Chapter 21: The Old Man and the Deer

"Hmm, where is this?" Mu Ziji opened his eyes in a daze, and the picture in front of him floated and sank, this is a lake?

When he returned to consciousness, he struggled to break free of his hand, and the impact actually tore the rope on his back, and there was still some rope tied to his body, but it had lost any effect.

Untying all the ropes, Mu Ziji cautiously looked around at this time.

This is undoubtedly a lake, but the strange thing is that at this time, this lake is slowly surging in one direction, all around is covered by fog, and the line of sight is only a range of more than ten meters around, and the upper part is also covered by fog, most of the sunlight cannot penetrate, only a small part of the light that is refracted and scattered by the fog illuminates this place and is not too dark.

Mu Ziji pressed down the uneasiness in his heart, and swam in one direction with both hands.

Hiss, it hurts.

As soon as Mu Ziji stretched out his hand, a sharp pain hit, and in his back, which he couldn't see, cracks were torn open again and melted into the water to dissipate.

Now the plan can only endure and find a place where he can heal with peace of mind, and only complete strength can give him some confidence in an unfamiliar environment.

Mu Ziji did the same.

I don't know how long it took, Mu Ziji had exhausted himself and rested several times, and his body couldn't lift much strength without food, and he would stop every time he swam to adjust his state, tired, sleepy and hungry.

Strange to say, Mu Ziji didn't feel any pressure when he was still in the water, and he could float on the water without doing anything, but it also saved some trouble, otherwise he could only keep waving his little claws.

It seemed that the sun had gone down, and the light around him was getting darker and darker, and no other sound could be heard at this time except for the sound of Mu Ziji's fluctuating water surface.

"That's. Land?"

With the dimming light, a piece of land suddenly appeared at the end of Mu Ziji's sight, and in order to verify his idea, he sped up and swam over, completely ignoring his only physical strength.

The closer he got to the surface, the more delighted he became, Mu Ziji quickly walked to the surface, smiling like a fool.

It has been a long time since Mu Ziji has seen the land, and he has never seen the land in the north for more than half a year since he woke up from that coma, it is all snow, and it is the kind of snow that is getting thicker and thicker.

As if seeing his relatives, Mu Ziji went ashore and walked two steps before lying on the shore, burying his whole face, and the water on his robe was slowly flowing to the ground along the corners of his clothes, and finally, it was completely dark.

There was no light, no sound, nothing to see or hear, the moonlight was obscured by the dense fog above, and not a single starlight could be seen.

Mu Ziji raised his head, sat up cross-legged and recovered his aura, okay, it seems that the aura has not been used?

After sitting blankly for a while, Mu Ziji got up, and there was another sore back and leg pain, and Mu Ziji admitted that he really didn't want to move.

Carefully use the aura to form a red fire ball in your hand, illuminate the surrounding picture, and then slowly adjust the size of the fire ball, so that you can see the range of two meters next to you without being too big.

Suddenly, Mu Ziji raised his head and glanced down at the ball of fire, blinking with an urge to kill himself.

"If I had burned the chains with fire spirit magic that day, I would have run away a long time ago, and I would have ended up like this, what was in my head. Mu Ziji sighed secretly, what can he do in the future.

As time passed, Mu Ziji had been gone for nearly half an hour, and he still hadn't encountered anything in this half hour, not even a single bug.

"It's not normal here. Mu Ziji muttered, and then he put out the fire in his hand like a ghost and lay on the ground.

As far as he could see, there was a wooden house with a candle flame flickering.

Hell, there wasn't any light just now, Mu Ziji thought very firmly.

Is there anyone here?

Mu Ziji looked puzzled, but he lay on the ground and didn't dare to make the slightest movement.

After waiting for a long time, he finally stood up, he was too hungry, no matter where the wooden house was sacred, he said that he must eat first, and then see how the other party wanted him to die.

That's how backbone!

This wooden house is very simple, but it occupies an extremely large area, and there is only one door as far as the eye can see, and Mu Ziji is standing in front of the door at this time and raises his hand to knock on the door.

"Hey, funny little fellow, come on in. A voice suddenly came from inside the room.

Mu Ziji, who was caught off guard, twitched in fright, took a deep breath of moisture, and slowly pushed the door open.

At this time, an old man in a gray robe was sitting on a chair, holding a brush in his right hand, waving something, and a candle on the desk was slowly emitting a yellow halo, dispelling a lot of darkness in the whole room, and the previous light should be from this.

The old man looked almost twilight, his hair and sideburns were already silvery-white, his head did not turn with Mu Ziji's entry, and the movement of his right hand still did not stop.

Mu Ziji stood in front of the old man's desk with interest, and looked at the things under the old man's hand carefully, it was a book, and the old man was filling in something at this time, as if he didn't see Mu Ziji's existence.

Finally, the old man stopped what he was doing, gently put the brush on the inkstone, and then raised his head to look at Mu Ziji.

"Hehe, Xiaoyou has been waiting for a long time, I don't know where Xiaoyou came from, but go to the West Heaven to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures?" the old man asked with a smile, and the smile on his wrinkled face actually gave people a sense of spring breeze.

Mu Ziji, "???"

Looking at Mu Ziji, who looked embarrassed, the old man smiled again and pointed to the seat next to him: "People in your world don't know the famous books of our world, but I haven't communicated with people for a long time and forgot, Xiaoyou sits first." ”

Mu Ziji glanced at the seat cautiously, and then arched his hand: "Thank you seniors, juniors just stand." ”

"Okay, good, if you don't sit, you don't sit, young people are strong, unlike old men like me who sit on a chair every day to live. The old man obviously caught Mu Ziji's eyes, but he didn't care at all, and then asked: "Come, tell the old man how you came here, I haven't seen outsiders in this place for more than 50 years." ”

Mu Ziji was shocked, what kind of place is this, the person in front of him can't be the king of Hades, yes, what he said is not the same world as me, it's over, I'm in hell.

Then as if he wanted to open something, he walked to the chair and sat down dejectedly, and he didn't care about anything, and said helplessly: "I.. Gollum"

Well, Mu Ziji, who had just opened his mouth to tell his story, was interrupted by a sound in his stomach, and then held his stomach and smiled awkwardly.

Xiaoyou seems to have been hungry for a long time, Xiaoyu went to catch a few lake fish and came back to satisfy Xiaoyou's hunger. The old man smiled again and shouted into the house.

Then there was the sound of tree branches rippling, and there was silence again.

Mu Ziji looked at the door, but the door had already been closed by him at this time, leaving no gaps, listening to what this old man meant, there were other people outside the house?

My God, why didn't I see it when I came in, and this wooden house seems to have appeared suddenly, thinking of this, a touch of sweat appeared on Mu Ziji's forehead, which is too scary.

As the old man's words fell, the room fell silent, and the old man just looked at Mu Ziji with a smile, and Mu Ziji admitted that he thought this old man was very kind, even if everything here was so weird.

It didn't take long for the door to be pushed open, and Mu Ziji was shocked because it was a deer that entered the house, a deer with a black body and two black horns, only the whites of the eyes were very abrupt, and there was a bamboo basket on the mouth, and there were a few fish in the basket that were still alive without the protection of the water.

"It's my old buddy Xiaoyu, get acquainted. The old man took the bamboo basket and touched the head of the black deer dotingly, and the black deer also closed his eyes with a look of enjoyment.

"Xiao, Xiaoyu, hello, I, my name is Mu Ziji. Mu Ziji said hello to Xiaoyu with some fear, although Xiaoyu in this old man's mouth is not human, but it is more terrifying than people, because this Xiaoyu's body is too huge, the height is definitely more than two meters with the naked eye, and the length of the body is also more than one meter five, and the tendons and flesh all over the body are enjoying the caress with their eyes closed?

"Let's go outside the house first, eat something first, it seems that I haven't eaten dinner today, isn't it, Xiaoyu?" The old man took the lead in getting up, carrying a bamboo basket and staggering towards the door, Xiaoyu beside him nodded, as if in response;

Otherwise, I'll quickly find a place to slip away, alas, forget it, let's eat something first, it's uncomfortable to die without eating. Mu Ziji struggled in his heart and walked out of the door.

There was darkness everywhere you looked, except for the windows around the wooden house, where the light of the candles came out.

The old man took out two stones, rubbed a little spark in the hay, with a piece of hay burning, the rest of the surrounding hay was also not to be outdone, the old man slowly put the firewood in the hay, with the entry of the firewood, the hay stopped burning, and there was a burst of white smoke, the old man didn't seem surprised by this, he still took out a handful of hay and took out the stones again to rub out the sparks, but this time the hay was not so easy to ignite, and Mu Ziji was about to stomp his feet in a hurry.

Xiaoyu has been standing quietly beside the old man and watching, but the picture looks quite warm.

Finally, Mu Ziji couldn't help it, and was about to starve to death before he could eat according to this ignition method.

At the same time, the old man put down the stone in his hand, and stood up as if he would fall down in the next moment, and some words of self-reproach came out of his mouth: "Alas, I am too old to be useful, I will go and get a candle." ”

Mu Ziji hurriedly walked to the old man's voice, held up a red flame in his right hand, threw it at the match and said, "Old man, I'll come." ”

"You should have come a long time ago, it's nice to watch it for a long time, right? The old man stopped and pretended to be angry and looked at Mu Zijidao.

Hearing this, Mu Ziji blushed for a while, but what he said was right, what did I do earlier.

Mu Ziji heard that the old man was not really angry, maybe he hadn't gotten along with other people for too long, and everything seemed interesting to him.