Xiao Ding did not follow the guards up the cliff, but chose to stay at the bottom of the valley to retreat and practice.

At first, the cultivation was slow and had no effect, but after persisting in cultivation for two or three days, I gradually began to feel it.

Xiao Ding was overjoyed and continued to practice night and night. Finally, on the seventh day of practice, he mastered the trick, used the spiritual power in his body, and his body became lighter, and with a slight leap, it was more than a zhang high.

Xiao Ding secretly thought that if he continued to practice, the effect would definitely be better.

However, since the light technique has achieved initial results, Xiao Ding is not in a hurry, thinking that he will have time to practice more in the future, and now he wants to learn several other spells.

In the past few days, the food that Xiao Ding eats is all birds and beasts beaten with stones to satisfy his hunger. After falling off the cliff, he brought some water with him when he entered the mountain, saving to drink, and he was not thirsty in the past few days. In addition, although it is winter, the climate in the south is not as cold as in the north, and some of the wild fruits in autumn are still hanging on the trees, although they are already a little shriveled, but they can also replenish a small amount of water. Some leeward places also have some residual snow, which can be drunk as water after melting.

There is no time for cultivation, Xiao Ding's practice is ten days, and it has reached the fourteenth day of the first month.

It's about to be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Xiao Ding decided to go back to Zhongzhou City first, and I don't know if the dog emperor has started to go to court.

At this time, although he had not been able to fully practice several other spells, he had basically entered the door to some extent, and with only some time, he believed that he could practice them.

For these ten days of retreat and cultivation, Xiao Ding is still quite satisfied, at least the light technique has been a small success, if you encounter a strong enemy again, you can find a chance to escape. With light arts, even if you escape, you will be several times faster than before. Even if you go to Luoxia Mountain again and are chased by some giant bear and giant ape, you won't be so embarrassed.

As for the other exercises, Xiao Ding believes that when it is not used much, it can be practiced to achieve the desired effect.

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Now that he had decided to leave, Ding came to the bottom of the cliff again, and he saw the rope that the guards had left for him.

With light arts, he grabbed the rope and climbed up, almost more agile and swift than an ape.

It didn't take long for Xiao Ding to come to the top of the cliff.

On the slope at the top of the cliff, there are still messy footprints, and there are still places that have been burned by the fire of the Red Refining Flame Snake, and those weeds that have been dried up have all been burned to scorched earth by the fire of the Red Refining Flame Snake.

The dead grass that had been sprayed with venom by the red toad was also charred and black, and the insects and ants did not grow.

Xiao Ding secretly sighed that this toad was so poisonous that he didn't dare to touch the blackened dead grass, so he walked up to the top of the slope on a detour.

The top of the slope is the peak of Niutou Peak. Xiao Ding is more familiar here.

But not long after he came up, he was about to descend the peak, when he suddenly heard a movement on the way up the mountain.

After a while, five or six men in black came up from the peak.

As soon as Xiao Ding saw their outfits, he knew that they were from the Heavenly Villain or the Valley of the Earth.

He had dealt with the people of the Valley of the Earth more than once. Therefore, it is easy to identify their costumes.

The five or six men in black seemed to recognize Xiao Ding when they saw him.

said: "It turned out to be you stinky boy! What are you doing here? ”

Xiao Ding was puzzled, and said in his heart, could it be that these people have seen themselves? So he asked, "Have you seen me?" ”

"Looks like you don't remember very well! You forgot that on the road outside Zhongzhou City the other day, you kid jumped out of thin air to meddle in your business......" the man in black reminded.

So it was, Xiao Ding remembered that day on the way to the barracks, he met the people of the Disha Valley who intercepted and killed the women of the Splendid Fang. After a long time, they were the ones who went to intercept and kill the Splendid Workshop that day!

"It's you! I heard that you are members of the seventy-two earthshas? Xiao Ding said suddenly.

"It's good to know us, I ask you, what are you doing here? Have you ever seen a young man who has obtained the Red Refining Flame Fruit? Obviously, the man in black only heard that there was a young man who had obtained the Red Refining Flame Fruit, but he didn't know that this young man was Xiao Ding.

Xiao Ding guessed that the reason why they knew about this was that the old fairy of the Teng Snake must have spread the news, and it seemed that he would have more trouble in the future.

"How do you know that a young man has obtained the Red Refining Flame Fruit? I heard that it was an old woman who killed Li Xingchen and took away his divine fruit? "Xiao Ding deliberately reverses black and white, confuses the public, and obfuscates the people in the valley.

"Of course it was said by the old fairy Teng Snake, so can it be fake? Hey? You're just a young man, didn't you get the Red Cultivation Divine Fruit? The man in black seemed to have just turned around in his mind, and looked at Xiao Ding suspiciously and said.

"How can I be so capable? Do you think I can beat Li Xingchen? Xiao Ding flatly denied it.

"That's right, you don't have that much ability. However, who did you hear say that the old woman snatched the Red Refining Flame Fruit? The man in black seemed to believe what Xiao Ding said.

"Of course I knew, because I hid behind my back and saw the old woman kill Li Xingchen with a dragon's head and a hidden weapon, and then snatched his fruit and fled." Xiao Ding said half-truthfully, with a look of truth on his face.

"Is it really the old fairy of the snake?" The man in black was puzzled, he turned his head to look at his companion, obviously, he was also a little confused, and he couldn't tell whether what Xiao Ding said was true or false. "But I saw that the old snake fairy seemed to be injured, and his clothes were covered in blood."

"The injury he was injured during the fight with Li Xingchen, what is there to doubt about this." Xiao Ding said with a look of disdain. This made the man in black believe what Xiao Ding said even more.

"Okay, for the sake of you kid telling us such important information, we won't pursue with you today what you did to us that day, you can go down the mountain quickly." The man in black pretended to be very generous and said to Xiao Ding.

When Xiao Ding heard this, he thought to himself, since he can take it off without fighting, it is better to go first, anyway, the hat on the head of the old fairy of Teng Snake has already spread, and his goal has been achieved, and there is no need to entangle with the people of the Earth Demon Valley.

So, he walked calmly past the men in black and walked down the mountain.

The man in black really spoke and did not stop Xiao Ding. Watching Xiao Ding descend the mountain, they walked towards the slope.

Xiao Ding walked down the mountain road when he came and walked down Niutou Peak. Now he walked easily and quickly, and it didn't take long for him to come down from the top of the mountain.

On the way, he still met several waves of people from the rivers and lakes, all of whom asked him about a young man who had obtained the Red Refining Flame Fruit, and Xiao Ding also broke it around, saying that the person who got the Red Refining Flame Fruit was the old woman of the Teng Snake Old Immortal. Those Jianghu people are also suspicious, and they can't tell which news is accurate.

Get off Funiu Mountain and return to Zhongzhou City.

The streets of the city are still noisy, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, and the Lantern Festival is also called the Shangyuan Festival in this era. Every household is preparing in advance for tomorrow's festival, preparing wine and food, buying lanterns, etc., and many families have already hung up the lanterns in advance.

Xiao Ding returned to the inn, and the shopkeeper hurriedly came over to report and handed Xiao Ding two invitations.

These two invitations, one was sent by King Gao's Mansion, inviting Xiao Ding to go to King Gao's Mansion for a banquet on the tenth day of the first lunar month. The tenth day of the first month of the first month of this era is the Zhuangjia Festival, and there is a popular custom of carrying the stone god among the people: on the night of the ninth day of the first month, a clay pot is frozen on a smooth stone in advance, and ten girls or young men take turns carrying the clay pot in the morning of the tenth day of the first month. If the stone never falls to the ground, it indicates a good harvest in the new year; If a stone falls to the ground, it indicates that the year is not good.

Large nobles like Gao Wangfu usually hold a feast on this day to worship Shennong's family and pray for a good harvest in the new year.

The other party invited Song Yinzi, the king of Mu, to send someone to invite Xiao Ding to go to see the lanterns together on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month.

Xiao Ding took the two invitations, thanked the shop guy, and walked back to the room. Seeing that his mace had been sent back by the guards, it was being placed in the room.

At the same time, there are twenty or thirty more boxes of gift boxes in the room. Xiao Ding didn't need to ask, he had already guessed that this must have been sent by Song Yinzi, the king of Mu. It must have been used to thank himself for helping him catch snakes.

Beckoned the guy to come over and ask, and sure enough, it was so. I guessed right. Just a few days ago, King Mu personally brought people over to give gifts, and when he saw that Xiao Ding had not returned, he ordered someone to put all the gift boxes in the room, and then left.

Xiao Ding just wanted to open the gift box one by one to see what kind of gift King Mu gave this time. I heard someone knocking on the door outside the door: "Brother Tian, are you coming back?" ”

It's Tinker Bell's voice, is she looking for something with me?