The other side of the river at the mouth of the Mengfan River belongs to the boundary of Chiwang Hill. Two thousand miles to the southeast, there is a branch of Chiwang Mountain, called Leishi Mountain. As the name suggests, in addition to stones, it is a stone, not to mention flowers and plants, scraping the ground, and not scraping a little soil on which plants and trees depend, here is like a forbidden area of life. Strangely, in the hinterland of the forbidden area, there is a stone temple. The stone hall is simply piled up with huge stones, which is primitive and crude. The stone hall has no windows, only a large opening in the center, no door, and a fist-sized eyeball above the entrance. Looking inside, the hall is deep and dark, and only some stone tables and chairs can be faintly seen near the entrance.

On the fourth day of the "Harvest Day", a figure appeared in the barren Leishi Mountain, dressed in gray, climbing and jumping among the boulders, very flexible, looking at the body, not like a human. The direction he was traveling was the stone temple.

His speed was very fast, and in less than half an hour, he was already at the gate of the stone hall. It was an orangutan, but when he turned his face, he found that he had a face that resembled a mandrill. The long snout, bright red nose bridge, and white pleated nose wings are like ghosts. He looked vigilantly in the direction he had come from for a while, but found nothing unusual before turning around and walking on all fours towards the entrance of the stone hall. The moment he stepped into the stone hall, he shuddered.

After entering the stone hall, the "mandrill" leaned up, supported only by its hind limbs, and groped along the stone wall. He is burly and stands more than two meters tall when he stands up. After a while, he stopped, took out a fire fold from his bosom, opened the lid and blew lightly twice, and lit an oil lamp on the stone wall, and then he went to the other side of the stone wall to light an oil lamp.

The lights were dim, and I could faintly see the situation in the main hall. Eighteen sets of stone chairs are placed on both sides of the stone hall, and in front of the stone hall is a high platform, on which a wide stone chair is placed. After doing all this, the "mandrill" came to the center of the main hall and bowed to the high platform. The stone hall fell into a deathly silence, only the two flames dancing on the stone wall were still a little alive.

I don't know how long it took, a voice broke the dead silence: "Hou Yu, it's you again...... Also, where this bird doesn't, only your skills are the most suitable. ”

Hou Yu, who was kneeling on the ground, shuddered and pressed his head tightly against the stone floor.

"Why did you light two lights?" There was a dark figure on the high platform, and his face was completely invisible.

Hou Yu carefully raised his head three inches higher and replied, "Back to the lord, there is not much lamp oil." After a pause, he added: "There are fewer and fewer reef fat fish, and only one was caught this year." The remaining lamp oil should be saved for the year-end meeting. ”

"Can the oil only come from reef fish?"

Hou Yu's head lowered an inch: "I'm afraid of poison." ”

"I'll make people figure it out. The shadow was silent for a moment, then continued, "Who will be attending the year-end meeting?"

"The second, sixth and seventh will definitely come, and the eighth has not yet replied. Hou Yu replied cautiously.

"Huh?!" the voice was a little angry.

The fourth said that he was too old to be in person, and hoped that the Lord would forgive him, and his eldest disciple would attend on his behalf. ”

"That's it, it's really embarrassing to come here. The black shadow groaned for a moment, and then revealed the matter of the fourth child. "What about the third child? his soul can leave his body, why don't he come?"

Hou Yu threw his head to the ground again in fear: "He said that the time limit is approaching, his spirit is not good, and his soul is very reluctant to ......leave his body."

"Humph!"

Hou Yu began to roll on the ground, shouting: "The lord spares his life, the lord spares his life." ”

The black shadow party realized that his punishment was used by the wrong object, and immediately withdrew his consciousness attack, the mandrill was still rolling on the ground, and the man said "Huh", I didn't attack anymore, why are you still in pain?

Hou Yu found that he had overdone his performance, and crawled back to his knees. He continued to ask, "What about the others?"

Hou Yu said: "Xiang Yu, Tao, Gong Yi Wang, Wu Feng, and Qi Shi will all come to listen to the holy oracle of the lord. ”

"Tao, Wufeng and Qishi?" The addition of these three seemed to be unexpected to him, but the addition of fresh blood calmed down his resentment a lot due to the behavior of the third and eighth old men riding the wall, especially the addition of Wufeng, I don't know what Lao Jiu will think. Thinking of this, the black shadow couldn't help laughing, and the laughter echoed in the empty stone hall, pressing Hou Yu's head even lower. But he quickly withdrew his laughter, and looked at the thirty-six empty seats in the hall, not knowing when they would be filled. He knew that this matter was urgent, and changed the subject, "Let's talk about this year's harvest." ”

"This year, we harvested one gold seed with five patterns, three gold seeds with four patterns, twelve pieces with three patterns, twenty-three pieces with two patterns, and twenty-nine pieces with one pattern. The total number of seeds under the silver streak was twenty-two thousand six hundred and eighty-seven. Hou Yu replied cautiously.

"Ha, that little banshee is rare to be generous. Well, you go ahead ......"

Hou Yu saw that the lord was quite satisfied with the harvest, and his heart was a little relieved. He subconsciously pressed his head again and replied, "The news from the spies around the masters has sent back that there are four soul blinds who have harvested the five-pattern gold seed. ”

"There are so many five-pattern varieties this year?" the black shadow thought. "Are they willing to give it away?"

"One of them gave the gold seed to Wu Feng, and two of them promised to give it to us. Mei Laokan of Tao Tang refused, saying that he wanted to ask Master Jin to plant a big house and leave it for his grandson to marry. ”

"It's a waste to use the five patterns to make a house. Has Master Jin ever agreed?"

"Agreed, it is said that Old Man Mei's grandson Mei Baogu has a good talent, and Master Jin intends to take him as an apprentice, so he is willing to help him once with a reward of a five-pattern silver. However, Master Jin still needs more than ten days of preparation before he can start cultivating souls. ”

"In this way, the seeds are still in the hands of Old Man Mei...... Tao Tangqiu Mei Laokan, but Mei Lin's family?"

"Yes, my lord. ”

"You can do it. In addition, the spies around Master Jin are about to leave the school, so let that kid be our person...... Let's just say, Mei Lin...... No, Dmitry is in our hands. ”

"But, Chief Mei's side......" Hou Yu hesitated.

"He's a dog with milk, don't bother with him. The man said impatiently, thought for a while, and said, "Third brother, let him keep his mouth shut, otherwise, I don't mind letting him advance the limit." ”

There was a long silence on the high platform, and Hou Yu lay on the ground and couldn't get out. After a quarter of an hour, the voice came again: "What have you done recently?"

"The boss still studies the dishes every day. Lao Wu hid in the hole all day long, and he had not been seen in the past two years. Lao Jiu has been at Kunwu's house during this time and has not been seen out. After thinking about it, Hou Yu added: "Lao Jiu's perception is too keen, and my people don't dare to get too close. ”

"It's good that the eldest and fifth have someone to keep an eye on, but it's the ninth who wants to keep an eye on me. He and the little banshee are close, and he has grown in skill over the years, and he is a little restless. Don't let him spoil our business. ”

"Yes, my lord. Hou Yu hurriedly responded.

"Go ahead. After saying this, no sound came from the high platform, but Hou Yu still lay on his stomach and did not move. After another quarter of an hour, Hou Yu tentatively shouted "Lord" to make sure that the people on the high platform were gone. Fang got up, extinguished the two oil lamps on the stone wall, and exited the stone hall.

Thousands of miles away, there is a pebble plain, and in the middle of the plain, there stands a lonely cliff, which is incompatible with the surrounding flat and vast terrain. The top of the cliff is very flat, not like the work of heaven and earth, but as if someone stopped the waist, cut off the peak, and then carried here.

At the top of the cliff was a young man, standing with a stick at his side. The young man seemed to be saying to himself: "This year's harvest is good, everyone's life has not been good these years, she has to make some compensation, and it is difficult for her." ”

After a while, he said again: "Calculate that our three children should also arrive, Gangba, you take the two of them here to pick them up, and I have already let Mingshu and Lin Zi go to the other two places." ”

There is a bright spot flashing at the top of the stick on one side, as if in response.