug them, and the gaps between the trees sometimes only allow one person and one horse to pass, plus the sound in the forest can't be heard a foot away, if there are no iron ring markers, even if the leader can tell the direction, others will easily follow.

If you fall behind, you will get lost in this forest, and even if you are lucky enough not to become food for the Blood Pupil bats, you will starve to death here.

\tWith these markers, as long as you follow the markers, you will definitely be able to leave the Black Forest, even if you don't keep up with the team for a while, it won't be a big problem, so the old ancestor will rest assured that he will take the young children of the Xia family through this dangerous land.

\'s just that he didn't expect that there are still people who are ten thousand times more dangerous than this......

When they gradually went deeper into the Black Forest, Uncle Fan, who had been ordered to accompany Xia Jiao, suddenly turned his head sideways, smiled at her, and said in a low voice: "Miss Seven, the road here is not easy to walk, you should be a little slower." ”

Xia Jiao was stunned for a moment, and involuntarily retracted the reins of the horse, letting the horse slow down.

\tAt this moment's hesitation, the old ancestor not far in front had already bypassed a big tree, and his figure was completely blocked.

\tXia Jiao panicked slightly, but when he thought that Uncle Fan, who was the most trusted by his ancestor, was by his side, he calmed down again.

\tAt this moment, he suddenly heard a sneer from behind him.

\tXia Jiao turned around, but saw that Xia Kun didn't know when, and drove his horse behind her, while Uncle Fan remained silent and led the horse to block the way to the old ancestor.

Xia Kun's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said viciously: "Slut, you also have today! This Black Forest is your burial place!"

\tThe sword light in his hand flashed, and the snowy long sword pierced the back of the white horse under Xia Jiao's body.

\tThe white horse was injured and in pain, let out a long hiss, and carried Xia Jiao like crazy, rushed out to the right, and disappeared in a moment in the fog of tree shadows.

\t"Ancestor, help!" Xia Jiao shouted for help while holding the white horse tightly with his hands and feet, so as not to be thrown on the ground and break his neck.

However, in this strange Black Forest, her voice was not really heard even by Xia Kun and Uncle Fan, who were relatively close, not to mention the ancestors who had already walked a short way.

\t Xia Kun and Uncle Fan glanced at each other, and said hatefully: "It's a pity that I can't scratch her face with my own hands, it's cheap for her!"

\tShe really wanted to torture Xia Jiao with her own hands, but she was afraid that the ancestors in front of her would find out, so she could only drive her into the Black Forest, and wait for those blood-pupil bats to clean her up at night.

"Be careful not to show your feet, I'll go and report to my ancestors." A trace of unbearability and uneasiness flashed in Uncle Fan's eyes, but he quickly pressed it down.

\tIf he could, he didn't want to be an accomplice to Xia Kun's father and daughter, but who called the old ancestor that time was running out, even if he didn't think about himself, he always had to find a way out for his children and grandchildren.

\tThe white horse ran left and right in the dense forest, and ran for an unknown amount of time, and finally slowly stopped, staggering and about to fall.

Xia Jiao on the horse was not much better, the bumps along the way drained her physical strength, she barely climbed off the horse, fell to the ground, and couldn't move for a while.

The sparse and faint sunlight casts through the gaps in the foliage, and the Black Forest seems to be full of ghosts.

\tThe surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of her and Hakuba's rapid breathing and heartbeat.

\t Soon, the white horse, which was bleeding too much all the way, couldn't support it, and fell to the ground and stopped breathing.