The sky was white.

Facing the morning light in the east, Li Changjing hiked back to the ridge where he had camped last night.

As soon as the front foot arrived, a large group of people surrounded the back foot, among which Bai Baihua was particularly relieved, patted Li Changjing on the shoulder, and blamed: "Brother Changjing, you are really, why did you go all night as soon as you went, and everyone was worried about death." ”

Bai Yueling next to her muttered angrily: "It's really bold, I dare to go out with two leopards in the middle of the night, and I'm not afraid of being eaten." ”

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Li Changjing apologized to everyone one by one, fortunately, he saved Bai Yueling last night, and those fellow hunters didn't care about this, and only had a deep gratitude to him.

"Brother Changjing, I think you must be hungry." Bai Baihua pulled Li Changjing to sit down, grabbed a grouse roasted over a charcoal fire next to him, handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, let go of your belly and eat, it's not enough to have two roe deer, it's enough." ”

Bai Bai Hua and this group of hunters are obviously used to living in the wild, so they have a very high attainment in the barbecue, and they don't know what ingredients are put on the grouse, which is very fragrant, and the roasting heat is just right, the meat is very tender, and the oil can be leached out when you bite it, and it is very umami.

When Li Changjing had almost eaten, Bai Baihua asked him, "Brother Changjing, where did you go with those two leopards last night, why did it take so long?" I'm still planning with the rest of us that if you don't come back, we'll scatter to find you.

"It's nothing, everything has a spirit, those two leopards just took me back to their nest and told me to bury the leopard skin dress. Since the road is very long, it took a lot of time. Li Changjing tucked his sleeves, covered the three red fruits in his trouser pocket, and prevaricated.

"I see." Bai Tianhua looked suddenly enlightened, and gave Li Changjing a thumbs up, "Brother Changjing is really a god, he can even understand the words of a leopard, I really admire it." ”

"What's the big deal." Bai Yueling whispered next to her: "It is estimated that the blind cat touched the dead mouse, lean on Meng." ”

"The white beauty is right." Li Changjing smiled, "I'm really relying on Meng." ”

As if he heard the mockery in Li Changjing's words, Bai Baihua frowned and scolded: "Little sister, why don't you have a long memory, is this the tone you treat your life-saving benefactor?" If it weren't for Brother Changjing saving you, you would have been eaten by a leopard last night! Last year, I told you not to be greedy and peel off the skin of that female leopard, otherwise there would be such a. ”

Bai Yueling snorted, turned her face away, and stopped talking.

Li Changjing didn't care, walked to the side and took back his backpack, avoiding everyone's eyes, and stuffed the three crimson fruits in his trouser pocket into the backpack. He originally wanted to send a message to Liu Qingtan, but there was no signal, so he had to give up.

In fact, what Li Changjing said to Bai Tianhua just now was all false.

The two leopards had actually led him to a cave last night, but it wasn't their den. The cave is gourd-shaped, small on the outside and large on the inside, and the space is very wide. The two leopards seemed to be very jealous of the cave, and only sent Li Changjing halfway to the skirt and left, and finally Li Changjing continued to walk inside for half an hour with a torch before reaching the bottom.

Li Changjing still can't forget that a stone wall in the depths of the cave is crawling with dark blue unknown vines, covering the entire wall, lush and dense, exuding a faint blue luster, like a dream.

On the vine, there are three fiery red fruits the size of a ping-pong ball, oval, a bit like a persimmon, very smooth, the skin is very thin, you can vaguely see the gel-like flesh inside, and there is a faint fragrance to smell it, which is refreshing.

This kind of fruit, exactly the same as the one described above in "The True Skill of Refining Medicine", is the golden cloth star that Li Changjing has been looking for! Without hesitation, he plucked the three fruits, carefully put them in his pocket, and then re-lit the torch and returned the way he came.

Li Changjing picked up his backpack, saw Bai Baihua coming over, patted him on the shoulder, and said apologetically: "Brother Changjing, I'm sorry, Xiaoling, she is spoiled, she loves to contradict you, and she speaks a little mean, don't take it to heart." ”

"It's okay." Li Changjing smiled, "Little girl, it's normal to be ignorant. ”

As a result, Bai Yueling heard this, and couldn't help but snort again, and said angrily: "It's still a little girl, and I haven't seen how old you are with a little white face." ”

Li Changjing didn't bother to pay attention to her, seeing that the sky was already bright, so the group packed up their things and continued to set off along the top of the mountain.

I heard Bai Hua say that when they explored the road last night, they had already walked halfway up the mountain on the opposite side, the road was quite easy to walk, there were no obstacles such as cliffs and steep slopes, and the trees on the way were also marked, if you speed up a little, you should be able to get out of the mountain before dark.

So, the group began to hurry, and reached the top of the mountain at nearly noon, at this time Bai Hua asked the accompanying hunters to carry two roe deer back, it seems that only their brothers and sisters came out of the mountain, and those people only came to escort them.

The number of people in the team suddenly plummeted, becoming only four people, which was somewhat unexpected by Li Changjing.

Fortunately, the weather is cold now, and the body is not hot when walking, but warm, and it is also a beautiful thing to enjoy the surrounding scenery along the way.

Along the way, Bai Tianhua also intentionally or unintentionally pushed Bai Yueling towards Li Changjing, although he was nominally here to thank Li Changjing, but Li Changjing could see that he wanted this Bai Yueling to be more familiar with him, as for what the purpose was, he didn't know.

During this period, Li Changjing also heard Bai Yueling showing off, saying that her brother was the youngest and most outstanding hunter in their village, and if he was there last night, let alone two leopards, even if it was two tigers, he could still take them.

Li Changjing nodded in agreement, saying that it was true, with Brother Baihua's strong physique, it is estimated that even the big buffalo could fall to the ground on the spot, and after admiring it, Bai Baihua was a little embarrassed, and his resolute and rough face was rarely a little red.

In the evening, the four people who had walked for a day and a night finally crossed the Funiu Mountains and arrived at Lushan County, and then took a bus to Pingdingshan City in Lushan County, and then transferred from Pingdingshan to Xuchang, which was already more than nine o'clock in the evening.

As soon as he got out of the car, Li Changjing saw a girl in a long red dress outside, holding her hands, looking arrogant, looking at him indifferently.

Li Changjing was taken aback.

"Miss Ben has been waiting for you for a day." Xu Huairou raised her chin and showed an unfathomable smile.