The evening breeze was cool, Ah Nian lowered her head slightly and pondered for a long time, until the sun sank to the west mountain, and the last wisp of sunset disappeared into the sky, and when night fell, she finally made a decision......

Ah Nian turned to face Yu Hua Ji, bowed her head, "Madam Yu, please allow me to go back, I want to go and see." ”

"You're not afraid?" Yu Huaji asked lightly, without the slightest hint of wanting to stop it.

"I'm a little scared!" Ah Nian looked up at Yu Hua Ji frankly, "This is the biggest thing I've ever encountered when I've grown up, but I still want to see it!"

"I'm afraid but don't dodge or retreat, yes!Go ahead!" Yuhua Ji's palm spread upward, and a lamp with an amber glass cover carried by a black lacquered wooden pole appeared in her hand, and she stretched out her hand and handed it to Ah Nian, "Carrying the lamp, I'm not afraid that I won't find my way back!"

Ah Nian took it with both hands, thanked him in a low voice, and walked towards the courtyard gate without hesitation.

The gate of the courtyard was crawling with unknown green vines, Ah Nian carefully avoided the vine leaves and pushed the door open, the cold wind outside the courtyard was coming, and at the same moment, the lantern in his hand lit up a small golden flame.

Ah Nian paused slightly, looked down at the unmoving golden fire in the glass lampshade, and then stepped out of the courtyard without looking back.

Just one step, the inside and outside of the courtyard seem to change the world, the courtyard is just a slight coolness at night, but the outside of the courtyard is the cold that penetrates the clothes and penetrates under the skin.

"It's cold!"

Ah Nian let out a breath of white air, looked up, and found that this courtyard was actually on the hillside a mile out of town, a place she knew—there was no courtyard here, only a dwarf pine forest.

Ah Nian finally turned around, but there was no yard behind him, only to see the shadows of the pine trees falling staggered, the forest wind passing through, and hearing the rustling sound.

Yu Hua Ji and Yu Wei are really not ordinary people, Ah Nian sighed in his heart, and the rest did not think much about it, turned around and walked down the mountain.

At that time, in the southwest realm, the night was low, the stars were sparse, and there was no moon and no wind.

Ah Nian stepped into the realm of the land where she had been rooted for nearly sixteen years in the night, and circled the town along the streets, the bell ringing step by step as she took her steps...... For many years, she used to walk around at night, and she was most familiar with the town at night, but at this time she only felt strange—the town was very quiet, not the silence of the closed houses in the past, but the dead silence without a trace of people's anger. Now, it's a dead land.

Ah Nian didn't enter any doors, passed by his own burned house and didn't set foot on it, and walked straight out of the town......

As soon as he left the town, a gust of wind blew in his face, Ah Nian hurriedly took half a step back, raised his hand in front of his forehead, and turned his palm outward, only to see a flash of golden light in his palm and hear a bell......

A light cough was heard in mid-air, and in an instant, an old woman in brown appeared on the road ahead, she leaned over her body and pressed her hands on the bird's head cane and gasped lightly, but her gaze staring at Ah Nian was shrewd and sharp.

Demon! Ah Nian frowned slightly, I don't know if she is used to walking at night and encountering demons and monsters, or if she is born with courage, she is usually enough to be afraid of heaven and earth, and she is naturally not afraid of this demon.

"Does the town have anything to do with you?" Ah Nian asked directly.

"Does the girl still care about the life and death of those ants?

Ah Nian shook his head, his face flat, "I just want to know the reason why they will die." ”

The old woman smiled contemptuously, "Where is the need for any reason? Since they are ants, isn't it natural to be trampled to death?"

"Oh. Ah Nian only replied calmly and did not say anything else.

The old woman was surprised, "You don't have anything else to say?"

"Nope. Ah Nian moved the pole of the lantern and brought his hand closer to the head of the pole, which meant to be ready to do it, the expression on his face did not change at all, and his voice was slightly cold, "Now you can make a choice, either we have nothing to do with each other, or see which of us will be ants." ”

The old woman straightened down a little and changed the crutches to one hand, "The old woman wants to test the girl's depth!"

"Good!" Ah Nian was still undaunted.

The crutches in the old woman's hand suddenly slammed to the ground, and in an instant, a black gas turned into a huge black snake and pounced on Ah Nian, Ah Nian's left hand slashed in the palm of her right hand, and a blood mark appeared in the palm of her right hand, and then she waved her right hand out of thin air, and countless golden bells suddenly appeared, which were connected and intertwined into a net by red silk threads to surround Ah Nian......

The black snake opened its mouth and bit Ah Nian's head fiercely but was blocked by the golden bell net, Ah Nian's face did not change, and there were words in his mouth, and suddenly the bell sounded, all the golden bells kept trembling, and the red line emitted golden light at the same time, and the golden light was sheng, as if turning into countless golden swords to penetrate the head of the black snake, and then the black snake turned into black smoke and dissipated......

Ah Nian did not immediately withdraw his spell, but kept the net woven by the golden bell to protect himself.

The old woman moved the crutches in front of her with both hands, and her body returned to its previous rickety form, pressing the head of the crutches with both hands, and murmuring, "It's still far from it! ”

Ah Nian understood that there was something else in her words, but she didn't want to ask more.

"Old body Sanghuai, goodbye to the girl!"

When the words fell, the old woman was gone.

Ah Nian was still on guard for a moment, before accepting Jin Ling's withdrawal of the spell, taking the handkerchief he was accustomed to on his body to bandage his right palm briefly, and then took the lantern again and went back to the dwarf pine forest......

What was the old woman's whereabouts? Did she really kill the people in the town? What was the reason for her killing? People really don't need a reason to step on ants to death, but no one would go out of their way to a place to trample on the ants there. This town is too remote, whether it is a person or a demon, and it is rare to see one or two outsiders all year round.

Ah Nian couldn't figure it out and didn't bother to think about it, so he concentrated on hurrying.

As the night deepened, and when the frost fell, the mountains became colder and colder, and the sounds around him became quieter......

Suddenly, Ah Nian saw a round head lying face down beside the road, and its body was still hidden in the grass......

It was late at night, and no one but her should pass by.

After only a slight hesitation, Ah Nian put the glass lamp next to him, squatted down, and shook the person, "Wake up!"

Seeing that there was no response, Ah Nian turned over first, and found that it was a little girl who was no more than ten years old. Ah Nian probed the little girl's forehead, which was so hot that she couldn't help but gasp lightly. Without thinking about it anymore, Ah Nian picked up the little girl on his back, and then continued to walk towards the pine forest with the lamp in one hand......

The little girl looked at the little one, but it was not light on her back, Ah Nian felt a little tired after walking for a while, and stopped to catch her breath.

Ah Nian exhaled, watched the white gas dissipate in front of him, and was about to continue walking with a sigh of relief, when suddenly a little firefly swept by-

Soon, Ah Nian confirmed that he was right, and actually saw fireflies in winter. The firefly flew under a big tree beside the road ahead, and then disappeared.

Ah Nian didn't know if she approached the tree out of curiosity, and then she noticed a young man dressed in thin white lying under the tree.

There are not many outsiders in this poor and remote place all year round, why did she see three in a row in the middle of the night today, and all men, women and children were complete?

Ah Nian glanced at the night sky, retracted his gaze to look at the person under the tree, and then kicked him with his foot......

"Are you still alive?"

The man woke up immediately, and first asked with a confused face, "Am I dead?"

"You're alive. Ah Nian stared at him and said coldly.

The man looked around, then fixed his eyes on Ah Nian, and instantly took a sudden breath, "Are you a human or a ghost?"

Ah Nian frowned, "I'm human, you may become a lonely ghost." "I slept in the wilderness on such a cold and frosty night.

The man understood that he was stunned, and he didn't know how to respond for a while, and Ah Nian didn't pay much attention to it, so he turned around and left......

"Girl, where are you going?"

Ah Nian didn't reply, and he didn't stop at all, "Go home." "Her concept of home has never been a house, so she doesn't have the slightest nostalgia for the burned down house in town.

"Isn't the town over there, how do you get out?"

This man is also strange, why did he sleep under a tree when he knew that the town was on that side?

"I don't live there. ”

"Is there any other place where people can live in this ten miles radius?" The man got up from the ground, picked up a sword and a small package, he dusted off his body, and followed Ah Nian for a distance of about ten steps......