Qin Mu ran all the way, his whole body was soaked with sweat, and his chest was hot, as if it was burning. From a distance, he saw a man standing outside the cave, his figure like a hill in the moonlight.

"You're back. Qin Mu saw that it was really a monster, and he felt an inexplicable closeness in his heart.

The monster's eyes were open, his face was full of anger, and he continued in a displeased tone: "Do you still know to come back?" "I saw that you have not come back, and I am a little worried, so I will go out to look for you." Qin Mu whispered in response and lowered his head, he was a little afraid to look at the monster's eyes.

The monster sneered and continued to ask, "Didn't you bring back the wild fruit?" Qin Mu secretly glanced at the monster in front of him, and replied in a voice that was almost only heard by himself, "I'll pick it early tomorrow morning." ”

"What's the use of saving you what is useless. The monster pulled out a rattan from behind him and pulled it towards Qin Mu's head and face. Qin Mu was knocked to the ground in an instant, and he shouted loudly for mercy, but the monster in front of him seemed to be even more angry, and the force of the whipping became even heavier.

The monster fought for a while, maybe it was also a little tired, so it stopped, but Qin Mu on the ground was already covered in bruises, and his breath was weak.

The monster gasped, stared at Qin Mu fiercely, and said fiercely: "If I don't see food tomorrow, you just wait to suffer." He turned around and walked into the cave, completely ignoring Qin Mu's life or death.

Qin Mu was lying at the entrance of the cave, his body had already made himself a little numb, his brain was already a little unclear, he was confused, he just curled up and kept panting, and the pair of shoes on his feet didn't know where he had kicked it just now, and a pair of dirty feet were also open and fleshy.

The cold moonlight shone on Qin Mu's thin body, still so selfless, but he didn't know that the moon was bending to shine on Kyushu, and a few families were happy and a few were sad.

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"If you don't get up yet, what are you doing lying here, if you can't find anything to eat today, then you can only be roasted. Suddenly, Qin Mu was awakened by a loud roar, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the fierce eyes of the monster.

Qin Mu struggled to straighten up, but the heart-rending pain made him can't help but scream, and the healed wound was broken again, and blood flowed.

The monster's eyes widened, he looked at Qin Mu, turned around and took out another rattan from the hole, Qin Mu looked at the monster with a frightened expression, he realized that the existence in front of him who lived with him was so cold-blooded.

The monster raised the rattan in his hand, pointed at Qin Mu, and roared: "Don't get up yet, believe it or not, I'll whip you?" Qin Mu just looked at the monster and didn't speak, he gritted his teeth and slowly propped up his body with trembling arms, and the blood from the wound suddenly penetrated into his clothes. But Qin Mu didn't gnaw, he tried to stand up straight.

Qin Mu didn't use the elixir to heal his injuries last night, he would rather suffer a little more than let the monster know the secret of the elixir.

"Why don't you go pick wild fruits quickly, what are you doing in a daze?" Qin Mu kept staring at himself among the monsters, and suddenly became angry. Qin Mu's expression was indifferent, his eyes looked at the monster coldly, and asked, "Why have you changed so much?"

The monster stared at Qin Mu and sneered: "I've always been like this, it's always been you who are lucky, if it weren't for you still having some use, I would have cooked you a long time ago." "If you can't find food, don't come back tonight." The monster said fiercely.

Qin Mu didn't speak again, turned around and walked straight forward, every step he took, there would be a blood-colored footprint, but he didn't make a sound, he didn't want that cold-blooded beast to see his jokes.

After a while, Qin Mu fixed his eyes and saw that he didn't recognize the direction when he left in a hurry just now, he looked at it, and found that he was unconsciously coming south, but now that he has been walking for so long, it will be even more time-consuming to return, so it is better to just keep going like this, and leave everything to fate.

The mountain road is getting more and more difficult to walk, there are potholes everywhere, Qin Mu has to pay a great price for every step he takes, Qin Mu doesn't know where he is going, he just walks along the road under his feet.

The road ends in a valley where there is no flower in sight, but there is a tempting aroma.

Qin Mu secretly said in his heart: "Could it be that there are really wild fruits here, otherwise where can such a fragrance come from." Then he grew in confidence and walked towards the depths of the valley, and at this moment even the pain on his body seemed to be somewhat lightened.

After a while, Qin Mu finally saw a bare sapling that was more than one person tall, but there were three thumb-sized cyan fruits on the tree.

Although the fruits were small, Qin Mu still picked them, after all, it was better than nothing. Qin Mu looked at the three fruits in his hand, and he knew that the fragrance along the way was not emitted by this wild fruit, but floated out of a puddle of water a few feet wide next to the small tree.

Qin Mu looked at the muddy water in the puddle in front of him, and said in his heart: "Time is really wonderful, and muddy water can also be fragrant." Suddenly he became curious, squatted down, stretched out his hand and stirred in the sewage a few times, and felt that the muddy water was very cold, but not biting, sticky and slippery.

Qin Mu felt that there was nothing special, so he didn't care too much, he still thought about the agreement with the Qingyi people in the evening, and he didn't want to delay it again, so he put the three fruits in his arms and left the valley in a hurry.

It was close to noon at this moment, Qin Mu felt a little hungry in his stomach, he thought of the three wild fruits in his arms, but he was afraid that it would be more difficult to go back if he ate it, so he endured hunger and continued to hurry.

Qin Mu was hungry, and with injuries on his body, his walking pace became slower and slower, and at dusk, he still did not arrive at the place agreed with the Qingyi people.

Along the way, he had seen wild vegetables a few times, but he still remembered the memory of the last time he was stung by a wild bee, and he didn't dare to take risks, preferring to be hungry rather than reckless.

The mist gradually rose in the wilderness, and the remnant clouds had already caught up with the oblique moon, Qin Mu rushed to the agreed place, and the man in the green shirt had already stood next to the lonely stone, he looked at Qin Mu, and said indifferently: "The first time was so unpunctual." ”

"Senior, I have some mobility difficulties, so I have been delayed a lot. Qin Mu whispered with a somewhat guilty expression, and the man in the green shirt glanced at Qin Mu, and continued indifferently: "What's the matter, my words will be fulfilled so soon." ”

Qin Mu's expression darkened, he didn't speak, the man in the green shirt turned around, his eyes flashed, and asked Qin Mu: "Why don't you eat the fruit in your arms." Without waiting for Qin Mu to answer, the man in green shirt said again: "Are you afraid that the monster will punish you?"

Qin Mu didn't say a word, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence, and the man in green shirt sighed slightly, and continued: "My heart has been fetted, how can I fly into the sky." He said indifferently, "You can eat one." ”

Qin Mu saw that the Qingyi man was resolute, so he had no choice but to take out a fruit and take a bite carefully, this fruit was sweet and bitter in the mouth, mixed with a faint coolness.