"What? Are you a fox demon raised by Pu Songling? Yanagizumi Yagi turned out to be part of that "Mixed Moon Formula"? Is that a cheat created to turn you into a human? You and Pu Songling's descendants are also looking for Liuquan Yagi? You went to Guangxi Xianjian Hall and experienced its destruction? You have seen Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants in Xianying Palace last night? After listening to Chen Shuqing's story, Yu Xiangdi really couldn't believe his ears, and threw out a lot of questions in one breath like a cannon.

He really couldn't imagine that the woman he met by chance in front of him had so much intersection with him, and in his excitement, he stepped forward, pressed Xilang's shoulders with both hands and asked urgently: "Girl, do you know who the guardian of the old man's temple is?" How is the swordsmanship? ”

Pei Ruo, Chen Shuqing and Sun Xiaoshu watched this scene dumbfounded, and Xilang reminded embarrassedly: "Brother Yu, I'm Xilang, Miss Shuqing is over there." ”

"Oh, I'm really sorry, look at me, when I get emotional, my ability to perceive wind and talk will be disordered." Then he turned his head to Chen Shuqing's side, and was about to stretch out his hand, but suddenly he was embarrassed to make physical contact again, and retracted his hand again, and changed his hand to make a gesture, and said earnestly: "Just trouble the girl to give me some pointers." ”

Chen Shuqing recalled the scene of being seriously injured by Zhu Yeba last night, and suddenly had palpitations, and said in a deep voice: "That person calls himself Zhu Yeba, he is an ordinary human being, but his skills are indeed extraordinary, in terms of swordsmanship alone, it looks a few points higher than Zhu Shihua, the hall master of the Immortal Sword Hall, if you get his true inheritance, your strength will definitely go to the next level, but if you want to defeat an opponent at the level of a demon king like the old demon of Montenegro, it is still a fool's dream in a short time." However, since we have a common goal, we might as well wait until the dispute between the two clans is over, and then we will work together to figure it out. ”

Yu Xiangdi said happily: "Hehe, sure enough, the master is right, the enemy of the enemy is a friend." If Miss Shuqing and Xiaoshu are willing to help, I can't ask for it, but the willow spring eight wood is a relic of Mr. Pu Songling, is the girl willing to ......"

Chen Shuqing heard Yu Xiangdi's extraneous sound, pursed her lips and smiled: "It's okay, I need those fragments, it's just to make up a complete secret book of "Mixed Moon Recipe" and become a human, just use it once." After this lifelong pursuit is completed, you can take the piece of your family's inheritance, and before that, you can also temporarily store it on your body, as long as it does not fall into the hands of the demon world. ”

"That's good."

Next, the few people chatted about some trivial matters encountered during the journey, and when it was completely dark, they dispersed. Chen Shuqing and Sun Xiaoshu naturally couldn't sleep in the same room anymore, under Pei Ruo's arrangement, Chen Shuqing went back to the previous wooden house to rest, and Sun Xiaoshu moved to another room, and after explaining some precautions, they each went back to the station to rest.

At night, Chen Shuqing recalled the strange things she experienced that day, and she couldn't sleep for a long time, she always felt that Pu Zixuan would not disappear from her world so inexplicably, the past experienced by the two told her too many things, the separation was always short-lived, maybe it only took a casual turn, and the other party would suddenly appear in front of each other, so that all the nightmares would be gone.

Thinking of this, Chen Shuqing rolled out of bed again, paced outside the house, and walked aimlessly forward by the full moonlight. The vast Poyang Lake is calm at this time, and the reflection of a bright moon is reflected in the moonlight in the sky, and if you look closely, even the starry sky looms on the lake. It was the crisp season of autumn, Chen Shuqing couldn't help but walk to the lakeside and look in the direction of the devil's waters in the north, but saw that the irregular shadows of the mountains and mountains had isolated Lushan far away, and the breath of her sweetheart had never appeared anywhere.

Speaking of which, since I met Pu Zixuan, it has been a long time since I have been so alone at night. The dilapidated wooden house and pure nature, whether it was waiting for Mr. Pu Songling in the cave at the beginning, or living in the thatched hut deep in the mountains, this feeling has been too familiar for more than a hundred years.

"It's time to have a good conversation with yourself." Chen Shuqing sighed lightly, withdrew her gaze, and looked at the lake again. The light was very dim, and Chen Shuqing couldn't see her reflection clearly, so she used luck to gather a red light in her hand to illuminate her face in the water.

"Little Jiu......" Chen Shuqing learned Pu Zixuan's name to call the reflection in the water, and then gave a smile in response.

was immersed in his own world, suddenly, the reflection in the water shook violently, until when he was not human, a pair of crocodile eyes suddenly opened in front of Chen Shuqing, and then, the long mouth and countless bulging backs also surfaced, frightening Chen Shuqing to retreat again and again.

"Miss Shuqing, don't be afraid, it's me." The crocodile's front paws slapped the shore, and it suddenly rose into the air, transforming into a young man in scaly armor in the air, and then landed behind Chen Shuqing.

Chen Shuqing turned around and recognized that this was Xilang during the day, and was immediately surprised: "Xilang, why are you here?" What about the others? ”

"Shhh-" Xilang gestured to Chen Shuqing to lower her voice and said, "Grandma has woken up, and I came up to see you quietly without telling her and the elders." During the day, I didn't have a chance to talk to you alone, but I still have a lot to ask you......"

Chen Shuqing instinctively thought of something, and responded: "Xilang, it is impossible for us. ”

Xilang smiled: "I know, I have no intention of obeying my grandmother's instructions, each of us is free, not to mention, I already have a sweetheart." ”

Chen Shuqing's hanging heart was let go, and she asked with a smile: "Oh? Who is it? I don't introduce my sister yet. ”

Xilang was silent for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "Let me ask you first, Sister Shuqing, the old grandmother said that you are very beautiful, but what is 'beauty', I can't see it, can you see it?" ”

Chen Shuqing smiled knowingly and said: "Whether I look beautiful or not, that is the standard of the world, when I was young, I couldn't see it at all, but everyone said that I was beautiful, so I took myself as the standard, and when I was forty or fifty years old, I gradually had some judgments." It's hard for us yokai to tell the difference...... Xilang, you're still a young monster, aren't you? ”

"Well, I'm only seventeen. However, when it comes to the word 'beauty', the only thing that makes me feel this way is a girl named Laby. ”

"Oh?" Chen Shuqing was curious, "Then what does that Na Wei look like?" Isn't it big eyes, a slender mouth, and a slender body? ”

Xilang shook his head and said with a sad smile: "I won't tell you, Na Wei, she is a girl from the turtle clan." One day, on a whim, I came to the land, wanting to see how big the world was, but unfortunately, if we stayed on the land for twelve hours in a row, we would die of lack of water, so I walked far, far away, thinking that six hours were up, and hurried back, but on the way, I met a girl of the Turtle tribe, with the same dream as me, but fainted on the side of the road due to lack of physical strength, so I carried her back, and agreed with her that one day we would overcome the limitation of twelve hours, I'm going to take her to the ends of the earth. ”

"It's a romantic relationship. But can you marry between your two tribes? ”

Xi Lang nodded and said: "Once, our Ray Clan was indeed a xenophobic race, at the bottom of this lake, there were about two thousand Ray Tribesmen, but most of them were just wild demons, or half-civilized monsters, their vision was only this poor Poyang Lake, after Elder Pei Ruo had wisdom, he knew that the world was bigger than we imagined, but he was worried that the outside world would attack our idea of Poyang Lake, so he opposed us to intermarriage with foreign races, but Lady Martha was more open-minded, she also wanted to know the truth of the world, The conceivable way is not that we develop to the outside world, but that we advocate attracting foreigners to Poyang Lake and thus marrying us. Therefore, I was going to show her my feelings for Laby and ask her to come and marry us, and I was sure that my grandmother would be very supportive, but I didn't expect it...... Unexpectedly, in the past year, the relationship between the two ethnic groups has deteriorated so much. If there is a real fight, Laby will become my enemy! ”

Chen Shuqing sighed: "I see, I thought that your two clans were really incompatible, it turns out that there are still young people like you who are eager for peace." ”

Xilang raised his head, looked at Chen Shuqing's eyes sincerely, and asked hopefully: "Sister Shuqing, you said that Mr. Pu Songling wrote a story about our race, did you say in that story that we really can't stay on land for twelve hours?" ”

Chen Shuqing really didn't expect Xilang to raise this question, she was stunned for a moment, and recalled: "I am very familiar with "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", but in the article "Pig Po Long", the description of the dragon clan does not mention the problem of the twelve hours, maybe Mr. doesn't know either." But why did you come to ask me? Don't you understand your own body? ”

Xilang smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's a pity, as soon as the twelve hours are said, the ancestors have taught the next generation in this way since ancient times, so the clan deeply thinks so, and no one has ever touched this red line, but when I returned to the lake after staying for twelve hours in a row, I felt that everything was normal and there were no bad signs, so I had some doubts about this." ”

Chen Shuqing smiled: "Then why don't you try again?" ”

"That's it." Xilang shook his head and said, "It's almost a war, and now that there is no Laby, why bother to do these experiments." Actually, I still have a question I don't understand, during the day, you said that a naturally formed lake should not shrink so quickly, this sentence, I also put it to heart, because I have always suspected that there are some bad people behind the scenes, trying to drain the water of Poyang Lake, so that our people will be extinct! ”

Chen Shuqing was stunned, her eyes widened, and she asked, "Is it the Turtle Clan?" ”

"No, the Turtle people also have a saying that they can't go ashore for twelve hours in a row, so if they do it, it must be a lose-lose approach, they won't be so stupid."

"So, why do you have such thoughts?"

"That's because ......," Xilang said again, "It's just that I have discovered some strange situations around Poyang Lake, but I still need to spend some time to prove the truth of the matter, and when I have a preliminary answer, I will come back to communicate with you." It's not too early, I have to go back, so as not to be discovered by my grandmother. Sister Shuqing should rest early. ”

"Okay, if there's anything useful about my sister, please just ask." After speaking, Chen Shuqing watched Xilang walk towards the lake, and suddenly, she thought of something and shouted, "Wait a minute, Xilang." ”

Xilang turned around and asked, "Is there anything else going on with Sister Shuqing?" ”

Chen Shuqing smiled slightly and said, "If it is according to the standards of the world, Xilang's appearance is also a beautiful young man." ”

Xilang grinned, his eyes lit up, and then waved his hand, turned back into a crocodile, and slowly dived into the lake.