The next day, early in the morning.

In the Mysterious Ghost Forest, the mist fills the air, making the dense trees looming. No one would have thought that this was like a forest covered with a light veil, and at night it turned out to be a ghost forest with yin air and a hundred ghosts rampant.

Feeling the cold air of the morning, Xiang You opened his eyes faintly, and there was nothing in the white world.

After Xiang You came back to his senses, he quickly touched his neck, everything was normal. Xiang You propped up his hands and sat up. I looked left and right, and there was nothing. There is no Li Mansion, no bed, no people, and no ghosts. There was only a dry field without grass and a quilt from nowhere.

"Hui Lan—"

Xiang You shouted somewhere out of sight.

There was no response.

Xiang You lowered his head and looked carefully at the shabby quilt covering his body and underneath.

"Is it a dream, but what about Huilan?" Xiang You couldn't help but shudder when he thought of everything that happened last night in his memory.

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south. ”

A Buddha horn came from the vast fog in front of him, and then a figure walked slowly.

Xiang You thought of the last Buddha horn he heard last night, and the whole person suddenly became cold, it turned out that everything that happened last night was true, and he really hit a ghost.

Xiang You had a bad premonition, and before he could see the other party clearly, he shouted: "Who are you?—— did you see Huilan?"

The figure came out of the fog and was an old monk. He folded his hands, his figure was a little rickety, and he wore a shabby gray cotton coat and cotton trousers. Xiang You has never seen such a down-and-out monk since he was a child, even if he is a beggar, he is not so tattered. If it weren't for the fact that he had a shaved head and Buddhist beads, it really wouldn't have been obvious that he was a monk.

"Nan Wu Amitabha," the old monk recited the Buddha's name again, and then said: "The old man is sad, the little donor said Huilan, but a little donor in purple clothes?"

When Xiang You heard this, he hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes." How is she now?"

"She's gone. ”

"Gone?—— home?"

"It's going home, but it's not going home. ”

"What do you mean?"

"She went where she was supposed to be and lived where she was supposed to live. ”

Xiang You was confused by the old monk and was a little annoyed. He immediately stood up and yelled, "Are you teasing me?

The old monk was not angry, he was still so kind, and he recited the Buddha's name and said: "Little donor, don't be angry, what the old monk said is true." ”

Xiang You saw that the old monk was still so kind and pleasant, and he didn't continue to attack. But when she thought of Chen Huilan's safety, she became a little more anxious, and asked tightly: "Then is she okay, and what is the name of the place she goes?"

"Well, it's not good, she's not the same person anymore. The place she went to was called Sea Dry Cliff - Illusory Heart Sect, because it was the only place that would take in people like her. What the old monk said was still subdued, unhurried, as if it was a calm lake.

Although he didn't understand the previous meaning, he already understood where Huilan was, a place he had never heard of. Xiang You didn't know how to explain to the Chen Mansion after going back, it seemed that he could only go to find Huilan first, and then go home together.

"Where is Haidry Cliff? I'm going to find Huilan. ”

The old monk was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's a place that you can never go to now, and you don't have to go to her, you have to go to another place." ”

"What do you mean?"

"You have to go to Maoshan first, Zhenjunguan. ”

"I don't care, I'm going to find Huilan and go home together. Xiang You just wants to go home now, everything he experienced last night makes him scared when he thinks about it. He regrets it now, regrets taking Huilan out, regrets going into this forest.

Thinking that this forest was full of ghosts, Xiang You was terrified and wanted to leave immediately.

Suddenly, Xiang You thought of a question that he ignored, that is, how did he spend last night safely? Xiang You's eyes lit up, is this old monk an immortal?

The old monk shook his head with a smile when he saw Xiang You playing a child's temper.

"Are you an immortal?" Xiang You's eyes flashed with anticipation and excitement.

"Lao Gao is not an immortal, Lao Gao is just a monk who knows some spells. ”

"You know how to spell? You also say you're not an immortal. ”

In Xiang You's understanding, those who hide in the deep mountains and old forests and fly away and know how to spell are all immortals. Of course, not only him, but almost all ordinary people think so.

"Such a little donor, do you want to learn the spells of the immortals?" the old monk said with a smile, a little seductive.

"Yes, of course. Xiang You was very excited. If it is Xiang You's dream to become a generation of chivalrous, then learning immortal law from the legendary immortal is a dream that he never dared to imagine.

"That's good, after you go out from here, go to Qingzhou Yantai City. Remember, go to the Crescent Peak of Maoshan Mountain, Zhenjunguan, and find Xuan Zhenzi. The old monk said very seriously this time, for fear that the little boy in front of him would not remember.

"I can learn spells there?—— so what should I do at home?" Xiang You was a little worried about Xiang Mansion and Chen Mansion.

The old monk nodded with a smile, stepped forward and touched the back of Xiang You's head, and said, "Don't worry, they will naturally know." And if you look for Huilan, you can only find her if you go to Maoshan first. ”

"But, didn't you say she's in the Sea Dry Cliff—Phantom Heart Sect?"

The old monk smiled and said, "Go ahead, there is the answer you want." ”

The old monk slowly put his hands together, and suddenly a strong wind blew around him calmly, "There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south." ”

After a Buddha horn, a dazzling golden light shot out in the center of the old monk's hands. At this moment, the old monk changed his previous rickety image and became very tall and majestic.

The wind blew Xiang You so much that he couldn't open his eyes, but he didn't feel cold at all, but there was a warm feeling.

Suddenly, Xiang You's feet also lit up, and the light that suddenly appeared spread on the ground like a snake. It didn't take long for the spreading light to turn out to be a word, a "Buddha" character.

As soon as the word "Buddha" appeared, the dazzling light suddenly flourished. In an instant, Xiang You, who was standing on the "Buddha", had disappeared, and only his shout echoed in the air, "It's really a fairy!"

The mist clutch, like a light veil.

When Xiang You opened his eyes, he found that he was already standing on the official road and had come out.

At the edge of the forest, the red sun was rising, shining on Xiang You's body through the light gauze mist, bringing a trace of warmth.

Seeing the sun, Xiang You already knew the direction, hesitated for a while, and then walked north along the official road.

Since childhood, I have had a dream of martial arts, hoping that one day I will be able to break through the rivers and lakes and act chivalrous. But when he left, Xiang You suddenly felt a trace of reluctance and hesitation in his heart.

As the sun rose, there were more pedestrians on the road.

On the road, people came and went, and Xiang You thought about many things: he thought of his unmasked parents, he thought of the old housekeeper who took care of him, he thought of Wang Dafu and his sister, and Chen Huilan......

He had never thought so calmly so much, and this was the first time.

Suddenly, Xiang You noticed a fatal problem, and he didn't have any money with him. There is no way, now that Huilan is not here, she doesn't dare to go back, and she can only take one step at a time.

Xiang You wasn't very hungry now, and he didn't think too much about it.

In the evening, there was a crowd of people outside the city, most of whom were people who went out to work and do business, and returned to the city before dark.

In the flow of people, there was a little boy, dressed in white, judging from the fabric of the clothes, he should be the young master of a large family.

The little boy's feet seemed to be shackled, and he moved slowly, looking like he was in a hurry.

He is Xiang You who went to Maoshan, after the torture of time, he is tired and hungry at the moment, he didn't eat last night, and now it has been nearly a day and a night. Not long ago, he had already cried aggrievedly, and after finding that it was useless, he wiped his tears and continued to hurry, only then did he arrive outside the light riding city.