To the south of Huailing, there are nine li eighty-one villages, the people who live here are famous for raising poisonous Gu, familiar with the treacherous survival environment, self-sufficient, but in recent years, they have gradually traded more with the outside world.

Although the weather has entered autumn, but the land of Bashu is still humid and rainy, since entering the boundary around Jiuli Village, the sky has been drizzling with light rain, for several days has not stopped, inhaling the air in the viscera with a sticky fishy smell.

The clothes on his body have long been soaked by the rain and the moisture on the grass and trees, and the originally comfortable fabric is now tightly attached to the body, adding a sense of restraint. Coupled with the non-stop rainy weather, people feel extremely depressed, and the whole body is uncomfortable.

"If we had known that the weather would be like this, we should have settled in the village we had in the previous place." Ye Xinyou raised his hand to hold the brim of the straw rain hat, and was full of complaints in the bad weather.

"Say less," the person beside her also raised his head that had been lowered, "it's important to hurry." "The vegetation in the forest is dense, it is difficult to ride horses, and there are branches and grasses that are difficult to distinguish whether they are poisonous or not, so I can only walk on my feet for the time being.

I really want to find a place to take a hot bath...... But despite this comfort, the picturesque young man couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the brocade clothes were all hidden under the dark robe, only half of the golden mask and the delicate face were slightly exposed under the brim of the hat, dyed with a hazy color in the moisture.

Because of the rain, not only the road is slippery and difficult to walk, the weather is very cold, after all, the weather has also entered autumn, to the south of the humid heat, although due to the climate will not snow in winter, but the rain is accompanied by wet wind gusts are really enough for people to bear. In addition, some poisonous insects, snakes and ants will emerge from time to time in the forest, which makes people even more annoying.

Jiuli, really like that Qingyu lady, is a place that people don't like, Ling Hu Feimo frowned slightly, and easily dealt with a poisonous snake that attacked when he felt a strange breath. Ye Xinyou, who was beside her, moved closer to his position, she was a butterfly, and she was more disgusted than ordinary people with these species that could be said to be natural enemies.

Linghu Feimo's heart was full of doubts, this place should be close to the hinterland of Jiuli, and it is true that there are insects and snakes all over it, but there will not be such a dense poison, right? Moreover, several of them are still very rare, and although they have not yet reached the point of extinction, there should be not much left.

Stopped, turned to look at the path that had been carved out all the way when he came, and fell into deep thought, there were countless kinds of poisonous snakes encountered along the way, and many other poisonous insects, they not only attacked humans, but also were very aggressive to other poisonous substances, and several of them had a rather mild temperament, which seemed to be the characteristics that would appear after mutation.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that someone has directly enclosed this entire forest and made it into a container for raising Gu.

After they arrived in Jiuli, they have been inquiring about the news in the surrounding Miao villages, saying that the elders in the family like to collect special insects to raise, but they have been fruitless for many days, until the day before yesterday they met an old man who came and went in various villages: "These poisons around are common, and if you want to find those rarer varieties, you have to go inside." ”

But inside, there is also a danger that cannot be reached from the outside.

"Look at the two of you are also cultivators," the old man said with a smile, and the cigarette stick landed on his knee with the movement of his hand falling up and down, and the rough cloth bag containing the tobacco shreds underneath was stained with the outline of the poisonous insects unique to this place.

"Young people should be more careful, don't look at the insects are not big, but they can eat people if they are in large numbers, be cautious in words and deeds, be careful, you will be fed Gu in a daze~"

"We've been walking for most of the day, but we haven't even seen half of us, so we can't be looking in the wrong direction, right? Or is there some maze or something in there? Ye Xinyou said his opinion.

"Formation master, but you, have you come to ask me now?" Hearing her words, Ling Hu Feimo laughed unconsciously.

"But I'll only make simple formations more sophisticated, and I haven't touched anything like maze." There are so many types of formations, where can she learn them......

"It's not a maze, the vegetation is dense and poisonous insects interfere with it, and it can be difficult to discern the way forward if you shift the position of some trees slightly." Linghu Feimo explained.

Ye Xinyou looked up at the branches and leaves above his head that blocked only the light, and began to sigh: "It's going to be dark, it's dark everywhere at night, you can't see anything, and there are so many bugs, and spiders ......"

How could there be such a terrible kind of bug, with a sticky web, that could open anywhere, catch a creature with wings, and begin to melt and devour.

"Keep walking," Linghu Feimo comforted her, "You'll always see the lights." "It's not too big, it's just that there are a lot of poisons, so few people set foot on it. At the moment, since we have come a long way, it is better to continue.

Soon after, the sky really darkened, and in the darkness, people's vision was naturally greatly hindered, and those poisonous insects, snakes and ants became more active. Darkness is always accompanied by silence, and when it is difficult to discern the road with both eyes, the sound of walking in the trees and grass is more clear, rustling, and the scalp of the listener is numb.

Linghu Feimo protected Ye Xinyou, temporarily suppressed the boredom in his heart, I don't know if it was his illusion, the poisonous snake that had just struck, the advance and retreat were obviously much more orderly, and what was even more concerning was that there was a sound of wind in it, the sound was very light and light, but it made people feel more dangerous, and the movements of the snakes were eager, obviously covering up its existence.

The person who is hidden in the shadows should have discovered their location a long time ago, but the other party has not made obvious movements, which is confusing.

The number of poisonous insects seems to be increasing, and the sound of walking is becoming more and more obvious, human beings are born with an instinctive fear of darkness, and the origin of fear is more due to the unknown, in the face of the current situation, not to mention Ye Xinyou, even he felt a tingling on his scalp.

Suddenly, a crisp whistle sounded, and a faint light lit up in front of it, which was as indistinguishable as a light veil against the background of rain and fog.

But the poisonous insects gathered around him slowly retreated as if they had received some signal.

Ye Xinyou breathed a long sigh of relief, there were finally not as many insects around him as before.

The two looked ahead, only to see a person carrying a lamp not far away, and his voice was crisp and sweet: "Two guests, come here, those poisonous insects have been dispersed by me." ”

When I looked closer, I found that it was a little girl with red lips and white teeth, but at the age of twelve or thirteen, with an oil-paper umbrella in her left hand, a pair of boots on her feet, a simple rainproof lantern in her hand, and a python with yellow scales beside her to open the way, the appearance of the snake was somewhat different from that of ordinary snakes.

"The woods are most dangerous at night, and the poisonous insects here like to hunt at night," the little girl looked back at them, "and your clothes are too simple, and when it rains, the smell of the insect repellent potion soaked in your coat will fade, and you are not familiar with this place, so it is no wonder that you are trapped." ”

"Do you live alone in the woods? It's amazing. Ye Xinyou saw that she knew everything about this place, so she opened her mouth to ask.

The little girl giggled out loud: "Of course not, I was here with Senior Sister to observe the Gu worms, and she went back to Shimen a few days ago, so I stayed here alone, and I can also help 'guests' like the two of you." ”

"There are very few outsiders in the land of Jiuli, what are you going to do here at the risk?" The little girl suddenly stopped, and turned her head to look at them steadily. The yellow python that was originally swimming in front of him also stood upright, and the red letter in his mouth made a 'silky' sound.

"Come to find rare poisonous insects," Ye Xinyou spoke, as if he didn't know anything about the danger in front of him, "There is an elder in the family who likes to be with insects, but those outside have been collected by him, and only the land of Jiuli has not yet set foot in it, so he sent us two unlucky eggs over." After all, who would want to come to such a place except for someone who really likes it.

Hearing her words, the little girl who led the way giggled again: "No wonder, the orders of the elders are always difficult to disobey. My name is Ziling, I don't know what to call the two of you? ”

"My name is Ye Xinyou, this is my cousin, Linghu Feimo," said as he said as he showed off as if he dragged Linghu Feimo to his side, "Beautiful~"

Ziling smiled: "I heard from my senior sister that good-looking men are even more deceitful, big brother, shouldn't you be like this?" ”

Miss Ziling said with a smile, whether she will deceive people or not depends on her appearance, but on her character. Looks good are just part of the trust that increases. Linghu Feimo chuckled, Ziling, what a good name.

"Then big brother, why do you want to cover your eyes with a mask?" Ziling suddenly raised such a question.

"When I was young, I had some accidents, and my appearance was damaged, so I covered it up." Linghu Feimo replied with a faint smile.

"That's a pity, if you don't have this mask, you look like a person that my sister and I met before, especially the silhouette, if my sister sees it, she will definitely be as surprised as I am."

"Really?" Linghu Feimo chuckled, "It's also fate to meet someone who looks similar, I really want to meet the person the girl said." ”

Ziling laughed again: "It's a pity that he has already left, but it makes my senior sister sad every day, and it's not too early, I'll take you back to the residence first, so let's settle down first, maybe I know a little bit about the poisonous insects you are looking for." ”

"Then it's a trouble girl."

The three of them walked forward for a while, and under the leadership of Ziling, they easily walked out of the dense forest, and there was an open area in the forest, and a simple but warm residence was built, and two warm yellow lanterns hung outside the wooden courtyard gate, which looked so warm under the dark clouds that covered most of the glorious night.