Dong Zhi sucked a mouthful of paste against the edge of the bowl.

The marching rations, the bread is mushy, the taste is really average, neither as good as rice porridge nor millet porridge, but Dong Zhi has not eaten hot serious food for a long time, plus there are shredded rabbit meat and wild vegetables growing in this forest in the paste, and there is actually salt, and when I eat it in my mouth at this time, I also have a feeling of being moved.

It seems to be some kind of fine delicacy.

It's starting to feel like a hallucination again.

"Sir...... Since Mr. is from Yizhou, why did he come here? Dong Zhi quietly aimed at Song You.

"Traveling down the mountain, I have been walking the world, there is no fixed place, as for why I came here...... Song You smiled at him, "I am the same as my feet, to find the demeanor of this Yuezhou divine bird." ”

"And when will the gentleman leave?"

"Rest for the night and leave tomorrow morning." Song You said to him, "This place is only a few dozen miles away from this Qingtong forest, and you can go out tomorrow morning." ”

"Dozens of miles ......"

Dong Zhi couldn't help but be a little dazed.

Dozens of miles away, it seems not far, but he has already trapped himself here.

"Since I came through Gwangju, I want to go back and forth through Gwangju, in this case, after I go out, I should go south, and after I go out, I will go east, to Zhaozhou, and probably after the beginning of spring next year, I will go from Zhaozhou to Hanzhou." Song You said to him, "I'll take my feet out tomorrow morning." ”

"Get out ......"

Dong Zhi shook his head again.

I am afraid that the next sentence will be the Taoist coaxing him to sleep, and when he is about to fall asleep or about to wake up, he will find that he is still lying in the miasma of the woods, curled up in a ball, and has long been frozen unconscious.

Fortunately, the Taoist did not say so, but told him to eat slowly, and continued to talk with him.

Asked him if it was better to go to Yuezhou via Gwangju than to Yuezhou through Zhaozhou, asked him how the situation was in Hanzhou, what scenic spots, myths and legends, and what places worth going to when traveling the world, and then asked him if he had encountered demons and monsters through half of Yuezhou, and how many people he had seen, and he chatted happily.

Finally, the bowl of mush was finished.

Dong Zhi not only felt warm and relieved, but also inexplicably had an ominous premonition, and his heart was also tight.

Sure enough, he heard the man on the other side say to him:

"I was cold again, hungry again, my body had already been lost, and I was invaded by miasma, and now I drank some hot water and food, although I woke up, I should not be too tired, if I don't rest well, I am afraid that I will leave a lifelong sequelae after leaving this place, or sleep for the time being. Tomorrow morning, we will wake you up and take you out, so please relax. ”

When Dong Zhi heard this, he chuckled in his heart.

It's coming, it's finally coming, this scene, including the dialogue at this time, is so familiar.

That's when I remembered-

Yes, there is a miasma here, if there is no spirit rune to help, it will make people dizzy, the skin is ulcerated, and the corners of the mouth are sores, and I didn't even notice it, I woke up until now, and I have been refreshed, as if the miasma that lingers around me is just an ordinary fog.

"Suffered ......"

I'm afraid that I won't be able to wake up from this sleep, or that when I wake up, I will go back again.

I really don't want to sleep......

But somehow, it seems that after eating and drinking, the body is warm, and naturally there is a little sleepiness, and it seems that as this Taoist said, he is really lost by this hunger, cold and miasma, and I don't feel it just now, at this time, as soon as I am mentioned by the Taoist, all the fatigue will come out. Or maybe this person has a calm tone and a gentle demeanor, like a mortal immortal master, who pities the suffering of the world, coupled with the fire burning in front of him and the dry thin blanket wrapped around his body, which naturally makes people feel at ease and sleepy.

In short, Dong Zhi only felt a wave of sleepiness coming to him, his eyelids were fighting, although he didn't want to sleep, but he really couldn't stand it, he hadn't given orders yet, and his body fell to the side by himself.

I only had time to open my eyes and look at the front of me.

I saw that the Taoist man's expression was still the same, gentle and calm, and the little girl also sat beside the Taoist obediently, staring at him curiously, the horse was chewing something beside him, and the swallow stopped on its back, and also aimed at herself.

Dong Zhi's eyes narrowed, and he fell asleep.

If you sleep like this, you don't have the slightest consciousness.

It's not like an ordinary sleep, there is still a little thought, knowing that he has slept for a while, and if he is more awake, he can also know whether he slept long or short, but Dong Zhi did not have it at this time, and he didn't even know that he had slept once, and this time was like being lost.

It didn't seem like overnight.

Just close your eyes and open them again.

"Ahh

Dong Zhi was almost awakened.

When I woke up, I found that the sky was already bright, and the surrounding area was still full of miasma, and the towering and huge green tung trees were like giant pillars of optimus, reaching straight into the depths of the clouds and mist, not like the mortal world of the present world, but like the ancient demon world.

Dong Zhi checked his surroundings for the first time, and found that he was still wrapped in a thin blanket, and there was only a pile of charcoal residue left in the fire in front of him, and the red horse without reins was standing not far from last night, still chewing something in his mouth, and the man and the girl were still sitting next to him, as if they had packed their things and were staring at him.

"This ......"

Dong Zhi's heart settled for a moment, and he quickly got up, his expression stunned.

"Awake at your feet?"

"Wake up ......"

"Feeling good?"

"Good ......"

"In that case, let's go."

"Oh......"

Dong Zhi is almost completely ownerless, as long as he says something, he will follow suit.

So she got up, and before she could put away the blanket, the little girl took it, folded it and stuffed it into the quilt bag, and when the Taoist put the quilt on the horse's back, she set off.

Dong Zhi followed, and the little girl handed him a handful of mince cakes and a piece of rabbit meat, his hands were very small, and the mince cakes were only a small handful, and it was breakfast this morning.

Dong Zhi ate while walking, stumbling.

The little girl sometimes climbed on the back of the horse, sometimes came down and followed, sometimes broke a stick to beat the grass everywhere, sometimes took out a dagger and poked it here and there, and looked very naughty and lively, while the swallow flew in front of them to show them the way, and chirped diligently, and from time to time it rose to the sky, and after a while flew back again.

The jujube red horse followed honestly and obediently.

The Taoist walked with a cane and did not speak much.

The cry of the bear on the road scared Dong Zhi a lot, but the little girl only waved the flag and summoned more than a dozen big wolves, and before she saw the bear, the bear was driven away.

The man smiled with the little girl and said:

"Unconsciously, Sanhua Niangniang is also a big monster who can fight with bears and tigers."

A sentence of three flower girls.

A big monster.

Dong Zhi was deeply impressed.

It's just that people have never shown malice, and Dong Zhi really has no other way, so he has been following them.

In the morning of the same day, when it was almost noon, he had already walked out of the Qingtong Forest. However, after walking for another half a day, it was not until mid-afternoon that the group walked out of the range shrouded in miasma.

The whole world has become white, and there are a few trees growing on the side, with lush branches, but the trees are not leaves, but crystal white ice crystals, like ice and snow, and the world in front of them is already clear, and when you turn around and look back, it is a fog.

Dong Zhi's expression was sluggish, and he felt as if he had just walked out of an ancient world and returned to reality.

It was also at this time that the Taoist stopped.

I saw the Taoist pointing to the south and turning his head to look at him:

"There is no longer a miasma here, and if you want to go from Gwangju, you have to go south, and you have the ability to survive in the wild, so if we don't stop by, we won't send more."

"I ...... I ......"

Dong Zhi stretched out his finger and pointed ahead, as if he couldn't believe it: "Can you go back?" ”

"Yes."

The Taoist smiled and nodded at him: "But there is still a long way to go, I just wish that the journey will be smooth and be more careful." ”

"This ......"

"Please."

Dong Zhi stumbled and took a few steps.

I remembered that I was trapped in the Qingtong forest a few days ago, the miasma was heavy, the clouds and mist covered my eyes, no matter where I went, it seemed to be the same, and now it was only half a day, and I walked out, remembering the fog in the Qingtong forest two days ago, like the scene of the ancient world, and then looking at the clear and clean snow world in front of me, it is really inevitable to have a feeling of sudden dream.

Raised his hand and touched his face, I wanted to sober up, but I suddenly found that the sores on my face and the blisters at the corners of my mouth were gone, and my face felt clean to the touch, so I quickly wiped my mouth with my tongue, and there was no stinging sensation.

It's more like a dream.

Dong Zhi couldn't help but turn around.

In the snow, he walked out of a series of fragmentary footprints, the end of the footprints is a huge tree, the tree is full of snow and ice and crystal rime, beautiful to the extreme, the whole world is covered in silver, the Taoist person is holding the little girl with a cane in one hand and the other hand, looking at him very calmly, the red horse next to him is the most conspicuous color in the snow, the swallow has fallen on the tree, and also looks down at him.

“……”

Dong Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Yesterday, I heard this person say that I was afraid that I would have to return to Hanzhou to know if it was a fantasy or a dream, and I didn't think it was so at the time, but now it seems that I still feel that it is a dream at this time, and I am afraid that I still feel that it is a dream all the way south, and I am afraid that I will really have to wait until I go to Gwangju, walk into the city, see the people, and even return to Hanzhou to see familiar people, so that I can be sure that this is not a dream.

If it wasn't a dream, it must have met a fairy.

It's like I've been telling those stories for half my life.

Dong Zhi stumbled and walked farther and farther.

The Taoist still stood in place, watching him, until he had become a small black dot, and the footprints on the ground had spread far away, and he could no longer be seen, and he withdrew his gaze.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something, so he turned his head to look behind him-

The miasma is born by the mountains and forests, and it also envelops the mountains and forests, but in the miasma, there is a deer.

The deer did not go away, but looked up at him.

Song You was a little puzzled, and bowed to him:

"What's the matter down here?"

The deer, which was not as big as a sheep, looked up at him, and after a moment he uttered a voice that was quiet and ethereal:

"I heard that there is a fairy master in Yanzhou in the west, who came from Hezhou all the way to kill demons and demons, and killed a lot of demons who broke the rules in Yanzhou, could it be that he is the Taoist?"

"How do you know?"

"There are many demons in the north, although I practice in the mountains and forests north of Yuezhou, I often hear interesting news from outside."

"What do you want to say?"

"Where did the Taoist come from?"

"Don't you know, come from Hezhou Yanzhou."

"Where are you going?"

"Wander the world."

"Have you traveled all over Yuezhou?"

"I've been halfway there."

“……”

Xiaolu turned his head around, looked left and right, as if he had some concerns, and then said to him: "There are a lot of monsters in Yuezhou, and there are also a lot of interesting things, the Taoist should go more carefully." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Song You to ask more, as soon as he threw his hooves, he turned around and ran into the fog behind him, and disappeared.

(End of chapter)