Xu Chen carefully counted all the plants that grew in the entire medicine garden, and found that there were more than thirty plants of eight species, none of which were recognized, two of them were like saplings, and the others were like herbs or vines.

In order to figure out what these things were when they grew up, Xu Chen spent half an hour cleaning up all the dried herbs in the medicine field, revealing enough space for the newborn plants to grow.

Eventually, all that was left of the entire medicine garden was a dead resurrection tree, and some sparse vines and weeds of strange colors.

After finishing it, Xu Chen jumped into the waterhole under the waterfall and carefully scrubbed his body, while the little fox ran around in the medicine garden, not even his favorite soul beads on weekdays, so he sniffed around these strange plants, full of novelty.

"Xiaobai, let's go!"

Xu Chen got dressed and said hello, Xiaobai reluctantly ran out of the medicine garden, squatting in front of Xu Chen with an expectant face and waiting to be put into his chest, but Xu Chen gently flicked his brain with his fingers and said, "It's all home, go by yourself, it's not far below!" ”

"Woo ......"

The little fox barked a little reluctantly, then raised his little tail high, and followed Xu Chen down the mountain with a jump.

Xu Chen has walked this trail many times in the past five years, and he will not take a wrong step with his eyes closed.

It's only been a month since I left, and the road is already crawling with vines.

The surrounding mountains are verdant, birds chirp, and there are a large number of small beasts such as squirrels, foxes, ferrets, tortoises, rabbits, etc., climbing and wandering among the trees, and the whole world is full of vitality and primitive style, and the prosperous mortal realm under the mountain is like a world away.

The little fox was interested in everything, chasing wild birds and snakes among the rocks and trees as he ran, and occasionally took a worm in his mouth to show off his strength.

Xu Chen's heart was as calm as water, and there was no more irritability and depression in his heart.

He felt as if he was a part of this mountain, and as long as he walked in this quiet, lonely and vibrant mountain, he would feel a special peace of peace in his soul, and he no longer wanted to think about everything in the mundane world.

It was only an hour before and after returning to the mountain.

He felt as if what was happening under the mountain was far, far away from him.

Even in that life-and-death struggle, it seems that there is not much feeling, except for clear memories, there is no longer any panic and fear.

The dilapidated log cabin is still so lonely among the green bamboo and grass.

In the open space in front of the house, the medicine hoe and the manure shovel that were thrown away indiscriminately when he left are still in place, and there is still a crumpled animal skin on the stone where the little fox was dried, and a broken pottery bowl is thrown next to it.

It's as if time freezes here.

If you don't come back, this place may be the same for ten years and a hundred years, until it is flooded by barren grass and vines, and finally returns to nature.

"Alright, we're home!"

Xu Chen sat down on the stone.

The little fox jumped on his lap with a whin, gathered his little tail and sat on his knees, his little head looking around, full of curiosity about the environment, as if he knew it, but also seemed not to know it.

After all, it only stayed here for three days.

But here there is a rare and familiar smell and taste.

Xu Chen gently stroked the little fox's fur a few times, then put it on the ground and said:

"In the future, this will be the home of the two of us, you go play, don't run too far, I'll clean up the house, and I'll get some food later."

The little fox seemed to understand, and quickly burrowed into the nearby bamboo forest with its little tail cocked.

Xu Chen also stood up, packed up the dung shovels on the ground, put them under the eaves of the cabin, and then pushed the door open, only to hear a few fluttering sounds, and a few wild birds flew out through the half-open windows.

Xu Chen's face twitched a few times.

Obviously, I was in a hurry and forgot to close the window.

Not to mention the mess in the room, the wind and rain drifted in through the window, and the bedding on the bed was wet, and the room was filled with a musty smell.

But what made him most speechless was that the lid of the clay pot where the rice was placed was lifted, and the half jar of millet in it was gone, and there seemed to be some spilled on the ground, and there was a lot of bird droppings.

As for the humble stove, there are traces of all kinds of snakes, rats, insects, ants and even monkeys' footprints everywhere, and even on the beams of the house, a snake with the thickness of an arm is seen, spanning the entire roof.

I can't live this day!

Although Xu Chen is not lazy, and the hut is tidy up on weekdays, this small cabin is indeed dilapidated enough, and after being plagued by birds and beasts for a month, it seems that there is no way to live well.

However, after a while, Xu Chen still took off his robe, rolled up his sleeves and began to clean up.

There was a stir, and in the dust, a large number of tattered pots and pans, bedding and clothes were thrown outside by him, and then he cleaned the inside and outside of the hut with a broom.

Xu Chen was busy in and out of the room, and the little fox didn't know when he ran in, jumping around the room, and occasionally helping to pick up some fruit core garbage on the ground with his mouth and throw it out of the door.

Just as Xu Chen was busy cleaning up his cabin, a light came from Chaoyang Peak quickly, and it landed in front of the hut in a blink of an eye.

Two women jumped down from the flying sword, one was the seventh senior sister Qu Mei, and the other was the thirteenth senior sister Zhao Xuan.

Looking at the tattered things piled up all over the floor and the sound of cleaning in the room, the two senior sisters glanced at each other, and then walked into the hut together, and were almost washed away by the musty smell and dust inside.

"Why are the two senior sisters here?" Xu Chen's head was full of dust, and he hurriedly came out to say hello.

The Seventh Senior Sister frowned and said, "You are still an immortal cultivator, do you still have to clean up like this, a Qingfeng spell will be solved!" ”

Xu Chen rubbed his hands with a dry smile and said: "I'm just used to cleaning up like this, the room is not good for monkeys and birds, and I'm afraid it won't be clean if I don't pay attention to it." ”

The seventh senior sister said helplessly: "Whatever you want, I know that you must have no rice, so I specially sent you some rice noodles." ”

As she spoke, Senior Sister Seventh grabbed her hand twice in the air, and put down a bag of rice and a bag of flour one after another.

Xu Chen was surprised: "When did the seventh senior sister also have a storage bag?" ”

The Seventh Senior Sister blushed suddenly, and Zhao Xuan said beside her: "I lent the storage bag to the Seventh Senior Sister for a period of time, anyway, I can't use it for my cultivation recently." ”

Only then did Xu Chen understand, remembering what Senior Brother Ninth had just said, his heart tingled slightly, but he still said with a smile on his face: "Senior Sister Seven's ability to eat big households is much stronger, and she can even borrow the storage bag of Senior Sister Thirteen, admire and admire." ”

The seventh senior sister raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "What is a big eater, I just borrowed it for a few days, and when the time comes, the senior sister will naturally return it to her when she has cultivated." ”

Zhao Xuan turned her head and saw the little fox dragging out with a wooden stick in her mouth, and said with surprise on her face: "Xiaobai is very capable, and he can even help clean up the housework." ”

Xu Chen suddenly said proudly: "That is, Xiaobai is a spirit beast with ancient bloodline, and he may be able to grow into an immortal beast in the future." ”

"Hey, I'm not afraid of blowing up the bragging, I see that your quilt can't be used, I'll go back and get you some futon!"

The seventh senior sister pursed her lips, and after speaking, she released the flying sword and flew away.

Zhao Xuan looked around the wooden house and said softly: "Little junior brother, this house is too dilapidated, why don't you go back to Chaoyang Peak to live." ”

Xu Chen shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'm used to living here, and it's quite quiet and comfortable to be alone." ”

Zhao Xuan seemed to be a little lost, nodded and said: "Yes, I am also used to living alone, the senior brothers and sisters are all back this time, and the noisy ones are a little unaccustomed." ”

Xu Chen said with a smile: "It's good to get used to it, sometimes there are many people and it's lively, by the way, senior sister, I'll take you to the medicine garden to have a look, you will definitely be interested." ”

Zhao Xuan was surprised: "Aren't all the medicinal materials in the medicine garden dead, what else is there to see!" ”

Xu Chen pretended to be mysterious and said: "You can go and see, let's go, I'll take you there!" ”

Saying that, Xu Chen released the flying sword, jumped on the flying sword with Zhao Xuan in his arms, and then turned into a streamer and bypassed the small half of the mountain, and arrived at the medicine garden in an instant.

"Senior sister, stand firm!"

Holding Zhao Xuan's sword, Xu Chen was already very familiar with the way, since Zhao Xuan was seriously injured in a vicious battle that night, and then Xu Chen took her to fly until she returned to the mountain, although the ninth senior brother seemed to have recovered well, in fact, the meridian damage was relatively serious, and he was unable to take people at all.

Hiding all the way to Tibet like a thief, naturally the three of them didn't have any other ideas, but today, Zhao Xuan felt that her body was a little weak, Xu Chen's powerful arm wrapped around her waist, and one hand was tightly pressed under her ribs, this feeling made her suddenly lose her mind.

However, Xu Chen only thought that Zhao Xuan's serious injury had not healed and her body was weak, so he couldn't help but remind him, and then put away his sword and landed, but then Zhao Xuan stumbled, and Xu Chen could only quickly hold her steady again.

Zhao Xuan was in a trance for a while, and quickly gathered his mind and stood firm, only to feel that his heart was beating faster and his face was hot, so he could only turn his head and look around and pretend to look at the medicine garden: "The medicinal materials in this medicine garden are all dead, there is nothing, what are you taking me to see?" ”

Xu Chen pointed to the low weeds that grew around the Soul Restoration Tree and said, "Senior Sister, what's wrong with you today, I'm restless, look at these things that have grown." ”

Zhao Xuan found out that in the bare medicine field that Xu Chen cleaned up, some strange plants really grew, most of them were very short, the tallest was only half a foot, but the color of the stems and leaves was strange, as if the color was disordered, and the spots and stripes were twisted, which was very strange.

"Hey, what a strange weed!"

Xuan was also interested in the moment, and squatted down to look at a plant, which happened to be the weed that Xu Chen found for the first time that looked like a three-headed monster snake.

There are more than thirty strange plants in the entire medicine garden, but this one is the strangest in it, and although the others are also strangely colored, they at least have the appearance of a plant, and this one is just like a monster.

Seeing this grass, Xu Chen could instantly remember the bloodthirsty demon vine that he had snatched from the black-clothed Taoist priest of the Ziyang Sect.

These two things, perhaps similar, are both demonic and weird.