Chapter 5: Fox Friends (4)
As if he heard Xia Mu's inner complaint, the conversation stopped, and he really didn't hear the voices of the two. The fog gradually dissipated, and the forest path that unfolded in front of the summer curtain also changed.
The woods are gone, and in their place a cave appears in front of you. Xia Mu hesitated a little, but he still raised his feet and stepped forward, but before he entered the cave, he heard someone crying, it was a woman's voice, squirming, like a pharyn, as if there was suffering. Suddenly, a familiar tingling pain crossed her heart again, and she almost bent down for a moment.
Xia Mu resolutely stepped on the sound, and wanted to find out. Slowly entering the cave, I found that the space inside was very large, with a forest of milky stone pillars and several inlaid ...... on the side walls Pearl of the Night! So domineering, so rich! The ghostly light emitted by the night pearl is reflected on the smooth glazed stone pillar, which is shining, sparkling, and beautiful as a fantasy.
The further I walked in, the crying became clearer and clearer, but it seemed that the woman's crying had also turned into a shallow sob. There was a sound similar to a knife cutting a stone wall from the depths of the cave. The summer curtain also walked in with the sound.
She saw a woman dressed in red with her back to her, carving something on a wall with a sword. If you look closely, the red dress she is wearing is actually a wedding dress. The black hair was draped behind her, and there was obviously no wind in the cave, and the corners of her red gauze skirt were flying up and down, and the fairy robe was fluttering, so she was so cute in red clothes.
"Sad and miserable, you don't need to cry when you get married. I wish to have one heart, and the white head will not be separated. The woman carved the words and read them with a crying voice. For some reason, Xia Mu's tears fell uncontrollably, as if the other party's grief and grief could be felt together, which was unbearable.
Finally, after carving the words with difficulty, the woman stood motionless in front of the wall, as if in a daze. Although he didn't see her face, Xia Mu knew that she was facing the wall at the moment, tears were falling silently, and she couldn't help herself.
Suddenly, she raised her head to the sky and laughed, but this laughter was like a magic barrier, almost killing Xia Mu, the wilder and louder she laughed, the more obvious the sting in Xia Mu's heart, and finally it hurt so much that she had to kneel on the ground to cover her heart and gasp for air.
Xia Mu wanted to raise her head and say to her: Don't laugh anymore! But...... But he didn't have any strength at all.
After a long time, she finally stopped smiling, and just like herself, she fell to the ground, still with her back to herself.
The pain in Xia Mu's heart finally eased slightly, until when he saw the thing in the woman's hand, he couldn't help but tremble and his eyes widened again. What she is holding in her hand is - Chang'an?!
Wasn't it still a long sword that could be carved on the wall just now, and it was extremely sharp? Why did it suddenly become Chang'an again! As if he understood something, Xia Mu tried to get up, trying to run over and turn her over to see it clearly, but just as he was about to reach out and touch her shoulder, he woke up again.
"Sister, you're finally awake! What happened to you? Xia Mu opened his eyelids and found that he was half-leaning in the crook of Situ Lan's arm, while he and Xia were looking at him worriedly.
"But dreaming?" Situ Lan also asked out loud, and Xia Mu actually heard that his tone seemed to be a little anxious.
Is that...... Concerned?
Finally her eyes were in focus, and Xia Mu remembered that she had indeed dreamed just now, and it was still so real, even the tingling sensation in her heart did not disappear, reminding her that the dream just now was really deeply connected with herself.
"Huh? What's wrong with me? As soon as Xia Mu opened his mouth, he found that his voice was hoarse.
"You're asleep, crying all the time, no matter how much Xianzun and I scream, we can't wake you up, and we're scared to death." Seeing that Xia Mu was able to speak back to normal, Summer finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“…… Yes, yes, I'm sorry, I've made a noise with you, I often dream, I'm sorry! Xia Mo sat up awkwardly, he was so miserable in his dream just now, and he probably didn't look much better in reality.
"Sister, why do you want to say I'm sorry? You're really fine, your face is so bad, and you kept covering your heart and saying it hurts just now. ”
"Uh...... Is it? Hehe, it's all a dream, it's okay. ”
"Here's this." Situ Lan said in a deep voice and took out a string of bracelets from his arms. The campfire flickered, so no one saw his complicated face.
"Huh? Isn't it the same as the string of beads in the summer? ”
"Exactly, the mist has the effect of awakening and warding off evil spirits, or it may be effective for your nightmares." Situ Lan nodded.
"Isn't this expensive?" It's best to figure out the value before taking other people's things, and if it's more than you can afford, don't do it, this is the principle of doing things in the summer curtain.
“…… It's not expensive, and every monk wears it in the moon buds and clouds. ”
"Oh, that's right." Well, it's not that expensive for everybody's stuff. Hey, no: "Then why didn't I?" "Bullying the newcomer?
“…… Mine for you. Situ Lan said.
"Okay, when I return to the moon buds and clouds, I'll give you back this, now, borrow it from me first." Xia Mu took it with him in his hand, and he wrapped it twice and found that it was just right, a very beautiful jewelry, and he was very satisfied.
"Hmm." Situ Lan also nodded when he saw that she was wearing it so easily.
It was already halfway through the night, and seeing that the summer curtain was indeed fine, the three of them dispersed again.
Just when the summer curtain tossed and turned for a long time, and when she was finally about to fall asleep, she seemed to hear the sound of someone opening the door in a daze, and then a cold wind rushed in, blowing her scalp numb. Quickly got up, and saw that Situ Lan and Xia Xia were already standing outside the door, and in the sky, there was a heavy snow of goose feathers at some point, and even on the ground outside the grass house, there was actually a thick layer of snow.
Xia Mu hurriedly climbed to the door frame, but he couldn't see anything in the vast darkness. There are no street lights and no moonlight. At this moment, Situ Lan pulled out the saber from his waist, and with the dazzling fluorescence emitted by Xue Ji, the night lit up. Only then did Xia Mu see clearly that there was a tall man standing not far in front of Situ Lan and Xia, wearing animal skins, one shoulder was still exposed, and the majestic muscles were also bare outside, with only a sparse handful of hair on the top of his head. Alas! Isn't it cold to say?
If you look closely, it turns out that it is not only the strange man with a fierce face in front of them, but also a row of big huskies standing behind him!
"Stinky boy, hand over the things and spare you from dying today!" The muscular man shouted, pointing his long arm at Summer.
"Immortal, Immortal, he, he is Ge Tao, the deputy leader of the wolf clan." Summer instinctively moved two steps towards Situ Lan.
"Hmm."
"Who are you? This is the grudge of our demon clan, you'd better not get involved as a mortal, I don't want to kill people! The muscular man said to Situ Lan.
Oh yo! Sounds like a good guy who doesn't kill innocents!
"Immortal Venerable......" Summer shouted with an instrument cavity.
Situ Lan stood in place and didn't move, but the summer curtain behind him was anxious, and after reacting, she understood that it was not a group of docile and lovely Erha, it was probably a group of big wolves that could tear people apart in an instant! I guess I counted at least twenty or thirty horses. Except that Situ Lan has a sword in his hand, he and Xia can be said to be unarmed, what is this! Yes, find a handy weapon first. But after turning around, there was not even an iron weapon in the grass house, and the branches or branches that were picked up were almost burned, and it looked like there was only Chang'an in his hand, and then recalled the scene in the dream just now, Chang'an can indeed become immortal, become a sharp weapon, thinking about this, I can't help but hold the jade flute in my hand tighter.
The summer curtain was busy inside, and there was no movement outside, and the two sides still stood silently, no one moved, except for the wolves behind Ge Tao, who were already in peace, and began to howl impatiently.
Xia Mu had only seen wolves on TV, heard wolf howls, and she had never seen real wolves even when she went to the zoo, so when this group of wolves howled together, she was shocked. Wow! It's so domineering!
"Immortal Venerable ......" The little fox was obviously extremely frightened, and couldn't help but be forced to take two steps back and hide behind Situ Lan.
"Humph! Stuff handed over! Ge Tao shouted, full of energy, as if echoes could be produced in the wilderness.
Xia Mu also silently moved behind Situ Lan and asked softly, "What should we do?" I can run, but I can't outrun the wolves. ”
Situ Lan still didn't move, but a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes and quickly pressed down. Run! Why run?
"Now that you know the origin of the bead, do you want to keep it?" Situ Lan asked to the side of the summer.
"I ...... I, I can hand it over. Xia suddenly understood what Situ Lan meant, even if he was reluctant, but everyone Immortal Venerable said so, and he definitely couldn't beat Ge Tao, what else could he do? I had to take the beads out of my arms.
Well, yes, this string of beads is not valuable, since now the murderer who killed his parents and burned the forest has been confirmed to be a member of the demon clan, then this string of beads has nothing to do with it, this is just the father of the summer ripped off the murderer, not even the relics of his parents, there is really no need to take the lives of three people for this string of broken beads. Xia Mu said in his heart.
"Humph! If you hand it over early, you won't have to waste so much time! Ge Tao took the beads thrown out by the summer curtain. Then he turned and whistled, and disappeared into the night with the wolves.
After Ge Tao left, Xia Mu could see that Summer was disappointed.
She could understand that although handing over the bead string was indeed the wisest choice, Summer thought that she had found a backer with strong mana, but before she could do it, she asked him to hand over his things and sell him, and it was really difficult for this child to be disappointed. Then he stepped forward and comforted: "Don't be sad, if you like that string of beads, I'll get you a string when I go back to the moon buds and clouds, anyway, if everyone has it, I'm sure I'll have it too." ”
Summer didn't speak.
"Don't be upset. Mainly...... They are so many wolves, we ...... I can't beat it. Although he was reluctant to admit it, Xia Mu still thought he had told the truth.
Summer still kept her head down and didn't speak.
"Tomorrow morning we'll go to the Demon Realm." Situ Lan said suddenly.
"Hmm...... Well? Go to the Demon Realm? ”
Summer also suddenly raised her little head, which was originally a little depressed.
"Find out the relationship between the wolf king and the demons."
"Immortal Venerable, you mean...... The wolf king actually dared to collude with the demons?! ”
"I found out after checking."
"That's right, only by touching the vine can we really find out the murderer!"