"Something happened, Xiaoqi went to the magic pool by himself!" After the three of them finished talking, Ye Cangjue took her away while Qi Shangyi was asleep as agreed, but he didn't want to, and after entering the room, he found that Qi Shangyi was no longer on the bed, and there was a letter left on the bed.

Ye Cangjue handed the letter to Shi Yun, "She guessed what we thought. ”

Shi Yun unfolded the note, which read:

Ice cubes, I don't know why Shi Yun won't allow me to go to the Magic Pool, but I know that you will definitely listen to Shi Yun's words and not take me to the Magic Pool, so I went by myself first and waited for you in the Magic Pool.

The handwriting was Qi Shangyi's, Ye Cangjue recognized it, and he glanced at the other two with self-reproach, "It's all Gu Gu, I thought she was asleep." ”

"What's wrong?" Banxia and Yin Huaniang rushed over after hearing the movement, and after hearing everything clearly, Yin Huaniang advised everyone not to worry.

"It shouldn't have been a long walk, and she's not familiar with the road, so maybe we can catch up." Yin Hua Niang said, "When you go to Motan, I will keep in touch with Banxia, and if Miss Qi returns here, I will tell you immediately." ”

"That's a lot of work!" Ye Cangjue arched his hand to Yin Hua Niang to express his gratitude, and a few people simply cleaned up, and then hurried on the road, walking and watching along the way, hoping to meet Qi Shangyi.

After Ye Cangjue left the room, Qi Shangyi sat up from the bed, she looked outside the house, and knew that Ye Cangjue must have gone to find Shi Yun, so Qi Shangyi decided to go to the magic pool alone.

There is still some silver on his body, and the silver is not worth much in the demon, but it is still useful in the Yin Family Inn. After all, there are a lot of humans here, and after asking about three or five people, Qi Shangyi figured out the direction and geographical location. Someone drew a simple map, put on a wide cloak, and went out alone.

The Yin Family Inn is on the border of the magic capital, and it is still clear day and night, but the magic city never sleeps, even in the middle of the night, there is daylight like the evening. Qi Shangyi wrapped the cloak on his body, but fortunately he deliberately chose a sparsely populated place to walk, except for a few greedy orcs along the way. I didn't meet any strange people.

"Girl, do you have any water to drink?" When passing a low bridge, an old woman with gray hair sat crookedly on the pier, and a pair of blank eyes raised slightly to look at Qi Shangyi. He opened his mouth to beg her for a drink.

Qi Shangyi was stunned. Glancing at the stream under the bridge, the stream was clear and the river was gentle, the old man didn't look like a person with limited mobility, why didn't he go to the river to drink water by himself.

"Do you want me to fetch some water for you?" Although Qi Shangyi was wary, she saw that the old man's lips were indeed dry, thinking that she should not be in the right direction, so she would ask herself for help.

"Hit the stream?" Hear Qi Shangyi's answer. The old man seemed surprised, and glanced sideways at the stream behind him. He turned back to Qi Shangyi and smiled, "Then you can try it." ”

Qi Shangyi nodded, untied the water bag around his waist, the water in it had already been drunk by himself, just enough to wait for the old man to drink a pot on the way after drinking.

"Then you wait a minute." Qi Shangyi removed the hat of his cloak, showed his head, smiled at the old man, and then smiled and walked towards the stream.

The water of the stream was clear and slow, the sunlight sprinkled on it, sending out jumping points of light, and the side of the stream was full of small gravel, and a light layer of green moss grew, Qi Shangyi carefully stood on his feet and slowly squatted down.

It's beautiful! Qi Shangyi thought to himself, put the water bag beside him, and planned to reach out to the stream to wash his hands first, anyway, the stream water came from upstream, and after washing, it would flow downstream, and there was no need to worry about the water being soiled by himself.

Well? Qi Shangyi's eyes widened, and he slowly raised his hand, which turned out to be the same as dry, without any droplets, not at all like the hand that had just been put into the stream.

Qi Shangyi was a little stunned, put his hand down again, and obviously could feel the stream slipping down the back of his hand, but the feeling was not the feeling of touching water, as if a fresh-keeping bag filled with water had passed through his hand. Qi Shangyi tried to hold a handful of water in both hands, but the stream flowed from her fingers or fingertips like a living creature, and after several attempts, the result was the same.

"Hahaha......" came the hearty laughter of the old man from the shore.

Qi Shangyi stood up and looked at the old man, "Mother-in-law, this water?" ”

"Hahaha......" the old man continued to laugh twice, "this water is rootless water, girl, rootless water, non-stop, don't stay, you can't catch it." ”

"And such strange water." Qi Shangyi turned around and glanced at the stream at his feet, and bent down to pick up his water bag in frustration, no wonder the old man sat by the stream and still had to ask for water to drink.

"Mother-in-law, I don't have any water in this water bag." Qi Shangyi walked up to the old man in disappointment, poured out the empty water bag and said, suddenly reached out and patted his waist, smiled on his face, and reached out and took out an apple in his cloth bag.

"Haha, I forgot, I still have this!" Qi Shangyi smiled and wiped the apple with his sleeve and handed it to the old man, "There is no washing, don't be dirty." ”

"You don't eat?" The old woman had indeed been thirsty for a long time, but she still looked up and asked Qi Shangyi first, Qi Shangyi smiled and shook her head, still stretching out her arms.

"I'm not thirsty yet, you can eat."

The old man didn't continue to postpone it, took the apple and took a bite, the apple was held on the counter of the Yin Family Inn when he went out last night, Qi Shangyi has been putting it in the cloth bag around his waist, it is also fresh, with a thick juice, but it can quench a little thirst.

"You're human?" The old man was eating an apple, and he looked up at Qi Shangyi and asked.

Squatting on the side, you raised your head and glanced at the old man in a panic, thinking to yourself, could it be that you were so unlucky to save a demon who was going to eat humans, and now people are going to eat me?

"Don't worry, mother-in-law, I don't eat human flesh!" The old woman finished the last bite of the apple, put the core into the cloth bag tied to the cane, and then stood up tremblingly on the cane, "The devil is not the place where humans should come. ”

"I know," Qi Shangyi also got up, and seeing that it was very difficult for the old woman to move her steps, she hurriedly went over to support the old man.

The old man glanced sideways at Qi Shangyi's hand on his arm and smiled softly. "Hippie and fleshy girl, if those orcs see it, it is estimated that there will not be even bone residue left."

Qi Shangyi didn't make a sound. Helped the old woman up the low bridge.

"Where are you going?" Seeing that Qi Shangyi didn't speak, the old man changed the topic.

"Go to the Devil's Pool." Qi Shangyi replied softly, not lying.

"Magic Pool?" The old man suddenly stopped, Qi Shangyi thought that he had done something wrong, and hurriedly looked at the old man, "Mother-in-law, what's wrong?" ”

"What are you doing in the Magic Pool?" The old man's body was rickety. He was a head shorter than Qi Shangyi, and he had to raise his head to make eye contact with Qi Shangyi, "That kind of place." Humans are not welcome. ”

"I ......" Qi Shangyi hesitated, "I want to ask for medicine, my friend is sick and needs Fu Bing Cao." Some people say that they have seen it in Motan. I'd like to ask for some medicine, mother-in-law, do you know anything about Motan? ”

"What do you want to ask?" The old man glanced at Qi Shangyi, and continued to walk forward with his crutches.

"Anything can be done," Qi Shangyi suddenly ignited hope, the old man said this, he must know something about the Magic Pool, "For example, Jin Yang entered the Magic Pool." Who is in the Magic Pool? Who has the most power? Is he good at talking? If I ask him for ice grass, will he give it to me? ”

"Motan is the imperial city of the Demon Capital. Mother-in-law, I only know how to go to Motan Road, for the sake of you giving me an apple, I'll take you there," the old man said and shook his head, obviously not expecting Qi Shangyi to ask so many questions, "You will naturally know the rest when you arrive." ”

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Qi Shangyi hurriedly thanked, "My name is Qi Shangyi, and my mother-in-law can call me Xiaoqi." ”

"Hmm." The old man nodded faintly.

"Mother-in-law, are you tired? Do you want me to carry you? ”

"Do you think my mother-in-law is walking too slowly?" The old man stopped and glanced at Qi Shangyi, and then looked back, but it was indeed slow enough, and it was less than a mile away from the low bridge.

"No, no," Qi Shangyi hurriedly waved his hand, "I was thinking that my mother-in-law was thirsty and only ate one apple, and she will definitely be thirsty again when she walks a lot." ”

The old man hesitated for a moment, then stomped the cane in his hand, "Then you still don't squat?" ”

"Hey, good!" Qi Shangyi hurriedly smiled and squatted down in front of the old man, and the old man gently leaned on Qi Shangyi's back.

"Mother-in-law, you are so light~" Qi Shangyi stood up, only to feel that the old man on his back had almost no weight, the old man smiled, stuffed the wind setting plate in his hand into his sleeve, and smiled secretly, this stupid girl, who can be so light, if she didn't use the wind plate to hang herself in the air, she would have to shout tired if she couldn't walk for more than a mile with her slimming board.

"Mother-in-law, there's a well over there, I'll go see if there's any water later." Qi Shangyi looked up at a well in the distance, remembered that the old man was still thirsty, and excitedly quickened his pace.

But when she reached the well, the old man told her to keep walking, "There is no water in the well, you can continue to hurry, and if you walk two miles, you will reach the magic pool." ”

"Huh? There's no water again? Qi Shangyi shouted in disappointment, and walked forward obediently, this is the third well without water on this road, "Mother-in-law, why is there no water in the well on this road?" ”

"Because it's all rootless water here." The old man said on Qi Shangyi's back, "There is no root, there is no root, there is no root, it does not stay, it does not stop, even if it is a well, it cannot hold it." ”

"Oh, oh." Qi Shangyi nodded, "Is there also rootless water in the magic pool?" "Don't talk about the old man, I feel more and more thirsty, if I don't have water to drink when I get to the Demon Pool, let alone take the ice grass, I'm afraid I will die of thirst in the Demon Pool.

"Little girl, are you thirsty?" The old man asked.

"Well, sort of." Qi Shangyi nodded truthfully, and hurriedly said, "But it's okay, I can still bear it, and I can still carry you." ”

"That's good." The old man smiled slightly, "Hold on a little longer, and you'll be here." ”

Qi Shangyi nodded, hearing that he was about to reach the magic pool, his pace quickened a little, and finally, he arrived at a swamp.

"Magic Pool?" Qi Shangyi turned his head and looked at the old man in a daze, if this swamp insisted on being called a pool, Qi Shangyi would not be unacceptable, but the old man also said that this demon pool is the imperial city of the demon clan, but there is only a desolate swamp here, can the imperial city grow like this? If there is anything special, I can only say that the huge green banyan tree in the middle of the swamp is the most beautiful scenery here, and it stands out from the crowd.

"Let the mother-in-law come down." The old man tapped his fingers on Qi Shangyi's shoulder and said.

Qi Shangyi hurriedly squatted down and let the old man get off his back, the old man held his crutches, walked slowly to the side of the swamp, knocked on the stone with his crutches, and still had words in his mouth, Qi Shangyi squatted in place and did not get up, looking at the old man as if he was doing something, somewhat curious.

"Open!" The old man finally uttered a word in a calm voice, and then raised his cane and drew a semicircle in the air, and then an arch appeared between the two stones on the edge of the marsh.

"Come in." The old man himself raised his feet and entered the door first, only to remember to remind Qi Shangyi, who had already squatted aside and watched, and quickly got up and went in.

At the other end of the door is the house, the structure of the bamboo building, the floor is wood, but the windows and walls are piled up of bamboo, and most of the furniture inside is bamboo and wood, very original color, no paint of any color, Qi Shangyi looked back, and the door behind him was gone.

"Drink water." The old man put his cane aside, his steps were much sharper than before, he walked to the table and lifted the teapot and poured a cup of water for Qi Shangyi, the water cup is also made of columns, and the cup is carved with very exquisite patterns, which is not ugly at all.

"This is your mother-in-law, your home?" Qi Shangyi finished drinking the whole glass of water, put the teacup back on the table and said.

"Well," the mother-in-law nodded, "This is the Demon Pool, there are demon armies everywhere, you are a human being, don't walk around, if you are caught by the demon army, you will die." ”

"Hmm." Qi Shangyi nodded, took off the cloak on his body, and gently hung it on the bamboo pole frame that his mother-in-law said, and then stood quietly by the window, looking at the scenery outside the window.

"Someone is coming, don't come out inside." The old man suddenly dragged Qi Shangyi behind a screen and whispered to him, Qi Shangyi nodded obediently, and then nervously hid behind the screen.

Sure enough, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and then someone spoke, Qi Shangyi squinted her eyes and looked out of the gap in the middle of the screen, it was an orc who spoke, she had a pair of wings, but colorful wings, so I was not sure if she was also a dove like the woman who grabbed her. (To be continued......)