At noon the next day, they reached the top of the mountain.

There are very few trees on the top of the mountain, because the terrain is still so narrow and long, there is no soil accumulation, and the roots of the trees cannot be climbed. The sun was shining straight down, and although it was not hot, it stabbed people's eyes, and there was nowhere to cool down, which made people irritable.

Further on, there was the rift valley they had heard of. The trail of the mountain's fracture was smoother than they had imagined. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the yin wind comes from the bottom up, as if all the uncomfortable coolness on the mountain comes from this. The sun doesn't shine directly into it, so they can't see directly what is in the ravine and how deep it is. It's just pitch black inside.

"There's no hope of passing from below, right?"

Qi Huan cautiously probed from above, and looked up at the other side. To the naked eye, the crack is at least half a mile wide.

"You can't get past it from above, unless you can fly." Jun Aoyan shook his head helplessly.

"Will there be bridges? Or a fallen tree? ”

Bai Ya glanced at Qi Huan and felt that he was whimsical.

"Where is there a tree so tall?"

"I'm afraid there is no bridge." Liu Sheng said coldly, "Not to mention this distance, think about it, how did they transport a huge amount of wood and stone to such a steep mountain?" Even if it is made from local materials, there is no such condition. ”

"Any spells?" Jun Aoyan suddenly looked at Qi Huan, "Is it the last time I was at the bird god, those little paper people?" Can you fly with us? ”

"Wow, you're thinking pretty beautifully." Qi Huan crossed his waist, "That's a spell to prevent a rush from falling. If you want to fly, it's more troublesome, I don't have that way. ”

"Is there anything you can do?"

Jun Aoyan turned to ask Frost Moon Jun. He had been silent for a long time, and had not said a word since he set out. Suddenly asked, he came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream, and hesitated:

"Huh? Yes...... No. ”

"Then, did you come to the Moon Eating Mountain alone unprepared?"

"Or else?" He took it for granted, "Take it one step at a time." ”

I can't really take this person.

In the end, they had to go down the slender mountains, hoping to find some vines leading to the valley, or not so far on either side of the protrusion. They kept walking, but the scenery around them remained the same, almost like standing still. They walked for almost two hours, but they still didn't come across a good road.

"Why do I think this place is so weird?" Ao Yan stopped, "If we walk down the mountain, I'm afraid we'll have to go back to the swamp!" ”

"There's something I've always thought was strange...... "Liu Shenghan looked around, "The circulation of spiritual power flow here is not normal. The compass that the incense god gave me was fine before, but somehow it broke down. It may be that it is bad, or it may be affected by the disturbance of spiritual power in this place and it has failed. ”

Qi Huan slapped his thigh: "It's broken, could this be the so-called Shenyin?" Actually, we've just been spinning in circles, trapped by the barrier for a long time. This brings us to bump? ”

"There are no enchantments." Bai Ya said, "But it's not impossible to spin in place." There's nothing iconic here, there's nothing we can refer to. ”

"Why don't you make some marks?" Proud proposed.

"Nothing." Frost Moon Jun suddenly spoke, "We've walked this path at least a fourth time. ”

"You know? Why didn't you say it earlier? Jun Aoyan immediately frowned, "Don't you know that we are really in a hurry?!" ”

Frost Moon Jun spread his hands innocently: "What's the use of that?" Tell you, do you have a way? ”

"At least you don't have to go around like a fool!"

Jun Aoyan really couldn't figure out what Frost Moon Jun was thinking. He is abnormal, so abnormal, that he can't speculate on his thoughts with ordinary people's thoughts. Now, all five of them are gone. They stood in place, in a circle, looking at each other.

"How did the compass break?" Frost Moon Jun suddenly asked coldly, "Is it going to be turned, or is it going to be blind?" ”

"It's drawing a semicircle,......" Liu Shenghan frowned, "as we move forward, it shifts, and the arc is repeated repeatedly." I haven't found any pattern yet...... But there must be some kind of pattern. ”

"Give it to me."

Liu Shenghan clasped the compass in his hand, and he took it alone and walked forward. Qi Huan asked him where he was going, and he didn't look back.

"Strange people." Qi Huan frowned, "What should I do, are we going to keep up?" ”

"Ignore him." Jun Aoyan was angry, "Let's rest." ”

Indeed, after walking for so long, looking at the road surface that was whitened by the sun, several people were about to go blind, and now there is a shallow layer of white fog when they look at everything, and they always want to shed tears. There was no shade in the vicinity, so they took out a thin cloth from their bags and built a simple little shed out of branches. Four people in a shed is indeed a little cramped, but fortunately it is not that hot.

"Chilling ......"

Jun Aoyan wanted to speak and stopped, not knowing whether to say the next words or not. She hadn't brewed yet, and Qi Huan suddenly interrupted.

"This person is too strange, how did you meet this kind of person?" Let's have a book

"Well, that's how he usually is." Liu Sheng smiled faintly, as if he was accustomed to it, "He is the kind of person who you ask him to weigh a pound of wheat, and he will never have a penny more." If it is short of two catties, it doesn't matter, and it won't be too bad after all. Whatever the lord asked him to do, although he always got the job done, he was reluctant to do one more thing, even if it was in the way. Doing something perfectly, he's never had before. However, nothing major was made. ”

"It's not hard to understand." Bai Ya suddenly spoke, "Is there any benefit to being the six realms of impermanence?" And there is no pay. ”

"Anyone in the world doesn't do anything for the sake of something."

"Not necessarily." Bai Ya said lazily, "Eat because you're hungry, sleep because you're sleepy, and help others to make others remember you, so that they can help you next time." Nothing is gratuitous. Even the parents are good to their children, and it is not a simple motive. Although it sounds a bit utilitarian, everything you do always comes with costs and benefits. ”

"You're living a transparent life." Liu Shenghan smiled, "I didn't say anything wrong. ”

Jun Aoyan and Qi Huan didn't speak, but they just sighed together. To varying degrees, they don't feel much of the fatherly and maternal love they were born with. If a person with a happy family hears this conversation, he must shake his head.

After about two quarters of an hour, they heard footsteps, and it turned out to be Frost Moon-kun returning. Strangely, he came back from the other direction. Ao Yan remembered very well that if he had returned the same way, he should never have gone this way. Before she could express the confusion in her heart, Frost Moon Jun spoke first.

"Along the cliff, you can only take the same path." Frost Moon Jun tucked the compass into his sleeve, "But this array is not so easy to break. ”

"Why?" Qi Huan asked.

"This array was not specially set up by anyone, but a vortex array formed naturally by chance. Since there is no trace of how it was formed, how can we talk about breaking the formation? ”

"Is that the same situation on the other side?"

"You fly over and take a look."

Qi Huan took a breath, opened his mouth halfway, and closed it again. After thinking about it for a long time, he swallowed the swearing lines back into his stomach.

"In addition, I have made some other discoveries." Frost Moon Jun turned his head to Liu Shenghan and said, "This compass is probably not broken, and it is still very sensitive. It's referring to a place...... But the place was in a ravine. I don't know what's going on, I don't feel anything. ”

Liu Shenghan nodded: "Take us to have a look." ”

So a few people quickly dismantled the shed, re-packed their bags, and Frost Moon Jun also took out the compass again. This time, they didn't have to go long with Frost Moon Jun before he stopped. He pointed to the bottomless mountain stream, and then to the compass in his hand.

"Well, that's what it refers to."

"This ......"

By this time, the sun was able to cast more light into it. Along the cliff face, they could see trees and green moss scars on the steep, almost vertical rock face. A tree was growing beneath them, like a sickly hand outstretched, trying to grow diagonally upward, like a drowning man trying to breathe with his head out of the water. Its leaves are yellowish and sparse due to lack of light.

"A tree?" Qi Huan gestured, "This distance is not enough to pass." ”

"It's like you're going to collapse if you step on it." Jun Aoyan also commented so.

Bai Ya seemed to notice something, he pointed to the part of the canopy, and said, "Look there. ”

"Is it a bird's nest?"

As soon as Liu Shenghan took a step forward, Ao Yan pulled her back. There was a small depression in the edge of that piece, and if you didn't see it clearly and stepped on it, it would probably slide down like this. The light allows people to see such a rugged cliff, which makes people feel in a trance and dizzy. The slightest mistake can lead to shattering bones.

"No, it's like a piece of wood."

", that's a tree...... Wait a minute! ”

As soon as Qi Huan finished speaking, he realized that there was indeed something hidden between the leaves. Suddenly, ignoring the danger, he stepped on the edge of the cliff and leaned out to look. Before Ao Yan could pull him back, he suddenly turned around and said in surprise:

"It's a wood carving! That little girl's wood carving! ”

"Really?" Aoyan's eyes lit up, "Can ...... Why does the compass point to it? ”

"Maybe there is a disturbance of spiritual power, and there is also the small magnet in the wood carving."

"That makes sense...... Is it possible for us to get it back? ”

Except for Frost Moon Jun, several people came up to take a look. After looking at it from several angles, they determined that it was a wooden carving with a human form. However, they didn't have any tools to make sure they could get their hands on it without getting it down.

"Could it be that the little prince dropped it here, reached for it, and then stumbled......"

Jun Aoyan didn't say anything, but everyone could hear it. And this assumption is quite possible. Over the years, the tree should have grown taller and closer to them – but not to the point where it was within reach.

"Frost Moon Jun, you are agile, can you do us a favor?"

Qi Huan squeezed a smile and came up, but Frost Moon Jun took a step back.

"It's not easy to get it up. If it were somewhere else, it would be fine, but here you have to step on the trunk of the tree. It's not that I won't help you, but if the foundation of this tree is unstable, no matter how strong anyone's martial arts are, it won't help. If I accidentally shake it down, you will rebuke me. ”

"Okay." Qi Huan exhaled briefly through his nose, "Then I'll go." ”