I'm useless, but my apprentices are all gods who protect others.

Qingzhou, the secret realm of Shenyi Cave.

Time passes much faster in the Mirage City secret realm than outside the city. Even though Sheng Yi and the others feel that months have passed in the secret realm, it only lasts a few seconds outside.

Gu Xinzhou walked to the center of Miying Forest, but he didn't see the human head tree that Murong Yao mentioned. There was only an ordinary century-old tree in front of him.

Gu Xinzhou was silent. The images of Murong Yao and the others supporting each other and looking pale appeared in his mind. He didn't think they had any reason to lie.

Human head tree...

He had never heard of such a weird spiritual plant in Jiuzhou. Gu Xinzhou thought for a moment and injected spiritual power into the mysterious mirror. After a while, the portrait of his third junior brother Gong Boyun was reflected in the mysterious mirror.

While Sheng Yi was still there, the three of them left the master's door one after another to practice. Sheng Yi was afraid that something unexpected would happen to them, so he asked a craftsman to make a mysterious mirror. As long as they exchanged marks and injected spiritual power, they could see each other's images, which would also facilitate communication.

Sheng Yi was afraid that some people would only report good news but not bad news when they went out, so she asked the three disciples to carry this mirror with them so that she could check at any time or find someone to chat with.

Gu Xinzhou actually didn't use the Xuanjing very much. He only brought it with him because of Shenyi's instructions. His relationship with his senior sister and brother was not so good that they had to chat every day. For a long time, he only used the Xuanjing to chat with Shenyi.

It is said that since Shangyi left for hundreds of years, they have long been able to take charge of their own affairs and no longer have to worry about the Master. However, they still carry this Xuanjing close to them - perhaps there is always some hope buried in their hearts, looking forward to the Master meeting one day. Unannounced as before.

The Xuanjing was soon opened, and a tall and tall young man appeared in the air. The young man had a handsome appearance, and his movements revealed an aura that could not be ignored. What was strange was that the young man had a pair of silver eyes that were different from ordinary people, which added a touch of extravagance. Quiet mystery.

Gong Boyun raised his eyebrows and said in a clear voice: "Senior brother, you have been looking for me too often recently. Why, something happened? Tell me to make me happy."

Gu Xinzhou had no time to argue with him: "Is there a kind of tree in your Demonic Realm that is full of human heads?"

Gong Boyun frowned: "What do you mean by our Demon Realm? I have been a member of Master for a long time and have nothing to do with the Demon Realm."

Gu Xinzhou scolded: "You are a master, you want to be beaten, right? You have a big mouth but you can't speak human words! I have something urgent, please answer me quickly!"

Gong Boyun liked to look at Gu Xinzhou's angry look. He smiled for a while and then said seriously: "There is indeed a tree with human heads in the Demon Realm, called the ghost tree, but in recent years it is rare even in the Demon Realm. Its nemesis, the Entangling Spirit Tree, has become extinct."

"This ghost tree is parasitic for reproduction. The parasitized person can still move around normally at first, but after a certain period of time, an identical thing will grow out of the tree. At that time, it will only chase you and bite you, and kill you while you are sick. Life."

Looking at Gu Xinzhou's gloomy expression, Gong Boyun asked: "Second Senior Brother, you are not infected, are you? Even the Demon Lord may not be able to cure this thing. Do I have to go back to Qingzhou for a feast?"

Gu Xinzhou suppressed the urge to hit someone in his heart and asked patiently: "Someone planted a ghost tree in the master's secret realm, but I went to check and found nothing. I suspect that someone planted a trap in the master's secret realm. Hidden the traces of that thing.”

Since the ghost tree will not kill people immediately, even the parasitized people should show up. How could they think that there is no trace now.

As soon as he heard that the matter was related to good intentions, Gong Boyun's laziness suddenly stopped, and his eyebrows turned cold: "Who doesn't have the foresight to dare to raise monsters in Master's secret realm?"

Gu Xinzhou knew that this matter could only be settled in the future. The top priority was to find the missing Sheng Yi and other disciples: "I suspect that those disciples fell into the Demon Realm. Please help me see if there is a way to activate the formation here to get to the Demon Realm."

……

The matter of setting up the stall was put on the agenda. Sheng Yi was responsible for assembling the small wooden cart for setting up the stall. Zhong Yueli was boiling sugar water to make pastries in the kitchen. Zhong Yueling and Chu Qiongxin were discussing how to promote the pastries to make the pastries sell well.

Shenyi made a bamboo cricket for Chonglan, and Chonglan couldn't put it down. She sat at Shengyi's feet and played with it to make herself happy.

"This is a thousand spirit stones." Meng Mu came back from an outing. He was covered in blood. There was a hideous bloodstain beside his left eye, which spread to the corner of his eye. For a time, he could only see with one eye open.

Meng Mu only placed a bag of spiritual stones in front of Sheng Yi, as if he was used to it.

Seeing Meng Mu's appearance, Sheng Yi immediately covered Xiao Chonglan's eyes and signaled Chu Qiongxin next to him to take the child away.

Only then did Meng Mu realize that Zhonglan had come to play next door again. After Chu Qiongxin brought Zhonglan into the house, Meng Mu said, "You're not saying we want to set up a stall together, I'll give you a thousand spiritual stones."

Shengyi saw that he was covered with injuries: "Where did you get the money?"

Meng Muhun wiped the blood on his face nonchalantly and said confidently: "Don't worry, it wasn't stolen this time."

Seeing his confident look, Sheng Yi suddenly remembered that there was a colosseum in the center of the city, which specially provided fighting performances for the beasts. The reward for winning a death battle was exactly one thousand spirit stones.

"Don't look at me like that. I just want to try other ways to get money. It has nothing to do with you." Meng Mu explained as she felt uncomfortable being stared at by Sheng Yi.

Sheng Yi was silent for a moment, put down his work, took the medicine box he had just prepared a few days ago from the house, and said to Meng Mu, "Do you want to change back to your original form? I'll give you medicine."

Meng Mugang was about to refuse, but Sheng Yi held him back and refused to let him go. Thinking that his body really hurt, he changed back to his original shape and lay lazily on the ground.

Such a Mengji beast was lying in front of him. After looking at it for a long time, Sheng Yi always felt that her family was Jiaojiao. However, Meng Mu had been eating poorly for a long time, and his fur was not as bright as Jiaojiao. It was prickly to the touch and always stained with blood. Kindhearted: "Anyway, from now on, we will all work together to set up a stall, and we can be considered partners. From now on, you and Chonglan will often come to our house for dinner."

Meng Mu lazily turned over and said, "Don't you humans have a saying that a gentleman will not eat what he grumbles for?"

Meng Mu knew that Shenyi's statement of partnership was just to give him a nicer reason to come to them to make money.

Sheng Yi said confidently: "You are not a human being, you can eat it."

Meng Mu: ...Is this the point?

Meng Mu wagged her tail, but she didn't refuse anymore.

The coolness of the medicinal materials made Meng Mumao excited. He stared at Sheng Yi's face and a question arose in his mind: "No matter the beast tribe or the demon tribe, they are not willing to accept us. Why do you..."

Needless to say, the human race, but the orcs and demons who were supposed to have sympathy with Meng Mu also rejected his existence after seeing Meng Mu bringing a human child. They couldn't please each other, so they could only get in between To survive.

Sheng Yi sighed: "We are all poor people, just trying to keep each other warm."

Meng Mu was slightly startled and stopped talking.

Chonglan: "Brother has turned into a leopard again."

Xiao Chonglan ran over to play with Meng Mu's paws, but Meng Mu just narrowed his eyes and ignored him.

Unexpectedly, Meng Mu showed Chonglan his true form.

He really had no reservations about this kid.

……

Sheng Yi, Meng Mu and Chu Qiongxin all had special identities, so the identities of pastry shop owners fell on Zhong Yueling and Zhong Yueli.

Early in the morning, Zhong Yueling went out to sell cakes with a trolley. The gimmick was "cakes that can only be eaten in five thousand years." In the cold weather, more and more diners came to buy food, and business became booming.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed in the secret realm. Meng Mu and Chong Lan have obviously integrated into the foursome, and the six of them are living a prosperous life in the dilapidated alley.

At the beginning of the year again, it started to snow in Mirage City.

Overnight, the mirage city became a snowy city covered in silver.

Several people bought new year's goods. On New Year's Eve, everyone sat together to eat New Year's Eve dinner and said New Year's wishes to each other.

Without exception, Sheng Yi and others broke through the secret realm and returned to Jiuzhou. They just didn't want to make Meng Mu and others suspicious, so they made up a few random wishes.

Chong Lan put on the red jacket she bought specially for Shengyi and wore a cute tiger head hat on her head. She beamed and asked Meng Mu, "What is my brother's New Year's wish?"

The faces of the so-called family members flashed through Meng Mu's mind, and she shook her head: "I don't know."

Xiao Chonglan pursed his lips and hugged Meng Mu's arm: "My wish is to be with my brother forever!"

Meng Mu was slightly startled, while Zhong Yueling laughed loudly at the side: "What are you talking about? Your brother doesn't need to get married, you also need to get married."

Xiao Chonglan blinked and climbed onto Meng Mu's lap: "Then we will be a family member for the rest of our lives! I want to support my brother in his old age!"

Zhong Yueling: "Your brother has a long life. I don't know who will survive who..."

Zhong Yueli smiled and stepped on Zhong Yueling. Zhong Yueling screamed in pain and stopped talking.

Meng Mu touched Zhonglan's head, her beautiful golden eyes full of concentration and seriousness: "Okay, then you have to grow up well, I'm still waiting for you to take care of yourself."

Shengyi looked at this happy scene and was infected by the happy atmosphere, but his heart felt a little heavy.

The days went by like this. Apart from taking revenge on a few vengeful humans, Meng Mu spent the rest of his time either with Chonglan or going to the stalls with Shenyi.

Everyone thought that life would continue to be so peaceful.

Until one day, Chu Qiongxin's father, the cheap city lord who forced her to get married, came to her door with a group of people, and behind him were Chonglan's father and mother, who were powerful people in Bianzhou.