This is a suburb far away from Changhu Town and close to Horseback Town, there are still some broken arms and legs on the grass that have been scorched by the strong light, and the monsters have all hid back in their trunks, obviously Lingyue's staff is better used to deal with these monsters than Qin Qi's countering violence with violence. After the battle, there was an unusually silence everywhere, and the two were hugging tightly at the junction of the forest and the grassland, expressing their joy in this way.

Qin Qi didn't expect Lingyue to take the initiative to hug him so actively, he just planned to pat her on the shoulder in a friendly way just now to show his gratitude. He couldn't remember if he had hugged Lingyue, so the feeling of hugging Lingyue was not clearly defined in his mind, he could only think of Luo Zhilan's hug, the kind of warmth that was exclusive to women, but strangely, this hug did not mean any warmth.

It felt like he was not holding Lingyue in his arms, but a large popsicle.

Qin Qi clearly felt that his hand was tightly sucked on Ling Yue's back, the five fingers seemed to be frozen together, the hand holding the sword had long since lost consciousness, and the yin wind was gusting below his chin, and the cold was pressing. The four times were quieter than when he came, and Qin Qi began to have a sense of foreboding, a feeling of helplessness due to loneliness, as if there was no one he knew in this place.

He couldn't help lowering his head and glanced at Lingyue in his arms out of the corner of his eye.

Where is the shadow of Lingyue, it is clearly a female ghost wrapped in a white cloth and hair, her mouth is tattered, and there are a few strands of flesh stuck to it, the dim blue light on her face flashes one after another, and those blood-red eyes, staring directly at Qin Qi.

Hugging a woman is not an uncommon thing for Qin Qi, but it is the first time to hug a ghost.

Qin Qi tried his best to push the female ghost away, but then he realized that his entire body had been covered by layers of hard thin ice, and his whole body was stiff and unable to move, and even moving a finger at this moment was difficult for him to go to the rhythm of the blue sky. The cold ice continued to spread upwards, first to the neck, then to the mouth, and finally even Qin Qi's Heavenly Spirit Cover was tightly sealed by the ice. All that was left in front of me was a blur of ice, and nothing could be seen.

At this moment, the female ghost took a step back and looked at her prey proudly. For a moment, she immediately shook her shoulders with difficulty, the bones that protruded from her shoulders "rattled", and when her hand was already two meters long, her waist also began to stretch until her head could reach the top of Qin Qi's head.

Immediately after that, she opened her mouth vigorously, and because there was no skin connecting her upper and lower jaws, she propped her mouth to the width of Qin Qi's head. The female ghost of this meeting looked like a python, holding Qin Qi's shoulders and starting to devour.

Large drops of saliva splashed on Qin Qi's Heavenly Spirit cover, although he did not directly touch the saliva, but that kind of viscous liquid flowing in front of his eyes was indeed not a comfortable thing, and it was also Qin Qi's most disgusting. Qin Qi wanted to shout, but unfortunately his voice was like stuffed cotton, and he couldn't squeeze out a sound. The long sword that accompanied him to kill several enemies was now scrap metal, and he could only quietly watch how his master was slowly swallowed by the female ghost.

Just when the female ghost was about to put Qin Qi's head into her mouth, a quick arrow "swished" into the back of the female ghost's head and passed through her forehead, and suddenly a cyan liquid sprayed outward from her forehead and splashed everywhere. A long-haired young man in chain mail and holding a short knife came running like a wolf from a distance. He jumped up, cut off the female ghost's waist in the air, and used his shoulder to push down Qin Qi, who had become an ice sculpture.

After a close contact with the grass, the ice on Qin Qi's body instantly collapsed and turned into powder. He struggled to support his frozen body, and he didn't have time to rest, only to see a figure in front of him blurred in the night, mistaking it for a female ghost, and without saying a word, he raised his long sword and stabbed forward with all his strength. The young man was taken aback by Qin Qi's move, but fortunately he reacted quickly and immediately blocked the long sword with a short knife, but the long sword still slashed across the surface of the chain mail, emitting dazzling sparks.

"Wait!" The long-haired young man shouted, making a stop motion with his hand, "I'm not a bad person. ”

Qin Qi heard the other party tell him to stop, so he carefully looked at the person in front of him and hurriedly took the long sword back.

"I'm sorry, I thought you were a female ghost."

The young man glanced back at the female ghost who had already been cut in two, touched his head with his hand, and looked at Qin Qi with a puzzled expression: "Do I look like a female ghost?" ”

Qin Qi hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, I mean I didn't see it clearly just now, um-so, you killed the female ghost just now?" ”

"I've killed several of this, it's a trifle."

"Thank you very much, if it weren't for you, I would have been a dinner for this thing."

Qin Qi took advantage of the moonlight to carefully examine the young man's appearance and dress. The person in front of him doesn't look very old, at most he is in his teens, but this "casual" dress makes him look quite old. Two small eyes are exposed under the loose hair, and the slightly chubby body makes the chain mail bulge, making people feel quite strong. He also carried a quiver and a bow on his back, as well as a short knife similar to the Nepalese saber but slightly longer. According to his intuition, Qin Qi immediately judged that the young man in front of him was a hunter.

"Why are you alone in this place in the barren mountains and mountains?"

"You put this arrow?" Qin Qi didn't answer the young man's question, but pointed to the arrow hole on the female ghost's head, "Shoot quite accurately." ”

The young man had no expression on his face after hearing Qin Qi's praise, and he raised his hand again and pointed into the distance, "I just got an arrow from behind a big stone." ”

Qin Qi looked at the young man's hand, and through the blurred night, he found that the big stone was at least more than a hundred meters away from here, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "You ran from where just now?" ”

"yes, it's a bit slow."

"It's been going fast・・・・・"

The young man put the knife back into his waist and repeated the question, "Why are you here alone at night?" ”

"Oh, that's right, I'm lost—no, wait."

Qin Qi suddenly stared at the young man in front of him vigilantly, and slowly raised his sword. He remembered the trick of the female ghost pretending to be Lingyue just now, and connected it to the current situation - a young man suddenly popped out of the wilderness to save him, how many people would buy this kind of coincidence? At least I won't believe it.

"What's wrong with you?" The young man looked at Qin Qi pointing his sword at him, a little puzzled.

"According to what you said, this place is so remote and it's a big night," Qin Qi motioned to the young man to look back, "How do I know if you are the same as that female ghost?" ”

"How could I be this thing? You're ・・・・・・."

Before the young man's words were finished, his gaze had already stayed on Qin Qi's long sword, as if he had seen some treasure, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand, completely forgetting about Qin Qi.

"Hey, I'm talking to you." Qin Qi shook his long sword in front of his eyes.

Only then did the young man come back to his senses, his face full of joy, and he said to Qin Qi, "I have seen a sword exactly like this one, in my grandfather's cellar. Where did your sword come from? ”

Qin Qi heard what the young man said, and hurriedly asked, "You said that your grandfather also has the same sword?" ”

"It's not." The young man pointed to the sword, "The sword is not his, it was given to him by someone else for safekeeping." ”

"Who's that guy?"

"I can't remember, but grandpa said that he was his master and lived in the new city, but grandpa said that he was dead."

The people of the new city?! After Qin Qi heard the word Xincheng, he immediately thought of the city lord of Xincheng, and the sergeant sword, if he thought about it according to what the young man in front of him said, the long sword he was holding in his hand was likely to be the sergeant sword. But why would Bethlito have a sergeant's sword, and give it to himself, and give such a valuable thing to a stranger, it's also too unreliable.

Qin Qi put away the long sword, smiled awkwardly at the young man, and asked, "Eh, I'm very sorry for what happened just now, I hope you don't be surprised." Can you take me to meet your grandfather? ”

The young man shook his head after hearing Qin Qi's request and said, "You won't be able to see him anymore." ”

"Why?"

"He died three years ago. After my grandfather died, I lived alone in a wooden house on the mountain. ”

As he spoke, the young man pointed to the rolling hills behind him.

"Then you can..." Qin Qi originally wanted the young man to take him to the wooden house where he lived, but he remembered that he still had an important letter to send, and the responsibility was heavy, so he had to swallow the words back to his lips.

"Can you take me out of this forest?" Qin Qi said, "I'm delivering a letter and I'm going to Horseback Town, can you show me the way?" ”

The young man's face was a little surprised: "So you are going to Horseback Town?!" You're in the wrong place, it's not to Horseback, on the other side of the forest is a terrible swamp where whoever goes in doesn't get a chance to get out. It's a place to eat people! ”

Qin Qi suddenly realized at this time that he was going in the wrong direction. Fortunately, I didn't go very deep, otherwise the end would not be much better than that old horse.

"By the way, I've been talking to you for so long, I don't know your name yet, can you tell me your name?" Qin Qi asked.

"My name is Big Tree. What about you? ”

"Big trees?" Qin Qi smiled, "A very interesting name, my name is Qin Qi." ”

"Qin Qi?" Dashu stroked the long hair in front of his forehead with his hand, revealing a row of white teeth, "Your name is also interesting." Are you going to leave now? ”

"Well, my letter is too important to wait."

"Hmm~" The big tree lowered his head and meditated, and after a while he raised his head and said happily: "That's it, I'll go to Horseback Town with you, I know there's a shortcut here, it's very close to Horseback Town, and it won't take half a day." It's just that I haven't eaten dinner yet, do you have anything to eat? ”

"That's fine." Qin Qi reached for the package behind him and handed the dry food to the big tree.