VIII. Not a shadow

Fireborn smelled a hint of danger in the air, and before it had time to answer Tao Xiaoyao's question, it quickly put on a fighting posture and hid Tao Xiaoyao behind him, like an old hen protecting the chicks, facing the eagle without showing the slightest fear.

Of course, Peach is not a chick, Fireborn is not an old hen, and the one who makes Fireborn smell dangerous is not an eagle.

Actually, he was a rabbit, a rabbit that had been cultivated into a human form.

"Xiao Yao. And the rabbit didn't know that his arrival had caused a strong sense of hatred among the Fire Descendants, and he still smiled as warm as the spring sun, and there was only Tao Xiaoyao in his eyes, and he didn't even show the surprise that a fierce beast that looked very majestic suddenly appeared next to Tao Xiaoyao.

Fireborn frowned and looked at Tao Xiaoyao, "This kid knows you?"

Tao Xiaoyao pursed her lips, and nodded reluctantly under the expectant gaze of the humanoid rabbit in front of her.

Shadows, how did they appear here?

It's really a narrow road.

Because of the flowers, Tao Xiaoyao is afraid to avoid the shadow, last time he chased Liuyun Academy, Tao Xiaoyao can hide if he can, but now he is chasing to the human world.

But obviously, this time it was Tao Xiaoyao who was amorous herself.

Because the shadow looked at her with an extremely innocent and flawless expression, if she could ignore the unknown light in her eyes, "Xiao Yao, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here." ”

Tao Xiaoyao was a little puzzled when she heard the shadow's words.

What does he mean? Isn't it what he thinks it is?

The shadow saw Tao Xiaoyao's doubts, and explained in an extremely soft tone, "Since that opening ceremony, I haven't met you again, and I thought you were going back to the Snow Misty Mountain, but I didn't find you when I went to the Snow Misty Mountain, but I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

Peach pursed her lips and walked out from behind the Fire Descendant, "Then why are you here?"

The shadow smiled innocently, and reached out to pry away a strand of hair that had fallen down to cover his eyes because he was so excited to see Tao Xiaoyao, "Come and see an old friend." ”

"Old friend?" Tao Xiaoxiao looked at the shadow suspiciously, and looked around at the desolate scene around again, this place is obviously deserted, where did the old friend come from.

And the Fire Descendant, seeing that Tao Xiaoyao knew the shadow in front of him, slightly restrained his defensive posture, but still looked at the shadow with fierce eyes, as if he would immediately pounce on him as long as he had a little bad action.

The shadow scratched his head, and shook his sleeves, "I haven't been here for hundreds of years, but I didn't expect this place to be desolate like this." ”

The implication is that Shadow's old friend originally lived here, but maybe something happened later, and he didn't know it, so he didn't find his old friend when he came to look for it.

Tao Xiaoyao didn't have much interest in whether the shadow really came to find an old friend, so she waved her hand, but what she was thinking about was how to go to the Demon Realm smoothly with the Fire Descendant.

"Xiao Jiu......" Although the Fire Descendant has now changed back to its original appearance, Tao Xiaoyao is still used to calling him Xiao Jiu, she opened her mouth, noticed the shadow on the side, and still closed her mouth, and talked to the Fire Descendant silently in her heart.

"Xiao Jiu Xiao Jiu, can you hear me?"

The corners of Fireborn's mouth were suspiciously hooked, this girl was quite smart, and she didn't tell the things of the Demon Realm in front of others.

"Yes, I hear you. ”

"Are we going to go to the Demon Realm through here?"

"You can say so. The Fireborn replied, just a little bit inside, and casting a formation here didn't have much effect.

Tao Xiaoyao nodded clearly, and looked at the shadow who was smiling at her alone, Tao Xiaoyao was not stupid, and naturally knew that the matter of going to the demon world could not be known by the shadow.

"Then go ahead and find your old friend, I'll leave beforehand. Tao Xiaoyao thought and motioned for the Fire Descendant to lead the way.

I don't know if the shadow really didn't hear the alienation and demon chases in Tao Xiaoyao's words, or if he was cheeky and pretended to be stupid, he walked a few steps in the direction of Tao Xiaoyao, "Anyway, the old friend can't be found, if you don't dislike me, I'll follow you, Xiaoyao, if there is something on the road, I can still help." ”

From beginning to end, the shadow's eyes followed Tao Xiaoyao closely, and he didn't notice the Fire Descendant on the side at all, which made the Fire Descendant feel very unhappy.

Could it be that its majestic appearance has no sense of existence?

Dislike, of course.

But Tao Xiaoyao naturally wouldn't say such hurtful things in front of him, after all, he was also kind to the shadow.

"No need. Tao Xiaoyao politely refused, "Don't bother you, you can go to your old friend, maybe he didn't go far and lived around here." ”

Obviously, Tao Xiaoxiao's words of emotion and reason did not impress the shadow.

"It doesn't matter. The shadow smiled, and without waiting for Tao Xiaoyao to say another refusal, he took the lead and walked forward, "I have been here hundreds of years ago, and I am still relatively familiar with it." ”

Tao Xiaoyao turned her head helplessly to look at the Fire Descendant.

The Fireborn shakes its head.

There is no way, the direction in which the shadow is going is the direction that Tao Xiaoyao and the others want to go to the demon world, and that road is also the only way to that place.

Tao Xiaoyao sighed, and could only find a way to shake off the shadow when the time came.

So, Fireborn used his tail to roll up Peach Xiaoyao and put it on his back, and walked forward behind the shadow.

It just so happens that you need something to open the formation anyway, since the rabbit spirit is so positive, and Tao Xiaoyao's attitude towards him is also so cold, then don't blame him for being polite. The Fireborn's inky dark eyes flashed with a treacherous light.

It's probably rare to have the opportunity to be alone with Tao Xiaoyao, the shadow is very excited along the way, and he always has nothing to say and Tao Xiaoyao chatting with some of them, although most of the time Tao Xiaoyao is listening, and the shadow is occasionally annoyed, Tao Xiaoyao opened his mouth to show that he was listening.

As for Shadow, of course, he ignored the Fire Descend again, even though the Fire Descend's size was many times larger than Peach Xiaoyao, but Shadow only regarded him as Tao Xiaoyao's mount, and did not mention the Fire Descend at all.

It stands to reason that even if the Fire Descendant reins in the breath of the Demon Clan, but his demeanor and momentum all reveal his noble identity, if the usual monster sees his true body, it is already a blessing not to be scared to death, but the rabbit in front of him is still smiling and smiling, looking like he is taking it for granted, the Fire Descend is a little curious, is the identity of this shadow also very unusual?

Even Tao Xiaoyao was shocked when she saw the Fire Descendant at first glance.

Thinking about it, it was naturally impossible for the Fireborn to ask Shadow why he was not afraid of such words, and he was silent, secretly calculating in his mind the time it would take to reach his destination.

Walking about three pillars of incense time, the sun has already set, in this desolate place, less brilliant sunshine, but more desolate and weird, the wind is blowing, occasionally a black shadow flashes in front of the eyes, Tao Xiaoyao tensed the nerves in the brain, fixed his eyes, it turned out to be a desolate roof tile sliding down.

It's strange, why is this abandoned mountain villa so big?

I've been walking for so long, and I feel like I've been going around in circles all the time, and the scenery around me is almost the same, like walking into a labyrinth that I can't get around.

Tao Xiaoyao was puzzled and motioned for the shadow below her to stop.

And the Fire Descendant had already felt that there had been an unusual strange aura around him, he took advantage of the situation to stop, looked around vigilantly, his attention was highly concentrated, his tail was raised high, and he made a defensive posture to protect the peach on his back.

"Shadows. Tao Xiaoyao shouted to the young man in front of him, and his clear voice became louder and louder in this dark night and bleak mountain villa, and a faint echo could be heard.

The shadow paused, slowly turned around, and showed a big smile to Tao Xiaoyao.

"What's wrong?"

Although the smile was no different from what she had seen before, Tao Xiaoyao still felt a little wrong, and she was vaguely uneasy and even a little creepy.

Tao Xiaoyao hesitated, "Didn't you just say that you are familiar with this place?"

Shadow nodded, smiled slightly, and took a few steps back, closing the distance between him and Tao Xiaoyao. "yes, I've lived here for a while. ”

"So. Tao Xiaoyao continued to ask, "Is this place very big, why do you feel like you haven't walked out for so long?"

The point is, didn't the place that the Fire Descendant said say that it would take about half a pillar of incense to walk to?

The shadow tilted his head and smiled innocently, "This is just a small village, how big can it be?"

Tao Xiaoyao sighed in her heart, and the feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger. "What do you mean?"

The shadow grinned and took a few more steps to Peach Xiaoyao's side, and the Fireborn frowned and took a few steps back, widening the distance between him and the shadow.

It's strange, the aura on this young man's body is very strange.

I hadn't noticed it outside the village just now, but now that I had walked in, the Fireborn moved its nose and sniffed something unusual from the spiritual power emanating from the shadows.

There is no doubt that the shadow has spiritual power in it.

But this spiritual power is very strange, not as abundant and innocent as ordinary spiritual power, but if there is nothing, as if it is hiding some dirty breath, after all, the Fire Descendant is a demonic beast, and his nose is very sensitive, and he still smells a feeling that makes him extremely disgusted from the disguised spiritual power.

This boy is by no means as harmless as he appears on the outside.

The shadow saw that the pet beast under Tao Xiaoyao moved, widened the distance between him and frowned, and then unfolded, as if the previous frown was just an illusion. He shrugged at Tao Xiaoyao, "That's literally." ”

Such a shadow is very strange.

Tao Xiaoyao suddenly felt a little scared, In this dark night, in such a dilapidated mountain village, the shadow's smile is shining, it is obviously a very warm sun, but in Tao Xiaoyao's opinion, it is more like a cold moon, oh, no, it is not the moon, but the moon shadow reflected in the water droplets, more illusory, more cold.

Shadow.

No, he's not a shadow.

Although he doesn't know much about the shadow, but when he was with Huayi, and then went to get close to the shadow with various excuses, Tao Xiaoyao still has some understanding about him.

The shadow of the past, even if it was the shadow of a few days ago, would not have a smile on its face like it does now, but it could not spread into the eyes, and the eyes were full of cold and fierce light.

Where did the boy from Myanmar go, the boy who shyly said I liked you?

"Who are you?" Tao Xiaoyao clenched her fists tightly, so that she would not tremble with fear, and tried to speak in a steady voice.