In fact, Xu Yichen didn't stay in the tavern for too long, and left after about half an hour, because the content discussed in the tavern today was basically speculation about what happened last night.

During this period, Xu Yichen met Ma Teng, and after a brief chat, he learned that they had obtained a place to live with the help of the government, although everyone was divided into different blocks, but the place to live was quite comfortable.

After saying goodbye to Ma Teng, Xu Yichen returned to the inn, originally wanting to find someone to explore the traces of the Demon Sect's stronghold, but found that no one had returned.

He waited at the inn for a while, and found that there was still no sign of anyone coming back, Xu Yichen had to leave a note in Lin Wanqing's room, asked the boss for a pot of water, and then walked alone in the east-west direction of Moling City.

The east direction of Moling City is an official road, the official road leads directly to the easternmost demon city, the two sides of the official road are connected with a piece of green mountains, the water trickles in the mountains, the birds sing and the flowers are fragrant, giving people a very pleasant feeling.

Xu Yichen chose one of the mountains on one side, walked in leisurely, when he encountered the stream, he would stop and watch for a while, and he would also stop when he encountered flowers that he had never seen, just like that, if he didn't know Xu Yichen's purpose, he thought he was here for an outing.

"Sword Master, you're slowing down like this, the sun is about to go down!"

Jian Chengcheng couldn't stand it anymore, and reprimanded him on the side.

Xu Yichen smiled slightly at Sword Allure and said:

"Sister Allure, don't be so anxious, I'm observing!"

"Observe, observe what?"

"Observe if there are any traces of people passing by, if there is really a stronghold of the Demon Sect in this mountain, there will definitely be traces of man-made!"

"Traces?"

"That's right, although the spirit envoy is different from ordinary people, but in the final analysis, he is also a human, whether it is the right path or the demon sect, he has to eat, drink, and sleep, and what I am looking for is these traces. ”

"Did you find anything?"

"No, maybe it's because it's just a mountain pass, maybe it'll be one if you go inside. ”

Jian Chengcheng nodded, as if she understood what Xu Yichen meant, but immediately she noticed that something was wrong:

"Sword Master, did you also observe the so-called traces when you looked at the flower just now?"

"Ahh This... Don't, Sister Allure, don't do it, we have something to say. ”

For some reason, in the mountains, the speed of time passed as if it was accelerated by an unknown catalyst, and the sky slowly darkened without Xu Yichen noticing.

"Isn't it, it's getting dark so soon?"

Xu Yichen looked at the gradually darkening sky and sighed with some surprise.

Today's night is not as bright as yesterday's, the moon is obscured by dark clouds in the sky, leaving only stars to point out to the people on the ground, but unfortunately the stars are not as bright as before, so that the mountains can only barely see the way forward.

"For now, there is no fire sword or anything like that in the Vientiane Sword Technique, otherwise you can make a torch now, and it won't be smeared here. ”

Jian Chengcheng stood behind Xu Yichen and walked very carefully, as if he was afraid of tripping over some unknown object.

Xu Yichen looked at Jian Chengcheng with some puzzlement, although he could touch her, but in the eyes of others, he should not be able to see or touch it at all, so how could he worry about tripping?

Even though he thought so, he reached out his hand and took her little hand like snow.

"Sister Allure, it's so dark, I'm afraid I'll be separated if I'm not careful, so..."

"Well, I know..."

Before Xu Yichen finished speaking, there was a voice from Jian Chengcheng expressing his understanding.

Xu Yichen was a little surprised, he didn't expect Jian Chengcheng to answer so quickly, as if he had been prepared for a long time.

What didn't make him think was that Jian Chengcheng's hand was so soft, soft as if it had no bones, what is called weak and boneless, today I can be regarded as experiencing.

Because the light was very dim, Xu Yichen naturally couldn't see Jian Chengcheng's expression at this time, she was lowering her head slightly at this time, her face was flushed with an imperceptible flush, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, looking extremely happy.

And where she passed, the grass that was bent by Xu Yichen did not change at all.

Xu Yichen's experience of holding girls' hands can probably be traced back to the spring outing in elementary school, when the teacher let them hold hands in order to avoid them getting lost, and he didn't pay attention to whether the girls' hands were soft or not.

Just when Xu Yichen was wondering if all the girls' hands were soft, two torches suddenly lit up in the mountain.

The torch was about 800 meters behind them, Xu Yichen pulled the sword to his side and said:

"Sister Allure, someone is coming from behind, let's find a place to hide first!"

Jian Chengcheng looked back, nodded and said:

"Let's hide in the trees, it's so dark, as long as we hide our breath, they probably won't be able to find us. ”

Xu Yichen nodded, jumped into the tree, he held his breath and waited quietly for the arrival of the two behind him.

When they got a little closer, Xu Yichen saw their appearance clearly through the torches in their hands.

The two men who came were both men, and their faces were different from ordinary people, very white, not that kind of white or snow-white, but a somewhat terrible white.

The two men, one tall and one short, were in decent shape, neither fat nor thin.

"At night, the light is a little darker, and I need to carry a torch to walk, so I'm really tired. ”

One of the taller men spoke in a complaining tone.

Another man, who was a little shorter, chimed in:

"Who said it wasn't, and I don't know what the man told us to pay attention to the stronghold, and if it was a stronghold, it was just a temporary home for the two of us. ”

"Hey, don't think about it, the boss told us to listen to him, then listen to him, neither of us is the kind of person with a bright brain, guess here, you can't guess anything. ”

"Yes, let's go!"

The two quickly passed in front of Xu Yichen, not noticing Xu Yichen's presence at all, and when they walked a little farther, Xu Yichen jumped down from the tree.

"Look at it this way, we guessed the right side!"

Xu Yichen looked at the two distant figures and muttered to himself.

"Sword Master, let's follow quickly, don't lose it later!"

"Well, let's go!"

After that, Xu Yichen cautiously followed the two people in front of him, he always kept a distance of nearly 500 meters from them, although his tracking skills were not very clever, but the two people in front of him did not notice it at all.