"No, after all, it's because of the two of them that you will be in a bad mood this time, and Sister Ying'er has already given them a grounding order. ”

The worry on his face dissipated when he was about to be able to explore the mainland alone, and the excitement and tension that could not be hidden overflowed.

"Today, you are forbidden to enter Qingxia Pass like this, so I will give you another free ride. ”

......

Xi Ye and Cai Rong withdrew from the room incognito with the help of the whirlwind enchantment, and the pure white space vortex appeared, and Bai Xue and the cat appeared immediately after.

"Mao'er, you said that we helped Xiye inherit the power left to him by my brother, didn't we do it according to my brother's arrangement? Wouldn't we help Xiye better fight the enemy? Everything we do is for his sake, why is Xiye still unhappy and angry with us?"

The lively girl Bai Xue is full of youthful atmosphere, and she rarely shows a lost expression.

"I don't know. ”

On the contrary, the cat, who was originally arrogant, was full of pity.

"When you helped Yuya inherit the power left by your brother, you sneaked into his body and temporarily merged with him, you must know something. ”

The cat's abnormality, Bai Xue instantly recovered from the loss, and was as cheerful as ever ready to play tricks on the cat.

"Xiye has always thought that his mother and Lord White Night were born because of his brother's union, and for his brother he is just a puppet with a will, and now we want him to be directly sublimated from a puppet to a free human being, and it is natural to be a little resistant and uncomfortable. And he thought that sooner or later, his brother would return to his body, and his brother's power always belonged to his brother, and he was not qualified to inherit and use it. He believes that our act of forcibly helping him inherit is a betrayal of my brother. ”

Unexpectedly replied, Bai Xue was ready to laugh and could only swallow back her stomach and remain silent.

"Is it true, as my mother said, that the night is not just a replacement for my brother, but an important life that exists independently in the world. ”

The room is full of the smell of loss, even if the heart is full of impatience due to boredom, but the grounding order is in the white snow and the cat can only stay in the room honestly.

......

"Follow the road all the way to the east, and after a few villages and towns, you will see the Phantom Forest. ”

Dozens of miles away from the eastern part of Qingxia Pass, Cai Rong pointed out the way to the Phantom Forest for the evening night.

"Remembered. ”

"Recently, the Royal Knights of the Heavenly Spirit Empire seem to prohibit mercenaries from hunting phantom beasts in the Phantom Forest, it should be very simple to break through the blockade of the mere knights with your strength, remember not to get involved with mercenaries who don't know the details, let alone listen to the persuasion of strangers to accept any hunting tasks or join the hunting team. ”

I thought to myself, 'I didn't think the teacher was such a chattering person', and the night whispered "yes" with a distressed face.

Dozens of minutes of painstaking entrustment, Cai Rong did not have the leisure to think about how much Xiye could remember, but he also tried his best to summarize the many experiences accumulated in half a life and teach them to Xiye.

“...... It doesn't matter if you can't remember the previous ones, as long as you encounter difficulties that you think you can't overcome by your own strength, call to Your Excellency Ye Chen, Your Excellency Ye Yun, Sister Ying'er, and even Bai Xue and Mao'er, and we will immediately come to your side to help you. ”

"This time I want to try what I can do without you, is it true that I can only be my brother's temporary replacement, a puppet to help you do things?"

"Okay. ”

Finally heard a sentence from Xi Ye's mouth that was in line with his seventeen or eighteen years old should be troubled, Cai Rong showed a pleased smile and pushed it out behind Xi Ye.

"Go and try to find the path that Nightnight's life should take, I'm more optimistic about you than Night, sincerely. ”

Waving his hand loudly to say goodbye to Xiye with sincere words, Cai Rong watched Xiye take a brisk step and embark on the road of growing alone.

The skin felt the breeze blowing, and the golden blue thunder flashed, and Cai Rong immediately retracted his smiling face and put on a solemn appearance.

"Your Excellency, do you also agree to let Xiye act alone? Now it's not just Morro Island, but all the eight major forces have begun to act, and the entire continent is about to usher in a bloody storm. ”

"It is precisely the mainland that is about to set off a storm beyond our control, and now we need to let Xiye seize the time to grow independently without our support. After all, compared to us, the night setting is the indispensable existence of the Machine Spirit Continent. ”

A tall and graceful woman dressed in a white veil appeared, and the night that was in a hurry had long since disappeared Ye Yun did not retract his gaze, still looking at it reluctantly.

"With your strength, it's easy to track him without being discovered by the night, so if you don't want to, go up and give him a ride. ”

"No need. When it's you, didn't the eldest brother give you the task, why are you still spending time here?"

"I almost forgot, thank you for the reminder. ”

The character of doing what he says, Cai Rong turned into a cyan wind and disappeared into the night sky in the blink of an eye.

......

As the sun rises and the morning light shines in the silence of the village, a middle-aged man in a simple dress walks to the field with a hoe on his shoulder, ready to start a day's work on the farm.

"Hello uncle, how far is it to the Phantom Forest?"

A white-haired boy covered in dew suddenly appeared to ask for directions, and the suspicious but simple peasant still kindly replied.

"I don't know exactly how far, but if you walk on foot, you won't be there until tomorrow. ”

"Thank you. ”

Just like when asking for directions, the evening night trotted happily into the village behind the middle-aged man.

Even Ye Yixi, who had never had the corresponding small rural scene in his memory for more than ten years, slowed down his pace of hurrying and began to visit the natural farm villages that were less than the Shengguang City in terms of science and technology.

"I couldn't find a store where I could buy goods, and although the natural environment was much better than in the city, it was too inconvenient to live. How the hell did these humans survive here?"

It is true that Xiye itself does not need to feed or rest from humans, nor is he accustomed to the prosperous life of the Holy Light, but the difference between the way of life shown by the people in the village and the way of life of humans understood by Xiye has made Xiye interested in them a lot.

"It's decided, I'm here today, I'm on my way tomorrow. ”

As soon as he thought of it, he immediately stepped forward to ask the villagers where the village chief's house was.

Farming villages that make a living from farming do not believe that there will be a government mechanism similar to that of cities. The village chief found by Xi Ye was a white-haired old man with the highest rank and high morality in the village.

As an ordinary human being, the old man has a rickety body and wrinkles, which cannot be compared with the old man who has great strength, but he still has a good spirit, and the most fortunate old man has no problems with his eyes and ears, and the communication between him and Xi Ye does not have to be too difficult.

"Grandpa, my name is Xiye, and I want to borrow it for one night in your village. ”

"Yes, if you don't dislike it, I have a spare room in my house for you to borrow. ”

In the face of the simple old man, a simple two-sentence dialogue will get a place to settle down at night.

In the morning, he followed the villagers around like a child to 'help' with the farming, and in the afternoon, he went to the stream behind the village to play and fish like a naughty teenager, and added a sumptuous dinner to the village chief with his cheerful activities during the day.

The smell of delicious fish wafted through the empty room, and the old man sat opposite the old man at the table with the dim oil lamp lit at night.

"I didn't think my grandfather's craftsmanship would be so good. ”

The first time he eats human food, although he has no experience in reference, he can use Ye Yixi for more than ten years and human life to get courtesy, and he sincerely says words that will make people happy.

"Kid, eat more if you like. ”

Finally, I saw the smile on the old man's face, and the lonely atmosphere that the old man had been exuding became weaker, and the evening night also summoned up the courage to ask the questions that had been haunting my heart since the morning.

"Grandpa, where have the young people and children in the village gone, and why haven't I seen them in the village all day today?"

"Eh~"

Just as Xi Ye was worried, the old man stopped the chopsticks that were serving food to his mouth, and the smile on his face instantly froze.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your sadness. ”

"The child doesn't blame you. ”

Seeing the panicked appearance of the night, the old man showed a habitual lonely look, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and prepared to tell a story.

"Actually, although our village was not big a hundred years ago, it was also a small town with a large population, and since the Spirit Hunting Town on the edge of the Eastern Phantom Forest was occupied by the Spirit Hunting Mercenary Group, the young people and children of our village no longer belong to this village. Within a month, the Spirit Hunter Mercenary Regiment would raid the village, taking away children who had reached the age of one year, and if they encountered young people who were on their way, they would also take them away. ”

"If the young people and children had been taken away, wouldn't the village have been cut off a long time ago?"

Taking advantage of the old man's breath and rest, Xiye also spoke out the doubts he found.

"The Spirit Hunter Mercenaries didn't take the children and young people to kill them, they would give them back their freedom when they reached the age of thirty. Even an old man of my age in our village has been captured by the Spirit Hunter Mercenary Regiment. After all, if they don't let people go, the village will be cut off, and the Spirit Hunter Mercenary Group will not be able to find new additions. Moreover, when he returned to the village at the age of 30, he also cultivated the fields for them, and basically more than eighty percent of the grain received in the fields every year would be taken away. ”

"The mercenary group on the edge of the Phantom Forest is supposed to hunt phantom beasts, but why should they catch young people and children?"

Recalling the tragic experience of that year, the old man's face not only had a more dense look of loss, but also inexplicable fear on his face.

"If there's anything unspeakable, forget it. ”

"It's okay, it's all in the past. ”