"Isn't this road too difficult?"

"Bang - ah -"

.....

‌ As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a cry. It seemed that he had fallen seriously.

Ji Huai stopped and turned around, and saw that the other party's nose had been bruised and bleeding, and his head was covered with dead grass.

"You are so stupid." The thin, dark man next to him helped him up and scolded him lightly.

"Didn't you see the stone? If you scold me again, I will go back and you can find it yourself!" The man who fell was very unconvinced. He touched his nose and gasped in pain.

"Hey." The thin black man quickly grabbed him and said several words in a low voice, "I promised you well, but now I'm regretting it. If you have a problem in the future, you can count on me to help you! Mom is here.

no!"

The injured man was not happy, but he did not leave. He said angrily, "I pulled out my mother again. So many people can't find her. How can we find her?"

Ji Huai looked at the faces of the two people and guessed a bit. It seemed that they were two brothers, the dark and thin brother, and the slightly thinner man, who were pulled over.

"If I help Mr. Cheng find Zi Jiu, then I will arrange for you to work in the Cheng Mansion. That's not..." Before the thin black man could finish his words, he saw that Ji Huai had already walked forward and quickly stopped him.

, "Brother, let's go first. We agreed to go into the mountains together. We can't split up into two groups. That would be too dangerous."

Ji Huai answered calmly: "No, you guys should rest first, I'm not tired yet."

"Are you here to find Zijiu? I know roughly where it is." The thin black man spoke quickly, trying to attract his attention.

Hearing this, Ji Huai actually stopped and stood aside to wait for them. His deep eyes fell on him, waiting for the next step.

"Someone saw me last time, and there was more than one person..." The thin black man helped his younger brother up and told him all the news he knew. After talking about it, there was nothing very useful, but compared to

The rest of the people have roughly the same situation.

On the mountain behind the thousand-year-old tree in Xilin, several people have seen the purple chirping coming out.

‌That thousand-year-old tree...

The thin black man supported his younger brother and looked at the mountain that seemed not far away. The mountain was covered with dense trees and the chirping of birds kept coming, but there was no light purple shadow.

Moreover, the road was winding and winding, and they didn’t know how far they had to go. When they turned around and looked back, they didn’t know how far they had gone, and the road back was not smooth.

"Are you still going?" Ji Huai asked again.

The two of them were out of breath, but they saw that he was not even breathing, so he stood aside and asked them.

"Yes!" The thin black man gritted his teeth and gave it a go.

Ji Huai didn't say much and continued walking forward.

After walking a few hundred meters, the two of them were frightened to the point of losing their courage. Their faces were extremely pale. They watched Ji Huai quickly pinch the black snake with a branch and crush the snake's head in two or three strokes.

Throw it in front of their eyes.

"Poisonous... poisonous snake." The thin black man was holding his arm. The person next to him was still sweating, and tried to pull him back. "Brother, we found him. Go back. Let's go back."

The thin black man swallowed his saliva, as if he hadn't recovered yet. He wasn't very courageous in the first place, but he just didn't give up and came to have a look, and dared to go into the mountain later. But seeing that Ji Huai seemed to be a little naughty, he followed.

The other party was emboldened.

Recently, he has not been favored by Mr. Cheng. He has obtained two rare birds and found someone to take care of them. He has been left out for a long time, so he is anxious to get some relief.

"Do you remember the way back?" the thin black man asked in a low voice.

"How can I remember? Brother, you didn't mark it?" The other party was confused.

Slender black man: "..."

He marked a section of the road, but because he was following the people in front of him, he relaxed his vigilance and forgot about it.

"Then how do we go back?" The speaker looked at the thin black man and his words were trembling.

The thin black man's eyes flashed, he swallowed, and looked at Ji Huai before he considered his words, "Brother, why don't we go back? It's only half way and it's so dangerous. If we go further in, we won't be safe." You know what you will encounter. Besides, you may not be able to see Zijiu, and if you see it, you may not be able to catch it."

"Then why are you here?" Ji Huai asked with raised eyebrows.

The two choked on their words.

We know that it is very difficult to catch if we see it, but it is very tempting. What if we can catch it again if we see it? What if we find its nest? What if we are just unlucky? Where is the smoke?

"I'm still going to look for it, you guys go back." Ji Huai said and continued walking forward.

"Hey." The thin black man stepped forward to hold his hand. When Ji Huai raised his hand and made a defensive gesture, he quickly stopped his movements and kept trying to dissuade him, "It's really hard to find. If it's easy to find, , everyone found it, so many people came to look for it, but only a few people saw it."

"Then I'll go look for it." Ji Huai's expression did not change, he spoke without hesitation, and he became even more interested.

Seeing that he could not speak, the thin black man became even more anxious. Finally, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and said, "We don't know the way back!"

If you take the wrong road and can't get out in the dark, then you are waiting to die. If you encounter poisonous snakes and beasts, it will be a meal.

"I made a mark, just follow the mark." Ji Huai pointed to a place nearby. The grass at the fork in the road was broken, and it looked obvious.

After he finished speaking, he already lifted his legs and walked forward.

When the two thin, dark men saw the mark, they didn't hesitate much and just wanted to get out of the mountain as soon as possible.

The three of them split into two paths, and Ji Huai continued walking straight into the mountains.

After crossing the mountain and the thousand-year-old tree in front, he arrived at the place where he was rumored to have seen the purple mulberry trees. He was observing along the way to see if there were any black mulberry trees.

This month, the fruits of the black mulberry tree are ripe.

From the time he entered the mountain until now, he had not found any black mulberry trees, but he had to look again to see if there were any in this area.

The black mulberry tree is quite easy to recognize. This kind of tree is different from other trees. It has luxuriant branches and leaves, but few fruits. It is not tall, but the leaves are red and the grid is conspicuous.

As he expected, there were two in the center of the mountain, and there were quite a few fruits on them. There were obvious signs of being picked, and they were definitely not picked by humans.

After walking on the mountain road for so long, Ji Huai felt a little thirsty. He climbed up a tree and picked black mulberries to eat, while looking around.

The black mulberry fruit was a bit astringent in the mouth, but very sweet afterward. After eating, he picked some and planned to take them back to Tang Xiu to eat. These fruits were relatively old, so he could pick more.

The fruit is small and looks unremarkable, but the fruit has a very unique fragrance, which is very rich but not pungent.

Ji Huaini climbed up the tree and put the picked fruits in his pocket. After filling half of the pocket, his hand suddenly stopped, his eyes fell to one place, and his ears moved accordingly.

This bird's call is different from other bird calls, and it is very similar to the sound two years ago.

After staring for a while, sure enough, he saw the purple shadow on the tree opposite. Even though it was hiding in the dense woods, Ji Huai's sharp eyes could still recognize it because of its gorgeous feathers.

He quietly got down from the tree and hid in the jungle.

After a while, the bird flew out. It had light purple feathers, red claws, and a colorful tail. It was the bird that everyone wanted to catch recently.

It turned its flexible little eyes, looked around, quickly flew to the black mulberry tree, and began to peck at the black mulberry fruit with its pointed mouth, eating one after another.

After eating several of them, it held a few more in its mouth and then flew away.

Ji Huai walked out and kept looking at the direction it was flying, and quickly followed it to the side. His sharp eyes locked on the position, and he quickly went over to take a look.

The nest it builds is not high, but it is very secretive and not easily discovered.

After the male bird put down the black mulberry fruit, he turned around and flew over to pick it again. From this, we saw that there must be young birds waiting to be fed in the nest.

Ji Huai observed for half an hour and saw that there was another female bird in the nest. However, the gap between the female bird and the male bird was too big. The head was much smaller than the male bird. Secondly, the feathers were not that colorful.

, the overall performance is much inferior.

After making inquiries, he was not in a hurry to catch him, but turned around and went down the mountain.

The sun is already tilting, so we need to speed up our pace.

When he was halfway there, he found two people in front of him. The younger brother of the thin, dark man was sitting on the bed, wailing. The thin, dark man tried to carry him down the mountain, but he couldn't walk a few steps.

The other person was in severe pain, so he couldn't stay well at all and wanted to roll over.

Seeing Ji Huai come back, the thin black man seemed to have seen a life-saving straw and said hurriedly: "My brother was bitten by a poisonous centipede. Is there anything you can do? What should I do?"

Ji Huai walked over and saw that the other party's feet were swollen and he was howling desperately. The pain was so painful that it was worse than death.

"Let's go down the mountain quickly?" The thin black man asked Ji Huai to carry his younger brother down the mountain with him, and promised, "I will definitely thank you when the time comes. I hope my brother can help me."

Ji Huai did not reply, but looked around and focused on a shrub. Its branches were brown, the leaves were multi-shaped, the surface of the leaves was dark green, and the back of the leaves was pink-green.

He walked over, picked up a stone directly from the tree, and scratched the surface of the tree. Thick white sap flowed out. He caught some of it with a branch, walked back, and said to the thin black man, "

Hold him down."

"Okay." The thin black man didn't think too much. After listening to his words, he directly pressed down on the person above him.

Immediately afterwards, screams were heard one after another, frightening many of the birds in the jungle to fly away.

The thin black man saw that Ji Huai was not soft at all, and took the white juice and applied it on the injured leg. Forget it, Ji Huai started to rub it vigorously, causing the person to pass out from the pain.

He felt pain just looking at it.

"The sap of Cimu detoxifies centipede poison and can reduce swelling in a while," Ji Huai said.

"Thank you." The thin black man was extremely grateful. He gritted his teeth and struggled to carry his brother on his back, and went down the mountain with Ji Huai.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, the night became even darker. The person behind him slowly woke up and stopped wailing. He looked at the leg and found that the swelling was much less than before, and the burning sensation had alleviated the pain.

Ji Huai glanced at his legs and said nothing. When he left, the thin black man came to him and said seriously, "I will repay this kindness if I have the opportunity in the future. I will take a job in the Cheng Mansion. If you have any chance in the future, I will repay him."
To be continued...