Barren mountains and mountains, uninhabited, and the darkness in the distance occasionally sounded the wailing of night foxes.

The dilapidated and collapsed half of the thatched hut, there is a firelight burning, occasionally crackling two sparks bounced, rising into the air, the snoring in the thatched hut rose and fell loudly, a few steps away from the eight people who rested, and the young man with the firelight quietly looked through the book "Qinghuai Supplement Dream" in his hand.

There was a soft bang.

The pages of the book flipped between his fingers, and the dim light of the fire shone on Lu Liangsheng's face, frowning slightly.

"In this book, it is diametrically opposed to the techniques recorded in "Nanshui Collection", most of them are methods of repelling insects and beasts, and dead trees taking root, Master, if this technique is used in our village, it will be considered a benefit, right?"

He turned his head to look at the package leaning against the wall, and when he saw no response, he whispered again.

"Master?"

The wind blew through the forest outside, bringing a loud noise, and the eight people sleeping on the ground moved slightly, and some people stood up from the fire, but it was the hunters in the village who took the lead in going out this time, and the hunters in the village were quite sensitive to the wind and grass in the mountains.

"Uncle Pan, what's wrong?" Lu Liangsheng pinched the scroll and followed.

Lu Pan walked to the window, the dusty cobwebs hung on it and swayed, his eyes were a little condensed, looking out from here, it was pitch black outside, I don't know when, the stars and moon above his head were covered by clouds.

Immediately, he frowned: "I feel that there is something outside, it seems to be a ...... coming down from the mountain."

The forest roared softly, the wind blew from outside, stirring the flames to sway from side to side, and the other seven people also woke up, feeling that the atmosphere was somewhat solidified, and turned out a hunting knife or a wood knife and pinched it in their hands.

One of the tall and thin village men whispered, "Could it be a big worm?"

"There are a lot of us, and the big worms can still deal with it, but if we encounter a pack of wolves, we will be in trouble. ”

Lu Pan's words always cause people to be nervous, everyone is from the mountains, and they know in their hearts that it is not a good thing to encounter a big insect or a wolf.

The night forest is quiet, and the occasional rustle of unknown beasts outside, and the thick fallen leaves render the atmosphere even more mysterious and tense.

Lu Pan clenched the handle of the knife, turned around and walked towards the crooked door, and pushed it open with a creaky sound.

"Let's go out and have a look, Liangsheng stays in the house, and don't go out of the house when he hears anything. ”

The other seven people glanced at each other and told Lu Liangsheng a few words.

"Liangsheng, there are many poisonous insects and beasts at night, don't go out....." When we come back, Uncle will skin you a wolf. "Take good care of your bags, let's not lose what we eat." ”

"Walk, walk, come back and sleep a little more. ”

In the gossip voice, the seven people followed Lu Pan and disappeared into the night, Lu Liangsheng closed the door, walked back and opened the package by the wall, how could there be a toad inside.

Sit back by the fire, pick up the scroll on the ground, and watch the flickering flames.

"Master, aren't you worried about Uncle Pan and them, so you went out with them?"

Frowning, the wind squeezed out of the window and floated towards the forest, and in the black outline, there were faint trees swaying one after another, and a short toad figure crossed the stream, and ran madly into the forest with short legs.

"Angry old man, a little demon actually bullied me. ”

The dense pimples behind him were pale purple, and when he crossed a big tree, he turned abruptly and sprayed a breath towards the huge black shadow chasing behind him, and the light purple smoke was nailed like an arrow, and the next moment, a sharp and long hissing sounded, and several trees were overturned by force, with dense branches and leaves.

The Purple Star Daoist was also rolled on the ground by a sudden gust of wind, and when he got up, the black shadow that meandered and climbed over, and the hard shell in the middle of his head rotted a scar.

In the hoarse sound of insects, the long beard swept angrily, the toad turned around and ran, and on the ground where it had just stopped, a tree broke violently, and sawdust splashed.

The toad Daoist has already run a long distance.

"When the old man recovers, I'll come to you to settle the score—"

......

At the foot of the mountain, in the dark forest, a group of people who went out to check were touching in the direction of movement.

Shadow and shadow talked, talking in a low voice.

".....'s so silent?"

"There must have been a wild beast passing by here just now....."

"Be careful. ”

At this moment, a black shadow scurried from under the feet of the eight people, and the tall and thin man subconsciously dodged and leaned on his companion.

"Something just passed. ”

Lu Pan turned around: "It may be a fox ......"

The next moment he spoke, the mountains and forests above rattled wildly, the trees slanted left and right, and in the forest, countless birds and birds flew out in panic, and the black pressure circled above the forest.

"What?!" someone shouted in panic.

"It's coming this way!"

Between the two breaths, Lu Pan pinched the hunting knife, his hands were full of cold sweat, and the direction he was staring at, the grass and trees shook wildly, the dense insect feet trampled, and the dark red link hard shell twisted and writhed, rushing into the sight of the group.

"Centipede—"

"Youkai!"

The moment the panicked shout sounded, someone rushed out to dodge, Lu Pan almost instinctively swung out the hunting knife, I don't know where to chop, the crisp sound of the scream, like a spark like an iron, the wrist was sore, almost unable to hold the handle of the knife, stumbled back two steps, a series of long feet almost close to the tip of the nose, crossed in front of his eyes.

"My mother's ......"

Lu Pan saw how big the thing was, so he was so frightened that he screamed out directly, and sat down on the ground, but the huge body in the past ignored them, and a fishy wind howled, and disappeared into the forest in the blink of an eye, leaving only the surrounding branches still shaking.

A few leaves fall down.

Lu Pan, who was frightened, got up from the ground with a shaky voice, and said with a trilling voice: "How are you doing? Are you hurt?!"

All around, the voices of companions answered one after another, most of them were not injured, but they were a little paralyzed, somewhat frightened, and speechless.

"It's okay....."

Lu Pan calmed his breath and suddenly turned his face suddenly.

"It's broken!!! ”

The rest of the people all reacted, and they all looked in the direction of Lu Pan and then the thatched hut.

"Lu Tou'er, what should I do...... Do we ..... want to go back?"

Lu Pan's cheeks swelled, his eyes flickered with a complicated expression, and he hesitated for a moment: "How can we say that we are also the elders of Liangsheng, if we run away, we will be poked in the backbone, go! Go back——"

A thatched hut at the bottom of the mountain, on a gentle slope, and half collapsed.

In the window lattice that casts the fire, a young man sitting upright holding a scroll, his shadow cut against the wall, a slight sound of reading, occasionally closing his eyes, remembering what he has read.

The burned-out dead wood popped out of the sparks, and when I opened my eyes, there was a hint of worry in my eyes.

"Why haven't you come back yet....."

In a moment, in the wind outside, there was a clattering sound, and a dark short figure drilled into the hole in the corner of the broken wall.

"Master?"

The Purple Star Daoist didn't say a word, kicked his legs, and got into the package placed by the wall, and stretched out a frog flipper to cover the opening.

Over there, Lu Liangsheng blinked, and as soon as he got up, the cobwebs of the window lattice blew horizontally, and dust covered his face.

"Ahem....."

The boy took the book and fanned the dust, and he smelled a fishy smell, click..... a series of dense, scalp-numbing knocking sounds, as if something had crawled over.

Lu Liangsheng withdrew his gaze from the package and looked back outside.

Outside the window frame, a pair of red lanterns descended from mid-air, looking in and looking at the boy.

At this moment, the insect chirping in the corner of the wall instantly stopped.