31 | Through the wilderness
"Alright, that's all I want to say. Until you tell me the name. The green lizard breathed a sigh of relief.
"My name is Youyou."
"Youyou, is that simple?"
"I love the name." The demon said directly, "Your story is also finished, can you show me the way?" ”
"Take what?" The green lizard was puzzled.
"Get out of here, of course."
"Didn't I just tell you that the connection between the Flood Wilderness and Qingqiu had already been cut off by that sword?" The green lizard continued, "The current Flood Wilderness is completely independent of Kyushu, so it is impossible for you to leave you. ”
Looking at the green lizard's serious expression, the demon felt that it really didn't know how to leave. If it doesn't even know how to leave, it seems like an impossible thing for me to come here for the first time.
Just when the demon was struggling with whether to let go of the green lizard, Pu Jia, who was lying on her back, suddenly moved slightly.
The demon turned around with joy, thinking that Pujia had woken up. What disappointed the demon was that Pu Jia still had her eyes closed, her breath was weak, and she didn't mean to wake up at all.
However, Pu Jia's move also indirectly reminded the demon and made her think of a way to leave.
"Green lizard, do you know Mengzezong?" The demon asked.
"Meng Zezong?" The green lizard shook its head, "Haven't you heard of it, is it a place?" ”
"Then have you heard that there will be human immortal cultivators who come to the Flood Wilderness from time to time?" Undeterred, the demon continued to ask.
"I've heard a little, but human immortal cultivators generally don't come to the depths of the flood wilderness, they all stay in the area of Mengshui."
"Can you take me there, then?"
"Yes, yes, but it's a little far from here." The green lizard paused, "And there are dangers along the way, I don't dare to guarantee your safety." ”
"It's okay, you just need to lead the way in front." Demon Dao.
"Aren't you worried that I'm deliberately putting you in danger?" A hint of cunning flashed in the green lizard's amber eyes, and before the words fell, a wisp of black smoke burrowed into its mouth, and then flowed into its belly like a liquid.
"What is this?" The green lizard's eyes were full of suspicion.
"Poison that pierces the gut." The demon said calmly, "Take me to Mengshui, as long as I can arrive alive, you will have an antidote." ”
"You actually poisoned it!" The green lizard was shocked.
"Didn't you hide in the shadows and attack me before?" The demon clenched its fist, and the rope that held the green lizard's body dissipated like smoke, and after a dull sound, it fell headlong to the red earth.
"So, we're even." The demon glanced at the dusty, very embarrassed green lizard, and finally added.
“……”
The green lizard wanted to cry without tears, and it regretted how it had been so unable to hold its breath in the first place, so that now it had fallen into the hands of this despicable peach demon.
The demon naturally didn't know what the green lizard was thinking, but from the other party's resentful eyes, the demon expected that it didn't say anything good about himself.
But it doesn't matter, for the demon, the top priority now is to get out of here and complete the so-called test of the mysterious old man.
The green lizard walked sullenly in front of the demon, turning his head from time to time, tilting his head and glancing at her, his eyes full of resentment and unwillingness.
The demon pretended not to see it, and followed it without saying a word.
Perhaps because the green lizard deliberately avoided the dangerous realm, it did not encounter any other living creatures along the way, except for the desolation and red sand in the eyes.
A few days passed, and the green lizard gradually found that no matter what kind of eyes he looked at the demon, he couldn't get a response from the other party, so he simply buried his head and kept moving towards the destination, striving to get the antidote as soon as possible, so as to get rid of this vicious banshee.
The demon followed behind the green lizard in silence, and without saying a word, she carried the tree on her back, and walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow in the flying sand in the sky.
The sun rises and the moon sets, and the wind blows in the sand. From time to time, the wind and sand rolled up the veil of the demon and poured it into her mouth.
For the first time, the demon began to rejoice that he had lost his nose by the ghost. So that she can keep breathing, but not get into her nostrils by the wind and sand.
But her mouth was not lucky, and at some point, her lips were cracked, her mouth was filled with the smell of sand, and even her throat gradually became dry.
The demon cleared his throat and struggled to straighten up. She tilted her head slightly, but there was nothing in her pupils except for the flying sand in the sky.
There was no sun, moon and starlight, only the alternation of ambient light reminding her that time was constantly passing.
And, of course, the physical strength that keeps flowing.
The steps under the demon's feet became heavier and heavier, and gradually, with each step she took, she had to pour all her strength.
The soles of the feet have gone from soreness, pain to numbness, and now to unconsciousness, and walking no longer seems to be a kind of persistence, but more like a habit.
Finally, the green lizard stopped. It turned around, raised its head and said to the demon, "Do you see the slope ahead?" ”
"Uh-huh......" The voice seemed to be knotted in his throat, almost silent.
"Climb up that slope and you can see the water." "Before we can do that, though, we'll need to cross a plain. ”
The demon heard the words of the green lizard, so he nodded lightly and motioned for it to continue.
"It's the only way to get to Mengshui, so no matter what, we'll pass through its territory."
"It'...... Who is it? The demon cleared his throat.
"The big demon is on the right."
For the first time, the demon heard fear in the green lizard's tone.
It's a fear that comes from the depths of the blood.
"Is it powerful?"
"You'd better pray we don't encounter it."
"Let's keep walking." The demon replied without hesitation.
Seeing that the demon demon did not retreat because of his words, the green lizard had no choice but to continue to lead the way. After all, trespassing into Changyou's territory will not necessarily die, but if you offend the demon, you will definitely die of a rotten belly.
The green lizard and the demon came to the highest point of the slope one after the other, and the demon made his feet for the first time.
Behind the slope, the red sand dissipates from the sky, and at a glance, there is a vast and flat laterite plain. At the end of the plain is a meandering river like red satin.
"That river, it's covered with water, right?" The demon said hoarsely.
The green lizard did not look in the direction of Mengshui, but looked at a certain part of the plain. The demon turned his face sideways and found that every scale on the green lizard's body seemed to tremble slightly, and a premonition of uneasiness arose in his heart.
She followed the green lizard's line of sight, just in time to meet a pair of white pupils.
The body of a four-eared ape also carries a long branch full of leaves on its shoulder.
"It's not going to be the long right, is it?" The demon asked tentatively.
The green lizard swallowed slowly, his eyes full of fear.
"I don't want to die ......"