The wooden house we built in the Snake Intestine Valley last year is still there, hoe the weeds, clean it up, and then take out the pots and pans and other daily necessities in Xiaoxue's bag, as if it is a new home.

I tried not to touch the weeds in the valley as much as possible, so that even if someone broke into the valley or came nearby, it would not be easy to find us.

After hastily tidying up, we went out of the valley and up the mountain, reaching the top of the mountain at about five o'clock in the afternoon, and entering the cave where life and death had once been fought.

The handwriting I carved into the stone wall is still there, but it has become a little blurry because of the water stains and moss growth, and the rubble on the ground is as messy as it was when I left, and it is also moss-scarred, and it is clear that no one has been here for a long time.

My heart is very, very heavy, it turns out that Lin Mei is not on this mountain, otherwise there would not be no trace left at all. Although Xiaoxue's speculation is very reasonable, it is only speculation, and there is another possibility - Lin Mei may have long been dead.

As if I had gone crazy, I ignored the persuasion of Xiaoxue, Ling Fengpiao, and Ouyang Zhenfei, and began to search under the nearby cliffs and deep ravines. If Lin Mei didn't disappear out of thin air, then she must have jumped off a cliff, I must find her, I want to see people in life and corpses in death!

I searched day and night, searching every place nearby, but I couldn't find even a piece of fabric on Lin Mei's body. I suddenly thought that she might have gone into the cave, so I went deeper into the cave, and I had searched for the cave maze, the lava shijie, and the cave where the great-master was located, but there was still no shadow of Lin Mei.

Lin Mei, where the hell are you?

Suddenly, I wasn't afraid of dying, and if Lin Mei was dead, I might be able to see her after I died. I'm dead, Xiaoxue took it away from hers, and she can continue to live. After all, she is a demon, she has lived for nearly a thousand years, and she can live for thousands of years or tens of thousands of years in the future, it is impossible to live with me for a long time......

Very desperate and exhausted, I stayed in the cave of my great-master for the night, hoping that my great-master would give me dreams and give me guidance. But Zeng Shizu did not manifest his spirit, just like all the people of Shijie abandoned me, Zeng Shizu's spiritual sense was even weaker, and I could no longer even communicate with him.

There were some changes in Genting Mountain that I didn't know about, and when I saw the dandelion seeds flying in the Snake Gut Valley, I realized that the climate was drier than usual. In the past few days on the mountain, the fog has not been as much as in previous years, and the earth fire has weakened and the temperature has dropped, and the spiritual sense of the great master has decreased...... There may be other changes that I didn't notice.

Not only did I notice this, but White Snake also said that it felt different and felt a certain unease, but it also couldn't say what the specific changes and dangers were. Several of the big monsters I know are dead except for the white snake, and the old camel is also dead, so there shouldn't be any more variables, right?

I've lost my fighting spirit and the courage to live, so I don't pay much attention to these changes. Now Zuihou's hope is the fulfillment time of the fortune telling, I will wait here until the end of September, if Lin Mei does not appear, I will not live, give the secret to Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei, hand over the spirit to Xiaoxue, and a wisp of remnant soul to find Lin Mei in the netherworld, no one owes it, it is also a good result.

When we returned to the Valley of the Snake Intestines, six days had passed, and everyone was exhausted and smelly, so they hurriedly boiled water to cook, bathed and changed clothes.

After nightfall, I noticed that there were a lot of bats flying around in the valley, and I felt that something was wrong, so I asked Xiaoxue, "Have you noticed that there are more bats this year?" ”

Xiaoxue smiled: "You only found out now, I found it on the first night of going up the mountain, but they are all ordinary bats, don't worry." ”

I'm still a little uneasy: "Weishenme will have so many bats?" ”

"Strange things happen every year, especially this year, isn't there a lot of things that have changed? Your second master said that there is a bat cave in the mountain, and there are countless bats in it, probably because of climate change, and they fly out to wander around, right? If you're not sure, we'll go to the bat cave tomorrow, but be prepared, the places where the bats gather are very smelly. ”

"Well, forget it." Since the bat cave is extremely smelly, it is impossible for Lin Mei to hide in it, so I have no interest in seeing it.

In the evening, it was still in the middle of the Jade Rabbit Xinyu Party, and the three of us, a fox and a snake, surrounded it to borrow light to practice. The Big Dipper Command Method did not bring me longevity, but it made me and Xiaoxue Xiuwei soar. According to my estimates, the aura I have obtained is enough for twenty years of penance, and the third layer of the Yin and Yang Jue may have reached eighty percent of the fire, and the destructive power of the aura is particularly strong because it contains the seven-star Lingqi. But after all, this is not something that I have tempered myself, and it is still far away to break through to the fourth layer, and I have been a great master and ancestor of Tianzong in the end, and I have been practicing hard for more than 40 years and finally failed to break through to the fourth layer, not to mention that I am a nouveau riche who is a monk halfway? So I didn't fantasize about being able to break through to the fourth layer, anyway, practicing has become a habit, and I will practice every day I live.

Xiao Xue's cultivation has almost returned to her heyday, and she can directly appear as a half-virtual and half-real humanoid spirit body, showing that the battle method is as big as a small buffalo, with six tails, and her spellcasting ability has also been greatly improved. But it lost its physical body, like a building destroying its foundation, so her actual ability was still not as good as before, and it was difficult to further cultivate and improve.

Both of us are like blind people walking at night, with no one to guide us, and there is almost no experience to draw on, so we can only take one step at a time.

The next day was already the first day of the ninth month, I left Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei to wait in the Snake Intestine Valley, and I went up the mountain alone to wait for Lin Mei in the cave, so that no matter whether she appeared in the cave or in the Snake Intestine Valley, she would not be disappointed.

I waited anxiously in the cave, counting the minutes and seconds, from the morning until dark, Lin Mei did not appear, maybe Lin Mei arrived in the Snake Intestine Valley, right? I went down the mountain overnight and returned to the Snake Intestine Valley, only to see Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei waiting for me.

I was physically and mentally exhausted, I sat on the ground and hugged my head, where did Lin Mei go, and fate wanted to play tricks on me like this?

"Childe, today is only the first day of September, don't be angry, and don't be too anxious, otherwise you won't wait for Lin Mei to appear, and you will go crazy first."

I know it's not going to work, but where can I calm down when I'm in it? Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei were also persuading me, hurriedly getting me hot meals and hot dishes, and they were very caring.

On the second, third, and fourth days of junior high school, I went up the mountain early in the morning to wait in the cave, and came back after dark, but there was still no trace of Lin Mei.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the weather was very hot, the sky was overcast but it did not rain, and when I returned to the Snake Intestine Valley in the evening, I found that there were many bats in the Snake Intestine Valley. The sound of a large number of bat wings vibrating affected my hearing, and even my and Xiaoxue's perceptions were severely affected.

Bats, also known as flying squirrels, are the only mammals that can fly, and they rely on emitting biological waves, which are echoed to identify objects. This creature wave is not audible to human ears, but it can affect my and Xiaoxue's hearing and perception.

I feel uneasy again, there are more and more weishenme bats, and there are more in the snake gut valley than anywhere else? It occurred to me that when I left my house that day, a bat flew over my head......

"Childe, you are too worried, these are ordinary bats, and today there are especially many because the weather is hot and humid, and there are a lot of mosquitoes, and they are dispatched in large numbers, and they already like to fly between canyons, so it is not surprising that there are many here. I'm familiar with all kinds of beasts, and if it's abnormal, you won't be able to hide it from me. ”

I believe Xiaoxue at this point, Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei were also a little worried, but later they were relieved after listening to Xiaoxue's explanation. Because a lot of bats flew around, affecting our concentration on practice, this night we changed to practice in the house, the white snake was too big, so we could only stay outside the house, just to guard the door for us.

In the second half of the night, White Snake became a little restless and kept twisting his body, and soon sent a dangerous signal to me and Xiaoxue. I hurriedly finished my work and went out to check, and when I looked up, I saw that the sky was full of bats, from low to high, almost covering the entire sky, because there were not too many bats flying at low altitude, so we didn't notice it in the house.

"Get up, this is abnormal!" I yelled.

Xiaoxue was also shocked: "Maybe something is really going to happen, I've never seen so many bats gathered in one place." ”

Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei immediately jumped up, and when they looked out, they all exclaimed: "Wow, so many? "It's not like the end of Shijie has come, right? Many people say that this year is the end of Shijie! ”

My first instinct was to leave immediately, these bats were coming for us, and it was definitely dangerous to stay here. But on second thought, we can still block it by hiding in a wooden house, and how can we resist thousands of bat attacks when we go out and are helpless? But in case it's a different scenario, and there is a catastrophe like a landslide that scares the bats out, then we must get out of here as soon as possible!

"Do you mean to rush out or to hold on?" I couldn't make a decision, so I had to ask for everyone's opinions.

"I think it......'s safe to hide in the house," Ouyang Zhenfei shrank her head.

"I feel stubborn too!" Ling Fengpiao immediately agreed.

"Let's go!" The meaning of the White Snake is simple and simple.

"I think it's more dangerous to stay here!" Xiaoxue was very nervous, and at the same time a little guilty, "It's all because I was too careless, I thought it was a normal situation before, which affected Childe's decision-making." ”

Two people who agree to stick to it and two people to leave, it is up to me to make the final decision. Animals' intuition is sharper than that of humans, not to mention that Xiaoxue and White Snake are both demons who have lived for hundreds of years, and their opinions are more reliable, and my first reaction was to leave, so I said: "Make a few large torches and rush out!" ”

We have a large number of strips of pine hearts, bundled together to make ready-made torches. In addition, on the way home, I bought two barrels of gasoline, which were originally intended to be used to ignite the Five Elements Spiritual Fire, but now I tie a strip of cloth to a wooden stick and dip it in gasoline to turn it into a torch.

In a few minutes we had six torches ready, and we didn't care about anything else, so we each carried two torches, lit one of them and rushed out. The White Snake and the Jade Rabbit returned to the Qiankun bag first, I rushed to the front, Ouyang Zhenfei was second, and Ling Feng was behind.

After running for only a few tens of meters, the bats in the sky began to dive at us, but they were afraid of the torches waving in our hands, and they got around as soon as they got closer. But there were more and more swooping bats, rushing from all directions, and the number was too numerous to count, the sound of wings flapping was like a torrential wind, and the pungent smell was like waves rushing in waves, almost suffocating us.