This forest, they have not walked.

But before stepping into this supposedly familiar land, just looking at the past makes people feel a little different. At first, Jun Aoyan felt that it was because they had been away for too long, and the growth of these plants and trees had changed, but in fact, they had not been away for so long. Bai Yaben was inclined to believe that their entrance this time was different from what they had walked through, but he quickly realized that it was a problem with the light.

Or rather, light and shadow. The island is alive, the old mermaid told them. Now, the angle of the sunlight is deflected from different directions, driving out many of the shadows of the past and also hiding the parts that were originally exposed. Looking at it with a different "face", it is true that it will be unfamiliar.

There was no suspicious aura nearby. The spiritual power is as unstable as ever, sometimes rich and sometimes weak. The mystery of the first visit to the Nine Heavens returned, familiar to them, but not familiar.

Liu Shenghan held the compass that the incense god gave her earlier. This thing is already broken, after all, with so many tribulations she has experienced, there is really no "durable" of the six realms of impermanence itself. Bai Ya glanced at her and said with some disdain:

"Threw it away. What the hell are you doing with it? ”

"That being said...... I just can't show the way. Maybe there's something else to do about it. ”

"I advise you to focus on the flow of spiritual power."

"I haven't let up."

Jun Aoyan can only be regarded as a "martial artist", and he can't understand what they say. However, since she has such a background, her detection power should not be underestimated. And compared to the past, she was more familiar with everything in the Nine Heavens, and with her father's guidance or two, at least a few people would not fall into the same unnecessary predicament as before.

But even so, from sunrise to sunset, they still found nothing.

This also can't blame them, the incense god's ability to hide things is so strong. Although the supply in the Xiangji Country is enough to last for a long time, there are no magic weapons to help, and there are no other people and things that can come in handy, so it is not easy to find the target early. Bai Ya even suspected that even if he could return to the temple of Maharaja, he would not be able to find the medicine factory.

If you can go back, at least you can ask......

When night came, they lit a bonfire and sat in a circle, silent.

The cold wind swept through the trees, the leaves rustled against each other, and other strange sounds mingled with them. Occasionally, a wolf-like wail can be heard from a distance, possibly a native animal. Unlike those fierce beasts that are afraid of fire, the two insects with beautiful wings are attracted to the light of fire. They are tempted at the edge of the flames, and they are repetitive, and they never tire of it.

"This butterfly is pretty good." Bai Ya said casually.

He must be talking about the black and white one. Although the color was more modest than the warm yellow one, the tiny scales on its wings folded into a violet sheen in the firelight. Of the two, it is the larger and braver, fanning the flames back and forth. Bai Ya rarely praises anything, maybe he really just thinks it's beautiful.

"That's a moth." Liu Shenghan said, "Butterflies are only in the daytime. Moreover, its body is stronger than that of a butterfly, and its tentacles are more ......."

"Stop, stop." Bai Ya waved his hand, "When I was a child, my father instilled enough in me. ”

"It doesn't seem to have been poured in."

"Limited interest."

"The brown one is a butterfly, I know." Jun Aoyan suddenly said, "It's the only butterfly in the Nine Heavens Kingdom at night." Its wings are like withered leaves on one side, but shining on the other,

It's very good-looking. We have one at home, but we don't fly at night. Perhaps, it is safe for it at night, or it can be eaten at night. ”

"Well, you know a lot." Liu Shenghan couldn't help but look sideways.

"Hmm...... My dad said that. I also saw this butterfly at night in Wuguo. Why fly at night though, I'm guessing. ”

"It does make sense." Sheng Han nodded, "It's rare to see these two appear together. Both of these insects live independently - and the recipes are different. ”

"Maybe there was some coincidence that brought them together...... Just like us. Aoyan sighed.

The three of them stopped talking again. They sat upright, holding their legs together, and watched the two uninvited guests intently. The yellow-brown butterfly was not lucky, and although it was far away, the sparks of firewood burst onto its wings. Mars spread rapidly, completely burning most of its wings. Bai Ya's body suddenly moved, as if he wanted to help something, but in the end he didn't do anything. Maybe you don't think it's necessary, or maybe you can't help.

The butterfly is too small and too weak, and even if you want to save it, you can't do it. Soon, the butterfly that lost its ability to fly fluttered down, fell to the ground with a clatter, and landed in front of Jun Aoyan. The red heat gradually consumed it completely, leaving only a pitiful fragment. Soon, under the heat of the campfire, the fragments also lost their moisture, curled up together, and became a pitch-black spot.

Another gust of wind, and it was gone.

Jun Aoyan kept looking at it. To be honest, she felt that although the process was miserable, there was a strange sense of beauty. She didn't dare to say it, for fear that her friends would look her strangely. She could have endured this—even anyone who attacked her origin, her family, her temperament, her untold strength that came from nowhere.

It's a fact that anyone can think she's an outlier. But she didn't want these people to feel it.

"What a pity." Liu Shenghan sighed, but his tone was very ordinary.

The other moth was lonely.

It seemed a little confused, it didn't know where its partner had gone. It was reluctant to leave the fire, and it could also be looking for the little partner of fate. Not long after, perhaps in the cold night, it was fainted by the bonfire, and without warning it was planted in the bright flames. The three of them, who had been a little distracted, were stunned, and they watched as it turned into a smaller fire, which burned for a short while, and then completely melted into the original bonfire.

There was no change in the fire.

After being silent for a long time, Jun Aoyan suddenly spoke again: "What do you say...... If we want to find all the magic weapons, do we still have to fight with the python gods? I think that Chu Priest seems to be a good person, so we won't have a conflict with him. ”

"Let's see if they know each other." Bai Ya said, "There is no need to fight a lot of fights, and there is no need to take many things." If they do nothing, they don't do anything, but they take in those who have lost themselves and give them a place to stay, as he said, we should not be enemies of them. The so-called red true pearl is nothing if it continues to be in their hands. But don't forget, that snake demon is mixed up in that area, so will he be a good guy? ”

Liu Shenghan suddenly teased him: "Don't you like to define others by simple good or bad?" ”

"First of all, the target has to be a 'person'."

There seem to be many meanings in this passage.

"It's not too early...... Let's get some rest. Bai Ya adjusted his sitting posture, "The old rule, I keep it in the middle of the night."

。 ”

"Actually......"

Liu Shenghan looked at Bai Ya with some complexity, and stopped talking. It took a while for Bai Ya to figure out what was going on.

The six realms of impermanence do not require sleep.

Originally, he didn't care, but when he thought that he could clearly sleep all night before, this person insisted on acting, and the acting was quite realistic, wasting a lot of his energy and feelings. So he simply lay down on the ground, turned away, and ignored her no more.

Jun Aoyan stopped talking, looked at him, and then looked at Sheng Han. The latter smiled helplessly.

It was destined to be a night of dreams. The forest in winter, even if it is the Nine Heavens Kingdom, is somewhat cool. They had no blankets, only a thin blanket on the floor, and they were warm by the fire. This night, Ao Yan and Bai Ya always dreamed of something cold. When I wake up in the morning, yesterday's temperature has completely subsided, and today's sun has not had time to warm the earth, which is the coldest time of the day.

Bai Ya woke up alive from the cold.

When he opened his eyes, it was just dawn, the bonfire was about to go out, and there was no one to add firewood. The two of them were gone, but the baggage was still beside him, and he was a little strange. He also stood up, moving his muscles and looking around. He found that Ao Yan was not far away, and he was slowly moving farther step by step.

A hand snapped on her shoulder.

“…… Ah! She exclaimed in a low voice, turned around and immediately made a "shhh" gesture to him, and lowered her voice and shouted, "I almost couldn't resist giving you an over-the-shoulder fall!" ”

"Wrestling." Bai Ya didn't care, "My body is hard." Besides, I don't know who will fall...... What about the sound chills? ”

"I don't know, but ......"

Ao Yan turned his head and continued to look into the depths of the forest, probing his brain, as if he was looking for something.

"It's all your fault, I lost it...... I see bees. ”

"So what?"

"How can there be bees in winter?"

"It's hot here."

"The bees are different." Ao Yan still stared earnestly ahead, looking for traces from before, "I look like the kind of bee you described earlier. Not long after we landed on the island, I had a fever and would kill...... The waist is thin, the main color is black, and—"

As he spoke, a bee buzzed in front of them.

Four eyes were glued to it, and it slowly circled in front of the two of them. They didn't dare to breathe, so they just looked at it. The bee shook in front of Bai Ya and then in front of Ao Yan, as if to check if they were still breathing. Finally, it finally flew away lazily.

Bai Ya felt that the nerves in his whole body were tense.

Indeed it is.

Is there such a bee here too? Or is it that they are all over the island, and not just a handful of places. Liu Shenghan knew them very well, could it be that she also noticed the sudden appearance of bees, and then followed them to other places? How long has she been gone? Looking at the traces of the campfire, she shouldn't have gone far, but where is she now?

What's more......

Where they appear, there must be corpses.

It doesn't have to be human, it could be a large animal. If you think about it, the lower the temperature, the slower the corpses will decompose, which also gives them an opportunity. And in summer, the temperature is high, and the smell travels far and wide. Overall, it's a tenacious creature.

"Follow it." Before Ao Yan could react, Bai Ya suddenly pulled her away.