to blame

It's still the same road as when we came here, a narrow stone step between the thick shades, going up for a while, then down for a while, and it's hard to see which direction it leads to.

Ming Xia thought for a while and then gave up.

The realm of monsters is originally different from the outside world, so trying to distinguish directions here is purely exhausting.Maybe the monster didn't figure it out when it constructed this illusion.

"What does the aquatic world mean?" Ming Xia quietly asked Qingqiu, "Is that the river?"

Qingqiu didn't quite understand, "The entire Xishan Great Formation doesn't count the lakes and waterfalls in the deep mountains. There is only one big river like Xixin River."

Ming Xia remembered the metaphor of the "Layer" in Nanjiang, or the "Aquatic Realm" is the demon-sealing formation superimposed on the Xixin River, right?All those monsters who were sealed in the Xixin River were actually trapped in the aquatic world.

Ming Xia touched Qingqiu, and said with a little sigh: "The person who can lay out such a large formation is really awesome."

Qingqiu didn't take this statement seriously, "What's so awesome about this, don't you humans say that you have a specialization in art? I think you are quite awesome, making so many bits and pieces, and then putting them together, hey , it becomes a weapon!"

Ming Xia couldn't help laughing.

Qingqiu's statement gave him a feeling of "so it was".This is a world he doesn't understand at all, so he has a sense of inscrutability in everything he sees. In fact, it is also a difficult thing, and it is not difficult for those who know it.

The people who set up the formation made small demon sealing formations one by one, which is like Ming Xia making various parts.

Stacking up the small demon-sealing formations and arranging them into a large Xishan formation is like assembling parts in Mingxia, arranging every small component in the most suitable and most effective position.

Then debug, improve, and finally take shape.

Ming Xia kissed Qingqiu on the head, "Qingqiu, you are really an angel!"

Qingqiu rolled his eyes twice, "This is a compliment to others, isn't it?"

Ming Xia nodded, "Yes. Praise a person for being smart, cute, and good-hearted."

Qingqiu was a little bit shy, "Hey, it's so-so, and...it's not that good."

Ming Xia was amused by its tiny appearance, "I forgot to mention one more thing, it's also extraordinarily beautiful."

Qingqiu was not dizzy by his flattery, he looked down at his black hair, and said with some melancholy: "Oh, how beautiful is this look..."

Ming Xia touched it, "Don't you already have points? It won't be long."

Qingqiu rubbed against the back of his hand and sighed, "Actually, seeing these same kind in the big formation makes me feel quite uncomfortable. I have also been imprisoned, and I know what it feels like not to be free."

Ming Xia didn't know how to comfort it, so she could only touch its little head again.

"Ming Xia, do you think I'm a traitor to the demon clan? I'm obviously a demon, but now I'm helping the demon commander, and what I'm doing is to deal with the demon clan... When that guy looked at me just now, his eyes were this means."

"I think you're overwhelmed." Ming Xia held its wings up to her eyes as if holding a child, "Let me think about it, how should I tell you about this issue."

Qingqiu was held up by him obediently, his round eyes blinked, and he waited patiently for him to give an explanation that didn't cut corners.

"You also said that there are good people in people, and there are good monsters in monsters, right?" Ming Xia saw it nodding, and then continued: "Then can we just discuss things as they are, and can we not mention the difference between humans and monsters?"

Qingqiu opened his mouth wide, "...what do you mean?"

"That is to say, it doesn't matter whether you are a human or a monster, it only depends on what you have done. For example, when you were concentrating on your studies, no one arrested you, right? Later they arrested you because you did something wrong, right?"

Although I don't know what wrong Xiao Qingqiu did back then.

Qingqiu nodded sadly.

"You will be locked up, not because you are a demon, but because you made a mistake." Ming Xia hugged it into his arms and touched it, "Of course you will be punished if you do something wrong. It's the same as being a human or a demon." It doesn't matter."

Qingqiu took a few steps back and forth on his arm.

"In the same way, the demons here are locked up because they have done wrong things and are harmful to society." Ming Xia thought for a while, "Didn't it mean that all living beings are equal? ​​Since they are equal, then don't talk about species, just look at the right Wrong. Humans who have made mistakes are locked up in human prisons, and demon races who have made mistakes will naturally have their own prisons. It’s as simple as that.”

So don't foolishly say that traitors are not traitors.

"I can't see that you are such a little guy, you'd rather label yourself." Ming Xia squeezed its little paw, "You're thinking too much, young man."

Qingqiu rubbed his fingers, his voice choked up, "You always think I'm very nice...I'm still a criminal."

Ming Xia couldn't laugh or cry.I thought I could coax it well, but I didn't expect that the more I coaxed it, the more sad it became.

Criminals or something, Ming Xia thought to himself, how to coax them this time.

"If you make mistakes, you will be punished by the country and the law. Since I met you, you have been law-abiding and have never done anything unacceptable. When we were not acquainted, you tried your best to save me. So in my impression Here, you have always been beautiful." Ming Xia thought to herself, the words are so true, sincere and true, so I should laugh this time, right?

Then he found out...

Qingqiu cried.

Ming Xia's hairs stood on end.

He found out that Qingqiu was really crying.

It wasn't the kind of coquettish humming and chirping, but silent tears, and the soft fur around the eyes was wet with tears.

Ming Xia began to feel distressed, "Don't... anything else..."

Qingqiu cried silently for a while, then lowered his head and rubbed his face on Ming Xia's sleeve.It seemed to have made up its mind, looked up at Ming Xia intently and said, "When we get out of here, I will tell you the ins and outs of my arrest."

It was the first time Ming Xia saw it look so serious, and nodded quickly, "Okay. Actually, I won't talk about it..."

"Speak." Qingqiu's attitude is very insistent, "Even if you will find it disgusting, I will tell."

Ming Xia touched it, "Okay."

"You always think I'm so good and so good," Qingqiu blinked his eyes, and the little round bean eyes began to glisten again, "Actually, there is no..."

Ming Xia lost his temper because of such a tearful little thing, "I like you from the beginning, you are willing to confess to me your past, your privacy, I can only be happy, how could you dislike me? Let me tell you about my past too? It’s mainly about going to school and going to work, it’s quite boring, I’m afraid you won’t like to hear it.”

Qingqiu thought to himself, what's the difference, Ming Xia is not a criminal.

But there is no need to rush this matter, after all, they are still in the territory of monsters.The habit that Qingqiu has developed since childhood is to find a clean and comfortable place when talking about things, prepare tea, and sit down to talk in a serious manner.

Standing casually on the side of the road with a cigarette in your mouth and chatting, that is the way modern people talk about the mountains, not the way people of that era talked about things.

One person and one bird walked along the stone path silently. After an unknown period of time, they found that they had returned to the original place: the top of the stone slope that they climbed up at the beginning.

Down the slope is a mighty herd of buffaloes, and the smoke and dust from their running rises up half a sky high.

No one can be seen on the front and back of the slope, only a narrow stone step leads to an unknown distance along the back of the rock.

Ming Xia waited on the top of the slope for a while, and saw that the herd of buffaloes under his feet had an unceasing posture. He was a little suspicious that this was actually some kind of illusion created by the monsters, so he hugged Qingqiu and began to walk down the mountain along the stone steps .

In his opinion, waiting is definitely not the way to go. It would be a bad idea to walk along the stone steps and then go back to the lake. By the way, it would be good to talk to that elegant young man.

The mountains are silent, the breeze blows past, and the rustling of bamboo forests can be heard in the distance.

Faint cloud shadows drifted across the stone steps, piece by piece, agile and light, as if they were living individuals.

Ming Xia walked down the steps with his head down, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.Since entering the southern peak of Leather Face Mountain, the sky above has always been covered with a layer of gray mist.

In Young Master's illusion, there was a gentle wind and light rain, and there was no such scene... as if a strong wind passed by high in the sky, blowing away pieces of clouds.

Ming Xia raised his head, the reflection of the sky was reflected in the pupils of his eyes, groups of red, yellow and purple floral cloths floated lightly over his head.At first glance, it looks like a few women's clothes floating down the clear river.

But Ming Xia quickly realized that it wasn't floral cloth or anyone's clothes, because the feeling of drifting with the waves was really not like a lifeless thing like floral cloth or a dress.

They were more like goldfish, a kind of beautiful ornamental fish, swimming lightly and freely in the water waves, and their tail fins bloomed above his head like flowers.

From a bottom-up perspective, Ming Xia couldn't see their appearance clearly, but it was hard for him not to pay attention to their posture, it was a swimming feeling, alive and undeniable.

Ming Xia picked up Qingqiu, touched its small head, and signaled it to whisper to her, "Demon?"

Qingqiu opened his mouth dumbly, "I don't know. I used to live in the mountains."

Ming Xia simply took out his notebook and drew this strange creature.

Schools of colorful fish swam over them, as if there was a river there that they could not see in summer.Ming Xia once again thought of the "layers" that Nan Jiang mentioned.He was somewhat thankful that the fish hadn't noticed them.Judging from Ming Xia's experience in just a few days, those who can be imprisoned in the Demon Sealing Formation are not good people.

Qingqiu also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, there is no danger."

Ming Xia's heart skipped a beat, "Tell me, they didn't see us, could it be because of that blue feather?"

Qingqiu even forgot about this.Hearing what he said, he realized, "That's right, that guy said that the Qingluan clan is the nemesis of the aquatic world."

They entered the mountain to avoid the most unfavorable section of the road by the river, but whether the rest of the road is really safe enough is still uncertain.If this feather is really effective, Ming Xia thought, it will really help them a lot.No wonder that person would put forward such a condition.

"Let's go," Qingqiu gently pushed his chin, "Let Nanjiang and the others do the bargaining."

Ming Xia nodded, "You're right."

At the end of the stone steps is a dense bamboo forest.

Ming Xia was a little confused, it was different from the scenery they saw when they walked over for the first time.A bay stream flows by the edge of the bamboo forest, meandering to the distance.

Ming Xia hugged his little friend and walked forward step by step along the direction of the creek.

At the end of the bamboo forest is a gentle hillside. Down the slope is a mighty river. There are fairy trees with whirling branches and leaves growing beside the river. The wind blows the long branches, and the fine flowers are flying all over the sky.

This is the flat land where they rested before entering the mountain.

Under the hillside, a few people in camouflage training uniforms were lying or sitting, all of them looked dusty and embarrassed.

When Ming Xia saw her companion, the first thing she felt was relief, and then what came to her heart was a strong...fear.

He turned around to look at the bamboo forest where he came, only to find that behind him was the foggy valley where they entered the mountain—everything they had experienced before seemed to be just an illusion, and they hadn’t actually had time to enter.

The first person to see Ming Xia was Bai Ying. He threw away the half-laden biscuit in his hand, and rushed over crying, "Where did you two go...you fucking scared me to death..."

Tang Xun, Li Youran and others also surrounded him one after another, patting shoulders and snoring hair. When they finally dispersed, Nan Jiang squeezed in again, stretched out his hand to hug Ming Xia, and patted him hard.

Qing Qiu got out from Ming Xia's collar, spread his wings and flew up.It found that seeing these companions again, it was actually very happy in its heart.

It has always regarded them as cell bosses, but at this moment, seeing the surprised expressions on their faces, it feels that they seem to it...not just cell bosses, but also something else.

Qingqiu stopped on Ming Xia's shoulder, and immediately stretched out countless paws to touch its head.

Li Youran also sighed in a tone of lingering fear, "I'm so small, I'm afraid that I'll leave you somewhere when I'm running around, in case I'm trampled on by a bull... It's okay, it's okay, they're all back .”

Qingqiu hesitated for a moment, and resisted not to dodge.

Although they fumbled around and made it a little unsteady, but this feeling... seems not bad?