"It's all right." Tanuki looked at Nan Hotaru with a soothing smile on his face.

In fact, Tanuki knew that Nan Ying had been angry about him, Ji Liuhuo, and Ling Sushuang these days, so he agreed without hesitation when Ling Sushuang said that he wanted to see him just now.

He knew that Nan Ying really hoped that he could ease his relationship with Ji Liuhuo and Ling Sushuang, and if he befriended the two of them, it would indeed be of great benefit to him.

It's just that he doesn't need those benefits, and he doesn't want them rarely.

But he didn't want Nan Hotaru to worry about disappointment, so he had to trick her into reassuring her. And he also believed that after what happened just now, Ji Liuhuo and Ling Sushuang would not do anything to him in front of Nan Ying.

Sure enough, when Nan Ying heard this, she finally let go of half of her heart: "That's good." Saying that, Nan Hotaru suddenly saw that the color of the clothes on the shoulder of the raccoon dog was slightly darker, and she couldn't help but ask a little nervously, "What's wrong with your shoulder?" ”

"Oh." Tanuki replied calmly, and then looked down at the dark red circle, "I accidentally shook the teacup and poured some tea on it." ”

Nan Hotaru glanced at the raccoon dog suspiciously, a little disbelieving in her heart, but she did only smell the faint fragrance of tea.

The face of the raccoon dog was silent, but he was secretly glad that the fragrance of tea leaves he had taken before going out was just enough to hide the smell of blood on his clothes. But this is not the way to go, Tanuki secretly decided to wait until he went back, and the first thing he did was to hurry up and change his clothes.

Fortunately, Nan Hotaru didn't think about it deeply, so naturally she didn't find out about Tanuki's injury.

Looking at the curling smoke rising from some houses not far away, Nan Hotaru also felt a little hungry, she was frightened for a morning, at this time the matter was almost settled, she also completely calmed down, rubbed her cooing belly, and was about to call a piece of the raccoon dog back.

But at this moment, after careful consideration, Tanuki finally opened his mouth to tell Nan Ying that Ji Liuhuo and Ling Sushuang had forced him to ask him about Ziyu's true identity.

However, out of consideration, Tanuki changed the question to a question.

Nan Ying walked down the mountain indifferently, and said as she walked: "Actually, it's not Ah Yan and Ah Li who are really suspicious, but Ah Zang. Of the four of us, Azang was the most thoughtful. So you don't have to worry, your answer is very good, anyway, as long as Azang is not there, let's pay more attention, Ah Yan and Ah Lina can definitely be confused. ”

Tanuki wanted to say more, but when he saw Nan Hotaru's determined look, he had to give up.

Anyway, so far, only Nan Hotaru knows the true origin of Zi Yu, and even he knows nothing about this matter, and before Nan Hotaru's soul awakens, even he is not very sure to say the sentence 'Zi Yu is Nan Hotaru'.

And Nansu, who doesn't know much more about this matter than others.

So since Nan Hotaru said that there was nothing to do, Tanuki would not be too lazy to worry about these things.

After going down the mountain, Nan Ying and Tanuki went directly back to the stilted building where they were staying, and at that time, Ji Liuhuo and Ling Sushuang were already waiting there, and lunch was also set on the table.

Ling Sushuang was about to go out to find Nan Ying, when she saw her and Tanuki coming in one after the other, although she was a little dissatisfied, her face was smiling as usual: "Lunch, wait for a while and continue to hurry." ”

Nan Ying saw that Ling Sushuang had recovered her previous attitude towards her, and saw that the raccoon beside her did not show any displeasure, so she completely relieved her heart and happily ran to the table and sat down.

And Tanuki had long known that Ling Sushuang and Ji Liuhuo would be like this, so he was not surprised, but he turned around first to change his clothes, and then sat down opposite Nan Ying.

Except for Ji Liuhuo, who was still indifferent at this meal, the other three of them chatted more or less, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant, but the thoughts of each of them were unknown.

After eating, the four of them immediately set out on the road, but because of the delay of the morning, and although they were in a hurry, they had to pay attention to the breath in the mountains and wilderness, so until the twilight of the day, the four of them only arrived at the second foothold.

Because of the delay before, Yuquan Mountain, which was originally planned to be completed in two days, also needed to spend half a day more, but fortunately, the four of them didn't care, and after dinner, they went to rest.

A good night's sleep.

According to the plan, the four of them originally thought that they could rush to the fourth foothold the next evening, but when they were about to reach the third foothold, Nan Hotaru noticed that something was wrong.

Here she found a faint scent of beetle snake demon venom.

Although the breath is not strong, the wisps seem to form a lid, enveloping this piece in it.

It's just that the strange thing is that the aura is very thin, if it weren't for the fact that Nan Ying's body at this time is the purple hosta flower, and she is already very sensitive to the snake demon and the snake demon's poisonous breath, I'm afraid that Ji Liuhuo and Ling Sushuang would have missed this seemingly ordinary but extremely unusual place.

Nan Hotaru told everyone as soon as she discovered the beetle snake demon venom that filled the air. Ji Liuhuo and Ling Sushuang originally wanted Nan Ying to follow the snake demon venom to find the source, but because the poisonous aura was too thin and distributed everywhere, they had to give up for the time being.

As she walked towards the area of the third stilted building, Nan Hotaru found that the beetle snake demon venom in this place was almost the same.

It was the first time that Nan Hotaru had encountered such an even and shallow distribution of beetle snake demon venom, which was obviously everywhere, but there was no trace of it.

In desperation, the four of them had to stay here temporarily, and then come together to explore the source of the snake demon venom.

After finding a house in the stilted building, the four of them got together again, and then Nan Hotaru was the leader, and the other three followed to explore together.

I thought that with Nan Ying's innate keen intuition about the snake demon's venom, and Ji Liuhuo and Ling Sushuang's familiarity with the snake demon, several people could quickly find the source of this aura.

But in fact, the four of them ran around for a whole afternoon, but they couldn't find the source of the snake demon venom, and they didn't even find a snake demon.

If it weren't for Nan Ying's absolute certainty that she wasn't mistaken, Ling Sushuang would have been ready to give up.

Ling Sushuang was already a little depressed when she returned to the house, and Nan Ying didn't know what to say to comfort her when she saw this, so she had to say a few words casually and went back to the house.

As night fell, Nan Hotaru was ready to go to bed after tidying up in the house, but she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning in bed, and everything that happened today was still vivid, disturbing her mind.

Nan Hotaru sat up from the bed, for some reason she always felt uncomfortably depressed, the events of these days poured into her mind like a tide, stirring her more and more upset, and she turned over and got out of bed, put on her coat and walked out of the house.

At this time, the night is dark, most of the buildings here have been lit up, only a few rooms are still lit, and the dim yellow light has slipped out of the small windows, and in this endless night, it is reflected with the scattered stars in the sky.

Nan Ying stood silently on the curved corridor at the door, the mountain breeze at night was slightly cool, but she didn't feel cold on people, but it made Nan Ying's thoughts clearer and clearer, and the troubles that had plagued her for a long time were also swept away at this time.

What Nan Hotaru didn't know was that she was not the only one who was disturbed and couldn't sleep tonight.

Ji Liuhuo Xiannan Ying came out of the house, and he was also a little annoyed by today's events.

Regarding Nan Ying's statement that there is a beetle snake demon venom in this vicinity, Ji Liuhuo has no doubts. Although he is not as sensitive to the snake demon poison as the purple hosta, it does not mean that he is not sensitive to other things.

Although he didn't detect the beetle snake demon aura here, he could also feel that there was something strange about this place.

But the crux of the problem is that he can't find any weird places here, and even this hundred miles away, there is not even a demon.

Ji Liuhuo knew that although they had only been exploring for an afternoon, they had tried their best to keep themselves in the best shape from beginning to end. And what they didn't find this afternoon would most likely mean that they wouldn't find anything after countless investigations.

As soon as he thought of this possibility, Ji Liuhuo felt uneasy, so he came out of the house, wanting to make a discovery at night, even if it was just to find a demon who came out to move.

It's just that he sat on the eaves for a long time, but he only waited for Nan Hotaru who came out of the house to blow the wind.

Because he always had a guess about Nan Ying's identity in his heart, Ji Liuhuo paid special attention to her every move.

What Ji Liuhuo didn't expect was that Nan Ying stood on the corridor for half an hour.

Because the stilted building had been taken over by the four of them, and they had already gone back to their rooms to rest, the whole building was surrounded by darkness at this time, except for the lantern hanging from the doorway emitting a warm light.

The light reflected a small piece of the world at the door, and also reflected the back of Nan Hotaru, who was standing alone on the curved corridor. The warm yellow candlelight swayed in the lantern, stretching Nan Hotaru's shadow very long, and her side face, which was carefully carved by the hazy light, added a bit of mystery and nobility.

Inexplicably, Ji Liuhuo's restless heart suddenly quieted down.

Nan Hotaru didn't know that there were still people who couldn't sleep at night like her at this time, and she was lying on the railing in front of the porch with her hands, enjoying the rare silence alone. The cool night breeze blew her waist-length hair, and she danced a silent dance in the wind.

It's not for hooking souls, it's about hooking souls.

Ji Liuhuo looked at this back almost greedily, and his eyes gradually filled with a little tenderness that even he didn't notice. Seeing that Nan Ying was about to turn around and go back to the house, Ji Liuhuo suddenly became a little reluctant, and couldn't help but shout: "Ziyu." ”

Nan Hotaru raised her head when she heard the sound, and the light candlelight and the full moonlight also fell into her eyes, as if the shredded starlight had fallen into the deep sea, mysterious and beautiful.

And Ji Liuhuo accidentally sank into these eyes as deep as the starry sky.