Mao Tuan always wants to attack me

Bai Ya's words made the elder look serious.

"How can the people of the Demon Kingdom know the secrets in the Snow-Free Mountain?"

"There are traitors from the Demon Kingdom in the shadow guard class. Nothing is impossible." Bai Ya turned the teacup in his hand and sighed softly. "The demons are probably going to the sacred tree in the mountain."

"Ah..." The elder gasped in surprise, he slowly slid to the wooden bench and sat down, his eyes gradually emptied.

"Elder, don't be frightened." Bai Ya patted him on the shoulder, "The existence of the sacred tree is related to the lifeline of the Bai country, and we and the emperor will never sit idly by. Before we leave the snow-capped mountains, this matter must be completely settled Settle it."

Bai Shuyu, who had been silent all this time, also spoke at this moment: "Elder, don't worry. In the final analysis, no snow mountain is also the territory of my Bai Kingdom. The Demon Kingdom's ambition to extend its hand to the territory of Bai Kingdom is too inflated."

His words are plain, but between the lines there is an air of shock.The elder also calmed down because of his slow but steady words.

"Recently, there may be changes in the snow mountain. The elders should pay more attention to the surrounding situation and protect the safety of the mountain people."

"Xiao Min understands." The elder nodded solemnly.

While speaking, suddenly there was a sound of flapping wings outside the house.A snow-white bird appeared in people's field of vision. It deftly bypassed Deka by the door, landed on the small dining table, and raised a leg to Bai Shuyu.

A small scroll of paper was tied to the bird's thin leg.Bai Shuyu put down the bowl, touched lightly with his fingertips, and the scroll popped out automatically, unfolding in front of his eyes.

Hey, who is this bird?Could it be the emperor's messenger?

Mao Tuan babbled and ate the food in front of him, turned around, just in time to see the bird who delivered the letter obediently standing on the table.I saw that the bird had a small body, bright and beautiful coat color, and the blue feather crest on the top of the head was gradually changing in color, which was extremely gorgeous.While resting on the table, the bird lowered its head and carefully combed its feathers with its beak.

Mao Tuan stared intently at the bird's carefully groomed appearance, and sighed in his heart, this is really a beautiful bird!

Sensing You Dao's gaze staring at him, Bird raised his head, and saw Mao Tuan's big purple eyes looking at him, and the two eyes met.

Mao Tuan was taken aback for a moment, then stretched out his short front paw generously, waved it, and said hello: "Hulu, Hululu." Classmate Bird, you look so good-looking!

Unexpectedly, after hearing these compliments, the bird did not return the gift in a friendly way.Its long and narrow eyes scanned the furball up and down, then turned around proudly, only facing the furball's face with its snow-white tail feathers.

Hairball:? ?

What's the situation, I didn't offend anyone, did I?

Here, seeing Mao Tuan being rejected by the bird, Bai Ya couldn't help laughing.He stretched out his hand to grab the fur ball into his arms, rubbed it lightly on the dazed fur ball's back a few times: "Ha...that's the emperor's messenger bird, named Imes, a high-level spirit beast with wisdom. This kind of strange beast is naturally beautiful and proud, only a charming person like this old man can impress it. Alas..."

As he said that, he clapped his hands to Yimeisi, and said with a smile: "Imisi, long time no see, do you still remember the old man?"

But the bird just gave him a sideways glance, with a hint of disdain in its blue eyes.After flapping its wings casually twice, it hopped gracefully and walked up to the emperor.

"Uh……"

Bai Ya froze on the spot in embarrassment.When he lowered his head, he was facing Mao Tuan's silly and cute smiling face.One person and one beast stared wide-eyed.After a while, they giggled in unison.

After Bai Shuyu read the letter, her pale eyebrows were slightly frowned.With a light touch of the fingertips, the ignited flame is fleeting, burning the small paper roll in an instant.

Nightingale handed over the pen and paper in time.After Bai Shuyu finished writing on the scroll, he made a seal to seal the information in it.Nightingale took the scroll, and Emily raised her left leg cooperatively, letting him tie the scroll to it.

Bai Shuyu patted the bird's back lightly, and Yimeisi turned her head, pecked lightly on the back of the emperor's white hand, and rubbed her head affectionately.

"Let's go."

Emily let out a melodious low cry, spread her white wings, and flew towards the outside of the house.

"Snoring..." Seeing the beautiful bird leave in front of him, Mao Tuan'er grunted sullenly, which drew another merciless "□□" from Uncle Baiya.

"Hey, is Xiaotuanzi sad? It's okay, Xiaoniao ignores you, uncle loves you the most..."

"Snoring!" I think you love rubbing me the most!Mao Tuan rolled his eyes at the grinning uncle, quickly turned around, and pointed his round ass at him.

"Oh! This little hairball is pretty bad, playing a little temper?"

Bai Shuyu looked serious, and Mao Tuan and Bai Ya, who were fighting beside him, also lowered their faces.I just heard him say: "Mocheng came to report that Bai Qiming's Rongde cavalry and the army sent by the Demon Kingdom joined forces to attack the southern border. The situation on the battlefield is severe, and General Mo Chengwei is here to report the situation."

"Sure enough, the emperor waited for an opportunity to call here while he was not in Mocheng, right?" Bai Ya scratched her chin, "The emperor's whereabouts are all under their surveillance."

"It seems that I have to go to Mo City right now." Bai Shuyu pondered, "Speaking of which, I have been away for too long. I am afraid that the people outside are already unstable."

The emperor wants to rush back to sit in command of a new war, so what should we do on the side of Wuxue Mountain?

"...As for the Snow Mountain, can I ask Master to stay here for now?" Bai Shuyu turned to Bai Ya, "What is certain now is that the Demon Kingdom has already known the secret of the Snow Mountain Sacred Tree. In addition, the place that appeared at the crater Yan Molong... I have always suspected that the appearance of that magic dragon was just to guide the magic energy into the territory of Baiguo, so as to demonize the creatures on the snow mountain and other lands. The group of assassins I met last night should be just the beginning .”

Bai Ya nodded: "That's natural. I've been wandering around the snow-capped mountains, and I'm the best at familiarizing myself with the terrain."

However, it would be difficult for the uncle alone to stop a large number of demons from sneaking in.

"Xiao Yuntian, you stay here temporarily and assist Master in defending the sacred tree."

"Snoring!" Mao Tuan yelled, looking at the emperor helplessly, showing reluctance.

"The current situation is critical, and there is no room for personal feelings." Bai Shuyu comforted him for the first time, "You have been approved by the sacred tree, and the ability of the beast seal has been raised to the highest level. If you are here, you will definitely be able to get it." With the help of other beings in the snow mountain, the burden on Master can be lightened."

"Snoring..." I have to say, the emperor's words made sense.Xiao Yuntian's stay meant that he had the help of a large number of strange beasts invisibly, including the support of the Snow Spirits who were born on the sacred tree.His existence will be a great help to Uncle Bai Ya.

"Why, Xiao Maotuan is reluctant to part with the emperor?" Bai Ya tugged at the wobbly hair on the top of Maotuan's head, causing the group to tremble, "Don't worry, once we find out the source of the devilish energy, we will rush back to the emperor as soon as possible , and fight side by side with him."

Xiao Yuntian's thoughts were easily exposed, and he blushed for a while.He lay obediently on the table, not daring to make any more noise.Bai Ya patted that round body, the fluffy ball of hair trembled for a while, and murmured indistinctly.

After eating and drinking in the elder's cabin, Bai Ya packed up his luggage and prepared to leave immediately.Mao Tuan lay on the table sullenly, watching Nightingale packing the emperor's luggage, while behind him, a tall black figure was slowly approaching.

"Decka." Nightingale called him, but she didn't stop what she was doing.

The man said coldly: "Are you going back to Mo City with the emperor?"

Nightingale froze.He put down the package in his hand, turned his head and said to him: "I have already obtained the emperor's permission. After escorting the emperor safely out of the snow mountain, soldiers from the Silver Guard will come to meet him. At that time, my task will be completed."

The man stared at him closely without speaking.

After packing up, Nightingale followed Bai Shuyu to the outside of the mountain.The hairball was also rolling on the snow, and Gululu followed.Bai Shuyu has been walking in the front silently, and did not stop the series of "tails" following him.

Arriving outside Orion Village, Nightingale summons Qiju, while Mao Tuan meets his "companion" whom he hasn't seen for a long time.

"Snoring!" It's the quilt lizard, and the coiled snake!The two of them actually appear here!

"Hiss, hiss!" Seeing the hair ball, the "veteran cadre" who was standing like a stone statue at the entrance of the village suddenly became energetic.The six slender legs of the quilt lizard worked together and ran to the front of the hairball.Stretching out its front paws, it picked up the round ball of hair from the ground in one breath, and lifted it into the air.

The sudden weightlessness made Maotuan panic, and the two short legs unconsciously kicked and kicked.The quilt lizard held the ball of hair high and circled in the air, and then put its little furry body on the ground.

As soon as it landed, Mao Tuan was following his breath when he suddenly felt a chill coming from behind.Turning around, it saw a pair of narrow and cold eyes staring at itself silently, as if countless cold winds were blowing in the eyes, it couldn't help shivering.

"Hiss." The quilt lizard patted the furball's soft back reassuringly.

Since the two of them have come, does that mean that these two strange beasts are also here to help Uncle Bai Ya?The emperor once said that they are good at reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, and they are very powerful beasts.only……

Looking at the reptile's torso, Xiao Yuntian was a little worried: snakes and lizards were cold-blooded animals in their previous lives on the earth and needed to hibernate.The temperature in this snow-capped mountain is so low, and the quilt lizard is better off with a thick layer of "down jacket"-like fluff, but what about the spinner snake?When she was a neighbor in the Beast Palace in the past, the Coiled Snake was punished for ending hibernation without authorization and sneaking out to fight.

As if to respond to his thoughts, the Coiled Snake suddenly opened its mouth wide, and a ball of fire spewed out from its mouth, almost scalding the hairball's dull hair.Mao Tuan snorted, and hurriedly dodged to the back. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a cold and smug smile flashing in the circle snake's eyes.

At the bottom of the hillside, Bai Ya let go of his voice and yelled: "Little Maotuan, let's go into the mountains with the old man!"

"Snoring..." Mao Tuan ran up to Bai Shuyu.Seeing this, the emperor made an exception and squatted down. He came over and scratched the top of its head.

"Come back soon after sealing the magic source." He said, "I'm waiting for you in Mocheng."

Xiao Yuntian shook his body, holding a slender finger of Bai Shuyu with his short front paws.

Behind them, Deka's expression fluctuated imperceptibly.He glanced at Nightingale, watching the man lower his head and fiddling with the rein of the unicorn horse, without looking up at him, feeling a sense of helplessness in his heart.

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On the mountain road, two unicorns galloped fast one after the other.In the forest behind them, a black shadow followed closely behind, flashing through the forest very quickly.

After bidding farewell to Xiao Yuntian, the emperor seemed preoccupied, and he didn't say anything along the way.Nightingale also silently followed behind him, only the clattering of hooves and the rustling wind through the forest could be heard along the road.

The two arrived at the foot of the snow-capped mountain, and they were safe and sound, without encountering any obstacles.When she came out of the mountain pass, Nightingale raised her eyes and saw a hundred Silver Guard soldiers waiting silently on the hillside in the distance.Seeing Bai Shuyu appear, a sub-captain of the Silver Guard came quickly on his mount, turned over and fell to the ground in front of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the Silver Guards are here to report to take the Emperor out of the mountains and back to the city."

The team leader half-kneeled on the ground and saluted the emperor respectfully.

Bai Shuyu let him flatten his body, then turned his head to look at Nightingale.

"Master Wei, let's stop here for the time being."

Nightingale stared at him blankly, and an indescribable bitterness spread in her heart: "Your Majesty..." He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he stopped talking, and his throat felt bitter.

Bai Shuyu stretched out his left hand and patted Chief Wei on the shoulder.He said in a low voice: "Talk to Deka. Not only him, but your own knot also needs to be solved by yourself."

Nightingale lowered her head, "Your majesty, I don't know... I just want to follow the emperor. This is my only ideal in this life."

Bai Shuyu looked at him fixedly.

"I understand," he said.

"Nightingale, no matter what your wish is, no matter what path you choose to take...as long as you firmly remember your will, you will not be lost."

After leaving the last sentence, Bai Shuyu nodded to Nightingale.Seeing Nightingale's unwilling eyes, he paused, looked away, then turned and walked towards the Silver Guard's troops.The emperor stepped on the snow on the mountain road with one foot deep and one shallow foot, and his slender figure gradually receded.

Nightingale stood there in despair.Let's go and say goodbye, I don't know when and what month I will be able to return to the original position.Watching the soldiers of the Silver Guard surround the emperor and gradually move away from him, his chest suddenly felt heavy, his breathing was heavy and short, and he was almost out of breath.

"As long as you keep your will in mind, you will not be confused"... Is it true?He has always had only one ideal in mind, and that is to become the best shadow guard, guarding the emperor's side like an inseparable shadow.But now, the emperor has left him.

His eyes gradually lowered.Nightingale grabbed the skirt of her chest, feeling a sharp pain in her heart.But what right does he have to regret?A few years ago, he almost ruined another person's life because of his so-called "ideal". Now he is watching his ideal life go away, and he is just paying off the debt of the one four years ago.

He sighed softly.

"...do you regret it?"

Nightingale turned her head and met Deka's dark eyes.

"What kind of regret do you mean?"

Deka said lightly: "Now. Do you regret it now? I couldn't keep up."

Nightingale looked at him and nodded.

"Deka, I'm not going to lie to you."

"I know."

The two looked at each other and were silent for a moment.Nightingale lowered her head, but her legs seemed to be under heavy weight, making it difficult to move.

Suddenly, Deka said, "You go."

Nightingale looked up, a little surprised: "What did you just say?"

Deka stared firmly into his eyes, and said word by word: "You want to leave with the emperor, don't you? You go... This time I will not stop you, and I will not force you to follow me again."

He stretched out his hand to hold Nightingale's wrist, rolled up his black sleeves, put his two fingers together, and drew a spell on his arm.True Qi slowly flowed into the depths of his body with his touch, slowly dissolving the time-limited spell that was set before.

"Decca..."

The man just looked at him indifferently and didn't make a sound.

Nightingale suddenly felt very blocked.He looked at the man in front of him and really wanted to say something, but when he said it, he always felt powerless and hypocritical.He and Deka, perhaps empathizing with it at this moment, carefully reached out to touch it, but they couldn't ask for it.

"Then... what about you? I'm leaving, where are you going?" Nightingale asked.

"Ha. I've come here all these years by myself, it's no big deal."

Nightingale suddenly grabbed his wrist: "Decka, you are powerful and capable, why don't you go to the emperor's side with me! There must be a place for you to display your talents there."

Deka smiled wryly: "Nightingale, why are you so naive? The trip to the snow mountain happened this time, the emperor saved my life, and didn't let the elites of his silver guard charge up and tear me apart, It's already showing mercy. Do you think he would keep me, a traitor and collaborator, by his side? What's more, I almost wanted his life."

He snorted sarcastically, "The reason why the emperor let you follow me is probably because he intends to use you to spy on me. As long as you stay by my side, you will definitely not let me go after him again... Yours This is the emperor's plan!"

Nightingale fell silent.

"Okay, let's go. It's meaningless to keep you by my side." Deka looked at the blue sky and let out a sigh of relief, "As for the outside of the mountain, I can't go for the time being. The Devil Kingdom and Bai Qiming Knowing that I betrayed them, they will not let me go."

Nightingale said: "Why don't you just stay in the snow-free mountain for a while. You can come out after the storm outside subsides. Since the emperor let you go this time, he won't pursue your defection from now on."

Deka finally nodded.Nightingale stared at his profile for a while, and said softly, "Take care".Seeing that the man stared blankly at the sky and didn't respond, he patted him on the shoulder, turned around and walked down the mountain.

"Deka, I hope that after the matter is over, I can return to the Snow Mountain to see you."

Hearing the sound of Nightingale's footsteps stepping on the snow, Dika never turned around.He looked up at the high sky and watched the two flying eagles spreading their wings, circling and soaring in the air to their heart's content, he suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Let go of him and let go of yourself.Forced feelings are not sincere after all, if one day, he is willing to take the initiative to come back... maybe at that time, it will be the result he really wants.

Four years have passed, so let's wait.Have more confidence.

Thinking of this, the man who had always been as indifferent as a knife suddenly broke into a faint smile.The back of the man in the distance had disappeared into the snow, and he also turned around, heading back to the top of the mountain.

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"Fizz!"

"Snoring...?"

It was originally an adventure trip towards the crater where the magic energy leaked out, but under the play of Mao Tuan and other beasts, it unexpectedly turned into a trip to find food in the snow mountain.

Along the way, Xiao Yuntian has not been able to find anything delicious except for a few good meals at the elders' home of Orion Village.This snow-capped mountain is covered with white snow, and there are tall coniferous trees in addition to this. It seems that there is no appetite at first glance, and I don’t know where the villagers in the mountain get their food.

But it turns out that all this is just his wishful thinking.Xiao Yuntian thought that the snow mountain was boring, but in the eyes of the other two beasts who were traveling with him, the snow mountain was like a treasury containing countless treasures.

"Fizz!"

The quilt lizard quickly dug a few times in the small bushes by the side of the mountain road, and then pulled out a light yellow plant root from the ground.It took a lot of effort to pull it out from the frozen ground, held it high in the palm of its hand, and showed it off to the hairball.

Mao Tuan looked at it suspiciously.Can the wild vegetables pulled out really be eaten?

As if to confirm his doubt, the quilt lizard opened its mouth, threw the plant root in, smacked its mouth twice, and danced excitedly: "Hisss!"

While chewing with relish, he also greeted the two beasts who were onlookers, with high spirits on his face.

Bai Ya also poked his head to take a look: "Heh, isn't this the root of the fur grass? This is a treasure in the mountains, hey! If you don't eat it for nothing, dig it out!"

Hearing this, the quilt lizard was very encouraged, and stepped up to dig out a lot of fur grass roots, and distributed them to his companions one by one.

Hairball also rolled a piece of fur with his tongue and put it in his mouth.Contrary to the dry appearance, this grass root is really sweet and delicious when chewed, with a good taste.

"Alright, alright, let's move on. The old man has lived in the snow-free mountain for so many years, and there are really many good things in this mountain! Come on, let's find something to eat while walking..."

It turns out that there is no delicious food in this deep mountain, but that Xiao Yuntian lacks a pair of eyes to discover delicious food!As they walked forward, they found all kinds of small things on the side of the road, in the grass, and on tree trunks, and stuffed them into their mouths.After walking like this for a whole morning, I didn't feel tired, but ate to my heart's content.

However, the closer you get to the crater, the rarer the delicacies you can find.With less snow and less green, the quilt lizards rummaged under the stones according to the old method, but most of them found nothing.It gets frustrating.

"The spread of the demonic energy caused all the nearby creatures to flee far away, and even the vegetation could not escape." Bai Ya's face gradually became serious, "In the future, I'm afraid there will be no edible plants."

Just in case, they collected a bag of edible grass roots and leaves when they were still a certain distance from the crater, and then quickly moved towards the place where the magic energy leaked.

The day before, everyone used the magic circle to forcibly stabilize the mountain that was collapsed by the fireball of the magic dragon, but when they arrived again, the mountain was still not completely stabilized.But it was also because of this that they just took advantage of the collapsed fault to drill into the interior of the mountain, and slowly descended along the source of the magic energy.

It was very hot in the narrow mountain cracks, which was completely different from the outside snow mountain temperature, and because of the closed space, Xiao Yuntian's breathing was very difficult.The further in, the red mist visible to the naked eye faintly floats in the air.Recalling the demonization phenomenon mentioned by the elder before, Xiao Yuntian wrinkled his nose, trying to minimize the inhalation of that weird red mist.

"Crack!"

Suddenly there was a crackling sound, and the sole of Baiya who was walking in the front slipped, and the whole person fell down.There was only a bang, and the uncle let out a scream of "Aww" from below, which sounded soul-stirring.

"My God... my ass!"

Mao Tuan couldn't hold back, covered his mouth with his short paws, and laughed grinningly.After a while, a ray of light ignited from the darkness below, and then he heard Bai Ya's painful and excited voice: "The bottom of this volcano is actually empty! It's such a big hole!" He shouted at the strange beasts above: "Come down quickly and see what is so mysterious about this place?"

When the uncle called out, the beasts standing on the upper floor jumped down one after another.The quilt lizard and the coiled snake slid down slowly, but the hairball was in trouble. It was lying on the edge of the dark hole, neither moving in nor retreating.

Finally, under the urging of the uncle, the hairball rolled down with a gritted teeth.Accompanied by the whistling wind in the ear, the hair ball fell to the ground with a puff, but immediately bounced high, spun and bounced in the air several times, and then stopped exhausted.