There are small but not negligible noises coming from outside the house, and there is still a comrade struggling in the house not to be outdone.

Cui Xiaojiu felt his head was getting bigger, and sighed, then suddenly heard Ling Jun say: "We have entered the country."

She was startled, and quickly realized: "...Entry? When?"

The so-called environment can roughly be summed up as the aggregation of spiritual power, which is stimulated under certain special conditions to form a special field independent of the world - just like Xue Ling's ice and snow palace.

Generally, when entering this kind of environment, the spiritual consciousness of outsiders will be at least slightly touched.But this time, Cui Xiaojiu didn't feel anything at all.

Ling Jun guessed, "Perhaps it started from the moment we entered the mountain."

Now that you have entered the country, you need to find a border crossing point.

The breakthrough point refers to the core, knot, or cornerstone of the entire realm. Like the ice and snow palace before, Xue Ling's core is the breakthrough point.

Where is the breakthrough point of this realm?

Cui Xiaojiu cast his eyes on Xiao Ke, but felt that it was impossible.

"It's really... completely clueless." She said with a headache.

Ling Jun suddenly said: "What if we let everything go back to the original track and let it go on?"

Back on track?

Cui Xiaojiu understood Lingjun's meaning, and hesitated: "You mean to let Xiao Ke go back? But..."

But this is too cruel for a girl who just escaped from the clutches of the devil.Even if this girl may not be human anymore, it's just that she hasn't noticed it yet.

Ling Jun didn't insist: "Then let's wait and see what happens tomorrow."

Day two.

The two of them didn't have to quarrel.

I went out to find some clues and came back. The tree house was empty, the door of Xiao Ke's room was shaken by the wind, and there was no one in the house.

Cui Xiaojiu searched inside and out, stuck at the door, and asked in astonishment, "Where did she go?"

According to Xiaoke's personality, it is impossible to take the initiative to step out of the tree house. At most, he will lie on the railing eagerly and wait for Lingjun to come back.

Unless... there is something force majeure.

She and Ling Jun said in unison: "The village."

……

Under the bright sun, the village looked as usual.

The weeds are green and the vines on the fence are bright. People are busy and fulfilling. Some go out to farm, some feed livestock at home, and some gather at the door to chat.

It was peaceful.

When Cui Xiaojiu and Lingjun stepped into the village, they immediately received a circle of vigilant or hostile eyes.

"..."

Cui Xiaojiu was already numb to this situation, so he went to find someone who seemed easy to talk to, and asked, "Do you know where a girl named Xiao Ke lives?"

The mountain man pretended to be deaf and dumb at first, but Cui Xiaojiu said all the good things, and finally let go of the mountain man: "Over there, just count three households from the entrance of the village. This family... oh, it's a crime."

Walking to the place the mountain people said, the door of this house is open, and the situation inside can be seen from the outside.

Xiao Ke sat in the corner of the entrance hall, with his head slightly lowered, under his slightly long bangs, and a pair of dark eyes, staring straight at the water tank next to him.

Cui Xiaojiu noticed that there were many bruises on her face and arms.

The hanging hands curled up slightly, Cui Xiaojiu stood at the door and whispered, "...Xiao Ke?"

She called several times before Xiao Ke moved slowly.I saw her walking over with some weird movements, raised her head, and asked in a lifeless voice without ups and downs: "Are you guests?"

This sounds a bit strange.

It was as if they had never seen each other before, like strangers.

Cui Xiaojiu thought of a possibility, and said in a hoarse voice, "Do you still remember me? Do you remember... the one beside me?"

Xiao Ke stared straight at her without saying a word.

Cui Xiaojiu knew the answer.

She stood in a daze for a moment, when the middle-aged woman from the back room came out cursing, and when she saw their faces clearly, her complexion changed, and she spat: "Where are the foreigners!"

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged woman twisted Xiao Ke's arm and dragged Xiao Ke back.

At that moment, Cui Xiaojiu almost wanted to rush in, but was held back by Lingjun.

Ling Jun whispered in her ear: "Not only Xiao Ke, everyone in this village has forgotten."

It's like going back and forth again.

The chaotic pointer was finally back on track.

Ling Jun's eyes were dark: "I have a guess."

……

Cui Xiaojiu and Lingjun hid their figures and stood quietly at the door of Ke's house.

One day passed.

They are confirming a conjecture.

People in the village talked and laughed, coming and going.

On the other side, Xiao Ke didn't come out of the house again, and could only vaguely hear the sound of some fists piercing his flesh, and muffled groans.

Cui Xiaojiu silently turned her face away.

They watched the sun sink to the west, and watched the forest swallow the sun completely.As night fell, the lights in the village went dark one by one.

The Ke family in front of them also turned off the lights, and it was dark at first glance.

The village tonight is not the same as usual.

Cui Xiaojiu was stunned: "...There is a voice."

The village at this time is just like... the real village, without the dead silence of the day before.She heard the voice of a woman scolding her child, the voice of a man beating a woman, the voice of a mother-in-law accusing the bride, and of course the snoring.

It's quite "colorful".

Cui Xiaojiu suddenly remembered what Ling Jun had said about the gathering place when he first arrived in Yashan.

This place gathers spiritual energy and even more fierce energy, so it is not suitable for living.Cultivators don't dare to wait too long, lest they get infected with demons, what about ordinary people?What about ordinary people who have lived here for generations?

I'm afraid that all the ferocity in his temperament has been aroused.

The peace during the day is a mask, and it really reflects the appearance of the village at night.

It's just... the village was still the same as the village of the dead two days ago, why is it different today?

Is it because Xiao Ke was returned?Or because of other reasons?

Just thinking about it, the door of Ke's house suddenly opened with a creak, and a black shadow came out and fell to the ground.

It's Xiao Ke.

Xiao Ke got up unsteadily, with a gloomy face, and walked towards the entrance of the village.Cui Xiaojiu suddenly noticed that she seemed to be holding something in her right hand.

The whole body is white and sharp, and through the distant lights, it reveals a bit of dazzling light.

The two stayed behind Xiao Ke.

If Ling Jun's conjecture is correct, then all these things happened in this village.

Xiao Ke walked out of the village, walked to the stream, and walked upstream along the opposite direction of the stream.She had no strength and fell down many times along the way, but she walked slowly like a tireless puppet.

Cui Xiaojiu frowned slightly: Where does she want to go and what does she want to do?what can she do

Ling Jun patted her shoulder reassuringly.

The two followed Xiao Ke all the way, walked into the mountains, and came to...a cave.

There is a deep pool in the cave, where years of rainwater has accumulated, and it is so deep that you can't see the bottom.Xiao Ke stood in front of the deep pool, turned his head to look at it for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand and threw the thing tightly held in his right hand into it.

Cui Xiaojiu murmured: "The source... We have never looked in this direction before."

It's like it was ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

It is obviously something very conspicuous. When there is no clue to progress, what a breakthrough is the end of the water source.But neither she nor Ling Jun had considered in this direction.

But it's not important to worry about these now.

They will soon see the answer to the riddle.

Xiao Ke returned to the village, floated into his home like a cold ghost, and gently closed the door.

On the second day, as usual, the villagers got up and got up, busy with farm work.

The man picked up a full load of water from the stream and poured it into his own water tank. The woman cleaned her face by the stream and took a sip. The woman cooked breakfast with the stream water...

On this day, the village in the daytime is quiet.

Those who drank the water fell asleep one by one, as if in a deep dream.

Xiao Ke didn't have breakfast, she knew what was in the water, so naturally she didn't drink it.

The whole family fell asleep.

She stood beside the middle-aged woman...that is, her mother, and tilted her head for a while.

Then she picked up the unextinguished firewood in the stove and blew it on, ran out humming, and ignited the hay beside the road, as well as the wooden railings and barns in the village...

With no one to contain it, the flames quickly ignited.

The fire licked the village, engulfing everyone in their sleep.

That's why on the first night, Cui Xiaojiu smelled burnt.

It turned out that it wasn't her illusion, the burnt smell, and the strange appearance of the villagers at night were all... traces of what had happened.

Cui Xiaojiu couldn't regain his senses, was pulled by Ling Jun, and then remembered to hide outside the village - this scene is real, and it will hurt and hurt if it is burned.

The fire burned for a long time, until the moon was high above the night, and it didn't stop.

Xiao Ke left the village after setting the fire. She sat not far away and watched quietly.The heat wave hit his face, and his cheeks were burned red.

But she seemed to be not afraid of pain, the corners of her mouth were pulled up, and against her shapeless cheeks, she looked a little scary.

——Speaking of which, this was the first time Cui Xiaojiu saw her smile.

Xiao Ke just watched the fire so quietly, his head gradually buried, and there was no sound.

Cui Xiaojiu felt complicated when she saw it. Everything happened yesterday. She couldn't comment on Xiao Ke's behavior. She didn't put herself in the shoes of others.

She just felt that something was pressing on her heart, and she was about to be out of breath.

Suddenly, his eyes went black.

Cui Xiaojiu quickly realized that it was Lingjun who blocked her eyes.

The eyelashes blinked subconsciously, and swept across the warm fingertips.

She pursed her lips and said softly, "It's okay."

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