The sun was still shining outside the stone gap, but the temperature inside the stone gap seemed to be getting lower and lower.

Li Yunxin watched silently as he roasted the piece of meat on the fire, feeling that the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar.

But after all, he is no longer the boy who shivered in the cold and rainy night and could only be slaughtered. He was silent for a while, then raised his eyes to look at the old man's white hair and bark-like face: "What do you call Your Excellency?"

The old man took a deep breath - inhaling the smell of meat. Then he said slowly, "I have forgotten the things and names of the past. Now it's a freshman. Since I saw you in this lake, I call myself the old man of the lake. ”

Li Yun thought for a moment and said calmly: "The old man in the lake is indeed a name with a sense of meaning and style. But if I have to shout 'Old Man in the Lake' every time I call you in the future, this is a bit of a secondary two. What's your last name?"

The old man looked at him, blinked, and smiled inexplicably: "Oh. The little old man is exempt from your surname Su. ”

"Then call you Su Gong. Li Yunxin looked at the meat, "Does Duke Su know that I am a demon? This cave court is now my dojo." ”

The old man looked at him for a long time and opened his mouth: "Ahhh......h I think you're a demon too. On days like this, you come alone. There was not a trace of sweat on his body, and his clothes were clean and clean, and there was not a trace of dust. gave birth to a face like a fairy, and it must be inhuman. ”

"It's just that you are a demon, and you say that you rule this cave, which shows that your mana is boundless. The little old man has been stuck here for many days, and there is no way to solve his worries - demon Taoist, can you bring me a jar of wine to drink?"

Li Yunxin listened to his words and smiled slightly. With a flick of his wrist, there was an extra folding fan. Then he put a touch on the folding fan, and brought out a jug of wine. He put the wine next to the fire in front of the old man and said, "This is Mu Nanchun in the middle of Mu Nan in Weicheng." ”

After a pause, he said, "I don't know if it's still there." ”

The old man reached out and took the wine, lifted the jug and poured a line of elixir into his mouth. Then he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Good wine, good wine!" The little boy will give me wine, and the old man will give you meat—take it!"

The branch in his hand was thrown over the campfire.

Li Yunxin stretched out his hand to catch it, took a closer look, and then put it on the fire to roast.

The old man clapped his hands and applauded, cut off a piece of meat skewer with the shell in his hand, and said, "Since you are the demon in charge of the cave, you don't look happy now. It is said that demons are free and happy, and they can do whatever they want. Little boy, what is on his mind? Little old man, I don't think about my life soon—it's better to hear about it. ”

Li Yunxin looked at him: "With Su Gong's skills, do I still need to talk about my troubles?"

The old man shook his head: "This Su Gong in front of you is just an old man, where is there any ability to know your heart." If you don't feel at ease, you will split me with one palm, and you can see what kind of person I am. ”

Li Yunxin seriously considered his suggestion for a while. Then he turned the roast in his hand over.

"There are some worries in front of me. He was silent for a moment, and then he really spoke, "There are a few friends outside Dongting Lake, and their whereabouts are unknown. But right now, I can't get out, and I care about it. I'm afraid they'll be killed, or they'll be killed by demons. I'm even more afraid of being caught and used to coerce me - then I have to make a choice I don't like. ”

"Ah, it's a distressing thing. The old man sighed. The voice was a little louder because of the wine, "The little boy is afraid that he won't be able to convince his heart." ”

"I just hate trials. Li Yunxin smiled, "Some things are usually like that, it's good." But when it comes to the test, no one knows what choice they will make. So don't test human nature, I don't like it at all. ”

He glanced at the old man: "I don't like stupid tests either." ”

The old man smiled kindly and kindly, took back the meat from the branch, reached out and tore a slightly charred shredded piece of meat on it, tasted it, and said, "It's a bit bland and tasteless without salt." But it seems that the little boy's troubles don't stop there—is there something else?"

Li Yunxin watched him put the shredded meat in his mouth and chewed it carefully, and said, "Anything else." I was forced to take sides. It's a nuisance, too—but you can't stay out of it. But for the same reason as before - if you can get a few old friends from outside in, maybe you feel better. But you can't help it. I don't know if you're friend or foe, but I think you're not bad. It's a fate to see each other, but I still have something to do...... See you later. ”

As he spoke, he stood up, rested the branch in his hand on the stone slab, and made a gesture to leave.

The old man put down the meat in his hand, looked up at him, and said with a smile, "After receiving your wine, how can you return empty-handed." Look, boy, where is this—"

After saying that, he tapped the branch in his hand on the ground, and then reached out and pointed out the stone gap.

Li Yunxin looked out.

Outside the stone gap was originally the sun and wild forests, but at this time it was still the sun and wild forests. It's just that...... It's not what he was when he came in.

Patches of banyan trees grew outside the cave, lush and green.

A corner of the cornice peeked out of the bushes.

This...... It's not the same island he came in.

He was suddenly startled in his heart, and turned his head to look at the old man. But the old man was no different, only tearing the meat slowly, and occasionally taking a sip of wine—like any greedy old man. He smiled kindly and waved his hand at Li Yunxin: "Go, go!"

Li Yunxin was familiar with this expression under his eyes. It's common, but it seems weird at this point—it's the kind old man who blows a candy man for a kid on the side of the road, and then watches him run away happily.

He tried to speak several times, but stopped several times. But he soon realized the fact that no matter who the other party is, the means are far above him. After that, you should make a fortune for yourself. Let's see if this year is unfavorable, and why accidents are coming one after another.

But for now......

He smiled and arched his hand slightly: "Then thank you." ”

After saying that, he took a big stride and walked out into the jungle.

The old man squinted at him behind him and shook his head: "It's a good boy." ”

......

......

Li Yunxin could be sure that he was no longer on that island. After taking a few steps, he lifted the clouds into the sky, and looked into the distance with all his might. But realize that this place doesn't seem to be the real world either. Or maybe it's just a part of the real world - the banyan grove centered on a temple is indeed real, but there is a white mist beyond a hundred feet, and he is sure that even if he rushes into the fog, he will not be able to get out.

So he went straight on for a while and fell into the temple.

It is a dilapidated temple that seems to have once been located in a deserted wilderness. The two pairs of stone lions at the entrance are covered with moss, and the plaque in the main hall is also crumbling. The ground was also covered with wild grass, and it looked very deserted. But as soon as Li Yunxin fell in, the temple became lively-

Two talismans came straight at him, and two more whistles broke through the air.

The ruined stone floor in the courtyard shone with a slight trembling, rippling golden light, and he felt the power of the familiar formation prohibition.

I also heard a screaming and demonic voice: "Ahh......h Huh, run—"

Li Yunxin casually took the two talismans and pinched them in his palm, turning them into flames and ashes. Two more steps forward, two flying swords clanged into his chest, but not a single white mark remained. After taking four more steps, he kicked a row of crooked stones in a bush of wild grass, and shouted, "What are you panicking, it's me!"

When he had finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the courtyard.

Li Yunxin breathed a sigh of relief: "Is there any combat attrition?"

Sanhua slowly poked her head out of the main hall door. He stared at Li Yunxin for a long time before he said in disbelief, "Huh, this is true, huh?"

Then I saw the door of the main hall being pushed open. Liu Laodao frowned tightly, his hair was unkempt, he looked him up and down cautiously, and asked tentatively for a long time: "Brother Xin'er?"

Li Yunxin spread his hands: "There were still others pretending to be me before?"

But Liu Laodao didn't speak, still staring at him.

Li Yunxin sighed and said, "Eight hundred pacesetters ran to the north slope, and the artillery ran side by side to the north." The pacesetters are afraid to touch the artillery guns, and the artillerymen are afraid to touch the pacesetters - What's-your-name-please? My-name-is-Li-Yunxin - got it. ”

Liu Laodao probably couldn't understand this, and Sanhua Dragon Girl couldn't understand it either. But Liu Laodao knew...... This is indeed the heart brother.

Immediately rushed out of the house, grabbed Li Yunxin's hand, looked up and down, and then hoarsely said, "You're scared to death!"

Li Yunxin was slightly moved by his attitude, but a vigilant string in his heart had not yet relaxed. Things came strangely - the "Liu Laodao" and "Sanhua Dragon Girl" in this temple knew that he was Li Yunxin, but he had no other way to know that they were the real Liu Gongzan and Sanhua.

Because they are the people of this era, they can't make any highly recognizable tongue twisters or English texts for elementary school students.

Li Yunxin looked into the temple again: "Where is Shi Sunflower?"

At this time, Lao Dao blinked, and his expression became sad: "...... Hurt. The three of us went together. Others ......"

Li Yunxin walked close to the main hall of the ruined temple. Seeing Shi Kuizi lying on his side on the ground, with Liu Laodao's robe spread under him. There were no scars on his body, but his face was pale, and his anger was like a gossamer.

He leaned over to sniff and probe his pulse. Diagnosing the pulse is one of the things that practitioners will inevitably learn - at the beginning of foundation building, you must always understand the meridians and acupoints in the body to be lucky. But he didn't learn well at the beginning, and he didn't know what was wrong with Shi Sunflower.

Hearing Liu Laodao following behind him, he said anxiously and chatteringly: "Brother Xin sent her to the waste palace that day, asked the ghost emperor to take care of her, and drew a stand-in to put it in Nanshan-I thought about it, so I went to pick her up." How do you know that something happened to Brother Xin'er, and he disappeared. So I took Jiaxin's child to look for the four generals outside the city. And all I found was her—"

Sanhua stood at the door, her eyes flickering at Li Yunxin. Seeing that Liu Laodao looked at her, he said, "Oh, alas...... I don't know! There is a group of Taoist priests! Ah, that fierce!"

Li Yunxin didn't have the heart to listen to her behaving at this time, so he looked at Liu Laodao.

Lao Dao looked at Shi Kuizi worriedly, and said, "Brother Xin sent them out of the city and told them to guide the grievances of those dead souls outside Weicheng. This was done without danger, but after that, he did not know what the situation was in the city, so he waited outside the city as instructed. Unexpectedly, a big demon in yellow came first, and then a group of Taoist priests came, and when they saw the Yin God, they wanted to kill them-"

At this time, there was really no way to wait, so they had to flee separately. I fled with Sanhua, Jiaxin's child...... And they were scattered. Later, I wondered if the child was still in a mess, would he go to the Qiao family's old house. I took the risk and went back to see, but I couldn't find it. I went to the ruined palace again—I didn't know that the ruined palace was also surrounded by a group of Taoist priests, and I only saw the magic talismans flying all over the sky, which was really fighting—and the people on several streets were fleeing for their lives. ”

"I just glanced at it—and I saw that the walls of the palace had collapsed. The Ghost Emperor...... Alas. Liu Laodao sighed when he said this, "Emperor Zhaowu of the Ye Dynasty brought her out and handed her to me, and she was surrounded by a group of Taoist priests. This ghost emperor, alas, alas, alas......"

Lao Dao sighed three times in a row, stretched out his hand and wiped it on his eyes: "This ghost emperor said that he was a ghost, but he was really a loyal and courageous person-Tong Poor Dao said, at this time, Kwai Zi was entrusted to him by Brother Xin'er, and he Emperor Daye should not be entrusted by others...... He sent us out of the city with supernatural powers, and stopped those Taoist priests himself. I waited outside the city for a while, and saw that the city was full of light and gloomy, but after a while, I ...... The sound was gone. ”

"I don't know how. ”

Li Yunxin was silent for a while, and also sighed with Liu Laodao.

Then the old Taoist said: "She...... When Emperor Ye came out of the abandoned palace, he was hit by a Taoist law. It's a pity that the old man said to me, alas......"

Li Yun thought for a while and stood up.

"I have demonic power in me. He frowned and said, "It's not like you can just spend some spiritual power and true qi on people to survive. It's a nuisance. ”

"But...... What just happened? Somebody pretended to be me?"

Liu Laodao only glanced at Sanhua at this time: "Can ...... More than one. When we entered this temple, there was fog around us - we couldn't get out, no matter how far we walked, once the fog came out, it was still this temple. Then people came in the night—one after another, and they all said that they were you, Brother Xin'er. But as soon as I asked, I knew that it wasn't - how could anyone in this world say the same thing as you?"

"Pretend to be me. Then I'll ask you guys something about me. Li Yunxin looked outside the temple, "Have you seen an old man?"

Liu Laodao thought for a while, opened his mouth to speak...... But I couldn't hear any sound.

Then his figure began to fade slowly, the main hall also faded, and the whole world, the background faded.

Li Yunxin subconsciously reached out to grab it, but he only had time to reach out into the white mist that had occupied every inch of space around him.

— but still caught something.

The fog dissipated abruptly.

He found himself still sitting in a gap in the rocks, by the fire.

What he grasped in his hand was his folding fan. The piece of meat in the old man's hand was almost torn and eaten by him, and the empty wine jug was lying crookedly. He looked at Li Yunxin with a smile and didn't speak.

Li Yunxin took a deep breath: "Your Excellency—is it a Taoist person?" (To be continued.) )