After passing through the dense forest for about a mile, Tian Jihong gradually discovered that traces of the battle began to appear around him. Many vegetation, earth and rocks on the surface showed signs of being burned by the flames, and several giant trees with a thickness of more than ten meters beside him were actually blocked. From the fracture, it can be basically concluded that it was the result of a violent impact. Tian Jihong guessed that this was probably the place where Huo Yunluan and another savage beast had fought before.
And the deeper you go forward, the more obvious the damage of the war becomes. At this time, the dense forest within a radius of several hundred meters was actually blown away by the aftermath. Looking at the surroundings, only withered branches and leaves and patches of burned black soil were left. At the same time, the smell of blood in the air gradually increased. Under the leadership of the brown bear, Tianjihong did not see even a single bird in the five minutes after he stepped into this scorched earth. Obviously, the wild beasts living around him had already fled when the previous battle took place.
After walking forward for another five minutes, Tianjihong finally arrived at the core of the battle, where he immediately saw a group of people sitting cross-legged in front. Somewhat unexpectedly, there were nearly ten figures in front of him, which was not quite the number he expected at the beginning, and judging from their clothes, they seemed to belong to two different forces.
Among them, the three people at the front were a middle-aged man about forty years old and two young people, a man and a woman. The middle-aged man's face was simple and calm, and his slightly closed eyes were shining with a little light. At a glance, he knew that he was a master of soul power cultivation. Their attire is the same as that of the four or five people behind them, and their clothes are all embroidered with patterns of a dragon and a tiger. The difference is that the leading middle-aged man also has a silver belt tied around his waist. There are two extra pieces of scale-like protective gear, and he looks like an elder from a certain powerful force.
The young woman next to him is the leader of the other force. She looks about sixteen or seventeen years old. Her body is as white as snow, her appearance is average to upper-middle-class, her eyes are like water, and she has an indescribable tenderness. The green clothes are covered with fine patterns. After Tian Jihong approached everyone, he discovered that the patterns on the girl's clothes were actually all kinds of strange spiritual beasts, each of which was carved so vividly that it seemed as if it was alive.
The other two girls of similar age standing behind her were also dressed the same as her. They looked like followers of the leading girl, but now they were just standing aside quietly to serve. One of them also held a two-foot-long jade flute in his hand, which was obviously kept for the leading girl. Tian Jihong guessed that the tune that came from a distance before was probably played by the latter.
The young man sitting cross-legged on the other side of the middle-aged man looked a bit awkward, and his clothes were very different from those of the people around him. Tian Jihong looked familiar in his attire, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before. The young man looked to be one or two years older than him, with a arrogant and arrogant expression on his face, as if he didn't care about anyone around him at all. When Tian Jihong approached the group, the young man was even more... He didn't even look at himself. He still turned sideways and looked up at the dense forest in the distance. He looked very impatient. He was obviously not an easy guy to get along with.
The brown bear with blood flowing all the way in front of him walked straight towards the middle-aged man, and then lay down obediently on his right side. The latter, who had been closing his eyes to rest, finally opened his eyes. At this time, the brown bear beside him seemed to suddenly wake up, his eyes returned to their original look, and he began to lick the wounds on his body with a whimper, which was already burned. The twisted face looked at the master beside him with a pitiful look.
Apparently, the brown bear's consciousness recovered at this time because the middle-aged man released his control over it. When he looked at the kneeling brown bear on his right, he also showed a moment of unbearability. Fortunately, the middle-aged man immediately took out a large bottle of medicine from the package. Judging from the capacity of this bottle, it was obviously specially designed for brown bears. Concocted by such a large spiritual beast.
Different from the ointment in Tianjihong's hand, this bottle contained a lavender liquid, but when it was splashed on the giant bear's wound, its effect was even more obvious than Tianjihong's ointment. Within a moment, the scars that had been burned and torn apart by thunder all over the giant bear's body disappeared without a trace; even the burnt hair on its body began to gradually fall off, and a layer of shiny fresh hair slowly grew on the wound. The painful look in Pi Mao's eyes immediately dissipated and returned to life.
At this time, looking at Tian Jihong who was not far away and looked respectful but obviously wary, the middle-aged man spoke first: "Finally, I've waited for you little guy. What's your name? Why did you break into this place alone? Are you deep in the mountains?"
Tianjihong did not dare to neglect, and quickly replied: "Senior, I am... Mo Hong is an unknown person who has just entered the practice. He originally came to the mountains to collect medicine, but he accidentally encountered a spiritual beast chasing him, and finally accidentally entered I found the footprints of several seniors deep in the basin, and in order to save my life, I took the liberty to follow them. But I didn’t expect that the kid would be targeted by the purple electric eagle again. Fortunately, my seniors saved my life with their great powers. I’m really sorry. I can’t thank you enough!”
Seeing the surprised expressions on the other side, Tian Jihong was not surprised. The situation he described could be described as half-truth and half-false. In addition, seeing such a young guy breaking into the mountains alone, the other party was not surprised. Such vague remarks will definitely arouse suspicion, and Tianjihong is already prepared to calmly answer the other party's subsequent questions.
But what he didn't expect was that he actually misunderstood the other party's meaning. A surprised look flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, and then he scanned his whole body from head to toe, as if he suddenly mentioned something great to him. interest of. "You said...your name is Mo Hong, right? May I ask where your little brother is from?"
"Well, I am an unknown person from a remote mountain village. I currently live in Donglin Village not far from Dongsheng Town. I believe some of my seniors have never heard of it, right?" Tianjihong initially wanted to say where he was from. Dongyun City, but he appeared in the jungle near Dongsheng Town at this moment, which is a week or two away from Dongyun City, and Dongyun City can be said to be a prosperous town in the martial arts world, and the members of several big forces in front of him are likely to have an interest in Dongyun City. With a very detailed understanding, your lies can be easily exposed.
Therefore, in the end, he decided to tell the fact that he was living in the wilderness. Even if these people had heard of Donglin Village, they would not know anything about the situation in the village, and there was no way to verify how reliable his words were. reliability.
However, what Tian Jihong didn't expect was that the smile on the middle-aged man's face became stronger at this time, and the look he cast on him added a sense of teasing. Tian Jihong felt sad about such a light on his back. I felt uncomfortable and felt like I was being played by the other person.
"Oh? Donglin Village? What a coincidence. We all probably know a little about this village, but we have never heard of a young man named Mo like you in this town!" the middle-aged man said in a joking manner. He began to attack Tianjihong in a tone of voice, "Then do you, little guy, know the origins of our group?"
This sentence obviously stumped Tian Jihong. He was not sure what the other party meant by asking. In order to avoid offending the middle-aged man, he had to deny it in a slightly embarrassed manner.
"Haha, I and the group of people around me are all from the Mo family in Dongsheng Town. My real name is Mo Tianxing. I am the third in command of the Mo family in Dongsheng and the family worshiper. I came to this deep mountain today to find a treasure for my niece. A suitable natal spirit animal for breeding." The middle-aged man spoke again, his teasing tone not weakening at all.
"Although my Mo family doesn't have much contact with the outside world, we still know a little bit about the villages around Dongsheng Town. As for Donglin Village, I remember that there was a man who was killed by the family for violating clan rules decades ago. The children surnamed Mo who were driven out later stayed in the village to marry and have children. Now his son Mo Sheng is the only resident surnamed Mo in Donglin Village. Unfortunately, his poor talent in cultivation failed to attract the attention of the clan. However, this Mo Sheng’s The son was favored by the family when he was young, and he has been training and training in other places since he was taken away from the village."
"But apart from that, this is the first time I've heard that there is a boy named Mo like you in Donglin Village. It's really strange!" The middle-aged man still smiled without any hint of Tianjihong. He lied, but he still looked very interested.
When he heard the middle-aged man's first words, Tianjihong knew something was wrong. He immediately recalled in his mind that when he was trying to join the Hongwu Martial Arts School in Dongsheng Town, the person in charge had asked him if he was from the Mo family in this town. At that time, Tianjihong was still confused about the Mo family in Dongsheng Town. , I definitely didn’t expect that within a few days, I would actually bump into each other in the deep mountains.
He also had no idea that the honest and honest Uncle Shanda in the village would turn out to have such a background. His father actually came from a wealthy family. However, judging from his usual appearance, he probably didn't know much about his life experience. After seeing Mo Sheng's poor talent in cultivation, the Mo family probably didn't have any direct contact with him. Seeing that the uncle happily looked forward to his son coming back to visit him all day long, it was obvious that he was still kept in the dark to this day, and had no idea that his son was secretly being cultivated by the family.
However, Tian Jihong was also keenly aware that the other party did not seem to be trying to expose his lies. Apart from ridicule, there was no murderous intention in his words. On the contrary, he was very amused by his answer. Therefore, Tian Jihong simply decided to break the pot and continue making up the story.
"Haha, I didn't expect you, senior, to be from the Mo family in Dongsheng Town, and I'm a neighbor with the same surname. I was just rude!" Tian Jihong raised his hand again and continued, "Senior, you may not know something, but I am accompanying my parents. He just moved to Donglin Village recently and has been living in the wilderness outside Donglin Village."
"Not long after I entered the practice due to the request of my parents, I originally wanted to come to this mountain to find some elixirs, but I didn't expect that I almost died in the hands of the purple electric eagle. Thanks to the rescue just now by senior Tianxing, I was able to escape. On the day of his birth, the boy will definitely visit the Mo family in person to repay this kindness in the future!" Tianjihong said confidently.
