The sun always rises as usual, no matter if someone was lost last night, someone was happy, someone was asleep, someone had insomnia, and when the sun rises, everything begins to revive and prepare for a new day.

Because it is close to late autumn, the third quarter of the first month, the sun can shine into the fox fairy forest, last night it rained a little, the dense fog is still shrouded in the fox fairy forest, like this weather, only when the sun is on the third pole, the fog will all disperse.

The nights of the orphanage camp were still wet and cold, but last night things were slightly better, because there was a small red clay stove in the middle of the cave in the camp, and firewood was burning in the small furnace all night, adding some warmth to the closed, cold cave.

The red clay stove was naturally lit by Ah Li, and the firewood was picked up by the orphanage camp during the day, and after a flame charm was ignited, as long as someone took care of the stove and filled the firewood, the small stove would emit heat all night.

Yesterday all night there were excited little foxes rushing to take care of the stove. Because the fox who cares for the stove has the privilege of dragging his animal skin mat to the stove to dry, it will be much more comfortable to sleep on.

Ah Li took a few older orphan fox repairs last night to dig ten shallow ditches horizontally in the ten-zhang long Yongdong, and opened up two drainage ditches at the corners of both sides of the Yongdao to connect the shallow ditches horizontally.

Although the project is not yet complete, the rainwater that flowed into the orphanage camp last night was significantly less, and most of the spring water that usually falls from the rocks on the roof of the cave when it rains has also been drained out of the drainage ditch, making last night's disaster much less than usual.

According to Ah Li's vision, the drainage ditches on both sides should be high in the cave and low at the entrance of the cave, so that the drainage ditch can have a good drainage effect, and the orphanage camp will not be so wet.

Of course, most of these ideas were conceived by Tianhuo prompting Ah Li, so the orphanage camp had the most sweet night of sleeping on a rainy day last night.

Ah Li slept very soundly yesterday, she took the group of children, and worked almost until the second half of the night, but as long as she saw the hope of changing the environment of the orphanage camp, Ah Li did not feel tired at all.

She slept for less than two hours before she got up. There's a lot going on today, and there's no time for her to sleep in.

The fox fairy forest in the fog is more ethereal, the mist wraps the whole shallow hill like a heavy white veil, the milky white mist is like smoke and waves, the mighty water is like water, and the mountains in the distance are more like a huge bulge formed by the fog, which surrounds the low fox fairy forest.

Ah Li walked out of the orphanage camp, stood at the entrance of the cave, took a deep breath, and let the clear, cold mist flow from the nasal cavity along the trachea into the lungs, a refreshing feeling was transmitted to the whole body, and there seemed to be a sweet fragrance in the mist, which made Ah Li's somewhat drowsy head wake up immediately.

This is what it feels like to be at home! Ah Li let go of his limbs and rushed down the shallow hill at great speed, jumping on a large rock under the shallow hill, where he could look up at the entire shallow hill, and even in the fog, he could still make out the animal pens, medicine gardens, and large and small caves from the bottom up.

Ah Li has liked to see the shallow hill from this angle since he was a child, and every time he has time, he will come to see it alone, and the longer he sees it, the more he loves this fox fairy forest, the more he feels that it is very sacred, and the more he wants to protect her.

Ah Li watched it for almost a quarter of an hour in fascination, and finally other diligent fox cultivators also came out to move.

The first to come out was the fox repair of the dark sentry battalion, and the time of the daily morning sentry handover was at the right moment, and the month of 159 was the morning sentry, rubbing his eyes and walking down the mountain.

Yesterday, Sister Ah Li took her younger brothers and sisters to rectify the cave mansion and was busy late, and 159 wanted to help, but Sister Ah Li didn't allow it, because he had to be on duty today, so she drove him into the small cave to rest.

Listening to the brothers are working hard, how can 159 sleep peacefully, basically lying down to work with everyone, and then falling asleep, dreaming that he is digging drainage ditches very hard all night, and finally compensates the brothers in the dream.

159 was a little tired as he walked, making the bones in his body crackle, and suddenly looked up and saw a black shadow on the big rock in front of him, and he was so frightened that he almost screamed.

After looking at it, he hurriedly said, "Sister Ah Li, did you get up so early?"

Ah Li glanced down at One Fifty-Nine, and suddenly asked, "One Five-Nine, do you like the Fox Fairy Forest?"

159 was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Of course I like the Fox Fairy Forest, it gave me a home, although more than two hundred years have passed, I still remember clearly, when I was helpless and waiting for death, it was Hu Er Commander who led people to save me, so I worked hard to cultivate, and finally chose the dark sentry camp." ”

Ah Li nodded: "Then do you want to protect the Fox Immortal Forest?" ”

159 tightened his shoulder blades, put away the tired face on his face, and said very resolutely: "I will use all my strength to protect the Fox Immortal Forest, and I can pay with my life!"

"Hmm!" Ah Li felt that his eyes were a little moist: "Okay, let's protect the Fox Immortal Forest together!"

159 asked a little confused: "Sister Ah Li, what's wrong with you? I don't feel like my emotions are right, is something wrong?"

Ah Li jumped off the boulder and said, "It's okay, you can go on your own business." Don't be too tired these days, let the younger brothers and sisters do the things of rebuilding the cave house, you have a good rest, I have something big to do for you in a few days, you have to keep in the best condition. ”

159 heard that there was something important to do, and asked a little excitedly: "Sister Ah Li, what is the big thing, you tell me some news first, you know that I am an urgent child, you sell Guanzi, little brother, I have to suffocate to death." ”

Ah Li smiled and said, "Protect the Fox Immortal Forest with me! And you can't pay the price of your life!"

One fifteen-nine shook his body, his eyes lit up, and he roared, "I do!"

"Okay!" Ah Li ran to the shallow hill: "Wait for me to summon at any time!"

159 looked at Ah Li's departing back, he was so holy in the mist, and he seemed to be taller at this moment.

Ah Li returned to the orphanage camp and called up the little lazy insects who were still sleeping.

Ah Li arranged for ten reliable and meticulous children to go to Brother Heizi first, ask him for ten baskets, and then go to the forest to pick 'rose drunk', the freshest, preferably a few fresh leaves, and then collect some fresh and delicious other fruits.

The leading child was a little embarrassed and said: "Sister Ah Li, Brother Heizi is not as easy to talk as he used to be, I went to ask for it, I'm afraid he won't give it to me." ”

Ah Li touched the head of the leading child dotingly and said: "It's okay, you just said that you are going to the forest to pick 'rose drunk' and fresh fruits, and make a fruit basket for the ancestors and elders to enjoy, which represents a piece of filial piety in our orphanage camp, and your brother Heizi will definitely give it to you." ”

As soon as the leading child heard that he could get the basket, he was immediately happy and roared away with his friends.

'Rose drunk', is a kind of grape near the fox fairy forest, the aroma is rich, the taste is sweet, the flesh is smooth, and it also contains a certain amount of aura, although it can not be regarded as a grade of elixir, but as a good product of natural mass production, it is deeply loved by fox cultivators.

In the past, the fox cultivators in the fox fairy forest would organize themselves in the late autumn season to go to the forest to collect a large number of 'rose drunk', and after drying, they were used as elixirs for daily practice, but later after the medicine garden was developed, the special organization to pick roses was canceled, but rose drunk is still one of the fruits that fox cultivators like.

Now the cultivation of demon cultivation is becoming more and more professional, only some greedy foxes, or little foxes with low cultivation, will go to the forest in late autumn to find roses to eat.

The little fox cultivators in the orphanage camp usually have very few cultivation resources that can be allocated, and the rose drunk has become the fruit they collect and eat the most in autumn, and eating a large amount of it can still play a certain role in cultivating auxiliaries.

Ah Li asked the little fox cultivators to pick roses and get drunk to pay tribute to the ancestors and the elders, it is estimated that the sunspot will definitely agree to give the fruit basket, and the things that can please the boss, the sunspot will agree, of course, at least half of the roses collected back must be handed over to the sunspot.

Ah Li also arranged for some of the children to go to the forest to find suitable branches to come back, and Ah Li planned to make a simple bed out of branches for each child, at least they could no longer sleep directly on the damp ground, so that they would get sick in the long run.

As for the other children, they continued to deepen the drains, and a few small ones were sent out to find some dry weeds to sweep the caves and lower the tide.

After arranging these, the fog had begun to gradually dissipate, and Ah Li began to get busy again.

She spent a morning observing the overall terrain and roads of the shallow hills, and memorized in detail the location and passage route of the demon cultivation cave mansion and residence above the quenching period, in order to match the information of that night, so as to deduce the time and action route before and after Elder Sanni's disappearance, and find clues from it.

During this period, Ah Li ran up and down from the shallow hill several times, in order to calculate the number of steps and time, many fox cultivators looked strange, but because the atmosphere in the fox fairy forest was strange and tense recently, all fox cultivators thought that more things were better than less, and no one took the initiative to ask.

Today, the patrol battalion patrol team of the morning sentry happened to have a hammer inside, and when the captain of the hammer was about to scold the unruly Ah Li, the hammer hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege, and whispered to the captain:

"Captain, this crazy girl is Ah Li, a sister of mine in the orphanage camp, I went out to practice for ten years before, I just returned to the Fox Fairy Forest yesterday, I guess I haven't been home for a long time, I'm too excited, I want to run up and down the mountain to see, you don't want to reprimand her, after we finish this inspection, I'll reprimand her, and you will be angry." ”

The captain saw that the hammer was so active in pleading, and grinned: "Hehe, it's rare to see the hammer say good things for others, to be honest, is this your sister, or your sister?"

Hammer said a little shyly: "Captain, don't make fun of my little brother, Ah Li just came back, we only met yesterday, that is, I have ideas, and I don't know if others are willing to do it?"

The captain laughed: "Our hammer is so good, if she doesn't look down on you, she will be stupid." Let's go, let's patrol a little faster today, and let Hammer go with her mistress as soon as possible. ”

There was a burst of laughter in the patrol, and they continued to inspect the next place.

The hammer looked back at Ah Li deeply, the nail went back yesterday and told him that Ah Li has changed a lot when he came back this time, which is a little difficult to see, but he feels that his nature has not changed much, and he is still the kind and loving Ah Li, if there is anything that can be helped, he will help by the way, it is not easy for the orphan camp to come out.

Hammer listened to his brother very much, because the wisdom of the nail was obviously much higher than that of other fox cultivators, but he never showed it, the nail can praise Ah Li so much, then Ah Li is really a good girl.

The demon cultivators in the bone quenching period are the backbone of each ethnic group, after all, the elders are to grasp the general direction, and other work still needs to be completed by the demon cultivators in the bone quenching period, so they generally hold some more important positions.

It is really very rare for a demon cultivator like Ah Li to have no specific work, since no one cares about her in the patrol camp, Ah Li's actions have become a very natural and reasonable thing, and the vast majority of fox demons either think that she is working, or they choose to turn a blind eye.

This brought a lot of convenience to Ah Li, and in one morning, Ah Li turned around the beast pen, medicine garden, and non-elder's residence, and even sneaked into the abandoned dungeon in the fox fairy forest that had not been used for a long time, and found no secret rooms or other clues.

Ah Li took Tianhuo to visit the Fox Immortal Forest by the way, and even Tianhuo admitted that the Fox Immortal Forest was not rich enough in spiritual energy, but it was also a more suitable place for cultivation.

After checking all the public areas, as expected, no clues were found, and it seemed that he could only venture into the cave of a few key suspects.

At noon, the children who had been sent out to pick fruit came back, all of them eating with round stomachs, and the aroma of roses with the smell of wine came to their nostrils.

In addition to tying ten fruit baskets, there is still a lot of fruit leftover, which can be enjoyed by the children who have worked hard to tie wooden beds and dig drainage ditches at home.

Ah Li and a few sisters quickly set up ten fruit baskets, and after Ah Li finished adjusting them one by one, ten beautiful fruit baskets appeared in front of him.

Perhaps Ah Li was born to do this kind of work, and even if Tianhuo has a well-informed eye, the skill of placing these ten fruit baskets is very good.

Ah Li put the ten fruit baskets into a storage bag, told the children to rest for a while before working, and left the orphanage camp.

Ah Li first went to visit Kuroko, thanked him for the basket he provided, and sent five baskets of fruit.

Heizi was naturally very happy, he had already arranged these five baskets of fruits, but he didn't expect Ah Li to be really eye-catching, and directly divided half of the fruits to him.

However, when he saw Ah Li's Qiankun bag, Kuroko still showed a strange look, Ah Li took out the dishes from it at the party yesterday, and today he brought fruit, Kuroko also wanted one very much, but he didn't dare to take it.

The first is that his strength is lower than Ah Li, and the second is that he is afraid that others will criticize him, especially the children in the orphanage camp, so he endured it for the time being, as long as there is the drag of the orphanage camp, it is not possible to take it by force, there is always a way to take it, Heizi thought secretly in his heart.

Then Ah Li went to find the thin girl, Sanni and the fat girl were not there, the thin girl was cleaning Sanni's cave house, and was very happy to see Ah Li, Ah Li quietly handed over a Pei Yuan Dan, told the thin girl to pay attention to her body, not to overwork, and asked the thin girl to help put a basket of fruits in Sanni's bedroom, and had the opportunity to tell Sanni that she sent it.

The thin girl was also very happy to see Ah Li so good at doing things, and she agreed, and took Ah Li to visit Sanni's mansion, and put the basket of fruits on the low table in Sanni's bedroom in front of Ah Li.

The thin girl kept sending Ah Li to the door of the cave, and the two sisters said goodbye.

Ah Li asked, "Tianhuo, I didn't find anything unusual in Elder Sanni's Cave Mansion, what about you?"

Tianhuo said: "I don't either, the time is too short, and the thin girl is on the side, so I can't find out if there are any dungeons, secret rooms or anything like that, let's go to Elder Keqing again." ”

Seeing Ah Li's sudden visit, Tie Ya was very happy, because Ah Li had the best relationship with Tie Ya before leaving the Fox Fairy Forest, and he was naturally very happy to see Ah Li's visit.

Elder Keqing was not in the cave mansion either, and Ah Li also handed over a Peiyuan Dan, asking Tieya to put the fruit basket in Elder Keqing's bedroom, representing a piece of his heart.

Taking advantage of Elder Batwing's absence, Tieya took Ah Li to see the five-poison pet room that she hated deeply, and once again reprimanded Elder Batwing's perverted behavior.

Ah Li saw that the five poison room was next to the bedroom, Ah Li seemed to inadvertently leave a leaf from the fruit basket, and quietly moved to the corner of the aisle with his foot, and Tie Ya didn't pay attention.

The other rooms of the Elder Bat Wing were very simple, but the bedroom was very luxuriously furnished, there was a large bed, which took up half of the bedroom, and there was a dresser in the bedroom of a male monk, and there was a bronze mirror on the dresser.

After Tieya put the fruit basket, she quickly walked out of Elder Bat Wing's bedroom with Ah Li, the place where the old monster rested, Tieya didn't want to stay for a while.

In this extremely short period of time, Ah Li smelled a faint smell of blood in the bedroom of the Elder of the Bat Wing.

Ah Xuan was shocked violently, and secretly said three words to Tianhuo: "Jade Qiong Jelly!"

Tianhuo's eyebrows immediately furrowed, it seemed that this batwing elder was not simple.

Ah Li planned to be the last to go to the ancestor's cave to deliver the fruit basket, but Liangzi was very loyal and guarded the ancestor day and night, how to deceive Liangzi was a headache.

159 had already gone out to sentry at this time, he went out to inquire and came back and said: "Sister Ah Li, I have found out clearly, that Liangzi has his own cave mansion, but he usually lives in the stone room next to the old ancestor's cave mansion, so that it is convenient to serve the old ancestor."

However, in the evening of this day, the old ancestor sent him back, saying that he wanted to meet guests and not let him disturb him. ”

Ah Li heard that the timing was good, and she was going to visit the ancestor directly, she had already thought of a way out, if the ancestor doubted the purpose of her going, she said that she had found something strange about Elder Keqing, and she had come to report.

The ancestor's cave is just a false door, and it is not closed, the ancestor likes to be quiet, and does not like too many people to serve her, and the attendants only use a bright son, let alone let someone be on duty in front of the cave door.

The old ancestor insisted that she was the number one master of the Fox Immortal Forest, and there was no need for others to protect herself, if the enemy could kill the door of the cave, it was not an ordinary sentry who could resist it.

As for the theft, the fox cultivators of the Fox Immortal Forest were not so bold as to dare to go to the ancestors' cave mansion to steal.

After Ah Li entered the living room, the previous pattern had not changed, and the ancestor did not make a sound, it seemed that the ancestor was meeting guests in the back hall, otherwise Ah Li entered the cave mansion, and with the cultivation of the old ancestor, he must have felt something.

Ah Li quickly walked through the living room, and hurriedly glanced at the back hall, there was nothing worth paying special attention to, and beyond that was the old ancestor's practice room, bedroom, and storage room.

Ah Li gritted his teeth and broke in, and there was a big bed in the ancestor's bedroom, but there was no dresser and bronze mirror.

Ah Li smelled that in addition to the smell of jade elixir in the air, there was a smell of other fresh blood, and there were a few drops of blood on the ground behind the old ancestor's bed.

Ah Li didn't dare to touch the bloodstains, but just put his nose up and smelled it, sure enough, it was blood, and it was Hu Xiu's blood, Ah Li was a little shocked.

Suddenly, the stone floor behind the bloodstains began to tremble, and Ah Li almost jumped up in fright.

Tianhuo shouted on the stone platform: "Ah Li, dead leaves, a leaf is blind!"

Ah Li quickly took out a dead leaf from the Qiankun bag and threw it in the corner under the bed, and then turned into another dead leaf with the first dead leaf, and lay quietly on the ground.

The stone floor shook a few times, revealing a hole three feet wide and four feet long, and a long stone staircase leading to the chamber below.

A thin-looking, black-robed, two-fanged demon cultivator dressed as a Taoist priest walked up.

Tianhuo asked with some uncertainty, "Is this Elder Bat Wing?"

Ah Li was also unsure: "It should be." ”

Elder Bat Wing walked up to the ground, stood in front of the cave entrance, and said, "Ancestor, your cultivation of the divine skill has now been completed, and everything is ready, so it's up to you to make the final decision."

You also know your own specific situation, it took too long for you to condense the golden pill, if it weren't for my divine skill, you would have already passed the deadline for promotion, if you can't make up your mind now, you will inevitably be devoured by the demons.

Those who are suitable for the conditions, I have already sent it to you, tomorrow night when the moon is full, you drink the last bottle of jade elixir and take two demon pills, which is your last chance.

Whether it is the benevolence of a woman, the death of a person, or the condensation of Jindan in one go, becoming a king and an ancestor, all in your thoughts, I have said the same thing many times, I don't want to say more, you think about it yourself, I will leave first. ”

You can see more clearly through the canopy, Ah Li also returned to the stone platform, although there are two magic weapons through the canopy and a leaf obscure, but the reflection on the canopy can be seen more clearly, and the angle of view is also much larger.

Tianhuo and Ah Li saw the situation under the secret room through the canopy, and under the long steps, there was a secret room with a white jade bed, and behind the stone bed there were two cells with iron fences, and each cell held a fox cultivator.

"It's Erni and Sini!" Ah Li exclaimed.

Tianhuo was taken aback: "Silence, don't be discovered by the Ancestor and the Bat Wing Elder, these two are masters." ”

Ah Li said, "Why did the old ancestor imprison them? Are they dead?"

Tianhuo's brain turned quickly: "It shouldn't be dead yet, but at most tomorrow night will definitely die, just now Elder Bat Wing said that if the fox ancestor doesn't advance tomorrow, he will die, so even if she doesn't kill Erni and Fouri today, she will definitely kill tomorrow." ”

Ah Li said with some trembling: "No, the ancestor will not do such a thing!"

Tianhuo knew that he couldn't persuade Ah Li, so he had to remain silent.

The old ancestor sat on the stone bed, did not come up, and said coldly: "Bat Wing, you go back first, I will think about it for another night, and don't come to disturb me again before tomorrow night." ”

Bat Wing snorted coldly and walked away.

The old ancestor looked at the two unconscious foxes in the cell with a dull gaze and muttered:

"You two are the pillars of the Fox Fairy Forest, especially Si Ni, I grew up watching, I treat you as if you were my own daughter, how can I do it?

But now that the clan is in trouble and is in trouble outside, and when it comes to the moment of life and death, if I don't condense the golden pill, who will protect the clan? Who will protect the other children?"

After saying that, the fox ancestor cried loudly, and after crying for a long time, she suppressed her crying and said a lot firmly: "Today I will give you a chance, and I will also give myself a chance." If I break through before tomorrow night, I will naturally let you go, and if I can't break through, I have to sacrifice you!"

As soon as the old ancestor finished saying this, a tear fell from the corner of the eye of Si Ni, who should have been unconscious, and the old ancestor was stunned.

Suddenly, the old ancestor's eyes flashed with a terrifying light, she nervously rushed to the entrance of the cave, a pair of blood-red eyes looked in the bedroom for a long time, found nothing unusual, and returned to the cave, and the secret room was closed again.

Ah Li waited quietly for a while, and found that there was no movement, so he immediately came out of the blind eye and quickly rushed to the outside of the cave.

Tianhuo asked, "Ah Li, what are you going to do?"

Ah Li roared angrily: "I'll go find Elder Bat Wing, there must be a conspiracy behind him, I'm going to stop him!"