From early morning to dusk, from evening to dawn, time passes away little by little in the stars, sometimes as fast as lightning, sometimes in one night and three autumns.

Some people fall asleep peacefully, immersed in beautiful and warm dreams, and can even see the beauty they are most looking forward to in their dreams, while some people can't sleep all night, sitting in, looking at this seemingly endless night, and even giving up hope for that new day.

Then it was dawn.

As the night passed, when the first rays of light fell on the horizon, a faint mist fluttered in the forest, a few crystal clear dewdrops condensed on the leaves and weeds, and a few crisp birdsong sounded in the distance, adding a bit of seclusion to the forest.

The stone pig was still asleep, maybe he was too injured and tired before, maybe it was because he saw something he really liked in his dream, so his hideous and somewhat ugly face, at this moment, still showed a gentle smile that was rarely seen on weekdays, and he was still sleeping in his dream.

The little black pig was also asleep, although I don't know when it started, this little pig suddenly decreased a lot in both eating and sleeping, even if these two things were its favorite things in the past. However, in this quiet early morning forest, it still leaned on Shen Shi's side, sleeping quietly, occasionally its little ears would suddenly bounce when it slept, as if it had dreamed of something, but it didn't take long for it to chirp and chirp again, and then rubbed its head on Shen Shi's body, and fell asleep peacefully.

Shen Shi didn't sleep, and neither did the old white monkey.

The two of them sat in this dark forest all night without saying a word.

The dew quietly wet the placket of his clothes, making his body feel the chill here, Shen Shi silently sent the little droplet of water with his hand, and looked up at the old white monkey.

In the morning light, the night passed, and the old white monkey's face was almost pale, only on his cheeks there were two faint abnormal redness, including his eyes, which were also full of bloodshots.

The wine jar with the carved wine was tightly held in his arms, and by this time it was half empty. All night, the old white monkey had been drinking.

One sip, one sip, and another, the strong and mellow aroma of wine surrounded him, making his whole body look as if it had been brewed out of the wine, except for his eyes, which were cloudy, but they were not closed.

He looked at the world in a daze, watched the sky light up little by little from the endless darkness, watched the morning light fall through the gaps in the leaves, illuminating the forest, and then he turned his head, looked at Shen Shi, and suddenly said:

"I used to read a book that said that although the wine made by the Terrans was mellow and sweet, if you drank too much, you would get drunk, but no matter how much I drank it this night, I couldn't get drunk. You say, is everything in the book a lie?"

Shen Shi shook his head silently, and after a while, said softly, "Don't drink it." ”

The old white monkey smiled, ignored him, and took another sip of the wine jar.

Then he waved his hand, as if he was finally tired, lowered his head slightly, leaned his head against the edge of the jar, took a deep breath of wine, and said:

"Let's go. ”

Shen Shi looked at him silently, and the old white monkey just hung his head, looking like the tiredness of the night was coming at this moment, and he was about to fall asleep. Shen Shi didn't say anything more, or he didn't know what to say more, with a little indescribable loss and confusion, he slowly stood up.

The movement of his body bounced the little black pig sleeping on him to the ground, the little black pig turned his head, woke up, opened his sleepy eyes, yawned, turned over and stood up, and rubbed his head a few times at Shen Shi's feet.

Shen Shi glanced at the old white monkey deeply, turned around and walked, and after taking a few steps, he stopped again and said, "Do you have anything else to ask me?"

Behind him came the tired voice of the old white monkey, old and weak, and said faintly: "What else can I ask, what's the use of asking?"

Shen Shi stood for a while, then raised his head and looked at the sky, between the gaps in the leaves, the morning light was a little brighter, maybe outside the forest, it was a new day, and a new and familiar world.

He walked forward quietly and silently, his hands clenched into fists under the sleeves of his black robe, but he never looked back after all. The little black pig looked back at the old white monkey and the stone pig who was still sleeping, and seemed to be a little unclear, and then walked over and rubbed the stone pig's shoulder with his head, and saw that the stone pig was still not awake, and hummed twice in his mouth, so he ran forward happily with his short legs and feet, following behind Shen Shi's feet.

A man and a pig, just like that, slowly disappeared behind the leaves of the forest.

The old white monkey leaned against the tree, watching the two figures leave, his face expressionless, but his lips trembled slightly, and then he grinned, raised his head, hugged the wine jar, and took another big sip of wine.

Closing his eyes, he sighed softly as if in a dream, "What a wine." ”

The wind swept through the treetops, and the branches and leaves swayed lightly, leaving only a little loneliness, remaining in the depths of this secluded dense forest.

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The rustling of footsteps echoed in the dense forest, and the bright light fell from the gaps in the branches and leaves overhead, illuminating the road ahead, and as the canopy swayed, the light staggered and changed like dancing points of light, falling on Shen Shi and the little black pig.

Along the way, I walked past the big trees, walked past the shrubs, and got farther and farther away from last night's place, and closer and closer to the outside world.

At the time when the light and shadow were intertwined, when the light in front suddenly brightened up and could see the edge of the woods, Shen Shi's footsteps suddenly stopped, standing in place, motionless.

The little black pig stopped after him, looked up at his master, and snorted twice.

Shen Shi silently glanced back, the secluded forest was deep, covering all the traces of his coming, just like this road he had walked, but when he looked back, it was gone, as if it was like a dream, after waking up from the dream, it dissipated without a trace, as if he had never really walked it.

The shadows of the trees swayed, swaying in the wind, covering the way they came from and the shadows of the deceased.

He gazed quietly into the depths of the forest, and after a while, he turned around and strode out of the forest with the little black pig.

The bright light fell from the sky, making his eyes squint slightly, and the fresh wind blew from the distance of the field, floating his somewhat wrinkled black robe.

It's a new day, it looks so beautiful and clear, the sky is blue, there are a few white clouds floating in the distance, the river is clear and winding, and even the small village that had endured a catastrophe yesterday looks a little peaceful and calm at the moment.

It seemed to be the feeling he had been familiar with since he was a child, the taste of peace and security in the human race.

He couldn't help but take a step towards the village.

As I got closer, I saw that there were still many traces of looting in the village, and the ruins and ruins were still on the ground, and they could be seen everywhere, and the burning fires had of course long since been extinguished, but some of the charred and blackened wooden window frames could still be seen.

The villagers in the village, I don't know if they were transferred to other places by those Xuanjian Sect monks, and there is no sign of returning, at least when Shen Shi stepped into this village, whose name he still didn't know until now, the surroundings were still quiet.

It's just that the road in the village and the open space can clearly see the traces of messiness, as if it has been walked by many people, and it seems that many people have been left here, but at this moment it is empty, and there is nothing.

Shen Shi's gaze swept around, and he walked away, and the little black pig followed him, also looking around.

When he was about to approach the house where the Huadiao wine was hidden yesterday, suddenly a burst of words came from the front, Shen Shi stopped in astonishment, raised his eyes, and saw that there were actually two people standing under the eaves over there, it was Geng Cheng and Nangong Ying who had seen yesterday.

At this moment, that Geng Cheng was saying to Nangong Ying: "...... Last night, I had already sent those demon clans to the mine overnight, and left Fu Jun, Ding and the two junior brothers to guard there, plus the people who had been left there in the original gate, it must be foolproof, everything is waiting for the day when the cave is opened and the mine is excavated......"

Although he looked much older than Nangong Ying, in front of this beautiful woman, Geng Cheng's expression seemed to be a little more vaguely respectful, and when Nangong Ying was listening quietly, he suddenly frowned, but he saw Shen Shi approaching from the entrance of the village, and stopped Geng Cheng's words with a wave of his hand.

Geng Cheng looked back, he was also stunned, and said, "It's you?"

Shen Shi was stunned, but he didn't expect to suddenly see these two people, and he couldn't help but be a little flustered in his heart, in the battle yesterday, he could see it clearly on the side, these monks of the Xuanjian Sect can all urge the immortal sword spirit weapon, and the monks who can urge the magic weapon to fight must at least have the Dao of the Ning Yuan Realm, in other words, these monks of the Xuanjian Sect, no matter which one, are firmly pressing him in the Dao realm. After all, in the demon realm for three years, he suffered from not having a spirit crystal to cultivate, but he was forced to be outside the threshold of the high-level Qi Refining Realm, and he was delayed for three whole years, and he was only a Qi Refining Realm cultivator so far.

Missing a big realm of Taoism, Shen Shi didn't have the slightest confidence in Geng Cheng and these people, and he faintly felt yesterday that Nangong Ying was outstanding among these people, and easily repelled the flying sword that Qian Yi hit him.

Facing the gazes of these two people at the moment, Shen Shi couldn't help but regret a little in his heart that he had rashly walked into this village, but it was too late to regret it, so he had to force a smile and said, "I...... Taking advantage of the fact that those demon clans were not paying attention, he found an opportunity to sneak out. ”

Geng Cheng and Nangong Ying glanced at each other, frowned, and looked at Shen Shi from head to toe, to be honest, the name of these three words of Ling Xiao Sect is really thunderous in the Hongmeng Cultivation Realm, Geng Cheng has also admired it for a long time, but the Shen Shi he saw yesterday and today made him really unable to connect this person with Ling Xiao Sect.

Nangong Ying, who was standing beside him, also looked a little subtle in her eyes, but after a while, she still said with a faint expression: "I contacted the Heavenly Sword Palace last night, and after they learned the news, they informed Ling Xiao Sect about this matter with the 'Ten Thousand Miles Water Mirror', and asked if there was a person named Shen Shi in Ling Xiao Sect. ”

Shen Shi's heart chuckled, and he suddenly became nervous inexplicably, and he stopped talking.

Nangong Ying looked at his expression in her eyes, and a look of doubt flashed, but she still continued to speak, and said: "Not long after, news came from Ling Xiao Sect, saying that there is indeed a disciple like you under the sect, and someone will be sent to take you back to the mountain. It's just that the Guiyuan Realm is in a remote area, and even if someone from the Lingxiao Sect is the fastest, it will take at least ten days to reach here, so I agreed to meet you in the 'Sanchun Building' in Broken Moon City in ten days. Do you understand?"

Shen Shi closed his eyes, and his originally tense body suddenly seemed to relax all of a sudden, and then nodded solemnly, clenched his fists and said to Nangong Ying: "I know, thank you Senior Sister Nangong." ”

Nangong Ying looked at him, and suddenly said: "Although the Lingxiao Sect only said that you should go to Broken Moon City to meet in ten days, but this sect also has a branch in Broken Moon City, if you want to go there to live for a few days and wait for your sect to come, it is also okay." ”

Geng Cheng's face changed slightly, and he glanced at Nangong Ying, as if he was a little puzzled that this woman, who had a great reputation in the Heavenly Sword Palace, obviously didn't look at this person very well yesterday, but today she suddenly opened her mouth to invite.

Shen Shi was also taken aback, a little stunned, but then he still shook his head, he came back from the demon world after three years of thrilling, he wanted to take a good look at this new place from the bottom of his heart, and he still had an indescribable sense of distance in his heart about these monks of the Heavenly Sword Palace and the Xuanjian Sect, perhaps because of what they did to those gray lizard tribes yesterday, which made Shen Shi subconsciously a little uncomfortable.

So in the end, Shen Shi politely resigned.

Seeing that he didn't want to go over, Nangong Ying didn't force him to stay, but said that if there was a need, he could go to Broken Moon City to find her, and after Shen Shi promised to thank him, he didn't want to stay longer, so he turned around and walked outside the village.

After watching him walk away, Geng Cheng turned his head to Nangong Ying and said, "Senior Sister Nangong, why do you suddenly seem to value this person again, he obviously ......"

Nangong Ying's delicate face showed a thoughtful expression, and she said slowly: "The Wanli Water Mirror Technique can only communicate one sentence at a time, with the friendship between this sect and the Ling Xiao Sect, they should have handed this person over to us to take care of, or asked us to take them in and send someone to take them away." ”

Geng Cheng frowned and said, "What do you mean is ......?"

Nangong Ying said lightly: "Ling Xiaozong has sent people all the way over, but it seems that he doesn't want outsiders to interfere, and he doesn't want to meet this Shen Shi at the place of this gate, it seems that ...... It seems to give people the feeling that they are going to secretly bring this person back. ”

Geng Cheng was taken aback and said softly: "Could it be that this person has some ulterior secrets?"

Nangong Ying shook her head silently, just looking at Shen Shi who was walking away, and her eyes seemed to be more and more confused.

Just as Shen Shi was about to walk out of the village, suddenly, a sharp but piercing scream suddenly sounded from the depths of the forest outside the village.

The cry was so terrible that it seemed as if the person who was screaming was suffering from great pain, screaming frantically in pain, and even from such a distance, the three people in the village could hear it clearly.

For a while, the faces of the three of them changed slightly, and Shen Shi also subconsciously stopped, looking up at the forest in amazement, just when he was a little surprised, he suddenly saw a figure coming out of the edge of the forest, it was the Xuanjian Sect disciple Qian Yi who he had seen yesterday.

I saw Qian Yi with a cruel smile on his face at the moment, covered in blood, but seeing that he moved freely and showed no signs of injury, it seemed that it was someone else's blood sprinkled on his body. After hearing the scream, Nangong Ying and Geng Cheng also quickly came to the entrance of the village, and when they saw the murderous appearance of Qian Yi, Nangong Ying immediately frowned.

Shen Shi didn't know why, his heartbeat suddenly increased, and even breathing became a little difficult. And when Qian Yi walked closer, Shen Shi suddenly found that in this person's hand, he was carrying a bloody thing, and when he looked closely, it was an arm that was far thicker than ordinary people, and the blood kept flowing from the wound of the broken arm, dripping on the ground, and it was dyed into a bloody road all the way, and it looked like it had just been cut off from someone.

The dazzling bright red came into his eyes, and the little black pig beside him suddenly roared lowly, while Shen Shi's body trembled heavily. He stared at the broken arm in Qian Yi's hand, only to feel that his heart was like falling into a bottomless abyss, and it kept sinking like this.