After thinking for a while, Li Xiao finally agreed to go to Guobei County to take up a post in Li Tongshan's expectant gaze.

The reason why Li Xiao decided this way was to protect Nie Xiaoqian and get rid of the scourge of the tree demon mother-in-law, and secondly, maybe he could unite with Yan Chixia to find a way to eradicate the old demon of the Black Mountain, so that he could complete the first task issued by the system.

Therefore, this trip to Guobei County is also a must.

After Nie Xiaoqian decided Li Xiao's decision, although she was reluctant in her heart, she was also happy for Li Xiao, she believed that with Li Xiao's talent and ability, she would definitely be able to make great contributions to the imperial court and even the entire common people.

On this day, after preparing enough and tidying up, Li Xiao and Wu San, the family Ding, were also together, taking a carriage and rushing from Jinling to the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Nie Xiaoqian sent each other off in a ten-mile long pavilion, her eyes were red, her face was reluctant, but she barely squeezed out a gentle smile, and looked back frequently at Li Xiao, who was traveling far away, until the carriage disappeared in her gaze.

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Li Xiao rode in the carriage, all the way, all the rugged and winding mountain roads, it can be said that the road is also extremely difficult, but fortunately, Li Xiao has the true qi to secretly support it, so as to reduce the shaking of the car. So, although the road is very steep, it is not bumpy.

The group passed through several post stations on the way, stopped to rest, fed the horses, and recuperated before rushing again. In this way, I don't know how many rugged mountain roads and long ancient roads I climbed, trekked through mountains and rivers, and finally entered the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions after five days.

Leaving the horses in the nearest post station, Li Xiao and Wu San walked on foot, came to the foot of a mountain, the sun was shining in the sky, looking up, as long as this high mountain was turned over again, they would soon be able to reach Guobei County.

"Young master, according to the instructions on the map, we only need to climb over this mountain, and we will soon be able to reach Guobei County." Wu San pointed to the mountain in front of him and said to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao turned his head and looked at Wu San, who was quite tired with a burden on his back, Li Xiao couldn't help but smile and said, "Well, then let's speed up and strive to reach Guobei County before dark." ”

"Okay, young master."

The mountain is steep and steep, full of thorns, bushes, and in some places there are traps that hunters can't set to trap, and if you're not careful, you'll fall into it.

Therefore, the speed of the two of them slowed down unconsciously, and in three hours, they only walked twenty kilometers of mountain roads.

It's just that time waits for no one, the golden sun on the edge of the sky is also sinking to the west little by little, gradually dusk, the light around is also dimmed, and the mountain road is just halfway through, seeing that today is unable to resist Guobei County.

"That's it, it seems that we can't reach Guobei today, so let's light a fire here and spend the night." Li Xiao said so.

The two found a small col with relatively flat terrain, Wu San put his baggage and luggage on the ground for the time being, took out a small firewood knife from his waist, and cut some branches from the mountain forest not far away to come back to live.

And Li Xiao is very idle, and some tedious affairs naturally don't need him to worry about.

Li Xiao rolled up the hem of his robe, sat cross-legged by the bonfire, closed his eyes and concentrated, resting while absorbing the heaven and earth vitality in the mountains, so as to cultivate his body.

The night is getting deeper, the night owl is roaring, the tiger is roaring, and in the dark night sky, the moon is mostly obscured by dark clouds, and only the stars are dotted and twinkling. From time to time, there is a cold wind, the jungle whistling by, the withered old and craggy dead trees in the forest, under the reflection of the dancing flames, like ghosts with teeth and claws, giving people an extremely eerie feeling.

As time passed, a miasma gradually spread in the forest, as if the mountains were separated from the outside world into two worlds, and the visibility was reduced.

After eating some sauce meat and dry food, Wu San still felt cold, and it was a little crazy to spend the night in the deep mountains, so he couldn't help but hug his body tightly, and get closer to the bonfire, only looking forward to this long night being able to pass as soon as possible.

"Woohoo."

There were a few wolf howls in his ears, Wu San was startled, followed the direction from which the sound came, looked over, and saw that not far away, there were several wild wolves hiding in the jungle, their eyes flashed with a strange green light, one of the wild wolves, poked out its claws to dig a pit on the ground, and after a while, the wild wolf opened its mouth, and from the pit of the dug, a skull of Bai Sensen came out.

The wolf's upper and lower jaws bit hard, and with a clicking sound, the skull in the wolf's mouth suddenly shattered from the middle.

As if receiving a call from his companions, the wild wolves around him also swarmed around, the wolf claws flipped over, and several bones that had been rotting for an unknown amount of time were dug out.

Further ahead, you can vaguely see several grave stone tablets piled up crookedly.

"This is a mound?"

Wu San gasped, it turned out that they didn't know when, they had already broken into the grave of a deep mountain, he was so frightened that he stood up from the ground, looking around with a look of horror, not knowing how many people's corpses and bones were buried under the ground.

"Young master, young master...... Did you fall asleep? Wu San whispered softly, but Li Xiao sat motionless by the bonfire, the dancing flames were reflected on his calm face, and the whole person was like an old monk sitting still, without any reaction at all.

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Just when Wu San was about to wake up Li Xiao, a slightly hoarse voice suddenly came from his ears.

"Housheng, it's still in the mountains at such a late hour."

Wu San was startled, shrunk his neck, and looked back, only to see that it was a rickety old woman, but she didn't know when she appeared in front of him.

The old woman's hair was gray, her face was covered with deep wrinkles, she was already over the age of six, and she was holding a slightly broken cane in her hand, and she walked with an old step, slowly approaching.

"My young master and I are going to go to Guobei County, but we can't get there, so we have to spend the night in this deep mountain, old woman, what are you ......?"

"The old body went over the mountains and mountains, but also to go to the county to visit his grandson, but unfortunately he got lost in this deep mountain, I didn't expect to meet you here, it is really an endless road...... I wonder if I can ask for some food from the afterlife? As she spoke, the old woman trembled and stretched out a broken bowl, meaning that she wanted Wu San to give her something to eat.

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