CHAPTER XVII

What she held in her hand was the bronze piece found in the back mountain.

Xia Fan was slightly stunned, "Do you know this thing?"

"Haven't you heard of the Luo family in Youzhou, the knowledge of all things?" Luo You'er, who was still covering her head, muttered, "Half of the libraries in the country are opened by the Luo family, and the Youzhou Mansion has a collection of more than 10,000 rare books. I see that you look decent, but I didn't expect it to be a dirt bun......"

Feelings: Their family runs a library?

"It's a coin, and because it resembles a blade, some people call it a knife coin. Luo said softly, "As far as I know, only Yongguo uses such coins. ”

"Yongguo?" Xia Fan thought for a while, but did not retrieve the relevant information in his memory.

At this time, even Luo's expression became strange, "It was a dynasty more than a hundred years ago, because King Yong was tyrannical and unreasonable, he was finally replaced by a new six kings, and Yongguo was also divided into six. And Daqi is one of them. ”

Xia Ran suddenly realized the origin of the other party's solemn expression-

Doesn't that mean that this is a "relic" of the previous dynasty?

After that, the Six Kingdoms all vigorously purged the remnants of the Eternal Kingdom, and any act of preserving the objects of the Eternal Dynasty was a felony, and coins were no exception. If the defendant sends it, the whistleblower will be rewarded with a hundred taels, and the latter will be exiled at least or at worstβ€”"

"Wait, wait......" Xia Fan hurriedly interrupted her, "I didn't know that this thing was related to Yongguo at all, I just picked it up because I thought it was unique, don't talk nonsense!"

"Really?"

"It's on the winding road in Qingshan, almost seven or eight hundred meters away from the fork in the road...... Well, I mean about two miles. In addition to the bronze coins to pick up, there are also wooden tracks......"

As he spoke, Xia Fan's voice slowed down.

He caught a faint smile on the other man's face.

"Hey...... Are you fooling me?"

"Flickering? Strange word formation. Lowe shrugged slightly, "I'm not telling a lie, I'm just not talking about the present. In fact, the purging was only frequent in the first twenty years, and there are still any hidden people of the Eternal Dynasty. Although it is called forever, nothing in this world can last forever. Now even if you collect knife coins, no one will take care of you, so don't be so nervous. It's just that considering that the invigilator searched everything we were carrying when we came in, there is a good chance that this thing should have been found in Castle Peak Town. ”

Xia Fan couldn't answer for a while.

She's definitely ...... Get you back.

There's nothing more frustrating than the suppression of knowledge, and there's no way to fight back.

"Is it a place two miles from the back mountain...... Luo thought for a moment, "it seems necessary to confirm it." ”

"There's not even a path there, and if you want to go up, you have to go up with at least several people, and the senior brother will definitely have an opinion when he knows about it. Luo You'er dissuaded, "We now have to divide people to assist the Fang family, and we also have to beware of people like him-" Speaking of this, she glanced at Xia Fan, "I'm afraid there won't be enough people left in the inn." ”

"I'll go and explain it to him. Luo said softly, "After all, this place is a bit weird. ”

"You also think something is wrong?" Xia Fan asked.

"It doesn't hurt to tell you," she nodded expressionlessly, "where the spiritual fire is gathered...... The mounds were buried shallowly and seemed to have been excavated temporarily. Also, we found two abandoned caves, which were opened in the middle of the mountain wall, and the scale was not small. ”

Xia Fan's heart jumped. Here it is again, the remains of large man-made structures, just like the wooden rails on the winding mountain road. "Is there anything in there?"

"We only found a few wooden kites. ”

"Wood kite, what's that?"

"Hey, do you have any common sense? Luo Youer shouted, "It's a big kite, the biggest is bigger than a human, and it can take a person to fly a hundred paces away when covered with animal skin." Haven't you even read "The Narrative of Skillful Work"?"

Belch...... It's really not, when he wandered the rivers and lakes with the cheap master, he might not even be able to fill his stomach, so he couldn't even care about reading. However, Xia Fan also knew that the point was not in this, but in a place used to bury people, why these things were stored. How much do the residents of Qingshan Town know about this matter?

He was about to ask a few more questions when another female disciple of the Luo family hurriedly walked into the lobby, "Senior sister, it's almost impossible to stop outside." ”

"It's me running out of time, let them in. After Luo gently instructed, he looked at Xia Fan, "Do you want to go to Houshan again?"

With you?" Xia Fan is quite self-aware, and the other party will be restrained in the lobby of the hotel, and it is really difficult to say in the wild, "I have already obtained the source of spiritual fire, as long as I guard it in the next few days." ”

Seeing this, Luo said no more, turned around and left the lobby.

The Luo family disciples also dispersed in turn, and when the other candidates swarmed in, they only saw a messy hall.

From the blockade to the departure, it was only a quarter of an hour. Considering that their reaction time was only more than an hour after they found out that the house had been invaded in the morning, Xia Fan had a new understanding of the coordination and organization of the Luo family.

Back in the room, Li who was lying on the bed had already entered a period of discomfort.

Her face was visibly reddish, her breathing was slightly short, and sweat continued to pour out of her forehead, wetting the ends of her hair that had fallen.

It was only then that Xia Fan had the opportunity to take a detailed look at the other party's appearance.

If you ignore the ears on top of her head, she now looks like a human. It also has long black hair and fair skin, although it is stained with dust and blood, you can still see its beautiful foundation.

Her eyebrows are not long, and the untrimmed eyebrow line is still a little thick, which is not the standard for beauty, but it also softens the sharpness of her facial features and makes her look much more approachable.

If he hadn't been in contact with it in advance, it would have been difficult for him to connect the fox demon who was mocking at night with the woman in front of him.

Another characteristic of the other party is a blush at the corners of the eyes - at first glance it looks like eyeshadow, but if you look closely, you will see that it is not makeup at all, but it is natural. The red color stretched her eyes outward and gave her an evocative beauty.

As for ears that are the same color as your hair...... Xia Fan secretly reached out and pinched it, confirming that it was true. The other party didn't have a second pair of ears on his cheeks, and he was really curious about the structure of the fox demon's head, and how she changed from a young fox to what she is now.

He couldn't think of any other explanation than the miracle of evolution.

At this moment, Li's brows were furrowed slightly, and he would occasionally hum one or two times, as if he was enduring extreme pain.

Xia Fan didn't know how the microscopic level of this world worked, but judging from various common sense and phenomena, small creatures such as germs still bear the balance work at the bottom of the life circle, and once the body is injured, they are the biggest enemies of survival. Whether Li can survive or not basically depends on the past few days.

He fetched a basin of water, wiped her sweat, and put a damp cloth on her foreheadβ€”one of the few things he could do at the moment.

......

At four o'clock in the afternoon, deep in the green hills.

"Senior sister, are you sure we have to look for it again?" Luo You'er pouted and complained, "In a few moments, the sun will almost go down." ”

"The uphill is slow and the descent is fast, and an hour is enough for everyone to get back to the town. Lowe was lightly indifferent.

"It's not about time, it's about what we're looking for. We've found the wooden rails, and we've found several knife coins, but that's at best proof that the guy wasn't lying. Luo Youer gasped, "You don't want to climb all the way to the top of the mountain like this, do you? ”

Luo paused slightly, and looked back at the crowd - although they didn't say anything, their faces were already visibly tired.

From the time they reached the mountainside to now, the Luo family disciples had been searching in the deep mountains and dense forests for almost four hours, and even with the help of magic, it was not easy to carve out a path through the dense woods. In addition, the hot weather and mosquito harassment have magnified the physical and mental exertion.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid that she would have left her the same way and returned.

The most important thing is that she really doesn't know what she is looking for, and she has no goals and no psychological expectations, which violates the principle of planning. It stands to reason that she shouldn't have organized such a search when the purpose was unclear.

It's just that an uneasiness has always been entrenched in Luo Qingqing's heart.

In addition to the remains of the warehouse found in the Spirit Fire Land, she also heard from her senior brother that the Fei family and the Fang family also seemed to have discovered some anomalies in the town, such as the drainage canals under several dry wells that were particularly wide and branched, and some forks in the road were locked by stone doors at the end, and no one knew where they eventually led.

If it was only for the purpose of collecting spiritual fire, why would the Privy Council set up the examination room in a place where evil sects were revealed everywhere?

Perhaps the answer behind this is the key to whether you can pass the taxi exam.

"Search the track for another three quarters of an hour," said Lowe, after a moment of thought, "and if nothing new has been discovered, we will go down the mountain." ”

"Eh, I have to continue, I'm so hungry......" Luo You'er muttered weakly, but she had to obey due to the pressure of her senior sister. Just as she turned to take a step, she suddenly tilted her body and fell into the grass with a thud.

"Senior sister, you're too exaggerated, isn't that okay. A fellow disciple smiled, "Anyway, he is also a cultivator, and his physical strength can't even be compared to Orion." ”

"It's not really!It's just that I accidentally tripped over!" Luo You'er got up angrily, trampled the weeds under her feet, and then sighed, "There's a new track here." ”

"What did you say?" Luo stepped forward with a slight surprise and looked down, "This is a ...... Fork in the road?"

"The track is forked, but we're on a cliff, right? ”

"Yes, we're on a winding road, and if it turns inward, it might lead to a cave or something, but it's going outward. ”

Everyone talked about it.

Luo groaned softly, and quickly made a judgment, "Let's follow the new wooden rail." ”

"Aren't you going to climb up?" Luo Youer rubbed her ankles.

"Anyway, you can't get to the top of the mountain, so it's better to see where this fork in the road goes. Lowe replied softly.

This time, they quickly reached the end.

After passing through a half-man-high bush, a steep cliff appeared in front of everyone.