The roads in Xicheng have now been repaired, and the stone houses for the winter have been built. Except for the city walls, the most basic construction is almost completed, and Ye Xi finally has some free time.

He was holding the ball of flame-weave fern, riding a big buzzard, braving the cold rain to the rock salt mine.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the pouring rain seems to have caught ice, and most of the animals in the forest are hiding in the cold.

The two falcons who guard the cave are not afraid of the cold. They are parked on a large tree nearby, with their small **** erected, and their fluffy feathers squeezed together, allowing the cold raindrops to patter through the leaves. Come down.

When Ye Xi turned over and jumped off the big buzzard, the two falcons immediately gathered their feathers vigilantly, and stared at them with sharp eyes.

When it was discovered that it was Ye Xi, the two falcons immediately withdrew their vigilance, and their rich feathers exploded again, like two round brown pompoms, together to resist the cold.

The Jiao Jiao was now listlessly shrunk in the depths of the rock salt mine. In the darkness, it had scarlet eyes open, letting the cold wind blow in.

The scales that were originally smooth and gorgeous like metal are now dull and dull.

"Jiao Jiao——!"

Ye Xi stood at the cave and shouted at the entrance of the cave.

The black-scaled boa constrictor, which usually came out like lightning without calling, crawled out from the depths of the cave slowly. It hissed twice at Ye Xi, and immediately lowered its head, sorrowful. The ground never moved a step further.

Ye Xi was surprised when he saw Jiao Jiao like this: "What's wrong?"

He knew that snakes were afraid of cold and had the habit of hibernating, but Jiao Jiao was already a ferocious beast, and logically speaking, it should not be so cold that even the scales have lost their luster.

"His..."

Jiao Jiao vomited a snake letter gently.

Ye Xi frowned and took a closer look at Jiao Jiao, and found that its cornea was smoky blue. Then he suddenly realized that it was about to shed its skin.

This was the first time Jiao Jiao shed his skin. He was somewhat unprepared... But it is always good for a python to shed its skin. After the old skin is shed, the new skin will become more rigid.

Ye Xi sighed in relief, patted its big head, and said warmly: "You have been working hard during this period. Today you can go back to the city to hibernate in peace. What do you think of the hole dug by the Zy tribe? It is deep enough and the place is big. , You can shed your skin at ease."

Hearing Ye Xi's words, Jiao Jiao immediately raised his head and looked at him suspiciously with scarlet eyes.

It only saw Ye Xi and the big buzzard, one person and one bird. When it left, who would guard the cave?

Feeling Jiao Jiao's doubts, Ye Xi did not explain, but smiled and said, "You come out first."

The huge python body slowly swims out of the cave, the black scales of the giant python are covered with icy rain, and it makes a crisp sound of metal percussion, but the scales appear more and more gray.

After the Jiao Jiao completely came out, Ye Xi used both hands to put down the flame-weave fern ball in his arms, put it upright at the entrance of the hole, and squatted down to watch it solemnly.

"Yanwen Fern, this cave is very important to us, so I want to ask you to protect it, okay?"

During this period of time, the flamed fern ball gleams darker and darker, and even its breath is almost empty, just like the most common sepak takraw, without a trace of anger.

But as soon as Ye Xi's voice fell, the ball of Yanwen Fern suddenly inflated!

Countless rattans stretched out in all directions, and climbed up the rock salt mine cave entrance like mountain vines. At the same time, every leaf seemed to be lit, and the complicated lines that had been silent once again shone like magma. Light.

In an instant, its breath was so powerful that it was almost terrifying.

"——Gah!!"

The two falcons on the branch screamed in horror and flew up into the sky in an instant.

Hula la, all the surrounding creatures blasted away like kerosene, and the Jiao Jiao also picked up Ye Xi like lightning, fleeing here desperately, changing his previous decadent appearance, and his movements were surprisingly fast.

The eruption of Yanwen Fern was terrifying.

Jiao Jiao was so frightened, he didn't even have the slightest thought of resisting, and he took Ye Xi away immediately without paying any attention.

Ye Xi didn't expect that the Yanwen Fern would emit such a terrible aura, and his heartbeat missed a beat, and he reacted in the next second and ordered the Jiao Jiao to stop immediately.

Jiao Jiao is now very afraid of Yanwen fern, afraid that his pupils will shrink into a line.

But its extreme trust in Ye Xi made it abruptly overcome this fear, and stiffly put Ye Xi down and guarded him.

The flame fern is still growing.

Countless vines gradually covered the whole mountain, the leaves spread out like flowers, the lines of light became more and more radiant, and exuded a hot breath.

It's like a big furnace has arisen out of thin air.

The surrounding temperature rose instantly, and the chill was swept away. When the pouring rain fell on the leaves of the fern, it was instantly evaporated.

When the Yanwen Fern stretched out, the mist over the entire mountain was surging and transpiring like a sea of ​​clouds, and the scene was quite shocking.

Then Yanwen fern began to reduce the heat.

The majestic mist that was rolling in also shrank violently, leaving only a layer of two centimeters of fresh water mist.

Ye Xi let out a deep breath, calming the shock in his heart.

The aura that the Flameweave Fern exploded just now was even more terrifying than when he saw it for the first time. He didn't have a trace of defense at all...I don't know what the true strength of the Flameweave Fern is. It is still wasted to let such a powerful existence guard the salt mine. It should be allowed to protect Xicheng.

However, the winter is extremely cold, and it is impossible to send soldiers to guard the rock salt mine.

Let's go through this winter first.

Ye Xi retracted his thoughts and took some time to find the two falcons that were so scared, and told them to continue guarding the cave.

Although Yanwen Fern can guarantee absolute safety here, if the falcon is not there, Xicheng doesn't know what happens here.

The two falcons were really frightened and flew down slowly. Ye Xi comforted them a few words: "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt you. If you feel cold, you can still stand on it. Keep warm."

He had just touched it, and the Yanwen Fern was warm now, and it felt warm and comfortable to the touch.

The two falcons didn’t know whether they understood or not, they all glanced at the shiny flaming fern all over the mountain, and then continued to tremble and shiver next to each other. The little looks very pitiful, like Two weak cabbages in the wind and snow.

Ye Xi wanted to laugh, and after repeated comforting to no avail, he mercilessly threw them down and left here with the Jiao Jiao and the Big Huo.

...

Back in Xicheng, Ye Xi settled the Jiao Jiao in the underground cave of the Jiao tribe. After thinking for a while, he walked slowly along the stone road towards Azhi's residence.

Azhi's house is on the top of the mountain.

Dozens of ancient mulberry trees have been transplanted from the forest, which is full of greenery.

In fact, mulberry trees originally lost their leaves in winter, but they used magic power to help these ancient mulberry trees continue to maintain their vitality, so that they still have lush foliage in this cold weather, and Azhi can also have mulberry leaves in winter. Can eat.

The fireplace in the house was blazing, and as soon as the door was opened, a scorching heating rushed towards him, dispelling the chill from Ye Xi.

At this moment, Azhi was sitting on the animal skin blanket by the fireplace, knitting silk clothes quietly.

Long snow-white hair dragged on the ground.

Numerous shining silks were interlaced and stuck around like a cobweb. Half of the woven silk clothes were hung in the air by these silks, while Azhi's hands were wrapped around several silks and woven quickly in the air.

When she knits silk clothes, she acts like playing a harp, with a certain rhythm, and looks very beautiful.

"Brother Ye Xi!"

Azhi turned his head and saw that Ye Xi was very surprised, and immediately stopped the movement in his hand and rushed to laugh at him.

Ye Xi straightened her up, but frowned: "Don't worry about silk clothes, don't spin silk anymore. Let's rest for a while."

When the city was first built, in order to control so many slaves from the Zong tribe, Azhi vomited all the silk out of his body, and finally his face was pale as paper, and he could not walk steadily when he drank Liquan water to see a doctor. It took two days and two nights to recover.

This sleep frightened Ye Xi, and she never dared to let Azhi spit silk like this again, and repeatedly told her to take a good rest.

"It's okay, I'm just idle, don't worry about me, it's been so long, I'm all well now." Azhi said as he lowered his eyes, his tone became low, "I just... Some want Silkworm Ridge, some want Asam."

Ye Xi persuaded: "Winter is coming soon, you are not going back now."

Silkworm girls are very cold creatures. At the end of autumn, they spin a lot of silk, wrap themselves in white cocoons, and then fall into deep sleep until the weather gets warmer.

Ye Xi touched her little head ~lightnovelpub.net~ and said, "Even if you finish weaving silkworm clothes and go back, what you see are the white cocoons of Asang and others. It's better to spend a warm winter here. Reunite with them."

Azhi was silent.

Ye Xi thought for a while and said, "You haven't seen what snow is like yet?"

Azhi raised her head quickly, her eyes flickering slightly.

Ye Xi smiled in his heart, and continued in a seductive tone: "Snow is pure white. In winter, they will float down from the sky, like petals. If you wait a lot, the ground will be covered with a layer. The thick snow is soft and soft, and you will sink into it if you step on it."

"If you wear it thicker, you can lie down and roll in the snow, or make a big snowball!"

"There is a fireplace and a kang, which can help you through the cold winter. You will not have such a rare opportunity to return to Silkworm Ridge in the future."

Azhi imagined the scene, his eyes brightened, and finally regained his spirit, expecting: "Brother Ye Xi, I want to see the snow!"