"I'm sorry." She whispered.

"It's okay, if you find it, we'll have to find someone else." He Hongyu didn't understand Zhao Ning's apology, and continued, "It's too strange here, it's just two steps, and a few of you are gone." ”

He Hongyu asked again, "What happened when you disappeared, tell me about it, so that we can follow the clues to find the others." ”

"The others are gone, too?" Zhao Ning hesitated for a moment, she spread her hand, "I don't know what happened at the time, I just saw a wooden hairpin, so I picked it up, and the surroundings changed, as if the heaven and the earth were reversed, walking in the starry sky." ”

Zhao Ning didn't hide it, but obviously the other party didn't believe such words, and looked at Zhao Ning as if to say "Are you still dizzy".

He just took the wooden hairpin in Zhao Ning's hand, "Isn't this Aunt Luo's wooden hairpin?" Maybe it's a trap. ”

Zhao Ning didn't understand his train of thought for a while.

Another added, "It must have been something that you picked up and fainted, so you had that weird dream." ”

They understood Zhao Ning's later description of the reversal of heaven and earth as a dream, Zhao Ning did not speak, that kind of experience was indeed very much like a dream, if Gou Chen Tianshu was not presented by his side just now, Zhao Ning did have doubts.

However, Zhao Ning didn't explain too much, only listened to He Hongyu say, "Let's find others as soon as possible, I think there are spirits hidden here, and they are invisible spirits." What we see are indeed footprints, which were created suddenly, and there may be something hidden from the figure. ”

"No, if you want me to say it's the remnant of some demon beast, it roams this area." The other person is not the same as He Hongyu's statement.

The two quarreled a few words because of this, and everyone was justified.

Zhao Ning was helpless, so he could only interject, "Let's go out quickly, if there are really demon beasts, we will be in danger." ”

"Yes, let's find someone first." He Hongyu responded.

So the three of them followed closely this time, for fear of falling behind again, they shouted the names of the others, and the high grass was completely over their heads, and they could only rely on hearing to capture.

But it was unexpectedly smooth, they only shouted half a cup of tea, and they only had just walked a distance of dozens of zhang before they responded.

The three of them were happy and walked towards the sound, but they saw a slightly empty open space, several people sitting or lying on the high grass, it was Aunt Luo and others.

Zhao Ning lowered his gaze, not letting any thoughts leak out of his eyes.

"Aunt Luo, what's going on with you, did you meet a demon beast?"

"Where is the monster, did you meet a spirit in the wind?"

The two of them each asked.

Aunt Luo got up and said, "We don't know, after walking here, I felt an invisible pressure, and before I noticed what was going on, I fainted, and I just woke up." ”

She looked at the others, a few of them were sober, and they also nodded, "There are really strange things here, there are things that cannot be seen. ”

As soon as these words were said, the "all" mortals present felt their hearts tremble, and He Hongyu urged, "Since we are all together, let's go quickly, don't pick the sky candle grass anymore, your life is important." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they could only do this, they finally arrived at the gate of heaven before noon, and without saying much, they walked out of the gate of heaven without hesitation.

Standing on the high place of the first line of heaven, breathing the breath of Yuanming Mountain again, the tension in the secret realm was reduced a lot.

However, there were still lingering palpitations in my heart, and I didn't want to stay, so I quickly went down the mountain and left the secret realm, and I had some thoughts of communication.

"It's not like there hasn't been an abnormality in this secret realm for so many years, how could something suddenly happen, this makes us not come in the future."

"Maybe you can come, as long as you don't go deep into it, maybe there is no danger."

"No, at this time, I still have to ask Elder Mu, he has a long life, and he has lived in Yuanming Village for so long, he must know the situation."

You say a word, you say a word, and you say a word, and the road goes fast.

Zhao Ning had been falling last, but when he went down the mountain, there were people who were even slower than them.

It was Aunt Luo and her party, although they said that there was no movement, but their lips moved slightly, I am afraid that they were transmitting sound.

Zhao Ning just glanced at it with the help of the straw basket, and then didn't dare to look at it more.

This Yuanming Village is not a mortal residence on the surface.

As soon as they returned to the village, they received a lot of greetings from the villagers, and when they saw most of the empty baskets on their backs, the villagers were shocked and stepped forward to ask, and it happened that He Hongyu and others were also in a hurry to tell the others about the matter.

So the crowd gathered around and said goodbye on the road.

Zhao Ning finally squeezed out of the crowd, stood on the periphery and watched everyone chatting, Aunt Luo and the others also frowned and said that the "strange things" they encountered, such a scene, it was impossible to see who was a mortal, who was a cultivator or a demon clan.

She didn't want to mix too much, turned around and went to Yue Shengxian's hut, and as soon as she saw the shadow of the hut, she saw Yue Shengxian sitting on the steps, listless and depressed, such a look fell on Yue Shengxian and looked a little out of place.

Until Zhao Ning approached, Yue Shengxian didn't seem to reflect it.

"Sister Shengxian." Zhao Ning called out.

"Huh? Yes! Zhao Ning, you're back, this time so quickly. Even when he spoke, Yue Shengxian didn't seem to be interested.

Zhao Ning felt strange, she put down the back basket, sat next to her, and asked, "Sister Shengxian, is something wrong?" ”

"No, something can happen to us in this mortal realm." Her eyes dodged as she spoke.

Zhao Ning didn't expose her lies, but just answered, sat next to her and silently took out the cakes, or the dry food distributed by the team.

She tore off half of it and handed it to Yue Shengxian, Yue Shengxian was still in a trance, took it and gnawed on it, looking at the appearance of the concubine, I was afraid that it didn't taste at all.

Zhao Ning took small bites and looked ahead, the crowd was still talking around the road, but his steps were also moving forward.

Yue Shengxian's hut happened to be on the three-way road, and there was a kind of hut that they came to, but Zhao Ning knew that they were going to find the elder He Hongyu said.

It was probably because their chaotic voices were too close, and Yue Shengxian was also noisy, his immersed thoughts narrowed slightly, he glanced at them, and asked, "What are they talking about?" ”

"We encountered strange things in the secret realm, some of them said that they were spirits in the wind, and some said that they were haunted by the remnants of demon beasts."

"What?!" Yue Shengxian was startled, turned his head and looked at Zhao Ning up and down, "You're not injured, are you?" ”

Zhao Ning shook his head, "Everyone is not injured, they are just lost for a while." ”

Yue Shengxian breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, I asked you to go, don't drag me down again." ”

Zhao Ning was keenly aware of the "also" in her words, was it during the time they left, did Yue Shengxian meet someone who had an accident?

By this time, the crowd had already walked to the hut to the left-hand fork.

The voices of their arguments became clear.

"We have only been picking candle grass in the secret realm for eighty or ninety years, how could something suddenly happen, I'm afraid you are lazy."

"So many people have seen the huge footprints, and it's not like we just say it, just don't believe it."

"Believe it or not, if there is no celestial candle grass, we will not be able to make a living."

"That's right, there's no way to make a living, how can we mortals survive in the realm of cultivators."

“……”

Yue Shengxian frowned, strode towards them, and was about to ask something, when he suddenly heard an old voice from in front of him, "Okay." ”

Their noise was interrupted by a slight majesty and a faint sigh.

Zhao Ning stood up and saw someone holding an old man standing in front of the hut not far away, the old man was like a shaved bone, his skin was close to the flesh, and there were many spots on his face, and he looked like he was already a hundred years old.

Everyone stopped talking, and honestly saluted and called, "Miao Lao." ”

Miao Lao said, "The old man has heard about your affairs in the secret realm, and the old man can also answer your questions - there are indeed demon beasts in the secret realm." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, thinking about it, their behavior every time Xun entered it was too risky.

But Miao Lao then said, "There is the place where the ancient beasts fell, and the breath of the beast is still in the secret realm, every hundred years, there will be subtle changes in the secret realm, and the breath of the beast will gather together to form the remnant of the beast, maybe the footprints you see are left by the remnant." However, such shadows generally do not last long, and will disappear in three or five years. ”

Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, "Ancient Divine Beast? Which Divine Beast is it? ”

Miao Lao shook his head, "I don't know, what I know is also told by the seniors in the village a hundred years ago, only that this divine beast is extremely sacred, carrying the power of the Shepherd Star and the Demon." ”

Just saying this ability amazed everyone, and it was completely beyond the cognition of mortals.

"This ...... Miao Lao, then what should we do, will this Divine Beast Lord be angry and punish us for disturbing us for many years. ”

"Don't overthink it. Ordinary cultivators or demon clans, as long as they get close, they will be automatically repelled by the breath of the secret realm, and we mortals are just like ants to the divine beasts, and no matter how much we act next to them, we won't attract much attention. Think for yourselves, when you are asleep, do you know what the ants are doing under the bed? ”

Everyone laughed at this time, but before the laughter fell, Miao Lao's words changed, "However, don't go again in the past twenty years." Otherwise, just like this time, the remnants of the divine beasts will pass by, and you will follow the wind and don't know where to get lost. ”

With Miao Lao's words, everyone no longer argues about anything, and can only admit it honestly.

Miao Lao knocked on the crutches and asked the people around him to help him back, and as soon as he moved under his feet, he suddenly thought of something, turned his head to look at Yue Shengxian, and asked, "Shengxian, has your grandfather come back?" ”

Yue Shengxian was suddenly pointed, and only shook his head, "No." ”

Miao Lao squinted, "It's strange, why have you been hearing the bellows sound again these days." ”

Yue Shengxian was stunned for a moment, and sneered, "Old Miao, you must be wrong, I swear I didn't secretly touch grandpa's things." ”

Miao Lao didn't know whether he believed it or not, anyway, the words similar to the truth of the self-explosion were very weightless, he glanced at her again, and returned to the house.

Everyone said a few more words in the same place, and Aunt Luo asked everyone to go back and gather together again in the evening.

Zhao Ning followed Yue Shengxian back to the hut, she saw that there was another room on the right side of the hut, but all the windows were closed, and they were covered with dust, and she thought it was abandoned, but at this moment, looking at the dust, it looked like debris rolled out of the bellows.

"Is there anyone else in Sister Shengxian's family?"

"Oh, my grandfather, he's been asked to forge again."

"Forging?"

Yue Shengxian was very proud of this, "Although I am a mortal, my grandfather is not, he entered the Dao with forging, and his craftsmanship is unique, much more powerful than the spirit fetuses forged by those refiners." ”

"But I don't like these things, it's dirty and tired."

Zhao Ning responded, watching Yue Shengxian stride towards the room, she glanced at the room again, only to feel that the people in this village did not seem to be as "ordinary" as she imagined.

At night, most of the people in the village gather around a bonfire in the middle of the village, sit around the ground in twos and threes, and then process the candleweed they have planted during the day.

The people in the village are very skilled, and there are not many candlesticks this time, so everyone is relaxed, so they talk and laugh together.

The topic of conversation between "mortals" is nothing more than some parents who are short and have biological children, but when they encounter changes in the secret realm, there are a lot of strange things mixed in the chat.

For example, Liu Ye, who lives at the entrance of the village, said that he could always see the green fire floating outside the entire village at dawn.

For example, Xiao Yue, who is close to Yuanming Mountain, can occasionally see the shadow of a tiger-headed human body kneeling on the heavenly steps of Yuanming Village in three steps, and kowtowing in nine steps.

For example, Wu Bo, who likes fishing, can always fish out some strange cultivator objects in the pond at the edge of the village.

Zhao Ning observed the look on their faces when they said these strange things, and there was no change in the slightest, no fear or weakness, gossiping like ordinary gossip.

Some people also talked about Yue Shengxian's family, saying that Yue Shengxian's grandfather had entered the Tao but was no different from ordinary mortals, and every time he forged it was seven seven or forty-nine days, and he had to eat grains, big fish and meat; And Yue Shengxian is like a monkey in the mountains, so he can pick people up.

Yue Shengxian was not happy to say this, "Where am I a monkey?!" ”

Instead, everyone laughed, so the topic turned to her picking up people, and her eyes fell on Zhao Ning, and a few people next to her asked about Zhao Ning, and Zhao Ning still replied to He Hongyu before.

"The little girl is really pitiful, how did you get the marks on your face?"