A monk offered a large price to take Mendong away, but Mendong's parents refused to sell their son and flatly refused. Later, the prices offered by outsiders became higher and higher, and more and more people "bought sons".

It's so eye-catching to have such a child. So one winter night, a fire broke out in the couple's house, and both husband and wife died in the fire, and their youngest son was missing, and the villagers failed to find the child's bones in the embers.

"Later, when the seventh and fifth uncles were traveling abroad, they accidentally found that there were monks practicing evil arts, and when they killed evil cultivators, they found that they had been abused, so they took their junior disciples with them." Meng Ying looked at Mendong, who was helping Dou Niang pick up herbs, and said softly.

When Gu Baiying met Mendong, it had been half a year since Mendong was captured by those monks and used as a tool to excavate spiritual grass. Since those evil cultivators were able to kill innocent people in order to obtain the "Immortal Soul Trick", they naturally wouldn't be much better for Mendong. Poor Mendong is a child, who searches for herbs for them almost day and night, and is frighteningly thin.

Hairpin Xing didn't know that Mendong still had such a past, and after hearing this, he thought thoughtfully: "No wonder he is so close to Uncle Seven." ”

For Mendong, Gu Baiying was not only the one who brought him back to the Taiyan faction and rescued him from the fire pit, but he was afraid that in his heart, he was also a benefactor who avenged his parents.

"When the junior brother was just brought back to the Taiyan faction, he couldn't stop crying when he left the little uncle, and the head of the uncle let him live in the Xiaoyao Palace, and he was with the little uncle on weekdays." Meng Ying sighed: "I think the reason why my junior brother is so close to Xu Douniang is also because I think of my own life experience." Senior sister, don't make fun of him about this. “

Hairpin Star coughed lightly: "I know the reason, so naturally I won't mention this matter again." ”

She followed Meng Ying's gaze and looked at Mendong, this child was dressed pink, tender and clean all day long, and occasionally had some stinky problems, but she didn't expect that he was also a hard-working person.

At that end, Mendong was squatting on the ground and picking up herbs with Damselfly.

Speaking of which, Dou Niang is a few years older than Mendong, Mendong looks like a young master in Taiyan Sect, but Dou Niang has learned to work and do things early.

"Little fairy chief," Dou Niang was still a little embarrassed: "You better go and sit aside and rest, I can do all this work alone." ”

Mendong blushed: "It's okay, I'm happy." ”

His hands are white and tender, and his fingers are as watery as green onions, but Dou Niang's hands are very rough, and Dou Niang smiled: "Do the people in your big sect know all about spells?" Can you conjure things? ”

"Of course!" Mendong replied without thinking: "The senior sisters and brothers in our sect can do anything, and they can fly!" ”

"Can you fly?" Dou Niang looked at him with a pair of bright eyes: "Will Brother Tian too?" Can you fly with me? ”

Men Dong was just about to say "can", but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly thought that now their Yuan Li has been sealed here, not to mention the exercises, they can't even open a Qiankun bag, I'm afraid they can't feast their eyes on Dou Niang.

Seeing that Mendong was speechless, Dou Niang said empathetically: "It's okay, Brother Tian said before, there are many rules in the big sect, and your master will definitely not allow you to cast spells outside at will." Never mind! ”

The more she said this, the more depressed Mendong became, originally telling the truth, but now it seemed like he was talking big, so he had to lower his head to sort out the herbs, and when he looked down, he saw a red grass in a pile of weeds in front of him.

He picked out the red grass.

The red grass was flat and long, not as tough and soft as the other grasses, and Mendong muttered, "Toothless grass." ”

"What is Toothless Grass?" Damselfly looked at it.

"A kind of grass that contains spiritual energy," Mendong handed the grass to her: "Monks can increase their cultivation when they eat it, and ordinary people can prolong their lives if they eat it, which is good for the body." He said, "I didn't expect there to be toothless grass here, you can mash this grass, fry it with water for half an hour, and then take it." ”

"Really?" Dou Niang grabbed the toothless grass and said excitedly: "Daddy has been in poor health this year, will you be able to get better if you take this?" ”

Mendong nodded.

"Little Immortal, thank you!" Dou Niang looked at him eagerly: "Can you help me see if there is any toothless grass here, if not, I will go to the river beach tomorrow to mow the grass, if only I could find another one." ”

Mendong coughed lightly: "Yes." ”

"You're so nice!" Dou Niang was so excited that she couldn't say anything clearly: "You have helped my family so much, our family is so poor, I don't know how to repay you." ”

While looking at this, Tian Fangfang smacked his lips: "I don't know, the next sentence should be promised." ”

Gu Baiying rolled her eyes.

Hairpin reminded: "Isn't our sect not allowed to fall in love?" ”

"Who said that?" Tian Fangfang asked.

Hairpin Xing nodded at Mendong: "I said it several times before when I left the Ear Country, double cultivation is not allowed in the sect, is it uncle?" ”

Gu Baiying was called, stunned for a moment, and then said impatiently: "Naturally." ”

While talking, Xu Fu walked in from the backyard, holding a stack of neatly folded clothes and hats in his hand, and saw that Mendong was squatting on the ground to help Dou Niang sort the hay, he was startled, and hurriedly said: "Dou Niang, how can you make the fairy grow ......"

"It's okay." Mendong stood up, and said like an adult: "After all, I have nothing to do." ”

Xu Fu nodded uneasily, and Dou Niang saw the clothes he was holding in his hand, and said strangely: "Dad, this is ......"

"You girl, you even forgot about the Ji Snake Society, today is the seventh day of the fourth month." Xu Fu stuffed the clothes in his hand into Dou Niang's hand: "Don't pick up grass either, after freshening up, wait until it's dark, and go out with me." ”

Dou Niang was stunned and patted her head: "God, I was so happy to see Brother Tian, I even forgot about the Ji Snake Club!" ”

When Hairpin Star heard this, he asked Xu Fu: "What will the auspicious snake be?" ”

Xu Fu said with a smile: "The Ji Snake Festival is a festival in Wufan City, every year on the night of the seventh day of the fourth month, the holy woman will take the adults of the snake witch clan to the Wudanlin Desert to worship the sacred snake. The people of Wufan City will also go with them. ”

"It's a sacrifice, it's actually singing and dancing," Dou Niang hugged her clothes and patted the soil on her hands: "The red drum here is good-looking, and there are a lot of delicious things at the Ji Snake Club, roast mutton glutinous rice wine or something, and there will be people competing, Brother Tian, you came just right, if you don't dislike it, you will go to the Ji Snake Club with us tonight!" Custody will not disappoint you! The little girl warmly extended the invitation.

Everyone looked at Gu Baiying.

The young man's slender fingers tapped twice on the back of the chair, and he looked at Dou Niang with an unclear expression: "You say, at the auspicious snake meeting, the holy woman will also be there?" ”

Dou Niang nodded: "Of course, the saint has to preside over the sacrifice." We don't see adults on weekdays, and we can only see them once a year at the Ji Snake Meeting. ”

Hairpin Xingxin said, this snake witch is quite mysterious, but I don't know if their Yuan Li was sealed when they arrived here, and it has anything to do with the snake witch.

Gu Baiying stood up, walked to Xu Fu's side, and his eyes fell on this man.

Although he was young, he was taller than Xu Fu, although the corners of his mouth were smiling, his eyes were very indifferent, and his momentum was very impressive, forcing Xu Fu to rub his hands uneasily, avoiding Gu Baiying's eyes.

Gu Baiying patted Xu Fu's shoulder and said lightly: "Sounds very interesting, since this is the case, we also want to see it." ”

Bean Niang has not yet noticed the undercurrent in this, and is very happy when she hears this: "Great! Then I'll hurry up and make the lights, it must be very lively tonight! She pulled Xu Fu and walked out, and said, "Daddy, I'm afraid there aren't enough lights in our house, so we have to make a few more for all the immortals." ”

The two of them went into the inner room, Meng Ying looked at Gu Baiying and hesitated: "Uncle Shi......"

Gu Baiying lowered his eyes, and his voice was calm: "I tested it just now, he has no Yuan Force on him, and he is indeed an ordinary person." ”

Gu Baiying is not a kind and gentle person, and patting Xu Fu's shoulder just now was not to comfort this old man who looked cramped and uneasy.

"That Ji snake will listen, something is wrong." Mu Jiexiao also said.

It's really wrong, if they don't come early or late, they just bumped into the annual Ji Snake Club when they entered the city, and no matter how you listen to it, it tastes like waiting for the rabbit.

"I heard what Dou Niang just said that it was to sacrifice the divine snake," Hairpin Star muttered: "Could it be that when we get to the desert, there will be a giant python that will swallow us all directly, right?" ”

"Here you go again, suspicious, aren't you?" Mendong looked at them coldly: "People kindly invited you to participate in the festival together, you are suspicious behind your back, don't go if you don't want to go, why spoil the kindness of others." ”

Hairpin Star: "...... You're getting carried away by love right now. ”

"You're blinded by jealousy!"

"What's the noise," Gu Baiying interrupted the two of them angrily: "Even if there are strange things in this city, most of them are because of the Holy Maiden, since tonight is the Ji Snake Club, just right, see what the Holy Maiden is." ”

Hairpin Xing tugged at his sleeve: "But we don't have Yuan Li now." ”

"Yang Haixing," Gu Baiying raised his eyebrows: "That's all you have, right?" ”

"Do you still have the strength to preserve?" Hairpin Xing was surprised and looked at the rest of the people, Tian Fangfang shook her head at her.

Meng Ying stood up: "Since it has been decided, then everyone must be careful tonight, this place is not in the map of the capital, if there is something strange, I am afraid that there will be fraud." ”

This is a fact, in the past, whether it was in Gufeng Mountain or Li'er Country, it was always a familiar place, and this Wufan City, for tens of hundreds of years, no one has ever taken the initiative to mention it, and the road ahead is auspicious or vicious, without half a sign. What's even worse is that the Yuan Force passes, and the Qiankun bag can't be opened.

The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light, which is never a good thing.

Moreover, the auspicious snake will ......

It doesn't sound auspicious.