Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun flew all the way to the ice and snow valley, listening to the conversation between Yue Xiaorou and the rabbit Tuan Tuan along the way.
Yue Xiaorou asked, "Is Grandma awake?"
Tuantuan said, "Not yet. Sister Xiaorou, did you bring the medicine back again?"
Yue Xiaorou did not answer.
After a while, Tuantuan said, "Two bad guys came to see Sister Xiaorou today."
"Who?" Yue Xiaorou's voice immediately became tense.
"I don't know, but Xiaoying and I fought them off together!" Tuantuan said proudly.
"What do they look like?"
"Well... one is smiling and the other is quiet. The quiet one is the worst. He even pulled my ear. It hurts!"
Yue Xiaorou asked, "Are they really gone?"
"yes."
She was obviously worried and said, "Tuantuan, you and everyone else stay in the cave and don't wander around. I'll go out and take a look."
The eldest grandson, Jun, and Yi Xichen had already flown to the sky above the ice and snow valley with their swords. Yi Xichen suddenly took out an ownerless listening insect and handed it to the eldest grandson, Jun. The eldest grandson, Jun, looked at him in surprise, and then he activated his mind and recognized the listening insect as his master.
Yi Xichen stretched out his hand: "Give it to me."
The eldest grandson Zijun said nothing and returned the listening insect that had already recognized him as its master to Yi Xichen.
"There!" The eldest grandson Jun had sharp eyes and saw Yue Xiaorou standing under a huge ice tree at a glance.
Yue Xiaorou also saw the two people and immediately turned around and ran back.
Yi Xichen glanced at the ice tree under his feet. He had just been listening to the conversation between Yue Xiaorou and Tuantuan. Yue Xiaorou came out to take a look not long after she finished talking, and said that she was near this ice tree. He noted the location of this ice tree and continued to chase Yue Xiaorou.
Yue Xiaorou flew all the way, and just when she was about to fly out of the ice and snow valley, her eldest grandson Zijun finally caught up with her and blocked her way, forcing her to fall from the air. Yue Xiaorou did not turn around and run back, but changed direction, intending to run around him and continue running. She seemed to want to lead them out of the ice and snow valley first.
The eldest grandson, Zijun, grasped the hilt of his sword, but before he could draw his sword, he suddenly let go of his hand as if he had touched a burning coal. As soon as he had the thought of drawing his sword, the image of Teng Ruoyi hitting his sword with her chest would flash before his eyes!
However, due to being blocked by his eldest grandson Zijun, Yue Xiaorou's sword slowed down and was caught up by Yi Xichen.
Yi Xichen threw a talisman at her, and Yue Xiaorou quickly used her sword energy to cut it apart. If she had used all her strength, Yi Xichen would naturally not be her opponent, but she was afraid that her eldest grandson Zijun was beside her, so she took a defensive position and was beaten back by Yi Xichen.
Yi Xichen did not confront her head-on, but cleverly moved around to harass her and trap her first.
Yue Xiaorou had seen Yi Xichen's tactics in the sword competition, and knew that he was cunning and changeable. She also saw that his intention was not to kill her, but to trap her. She frowned slightly, and looked at the eldest grandson Zijun with her peripheral vision, and saw that he did not move at all, as if he was just a calm bystander. But if she looked more carefully, she would find that the eldest grandson Zijun was not calm, his breathing was rapid, and the sword was vibrating in the scabbard. Yue Xiaorou gritted her teeth, how could she be trapped here by Yi Xichen, and was about to force her way out, but she heard Yi Xichen shouting: "Where is that devil?!"
Yue Xiaorou was shocked and suddenly looked up at Yi Xichen!
"What did you use to exchange the power of the inner demon with him?! Why did you do this?!"
Yue Xiaorou took two steps back, bit her lip, but did not answer.
Yi Xichen yelled at her while setting up the formation. Just as the formation was about to be formed, Yue Xiaorou also discovered it. Although she didn't know whether Chang Sun Zijun had kept his hands off to wait for her, she had no way to retreat and could only charge towards Chang Sun Zijun!
Yue Xiaorou shouted in a low voice: "Get out!"
The eldest grandson Jun's back tensed, his pupils contracted, and he stood there motionless.
"Get out! The farther the better!" Teng Ruoyi's voice overlapped with Yue Xiaorou's - if he had really gone far away at the beginning, could the three members of the Teng family have avoided that disaster?
Yue Xiaorou didn't know why, but she didn't want to find out. She suddenly passed her eldest grandson Zijun, glanced at him in surprise when passing by him, and then jumped on the sword and flew out!
Yi Xichen did not pursue him any further. He and Yue Xiaorou had fought so hard that they were already sweating profusely. If Yue Xiaorou had not been jealous of his eldest grandson Zijun and had held back, he would not have been able to hold out for so long.
Yi Xichen said: "I put the listening bug on her." - He had just questioned Yue Xiaorou about the evil spirit, which upset Yue Xiaorou's mood. When he threw a talisman, he also threw the listening bug on her, and she didn't notice it.
The eldest grandson Jun nodded silently. He could hear the sound of the wind coming from Yue Xiaorou's side.
Yi Xichen took his hand and said, "Come with me."
They did not fly back to the inn, but flew back to the ice and snow valley. Yi Xichen found the ice tree he had just remembered, and then landed.
It was getting dark. Yi Xichen said, "They should be staying nearby. Let's look for them."
Just as the eldest grandson Zijun was about to find out the source of the evil spirit, he heard Yi Xichen say, "Move quietly, don't let them find us. Once we find the place, we can sneak in quietly."
The eldest grandson, Zijun, glanced at him and nodded. The two of them restrained their breath and searched around the huge ice tree quietly.
After a while, Yi Xichen heard his eldest grandson Zijun's telepathic voice: "Here."
He walked towards the eldest grandson Jun gently, and saw the eldest grandson Jun blowing away the snow, revealing the thick roots of the ice tree, and there was a small door under the roots. It seemed that under the roots was the nest of the ice monsters.
The eldest grandson Zijun motioned Yi Xichen to wait on the side. He put his hand on the door, and after a moment, he slowly moved his arm, and the wooden door opened silently with his movement.
Behind the door was a dark passage, which led to the nest.
They held their breath and climbed in lightly. After a while, they could vaguely see the fire ahead and hear the monster's breathing, but they could not see the actual situation inside.
Just as the eldest grandson Zijun was about to move forward, Yi Xichen gently pulled him back from behind. After a moment, Yi Xichen handed the shadow light to him and said, "Hang it in the vent."
The eldest grandson Zijun held the shadow lamp in his hand and was stunned for a while before he completely understood Yi Xichen's intention.
Listening insects, shadow lamps. From the beginning, Yi Xichen had no intention of taking down Yue Xiaorou and the Ice Demons without any reason. What he wanted to do was to find out the truth. To find out the unspeakable secrets that everyone was unwilling to say. And this was the knot in the heart of the eldest grandson Zijun for so many years.
The eldest grandson, Jun, lowered his head and remained silent for a while. He moved in lightly. When he was about to enter the main cave, he saw a branch embedded in the cave wall, which was used to hang things. He could not go any further. If he went any further, he might be discovered by the people in the cave. So he stretched out his arm, carefully hung the shadow lantern on the branch, and lit the wick with a small flame. From the position where the lantern was hung, he could barely see the situation at the main cave entrance.
He waited for a while. There was no movement in the cave. Some of the monsters seemed to have fallen asleep. There was only chaotic breathing sounds in the cave. No one should have noticed that he hung the lamp there.
After doing all this, the two of them left the demon cave silently and returned to the inn.
The shadow lamp can use the mirror stone made of pure blue crystal inside to record the shapes and shadows around it, but they can only see the recorded images when they retrieve the lamp. Therefore, they can't see it now, and can only retrieve it in a day or two.
The appearance of the Shape Lamp looked like an ordinary lantern. Yi Xichen silently prayed that the monsters and Yue Xiaorou would not pay attention to the lantern, otherwise he would have wasted it. For one thing, it cost him so many spirit stones to make the Shape Lamp. If it was destroyed by the monsters, he would be very sad. For another thing, it would be wasted.
After a while, he heard Tuantuan's childish voice: "Hey, why is there a lantern here?"
He immediately listened with bated breath.
Tuantuan asked in confusion: "Did Sister Xiaorou bring it back?"
Another young man's voice said, "Take it in."
Going down there was only the sound of footsteps.
Yi Xichen was immediately overjoyed: it seemed that his shadow lantern not only deceived the Ice Demon Clan, but the young men of the Ice Demon Clan also took the initiative to help him get the lantern into the main cave!
Now his listening bugs were eavesdropping on the movements of the demon rabbit Tuan Tuan, and the eldest grandson Jun was listening to the movements of Yue Xiao Rou. There was also a shadow lamp recording for them, which was a double insurance. After all, the listening bugs could only listen to sounds, and Yue Xiao Rou was a guy who spoke less than the eldest grandson Jun. He just listened for a while, and Tuan Tuan didn't seem to talk much either, so they might have to use their eyes to see some of the truth.
That night, Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun did not sleep and kept listening to the noise over there.
Not long after they left, Yue Xiaorou returned to the demon cave. When she returned, Tuantuan asked, "Sister Xiaorou, what happened?"
Yue Xiaorou replied with two words: "It's okay."
Another young man's voice asked, "Will Grandma and the others recover?"
Yue Xiaorou said: "Yes."
"Alas." Tuantuan said sadly, "Sister Xiaorou, you should have given the medicine you brought back to mother-in-law first, why did you give it to me first?"
Yue Xiaorou didn't answer. After a while, she said softly, "Tuantuan."
Yi Xichen guessed that she was rubbing the little rabbit's head just now.
After that, they hardly spoke a word to each other in the long night. However, the strange, chaotic panting sound continued all night. The panting sound did not come from one person, but from several people panting at the same time, and the sound contained a faint sense of pain.
Before I knew it, the morning light shone into the house and the sky gradually brightened.
Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun were both monks, and they did not feel tired even after staying up all night. Yi Xichen stood up and stretched his muscles, then looked at his eldest grandson Zijun seriously: "Zijun."
"Um?"
"I think it would be better for you to be my partner."
"ah?"
“Because I talk too much.”
"ha?"
"If you miss me," Yi Xichen shook his head, "if you run into someone like Yue Xiaorou, you two will have grown ears in vain."
“…”
Yi Xichen thought for a moment and said, "You are awesome!"
The eldest grandson, Jun: “???” Is there any connection between this sudden compliment and the previous conversation…
At this moment, the two of them fell silent at the same time because they both heard the voice coming from the buzzard.
Yue Xiaorou said, "I'll take them out. Please help."
What's the trouble? Yi Xichen frowned. Talking less is a disease. Please explain the whole story clearly!
But I heard several young voices reply: "Okay." "Sister Xiaorou, be careful." "We will guard it well and don't let anyone in!"
Where to guard? The demon cave? Or the ice and snow valley?
The conversation stopped again.
Even the eldest grandson Zijun couldn't help but sigh.
Yi Xichen grabbed the sword and said, "Let's go! Yue Xiaorou should be going out. You go and restrain those monsters, and I'll go get the shadow lamp back!" The shadow lamp can't burn for too long, and there is a danger of being discovered if it is left for too long.
The two of them left the inn and were about to fly to the ice and snow valley with the sword, but they heard someone shouting in the distance: "Ah! The demon cultivator is killing people!!"
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