CHAPTER XLIII

The time of the yokai is written in a heavy book, and when you flip through it, you can turn it over for decades without even blinking your eyes. Yu Xie can catch his tail, but he can't catch the tail of time.

There is no time in the mountains.

In the eighty-seventh year, Yuxi finally completed the three mountain systems and officially entered the planned endpoint - the first mountain system of Nanshan Mountain, the Queshan mountain system.

The first mountain in the Magpie Mountain system is Zhaoyao Mountain, which stands on the west coast and has many laurel trees growing on the mountain. It's a very peaceful mountain, because there are no eye-catching resources, and the location is relatively remote, so there are no powerful beasts. The whole mountain has a peaceful smell, which is particularly unique in this mountain and sea monster world.

When Yuxi and Jin Chanzi came to Zhaoyao Mountain, it was golden autumn, and the mountain was full of osmanthus flowers, which almost made Yuxi drunk to death.

Yuxi and the golden cicada walk side by side in this boundless osmanthus forest, as far as the eye can see, there are hundreds of years or even thousands of years of osmanthus trees all around, intertwined, incomparably strong. The osmanthus flowers produced by this old osmanthus tree are extremely large, about four or five times that of the world, and they are very cute. The afternoon sun was warm, and the golden light shone in through the gaps in the leaves, shining on the ground, and the whole forest seemed to be shrouded in a gentle golden light.

The pace of the rain break slowed down unconsciously, and he was fascinated by this rare scenery and forgot to return: "Uncle Shi, we are not in a hurry, can we stay here tonight?" ”

The golden cicada stopped and happened to be standing under a golden osmanthus flower. He raised his hand to elegantly pluck an osmanthus flower, pinched the flower handle and played around in his hand, and handed it to Yu Xie. The water rippled in his eyes, warm like a pool of spring water that had been disturbed, he smiled in his eyes, and asked instead of answering, "Yuxi likes it here?" ”

Yu Xie naturally took the osmanthus flower, and felt that there was really nothing to hide, so he nodded honestly: "Yes, I haven't seen such a peaceful place for a long time, and I don't want to leave so soon." "The osmanthus flowers on the fingertips are extremely fat, and the petals of the flesh are full of gold, as if there is a sweet pulp surging inside. Yu Xie took a deep breath, and a sweet fragrance came to her nose, and she unconsciously took a bite...... Well, it's really sweet!

Jin Cicada was amused by her rare natural and childish behavior, but she didn't really laugh and scared her, only hooked the corners of her mouth, and picked another osmanthus and handed it over.

After the rain rested three times and divided five by two, I ate the first osmanthus flower into my stomach and remembered that it was given by my uncle...... Embarrassed, the impact is so bad!

However, after so many years of getting along, Uncle Shi must have known what her essence was, and she also knew that although this Uncle was picky, he was not a hateful person...... Otherwise, if you want to dislike it, you will be disgusted a long time ago, and it is not bad today. When the second osmanthus was handed over, Yu Xie took it again without hesitation, but this time he didn't eat it directly with such a hurry, but pinched it in his hand and played with it, feeling emotion in his heart, and the sentence popped out of his mouth directly: "I really can't imagine it, it turns out that there are osmanthus flowers in the demon world." ”

"Oh, it turns out that Yuxi knows this tree, and this seat remembers that this tree was not planted in Xuanzhong?"

The rain took a break - although this senior brother is not a difficult person to get along with, he is definitely a person who loves to pick bones in eggs! She smiled and said vaguely: "Xuanzhong is not, but I once saw it in a book, there is a picture on it, I look like I just said that, I didn't expect it to be true." "I took it with me." Uncle Shi, you wait here, I'll go ahead to explore the way, and find a place to stay by the way. "She's used to being a striker...... Who called her inferior in strength, how to mix it up is an errand runner!

Jin Cicada was noncommittal.

……

This swagger mountain not only produces osmanthus flowers, but also jade.

Yu Xie looked in amazement at the pile of jade piled up next to the clearing, the largest of which was large enough to fit a small room. Yu Xie sighed, this is a complete piece of jade! If you ask a better craftsman to carve and ponder, it is not only priceless, but at least it can connect countries!

If she had seen such a large piece of jade a few decades earlier, she would have gone crazy - excited!

But now...... The rain break was calm. She finally understood why the fox hated jade. Although she originally knew, she didn't understand it, until she went through this experience and saw it with her own eyes, she really understood.

In the demon world, jade or something is indeed worthless. Although this jade cannot be found everywhere, more or less five of the ten mountains are jade mines...... You must know that there is more than anything in the mountain and sea demon world, and there are more mountains! So it is completely conceivable that the value of this jade stone all over the mountains is not much higher than that of the small stones on the side of the road.

Yu Xie wasn't very obsessed with jade itself, otherwise she might really consider moving this big jade back home.

……

In the evening, the sun sets and the sky is full of sunset.

Yuxi stepped on the ground with his feet full of gold, holding a handful of green grass and leaning on a huge piece of jade, chewing on the grass in his mouth. This wishing grass is shaped like a leek but blooms with green flowers, verdant, very good-looking, better taste, will not prick the mouth, the grass fragrance has a little cool sweetness, and eating it can offset hunger.

If you eat a lot of fresh seafood, it is also a good choice to eat some congee and side dishes occasionally.

Eat meat every day, and the baby who regenerates fiercely will eat the collapse...... What's more, her cooking skills are really not very good.

Footsteps sounded from afar, and golden cicadas slowly paced from the depths of the forest. The shadows gathered in the shade of the trees were scattered on him, and there was a sense of insignificance and elusiveness. Yu Xie couldn't see his face clearly, but he couldn't ignore the powerful aura on his body.

Yu Xie narrowed his eyes slightly, this uncle's appearance is really good! Obviously, there is no special expression on his face, just between his movements and gestures, there is a cold demeanor, which is natural.

He wasn't the prettiest person she'd ever seen, but he was the most unspeakable she'd ever met. The beautiful skin will grow old one day, and the flesh will no longer be there. When such a temperament ...... A person's temperament can last much longer than a person's appearance. Even if he is full of gorgeous hair now, he will not be underestimated.

What's more, he is also very good-looking.

- It's more than enough to go out and deceive the little girl.

Well, it's more than enough to deceive the big girl, aunt, aunt or something.

Well, it's actually a female kill!

So far, she has never met a female monster who has not thought about him after seeing his grace. Along the way, just relying on his skin has attracted a lot of female monsters~ She always couldn't help but peek at this calm and unconscious uncle when she was fighting with others in front...... In fact, the meaning of his existence is as a humanoid bait, specially used to lure the monster to let her kill and let her fight to upgrade, right?!

……

Wonderful is wonderful.

It's a pity...... Yu Xie hugged his arms and speculated, but he really couldn't figure out what this uncle was thinking. Isn't it very busy for such a noble person? How could there be so much time to spend with her like this? Or is it actually that the more honorable people are, the more idle they are? Panicked enough to be full? She didn't think that this kind of experience meant anything to him at all.

As for uncles and nephews...... Is this kind of friendship that is far away and not close really that deep?

Or is it actually that she is too indifferent to human nature?

Abnormality is the existence of demons.

Until now, every time she sees someone like Uncle Shi by her side and accompanying her to practice, she has a very unreal feeling. There was an indescribable taste of that feeling, and she couldn't say it was good, and she couldn't say it was bad, it just made her feel uneasy from the bottom of her heart...... Something that doesn't make sense always has a bit of a weird feeling, and people can't fully believe it.

What's more, the other party is still such a powerful person, as long as he moves his fingers, she has nowhere to hide.

What's more, she is not a person who is willing to trust others easily...... Goblin.

But now this situation really confuses her.

If he didn't have the plan, it was really unreasonable for him to treat her like this. She thinks that she is just a simple little demon, except that she has lived half a life longer than other demons, except that she has a seemingly powerful master...... And that's nothing. The golden cicada is good, although not so obvious, and sometimes it is not easy to detect. But she just doesn't have a heart and lungs, it's not that she doesn't have a heart and eyes, she can still feel it.

That's good, I'm afraid it's too good, right?!

How can she be virtuous, she has never paid to get the sincerity of others?

What an eternal mystery!

……

Yu Xie pouted, anyway, she didn't have anything to do, and she wasn't afraid of other people's ideas. If others treat her well, she just needs to reciprocate. Thinking about what to do so much, she can't figure it out if she wants to break her head anyway, so why waste her feelings. Although she has no heart or lungs, she is not a monster without conscience. What's more, he is really good to her, so there is no need to care too much about those intentions, right? She just looks at the results.

Even if she had doubted his purpose at first. Now more than 80 years have been consumed...... I didn't see any bad behavior from him.

Well, sure enough, she was thinking too much...... bar.

When the golden cicada stepped into the clearing, Yu Xie swallowed the Zhu Yucao in his mouth, and ran up with a fart, "Uncle Shi, you have been there for a long time this time, and Yu Xie was still thinking about whether to go over to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come back first." Uncle Shi, did you find anything interesting this time? Actually, the last sentence is the point!

The golden cicada didn't care about him, and took out a branch according to her wishes, which looked a little like a tree, but the bark had black veins.

Yu Xie took it, looked left and right, and didn't see anything unusual, although the branches were shining from time to time, but in this mountain and sea demon realm, it was really not remarkable. Yuxie's brows furrowed, furrowed enough to trap a green-headed fly, "What kind of treasure is this?" "Is this demon world so magical that even a single branch can be used as a treasure?

"It's not a baby."

"Not a baby?" Yu Xie's face quickly fell, and he immediately perked up again, and his face was full of energy, "What's the good of that?" ”

Jin Chanzi glanced at her lightly, "It's no good...... This seat is for you, do you want to take it? ”

Yu Xie immediately took the ordinary branch, and said with a smile: "Collect!" Of course! "If you don't accept anything when you deliver it to your door, that's stupid behavior. How could she be a stupid girl like her?! "The things that Uncle Shi sent, don't say it's just branches, even if it's leaves, they will be treasured during the rain break!" She paused, and then added cautiously, "Uncle Shi has a good eye, and the things he can see must be good things!" Uncle, are you right about what Yu Xie said? ”

He laughed and scolded her: "Oily tone! ”

The rain was not annoyed, and he looked at him with watery eyes like a puppy, and wrote: Ask for an explanation!

"This is a maze of branches, and the brilliance fades when it is broken, so it's not unusual for you to look at it."

Yu Xie was puzzled: "The maze is ......"

"This seat didn't lie to you this time, this maze is indeed not a treasure, and there is nothing unusual, it can just show the way."

Yu Xie's eyes widened, "Can you show the way anywhere?" ”

Jin Chanzi bowed his head: "Except in the formation." ”

"That's a good thing." But for someone like her, who has a good sense of direction, there's nothing unusual about it. Yu Xie touched it regretfully and put it into the sea casually.

"Uncle Shi has been back for so long, and he sees that the sky is getting dark, is it just to pick this maze?"

Naturally—no.

Where is it worth such a lot of trouble to pick a puzzle?

Jin Chanzi didn't answer, but only asked, "Yu Xie, are you worried about this seat?" ”

Embarrassment...... Is there any necessary connection between the two?

However, there is really no need to consider this kind of problem. If she said she wasn't worried, then her brain had been kicked by a donkey.

Yu Xie's brain is very sound, and he blurted out without hesitation at this time: "Naturally, I'm worried." However, Uncle Shi's mana is so strong, he is definitely invincible and has no opponent in the demon world, and there is no need to worry about the rain. ”

He suddenly leaned over, rubbed her forehead, lowered his brow and said, "Who said no?" ”

Yuxie looked up sharply. This, this, this is singing again?

He scratched the tip of her nose affectionately, "This seat is not omnipotent, and now it is undefeated but I haven't met that opponent yet." He paused for a moment and withdrew his hand, "But I haven't encountered it, it doesn't mean that I haven't." ”

"Yu Xie is worried about this seat, this seat ...... Very relieved. ”

This rain break is completely sluggish, and I really don't know what to say for a while. So, uncle, you are actually a person who lacks love and care, right?

After staying for a long time, she finally reacted, and took out the handful of Zhuyu grass as if offering a treasure, "Uncle Shi hasn't eaten yet." This is the Zhuyu grass I saw in the osmanthus forest, the taste is much better than that of other places, do you want to come some? ”

Jin Chanzi smiled slightly: "Okay." "I took all the grass with my hand.

Yu Xie said: "......" should you be so ruthless? She's only talking about it!

"The rain is out of practice, and the consumption is very great, and I am afraid that it will not be able to replenish it by eating this little grass."

Yu Xi secretly complained - do you think this wishing grass is everywhere, so easy to pick?! It's also a mere one! Brag unblushingly!

Jin Chanzi smiled and comforted her: "If you don't go to catch some demon beasts to eat them when the rain stops, this blessing will be handed over to this seat." ”

Yu Xie: "...... Don't bother. "It's not like she hasn't surveyed nearby, this mountain is so quiet that there are basically no monsters to eat, and the only one is still a raccoon. But can you eat that?! The kind of ape with white ears doesn't look good at all!

But this also responds to a sentence - there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings.

This is a monkey mountain!

Early the next morning, Yuxi woke up from the osmanthus tree, yawned, stretched his long tail, and saw at a glance that Uncle Shi was still sitting not far away meditating.

Yu Xie blinked his eyes that were still a little hazy, and he didn't know if this uncle was asleep like this night and night?

Well, she's just a vulgar thing, and can't understand the pleasures of these noble people.

Yuxie's huge body let go of the osmanthus branch, and it fell to the bottom with a click, and the moment she touched the ground, she returned to her human form. Seeing that there was no movement in her uncle's place, she thought that she would go and collect some osmanthus flowers and herbs while it was still early, and she could be a snack on the road at that time.

As soon as he took two steps, he heard a deep voice say, "Where are you going?" ”

Yuxi was startled and turned back sharply. I don't know when the golden cicada has already walked over, and now it is three steps away from her. She glared behind him and then at him...... With such a long distance, he actually teleported, right?! Yu Xie was a little annoyed, even if she was a monster, she couldn't stand such a scare, okay? But on the surface, it is not leaking, "Uncle Shi hasn't woken up yet, so I want to go and pick some osmanthus flowers to eat on the way." ”

"Snack goods." He smiled and raised his hand, cut her hair, and took some broken flowers from it, "You spent the night on that old laurel tree yesterday, and now you also have a cinnamon fragrance on your body." ”

Yu Xie: "...... Hehe. ”

"Go ahead." He said, "Come back early, you have to hurry." ”

……

I picked some fine osmanthus flowers and put them in white jade boxes, and Yu Xie stuffed these boxes into Haina one by one. I looked up at the sky, patted my sleeve and prepared to go back.

After walking for a while, and when she made two more turns to the clearing where the golden cicada was, she suddenly stopped, her expression was awe-inspiring, and she was a little displeased: "Who is it?" Come out! ”

There was silence.

A young man in a cloth shirt came out from behind her.

It's the first time I've seen a rain break like this...... A simple youkai. Of the banshees and banshees I have seen over the years, none of them are showy. Now this person is only wearing a simple cloth shirt, which is washed with lead, but it is very harmonious with this peaceful osmanthus forest.

It's just that—Yu Xie frowned—what's going on with the young people now? Do all these things that can't be seen by stealing chickens and dogs?!

"What's your intention in sneaking me down?"

The young man's expression was cold, "I'm going to fight with you." ”

Yu Xie almost had an irregular heartbeat, and almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of black blood, glaring at him in disbelief, "Don't tell me you've been with me for so long, just for such a?" ”

His expression became colder and colder, "As long as I fight with you, should you or not?" Where did all that nonsense come from? ”

With this kind of expression, saying this kind of thing is even more lethal than a fox saying 10,000 words of nonsense!

Yuxi covered the heart of the injured girl and was mad with anger...... It's actually disgusted and talks a lot of nonsense! It's unforgivable!

Reason told her that she must not agree, didn't he want to fight? She just doesn't accept the move, it's best to be angry with him! But emotionally—what to do? Her hands are so itchy, I really want to beat this guy!