Kitayama.

Zhan Dayue and Zhan Eryu once went to the very center of Beishan, where there was a sunken basin exposed to the sky, but there was no rainwater to irrigate.

According to the two of them, it was the crater.

It's just that it's now the dormant period of the volcano, and the crater is closed.

When they talked about the experience, their faces were clearly wrong, and they seemed to be apprehensive and uneasy.

"Let's go, keep going. Xingxin is not ready to take their words, as the so-called seeing is believing, and hearing is false.

Zhan Eryu said: "Miss Xingxin, the hour is not early, it is better to rest and rest first." ”

"If you don't leave, I'll be the first to go. Xing Xin didn't give them a chance to argue, and walked straight forward.

Zhan Dayue and Zhan Eryue had no choice, so they had to keep up.

The further they walked, the temperature around them also increased, but when they looked up, they couldn't see the sun at all, not to mention, most of the sunlight was covered by the leaves, which should have been cool and shady, but in fact it was unreachable.

Zhan Dayue explained in advance: "Miss Xingxin, the center of Beishan is like a furnace, and the temperature is even more ridiculously high. ”

"Are you serious, haven't you seen any traces in Beishan?" Xing Xin asked, bored.

Zhan Er jumped and replied: "Not really, even the rumored Saint-level Soul Beast has never been seen. ”

Xingxin was puzzled by this, if there was no one in Beishan, then why did she see a figure, and those deep and familiar eyes.

Soon they came to an open meadow.

Between the meadows, there are a large number of square stones, which are black and white in color, distributed in a square shape, like a chessboard imprinted on the grass.

If you look closely, there are faint gaps in the grass, and the gaps are connected by flat stones, one black and one white.

Xingxin squatted down, brushed away the weeds, and looked at it for a while, but found nothing unusual.

What she can be sure of, though, is that the black-and-white chessboard here is definitely artificially manipulated.

She glanced back at Zhan Dayue and Zhan Er.

Zhan Dayue shook his head and said, "Here, it's the first time we've come." ”

"I only see the chessboard, but I don't see the chess pieces..." Xing Xin figured out that the chessboard here was not an all-white stone, but a white and a black stone, which made people puzzled.

"It's not a chessboard. Zhan Eryue asserted.

Xing Xin looked at him, "It's not a chessboard, what is it?"

"This is the positive hexagram diagram, its structure is the same as the Bagua diagram, it is composed of black and white, but the Bagua diagram depicts black and white opposite, yin and yang correspondingly, and the positive hexagram diagram depicts... Zhan Er jumped and said, but he didn't dare to speak.

Xingxin's temperament was anxious, and she asked, "What is the positive hexagram described?"

"The correspondence of life. Zhan Er jumped and said in a low voice.

Zhan Dayue asked him, "How do you know?"

Zhan Eryue recalled, "When I was a child, I met a monk in the temple, and he carved exactly this kind of figure on the ground with white flour. ”

Xing Xin lingered in place, looking at it, "The hexagram diagram, the correspondence of life?"

What is the correspondence of life? The more Xingxin thought about it, the more strange she felt, why is there a hexagram here? Who is fiddling with the hexagram here?

She asked, "Zhan Eryu, what else do you know?"

Zhan Er jumped and shook his head, and replied: "No." ”

The correspondence of life, one white and one black are connected by a shallow slit in the ground, maybe white symbolizes life, and black symbolizes death, such a logic can be imagined by ordinary people.

Other than that, I don't know anything about the hexagram.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flickered in front of Xing Xin, and the black shadow's eyes looked at Xing Xin again.

By the time Xingxin reacted, her eyes were already empty.

"You guys... Do you see?" Xing Xin's sluggish pestle froze in place, her eyes locked on the front.

"What do you see?" Zhan Eryue asked curiously.

Xing Xin calmed down, "It.. .. Not again. ”

"It?" Zhan Dayue and Zhan Eryue looked at her blankly.

Who the hell is it?

Xing Xin obviously knew those eyes, but she couldn't remember who it was, and the black shadow seemed to deliberately want to attract her attention, always inadvertently flashing in front of her eyes.

To her right, a breeze blew, carrying the smell of rancidity.

Without giving it a second thought, she ran to the forest to her right.

Although the two Zhan brothers didn't know why, they had to worry about Xingxin's safety, so they also ran into the forest on the right.

Within 100 meters, a thatched hut appeared in the forest.

The stench also emanated from the thatched house, and Xingxin covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves and tentatively walked towards the thatched house.

"Miss Xingxin, don't be reckless!" Zhan Dayue followed, stopping.

Zhan Dayue's temperament is relatively stable, and he will definitely think twice about the risks he shouldn't take.

"Miss Xingxin, there is such a strong smell of rotten flesh in the thatched house, and it is not safe to specify it inside, you stay first, and wait for me to go forward to investigate, I want to see what kind of hall is inside. Zhan Er jumped and volunteered.

Xing Xin silently agreed, if she didn't agree, it is estimated that the two Zhan brothers would not let her get close to the thatched house.

I saw Zhan Er jump slowly to her side, and said sadly: "If I have any mistakes, don't blame yourself, after all, this is my choice... ..”

Xing Xin was stunned for a moment, "It's really a drama spirit." ”

With that, Xing Xin directly bypassed him and walked towards the thatched house.

Zhan Er jumped and couldn't stop it, he followed and dissuaded: "Miss Xingxin, I am also for your safety, if you make any mistakes, then our brothers will die of guilt..." ..”

While Zhan Erdian was still talking nonsense, Xing Xin had already pushed open the wooden door of the thatched house.

What caught my eye was a medium-sized beast, its flesh completely rotting, maggots roaming the exposed bones and carrion.

According to the appearance, it is no longer possible to distinguish the species to which this long-cherished beast belongs.

The rotten smell of rotten flesh festered through the thatched hut, and as soon as Xingxin opened the door, a pungent smell hit her face, and she had to take a few steps back.

"Judging by the size, this long-cherished beast should have a blood-level cultivation. Zhan Dayue walked forward, said.

Xing Xin wondered, "Who killed it and locked it up here?"

The thatched huts in the North Mountain, the corpses of the slaughtered beasts, the hexagram diagrams in the meadows, and the figures seen by Xingxin can all indicate the existence of other people in the North Mountain.

And by all indications, it can be inferred that the so-called "other people" should have stayed in Kitayama for a short time, and even became very familiar with Kitayama.