On the fourth day of the first month of winter, the sunset melts gold.

At dusk, the bright glow was like fire, burning through half of the sky, Qin Xi stood on the edge of the cliff and looked around, he seemed to be lost.

The tiresome wilderness landscape seems to look the same, with strange rocks, entangled with wild trees, and I really can't recognize whether I have walked it before.

He simply waited in place, as he had done several times before, waiting for Linghu, who knew the way, to find him.

Soon, Linghu's voice came from a high place not far away, and he called out as if holding his breath: "Tai Shang——! lost again?——!!

It's still too top, why is she just calling it wrong?

Qin Xi put his hand to his mouth and said loudly, "Linghu girl, here." ”

After a while, the fiery red figure rushed out of the dense wild forest like an arrow, and Linghu, who looked like a peerless enchantress, was running towards him with a completely non-enchanting action, and let out an angry cry: "You are running around again!"

He reminded: "Linghu girl, it's too high-spirited, my name is Qin Yuanxi." ”

It doesn't matter what his name is, it's weird and annoying, and I don't want to remember his name.

The first time she met this kind of person who didn't know the way at all, he didn't know what he heard in the morning, and he got lost alone; in the afternoon she found a water source to wash her hands and drink water, but when she came back, he lost it again; just now, when she picked a wild fruit, he lost it again. If it weren't for him, he would have climbed this mountain today.

She suddenly stopped again and turned her head to stare at him: "If you get lost three times today, then offset the life-saving debt three times." ”

This person asks for a sky-high price, and actually calculates the life-saving money by each time, just yesterday he met more than a dozen patrol demon soldiers, Tang Yuan Demon Jun may have taken out the entire family, according to his sky-high price algorithm, the money she owes will sooner or later be as heavy as all the mountains in the Western Wilderness combined, and he must not be allowed to dig a bottomless pit for himself.

Qin Xi tilted his head and thought about it, "oh", and did not object.

She was happy again, the surname Qin didn't know the way, and she liked to walk around, very good, maybe he would have to find money when he arrived in Dingyun City.

"Didn't you say that the food and lodging were all-inclusive?" she asked him as a matter of course, he hadn't given him anything to eat after three days of escape, or had she found wild fruits to satisfy her hunger, and she didn't give them today.

It seems that there is such a thing.

Qin Xi took out the water bladder and handed it over: "There is only water, and the monk does not need to eat every day." But there are a lot of wild demons around here, so I can grab some food for you. ”

...... He didn't think that the wild demons were the same as the people in the town?

"Wild demons are all grass and trees, and they don't eat. She began to instill in him the common sense of the Great Wilderness, "Only beasts and demons want to eat." However, it is difficult for beasts to become demons, and half of them can only be demon beasts. Most of the remaining adults do not linger in the wild mountains and forests, and only a few wander in the wild, eat raw meat, and eat people. ”

I see.

Qin Xi muttered: "It's completely different from Middle Earth, maybe it's because there is no Sun and Moon Essence Heaven and Earth Aura here. ”

"What is the Sun and Moon Essence Heaven and Earth Aura?"

"It is rumored that Middle-earth was once a place where the gods lived, and after Pangu opened the world, there was Xihe to send the sun, and Wangshu drove the moon, so there was the essence of the sun and the moon, and the heaven and earth were full of aura. ”

What is that? Ling Hu Zhenzhen only felt extremely strange, and couldn't imagine what it was like, but he listened to him and said: "You're right, I should pay for the food and lodging, I'll find out if there are any hares and pheasants." ”

Again? She grabbed his arm: "Don't go!"

However, this benevolent brother had no intention of repenting, and could not understand the hardships of her leading the way, and still said the same thing: "It's around here, and you won't get lost." ”

She was really annoyed with him, what kind of hare and pheasant to catch, he was afraid that he didn't know how troublesome it was to deal with, and it would take a long time to get cooked, and he was pampered at first glance, and he had never been in the field at all, if he could get rid of him and go by himself, she would have left early.

"You can only get lost during the day! Not at night!"

Ling Fox Zhenzhen had enough strength to stop him, and forcibly dragged him away.

Qin Xi felt that her arm was about to be broken by her, so she had to say, "Linghu girl, I will follow you, can you not pinch me again?"

"No, I'm relieved to hold on. She refused.

Eh, the great wilderness, the style of barbarism. Forget it, this is the Great Wilderness, she is the boss, listen to her.

The sky gradually darkened, and a glimmer of moon hung on the edge of the night, so that the fox Zhenzhen listened carefully, only to feel that there seemed to be a faint noise of people in the distance - barren mountains and forests, where did the crowd come from?

Speed up the pace up a hillside, the land in front of you suddenly opened up, but it was a clearing halfway up the mountainside, and below the mountain was an endless endless wild forest, and there was a small village built in the col forest, and the lights were brilliant, like a pearl on a black flannel cloth.

Ling Fox Zhenzhen stopped suddenly.

Because of her first return to the southern wilderness, in order to prevent getting lost, she deliberately memorized the map of the craftsman commonly used by the master. Juntan Palace is on the east side of the South Wilderness, according to the map mark, you can see the avenue by crossing three mountains to the west, and the avenue is Shuiqing Town in two days.

The problem is that the mountains are barren mountains and there are no villages. What's more, Tangyuan Demon Jun's family doesn't like people, and it's not too far from Juntan Palace, and there can't be a village.

"What's wrong?" Qin Xi asked.

She thought for a moment, "According to the map, there shouldn't be a village here. If you're afraid, we'll stay overnight in the mountains and forests, where the water source is nearby. ”

Qin Xi couldn't help but glance at her: "I am the person you think is scared?"

The person who is afraid is obviously her, afraid of meeting demon soldiers, and collects money according to the number of times, which is really a little trick that can be seen through at a glance.

Qin Xi pulled her backhand and jumped off the cliff.

The wind suddenly howled, and groups gathered around them. The Great Wilderness has no aura and cannot take off in place, but it is more than enough to slide up a distance from a high place with the help of the wind.

Looking down from the heights, the brightly lit villages are bustling with people, and there are various colored glass lanterns for lighting at intervals of dozens of steps along the white stone avenue, and there are many stalls, from food to sundries.

Isolated in the barren mountains but extremely prosperous, villages are common in Middle-earth.

Qin Xi was about to control the wind to fall, but she felt that Ling Fox Zhenzhen came closer, her heart was quite big, and she jumped off the cliff last time and turned dizzy, this time she was very calm.

The cold wind wrapped her dress and long hair at him, it was very itchy, he turned his head and let the soft silk of his neck keep scraping, and the next moment the hot breath in her mouth sprayed on the pinna.

"It's strange here, be careful. ”

Qin Xi touched his itchy ears, the wind around him was sharp, and he could only lean into her ear and ask, "What's strange?"

Ling Hu Zhenzhen looked around for a while: "The villages in the normal mountains are not like this. ”

She came from the wilderness of the west to the wilderness of the south, and she also encountered many mountain villages along the way, most of which were isolated from the world, but this was not the scene anyway. Master said that there are a lot of strange things in the Great Wilderness, so when you encounter abnormal things, you should be extra careful.

Qin Xi did not comment.

It's a normal village, it's naturally the best, if not, then it doesn't matter, the Taishang Pulse Monk has no taboos, especially for him, what demons and monsters he encounters, it's more pleasant than staying in the mountains and forests at night.

The wind sent them down, and they just landed at the gate of the village, only to see the crowds coming and going, so it was not lively. There is a huge white stone tablet at the door, engraved with the three characters of "臷民庄", and the font is extremely ancient.

Interesting, he only knows about the Republic of China, and it is rumored that there were alien races in the Great Wilderness in ancient times.

But since the Great Wilderness has been divided into four directions, and there have been desolate emperors in the four directions, these once glorious Great Wilderness alien races have been scattered, and most of them have become legends, and they can't imagine that there are descendants who have gathered here to form a village.

Seeing that he was about to enter the village without hesitation, Ling Fox Zhenzhen immediately spoke: "It's okay to go in, but if something happens, I won't give money, I reminded you." ”

Qin Xi asked kindly: "Then why don't you let the fox girl stay alone in the mountains and forests at night?"

She can't do it alone, the great wilderness forest at night is full of dangers, and she is unarmed, whether she encounters demon soldiers or wild demons, it is extremely troublesome.

Ling Fox Zhenzhen wanted to say more, but a gust of wind blew, and an extremely attractive aroma penetrated into her nose, and the few wild fruits she had just eaten disappeared in an instant.

What smells so good!

She followed the smell uncontrollably on her two legs, like a wolf smelling meat, and entered the Zhuangzi in the blink of an eye.

This great wilderness man refused to enter one moment, and ran faster than him the next.

Qin Xi couldn't figure out her style for a while, so he followed behind. At dinner time, all kinds of food in Zhuangzi were spread out lively, although many of the food was simple and rough, and it could not be compared with Middle-earth, but the aroma of oil smoke was endless, and even he was hooked with a trace of gluttony.

Over there, the fox had found the source precisely along the flavor - a cake stall with various fillings and fried in ghee until golden brown, and the aroma was almost in the brain.

It smells so good.

She stopped on the opposite side and sniffed vigorously, the boss was busy making cakes, and suddenly looked up and saw such a bewitching beauty in luxurious clothes, and couldn't help but be shocked "ouch", only chose the largest cake from the pot and wrapped it, as if offering treasure: "The girl is hungry? Take it, don't want money." ”

Ling Fox Zhenzhen shook her head: "I don't want it." ”

She has no money on her, so she can't give a gift in return.

You can buy it, it should be paid by the surnamed Qin, and he promised to include room and board.

Before she could turn her head to find someone, a slender hand had already sent the money from behind her, and Qin Xi's voice sounded above her head: "Come on for six." ”

She didn't believe he could eat six loaves by himself, right?

Ling Fox Zhenzhen turned around suddenly, and saw him wrapping three pieces of bread in white paper and handing them over: "Take it, I said that I will cover the food and lodging." Two more are owed to you for the previous two days. ”

Isn't that right? If he had been so in and out of contact and didn't ask for a lot of money, this trip to the Western Wilderness would have been much easier.

I don't know if it's because I'm too hungry, the appearance of his delivery of bread looks particularly pleasing to the eye, so that the fox Zhenzhen bites the cake and looks up at him, and the bright lights in the village fall under his dark eyes, as if there is a clear fire burning, the light is extremely beautiful, she can't help but stare at it all the time.

Qin Xi looked at her for a long time for some reason.

What is she looking at? It's not like looking at people's eyes, but like looking at a landscape, looking at a flower, looking at a stone, so weird.

"Linghu?" he called to her suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

She was fine, she just liked the clear glow of the light that lingered on his eyelashes, which was indescribably beautiful, and reminded her of the charming colors she had ever seen.

For example, on the day when the master bought her as a closed disciple, the bright sunlight reflected on the silver coin, and for example, the uncle who could only go back to the mountains for a few months, walked on the mountain road in the sunset, and the extremely soft and moving colors around him.

All are rare colors.

Finally, she had seen enough, and as she opened her mouth, the aroma of ghee came to her face: "After eating the bread, leave, this place is very strange, and it is not suitable to stay for a long time." ”