Southern Xinjiang, wilderness.

As the sky dawned, a ray of morning light emerged from the distant horizon, slowly dispelling the deep darkness of the forest.

The bonfire in the clearing had long since burned out, and only a few green smoke was left to rise.

Chu Xuan woke up from his stupor. He slowly opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a white light flashing in the void, but it was only for a moment, and then disappeared, as if it were an illusion.

Chu Xuan retracted the divine light in his eyes, and his incomparably clear eyes turned calm again. Estimating the time, he stood up, faced to one side, and began to wait.

In the middle of the night, two rapid streamers, one green and one white, flew towards Chu Xuan from a distance.

When the streamer fell, it turned into two figures. One was a man dressed in black, with a squeaky monkey hanging from his shoulder; The other is a beautiful woman dressed in white.

Chu Xuan turned a blind eye to the beautiful woman in white, and instead nodded lightly to the man in black.

"You're here."

"Well, I'm here."

The man in black replied calmly.

After this question and answer, the two were speechless.

The woman in white suddenly sneered.

"You two are weird! If I hadn't known what you were like, I'd probably still think there was something unspeakable between the two of you. ”

Ghost Li frowned, and there seemed to be a slight anger on his face, but for some reason, he forcibly endured it. Chu Xuan didn't seem to care, he only glanced at the woman in white, and then looked at Ghost Li again.

"Her name is Xiaobai, and she knows some information about the descendants of ancient witches." , Ghost Li explained.

Chu Xuan nodded and replied indifferently, "Even so, then let's go." ”

Ghost Li didn't say much, and immediately walked directly in one direction. Chu Xuan then followed.

Xiaobai was stunned, and then hurriedly chased after him.

"Hey, you two wait for me! Do you know how to go without me......"

The figures of the three people and the monkey gradually faded away, and only the cries of women echoed in the forest until they slowly dissipated.

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Walking in this winding and narrow mountain road, Chu Xuan and the others carefully avoided the rocks that abruptly stabbed out from time to time on the hard stone walls on both sides, so as to prevent their heads from accidentally hitting them.

Around this stone wall, there are still droplets of water in many places. The water beads pooled and eventually formed a small pool in a low-lying area. In the dark places above and below the stone wall, there are also a lot of green stone moss, which makes the air permeated with a moist and slightly cold smell.

This is an ancient road pointed out by Xiaobai, through here, you can reach Qilitong, where the Miao people live.

In the past, the ancient Wu tribe was divided and turned into five tribes: Miao, Li, Zhuang, Tu, and Gaoshan. Among them, most of the Miao people are hidden here.

What Chu Xuan and the others are looking for is the great wizard of the Miao clan. Because, only he inherited the ancient witch clan's secret art of conjuring spirits.

After passing through the gloomy mountain road, a flat and open fertile land appeared in front of several people. The bustling voices came from the front, and when you looked up, you saw houses with a strong Miao flavor rising from the ground, or built on the mountain, or closely connected.

According to Xiaobai's instructions, several people rushed towards the altar where the great wizard was.

It's a pity that as soon as they arrived at the foot of the altar, Chu Xuan and the others were stopped by the guards.

After communicating with these guards, the result was that they heard a sound of chirping, which made Chu Xuan and the others stunned. These guards all spoke the native language of the Miao people, but none of the three Chu Xuan knew this language.

The ghost did not know the taboo of the Miao people, and inadvertently offended, causing the Miao people to be angry. And because of the language barrier, the two parties cannot communicate, but the misunderstanding is getting bigger and bigger.

Seeing that a riot was about to start, suddenly, an old man who suddenly appeared stopped the Miao people's commotion in time. This old man is the patriarch of the Miao people in the border areas of southern Xinjiang today, Tu Ma Gu.

Luckily, he happened to know some of the words of Middle-earth.

"Who are you? What's the matter with finding the Grand Wizard? Tu Ma Gu said slowly.

Ghost replied, "This ...... Uncle, I have a friend who was seriously injured, and nine-tenths of his three souls and seven spirits were scattered, and only one soul remained. It's been like a fake dead for ten years, it's really ......"

After some exchanges, Ghost Li explained the intention of the three of them. They hoped to see the Great Wizard and ask the Great Wizard to help Lu Xueqi heal his injuries.

When the old man heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then said that he was going to consult the great wizard.

The three of them were helpless, and when they saw the old man return to the altar to ask the great wizard for instructions, they had to wait at the foot of the altar.

Under the altar, the man who guarded seemed to be embarrassed by the misunderstanding just now, and untied a large bag sewn from his waist and threw it over, but he wanted to invite the three to drink.

The wine brewed by the Miao people is extremely strong, and the taste has the wind and bones of this southern borderland.

Ghost Li barely tasted it, and he couldn't help it. This appearance made the surrounding men laugh one after another.

Ghost Li was secretly angry in his heart, but he thought that he was asking for others, and he had to press the anger in his heart.

At this somewhat embarrassing time, Chu Xuan suddenly took the wine bag in Ghost Li's hand, pulled out the cork, and poured it into his mouth in a big gulp. In just a short time, a bag full of wine was drunk.

Although he doesn't drink often, he is born with the magic of 'resisting water', and it is difficult for him to get drunk with only a few drinks.

It's just that the wine tastes a little pungent, which is not quite to his taste. But it wasn't a big deal, and he just wanted to use the spiciness of the drink to stimulate himself.

Since entering southern Xinjiang, he has been imprinting his feelings. Nervousness, anticipation, confusion, excitement, fear, excitement...... All kinds of complex and inexplicable emotions were held in his heart.

He only felt that there was a flame dormant in his chest, and as long as there was a slight opportunity, it would completely detonate this flame, burning everything, and there was no difference between friend and foe.

And now, he just wants to drink. With the strength of this wine, the flame in his chest was suppressed, so that the flame was hidden deeper and more condensed, until finally, it exploded more ferociously.

Coughing lightly, Chu Xuan wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth and threw the empty wine bag back.

The surrounding Miao men applauded loudly, and the ghost Li also looked at Chu Xuan with a little strangeness.

"Little Taoist, I didn't expect you to be so able to drink?" , Xiaobai came to Chu Xuan's side and laughed in a low voice.

Chu Xuan ignored her teasing.

This wine and fruit were extremely strong, and drinking a whole bag not only did not extinguish the flame in his chest, but made this fire burn even more vigorously.

"Right now, I just want to drink."

He took another bag of wine and continued to gulp it down.

Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then giggled, and said, "Okay, I'll drink with you!" ”

She also took a bag of spirits and gulped it down with great vigour.