The moonlight was cold, and the sound of fighting and shouting sounded here and there in the mountains and forests. Most of the figures are scurrying on the trees in the forest, and they are at their disposal in this vast mountain forest.

Ma Tao leaned against the big tree and sat on the ground casually with his eyes closed, swaying his legs a little boredly. The leaves fluttered, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a familiar black cloth falling down.

"Hey, strange thing, I became the second person to arrive." When the wind and autumn come, stand firmly on your toes.

Ma Tao frowned and said, "I also feel strange, but it is estimated that Bai You has been delayed in some matters." If we don't come after that, we will have to go to that secret place that only we know to see if there are any signs left. ”

Feng Qiulai also sat on the ground, and the two stared at the front of them, chatting idly.

"There are so many people who come to the mountains and forests to fight this night, and you can see them everywhere along the way. Watching others fight hilariously, I can't wait to ......"

Feng Qiulai grabbed the words and said, "Can't wait to go for a run?" Although there are many battles in the mountains and forests around the floating venue on this day, you are the only one who haunts the mountains like a sneaky person! ”

Ma Tao was anxious, straightened his waist, and said, "Who said that, I saw another sneaky one a few days ago...... Phew, I'm not sneaky, that person is. ”

"Who lied to you?" Feng Qiulai thought for a moment and continued, "Who was still hanging out in the mountains at that time? ”

Ma Tao blushed, wanted to say but didn't want to say, but finally said it.

"How can I lie to you, the man is still scolding me, saying, 'Are you stupid, you are still running in the mountains at night.'" I remember it clearly, I will never forget, and I will never be mistaken. And...... The man had something wrong with his head, and when I bypassed him, I listened to him stand there and laugh. ”

"It seems that the people who haunt the mountains this night are a little strange."

"I'm not weird, I'm not sneaky, that's the real thing." Ma Tao pursed his mouth, thinking about the experience of that night, and felt that he was right.

"You said that the person's clothes and appearance, and I will meet him in the future, and I will definitely have a good life."

I didn't expect Ma Tao to really remember. After listening to his description, Feng Qiulai touched his head, and always felt that this person seemed to have seen it there, but he couldn't remember it.

"Why, you've seen it?"

"I really think I've seen it there, but I just can't remember it."

"Who made you stare at people all day long, trying to find someone to attack. However, it is also fortunate that there is also a way for the empty Miao Dao thieves, otherwise they will definitely provoke the crowd to attack. ”

Feng Qiulai clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I remember, just now, I met this person in the city of sinkholes." ”

"Really?"

"That guy really has something wrong with his head, and he walks in a hurry with his head down, and he bumps me into my arms all at once." Feng Qiulai took out a bag from his arms, his eyes were full of disdain, "Affected by his blow, I couldn't help but come to this bag, I was going to take the opportunity to return it to him when I helped him, but I didn't expect him to scold me for not having long eyes." So...... I didn't plan to pay him back. ”

"Well done! I could tell at a glance that that guy wasn't a good thing. After pausing and thinking about it, Ma Tao continued, "I remember that the exhibition of the empty Miao Dao is magical, and when you start it, you can use the aroma to copy the original one by one, and it is mostly when the fragrance does not condense and disperse before being discovered that the bag is dropped." ”

"Show incense and stay in the hall, barter. The other thing is true, and this thing is false. Feng Qiulai put all the tips in his arms, "Wait a while to find a place to hide this exchange thing, it's useless to take it anyway." ”

"You're not going to open it?" Ma Tao smiled knowingly.

"Even Zhan Xiang Liutang knows that you should also know the rules of the Empty Wonderful Dao." Feng Qiulai had a serious look in his eyes, he then looked ahead, and said suspiciously, "Why hasn't Bai You come yet, could it be that he has been delayed by important matters?" ”

Ma Tao looked up at the night sky and said, "Let's go, go to the secret place and have a look!" ”

The two of them disappeared into the woods.

Several large rocks were placed together against the dirt slope, and the gaps were covered with tall weeds, thick and dense, deep and strong. At night, they are quiet.

Ma Tao and Feng Qiulai jumped on two of the boulders up and down, stretched out their hands to push away the weeds, and a cave entrance suddenly appeared. Without hesitation, they slipped in.

Inside the cave, he couldn't see his five fingers, Feng Qiulai took out a night pearl to illuminate the cave, and the two of them hurriedly found the mark left by Bai You on the cave floor like a stone room.

"Nope!" Feng Qiulai looked around again.

"Not really." Ma Tao sat on the ground, "Let's wait here for a while, if he can't find us, we'll come over." But it stands to reason that shouldn't have happened. ”

"Bai You is so aggressive, he will never forget this contest. If there is something important to do, he will also leave a mark on this place. Unless something happened so suddenly that he couldn't get over at all. ”

"Could it be that you got into a fight with someone on the way here?" Ma Tao was a little worried.

"Maybe this is ......" Feng Qiulai touched his head.

"There's nothing to do anyway, why don't we go to their ruined temple and have a look? If something happens on the way to the appointment, I'm really sorry not to go. Ma Tao was a little anxious.

"Okay, let's go."

The two of them hurried to the ruined temple in the sinkhole city.

"Finally got in." Feng Qiulai crossed the threshold and walked to the remnant statue by the moonlight leaking from the eaves of the broken temple. The bonfire turned into ashes, and there was a faint light of fire, and a stack of firewood on the side stared silently at the firelight, but it was as if it were a new day to help.

"Doesn't seem there's anyone in the ruined temple?" Ma Tao looked around.

"Let's look for it first, it stands to reason that if there is someone, we will be found as soon as we enter."

It didn't take long for the two of them to discover the entrance to the cave behind the afterimage, and after shouting, no one answered. Feng Qiulai took out the night pearl again, and looked into the cave, there was nothing but thatched piles.

"It's strange, it's strange, how can there be one person in their broken temple. The Linghu of the Red Dust Pavilion is either staying on the eaves or staying in the broken temple, and he will not be seen tonight. Feng Qiulai shook his head.

"Could it be that they are going to do something important together?" Ma Tao followed Feng Qiulai and sat on the stone pillar where he was lying, and he consciously added some firewood.

"Maybe this one ......."

"Just wait here, maybe they'll be back soon."

Feng Qiu came to think that there was nothing to do, so he agreed to Ma Tao. After the two talked for a while, they didn't even listen to the rest of the sound, and no one would come back.

"Don't wait, I guess they really left the broken temple together." Feng Qiulai yawned and said to Ma Tao, "I really didn't expect you to look worried. ”

"As soon as I came to the city of sinkholes, I spoke to them, and I had a gut feeling that they were good people. Since you are a good person, you can't let the bad people harm you. Ma Tao grimaced.

"Anyway, I'm going to go back to sleep. If Bai You doesn't come back tomorrow night, I will have to think about it. What about you, get out of here with me? ”

"I'll sleep here tonight, and they'll watch the battle with a group of so many people. If you stay here, you may be able to meet them tomorrow morning. If you don't ask clearly, it's hard to feel at ease. ”

Feng Qiulai was silent for a while, and said, "I've served you, but your attention is really good." I'll come here again tomorrow at noon, and it's not in vain that I've been fighting him for a long time. ”

After saying that, Feng Qiu came and left, and before he could get out of the broken temple, he was chased by Ma Tao, he turned around and said, "What's the matter, don't you sleep here?" ”

Ma Tao said in a deep voice: "There is no competition tonight, and I am uncomfortable. While it's not too late at night, I'd better go for a run in the mountains. After running away, I will go back to this broken temple. ”

Feng Qiulai sighed and said, "Okay, then I'll accompany you out of Tiankeng City." ”

"That's good." Ma Tao smiled.

The moonlight is sprinkled, but the mountains and forests at this time are not so much of the competition that you come and go. After parting ways with Feng Qiulai, Ma Tao ran in this quiet night, even if it was a huge mountain, in his eyes it was just a downhill slope with some trees.

"Run to the bottom of the mountain first, then run around the bottom of the mountain for a while, and finally run back to the city of sinkholes."

With such a plan, Ma Tao galloped under his feet. Relying on the fact that he was going down the mountain, he ran all the way at a gallop, and when he reached the foot of the mountain, he slowed down and ran in a direction.

"Oh, that's not right!"

Ma Tao stared around carefully, and kept turning around and running back.

It's a deserted clearing at the foot of the mountain, and it's a bit narrow. The moonlight shines on the grass, making it brighter than elsewhere.

"Huh, weird!"

He was running straight, but when he passed through a clearing, he couldn't help but take a detour with his feet. After the wrong turn, he turned and ran back again, still unable to help but avoid it, as if avoiding the obstacle in front of him.

Because this kind of avoidance is a kind of stunt that penetrates into the bone marrow through the perennial cultivation of the Wind and Thunder Movement Pavilion, he will not be distracted by choosing a path when he runs.

The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he ran back and forth more than a dozen times, all of which were around the place.

"I'm stupid!"

He stopped running, pacing for a few stones. Then he crawled on the ground and threw a piece at the strange ground.

The stone is fast to go, fast to set, and fast to fall. It was as if it had smashed against something, and it fell softly.

Ma Tao's eyes lit up, and he prostrate himself to change places and then throw stones. After throwing it away, he got up and approached to see it.

Not only did the stones fall on the grass, but they also formed a circle, which was so round that his heart fluctuated.

"No, this ...... Is it a cave? Impossible, how can there be an undiscovered cave at the foot of the mountain. No, according to Wu's personality, this place is far outside the village, maybe there can really be! ”

He slapped himself in the face, shouted, "Whatever, run," and ran away.

The night sky was clear, a bright moon was condensed, and the surrounding stars twinkled and shimmered, making it more and more cold. However, the night passed slowly. The day began at the beginning of the morning glow, and the entire Tiankeng City slowly woke up.

"Brother Fox, I'm going to eat two grilled fish today, I was too tired last night......"

As soon as Li Li entered the ruined temple, he found that something was wrong, the bonfire that should have been lit was not burned, the shabby square table that should have been moved was not moved, and the person who was supposed to be roasting fish was not there.

And the thatched pile near the corner of the gate suddenly bounced up a person, startling her, and when she looked at it, it was Ma Tao.

"Why are you here? Brother Fox, what about them? ”

"They haven't come back yet?" Ma Tao stretched his waist and walked over, thinking that Brother Fox should have made the fox forgetful.

"What do you mean by 'not coming back'?" Li Li frowned.

Ma Tao told him all the things that came because Bai You didn't go to the appointment last night, and after Li Li heard it, he hurriedly led Ma Tao to the cave behind the afterimage to see, but it was really empty.

Ma Tao was also kind, so he followed Li Li to the secret place of Li Lianyuan, Xue Xiaolou and the cave of the four of them, all of which were empty.

"What's going on, why isn't it there?"

"Aren't you the people who are watching the battle? Then go find someone else and ask. ”

Li Li immediately thought of Meng Qingyao, and took Ma Tao with them, and they went straight to the Chijiu Clan's pavilion. After this inquiry, Meng Qingyao never went back last night.

"They stayed together last night, and they said they would stay in the broken temple and chat, and Sister Qingyao also stayed there." Li Li was a little anxious.

Chi Yue frowned and said, "It's impossible to disappear all at once, something must have happened." ”

Because this was on the third floor of the temporary hall, many Chi Jiu clans gathered around, all of them talking noisily.

Chi Li also came, and he said with a straight face: "What can happen to make them all leave?" I just can't think of it. ”

All the people of the Chijiu clan had cold faces, and they were quite friendly with them, and they were worried, but they also felt that their faces were dull.

"So what now?" Li Li choked back tears.

Chi Yue said calmly: "I'm confused now, I can't figure out anything, but I can't just wait." Except for the ten people who participated in the group battle, the rest of the people went out to find them, don't let go of any clues, and carefully search the Tianfu venue and even the Manshan Tsai. Chi Tong, you go back to Qingzhai and call Uncle Qi, only he is more idle. ”

Hearing that he was going to search the mountain boy carefully, Ma Tao suddenly interjected.

"Wait...... Ask...... Ask one thing, is it possible that there is a cave at the foot of the mountain? Everyone looked at him with a tiger face, but he was terrified.

Chi Gui shouted: "It is absolutely impossible, although the cultivators are allowed to enter and exit the mountain at will, they will definitely not let the cave appear at the foot of the mountain." ”

Chi Yue's eyes lit up, staring at Ma Tao, and he was frightened to retreat for a while.

"When did you find out?"

"That's it...... It was last night. ”

"After or before?"

Ma Tao understood what she meant, and said firmly: "After that, I remember that place clearly, and I also surrounded it with a circle of stones, and I felt very strange at that time." ”

The people of the Chi Jiu clan all looked at Chi Yue, and she said in a deep voice: "Chi Tong, you still do what I say, it's better to rest assured that Uncle Qi is here." Chi Yan, you went there and came back to pick up Chi Tong and Uncle Qi. It is still unlikely that the cave will appear, but it is more likely to maintain the sealing domain for a day or two. ”

Everyone suddenly realized that only by being moved to a special enclosure by a living treasure or secret method would those many people disappear into the city of sinkholes without a trace. Of course, there is also a situation where the loveless group leaves on their own. But everyone doesn't believe this.

Without saying a word, Chi Tong got up and left the temporary hall.

The rest of the people went out of the venue in batches and followed the brother to the foot of the mountain. Fence off that place for me, and if you still want to get close after being persuaded by the living, you can kill them on the spot. Also, don't forget to send someone back at noon to tell us about the situation! ”

"Yes! Top dog! "The people of the Chi Jiu clan are full of righteous indignation, big is more important, group battles are more important, but they also have a degree in their hearts, and they are far less important than friends.

Seeing this meeting, Ma Tao was even more sure of his opinion.

"I'll just say they're good people, and in this way, they can't be right or wrong."