Chapter 22: The Hilltop Cabin
Seeing that the fox demon girl was menacing, the three of them were not to be outdone, and fought with the fox demon girl with a sword.
The three of them surrounded the fox demon girl, Qing Xuan was responsible for the main attack, and Cen Fan and Zhang Ziyi were responsible for the sneak attack. Every time Qing Xuan fights with the fox demon girl, the two people on the side sneak attack from the left and right.
After a few rounds, the fox demon girl was injured by Qing Xuan.
If she fights alone, the fox demon girl will definitely not lose, but at the moment she is facing three people, so no matter how she fights, she is always at a disadvantage.
Seeing that she couldn't beat them, the fox demon girl didn't continue to fight with the three of them, but took the opportunity to spit out a puff of green smoke at the three of them. Just as the three of them retreated, the fox demon girl stretched out her tail and quickly wrapped around the white fox. Then he jumped out of the yard and ran towards the opposite hill.
Seeing the fox demon girl running away, Cen Fan and Zhang Ziyi were on tiptoe, ready to chase outside. However, he was held down by Qingxuan's shoulder.
"Stop chasing!" Qingxuan said.
The two of them, who were stopped by Qing Xuan, turned their heads to look at him suspiciously at the same time.
"The sight is not good at night, and it is in vain to chase after it. Let's go up the mountain at dawn and look for it! Qingxuan looked at the mountain in the distance, sighed, and said helplessly.
The two thought about it, and it was indeed the truth.
"Stay here tonight and go up the mountain tomorrow at noon."
After Qingxuan finished speaking, he asked the village chief to inform everyone that the fox demon girl had been injured and would not be in danger tonight for the time being.
Cen Fan took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and found that it was one o'clock in the morning, so he put his mobile phone away and meditated in the courtyard to practice.
After a night of retreat, the aura of the three of them has returned to its best state. This night was just as Qingxuan said, everything was calm, and nothing strange happened.
At noon, it is the time when the yang energy is at its strongest, and if you can find the fox demon girl during this time, then you can easily solve it.
A villager told the three that although the mountain was not high, it was very large, and one mountain was one mountain after another. They usually only go to the front mountain. As for the back, they never went again.
He also heard from the older generation that the mountains behind were not only poisonous insects and beasts, but also wild people who ate people.
Hearing what the villagers said, the three of them smiled, didn't pay much attention to it, and completely listened to the villagers' words as stories. After lunch, the three of them walked towards the mountain under the scorching sun.
The three of them followed the villagers' path up the mountain and walked all the way up. Soon they reached the top of the mountain, and when they reached the top, there was only one road that stretched on either side. And in front of it is some wooded jungle, and there are no obvious mountain roads. It seems that if you keep going forward, it is the mountains and mountains that the villagers say.
"Keep going! But always be aware of what's going on around you. Qing Xuan said to the two.
The two nodded, followed Qingxuan into the jungle, and walked towards the second mountain.
However, what is puzzling is why it is downhill when it is obviously going up the mountain. But the three of them didn't walk for long, and it was a flat road. After more than ten minutes, when he came to a hillside, Qingxuan suddenly stopped, looked at the two of them and asked, "Did you find anything?"
They both shook their heads at the same time.
"Don't you think this mountain is a bit like a camel's back?" Qingxuan asked, looking around the mountain.
Seeing that the two still didn't understand, Qing Xuan explained: "Look at both sides, do you feel that this mountain is not wide."
The two of them looked carefully on both sides, and found that there was no wide flat land on either side of the mountain, but it was all downhill, like two on the back of a camel.
Cen Fan looked at both sides, suddenly realized, and said, "The position we are walking now is the backbone of the camel?"
"That's right!" Qing Xuan looked at Cen Fan appreciatively.
"So the mountains behind you will be taller than the other?" Zhang Ziyi asked curiously.
"I guess so." Qingxuan responded. Then he pointed to the front and said, "You see, the front is about to go up, we just entered the jungle and walked downhill, then the flat ground, and soon we are going up and down."
The two of them suddenly realized. However, Zhang Ziyi didn't understand what this mountain had to do with their search for the fox demon girl.
Qingxuan seemed to see Zhang Ziyi's doubts, so he analyzed: "You think, there are cliffs on both sides of this mountain, do you think this fox demon can go down?"
Zhang Ziyi thought about it, and it seemed to make some sense.
"Alright, let's keep walking! After this uphill walk, it should be the third mountain. Qing Xuan led the two of them and continued to walk upward.
When the three of them entered the third mountain, it was exactly the kind that Qing Xuan guessed, first downhill, then flat, and finally uphill, and after climbing, they entered the next mountain. The further you go, the higher the mountain becomes, and the sides become wider.
"Senior, how many mountains do you say are connected here?" Cen Fan asked as he walked.
"Yes! This is already the fourth mountain. Zhang Ziyi also said.
"This old man doesn't know, let's keep going!" Qingxuan said with a sigh.
As soon as Qingxuan's words fell, Zhang Ziyi pointed to the inside next to him and said, "Mom! Isn't that a tiger? ”
Qing Xuan and Cen Fan looked in the direction pointed by Zhang Ziyi, and saw a group of tigers playing and playing.
"What are you doing?" Qingxuan looked at the two curiously and asked.
Cen Fan and Zhang Ziyi came back to their senses, clenched their swords and prepared to fight the tiger.
"Don't run yet, are you going to fight with them?" After saying that, Qing Xuan luckily started his footwork and ran quickly to the front.
Seeing Qingxuan running, the two of them reacted, exerted their speed to the extreme, and chased after Qingxuan. And the group of tigers had already spotted them and quickly chased after them.
The group of tigers came to a halt when they reached the fifth hill, and the tigers stopped at the slope of the fifth hill without taking another step.
"Uncle Shi! Isn't there a beast or monster ahead of this? ”
"Possibly! Be careful. Qingxuan said as he walked.
"It smells so good!" Cen Fan snorted and said.
The three of them looked around and saw that there were many different kinds of flowers, and those flowers looked very beautiful and bewitching. It's so beautiful that you can't bear to take it off.
This mountain is the easiest mountain for the three of them, listening to the birds and smelling the flowers all the way.
Soon they came to the sixth mountain, and as soon as they entered this mountain, the three of them felt that something was wrong.
"Did you hear anything?" Qing Xuan stopped in place and asked the two.
"Could it be a beast?" Cen Fan guessed.
"Wow! Look! Lots of snakes. Zhang Ziyi pointed to the tree in the distance.
There were dozens of snakes of different colors hanging from a tree. Judging by the head and color of the snake, those snakes should be venomous snakes.
"How can there be so many snakes?" Qingxuan muttered to himself.
At this time, Cen Fan looked at another big tree and shouted, "There are also over there."
"There's a lot there, there's a lot." Zhang Ziyi pointed to the jungle on the side again.
"It's not good to stay here, go quickly." Qingxuan said to the two.
Along the way, the three of them saw a lot of snakes, and even in the grass around them. From time to time, a snake or two will come out. However, these snakes did not attack them, and when they heard the movement, they fled directly. They don't seem to attack people.
The sixth mountain is the mountain that the three of them have walked the longest, and even the slope is much longer than the previous one.
The three of them climbed for a long time before they reached the top of the mountain. When they came to the seventh mountain, everyone was fascinated by the spectacle in front of them. I saw that the surrounding clouds were misty, and I couldn't tell whether it was fog or clouds.
This mountain is different from the previous ones, although it is high and low, it does not rise and fall.
"This should be the last mountain. Be careful, everyone. The fox demon girl should be on this mountain. Qing Xuan said to the two.
After speaking, he drew his sword and held it in his hand.
The three of them continued to walk forward, but this time they walked very cautiously, because there were clouds and mist all around, and they were afraid that the fox demon girl would suddenly appear and attack them when they were unprepared.
Just when the three of them walked about 100 meters, they saw the scene in front of them, and suddenly stopped, and at the same time froze in place, not daring to move forward.
"This ...... How can there be a wooden house here? The three of them looked at the white smoke of the wooden house in confusion.
There is a small garden at the back of the hut with flowers and vegetables. There was also a stone table in front of the wooden house, and four small wooden benches were placed around the stone table.
"It can't be where the fox girl lives, right?" Cen Fan guessed.
"I think it's possible!" Zhang Ziyi echoed.
"I don't think so, it's impossible for a monster to be so exquisite." Qingxuan denied.
Just as the three of them were still talking, they suddenly saw an old man come out of the room, and the old man walked to the stone table and sat down with a few people on his back.