There's something wrong with the general.

Baby Crying Valley.

The sky was getting light and there was heavy fog.

Wen Yuxi originally thought that it would be a sunny day after coming up and he could breathe some fresh air.

I didn't expect this scene to be like this, and I couldn't help feeling depressed.

Thick fog covered everything.

After coming up, Wen Yuxi hugged Zhiming's arm tightly.

He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, his senior brother would disappear again and he would be separated from him.

The place where they came up was exactly where Wen Yuxi fell.

But it was already late at night. Today it was almost dawn, but because of the thick fog, Wen Yuxi couldn't guess what time it was.

Because he was careless and stepped on the Zangyin vine, he fell into the gap.

Wen Yuxi now lowered his head, his eyes fixed on the ground.

He walked even more cautiously.

The surroundings are quiet, like a primeval forest.

Wen Yuxi lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, do you know what time it is now?"

"Three quarters past noon." Zhiming answered slowly.

Three quarters past seven? That would be around eight.

That means they stayed under the gap all night.

Wen Yuxi frowned and scratched his head. This shouldn't be the case. It felt like he had only been there for a while. Could it be that there was a time gap underneath that could speed up time?

"Hey, Brother, how do you know the time so accurately?"

Wen Yuxi instantly put what happened just now behind her and asked in surprise.

Zhiming paused, took out a wooden box from his Qiankun bag and handed it to Wen Yuxi.

"This is a true sundial, which can be used to calculate time. It contains a spiritual stone, which can be used for a hundred years when driven by spiritual power."

Wen Yuxi hurriedly took it with joy and looked at it in his hands.

The wooden box is covered with a piece of glass, and inside is a round disk with scales on it.

This sundial is really interesting. It is similar to a modern clock, except that the scales are divided into hours and minutes.

One hour is two hours, and one quarter of an hour is 15 minutes.

If the scale above was not different from that of modern times, Wen Yuxi would really think that he saw a fellow villager who had traveled through time.

Wen Yuxi liked it very much. He turned it over and over in his hands, then raised his head and asked carefully.

"Brother, is this true sundial very common?"

Zhiming smiled and said, "Well, do you like it, Junior Brother? You can use it first."

"Really?"

Zhiming said softly, "Of course."

Wen Yuxi was ecstatic in her heart, and her face was filled with joy. She stopped and gave Zhiming a bear hug with a beaming look on her face.

"Senior brother, thank you."

A warm body suddenly pounced on him, and Zhiming was unexpectedly hugged tightly.

There was a faint fragrance of lotus lingering at the tip of the nose, but it was different from the lotus fragrance below the gap.

It has a light, pleasant smell, refreshing.

Zhiming couldn't help but close his eyes and took a deep breath.

Wen Yuxi hugged the person and quickly retreated.

He took the real sundial and began to study it.

Zhiming glanced at the thing he was playing with in his hand, and his lips curled into a straight line, which made him feel more and more annoyed.

A whispered reminder: "Watch your step."

Zhiming held his body and crossed an obstacle.

Wen Yuxi smiled at him gratefully, her eyes curved into crescent shapes, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes sparkled like stars.

Although Wen Yuxi likes this clock very much, he knows that now is not the time to study it.

Reluctantly, he put it into his Qiankun bag.

She quietly hugged Zhiming's shoulders again with both hands.

Zhiming tilted his head slightly to look, pretending not to know.

The Infant Crying Valley is so huge that it would take forever to find it if we were to walk around.

So Wen Yuxi couldn't help but ask, "Brother, should we keep looking inside?"

"That's not the case. They are mortals, and there are many dangers in there. If they have been here, they must have left some traces. We just need to start searching from the edge of the Infant Crying Valley."

Wen Yuxi suddenly realized what was going on. If that was the case, it would be much easier to find.

He actually had some clues in his mind, but he didn't know how to tell his senior brother.

He had kept the matter of the Lotus Demon a secret from the very beginning.

Because he hasn't figured out how to cover up his lie.

If his senior brother asked why the Lotus Demon hurt them at first and why he helped them later, how would he explain?

You can't say that you are also made of lotus.

"Junior brother, look here."

Zhiming suddenly stopped and whispered.

"Huh? What?"

Wen Yuxi suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly looked in the direction of Zhiming's gaze.

"This is?"

Wen Yuxi couldn't help but widen his eyes.

They stopped in front of a huge tree whose name they could not tell.

The surrounding area was overgrown with weeds, obscuring the tree trunks.

Wen Yuxi walked closer and pushed aside the outer layer of grass, revealing a mark carved with a knife inside.

"This is the mark left by your eldest brother and his group."

Zhiming lowered his eyes slightly, and a dark color flashed in his eyes, which was hidden in the thick fog and made it unclear.

Wen Yuxi touched the mark with his finger, but felt a little confused.

He only knew that Brother Tie said that his group left marks along the way, but he didn't know what the marks were.

Wen Yuxi scratched his head awkwardly and replied with a guilty conscience, "No one will come here. This must be the mark left by Big Brother and the others."

Zhiming looked at him deeply and nodded: "Then let's look for other similar marks nearby."

Wen Yuxi hurriedly hugged his arms and chuckled twice.

"Brother, let's look for it together."

Zhiming raised his hand and touched his head, his eyes flickering as he suddenly smiled and said, "Okay."

Wen Yuxi saw this and his heart started beating wildly again.

However, a hint of doubt emerged in my mind.

This smile seems familiar.

Then he shook his head and put the idea behind him. He must have been overthinking it.

They searched forward for a while.

Sure enough, the same marks were left on the trees ahead.

If you walk further, the mark will disappear.

"That is to say, they disappeared here, but where did they go?"

Wen Yuxi was a little confused, if those people under the water were from the big brother's team.

Why does the mark appear here instead of being there from the beginning?

Wen Yuxi told Zhiming about this idea.

Zhiming pondered for a moment before saying, "Perhaps they didn't intend to enter the Infant Crying Valley at first, but were forced to go in for some reason and didn't have time to leave any marks. They only left their marks after arriving here, when it was a little safer."

Wen Yuxi frowned, thinking about the rationality of this idea.

"They were being chased by monsters, or perhaps humans. They rushed in here in a panic. But how did they disappear from here?"

Zhiming slowed down and whispered, "Junior brother was dragged under the crevice by the Cangyin vine before. I think it's possible that they can get in."

Wen Yuxi's eyes rolled, and he took this opportunity to bring out the clue that he had been unsure how to start before.

"Brother, do you still remember the giant man-eating flower monster I saw at the bottom of the water? There were many people hanging in its teeth, but for some reason, it didn't swallow them. Instead, it sucked their blood bit by bit. Brother, could it be that my eldest brother was in there too?"

Wen Yuxi knew that Wen Qianyi had not fallen into the gap, so she had to pretend to be heartbroken and panicked and hugged Zhiming's arm, and asked in a panic.

Brother, it’s not that I want to hide it from you, it’s just that my identity is very complicated.

Wen Yuxi was also conflicted.

I could only comfort myself that this was a white lie, harmless, and I would tell it all when I had the chance.