This is an old plum, and the flowers are better than the snow.

It's been sixteen years!

"You're here!" Hearing the footsteps, the old shopkeeper greeted her with a smile, saw her look up and admired the plum, and said casually, "This year's plum blossom is particularly joyful, and the guest official will have good luck in Japan!"

I just smiled.

Every year, on the first day of the year, she will come to the small wine shop at the foot of the plum mountain, drink a pot of snow plum brew by the window, and then embark on the future again. No one told her where she was going, it was up to her to decide.

"As usual?" the old shopkeeper brought a pot of hot fire, a few side dishes, and a pot of wine.

Zhi nodded, and the old shopkeeper quietly retreated, and there was already a tacit understanding between the two.

The wine is good, it is still the same as in my memory! The spicy contains a light plum fragrance, with a hint of sweetness.

The shadows by the window are sloping, and the distant village can be heard with children laughing, and the faint smell of cooking smoke wafts in the air, mixed with the sound of "crackling" firecrackers. In this warm human atmosphere, Zhi suddenly felt a little dazed and closed his eyes slightly......

The bead appeared in front of you again—it was just a very ordinary bead, too ordinary to describe. But since she first saw it, she could never forget it, as if her life had been closely linked to the bead ever since.

She has a mission, but it's a great secret. She had traveled to almost every corner of the ruined wasteland for this mission, but the results were frustrating. Perhaps, that is just the past, as the old shopkeeper said, this year will be a new beginning!

"Whew" a cold wind entered the hall, knowing that it was a little unpleasant. Slowly opened his eyes, and a swarthy young man appeared in front of him.

"This guest officer—" The old shopkeeper came out of the room, and he did not expect that there would be new guests on such a day.

"Grandpa," the young man greeted the shopkeeper, but when he saw Zhi on the side, he quickly nodded to Zhi, his eyes were full of apologies, "I don't know if I saw a white cat just now? ”

The old shopkeeper shook his head.

This young man broke in, it was actually to find the cat? No, why is the breath on his body so familiar, it seems to be so much-Zhi's heart "bumper" and jump wildly.

"Little brother," she beckoned to the young man, her face was still calm, and even a light smile was hung, "Today's meeting is fate, why don't you sit down and drink two glasses with your sister?"

The young man was a little surprised, but the old shopkeeper had already begun to spread the dishes and chopsticks.

"This sister," the young man hurriedly bowed his hand to the old shopkeeper, "Thank you sister for your kindness, I only have important things to do, I can't delay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

The boy turned to leave.

"For the cat?" didn't know how to move, but he had already grabbed the boy's hand.

The young man was a little stunned, and when he saw that his hand had been caught, his face suddenly turned red, and he was a little embarrassed: "Yes...... Oh no, it's not. ”

"Maybe my sister can help you!" the young man led the young man to the table, "Tell me, why did you chase that cat?"

"It kidnapped mine -- a friend. The boy looked up, not intending to sit down.

Zhi had already poured half a bowl of snow plum brew into his wine bowl: "Now that cat can kidnap your friend?"

The young man's face changed: This woman's body is unbelievably fast. With that grip just now, she actually knew the depth of my cultivation?

"Why does it want to kidnap your friend?" said Zhi picked up the wine bowl and handed it to him for at least a young age.

The young man hesitated, but still took it: "When you want to coerce me, I will comply." ”

"Okay, let me guess. Zhi raised the wine bowl, touched the boy, and drank it in one gulp, "Is your friend a woman?"

The boy was a little surprised and nodded.

Zhi smiled and stared at the young man's eyes: "Isn't that cat taking a fancy to you?"

The young man's face turned red again: "Sister, don't laugh, how can that cat take a fancy to me?"

"The floating ruins and wasteland, the beast clan is one of the five major clans, and the tastes of the clans are very different, so it is not surprising that they look at the human men. Seeing that he was so shy, he knew that he had the intention to tease him, "It's just that Shouyang Mountain, where the beasts live, is in the west, and you just saw that the cat is heading east." To the east of this place is Heluo, which is where the Xuanyuan King City of the Terran Race is located, what is it doing to the east?"

"Xuanyuan Royal City?" the young man suddenly remembered that someone had said that the cat was the exiled human emperor's spirit pet, could it be that it was going to this royal city?

Zhi Yi was thinking: "White cat, Xuanyuan King City—by the way, little brother, does the cat you are looking for have a name?"

"Cicada slave. The boy looked up at Zhi.

"Hahaha—it turned out to be this little brute," the young man grabbed him and pressed him to the table, "Drink! ”

"Old lady, isn't Fang Cai still a sister?" Why is this tone so familiar?

The woman speaks old-fashioned, but she looks very young and handsome, and there is a cinnabar mole in the center of her eyebrows, which adds a thousand styles.

Seeing the young man looking at her, he leaned over: "How is it, is my sister pretty?

The young man hurriedly withdrew his gaze and muttered silently.

"Looks like I'm still thinking about your little friend—" Zhi drank another bowl, "Okay! ”

"If you want to catch this cat, you have to listen to me!" When he got out of the gate, he did not go east, but pulled him and slowly walked west.

"Little brother, what's your name?" asked as he walked.

"Abandoned. ”

"Ha, that's a funny name. Zhi smiled, "My name is Zhi, you can call me Sister Zhi." ”

"Abandon brother, where did you come from, and where are you going?"

This question really stumped me and I had to shake my head.

"Huh?" said he was very happy, "there are still people in this world like me, who don't ask where they came from or have no way back—why don't we go together from now on." ”

This "knowledge" is very free and casual, and I don't know how to answer.

"Since you came from the West, a few days ago, the mountains and rivers in the West shook, do you know?" asked a little seriously this time.

"Hmm. "When the cicada slave came out of the "Rainbow Spring" with abandonment, a vision suddenly appeared in the sky, and of course these abandonments knew.

"Then have you seen any foreign objects appear?" Seeing that he knew about this, Zhi casually asked.

"Foreign objects?" but his face changed, and the scene of that day was still vivid......

The exit of the spring was in the void, and he fell down with a "plop" with the cicada slave.

"Phew!" the cicada slave took a sip, and suddenly felt that the earth below him was undulating like a wave, the clouds in the sky were hurrying away, the sun was darkened, and the sound of a cow roaring was faintly heard in all directions. Fragments of memories began to flash in his mind again, and he was dizzy, his spirit throbbing, and he was almost unsteady on his feet. The two of them bowed their bodies and did not dare to move. The vision lasted for a long time before it faded.

The cicada slave discerned the direction and pulled the abandonment to the east.

"Why did you bring me here?" Muya...... awoke from his stupor, and stopped, "where are you taking me again?"

When he looked around, he found himself in the Gobi wilderness. Behind him was a pitch-black mountain, like a giant pillar that had been broken, and the fire on the top of the mountain rolled, billowing smoke.

"What the hell is this place?"

"This is the ruins of the wasteland, which is my hometown. The cicada slave was a little proud, and he pulled it again, "Don't you have many questions, you will get answers here." Just come with me!"

Abandon the left and right, there is no choice but to run with it. The two of them had been walking on the wasteland for less than half an hour, when the earth shook behind them, and the cicada slave ran up to a high ground, glanced at it, and shouted: "My aunt and grandmother - quick, run!"

Abandon the place to look, the yellow dust is all over the sky. Could it be that it is a wolf riding again? My heart tightened, and I ran wildly.

But after a cup of tea, the pursuers were already behind him.

Abandon and turn around, in the curtain of the sky, where is the wolf riding? The people who rushed to the front were all half-beasts and half-birds with human faces and beast bodies, or human body and bird feathers, and behind them, hidden in the dark shadows of the yellow dust, were rolling blood, with an incomparable rancid smell. Everywhere the dust curtain passed, the ground was corroded, and only a piece of charred black remained.

What is this? Looking at the cicada slave again, he has turned back into the appearance of a white cat, running so much that he doesn't even dare to turn his head back.

Seeing that the dust curtain was about to engulf the two of them, "Hum-" The clouds suddenly opened, and countless figures suddenly appeared in the air, all of them in golden clothes and golden armor. The leader of the group made a voice like a giant cymbal: "Dark Clan, this is not the place for you to wait for the murderer, retreat quickly!"

There was a torrential sound in the blood flow, but the speed of rushing forward did not decrease at all: "Wen Su, I didn't expect that even your Heavenly Clan would come to get a piece of the pie. This is a place of displacement, and there is no owner. What do I have to do with you?"

"Jian Huang," Wen Su warned again, anger burning in his voice, "Hugh wants to toast and not eat and drink." If you don't stop, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Hahaha...... I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you're still like this, no one in your eyes, no one knows whether you are alive or dead!"

A golden light fell from the sky, and there was a thunderous sound behind him, and the mountains and rivers trembled. The dust curtain was split, slowly, but it closed in an instant, still rolling forward. In the dust curtain, blue light flickered, shooting towards the man in the golden armor in mid-air. Immediately afterward, countless shadows shot out from the dust curtain, tangling with the golden-armored man in mid-air. In just an instant, dozens of figures fell from mid-air.

Abandon the cicada slave and just run wildly, where can I take a look behind me.

"Wonderful—not good!" the cicada slave screamed miserably, and stopped abruptly. Ignoring its voice, the two of them found that they had run to a cliff. Under the cliff, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the rare long river is like a line. Abandonment must stop, how to do it.

With a "bang", he crashed into the cicada slave, and the two fell into the clouds together.

Behind him, a half-birdman volleyed down, but was intercepted by the people in golden armor. There was a golden armor man who wanted to pull the cicada slave, but he was also shot down by the blue light that shot from behind him.

The confusion grew: Who are these people? They seem to be coming at me and this cat, what do they want from me, who am I, and why do I kill and hurt everywhere?

The wind was whistling in his ears, the earth was blowing in his face, and the kitten in his arms became unusually quiet—all that was left was to fall, fall......