On the evening of the eighth day when Xu Yan entered the range of Dengbei Mountain. When the unitary is approaching, the sunset in the sky is like fire, and the sky is full of red clouds.

Xu Yan stood on the top of this stalagmite, which was already close to the northernmost hinterland of Dengbei Mountain, and looked up into the distance, but he couldn't see anything, because under his feet, this gray sea of fog became richer and deeper than two days ago, or rather, it no longer looked like the fog was drifting, but like the bursts of smoke that spread out when the white surname of the market burned straw.

Xu Yan suddenly asked the Colorful Sky Swallowing Python in his consciousness: "As the head snake in this area, do you know why the golden hairpin stone orchid has become so rare in Dengbei Mountain? This kind of spiritual grass can only exert its value when refining the 'Restoration Pill', plus if the growth time is less than a hundred years, it is not a particularly precious medicinal material, but I have been looking for it here for eight days, but I have only found two on this stalagmite, do you know where there is still this spiritual grass?"

The body of the Colorful Sky Swallowing Python has long been hiding in Xu Yan's cuffs at this moment, but before it dissociates itself from Xu Yan, its spiritual sense will always stay in Xu Yan's sea of consciousness.

The Colorful Sky Swallowing Python replied: " Although the golden hairpin stone orchid itself is not particularly precious, it is one of the few spiritual grasses in this mountain that can be turned into a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth, so over the years, it has been dug up by people and there are no fewer of them, it is estimated that you cultivators, want to transplant it, you also know that its own growth conditions can be described as very harsh, only growing in the cracks of the rock cliffs, but even so, in the past few decades, there are still a steady stream of cultivators who have come here to find them, and naturally, they have been excavated。 ”

After the Colorful Sky Swallowing Python finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Actually, the golden hairpin stone orchid you snatched from me was discovered by a cultivator more than ten years ago, but that person's strength was not as strong as yours, and I swallowed it into my stomach later. ”

When Xu Yan heard the latter sentence, his face immediately darkened.

In fact, he knows very well that the colorful swallowing python known as the 'medicine beast', although it is a snake python spirit animal, but it does not like to kill, and its character is not tyrannical, only when people snatch the heaven and earth spirit treasure that it has guarded for a long time, or some very precious spirit grass, it will resist, but no matter what, Xu Yan couldn't help but think secretly after learning that it had swallowed a person alive, sure enough, no matter where it is, this is a world of the jungle.

Xu Yan didn't care about its cannibalism, but continued to ask, "Then can you feel that there is still a golden hairpin stone orchid left in this area?"

The Colorful Sky Swallowing Python replied bluntly: "My current cultivation is not enough, I can only feel its breath when I enter the range of five miles of them, but you don't have to hope too much, the stalagmite we are in now is one of the three stalagmites in the northernmost part of Dengbei Mountain, if there are no stalagmites in the remaining two, there will basically be no more." And if you go further north, you will be out of the range of the mountain. It suddenly became a little hesitant and said, "Regardless of whether there is a golden hairpin stone in the north or not, I advise you not to go further north, especially not to go near the valley in front of you." ”

After Xu Yan got the map of Baishan Ancestor from Bai Bing, he roughly remembered the basic location and direction in this mountain, so he knew where it was talking about, but the map and the real scene were different after all, and the Colorful Sky Swallowing Python was born in this mountain and river, so he definitely knew more about this mountain than him.

After Xu Yan hesitated for a moment, he still asked with curiosity, "Why can't you get close to that valley?"

The Colorful Sky Swallowing Python was a little frightened when he thought of that valley, and he didn't choose to hide it, and said bluntly: " Because there is a strange stream flowing in that valley, and in a section of the stream not far from here, there are three connected pools, and these three pools are very strange, bottomless, before I have given birth to my mind, I have rushed into it, but almost died in it, I can feel that there must be a very powerful monster in the pool, and you have not noticed it, at this moment in the whole area of the northern part of Dengbei Mountain, has been filled with this thick smoke mist. ”

"Do you know where this fog is coming from?"

"Well, you may not believe it, but their source actually came out of those three waterholes, and they appear every fifteen years, counting the time, it has been exactly fifteen years since the last time this happened. ”

"Hearing you say that, I'm a little tempted to check it out. ”

"By all means, you don't know how powerful it is, I remember that about fifteen years ago, there were many foreign cultivators who broke into this area, but before those people approached that valley, they were poisoned alive by the mist floating in the forest, I advise you to leave quickly, while it is still in time, otherwise when these mist turns red, it will even be more poisonous than my natal venom." ”

"Fifteen years ago...... That's when the idiot who was swallowed alive by you broke into here rashly, right?" Xu Yan couldn't help but quip, and continued, "Will these fogs change color?"

"Well, it will change color over time, it will be pale gray at first, then it will change to dark brown after two days of continuous deepening, then blue, cyan, and finally, it will be red, and every time it changes color, the toxicity contained in it will be strengthened several times, if it is red mist, even I would never dare to get the slightest bit of it, if it were not for the fact that I have lived above these fog layers for more than thirty years, I may not have stayed in this area a long time ago. ”

Hearing this information, Xu Yan couldn't help frowning, and combined with the changes in the fog below, after thinking for a while, he recognized the other party's proposal, and nodded: "Since that's the case, then it's better not to go, and when I go to check the remaining two stalagmites, I'll leave here." ”

"By the way, how long does it take for the fog to change? I'm going to have to time it right, and before I get down, it's going red, and that's bad." ”

The Colorful Sky Swallowing Python replied: "Two days! The fog of each color can last for about two days, and after two days, it will start to change to another color, if you don't stay on this stalagmite for two days, it should be completely in time." ”

Xu Yan heard a slight sarcasm in the other party's tone, and immediately replied angrily: "The reason why I have been delayed here for two days is not because I ran into you, if you hadn't pestered me, I would have left here a long time ago." ”

"You are talking nonsense, even if I don't stop you, you will only leave a few hours early at most, I have left my own breath on this golden nodice stone orchid early, if I don't wait for it to really mature and bloom, I will not wake up from my deep sleep, unless you want to sneak attack me before it blooms, besides, this golden nobia is mine, if it wasn't for my hard work to protect it for more than 30 years, it would have been picked up a long time ago, and you are just a flower thief who killed it halfway. ”

"Alas, don't blindly take an inch, my Fa decision, for you, how can it be worth a hundred golden hairpin stone orchids, besides, I just took you a flower-core and three petals, and the rest can be eaten by yourself, how can I count it as a loss? So, in the next period of time, you have to give full play to your own natural skills, and find some precious medicinal materials in the mountains for me to repay me, you know?"

In terms of the ability to speak sharply and eloquently, the Colorful Sky Swallowing Python, as a spirit beast that was only level five, naturally could not be compared with Xu Yan, and he was speechless. It did not make any further arguments, but it also did not agree to Xu Yan's conditions.

Seeing that it was silent, Xu Yan did not continue to dwell on this topic with it, but changed the topic and said, "By the way, what is your name? I heard that some spirit beasts have memories and inheritances since they were born. ”

"No, my bloodline is not rare. ”

"In that case, you are now my spiritual pet, so let me get you one?"

"Why do you have to have a name?"

"Because...... If you have a name, it's easier to communicate, isn't it?"

"Whatever you want. ”

"Well, let me think about it, since you are a colorful swallowing python, then I will call you Xiaocai in the future, how about it?"

“......”

Xu Yan himself was very satisfied with this name, because he felt that when it really transformed, with its current voice, maybe it would be a cute girl?

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Xu Yan felt that it was just a silent way instead of answering, and then he didn't say more, walked to the edge of the cliff by himself, jumped again, and jumped down directly. But only after falling to about two feet, he reached out and grabbed a vine that was attached to the stalagmite, and finally followed this vine and slowly crawled down.

There is a saying that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, and Xu Yan is deeply aware of this difficulty at this moment, because it took him almost an hour before he successfully climbed down this stalagmite.

......

"Senior Brother Yan, we really have to take that girl and continue to go deeper, that girl is a complete burden, not only can't we eat, we also have to spend our lives to protect her, or we just leave the senior brother alone, anyway, he doesn't know if we caught her, wait for the senior brother you have played, and then give the little brother a cool hand, and then I will ......"

A disciple in an earthy yellow robe didn't say the last words, just reached out and gently wiped it around his neck.

It was Yan Ziyi, who captured Cai Zhenjing, who heard this, that he couldn't help but glared at this disciple with a fierce face, and said angrily: "Eat the leopard's guts and make you guts, the person who the senior brother wants in person, do you dare to know how to crook your brains? Hurry up and go ahead to explore the way, and after making sure that there are no spirit beasts in this area, we will camp here for the night." ”

When this disciple heard that the other party had rejected his proposal, he couldn't help but be disappointed, so he could only go to explore the way with a stupid face.

Yan Ziyi and the others can be said to be the last group of people to enter this place, and as for the others, they undoubtedly crossed this place early. However, even as the last group of people to enter the hinterland, they still had a very difficult time on this journey, because before entering this mist, they had encountered at least four or five groups of spirit beasts that were frantically scurrying out.

Under the battle, there was originally a team of seven people, but two more disciples were immediately lost. The most important thing is that they didn't have to die, but in order to protect Cai Zhenjing, who was banned from cultivating, they finally lost their lives.

Seeing that Yan Ziyi's face was gloomy at the moment and seemed to be dripping water, Cai Zhenjing, who was watched by people and didn't need to cultivate at all, couldn't help but sneer: "Heh, even if you send someone to explore the way ahead, after a long time, there will be spirit beasts coming out of this forest, and then biting you beasts to death, I advise you to let me go as soon as possible, otherwise ......"

"Smack!"

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound, which directly interrupted Cai Zhenjing's words.

Yan Ziyi's backhand was a slap on her pretty face, leaving a scarlet palm print, and immediately, traces of blood spilled from the corners of her mouth. Yan Ziyi stared at her murderously, and said in a cold voice: "You'd better give me a stop, you self-esteemed scumbag, if you dare to say more than half a word, I'll do you now, and then kill you with a knife and throw it away to feed those beasts." ”

Since beating the other party and being controlled by himself, Yan Ziyi found that the woman in front of him seemed to be tall and cold, but in fact, her mouth was very verbose and bad, and he listened to her cynicism along the way, and now, when he was already in a very bad mood, where could he still hold back the anger in his heart, and immediately couldn't bear to give her a slap.

After Cai Zhenjing was slapped in the face, the already messy hair on her head completely fell out, making her look even more miserable, but she always kept a cold face and was not afraid of Yan Ziyi's threat.

Since being captured, Cai Zhenjing has known her final outcome, and I am afraid that it is no different from those fellow junior sisters, but it is only sooner or later.

She eased the burning pain on her face, and when she recovered, she continued to say weakly: "Okay, then you should come, if you have the ability, you can kill me now, you coward who can't just say it!"

Yan Ziyi saw that she still dared to talk back, he trembled with anger, he paced in front of her, there was a cold glint in his eyes, he said angrily: "Okay, very good, you slut, you have successfully provoked me, since this is the case, I will fulfill you now." ”

He glanced at the other three disciples who were guarding Cai Zhenjing, and then grabbed Cai Zhenjing's right hand, and dragged her directly into the dense forest, and Cai Zhenjing was naturally unable to resist Yan Ziyi's three-grade martial arts cultivation because he was sealed as a cultivator and was a sword cultivator.

While eating the pain in her hands, she was dragged into the dense forest by the other party.

Seeing Yan Ziyi dragging Cai Zhenjing and disappearing in front of him in a blink of an eye, the three remaining disciples of the Chenyang Sect all looked indifferent, and after a while, one of them spoke: "That...... Then Cai Zhenjing was asked by Senior Brother by name, so we just watched Senior Brother Yan do her, isn't it ......?"

"Otherwise, what can we do? Don't you Xu Niu dare to dissuade Senior Brother Yan, don't you know what kind of person he is? Xu Niu, didn't I say you, who among the disciples of the sect doesn't know, I'd rather offend Senior Brother than offend Yan Ziyi? Please have a long snack, as a cultivator, if you continue to be so upright, one day, you won't even know how you died. ”

It was Xu Niu, who was also from Xujia Village, who was a little disappointed on his dark face after hearing this, but finally sighed helplessly. It is true that Yan Ziyi has a character that must be repaid, he has been with him for a long time, and he knows it very well, so he witnessed the other party dragging Cai Zhenjing all the way into the dense forest, but he did nothing.

The disciple of the Chenyang Sect who had been arranged by Yan Ziyi to explore the path before did not go too far, but only circled around this huge stalagmite, and then saw that Yan Ziyi had already turned back, so he did not continue to move forward.

He is not stupid, in this dark and oppressive dense forest, who knows if he will suddenly encounter some fierce spirit beasts? Walking alone in such a place is undoubtedly an act of self-defeat.

So, this disciple carefully stayed at the corner of the stalagmite, just dragging the time to pass slowly, in his opinion, anyway, today's sky is about to get dark, as long as he spends another quarter of an hour, go back and say that he has not encountered a spirit beast or the like.

A rustling sound suddenly came into the ears of this disciple, he glanced around blankly, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and his face was a little panicked and said to himself: "Damn, there are really spirit beasts?"

However, after looking at it for a while, he didn't see anything, which couldn't help but make him even more nervous.

It wasn't until after a cup of tea that the sound became clear and audible. There was no doubt that at this moment, the heart of this Chenyang Sect disciple was already terrified, if he hadn't figured out the direction of the voice at this time, he might have run away completely.

He looked up to see what was coming from above his head, and then he saw a figure leaping down in his direction.

"Bang!"

A dull sound like a drum rang out from the forest.

With just one punch, Xu Yan knocked the disciple of the Chenyang Sect who had a shocked look on his face and flew out. And the latter was hit by this punch, and it was like a rag bag, and he fell heavily to the ground more than ten feet away.

His body rolled up and fell leaves, but he fell into a coma.

Xu Yan looked at the other party and passed out, his face was expressionless, he never expected that he would spend an hour climbing down this stalagmite and meet a disciple of the Chenyang Sect, but since he did, he would never let the other party feel good.

Of course, not only the disciples of the Chenyang Sect, if he met the disciples of the Yunlan Sect or the White Crane Sword Village, he would also do the same, because he knew very well that in this spring hunt, their three major sects had already pointed the finger at himself and the Lotus Sect.

"If you want to blame, it's just your luck. ”

Xu Yan glanced at the Chenyang Sect disciple whose life and death were unknown with a calm expression, and made an extremely rare sarcastic remark, and then he no longer hesitated, and turned around to walk in the direction of the remaining two stalagmites.

He didn't plan to spend the night here, since even the disciples of the Chenyang Sect had appeared in this area, he had roughly guessed that the disciples of the other two major Sword Sects should have surpassed him on the itinerary, so he had to have a chance to catch up with them only by hurrying overnight, and as for whether he could catch up in the end, he could only resign himself to fate.

However, just as Xu Yan was about to raise his feet and leave, he heard an exclamation of "ah" very clearly in his ears.