Night arrives. Next to a shallow pond in Huling Village, the full moon in the sky illuminates the entire village. Under the moon, a human-shaped stone statue holds a wooden stick and fishes in the shallow pond with a fishing line.
Next to the stone statue stood clearly the leader of Huling Village and Taoist Ergou, "Second Brother, I will trouble you tomorrow. Xue'er's matter is related to the fate of our clan. I hope Second Brother will take it seriously!"
"Okay, okay, I'm nagging all day long, I'll do my best, but as for that little brat, I don't dare to save him!" Taoist Ergou absentmindedly responded to the leader of Huling Village.
"Second brother, I advise you not to mess with that little guy. I have a hunch that there must be an expert protecting him. From the nine-color lotus, we can know that this boy is extraordinary. The nine-color lotus is such a precious thing. This boy is very fond of it. But he didn't care. Today I tested him with Baihu Spirit Grass and Six Poison Fish, but he didn't feel anything at all."
"Oh? Baihu Lingcao cannot be eaten below the fifth level of the spirit, and the Six Poison Fish cannot be touched below the eighth level of the spirit. This bastard...!" Taoist Ergou finally became a little interested after hearing this.
"Yes, but he really has no spiritual power at all. Judging from the performance, he is definitely smart as a little kid, and even feels a little naive. It's strange, very strange." The leader of the Soul Protecting Village couldn't help but express his doubts.
"Is it possible that he is really a fool born with weird traits?"
"Forget it, I really don't see any ill will toward Xue'er from what he did. Just be careful with him on the road."
"Okay, okay, I hope that girl can do as you wish. If you really meet a real magic stick, don't blame me."
"Second brother, you really can't spit out ivory!"
"Lao Qi, you...!" Taoist Ergou was stunned speechless by the leader of Huling Village.
"Okay, okay, I'll wait for you at the ferry outside the village in the morning." After saying that, the leader of Huling Village walked towards his home with his hands behind his back.
The next morning, at the ferry crossing at the head of Huling Village.
The breeze blew, and a small boat floated on the sparkling water. Taoist Ergou took Ah Lang and Xue'er and three others to board the boat. There was a boatman standing on the bow of the boat. He was wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat, but no trace of his face could be seen. With a splash, the bamboo pole entered the water and the boat rowed. Entering a water painting printed with clouds in the sky, sailing into the distance, leaving a long water mark.
"Grandpa, take care. I will definitely enter the inner gate of Tianxin Hall. Dad, you will be waiting for me when I come back!" Xueer said to herself while waving to the leader of the Anbian Huling Village. Beside him, A Lang looked silently at the Soul Protector Village in the distance. His eyes returned and fell on Xue'er's thin back, seemingly thoughtful. As soon as A Lang turned around and was about to follow the direction of the boat and look towards the other shore, he found Taoist Ergou squatting on the side of the boat, his eyes scanning him from top to bottom. A Lang stared at Taoist Ergou. After a while, Ah Lang broke the calm with one sentence: "Agou, what do you want to do?"
Ergou Taoist stumbled and almost fell into the lake, "You...you bitch! Why, how are you talking!" After saying this, Ergou Taoist was about to slap him, "Ergou Grandpa!" Xueer ran quickly. When he got in front of A Lang, he had to block the slap from Taoist Ergou.
"Cough, cough." The boatman on the bow coughed twice. Then Ergou Taoist retracted his palm and stood awkwardly in the boat. After coughing twice, he turned and looked at the other side. "Little boy, don't show off. I'll deal with you sooner or later. Come on." If you don't listen to me, you will suffer. If you don't ask me, it won't work if you beg me. I didn't promise to take care of you, a bastard of unknown origin. I'm so angry, so angry!"
"Grandpa Ergou, don't be like this!" After saying this, Xue'er tugged off Taoist Ergou's shirt, shook it twice, and looked at A Lang, "Brother A Lang, please say a nice word to Grandpa Ergou. Grandpa Ergou is actually cruel." After hearing this, Taoist Ergou put his hands behind his back, snorted, raised his chest and raised his head, waiting for Ah Lang's response. There was no response for a while, but Taoist Ergou turned around. A Lang's response came from behind, but it was clearly a "Woof, woof..." Taoist Ergou's body trembled, and then continued to tremble, "Little bastard, you, give me, wait, wait!" Ergou Taoist didn't even look back and said no more words.
"Brother A Lang!..." Xue'er looked at A Lang resentfully and pouted. Alang touched his head as if embarrassed and stopped talking.
After a stick of incense, the boat finally reached the other shore.
"Thank you, fisherman." Taoist Ergou threw three copper-colored spiritual stones to the boatman, jumped to the shore, and walked towards the lively crowd on the shore without looking back. "Brother A Lang, let's go!" Without any explanation, Xue'er grabbed A Lang's sleeves and got off the boat, chasing Ergou Taoist.
After Ergou Taoist came ashore, he slowed down and looked around for something. Xueer held Alang's sleeve and walked slowly behind Ergou Taoist.
"Come on, come on, a good man should defend the country and protect his hometown. He becomes a general in one day and his glory lasts forever. Here comes the good man who enlisted in the army!" Following the voice, Alang saw a soldier standing under a wooden pavilion on the shore. A gong was beating, a stall was set up beside him, and a flag with the word "general" stood beside the soldier.
"Come on, come on, a penny can't help a hero, wealth is real. Anyone with lofty ideals who is willing to do business for generations to come, come here!" Next to the soldier's stall, a short, fat businessman covered in jewels also banged the gong. .
"Grandpa Ergou, what are they doing? Why didn't I see them last time I came here?"
"Humph, ignore them. The world is not peaceful now. I heard that there is going to be a war. Soldiers and horses are being recruited everywhere. Cultivation is the right way. Let's go find the spiritual stone. Only in this way can we have a chance to meet the spiritual detectives of the five sects. It's strange. Before The spiritual stone is here, why is it gone?" Taoist Ergou said as he touched his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Grandpa Ergou, look, there are so many people around over there. I wonder what they are doing?" Xueer said while pointing to the crowd a hundred meters away. Taoist Ergou took back his thoughts and led Alang and Xueer towards crowd.
