Outside the town, a high mountain range, the peaks are undulating, the white clouds surround the peaks, and a group of egrets fly over the mountains in flocks on the horizon, "Qingfeng Ridge" is the name of this mountain that stretches for hundreds of kilometers.

In the mountains, there are many rare and strange beasts, but what is more precious is that all kinds of herbal resources are extremely rich, and it is said that there is a terrible demon clan living in the depths of the mountains, which is a forbidden land! The demon clan will not easily leave their territory, but as long as humans break in, there is only one dead word, and the people who live near the mountains have abided by the rules for generations, and only operate in the peripheral areas.

The area of Qingfeng Ridge is too huge, and at this time, a young man with a basket on his back, a sickle in his hand, and a weed that can be found everywhere on the side of the road in his mouth, humming a little song, is walking down the mountain.

The young man is not handsome and extraordinary, but he can also be called handsome, the young man's name is Jiang Ning, he is an outcast, and he was raised by his grandparents. He just turned 12 this year, and his birthday is July 12, which is the day when his grandparents pick him up.

Jiang Ning's expression suddenly changed, as if he had discovered something, he turned back violently as soon as his footsteps stopped, his eyes quickly swept around, and there was nothing but trees or trees. But as soon as he turned around and continued to walk down the mountain, there was a strange feeling behind him, a little eerie... It's as if a pair of eyes are staring at you.

Here I am again, and today I feel different from usual since I entered the mountain, and I feel that something in the dark is peeking at me. Some time ago, a sloppy old Taoist priest came to the town, saying that the mountains have not been very peaceful recently, and there are demons and evil spirits that have troubled them, so that the people in the town should not run to the Qingfeng Ridge, I am still a big fool and a liar, luck will not be so bad, there are really monsters in this world?

"Hmm... I think it's a pretty fairy sister kidding me, very kind, friendly kind!"

Jiang Ning was comforting himself with a crackling in his mouth, as if he was talking to something watching him from behind, but his steps slowly accelerated.

At this moment, the wind in the mountains seems to be a little stronger, blowing the surrounding leaves "rustling", unconsciously floating around the white mist, obviously in the daytime, the sun is still hanging high overhead, but the fog in the mountains is getting thicker and thicker. Jiang Ning's field of vision kept decreasing, and he could faintly hear the sound of footsteps, coming from all around to his ears.

Jiang Ning was a little anxious, this situation was too abnormal, he spit out the weeds in his mouth, held the sickle in his hand tightly, and ran quickly towards the familiar downhill road with his intuition.

Where he passed, the ground first loosened slightly, and then a vine broke through the ground with a "bang", quickly catching up with Jiang Ning who was running, just when it was about to wrap around Jiang Ning's calf, a black shadow suddenly appeared, it was a black long sword, a few whirls like chopping grass, cutting the vine into several sections and falling to the ground.

There was silence for a moment, and then the surrounding ground kept resounding with the sound of "bang, bang, bang...", and the vines appeared on the ground one after another, still stretching in the direction of Jiang Ning, and there were also a few vines as thick as the mouth of a bowl that went straight to the black long sword.

The black sword was wrapped in vines at once, wrapped into a round ball, and then exploded in one fell swoop, leaving only broken vines scattered on the ground. In a flash, the black sword caught up with the vine man who was only a few centimeters away from Jiang Ning, and smashed them all one by one, and when no new vine man appeared around, the black sword hung in the air for a moment, and did not care about Jiang Ning, but flew towards the depths of the mountain range at a high speed.

Jiang Ning has had an excellent physique since he was a child, and he exercised under the guidance of his grandfather, like a leopard shuttling through the mountains and forests, and he was very agile in the process of running fast.

Jiang Ning naturally heard the sound behind him, and his intuition told him that he couldn't stop, couldn't look back, just move forward! If he died here, how sad would his grandfather, grandma, and Sister Shanshan be, and he still owed Sister Shanshan a hundred and one strings of sugar gourds, and he didn't complete the agreement with his grandfather to become a pharmacist, and he wanted to know why he became an outcast, so how could he explain it here.

"There's less than a mile to go out of the mountains. ”

But at this time, the white fog had almost obscured the sun, and all that could be seen in front of him was a white expanse, and the outline of the hand could not be seen when he stretched out his hand. Jiang Ning had to stop, in this case, being in a complex mountain forest was extremely bad.

Jiang Ning waved his hands and tried to disperse the white mist, but in less than a blink of an eye, the white mist gathered again, and the surroundings were extremely quiet except for the sound of his own rapid breathing and the sound of his heart "plopping, plopping". Birds, insects, trees, weeds in the mountains and forests... It's as if they're gone.

I tried to take a few steps forward, my hands clenching the scythe, I had never felt like this before. The fear of the unknown is the greatest, and it will only grow with time.

"Fight..."If you wait, then there is really no hope, Jiang Ning has not turned around from beginning to end, even if he looks at the surrounding situation, the direction in which his feet stand is also the exit of the mountain range.

After groping for a short distance, he touched trees and rocks, and continued to move forward, when a voice suddenly came into Jiang Ning's ears.

"Stop, there's a big steep slope ahead. ”

Jiang Ning stopped, a little surprised at first, and then immediately turned frightened, in this kind of environment where you can't see your fingers, tell me what's in front of me?

Because his nerves were a little tense before, Jiang Ning didn't hear whether the voice was male or female, "Thank you seniors for reminding me, I only went to the mountains to collect some medicinal herbs, if there is any disturbance or offense, please forgive me." ”

After not getting an answer for a long time, Jiang Ning tentatively shouted: "Is the senior still there? Sister Fairy?. ”

Still didn't get an answer, which made Jiang Ning confused, and it was not okay to continue walking, he touched the ground by his body and found that the front was indeed empty. I was clearly heading forward, but the road in and out of the mountain in my memory did not have this big steep slope, indicating that I had deviated from the road.

Jiang Ning tried to ask, "Can the senior show me a way out?"

A pale red line suddenly appeared in the white mist, but it was particularly conspicuous in the vast white world, Jiang Ning did not hesitate, and walked in the direction of the line, as far as the current situation is concerned, no matter how bad it is, it will be like that.

Jiang Ning's walking speed was not too fast, about half an hour later, there was a sound around him, it was the sound of the wind blowing the leaves, the white fog in front of him began to fade, the surrounding scenery slowly became clear, and the pale red line pointing the way disappeared after Jiang Ning's blink.

Jiang Ning was about to turn around and express his gratitude, when a violent cry sounded in the distance, "Bold and demonic, dare to leave the sealed land, see how the poor Dao cleans you up!"

An old Taoist with a scruffy beard, wearing a yellow and white Taoist robe, with a wine jug hanging from his waist, and holding a wooden sword in his hand, fell from the sky.

I saw that the old Taoist waved one hand, and the surrounding white fog quickly dispersed, and then the wooden sword in his hand hung in front of him, and the old Taoist read out a Taoist trick that Jiang Ning didn't understand, and the wooden sword changed from one to three, and the surface of the sword body was shining, and he said in one direction: "A little maze, break it for me!"

The three wooden swords turned into three long rainbows and went away, and an inconspicuous small tree in the forest broke through the ground in the distance, and a human-like face appeared on the trunk, and the roots of the tree were intertwined and turned into two legs, and they rushed towards the depths of the mountain range like a human.

After all, the speed of the long-legged monster tree was not as fast as the flying sword, and in less than a few blinks of an eye, it was pinned to the ground, and a gray mist floated out of the tree, quickly drifting towards the depths of the mountain range.

When the gray mist appeared, the old Taoist priest stepped towards it, but he couldn't keep it, and stood next to the fallen tree and pulled out the wooden sword nailed into the tree, looking worried.

Looking at Qingfeng Ridge, the old Taoist priest said to himself: "The situation is even worse than I expected, in addition to the changes in the sealed land, it seems that there are some old monsters who can't bear the loneliness and want to break the agreement of the year and make trouble." This is beyond my control, I have to inform the sect and the major immortal sects of the situation as soon as possible. ”

Jiang Ning, who thinks that his heart is far beyond his peers, witnesses the beginning and end of this process, his expression is still a little trance, giving birth to a tree that can run with both feet? A person who can walk in the air? There is also a sword that can fly? Although he has heard that there are immortals in the world, it is the first time he has seen it, as the saying goes, seeing is believing, and it is better to see it with his own eyes than to hear more.

The old Taoist priest had long noticed Jiang Ning's existence, he was just an ordinary teenager, he floated in the air and still said to Jiang Ning: "You kid, haven't you heard the news, and you dare to run to Qingfeng Ridge, you are tired of it? If it weren't for the old Taoist I happened to pass by here and noticed something unusual on the mountain, you might have been a corpse by now." ”

Jiang Ning reacted and thanked the old Taoist priest, "Thank you for saving your life, my name is Jiang Ning, I am from Jinyi Town, I need a few herbs for some reasons, and there are only Qingfeng Ridge nearby..."

Before Jiang Ning finished speaking, the old Taoist priest waved his hand to interrupt his words, and said angrily: "Go down the mountain quickly, don't run here in the future, I don't guarantee that those things won't appear again after I leave." ”

After speaking, the old Taoist priest was about to leave, Jiang Ning hurriedly shouted: "Dare to ask the surname of the Taoist, you can't forget the grace of saving your life today, and you will have the opportunity to repay it in the future, Daoist, Daoist, don't go, I can't say that we are fated, you can see if I have the qualifications to practice." ”

The old Taoist priest who walked against the wind smiled, what an interesting boy, but unfortunately his divine sense was swept away before, and he did not discover what cultivation talent he had, and he didn't bring a test crystal with him this time, otherwise he could have tested it. The situation of his own sect has deteriorated over the years, and the generation of disciples is not as good as the generation, and among the young people of this generation, there is only one Qiushui girl who is outstanding, which is far worse than several other sects.

was hesitating whether to go over or not, and carefully probing the qualifications of the young man below, the entire Qingfeng Ridge suddenly shook without warning, which made the old Taoist's heart tighten, and he didn't think much about it, and hurriedly flew to investigate the situation.

Jiang Ning, who was staggered in a small step, didn't have time to say anything, and after watching the old Taoist priest disappear from view, Jiang Ning looked a little lost, still standing in place and looking in which direction, and after a little half a moment, he helped the basket on his back and went down the mountain.