Chapter 1855

After all, things like cultivation level are indeed one of the main secrets of monks.

At this time, Ye Tian's footsteps suddenly stopped, his eyes fell on the front, and he froze slightly.

Both Zhan Tai and Gao Yue were a little puzzled. There was nothing in front of them except the big trees, vines and weeds that had never changed in the past few days.

But now they knew that Ye Tian's cultivation base was advanced and he could see far, so they agreed tacitly and didn't ask.

Ye Tian walked straight forward, and the two hurriedly followed behind.

Not long after, the three found a simple wooden house in the woods.

The wooden house is hidden in the woods, and it is extremely difficult to identify. If Ye Tian hadn't noticed it from the beginning, Zhan Tai and Gao Yue would not have been able to find it.

The key point is that when you walk in, you can see some charcoal on the side of the wooden house.

The charcoal had obviously just been burned out, and there was still a faint green smoke.

The door of the wooden house was ajar, and Zhan Tai stepped forward to push it open. When he saw the inside, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

I saw that the inside of the wooden house was very dark and poorly furnished. There were two low wooden beds, and an iron pot was placed in the middle, covered with a lid, and steam was coming out of it.

There are some animal furs hanging on the walls, and there are some miscellaneous things in the corner. There was a rotten smell in the house, which was not pleasant.

Obviously, this is not a temporary residence, some people live here for a long time.

The first time they saw the wooden house, Zhan Tai and Gao Yue thought that it was some disciple from the holy church who was hiding here to avoid the danger of monsters on Cuizhu Island, and planned to go out in a month.

But now it seems that definitely not.

"Ahem..." An uncontrollable painful cough attracted the attention of Zhan Tai and Ye Tian and Gao Yue who walked in afterwards.

Zhan Tai was surprised to see that there was a person lying on one of the beds in the wooden house!

The next moment, Zhan Tai quickly drew out his Dao sword and pointed at the figure.

But the other party just looked at Zhan Tai, Ye Tian and Gao Yue seriously, without moving or responding.

If it wasn't for the cough just now and the pair of eyes that were still bright in the dark environment, they would definitely think that this must be a dead person.

Zhan Tai raised his other empty hand, and the gentle milky white light illuminated the space in the wooden house, and only then did he see clearly the appearance of the person opposite.

It would be a bit of a stretch to say that this is a person.

Because his appearance is really unflattering, with sunken eye sockets, prominent cheekbones, and skinny.

He was obviously missing a leg, and on the exposed upper body was a terrifying huge wound that almost traversed the entire chest. Medicine was applied, but there was an unstoppable rotten smell coming from the wound.

At the same time, around his body, there was still some black mist clearly lingering.

This kind of mist has been seen by Ye Tian and others many times in the past few days, it is the devilish energy that is said to have originated from the underworld!

So... this is an aborigine on Cuizhu Island!

Regardless of whether it is the holy hall or the Xiandao Mountain, the disciples and officials are required to kill the aborigines on Cuizhu Island whenever they encounter them!

After reacting, Gao Yue drew out her Dao sword without thinking, and pointed at that person.

"The people from the temple... have you come?" Pointing at the two sharp swords, the man still did not move, but there was despair rising in his eyes, he whispered softly, his voice was weak and hoarse.

"You know our clothes? Who are you?" Zhan Tai asked in a deep voice.

"Aren't you here to kill me?" the man asked back.

These words undoubtedly once again proved his identity, this person is indeed an aborigine on Cuizhu Island.

After the man asked back, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, the despair in his eyes suddenly turned into relief, and then he closed his eyes gently, as if he was letting others do something.

"Kill him?" Gao Yue stepped forward and subconsciously looked at Ye Tian.

Ye Tian didn't speak, but Zhan Tai next to him moved the sword in his hand, blocking Gao Yue's front.

"He was seriously injured, and his life was already in danger." Zhan Tai said with a heavy tone.

"So what?" Gao Yue said, "I've heard Su Guangqi's words in the holy church. The aborigines on Cuizhu Island are the embodiment of evil and depravity. If you encounter them, you must kill them!"

"But..." Zhan Tai's eyes fell on the horrible wound on the man's chest and the curled up body, flashing a look of unbearable.

"Even if they are all human beings, we have a different standpoint from them. There is nothing we can do about it," Gao Yue said flatly.

"How did you get your injuries?" Zhan Tai asked.

The man closed his eyes but did not wait for death to come. After he opened them, he was obviously puzzled.

Zhan Tai repeated his question again.

"Ten years ago... your people broke their legs with one sword, and pierced their chests with one sword!" The man spoke intermittently. He must be in great pain, so every syllable had to work extra hard to speak.

However, one could hear that the person's tone was very calm, as if what he was talking about did not happen to him.

The three of Ye Tian understood that the injury suffered by this person was left by the disciples who came to Cuizhu Island from their temple ten years ago.

Zhan Tai was silent for a moment.

"Who is it?" At this moment, Gao Yue suddenly turned around, raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked outside the door.

"Puff puff!"

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, the door of the wooden house was knocked open with a bang, and a round and low voice rushed in.

Seeing the situation in the house, the man immediately let out a low roar like a little tiger, as if he didn't care about the two sharp swords in Zhan Tai and Gao Yue's hands, he ran straight to the bed and threw the thin man on the bed blocked behind.

At this time, I can clearly see that he is a little boy, no wonder he is very short.

His face was covered with grass clippings and dirt, and he was wearing a dirty robe that obviously didn't fit, tightly tied with hemp rope, and his curly and fluffy hair was also messy.

The little boy's eyes were very bright, and he was showing a fierce light at this moment, staring at Zhan Tai and Gao Yue without fear, with a pair of short arms spread out, protecting the people behind, just like protecting a chicken Like a hen.

It's just that he is too small after all, so he looks a little funny.

At the same time, although the little boy's strength doesn't look small, and there seems to be some aura in his body, which proves that he has practiced, but at most he has only three levels of Qi training, which is too weak for Ye Tian and the others.

The little boy also obviously knew that the three gorgeously dressed people were definitely not his match, so he didn't take the initiative to attack, but he kept his movements unchanged.

The most important thing is that there is actually a child on the back of this little boy.

The toddler was probably only one or two years old, with a round head poking out from behind the boy's messy hair, purring eyes kept turning around, looking at everything in front of him curiously, biting his finger in his mouth, from time to time Make ambiguous syllables of unknown meaning.

The little boy's skin was dark and his face was dirty, but the toddler on his back looked much cleaner, with a round face.

But the two children, like the man on the back bed, were covered in black mist.

So their identities are self-evident.

Seeing all this, Ye Tian shook his head slightly, but said nothing.

Zhan Tai gritted his teeth quietly.

"If I want to kill you, I can't do it!" He took a deep breath, turned his face away, and put away the sharp sword in his hand.

Gao Yue pointed the Dao sword in her hand at the little boy.

She bit her thin lips lightly, but her eyes did not stare at the little boy opposite, but turned to other places subconsciously.

Especially the dao sword in his hand was trembling slightly.

Under normal circumstances, this is unlikely to happen.

It can be seen that Gao Yue's hand holding the hilt of the sword has turned white from the force, but it still cannot stabilize.

After a stalemate for half the price, Gao Yue's hand holding the sword finally sank, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and fell powerlessly.

She still didn't stab out.

...

In the wooden house, a water-drop-shaped artifact is suspended in the air, emitting a gentle light to illuminate the space.

Under Ye Tian's guidance, Zhan Tai was treating the seriously injured man.

The little boy watched with a trace of vigilance that had not completely dissipated in his eyes.

The toddler on his back had already been put down, and was lying on another smaller bed, playing with a bone from a wild animal.

Gao Yue watched all this silently in the corner.

"So your name is Xu Ye?" Ye Tian said.

The seriously injured man who was wearing it nodded his head with difficulty.

"What about you, what's your name?" Ye Tian looked at the little boy.

"Xu Xingyuan." The little boy said.

Perhaps it was because Ye Tian had a sense of kinship, or maybe it was because after Ye Tian took action, Xu Ye's injury was indeed much better, and the little boy's initial hostility had been dispelled.

But after all, the clothes from the church on them should have left an indelible impression on the little boy, so he still looked a little strange. After saying the name, he tightly closed his mouth again.

"The name sounds nice," Zhan Tai looked at the little boy and said with a smile, "When I was your age, my name was Zhan Xiaoyu."

The little boy showed a difficult smile in response to Zhan Tai, but immediately changed back.

"So you are his father?" Ye Tian asked Xu Ye.

The latter nodded.

"What about his mother?" Ye Tian asked.

"Ten years ago... was killed!" Xu Ye said slowly.

"What about that child?" Ye Tian pointed to the toddler on the other bed.

"I picked it up," said the little boy Xu Xingyuan, tinkering with the iron pot in the room, which contained some boiled medicinal materials.

...

After paying half the salary, Ye Tian and the three finally understood everything.

Ten years ago, the last batch of inner disciples from the holy hall came here to practice. Although the inner disciples should pass the entrance examination every three years, they are counted as the same group, but Cuizhu Island can only be visited once every ten years.

In short, every time these temple disciples and officials from Xiandao Mountain came, it was a disaster for the aborigines on Cuizhu Island.

This is also the reason why the villagers in the first village that Ye Tian and the others arrived five days ago all moved away.

They didn't leave Cuizhu Island, but went deeper.

Just to avoid chasing and killing.

And the deeper you go into the forest, the stronger the monster will become.

But there is no way. Compared with monsters, monks with wisdom and cultivation seem to be more terrifying.

After all, monsters generally have fixed habits, and they are only for survival, and these monks who came to Cuizhu Island are only for killing.

But Xu Ye can only say that it was rather unlucky. A group of disciples from the temple went deep into the forest in order to avoid the pursuit of monsters, and finally happened to arrive at the place where they lived at that time.

Xu Ye also had some cultivation, but it was far from enough in front of the disciples of the temple. One leg was cut off and his chest was scratched. He tried his best to save his life.

Xu Ye's wife was killed on the spot in order to protect Xu Xingyuan, who was still young at the time.

From then on, Xu Ye and Xu Xingyuan had no choice but to go deeper into the forest and live among the monsters until now.

Although Xu Ye's injury worsened day by day, fortunately Xu Xingyuan grew up slowly, and now he can barely survive in the forest.

But he is still just a child after all, although he can cultivate, but the level of the third level of Qi training is too weak, one can imagine how much suffering he has suffered all these years.

A year ago, when Xu Xingyuan was looking for food outside, he picked up a newborn child.

Although the child's parents escaped the chasing and killing of the temple disciples, they did not survive in front of the monster and were killed by both.

Their child was picked up by Xu Xingyuan and has been raised until now.

Xu Ye was seriously ill and couldn't protect himself, so it was naturally difficult to take care of the child, so most of the time, Xu Xingyuan went out to find medicinal materials and carried it on his back when he went out for food.

Xu Ye was originally a monk. Although his level was not high and his talent was not good, he finally stepped into that door. For ten years, he was bedridden most of the time, so he slowly developed a way to conceal his breath. When monsters are nearby, they can be concealed.

This is also the reason why Zhan Tai didn't find him the first time after entering the house.

Of course, this was mainly because Zhan Tai didn't pay attention.

...

In the middle of the night, the moonlight shines through the cracks in the canopy and falls sparsely on the ground.

Inside the room, the little boy Xu Xingyuan and his retrieved younger brother were already huddled together on the small bed and fell asleep.

With Ye Tian's action, even if Xu Ye's injuries were extremely serious and lasted ten years, even threatening his life, it was nothing. After more than half a day, he had already recovered a lot.

Supplemented with the top-quality elixir given by Zhan Tai, Xu Ye already seemed to have some vigor and vitality at this time.

This is also the reason for the little boy to rest assured and accept Ye Tian and the others to stay here.

After taking a elixir just now, the power of the medicine melted, and Xu Ye slowly fell asleep.

Ye Tian sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and focused, practicing silently.

But Zhan Tai and Gao Yue next to him couldn't calm down.

Zhan Tai looked at the two little boys who were huddled together and sleeping soundly, and then at Xu Ye, who was haggard and unhuman, with complicated expressions on his face.

"Where are they evil?" Zhan Tai seemed to be muttering to himself, and seemed to be asking Gao Yue, who was also silently staring at her side, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Where did they fall?"

"Because of that inexplicable, so-called demon energy?" Zhan Tai said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, a strange color flashed in Ye Tian's eyes.

Zhan Tai's question is actually what Ye Tian is thinking about now.

After so many days, on this Bizhu Island, monsters have this devilish energy on their bodies, and the aborigines like Xu Ye and Xu Xingyuan also have this devilish energy on their bodies. Apart from the slight occlusion and shielding effect of the perception, this demonic energy does not have the evil power preached by the Holy Church and Xiandao Mountain at all!

But this kind of occlusion of consciousness and perception is fundamentally different from other similar techniques or formations, and even Ye Tian can't tell the details.

Ye Tian always felt that the perception and shielding of the divine consciousness by this kind of magic energy was just the appearance of its ability, and the real effect had not yet been shown.

Still need to observe.

"I haven't seen the rest of the aborigines, but these three people, aren't they obvious enough? They're just trying to survive in this forest!" Zhan Tai continued to speak, with righteous indignation in his tone.

"Those monsters are actually for the sake of living, but..." Gao Yue didn't succeed in killing the little boy, but her heart was not completely shaken. Hearing Zhan Tai's last words, Gao Yue still spoke slowly with some hesitation.

But in fact, it's not clear whether her words are trying to convince Zhan Tai or herself.

"Are you serious?" Zhan Tai sneered. He pointed at Xu Xingyuan, pointing at the retrieved toddler, who somehow lay on the little boy's body sideways, with his feet up but his head down, sound asleep.

"Senior Sister Gao, take a good look, are they monsters or humans, real people?" Zhan Tai asked word by word.

Gao Yue was speechless and speechless.

...

...

The next day, before dawn, the little boy got up from the bed.

He first checked Xu Ye's injuries carefully, and found that he was much better than before going to bed last night, and a smile appeared on his face.

Then he came in front of the three of Ye Tian, ​​knelt down with a plop, and bowed earnestly a few times.

Zhan Tai was about to open his eyes, but after realizing this movement, his eyeballs moved, he didn't dare to open them, and turned his body slightly.

A sympathy flashed in Gao Yue's eyes, and she sighed softly.

Ye Tian waved his hand, and a breeze lifted the little boy up.

"You should be most grateful to yourself," Ye Tian said with a smile.

After thinking for a long time, the little boy still half understood Ye Tian's words. After grinning, he turned around and went about his own business.

Only after the little boy got up did Zhan Tai dare to open his eyes.

"He suffered such suffering, but I actually did nothing..." Zhan Tai said with some shame.

Ye Tian patted Zhan Tai's shoulder lightly, but didn't speak.

The little boy was busy, cleaning the wooden house, helping Xu Ye to wash up, helping the children to wash up, and finally being himself.

Using another, smaller pot with hot water, he took some gray powder and made a paste from a pot in the corner and fed it to the young child.

Then he dug out a few more fruits, gave one to Xu Ye and one to himself, and started to eat it.

The three of Ye Tian knew it was because the little boy didn't catch any prey yesterday, so they could only eat this fruit today.

The little boy gave him and his father one, but in fact, Ye Tian and the three of them were given two each.

Ye Tian didn't want it, but Zhan Tai and Gao Yue took one. From the subtle expressions, it can be seen that although the fruit can be eaten, the taste should be relatively ordinary.

After breakfast, the little boy began to prepare things, obviously going out to find food.

It seems that these things are what he has been doing for the past ten years, and it has become a habit.

"Leave Xiaowen today, I can take care of him now," Xu Ye said when he saw the little boy was about to tie the toddler on his back skillfully.

After repeated confirmation, the little boy still left the toddler named Xiaowen.

Then Ye Tian and the others followed him and left the cabin and walked into the forest.

Going hunting with the little boy was proposed by Zhan Tai, and neither Ye Tian nor Gao Yue had any objections.

The little boy's experience in living in the forest is indeed very rich. He knows all about those plants and trees, including the habitats of several relatively powerful monsters around him, as well as the habits, states, and characteristics of those monsters.

It's hard to imagine how he did it with a small Qi training level three.

Following the little boy, Ye Tian and the others got acquainted with the situation on Cuizhu Island a lot, which can be regarded as some gains.

And with the help of Zhan Tai, this time it was also a fruitful harvest, and they caught prey that the three little boys couldn't finish eating for a long time.

In the evening, Zhan Tai helped put away all the prey with a storage bag, and the four of them returned to the cabin together.

When there was still a long distance away from the wooden house, Ye Tian frowned, and his consciousness sensed that someone was approaching the wooden house from a distance!

He still knew that person, it turned out to be Su Guangqi who hadn't seen him for several days, and there were three immortal officials from Xiandao Mountain beside him, and the four of them had obviously discovered the wooden house.