That night, Han Zhongyuan did not return.

I guess I slept at the inn.

There is an ox cart in the morning, noon and evening.

At night, when I arrived at the post station from Wuding City, it was already midnight.

After a day of sitting in an ox cart, I was so tired that I stayed directly at the post station and came back in the early morning, which is normal, and there is nothing wrong with it.

But for some reason, Zhang Xingxi just felt an indescribable sense of fear.

It's as if the benefits he has already received will be deprived at any moment.

In this state of uncontrollable mood, he wanted to kill Han Zhongyuan, but he didn't dare, for fear of some kind of backlash.

I waited for Han Zhongyuan for half a night, and it wasn't until dawn that he fell asleep in a daze.

Just as he was sleeping, a figure suddenly appeared in his room.

Li Boyang stared at Zhang Xingxi, who had fallen asleep, hesitated for a while, but still didn't make a move.

During this time, Zhang Xingxi's strange and awkward behavior was all in his eyes.

The speculation in my heart is becoming more and more certain.

Even if Li Boyang didn't have any scruples about killing Zhang Xingxi, he was also curious about the changes in the situation after that.

If it is really as he thinks, what will Zhang Xingxi do when the time comes?

Will you not be able to hold back and go to a certain place in advance to reap benefits?

If this is the case, maybe he can hang behind Zhang Xingxi and take the big head casually.

Zhang Xingxi, who didn't know that he was regarded as a treasure hunting mouse, was still asleep at this time, and he didn't react to the outside world.

Immediately afterwards, Li Boyang saw that Zhang Xingxi's face gradually turned red and purple, his breathing became more and more rapid, and the corners of his mouth even spit out fine white foam.

He couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, "It seems that the effect of the medicine is a little too good......

After muttering a sentence, he flicked his nails lightly, and a faint white smoke rushed straight to Zhang Xingxi's nose.

After Zhang Xingxi smelled the white smoke, his face instantly relaxed a lot, his breathing calmed down, he turned over and continued to sleep.

Just when he turned over, Li Boyang was already missing from the room.

The sky was dark, the starlight was sparse, and the two crescents had set.

At this time, the light in the mountain is the darkest, and you must bring a dead gas lamp to prevent stepping on the air no matter how you go up or down the mountain.

Han Zhongyuan didn't bring a lamp, his eyes were slightly glowing with green light, he saw the darkness around him nothing, and walked fast and steady on the mountain road.

Halfway through, he turned inward from the mountain road and forked into another thin and narrow path.

The breeze blows, and the faint fragrance of autumn leaves and flowers fills the air.

It's just that the floral scent here seems to be different.

The fragrant floral fragrance has a hint of mint-like coolness.

After a few corners and a few more curves, the vision in front of me suddenly opened up.

It is a natural platform surrounded by a circle of black fruit trees.

At this time, there are a series of ink fruits hanging on the ink fruit tree, but there are no leaves, which looks quite hideous.

In the middle of the platform, Li Boyang stood there quietly, looking at Han Zhongyuan's expression as if he was smiling.

"I really didn't expect you to be able to come."

Han Zhongyuan was silent for a while.

"There is the aroma of red leaves and flowers on the stone, and there is a slight smell of ink fruit."

"Although the red leaf flowers are gorgeous and dazzling, it is a pity that the flowering period is short, most of them wither in the early morning, and only the special smell emitted by the ink fruit can prolong the flowering period of the red leaf flowers."

"From this, it can be concluded that the time you made an appointment should be the time when the red leaves and flowers fall, and the place is a place where there are ink fruits."

"It's not that hard for a successful herb picker."

"The only thing you can't say for sure is that the time you made an appointment was yesterday...... Or today? ”

"So you're just passing by for two days? The reason is to go home and save relatives? ”

"You're really cautious...... Did you guess something? ”

Li Boyang looked at the Moguo trees around him, this kind of tree is actually not rare, similar to willow trees, maybe break off a branch and stick it in the ground to live.

Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that the tree rarely bears flowers and bears fruit.

But if it does bloom and bear fruit, the leaves will fall off, and the fruit will hang on the tree for several years before it will fall off the tree in the shape of raisins.

It's wonderful, but the fruit is of little use.

It's bitter, astringent and slightly poisonous, you can't eat it, you can't use it as a medicinal herb, and it's not good-looking.

This is because it grows in the mountains, and if it had grown in the city, the ink fruit trees that bear fruit would have been cut down long ago.

Han Zhongyuan followed Li Boyang's gaze and also looked at the Moguo tree, but he didn't see any difference.

He sighed softly, "I don't know if it's my delusion, I always feel as if something is tying me up." ”

"I even felt like I was missing something."

Li Boyang turned his head to look at him and smiled, "Let me guess, the more you look at Zhang Xingxi, the more you think he took away your things?" ”

"Even recently, you still feel that Zhang Xingxi has been staring at you, as if he wants to take something from you...... Am I right? ”

Han Zhongyuan was silent.

Although the feeling is very faint and not strong, it does exist.

It's always with you, and you can't get rid of it.

It wasn't until he left the Jiulian Mountain Range and went to Wuding City that this feeling disappeared abruptly.

Now that I have come back, I am closer to the place where the herb picker is stationed, and a similar feeling of uneasiness has inexplicably surged up.

It's as if he's instinctively resisting someone.

"That's why you asked me to meet here? Looks like you're being careful......"

Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Han Zhongyuan looked at Li Boyang and said with a bit of mockery.

Li Boyang didn't care about this, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I inquired very clearly, Zhang Xingxi was not a registered disciple at all before...... He is the outer disciple of the Wuyue Sect, and in this capacity, it would be very stupid for me to want to directly confront him. ”

Face-to-face...... That is to say, if you are not facing it head-on, you can actually deal with it?

Han Zhongyuan was first startled, and then stunned.

At this time, he couldn't understand Li Boyang more and more.

At the same time, I also understand why Li Boyang is so cautious.

If Zhang Xingxi was really a disciple of the outer sect of the Wuyue Sect, then he would have at least third-rate skills.

Killing these ordinary people is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

Ordinary people are not cautious against such an opponent, it is equivalent to looking for death.

"If what you say is true, then Zhang Xingxi is only in his early twenties, and he is not too old, since this is the case... Why did you withdraw from the outer gate of the Wuyue Sect? ”

Han Zhongyuan was a little puzzled, becoming an outer disciple of the Wuyue Sect was not ten times better than being a medicine picker?

Obviously has a bright future, but he doesn't take the right path to become a medicine picker? Which door is this going by?

Li Boyang squinted at him.

That look looked at Han Zhongyuan's whole body and made him feel uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.

I just wanted to ask, but I heard Li Boyang say, "This world is bustling with people coming and going, to put it bluntly, it's just for a sharp word." ”

"Since Zhang Xingxi would rather give up his status as an outer disciple of the Wuyue Sect, he has to find a way to stay by your side, so you don't have any other ideas?"

For example...... Your parents, your family, one of your friends, or someone you inadvertently saved could all be a source of profit. ”

Han Zhongyuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I'm just an ordinary mountain person, if it weren't for the fact that my family was turned over by the earth dragon, I wouldn't have gone to Wuding City, let alone be a medicine picker." ”

"So what you said, there's no possibility at all."

"You know what? I thought that with my ability in the mountains, being a medicine picker was just a matter of being able to catch it. ”

"Na Cheng thinks that the Jiulian Mountains are very different from ordinary mountains and forests, and I have escaped death several times in just a few years, and I am really a little scared."

"Okay...... In this case, another possibility is ruled out. ”

"Although I don't believe it, after ruling out all possibilities, no matter how unbelievable the rest of the possibilities are, it must be the truth."

Li Boyang seemed to be talking to him, and he seemed to be talking to himself.

Han Zhongyuan was a little confused when he heard this, what does it mean to rule out all possibilities, and what remains must be the truth?

Could it be that there was something else he didn't know?

As soon as he wanted to ask, he heard Li Boyang say again, "Before you went with him to collect medicine that day, he actually invited me, but I refused." ”

"I remember his skin was very rough and he was only 172 ...... tall."

"Huh?" Han Zhongyuan really didn't understand anything at this time.

Li Boyang touched his nose, "Well, in words that you can understand, he had a dull complexion at the time, and his height was one finger shorter than yours, and one finger shorter than me." ”

"But by the time he came back in the evening, he was about the same height as me, but the difference was so small that I couldn't see it if I didn't look closely."

"And his skin type, complexion and other aspects are undergoing subtle changes for the better."

"I'm sure he must have eaten something that made his body change so much."

"And if I'm not mistaken, this is a treasure...... Actually, it should be yours. ”

Han Zhongyuan was stunned on the spot.

In fact, Li Boyang's words, he didn't understand half of them, but he vaguely understood one thing.

That is, Zhang Xingxi took away the benefits that originally belonged to him.

Because of this, he felt as if he had lost something.

And then there's the uncontrollable rage.

A nameless fire that couldn't help but burst out.

He gritted his teeth and punched the Moguo tree next to him.

The beating made the ink fruit trees rustle.

After being silent for a while, Han Zhongyuan suppressed the nameless fire in his heart and said coldly, "Although I think it...... What you say is true. ”

"But I still can't understand how Zhang Xingxi knew my fate in advance and took away my chance, could it be that he has the ability to know beforehand?"

Li Boyang shook his head, "Things are actually not that complicated, I thought about it at the beginning, how can there be so many lucky people in the world." ”

After saying this sentence that Han Zhongyuan didn't understand, he said again.

"One hundred and thirty-three years ago, the Great Demon descended from the sky and fought with the Sword Immortal Xie Tianlou outside Wuding City."

"After the Great Demon was killed by the Sword Immortal Xie Tianlou, just in case, the Sword Immortal Xie Tianlou laid down a large array of reversal of yin and yang disorder cause and effect to prevent the Great Demon from resurrecting."

"Yes...... But isn't this a myth? Han Zhongyuan was a little puzzled, obviously talking about Zhang Xingxi, why did he mention the legend of this sword immortal slaying demons.

"Are you 100% sure that this is a myth?" Li Boyang chuckled.

"If my guess is correct, Zhang Xingxi just took shit luck and touched the legendary reversal of yin and yang disorder cause and effect array, and in the disorder, he peeked into the future, so he gave up his identity as a disciple of the outer sect of Wuyue Sect, and wanted to stay by your side."

"And...... It's almost the limit. ”

Han Zhongyuan felt inexplicably chilled in his heart, "Limit...... What does that mean? ”

"During this time, Zhang Xingxi stared at you several times, raising his killing intent, it is obvious that he has taken away your biggest benefit, and the remaining benefits are not very important to him, so you, a tool man, can naturally sleep for a long time." Li Boyang did not hide it and said bluntly.

"Tool man? …… Ha! It's really a tool man. ”

There is obviously no such thing as a tool man in this world, but when Han Zhongyuan heard it, he felt that this description was simply exquisite, and he couldn't help laughing at himself, "Since he wants to destroy me, then what are you still looking for me for?" ”

"Hasn't he done it yet?"

"Being able to glimpse the future is indeed a big opportunity, but it is precisely because of the glimpse of the future that he is a little constrained."

"Your next benefits are not important to Zhang Xingxi, but the person you see next is very important to him."

"I think he was afraid that killing you would lead to changes in the future, and the opportunity would disappear, so he hesitated and didn't kill you." Li Boyang said eloquently.

Han Zhongyuan was silent for a while before he said slowly, "Although I don't know if what you said is true, I don't seem to have any other choice. ”

"What are you going to do when you called me?"

Li Boyang grinned, "Since he likes to take away opportunities, why don't we try to take him for a while." ”