Zhang Quyi and Huo Jing crossed the river and walked in the direction of Devil's Mountain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the sunset has set behind the mountain, and the twilight is getting thicker, and the Devil's Mountain in the distance is shrouded in heavy shadows, like a dormant beast.

Huo Jingben is also a person who is not afraid of heaven and earth, I don't know if he was affected by the words of the old fisherman, looking at the desolate scene in front of him, he was actually frightened.

"Lao Huo, if you don't spend the night by the river, I'll just go into the mountains by myself. Zhang went and glanced at Huo Jing, who hurriedly said no.

Huo Jing had seen Zhang Quyi's terrifying strength with his own eyes, so he felt that it was safer to follow him.

At this moment, a wisp of cooking smoke rose in the distance.

Zhang Quyi and Huo Jing glanced at each other in surprise, is there still someone in such a desolate place?

The two of them brushed aside the weeds and trees and walked in the direction of the smoke rising, and soon a ruined village appeared in front of them.

In the twilight, the village was in ruins, most of the houses had collapsed and overgrown with weeds, and had become a haven for wild birds, except for a few mud houses, but they were just as ruined, and smoke was rising from one of them.

Zhang Quyi and Huo Jing walked along the weedy path to the village, and suddenly saw a scrawny "dog" lying on the side of the road drinking water.

But when the two approached, they were both startled, because it was not a dog lying there drinking water, but a living person.

The man was short and thin, with ribs on both sides exposed, dirty and black, and his long exaggerated hair had been clumped together and draped over his body, and he looked like a dog in the twilight.

This person knelt on the ground, licking and eating the stagnant water in the dirt pit on the side of the road, as if he was very thirsty, and turned a deaf ear to Zhang Quyi and Huo Jing who approached.

"Hey, fellow!" Huo Jing called twice in Burmese and Hua Guo, and the man was still desperately drinking water.

Huo Jing couldn't help but stretch out his foot and touch the soles of the man's feet: "Hey, talk to you!"

The man slowly raised his head, revealing a face full of dirt, and he couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, but he had no beard and no Adam's apple on his chin, so he was probably a woman. It's just that the next moment, this person suddenly showed a fierce light, grinned and bared his teeth, and found a terrible low roar in his throat.

Huo Jing was so frightened that he staggered back and took a step, Nima, is this a human or a dog!

The man frightened Huo Jing away, lowered his head and continued to drink water. There was not much water in the small puddle, but it was quickly drunk, and the man actually picked up the wet mud at the bottom of the pit and stuffed it directly into his mouth, sucked the water and spit it out.

Zhang Quyi couldn't help frowning!

"Hehe, there's finally a new person here, a warm welcome!" a hoarse voice like a broken gong sounded abruptly.

Zhang went away and saw a yellow-faced and thin man walking out of one of the tiled houses, holding a crumpled can in his hand and a strange smile on his face.

Huo Jing couldn't help muttering secretly, all the people who live here are weirdos, and he asked stubbornly: "Fellow, let me ask you, what is the name of this village?"

The man smiled: "It used to be called Gro Village, but now it's whatever you want to call it, Devil Village, Wild Dog Village, whatever, hehe!"

After the man finished speaking, he took a sip of the can, and sighed comfortably, but it is estimated that the can will not contain Coke Sprite or something.

"Hey, my name is Ma Xiong, what do you call the two newcomers?" the man said, taking another sip.

"Zhang Yi!" Zhang Quyi said lightly, this place felt weird, so he simply used a pseudonym.

Huo Jing also said smartly: "My name is Guo Jin!"

"Zhang Yi, Guo Jin, do you want to come and sit in my room?" said the creature as he took a sip of the liquid from the can.

Zhang Qu had already swept it with his divine sense early in the morning, and the cans were filled with water, and he also swept the entire village with his divine sense, and found that there were four other people in the village, all of whom were drinking water without exception.

Huo Jing saw the drunk with a comfortable expression, and couldn't help asking, "What is the fellow drinking?"

Ma Xiong smiled strangely and replied, "Drink water, do you want to take two sips?" After speaking, he generously handed over the can.

Huo Jing hurriedly took a step back, frowned, and said, "Thank you, I'm not thirsty!"

Ma Xiongwei laughed: "Soon I will be thirsty, by the way, do you have any utensils for water?"

Huo Jing was a little confused, shook his head and said, "I didn't bring it, what's wrong?"

"Hey, that's choking, come with me!" Ma Xiong turned and walked into the house.

Zhang Quyi frowned, there was a faint uneasiness in his heart, and he subconsciously operated his spiritual power, and found that his body was not abnormal, so he relaxed slightly.

The two followed Ma Xiong into the house, and immediately smelled an unpleasant musty smell and urine smell, and they were really choking!

It was very dark, and there was a rusty iron pot on two simple stone stoves, the water in which was boiling.

Zhang Qu glanced inside the house and found a hiking bag and trekking poles hanging on the wall, which looked quite new, and couldn't help but remember what the old fisherman had said. Two years ago, a group of people who claimed to be donkeys (friends) crossed the river to Devil's Mountain, and never returned.

At this time, Ma Xiong took out two cans from under the bed, and said with a smile: "Lucky for you, fortunately I still have it, you can take one each." ”

"Sick!" Huo Jing muttered secretly, and did not go to pick up the cans.

"What about you, do you want it?" Ma Xiong asked Zhang Quyi.

Zhang Quyi said lightly: "No need!"

"I'll need it in a moment!" Ma Xiong put the two cans on the stove, then sat directly on the ground, stared directly at Ma Xiong's backpack, and asked, "Do you have anything to eat?"

Ma Xiong looked at Zhang Quyi inquiringly, and saw that the latter nodded slightly, so he took out a bag of dry bread from his backpack and threw it over.

Ma Xiong's eyes lit up, and he took it and devoured it, boiling water in an iron pot while eating, and seemed to be not afraid of being hot at all.

Huo Jing licked his lips, and he actually felt a little thirsty!

Ma Xiong smiled and said, "Guo Jin, are you thirsty?" Do you want to take two mouthfuls and boil the water clean!"

Huo Jing looked at the boiling water in the iron pot, and the feeling of thirst became more and more intense, and his throat was hot.

Zhang Quyi noticed that Huo Jing's expression was wrong, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. At this time, Huo Jing had already squatted down, picked up a can, poured water from the iron pot, and then drank it gurgling.

Ma Xiong suddenly laughed and asked Zhang Quyi, "Zhang Yi, aren't you thirsty?"

Zhang Quyi frowned at the sword, slashed Huo Jing with a knife in one hand, and then stretched out two fingers on his wrist veins, and the spiritual power slowly entered it, and at the same time released his divine sense to scan his whole body.

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PS: Thank you Xueyue a for rewarding, two Dharma protectors!