Thousands of mountains and thousands of lakes, another year of autumn scenery.

The Taoist stood halfway up the mountain, with a pear tree beside him, full of green grass like silk, only a few yellow, and his clothes were constantly swaying in the wind.

The weeds shook down the hill, and cats came running wildly.

A three-flowered cat, not as tall as the weeds, bumped into the weeds between runs, and the mountains and green silk were originally blown down in the same direction by the wind, but now she knocked out of a road.

Between running, the figure disappears from time to time.

When the three-flowered cat found that every time he jumped up, he could see the Taoist priest on the mountain, and he jumped higher and higher between the runs, jumping and jumping, and every time he jumped, he must look at the Taoist with a serious face.

Gradually getting closer and closer to the Taoist.

According to the habit of the cat, she began to turn from running crazy to trotting, and then to cheerful small steps, and when she reached the Taoist, she had become a small step and walked slowly, and finally stopped, sat down on the grass three feet in front of the Taoist, raised one paw and licked, and looked at him with slanted eyes while licking, and said:

"Daoist, are you out?"

The voice is clear and thin, and nothing changes.

The Taoist looked down at her—

It's still that big a cat, and I can't see any changes.

"How is Sanhua Niangniang?"

"Sanhua Niangniang is doing well!"

"I heard that Sanhua Niangniang has become more powerful, is it true?" The Taoist asked.

"Huh? Listen to whom? ”

"Once the mage said."

"A little!"

"A little?"

Song You looked at her with a smile.

That's a lot of growth.

It doesn't mean the way of magic.

It means learning to be humble.

"A little bit ......"

Sanhua Cat raised her head and stared at him without blinking, and asked him, "Sanhua Niangniang sent you so much food, why didn't you eat any of it?" ”

"In the chaos below, I can't help myself."

"I can't help myself!"

"But after I opened my eyes, I saw the braised chicken and preserved egg lean porridge that Sanhua Niangniang brought me, and I tasted a little."

"That's all from last month! Did you open your eyes last month? ”

"I just opened my eyes."

"Why wasn't it eaten by bugs? Oh, there's no bugs in there...... So how do you eat it? Won't it become sour and smelly and cause stomach pain after eating? ”

"I ate it fresh, just cold."

"Huh?"

"There's something strange about it."

"Delicious meow?"

"Good is delicious......"

Song You looked at the expression of the Sanhua cat as he spoke, as if he could see something from the cat's face and the cat's eyes, and then smiled slightly and said, "It's just not as delicious as Sanhua Niangniang's cooking." ”

"That's right!"

The cat didn't hesitate, nodded and said, but still squinted at him quietly, and continued to ask: "Then guess where the braised chicken and porridge that Sanhua Niangniang brought you came from?" ”

The Taoist still looked at the three-flowered cat's expression.

While looking, I pondered.

"I guess ......"

Song You thought about it for a while, and probably knew the bottom of his heart: "It can't be bought from Changjing, right?" ”

“！”

The cat's expression froze, his face became a little serious, and he stared at him and said, "How did you guess?" ”

"Guess."

"Then guess how Sanhua Niangniang bought the chicken and porridge from Changjing?" Sanhua Cat said, not forgetting to add, "Changjing is so far from here!" ”

"Changjing is indeed thousands of miles away from here, if you use the strength of the horse's feet and run with all your might, although it won't take a few days, but three months ago it was the height of summer, and it should be broken if you bring it back." Song You said his conjecture while thinking about it, "In addition, those who can go back and forth for a short time, no matter how they go back and forth, can be called supernatural powers......"

Sanhua Cat listened to him carefully.

The more you listen, the happier you get.

I just feel that I really deserve to be a Taoist priest, I haven't seen him for three years, and I'm still so powerful, and somehow, I can make the cat happy by saying something casually.

"Could it be that Sanhua Niangniang has mastered the magic power of flying?" Song You asked.

"Sanhua Niangniang has subdued the white crane!"

"Conquered the White Crane?"

"That's right!"

“……”

Song You looked at the three-flowered cat.

The three-flowered cat also aimed at him.

There was a look of smugness, and a hint of anticipation.

With just one look, the Taoist knew that what he said was not enough.

"Isn't that white crane arrogant by nature?"

"That's right!"

"And the Dao is very high, and the combat power is very strong, and the Golden Stone Giant can't stop its beak."

"That's right!"

"Then how did the three-flower lady accept it?"

"Naturally, I practice every day, practice spells diligently, and win the battle. Then with some cleverness, the swallow said that it was brainwashing, and finally slowly it became obedient. Sanhua Cat hid his pride and pride very well, and only saw seriousness on his face, and did not forget to add, "That white crane is not smart." ”

"It's still Sanhua Niangniang who is smart......"

"That's right!" The three-flowered cat said, "If you want to go to a distant place in the future, you can sit on the back of my white crane, and you will be there at once!" ”

"yes......"

Song You turned his head and looked: "What about the swallows?" ”

"The swallow is over there, far away from practicing thunder, and a ghost went to look for it just now." Sanhua Cat turned his head to look into the distance, "There is no thunder over there now, it should be back." ”

"That's ......"

Almost as soon as the words fell, a swallow flew in the sky.

Above the hillside was blue sky and white clouds, and the swallow did not need to flap its wings at all, but spread its wings, and then rode the wind and landed on the branches of the pear tree, causing the branches to shake for a while.

"Congratulations to Mr. on my successful exit."

"I haven't seen you for three years, how are you doing outside?"

"Entrusted to Sanhua Niangniang to take care of it, everything is fine." The swallow bowed her head and said, "The horses are also very good. ”

"I heard that you have grown a lot?"

"It's not as good as Sanhua Niangniang."

The voice of a cat immediately came from the side:

"It's not as good as a swallow~"

"Sanhua Niangniang won the prize."

"Swallow Prize~"

“……”

Like two naïve children.

Song You shook his head, didn't say much, only took out two stones, and said to them, "Go and talk below." These two stones are taken from the stone mountain where I sit in the underworld, and if you hold them, you will be free to travel between the yang and the underworld, and you will not be rejected by the underworld. ”

"Got it."

"Got it~"

Both little monsters took on human form and took the stone.

Then they all tilted their heads and stared at him.

"Are you ready?"

The Taoist smiled at them.

Don't wait for them to answer—

"Brush!"

I felt that there was a darkness in front of me, as if it was just an instant, and it seemed to have passed a long distance, and when the two little monsters opened their eyes, they were already in the underworld.

The sun and moon were not visible, but there was a glimmer of light, and the ground was full of yin and clouds, and the nearest to them was a huge mountain with a near-perfect posture, like a sharp cone that broke through the earth and pierced the dome, and the earth was so wide that it could not see the border, and the ghost town had been divided into several parts.

The two little monsters stood beside Song You, both looking around.

One frowned, thoughtful, and the other was vigilant, constantly sniffing the unfamiliar smell in the air, and subconsciously moved his steps closer to his own Taoist priest.

"Where is this?"

"Hades."

"How did it change?"

"Sanhua Niangniang has been moving forward in the ghost town of Yeshan, and now it is a perfect underworld, which is naturally different."

"Or in the mountains?"

"No, we just came in from outside the mountains, but what came in was not necessarily from the mountains."

"I don't understand~"

"Sanhua Niangniang has grown a lot taller."

Song You looked at the girl beside him and realized that she had indeed grown taller.

She didn't grow taller, but in the past three years, her height has obviously exceeded that of the previous three years, and even the previous five or six years have not necessarily grown so much.

"Sanhua Niangniang took the swallow, sat on the white crane, went to Changjing, returned to our previous house, and went to the wall to compare——"

With the vigilant character of Sanhua Niangniang, it was not easy to be diverted from the topic when she first arrived in a strange place, but this topic was too powerful and unusual, so she instantly took her attention away, and couldn't wait to draw a distance with her hands and tell the Taoist:

"So much taller!"

While gesturing, he looked down, I don't know if he felt that the description was inaccurate, or if he was a little cautious, and quietly held his two hands a little farther away.

"I think in the past three years, Sanhua Niangniang must be more worried."

"What's the concern?"

"It's just that Sanhua Niangniang has grown a lot, not only in Taoism and magic practice."

"Sanhua Niangniang has learned a lot." The girl said to him beside her, "Sanhua Niangniang goes to the river outside, and the people there catch fish, they don't need fishing rods, nets and sharp sticks, they just need to weave something and put it in the water, and the fish will go in by themselves, and they can pick it up the next day, which is so convenient." ”

"How did Sanhua Niangniang learn it?"

"Turn into a cat, walk over and look quietly. Ah no, it's above board, and they don't chase me. ”

"Sanhua Niangniang is smart."

"Sanhua Niangniang also planted sugar cane at the bottom of the mountain. There are people who grow sugarcane in the south of Fengzhou, and Sanhua Niangniang buys some with money, cuts them into truncated pieces, and buries them in the soil to grow new. ”

"How does Sanhua Niangniang know?"

"It's the man who asked about the sugar cane planter."

"I see......"

"How can there be a mountain here?"

"This is the high platform I was sitting on before, I don't know why, when the underworld is condensed, it will become so high."

"How did it change?"

"Heaven and earth are mysterious and accidental, and it is difficult to say."

"Slightly~"

Song You chose a direction and walked forward.

Both little monsters followed him.

Because they hold two mountain rocks in their hands, they are equivalent to obtaining additional permission to enter here, and the underworld does not exclude them. With their Taoist cultivation, the yin qi and ghost aura here are strong, and there will not be any major problems in a short period of time.

The girl talked to the Taoist about her growth, and the Taoist also talked to them about the changes in the underworld.

Head northwest.

There are old people there, who have stayed here for a long time.

The Taoist should have visited them first.

(End of chapter)