Early the next morning, Yuan Xianger and her party were about to leave, but Li Niang reluctantly sent them out.
She was very worried about the barbecue that she couldn't eat last night, biting the handkerchief in her hand bitterly, "Can't you really stay longer? Do you have to rush there? Stay with me. Let’s go in thirty or fifty years.”
The big and small demons who passed by were surprised and stretched out their heads and looked around.
"What is the origin of these people? Let the proprietress be so important."
"That's right, when Mr. Qiongqi came to check in, he never saw the proprietress give off so reluctantly."
Staying in this demon hotel was a very novel and interesting experience for Yuan Xianger. She took out a small bag of honeydew pork jerky made by Yunniang and gave it to the proprietress, thanking her for hosting everyone for one night for free.
Li Niang chewed a small piece of jerky in her mouth, her eyes widened, "Huh? This one is delicious too. It's delicious."
The mountain attendant, who was scared away by Nan He yesterday, actually came to see him off. He put away his pig nose and fangs, and returned to his graceful appearance. Holding an inconspicuous little box, he carefully rubbed over to please him. handed it to Yuan Xianger,
"Cuihua, who lives in my house, likes these little toys the most. She said that as long as there is nothing that a human girl does not love, I will give it to you and see if you like it."
Yuan Xianger opened the box and was almost blinded by the brilliance of the jewels. The luminous pearls the size of pigeon eggs, crystal clear red sapphires of various colors, and jade and white jade with lustrous water heads. All are valuable treasures.
But in Shan Shi's mouth, this is probably just a little valuable, a small toy that can be used to make humans happy.
"It's really beautiful," Yuan Xianger admired it carefully, closed the box, and pushed the box back, "but I can't put it away. Besides, I have to go a long way, so it's not very convenient to carry. Thank you for your kindness."
Mountain Attendant's look of anticipation slumped, "Don't you even accept gifts? Then let me touch it? I'll touch it?"
His eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands together, eager to touch Yuan Xianger's head or somewhere.
Yuan Xianger looked at him helplessly. I suddenly remembered the days when I just brought Nan He home, and I regretted it so much that I wanted to cover my face. At that time, I wanted to touch Nan He at every turn. In Nan He's eyes, it was probably this wretched appearance. Bar
Touching it is definitely not agreeable.
Fortunately, Yunniang packed a lot of snacks in her salute when she came. Yuan Xianger excluded pork products, dug out a packet of soft candy Nanzao walnut cake, and gave it to Shanshi as a gift as a thank you to yesterday. evening feast.
So Li Niang and Shan Shi, one nibbled at the pork shop and the other licked the walnut cake, stood at the door of Lishe with tears in their eyes and watched them leave.
"Wuwu, you must pay attention to safety on the way, and you will stay with me when you come back." Li Niang waved her handkerchief and began to sincerely worry about their safety along the way.
"Ah Xiang, think about it slowly, my house is ready for you at any time, a golden house, a house full of gold. Woohoo." The mountain servant also shouted reluctantly, and when he saw Nan He turned his head and stared at him, he closed it shyly. Mouth, he knew that he was not the opponent of that Sirius, but keeping pets was not about fighting ability, but money and gentleness. Shan Shi felt that he still had a glimmer of hope.
"What are you, it smells so sweet, give me a piece of it?" Li Niang's long neck circled around Shan Shi for half a circle, staring at the food in his bag.
"No, this is given to me by the lovely human lady, and I can't bear to eat it myself." Shan Shi cherished the mouth of the bag tightly.
"Don't be stingy, I'll give you a small piece of my pork shop too."
"No, you bastard, why tell me to eat pork."
"It doesn't matter if you take a bite, it's not the meat on your body, it's really delicious."
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Yuan Xianger, who rode on the back of Nanhe and walked far away, heard a loud noise behind her, and when she looked back, she saw thick smoke billowing from the door of Lishe. In the thick smoke, a huge pig with sharp fangs was seen. The demon was entangled with a monster whose limbs were as soft as tentacles.
Yuan Xianger: "Ah, why did the two of them fight?"
Wu Yuan stopped on her shoulder and looked back,
"It's okay, the two of them are friends. My dad said that the more fights between friends, the better the relationship?"
"Oh, is that really so?"
"Actually, that doesn't seem to be the case," Wu Yuan scratched her head, "Once I saw my neighbor's sister Shilong accidentally beat her best friend to death. In order not to waste it, she killed her. My friend ate the whole thing, and it scared me into a nightmare for a month."
"Who is Sister Shilong?"
"Her body seems to be a praying mantis, right? I don't know. My father said that no one can marry a wife." Wu Yuan shivered as she recalled the nightmare of her youth.
Yuan Xianger shivered a bit when she thought about such a scene, feeling very terrifying. Sure enough, although the world of demons is colorful, the outside world is more suitable for human life.
After leaving this lively and prosperous market, the surrounding scenery quickly returned to the solemn and desolate.
Most of the demons don’t live in groups, and their residences outside the market are far apart. Even if they are sitting on the back of Nanhe and dashing all the way through the mountains, they have to walk for a long time, only to occasionally see one or two. A strange and huge lair built by demons.
On the contrary, the traces left by human beings hundreds of years ago were hidden all the way under the lush weeds and green leaves, and from time to time a broken corner was exposed, showing that the world was once full of the footprints of human beings.
Those huge and majestic stone statues, covered with moss marks and vines, were lonely and forgotten in the depths of the wild forest.
Du Shuo, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and made a gesture. The group stopped immediately, and squatted and hid in the tall grass.
After a while, there was a rustling sound in the forest of stone statues, and a slender little demon rushed out of the jungle in a hurry. Almost at the same time, a huge crimson monster rushed out from behind a god statue with a gust of wind and a tiger. The huge palm held down the little demon who was running away in a hurry. With a screaming sound, the red monster had bitten its head in one bite, tearing it in half.
The red blood splashed at the foot of the statue, the monster's fat body turned away from Yuan Xianger and others, squatting on the ground and making a creepy chewing sound.
The bloody scene was not over yet, but Yuan Xianger discovered that a little human-like girl was standing silently on the head of the stone statue. The girl's expression was indifferent. Holding a long sharp sword, he looked down at the monster under his feet without realizing it.
It was the terrifying Lord Tu Shan.
The crimson monster seemed to sense something, and slowly stopped the movement in his hand, rolled his eyes like copper bells, and slowly raised his head. The moment he saw the girl above his head, he quickly lost his hand. The food, the fat body bounced off the ground with unexpected agility, and ran out.
The slender and small body of the girl jumped up from the statue, the icy sword light flashed in the air, and the huge red head of the monster rolled into the grass. Stepping on the head that was almost taller than her.
She threw off the blood on the knife and turned her head to look exactly in the direction where Yuan Xianger and others were hiding.
"Obviously come out and lead to death."
She had clear and beautiful big eyes, but at a glance, Yuan Xianger had goose bumps on her back. She felt as if she was being stared at by an ancient beast, and she almost gritted her teeth. In order to restrain the instinctual fear that arises in his heart.
Nan He and Du Shuo both turned into huge monsters at this moment, and they both blocked in front of them, protecting Yuan Xianger, Hu Qing and Wu Yuan behind them.
"Oh, in this realm, is there any guy who dares to disobey my Shantu?" The girl stood on the huge devil's head and raised the snow blade in her hand in the wind.
Just as the battle was about to break out, she suddenly stared at Du Shuo's back for a moment.
"Huh? Such a young fellow?" Tu Shan's little mask-like face suddenly had an expression, his eyes were bent, and he raised his sleeves to cover his mouth, "Hehehe, so cute, I haven't seen such a small face for a long time. Companion. Then, for your sake, forgive me today."
She left these inexplicable words, mentioned the huge red head, and flew into the sky with bare feet. The figure soon became extremely small in the clouds and gradually disappeared.
Everyone's tense hearts were just now severely relieved.
After the fight of the demons just now, a lot of vines wrapped around the stone statue fell off, revealing the stone statue's pitying face.
"These were all ancient gods worshipped by human beings. I have seen with my own eyes that human beings spent a lot of effort building these statues and worshiped them devoutly every day. I thought they would worship their gods like this forever. "Hu Qing ran all the way to see the large and small statues hidden in the jungle,
"Unexpectedly, it's only a few hundred years, and the humans in the floating world seem to have forgotten them all." She sighed with emotion.
"It's not a bad thing to forget," Du Shuo slowed down and stood in front of the grass and trees waiting for her, "No longer will people be worried about every day, and they will no longer be called from time to time, they may just calm down and think about what they really are. What do you want."
"Aqing, go, follow." He stretched out his hand to his little fox.
"Well, I'm here, Lord Du Shuo."
The dexterous little fox swayed its nine fluffy tails and quickly crossed the wild grass and trees under the moonlight, turning into a charming woman, holding the mountain god who belonged to her with a beautiful smile.
"Are human beings really so forgetful? Then in another one or two thousand years, will the human beings in the floating world completely forget that we exist in this world?" Wu Yuan said dissatisfiedly in Yuan Xianger's ear, "It's in vain that I like you so much."
Yuan Xianger rubbed his little head, "Unfortunately, it seems to be the case."
One thousand years from now, no one can tell what kind of survival mode human beings will become, but Yuan Xianger knows it very well. The so-called demons, ghosts and gods have become legendary stories in that era, and the world is very different from today. Human beings are the masters of that world completely.
"Ah Xiang, this is a good thing for human beings, right?" Nan He looked up at the Sirius star that had just risen in the sky, recalling the clansmen who had moved far away due to the thinness of spiritual energy, "Spiritual Qi cannot circulate in the floating world, demons Ghosts and gods are gradually disappearing, and human beings can live and work in peace and contentment, without disturbing each other, and being at peace with each other, which is indeed a good thing for fragile human beings.”
"Although it seems so, but..." Yuan Xiang'er didn't know how to answer Nan He's question.
But even if the gods have the power of the Jedi, can they really see the fate of mankind
Hundreds of years ago, I don't know which of the great powers in the world used supernatural powers to separate the two worlds of the floating world, blocking the source of the spiritual energy of the floating world. Since then, human beings can gradually get rid of the terrifying powerful demons and live a prosperous and stable life. No one knows who changed the world hundreds of years ago, but judging from the results, it may be that he really wants to protect the weak and powerless humans in front of the demons.
Even after spanning a thousand years, Yuan Xianger is not sure whether the ultimate destiny of mankind has changed for the better. From the current point of view, it seems like a perfect thing for a fragile human being to avoid powerful demons and unpredictable ghosts and gods, and to become the master of the world from now on.
But without the fear of the world and the natural enemies, human beings may destroy their own fantastic and beautiful world at a faster speed. They multiply infinitely on a small planet, destroying the environment they live in without any scruples. Every small human race is busy and busy in that world, gradually forgetting the real nature and sky... Losing their aura like that Is the future really the best in the world
Going further, some beautiful white trees gradually appeared in the jungle. They had purplish red trunks and hung white and soft branches.
Those crystal clear pure white branches were connected in the wind, swaying gently, and there was a faint and pleasant sound of the collision of crystals in the air, which was dreamlike and touching.
"This is the penny tree, Ah Xiang, the sap on the tree tastes sweet, and the eater is not hungry, so you can relieve yourself from labor. I will get some for you to taste." Nan He went under the tree and broke a white branch. A honey-colored liquid flowed out of the fracture, Nan He put it in the cup and handed it to Yuan Xianger.
Yuan Xianger took a sip, and it was like honey water. It was fragrant and sweet, and it was very delicious. The most amazing thing was that after only a few sips, the hunger in the stomach disappeared, and the fatigue from running around for a day disappeared. No trace.
"It's really good, it's amazing. I'll pack a little more and take it on the road?"
Yuan Xianger took out the kettle, separated the white branches, and was about to break the branches to get the sap, but saw a little boy standing under another white penny tree not far away, doing the same thing as her.
The little boy saw Yuan Xianger at the same time, and the two of them froze for a moment. He quickly dropped the branch in his hand, turned around and ran away.
Nan He's figure had already crossed Yuan Xiang'er and quickly chased forward.
"Catch him, it's the thief." Yuan Xiang'er pointed at the fleeing figure and shouted, stepping forward.
Wu Yuan pulled on her shoulder, gasping for breath, "What thief?"
"I told you last time, the thief who stole my purse at the market."
"What? Stole Ah Xiang's things? Hurry up! Catch that shameless little thief!" Wu Yuanzhi shouted.
A group of five people chased the small boy in unison. The figure of the little boy flickered from left to right in the white woods, very nimble, obviously very familiar with this place.
"Strange, he doesn't look right." Wu Yuan lay on Yuan Xiang'er's shoulder and opened his true eyes, "He doesn't look like a demon, he seems to be... That's right, a human being."
"Humans?" Yuan Xianger was taken aback, "Impossible, do human children run so fast?"
"I can't tell, anyway, he is indeed a human being. Maybe he used some special method to run so fast. He wore that skeleton and hair, probably to bring a bit of a demon's breath to get in with the demons, after all Most demons distinguish humans by smelling them. But I'm different, I can see through him at a glance."