The leader of the cat demon clan gave everyone an afternoon of free time after completing the handover of the grain, and Tachibana also left from the back of the village with Jade and Xingyue, and the three of them only took two or three hours to find the place Xiongshan said with the help of Emerald Wind Magic.

The constantly flowing river water is also mixed with large blocks of ice, and only the section of the river that flows through the foot of the mountain is not only not cold, but even a little warm, Jade turned her head to look at the verdant under the white snow-capped mountain behind her, and rubbed her hands excitedly.

[The temperature in this area has obviously risen a lot.] 】

Xingyue took off the hat on top of her head and felt the temperature.

[There must be a reason for the inexplicable rise in temperature, maybe there are some fire attribute treasures or magic props around here!] 】

The first thing that comes to mind as an adventurer is a treasure.

[If there were any treasures hidden here that were enough to change the temperature of such a large area of terrain, they should have been discovered by the Bear Demon Clan a long time ago, and Xiong Shan just said that this is the first time this year has this phenomenon, Tangerine? 】

Xingyue turned her head to confirm with Tachibana.

[That's right, the bears and cats trade every year, and this is the first time I've heard of this situation. 】

Tangerine bent over and lay on the edge of the river, his body was far away, but he tried his best to move his hand forward in the water, stirring the water back and forth, Xingyue and Jade, who turned their heads, were attracted by Tangerine's strange posture, and suddenly stopped discussing and looked at Tangerine quietly.

Whoop -

The shattered ice hit the shore and brought a splash, and Tachibana shrank back for two seconds before the rapids began to stir the water again.

【Tachibana? 】

Looking at Tangerine's actions, Xingyue vaguely guessed the reason, she pulled Tangerine up from the ground and patted Tangerine's knee and said:

[With such a turbulent current, you can't attract fish, you can only go into the water and pull the net to fish, and you are obviously afraid that the water will not be so close, how much do you want to eat fish. 】

[Hmm--the thought of fresh fish in the river is inadvertently ......]

Tachibana rubbed the water on his hand on his clothes and said curtly.

[Eh, it turns out that Tangerine is still afraid of water!] 】

Jade looked at Tangerine in surprise, but Xingyue explained it as a matter of course:

[Most of the cat demon clan are afraid of water, but this fear of water does not refer to the fear of water in taking a bath and washing their faces in life, it is more appropriate to describe them as not being able to swim and being killed and not learning to swim. 】

[Obviously, I like to eat fish. 】

Jade can't understand why the cat demon clan, who likes to eat fish, doesn't learn to swim when killed.

[No matter how much you like to eat, you won't go into the water, this is the cat demon meow.] 】

At this time, Tangerine suddenly said something, and she seemed to be quite proud to see her shaking ears.

[You may not believe it, but it is recorded that the last apex predator of the cat demon clan was drowned because he learned to swim into the water to hunt, so the cat demon clan considered swimming to be an ominous and dangerous thing. 】

[The fish will be enough for you to eat when you go back in the evening, so let's go to the foot of the mountain first, I'm also curious about what can change the temperature of such a large area. 】

Xingyue pulled the orange and jade who turned back one step and three times and walked to the path up the mountain, because the snow was melted, several people walked very hard all the way in order not to stain their clothes, and many trees could be seen on the side of the road that had grown green seedlings.

[These trees are branches and leaves that have regrown after losing their leaves, so it can be seen that this thing that affects the temperature should have appeared here after the arrival of winter, and I am afraid that it is about the same time as we entered the demon state. 】

Xingyue observed different trees in succession and then said his guess.

[In other words, this treasure has a lot of fate with us!] 】

Jade held a mushroom picked from nowhere in her hand, looked at it twice, and stuffed it into the cloth bag around her waist.

[There are no traces of animals, and this area may have its own owner.] 】

Tachibana said what she thought.

[Such a large area suitable for winter, but there are almost no animal footprints, if it is really the reason for the "owner", we should be careful. 】

Tangerine's words gave Xingyue a wake-up call.

The three of them continued to move up the mountain along the mountain road, and some of the slopes at the foot of the mountain gradually became gentle, and Jade kept collecting all kinds of wild vegetables along the way, and the small bag that was originally hanging on his waist was almost unfilled.

[Hey, come and see here!] I found something amazing! 】

Just as Xingyue and Tangerine were cautiously observing their surroundings, Jade suddenly found something and shouted.

Xingyue and Tangerine heard her voice and hurriedly ran two steps forward, and after turning a slope with a small angle, the two of them also let out a sigh in unison.

On a gentle piece of land, a large tree about five meters wide occupies a large area of land alone, and unlike other trees that have just sprouted and pulled branches, this tree is luxuriant as if it is in summer.

[This tree is obviously different from the others, maybe what we're looking for is around here!] 】

Emerald ran to the bottom of the tree and took a long turn, but found nothing.

[Could it be that it was hidden by magic?] 】

Jade held her chin and reached for the staff in her arms.

[It doesn't have to be magic, maybe the tree itself is what we're looking for?] 】

Xingyue raised her head to look at the tree in front of her, and Jade listened to her words and lowered her hand and raised her head to look at the big tree in front of her.

[It's really suspicious to say, but this tree grows so luxuriantly...... Ah, I seem to see the fruit! 】

When Jade looked up at the tree, she suddenly found that there were a few fist-sized fruits on a branch on the top, and she quickly patted Xingyue's shoulder:

[Xingyue turned his back on me, and I saw fruit on the tree! 】

[Pick it yourself with magic!] When you're so old, do you still have to be like when you were a child! 】

Xingyue glared at Jade angrily, I don't know if she remembered what happened when she was a child, but even though she said this, she jumped on the spot and picked the fruit closest to her from the tree and threw it to Jade.

[Let this guy taste two bites first, and then we will eat it when she doesn't die.] 】

grabbed the orange Xingyue who was about to go up the tree, and said angrily.

Jade took a fist-sized fruit in her hand and looked at it twice, the pale yellow skin and a little hard feel were in line with the characteristics of common fruits, especially when she approached her nose, she could smell a faint fragrance, and the temptation of not eating fruit for about two months made her bite it without hesitation.

Click-click

Jade took two bites, chewed non-stop, and then showed a happy expression.

[It looks like it's okay, so let's pick a little bit for the two of us.] 】

Xingyue watched Jade eat the fruit in a big gulp, and when she saw that half of the fruit was finished, Jade didn't react, so she jumped up and picked two more fruits from the tree, and handed one of them to Tangerine.