Flourishing and gorgeous flowers grew along the wall, gently caging the two in their arms, Xiao Zibai half-leaned and half-lay on Tang Lin's body, and Tang Lin gently hugged him, resting his chin on the top of his hair.

His breath blew on Xiao Zibai's hair.

Xiao Zibai squinted slightly, his head rested on Tang Lin's chest, neither of them spoke, and the clearing was so quiet that he could hear the sound of Tang Lin's heart beating.

So close, so close to him.

The summer sun slowly moved into the middle of the sky, and then slowly slid westward, and the sun that should have been hot seemed to be filtered here, leaving only the warmth. I don't know if the surrounding flowers are warm by the sun or warmed by their body temperature, and even the aroma of flowers and plants is warm and soothing. They lay lazily among the flowers, not wanting to kiss or confess their affection to each other, and they did not want to be separated.

It's just so lazy to hug in one place, with a little bit of Xunran who has not slept yet.

"Have we been here a little longer?" Tang Lin's voice was also soft, with a slight nasal voice, Xiao Zibai half-lifted his eyelids and said "um", but no one moved.

The sun gradually slanted westward, and the sunlight sprinkled between the flower branches turned from golden to orange and then to orange and red, when the darkness of the night shrouded the sky, Xiao Zibai finally reluctantly tugged Tang Lin's hand: "It's dark." He muttered, with a hint of regret, insisting on not saying the word "go". Tang Lin kissed the top of his hair: "Well, it's dark." He didn't even mention it.

"It's getting dark, it's cold if you hold me." Xiao Zibai was still worried about his low body temperature.

Tang Lin smiled lightly, and knocked Xiao Zibai's head lightly with his chin: "Stupid, it's summer." He hugged Xiao Zibai's arm and tightened it a little: "And even if it's winter, it won't be cold if I hold you." ”

Tang Lin raised his hand and touched Xiao Zibai's cheek: "I'll make you hot." ”

This made Xiao Zibai's heart warm, but after a while, he couldn't help asking, "What if it's not hot?" Will you ......"

"No, it won't." Tang Lin firmly interrupted Xiao Zibai's words: "If it's not hot, I'll take you to live in the Fire Flame Realm." There is lava and flames everywhere over there, and holding you so cool is that I will definitely not want to let go for the rest of my life. ”

Xiao Zibai couldn't help laughing: "You don't follow common sense!" ”

"Why follow common sense? What is Common Sense? The common sense is that I like you, and I finally hugged it, so why should I let it go. ”

Tang Lin said as a matter of course.

This is the first time he has said "I like you" to Xiao Zibai so directly and clearly.

The smile on Xiao Zibai's lips became thicker and thicker, and with a smile and a smile, he suddenly said, "I must be the most unlike the ice sword cultivator." ”

"Huh?" The end of the note raised a slightly curious arc, Tang Lin tilted his head and looked at Xiao Zibai, Xiao Zibai raised his head and kissed the corner of Tang Lin's lips: "The ice method is cold, the sword intent is cold, but with you, no matter how cold I am." ”

Tang Lin glanced at him: "What?" It's a pity to listen to your tone? The tails of his slender eyes lifted meaningfully, and Xiao Zibai quickly shook his head.

The night has gradually deepened, the small open space and earthen house are slowly swallowed by the darkness, they hugged quietly for a long time, Xiao Zibai suddenly said: "It's so dark...... There was no light at all. There was really no light, the moon and stars were covered by the thick clouds in the sky, Tang Lin raised his eyes and looked at the sky: "I remember that at this time in the past, fireflies should have come out of the grass. ”

But not tonight, it was dark and dreary, and the crickets gradually sounded, accompanied by cicadas and frogs, but there were no fireflies, and it was not like a summer night in a mountain village.

Maybe it's not time for the fireflies to come out? Xiao Zibai thought, his fingertips moved slightly.

Countless shimmering white points of light floated from the ground with his fingertips, fluttering and fluttering, like thousands of stars, illuminating the entire open space for a while. The points of light flowed on the blades of grass, and they looked like translucent droplets of water again, and one of them spilled on the petals in front of Tang Lin's eyes, and after a moment of circulation, they slid down on the center of the flower.

Tang Lin took out the little bit of white light and looked at it carefully for a moment.

"You did it?" He asked Xiao Zibai, but Xiao Zibai didn't answer, but rubbed the side of his neck: "Look, does it look like a firefly?" ”

"Not really." Tang Lin said very seriously, Xiao Zibai immediately lowered his head when he heard it, Tang Lin saw that his whole body exuded an aura of frustration, he couldn't help laughing, and kissed him: "It's much better looking than fireflies, like a sea of stars...... I love it. ”

"Fireflies will be there every summer, and many people will see them, but the only ones who can see this sea of stars you gave me are you and me." Tang Lin said softly.

Above the open space, countless points of light flickered brightly and darkly like stars, indeed like a small sea of stars. And in the middle of the ocean, countless "stars" surrounded a small flower pavilion, and the two people in the flower pavilion were still hugging each other, and after a long time, Xiao Zibai suddenly raised his head and kissed Tang Lin's lips.

The sea of stars gradually trembled, and the branches and leaves under the petals slowly stood tall. The droplet-like light gradually condensed and solidified, and after rubbing against the flower branches, the flowers trembled.

"You...... Are you an adult......" Tang Lin asked with a slightly red face and a gasp.

Xiao Zibai bowed down! leaned on, slowly biting open Tang Lin's shirt with his teeth, and replied in a low voice through the contract: "Of course you are an adult...... It's been a long time since I became an adult. Even though he spoke through Guò Contract, his voice was still a little hoarse, vaguely revealing an irrepressible longing.

So the flowers no longer resisted, and the light fell like rain, plucking the flower branches, and the flowers let out a low moan! Recite. The light is greedy and lingering, twirling around the center of the flower, the flower trembling gently, and the color of the petals gradually turning red.

"You...... Know...... How do you ......" Tang Lin said intermittently, Xiao Zibai carefully imprinted a series of marks on the white skin with his lips and teeth, and replied in a low voice from between his teeth: "I know." ”

The white point of light slowly touched the center of the flower, first hesitantly tempted, and then did not hesitate after the flower opened and closed as if welcomed.

The point of light fell straight into the depths of the heart of the flower, Tang Lin gasped, Xiao Zibai froze, and asked him in a dumb voice: "Does it hurt?" ”

"A little ......" felt that the flowers were trembling, the light point hesitated, and when he wanted to turn out, Tang Lin stopped Xiao Zibai again: "Don't, it's good to be inside, I'm ...... I get used to it......" The point of light no longer went deeper, but only gently touched the stamen, the petals and branches were gently caressed by the point of light, imprinting a little kiss mark, and the stamens had just withered down because of pain, and slowly stood up again under the caress of the point of light.

After feeling that he was ready, the flower took the initiative to touch the point of light, and the point of light trembled, and Xiao Zibai hesitated: "Are you okay?" ”

Tang Lin's answer was a gentle engulfment.

The night went by in a flash.

When the two of them came out of the flower pavilion the next day, they were stained with a lot of petals and leaves.

Tang Lin licked his lips that were a little too red with the tip of his tongue, and as soon as he turned around, he found that Xiao Zibai was staring at his lips again.

"What are you ......" As soon as his words came out, he found that Xiao Zibai's eyes quickly shifted from his lips to the side of his neck, Tang Lin subconsciously swallowed saliva, and as soon as the Adam's apple moved, Xiao Zibai's eyes began to shine.

Tang Lin immediately realized what he wanted to do, but it was only a long time! Tang Lin was a little embarrassed, but thinking about Xiao Zibai's words yesterday, he finally walked over and kissed Xiao Zibai reluctantly.

After being kissed like this, Xiao Zibai's eyes quickly lit up: "Otherwise, we will ...... today."

"Shut up." Tang Lin stretched out his finger expressionlessly and pressed Xiao Zibai's lips: "We're going to go to the cave today to have a look, and we'll say it." ”

“…… Oh. Xiao Zibai drooped his shoulders in disappointment.

Tang Lin was unmoved, and firmly tightened his shirt.

The cave is still the same as before, and there is not much change. The entrance of a single cave was sealed by Xiao Zibai with a stone, Tang Lin walked over and knocked on one of the stones, and the stone bones rolled down, which startled Tang Lin.

"Be careful, don't get smashed." Xiao Zibai hurriedly came over and pulled Tang Lin away, Tang Lin looked at the trembling stones, and couldn't help but wonder: "How did you pile them up in the first place?" After all, you were only ...... at the time" He stretched out his hand and compared his waist, thinking that it was wrong, he raised his hand a little more: "...... So high. ”

Xiao Zibai said solemnly: "I rely on the wisdom of the human race. ”

Tang Lin glared at him, his eyes were full of condemnation, Xiao Zi's white face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he looked like this.

Tang Lin didn't believe him at all, he rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to take a closer look, and soon found the clue. He pointed to the obvious ice ballast in the cracks of the stones, and laughed at Xiao Zibai and said, "Well, the wisdom of the human race. ”

Xiao Zibai's cheeks turned red quickly, he didn't answer Tang Lin's words, and wittily diverted the topic: "I'll take the cave apart, you wait next to you." There are too many stones, I'm afraid I'll hit you. Tang Lin stood still, stared at him and asked, "Then you won't be smashed?" ”

…… I think that's what I said. Xiao Zibai thought about it, simply picked up the horn comb, pulled Tang Lin to stand up, and flew to a high place before pointing at the sword at the entrance of the cave.

Tang Lin thought that there would be a sword qi swinging down, but he saw gurgling water flowing down from the cracks in the rocks, which quickly wet large areas of soil, and even gathered a few small puddles. The layers of rocks and gravel did not fall, but strangely maintained a fragile balance, Xiao Zibai raised his eyebrows in surprise: "I built the wall so well?" ”

"Do you want to keep it as a historical treasure?" Tang Lin rolled his eyes at Xiao Zibai's back unceremoniously. Xiao Zibai smiled awkwardly, stretched out his hand to point to the crumbling stone wall, thought about it and found that it was wrong, so that the stones would fall into the cave, and he quickly changed his fingers to pull, held the palm of his hand, pinched the void and dragged it outward.

There was a banging sound in his ears, and large and small stones rolled down all the way down along the traces of the water, falling to the ground and scattering into a heap, Tang Lin couldn't help frowning when he saw this messy appearance: "Do you need to keep these things as a souvenir?" ”

He asked Xiao Zibai, who looked at the stones and shook his head firmly.

So Tang Lin unceremoniously waved his sleeves and released layers of colorless flames to burn those stones. Seeing that the ground was finally clean, he breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew the flames, and walked towards the cave with Xiao Zibai.

The ground was still a little hot, but it was already a temperature they could bear. Xiao Zibai pulled Tang Lin and walked in for a while, and suddenly asked, "So why did we go to all the trouble just now to melt the ice and get the stones away?" Wouldn't you just set it on fire? ”

“…… That's right, but I forgot. ”

“…… I forgot about it too. ”

The two looked at each other, and tacitly decided to forget about the incident and continue to walk into the cave as if nothing had happened.

Probably because of the relationship between being frozen by Xiao Zibai for many years, this cave still has a cold and damp smell, but after being burned by Tang Lin, this clammy and cold has faded a lot. Tang Lin looked left and right, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I remember that the cave I saw at that time was not like this. ”

Xiao Zibai smiled when he heard this, and with a slight touch of his toes, white frost spread from the soles of his feet, and soon covered the entire cave: "You saw this at the time, right?" He pointed to the crystal ice that filled the hole, and just as Tang Lin was about to nod, he heard a suspicious cracking sound coming from the ground and rock crevices under the ice.

"I think you'd better keep the ice for now." Tang Lin said silently, he glanced at it, and sure enough, he saw a cobweb-like crack on the ground.

Xiao Zibai said in frustration: "...... I forgot about hot and cold. ”

"It's okay, I forgot about it." Tang Lin patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, sensed the surroundings again, and comforted him: "It's okay, there are no animals and plants around, even if it cracks, there won't be any injuries due to this." ”

Xiao Zibai was soothed by this news, he breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to walk forward with Tang Lin, while Tang Lin quietly exuded the coercion belonging to the demon clan, ordering two nests of birds, a large rabbit, three or four mice, a big python and other residents in the vicinity to move away immediately.

When they turned a corner, Tang Lin caught a sharp glimpse of a snake's long tail flashing from the end of the bend, and immediately grabbed Xiao Zibai with agility: "How can I remember that the cave wasn't so deep before?" Xiao Zibai's footsteps stopped, and he naturally looked back at Tang Lin: "It's not too deep, it's not far ahead." ”

Tang Lin pretended to nod his head suddenly, and after quietly intimidating the python that was moving too slowly, he pretended to take a step towards Xiao Zibai's side inadvertently, and then continued to move forward together. Xiao Zibai didn't notice anything wrong at all, and after they walked through that short bend, the python that was trembling on the rock wall fell to the ground with a "bang" and spread out into a long strip relaxedly.

The tips of Xiao Zibai's ears moved, and he turned back suspiciously: "What sound?" ”

"Probably water." Tang Lin said with a smile, he turned around the snake's seven inches murderously, and the snake bounced off the ground in fright, swayed and slipped away.

Xiao Zibai nodded, didn't delve into it, and directly led Tang Lin to a rock, he pointed to the stone, and smiled wistfully: "Look, that's your shell." ”

Tang Lin almost choked on his own saliva.

"My shell?" He said incredulously: "You really keep it...... Wait, I thought after so many years, it would have naturally decomposed? Tang Lin walked over to look at it in surprise, and then frowned: "I used to be so young." ”

"yes, a tiny, tiny one." Xiao Zibai squatted down in front of the rock! came over, carefully touched the dusty eggshell, glanced at Tang Lin again, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that you won't be so cute anymore when you grow up." ”

"Do you expect me to be a fluffy little ball for the rest of my life?" Tang Lin twitched the corners of his mouth and reminded him: "Don't forget, underage demons can't snap." ”

Xiao Zibai, who had just comprehended the great harmony of life, immediately changed his position and stood on the opposite side of his true thoughts without hesitation: "It's good to grow up, the dumplings are cute and cute, or the big bird and the current human form are better-looking." ”

Tang Lin glanced at him, picked up the eggshell and shook it: "Speaking of which, let's see what this eggshell is going to do?" "He felt very strange about the eggshell, and it was hard to describe...... It's like when you were born and grew up, your parents suddenly turned out a bag of things from the refrigerator at home, and said, "Ah, baby, this is the placenta you were born with", which is very ...... Odd......

"Ah......" Xiao Zibai glanced at Tang Lin a few times, and stopped talking.

Tang Lin frowned and said impatiently: "If you have something to say, say it quickly." ”

"I've read some books about pet breeding." Xiao Zibai said cautiously, he looked at Tang Lin worriedly, for fear that he would be angry because of the word "spirit pet". Tang Lin didn't raise his eyebrows, nodded directly at him, and said, "Well, then what?" ”

Xiao Zibai relieved his heart slightly, and then said: "Then...... Then I remembered that you didn't eat the eggshell in the first place. ”

“…… Eating eggshells? Tang Lin repeated incredulously: "Why should I eat eggshells?" ”

"I don't know!" Xiao Zibai was very aggrieved: "I read that it is written in books!" Many spirit beasts and demon beasts will eat their eggshells after they are born...... It seems to be because the eggshell contains aura or something? Can they grow better? ”

Tang Lin looked at the dirty eggshell with disgusted eyes, and felt its ingredients: "It is aura, and it will probably be stronger if you eat it when you are just born." As soon as the words fell, he saw Xiao Zibai's rapidly changing eyes, and also heard the increasingly strong voice of someone on the other side of the contract: "Then you will eat it!" Eat it! Eat it! ”

"Eat your head!" Tang Lin couldn't help but scream, he slammed the eggshell on Xiao Zibai's body hard: "It's been so many years!" It might still be useful for the cubs, I'm all grown! Eat a ghost eggshell! ”

He pointed to the thick layer of ash that had accumulated on the eggshell: "It's been so long!" Maybe it's broken a long time ago! I won't eat it! Whoever loves to eat, who eats! ”

Tang Lin was furious, and the aura of the demon clan crushed a radius of hundreds of meters, which frightened the small animals around them who fled with their families and mouths to quickly speed up, for fear that if they were slow, they would be cut by the Tang Lin Great Demon King behind him and made into a beast platter.

"Okay, good, don't eat, don't eat, don't eat." Xiao Zibai hurriedly caught the eggshell, and hugged Tang Lin to dissipate his anger and smooth his hair.

Just like when he stroked the smooth back of Tuanzi Lingyu, Xiao Zibai gently stroked Tang Lin's back, Tang Lin dissipated his anger little by little under his movements, but still repeated resolutely: "I definitely don't want to eat that eggshell." ”

"If you don't eat it, you won't eat it." Where did Xiao Zibai still have any position, he stood firmly on Tang Lin's side. But after glancing at the eggshell in his hand, he hesitated a little: "Then what should we do with this eggshell?" Is it just throwing it away? Or put it up? ”

"What to do with love! I don't eat it anyway! Tang Lin's anger showed a little bit of rekindling, Xiao Zibai hurriedly continued to smooth his hair, and at the same time racked his brains to develop the use of eggshells: "That...... Is this eggshell a natural treasure? Materials or something? ”

"How do I know ......" Tang Linyi said, thinking about it, he still reluctantly replied: "It should be counted." After all, you also know, I'm still a powerful monster, feathers and everything can be used as treasure materials, and this eggshell should also be counted? ”

"Then I'll use it to forge a sword." Xiao Zibai said in a brisk tone.

Tang Lin was stunned for a moment: "Where is there an eggshell to forge a sword?" ”

He thought about it again and again, but still shook his head resolutely: "I haven't seen an eggshell sword yet...... If you want to forge a sword, I'll give you some feathers? Give you a little more blood? Tears can also be ...... I remember that blood was supposed to be useful......"

Xiao Zibai pressed his lips against his lips to stop him from continuing. After kissing for a while, Xiao Zibai let go of him and whispered to Tang Lin: "I have the feathers here, just forget about blood and tears." Tang Lin's eyebrows furrowed: "I remember that blood and tears are more precious than feathers......"

"But I don't want you to be hurt and bleed, and I don't want you to cry." Xiao Zibai said quietly.

Tang Lin's words froze in his throat.

Xiao Zibai hugged him and kissed his earlobe gently: "I want to protect you, Tang Lin, protect you - I hope you will never bleed again, never cry again, so I don't want your blood, I don't want your tears, I hope I will never see them again in this life." As precious and useful as they may be, nothing is more important to me than your smile and your safety. ”

"Just as you wish I could live for a long time, I want you to live for a long time, happy, and healthy."

Xiao Zibai's words were very soft, but they could be heard clearly in this small cave. Those words that didn't have time to come out seemed to have turned into some sour lumps, which were stuck in his throat, sour and swollen, making Tang Lin's eyes have a little urge to redden.

“…… Good. Tang Lin said in a low voice, Xiao Zibai smiled, kissed the corner of his eye, and sucked away a tear that had not had time to fall.