Except for Zhao Qinghe and the Qingjun man, the rest of the people have been drained by the snake demon and died, Xue Wu and Pei Lin found the bodies of those men according to the instructions of the two, collected them and brought them back to the city.

Zhao family.

Seeing that the eldest son came back intact, Mrs. Zhao hugged Zhao Qinghe and cried for a long time, as a father, Master Zhao should be more restrained in expressing his feelings, and he just kept saying: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

He said to the housekeeper again: "Let the kitchen make a table of good dishes, Zhuxi, go and dig out the jar of wine I buried under the osmanthus tree, today I will not get drunk with Huo Gongzi and not return!" ”

Pei Lin took out the bones of the rest of the people, "Uncle Lao sent the bodies of these people back to their respective homes." ”

Seeing those white cloth bags, the atmosphere at the scene was heavy.

While the Zhao family sympathized and was sad, they were even more glad that they were fortunate to have Huo Gongzi and his wife to help, otherwise, their son (eldest brother) would be like these people, who were sucked dry by the goblins and died.

Master Zhao handed over the matter of returning the bones to the housekeeper, and privately instructed: "Each family will send five hundred taels of silver to show their hearts." ”

Not every man in his family was wealthy, and if their parents were to learn of their son's death, they would be grieving, and the money would not soothe their pain, but at least it would make their lives less difficult.

After the banquet, Master Zhao said, "Bring it up." ”

A slip of people walked in, carrying boxes or carrying trays, filling a huge hall.

The subordinates opened the box, and there was a brilliant silver light inside, which turned out to be a whole box of silver ingots. In addition to silver ingots, there are also various kinds of jewelry, rare cloth, and precious medicinal materials.

The whole room was suddenly filled with jewels.

If it were an ordinary person, I was afraid that I would be blinded by these things, but for Xue Wu and Pei Lian, these things were just ordinary.

Seeing the two of them with faint expressions, Master Zhao couldn't help but feel ashamed, "Mrs. Huo, the son of Huo, saved my two sons, and she is as kind to my Zhao family as a mountain, and my Zhao family has nothing to handle, only these yellow and white things, and I hope that the two benedicts will accept them." ”

Seeing Xue Wu shook his head, he suddenly became anxious, and was about to persuade again, so he listened to her: "Uncle, you can take these things back, we don't lack them, if you really want to repay us, can you let us take one thing?" ”

Master Zhao was stunned, "You said, as long as my Zhao family has it, you can take it." ”

Xue Wu and Pei Lin walked towards the back garden of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family followed behind.

There was a cobblestone path in the back garden, and Xue walked to the path, pointed to a white pebble and said, "This is the stone I want to take." ”

The Zhao family looked at each other, they were a little incredulous, they thought she would take something, but it turned out to be just a pebble.

Zhao Zhuxi: "Sister-in-law, isn't this just a pebble?" What do you want it for? If you want these pebbles, I'll let someone go to the river and fish them for you, and make sure you have as many pebbles as you want. ”

Xue Wu smiled and said, "I only need this stone, uncle, are you willing to give it to me?" ”

Master Zhao glanced at the pebble again, guessing that this pebble might be extraordinary, otherwise how could she want this alone?

However, this Mrs. Huo and her husband have a great favor to their Zhao family, even if the pebble is really a treasure, it should be given away.

"It's just a stone, take it if you want it."

After getting permission, Xue Wu was about to squat down and pull out the stone, Pei Lin held her arm, "I'll come." ”

She is now a double-body person, so it is better to avoid such movements as squatting.

The second five-color stone is in hand.

Pei Lin said goodbye, Zhao Zhuxi was very reluctant, "Brother Huo, you and your sister-in-law will stay for a few more days, there are a lot of delicious and fun things in Yuecheng, and I haven't fulfilled the friendship of the landlord yet." ”

Mr. and Mrs. Zhao also spoke to stay.

Why didn't Xue Wan want to stay and enjoy the customs of Yuecheng? But now she and Pei Lin don't have a task? The sooner the five-colored stones are found, the better, and if it is too late, the demon worm may come back again, bringing even greater disasters.

So the two had no choice but to refuse.

The Zhao family had no choice but to send the two out.

When he arrived at the door, Master Zhao pointed to a carriage lane in front of the door: "Young Master Huo, the carriage has been prepared for you, Mrs. Zun is pregnant, it is more convenient to take the carriage." ”

On the carriage, there were still those valuable thank-you gifts that had been carried up by the previous subordinates.

Master Zhao was afraid that Pei Lin and the others would not accept it, so he gave it out in this way.

Seeing that he was really sincere, Xue Wu nodded, "Then we'll accept it." ”

took out a bottle of Replenishing Yuan Pill and handed it to Zhao Zhuxi, "Take it to your eldest brother, take one every day, and you can make up for the lost essence in a month." ”

Zhao Zhuxi was overjoyed, "Thank you, sister-in-law!" ”

After leaving Yuecheng, Xue Wu and Pei Lin followed the Five Elements Beads for another month and came to a lake.

On a big rock by the lake, a man wearing a hat sits and is fishing.

Fifth Bead: "That's him." ”

Xue Wu was surprised: "He? You say that the person wearing the hat is a five-color stone? ”

"Well, that's right." The fifth bead affirmed.

Originally, he could only find the five-color stone through the power of space, but after finding two five-color stones one after another, he had a close contact, and he was already extremely familiar with the breath of the five-color stone, and he could distinguish it by looking at it.

Even animals that have lived for hundreds of years can become essences, and the five-color stones that have existed for tens of thousands of years may naturally give birth to spiritual intelligence, and even transform into humans.

Thinking about it this way, Xue Wu has nothing to make a fuss about.

It's just that if the five-colored petrified form is human, it will not be easy to do, because he is already sane, he is a living person, and she can no longer treat it as a dead thing.

And if you want to use the five-color stone to repair the spatial crack, you must first return the five-color stone to its original form, for the five-color stone, this is tantamount to killing him.

Although the five-colored stone is a human being, it is not a human being, and there is no obligation to sacrifice itself for human beings.

Put yourself in its shoes and think about it, even if the human being is completely killed by the demon insects, what does it have to do with his ancient god stone? Why would he give up his life for the sake of humanity?

Thinking of this, Xue Wu didn't know how to speak.

But the man spoke first: "I know why you are here, as long as you promise me one condition, I will agree to go with you." ”

Xue Wu said tentatively, "Do you know what we are here for? ”

"Isn't it for my mending stone?" There was a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

Xue Wumo, it seems that he really knows it.

Pei Lin asked, "What conditions?" ”

"Give me the baby in her womb." The man in the hat turned around and pointed at Xue Wu's stomach.

As soon as he said this, Pei Lin immediately blocked Xue Wu behind him, and his eyes were like knives scraping towards him.

Xue Wu also subconsciously covered her stomach.