The light gradually approached, from a small bright spot to a ball, like the moon in the clouds in this fog, but more like the lantern that Ziren had seen before. But the lantern was not carried, but was placed firmly on something. Ziren saw that the more he retreated, the closer the light became, so he simply stopped retreating, gritted his teeth, and held the sword in both hands to face the front, but the blade of the sword trembled slightly.

The point of light is getting bigger and bigger, and the image behind the light is getting clearer: at first glance it seems that it is a person, but if you look closely, you will find this person a little strange - his upper body is very normal, but his lower body is two or three times wider than that of ordinary people, and he can't see his feet, only the sound of things crossing the ground. Beads of sweat dripped down Ziren's face, and his eyes stared at the front for fear of missing the other party's every move. Just when he was about to reach Ziren, the other party suddenly stopped, stretched out a hand from the thick fog, this hand touched Ziren's memory mechanism, he didn't dare to open his eyes again, he could only jump and dodge with his senses, waving his sword with all his might, shouting in his mouth: "Ghost!! monster!! Don't come! I don't have anything!"

"Where's the ghost?" the voice came from the light source.

"Ahh

"Haha, it's not hands that can speak, it's people~ Sir, it seems that he treats us as ghosts. A playful female voice said.

Hmm? Why is this voice a little familiar? Ziren turned his face sideways, blocked the sword in front of him, and secretly opened his eyes a slit. In front of Ziren were two people, a young man who looked like a scholar was sitting on a four-wheeled bicycle, wearing a coarse cloth jacket and holding a lotus wood carved lamp, while behind him stood a girl with her head tilted and smiling.

"See it clearly this time?" said the girl with a smile.

"Well... Kindness... I'm sorry to scare the two of you..."Ziren scratched his head embarrassedly.

"It's fine. Ah, by the way, give us back the sword. The girl walked up to Ziren.

Ziren handed over the sword without saying a word, the girl took the sword and looked at it, and wiped it seriously, although Ziren didn't want to disturb but still leaned closer and said, "Thank you girl just now." ”

The girl didn't look up, but asked with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "You weren't bitten by a snake, were you?"

"Hah, snake, what snake?" Ziren looked left and right.

The girl looked up and asked, "Aren't you entangled in a snake?"

Ziren thought to herself, maybe the fog was too big, and the girl didn't see it clearly. "No, it's not the snake that's holding me back, it's the vine. Come, look at this...... Huh?" Ziren looked around, not to mention the broken vines, not even a single chip, not even the cracks in the ground were missing, and there was still no trace of the vines when Ziren took two more steps.

"That's not right...... I've just knocked down so many, how can I ......?"

"Maybe the fog is too thick for us to see clearly, but it's good that you're not hurt. The girl patted Ziren on the shoulder.

"Ahem, ahem......" A coughing sound interrupted the conversation between the two.

The girl hurriedly ran to the four-wheeled vehicle, and Ziren followed. I saw the girl take out a bamboo tube from her bag, and after opening the lid, a strong smell of Chinese medicine came out, and the bitter taste made Ziren stick out her tongue. The girl handed the bamboo tube over, and the people in the car seemed to be relieved after taking a sip. Ziren looked at this person's bloodless face, his lips were pale, and with these coughs, it should be a serious illness. These characteristics reminded Ziren of the two people he met at the inn that day, and they should be them......

"May I ask what disease your husband has?"

The girl turned her head and said, "He's not my husband." ”

Ziren hurriedly apologized, blaming himself for being stupid, the girl looked similar to herself, that son should be a few years older than herself, how could you use Mr. He immediately changed his words and said, "Your young master ......"

"Haha, he's not mine. The girl held the car in one hand and said, "We are from the next village, my name is Xiao Yu." This is a storyteller from our village, his surname is Xu, and we all call him Mr. Xu!" said the boy in the car and nodded.

"Ah! I see, next week Ziren, I've seen the two of you. ”

Suddenly, Mr. Xu coughed violently. "Are you alright, sir?"

"I'm fine...... Maybe the sun is about to go down and the cold is getting heavier. Mr. Xu was weak when he spoke, and he coughed twice from time to time.

Ziren still had palpitations when he thought about what had just happened, and he couldn't rest assured that the two of them would go up the mountain alone, so he took the initiative to ask Ying and said, "I'll go with you, and I can be regarded as having a care." ”

"But aren't you afraid of being disqualified?"

"There's no explicit rule that you can't be together, so why be afraid?" Ziren said disdainfully.

"That'...... Well, it's going to be hard for Zhou Gongzi. Xiao Yu smiled happily.

"Thank you Gongzi Zhou!" Mr. Xu also chimed in.

After taking two steps, Ziren suddenly remembered something, and asked Miss Xiao and Mr. Xu to wait for him in the same place first, and after a while, he ran back with the night dragon dagger in his hand. Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment when he saw the knife in Ziren's hand, and asked, "...... you Just use this...... Self-defense?"

Ziren nodded embarrassedly, after all, he didn't dance the sword, even if he brought it, it would be a brave man, and it would only increase his weight, so he simply didn't bring it. Yu'er looked at Ziren, took out the sword she had just put away, and said, "Lend this sword to you." ”

"Then what do you use?" Ziren said that he would not take anything.

Seeing that Ziren was so resolute, Yu'er took out another handful from the back of the car and said, "I'll use this one." My father is a swordsmith, and although he can't compare to the famous craftsmen in the capital, he is not much worse!" said the girl proudly.

Seeing this, Ziren had no choice but to accept it, thinking: It's not bad to use it for self-defense. So the three of them moved forward together, the mountain road was rugged, and with Ziren's help, the three of them walked fairly smoothly, but as the sunlight gradually disappeared, the temperature began to plummet. Ziren wrapped the cloak tightly and could still feel the cold air penetrating in, and began to shiver unconsciously, Miss Xiao and Mr. Xu were not very comfortable, the three of them decided to make a fire on the spot for the night, because the wood was damp, Ziren tossed for a long time to light the fire.

"Ah~ It's so warm!" Ziren took off his rabbit down cloak and put it by the fire to warm up. Yu'er also took out dry food from her bag and gave it to Mr. Xu, and the two of them ate while warming up. Ziren had nothing to eat, but he didn't dare to face the two who were eating, for fear that his greed would be seen by others, so he had to turn his head sideways and turn his back to them. Mr. Xu saw that Ziren didn't move, so he pushed Yu'er, and looked at Ziren with a look, Yu'er secretly stretched her neck to see what Ziren was doing, only to see Ziren holding her knees with both hands and swallowing saliva, and Yu'er immediately understood what was happening.

"Your cake fell to the ground, na~" Yu'er handed a piece of cake to Ziren.

Ziren turned his head, looked at the cake and then at Yu'er, shook his head and turned back. Seeing this, Yu'er pulled Ziren's arm, put the cake on his hand and said, "It's just a thank you gift for helping me and my husband, eat, if you don't eat enough, you won't have the strength to continue on your way!"

Ziren had tears in his eyes, and his pitiful appearance made anyone feel distressed when they saw it. He picked up the cake and opened his mouth, ready to feast, but as soon as he put it to his mouth and took it away, he moved his ass to Xiao Yu and whispered, "That...... Miss Siu ......"

"Huh?"

"Today...... I almost hurt you by mistake by treating you as ghosts, please ......"

"Don't take it personally, anyone will look away on this foggy day. ”

This time, Ziren put his mind at ease and ate his first meal since going up the mountain with peace of mind. After eating, in order to repay Miss Xiao for giving cakes, Ziren volunteered to keep vigil and let the two of them have a good rest.

Ziren sat next to the fire, the night of Jianming Peak was still, there was no wind and grass, no insects and birds, even the previous squirting was gone, the only thing that made people feel that there was still a glimmer of life was the pile of burning wood in front of them.

Ziren couldn't sleep tonight, and since he went up the mountain, he was so frightened that the three souls disappeared and the seven spirits disappeared, and when he closed his eyes, his mind was the old tree, those vines, and that hand. Ziren subconsciously opened his eyes wide and stared around.

Suddenly, the flame tilted slightly towards Ziren's side, and with his previous experience, Ziren immediately stood up, and he pulled out the sword that Xiao Yu had given him while scouting left and right. In the depths of the fog, there was a gust of wind, which was very strange, and the sound of the wind was mixed with the sound of wings flapping. Ziren pointed his sword at the front, and there were only four words in his heart: the one who came is not good!