Changyue planned to go to the boxwood forest first, so she took out the booklet she bought from Qianjinfang, and after finding the record about the boxwood forest, she chose the direction and set off.

Shout~~

Suddenly, a gray shadow appeared in the sand, and he opened his mouth to bite Changyue, and with a wave of his hand, a thin line appeared out of thin air, instantly penetrating the black shadow's head.

The black shadow twitched twice on the ground, and then flames erupted all over its body, turning into ashes in the blink of an eye.

The one who attacked Changyue was a sand lizard, no more than the size of a palm, not even a strange beast.

In addition to sand lizards, there are also many small creatures such as sand scorpions, sand foxes, gerbils, and sand snakes, which are extremely numerous, and they are at the lowest end of the desert biological chain, which is the food of many creatures in the desert.

In addition, such as sand lizards, sand snakes, sand scorpions, etc., are also a kind of medicinal materials, although they can only be used by ordinary people, but there is also a market, so the residents of Huangsha Town sometimes catch these dried and concocted into medicinal materials, and then sell them to the caravans that come to Huangsha Town, although they do not make much, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, after all, there are many of these things in the Huanglong Desert.

"唳~~"

At some point, a gray eagle appeared in the sky, this is a strange beast that has opened the vein, and suddenly it accelerated and swooped down, plunging into the yellow sand, and when it flew up again, there was already a small sand fox in its claws.

Looking at the gray eagle that was gradually flying away, Changyue and Liuhuo chased after it, and the gray eagles in the Huanglong Desert basically inhabited the boxwood forest, and if you follow it, you will naturally find your destination.

However, after a long time, an orange color gradually appeared in Changyue's vision, and he could barely see the end at a glance, and that was where the boxwood forest was.

When she walked to the edge of the boxwood forest, she happened to see several people walking out of the forest together, they had come to collect the fruits of the boxwood forest, and the Yellow Dragon Inn specialized in collecting the fruits of the boxwood trees, so some lowly warriors would use this work as a means of making a living.

Several people were carrying a big cloth bag behind them, and they were talking and laughing, and they seemed to have gained a good harvest, but after seeing Changyue, they suddenly restrained their smiles and showed vigilance.

Changyue walked past them expressionlessly and walked straight into the forest, until her back disappeared, and a few people breathed a sigh of relief, and then rushed towards Huangsha Town.

As the lowest level of martial artists in Huangsha Town, maintaining vigilance at all times has been engraved into their bones, otherwise they would not have expected to die suddenly one day.

"唳~~"

Walking in the boxwood forest, Changyue heard the cry of the gray eagle again, and she looked up and saw several gray eagles circling in the sky.

They seem to have their eyes on Changyue, but their vigilance doesn't make them act rashly, and the unenlightened beasts also have their own rules of survival.

Changyue ignored the gray eagle and continued to walk deeper into the woods.

"Huh~~" After a long time, a gray eagle seemed to feel that the time had come, and suddenly swooped down, opening its claws and grabbing Changyue's head.

The fire opened its mouth and spat out a thin line of fire, and the gray eagle didn't even have time to make a wailing sound before it turned into flying ash and drifted away with the wind.

When the remaining gray eagles saw this scene, they immediately fled in panic.

As soon as the small episode passed, Long Moon and Flowing Fire continued to walk forward, passing through one boxwood tree after another.

The appearance of boxwood trees is very peculiar, their branches and trunks are orange-red, and the surface is uneven, like countless snakes of all sizes entangled.

And their leaves are very sparse, it would be nice to have two or three leaves on a branch, and the leaves are light yellow.

Almost every few steps, Changyue could see a huge bird's nest appear in the treetops, and those were the Gray Eagle's dwellings, and the further he walked into the woods, the more often the Gray Eagle's nest appeared.

Along the way, Changyue also met some adventurers hunting in the forest, but everyone did not communicate after they met, and some only had vigilance and defense.

After wandering around the boxwood forest for a long time, she saw a lot of people and strange beasts, but she didn't see the shadow of the fire in the stone.

"Girl!"

At this time, Changyue's right front suddenly remembered a voice, she followed the sound and saw a tall boxwood tree standing on a man with two swords on his back, the man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his appearance was very handsome, but his expression was a little frivolous.

The man said, "Alone? Do you want to go along? ”

Changyue: ...

We know each other?

The man jumped down from the tree and landed lightly beside Changyue, but Changyue subconsciously retreated a distance, and it was better to stay away from people he didn't know.

Seeing Changyue's reaction, the man's face was injured, "Am I so disliked?" ”

Changyue thought to herself: Your self-familiar attitude and frivolous demeanor are indeed easy to dislike.

Seeing that Changyue's face was still full of vigilance, the man arched his hand and introduced himself: "Under Zhao Hongjie, I don't know what the girl is called?" ”

Changyue was surprised when she heard this, Zhao Hongjie? Absolute sword hero Zhao Hongjie?

When she heard others talk about him in the inn before, Changyue faintly felt familiar, but then she thought about it carefully, and then she had a hint of impression.

This person seemed to be quite famous in Minzhou back then, but then he suddenly disappeared again, and it turned out that he actually came to Huangsha Town in Zhongzhou.

More than ten years ago, when Changyue was just cultivating, she was held hostage by the flower thief Huayue Gongzi, and later she killed Huayue Gongzi and came back, when the second brother asked, she casually made up a passing hero and said that he saved himself, and the second brother seemed to have misunderstood that the person was Zhao Hongjie.

It can be seen that Zhao Hongjie was indeed famous in Minzhou at that time.

Changyue looked at the person in front of him and found that more than ten years didn't seem to have left any traces on him, and now he still looks like he is in his early twenties, but he didn't expect him to be such a character.

Changyue said: "I don't know my son well, so I don't need to report each other's names." ”

"Hey~ Girl, don't be so cold, let's get along more and get along? Eight of the next Chinese New Year's Eve are unmarried, and there is no father, mother, or siblings at home. Zhao Hongjie chattered.

Changyue was a little impatient with this person, and was about to leave here, when she heard Zhao Hongjie ask, "The girl is here to find the fire in the stone?" ”

Changyue suddenly stopped, looked at Zhao Hongjie and asked, "Zhao Gongzi is also looking for Shizhonghuo?" ”

"Nature." Zhao Hongjie nodded, "Why don't you join forces with me?" ”

Changyue asked again: "It is said that the Holy Son of the Flame Light Holy Land is also looking for the fire in the stone, and I Guan Gongzi is only worthy of the realm of the Five Qi Dynasty Yuan, and I have the confidence to snatch food from the hands of the Holy Son?" ”

Seeing Changyue seeing his cultivation at a glance, Zhao Hongjie was surprised, and at the same time he was even more convinced that he was not wrong, so he said with a smile: "That's why you said that let the girl join forces with Zaixia, you and I will definitely be invincible if you and I match men and women." ”

Changyue was about to refuse, when he suddenly noticed another breath not far away, followed by a crisp voice.

"Zhao Hongjie, you are coaxing the little girl again!"

Changyue looked for prestige, and saw a girl standing in the air on the treetop of a boxwood tree, she had a delicate face, dressed in a green dress, embroidered with various flowers and plants, and pinned to her waist a long green whip like a rattan, decorated with green leaves and red flowers.

This green dress is really incompatible with the desolate Huanglong Desert.

Seeing this girl, Zhao Hongjie's eyes lit up, "Miss Qiluo, did you agree to join forces with Zaixia, or did you say that you are willing to marry Zaixia?" ”

Hearing this, the girl immediately pulled out the whip on her waist and whipped it towards Zhao Hongjie with an angry face, "It's not!" ”

Seeing this, Zhao Hongjie hurriedly got up and jumped away, and the whip "snapped" on the ground, pulling out a long crack in the ground, and the air wave even blew off the thick boxwood trees on both sides.

Another master of the Innate Realm.

It seems that the appearance of the fire in the stone has indeed made Huangsha Town gather a lot of masters.

"If you don't want to, you don't want to, why do you do it in a good way? Pity me for being infatuated and wrong. Zhao Hongjie said pitifully.

"Bah, you also deserve to say the word infatuation?" As if thinking of something, Lu Qiluo's face was blue and white for a while.

When she first saw Zhao Hongjie, she was also confused by Zhao Hongjie's sweet words, because she was young and shallow, and she really regarded Zhao Hongjie as an infatuated lover, and almost agreed to this guy's pursuit.

Who knows that dog things will come when they open their mouths, no matter which girl he looks affectionate to, but her first love ended before it began.

Looking at Zhao Hongjie now, she only feels itchy with hatred.

Lecher.

If Zhao Hongjie knew Lu Qiluo's thoughts, he would definitely call him wronged, which disciple you have ever seen who is almost forty years old or a virgin?

Don't look at Zhao Hongjie flirting with people everywhere, but in fact, he has never succeeded once, it is really his character that is too persuasive to quit people.

Changyue watched the two of them go back and forth together, and was about to leave quietly, but at this time, Lu Qiluo stopped her and admonished her heartily:

"Girl over there, if you want to continue to look for Shizhonghuo nearby, give up, I have already looked around, Shizhonghuo should have been taken by the stone giant to the deeper depths of the Huanglong Desert."

Lu Qiluo and Zhao Hongjie suddenly stopped, jumped away from each other, and finally landed on the treetop of a boxwood tree.

Zhao Hongjie said: "Girl, although this dead girl has a big temper, her heart is not bad, since she said so, it must be true." ”

"Who do you call a dead girl?" The old lady is almost fifty years old, is it not shameful to be called a "girl"? Lu Qiluo was furious, and whipped again and fought with Zhao Hongjie.

"Thanks for the reminder!"

Changyue arched her hand towards Lu Qiluo, and after speaking, she turned around again and prepared to leave, at this time, Lu Qiluo whipped at Zhao Hongjie, and reminded again, "Not long ago, I saw Yan Rong going to the depths of the Huanglong Desert in the direction of the sand crocodile mound, presumably he should have gotten some news, you follow him, maybe you can find the fire in the stone." ”

Just when Changyue wondered why Lu Qiluo reminded herself three times and twice, she heard Lu Qiluo say: "Don't wonder why I help you, I have a grudge against that man, and I can't afford to provoke him, I don't look at you like a scared person, so I look forward to you robbing him of the fire!" ”

Okay, it turned out to be a conspirator.

Lu Qiluo and Zhao Hongjie are not from a famous family, but a helpless lone ranger, Zhao Hongjie is bold, sometimes even the disciples from the big school dare to provoke it, but Lu Qiluo is different, she has never been cautious, never embarrassed by people from prominent backgrounds, even if she has a grudge in her heart, she just silently remembers it in her heart, which is the principle she has been walking in Zhongzhou for decades.

Zhao Hongjie once again dodged from the whip of the green Qiluo, stood on a tree, and said aggrievedly: "Miss Qiluo, since you don't want to get the fire in the stone, why don't you join forces with me to snatch it?" ”

"I'm bah~~" Lu Qiluo spat him, "You think that is easy to mess with?" Everyone is about to break through the Lingtai realm, you want to die, but the old lady doesn't want to. ”

Changyue walked away, and she could still hear Lu Qiluo scolding Zhao Hongjie with her throat.

"Chirp~~" Changyue, what should I do? Are we going to listen to the woman?

Flowfire asked as he stood on Changyue's shoulder.

"Let's go to the Sand Crocodile Hill." Changyue knew that Lu Qiluo was not lying.

According to the booklet, the Sand Crocodile Mound is one of the necessary places to enter the depths of the Huanglong Desert, where a special species of exotic sand crocodile lives, hence the name Sand Crocodile Mound.

Don't look at sand crocodiles, sand lizards, sand scorpions, sand snakes and the like sound like they seem to be things of the same level, but in fact they are not, sand crocodiles have been alien beasts since they were born, if they are given enough time to cultivate, it will not be a problem to cultivate to the innate realm at all.

It's just that the sand crocodile of the sand crocodile mound has been hunted by adventurers all year round, and the innate realm level is rare, and its flexible and strong crocodile skin is the best material for making light armor, so it has always been very popular.

About an hour later, Long Moon and Drift Fire successfully arrived near the Sand Crocodile Hill.

Looking at the sand dunes one after another in front of him, Changyue said to the flowing fire, "Let's go, let's go in." ”

"Chirp~~~"

Flowing fire flapped its wings and followed behind Changyue.

After walking for a while, Liuhuo said suspiciously: "Chirp~~" Didn't you say that there are many sand crocodiles in the sand crocodile mound? Why didn't I see one?

However, as soon as its words fell, a shadow suddenly burst out of a sand dune, swallowing the flowing fire in one gulp, not a sand crocodile, what else could it be?

The sand crocodile is characterized by its ability to hide its breath in the sand, making it difficult for people to notice, and its skin is exactly the same color as the sand, which is difficult to notice with the naked eye.

Rumble!

The sand crocodile suddenly burned with raging flames, and the next second it turned into ashes, only to see the flowing fire fly out of the flames, and after shaking off the sparks on his body, he fell on Changyue's shoulder and complained: "Chirp~" It's really coming.

Sure enough, as he gradually went deeper, the probability of the appearance of the sand crocodile became greater and greater, and the cultivation became stronger and stronger, killing one after another with one person and one bird.

Rumble!

Another sand crocodile turned into ashes under the flames of the flowing fire, and Changyue couldn't help but say, "Why did you burn it again?" Even if you keep it for cannibal flowers as blood food, how wasteful is it to burn it? "It's really not a good family, I don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

"Chirp~~" I didn't mean to, they were too unburned.

The flowing fire fluttered and the fat body landed on Changyue's shoulder, and he rubbed Changyue's neck with his furry body flatteringly.

"Okay, forgive you one more time, pay attention next time!" Changyue touched it and said helplessly.

"Chirp!" Roger, my dear Long Moon!

Xiao Feijiu raised his wings and saluted Changyue in a funny way. (End of chapter)