The leading monk looked at her face with many doubts in his heart.

Last night, there were also a lot of secret guards in the Demon Beast Forest, but they didn't hear any movement, if it weren't for the negligence of the secret guards in Beiling City some time ago, he wouldn't have reported it easily, but he didn't expect it to be Senior Bai who replied in person.

The jade slip she was looking at now was reported by the secret guards in Xiling City, but how did she learn about the weasel?

This monk naturally didn't know Mo Ghost's investigation method, even if he had doubts, he could only keep it in his heart, according to the instructions of Senior Bai, truthfully handed over the news, explained it to the secret guard according to her instructions, and went to the range of the weasel to check.

Mo Ghost read the news, and his expression became more dignified.

It is recorded on the jade slip that this morning by the stream in the southern demon beast forest, the corpses of many fish and monsters were found, which were salvaged by Mo Ghost Ghost, and then met a weasel, and the rattlesnake at that time was delirious and left.

It stands to reason that it should go to a monk or a demon beast and use blood as a medium to expel the toxins from its body, and it will not go too far, but the dark guards who are nearby today have not found it.

"It is recorded that the secret guard found the corpse of the demon beast this morning, but it is the middle of the night now, and there are no traces found around it all day today?"

"No," the leading monk shook his head affirmatively, "the jade slip that came in the evening, we searched within the weasel-infested area, and found nothing. ”

Mo Ghost's heart sank, and it seemed that the rattlesnake had improved.

According to the state in which it left, there was undoubtedly a toxin in its body, which was also affecting its behavior and consciousness, but the dark guard could no longer find any relevant clues, it could only be that it could already dispose of the corpses of monks or demon beasts by itself.

This makes it even more difficult to find a rattlesnake based on these traces.

"This is not quite right, the rattlesnake killed the demon beast and the monk in order to expel the toxins in the body, but now it is equivalent to a day without finding the corpse," Mo Ghost said thoughtfully, "One is that it has healed itself, and the other is that it has not healed itself, but it can dispose of the corpse by itself when it recovers consciousness." ”

"You mean, there may still be traces in the forest?" the leading monk asked tentatively, as the rattlesnake had been in a few days ago, but it was not so easy to heal itself.

"Perhaps, if the secret guard went to investigate, I hope that the Daoist friends can advise and carefully check the fresh traces of the fight, the rattlesnake left behind poisonous blood, which will definitely have an impact on the plants and the land," Mo Ghost reminded.

"Lin Qi Daoyou rest assured," the leading monk nodded thoughtfully.

"In this case, I will take my leave first," Mo Ghost put away the jade slip and bowed.

"Daoist friends are going to the Demon Beast Forest now?" the leading monk looked at her in surprise, "It's already midnight, why not wait for tomorrow morning?"

Mo Ghost glanced at the night, today is December 16, the moon is full, and the moonlight is sprinkled on the ground, it is not so dark, "No, now it will pass, and it will be dawn when I arrive." ”

The leading monk raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly, "Then don't leave it here, Daoist friends be careful all the way." ”

Mo Ghost didn't speak, only saluted and walked outside.

After leaving the city, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei were released from the spirit beast bag, and sat in the magic weapon of the boat, leaving the two demon beasts to guard, taking a bottle of contemplation and meditating with their eyes closed.

The sky was slightly bright, and Mo Ghost returned to the Demon Beast Forest again.

She had come to the place where she had fought with the weasel, where she had seen the rattlesnake for the last time, and had come here to observe it in the direction she remembered it had gone.

After a day and a night, the smell of slime and poisonous blood had already evaporated, leaving only the slight traces of the snake's body, but as the wind blew, most of the crushed dead grass had also been blown apart, making it difficult to distinguish.

"What should I do?" Xiao Bai's little one lay on the ground and looked at it carefully, "Xiao Hei, have you found anything?"

"Quack—"

Without the cover of the leaves, Xiao Hei dared to fly high into the air, but in order to attract attention, he did not rise above the canopy, but he did not find anything.

"Let's go south first, judging from the direction of the rattlesnake along the way, it is indeed going south, as for whether it is true that it is going to the unnamed sea that it said to the weasel, I don't know. Mo Ghost stood up and looked further south.

"Do we still need to go through the spirit beast bag?" Xiao Bai jumped on his shoulder.

"No, the weasel is injured and won't come out. "Mo Ghost's divine consciousness is damaged, and naturally there are various pills to restore it, but the demon beast's divine consciousness is damaged, and it can generally only be healed by itself, and it will not come out within a few days at least.

"What about the other big demons?" Xiao Bai climbed up his head along his shoulders and made way for Xiao Hei.

"Weasels have a keen sense of smell and need special precautions, although the other big demons are fierce, but as long as they stick to the hidden charm and act carefully, they will not be discovered," Mo Ghost Ghost stepped on the tailwind boots and slowly walked south, following the traces that were almost invisible.

When the time comes to December, the flowers and trees are withering at the fastest rate, and the dry leaves and petals are twisted into mud, leaving only the seeds to hide in the soil, waiting for them to sprout again the following spring.

In the cave deep in the Demon Beast Forest, Mo Ghost leaned against the wall.

"Wow, it's snowing!" Xiao Bai came back from outside, his eyes were shining, and he was still carrying the snow that had not dispersed, "Xiao Hei, go out with me!"

"Quack—"

Xiao Hei flapped his wings, glanced at it with disgust, nestled in Mo Ghost's arms, what it hated most was snow, and it was wet wherever it was stepped on.

"On the last day of the year, it still snowed. Mo Ghost touched the top of Xiao Hei's head, and looked out of the cave with worry, the snowflakes fell one by one, but in a moment, it covered the ground with a layer of white.

"Aren't you happy?" Xiao Bai jumped over, "No, you haven't been happy since you came to the Demon Beast Forest." ”

"There is something hidden in my heart, so naturally I can't be happy," Mo Ghost put Xiao Hei down, stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave, "For half a month, we have been able to find fewer and fewer traces, proving that the rattlesnake is recovering little by little, and now when it snows, everything is hidden." ”

Mo Ghost guessed correctly before, the rattlesnake does need to adapt to the toxins in its body, but its consciousness is also recovering little by little.

Tracing the past all the way, I can only find traces left by poisonous blood, mixed with the blood of humans and demon beasts, soaked in the ground, but there are no more corpses of monks or demon beasts, proving that rattlesnakes can already deal with themselves.

"That's right," Xiaobai's voice became quieter and quieter, "but... I think what the rattlesnake said is true, we chased all the way here, and then we will go out of the Demon Beast Forest?"

"What about after you get out of the forest?" said Mo Ghost turned his back on his hand.

"After it's out..." Xiao Bai stopped, scratching the top of his head with his paws, "That, isn't the rattlesnake along the Weiming Sea?

"What the rattlesnake said to the weasel is that it is at the junction of the Unnamed Sea and the Demon Beast Forest," Mo Ghost raised his eyebrows slightly, "This junction is hundreds of kilometers long, where is it?"

No matter how bad the state of the rattlesnake is, it will not completely expose itself, and along the unnamed sea, it is light to say.

"How many hundred kilometers?" Xiaobai's eyes widened, "Why so far?"

"The entire Demon Beast Forest stretches for thousands of miles, and it is the northwest enchantment of the Xuanling Realm, which is divided into two from the middle and equally divided into north and south. To the north of the north, the mountains are stacked and few people visit, but to the south of the south, connected with the unnamed sea, are all plains. ”

"You mean, these plains are also counted in the scope of the Demon Beast Forest?" Xiao Bai sat on his shoulder along the robe of Mo Ghost Ghost.

"Well," Mo Ghost nodded, "Although it is still within the scope of the Demon Beast Forest, there are very few large demon beasts, most of them are some insects or birds, and there will be some amphibious demon beasts near the seaside." ”

"But would rattlesnakes be in such a place?" Xiao Bai pulled Mo Ghost's hair.

"According to the previous one, naturally not, but now the situation is special, the rattlesnake is in the critical period of absorbing blood, and it is the most weak, it is likely to hide here and spend it in peace, and then kill back to the demon beast forest. Mo Ghost reached out and took a piece of snowflake, which quickly melted into his hand, leaving a drop of snow water.

"Then we'll look for it slowly, it won't recover immediately anyway. Xiaobai tried to comfort her as much as possible.

"I'm not worried about whether it recovers, but I'm worried about whether it will continue to kill more people if it recovers," without the protection of aura, Mo Ghost's fingertips were a little white, "Most of the monks along the Weiming Sea are scattered cultivators, and there are very few monks who have cultivated higher than Jindan, and they can't resist it at all." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Bai secretly glanced at Mo Ghost and bit his lip, "Maybe not, you see that we have a lot fewer corpses of demon beasts along the way." ”

"It's a lot less, it doesn't mean that there isn't, maybe we haven't found it," Mo Ghost withdrew his hand and pressed on the dantian, since the battle with the weasel, the fluctuations in the dantian have become more and more obvious, but once you are promoted, you have to retreat for a few months, "You guard here, I will cultivate." ”

"Hmm, why have you been cultivating lately?" Xiao Bai jumped down and came to Xiao Hei's side.

"It's going to be promoted, but now is not a good time," Mo Ghost took out the futon and sat cross-legged on it, "I'll wait until I find the rattlesnake before making plans." ”

"Oh. Xiao Bai pursed his lips and glanced at Xiao Hei.

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In January 956, it snowed continuously for a month in the Western Regions, the largest snow in decades, and it was white as far as the eye could see.

"Oops, why is it snowing again!"

Xiaobai dug a hole in the window, and before he could look out, he felt a snowflake drifting over, just touching his mouth, cold and cold. It tried to push the window open, but it was hard because of the snow piling up outside.

"I remember you were still pleasantly surprised a month ago. Mo Ghost sat on a wooden bed.

The house they sit in is small, but it is neat, and all the furniture is made of wood that can be seen randomly outside.

"No matter how beautiful the snow scene is, I'm tired of watching it for a month, and now it's no different from Hanling Mountain," Xiao Bai tried for a long time, but he couldn't open the window, so he called Xiao Hei to come over and help, and finally opened a gap, "There are still a lot of monks here!"

"Snow Dafeng Mountain, coming out of the Demon Beast Forest, this is the only town, naturally there will be many monks to settle down. Mo got up and came to the window.

This month's heavy snowfall, even if the rattlesnake did pass through the forest, would not leave any traces, she followed the path out of the forest, until here, temporarily to rest, by the way, to gather news, to see if any monks were missing.

"Let's go, let's go downstairs and get you something to eat. ”

When Xiaobai heard the food, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Okay, okay, let's go downstairs, we haven't eaten for a month!"

The cultivation shown by Mo Ghost is in the early stage of foundation building, which is not high, but most of the local monks are in the Qi refining period, which is already not low, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei look like they are small ones, harmless to humans and animals.

"What do you want?" As soon as I got downstairs, the proprietress in front of the counter came over with her ass twisted.

"What fresh ingredients are here, please make them ready and bring me some up," Mo Ghost grimaced, picked a corner and sat down, and put Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei in the corner of the table.

"It's a coincidence, the monks who just came from the sea never came over, and brought a few live seafood, do you want to try it?" The proprietress looked at her, although the Taoist robe was dusty, but when the cultivation reached the foundation building period, how could she have a little savings, not to mention that she still raised spirit beasts, and it was estimated that she was not poor.

"Yes," Mo Ghost looked at Xiao Bai's hopeful eyes, and swallowed if he refused, "Whatever." "Xiaobai is also stuffy this month, so give it something to eat.

"Okay, you wait!" The proprietress saw her agree, immediately smiled, walked briskly back to the counter, said a few words to the only waiter, turned back to the back kitchen, and the moment the curtain fell, there was no smile on her face.

"Why haven't you come up yet?" Xiaobai walked around the table like a mouse, sniffing here and there.

"If you want to bring back the demon beasts of the Unnamed Sea alive, it is very likely that they will be frozen in a special way, and if you want to use them now, you naturally have to thaw them first, and with their cultivation, it will take a lot of effort. "Mo Ghost crossed his legs, his arms on the table.

"This fellow Daoist, the dishes are still cooking, you wait a minute, drink some wine to warm your stomach first. The proprietress came out of the back kitchen with a jar of wine in her hand, and the smell of wine was overflowing.

"I said boss, why don't you give that table wine, we want to drink some too!" The monk in the living room smelled the smell, only felt that his saliva was remaining, and poked his head to follow the figure of the proprietress.

"If you want to drink, you can!" The proprietress put down the wine jar, turned around, and waved her handkerchief, "A piece of spirit stone and an altar!"

"You're robbing spirit stones!" the monk who spoke just now darkened his face when he heard the price.

"This is my ancestral method of brewing wine, although there is no aura sold outside, but the aroma of the wine is a must, it is definitely worth the price, do you like to drink it or not!"

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