[Ancient Sword II] Morning Light Shadow

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Xi woke up earlier than Chu Qi. There was no other reason. The ground was cold and hard, and she was a little uncomfortable near the campfire with a blanket.

I'm used to it... Shen Xi has a pair of dark circles under her eyes, and deeply despises herself.

Just as Shen Xi packed up the blankets and sleeping bags, Chu Qi also got up. He felt very remiss in the fact that he woke up later than Second Miss Shen.

Although Chu Qi really wanted to do something to make up for his mistakes, Shen Xi insisted not to let him make breakfast. As a result, Chu Qi was even more disappointed.

The feeling of loss lasted until he continued on the road for an hour, Chu Qi finally found a chance to show his ability to act.

Shen Xi was wearing too many clothes and it was difficult for her to move around, and the road conditions in front of her were steeper than the one she walked yesterday...Maybe the original eight-day round trip was not enough time.

Chu Qi felt that something had to be done at this time.

"If you go forward like this, you will go back and forth in eight days, and the time may be tight." Chu Qi rarely suggested in a tactful way, "It's better to speed up."

"What can you do?" Shen Xi is not stupid, since Chu Qi said that, he probably has already thought of an idea.

Chu Qi was also unambiguous, and rearranged the backpacks of the two of them, completely light and simple.Because it has been a day, the amount of food is a little less, and some of the things that Chu Qi threw away, the weight of the luggage has been reduced by nearly one-third. It was empty, and even Chu Qi’s bag was a lot lighter.

It's really simple and practical to the extreme... Shen Xi silently looked away, and Chu Qi's tossing made her feel like she was carrying a bunch of waste products yesterday to do useless work.

"...Give me some luggage."

Shen Xi's skin is not thick enough to be lazy with an empty bag on her back, throwing all the burden to Chu Qi.

Seeing that the little girl was so angry that she thought she was covering up well, Chu Qi held back her smile and put the food into Shen Xi's backpack.The dried compressed biscuits are very light in weight, and they are consumed every day, so Shen Xi won't have to spend too much effort.

Even so, walking on a mountain road that was more bumpy than yesterday, no matter how reluctant Shen Xi was, she couldn't stop herself from rolling down the mountain like a ball of fluff...Basically, Chu Qi's hand never left the back of her neck .

If it weren't for thinking about not being too ostentatious in other people's territory, Shen Xi would have summoned Gu worms to travel instead. Anyway, Gu skills don't need to use spiritual power, and they won't be rejected by Bu Zhoushan's barrier.

"The road ahead is too steep and dangerous, Miss Ruoxi can trust your subordinates..."

Holding Miss Shen Er who almost rolled down the mountain by the back collar again, Chu Qi looked at the steamed bun face and suggested calmly.

"Can I be transported by my subordinates?"

"...Transportation?" Shen Xi turned her head and looked at the narrow stone path connecting the two ends of the cliff like a line, "It doesn't look solid... let's take a detour."

Chu Qi shook her head: "It's okay."

As soon as the words fell, Shen Xi felt a lightness on his shoulders. Chu Qi took off the backpack and tied it to the big backpack behind him with a rope. Then his figure suddenly lowered, and the eyes of the two were almost at the same level.

The next moment, Chu Qi's left arm had already embraced Shen Xi's back knee, and with a little force, he picked up the girl who was not even close to his chest.

The little girl suddenly lost her balance and subconsciously grabbed something at hand.After she stabilized her body, she realized that she was sitting in Chu Qi's arms, with her upper body leaning on his left shoulder, um, her two arms were wrapped around Chu Qi's neck.

Adults will never understand the pain of Lori's height... Shen Xi thought angrily while tugging at the fluff on Chu Qi's collar.

Stepping on a stone path about two feet wide, there is a bottomless valley below. The bitter wind howls up from the deep valley, diverts from both sides of the stone path that stretches for several miles, and rushes straight to the sky without stopping. .

This situation gave Chu Qi the illusion of walking between two walls formed by air currents.

However, the wall beside him makes him feel that if there is a substantial wall, its essence is still the air that cannot be seen or grasped. If he is negligent due to illusion, a wrong step will lead to a bottomless abyss.

What's more, there is a little girl in his arms who is more important than his own life.

At this time, the little girl sitting in his arms has already attracted all the attention of the fluffy tail behind him.

The wind in the canyon blows upwards, and the fluffy tail moves with the air current, almost taking away the soul of Second Miss Shen.It is conceivable that if it wasn't for the limited length of the tail, it would have been grabbed by Shen Xi's paw and played with in various ways.

Can only look but not touch too tormented!

Shen Xi thought sadly, resting her chin on Chu Qi's shoulder, and then rubbed the fluff on his neck. The warm and fluffy touch instantly healed Shen Xi's pain caused by not being able to touch the fur tail. sorrow.

So she got excited and rubbed harder.

It's not the first time that Chu Qi finds that his strength has improved, although the previous few times he was rubbed by a little rabbit in his dream instead of like now...

It doesn't matter if you are distracted or want to do something else, in any case, go through this hanging stone path first, and then think about other things.

When he saw the end of the stone path, Chu Qi was relieved for a while, and was about to call Shen Xi, but when he turned his head, he found the little girl leaning on his shoulder, already asleep, and the faint bruises in his eyes had not faded away.

Carrying weight is not a problem, so... Thinking of Shen Xi's insomnia the night before, Chu Qi decided to maintain the status quo and continue on his way.

The road after the stone path is full of jagged and strange rocks. Although you don't have to worry about slipping, you can't go anywhere.Chu Qi felt that it was the right decision not to wake up Shen Xi.

While thinking, he crossed the rocky road, grabbed the rough tree vines with one hand and climbed up the cliff. After a few jumps, he easily left behind the pass blocked by boulders.

The road ahead is much easier than yesterday, but at this time Chu Qi is not planning to wake Shen Xi up, on the one hand, the little girl walks too slowly, and he will walk faster instead, on the other hand...

Turning his head slightly, the sleeping face reflected in his eyes was quiet and peaceful, revealing a feeling of peace of mind.

Without any precautions, just leaning on his shoulder to fall asleep, does it mean that Shen Xi's trust in him has reached the point where there is no need to hold back?

Moreover, the round cheeks look really easy to pinch.

With his right hand, he wiped off the dust and dirt on the fluff of the robe, and then touched Shen Xi's face in a mysterious way. Seeing that she didn't respond, he pinched it tightly... It really felt good.

The little girl snorted in a daze, shook her head, but did not open her eyes.

Seeing this situation, Chu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and decided to switch sides.

Then he heard an ahh, his fingers were bitten, the tips of the teeth pressed against his knuckles, and he rubbed them hard.

"..."

Chu Qi tried several times, but couldn't find a way to pull out his finger without waking Shen Xi up, so he had to give up.It was also fortunate that the road ahead was fairly flat, and there was no place to climb, otherwise he would have no free hands, and he could only sit in a daze and wait for Shen Xi to wake up.

Before I knew it, it was time for dinner, and it happened that Second Miss Shen's sleep had been replenished, and her stomach was hungry, so she became conscious.

The little girl covered her mouth and yawned, twisted her body, jumped out of Chu Qi's arms, blinked her eyes, rubbed her lightly a few times, and finally caught focus.

"What happened to your hand?"

She didn't realize at all that there was something wrong with sleeping on Chu Qi's shoulder, "The fingers are so red... caught by a stone?"

Chu Qi looked away calmly: "Thank you Miss Xi for your concern, it's just a little red and swollen, it's nothing serious."

Hearing this, Shen Xi glanced at him inexplicably, and took out the medicine powder for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: "We can't use spells to treat it, so you can apply the medicine yourself."

After a small episode, the two decided to eat something casually and continue on their way.

Now it is very close to the intended destination. After all, the ten Zhanwu slags and the Second Miss Shen added up, and the speed of the journey is not half that of Chuqi.

The next road is much easier than yesterday. Shen Xi slept for most of the morning, and now she is full of energy. After lunch and rest for a while, she is full of energy and ready to go on the road. The lazy energy when Qi's shoulders were on the ground.

Although he really didn't want to dampen Miss Shen Er's enthusiasm, Chu Qi still told the little girl honestly that it would be faster for him to travel instead.

——Even in the road conditions in the morning, with luggage for two and a little loli, he still walked half of the way.The art of light body does not simply refer to spells, which cannot be performed instantaneously at this time, but also light work.

No matter how unwilling Shen Xi is to admit it, the facts still cannot be changed. She is a war scum who can't even walk much better than others... When she calculated the itinerary earlier, she used her own speed as the standard. The seven-one comparison and the verdict were simply too horrible to look at.

As a result of accepting the facts, Second Miss Shen sat in the arms of Chu Qi without any sense of shame, and continued to rest on his shoulder.

As the surrounding scenery recedes rapidly and the altitude continues to rise, the trees with thick roots gradually disappear, replaced by slender and weak plants like southern trees, and there is ice-cold running water flowing through the forest without any sign of freezing.

If it wasn't for the snowflakes in the sky, the fur wrapped around his body to keep out the cold, and the white mist exhaled from his mouth and nose, Shen Xi almost thought he was in Weiyang area.

But think about it carefully, since entering Buzhou Mountain, have you seen few scenes that violate the laws of nature along the way?This place is the remains of the ancient times, and the miraculous place is far more than the outside world, so it is not surprising that it is so beautiful.

Just thinking about it, Chu Qi had already stopped.

"The piece in the distance should be Muhe Forest."

In the lower realm, Muhe is a legendary tree with huge ears of rice, which no longer exists in the world. In fact, Muhe and rice seeds account for a large proportion of the grains commonly used in winemaking in Liuyue City. Muhe stalks can also be used to boil sugar. This tree-like grass plant is something most people in Liuyue City are very familiar with.

According to the book, ice silkworms like to eat fresh woodgrass leaves that grow with the leaves facing north and have been frosted for more than a year, and they only inhabit branches that are at least one foot above the ground. After eating, they often form black cocoons hanging from the petioles. And down, swinging in the wind like a pendulum, speeding up digestion in this way.

Shen Xi has domesticated ice silkworms for many years, so he is naturally familiar with their habits. When he went to the side of the Hemu Forest and looked up, he found a few spots that fit the habitat habits of ice silkworms. The black silk seems to be left after the pendulum of the silkworm cocoon.

According to Shen Xi's instructions, Chu Qi spread a gray medicinal powder on the branches of the saplings with silk hanging down, and when she turned her head, she saw the little girl trying to tiptoe, reaching out to pick a short sapling. of rice.

I was eating dry food yesterday and this morning, and I couldn't hold it when I saw fresh food... Chu Qi felt that he seemed to understand Miss Shen Er's mood.

Then Chu Qi remembered another thing, seasoning or something, he threw it away before departure in the morning...

So he turned around with a guilty conscience and went to pick the rice seeds from another tree, pretending not to see Shen Xi's bulging bun face.

As a qualified senior foodie, it is not enough to just know how to eat, but also to be able to cook.During the short period of time when Chuqi was deceiving her ears, Shen Xi had already found the wood grain with the thickest trunk in the vicinity, took out a knife and cut open the outer skin of the stem to collect the sap with a light and sweet taste, and the washed rice seeds Boil together in a pot, the finished product tastes glutinous and glutinous, a bit like cooked water chestnut.

Well, even if you are angry, you will remember to ask him to eat... Chu Qi bit a chestnut-sized rice, thinking silently, at least, this is also a sign that Second Miss Shen is paying more and more attention to him, right?

After lunch, the Muhe branch that had been smeared with medicinal powder also moved. Second Miss Shen unceremoniously climbed onto Chu Qi's back, directed him to climb the tree, then put on her gloves, and carefully pinched a tree Throw the writhing fat silkworm into the prepared Gu jar.

Looking at Shen Xi with a contented smile, Chu Qi decided not to remind her of the fact that she is still hanging on his back now, the little girl who can draw inferences from others is really cute... But if she is hanging on his back in the future, It's not convenient to pinch your face.