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When Jiu'er entered the Phantom Forest, the whole person was like being in a vast white ocean, and it was terrifyingly quiet everywhere, surrounded by thick fog, and it was impossible to see anything in front of him at all. The alarm bell rang in her heart, what was going on? Why is this happening? Who the hell has put so many enchantments here that she can't even find where the entrance is? She was very anxious, she hadn't come back for so many years, and as soon as she came back, she encountered this kind of thing, and it seemed that the villagers at the foot of the mountain would move away for no reason. Obviously, this place used to be protected by the cat clan, and it has always been calm, and the human race and the cat clan are resting and recuperating, but now it has become like this. This is no longer the holy land of the cat clan that she is familiar with, and what has happened in the years she has been away that she doesn't know? She even wants to break her scalp and can't figure it out, with the temperament of the patriarch who will repay the flaws, she won't let others come here to make trouble.

She was like a headless fly, wandering in the woods for nearly an hour, her legs straight, tired and thirsty. Her grandmother's has returned to her door, but she is trapped here with no direction, which really makes her angry. She was puffing up her breath, and was about to use her mana to wash away the dense fog in front of her, when she suddenly heard two small breaths coming from not far from her. Such a familiar aura made her raised hands let go. I only heard her shout: "Who is there, come out quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!" ”

The two breaths stopped, and there was an unsure shout: "Jiu'er? Are you Jiu'er? ”

"Yes, it's my aunt and me. Who are you, don't pretend to be a god there, come out to me. ”

As soon as her words fell, two cats rushed out from the side, one white and one black, and then transformed into human form. A girl in white and a boy in black came out in front of Jiu'er's eyes.

"Jiu'er! It's really you! Before Jiu'er could see it clearly, the white shadow threw herself into her arms, hugged her tightly, crying and laughing, and jumping and jumping.

Jiu'er stretched out her hand and pulled the person in her arms, and immediately remembered her. "Bai Ling, it's you! And you, Heilan, long time no see. Compared with the jumping and excitement of the girl in white, the young man in black was much calmer, he chuckled and looked at them, walked over, and said to her: "Jiu'er, long time no see!" Welcome home! ”

"Jiu'er, where did this dead girl go? I've been thinking about it for so many years, how do you say I should be punished? You don't know how your mother and the patriarch lived, they talk about you every day, I can't stand it, if you don't come back, I'm going to go out to look for you. The girl in white tapped Jiu'er's forehead heavily with her green fingers, pretending to be angry, and her round face was so excited that a layer of seductive blush appeared.

Jiu'er nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes, yes, yes, it's all my fault, it's that I shouldn't have been away for so long, and it's my fault that every mistake is my fault." Seeing her whispering like this, Bai Ling was embarrassed to continue talking about her, just smiled and tapped her head again, then took her hand and happily prepared to go inside.

She smiled and turned her head to greet Heilan, squinting her eyes at the still taciturn teenager behind her. I saw him shake his head, grin toothily, and followed. At this time, Bai Ling took her hand and said, "Don't pay attention to him, he always puts on a bitter gourd face, and I don't know who he is looking at." Let's go, go back and see your mother, Aunt Qing's eyes are going to see through the boulder in this mountain. With that, he dragged her deeper into the woods. It's strange to say, she has been in this forest for so long, and she didn't find such a road, why did the two of them have a road as soon as they came? Without thinking about it, she quickly followed Bai Ling.

Along the way, I only heard Bai Ling squeaking and chattering, explaining to her all the major events that had happened in the clan in the years she left, Hei Lan followed them quietly, looking at the two figures in front of her, one black and one white, talking happily, with a shallow smile on her lips. It's been a long time since there has been such a day. Since Jiu'er left the Phantom Forest, he hadn't seen Bai Ling so happy.

Bai Ling said excitedly, Jiu'er listened carefully, she wanted to hear what happened when she left, and she was really worried about the situation at home, fortunately Bai Ling came. Along the way, there was Bai Ling, which was a lot of fun, and she said vividly, as if something was happening in front of her, Jiu'er cooperated with her along the way, occasionally asking a word or two.

According to what Bai Ling said, Jiu'er finally understood why the Phantom Forest had become what it was now. It turned out that ten years ago, the fox tribe not far from the territory of the cat clan, because the Xiqi Mountain where they were located was destroyed by the human race, although they tried their best to recover, but they could not go back to the past. So they wanted to move to the cat clan, but they were resisted by the cat clan, and in the end, the fox clan was angry and used their best illusion to lay more than a dozen enchantments here, blocking the cat clan's way to the outside world, so that people who enter and leave here are lost in the forest and cannot enter or exit. Because of this, the villagers at the foot of the mountain no longer dared to enter the mountain, and even frightened all of them to move away by this strange phenomenon.

The reason why Bai Ling and the others were able to find Jiu'er was precisely because the patriarch of the cat clan, Qing Peng, spent ten years studying and cracking the illusion of the fox clan, removing the enchantment, and rearranging the formation, so that the people of the cat clan were able to enter and exit freely. Jiu'er has been away for many years, and he doesn't know what happened in it, so he will be trapped in the formation.

"Does the fox clan have any recidivism?" Jiu'er heard that, and his heart was very unfair, the cat and fox clans have not interfered with each other since ancient times, and they have lived in peace, but they didn't expect that the fox clan would come first, and they would lay an enchantment here so hateful, and their hearts could be punished. If necessary, she can go to Xiqi Mountain and turn them upside down, and see if they dare to look down on the cat people.

"They've been very quiet lately, and I don't know if they're planning something. But don't worry, our patriarch is not a vegetarian, and they will look good in the future. Let's go, let's give Aunt Qing a surprise. After saying that, he pulled Jiu'er and walked towards the largest house in the mountain. The house was located in the middle of the mountain, with green tiles and white walls, and all around it were covered with vines, and small purple flowers were all over the walls.

Jiu'er looked at everything familiar in front of her, as if she was in a dream. Everything here hasn't changed, not even the smell hasn't changed a bit, it's still sweet when she left. She was stunned, and she was timid, thinking that she didn't look back and ran away in a chic way, but now she is like a shy little daughter-in-law, squirming and not daring to see her mother. Bai Ling didn't notice her uneasiness, and was already running and shouting, "Aunt Qing, Aunt Qing, come out quickly." Come and see who's back? Before anyone heard his voice, there was a burst of laughter and scolding from the house: "Look at you girl, how old you are, you are still so shocked." The woman's gentle voice came out, and when Jiu'er heard it, her heart was sour, and her eyes turned red instantly.

A warm hand rested on her shoulder, patted her lightly twice, and then stroked her hair, looking at her with bright eyes, silently conveying his encouragement. Hei Lan looked at the girl with red eyes in front of her, and her heart was soft. She has changed, she has become mature, she has become stable, and she is no longer the little girl who said everything and was in a hurry. Although he didn't know what she had encountered outside over the years, but looking at her appearance, she seemed to be a lot more sensible, and she should have suffered a lot. He sighed in his heart, the person who has been pampered in the palm of his hand since he was a child, leaving here, with her character, will definitely not treat himself badly, it is he who is too careful.

"Let's go, Aunt Qing is afraid that she will have to wait in a hurry."

"Good!" As soon as Jiu'er's words came out, there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door. Listening to the voice, he was sincerely afraid, as if he was not sure what he wanted to confirm in person, he took three steps into two steps, and in a blink of an eye, the green clothes appeared in front of Jiu'er.

Jiu'er's tears that she had worked so hard to hold back, after seeing the person coming, rushed out of her eyes and flowed down her cheeks.

"Mother! Jiu'er is back! As soon as she had finished speaking, she was embraced into a soft embrace, and then there was a sobbing, thin, sobbing, and in a few moments she felt droplets of water slip from her hair all the way down to her clothes, and then all the way down, as if falling into her heart.