In the wasteland that should have been empty, a river of light that appeared out of thin air was flowing slowly from south to north.

But it was neither a miracle nor a ghostly fire, but a group of uninvited guests carrying lanterns at night.

The green and yellow grass fell at their feet, and where the river of light went, a path appeared.

They were all dressed in dark brown clothes with bright yellow charms, tall or short, fat or thin, and their descriptions were very different.

The bamboo lanterns pasted with cellophane revealed a cold and miserable white light, reflecting their bitter and hateful faces.

They walked on their way in silence, neither looking up nor talking to each other, as if the purpose of their visit was only to hurry.

Their numbers were so large that Tsing Yi and Kurosaburo, who were hidden in the dark, waited for more than half an hour, and they couldn't see the end of the line.

"Where are they going?" Tsing Yi grabbed Hei Saburo's shoulder and whispered, "That's not the direction to Xishan!" ”

"Because they know that what they want is not in Xishan." Hei Saburo said in a deep voice, "There are many strange beasts in the West Mountain, there are many elixirs in the South Mountain, there are Yinghai in the East China Sea, the mermaids hide pearls in the abyss, and the North Mountain-"

"What's in Kitayama?" Tsing Yi asked curiously, "Is it a fairy?" ”

"There are spiritual veins in the North Mountain." Hei Saburo took a deep look to the north, and finally said with a solemn face, "It's time for us to leave." ”

"Ling-" Tsing Yi hurriedly smashed his mouth, for fear that his voice would be too loud and alarm the group. She stared at the boss with a pair of clear eyes, and looked at Hei Saburo with a puzzled look.

"The spiritual veins under Fuxia Valley are also real." Hei Saburo explained lightly, and then flew over the wasteland with Tsing Yi.

His speed was extremely fast, and in the eyes of mortals without demonic power or mana, they came and went without a trace, only a gust of wind across the wasteland.

They raised their heads for the first time and looked frequently in the direction where Hei Saburo and Tsing Yi had left. But they saw nothing but the boundless darkness.

This wasteland is like the mortal world for the rest of its life, the wind is raging, and it is lifeless.

There was a strange buzzing sound like the wings of flying insects coming from the basket behind them, as if to remind them that it was time to continue on their way.

So they lowered their heads again and continued on their way to the lingering sound of flapping their wings.

Hei Saburo took Tsing Yi all the way to Beishan.

The farther north went, the more complex the mortal ranks became.

First of all, there was a team of strange-looking monsters, if Tsing Yi hadn't guessed wrong, they were all monsters who had failed to transform into shapes.

Then there is Ren Keqing's snake puppet army. As Kurosaburo swept over their heads like a gale, several long black snakes stuck their tongues out at her and Kurosaburo.

Finally, it was a luxurious palanquin. More than a dozen men as strong as cattle carried the sedan chair with tight muscles, and led a group of horseback escorts to take the lead in front.

Hei Saburo caught a glimpse of Ren Keqing who was mixed in the pile of Taoist priests, and a sneer suddenly appeared on his face.

Tsing Yi seemed to consciously put his hand on Hei Saburo's chest, silently reassuring him with his increasingly exposed murderous aura.

Hei Saburo lowered his eyes and lowered his head, and lightly touched his lips on Tsing Yi's sideburns to show that he had calmed down.

When passing by the luxurious sedan chair, he deliberately vibrated the wide sleeved robe and sent a strong wind into the sedan curtain.

The sedan curtain embroidered with dragon and phoenix Tengwen opened a crack.

In the brightly lit sedan car, a fascinating figure was holding up a map and leaning on the side of the car door. When the cold wind blew the hair on her sideburns over the floating curtains, she subconsciously turned her head to block the wind for the unclear person in the depths of the sedan chair.

Jiao Niang's charming, tender and juicy side face flashed quickly from Tsing Yi's field of vision.

Tsing Yi shook her head for a moment, and by the time she realized that she had just seen someone, Hei Saburo had already stood on the ground with her in his arms.

"That's a beautiful girl just now!" Tsing Yi hurriedly grabbed Hei Saburo and said, "Is she really in adultery with that group of wolves?" I can't complain that those people will know about mermaid meat. ”

"I'm afraid she's not satisfied with the elixir that Deadwood doesn't know how many times she can give." Hei Saburo looked around and said, "The map in her hand has drawn the topography of the Three Paths Land in great detail, where there are elixir treasures, where there are tricky monsters, and even the distribution and direction of the spiritual veins, all of which are marked in the slightest. ”

"Could it be ......" Tsing Yi seemed to remember something, and the expression on her face suddenly became a little stunned, and she stopped talking again, until Hei Saburo looked back at her with insightful eyes, she sighed and said, "Wang Decai brought people to the inn twice and three times, is this what it turned out to be?" ”

"To be honest, Wang Decai is useless." Hei Saburo also unceremoniously belittled Wang Decaidao, "But he is infatuated and loyal, and he is willing to die for that girl." When she asks for it, he does everything he can to fulfill her needs. He may not be a military commander under the throne of the mortal prince, but he can be the leader of an eagle dog—"

When Hei Saburo spoke, Tsing Yi looked around a few times absentmindedly, and before Hei Saburo finished speaking, she suddenly wondered: "Did you hear that?" What sounds seem to be around here? ”

"Voice?" Hei Saburo listened carefully when he heard this, and then smiled, "It's the monsters in the mountains who are making trouble." They also knew that outsiders were trying to enter the mountain, and they were now gathering together to discuss how to get them out! ”

"So what are we going to do now?" Tsing Yi listened to Hei Saburo's explanation, and left the whispering behind him. She asked Hei Saburo with some concern, "Although Fang Cai has only taken a cursory look, I guess they have brought far more people than these." Are we going to fight it? ”

"It's not impossible to fight hard." Although the situation is not good, Hei Saburo is still in the mood to joke with Tsing Yi, "With my ability, it is not a problem to kill him as a seven or eight adult with one move." Although you are weak, you have a brother who is not simple. If you're in a real crisis, he'll just pop up. ”

"Brother, he's not a monster, where do you say that he ......will appear," Tsing Yi glared and said, "People just don't have the bottom in their hearts, and you still fool me casually." Tell me, what are we going to do now? ”

"I've probably guessed who is behind the scenes, but I haven't really fought the other party, so it's hard to make a conclusion." Hei Saburo frowned, "My original intention before I came was to directly destroy this group of rabble. But if that's the case, I'm afraid that the mastermind behind the scenes will flee on the spot. ”

"Isn't the mastermind behind the scenes the prince of the mortal world?" Tsing Yi didn't understand what Hei Saburo meant, she thought about it repeatedly, and then considered, "First the guards and servants brought by Wang Decai, then the group of Taoist priests who kept saying that they were seeking treasures for the prince and the prince, and finally Ren Keqing, although it seems that it has nothing to do with it, but if you think about it, they are all connected to the prince of the mortal world behind them!"

"Hmph. How capable can a mere mortal prince be? Hei Saburo smiled disapprerovingly, "Even the real emperor with the mandate of heaven can't do the things of monsters." What's more, the crown prince who has not won the supreme position in the mortal world? Behind him must be a figure who is accustomed to dealing with youkai and knows the three ways by heart. ”

"But...... Don't you often say that youkai regard mortals as food and mustard grass, and what youkai is willing to give up his self-esteem for the sake of mortals' saddling and saddling? Tsing Yi still didn't understand, she shook her head and sighed, "Besides, mortals' minds are far more complicated and tangled than monsters, they are both afraid of monsters and disgusted with monsters. Pray to God and Buddha in times of crisis, and even ask for monsters when there are times; After gaining power by the side door, he regarded the evil gods and monsters as a flood beast, lest they ruin his reputation, or suddenly take away the one they had worked so hard to build. If they weren't sure that they could control the monsters, they wouldn't have believed in the monsters lightly, let alone find their own way to die in such a dangerous place. ”

"Monsters are indeed as you say, disdainful of mortal servants." Kurosaburo bowed slightly, "But sometimes, in order to achieve their own goals, there are many youkai who act with the power of mortals by coercion and temptation, or by pretending to submit. What's more, the nature of mortals is greedy and self-interested. As a human being, he has seven emotions and six desires, and the more he has, the more things he wants, and the more he does not want to lose. There are many mortals who kill each other for their own selfishness. Now, if a monster lures the prince with something that everyone in the world desires, he is naturally willing to take that monster as the head of the horse. ”

Hei Saburo rarely commented on mortals like this, and now he suddenly said it seriously, which made Tsing Yi very moved.

She has seen a lot of the ugliness of mortals in the inn for several years, but at the same time, she often feels warm for the rare good people. Her reason told her that Kurosaburo was referring to the common diseases of mortals in the world, but as a mortal, especially a mortal who fell in love with a monster with a very different identity, she still inevitably felt a little blocked in her chest when she heard such an evaluation from her intended mouth.

Hei Saburo didn't know that he had inadvertently touched Tsing Yi's hidden and slightly revealed concerns, so he paced to the mountain pass where the prince and his party must pass into the mountain, and put his hand against the mountain wall with a thoughtful look.

"It's true that mortals are greedy for wealth and happiness...... as if igniting a fire in his heart, Tsing Yi actually muttered to himself, "Don't monsters covet power and pleasure?" The monster treats the weak as dust under their feet, killing indiscriminately and without restraint. It is not much different from that of mortals. Monsters eat people, and there is no difference between mortals eating beasts. In this way, it is reasonable for mortals to eat demons......"

"What did you say?" Hei Saburo noticed the unusualness in Tsing Yi's words, and hurriedly flashed back to Tsing Yi.

He raised Tsing Yi's chin with hidden worry, and looked deeply at Tsing Yi's lowered eyes without blinking: "Are you uncomfortable there?" ”

Tsing Yi raised her eyes expressionlessly, her eyes that were as clear as autumn waves on weekdays were covered with a layer of fog, her mouth opened slightly, and her voice was like a pearl and a green plate: "This body is like a skin, nothing can be self-sustaining, there is no distinction between good and evil, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil." I can be a human being, I can be a demon, I can live forever, I can die quickly, everything I do is determined by this body-"

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