Tian Ba's face was ugly, his animal skin clothes that he had worn for more than ten years were burned out of holes, and his hair was also burned off half of his stubble, he had lived for decades, and he had never been so embarrassed, he held the short knife tightly in his hand, and slashed it from the stone wall, making a clear and piercing sound.

Letting the prey slowly meet death in fear is an occasional method he uses when hunting, and when he does, it means that his mood is extremely bad.

He didn't really like to kill people very much in the past, and he also borrowed the prestige of the hungry gall and the patriarch when he killed the Tian clan, and later had a few nightmares. It was an accident to meet Yu and the others in this cave today, and he didn't expect to meet them here. In his opinion, Yu and Tian Ying'er should have frozen to death a long time ago, but he didn't expect them to find such a warm cave.

If it weren't for chasing the snow hare, he wouldn't have run so far and found a cave here.

Tian Ba was naturally happy to be able to find them, because it meant that there was meat to eat again, but he was not in a hurry to kill at that time, these two people could not threaten him, and his stomach was not too hungry, not to mention that there was a snow rabbit that could satisfy his hunger, so he was very happy to be merciful to Yu and Tian Ying'er, so that they could live one more night or even a day, but now, his mind was full of killing intent.

The further you go, the narrower and narrower the cave becomes, and with Tian Ba's figure, he has to bow his head to move forward. There was silence all around, and nothing could be heard except the sound of his own footsteps. It's just that the warm wind makes Tian Ba feel a little strange, it is not uncommon for the general cave to be warm in winter and cool in summer, but this cave is inevitably a little too warm, the wind and snow outside are all over the place, but it is as warm as midsummer, and even makes Tian Ba feel a little restless.

But although he thought it was strange, he didn't think much about it, he wasn't a very brainy person.

A fork in the road ahead.

He did not hesitate and chose the left.

But soon he changed direction again.

The blood on the left is gone.

Yu's wound hadn't healed yet, but it was torn again in the fight just now, so it was bleeding all the time.

I don't know how deep the cave is, and I didn't see anyone after walking for half a day.

Tian Ba was a little impatient, and the torch in his hand was about to burn out, and finally came to the end, who knew that the entrance of the cave turned down and went underground.

Tian Ba had to throw the torch down first, and observed the situation below by the light of the fire, but fortunately it was not very high, so Tian Ba jumped down, only to see that there was a spacious stone room below, empty, and the stone wall was very smooth, as if someone had specially polished it.

The more Tian Ba looked, the more strange he felt, and with the only remaining light of the torch, he found that there was a hole on the west side of the stone chamber, and the blood stains on the ground clearly extended into the hole.

"Two little rabbit cubs, are you playing hide and seek with Lao Tzu?" Tian Ba was very annoyed.

The torch had been extinguished, and it was pitch black all around, Tian Ba felt a little inexplicably uneasy, he was not worried about Yu and Tian Ying'er, he was worried that there might be some beasts in this strange cave, so he tightened the short knife in his hand and walked towards the direction of the cave entrance. Because he felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, he didn't use the tip of his knife to scratch the stone wall, and his steps were as light as possible.

He held the short knife horizontally in his right hand, slightly hunched back, like a cheetah crawling forward.

The cave was sloping downward, and the entrance was larger than before, and as we slowly walked halfway through, a stone bag suddenly arched over the road, which was very different from the smooth ground before.

At the end, it was another fork in the road, Tian Ba lay down, sniffed on the ground for a while, and found that the smell of blood was going to the left, so he turned left and continued to chase.

The left turn is still downhill, the road is even steeper, Tian Ba did not dare to go too fast, so he could only touch the stone wall and move forward slowly. I don't know how long I walked again, and just when Tian Ba's patience was about to reach its limit, he tripped over something soft on his toe.

He immediately jumped back, the short knife was horizontal in front of his chest, and after waiting for a half-sound, there was no movement, so he was a little relieved, but he still didn't dare to be careless, squatted down, touched it with the tip of the knife, touched it twice, and realized that it was a person.

The smell of blood on the man's body was strong.

Tian Ba thought it was Yu, and sneered: "The little mongrel is quite capable of running, now it's up to Lao Tzu to clean you up!"

He stretched out his hand to test the man's breath, and when he saw that he was still alive, he slapped him twice in the face.

"Hey, wake up!"

After several shouts, the man still did not respond.

Tian Ba scolded: "Damn, what's the difference between killing an unconscious person and killing a dead person? Lao Tzu won't be so cheap for you!" he said and picked the man on his back, intending to continue looking for Tian Ying'er who had escaped.

As soon as he put the man on his back, Tian Ba noticed that something was wrong.

"Is it a woman?"

When Tian Ba confirmed that the person was indeed a woman, he couldn't help but scold: "Phew, wild mongrels are wild mongrels, they actually left their women and ran away first, and this little girl still wants to die and live for him!"

After scolding, he felt bizarre: "That little bastard was obviously seriously injured, why did he escape, but this little girl stayed here?

He was puzzled, and he couldn't wait to pull Tian Ying'er to ask what was going on, but she was unconscious and had no way.

Tian Ba thought for a while and decided to leave Tian Ying'er in place and continue to move forward alone.

He knew that there could be no way out at the end of this cave, otherwise the warm current would be too unreasonable. As long as he keeps following the bloodstains, he will definitely be able to find Yu.

Unfortunately, after walking less than a hundred steps, he was disappointed.

He did follow the trail of blood, but the trail suddenly disappeared, and in front of him was the end of the cave, a stone chamber that was taller than the one before, but still empty, except for the entrance that was one man high.

It's a dead end!

"How is that possible?"

Tian Ba was surprised: "I followed the bloodstains all the way, and I only saw the bloodstains of one person on the road, if they went separately at the beginning, then the kid surnamed Tian who was lying here should be the kid surnamed Tian, why is it that little girl, the kid surnamed Tian is gone?"

He groped around in the stone chamber to make sure that there was no mechanism or secret door, and the doubts in his heart became even more difficult to explain: "Could it be that kid turned to ashes?"

He thought about it for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, but he really couldn't understand what was going on, so he finally had to carry Tian Ying'er back to the place where the two sides had just met. The fire was extinguished, but there was still a little ember left.

After rekindling the fire, Tian Ba sat down.

It was late at night, and the wind was whistling outside the cave. Although his body was very tired, Tian Ba didn't dare to sleep soundly, and could only squint his eyes slightly.

"When this little girl wakes up, I'll ask what happened!"

Half-asleep, Tian Ba spent this difficult night.

After dawn, the wind and snow showed no signs of stopping.

Tian Ba returned to the cave with a sad face, took out the little dry food he had left, and ate it.

After noon, Tian Ying'er finally woke up.

Her face was pale, her lips were dry, and she said in a daze, "Water"

Tian Ba grabbed her weak shoulders and asked sharply, "Where is that little bastard?"

Tian Ying'er didn't seem to hear it, and her mouth was still reading: "Water"

Tian Ba hadn't slept all night, he was already upset, and he wanted to kill her with a knife immediately, but in the end he swallowed the anger and walked outside the cave to come back with a handful of snow.

Pinched Tian Ying'er's mouth, stuffed the snow into her mouth, and half-stuffed it, Tian Ying'er coughed.

"Where is that little bastard, say it quickly?" Tian Ba didn't mean to pity the jade.

Tian Ying'er opened her eyes slightly, glanced at him, and said nothing.

"Is he dead?" asked Tian Ba.

Tian Ying'er's eyes showed a hint of anger.

Tian Ba nodded and said, "He's really alive!"

Tian Ying'er said: "Why should I tell you?"

Tian Ba said coldly: "He is ungrateful, he left you alone, and you still have to help him hide it?"

Tian Ying'er closed her eyes and stopped talking.

Tian Ba looked at her for a while, and suddenly smiled: "It's okay if you don't say it, I don't believe that he can hide in it for a lifetime, Lao Tzu will sit here and wait, wait until he comes out, and when Lao Tzu is hungry, he will eat you first!"

Tian Ying'er's face changed slightly.

This is a tall and magnificent stone hall, the four corners are supported by four huge stone pillars, the stone pillars are like knotted tree roots, in the center of the stone hall, is a dozens of zhang high altar, around the altar stands four lampholders in the shape of animal heads, three of which have been extinguished.

There was a person standing under the altar, and this person was Yu.

"What is this place?" he looked around blankly.

He only remembered running away with Tian Ying'er all the way, and the voice that summoned him in his heart seemed to be getting closer and closer, and suddenly Tian Ying'er seemed to be pushed hard by something, and flew out upside down, he was about to grab her, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he ran into a stone wall, the cave was gone, and the scene in front of him also changed dramatically.

When he came to his senses, he was already in the stone hall.

He shouted Tian Ying'er's name, but could not hear any other response except for an empty echo.

At the same time, his body was getting hotter and hotter, and his clothes began to smell burning. When he looked around and saw the altar in the center of the stone hall, he could no longer take his eyes off, the stone altar was ancient and mysterious in appearance, he had never seen such a magnificent altar before, like a mountain-compared to the altar used by Osawa in the past to worship was almost like an ant-but this altar gave him a strong sense of familiarity, and he clearly felt that the voice that summoned him came from this altar.

The altar even gave him a faint feeling of home.

It was the first time in his life that he had felt this way, a home that truly belonged to him!

In the dark, he had a strong premonition that there was an indescribable close connection between this altar and himself.