Zhou Tianshen walked in the grass, waving the branches he picked up anywhere, and from time to time he drove away the mosquitoes in his ears.

He had already walked for two hours, and according to his normal foot strength, he had already crossed the thirty-mile boundary at this time and entered the Nameless Mountain. Although he deliberately slowed down his pace in search of herbs, he still walked ten miles.

Zhou Tianshen stopped for the third time, sat on the ground, spread out the map, took out the prepared dry food from the bamboo basket beside him, and ate it with herbal tea, his fingers followed a black curve on the map, wandering back and forth.

According to the instructions on the map, there was a 'Five Bamboo Grass' and a 'Night Red' within a radius of five miles around him, both of which were helpful to his cultivation, but he had already rummaged through this place several times, but he still didn't find those two herbs. Now in his basket are lying three 'pleated incense', a spice herb that repells mosquitoes and is not suitable for monastics.

After eating dry food, Zhou Tianshen put away the map, through the gaps between the leaves, he could vaguely see the sun, it was almost noon, if he couldn't find those two herbs, he would have to go home.

Zhou Tianshen broke off a branch, picked up a few stones at his feet and pinned them to his waist, and used the branch to open the way while using the branch to practice the crude swordsmanship he learned from the book.

He broke the previous branch.

He decided to try his luck again.

The tall man and Fan Fang who had been following him earlier had already far surpassed him and walked to the front.

Fan Fang stood on the branch of the tree, looked down and saw Zhou Tianshen coming from the opposite side.

The tall man floated in mid-air, and a faint yellow halo emanated from his body, enveloping him and Fan Fang in order to conceal their figures.

The tall man opened his eyes, frowned, and said with some doubts, "How could they appear here, aren't they afraid of being discovered?"

Then he glanced at Zhou Tianshen, and suddenly realized, "The co-author is rushing to him, and it is really difficult for this group of beasts who seek profit, just for a news that does not know the truth or falsehood, they dare to tear up the letter without permission and break into the territory of the human race, so they are not afraid that the King of Ten Thousand Beasts will find trouble with them, yes, this is Cunzhou, thousands of miles away from Nanzhou, and that deaf and dazzling old guy can't find it." Even they have been dispatched, how many forces will be staring at this Laohuai Village, I'm afraid we will only know until the end. ”

Fan Fang looked at the tall man talking to himself on the side, and asked casually, "Senior, is there something wrong?"

The tall man nodded, then waved his hand again, and then took out a few ingots of silver from his sleeve and threw them to Fan Fang, "You go to the inn in Laohuai Village now to book two rooms, remember to ask for the fourth floor, wait for me there, and by the way, stare at the old locust tree in the center of the village, if there is any change." ”

"Yes. ”

Fan Fang took the earth silver, turned around and flew out of the mountain.

The tall man landed on the ground, retracting the yellow halo on his body, covering only his entire body.

The tall man casually broke off a stamen, twisted it in his hand, and walked in the direction of Zhou Tianshen.

Zhou Tianshen knocked down some purple wild fruits on the branches, this fruit tasted sweet, and when you bite into it, it has a faint mint flavor.

After eating a few wild fruits, his stomach felt no longer so hungry, Zhou Tianshen got up again, in fact, he had already found the herbs he needed, but his intuition told him that there should be some windfall not far away.

Zhou Tianshen waved a branch and walked towards the depths of the mountain.

The deep forest is quiet, and the crows are chirping and the cicadas are chirping.

The boy was not lonely alone, but in the grass around him, there was always a 'hissing' sound, which made him a little uneasy, but whenever the boy went to check, the sound disappeared.

After repeating this several times, Zhou Tianshen finally noticed that something was wrong, he stood in front of an old tree, looked up, and could clearly see a chopping mark, the mark spread along the trunk of the tree, from top to bottom, just enough to split the old tree in half, he had seen this tree, not long ago.

Zhou Tianshen turned his back to the old tree, holding the branches tightly with both hands, vigilant around, it was noon now, the sun was abundant, it could not be a ghost hitting the wall, could it be some kind of ghost ghost made by a mountain spirit and a wild monster.

The wind blew across his back, cold.

That 'hiss' sound sounded again, surrounding Zhou Tianshen, ringing non-stop, like a beast hiding in the grass, constantly patrolling its prey, trying to find the most suitable next opportunity.

Zhou Tianshen took out a stone pinned to his waist and threw it hard at the grass on the left, and the stone fell into the grass, causing a commotion, but it was useless, the sound still existed.

Zhou Tianshen saw that his attack was ineffective, so he threw out all the stones in one go, the grass was finally quiet, but the sound was getting louder and louder, Zhou Tianshen stabilized his mind to see if there was any way to deal with it, he took out two herbs in the bamboo basket, one was a bamboo strip with a faint green light, and the bamboo strip had five leaves on it, and the other was a big red flower with some yellow particles on the stamen.

These two strains are the herbs that Zhou Tianshen deliberately looked for in order to open up the body meridians, the preciousness of these herbs is not in their rarity, but in the year, "Tianshou Diary" records that only a hundred years of herbs are the most effective for cultivators, but seeing that there is a danger around him, he is in danger of dying at any time, Zhou Tianshen has to make some sacrifices.

After putting down the two herbs and putting the bamboo basket on his back again, Zhou Tianshen stood with his hands at his sides and said to the grass, "I don't know if you can understand my words, but you should be able to understand what I mean, I am willing to use these two herbs in exchange for my life, I think you should also recognize these two herbs." ”

After a moment of silence, Zhou Tianshen continued, "I'm just an ordinary village name who came to the mountains to collect medicine, not a cultivator, even if you eat me, it won't do any good to your cultivation, it's better for us to take a step back, you take the herbs, and let me go down the mountain." ”

There was silence again, and the 'hissing' sound in the grass rose and fell, from near and far, and from far to near.

As the sound became louder and louder, Zhou Tianshen finally saw the true face of the sound source, which was a group of black and white four-horned snakes, with different numbers of horns on the top of their heads, and each horn had two marks on it.

One of the largest four-horned snakes, with five horns on the top of its head, each with the thickness of Zhou Tianshen's thighs, walked up to Zhou Tianshen, sniffed the two herbs with its nose, and then raised its head, its pupils glowing with an earthy yellow light.

Zhou Tianshen looked at it, only to feel a burst of dizziness, the corners of the four-cornered snake's mouth raised a cruel smile, and a 'gurgling' sound came out of its throat.

Grunt, grunt

The other four-horned snakes also made this sound, and all raised their heads, their pupils emitted a slightly pale earthy yellow, and for a while, among the trees, the light was everywhere, and Zhou Tianshen's whole body was covered with earthy yellow, and he couldn't move.

The tall man stood on the branch on Zhou Tianshen's head, the yellow flower in his hand, automatically without wind, the petals fell at Zhou Tianshen's feet, all the light was absorbed by the yellow flower, and the yellow flower gradually withered, and finally turned into crumbs.

The four-cornered snake headed by the four-cornered snake raised his head angrily, just in time to see the tall man, the earthy yellow in its eyes became particularly vigorous, 'boom', two pillars of light burst out from the eyes of the four-horned snake, and attacked the tall man, the tall man waved his sleeves, the pillar of light exploded in the air, and the smoke covered the tall man's figure, he fell down, grabbed Zhou Tianshen's collar with one hand, cast a spell with the other hand, took away the herbs on the ground, and then waved his sleeves, and the two disappeared.

When the smoke cleared, there was no prey in front of him, and there were originally five horns, but now there were only four horns left.

In the depths of the mountain, the six people who were hurrying heard the roar, stopped one after another, and looked at the others with some surprise.

One of them, a shirtless bearded man in tiger skin pants, buzzed, "Forty thousand missed?"

The thin man with a hat on his head and a bamboo stick in his mouth, holding a bamboo stick between his fingers, spit on the foam, and said, "Impossible, it has grown five horns, and it is about to be cultivated to refinement, as far as I know, there is no one in Laohuai Village under the mountain who can deal with its fixation." ”

The bearded man speculated, "Could it be that those cultivators who are in retreat here have made a move?"

"It's even more unlikely. ”

The bewitching man, who was dressed as a man or a woman, twisted his waist and came to the side of the bearded man, and said sharply, "They have already made a covenant with us, and they will never attack us." ”

The thin man stepped forward and stuck a bamboo stick in the dirt, "Hmph, you can also believe the words of humans." ”

"Cut, don't believe them, don't you believe you. ”

At this time, the thin old man with a goatee pinched his hands, closed his eyes tightly, and muttered in his mouth, "The four elephants return to the mountains, and the four seasons change." ”

"Old man Yang, what are you talking nonsense again, the Four Holy Elephants have long since turned into immortals with the locking of the human race, how can they come back. ”

The goatee glared at the bald man behind him, and said unhappily, "If you leave, you can't come back, who told you that the Emperor was feathered, and who told you that the Four Holy Elephants left with the Emperor of the Lock?"

The bald man looked a little weak-hearted and whispered, "That's how humans are told. ”

"Hmph. ”

"Alright, alright, everyone don't quarrel. ”

The beautiful woman holding a peach blossom fan said roundly, "Let's go to Forty Thousand first, so as not to have any accidents." ”

"No need to go. ”

The thin man pulled out the bamboo skewer, flicked off the dirt chips on it, and said, "I have already informed it, and we will meet in the old place." ”

The bewitching man's pupils were erect, and his mouth made a 'hissing' sound, "Who allowed you to make your own decisions, don't forget, who is the boss here, you are just an outsider." ”

"I made him do it. ”

The man in tiger leather pants turned sideways to avoid the arm that the bewitching man put on his shoulder, and said in a commanding tone, "In the future, you will be the second master of our Twenty-Three Caves, and you, Snake Tang Qing, if you dare to pretend to be me again and give orders at will, I will expel you from Cave 23." ”

The bewitching man squinted his eyes and looked at the thin man, killing everywhere.

The beautiful woman played the round again and said, "Okay, okay, the big boss is dissipated, everyone is discouraged." ”

Zhou Tianshen was thrown on the ground casually, covering his buttocks in pain, and the tall man threw the herbs back into the bamboo basket, quipping, "You really think they can understand what you say." ”

Zhou Tianshen stood up and glanced at the contents of the bamboo basket, "That four-horned snake has grown five horns, so it should be able to understand what I said." ”

The tall man leaned over and took out a handful of purple wild fruits from the bamboo basket, "These are my rewards for saving you." ”

Then he took out a book with a brown cover from the bottom of the bamboo basket and asked, "Is it written in this book that the four-horned snake can speak when it cultivates to five horns?" What do you think of this book?"

Zhou Tianshen said, "It's very good." ”

The tall man smiled and said to himself, "It's just very good... , young man, let me ask you something, how many villagers are there in Laohuai Village under the mountain?"

Zhou Tianshen thought about it, although he was a little suspicious of the man's questioning, but after all, it was someone else who saved him, even if the other party would not be kind, at least he had no reason to lie to him, so he said uncertainly, "There should be thirty families, why are you asking this?"

The tall man opened the book, his fingers rubbing lightly on the paper, "I want to go to the village to live for a while, but I am worried that the village is a little noisy. ”

Zhou Tianshen picked up the bamboo basket and said firmly, "Don't worry, at night, every household closes its doors and windows, and no one will disturb you." By the way, I don't know your name yet. ”

The tall man smiled and said, "My name is Bai Ju, and I am a teacher and a cultivator. ”

From the first time he saw the man, Zhou Tianshen had a good impression of him, as if facing a glowing flower, warm and beautiful.

Zhou Tianshen put away his thoughts, touched his chin, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Since you saved me, then follow me, there is an inn in the village, you can live there first, I know the boss there, I can give you cheaper." ”

The tall man smiled slightly, "Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad person?"

Zhou Tianshen said without thinking, "Even if you are a bad person, if you save me, you are kind to me, and the grievances are clear, this is what the book says." ”

The tall man's eyes were melancholy, and he threw the purple wild fruit in his hand into his mouth, which was sweet and refreshing, and the man said, "The things in the book are not necessarily true. ”

Zhou Tianshen walked in front and said softly, "There are many people who read it, and what is said in the manual is not a lie, as for the truth and falsehood, there are a few people who can distinguish it." ”

"The best. ”

The tall man threw the book into the bamboo basket and followed the young man, his hands behind his back, and a pair of horns in his hands.