There is no vegetation on the back mountain, and frequent acid rain destroys the local ecosystem, and finally only the surface of the stone is black. However, there are a large number of coal mines and abundant underground water sources under the back mountain, so the Afang family relied on this black mountain range to build a city and dig tunnels in the mountain.

Le Lianxue followed Li Fan, he was very familiar with this place, in the dark corner where the lights were not bright, pushing away the rocks blocking the road, a narrow gap appeared, behind the gap was a natural cave, the edge was a rock, and the far away was a vast river, leading to the outside, and a slight wind could be heard.

The roof of the cave was dotted with thousands of blue lights, which were countless fireflies, shining like stars.

Le Lianxue's mouth opened slightly, she didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful scene in the barren wilderness.

Standing in place and stunned for a moment at the blue stars, she reacted and wanted to catch up with Li Fan quickly, only to find that Li Fan also stopped, but she was not waiting for her or admiring the scene, but lowered her head and looked at the broken stones on half of the side, as if she was recalling something.

Le Lianxue didn't bother, she also took the opportunity to take in the spectacular scene in the surrounding caves, and after about five minutes, she noticed that Li Fan was looking this way.

"A word of caution." She said, "I'm just willing to come with you, but for specific help, I will make my own judgment based on the content of your so-called important things." ”

Levan said: "No, it's over, you can go back." ”

Le Lianxue was silent for more than ten seconds: "Huh? ”

"I mean it's over, thank you very much for your help, and then you can go back." Li Fan pointed around, "Of course, if you want to stay here and enjoy it, it's okay, but the tunnel you passed through when you go back is a little winding, you just need to be careful not to get lost." ”

"No, I'm not, wait...... Borrow it. Le Lianxue crossed Li Fan to the half-shattered stone, crouched down and frowned to look carefully, from the shape of the stone, the distribution of cracks, the quality and touch, and even used a little magic to detect the corresponding gaps in the stone......

There was no harvest, and it was an ordinary stone from any angle.

She didn't admit defeat and tinkered for a while, but she still couldn't figure out anything, and finally reluctantly stood up and looked directly at Li Fan:

"Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

"Explanation......" Li Fan looked at the water next to him, and suddenly said, "Do you want to hear a story?" ”

Le Lianxue nodded slowly.

"This is my friend's story," Li Fan frowned when he heard a sigh from the other side, "Listen quietly, or I won't tell it." ”

"Uh-huh." Le Lianxue smiled and nodded, pinched the thumb and middle finger of her right hand, and swiped from one end to the other in front of her mouth.

Levin began to tell:

"Friend, he had a dull but happy life, but suddenly one day everything left him without warning, and he was left alone in a wilderness of death, savagery, and despair."

"My friend was six years old at the time, and although he had wisdom and stability far beyond his peers, it was still too difficult to live alone in the wilderness, so it was normal that he was taken away, went through ups and downs, and finally joined the Alfang family as an outsider."

"The Afang family's attitude towards outsiders is extremely bad, and their friends encounter no less danger inside than outside, but they all try to survive."

"Until the Wilderness Festival comes."

"The wilderness festival is an annual tradition of the Afang family, by praying to the wilderness for the stability of the coming year, the living person who acts as a sacrifice can't be his own tribe, and his friend is very unfortunate and was chosen."

"The choice of sacrifices is all secret, and it was not made public until the day before the sacrifice, but his friend knew that he was selected half a month in advance, all because of a girl named Ah Lian."

Li Fan paused at this point:

"Ah Lian is a native of her own clan, and she is also the patriarch, the daughter of the old man in the layers of robes, she is two years older than her friend, she is very beautiful, and her long black hair is always tied up at the back of her head."

"Friend, as an alien wanderer who is looked down upon by his own people, Ah Lian is very good to him, often helps to get some food when he is not full, and even this cave is what Ah Lian told him, and the two sometimes sneak in and sit together and count the blue fireflies on the top."

"My friend, when he learned that he had been chosen as a sacrifice, he had to run away if he wanted to live, but it was too difficult for him to be alone, and he wanted to ask for help, so he told Ah Lian about this idea."

"Ah Lian is very supportive and willing to help, she and her friends have made a plan to escape, it is this secret cave that leads to the outside, on a suitable day, Ah Lian gave his friend matches and accelerants, let him set fire at night to attract attention, and then secretly come here, she will provide supplies here to help her friend live in the wilderness."

"Friend he believed, and set fire to the place marked by Ah Lian at night, attracting the attention of his own people, but when his friend came to the cave as agreed, he was greeted not only by Ah Lian, but also by the patriarch, and other people of his own tribe with weapons."

Li Fan smiled lightly:

"Ah Lian betrayed."

"To be precise, Ah Lian never thought about helping her friends from the beginning, she approached her friends just for entertainment, in order to gain trust, and then the desperate look of her friends when the truth was revealed, she would play like this every year at the wilderness festival, which belonged to her fun."

"Friend, he was caught back, and the end was miserable, the most important thing is that he was not originally chosen as a sacrifice, everything was made up by Ah Lian in order to coax him to escape, but after the escape failed, as a punishment, he was really chosen to be a sacrifice, and after three days, he was sacrificed to the wilderness in a bloody way."

Li Van laughed again, this time naturally:

"But it is precisely because of the wilderness sacrifice, because to ensure the integrity of the sacrifice, the people of my tribe did not torture his friend by chopping off his hands, feet, and gouging out his eyes, and this provided the last chance for the friend."

"The festival of the wilderness that year was extraordinarily grand, as if it were because of some favorable agreement between the family and other powers, all the clans sent men, festive red wood was built all over the town, colorful animals were hung everywhere, barrels of liquor and roasted cooked meat were placed on the side of the street, and everyone was in a state of rejoicing."

"My friend, he and the others who were sacrificed were locked up in a house, which was exactly where Ah Lian marked his friend and set the fire on it, because Ah Lian had told him in advance that the prepared people of his own clan had extinguished the fire before it spread, and this house was still used as a temporary cage for the sacrifices, although it was damaged."

"Because Ah Lian has to talk to the victim alone before the sacrifice begins, which is an annual practice, for convenience, the people of my clan directly locked his friend in a room alone."

"Something lucky happened, his own people who were guarding his friend were drunk, and probably in his eyes, a child covered in wounds could not do anything, and his friend endured the pain of dislocation and pulled his hand out of the rope that bound him, loosened the tie, and then sneaked out."

"After setting the fire at that time, he casually threw the unused matches and accelerant into the empty bucket next to him, and then he found it."

"The wood, the colored paper, the spirits all over town, everything is so appropriate."

"The fire is on."

"The wind blew that day, and the wind fueled the fire, and the fire swept through the town, and the city walls, which were supposed to defend against foreign enemies, became a desperate way to trap them, and the round walls were filled with flames, and those who later saw this scene from the outside said that Skull Town was like a huge furnace at that time."

"Friend, he took advantage of the chaos to escape, at that time the people were afraid that the coal mine in the back mountain tunnel would be ignited and no one dared to enter, which gave his friend the opportunity, he entered the back mountain tunnel, came to this cave, and finally left Skull Town from here and entered the wilderness."

After the story was told, Li Fan's voice was always faint when telling the story, as if it was really a friend's story.

Le Lianxue listened quietly, and suddenly spoke:

"Where's that one named Ah Lian?"

Facing Li Fan's puzzled gaze, she continued:

"I don't want to mention anything else, I hate betrayal, especially this kind of betrayal for the sake of betrayal, which doesn't make any sense, just because it's pleasant, disgusting."

"Betrayal must be paid."

She looked at Li Fan with some displeasure:

"Could it be that what you want to say, it's been so many years, and the hatred at that time has faded a lot with time, so that's it?"

The corners of Li Fan's eyes twitched twice: "I said that this is my friend, and it is very uncomfortable to tell this kind of story by myself...... Forget it, if you want revenge, it's my revenge, you should listen to a story and have fun, as for being so concerned? After a pause, he looked at the half-shattered stone, "And it's over." ”

"After all, Ah Lian is dead, you can't let me do something to a dead person."

Le Lianxue was stunned: "Already dead?" ”

"Yes, halfway through the escape from Burning Skull Town, I met Ah Lian, who was knocked out by the burned high platform." Levan understated, "Then I took her with me, and when I came here, she just woke up." ”

Li Fan paused for a second, but Le Lianxue felt a lot from this second.

"And then she died."

Li Fan pointed to the half-broken stone: "Just die here." ”

Le Lianxue looked at the stone, thinking that she had just touched, pinched and studied the gravel, and suddenly felt a nausea in her heart.

"Ah Lian cursed me for not dying well before she died, but not only did I not die well, but I also lived to the present, so I really wanted to come over and let her see."

Levan said.

"Ah Lian is very proud, and narrow-minded, jealous, when she sees a girl who is more beautiful than her, even if she is of the same clan, she will find a way to ruin someone's face, and then I want to bring you over and let her see it."

"Thank you so much for helping." He said sincerely.

"This is what you said is very important...... "Le Lianxue sighed softly, "Come here to take a look, you really can't forget her." ”

"After all, it was the girl who first taught me not to trust other people." Li Fan smiled, looked at Le Lianxue, and said seriously, "Le Lianxue, in the wilderness, no one should believe it except yourself." ”

Le Lianxue stared at him for a while: "Including you, including what you just said?" ”

Li Fan smiled: "You are very good." ”

After a pause, he said lightly: "The fire at that time completely changed the Ah Fang family, it is precisely because the flames burned the vitality of the people of their own tribe that the foreign wanderers can take this opportunity to rise, and the Ah Fang family can only compromise for the status of the wilderness, and finally led to the fact that now, the foreign wanderers and their own people are fighting against each other." ”

"So I'm giving you this story, just from the most real point of view, to tell you what happened back then, I don't tell you that you can find out when you go to the town, but from the mouths of your own people or outsiders, the devil knows what it will be like."

For example, his own people describe him as a great evil man who does bad things and destroys his conscience and burns his fellow people, while outsiders describe him as a great good man who bravely resists and helps those who come after him without fear of power......

He didn't think about it that much at the time, he just got angry with hatred, and what he thought about the most was to live.

"No wonder your people react so much to you." Le Lianxue shook her head, "In their cognition, you are a wicked person who unleashed a fire on the day of the celebration and burned their parents, brothers, and sisters to death, and now this wicked person dares to swagger back to the town. ”

Li Fan smiled: "Don't worry, as you said before, after so many years, my hatred for the Alfang family has become much lighter, and the Alfang family is not the previous Alfang family, even A Luo, who was born as an alien wanderer, can stand side by side with the patriarch." ”

"I'm not going to set another fire because of personal factors." He added.

"Have you reversed the object of hatred?" Le Lianxue blinked.

"You really shouldn't be here." Le Lianxue said, "Hatred is not so easy to dissolve, if the story you tell is true, then now the people in the town, led by the patriarch, are thinking about how to take revenge on you." ”

"Are you leaving?" She asked, "In return for allowing me to see such a beautiful sight, if you choose to leave now, I can send you to a safe place." ”

"I appreciate your kindness, but I came here with my own business." Li Fan took out the dagger and looked into the depths of the cave, "I've been in the peaceful area for too long, so long that I've forgotten the danger a little, it doesn't matter if I stay peaceful in this life, but now it seems that I can't." ”

"It seems that you have recognized the cruelty of the real world." Le Lianxue was very satisfied.

Not really...... Levin continued: "So I want to use this hatred to awaken that self in the wilderness. ”

"Ah Luo sent someone to block the road to the back mountain, but the patriarch, the old fox, had already guessed that I would come to the place where her daughter died, and arranged someone here early to test me." He chuckled, "Probably because you're here, they've been holding back without moving, but when they saw that I was about to leave, they couldn't hold back anymore." ”

Bang!

The gunshots reverberated violently, and the frightened fireflies suddenly extinguished their light, and the entire cave fell into complete darkness.