It turned out that Yao Zibei was on duty to patrol the city last night, and was accidentally blown into a lot of smoke and dust by the strong wind on the city tower, and after returning, he was a little itchy and uncomfortable, and in the early morning of the second day, Hu Yiyi boiled a basin of hot water to scrub her body. When Xu Ke entered the door, it happened that Yao Zibei's clothes were all gone, and Hu Yiyi was helping her wipe her back. When she saw Xu Ke rushing in in a hurry, she immediately screamed in fright.

Xu Ke hurriedly turned around and ran out of the house, and apologized repeatedly: "Xiaobei can't stop it! I'm ......sorry! I didn't see anything!"

Murong Yan smiled and walked to the door and closed the door. Xu Ke also vaguely heard the laughter and jokes of the two women in the room. Hu Yiyi seemed to be smiling and said:

"Why are you ashamed, sooner or later, aren't you also his person?......

"No! not yet!"

......

About half a moment later, Murong Yan opened the door and called Xu Ke in.

At this time, Yao Zibei had finished scrubbing and put on the heavy black robe again. When she saw Xu Ke walk in, her face turned red, and she couldn't help but turn her back in shame.

Xu Ke looked at this hut and felt that it was no different from the house where Murong Yan lived. It was just as cramped and cramped, just as simple and dilapidated, and there was hardly a decent furnishing in the room, except that a small wooden bed seemed to be slightly wider than Murong Yan's low couch.

"Sister Hu, in the past ten years, you have lived in such a place?" Xu Ke couldn't help but sigh. He couldn't help but think of the Bibo Fairy back then, what a delicate woman she lived. On her, there is hardly any earthly fireworks. How could it be that ten years later, these three beautiful and pure women in the world could only be accommodated in this narrow and unruly room!

Hu Yiyi smiled bitterly: "Xiao Wuxi, you don't know how many people have died in the mouth of the demonic beast in this world right now! There are still some people who are alive, but life is worse than death! We can survive, have a place to live at night, and have something to eat every day, it is already the same as staying in a fairyland!"

Xu Ke asked, "There are still some people who are alive but are worse than dead?

Murong Yan next to him said, "Brother Wuxi, you have seen those demonic beasts last night." But compared to those demonic beasts, what is even more terrifying are those 'demons'!"

Xu Ke hurriedly asked again, "What is a 'demon'?"

Hu Yiyi replied: "It's those who have fallen into the devil's way. They are all poor people, no matter what happened in life, once they fall into the devil's path, they will not have any humanity left in their bodies, but only know how to kill and gluttonous 'demonized people', which are no different from those demonic beasts. ”

Xu Ke chewed on the sentence repeatedly: "The demonized person...... Demon man, has this world been completely demonized?"

Murong Yan said again: "Brother Wuxi, if you see those 'demonized people' in the future, you must be careful! Moreover, those 'demonized people' are extremely difficult to kill, even if you cut off their hands, feet and limbs, they will still not die, and will rush to bite and attack you. If you are accidentally bitten by them and their 'demonic blood' flows into your body, you will become like them, becoming a 'demonic person'......"

Xu Ke exclaimed: "Is it so terrifying? As long as I touch their 'demon blood', I will also become a 'demonized person'! Then what should I do to kill them?"

Yao Zibei next to him smiled and said: "Brother Xu, you don't have to be too afraid, although those 'demons' have 'demon blood' in their bodies, they are all clumsy and slow to act, far less powerful than the three black wolves yesterday." It's not hard to kill them, all you have to do is cut off their heads with a swing of your sword or crush their heads with a heavy object. However, remember not to get the slightest bit of 'demon blood'!"

......

The four of them sat down around a wooden table in the center of the room and began to talk to each other again. After all, Xu Ke has just crossed over here, and there are too many unknowns about this world. However, after a long conversation between the four of them, Xu Ke also understood more about the difficulty of surviving in this world. Why has the world changed so dramatically, what happened on that summer day 10 years ago, and what can be done to restore the world to its original state?...... The four people in the room didn't know anything about this.

Xu Ke really didn't expect that after ten years of hard work, Hu Yiyi and Murong Yan still didn't understand anything. They were busy all day long, and had little time to do anything other than fortify the city, find food, and protect water......

Why did so many high mountains suddenly rise out, and thick black smoke was spewed from the top of the mountain all day long? Why did so many demonic beasts suddenly gush out of the world after the black smoke obscured the sky? Why did there appear "demonized people"? Who caused these mortals to fall into the devil's path, and their humanity was completely lost, not only was they bloodthirsty and murderous, but they also had terrible "demonic blood" flowing in their bodies?......

Xu Ke asked several questions in a row, but Hu Yiyi and the others just shook their heads, and their faces were the same as his, full of dazedness.

Xu Ke's question was not answered, but Hu Yiyi posed three questions in a row to him.

First, although a three-headed big black wolf came yesterday, the food reserves for the winter are still far from enough.

Second, there are too few materials in Xuchang City, especially the clothes and bedding used for winter, which are seriously scarce, if this is not enough

Quickly improve, in this winter, I don't know how many people will freeze to death.

Third, there are three wells dug in Xuchang Tucheng, but now there are two small wells that have dried up to the bottom, only the big well in the middle of the city can still produce water, but the amount of water is getting less and less, the water quality is obviously not as good as before, and there is still a faint smell in the water. In the long run, the people of the city will die of thirst or be poisoned by the water of the well, without waiting for the day when there is a shortage of food.

Of these three questions, the third one is the most urgent!

Xu Ke didn't think about other issues anymore, since he came here, the top priority was to live. At that moment, after some deliberation, the four of them decided to divide the army into two ways. Hu Yiyi and Yao Zibei stayed in the city, responsible for checking the changes in the water quality of the well water, checking for signs of poisoning, and if it was only a mild abnormality, they tried to worry about the water quality so that it could be drunk. And Xu Ke himself took Murong Yan and the two generals of Dongshan and Beiling to go out of the city and trace all the way up the water source to see what went wrong.

After the assignment was completed, Xu Ke took Murong Yan, Dongshan, and Beiling out of the city. Led by Murong Yan, the four of them went all the way to the northwest.

Along the way, huge cracks in the soil can be seen from time to time, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the cracks and fall into the abyss from which you will never recover. The world shrouded in black smoke is also a barren place, and as far as the eye can see, under the thick smoke that covers the sky and the sun, there are some remnants of limestone soil, and it is almost impossible to find a single star of flowers and plants.

Murong Yan remembered that there was a valley forty miles northwest of the city, and there was a mountain spring in the valley, and the spring water was quite clear. The river channel where the spring water leads to the ground is also connected with the well water in Xuchang Tucheng. Although Dongshan and Beiling were only two generals in the Murong Mansion in the past, they were very strong in their feet, and Xu Ke practiced Taiyi Kunlun Gong for a long time, not to mention light skills. It's just that Murong Yan has not been practicing kung fu for a long time after all, but she is the slowest to run.

Xu Ke had the heart to carry Murong Yan on his back, just like he was carrying Daotian Ji that day, but he was still a little embarrassed in front of Dongshan and Beiling. The three of them had to walk for a while, and waited for Murong Yan to take a ride, In this way, they ran for about half an hour, and finally arrived next to the mountain spring.

When the four of them took a closer look, they couldn't help but be shocked. I saw a good spring, but I don't know what monster deliberately destroyed. The rocks at the eye of the spring had been violently knocked open, and the spring water overflowed in all directions. A pool of water below the spring has also sunk into many large rocks, and the original clear spring water in the pool has long since become turbid, and there is a foul smell on the surface of the water.

Dongshan and Beiling sniffed vigorously, glanced at each other, and nodded their heads. Dongshan said: "This smell seems to be the feces of three black wolves!"

Xu Ke looked at Murong Yan and saw that Yan'er also nodded at him. Xu Ke couldn't help but be furious in his heart: "These evil beasts dare to be so rampant, not only to eat my flesh, but also to cut off my water source, if I am encountered, I must skin you alive!"

The four of them were about to clean up the water source and restore the vital spring, when they suddenly felt the sound of footsteps behind them, and six monsters had quietly surrounded them.

Of the six monsters, five were big black wolves with three heads. There was another monster, shaped like a giant lion and like a tiger, with a long sharp horn on its head, covered with red hair, but I don't know what kind of monster it was.

"The long-horned red-haired monster is also here, Xu Gongzi must be careful!" Dongshan reminded.

The "long-horned red-haired monster" mentioned in the Dongshan Pass walked less than three feet away from the four people, and suddenly shrugged its forelimbs, and the person stood up. I only heard the monster roar in a muffled voice, as if commanding the other five three black wolves, to make a fan-shaped outflanking, and not to let one of the "four prey" in front of him escape.

Xu Ke saw that the long-horned monster with red hair around it was standing upright like a human at this time, with a height of one foot and five feet, and its shape was like a lion and a tiger, and it looked like a giant bear. Its huge mouth was wide open, revealing two fangs like steel knives, and some saliva was pouring from its mouth from time to time, as if the four of itself would soon become a good meal in its mouth.

Xu Ke secretly said Capture the thief and capture the king first, I must take care of that red-haired monster first! He drew his sword and was on guard in his hand, but saw that Murong Yan next to him was already pale with fright at this time, although she was holding a long sword in her hand, she trembled a little. He hurriedly stood in front of Murong Yan and said softly: "Yan'er, don't be afraid, as long as I am here, those monsters will never be able to hurt you!"

"Hmm! Yan'er is not afraid ......," Murong Yan responded.

Almost at the same time, Xu Ke shouted "Break the gold and cut off the water!" A long sword had been sent to the three black wolves closest to him. He realized that he was angry, and his true qi came out from the tip of the sword, and although it was just an ordinary long sword in his hand, that sword qi was still fierce......

Xu Ke originally wanted to wait for the "long-horned red-haired monster" to approach, and then suddenly take out his sword and stab the leader of the monster to death first. Unexpectedly, the horned monster seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and stopped three feet away from him. The other five and three black wolves are getting closer and closer, and if they are left alone, they will inevitably hurt Yan'er's life.

Xu Ke thought about the safety of Murong Yan behind him, and the first sword was already stabbed out. Wherever his sword qi went, he saw that blood flowers had splashed in all directions like a rain. The three big black wolves closest to him had not yet reacted, and the three huge wolf heads were once again cut off by Xu Ke......

Xu Ke saw that he had already succeeded with just one sword, and he was slightly stunned in his heart. He didn't hesitate at this time, the long sword reversed, and the trend was a move "Open the wood and swing the fire!" The sword qi stirred up gusts of wind, straight towards the four big blacks on both sides

The wolf stabs come.

"Dongshan Beiling, you protect Yan'er, leave these monsters to me!" Xu Ke made a move, and at the same time did not forget to shout behind him.

He saw that there were six monsters surrounding them, and there was a long-horned red-haired monster in the middle commanding, thinking that the other party was prepared, so he was also quite uneasy. He didn't know how capable the horned red-haired monster was, and he thought that today would be a fierce battle. At that time, he already regretted it in his heart, regretting that he shouldn't have taken Yan'er out of the city. It's just that he hasn't seen Yan'er for a long time, and he is really reluctant to be separated from her for a moment. Murong Yan took the initiative to ask for help, saying that she was most familiar with the water source, but Xu Ke didn't think much about it, who knew that as soon as the four of them arrived at the spring, they were surrounded by monsters.

He was worried about Murong Yan's safety, and in a hurry, he struck a blow angrily regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one. All he said was that the monsters were coming in the eye, and they would be different from yesterday. Unexpectedly, the three black wolves are only three black wolves after all, and those big black wolves are only extremely thick, but their body shape and footwork are far inferior to some people who practice martial arts. Yesterday, Xu Ke cut off three wolf heads with just one sword, and today Xu Ke took out the same sword, and the three black wolves were not as good as dodging, and the three wolf heads were also cut off.

Xu Ke succeeded with a sword, and there was a pride in his heart, he waved his long sword, the sword qi was like a long wind, and it was like a twilight rain, and the rest of the four three black wolves hurriedly jumped back to dodge, there were two big black wolves who couldn't dodge, one of the three black wolves was hit by the sword in the back, and the other three black wolves were also cut off by the sword qi. I saw the big black wolf howl repeatedly, and limped to the back of the long-horned red-haired monster.

The long-horned red-haired monster was annoyed in its heart, it suddenly roared, and pounced on Xu Ke. Its front paws stretched forward, a long huge mouth wide open, and the fangs of the two factions were like sharp blades, and they were about to tear Xu Ke to pieces.

"Breaking the gold potential!" Seeing the long-horned red-haired monster ravaging up, Xu Ke did not panic at all. When he saw the red-haired monster standing forward, he looked at the four inches below its neck, and the long sword stabbed straight forward, and a fierce sword aura, accompanied by gusts of wind, came straight to the neck of the long-horned red-haired monster. As Xu Ke expected, the long-horned monster had rough skin and thick flesh all over its body, and its red hair was like steel thorns, and ordinary blades couldn't hurt it at all, just about four inches below its neck, which was exactly the softest fur around the monster's body......

The long-horned red-haired monster stared at a pair of blood-red eyes, intending to tear the short human in front of him to pieces, but suddenly felt that a sharp sword aura had cut under his neck, this surprise was not trivial, it hurriedly fell to the ground and rolled over, only to avoid Xu Ke's sword qi. The monster only felt a dull pain under its neck, and the blood was already gushing, and then realized that the strength of the small human in front of him was not to be underestimated.

The long-horned red-haired monster suffered a big loss, so he didn't dare to take the risk alone. It endured the neck pain at this time, got to the ground on all fours, raised its head and stared at Xu Ke, and slowly retreated to five feet away from him.

The long-horned red-haired monster didn't dare to attack, so it let out a few dull roars in a row, as if it was commanding the four black wolves next to it, and quickly attacked in groups, and it also attacked in the center to "take advantage of the fisherman". Unexpectedly, the four and three black wolves saw the strength of Xu Ke's sword qi, and they had long wanted to escape, but they hadn't seen the long-horned red-haired monster make a move, so they still had hope in their hearts. At this moment, the wolves saw that the red-haired monster was also invincible, and it was already injured, and the vultures under their necks were still dripping blood. Where do they still have a heart-to-heart war, I don't know which one of the three black wolves howled, and the four wolves scrambled to be the first to flee like a lifeless.

As soon as the five and three black wolves died and fled, only the horned red-haired monster remained. At this moment, the red-haired monster landed on all fours, and a pair of blood-red giant eyes stared at Xu Ke deadly, forming a confrontation scene with him.

Xu Ke did not stand on the spot in a hurry, he raised his sword and concentrated on it, while thinking about the way to fight the enemy. At this moment, the long-horned red-haired monster landed on all fours, and the soft place under the neck was at a loss.

"Open the wood, swing the fire, tear the earth, break the gold, break the water!" Xu Ke's long sword went forward, and his true qi was like a quiet spring at the bottom of the valley, bursting out. According to the order of the five elements, he urged the Mixed Yuan Sword to be in one breath, and just beckoned to the body of the long-horned red-haired monster. Unexpectedly, this time when he made a move, the red-haired monster jumped left and right, slapped his front paws, and kicked sideways with his back paws, but Xu Ke's sword move failed to hurt it in the slightest. Xu Ke couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, the fur of the red-haired monster was really hard and abnormal, and his sword qi stabbed the monster's back, legs and feet several times, but it couldn't hurt it in the slightest!

"Young Master Xu, I'll fight the monster behind it, you find a gap under its neck before making a move!" Dongshan, who was standing behind Xu Ke, also saw the clue, he whispered to Xu Ke, and then quietly slipped behind the long-horned red-haired monster.

Previously, every time they went out of the city to fight monsters, they didn't dare to leave too far, and they often returned to the city as soon as there was a disturbance. Most of the monsters they killed were small monsters with small bodies and weak attacks, and even those three big black wolves with a length of two feet were rare to encounter, not to mention this kind of fierce and cunning, long-horned red-haired monster with iron fur all over its body! Yes, the fatality of the long-horned monster was not seen until today.

"Brother Dongshan, don't!" Xu Ke hurriedly replied, but it was too late. At this time, Dongshan had already circled behind the long-horned red-haired monster. The weapon he used was a wide-backed machete, and I saw him raise the broadsword, use enough strength, and make a move to "split Huashan" and cut down the head of the red-haired monster......