The master said not to judge people by their appearance

After Wang Tai finished speaking, Xie Yunlan was silent for a long time without speaking.

"Master Hou?" Wang Tai called out several times, and at the end couldn't help shouting loudly, "Master Hou!"

Xie Yunlan finally had a reaction, he was startled, as if he had just woken up from a big dream.

"Master Hou, what should we do now?" Wang Tai understood Xie Yunlan's feelings. He was also very sad when he first heard the news of Miss' death, but right now he really has no time to be sad.

Wang Tai said anxiously: "The people who are being searched are in the forest to the south, and we may be able to find us tonight."

Xie Yunlan took a deep breath, calmed down, and made a decision: "Let's go back first."

He took Wang Tai back to the cave where he and Shen Fan hid before, then sat cross-legged on the ground, and drew a rough topographic map on the ground with burnt branches.

"Here are the people who were arrested?" He asked Wang Tai for confirmation.

"More than that," Wang Tai also picked up a branch, and he marked several locations on the topographic map, "They searched separately, there are people here, here, and here."

"How many?" Xie Yunlan asked.

"There are about five thousand people in Jeju, and about the same number in Yunzhou," Wang Tai said.

The total is nearly [-], and these groups of people are scattered in different directions, and they are constantly closing in on the search circle in an encircling manner.

However, Xie Yunlan noticed a gap in the encirclement, he pointed to the gap and said, "Why is there no one here?"

Wang Tai didn't know either, he was not familiar with this place, but Shen Fan was familiar with it, he had traveled a long way to find the fairy grass with spiritual energy, and he found it at the place Xie Yunlan was pointing at the moment.

"This is a swamp," Shen Fan said, "and there are poisonous barriers in the swamp forest, mortals will faint after walking in it for a while."

Because of this, no one has discovered that fairy grass, and this swamp is a forbidden area that mortals cannot set foot in.

"Is there no way to get there?" Xie Yunlan frowned, this seemed to be their only breakthrough.

"Yes." Shen Fan said, "Apply the juice of the fairy grass on a cloth and cover your mouth and nose to break the poison barrier."

This fairy grass grows in the poisonous barrier, so naturally it will not be afraid of the poisonous gas.

Xie Yunlan still had some grass jelly juice left, and he wanted to save it for the next time, but it just came in handy at this moment, so he immediately made up his mind to break out from this swamp.

The pursuers were approaching, and they didn't stay any longer. Xie Yunlan wiped off the graffiti on the ground, and cleared away the traces left in the cave, then packed up his things and set off immediately.

They carefully concealed their tracks, Wang Tai was exploring the way ahead, Xie Yunlan was still injured, and he followed behind holding Shen Fan's hand.

The swamp area is full of poisonous barriers. Even if they have the juice of fairy grass to break the poisonous barriers, the poisonous barriers will also cover the sight. Even in the daytime, it is dark and there is no light. If one is not careful, they will step into the swamp and sink further The deeper it gets, the harder it is to get out of trouble.

This journey should have been dangerous, but Xie Yunlan discovered that Shen Fan was surprisingly familiar with this place, and would always remind them before they almost stepped into the swamp, as if they had been here before.

He finally realized: "Did you find the fairy grass here?"

"En." Shen Fan nodded.

This place is far away from the cave they lived in before, and it is so dangerous, Shen Fan for him...

Xie Yunlan didn't speak, but silently held Shen Fan's hand a little tighter.

Before nightfall, they successfully left the swamp area and escaped danger at the same time. Those who hunted them never expected that they would run out of the circle from such an impassable road.

Finally, he could breathe a sigh of relief, but after a short rest, Wang Tai asked, "Master Hou, where are we going next?"

When he was on the way, he learned about Xie Yunlan and Shen Fan's encounters from Xie Yunlan. He never expected that Mu Qingyun's unfeeling feelings would be so far. A lesson for ungrateful villains.

At the same time, he also wanted to rescue his brother who was imprisoned in Jeju City and couldn't escape. He would definitely not be able to do it alone, so he had to dispatch troops.

"Go to Yazhou and find Huang Yaowu." Xie Yunlan gave Wang Tai a token and told him, "There are [-] soldiers in Jeju, and the number in Yunzhou is unknown, but there are more than [-] conservatives. At the same time, you must be vigilant outside the customs. Yuan Yi probably reached some kind of agreement with the Yuanrong people, asking Huang Yaowu not to act rashly according to our previous arrangement. In addition, we need to inform Jingzhong of this matter as soon as possible. You have to work harder and remember not to enter the city along the way, and don't reveal your whereabouts. , There may also be people who secretly voted for Yuan Yi in other prefectures."

Wang Tai took the token and asked, "Master Hou, how about you?"

Xie Yunlan's words obviously meant that he was not going to follow Wang Tai to Yazhou.

"We..." Xie Yunlan looked at Shen Fan and said, "I want to go to Jeju, you can go with Wang Tai."

It is safe to go to Yazhou, but Jeju, which Xie Yunlan wants to return to, is full of dangers.

Before Shen Fan could reply, Wang Tai couldn't help shouting: "How can this be done! Lord Hou, that white-eyed wolf Mu Qingyun is looking around to kill you, how can you jump into the fire pit by yourself!"

"I want to find out why Yuzhen died." Xie Yunlan said, Xie Yuzhen's death was full of doubts, and it was definitely not a disease. Wang Tai was still fine when he saw Yuzhen during the day, and Hongyu saw a puddle under Xie Yuzhen's body when she died. Blood.

In addition to this, there is another strange point about Mu Qingyun's attitude. Why did he say "she will be fine"?Xie Yuzhen was clearly gone.

Xie Yunlan did not doubt whether the news of the death was true or not. The time Wang Tai said about Yuzhen's accident coincided with the time when his dream appeared. He had that dream ten days ago. With tears in his eyes, he seemed to want to tell him something, but he couldn't say it because of some boundaries.

That may be the boundary between life and death, and at that time they will be separated from yin and yang.

It was understandable to hide the news of Xie Yuzhen's death at the beginning, because once the news came out, Wang Tai and the others would definitely go to Kunlun to inform Xie Yunlan, so the ambush Mu Qingyun and the others prepared for him in Kunlun might be useless.

But in the post station, they have already reached such a situation, there is no need for Mu Qingyun to hide from him anymore, the sentence "she will be fine", and the sentence Mu Qingyun said to him when he arrested Wang Tai and others, It's all weird.

Xie Yunlan wanted to go back to Jeju to find out.

"But..." Wang Tai still wanted to persuade.

Shen Fan said at the same time: "I'll go with you."

Xie Yunlan stared at him for a moment, then replied, "Okay."

Wang Tai: "..."

The two made up their minds as they talked to themselves, completely ignoring him.

After all, Wang Tai could only go on the road alone. He traveled day and night to spread the news to Yazhou as soon as possible.

Xie Yunlan and Shen Fan were not in such a hurry, they said they were going back to Jeju, but they had to find a way to sneak into the city, and Xie Yunlan's injury was not healed, after walking for a day, he felt a little lack of energy, he So he and Shen Fan found a shelter from the wind, and planned to rest for the night first.

At night, Xie Yunlan lit a bonfire. He caught a fish in the river and was roasting it by the fire.

He didn't say a word, as if he was concentrating on grilling the fish, but his eyes didn't fall, the fish was burnt, and he didn't realize it.

"It's getting burnt." Shen Fan reminded.

Xie Yunlan froze for a moment, and finally smelled the smell, he quickly took the fish off the fire.

He divided the grilled fish into two halves, gave Shen Fan the half that was not too burnt, and kept the burnt half for himself.

The two ate the fish separately, and they didn't speak any more during the period. Shen Fan usually talked less, while Xie Yunlan was more silent than usual.

He ate the fish in silence, then cleaned the ground in silence, and made a temporary bed.

Then, he continued to sleep without saying a word.

Shen Fan didn't sleep, he sat by the campfire and looked at Xie Yunlan quietly.

Hearing the news of Xie Yuzhen's death, Xie Yunlan didn't show any grief except for being stunned at first.

He was like this when he was young, he was inevitably injured when learning martial arts from his father, other children would have cried out in pain, but he just didn't cry, he just held back.

Maybe it's his natural personality, or maybe it's because he's used to taking care of others. Xie Yunlan has always been strong and never shows his weakness to others. Over time, most people really think that he won't cry or hurt, that he is an unbeatable iron Man.

Even Wang Tai, who grew up with him since he was a child, didn't realize the pain Xie Yunlan hid.

But no matter how well he hides during the day, there is nothing to hide in his sleep after all.

Under the flickering firelight at night, Shen Fan saw a tear in the corner of Xie Yunlan's eye.

Shen Fan didn't move, he was used to the life and death of mortals, and also the joy and sorrow of mortals.

Death is a very common thing, but most mortals can't see it. When their dead souls just came to Netherworld, their memories have not been completely washed away by the river of forgetfulness, and they often carry great grief, perhaps because of their unfulfilled last wishes , or perhaps for relatives and friends who will never see each other again.

Shen Fan sat in the eternity of darkness, and the shadow of the candle dragon transformed by his power in the sky watched the scenes of mortal grief coldly and indifferently. He could not understand these scenes, and would never be moved by them.

But at this moment, after watching quietly for a while, out of a psychology he couldn't explain, he reached out and wiped Xie Yunlan's tear away.

The teardrops were cold, and the coldness remained on his fingertips, lingering on.

Shen Fan looked down at his fingers, and he suddenly thought that when Xie Yunlan was about to die in front of him on the cliff, the emotions that emerged in his heart at that moment were so cold and depressing.

He seemed to finally understand a little bit why mortals would suffer for death.

Shen Fan clenched his fingers slowly, he remained silent, as if he had finally made a decision, he opened his fingers again, and outside the fire, lit another handful of candles in the dark night.

Shen Fan ignited a ray of soul fire with his fingers, tapped Xie Yunlan's brow, then closed his eyes, and together with Xie Yunlan, fell into the eternal darkness that was deeper than the night.