Xicheng has now completed the repair of the road surface, the stone houses for the winter have also been completed, except for the city wall, the most basic construction is almost completed, and Ye Xi is finally a little free.

He held the Flame Fern Ball, rode the buzzard, and braved the cold rain to come to the rock salt mine.

It was getting colder and colder, and the rain was pouring like ice, freezing most of the animals in the forest to hide.

The two birds guarding the cave were not afraid of the cold, and they perched on a large tree nearby, holding their small breasts and blowing up their fluffy feathers to huddle each other, allowing the cold raindrops to fall through the leaves.

When Ye Xi rolled over and jumped off the back of the big buzzard, the two falcons immediately put away their feathers vigilantly, and their sharp eyes stared at them.

Finding that it was Ye Xi, the two falcons immediately retracted their vigilance, and their thick feathers exploded again, like two round brown pompoms, next to each other to resist the cold.

At this time, Jiaojiao was listlessly coiled into a ball and shrunk in the depths of the rock salt mine, in the darkness, it opened its scarlet eyes and let the cold wind blow in.

The scales, which used to be as smooth and brilliant as metal, are now dull.

"Jiaojiao ——!"

Ye Xi stood at the cave and shouted at the entrance of the cave.

The black-scaled python, which usually came out to greet it like lightning without barking, crawled out of the depths of the cave slowly, it hissed twice at Ye Xi, and immediately lowered its head, never moving a step again.

Ye Xi was taken aback when he saw Jiaojiao like this: "What's wrong?"

He knew that snakes were afraid of the cold and had the habit of hibernating, but Jiaojiao was already a barbarian beast, so it should not be cold to this extent, and even the scales lost their luster.

"Hiss ......"

Jiaojiao gently spit out the snake letter.

Ye Xi frowned, looked at Jiaojiao carefully, and found that its cornea was smoky blue, and then he suddenly realized that it was about to molt.

This is Jiaojiao's first molt, and he is a little defenseless...... However, it is always good for a python to molt, and after shedding the old skin, the new skin will become harder.

Ye Xi breathed a sigh of relief, patted its head, and said softly: "I've worked hard for you this time, today you can go back to the city to hibernate in peace, what do you think of the hole dug by the Pig tribe? It's deep enough and the place is big, you can rest assured that you can molt your skin." ”

Hearing Ye Xi's words, Jiaojiao immediately raised his head and looked at him suspiciously with scarlet eyes.

It only saw Ye Xi and the giant buzzard, a person and a bird, it was gone, who would guard this cave?

Feeling Jiaojiao's doubts, Ye Xi didn't explain, just smiled: "You come out first." ”

The huge python slowly swam out of the cave, and the black scales of the giant python were drenched with cold rain, making a crisp sound of metal knocking, but the scales became more and more gray.

After the Jiaojiao came out completely, Ye Xi put down the Flame Pattern Fern Ball in his arms with both hands, placed it at the entrance of the cave upright, and half-squatted down to look at it solemnly,

"Firestreak, this cave is important to us, so I want you to protect it, okay?"

The flame-streaked fern ball became more and more dim during this time, and even its breath was almost non-existent, just like the most ordinary vine ball, without a trace of life.

But as soon as Ye Xi's voice fell, the Flame Pattern Fern Ball suddenly swelled up wildly!

Countless rattans stretched out in all directions, climbing up the wall of the cave of the rock salt mine like climbing vines, and at the same time, each leaf seemed to be lit up, and the intricate lines that had been silent shimmered again like magma.

For a moment, its aura was almost terrifying.

"-Gah!!"

The two falcons on the branches screamed in horror and flew high into the air in an instant.

Hulala, all the creatures around exploded like they touched the oil and fled into the distance, Jiaojiao also picked up Ye Xi like lightning, desperately escaping from here, changing the previous decadent appearance, and the action was amazingly fast.

The eruption of the Flame Fern was terrifying.

Jiaojiao was so frightened that he didn't even have the slightest idea of resisting, so he immediately took Ye Xi away without caring about anything.

Ye Xi didn't expect the flame-streaked fern to exude such a terrifying aura, and his heartbeat skipped a beat, and he reacted in the next second, ordering Jiaojiao to stop immediately.

Jiaojiao is now very afraid of the flame streak fern, afraid that the pupils will shrink into a line.

But its extreme trust in Ye Xi made it overcome this fear, and stiffly put Ye Xi down and stayed by his side.

The Flame Fern continues to grow.

Countless vines gradually covered the mountain, and the leaves spread out like flowers, and the light of the lines became more and more intense, and the smell of heat was exuded.

It's like a big furnace out of thin air.

The temperature around them rose instantly, and the chill was swept away, and when the pouring rain fell on the leaves of the Flamestreaked fern, it was instantly evaporated.

When the flame fern finished stretching, the mist of the entire mountain was like a sea of clouds, and the scene was quite shocking.

Then the Flame Fern began to converge in heat.

The billowing mist contracted violently, and eventually only a two-centimeter layer of light mist remained.

Ye Xi exhaled deeply, calming down the shock in his heart.

The aura that erupted from the Flame Fern just now was even more terrifying than when he first saw it, and he didn't have the slightest defense...... I don't know what the true strength of the Firestreak Fern is, whether it is a waste to let such a powerful existence guard the salt mine, or should it be allowed to protect Xicheng.

However, the winter is extremely cold, and it is impossible to send soldiers to guard the rock salt mines.

Let's get through this winter first.

Ye Xi retracted his thoughts, took some time, and retrieved the two frightened falcons, and instructed them to continue to guard the cave.

Although the Fireveed Fern can guarantee absolute safety here, if the Falcon is not there, Xicheng will not know what is going on here.

The two falcons were really frightened, and they swayed and flew down, Ye Xi comforted them a few words: "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt you, if you feel cold, you can still stand on it to keep warm." ”

He had just touched it, and the Flame Fern was now warm, and it was very comfortable to touch.

The two falcons didn't know whether they understood or not, and they all glanced at the glittering flame-streaked ferns that spread all over the mountain, and then continued to tremble next to each other, and the little ones looked pitiful, like two weak little cabbages in the wind and snow.

Ye Xi wanted to laugh when he saw it, and after repeatedly comforting them to no avail, he was ruthless, ruthlessly abandoned them, and left here with Jiaojiao and the big buzzard.

......

Back in Xicheng, Ye Xi settled Jiaojiao in the underground cave of the pig tribe, thought about it, and slowly walked along the stone road towards Azhi's residence.

Aori's house is located at the top of the hill.

Dozens of ancient mulberry trees have been transplanted from the forest, and they look green.

In fact, the mulberry trees originally shed their leaves in winter, but she used her magic power to help these ancient mulberry trees continue to maintain their vitality, so that they can still flourish in this cold weather, and Aori can also have mulberry leaves to eat in winter.

The fireplace in the house was blazing, and as soon as the door was opened, a hot heat rushed in front of him, dispelling the chill on Ye Xi's body.

At this moment, Aori was sitting on the animal skin blanket by the fireplace, quietly weaving silk clothes.

Long snow-white hair dragged on the ground.

Countless sparkling silks were intertwined like spider webs, and the half-woven silk clothes were hung in the air by these silks, and Aori's hands were wrapped around a few silks, intertwining quickly in the air.

Her movements as she weaved silk clothes were like playing with a harp, and with a certain rhythm, she looked very graceful.

"Brother Ye Xi!"

Ah Zhi turned his head and saw that Ye Xi was very surprised, and immediately stopped what he was doing, pounced on him and smiled.

Ye Xi straightened her, but frowned: "Silk clothes don't worry, don't spit silk, and rest for a while." ”

When the city was first built, in order to control so many slaves of the pig tribe, Aori vomited all the silk in his body, and finally his face was as pale as paper, and he couldn't walk steadily.

This sleep frightened Ye Xi, and she didn't dare to let Aori spit silk like this, and repeatedly told her to recuperate.

"It's okay, I'm idle, don't worry about me, it's been so long, I'm all right now. Aori lowered her eyes as she spoke, and her tone became low, "I just...... Some want to Mulberry Silkworm Ridge, some want Assang. ”

Ye Xi persuaded: "Winter is coming, now is not the time for you to go back." ”

Silkworm women are creatures that are extremely afraid of cold, and at the end of autumn they spin a lot of silk, wrap themselves in a white cocoon, and then fall into a deep sleep, and do not wake up until the weather warms up.

Ye Xi touched her little head melon and said, "Even if you go back after weaving silkworm clothes now, what you see is the white cocoons of Ah Sang and them, it is better to spend a warm winter here and reunite with them." ”

Aori was silent.

Ye Xi thought for a while and said, "You haven't seen what snow is like, have you?"

Aori raised his head suddenly, his eyes flickering slightly.

Ye Xi smiled secretly in his heart, and continued in a coaxing tone: "The snow is pure white, and in winter, they will fall from the sky one after another, like flower petals. After a lot of waiting, the ground will be covered with a thick layer of snow, which will be so fluffy that your feet will sink into it. ”

"If you wear something thicker, you can roll in the snow or make a big snowball!"

"There is a fireplace and a fire kang here, which can help you survive the cold winter, and you will not have such a rare opportunity when you return to Mulberry Silkworm Ridge in the future. ”

Aori imagined that scene, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he finally regained his spirit, looking forward to it: "Brother Ye Xi, I want to see snow!"