After the night wind stopped, the weeds in front of us quieted down, and Hu Xiaoer and I held our breath until the outline of the shadow appeared in the dark curtain, and the heart that was lifted fell back to its original place.

It's personal. He was thin, not tall, and carried a large basket on his shoulder.

It looks like a teenager in white. He hunched over and looked at the grass, trees, mountains and rocks on the ground inch by inch, as if he was looking for something.

"I'm scared to death!" Hu Xiaoer slackened his breath and said to himself in a deep voice, "People are scary, scared to death!"

I glanced at him, "You know that too?"

He chuckled a few times, then remembered something and said to me: "Look at his dress, he should be a craftsman who went up the mountain to find materials." It's just that tonight is the second night of the opening of the Sword Market, and according to what Aunt Gua said, shouldn't everyone do business in the Sword Market?"

I thought for a while, but I shook my head again and again, and saw that the boy was bending down and approaching us closer and closer, and suddenly stopped, raised his head slightly, and walked in the other direction of the road. Seeing that the lone shadow was gradually about to fall out of sight, I couldn't help but get up and step out of my legs to sneak along.

A hand lowered my body a few more points, and Hu Xiaoer reminded softly: "Be careful, this is not in the illusion world." ”

This time, the boy walked a little faster than just now, no longer groping for something, but as if he was going to the depths of the mountains and forests with a purpose. There are a lot of stones stacked on Qingquan Mountain that can be used for concealment, and I followed behind Hu Xiaoer, always keeping a distance from him.

Suddenly, the figure of the young man who was moving forward froze and stopped in place.

Hu Xiaoer and I immediately hid behind the boulder on the side. Hu Xiaoer touched his chin and silently made a lip call to me, "Discovered?"

I spread my hands and waited to see what happened.

The boy not far away still stood motionless, and he didn't know what he had seen or discovered just by looking at the figure with the big basket on his back. But soon, we knew why he was the way he did.

Gollum Gurgle - Gurl Gurr –

I faintly heard a strange noise, which was like bubbles bubbling in boiling water, and it was much louder than this. Soon, the smell of burning flint came from the night breeze wafting around.

Immediately after, there was a "boom-" sound.

Although it was not as good as thunder, it also startled a few birds that were sleeping in the mountains and forests.

Hu Xiaoer and I could hear it clearly, these strange sounds came from underground.

To be precise, it should be some deep in the mountains.

Hu Xiaoer's eyes lit up, and he blinked at me a few times in succession. I know what he's going to say, there must be that lava river hidden near here.

The young man who had been standing for a long time seemed to hear this, lifted the basket on his shoulder, straightened his back and continued to walk forward. This time, he only took a few quick steps, and as soon as he leaned down, he completely disappeared from Hu Xiaoer's field of vision.

When the two of us hurried forward to the place where the boy had stopped, we saw many long grass branches swaying in the wind, and some of them were crushed and branded with footprints. These footprints are lined up, all pointing in one direction, and the final destination is ......

"Look, there's a cave here!"

The door of the cave is about half the height of a person, and probably it shouldn't be called a cave, but more like the entrance to a secret tunnel. The color of the stone wall may have been excavated many years ago, and it does not match the surrounding stones lying on the ground.

The entrance to the secret passage is hidden in the depths of this mountain forest, and ordinary people really can't find it. The strange sound of "gurgling" was a little louder when it approached the door of the cave, and it seemed that there was a lot of mystery inside.

Hu Xiaoer and I glanced at each other and confirmed the next move.

The entrance to the tunnel is low and narrow, and it can only be climbed in by one person at a time. Just now, Hu Xiaoer said very righteously that he would take the lead and explore the way. Now, I followed him, crawling forward little by little.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for a while, and the stone walls on both sides of him gradually moved away, and the overhead slowly brightened. In the end, everything suddenly became clear, and he and I straightened our backs and walked forward side by side for a while, before we saw this grand spectacle.

Grunt grunt –

The smell of burning flint is strong to the top.

I saw Hu Xiaoer's eyes flickering with a blood-red firelight, which brightened his eyebrows.

The wind blowing in the face is much hotter than the one that spreads at the foot of Qingquan Mountain during the day, and it is mixed with some sparks that burn the exposed skin. In front of me, there was a fire in the culvert, and the magma made of flames and rolling stones was tumbling back and forth very violently. Although there are two iron cables next to the lava river, it is inevitable that the flames will not hurt the creatures on either side when they sweep up.

On the wall of the lava river hung strange stone pillars, from which huge stones tumbled down.

"Boom".

A tongue of fire sprang up, and the stone was swallowed up in the lava river, and it was nowhere to be seen.

"Original...... It's all true......" Hu Xiaoer muttered, his expression becoming extremely serious, "Qingquan Mountain, lava river, it's really magical......"

There was a rickety trestle bridge built on the lava river, and the other side of the bridge was overgrown with rocks, and a white shadow stood out in the red and black stones.

"Hu Xiaoer, look at that person-"

The boy still bent down and looked down at the rocks in the ground. There were flames in the rushing river that rushed to the shore, and he skilfully avoided them. The basket on his shoulder was placed aside, and some red and black blocks could be faintly seen inside.

"Is he picking up the stones?"

Hu Xiaoer narrowed his eyes and nodded, observing it very carefully. We couldn't see the young man's face clearly, only that the white clothes were shining through the firelight.

"Aunt Gua said that although the lava river has a dangerous terrain, it has opened up a lot of good materials for forging swords. However, the young craftsmen at the foot of the mountain are sparing their lives and suffering from the lack of a guide, so they dare not come to pick materials easily. This boy dared to go alone, which shows his bravery and perseverance. ”

Hu Xiaoer said: "How do you know that he must be a craftsman under Qingquan Mountain, not living on Qingquan Mountain?"

"There is only one craftsman who lives on Qingquan Mountain," I looked back at him in surprise, "you mean ......"

Just turning around, he stretched out his hand to look across the river, but saw the shadow of the young man disappear along with the basket on the ground. Hu Xiaoer and I immediately ran forward, and saw that the banks of the lava river were still red and black, and there was no one in sight.

The trestle over the river shook more and more violently in the fierce fire. In the eyes of others, this is the only way to cross the lava river.

"Impossible!" Hu Xiaoer said with great certainty, "The bridge is shaking so violently, there is still a stream of fire underneath, it is so steep, it is impossible for him to come over the bridge so quickly." Unless......" he said, turning his head as he looked at my face, and a look of horror gradually appeared.

"Unless what?" I asked him.

Hu Xiaoer trembled and raised his finger behind me, biting his pale lip, trying to keep his tone calm, "He's really here......"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sharp sound behind him.

"Who are you?"

I turned my head suddenly, and after seeing the person who came, I found that the young man's true appearance seemed to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, pale and bloodless complexion, although his face looked a little green, but looking at me and Hu Xiaoer's eyes were filled with coldness, resentment, and even a little ...... Disdain.

The young man's hand clutching the shoulder strap was bulging, and his eyes were like an eagle, shooting straight to the bottom of his heart, as if he wanted to see through people.

Boom –

Another boulder fell into the river of lava.

Hu Xiaoer and I stood still.

He asked again,

"You are not from Qingquan Mountain, did the Dog Emperor send you?"