Honghuang on the tip of the tongue

Dabai "disappeared" again, oh no, to be precise, it should be "returning to the mountains".

Anyway, that's what Rong Ze said.

Fei Yi wondered why there was no trace of sadness on Rong Ze's face this time, thinking that when he had to be separated from Dabai for a short time because he was going out, he was depressed for a long time.

Rong Ze replied like this: "Dabai has grown up, so it's normal for him to want to go out for a walk, isn't it?"

It makes sense for Fei Yi to think about it. If it were him, he wouldn't be able to endure living under the wing of his parents all his life, how boring it would be.

"Dabai is doing well, he really deserves to be an ancient beast!" He praised.

Rong Ze almost burst out laughing, bit his lip hard, and tried to hold back.

He thought, thanks to Yuanshi's absence, if he heard this, he might never touch alcohol in his life.

——It was only then that he realized that Yuan Shi would involuntarily transform into Lu Wu Beast when he was drunk.

Yes, it's pretty cute.

Dabai's question had a happy ending, but the atmosphere between Yuan Shi and Rong Ze became a little strange.

In fact, Rong Ze accepted the matter of being "deceived" calmly. At most, he discovered another side of Tianzun, and thought it was cute.

But Yuan Shi obviously didn't think so.

Rong Ze brought him food, and when he arrived at the gate of Yuxu Palace, he was stopped by Xianhe Tongzi, who either said that Tianzun had something to go out, or that someone came to look for Tianzun, and he was not available to see him for the time being.

After doing this two or three times, Rong Ze understood that Yuan Shi was deliberately avoiding him.

Faced with this rather childish behavior, Rong Ze had no choice but to be amused, so he had to ask Xianhe Boy to help pass over the food box.

He didn't believe it anymore, Yuanshi avoided him, so why not eat what he made?

The food box was sent to Yuan Shi in time, and he stared at the food box for a long time, but finally chose to open it.

He was taken aback.

This is a box full of exquisite pastries.

Osmanthus cake, white in color, soft and delicate, sprinkled with sweet-scented osmanthus flowers marinated in sugar, like gold powder sprinkled on white snow.

The shape of jujube flower cake resembles a blooming flower. The "flower heart" is dotted with red dots, and the "petals" are neatly arranged and stretched out. Each petal is decorated with fillings made of jujube paste.

Mung bean cake is covered with thousands of layers of meringue. Under the golden and crispy skin is delicate and sweet mung bean paste.

……

Every dim sum here can be named by Yuan Shi, because he has eaten all of them.

Either as Dabai, or in the name of Yuanshi Tianzun.

His lips moved, hesitant to speak.

After a while, he picked up a piece of hawthorn cake and put it in his mouth. The sweet and sour taste stimulated his taste buds and stimulated his nerves, stretching to his heart.

Suddenly, he moved.

With a strong hand, the piece of amber-colored hawthorn jelly was torn apart, revealing a bundle of paper strips.

The note unfolded slowly, on it was a familiar handwriting, with a word: "Secret".

Rong Ze has been learning to write divine prose recently, this is a new habit he developed after returning from Qingqiu Nine-Tailed Fox Country.

That time in Nine-Tailed Fox's Book Collection Pavilion, he found that he didn't understand the words in the book at all, and decided to make up for it after learning from the painful experience.

In modern times, due to family factors, he was forced to drop out of school to work after finishing junior high school.Now he finally had the opportunity to study again. He studied very seriously, and he could basically write and recognize Honghuang's commonly used characters.

The note was in his handwriting.

Yuan Shi frowned slightly, thinking of something, picked up another piece of jujube yam cake, and broke it open again.

This time it is the word "keep".

All the cakes were broken apart, some had words, some didn't, Yuan Shi arranged these words together and combined them into a sentence: "Don't worry, I will keep the secret."

Yuan Shi was stunned, he didn't expect that Rong Ze would convey his heart to him in this way, let alone that Rong Ze had completely guessed his thoughts.He had mixed feelings for a moment, like knocking over a five-flavor bottle, the taste was richer than the piece of haw jelly he ate just now.

His fingertips gently stroked those delicate handwriting, his eyes were focused and obsessed.

A soft "OK", spread out in the air very quickly, mixed with the sweet aroma of pastries, filling every corner of Yuxu Palace.

……

The empty food box was sent back to Rong Ze, and the crane boy who was in charge of running errands passed on a message: "Tianzun said, the dim sum is delicious. Also, he said thank you."

Rong Ze's eyes lit up instantly.

Yuan Shi avoided seeing him, but in desperation, he had no choice but to come up with such a way to pass the letter through cakes.

So, Tianzun has figured it out?

"Brother Rong, what did you think of? You are smiling so happily." Huang Long patted his shoulder heavily, waking him out of his own thoughts.

"No, it's nothing." If you promise to keep it secret, then you must keep your word.

He thought Huang Long was here to eat, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry Brother Huang Long, you're a step late, and the snacks are all gone."

"Oh, I didn't do it for this." Old Huang Long blushed, coughed dryly, and put on a serious expression, "Do you know that something big happened in Buzhou Mountain!"

***

Speaking of Buzhou Mountain, I am afraid that no one in the prehistoric world knows it.It is transformed from the backbone of Pangu, located in the center of the prehistoric world, and is the most special existence among the "five mountains and four poles".

It is said that at the beginning, Buzhou Mountain was complete, standing on top of the world, and was called "Tianzhu" by the ancient creatures in awe.

At that time, it was the era when witches and witches ruled the world together, and the witches lived at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.

Once, the big witch Gonggong accidentally fell drunk and bumped into Buzhou Mountain. The sky and the earth turned pale in an instant, and only half of the "Pillar of Heaven" that once supported the sky and the earth remained.

Losing support, the sky tilted to the northwest, the earth fell to the southeast, the sun and the moon shifted, the stars turned upside down, the Milky Way poured down, and the flood was a vast ocean!

In the end, Liu Shuzhou found his godmother, Nuwa, and refined the five-colored stones to mend the sky, which stopped the flood.

But the terrain of Honghuang has changed since then, and Buzhou Mountain has become half missing.

Since that time, Buzhou Mountain has been specially protected, for fear of another accident, another flood will erupt and the lives will be devastated.

From the Heavenly Court of the Monster Race to the current Heavenly Court, Buzhou Mountain has always been heavily guarded by soldiers.

After the outbreak of the beast horde, the Heavenly Court took stricter defenses and sent Princess Longji to lead the Heavenly Court's elite to suppress the beast horde.

Because of this, compared with Siji and several other sacred mountains, the situation near Buzhou Mountain has always been relatively stable.It can be said that this place is safer than most areas in Honghuang.

However, according to Murphy's Law, often times, what you are afraid of will happen.

Bu Zhoushan was hit again!

According to the news Huang Long heard, it was a rare and ordinary night. For some reason, several guards on Buzhou Mountain suddenly slammed into Buzhou Mountain. Don't die.

Fortunately, these guards were quickly stopped by other guards, causing only a small area of ​​mountain collapse, which would not lead to the tragedy of the year.

Rong Ze was shocked: "Could it be that these guards are also drunk?"

In view of the precedent of Yuanshi turning into a Luwu beast as soon as he was drunk, it is not impossible for him to understand those weird drunken behaviors now.

Huang Long shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation, the Heavenly Court has blocked this matter."

This is done to prevent people from floating and causing panic.

"But I heard..." Halfway through Huang Long's speech, his face suddenly changed, like a radio whose pause button was suddenly pressed, and the sound suddenly disappeared.

"?" Rong Ze turned his head in confusion, startled, "Tianzun, why are you here?"

I don't know how long Yuan Shi has been standing there, with an indifferent expression and deep eyes.

Huang Long was sweating like rain. After all, he was caught on the spot for talking nonsense, so it's not a glorious thing.

I didn't want Yuan Shi to look at him without even looking at him, and walked straight to Rong Ze, staring at him with smoky purple eyes, and said, "Come with me."

"Where are you going?" Rong Ze was confused.

"Buzhou Mountain."

***

On the way there, Rong Ze learned from Yuan Shi that what happened in Buzhou Mountain this time was more serious than what Huang Long described.

Because those guards didn't make trouble after being drunk, but went berserk!

Compared with ordinary beasts, ascetics have much stronger "resistance" to the chaos, not to mention that the guards sent to Buzhou Mountain are all elites among the heavenly soldiers and generals, and they also drank the "preventive medicine" prepared by Tongtian. It is safe to say, but the chance of infection is also much smaller.

But they were still mad.

To make matters worse, no one knows what the source of infection is.There are always people patrolling and guarding the area of ​​Buzhou Mountain, and the possibility of encountering wild beasts is extremely low.

Heavenly Court really had no other choice, for fear that the source of infection would continue to spread, causing more and more guards to go berserk, fearing that they would collapse internally before the beast tide attacked, so they decided to seek help from Chanjiao.

Just listening to Yuan Shi's description, Rong Ze felt that it was scary enough, and when he arrived at Buzhou Mountain, he felt the tense and suffocating atmosphere even more.

The procedures for entering the mountain alone have been checked three times.

Knowing that they were coming, Long Ji specially sent someone to greet them. According to the young man named Tai Hong, this was because Yuan Shi was a saint and had to be replaced by ordinary soldiers. If he wanted to enter and exit Buzhou Mountain, he had to check his identity at least five times.

Rong Ze clicked his tongue: "So strict?"

Taihong smiled wryly: "Earlier, I was almost mixed into Buzhou Mountain by a wild beast that was only good at illusion, and there was a lot of trouble. Since then, if you want to enter Buzhou Mountain, you have to pass through layers of checkpoints. This time, something happened in the mountain. Doubt Some wild beasts from outside the mountain took the opportunity to sneak in and infect those brothers who were ill. Her Royal Highness has issued an order to strictly prevent such an accident from happening again."

Rong Ze thought to himself: What if the "cause of disaster" doesn't come from outside?

The thought flashed through his mind, and his concentration was quickly interrupted.

Tai Hong led them to a house made of stones, and said: "Tianzun, Your Highness, we are here, and those brothers will be locked inside."

This stone house was originally left by the Wu tribe.

The Witch Clan does not cultivate souls but only the physical body, so all of them are strong and strong, and it is no problem to knock down a beast with one punch. The houses they live in are also extraordinarily strong, and they are still intact after several years.

Rong Ze paused, Tai Hong asked in confusion: "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

Yuan Shi also looked over suspiciously.

"Shh." Rong Ze raised his index finger in front of his lips, then frowned slightly, "Why do I feel... so quiet?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Tai Hong's eyes, he didn't expect Rong Ze to notice the problem so quickly.

If he had some doubts and scrutiny towards the sudden return of His Highness the Crown Prince at first, then now, the last trace of disrespect in his heart has also dissipated.

He respectfully said: "Your Highness, go in and take a look and you will understand."

There is a circle of guards around the stone house, which shows how nervous Tianting is about this accident.After verifying their identities again, they were finally allowed to enter the stone house.

Just as Rong Ze was about to step in, he felt his shoulders sink, and turned his head to see that Yuan Shi's hand was resting on it.

"Tianzun?" He didn't know why.

Yuan Shi said calmly: "You follow behind the deity."

He smiled brightly, nodded vigorously, and said, "Okay."

After entering the room, Rong Ze understood what Taihong said.

Those guards infected by the air of chaos seem to be sane, and their appearance is no different from ordinary people.Seeing them approaching, they showed no signs of madness, nor yelled, but just stared at them vigilantly.

Rong Ze raised his eyebrows, immediately understood, and asked, "Is it evolution?"

The evolved berserk beast retains a certain mind, so it is more difficult to deal with than ordinary berserk beasts.

Tai Hong sighed and nodded.

Rong Ze was almost speechless, the chance of evolution beasts appearing is not high, it is very rare for everyone to evolve like this.

Yuan Shi's eyes were heavy, and he suddenly attacked one of the guards.

This person was enraged, his limbs were bound by the fairy rope and he couldn't move, so he opened his mouth, and a flame with black air spewed out from the mouth.

"What a strong power of chaos." Rong Ze said in surprise.

Generally speaking, the deeper the degree of madness, the stronger the power of chaos contained in the spell, until finally Taoism is completely replaced by chaos, and death is not far away.

But these guards should have only gone berserk for a few days, so they shouldn't have developed to this level so quickly.

Rong Ze couldn't help but ask.

Tai Hong showed a worried look, and said with a wry smile: "That's right. It's only been four or five days since these brothers discovered the madness, but their state is already similar to those of the strange beasts that have been mad for a month or two. .”

From Tai Hong's mouth, Rong Ze learned more specific circumstances on the day of the accident.

It was discovered that something was wrong with these guards a few days ago. They were all guards of the same patrol team. When they were on patrol, they suddenly went crazy and attacked Buzhou Mountain. They were finally stopped by another patrol team.

Collective madness?

Rong Ze and Yuan Shi looked at each other and asked, "Can you show me where they rested before?"

After purifying the crazy patrol soldiers, Rong Ze and his party came to their residence to investigate the situation.

Immediately after the accident, the Heavenly Court ordered the place to be sealed off, and the inside and outside were inspected. In order to prevent the air from being contaminated with chaos, everything that could be burned was burned. Except for an empty house, there was nothing left.

They got nothing.

This time without waiting for Rong Ze to speak, Tai Hong took the initiative to say: "Your Highness, I will take you to the place where their accident happened."

The location where the attack took place was also cordoned off and under strict guard to prevent further accidents.

Under Tai Hong's guidance, Rong Ze also saw the mountain that was attacked by the berserker patrols. Fortunately, the crack was not too big, and it had been re-reinforced.

When Rong Ze saw the situation, he knew that every plant and tree here had been searched thoroughly, and probably nothing unusual could be found.

"Brother Taihong, can you take us along their patrol route?" Rong Ze asked after pondering for a moment.

He thought, since the problem was not their residence, nor the location of the accident, could it be that they were on the patrol road?

Tai Hong was not very familiar with the patrol routes of those patrol soldiers, so he specially asked the patrol captain to lead the way.Unexpectedly, when the other party heard their intentions, they immediately shook their heads and said, "It's okay to take you along the road, but I'm afraid there won't be any gains."

"Why?" Rong Ze was puzzled.

Captain: "Because that's a regular route, not only them, there are several groups of patrols going there every day, but those people are all fine."

"Could it be that they strayed off course during their patrol?" Tai Hong asked.

"That's not clear." The captain spread his hands, "Let's go, the sun is about to set, let's hurry back before it's dark."

The golden bird is slanting to the west, and the tired bird is returning to the forest. Under the reflection of the setting sun, the shadows of a group of people are stretched out, like a hazy layer of fur on the cage.

As the patrol captain said, this patrol route is a regular route, and there are very few branch roads. If they really have a problem during the patrol, it is difficult to hide it from others.

Is the thread broken just like that?

Rong Ze frowned, rubbed his temples, and thought helplessly.

Before dark, they walked along the patrol route and found nothing unusual.

Rong Ze refused to give up, and the next morning, when the genius was dim, he dragged Yuan Shi along the road to explore again.

This time he paid special attention to the scene on both sides, groping inch by inch, not missing even a crack.

The hard work paid off, and it really made him discover something abnormal!

It was a hole about the size of an adult male's fist. The hole opened right at the root of the mountain wall, and was just blocked by a clump of weeds. If Ze didn't pull them one by one, no one would pay attention.

The depth of this hole is hard to tell. It is dark inside, like the eyes of a monster.

Yuan Shi touched the entrance of the cave with his hand, and his tone sank: "This cave must have appeared recently."

Rong Ze suppressed his beating heart and asked, "Is it related to those patrolling soldiers?"

Yuan Shi shook his head: "It's hard to say, you have to go in to find out."

Rong Ze was in a dilemma: "But the entrance of this cave is so small, how can we get in unless we smash the mountain wall?"

But it is impossible to break open the mountain wall. This is not Zhoushan, formed by Pangu's backbone. Who would dare to dig on the sacred mountain easily?

"You forgot, there is another option." Yuan Shi glanced at him with a half-smile.

After a stick of incense.

Rong Ze, who had shrunk down to the height of a thumb, stood in the palm of Yuan Shi's hand, staring at him with small eyes.

In this situation, Rong Ze couldn't help but want to sing: "Hold me in your hands and burn incense devoutly."

Yuanshi: "???"

The author has something to say: Yuanshi: Cut a piece of candlelight to light up Jinglun

↑The lyrics of "Love's Offering" should be known to everyone, right?

Note: It is the author's private design that Gonggong crashed into Buzhou Mountain after he was drunk.

"Shan Hai Jing Da Huang Xi Jing": "Beyond the Northwest Sea, in the corner of the Great Wilderness, there are mountains that do not fit together, so the name is not Zhou."