After Liu Ruyan and Luo Xiangxue separated at the post road entrance of Long Street, they hurried and rushed all the way to Hongqinju.

He had to get to the "Black Valley" before it got dark, or he wouldn't be able to move an inch after dark. The official road leading from the immortal habitat town to Cuihua Mountain is dilapidated and rugged. On this road, it is almost a barren place where there is no village in front and no store in the back. If you can't walk through this desolate place before dark, you can only sleep in the wilderness for the night, and then continue your journey after dawn.

According to rumors, this barren road is often infested by robbers and bandits, hiding in the mountains and forests on the side of the road, and when pedestrians pass by, they will jump out and block the road to rob.

Those robbers were not from the rivers and lakes, but gangsters who came from other places, or fugitives from the court wanted by some government. They steal chickens and dogs, steal and rob, and dare to do any bad thing. But there is a special rule: they only steal and rob, but they never kill indiscriminately. Every profession in the world has its own unique rules, and even robbers who rob homes have unwritten rules. It's unbelievable to say.

At this time, the sun was about to set under the western mountain, and only half of its face was revealed, reflecting the western mountain in a brilliant light! A brilliant fiery cloud spread over the entire sky, like a brilliant feast. The mountains and fields at sunset, gentle and peaceful!

Liu Ruyan galloped for five hours, and seeing that it was about to get dark, it seemed that it was impossible to cross the "Black Valley" before dark, and he wondered, where should he settle down tonight? He had galloped for nearly eighty miles, and the foal was also showing fatigue, and his mouth was constantly blowing and sneezing.

The "Black Valley" is a treacherous pass sandwiched between two mountain sides. It is named because of the narrow, steep and dangerous terrain. Walking in the valley, the mountain path under your feet is less than a meter wide, and when you look up, it is an almost vertical mountain wall, smooth and wet, and there is mountain spring water seeping out of the rock wall all year round. On one side of your feet is a bottomless cliff that you can't look down on. Walking in the process, one can't help but be frightened! And what is even more frightening is that this is an out-and-out "robber's den." Robbers often hide in this area, robbing passers-by.

Seeing that the sky was about to get completely dark, Liu Ruyan thought to herself: About 20 miles ahead is the famous "Black Valley", I have heard the master talk about this place before, the terrain is dangerous, there are often robbers infested, come there, you need to be very careful. Remember not to enter the Black Valley at night, where there are not only robbers taking advantage of the opportunity to rob, but also some ferocious beasts, so do not enter rashly at night.

Remembering the advice his master had given him, he decided to find a suitable place to camp nearby, sleep overnight, and set off after dawn.

He tethered the white horse to a large tree trunk, then lit the folds of fire that he carried with him, and used the faint light of the fire to look around.

It is surrounded by a wasteland, and some of the tall and low dikes are overgrown with weeds as tall as a man. When the night breeze blows, the weeds on the slopes make a rustling sound, revealing an indescribable desolate and eerie atmosphere.

He lifted up the fold of fire and looked around carefully, when suddenly, out of nowhere, came the cry of an owl, which was so terrible that it startled him coldly.

Liu Ruyan looked east and west, and finally found a relatively wide flat ground not far from the tethered foal. Then, he went to the annex to find some dead branches and leaves, and lit them with a fire fold to make a pile of firewood. The firewood burned with a flutter, and the light of the fire illuminated his face, and in the night, it looked even more clear and handsome.

He cleared the weeds around him and sat cross-legged on the ground. At this moment, his heart was full of uneasiness. Alone in the wilderness, the wilderness was pitch black and eerily quiet. He felt a great sense of loneliness in his heart, like this boundless darkness that overwhelmed him and swallowed him. At this moment, he suddenly remembered those years when he was a child——— when he began to have vague memories:

He vaguely remembered that he had a happy home. He often enjoyed the cool in the courtyard on summer nights with his father and sister and his sister. His father led him, his mother held his sister, and the family played games in the garden in the backyard to catch fireflies...... Late at night...... At such moments, the whole courtyard was filled with laughter...... And it seems that this time did not last long before it ended.

Until one night, the courtyard suddenly flooded with many people armed with swords. At this moment, Daddy immediately closed the door of the study, took himself and his sister through the secret door of the study, and took them to a stone room behind a cliff. Daddy was very nervous at that time, and told him and his sister: Yan'er, Mei'er, you stay here obediently, don't run around, and don't make a noise! Daddy has something important to do, and he will come back to pick you up when it's done! As soon as Daddy's words fell, he and his sister suddenly fainted. It was Daddy who lit their sleeping hole.

When he woke up, he found that he was not in the stone chamber, but in a completely unfamiliar place. A strange uncle appeared in front of him, looking at him with a smile. However, he never saw his sister again, and he suddenly felt a pang of fear, and began to cry loudly!

However, since then, he has never seen his dearest and most loved family......

Just as Liu Ruyan's thoughts fell into distant and vague memories, suddenly, the white horse tied to the trunk of the tree let out a neigh, and then jumped up in place. This high-pitched neighing interrupted his leisurely thoughts, and he was startled, and quickly jumped up and ran towards the white horse. When he came to him, he saw a long snake coming from the horse's hooves, spitting out letters to the horse with its head held high. Liu Ruyan fixed his eyes and saw that it was a thick poisonous snake, he was shocked, he didn't think much about it, he suddenly pulled out his long sword, and slashed at the snake's head like lightning, the sword light flashed, and the poisonous snake was in a different place in an instant. Suddenly, he was shocked into a cold sweat, and stood there and let out a long breath: If he was one step too late, the poisonous snake would bite the white horse, and if the white horse was bitten by the poisonous snake, he would be poisoned and die!

Liu Ruyan was stunned, trying to calm her nervous mind. After a long time, he came back to his senses, stretched out his hand to stroke the horse's head, and comforted the frightened white horse! Immediately, he approached the horse's body with a fire fold, carefully examined it, and made sure that the white horse was not injured, and then he was relieved!

Liu Ruyan looked up at the night sky, a curved moon hung in the sky, and the vast night sky was full of stars, twinkling and twinkling, like countless eyes looking at him! He was in a trance for a moment: "Father, mother, sister, where are you? Do you know how much I miss you? When and where can we be reunited as a family? How can I find you?"

Thinking of his relatives whose whereabouts are unknown, and now, he doesn't know whether they are dead or alive? He couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart! He raised his arms and let out a sharp cry: "Father, mother, little sister, where are you?" A line of clear tears slid across his face, emitting a miserable white light under the moonlight!

Tired of crying, he sat cross-legged beside the white horse, and silently recited in his heart: "No matter the ends of the world, I must find you! You must be good, wait for me, and wait for the day when our family will be reunited!" He has been aggrieved for 20 years, and his thoughts, sadness, and grievances have all vented out at this moment! Perhaps only in this way can he feel better in his heart.

Unconsciously, a trace of fish belly white began to emerge from the sky, and the long night was coming to an end, and the sky was about to light up. The long lonely night is finally coming to an end!

He stood up, rubbed his eyes, went to the nearby grass, washed his face with dewdrops, and immediately felt refreshed. At this time, the sky has changed from gray to bright white, and among the distant mountain peaks, a round of red sun climbed up, emitting ten thousand golden rays, shining on the earth!

He straightened his sleeves and led the horse to a green meadow, which seemed to be hungry and began to eat with his head buried in his mouth. When the horse was full, he turned over and got on the horse, and with his feet in the belly of the horse, the white horse opened its four hooves and galloped.

He stayed awake all night, and he missed his relatives and was overly sad, he also felt a burst of hunger in his belly, and after running for a while, he dismounted, took out the steamed buns and roast chicken in his baggage, and ate them in a big gulp.

At this moment, he can eat steamed buns and roast chicken, and he feels that this is the most delicious delicacy in the world. After gnawing indiscriminately, his belly no longer gurgling, he wiped his lips contentedly, then turned over and got on his horse, and with a soft drink, he galloped away.

Before you knew it, the horse was galloping for about twenty miles. Suddenly, two majestic mountains appeared in front of him, and a mountain path winded along the mountain. The steep mountain road, winding through the lofty mountains, looks extremely dangerous. The two mountains in front of me are like an impermeable wall, giving people an inexplicable sense of oppression, as if they are about to collapse at any moment.