Five days have passed since Ye Hongyi obtained the Psychic Flower. At her speed, it only takes ten days to get from Banyue Valley to Four Elephants Sect.
According to the originally agreed time, the time when the Four Elephants Protecting the Mountain Formation was opened should be the time when she took off the Psychic Flower, and the Psychic Flower could be kept for up to twenty days after being picked, which is the same as the duration of the Four Elephant Mountain Protecting Formation.
It can fit without appearing rushed.
According to the previous plan, Ye Hongyi will return to the Four Symbols Sect on the tenth day, so there will be ten extra days in between.
In this way, not only can the time be seamlessly connected, but there will also be redundancy in the middle. By then, even if Qinghongxuan's people don't take action, Wen Zhiming will even take the initiative.
After getting the psychic flower, Ye Hongyi naturally didn't delay at all. For five days, she barely rested for a moment.
Although the energy of Mahayana monks is very strong, they cannot bear such uncontrolled consumption.
Finally feeling a little tired, Ye Hongyi looked down. It was a patch of rolling hills, with low plants and exposed rocks on the hills.
"Rest for a while, otherwise if you encounter an obstruction, it will be difficult to face the enemy and there may be a flaw."
Falling next to an earth-yellow boulder, Ye Hongyi was about to close her eyes for a moment.
Out of habit, she sat up straight, and her perception instantly covered a large area around her.
Suddenly, she frowned.
"Is there anyone?"
Not only was there someone, but Ye Hongyi also clearly sensed that this person was not far away from her.
Although he did not sense the fluctuations in spiritual power, out of vigilance, Ye Hongyi still used blinding techniques all over his body, and then carefully moved in the direction he sensed.
After climbing over a small hill, Ye Hongyi cautiously raised her head and saw a little girl squatting on the mountainside.
Faintly, she could still hear the little girl crying.
"Where did the child come from?"
The little girl looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. If she were really a mortal, she would have reached the age to get married. But in the eyes of a long-lived cultivator like Ye Hongyi, she was really just a little girl.
After carefully sensing the girl's body and confirming that there were no spiritual fluctuations, Ye Hongyi suddenly appeared next to the little girl.
"Huh?" Next to the little girl was the corpse of an old man. The corpse was stiff and looked like he had been dead for at least a day or two.
Seeing Ye Hongyi's sudden appearance, the little girl subconsciously took two steps back, then threw herself hard on the old man's body, looking at Ye Hongyi warily.
"You! Don't come over!" The little girl mustered up her courage and cried with a threatening tone.
"Little girl, don't be afraid, what are you doing?" Ye Hongyi pointed to the body under her.
"I won't tell you, grandpa said that women in red clothes are cannibals. You, you are not allowed to eat my grandpa's body!" At the beginning, the little girl still gritted her teeth, but after the words, her whole body was already covered with blood.
I started to shiver involuntarily.
If she had encountered this kind of thing before, Ye Hongyi would definitely leave without looking back. But seeing the little girl in front of her crying was really pitiful, and this kind of thing reminded her of her childhood.
remember.
She especially remembered that when her grandfather died, she also protected his body in this way, but in the end, she failed to protect his body. Her grandfather really became the flower fertilizer of the ghostly red psychic flower.
Looking at the shivering little girl in front of her, she tried her best to put on a smile on her frosty face, then pointed to the sun in the sky and said: "Little girl, I am a human being, not a ghost. Have you ever seen a ghost come and go in the daytime?"
?"
There are no monsters under the sky.
The so-called monsters are just stories told by adults to scare children. And these stories usually happen at night.
These words were very helpful to the little girl. She looked at the bright sun in the sky and then at Ye Hongyi in front of her, and then she felt relieved.
"Sister...sister, I..."
To be honest, with Ye Hongyi's real age, she is more than enough to be this little girl's mother-in-law, but the little girl doesn't know that it is natural to call her sister.
"You should get up first." Ye Hongyi squatted down and asked softly: "What's wrong with you?"
The little girl was about to say, maybe because the suppressed emotions in her heart were too heavy, she couldn't help crying "Wow".
From what the little girl started talking, Ye Hongyi already knew that the body next to her was her grandfather's body.
Grandpa is dead, so there is no harm in crying.
Instead of trying to persuade her, she patiently found a stone nearby and sat down. When the little girl stopped crying, she asked, "Is this your grandpa?"
This sentence is nonsense, and Ye Hongyi really can't find any better opening remarks.
"Well, the girl nodded."
Ye Hongyi also nodded, "Grandpa is gone, so it's normal to cry. However, the sun is strong here. If your grandpa is not laid to rest earlier, I'm afraid..."
"I know!" The girl bit her lip and whispered: "But I can't dig a hole, I..."
Only then did Ye Hongyi see that the girl's fingernails were covered in blood, and there were some slight marks on the rocks next to her.
"Why did you bury your grandfather here? The soil under the mountain is soft, so it should be much easier."
The girl raised her head and explained: "Grandpa said that when I was very young, my parents went to the west, but there has been no news from them for so many years. Before my grandfather died, he said that he hoped to stand taller.
So that you can always keep an eye on them in the west."
Only then did Ye Hongyi realize that this hillside was indeed facing west.
As if she suddenly realized something, she asked: "You said your parents are gone?"
"Yeah!" The girl lowered her head and nodded.
"Then how did you get your grandpa here?"
"I...I dragged it up." The girl pointed to the straw mat thrown aside. There was already a big hole in the straw mat.
"I originally wanted to drag grandpa to the top of the mountain, but...but there is only this straw mat at home. Without the straw mat, I am afraid of hurting his body."
Ye Hongyi suddenly realized it. When he looked at the girl again, her eyes had become extremely soft.
How much strength can such a girl have?
She looked up and saw that there seemed to be a thatched house at the foot of the mountain. There was no need to think about it, it must be the girl's home.
From there, dragging a body to this place, Ye Hongyi could imagine how much effort she had to put in.
"Extend your hand, sister, take a look."
The girl rubbed the corner of her clothes and stretched out her hand.
These hands did not look like the hands of a little girl. The palms were covered with calluses, some of which had been worn away, revealing bloodshot skin.
"Let's do this, sister will help you."
"Sister, can you help me?" The little girl's face finally showed a hint of joy.
Ye Hongyi nodded, then waved his hand, and a stone pit instantly appeared on the ground.
Just as she was about to put the old man's body into the pit, Ye Hongyi suddenly discovered that there were several vague ring scars on the top of the old man's head.
"Your grandfather was a monk during his lifetime?"
"Grandpa said that when he was young, he was tricked into becoming a monk for a few years, but then he came back, and that's when he had my father, but now my father..."
The girl's tears were like broken beads. She wiped her tears, then stood up, holding the corpse's head with both hands, trying to drag it into the pit.
Perhaps due to overexertion, the little girl stumbled and almost fell.
A gust of breeze supported her body, and Ye Hongyi whispered: "Sister, help you bury grandpa in the grave."
But the little girl shook her head, "Sister, I want to send grandpa in with my own hands."
As she spoke, she picked up the corpse's head again.
"Hmm...Yeah..." The little girl gritted her teeth, as if she wanted to use all her strength.
Ye Hongyi originally wanted to use a spell to help the little girl, but then she thought of what the girl just said.
"Here, sister, let me help you lift it." This time, Ye Hongyi personally lifted the lower half of the body. The reason was for no other reason. In fact, it was more out of respect. Not only for the dead, but also for the living.
"Thank you sister!" The girl gritted her teeth and said a few words.
Gently placing the old man's body in the pit, Ye Hongyi took a deep breath, and her face glowed with brilliance.
Today, she did something meaningful. Although it was just a little effort, her heart was extremely satisfied.
Looking up in the direction of Half Moon Valley, Ye Hongyi softly read two words: "Grandpa."
"Your home is at the foot of the mountain. My sister will take you back."
Ye Hongyi turned around, but was surprised to find that the little girl behind her had disappeared.