When we took a wisp of ripe silver from the tree, we went back.

On the way, I asked Ye Dingxi where this place is, why there are so many cracks, and it looks like it has dried up for a long, long time, is there not a drop of rain during this period?

"This is the lowest level of the world. ”

Ye Dingxi replied, "The tree you saw just now is actually the little boy's mother. ”

"What?!"

My eyes widened: "Mother?!"

"Well, she is the guardian of this abyss on earth, and with her, this place will not collapse and be destroyed. ”

"According to you, the little boy is also a tree?!"

"He's a seed. ”

Ye Dingxi said, "There is no suitable place for him to take root here, so he wants to use his mother's fruit to repair those cracks and wait for an opportunity to let himself take root, but unfortunately, as far as I know, he has been waiting for almost a hundred years, there are more and more cracks on the surface, and the cracks are getting deeper and deeper, and the speed at which he repairs it is very slow, and the speed at which the tree grows into mature silver filaments is also getting slower and slower, so if it is not something that can replace silver filaments, the little boy will not make a deal with anyone." ”

"But why are these rifts happening?"

"The uncontrolled extraction of groundwater from the human world is the main cause of the cracks, and as for the slower and slower maturation of the silver filaments, it is because of the perennial dryness, so that there is no more nutrients and water to provide to the tree. ”

I quickly reacted and said, "According to you, even if the little boy takes root, he will not grow up healthy and smooth." ”

Ye Dingxi's expression was grim, looking at the small black shadow that was getting clearer and clearer not far away, and sighed softly.

"However, neither he nor the tree can leave here, or if this place collapses, the human world will be reunited with hell. ”

Hearing these words, the shock in my heart was indescribable, as if I had never imagined what it would be like when one day the human world and the underworld merged into one place, all along, in my mind, although these two places are the closest connected among the six worlds of heaven and earth, and they are also the two worlds that are most closely connected to reincarnation, but they are fundamentally separated.

Yin and yang, heaven and earth, all things have their own order, once mixed, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable.

"By the way, will the whiskers you give the little boy be better than those silver threads?" I asked again.

Ye Dingxi nodded, "Well, the beard of the king of fish is nourished by the water of the Lechuan River for hundreds of years, which condenses incomparably precious pure water, once it is used to sew up the cracks, that place will be moistened by the water released from the fish whiskers, and it can last for at least a few decades." ”

"In that case, then you can give him more!"

"Fool, the trade of exile from the city should be fair, if it is not for the fact that everything in the trade will be confiscated by the patrolling guards, these fish must not come easily, and there will be no more when they are used, so why waste it in the hands of those guards. ”

Ye Dingxi paused, looking at the small black figure, "Moreover, just those few fish whiskers are enough for the little boy to regain a place to take root, and the next growth needs to be completed by himself, how tall and big he can grow, how deeply rooted, he needs to work hard by himself, if he relies too much on the help of others from the beginning, he will forget his true ability." ”

These words, to this day, I still remember them vividly, and when I meet such children again, I will also take out what Ye Dingxi once said to remind them.

......

When we returned to the original point, Zhu Yan greeted us first, "Lord, madam, is it going well?"

I smiled and nodded, "Well, I've got the silver wire." ”

Zhu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the dog sleeping on Bai Ze's back and the cloud curled up in a ball, and said, "Brother Dog and Yun Jian were hungry just now, I took some food for them, and after eating enough, I fell asleep." ”

"You have the potential to be the principal. I couldn't help but joke about him.

Zhu Yan was stunned for a moment, and the stunned and embarrassed on his face was even Ye Dingxi's amusement.

Before we were ready to leave, I went to the little boy alone to say a few words, and he was very attentive to the study of the fish whiskers in his hand, probably because it was the first time he got this thing, and even if he knew how to use it, he still wanted to be cautious.

Seeing his movements and eyes, I suddenly understood why he was in his eyes

I saw the look of a young man.

What he bears is not the responsibility of how to grow up, how to be healthy, and how to spread the leaves.

"Come on, boy!" I made a cheering gesture at him, and then without waiting for him to say anything more, I ran to meet Ye Dingxi and them.

Behind us, the little boy had not raised his head, he was carefully threading the needle, threading the thin tendrils into the eye of the needle, as if he had no distractions, but when our figure disappeared in the yellow sand, he suddenly looked in that direction.

Then, he smiled.

After leaving the second shop, we had only walked a few steps in the sand, and immediately came upon another patrolling skeleton in sailor suits, this time without the first and second mates, but another patrol guard, who also asked us to stop and carefully examine everyone.

I was probably curious about our strange combination of ghosts, demons and beasts, and I also saw two of the skeleton guards talk to each other for a while before they approved our way on.

The third store we were going to see, it seemed that we were walking in a dark corridor, although there was no light, Ye Dingxi seemed to know the route very clearly, and led us forward.

"An inch of moon shadow, a wisp of silver ......" I quietly asked Ye Dingxi: "Next, what are we going to buy?"

He replied, "It's a guiding doll." ”

"Doll?"

The dog who had just woken up suddenly came to his senses, "Finally, do you have something that this dog master can eat?"

Ever since he wandered with me into the world, the dog has never eaten a living thing, at least ...... I haven't eaten in front of us, the old, weak, sick, disabled, pregnant and monks, plus seventeen, in addition to these, there are also Ye Dingxi's subordinates, he really keeps his promise, he doesn't touch it or worry about it.

However, the first demonic beast in ancient times also had times when they were greedy.

I looked at the shiny saliva on his chin, and said helplessly: "Brother dog, if the sellers in the city are eaten by you, how can we buy things?"

"That's right. ”

The dog retracted into the sleeping cloud and continued to suck the child's fingers, as if it were a tooth sacrifice.