Lu Li was a little hesitant, but Xiao Man didn't hesitate. "Lu Li, don't listen to his nonsense, I have seen two people who have opened the memory of the secret realm, and it is exactly the same as yours, we will definitely be able to find the secret realm. ”

"And did you see those demons later?"

"They went to the secret realm, and of course I didn't see them again. ”

"Hehe, then I want to ask, why did everyone go to the secret realm and never came out? If you have ever seen or heard a demon coming from the secret realm, I support you to find the secret realm today, but no, no demon has ever said that he has been to the secret realm, so I think those demons who are looking for the secret realm either give up in the end, or die in this desert. In my opinion, it is very likely that he died of thirst. ”

Xiao Man glanced at Mingyang, squatted on the ground and did not speak.

"Mingyang, don't worry, we are thirsty and immortal. ”

"How do you know?"

"We haven't drunk water for a day, and we still have the strength to argue here, so I guess we're not dying of thirst at all. ”

"Maybe a person will lose his strength if he doesn't drink water for a day, but it is very likely that it will take a few days for us demons to lose strength. Oh, by the way, then we'll have to go back quickly, or we'll all die of thirst for three days and three nights. Saying that Mingyang was about to leave, Lu Li hurriedly came over and grabbed him. "Where are you going? If you get lost, where are we going to find you?"

"It's better to get lost than to die here. Mingyang was bent on going back, and he firmly believed that he was going to die of thirst.

"Hey, Mingyang, calm down. ”

Mingyang couldn't calm down, he pulled down the curtain tied with his clothes, pulled out his water-avoiding sword and put it on his shoulder, "Are you going back with me?"

Xiao Man stood up and looked up at Lu Li, Lu Li also glanced at Xiao Man, and the two didn't say anything. Mingyang already understood, "Then I'll go back by myself, you don't regret it." Saying that, Mingyang had already turned around and left.

"Hey, Mingyang!" Lu Li stood in place, but Mingyang couldn't call him back. "Mingyang!" Mingyang's back was already far away, Lu Li suddenly felt very sad and depressed, she sat on the sand dune, tears fell out. Xiao Man "meowed" and rubbed Lu Li, Lu Li hugged him up, "Xiao Man, did you say that we can't find the secret realm." ”

Xiao Man grabbed Lu Li with his claws and wanted to comfort him, but he had never seen the secret realm after all. The two looked at the empty desert, the cloudless sky above, although the sky full of stars was gorgeous, but the desert night was cold to the bone, the two of them were a drop in the ocean, they couldn't find their destination, and they couldn't make up their minds to turn back.

Mingyang walked through the desert with his head down with his sword in hand, time passed quickly, the stars shifted, and the sun rose from the horizon again. Mingyang finally calmed down, and he looked back, except for his own footprints, the endless desert was empty again, golden against the background of the rising sun. Mingyang knew that there was no turning back, so he hesitated for a moment and continued to walk back.

Here Lu Li and Xiao Man waited for Mingyang all night and still didn't see him come back, the two continued on the road with hesitation, Lu Li knew that she was in a better situation than Mingyang, after all, she had a secret signal to guide her. In this way, the two teams have been separated in the desert for two days and two nights.

Xiao Man hung his head, even if his ancestor came out of the desert, he had already reached his limit, the scorching sand during the day burned his little paws, and the night was too cold. Before, Mingyang could barely set up a bonfire, but now Lu Li's spell was not working, and today they didn't find the dry grass branches in the desert, so the two could only snuggle up to each other for warmth.

Xiaoman is okay, after all, he is a cat now, Lu Li is very warm when he holds him, and Lu Li can only starve and freeze. The two demons hadn't drunk water for three days, and even if they were protected by mana, they couldn't care less about the feeling of "thirst" anymore.

"Xiaoman. Lu Li trembled and said, "Do you think we will die here?" Xiao Man did not speak. Lu Li continued: "Maybe the Demon Realm Secret Realm doesn't welcome us, because you haven't cultivated into a demon yet, and I haven't cultivated at all, it's opportunistic. ”

Xiao Man still didn't speak, he had actually thought that it was very likely that he would not be able to enter the secret realm, after all, he had never cultivated at all. After a long time, Xiao Man finally spoke: "Lu Li, my spells are all stealing from masters, and I haven't learned any spells from any demon at all, so I may not be welcome in the secret realm, so it's better for you to find the secret realm yourself, after all, your magic is strong, and the secret realm will definitely be open to you." ”

"Will it?" Lu Li laughed at himself: "With the face of the monk who subdues demons and destroys demons, the secret realm will definitely accept me?"

Xiao Man also smiled, "Alas, I didn't expect that I, the royal cat of the court, would die of freezing in the desert." ”

"You're the royal cat of the court?"

"Well, my father and mother are the queen's cat, and when I was born, the palace was lively. ”

"And then?"

"Later, I grew up under the favor of the queen. ”

"I'm asking how you became a demon?"

"That was 500 years ago. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

Xiao Man never told anyone about this, but he thought that he might die in this desert soon, so it didn't hurt to talk about it, "The place where I was born was a small country on the edge of the Central Plains, and at that time my master Empress was very favored, her father and brother were generals, and the emperor relied on them very much.

Later, the queen's father won a battle and brought back a princess of an enemy country, saying that it was a country, but it was a tribe. It is said to be the last place where the sun sets, and even some months are always daylight. The princess looks very exotic, can sing and dance, the emperor is very fond of her, the queen is depressed day and night, my father and mother are really anxious in their eyes. Because since my grandfather, our whole family has been blessed by the queen, and naturally hopes that she can be happy, so my father wants to take the whole family to scare and scare the princess.

I remember that day when the whole family took advantage of the emperor's outing, they deliberately barked on the roof of the princess's house, you must know that our cats are fierce, and the big night is also very scary. But who knew that the princess was not an ordinary person at all, but a lizard, she sent the palace people, jumped on the beam of the house and killed her father and mother and brothers and sisters, only I was left, I was still young at the time, and I was so frightened that I struggled desperately, but she lifted my neck and laughed.

Later, I was put in a cage, and I heard the lizard pretending to be weak and crying in front of the emperor, saying that the queen deliberately threw the dead cat into her yard, which frightened her into her soul, although the queen denied it vigorously, but when she saw the flesh and blood of our whole family, the queen collapsed, and she counted the emperor's mediocrity in front of the emperor, and the emperor lost face, saying that the queen was crazy and asked the guards to drag her down.

At this time, I was desperately struggling in the cage to protect the queen, but the lizard didn't know what to do, and my body became bigger and bigger, not to mention the cage breaking, and it went crazy. The hall was in turmoil, and the lizard pretended to be weak and pitiful, screaming 'Monster, monster!'

My master didn't know what was wrong with me, but she watched me grow up and coaxed me to grow up, so she wanted to come and comfort me, but I was cast a witch at the time, and I didn't recognize her at all, and the guards shot arrows at me, and I naturally resisted desperately, and the queen died in the chaos, and I stumbled and fled from the palace.

Later, I found out that I had become a little boy, and I saw the emperor announce that the queen had suddenly fallen ill and died unfortunately, and ordered the whole country to mourn, and then within half a year, the lizard became the queen. At that time, I thought that I must avenge the queen, but I only have the body of a goblin, but I have no fairy spells, and because of the lizard's order: forbid cats in the palace, I can't even enter the gate of the palace.

Later, I had to avoid the pursuit of monks and Taoist priests, and I had to guard against the pursuit of the gods and immortals, and the matter of revenge was far away. Fortunately, the life span of human beings is limited, and the emperor died soon after, and the lizard is said to have been beheaded by the queen's son, the then crown prince and later emperor, in the vegetable market, and I can be regarded as seeing the fate of the bad guys. ”

Lu Li listened to Xiao Man's story, felt sorry for Xiao Man, and hurriedly comforted: "Fortunately, the queen has a good son and avenged her." ”

"Well, the prince is very good, but the prince thinks that the cat demon killed his mother, so the whole country prohibits raising cats, and orders Taoist priests to put spells on the whole country to deal with the cat demon, and I have never been able to return to my homeland. ”

"Alas, how many things in the world are contrary to the actual situation. ”

"Yes, but in the five hundred years since I became a demon, how many big demons have enslaved me, and how many Taoist priests and monks have almost killed me, but now I am freezing here with you, a little demon, so who can tell what is going on in the world. ”

The two snuggled up to each other, chatting with each other one by one, and finally came to the morning. "Xiaoman, the sun is out. ”

"It's finally going to be warmer, but it's going to be thirstier. ”

"Don't say thirst. ”

Xiao Man and Lu Li stood up and continued to hurry, "We must find the secret realm today." ”

"Surely!" the two cheered each other on. But no matter whether you are full or thirsty, when you are thirsty, hungry and tired, the mind really can't solve the physical discomfort, the two of them walked for a long time, or the endless desert, that kind of despair surged up from the bottom of my heart, Lu Li fell and sat on the sand dune, "Xiaoman, Xiaoman." ”

"What's wrong?" asked Xiaoman, bowing his head.

"Take a break, rest for a while. Lu Li didn't wait for Xiao Man's answer to lie on the sand dune all of a sudden, Xiao Man also lay on the sand dune, the two of them were so tired that they fell asleep in a daze. Lu Li dreamed of the big river in her hometown and the endless nameless sea, she licked her lips in the dream, feeling that the sea water was so cool and sweet. Lu Li was dreaming, and suddenly felt that someone touched her lightly twice, Lu Li opened his eyes impatiently, and Mingyang was looking at him.