Chapter 43: Reunion in Despair

This crazy search did not stop until three days later, when Xiao Mian found that the originally red fire beast had turned a little golden.

Xiao Mian was also careless. He was only concerned with collecting the mysterious golden liquid for the past three days, but he did not notice that the color of the fire beast had gradually turned golden. When Xiao Mian noticed it, the fire beast, which was originally like a ball of fire, had already been painted with a layer of gold paint, and it was shining in the sun. What made Xiao Mian even more worried was that the fire beast's small body was swaying, just like Xiao Mian who was drunk a few days ago.

Does the mysterious golden liquid care about getting drunk?

While Hu Si was thinking about it, Xiao Mian was quite uneasy.

Not to mention that after three days of getting along, Xiao Mian had already regarded the human-like fire beast as his companion, not to mention that Xiao Mian himself drank a lot of golden liquid after the porcelain bottle was used up. If there was really something wrong with the mysterious golden liquid, then the unlucky one would definitely not only be a greedy fire beast, but also a greedy person!

Fortunately, after dancing for a while, the Firelight Beast seemed to have lost its alcohol and sobered up. However, it never dared to drink the mysterious golden liquid again, as if it would be completely drunk to death if it drank another sip. Xiao Mian naturally did not dare to touch the still flowing golden liquid again. After sealing the cave entrance with branches, he saw the Firelight Beastman standing up and looking around. Xiao Mian could not help but secretly exclaim: This little guy is becoming more and more like a human!

After a moment, the Firelight Beast seemed to have found the direction, and then called out to Xiao Mian.

"You... you want me to follow you?"

"Squeak-squeak-"

After three days of getting along, the man and the beast have a better understanding. The Firelight Beast no longer relies on nodding or shaking his head to express his meaning, and even makes some long and short syllables. Xiao Mian heard the Firelight Beast's eagerness and affirmation from the two long and one short squeaks. The little guy hopes that Xiao Mian will follow it to a place quickly.

Nothing to do, Xiao Mian followed the Fire Beast, and saw a golden light in front and a figure behind, cutting through the quiet red maple forest.

After running for an unknown period of time, Xiao Mian suddenly felt enlightened. He looked up and saw that he had already run out of the red maple forest. In front of him was a waist-high grass that stretched as far as the eye could see. This must be the so-called Northern Wilderness Prairie.

While Xiao Mian was in a daze, the Fire Beast had already rushed into the unusually lush grass.

Looking at the sky that was about to turn dark and the green in front of him, Xiao Mian was in a dilemma at this time. He didn't know the way at all, so he could only follow the Fire Beast into the grassland that he didn't know how vast it was. Now he could only hope that the Fire Beast would not get lost!

However, judging from the performance of the Fire Beast, it was obviously familiar with the road.

After rushing into the grassland, he walked for another hour, and when the stars were shining above his head and the bright moon was hanging in the sky, the Fire Beast stopped in front of a dark cave.

"Isn't this your home?"

"Squeak!" The Fire Beast turned around and nodded, then turned and rushed into the black hole. Xiao Mian swallowed his saliva, looked at the bottomless cave and hesitated for a long time, until the Fire Beast came back and called him again, he gritted his teeth and rushed into the cave. The cave was very long, and the further you went in, the narrower it became. Many places could only barely accommodate one person, but when he thought about it again, this was the Fire Beast's lair, Xiao Mian was relieved.

But then Xiao Mian was puzzled, at the end of the cave was a dead end of ten feet!

Looking at the empty cave, and then at the innocent Fire Beast, Xiao Mian's expression became more and more unfriendly-little guy, you are not kidding me! ?

Before Xiao Mian could start to teach the Fire Beast a lesson, he saw the Fire Beast leap up and crash into a dark rock wall. Xiao Mian was so shocked that he tried to stop it. With a flash of golden light, the Fire Beast disappeared like a stone falling into the water. What was even more bizarre was that there were layers of ripples spreading out on the stone wall.

What kind of stone wall is this!

It was clearly an illusion array to deceive people!

After understanding it, Xiao Mian did not dare to enter rashly.

No matter how spiritual the Fire Beast was, it would never set up such a sophisticated illusion array. There were only two possibilities: First, either this illusion array was left by a senior master, and the Fire Beast was just occupying the magpie's nest and used it as a door to cover up the nest; second, this illusion array was set up after the Fire Beast built its nest, so there must be a human cultivator who could set up an illusion array inside the Fire Beast's nest - and judging by Xiao Mian's intuition, I am afraid that the second possibility is far higher than the first one!

Advance? Or retreat?

If he went in, he would have to face unknown high-level cultivators; if he retreated, Xiao Mian would not be able to find a way back. Flying with a sword would naturally allow him to leave Huoyun Ridge, but he would easily be shot down by the high-level cultivators who were filling the area near Huoyun Ridge.

That little guy shouldn't hurt him!

Maybe the illusion array had been set up for a long time, and the master who set up the illusion array had left or even died, and he was just scaring himself. Maybe the master in the illusion array was still there, but he was a kind-hearted person like the scholar of the Yuanying ancestor, who would not only not embarrass him but also help him return to the Five Elements Gate.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally Xiao Mian made a decision.

Once a thought is made, all thoughts disappear.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Mian resolutely stepped into the stone wall.

Xiao Mian thought about all the possible scenes on the other side of the illusion array, but when Xiao Mian's body crossed the stone wall, he realized that he had not guessed correctly after all. A fierce cold wind whistled up from below, and Xiao Mian's body fell rapidly.

Behind the illusion array, there was a bottomless cliff!

After being frightened, Xiao Mian quickly released his Xuanfeng Sword. He breathed a sigh of relief only after he stepped on the enlarged Xuanfeng Sword to stop his falling body. But when Xiao Mian saw the environment he was in clearly, he couldn't spit out the turbid air that was about to come out.

Opposite Xiao Mian was a huge black stone with a height of 100 feet and a width of 100 feet. There were thousands of dense holes on the black stone. The holes seemed to be burned by a raging fire and looked extremely rough. Under the starlight above, each hole was shining, as if tens of thousands of bonfires were burning in the dark. Under the black boulder, most of it was suspended in the air, supported by only a thin stone pillar. Looking down, you can see the bottomless black hole, as if it leads directly to the underworld.

After being shocked, Xiao Mian finally realized that this might be the habitat of the Fire Beast clan.

"Squeak!"

In the quiet space, a whistle was particularly clear. Xiao Mian was overjoyed when he heard it. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a small golden figure looking up at him at the entrance of a secret cave at the bottom of the black stone, which was close to the ground.

"Little guy! I was almost scared to death by you!"

Flying to the void at the same level as the secret cave where the Fire Beast was, Xiao Mian laughed and cursed and wanted to catch the Fire Beast, but before Xiao Mian caught the little guy, he saw that there was not only a Fire Beast in the secret cave, but also a person!

In shock, Xiao Mian was about to run away, but found that his body could not move at all. At this moment, the man raised his head and showed an expressionless face.

"My friend, I didn't expect that we would meet again in just a few days! It's really fate..."