"Ask!" Zhong Lishuo's serious voice sounded. Listening to this tone, it seems that there is still a little anxious. Lin Tianwen opened his eyes and saw the two senior brothers standing in front with their backs to him, and unlike Fang Cai, at this time, the two of them were each holding a bright long sword in their hands.

Lin Tianwen hurriedly turned over and stood up, he followed the gaze of the senior brothers, and for a while his legs were so frightened that his legs were weak, and his body couldn't hold it, so he leaned back and planted himself in the water, fortunately, the river was not too shallow, otherwise Lin Tianwen would definitely hit the stones at the bottom of the river.

"This ...... What's so ...... Is it a tiger? Lin Tianwen got up, looked at the things in front of him and meditated in his heart.

It turned out that a black tiger appeared in front of the three of them, this tiger was as big as an elephant, its fur was gray and black, its pupils were dark red, and its teeth were bared and roaring, and it was majestic.

"Senior brother! You protect the little question! After Zhong Lishuo finished speaking, he let out a low snort and rushed towards the black tiger with his sword.

Before Zhang Chunyang could stop it, Zhong Lishuo had already rushed forward.

Seeing Zhong Lishuo coming with his sword, the black tiger was furious, and pounced forward, and two huge claws flashed white light and grabbed Zhong Lishuo. Zhongli Shuo hurriedly fell to the ground and glided, dodging the black tiger's blow, and slid to its head.

When the black tiger saw that the prey was under him, he immediately subconsciously opened his bloody mouth and bit Zhong Lixuan.

Zhong Lishuo's face did not change, he snorted coldly, and stabbed with his sword. In the next moment, half of Zhong Lishuo's body entered the black tiger's giant mouth. However, a sharp sword stabbed out from the back of the black tiger's neck.

The sword stabbed straight through the black tiger's throat to the back of the neck, but the black tiger's two very sharp tiger teeth pierced Zhong Lishuo's back impartially.

The black tiger's huge body suddenly lost its supporting strength and pressed heavily on Zhong Lishuo's body.

At this time, Zhang Chunyang hurriedly rushed over, only to see that the green tendons on his hands were bursting up, and a few wisps of black qi faintly emanated from Zhou. Then he let out a loud shout, grabbed the black tiger's flesh with both hands, and threw the elephant-sized black tiger off Zhong Lixuan's body.

I saw that Zhong Lixuan's face was pale, and there were two blood holes behind him, and blood flowed.

Zhang Chunyang frowned and hurriedly sealed several acupuncture points on Zhong Lishuo's back near the blood hole, temporarily stopped the bleeding, and then untied Zhong Lishuo's clothes and bandaged his wounds.

Lin Tianwen dragged his wet clothes over, he looked at Zhong Lixuan who was sitting on the ground, and then at the huge black tiger, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and had palpitations.

At this moment, Zhong Lishuo's face was expressionless, his face was pale, and he was in a cold sweat. His appearance seemed calm, his heart was like a fire, his heart was beating wildly, for some reason, he felt a strange feeling in his body at this moment, his blood seemed to be more energetic than before, and the pain behind him was far less intense than he imagined.

Although he had seen this kind of "red-eyed black tiger" from the "Demon Beast Illustrated Book" and knew that it was not poisonous, his body at the moment was like poisoning, and it was not at all the body he had been familiar with for so many years. He couldn't help but look down at his palm, not knowing why.

On a leafy branch in the distance, a man in a red and black cloak raised the corners of his mouth slightly, his eyebrows were obscured by the cloak, and only a few strands of red hair were exposed on his handsome side face.

"It's not far from home, why don't I send you back first?" Zhang Chunyang bandaged Zhong Lishuo's wound and said.

"No, it's a little injury, it's not in the way." Zhongli Shuo said, "Let's continue on our way." ”

The trio continued to walk south.

Walking until the evening, Chaozhou was desolate, and there was no place to rest such as a post house and teahouse, so the three of them had to spend the night in the woods.

There was still a hint of coolness in the April night, Zhang Chunyang and Lin Tianwen sat on the ground around the bonfire, Zhong Lixuan was injured, don't fall asleep in front of the fire. The bonfire crackled, and the firelight kept flickering on Lin Tianwen's face, although Lin Tianwen was tired after walking for a day, he was not tired at all mentally.

"Senior brother! Although I have long heard my father and mother say that the second senior brother is jealous and hateful, and today I am facing the big black tiger like this, I ...... I always feel ...... I don't understand ......," Lin Tian asked.

Zhang Chunyang stirred the flames with a branch and asked, "What do you want to say?" You don't have to go around the bend with your brother, just say it. ”

Lin Tian asked and smiled, bit his lip, and said in a low voice: "I'm just curious why the second senior brother wants to kill the demon spirit as soon as he sees it, he ...... Was it the same when you were a child? ”

"We grew up together, don't you know what your second senior brother is?"

"I want to...... Know the ...... of the second senior brother Past ......"

Zhang Chunyang was stunned, his thick thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said gloomily: "The second junior brother, junior sister and I were all rescued by the master...... Your second senior brother was brought back by Master eleven years ago. ”

"Eleven years ago...... Not yet......"

"Yes, when I was only six years old, I was walking in the courtyard, and the master led your second senior brother to tell me, 'Yang'er, he will be your junior brother in the future, you brothers are of the same heart, you should practice hard.'" At that time, your second senior brother didn't talk much, and he always hid in the corner in a daze with an expressionless face...... I think he ...... It may be lonely......" Zhang Chunyang said, got up and took off his coat, gently covering Zhong Lishuo's body, which was already asleep, and then sat down again, and continued: "I also asked Master, and Master only said that he is an orphan now, let me take good care of him...... I think maybe he went through something painful......"

Lin Tianwen couldn't help but glance at Zhong Lixuan, and said in his heart, "Yes...... The second senior brother has always liked to be alone, with a cold and cautious personality, and since I can remember, I have never seen him laugh or cry......"

Lin Tianwen looked at the dark blue sky, the stars were like rain, and the moon was like a mirror. Today was the first time he had spent the night outside, and he had never looked at the night sky so closely. It seems to be a little bigger than at home, but that's not the main thing. Today he saw what a real demon beast was, and he only felt that although the outside world was beautiful, there was mortal danger all the time, and his heart was throbbing with curiosity, but it was thrilling......

Zhongli Shuo turned his back to the firelight, and two tears fell on the grass.

In the early morning, a mist rises in the woods.

Lin Tianwen woke up early, he looked east, and vaguely saw that there was still a forest with no end in sight.

At this time, his two senior brothers had already woken up. The three of them simply ate some dry food and began to continue their journey eastward. By noon, the three of them finally walked out of the dense forest.

And at this time, a big mountain also appeared in front of the three of them. Another day on the path leading to the mountain, Lin Tianwen ran over first, only to see a stone monument next to the road, which seemed to have been many years. He brushed aside the weeds that covered the stone stele, and a few vermilion ancient characters came into view, Lin Tianwen had read a lot of books, so he could probably guess the meaning of these words.

"Forever...... Jishan? ”

Lin Tianwen waved to the senior brother behind him and shouted, "Senior brother, second senior brother, we have arrived at Yongji Mountain!" It turned out that this was Yongji Mountain, and I thought it would take ten days and half a month. The tone was excited, then disappointed. Although he experienced the ferocious horror of the black tiger yesterday. But this not only made him see the true cruelty of the world under the mountain, but also ignited a thrilling curiosity in his little heart.

Zhang Chunyang stepped forward, glanced at the stone tablet, and said, "That's right, this is indeed Yongji Mountain." We should have already made it to the third of the way. ”

Lin Tianwen opened his eyes wide and said loudly, "What? That's a third, aren't we going too fast? ”

Zhong Lixuan glanced at Lin Tianwen and said coldly: "Master stipulates that we go back and forth in five days, and there is not enough time, let's go." Then he walked up the mountain.

Along the way, the sky is clear, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. The three of them were in a good mood, and they didn't feel hungry after walking for a long time. Lin Tianwen hummed an out-of-tune tune along the way, causing Zhang Chunyang to laugh non-stop, and Zhong Lishuo also relaxed a lot. These songs were all memorized by Lin Tianwen and Wen Qing when they secretly went down the mountain. For a while, he thought of the senior sister who was waiting for him to go back in Gufeng, and he couldn't help but miss a little bit in his heart. But thinking that I will be able to encounter a lot of interesting things in the past few days when I go down the mountain, it is also good to go back and explain it to my senior sister in detail.

It was already afternoon, and Lin Tianwen's stomach finally gurgled. Zhang Chunyang said: "There is a relatively flat place in front, let's go there to rest, let's eat something and then hurry." Lin Tianwen heard Zhang Chunyang say this, and nodded more than once.

The three of them walked to the flat ground, Lin Tianwen found a sleek stone, and sat down. But as soon as he sat down, he heard a small voice coming. At first, he didn't care that it was his own delusion, but after looking at the expressions of the two senior brothers, he realized that it was not an illusion. So what exactly is the sound?

Zhong Lixuan's eyes were cold, and he said to Zhang Chunyang: "It seems that someone is crying." ”

Hearing this, Lin Tianwen only felt a chill down his spine. He forced a smile to himself: "Second Senior Brother, this deep mountain and old forest, there is no village in front and no shop in the back, how can there be anyone?" That being said, the cry seemed to sound clearer and clearer, so much so that even Lin Tianwen didn't believe his words anymore.

Zhang Chunyang let out a "hmm" and said in a low voice: "Second junior brother, you are here to watch Xiao Wen, I'll go over and take a look." ”

Zhang Chunyang was about to leave, Zhong Lishuo stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Senior brother, we are just passing through here, so let's not make any extraneous branches." ”

Lin Tianwen next to him couldn't stop nodding yes.

Zhang Chunyang was silent for a moment, and said: "Senior brother, I heard that voice seems to be a child, you and I are both cultivators, if someone needs help, how can we sit idly by?" ”

A trace of shame appeared on Zhong Lixuan's cold face, this expression was also fleeting, he regained that icy face, nodded and said, "Okay, but we have to go over together, and if something happens, we can take care of it." ”