"Where the hell did Xiao Zhi go?!"

Ye Mengfei was a little depressed.

He and Yanagi Buhui searched for a long time in the valley, but they didn't see a single figure.

I also looked for it on the hillside.

In the same way, there is no trace of Xiaozhi.

"Could it be that Xiao Zhi's disappearance and Tao Rumeng's disappearance are of the same nature?!"

Yanagishita frowned.

"That's bad!"

Ye Mengfei was stunned, couldn't help but stomp her foot, and shouted with some remorse: "Didn't we originally want to focus on Xiao Zhi's actions to judge Tao Rumeng's actions?!" It's good now, I've made Xiaozhi disappear too! ”

"Not really! Lost the lady and broke the soldiers! ”

Yanagi is also very sorry, "I knew this, even if I don't sleep at night, I have to supervise Xiaozhi all the time!" ”

"What's the use of talking about this now?!"

Ye Mengfei said a little depressedly: "Hindsight! ”

"Why don't we climb up a little longer?! Maybe Xiao Zhi went to the top of the mountain above to relax! ”

Yanagi Buhui thought for a while, pointed to the towering mountain in front of him, and said to Ye Mengfei.

"This... All right! ”

Ye Mengfei glanced at him, hesitated, and nodded in agreement.

She knew that even if she stood on the highest mountain, the chances of finding Xiao Zhi's trace were very small.

However, since I came, if I don't go up to take a look, I always feel that there are shortcomings.

After all, on the last trip to the northern foot of Mount Tai, only Liu Xia Buhui went up alone, and Ye Mengfei could only be regarded as giving up halfway.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to climb the northern foot of Mount Tai can be regarded as completing an unfinished long-cherished wish and a late homework.

On the slope of the northern foot of the mountain, the mountain road up from this valley is obviously much easier to walk than the road that Xiaozhi took last time. Not only is the distance short, but it's also not so rugged.

It didn't take long for Yanagishita Buhui and Ye Mengfei to pass through the primeval forest of that large area.

Of course, Yanagi Buhui also took Ye Mengfei with him and went to the place where the three of them passed through on the last card hunting trip, especially the big tree where the gold ring was found.

The burn marks under the tree are still clear, as if they were yesterday.

Even though he is as smart and dexterous as Night Mengfei, he still hasn't found any clues.

"Look, the place in front of you is the highest peak at the northern foot of Mount Tai!"

Yanagishita Buhui pointed to a large raised stone in front of him, turned back to Ye Mengfei and said.

To be honest, this big rock is not remarkable at all.

From the top of the rocky mountain, it is almost impossible to see that this is the highest place.

However, if you stand and look at it from a distance, you will find that this is indeed the highest place in the northern foothills of the entire mountain.

Standing here, looking around, you will find that everything around you is in front of you.

Flowers and trees, rocks and ravines, vividly.

The wind blows the leaves, the flowers are fragrant, the clouds rise, and the smoke is swirling.

The mountain breeze is blowing and the sun is warm.

It makes people feel full of pride and thoughts.

It was the first time for Ye Mengfei to stand at such a high place and look down on everything, obviously feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Shouldn't you look up to the sky and roar?!"

Looking at Ye Mengfei's appearance, Yanagi Buhui quipped.

"I want to go back by the wind, and I'm afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, it's too cold to be high enough!"

Ye Mengfei closed her eyes, opened her arms, and muttered to herself in the face of the mountain breeze.

"Dance to figure out the shadow, how does it seem to be in the world?!"

Yanagishita Buhui involuntarily continued.

Yes!

At this time, here, in this situation, in this scene, how different is it from heaven?!

The clouds are wrapped in mist under your feet, like a fairyland.

The beautiful women around her are picturesque, just like fairies.

Yanagi Buhui couldn't help but look stupid.

"Look, over there!"

Yanagishita Buhui, who was indulging in dementia, was suddenly woken up by Ye Mengfei's screams.

When he opened his eyes, Ye Mengfei was staring into the distance with wide eyes, his face full of surprise.

Yanagishita Buhui walked up to Ye Mengfei and looked in the direction of her finger.

In the distance, the mountains are undulating, with trees and green grass.

A high cliff, like a wall that rises up sharply, stands straight there.

At the bottom of the cliff, there are several large rocks, and there are a few wild trees scattered around it.

Further down, there is a huge hillside.

At the bottom of the hillside, there is a shallow mountain stream.

The water of the stream does not look very deep, but it is so clear that you can see the bottom at a glance.

Yanagishita Buhui looked at the cliff as if it was a little familiar.

It suddenly occurred to him that the cliff seemed to be the dark stone gap that Xiao Zhi had taken them through last time.

Yes, the horrible dark crevices.

Also, the mysterious underground stone chamber.

There are also those two lovely old men, Jade Yazi and Dry Bamboo.

Thinking of this, Yanagishita Buhui couldn't help but show a shallow smile on his face.

"Hey! What are you laughing at?! ”

Ye Mengfei looked at the ambiguous smile on Yanagishita Buhui's face, a little strange, so she asked curiously, "What's the good thing?!" ”

"Nope!"

Yanagishita Fuhui hurriedly denied it, "What did you see just now?!" Screaming so loudly?! ”

"I think I saw something moving!"

Ye Mengfei pointed in that direction and replied with some hesitation, "However, now it's gone!" ”

"Where?! Let me see! ”

Yanagishita Buhui looked in that direction according to Ye Mengfei's guidance and prompts.

There was bare, nothing.

There were only a few large stones, piled up there in a haphazard manner, and it seemed a little lonely and a little desolate.

Isn't that where the three of them camped in the wild last time?!

What's moving?!

Yanagi Buhui's heart moved.

Could it be that they are not Jade Cliffs and Dry Bamboo?! Or maybe one of their races is moving?!

Doesn't seem right?!

According to the last chat with the two old men, Yuyazi and Kuzhuzi, it seems that the demon clan will only appear at night, and the yang energy is too strong during the day, which is extremely unfavorable to the activities of the demon clan.

Now that the sun has just risen, and the yang energy is booming, it shouldn't be a demon clan, right?!

However, Yanagi Buhui is not sure if it is the demon clan that is active.

After all, it is not surprising that the place is inaccessible, the birds and beasts are extinct, and the demon clan is active.

"Didn't you see anything moving?!"

Yanagishita Buhui looked at it for a while, convinced that there were no moving objects, and looked back at Ye Mengfei in surprise and said.

"I just saw it, and now I can't see it all of a sudden!"

Ye Mengfei was a little puzzled.

"You're not going to be dazzled, are you?!"

Yanagishita did not pretend to joke lightly.

In fact, he knew that it was very common for something to move in that area.

"Look, it's again!"

He was about to continue joking with Ye Mengfei when Ye Mengfei screamed again.

The willow did not favor the intent.

Yes!

At the foot of that high cliff, a dark shadow was slowly moving.

It is said to be a dark shadow, but it is not really a shadow, or a shadow in the sun.

"Well, I saw that too!"

Yanagishita nodded at Ye Mengfei, and motioned to her again to silence her, while he squatted down and stared hard.

The shadow seemed to come out of the cliff, and then, along the slope at the foot of the cliff, slowly moved downward.

What kind of species is this?!

Yanagishita felt a little strange.

That's not the weirdest thing, though.

The strangest thing is that the shadow, as it walked down the hillside, gradually faded and lightened, and finally, it gradually disappeared.

If it weren't for Yanagi Buhui and Ye Mengfei who saw it with their own eyes, they wouldn't believe that there was such a phenomenon in the world.

Yanagi Buhui looked at Ye Mengfei, and Ye Mengfei was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other, at a loss.

"That place seems to be the crack in the stone we once walked through!"

Yanagi Buhui was stunned for a while, calmed down, and pointed to the cliff in the distance and said.

"Then, that thing, could it have come out of there?!"

Ye Mengfei's eyes lit up, pointed to the shadow, and asked a little hesitantly.

"Quite possibly!"

Yanagi Buhui nodded, "It's pitch black in there, it's terrifying. ”

He paused, "By the way, the underground stone chamber I was talking about is also in that stone crevice!" ”

Hearing Yanagi Buhui say this, Ye Mengfei suddenly perked up.

"Why don't we sneak over and have a look?!"

Ye Mengfei leaned over lightly and pulled Yanagi Buhui's arm, her eyes full of expectation.

"This... It's a bit dangerous, right?! ”

Yanagishita was a little hesitant.

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, he also wanted to see what was going on.

But reason told him that in this case, he had to tread carefully.

After all, safety comes first.

"Let's just take a closer look, we don't have to go in!"

Seeing that Liu Buhui was a little hesitant, Ye Mengfei was tempting: "Besides, maybe this has something to do with Xiao Zhi?!" ”

She thought for a moment, raised her head, and looked at Yanagi Buhui firmly: "I'm basically sure that Xiao Zhi is inside!" ”

"Huh?! Why?! ”

Although Yanagi Buhui had such a premonition, he was still slightly shocked when he heard Ye Mengfei say this.

"You think, let's go all the way and don't find any signs of human activity, right?!"

Ye Mengfei tilted her little head and said one by one.

Yanagishita nodded.

"Xiao Zhi is a big living person, right?! His disappearance was either lost by himself or taken captive! Isn't it?! ”

Yanagi Buhui could only nod.

"So, whether it's Xiao Zhi or the person who kidnapped him, they're all big living people, right?!"

"Well, and then what?!"

"Since it's a big living person, then, there will be traces of activity!"

"This... That's right! ”

"Then think about it, what traces of activity did we find along the way?!"

"It doesn't seem to be!"

"It's not like, it's really not!"

Ye Mengfei said emphatically: "Since we came in, we have searched almost all the places where we can hide, have we found a living creature?!" ”

"Nope!"

Yanagi Buhui can only answer honestly.

"So, where did Xiao Zhi go?!"

"How do I know?!"

Yanagishita replied with a confused face: "Aren't we looking for it?!" ”

"Stupid!"

Ye Mengfei pointed ahead: "In the entire valley, all the things that can be moved, this is just this one." ”

She looked at Yanagi Buhui: "What does this mean?!" This shows that the guy in this activity must have a direct relationship with Xiaozhi's disappearance! ”

"This... Can you make sense?! ”

Regarding Ye Mengfei's reasoning logic, Yanagi Buhui always felt that it was a little unreliable.

However, when I think about it, I can't seem to say what is unreasonable.

If there's a problem, don't let it go!

This is Yanagishita's consistent style.

Ye Mengfei's statement, although not so rigorous, is indeed the only feasible way to achieve the current action goals of the two people.

Otherwise, you will have to go home.

I can't go home, because Xiao Zhi is missing!

Leaving his brother behind and running away by himself is not Yanagishita's unfavorable principle of life.

So, he had no choice but to move on.

Between the highest peak at the northern foot of the mountain and the cliff, it looks far away, but it is very close when you walk.

Just like the last time the three of them went from that cliff to the highest peak at the northern foot of the mountain, it looked close, but it was far away.

Ye Mengfei's extremely strong curiosity, coupled with Yanagishita's unfavorable familiarity with the road and his concern for Xiaozhi, made the two of them cross the creek and come to the bottom of the hillside unconsciously.

The dark shadows on the hillside still appear and disappear from time to time.

The two of them, who were carefully drilling through the mountains, didn't have the heart to look at the surrounding scenery anymore.

"Look, that figure is out again!"

Ye Mengfei pointed to the distance not far in front again, and said softly, and pulled Liu Xia Buhui with his hand, and motioned for him to squat down so as not to be seen by the other party.

Yanagishita Buhui squatted down, took Ye Mengfei's hand, tiptoed behind a big rock, carefully poked his head out, and carefully observed the front.

It's already relatively close to the cliffs.

The figure could also be seen clearly.

Yanagishita looked at it carefully for a while, and couldn't help but smile dumbly.

"Look at the two of us!? Where's that person?! ”

He pointed to the figure, turned back to Ye Mengfei and said, "It's just a cloud of smoke!" ”

"Really?!"

Ye Mengfei showed half of her head in disbelief, carefully picking at the edge of the big stone, looking at the shadowy shadow in front of her.

It seems like yes!

That shadow, not a human figure!

It's just a cloud of smoke!

"That's not right!"

Ye Mengfei suddenly retracted her body and said to Yanagi Buhui in a little horror.

"What's wrong?!"

Yanagishita Buhui was a little puzzled.

"Where did all this smoke come from?!"

Ye Mengfei made an exaggerated gesture: "It must have floated out of the crack in the stone, right?!" ”

Yanagishita nodded.

"There must not be smoke for no reason, right?!"

"Hmm!"

"So, you know...

Ye Mengfei nodded proudly and did not continue.

"Could it be that there are cannibals who have made a fire and are ready to eat Xiaozhi?!"

Yanagishita said jokingly.

"Don't talk nonsense! Scary! ”

Knowing that Yanagi Buhui was joking, Ye Mengfei still shuddered involuntarily.

"What to do?!"

Yanagi Buhui looked at Ye Mengfei, who was trembling slightly.

"Or?! Let's go back?! Bring more people and come back?! ”

"Then, Xiao Zhi just ordered meat, and when we come back, it is estimated that Xiao Zhi's bones will be boiled into soup!"

"Ahh

"Hahahaha! Funny for you! ”

Yanagishita Buhui suddenly laughed, "It's not as serious as you think!" ”

He looked at Ye Mengfei, "Aren't the cannibals all in Africa?!" They won't be here, you know, if they did, they might have been hunted down by our people here! Maybe the cannibals taste good, too! Hahaha! ”

With that, he stood up.

"Squat down!"

Ye Mengfei was startled, and quickly grabbed Yanagi Buhui's arm and pulled it down hard, wanting him to squat down and reduce the target.

"Meng Fei!"

Yanagishita Buhui really squatted down, "I'll go in and have a look later, you just wait here." ”

He paused for a moment and looked at Ye Mengfei's face, "If I don't come out within half an hour, you can follow the route we took just now, go back quietly, and tell Lao Luo and Xiaopang about them." Then, listen to their arrangement. ”

"No way!"

Ye Mengfei was startled, "I'm going, let's go together!" ”

She paused for a moment and said, "Even if there is a fight with bad guys, I can help them!" ”

"Bad people are bad!"

Yanagi Buhui touched her face and said lovingly: "If it's an ordinary bad guy, I can easily deal with it, besides, you forgot that I still have that Mixed Yuan Infinite King Kong Zhuo?!" That's a peerless magic weapon that has not been encountered in a century! Unique! Besides, I've been through that crevice several times, and I'm familiar with it! ”

As he spoke, he patted his chest, "Miss, who else in the world can stop me?!" ”

"Stop bragging!"

Ye Mengfei slapped him, "Anyway, you can't leave me!" ”

"Actually, your stay here is even more important to contain the enemy's forces and shake the enemy's morale. In that respect, it's even more important than me going in! ”

Liu Buhui frowned, and thought about it, "It can be said that whether I can succeed in this trip is 90% because you are very good at guarding this place!" ”

"Why?!"

Ye Mengfei obviously didn't believe Yanagi Buhui's nonsense, and asked suspiciously.

"You want to!"

Yanagishita's mind changed sharply, and he quickly made up an excuse: "If we both go in together, it is very likely that we will be surrounded by the enemy and annihilated in one fell swoop!" Think about it, if the two of us just entered the cave together, and the enemy outflanked us from the entrance of the cave, would we have nowhere to escape?! ”

For Yanagi Buhui, who is familiar with the art of war, making up such an excuse is almost easy to catch and effortless.

"Well, it seems to be too!"

Ye Mengfei nodded.

"But if you stay here, the result will be completely different!"

Yanagishita Buhui said that the head said: "I went in first, and the enemy inside did not know the truth and the truth, so he would definitely not dare to attack rashly." Am I safe?! Even if the enemy wants to outflank me from the hole, as long as you shout outside, the enemy will definitely know that there are still people outside us. Wouldn't that be refreshing, you say?! ”

These words made Ye Mengfei's blood boil and she was full of pride.

"So be it!"

Ye Mengfei was extremely heroic, "Give me this place, and you can go in with confidence!" ”

In words, the heroism is infinite.

"Well, I believe you! Be careful! ”

Yanagi nodded with satisfaction and gently patted Ye Mengfei's shoulder.

"Come on, too! Stay safe! ”

Ye Mengfei reluctantly glanced at Yanagi Buhui.

Yanagishita Fuhui straightened up, tightened his belt, touched the Swiss Army knife he carried with him, and strode towards the crack in the cliff.

The place I used to walk a few days ago, now I walk, there is an inexplicable feeling in my heart.

The place where the tent was once set up is still the same as before.

The big rock of that night is still standing there.

Even where the bonfire was lit that night, the ashes are still vivid, as if it were yesterday.

Yanagishita Buhui knows that that time into the mountain is definitely not a dream!

If that's not a dream, then, Mengfei and they are a dream?!

Which ones are dreams and which ones aren't?!

Yanagishita Buhui was suddenly a little confused.

However, he didn't expect that more puzzling things were still to come.

For example, everything in front of him made him dumbfounded.

He couldn't help but stop.

In the cracks of the originally dark and terrifying stones, there were now faint bright rays of light.

In this ray of light, you can clearly see clouds of smoke wafting out from time to time, waving out of the cracks, blowing by the slight mountain breeze, slowly drifting down the hillside, and finally, drifting away with the wind in the endless void.

These smokes, of different sizes and shapes, look like busy figures from a distance.

It's no wonder that Ye Mengfei is wrong!

Yanagishita smiled unfavorably.

It's too similar!

He slowed his pace and walked gently towards the crack in the stone.

The closer you get to the crevice, the more intense the light that emerges from the crevice.

It was so strong that he could barely open his eyes, let alone look directly.

Yanagishita Fuhui covered his eyes with his hands and slowly leaned over along the edge of the stone crack.

Through the narrow cracks in the stone, you can faintly see that these rays of light come from somewhere in the middle of the stone cracks.

Yanagishita didn't see it yet, and it didn't seem to be close.

Although I went back and forth to this crack several times last time, I couldn't see anything because it was pitch black, and I didn't feel anything other than a little scary.

But now, under the illumination of these strong rays, the four walls of the stone crevices are clear and bright, facing the direction of the light, a bright light, delicately visible. And the direction of the light, especially behind the rocky protruding stones, is one after another black shadows, different shades, different sizes, light and dark, black and white, simple lines, outlining a very three-dimensional picture, there is an indescribable weirdness.

Yanagi Buhui's heart moved.

The place where the light comes out seems to be the mysterious underground stone chamber.

Endless smoke seemed to drift out of that place as well.

Facing the light, he carefully shifted his feet forward.

Although there was some horror in his heart, after all, there was enough light, enough for him to see the road under his feet, which was much better than the last time he groped in the dark.

Sure enough, the light came from the stone chamber on the ground!

Yanagishita Fuhui slowly approached the hole in the stone chamber and looked down.

The hole wasn't huge, but it was smooth and clinging to the side of the crack.

Yanagi Buhui knew that at that time, the three of them all fell from here.

At this time, there was a strong light from the stone chamber, which illuminated his eyes clearly.

He crawled at the entrance of the cave, angled and tried to look down at the stone chamber below.

Below, on the ground in the middle of the stone chamber, lay a man.

Yanagi Buhui was shocked!

Could that person be Xiao Zhi?!

If so, how could he be here?!

He was thinking about it when he suddenly felt like he was being sucked by something, and he fell down violently!

Yanagishita Buhui was suddenly startled, and his hands and feet danced wildly, like a person who suddenly fell into the water, and naturally wanted to grab something to stop him from falling.

However, history repeats itself!

In a flash of light, Yanagishita's body quickly fell from the hole, and fell heavily on the ground of the stone chamber, landing beside the man on the ground.

Strange to say, the moment he landed, the body of the person on the ground trembled.

Immediately, the light emitted by the entire stone chamber began to dim gradually.

All the light, as if absorbed by the two people on the ground, slowly disappeared.

What used to be a bright stone chamber gradually returned to darkness!

At the moment when the stone chamber fell into darkness again, Yanagishita Buhui, who had not yet gotten up from the ground, suddenly discovered,

The man lying in the middle of the stone chamber

It's Xiaozhi!