Beside the camp fire, Yu Qin, wearing Zuo Qiuxun's white mink fur, was sleeping against a pine tree. Huang Shanze was drinking bad wine alone, watching his surroundings carefully, and throwing a few pieces of firewood into the fire from time to time.
Drinking alone is really not fun, so he persuaded Yu Qin to drink more, but Yu Qin gave him a hard look with a look of disgust on his face. Only then did Huang Shan realize that there seemed to be something wrong with this lonely man and a widower trying to persuade him to drink.
Xu Huaigu is still sitting cross-legged. It takes a long time to break through the second realm and the third realm. It is normal to sit like this all night.
The snowflakes fell and were as thick as a little knuckle on his head and shoulders. He couldn't feel it and sat still.
Yu Qin opened her eyes, shook off the light snow on her clothes, stood up and walked towards him, stretched out her hand to gently brush the snow off his body, and then carefully put her robe on him, for fear of disturbing him.
She saw Xu Huaigu's face was calm and peaceful again, and she was a little curious, so she gently brushed his cheek with her hand.
Huang Shan was shocked. Wasn't this deliberately stimulating himself? Are you going to let people live a good life?
It's bitter. It's bitter.
Huang Shan raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, feeling melancholy in his heart.
He seemed to have heard something said by a poor scholar.
If you tell me about the hardships in life, I will give you two or three ounces of wine.
This line of persuading the poetry committee to drink was not very well executed, but Huang Shan felt that it must be enough for a person like himself who could only read and write, so at that time, he changed his mind from the poor man who was thin but still insisted on spending his last money to buy books. The scholar bought this poem. The scholar was reluctant at first, saying that poetry was the most important thing in the world and could not be bought or sold. But in the end, I was forced to sell this poem because of the newly born child at home and the hungry mother who had no milk left.
Huang Shan spent ten taels of silver. If these ten taels of silver are managed well, money will make money in the future, and it can also be a big fortune. But if you squander it wantonly, it will be used up.
As for the funeral, Huang Shan didn't want to worry about it. He had already done a good job.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered this poem again, and he didn't know why.
But no matter what, Huang Shan felt that only two or three liang of wine glasses were definitely not enough. At least two or three kilograms of wine were needed to relieve the melancholy in his heart today.
He picked up the wine jar and poured it down, almost burying his whole head in it.
Yu Qin saw that Huang Shan was concentrating on drinking and could not see her, so she became bolder and touched his neck, then her eyes smiled like crescent moons.
Huang Shan finally couldn't help but remind him: "Be careful. There are many taboos when breaking through. Be careful that Xu Huaigu goes crazy."
After hearing this, Yu Qin quickly retracted her hand and said a little panicked: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I didn't know."
Huang Shan shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal."
"Hey, sister Qin'er, what are you doing secretly?"
Zuo Qiuxun didn't know when she came back, and she didn't know how she escaped the attention of Yu Qin and Huang Shan. She arrived at the fire without anyone noticing, looking at Yu Qin with a sinister smile on her face.
Yu Qin felt shy, so she walked to the fire and pretended to reach out to warm herself up to avoid embarrassment.
But a smile appeared on the corner of Xu Huaigu's mouth inadvertently. Naturally, others could not notice it, but it could not escape Zuo Qiuxun's eyes.
Zuo Qiu Don’t be fooled.”
Yu Qin slapped her angrily and said angrily: "That's nonsense."
Zuo Qiu Xun refused to retreat but moved forward. He wrapped his arms around her neck, leaned his face against her, breathed like orchid, and hung on her body.
Yu Qin smelled the fragrance on her body and blushed like a rosy cloud. She gently pushed her away and said, "Go away, goblin."
Zuo Qiuxun blinked his eyes and said coquettishly: "Oh? Don't you like it, little fairy?"
The picture is simply unbearable to look at.
Although this was not the first time Zuo Qiuxun had teased Yu Qin, Huang Shan still couldn't stand it anymore. He lay down on the ground, covered his face with the empty wine jar, and sighed: "Drought and flood are all disasters..."
Xu Huaigu had actually woken up a long time ago. Hearing Huang Shan's words, he finally couldn't help laughing.
Yu Qin was very angry, grabbed the snow and made a snowball, and hit him hard in the face to relieve his hatred.
Thousands of miles of wind and moon in the sky, a peaceful night.
Xu Huaigu, a monk in the third realm, feels that his body is indeed much stronger than before, and his compatibility with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is also higher. The most important thing is that he saw the "heart lake" he had created.
In fact, it’s not really a heart lake, it’s a very weird thing.
A snow-white lotus seed was quietly suspended in the place where his heart lake should have been born, and a small snow-white sword kept circling around the lotus seed, which was quite smart and interesting. Moreover, Xu Huaigu tried to communicate with the little sword, and he really succeeded. However, the little sword seemed to have his own ideas and did not really listen to Xu Huaigu's words, but it was enough to surprise Xu Huaigu.
He opened his mouth and planned to ask Zuo Qiuxun what this strange inner lake was, but then he thought about it, Zuo Qiuxun was just a sword cultivator he met, and he didn't seem to be that familiar with it, not to mention that this matter involved the Dao. Even more cannot be said.
Xu Huaigu had no choice but to bury this secret quietly, hoping to get the answer in the future.
Apart from that, what makes him happiest is the clarity of mind that was achieved through yesterday's breakthrough.
In that state of mind, he could truly see himself clearly.
He saw that he was clearly in love with Yu Qin, and he didn't intend to hold back. He wanted to find a suitable opportunity to express it to her. Besides, he and she are not biological siblings. Yu An just asked him to take good care of Yu Qin, and he didn't say that he was not allowed to form a partner with Yu Qin, right?
But what Yu An said at that time was to entrust Yu Qin to him. It seemed that he meant to betroth Yu Qin to him?
It seems that this is really the case.
The heavy burden on his shoulders was finally lifted, and he secretly made up his mind.
...
Surrounded by dense cold coniferous forests.
Since the terrain is high and it is winter, there are no weeds on the ground, only some shrubs, which makes it easy to walk through. It snowed for the first time last night, and the air today seems to be fresher, mixed with the sweetness of snow.
The mountains and forests are quiet and peaceful.
This was already the second day. After a restless night, Xu Huaigu and his party finally started to hit the road again.
According to Zuo Qiuxun's estimate, it would take two days to cross the Hangxun Mountain. They had already traveled all day yesterday and would be able to get out of this mountain range in the evening in a few days. But Xu Huaigu felt something was wrong. He originally thought they would encounter trouble in Hangxun Mountain, but except for the group of weirdos of unknown origin last night, they didn't even encounter a single monster on the mountain.
Thanks to Xu Huaigu's crow's mouth, changes can happen at any time.
"Ouch..."
A huge roar suddenly interrupted the peaceful atmosphere. The roar lingered in the mountain forest, shaking off the snow accumulated on the pine branches everywhere.
It was a bear roar, and you could hear that the bear was extremely angry, followed immediately by the scream of a little girl.
A little girl was attacked by a bear!
This was the first reaction in Xu Huaigu's mind, and he subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword.
The roar of the bear was like a bell, vibrating in everyone's ears. Very close to here.
The little girl's scream was also extremely shrill, and he subconsciously wanted to save the girl.
The other three people also stopped and listened carefully to the noise.
There was the sound of bear paws slapping the ground, and the little girl screamed in panic, getting closer and closer to them, heading towards them.
Zuo Qiuxun said in a deep voice: "Let's go take a look!"
So one person took the lead and ducked into the woods, while the remaining three ran to follow her.
In just a few breaths, the bear's footsteps stopped, the little girl's screams disappeared, and silence returned to the forest.
Xu Huaigu couldn't help but sweat. He was worried about the little girl's safety, so he speeded up.
In a clearing in the forest, a little girl sat slumped on the ground, looking forward in horror, her whole body trembling, and her tears could not stop falling. Opposite her, a big black bear straightened up, stood on its hind legs, raised its head, a foot high, and kept making deep roars from its mouth, showing its ferocious momentum.
As for why it doesn't attack?
Naturally, Zuoqiuxun stood between a man and a bear.
The black bear was extremely strong, taller than two people in height alone, and Zuo Qiuxun looked even more vulnerable in front of it. But it sensed a strong aura of danger in Zuo Qiuxun's body and did not dare to act rashly. It just showed its strongest side and wanted to scare her away.
But the man in front of it was not afraid and stood facing it, holding a long sword and staring at it sharply.
The big black bear roared for a while, but did not receive any results. It was asking for trouble, wagging its tail and turning back to the bear cave to sleep.
Zuo Qiuxun didn't want to fight with it. One more thing would be better than one less thing. Besides, this bear was quite difficult to deal with. He is born with brute strength and has rough skin and thick flesh, about the same as a martial artist from the Four Realms.
Xu Huaigu ran up first and saw only the back of the black bear and the two people. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the girl was okay.
But that black bear is really big.
He had seen bears before in Fengtou Mountain, but the bears in that mountain forest were only slightly larger than adults, and they were all extremely ferocious and difficult to deal with.
Because bear skins, bear paws, and bear bile are all valuable, some bandits have tried to hunt bears. That hunt was very thrilling. Although a black bear was injured in a trap, it still fought with four bandits. Seizing the opportunity, it bit a man on the arm and refused to let go until he was killed. Finally, he forcefully It was very tragic to tear off the man's arm. Since then, no bandits have dared to hunt bears. It is an activity that can lead to death if you are not careful, and it is really not worth taking such a big risk.
The bear in front of me was at least three times the size of a human, and it should be the overlord of this forest.
The little girl was obviously too frightened and couldn't say a word for a long time. However, this little girl still looks very cute. She looks about eleven or twelve years old, with big watery eyes, hair tied into many bundles, a chubby little face, and tears on her cheeks and hands, making her look pitiful.
The little girl only wore two thin clothes in the snow, and they were covered with mud.
Yu Qin felt distressed when she saw it. Her family must not be very wealthy. She couldn't help but remember that when she was a child, she was not wary of this little girl at all. She just picked her up gently, put her in her arms, and wrapped her in a robe, while comforting her: "Little cutie, you're not afraid anymore. There's nothing wrong with her." My sister is here."
The little girl cried loudly again, crying until she had a lot of snot and tears, and rolled around in her arms.
Yu Qin patiently lowered his head and asked her with a smile, "Little cutie, what's your name?"
The little girl sobbed and said, "My name is... Zhuo Cai."
The rosy jade is brilliant and brilliant.
It's a good name, Yu Qin thought.
