Liu Xiaohua didn't know what this reaction meant. Asked: "Senior brother?" Is there something wrong? ”

A crisp voice said below: "This stone is either light or dark." Bright means that the spiritual platform is good, and dark is not very good. But when you touch it, there is no light, and there is no darkness. ”

Senior Brother glanced over there.

Liu Xiaohua also looked over.

It turned out to be a little girl under the mountain that day.

She must have mustered up the courage to speak. His face was so red that he was still very loud. When others looked at her, she raised her chin high.

"Not bad." Senior Brother nodded.

When the little girl heard that she was being affirmed, her eyes sparkled even more.

But Liu Xiaohua was at a loss: "Then what does this mean?" Am I not talented at all, so the stone is not reacting? She chuckled in her heart, and there was a feeling that the sky was about to fall. Looking at the senior brother nervously.

Obviously she was in the village before, and when she picked up the small stone, the stone lit up. Why is it turning out differently now?

The senior brother frowned and thought for a while before he said: "If all things in this world want to be wise, they must gather the aura of heaven and earth, and they must also have an opportunity to become a demon and become a demon." Man is different, he is the primate of all things, and he benefits from heaven and earth in the womb. Therefore, in this world, except for the dead and the walking dead, there are no people who have no spiritual platform and no spiritual roots, but they are just poorly talented. ”

Liu Xiaohua breathed a sigh of relief: "Could it be that the stone is broken?" ”

The senior brother thought for a while, asked the disciple to take a bow, pointed to the target at the end of the field, and said, "You shoot and see." ”

"But there are no arrows," Liu Xiaohua was stunned.

"Yes. You shoot and see. ”

Liu Xiaohua picked up the bow. I looked at the target where I looked.

The venue is so big, the target is so small that even the red heart can't be seen clearly. How is it possible to shoot accurately?

"Don't think about anything, just how to shoot accurately."

Liu Xiaohua worked hard to adjust her breathing, her hands were steady, holding the bow in one hand and pulling the string in the other. Try your best to get rid of the distracting thoughts in your head. Keep your eyes glued to the target.

The elder brother said on the side, "Can you see the red heart?" Concentrate all your attention and find the heart. You have a lot of talent, and you can do it. ”

Liu Xiaohua was overjoyed, did the senior brother see that he had something unique? I listened to him and immediately focused on the target.

At first, she couldn't see anything, but suddenly, as if a flash of inspiration flashed in her head, who enlarged the target, she could even see the texture and small cracks on the target clearly!!

She was pleasantly surprised, and quickly let go and shoot. Because she was too focused on finding the heart, and she was too surprised to find it, after the bowstring flicked open, she remembered that she already had no arrows.

However, unexpectedly, a small white light popped out of her hand.

Although it just popped out and swung in the air, it fell to the ground and dissipated, but the dazzling light was as dazzling as the sun.

Liu Xiaohua was overjoyed to put down her bow, and immediately froze, it turned out that it was not because of any special ability in her eyes that she could see the target that was so far away that she couldn't wait to see the target in the sky.

It's because the target is flying this way by itself......

Because in the same straight line, it flew fast and steadily, as if she had created a miracle with her own strength, which completely attracted her attention.

The senior brother was very satisfied, and nodded, "Your spiritual platform is not empty. With a flick of his fingers, the target flew back quickly.

Liu Xiaohua suddenly went through 'ecstasy' and 'disappointment', and understood that she didn't have any special functions, and she really had the heart to beat him!! But when I thought that I had a white light popping up, I was happy again. If he hadn't been like this, I'm afraid it would have been difficult for her to divert her attention from 'whether there is an arrow in her hand'.

"There is something on the spiritual platform, but the heart stone can't be tried?" Senior Brother frowned and said, "I have shallow knowledge, and I can't understand the reason for this. You have to ask Master. However, he turned his head to Liu Xiaohua and said, "You don't have to worry. It's not a big deal. ”

Liu Xiaohua said in a sullen voice: "I know" I was a little comforted, and I was a little relieved in the end, and I was even more relieved when I thought of what the maid beside Ji Liu said in the clan temple before. No matter how bad the spiritual platform is, people can pile it up with medicine, what is there to be afraid of? Even if it's really not good, at most you can take more medicine in the future. She felt that she should please the senior brother even more, after all, the elixir was in the hands of the senior brother.

But I don't know why, she always has a feeling of disgust for the senior brother in her heart, and it is uncomfortable to stand beside him.

At this time, Kongtong hurriedly ran over and shouted, "Senior brother, senior brother, something strange happened!" "Radiant.

The senior brother walked over and talked for a long time.

After hearing this, the senior brother nodded, and said to a disciple who was waiting beside him: "Distribute the clothes and the Heart Sutra, and then give each of them a piece of wasteland that was set aside yesterday." All the chores are arranged today. There's no time to do tomorrow. ”

The disciple who listened to the order was the little disciple who guarded the mountain gate at the beginning. Liu Xiaohua met him.

He listened to the command and immediately said yes.

The senior brother arranged it, and left in a hurry, as if something was wrong.

Kongtong didn't leave, ran to Liu Xiaohua's side and said mysteriously: "Quick, you get all the things, I'll take you to see a strange thing." It can be seen that Liu Xiaohua is preoccupied, and she can't help but ask her: "Why did you do something wrong on the first day, and the senior brother trained you?" ”

Liu Xiaohua shook her head. She originally wanted to go to the master as soon as possible and ask about the good of the Lingtai, but thinking about it, the master was not in good health and was probably resting, so it was better to go later, so she cheered up and asked Kongtong: "What is strange to see?" ”

"Didn't you ask me what a goblin monster is, and blame me for not being able to tell? There is a living example today of you having long eyes. Kong Tong urged her with great interest: "Hurry up and get the things." ”

Liu Xiaohua became a little interested, and hurriedly said, "Then you wait for me." "I turned around and ran over, huddled with the new disciples to receive the Heart Sutra, clothes and so on.

Those new disciples didn't know if they were in awe of her identity, or for some other reason, they all walked around her.

The only one who stood close to her was the little girl who had taken a few photos at the foot of the mountain.

She glanced at Liu Xiaohua. After hesitating, he came over and said to Liu Xiaohua: "If there is something wrong with the little uncle, let's go first." I will help Uncle Xiao to receive the Heart Sutra and clothes. Where Tian is, also help you write it down. ”

After saying these words, his face was already flushed, and he hurriedly added: "I don't need to farm when I think of the little uncle." But if that brother divides your field, I'll help you remember where. "In the end, he is young and wants to make friends with people, but he is very thin-skinned. The last few sentences are stumbling.

When the people on the side saw it, they just looked at her with mocking eyes. The little girl was so red that she was dripping blood, but she was very stubborn and strong, and she glared at those people fiercely.

Liu Xiaohua asked her, "What's your name?" ”

She was very happy when she saw that her method seemed to work, and hurriedly said respectfully: "My name is Xu Sijiu." He was born on the ninth day of the fourth month. It's called Forty-Nine. ”

"Thank you for that." Liu Xiaohua didn't refuse, she wanted to mingle with these new disciples. If other people's kindness is all rejected, although people think you are very polite, there will be a feeling of alienation in the end. After accepting the favor of this little girl, I will pay her back in the future. Between people, isn't it just that you help me and I help you to get closer and closer.

Xu Sijiu waved his hand in a panic: "No, no, no." Not worth thanking. You, you are the ancestor of the master," she explained, "I am a disciple of Lu Ping under the line of the fourth uncle ancestor. I want to call you Uncle Ancestor. Filial piety and respect are what we should do in our younger lives. She looked at Liu Xiaohua, who was as big as herself, it must be difficult to say such a thing, turning her head to look at her toes, very cramped and uneasy, probably feeling that she had done too much and was ashamed.

But he still stubbornly said: "If I offended my uncle ancestor in anything before, don't blame me." I don't have a heart. I don't know your identity, and I don't know that person is the Seven Princes. ”

After speaking, he hurriedly raised his head to defend himself: "What you want to do in the future, just ask me to do it." Don't drive me away. My family wanted to sell me into slavery. If little Penglai doesn't take me, I really have nowhere to go, and they will definitely arrest me. My family raised me to such a big age, and spent so much rations, and would never be willing to make a loss-making deal. ”

As he spoke, tears were already in his eyes. His lips were pursed tightly, and he barely cried. I guess I want to save face to the last of my heart. The little girl has some self-esteem and feels ashamed to cry in front of others.

Liu Xiaohua looked up, and saw the Seventh Prince standing at the back of the line, holding his arms and showing a wicked smile, seeing her look over, he also gave her a gentlemanly salute, which was very funny. Liu Xiaohua thought it was funny, and she didn't know if the Seventh Prince knew that his father was no longer alive? She turned her head and asked Xu Sijiu: "Is it the Seventh Prince, what's wrong with you?" ”

"No, no." Xu Sijiu immediately waved his hand, looking like he was really about to cry, "It's me who knows it's wrong." I really know it's wrong. ”

"Ignore him in the future. He's sick in the head. Scare you to play. None of what is said is true. He himself is still sending people under the fence, and he can't do anything to you. And I, although I am a little higher than you, but I am also a new disciple like you, how can I take revenge on you for this matter? Liu Xiaohua comforted her.

Xu Sijiu looked at her with red eyes: "Really? ”

Liu Xiaohua said: "You also said that I am my uncle and ancestor, and in this little Penglai, there are only a few senior brothers and masters who are older than me." Since I am an elder, I naturally have the mind of an elder, how can I be like you juniors because of trivial things. Isn't it self-surrendering? ”

"Yes, too." Xu Sijiu is a child in the end, hearing her say this, he was really relieved, and said repeatedly: "Thank you!" Thank you! And swore that he would help her pick out the best clothes and the latest book. And he ran away happily.

Liu Xiaohua wanted to talk to the Seventh Prince about the Holy Emperor, but after thinking about it, she didn't know how to speak.

Did you walk over and say, "Hey, did you know your dad died?" ”

She thought, since the Seventh Prince didn't know, let's not talk about it for now, let him live a few days of light. Later, I will know, and there will be times when he is sad. Although he has crossed over, it is inevitable that he will be sad and sad in the end, just like Chen and himself. Whether it's involuntary or sincere, it's a relative of this body.

So Liu Xiaohua stopped and went back to Kongtong's side.

Kong Tongxing rushed to take Liu Xiaohua to the mountain peak to the west.

The two peaks are far apart, but you can walk up to a few tens of meters in one step. Presumably, this place is similar to the Liu family's ascension to the sky, but there are no restrictions, even if there is a cultivator like Kongtong, it will not be affected.

On the way, Liu Xiaohua asked curiously: "Did you call the senior brother away just now for this matter?" ”

Kong Tong nodded and said happily: "Since Xiao Penglai is sitting in Binzhou, whether it is a village or a town here, if there is anything unusual, he will come to the door to ask." The second senior brother is presiding over today, and it is so lively that it is to death. But when I saw it, there was such a strange thing in it, and I hurriedly took it over. But I didn't know much about medicinal herbs, so I asked the senior brother to come forward. ”

Liu Xiaohua was puzzled, "I said it was a monster and a monster again, and now I say it is a medicinal material, is it to take the materials on those things to make medicine?" ”

Kutong just laughed, mysteriously not answering her. But thinking of something, he asked Liu Xiaohua rhetorically: "I heard from the people in Danfang, you have some insight into the medicine village?" Yesterday I went over, and I heard the people in the Danfang say that you are good in front of the senior brother. When it comes to refining medicines, there is a medicinal material that is mixed up because of its similar appearance, but you can distinguish it at a glance? If not, you're going to make a big mess. ”

Liu Xiaohua thought about it for a while, but she didn't remember if there was such a thing. Yesterday she was so nervous, where did she care about such little things.

Kong Tongzheng asked: "But those two medicinal materials are extremely rare, not to mention that the two can be clearly distinguished, even if they have seen the same person, there are very few people." Ordinary people have never even heard of it, how can you recognize such rare medicinal materials and distinguish them so clearly? ”

"When I was in Tiancheng, I learned from Mr. Li Da." Liu Xiaohua replied unhurriedly: "I don't know if the fifth senior brother knows about him?" ”

"Oh. He. Then it's no wonder. He's got some good stuff in his hands. It's no surprise that you've seen it. "Empty and relieved", then you have to make it clear to the senior brother. Otherwise, with his character, he will doubt your origins. ”

Liu Xiaohua's heart sank.

When the senior brother saw her this morning, he was suspicious of her? No wonder she felt uncomfortable standing next to her senior brother. However, the senior brother clearly didn't show anything, just glanced at her more. How could she feel threatened. And so strong that you don't want to stay by his side?

It's as if it's an instinctive reaction of the body, and it feels like it's trying to run away when it feels dangerous. She didn't think she had such a powerful instinct. But although Liu Xiaohua was puzzled by her own reaction, this doubt soon faded.

It's nothing important. She thought so: Maybe it's just that things are not going well with her own spiritual platform, and her nerves are too nervous, so she is suspicious.

So she immediately put the matter behind her very rashly. She didn't want to think about it anymore, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It's like last night, she felt an itch on her forehead all night, but she didn't bother to get up to look at it, and this morning, she wasn't too worried because she couldn't find the bag.

Attention is focused on what is happening in front of you.

At first, Liu Xiaohua thought that the empty association would take her to some heavily guarded place.

But Kongtong took her to a very ordinary large courtyard. This peak is the lowest, and it is the closest to the foot of the mountain, and the yard is no different from where ordinary people live, but it is crowded with people, some carrying chickens and some dragging sheep. Look at the dress, there are peasants, and there are rich people with servants.

The long queue went all the way up the mountain road. It's more noisy than the bazaar.

As soon as the disciples guarding the door saw Kongtong and Liu Xiaohua coming, they immediately shouted at them, "Don't make any noise!" ”

The men immediately fell silent. What a respectful look.

But after a while, I couldn't help but start talking again, from whispering to shouting to each other.

The disciples were helpless.

Fortunately, Kongtong was also very accustomed to it, and he didn't say much. After taking Liu Xiaohua in, he bypassed these people and went to the back. Stopped in front of a quieter wing room and said to Liu Xiaohua, "I won't go." After a while, the senior brother will say that I am not doing my job. Go ahead, Big Brother won't blame you. There's a master here. If he wants to call you out, you will carry the master out and use it at the top. Besides, he has doubts about you in his heart, and it is best for you to make it clear to him at this time. ”

Liu Xiaohua hesitated for a while, but she was still reluctant to take this opportunity, and was ready to enter the house.

As soon as I entered, I found that there was no big shot. The elder brother sat on the front seat of the door, as if he was entertaining guests.

There was a girl sitting on the east side. Her whole body trembled, and her face turned pale. I don't know what I'm talking to my brother, but as I talk, I turn my head to look out of the house. When I saw Liu Xiaohua coming in, I was startled. Immediately stood up and stepped back alertly. Asked Liu Xiaohua, "Who are you?" Then he asked the elder brother, "Do you recognize her?" ”

Without waiting for an answer, he asked Liu Xiaohua again: "Do you recognize me?" ”

Liu Xiaohua thought that there was something wrong with her spirit, and hurriedly looked at the senior brother. The thinking of neurological patients is different from others, and she is afraid that if she does not answer properly, she will end up strictly.

But the elder brother didn't look at her.

The girl stared at Liu Xiaohua, followed her gaze and stared at the senior brother for a long time, jumped up suddenly, and asked sharply, "You guys are here!" I recognize you! Don't pretend! As he spoke, he pulled out a sword out of nowhere.

Liu Xiaohua was startled by her, hurriedly retreated, and accidentally hit the door.

The bright sunlight sprinkled into the room and shone on Liu Xiaohua.

When the girl saw this, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had suddenly come to her senses.

Seeing Liu Xiaohua looking at herself strangely, she hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I was scared. They're scary. You don't blame me. ”

Liu Xiaohua didn't know what she was talking about. But he didn't ask much, just said, "It's okay." ”

At this time, the senior brother asked, "Do you want to open all the windows?" ”

But the girl shook her head violently: "Don't, don't! That's it. That's it. "I won't go out into the sun. And don't let people close the door.

Liu Xiaohua pondered, this is probably what happened at home and came to ask for help. I don't know what it can scare people like this.

"You're already in Little Penglai. Worry no more. Even if someone chases you, they won't be able to catch you. Go on. The senior brother glanced at Liu Xiaohua and motioned for her to sit down. Don't pestle in front of others.

Liu Xiaohua wanted to sit closer to the girl, but she subconsciously chose a place farthest away from the senior brother to sit down.

The girl was reassured and nodded. It seems that my heart is at peace.

But he didn't continue, but still squeezed out a smile with a little panic, and asked Liu Xiaohua: "Who are you?" Do you recognize me? I think you're familiar. ”

Liu Xiaohua was afraid of irritating her again, so she didn't dare to look at the senior brother again, looked at her seriously and shook her head and said, "I don't recognize you." I am a disciple of Xiao Penglai. ”

The girl was relieved. Relieved, he continued to tell the senior brother about what had happened, "At first, I didn't think there was anything different about that village. It's just that the weather is bad and it's been cloudy. I also think that the customs there are a little strange. The people of the village, who gathered every day in the largest threshing field, stood there motionless. Don't know what you're doing.

I'm a guest, so naturally it's not good to join in the fun, but I've seen it a few times from afar.

There were also some passers-by in the village who stopped here, and everyone gathered together and talked curiously about these strange habits in the village.

However, many places have their own customs, and it is most taboo for outsiders to mess around. Besides, there was nothing stranger in the village to do. My brother and master are not here, and I don't dare to get into trouble. So I am careful in what I say and do. ”

Only then did Liu Xiaohua understand that she was also a monk. It seems that she has something to do and came to Xiao Penglai for help.

The girl paused, as if to think about what to say, and after a while continued: "But one day, the villagers caught a man. When the man was carried into the village, he was not scary, he kept screaming, saying something 'I'm not me, I'm not me'. ”

She said and said to the senior brother, "You say, does this sentence sound very ordinary?" Just a madman. ”

Senior Brother nodded. She continued: "I thought it was ordinary. Asked a villager what had happened, and he said that the person was from the village and did not know what he was afraid of. Since I went with my master and brother, I naturally knew that strange things often happened in this village. After all, it was precisely because of these things that the people in the village went to my teacher's door to ask for help. So of course it doesn't seem strange. Later, the villagers moved the man to the ancestral temple in the village, and after a while, his screams stopped coming. We outsiders didn't interfere too much in other people's affairs, so we dispersed. The next day, I saw the madman sitting on the side of the road and playing chess with a villager, just like a normal person. ”

The girl looked like she had seen a ghost, and said to the elder brother, "He talks and laughs, as if he has nothing to do." Not like a madman. I thought, how can a madness get better so quickly? ”

asked Liu Xiaohua again: "You say." Isn't it weird! ”

It was a look of excitement and fear.

Liu Xiaohua followed her and said, "Yes." How did it get better so quickly? ”

She immediately said, "So when the villager went into the house, I went over and asked him, I asked you what happened yesterday?" Guess what's wrong with him? But he looked at me blankly and asked: Yesterday? What happened yesterday?. I don't seem to remember how he went crazy yesterday. Instead, he looked at me with a strange gaze. I could see that I was panicking. At this time, I saw that the villagers had returned, and immediately walked away without doing anything.

I walked away and looked back to see the man still standing there, looking at me with the villagers. That gaze made me break out in a cold sweat.

When I returned to the guest house, I was even more suspicious when I thought that my master and brother had left suddenly.

When they left the village, they didn't say anything to me, but when I asked later, the villagers said that they had gone to do something. At the time, I didn't doubt it. When I think about it at this time, I feel that something is wrong. At that time, I was asleep, and Master should have woken me up. I have been in the mountains for a hundred years, but I have not come out, and now I have come out, naturally because of experience, not from happiness. How can you do business without me? When is it bad to sleep? Do you have to let me sleep at that time?

But the next day, the chief of the village came to us and said that since we were going to live here for a while, we should follow their rules. Let us go to the threshing floor every day.

Since it's on someone else's territory, it's hard for me to object. I think that as long as I am vigilant, I will be fine.

But although I was very alert, after I went to the threshing field, I didn't know why, but I still got on the road.

It seemed like it was just a shake of the mind, and I couldn't move. Stand there straight, as if it had roots under your feet. None of those who came with me could move. He stood there as if he had fallen asleep.

I watched as the villagers gathered around them, not knowing what they were doing.

Those people were blocked by the villagers, and I don't know what happened. After a while, a few people also walked up to me. ”

When the girl said this, she was anxious and angry, and said, "I really regret that I have died, and I feel that I should not have come." I was angry again, why did Master and Senior Brother leave me here alone while I was asleep? But it has come to this, and it is useless to be angry and afraid.

So I had to pretend I was unconscious to see what they were going to do. But when they came to me, I really fainted. ”

The girl said, stood up and walked a few steps towards Liu Xiaohua, as if she was afraid that Xiao Penglai's people would not believe her: "There is no peculiar smell, so it is not a drug." But I didn't get hurt either. They didn't say any incantations, so what could they do to make me faint? I don't understand it at all. Although my cultivation is still shallow, I have been around for more than a hundred years. They're just ordinary people. ”

Step by step, he actually asked Liu Xiaohua.

As if questioning her.

Seeing that she was so nervous, Liu Xiaohua carefully retreated and said, "There must be some strange method that no one knows." What happened? ”

"Yes." The girl pondered for a moment before continuing: "When I awoke, I was in bed, and I found myself in a separate room, where I had everything. At first glance, it looks like a permanent home. As soon as I woke up, an old man called me to dinner. I didn't know him, but his tone and behavior seemed like we knew each other very well. I sensed that something was wrong, and I didn't dare to say that something was wrong, so I followed his words. When I walked out, I found ......"

The girl paused, with a pained and disgusting expression on her face, and after a while she reluctantly spoke: "The water in the bowl on the table is red and sticky, with a fishy smell. The old man picked it up, drank it loudly, and when he saw that I didn't drink, he didn't speak, but just stared at me. The eyes were cold and suspicious.

I had to pretend to be okay and put the bowl up. As soon as I took a bite, I knew it was human blood!!

I drank human blood!!

At that time, my mind was blank, probably because the desire to survive was superior, and I actually drank the bowl of human blood. The old man was relieved when he saw that I had drunk it, and I killed him with a sword while he was relieved!!

Then I stayed in the house for a while, making sure that no one noticed what was going on here, and then I went out.

But he didn't dare to show that he was scared or wanted to run away, he just pretended to be going around like he had nothing to do.

Along the way, I met several people from other villages like me, but they all seemed to have suddenly become people from this village. ”

Her whole body began to tremble, "We were together the day before and we were talking about how strange this village is, and now they have become the people of the village. Saw me and talked to me. But in a familiar tone, he talked about the gossip of the village, as if he had stayed in the village since he was born, and I had grown up in the village. One of them, as if funnily mentioning that someone in the village had gone mad in the morning and had been caught in the ancestral temple.

But as soon as I heard it, I knew that the stranger must have woken up but was still awake, and was discovered by the villagers and disposed of. I was scared, but I didn't dare to say anything, and after talking to them for a while, I found that several of them might be as sober as I was. Because although they pretended to be gossiping, they secretly gestured to me. ”

Liu Xiaohua became nervous when she heard this: "Did you kill that old man and be discovered?" Did you run away together? What about them? ”

The girl shook her head and sat for a moment before continuing, "We are planning to escape. I didn't expect to leak my whereabouts. The slower runners were caught, and I don't know what the villagers did to them, but after a while the man obediently went back with them. ”

Liu Xiaohua asked the senior brother: "Is it some ** spell?" ”

The senior brother just shook his head at her, and he didn't know whether shaking his head meant to say, 'It's not a ** technique' or to tell her not to talk too much and interrupt others. Turning to the girl, he said, "What about later?" ”

"Later, there were a few people left, and we first wanted to escape to the next village, but we only walked a few steps there, and the one who hit the head suddenly burned!"

"Burned?" Liu Xiaohua exclaimed, "People? ”

"Yes." Bang! The girl's face was frighteningly white, and her eyes pierced people like needles, making people panic, "A living person, like a handful of withered grass, suddenly turned into a fire." The man behind him hurriedly stopped us all. Tell us not to go any further. Only then did we notice that, although it was only a line away, the place where we stood was already the boundary of another village, where there was the sun, but where we stood there was no sunlight. ”

"How so?"

"I don't know." The girl's whole body trembled: "Unconsciously, in the village, our bodies have changed. Can't stay in the sun. I didn't know what was wrong with me, and I didn't have time to think about it, so I had to hide everywhere since I couldn't get to the next village.

Later, of course, we were found by the villagers, so how could we hide from what a big place.

At last we were chased by them to the river, with only a small canoe on the water, and the sun was shining outside except for the boundaries of the village.

The person in front of him was burned to death, and no one dared to stand under the sun, so he didn't dare to get on the boat and row out.

Seeing that there was no way out, at this time, a man said, 'This boat has a deep draft, and if we hold on to the boat and hide under the water, it will not catch fire.' ’

Others agreed. But I was frightened for a moment, and the demon made God not go up. ”

As she spoke, she covered her face and began to cry.

Liu Xiaohua saw her crying pitifully, and inevitably felt sympathy. She has been isolated from the world in the mountains for so many years, and the first time she went out of the mountain, she encountered this kind of thing, and she killed people with her own hands, and rolled on the line between life and death, how could she not be afraid. So he comforted her softly.

She cried for a while, calmed down a little before continuing: "Unexpectedly, the boat sailed out of the lake, and I don't know which one of the boats failed to hide well, or was it useless to hide underwater?" In short, there was one man who turned into a canopy of fire and burned all the canopies of the ship. Without shelter, none of the others survived.

Instantly, it's just a moment!! Together with the boat, plus a few people, it burned to the ground. The white ash disappeared with the current, and soon there was nothing left on the surface of the water. ”

The girl paused for a moment before continuing: "I was stunned. I didn't notice that the villagers had already caught up. I also knew that if they caught me, I would be like the crazy man and lose this memory very quickly. Really become a person from their village. Never leave. Or because the one who killed them will be dragged to pay for their lives.

At that time, I thought that I would die with one life anyway, and I would die wherever I was, so I turned around and ran away from the next village.

It was also strange to arrive at the village, which looked far away, so I only ran a few steps towards the road.

And I rushed out, and there was no fire. I almost hit a village woman.

The village woman, dressed in a lily robe and holding her child, was startled by me.

I realized that it was starting to rain at some point. Probably the ancestors blessed.

When I saw the village woman, I understood why I thought the village in front of me was weird at first. ”

As she spoke, the girl looked at Liu Xiaohua with a very penetrating gaze.

Liu Xiaohua asked worriedly: "Why?" ”

"There wasn't a single child in that village."

Liu Xiaohua understood what she meant. This means that the people of the village do not reproduce by having children. They have their own means of reproduction. They don't know how to turn outsiders into people from their own village - that's why there are no children in the village - they convert those people into their own kind.

In this world, there is such a weird and terrifying existence. Liu Xiaohua shuddered when she thought about it.

The girl sat in a daze for a while before she continued: "The village woman was frightened when she saw me, and asked me how I was. When I looked back, there was no road behind me, and there was no other village, just a towering forest. I realized that I had escaped, and I cried in fright. The village woman took me to her house, and all the people in the village were shocked, and the village chief brought someone to ask me about it, and everyone was shocked to ask me about the matter. It turned out that it was the people of this village who entrusted me with the errands. But they don't know where my master and brother have gone. I thought my teacher didn't send anyone here.

I think that since this is the case, then the master and the senior brother may be more than lucky.

But there were good people in the village, and they told me to stay in peace, and they went to deliver a letter to my teacher, and asked him to come and pick me up.

We were discussing this when we saw a figure coming out of the rain."

Liu Xiaohua asked, "Is it the people from that strange village who are chasing after you?" ”

"It's not. It's Master and Senior Brother who are here. It turned out that after we went to that village, they noticed that there was something wrong with the village, but they had already gone there, and I slept again, and if I was suddenly called up and said to leave, I was afraid that no one would be able to leave. So Master left me there and pretended to be doing something. Come out first with my brother. I thought I would find a way to rescue me after I came out, but I didn't expect that I would never be able to find it back. They tossed and turned in the woods for several days, but to no avail. I thought about coming to this village to rest and find a way. But I didn't expect to run out on my own. ”

At this, the girl let out a long sigh, not knowing what she was thinking. After a while, he continued: "I can only be happy that things have come to this point. Although frightened, the people are still there. Master, like me, didn't want to stay in that place for a moment, so I immediately braved the rain and went back to my master's door. ”

Liu Xiaohua heard her say that her master and brother were gone, and thought that she was here to ask for help, so she asked Xiao Penglai to help her save her master and brother. But I didn't expect them all to come back now. Did she want Xiao Penglai to come forward and go to that village?

Liu Xiaohua glanced at Senior Brother. After all, Xiao Penglai has always been his director.

The elder brother was drinking tea slowly, and although he was listening, he didn't look careless. Fingers tapped lightly on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

The girl didn't notice it at all, and continued, "But as I walked after my brother, I felt that something was wrong. ”

She suddenly stood up and grabbed Liu Xiaohua's hand, and said hurriedly: "Do you understand?" It's the kind of thing, I can't tell what's wrong, but I just feel that something is wrong. Master is still Master, Senior Brother is still Senior Brother. But I knew something was wrong. ”

Liu Xiaohua was taken aback by her movements.

The girl's hands were frighteningly cold, as if they had no temperature. It's rough and awkward to the touch. It made her feel weird. But you can't pull it out.

Fortunately, the senior brother reached out and pulled her. The girl's strength seemed to be dissolved. Liu Xiaohua hurriedly stood beside the senior brother.

The girl did not notice how intimidating she was, and continued: "As if I were joking, I suddenly said to my brother, 'Take off your clothes.'" But anyone who is normal will scold me. How can you make a man strip naked? But he didn't even ask me why, so he did it. All of a sudden, he was stripped naked, and he didn't feel ashamed at all! I asked him, "Senior brother, do you remember the stall dance on the mountain a few days ago?" Senior brother dances beautifully, let's dance another one for me. ”

When the girl learned to speak in the tone of the time, it was the same as the real thing. Liu Xiaohua Mo Ming shuddered.

The girl didn't think it at all, and continued to say: "When the senior brother heard this, he walked in front naked, and jumped up with joy.

When I looked back at Master, Master didn't think so, but laughed along. The smile is still so kind. But my bones are cold. It was so cold that his teeth chattered, and he couldn't speak. They laughed at me, but it made me feel terrible. I pretended to be calm and continued to talk to them, slowly, trying to get behind and escape.

Who knows, they feel very vigilant.

I'm slow, and so are they. His face was still smiling and talking to me, but his feet were not careless at all. I'm fast, they're fast.

I looked ahead and could faintly see the shadow of the village again. It turns out that they are going to trick me into the village again!!

I won't go back to that place even if I'm dead!! I didn't care about anything else, so I drew my sword and came out, turned around, and slashed at Master's leg. Lucky enough to cut it right.

I ran away from him, and I didn't dare look back, and I didn't know where I was going. I kept running until I met the village woman again, so that I could catch my breath and look back, there was nothing behind me.

The village woman asked me curiously, 'Girl, why are you holding a handful of grass in your hand?' Didn't you say you wanted to go back to your master's door, what about your master and brother? "Take me back to the village. But I was scared, and I didn't dare to stop, for fear that this village woman was also a fake, and she was from that village. They were a gang to deceive me. I stopped and kept turning around and running out of the village. In the past few days, I have been running here all the way to avoid the sun. ”

The girl's expression was very sad, as if she wanted to cry, but no tears flowed out, "My master and senior brother must be gone." I was raised by Master, and this is the first time I have gone out with Master and Senior Brother. But I didn't expect it to be like this. Please help us to avenge our vengeance. ”

After hearing this, the senior brother drank a cup of tea slowly, and then said, "I thought something was wrong, but it turned out to be like this." It's just a trifle. ”

The girl was pleasantly surprised: "Does Your Excellency already know what is wrong?" ”

The senior brother didn't answer, but just asked, "You came alone?" Do you remember where that village was? ”

"Remember, remember. I remember it clearly. Naxin Village is ten miles south of Binzhou City, there is an abandoned road temple, turn left along the direction of the road temple, you can get to Zhang Zhou Village. The village woman is the person from that village. That naughty village must be around there. I ran out of the harmful village and walked only a few steps to Zhangzhou Village. However, walking back from Zhang Zhou is a little farther. Terror is a trick. "She knows everything, she says everything. He asked anxiously, "What do you think the group will be?" ”

The senior brother turned his head to look at Liu Xiaohua and said, "What do you think?" ”

Liu Xiaohua remembered Kongtong's reminder, and hurriedly said: "I only learned some things about medicinal materials from Mr. Li, but I don't know much about the strange and strange spirits. Senior brother wants to ask me, I don't understand it very well. ”

Although the senior brother did not express his position, it may be seen that his attitude towards Liu Xiaohua has eased a little after hearing this. Because Liu Xiaohua obviously felt that she had less intention of retreating from the senior brother.

"It's not about the monsters and monsters that I asked you about, but about the medicinal herbs." The senior brother said: "Yesterday I heard that you have attainments in this area, but I didn't expect to learn it from Mr. Li Da. This is a blessing for you. Although he is not a good person, he has the ability. ”

When the girl saw the two of them talking about the next words, she was a little anxious and said, "Please hurry up." I'm afraid they're going to hurt someone during this time. ”

The senior brother didn't pay attention to her, but continued to say to Liu Xiaohua: "Do you know that there is a kind of withered grass. ”

Liu Xiaohua thought for a while and asked, "Is it the kind that eats meat?" ”

There was a little more interest in the senior brother's eyes, "You know? Tell me, what are the habits of withered grass? ”

"He likes to eat human blood. Afraid of the sun, they use human remains as nourishment, and generally grow in the remote sun of the battlefield, unlike ordinary plants, they stay in one place for a long time, lose the nutrients that can sustain their survival, they will pull out their roots and migrate to other places in groups. Liu Xiaohua couldn't imagine what it was like for a group of plants to □□ their roots like animals in the middle of the night, traveling in groups. But when I thought of what was next said in the codex, my heart was pang.

I suddenly understood why the empty companion would describe this incident like that.

"Are they the spirits of the weed?" The girl exclaimed.

"I guess so. But since you ran out, they must have moved somewhere else for fear of revealing their whereabouts. The senior brother saw that Liu Xiaohua had been staring at the girl, so he said, "What? Do you think something is wrong? ”

Liu Xiaohua hesitated for a moment, and then asked the girl, "Since you have been practicing for a hundred years, why didn't you use magic when you encountered danger?" Regardless of whether you can beat it or not, you must at least give it a try on the line of life and death. Besides, there are a hundred years of practice, and many techniques have been used, so why don't you use techniques to hurry? It must be thousands of miles away, but it can be there quickly. You don't have to work day and night to do this. ”

The girl was dumbfounded, and said, "I...... I don't know...... Maybe I was frightened and didn't think about it. And he muttered, "yes, how did I forget jì." I guess I was scared. ”

"Have you ever drunk human blood before?" Liu Xiaohua asked.

"I ...... I didn't ...... before."

"Then how do you know that it is human blood as soon as you drink it? In this world, many things look red and sticky. For example, I remember that there was a kind of soup that was a big tonic and it looked like that, and it tasted fishy and smelly. This soup, which is often drunk by monks, is not good in taste, but it is cheap and effective. Even if you are a monk, you have drunk a lot. If one day, when someone suddenly gives a bowl of something similar, it stands to reason that the first reaction should be a big tonic soup, why do you insist that it is human blood? ”

The girl came to her senses and said angrily, "Do you think I'm lying to you? I've suffered so many sins, and I've come here just to trick you guys? "Her shoes were frayed, her body was dusty, and her hair was unkempt. The mouth and face were skinned.

Liu Xiaohua ignored her questioning, but continued to ask: "When you cry, why don't you cry?" ”

"What?" The girl was stunned, and then said angrily: "What does it matter if I don't shed tears, maybe I'm scared." How do I know why I'm sad and can't shed tears? What time is it now, and you're still asking me these irrelevant words. Whether there is a village or not, you will know as soon as you go! Do you think I'm trying to harm you? You dignified little Penglai, if you want to trap you, you can only do it with the power of the sects. Besides, we have no grudges!! Why don't you believe me! ”

Anxious and angry, she stood up angrily. It is both aggrieved and indignant.

"I believe you're telling the truth." Liu Xiaohua said.

"Then let's go. Maybe you can follow the trail and find out where the spirits have moved. It is better to eradicate it in one fell swoop, so as not to harm others. As he spoke, he thought of his brother and master again, and cried so sadly that he burst into tears. But no matter how sad and painful she was, she still didn't have a single tear.

Liu Xiaohua quickly avoided her hand. Standing next to the senior brother, he felt safer and asked, "What's your name?" ”

She froze. He stood there but did not move.

Liu Xiaohua felt that she was a little pitiful, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "They are killing people." didn't kill your brother, didn't kill your master. ”

When the girl heard this, her expression became fierce: "Why are you talking for them?" How do you know they don't!! Those who went with me are ...... It's not human anymore............"

"Those people didn't go with you at all!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? What nonsense?! Obviously they were together, they were passing by that village! As a result, he was killed by the spirits in the village! We live in the same house, can I not know? The people in the village also sent someone to guard that house, and I should have known that the people in the village had bad intentions! The girl's voice was so sharp and thin that it pierced people's eardrums. Even his faces were distorted and huddled together, looking terrifying, "I will help my senior brother and master avenge it!" If you don't want to help, forget it! You don't want to help, evil! Great villain! You are helping to do evil! He raised the sword in his hand, and the sword body was as bright as autumn water. Let out a soft moan.

Liu Xiaohua took another step back.

Senior Brother frowned: "What are you afraid of?" Now that you've figured it out, tell her about it. ”

Liu Xiaohua took a deep breath and straightened her chest again. Said: "The people in the village of Lu were indeed killed by spirits. It's the truth. But I'm just saying that what you see is not with you. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!!" The girl screamed and tried to rush over. But I don't know what is blocking me, I can't take a step forward, I just glare.

"Withered grass, born in the land of death, growing on bones, sucking the anger of the dead. For a long time, there are those who are profound, devouring the living creatures of the living. That's why it's also called Crazy Weed. "It's written in the Codex.

Liu Xiaohua said to the girl: "Do you know why it's called crazy weed?" Because it is very dangerous to devour the soul of the living, after all, the living are not like the dead, the dead only have resentment to survive in the world, at most the evil spirit is a little stronger after sucking. But a living person has seven emotions and six desires and memories. That's why I said, those passers-by were indeed victimized by the wither, but those who were with you were not harmed. Your master and senior brother were also killed by the grass at all, because they were not your master at all, not your senior brother. You are not you at all, where is the revenge to be avenged? ”

The girl stood there stunned, and after a long time, she said, "What did you say?" What nonsense are you talking about? I am not me, who am I? ”