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Jiang Nan didn't ask what was taken away. Since Wu Zhongyuan said he was taken away by something, it meant that he didn't know what was taken away.

"How was it taken away?" Jiang Nan asked.

"It was snatched away just like that." Wu Zhongyuan looked confused. Previously, he just felt that there was a blur in front of his eyes, and then the iron tree disappeared.

The old blind man and the second child woke up when they heard the sound. The second child helped the old blind man and came over to ask what happened. Wu Zhongyuan had not completely come to his senses until then. The accident happened so suddenly that he did not see the other person's appearance clearly at all, but The flash of flowers in front of his eyes meant that something ran past. As for what it was, he didn't know. The other party was so fast that he couldn't even see its outline clearly.

"Brother, did you make a mistake?" The second child asked doubtfully. Although Dasha was far away, Huang Mao'er was lying near Wu Zhongyuan. It was Dasha who helped the old blind man come over, and Huang Mao'er stood up. Something ran past, and Huang Mao'er couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

"What nonsense are you talking about? What can I get wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan looked closely and far away, looking for traces of his opponent. He rarely really liked anything. He really liked this iron tree, and he liked it from the bottom of his heart. Inexplicably, Being snatched away made me anxious and angry.

"Is it the red-furred fox in the Kunlun Mountains?" Jiang Nan raised his hand and pointed to the west, "Before, you used elixirs to trick it into taking soul-fixing stones. When it woke up, it came to trouble you."

"No," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "The little fox used teleportation. The thing that snatched the iron tree just now ran from south to north. I can feel that the drag force is relatively strong, so it is definitely not a little fox. "

Seeing that Jiang Nan still wanted to speak, Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "I told you it's definitely not it. The shadow seems to be white and bigger than the little fox. Besides, even if the little fox wants to cause trouble for us, we should still grab it." Soul-fixing stone, why are you robbing the iron tree?"

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Jiang Nan did not insist on his guess anymore and said harmoniously, "Don't be anxious, calm down and recall carefully. What do you think the other person is? Is it a human being or some kind of alien?"

Wu Zhongyuan closed his eyes and recalled, "I was standing just now. This thing can make my eyes flash, indicating that it is not very small, and it is most likely to be a human."

"Since I ran in front of you, did you smell any unusual smell or breath?" Jiang Nan asked again.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer immediately and continued to close his eyes and recall. He seemed to have smelled something just now. Because the smell was very weak, he couldn't remember what it was for the moment.

"It smells like alcohol," the old blind man said.

Hear the old blind man's words,

Wu Zhongyuan and Jiang Nan turned to look at him. The second brother was looking for footprints nearby and turned their heads when they heard the sound.

"In addition to the smell of alcohol, there is also the smell of apes," the old blind man said. "The person who snatched the iron tree was probably an ox."

"狌狌?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned and repeated. The pronunciation of 狋狌 is the same as that of orangutan.

The old blind man explained, "The antelope is a strange beast from the ancient times. It looks like an ape, but is taller than the ape. It has two white ears. It is cunning, loves to play, is good at running around, and is addicted to alcohol. You can know what is coming."

After the old blind man finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan did not answer immediately. The meaning of the language at this time was somewhat different from that of modern language. Cunning is a neutral word, which means cunning and cunning, as well as cleverness and cleverness. Playing is not simply teasing others, but generally refers to being playful, liking games and playing, including teasing others. The Laishi generally refers to things that have happened before. It can be seen that the Laishi is that this ancient beast called the Monkey has a special ability to know what a person has experienced before.

"Sir, have you seen this kind of strange beast before?" Jiang Nan asked.

The old blind man shook his head, "No, I have only heard some legends about it. It is said that the population of this creature was quite large before, and some people tried to tame it. However, although this creature can understand human speech, it refuses to be disciplined and is used for farming. If they destroy the plows, if they are driven out to fight, they will defect in front of the battle line, if they collect the city walls they will burn the houses, if they drive them into the wilds they will trample the grains, and in all desperation, they can only use wine as bait, capture and kill them, and eliminate their troubles."

After the old blind man finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan asked, "How fast can it run?"

The old blind man shook his head, "It's unknown how fast they can run, but no one can catch them. If you want to capture them, you can only use wine to lure them. This creature is addicted to alcohol. Even if it knows it's a trap, it can't stop it. Even if If you hesitate and hesitate, you will eventually fall into a trap.

At this moment, the second child noticed something and pointed at a drooping branch and shouted to Wu Zhongyuan, "Brother, come and take a look."

Wu Zhongyuan walked over quickly and looked at the root of the tree as the second child pointed. He saw obvious nail scratches on the branches. Those scratches were somewhat similar to human fingers and should belong to some kind of anthropoid ape.

Seeing the scratches on the branches, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly realized that no wonder there were no footprints on the ground. It turned out that this thing had swung by grabbing the branches.

These scratches also confirmed the old blind man's guess that it was this strange beast called the mongoose that snatched the iron tree away.

Wu Zhongyuan climbed up the tree and looked around from high places, but did not find this object.

He jumped down from the tree and asked the old blind man again, "Sir, in your opinion, why did this thing want to take away the iron tree?"

"Playing, maybe because he is curious about the iron tree," the old blind man said, "The wolf is not good at using weapons, so even if it takes away the iron tree, it will be useless."

Wu Zhongyuan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the old blind man's words, "If it's not beneficial to oneself, why harm others?"

The old blind man did not answer the question. It is estimated that only the wolf itself can answer this question, and it may not even be able to answer it.

Jiang Nan asked, "Sir, why did it come to us?"

The old blind man shook his head and said, "I can't tell. Maybe he saw that you cherished the iron tree very much, and deliberately took it away to make you sad and angry. Or maybe it saw you cutting down the iron tree before, and it was curious about it, so it Look for an opportunity to take it away and explore it."

"What will it do with the iron tree?" Jiang Nan asked.

"It's hard to say, this thing is not very permanent, and it doesn't have any deliberate intentions. No matter what it does, it is just a whim," the old blind man said. "After exploring it, it feels boring, and it may be thrown away casually."

Wu Zhongyuan frowned when he heard the old blind man's words. He thought that the second child was already cheap enough, but he didn't expect that there was someone even meaner than the second child. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not take away people's love, but this thing does the opposite. Of.

"Sir, what did you mean when you said it can speak human language?" Wu Zhongyuan asked, "Can it speak human language, or can it understand human language?"

"You don't know whether you can speak people's words, but you can definitely understand them." The old blind man replied.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "It must not have gone far at this time. I shouted a few times from a higher place to see if I could lure it back."

Seeing no one objected, Wu Zhongyuan jumped up, returned to the top of the tree, and shouted, "Yangyuan, do you understand human language?"

He used the method of provoking the generals, but I don't know whether it was because the provocation was not strong enough or because the antelope had gone far away. After shouting, the antelope did not show up.

Wu Zhongyuan asked the old blind man under the tree in a low voice, "Sir, how is this thing's mind?"

"Although he is cunning, he is still an alien." said the old blind man.

Wu Zhongyuan knew what he was doing, and raised his voice and said loudly, "The wolf can't run that fast. It must have been snatched away by the little fox that can move instantly. Let's go to Kunlun Mountain."

After Wuzhong Yuan finished speaking, there was still nothing unusual around him.

After a brief pause, he made a gesture to the three of them. After they boarded Dasha, God gave Dasha permission to take off. Since this thing likes to tease people, it will definitely not let him get what he wants, no matter what he wants to do. , all must be done in reverse. If the unicorn is really still nearby, it must be seen that they really want to go to Kunlun Mountain.

After Dasha took off, the wolf still hadn't appeared, so Wu Zhongyuan had no choice but to lift up his energy and jump on Dasha's head.

At this moment, a gray-haired monkey suddenly appeared not far to the north. In fact, this thing was not a monkey, but it was not like an orangutan, but a kind of ape between a monkey, an orangutan and a baboon. , the two white ears also confirmed that it was the unicorn that the old blind man said.

The scorpion grabbed several vines and swung it high, raising its right hand high. This move was intended to show everyone the iron tree trunk in its hand that had been polished smooth by Wu Zhongyuan.

After proving to everyone that the iron tree was in its hands, the wolf disappeared into the forest and disappeared.

"Brother, what should I do?" asked the second child.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer the call. What he was most worried about was that the wolf would run far away after snatching the iron tree. As long as it was still nearby, it would be possible to recapture the iron tree.

Thinking of this, he ordered Dasha to fold his wings and land on the ground.

After returning to the ground, Jiang Nan whispered to Wu Zhongyuan, "You try to keep it, and I'll get some drinks back."

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I just killed the Purple Qi master of the Bird Clan, you go to the Bird Clan now..."

Before Wu Zhongyuan could finish speaking, the old blind man interrupted him, "Five hundred miles to the southeast is Qingxu. It is the same existence as Goat Valley and Yinma River. You can go there to get drinks."

"I'll try to come back before sunset." After Jiang Nan said this, he lifted up his energy and transformed into a Qingluan in the air, flying towards the southeast.

Shortly after Jiang Nan left, the antelope showed up. Across a small stream, Wu Zhongyuan and others were on the east bank of the lower reaches. The antelope was on the west bank of the upstream, sitting on a big tree, about fifty feet away from Wu Zhongyuan and others.

Wu Zhongyuan had seen the appearance of this object clearly before. What he saw this time was the eyes of this object. Eyes are the windows of the soul. Through the eyes, you can roughly see the character of the object. The eyes of the scorpion contain a variety of emotions, including Four points of curiosity, three points of pride, two points of laughter, and one point of contempt.

Wu Zhongyuan could understand the latter emotions, but what puzzled him was that the monkey didn't seem to be interested in Tieshu, but was very interested in him. He would occasionally look at Huang Mao'er and Dasha out of the corner of his eye. Obviously, it I have never seen these two animals before.

The mongoose may be able to understand human speech, but it doesn't seem to be able to speak, otherwise it wouldn't just keep tilting its head and looking at him without saying a word.

At first Wu Zhongyuan didn't understand why, but later he finally realized that animals like the unicorn can know the past events. Since he had lived in modern times for more than ten years before, the unicorn might be very interested in the things he had experienced, and also Maybe he was confused because he couldn't see through what he had experienced before.

When the wolf once again cast a curious look at Huang Mao'er, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly had a plan in mind and hurriedly held Huang Mao'er in his arms with a vigilant look.

Seeing him like this, a trace of doubt flashed in the eyes, and then there was a bit of evil in his eyes.

"Give me back the stick, and I'll buy you a drink." Wu Zhongyuan confused the enemy and delayed time.

After Wuzhong Yuan finished speaking, the crocodile looked disdainful and leaned on the branch, casually shaking the trunk of the iron tree that had been whittled into a stick.

"Sir, can he really understand human language?" Wu Zhongyuan looked at the old blind man.

Before the old blind man could speak, the second child said from the side, "Brother, you should understand by looking at its expression."

Wu Zhongyuan's move was just to delay time. He did not suspect that the monkey could not understand human speech. When he saw the second child answering, he reached out to him.

Having learned from the past, the second child learned wisely this time. As soon as Wu Zhongyuan stretched out his hand, he handed over the dragon stick.

Wu Zhongyuan took the dragon stick in his hand, turned to the wolf and said, "I'll trade this stick with you."

The monkey sneered and spat at Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan had no intention of actually exchanging with it. Seeing it behave like this, he handed the dragon stick to the second child, and then hugged Huang Mao'er nervously, as if he was afraid that the wolf would come to snatch him away...