burning lamp

Jiang Chen let go of his hand, and Xie Fengshu immediately jumped off the opponent.

This embarrassment was a bit embarrassing, even for someone as shameless as Xie Fengshu, it was inevitable that his ears would feel hot.He pretended to be calm and patted his robe, scolded Xiaoxi hundreds of times in his heart, and looked at Jiang Chen with a dry smile on his face: "I'm the one who lost my manners, I'm sorry."

Jiang Chen didn't look at Xie Fengshu again, and walked forward.Seeing that the other party didn't care, Xie Fengshu heaved a sigh of relief and followed behind, carefully keeping a distance from the flower snake in front.

Three people and one snake continued to go deep into the forest.

The next section of the road is more difficult than the one they just walked, and it can't even be called a "road"-it's full of huge rocks and cliffs, full of ancient vines.The three used spells to clear obstacles all the way. After an unknown amount of time, the flower snake turned around a mountain wall and finally stopped.

Several people followed and stopped in place, looking up.

In front of you are two closely-attached cliffs, soaring into the clouds, very close to each other. Between the two walls, there is only a small gap that barely allows one person to pass through. deep.

It is a line of sky.

The flower snake crawled to this place and then circled around, unwilling to go forward. The three of them looked at each other, and Xie Fengshu took the lead to walk deep into the gap.

The gap was extremely narrow, and they could only pass slightly sideways. The three of them followed the light and walked forward. After about a cup of tea, they passed the long and narrow stone road and arrived at the edge of a cliff.

The cliff was not wide, Xie Fengshu walked a few steps towards the edge of the cliff, and with the last remaining daylight, he could see the scene below the cliff clearly.

Under the cliff is a vast and flat basin, surrounded by mountains, with green bamboos like the sea, only in the basin are hundreds of bamboo houses of different sizes scattered here and there.

The sky had already darkened, and lights were lit in front of each bamboo house, revealing a dim yellow light.The three looked down from the cliff, and the continuous lights were like sparks falling in one corner of the sky.

Under the mountains and fields, the lights are shining, and there is no other world.

Xie Fengshu spoke softly, with a hint of surprise in his tone: "This is—"

Jiang Chen replied, "Wu Chu."

The alien race in the southwest who lived alone for thousands of years and didn't care about worldly affairs was finally shown in front of the three of them without reservation.

There was a path down the mountain on the edge of the cliff, which was covered by vegetation. The three of them went down the road, hoping to enter the village through this path.After walking a few steps, a long cry suddenly came from behind them.

The sound was loud and shrill, echoing in the valley, Xie Fengshu turned his head, only to see a white-necked black eagle on the rock by the cliff just now, flapping its wings and staring at them with fierce eyes.

Xiaoxi immediately turned her head and glanced at Yaxia: "Someone has come out."

Xie Fengshu and Jiang Chen looked at the village together when they heard the words, and as expected, just a few moments after the eagle crowed, people began to come out of each bamboo house with torches.After a while, more and more people appeared, and hundreds of torches merged into a fire dragon, all rushing towards this side.

Xiaoxi subconsciously wanted to get the long whip, but Jiang Chen said in a low voice, "No need."

Xie Fengshu and Xiaoxi turned their heads to look at him together, and Jiangchen looked up at the crowd in front of him.

"They didn't mean any harm."

Xiaoxi hesitated for a moment, but let go.

The pedestrian was very fast, the torch moved from far to near, and finally stopped four or five feet away from Xie Fengshu and the others.They were still holding scimitars or bows and arrows in their hands, looking over here carefully.

Xie Fengshu looked up and found that the leader was actually a young man.

He looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, with a bow and arrow on his back, a Chulan-colored cloth jacket, loose pants, and colorful flowers and grass patterns embroidered on the hem and cuffs, but it didn't look fancy on him.Her hair was braided into dozens of braids and tied behind her head. There was also a dark silver longevity lock around her neck, covered in silver pieces, about the size of a baby's fist, and worn on her chest with a silver ring.

The falcon on the edge of the cliff screamed, passed over the heads of the three of them, and landed lightly on the young man's left shoulder.

The boy tilted his head and whispered something to the black eagle, and at the same time patted its back, probably as a compliment.Then he raised his head and looked at the three of Xie Fengshu.

After a while, he asked, "Outsider?"

What he spoke was actually fluent Mandarin, with the coolness unique to young people, as clean as this mountain stream.

Xie Fengshu smiled at everyone, and said softly: "Little brother, the three of us lost our way in the mountains and came here by mistake, can we stay for a few days?"

The young man in front of him looked at them for a moment, seemed to let go of his guard, and turned around to yell at the people behind him.

Not far behind him, several old people gathered together to discuss a few words, then raised their heads and raised their voices and said something to the boy and the villagers.Xie Fengshu couldn't understand what they said, but saw that everyone put down their weapons and made way with torches.

The boy turned his head and smiled at the three of them, his eyes shining brightly in the firelight.

"Grandpa said that all the guests from afar are guests, so come in."

"My name is Yan Nan. Everyone in the clan calls me Anan. What's your name?"

Xie Fengshu glanced at Jiangchen and Xiaoxi, seeing that neither of them wanted to speak, so he shrugged and smiled at the young man leading the way.

"My name is Xie Fengshu, the white one is called Jiangchen, and the black one is called Xiaoxi."

Bai Jiangchen and black Xiaoxi: "..."

Yan Nan looked at the two of them curiously: "Where are you from, and what are you doing here?"

"Come to find someone." Xie Fengshu answered briefly, looking around calmly.

Probably out of fear of danger, all the men gathered with torches just now, some of them have returned to the house, and more are standing around with torches, women and children poked their heads out of the house one after another, staring at the three of them curiously look.

Their men's clothes are the same as Yannan's, but they don't have the longevity lock on their chest.The woman is also dressed in Chulan cloth, embroidered with flowers and plants, her hair is coiled behind her head, and her head and ears are covered with silver ornaments.

"Looking for someone? Looking for someone?"

Xie Fengshu looked back, paused and said: "We picked up something and wanted to find the original owner."

After picking up something, he traveled thousands of miles to find the original owner.Yan Nan immediately became respectful, and his tone was full of admiration: "You are really good people."

Xie Fengshu smiled implicitly: "It's okay."

Laughing at the back was full of coldness, and said to Jiang Chen, "Why is he so shameless?"

Jiang Chen was silent for a moment, and said, "We did find something."

Xiaoxi: "..."

"It is indeed to find the master."

Xiaoxi: "..."

Asking and answering along the way, until Yannan brought him to a bamboo house, he stopped and turned to look at Xie Fengshu: "This house has been empty for a long time, you should live here."

There is a two-story bamboo building in front of me, and downstairs is an open room without doors and windows, which is only half hidden by bead curtains.There are three rooms upstairs, the rooms are empty, each room has a bed and a set of tables and chairs, covered with a thin layer of dust.

Yan Nan scratched his head in embarrassment: "It's been too long since no one has lived here—I'll have someone clean it up for you later."

Xie Fengshu quickly waved his hand: "No, we can do it ourselves."

"Okay." Probably seeing Xie Fengshu's resolute attitude, Yannan no longer insisted, "Then you guys rest earlier."

After Yannan left, Xie Fengshu used a dust removal technique to clean the house.He looked at the window for a while, and the night wind heard the laughter of children, occasionally mixed with a few gentle scoldings from women, or hearty laughter from men.

Although Xie Fengshu couldn't understand, he could feel the lively popularity coming towards him.He put down the bamboo curtain: "I think this Wu Chu's people are simple and simple, and he really doesn't look like he can kill offspring and ghosts."

Xiaoxi raised her eyes lazily: "Why, did the murderer write the word murder on his face?"

That's right, Xie Fengshu looked at Jiang Chen, who was also looking at him, and said calmly, "Let's find someone first."

"Okay." Xie Fengshu stretched his waist, "Let's rest first, each go back to each room—"

Before he finished speaking, he heard light footsteps coming from the stairs.

Seeing that the other two were still, Xie Fengshu put down his hands resignedly, pushed the door and walked out.

The one who went upstairs was a little girl, whose stature was less than Xie Fengshu's waist, holding a bamboo plate in her hand, which was covered with a large banana leaf, and a few yellow pancakes were placed on it, emitting a slight heat.

Probably because Xie Fengshu didn't expect Xie Fengshu to open the door suddenly, the little girl was so frightened that she stopped and stood there, staring at him with wide eyes.Xie Fengshu smiled at the person, knelt down/body was at eye level with the person, and said softly: "Little girl, what's wrong?"

She looked at Xie Fengshu, summoned up the courage to speak, and stumbled in official words: "Brother said, you may...haven't eaten."

Probably because of shyness, the little girl's voice became smaller and smaller, Xie Fengshu took the pancake in her hand in time, and smiled gently at her.

"Thank you." He paused, and seeing that the other party was still a little nervous, he continued with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."

The little girl blushed, turned around and ran away quickly.

Xie Fengshu straightened up, and Jiang Chen came out first behind him.Xie Fengshu handed over the bamboo tray in his hand: "Do you want pancakes?"

Jiang Chen shook his head, turned left and entered a room.Xiaoxi also came out, before Xie Fengshu could ask, he snorted coldly: "No." Then he turned and walked towards the bamboo house at the end.

Xie Fengshu: "..." Who said I would give it to you!