On the stone plate, Yun Xi and Xiao Lingyuan opened their eyes together and sat up.
Under the blue sky, three people looked at each other.
"Xiao Xi!"
Xiao Lingyuan hugged Yun Xi and cried so hard that the pear blossoms were filled with rain.
Yun Xi and Ye Nianhan looked at each other and both laughed out loud.
"Okay, okay, it's okay."
She gently stroked Xiao Lingyuan's head.
Then...
Yun Xi lowered her head with cold eyes and looked at Xiao Lingyuan's little hand that quietly slipped into her clothes.
"Xiao! Ling! Yuan!"
Boom!
A hand knife!
If it sounds good, it’s a good start!
"Ah!"
"Woo woo woo..."
Xiao Lingyuan held her head and squatted down pitifully.
"I just miss you!"
"Just take a nap, I miss you so much!"
"You don't know, Xiao Xi, I had a super scary nightmare!"
Yun Xi said angrily: "Huh? What did you dream about? Did you also dream that I was dead?"
Xiao Lingyuan blinked her eyes and opened her mouth. Under the suspicious gazes of Yun Xi and Ye Nianhan, she smiled softly: "Xiao Xi will not die! Not even in a dream!"
"Boom!"
Yun Xi patted her clothes: "It seems that we have all experienced a nightmare, and we have all successfully escaped."
Ye Nianhan looked at the ring in his hand again and said, "If we hadn't come out, maybe we would have been sleeping on this barren ridge."
"Hey~"
Xiao Lingyuan trembled: "Then I'm going to turn into a female Buddha statue?"
"What next?"
Ye Nianhan looked around. They woke up from the nightmare, but there was no change at all.
It’s just dawn.
Yun Xi thought carefully and the system gave her two prompts.
One is a Buddha statue, and the other is a nightmare.
Now that the Buddha statue has been found, the nightmare has been successfully overcome, but her mission has not been completed because the system's prompt sound has not been recalled.
Unless...
"Xiao Xi, Nianhan, look!"
Xiao Lingyuan suddenly exclaimed and pointed to the foot of the mountain in the distance.
Yun Xi and the two said as they looked in the direction of her finger, the calm water surface was like a huge mirror unstained by dust, reflecting the light blue sky, which was so beautiful.
"Lake?!"
There is actually a huge lake at the foot of Furen Mountain.
"Is it recovered?"
Ye Nianhan was greatly surprised.
They all remembered that Qingtan had told them before that there was originally a lake in front of Furen Mountain.
Now that they have passed the nightmare, the curse in the village has been automatically lifted? Even the environment has been restored?
"No, it's not that the curse has been lifted, it's that we haven't really woken up yet!"
Yun Xi looked at the calm and clear lake surface and made a firm judgment.
"Let's go and see the village."
The three of them walked quickly down the mountain. When they passed the lake, they unanimously chose to stop.
There is no other reason, I just want to simply appreciate this clear and translucent lake.
Standing by the lake, the calm water is like a wide mirror, reflecting in the light blue and beautiful sky. It seems that as long as you take a gentle step towards there, you can step into the world of the sky.
"I never imagined that Qingxi Village could be so beautiful!"
It was difficult for Ye Nianhan to connect the scene in front of him with the Qingxi Village where the air was filled with peculiar smell.
Yun Xi walked to the lake, squatted down, and put her hand into the lake water. She didn't feel the slightest coolness between her fingers.
"Sure enough, we should still be in a dream."
Yun Xi stood up and turned around: "This should be the former Qingxi Village."
"The former Qingxi Village?"
After the initial doubts, the two people quickly came to their senses: "You mean, that curse wants to show us the former Qingxi Village?"
"Maybe it wants to tell us why the villagers in Qingxi Village were cursed."
"Let's go and see the village."
When they arrived at Qingxi Village, the scene in front of them indeed confirmed their suspicions.
There is no fog here, the grass is also vibrant green, the wooden houses in the village are simple and unpretentious, and the villagers coming and going are normal people. They talk to each other, just like a beautiful mountain village.
Of course, the most important thing is that the appearance of the three of them did not cause any disturbance. No one in the villagers who came and went noticed them, as if they could not see the three of them at all.
Driven by curiosity, Xiao Lingyuan ran forward and called out twice, but no one responded. So she tried to pat someone on the shoulder, but her palm passed through that person's body, and there was no response at all.
Cause any obstacles to the other party.
"I actually walked through it," Xiao Lingyuan was amazed, "It seems like it's really a dream."
"However, if this is really what Qingxi Village once looked like, it would be so beautiful, like a paradise."
The environment here is very good, and the natural atmosphere is particularly strong. The big tree they were lying under before is more vibrant here, and its branches and leaves are more lush.
It's just a little small.
"Just watch it quietly."
Yun Xi's face remained calm. She looked at this scene of simple folk customs and secretly wondered in her heart what caused Qingxi Village to become what it is today.
The scene in front of them changed very quickly, and everything happened very quickly, as if the speed of time had been increased dozens of times.
But the strange thing is that they can completely see and remember what happened.
After observing for several hours, Yun Xi and the others made a preliminary judgment.
Qingxi Village is a village with a very beautiful environment and a strong natural atmosphere.
The folk customs in the village are simple and honest, and tourism is the main development business to support the whole village.
"How did such a village become what it is today?"
While Yun Xi sighed, another day passed in the village.
This morning, a villager came back in a hurry from outside with a black box in his hand.
"Village chief, village chief!"
He shouted loudly.
"Come on, come on, what are you saying loudly?"
The village chief came out: "What happened? You roared so loudly?"
The villager gestured to the black box in his hand: "Village chief, please go inside first."
He looked around, as if he was worried that the things in his hands would be discovered.
The village chief looked at the box in his hand and opened the door: "Come in!"
The villager sneaked into the house. As soon as he entered, he immediately closed the door and put the wooden box on the table.
"Village chief, guess what I picked up?"
"What?"
The villager opened the wooden box: "Look!"
Inside the box is a wooden cage, and in the cage is a small beast that is curled up and falling into a coma.
The little beast has two horns on its head, a white body, a lion-like hair, a long and slender tail, and four legs. It looks quite cute.
The most important thing is that between its eyebrows, there is a tightly closed vertical pupil.
Seeing this beast, not only the village chief of Qingxi Village, but also Yun Xi and the three of them who were watching from the side were so shocked that they cried out.
"Nightmare beast!"
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