This kind of red coral-like branches are difficult to burn under normal circumstances, and it takes half a day to burn in a raging fire before igniting. If you want to ignite it smoothly and quickly, you need to use your magical powers. And once it burns, the fire is extremely long-lasting, and a single branch can burn for almost a whole day. If it is activated by some kind of mana, the flames emitted by it can be close to pale white and extremely hot.

The disciples of Wufuqiu do not cut down the cold fire pine in the mountains, but they look for this special branch every year, which is also known as the cold fire wood. The cold fire wood harvested in the mountains is collected and stored for special purposes. There are many uses for this thing, for example, when smelting the steel embryo with ore on the fire peak, it can be used to sacrifice the furnace fire, and then supplemented by the refining power to create the blank, you can get a variety of steel utensils.

And Baoyu and the others walked up a high slope at this time, and under the slope in front of them was a cold pine forest, looking at the tall trees, many of them may have grown for thousands of years. In winter, the trees are sparse after the pine needles have fallen, and everyone can see the woodcutters in the forest from the heights. It was an old man dressed in a linen robe, armed with a thick-backed machete with a long pole, and dressed like an ordinary old man in an ordinary village.

But this is in the depths of the Southern Wilderness, not around the Red Brocade City, except for the birds and beasts and the haunting of various demon clans, where does such an old man from the countryside come from? This old man is chopping wood, and several branches have been placed under his feet, just like red coral growing in the white snow—what he cut is actually cold fire wood!

Everyone flashed behind the trees in the high place and peeked, and Xiao Jun lowered his voice and said, "Senior Brother Xiaolu, do you think that old man has been transformed into a monster?"

It's no wonder that Xiaojun has this question, because since ancient times, it has been said that there are often monsters in the Southern Wilderness. If you have seen the human civilization, you will often understand the method of transformation, and after breaking through the four realms, you can transform into a human being.

In fact, it is not only the demon cultivators, as far as Baoyu knows, if those demon monks in the deep mountains and wilderness break through the four realms, they can also change their bodies to hide special signs, so that their appearance is no different from ordinary people. For example, the former patriarch of his hometown Yu Nation is Da Mao, who usually looks similar to ordinary people, and there is no pair of wings on his back, and the original appearance of the demon clan is equivalent to the original body of some kind of monster.

The demon clan is a human being and not a natural demon cultivator, but after all, they are born different from ordinary people, so they are called demon clans.

It is impossible for ordinary people to have villages in this area, and even if the villagers around Hongjin City chop firewood, it is impossible to cut it into the depths of this wilderness. So although this old man looks ordinary, he appears in a place where he shouldn't be, and he doesn't cut the firewood that ordinary people need, which is very weird.

Either he was some kind of demon cultivator, or he was a demon clan member in the vicinity, but the cultivator must have broken through the four realms - that's what Xiao Jun thought. But Hanxiong was surprised: "How can I be so familiar with that person's appearance?"

Baoyu said in a low voice: "Of course it's familiar, we saw it in the bazaar of Red Brocade City, it's the old man who sold you the sword embryo." ...... At the time, I thought that he should not be an ordinary person, but now it seems that his kung fu is really extremely profound, obviously above us!"

Not only Baoyu, but Xiaotian also recognized the old man who chopped wood. The old man did not show any magical powers, so why did Baoyu give him such a high evaluation? Because as they spoke, the old man waved the machete with a long rod in his hand and cut down another piece of cold fire wood from a high place.

When the disciples of Wufuqiu collected the cold fire wood, they first had to climb to the tall tree, step on the branches, grasp the trunk of the tree, and cut it down with a treasure weapon and axe. Because the peculiar branch is too hard to cut. The old man seemed to be too old to climb a tree, so the handle of the machete was a pole as long, and he stood on the ground and raised the pole to reach high to cut it.

I didn't see him make any special moves, just like that, with a wave of his hand, the cold fire wood that was difficult to hurt by the knife and axe fell in response, as easy as chopping vegetables. Baoyu is also an expert, and knows very well that it is difficult to cut high things in this way, and even if the force is enough, it is probably the long rod with the handle that breaks first, not the tough cold fire wood, unless some magic spell is cast.

However, he didn't sense the slightest fluctuation of the old man's body, which was completely the usual chopping action. Baoyu secretly speculated - what kind of technique can be used to cut down the cold fire wood in this way? If the strength of Wu Ding Gong penetrates the long pole and the machete, and shakes the wrist when swinging, the moment the blade touches the branch, the strength penetrates through, and it should also be able to cut the cold fire wood.

But this is just a theoretical speculation, although it seems to be only the simplest action, but it is necessary to master and cultivate the strength of Wu Ding Gong, the skill of luck, the combination with the utensils in hand, and every subtle detail to the extreme. And seeing that the old man just waved his hand lightly, even Baoyu sighed to himself.

Cutting off a piece of cold fire wood is certainly not a difficult task for Baoyu. But in the old man's way, Baoyu thought to himself that he couldn't do it, although his martial arts skills had been cultivated to an extreme that ordinary people could hardly imagine, it was still a big gap.

Besides, all this is Baoyu's speculation, and the old man may not have used the method that Baoyu thought of, in fact, Baoyu didn't see how he cut the cold fire wood at all, just waved the knife shaft, could it be that he used some demon method?

Hanxiong whispered again, "Shouldn't we go over and say hello?"

It was very strange to meet such an old man in the mountains, but it was obvious that he was not a bad person, even if he was a powerful demon cultivator, he had no ill will towards Baoyu and others. Since I have met in Hongjin City and have received benefits from others, it is even more fateful to meet at this moment, and I should show up to meet each other.

Baoyu made a silent gesture, and said with his divine sense: "It seems that someone is coming over there again, let's take a look first!"

While they were talking, a man in the distance suddenly ran along the valley at the foot of the high slope, cloaked and disheveled, looking very panicked. The snow in the forest is very thick, and ordinary people will sink deep every time they step on it, but the man's posture is a little peculiar, and he twists his waist very quickly, but he accidentally falls into the snow several times, and he still continues to run wildly when he gets up.

Although she was wearing a wide fur coat, she looked closely at the start and saw that she was a woman of beautiful shape. Baoyu frowned slightly, he recognized that the person was a snake girl, but not the Qi Luo girl he knew. It's so far away, if it were changed to before. Baoyu couldn't detect the vitality rhythm of that person, but at this moment, he had broken through the five realms, and the subtlety of the Yuan Shen stretching sense was far greater than before, and more importantly, he was already familiar with the snake girl's running posture.

The person who came was an ordinary snake girl, and she didn't have supernatural cultivation like Qi Luo. For some reason, she was running wildly in the snowfield, and she was also taken aback when she suddenly found an old man chopping wood in front of her. But the old man obviously didn't look like a bad person, and the snake girl accidentally tripped in the snow again, got up and shouted, "Old man, there are murderers chasing me, please help me...... No, you're no match for the murderer, so run away and hide. ”

The old man glanced at the woman, walked over with a machete in his hand, crossed over to the woman, thrust the long handle of the machete into that direction, looked at the direction she was running from, and said, "Little lady, you don't have to worry! Although my old man is old, he has been walking in this wilderness all the year round, what kind of poisonous insects and beasts have not been seen? Why are you afraid of any murderers!"

Before he finished speaking, a low roar came from his face, and a black panther galloped in the snow, and there were six other people who appeared with the black panther, and the ones who ran in front were the disciples of the Beast Mountain, Fu Leopard and Yi Sun. The gang actually appeared here, and when they met again, they were chasing a snake girl.

......

Baoyu had never seen a leopard, he was the owner of the spirit beast black panther. Before he could take a photo, the leopard was smashed into the dense forest by the black panther thrown back by Baoyu and was injured. Immediately afterwards, Yisun and others shot at Baoyu and chased them into the valley, where they were almost buried alive by a rockslide.

Later, Yisun and the other five people climbed over the mountain col after the rock avalanche to settle accounts with Baoyu, and Baoyu's companions also arrived. Yanfeng's junior brother Yan Gang revealed the identity of the woman they were hunting down in his speech and scared them away.

This group of people was also worried for a while, afraid that the masters on Wufu Hill would come to them, so they found a hidden place in the depths of the mountains to hide and recuperate, and they did not go to Wufu Hill on the day of the winter solstice to join in the fun. But when their injuries healed, they quietly returned to the area of Hongjin City to inquire about the recent situation, and they didn't hear that anyone was chasing them, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, the Sanxiu named Xiaolu just had a face-to-face with the snake girl, and Hanxiong and the others who arrived later had never seen the snake girl, everything was just the other party's speculation, and the snake girl must have run away a long time ago, and there was no evidence to accuse them. It is estimated that Hanxiong and the others did not have much trouble, and the masters on Wufu Hill did not arrest them.

That's what Yisun and Fubao thought, they didn't know that Baoyu later found Qi Luo and a series of things happened. The monks of the Beast Mountain were no longer worried, and gradually felt unwilling again. Of course, the grand event of opening the mountain gate on the winter solstice of Wufuqiu has been missed, but they came to Hongjin City this time to experience and find various opportunities during their travels.

These people believed that they were powerful, and they entered the Southern Wilderness with the spirit beast Black Panther. In the southern wilderness, it is already a harsh winter with heavy snow covering the mountains, many birds and beasts are hidden, monsters are lurking, and the environment is harsher than in summer, but the danger is much less. They searched for some special elixirs and materials along the way, but they still tried to find traces of the snake girl, especially the monk named Fu Leopard.

Fu Leopard is the favorite disciple of the Beast Mountain Sect Master Cong Yu, and he is also Cong Yu's own nephew, and a spirit beast black panther raised in the mountain since he was a child was also handed over to him to domesticate and drive. This trip is mainly because Fubao has finally broken through the cultivation of the four realms, so he wants to go out of the mountains to see the world. He took the spirit leopard with him, and five other senior brothers followed him.

Fu Leopard just accidentally bumped into the snake girl Qi Luo, the sense of amazement is indescribable, and immediately set a poisonous plan with the senior brothers, sending the spirit leopard to chase the snake girl, wanting to play a good show of saving the beauty of the first hero and gently comforting him, but he was disturbed by a loose cultivator, and he was seriously injured.

After the injury is healed, the leopard still remembers the moving breath of the snake girl, and as long as she thinks about it, she can't help but feel feverish. If he hadn't seen it, it would be fine, but as long as he saw it, he couldn't forget it, so he came to the Southern Wilderness again, desperately wanting to find the trace of the snake girl. It's not the snake girl at the beginning, but other snake girls!

Of course, Fu Leopard and the others didn't know where the snake girl's village was, so they were just wandering around like a headless fly, and it was unlikely that they would be able to find it. The reason why Fu Leopard wanted to do this was because he was carrying the spirit beast Black Panther. His spirit leopard had hunted the snake girl and was familiar with its breath, and if there had been a recent trace of the snake girl in the Southern Wilderness, the black panther might be able to detect it.

They wandered aimlessly in the Southern Wilderness for more than half a month, and they felt very hard, and if they didn't find anything else, they already planned to go back. But it was in the early hours of this morning that the leopard found a strange footprint on the snow, sensed the breath of the snake woman, and followed the breath down, and they saw a house courtyard in the valley.

This group of people is from the Beast Mountain of the Silk Country, and it is the first time they have arrived in the Southern Wilderness, and they don't know much about the situation in this area, but they also feel very strange to suddenly see such a courtyard in the depths of the wilderness. Before they could get there, they suddenly noticed a snake girl walking behind them.

The snake girl was also startled when she saw them, and turned away on the spot. In a chance encounter in the mountains and wilderness, they didn't have time to set any traps, so they directly started to arrest people.

All they met was an ordinary snake girl, who had no supernatural powers and no cultivation, but she was also extremely charming and moving. may be because as a barbarian demon clan, she is naturally more adapted to the environment in this area, and this snake girl is not slow. They chased all the way to Baoyu and the others.

Catching this snake girl, you can quietly bring it back to the Mountain of Beasts to enjoy its wonders, as for whether she has supernatural powers and cultivation, it is not the most important thing. And the beast mountain is good at taming spirit beasts, if she trains it well, maybe she can also enter the initial realm and cultivate, it will be even more wonderful!

In addition, if you are forced to find out where the nearby snake village is, you can also set up an ambush in the wild forest, and take the opportunity to catch other snake girls who are out alone, and it would be best if you can meet the snake girl last time. There are so many of them here this time. Of course, I also hope to bring a few more snake girls back.

As for how to return to the Beast Mountain after catching the snake girl, Fu Leopard even considered it. After subduing them, they changed into the clothes of ordinary servants, and then left the Red Brocade City in a covered carriage, and as long as they crossed the border and returned to the Silk Country, there was nothing to worry about. This matter must be done without knowing or noticing, and must not be known to outsiders.

Fu Leopard was thinking about good things, but suddenly saw another person in front of him, an ordinary country man, holding a machete with a long handle. It was like a man who had come into the mountains to cut wood, but he stopped in front of the woman and stood in the way.

The appearance of such a person in the Southern Wilderness was a very strange situation, but they knew everything about this area. Even the people in the courtyard have seen it, presumably there are still ordinary people around here, and the old man's appearance is ordinary no matter how he looks at it, and these people don't know Hanhuomu.

Anyway, the snake girl can't escape. A few people stopped, and the leopard stepped forward and said, "Where is the old man, chop your firewood well, don't be nosy!"

The old man frowned and said, "This wilderness is cold and frozen. Why are you strong men chasing this little lady with such a fierce beast?"

Fu Leopard: "She is an escaped slave in my house, of course we have to chase her back." You mountain villagers, don't meddle in your affairs. ”

The woman cried out in the snow, "No, no, no, I'm just a serpentine who lives nearby, and I don't know them at all!"

The old man's brows tightened even deeper, and he said unhurriedly: "You are clearly talking nonsense! Whose slave can cross the mountains and mountains and run into the depths of the wilderness in this harsh winter, can she fly? If she can really fly, how can you catch up?"

Yisun also stepped forward and scolded: "We are monks from Wufu Hill, and we have supernatural cultivation in our bodies, and of course slaves are not simple. ...... Who said that people can't run into the Southern Wilderness, don't you also chop wood here? Don't worry about Wufuqiu's idle affairs anymore, otherwise it won't do you any good!"

"Aren't you from the Beast Mountain of the Silk Country, but when you do evil, you call yourself a disciple of Wufu Qiu, and you still have to be shameless? There are no scum like you on Wufu Mountain! Last time, I failed to hunt down the snake girl outside the Red Brocade City, but this time I actually ran into the wilderness, do you really think that there is no one on Wufu Hill and can't kill you?"

There was a sudden sound of talking on the high slope, and with the voice, Baoyu and the others had already revealed their figures. They really couldn't help it, this group of monks from the Beast Mountain not only said nonsense, saying that the snake girl was an escaped slave in their family, but also claimed to be from Wufu Hill!

All the Beast Mountain monks were taken aback, and Yisun shouted, "It's you again!"

Hanxiong also shouted: "This time it is in our hands again, what else do you have to say?"

And Fu Leopard said in a low voice: "Senior brother, this is a big trouble, what should I do?"

Yi Sun also replied in a low voice: "It's time to make a decision! They are four people, a hunting dog, and their cultivation will not be better than ours; we have six people, and there is a spirit beast, and we are not afraid to do it." Hurry up and kill the mouth, you must not let people escape and leak the news, except for the snake girl, don't leave a single mouth alive. ...... I'll deal with them with my brothers, you kill the nosy old man and restrain the snake girl first. ”

They are really in big trouble, if there is no evidence in the last time, it is all speculation and quibbles, then this time they were caught red-handed and appeared. If the news reaches Wufu Hill, I am afraid that there will be a master in history to take their lives, and even if they escape back to the Mountain of Beasts, they may not be able to get out. And it's not far from Wufu Hill, so it's hard to escape if you want to.

This group of people dared to make a move, on the one hand, they wanted to kill people and kill their mouths, and on the other hand, they also made an empirical mistake, they didn't know that they were facing Wufuqiu disciples at this moment!

The last time they met, there were eight people and one dog on Baoyu's side, and Yisun and others had the deepest impression of Baoyu, Xiaotian, and Hanxiong, and at this moment they saw these two people and one dog again. And their original six companions, especially the Five Realms Cultivator Yan Feng, were gone, and they were replaced by four others.