Chapter 24: Who is he?

Jingyan You is not here, Xu You is the biggest, except for going out of Medicine Spirit Valley, wherever she wants to go in Medicine Spirit Valley, no one dares to stop her.

Xu You searched for the bracelet but couldn't find it, so she went to her brother's dormitory to check it out, and she found it in a drawer.

She pulls out a letter she's already written and presses it on the table, then scavenges for her things and gets ready to leave.

Bed, cushion, all kinds of medicine, jerky ...... Xu You suddenly realizes that this bracelet is a must-have for escaping from home, and with it, you can escape with a lighter load.

" Zhi Cui, let's go."

Not daring to dawdle for too long, not knowing when Jingyan You would return, they used the same method as last time, she hid in the bracelet and Zhi Cui took her out.

The journey was uneventful, and at a safe distance, Zhi Cui released her.

Seeing Zhi Cui's expression of wanting to persuade again, Xu You didn't care about this anymore, but thought that although she left a letter to Jingyan You to tell him not to worry, but she was still afraid of dragging Zhi Cui down, so she took out another letter and gave it to her, "If your elder brother punishes you, you should give this letter to him, and then you should be fine. "

Zhi Cui wanted to say something else, only to see Xu You dashingly waving his hand and walking away.

Xu You first found a corner and took out the aging potion made by her brother and applied it on her face, this kind of medicine can make the face age temporarily by fifty years, she also applied some on her neck and hands, and waited for an hour for the medicine to take effect, after the skin wrinkled, she really started to hurry.

Out and about, alone, beauty is a danger if you are not able to protect yourself.

Painted every five hours, maintaining the appearance of an old crone, no one gave her more than a passing glance along the way.

She'd been walking for half a day when she realized the question, where was Black Rock Mountain?

Xu You: "Seven eight, send me Jue Shen's location."

Seven Eight bristled, "It's not like you have any points."

"......"

Ah, it's hard to get around without points, Xu You thought sadly, in the future, I'll save up my points and become a big point man.

What if you don't have a map or navigation, use the most primitive way - ask for directions.

Xu You approached a kindly woman and asked, "May I ask how to get to Black Rock Mountain?"

The older woman looked at her and said, "Who would know how to get to Black Rock Mountain, people don't get there."

The women who were chatting instantly exploded when they heard the words Black Rock Mountain.

"I heard there's a big devil living there who specializes in eating people's hearts."

"It's full of man-eating demons, it's horrible, how can anyone still want to go there to die?"

"I've also heard that the river there is red all year round, and the bodies are built as high as mountains."

......

Xu You listened to them for a while, but left without hearing anything useful, and asked several different people, but none of them came up with any results.

She thought to herself that she couldn't catch a demon and ask, so she had to look around aimlessly.

Although this body had gotten a lot better with her efforts, it still couldn't cope with the long distance traveling, and if it wasn't for the food and medicine stored in the shelter bracelet, she would've died horizontally on the streets.

Sometimes there is also a carriage and donkey cart or something, after walking for half a month, she probably passed through three or four counties and came to a small village, and just when she wanted to rest her feet, she realized that a village of people were all gathered around the big river at the entrance of the village.

She wasn't one for hilarity and didn't want to care, but when she heard a child crying, she couldn't help but go up and take a look.

As she made her way through the crowd, she listened to the whole thing, to the effect that their village was in the sphere of influence of a certain demon, and that demon liked to eat the hearts of children, so they had to send out five children every six months in order to ensure the safety of a village of people.

Xu You grabbed the keyword "eat heart" and hurriedly squeezed his way to the front of the line.

There was a large bamboo raft on the riverbank, and five children, two boys and three girls, were bundled together, all crying with hoarse voices and red eyes.

Xu You swept the crowd on his side, there are people who cried out in pain, people who were in tears, people who dared to speak out, people who were afraid as well as those who were numb.

Xu You stood up and said, "Dare I ask if I can go on the raft?"

Once these words came out, no matter what expression was on their faces before, they uniformly became shocked at this moment, and after a moment of silence, the noise seemed to rush in.

"Is this old woman tired of living?"

"Still, this is the first time I've heard of someone taking the initiative to offer themselves to a demon to eat."

"What has happened to her that she can't think straight like this?"

One of the younger girls said to her in a nice voice, "Do you know that there is no return for this send out on the raft?"

In the face of a crowd of people talking and pointing, Xu You thanked the girl and got on the raft, holding on to the side for fear that someone would drag her off.

The gray-haired village chief glanced at her, not at all concerned that a wife could save the children from escaping, and said only, "The hour is late, it is time to send them."

Out came two powerful fishermen to push the raft into the river, and at that moment the cries broke through the clouds.

The woman on the shore is crying out, the children on this side are crying for air, Xu You pats them on the back to help them breathe.

The raft was moving farther and farther down the current, and the people on the shore had disappeared from sight, and the little children couldn't stop crying, and it was not easy for some of them to get tired of crying, and this one would start to cry, and that one would continue to cry, one after the other.

Xu You untied them and touched these turnip heads one by one.

The girl huffed, "I, I will never see my parents again."

A snot bubble emerged from the boy, "I'm afraid of demons."

"I wonder if a demon bite hurts."

"Waste, crap, it's dying, it must hurt more than my father beating me."

Xu You took out jerky from the shelter bracelet and distributed it to them, as a child of an unusual family, they rarely get to eat meat, and this sight of jerky diverted a lot of their attention.

"Meat!"

"Smells good."

Xu You watched this pile of kids with jerky cupped in both hands, biting into it with their incisors as they threw it around, and immediately felt like you were feeding a hamster.

When she noticed a little girl watching the others greedily, but not eating from her own hand, Xu You asked her, "Why don't you eat?"

The little girl wiped her tears and whispered, "I'm going to save it for my mother."

Xu You touched her head and said gently, "You eat first, I still have a lot here, when you come back, I'll give more to you, so you can bring it to your mother."

The little girl froze and said, "Can we come back?"

Xu You wiped her tears, "Yes."

After calming the children, the raft stopped moving in the middle of the river, and she noticed that the current was still carrying speed, with small eddies not far away, but the raft was like a rock, not moving.

Xu You is a bit skeptical that he's made a mistake, it's not for the River Demon, is it?

Just then, two men appeared on the raft, one bald and one one-eyed.

The bald man said, "Why children again, didn't the king say he wouldn't eat children's hearts?"

One-eye revealed a cunning light and smiled harshly, "If the king doesn't eat, won't it be cheaper for us?"

The bald man pointed at Xu You and said, "What's with the extra crone?"

One-eye didn't care too much, "Whatever, don't want it for nothing, bring it back in one piece, maybe the king will eat her."

The bald head scratched his head, "So ugly ...... Would the king eat it."

One-eye got a little impatient: "No matter what she looks like, her heart is all the same when she pulls it out."

Xu You ：You guys want to eat me and call me ugly, is this really good?

One-eye came up and yanked her by the collar with one hand, circled the two kids with the other, and flew straight away, with the bald guy bringing the rest of the kids right behind him.

Xu You was hanging in mid-air, unable to catch his breath, his hands were pulling at his collar, and he was making tiny sounds between his mouths, like a hanged man.

The one-eyed demon didn't pay any attention to her at all, but fortunately, the demon traveled thousands of miles, and soon arrived at its destination.

From a distance, he saw a large black mountain, with dark flames rising from the cracks in the rock, and a dark, ungainly bird hovering everywhere, specializing in carrion.

The sky was cloudy, the mountains were covered with heavy overcast clouds, and from time to time, lightning flashed, and the sound of thunder was like a muffled drumbeat.

There is no vegetation or flowers, and the gray and black are monotonous and consistent.

Xu You : Wow, the ecosystem is so bad.

Before she knew it, she was sent to the largest cavern on the mountaintop, which didn't look good on the outside and wasn't good on the inside.

The walls were dark and lit with candles, and there were few decorations; the far steps were covered with thick blankets, and further up were waffle seats, on which sat a man.

He was dressed in large red carved white clothes, his skin was white as snow, his ink hair was scattered, his features were finely sculpted, a flame red pattern in the center of his eyebrows, his eyes were narrow and slightly raised, and the red demonic lines under his eyes were raised along with the end of his eyes, making him look demonic.

The scourge of mankind, Xu You gave a silent comment in his heart, referring to his face, of course.

Xu You Fang was roughly thrown to the ground by the one-eyed demon and rolled around before stopping, his knees and wrists were vaguely painful, they were afraid that the child would be too noisy, and halfway through, they made the child faint.

The bald demon and the one-eyed demon kneeled down and bowed, "Your Majesty, the people have been brought."

As the one-eyed demon said, Jue Shen did not even sweep a glance and directly waved his hand to let them go down.

The One-Eyed Demon was secretly delighted, and just as he was about to pick up Xu You, he heard Jue Shen say, "She stays."

"Yes." The one-eyed demon turned to grab the three children, Xu You lay on the ground to ease the pain and looked up at Jue Shen, "Send the children back."

Jue Shen did not raise his eyes, leaning against the back of the chair and gave a lazy hmmm.

The one-eyed demon was stunned for a moment, not realizing that the king would somehow respond to an old crone's request, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu You knew that this demon would not be able to eat the child halfway through the journey, but still disagreed: "Don't want them to send it."

The one-eyed demon clenched his teeth and showed his face, "You old woman don't give an inch!"

Jue Shen faintly looked at the past, the one-eyed demon instantly stiffened, cold sweat, immediately kneeling on the ground to kowtow: "Your Majesty, subordinates know the wrong, subordinates never dare again, do not send subordinates to the Rock Cauldron."

The Rock Cauldron was pioneered by Jue Shen, and no matter if it is a human or a demon, it will be destroyed in a moment when it is thrown into the Rock Cauldron.

But no matter how much he begged for forgiveness, the two great demons that had already stood out, directly dragged him down.

On one side, the bald demon knelt on the ground and did not move, not daring to say a word, feigning to be a corpse, hoping that Jue Shen would ignore his presence.

Two more demons stood out and picked up the children, to send them back, Xu You stood up, patted the ash from his hands, and stuffed the rest of the jerky into the children's garments.

The children were taken away, and the bald demon was busy retreating, leaving only her and Jue Shen.

Xu You didn't bring much medicine with her, mainly Jingyan You refining a little bit of everything in small quantities, tossing and turning for almost a month, her medicine had already been depleted, her palms were burning and tingling, and she had to apply the only little bit of ointment that was left on her palms.

Jue Shen quietly watched her movements without saying a word.

Xu You was almost done packing and looked up at him again, "Big Fox?"

She had never seen Jue Shen in human form, and was not sure for a moment, and she did not know what he had gone through in the past two years, but his temperament had changed a lot, and he had become gloomy and cold.

Jue Shen's expression was light, and he nodded slightly.

Xu You rubbed her wrinkled face, "How did you recognize me?" She had the feeling that Jue Shen recognized her at a glance, exactly how she recognized her, she thought for a moment and then said, "Is it because of my bracelet?"

After a moment of silence, Xu You thought he wasn't going to say anything, but then he suddenly said, "Scent."

Xu You didn't react for a moment, "Huh?"

Jue Shen: "You smell."

Xu You froze, so after two years, he still remembered her scent.

Since he was an acquaintance, Xu You was no longer polite and asked directly, "Where do I live?"

"Suit yourself." Jue Shen dropped two words and disappeared.

Xu You yourself in these places to wander, found that this inside the caverns in all directions, around and around, wide road can pass four or five cars at the same time, narrow places can only pass two people at the same time.

Xu You circled half a day, finally saw a hole with beds, tables, chairs, stools and cabinets, looks like someone living, she noticed the ground fine white fox fur, understand, this is the dormitory of Jue Shen.

She didn't hesitate to stay next door, nothing, well she brought a little of everything over, and from the shelter bracelet she took out the soft bed gossamer curtain box .......

When she cleaned up decently, came out, looked at the messy passage, fell into a short period of confusion, this look in the future in and out is not very convenient, but the way, always people come up with.

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Jue Shen came back, did not see Xu You in the previous cavern, so he went inside, and went to the first fork in the road, the black rock wall has three big white letters - Huan Tian Lu.

Jue Shen: "?"

Then he went on in, again to the fork in the road, where the left rock wall read Hedi Road, and the right read Self-Enhancement Road.

Jue Shen: "????"

He walks down the path of self-improvement and sees an unending road.

Finally, he went to the cavern of his own bedchamber, where there was a wooden sign with the words "Your Love Nest" followed by a peach heart.

Jue Shen: "............"

What's she up to?

Because of the smell, Jue Shen knew she was next door and turned his feet toward her.

Xu You had already arranged her room neatly, except for the black walls, it was completely prepared like a young lady's boudoir.

Jue Shen swept his eyes and walked to the bedside with a diameter, lifting the curtain with one hand to see Xu You, who was shrunken into a ball, both eyes closed tightly, with fine sweat on her forehead, her face with a strange flush, her lips pale, and her breath as if she was swimming.

Jue Shen reached out and probed her forehead, frowning slightly.

"Go, get a folk doctor."

After he had instructed his men, inexplicably he felt something familiar about the scene, as if he had done it before, when had he done it?

......

The time spent running around was so long that she relied on Jingyan You's medicine to keep her going, and it was not easy for her to find Jue Shen, and after a busy and tiring setup, she fell ill as soon as she let go of the things on her mind.

I don't know how much time had passed, but she felt so hot, like she had ten pounds of down wrapped around her on a steamer.

In a blur she thought of Min Duan , the man who took pills to heat himself up and then hugged her.

She missed him so much.

In no time at all, she fell back into a complete stupor, and when she became conscious again, the solidity of her body gradually returned, feeling a splitting headache, her whole body aching, and her throat dry and bitter.

Her fingers moved, and the next moment they were wrapped in a pair of large, warm hands.

After a while, Xu You slowly opened his eyes, slowly focusing his disorganized vision, and saw the person lying on his side.

Jue Shen stayed human, wrapping her tightly in his large fox tail as he watched her with his head propped up in one hand, the other holding her hand.

Xu You: Ah, the fur is so light and soft, like lying between clouds.

With one hand held and the other wrapped around her, she rubbed her cheek against the fur in a scattering, the fine, fluffy hairs sweeping across her cheeks, soft and warm.

Xu You's spirit was shaken, and he just wanted to bury his whole face down and suck it.

Jue Shen's eyes lifted a little, and she asked diffidently, "Who is he?"

Xu You froze, "Who?"

" Min Duan ." Jue Shen narrowed his eyes, his tone full of inquiry-

" Who the hell is Min Duan?"