Outside Luoshan City, a man in black robe and a thin young man were walking slowly on a country road.
Arriving in front of a dilapidated mud house, the boy immediately shouted excitedly to the man in black robe behind him.
"Brother Li, we're home."
As he spoke, the young man took out the key and opened the door to the house. The harsh squeaking sound when he opened the door was really uncomfortable.
These two people were Lin Yu and Hu Yu who had just come out of Luoshan City.
Lin Yu glanced at this dilapidated house, with a complicated look in his eyes.
"You live here?"
"Yes, I've lived here my whole life."
After a few brief inquiries, Lin Yu walked into the room.
The space in the house is very small, but there are a lot of things inside, including a table with legs replaced, two old wooden beds, a wooden cabinet in the corner and various daily necessities.
Although there are many things in the house, they are arranged very neatly and everything is in order. Obviously the owner of the house is also a neat person.
It was obviously his first time here, but being in it gave Lin Yu an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
This dilapidated country house reminded Lin Yu of his old home in Wushan Village, the home where he had been with his mother for ten years.
If I had not mustered up the courage to become a disciple of Wu Yi, I am afraid that the fate of myself and my mother would have been turned upside down.
"Brother Li, please have tea."
Just when Lin Yu was thoughtful about the layout of the room, Hu Yu brought a cup of tea and handed it to Lin Yu.
“You don’t have to drink tea!”
Lin Yu raised his hand to reject the tea offered by Hu Yu and went straight to the topic.
"You just said you still have that kind of stone at home. Where is it?"
"this……"
Hearing Lin Yu ask about this matter, Hu Yu's expression became a little embarrassed.
Seeing Hu Yu's hesitant look, Lin Yu's face darkened.
"What you just said, weren't you lying to me?"
"Ah! This, I..."
Seeing that Lin Yu's expression was obviously unhappy, Hu Yu became more and more panicked.
"Yu'er, are there guests at home?"
Just when Hu Yu didn't know what to do, a middle-aged woman in her forties suddenly walked in from the door.
Seeing the woman coming in, Hu Yu also replied happily: "Yes, mother, we have a distinguished guest at home."
Lin Yu also said hello to the woman: "Hello, madam."
"Hello!"
Hu Yu on the side said to the woman again: "Mom, I accidentally fell into a ditch on the road just now. Fortunately, I met Brother Li who came to rescue me. Otherwise, I might not be able to come back now."
Lin Yu raised his eyebrows. Although he knew that Hu Yu was lying, he did not expose it.
"What, Yuer, did you fall?"
After learning that Hu Yu had fallen and looking at the bruises on Hu Yu's face, Hu's mother looked a little anxious.
"You didn't get hurt anywhere, did you?"
Hu Yu grinned: "It's nothing, just a little skin injury, just apply some medicine and it will be fine."
"That's good, that's good."
Mother Hu nodded, then looked at Lin Yu and said gratefully.
"Master Li, thank you for saving Yu'er."
Lin Yu smiled and replied: "It's just a small thing, madam, there is no need to say thank you."
Mother Hu carefully looked at the young black-robed man in front of her, then narrowed her eyes and said.
"I think Mr. Li, you have extraordinary temperament and dignified appearance. You shouldn't be from our small place, right?"
"What Madam said is true, I am from Tianyun."
"What, Tianyun people?"
Hearing Lin Yu's words, Hu's mother and Hu Yu suddenly looked at Lin Yu in surprise, with a trace of vigilance flashing in their eyes.
"I don't know, Mr. Li came to Dongchu because of..."
Lin Yu frowned, and there was a hint of displeasure in his expression.
"I'm here to look for relatives. I have a distant relative in Dongchu. What, is there a problem?"
"Oh, that's how it is……"
As if she could see the dissatisfaction in Lin Yu's expression, the woman hesitated to ask again.
For a moment, the room fell into silence, and the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing.
In order to break the awkward situation at this moment, Mother Hu spoke again.
"Master Li, it's dinner time soon. If you don't mind, you can eat here with us."
Hearing the woman's words, Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, but still agreed.
"Eat? Okay."
It seemed that this woman reminded Lin Yu of his mother Shen Lian, so he did not refuse the woman's request.
"Okay, then I'll go prepare lunch first."
Seeing that Lin Yu agreed to stay for dinner, Hu's mother also went out and walked into the vegetable patch in front of the house.
After Hu's mother left, Lin Yu also took out the red stone from his arms and asked Hu Yu again.
"Little brother, tell me the truth, do you still have this kind of stone at home?"
"this……"
Hu Yu still hesitated and did not answer.
Lin Yu continued to ask: "You lied to me, right?"
Seeing that he couldn't hide the matter, Hu Yu hesitated for a while and finally nodded and admitted to Lin Yu.
"Um!"
Although he knew he had been deceived, Lin Yu was not angry, but asked Hu Yu.
"Then can you tell me where you picked up this stone?"
"Yes, by the Changshou River."
Lin Yu asked again: "Oh, how far is it from here?"
Hu Yu replied: "It's not that far, just climb over the mountain behind my house and you'll be there."
"Can you take me to see it?"
"Now?" Hu Yu was a little surprised.
"Yes, right now!"
Lin Yu nodded and said.
"It's still some time before dinner time. Take me to the river you mentioned first and see if I can find anything."
Hu Yu did not answer. Instead, he glanced at the stone in Lin Yu's hand and asked curiously.
"Brother Li, is this stone very precious?"
"Maybe." Lin Yu gave up.
Lin Yu didn't know the characteristics of this red stone, but Lin Yu could feel that the stone contained huge energy.
If this stone has properties similar to those of true ancestor blood or dragon blood, it will be of great help to one's cultivation.
…
After climbing over the mountain behind the house, Lin Yu and Hu Yu came to a winding river.
The river is as green as jade, the trees along the river are lush, and the mountains and rivers are connected together. The scenery is elegant and refined, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Looking at the green mountains and green waters in front of him, Lin Yu asked Hu Yu: "Did you pick it up here?"
Hu Yu nodded and pointed forward: "Yes, I remember it is under this stone."
Seeing that Hu Yu's expression didn't look like he was lying, Lin Yu also looked in the direction Hu Yu pointed and found a huge rock lying on the river beach.
Immediately, Lin Yu began to search near the rock, and Hu Yu also started searching beside it.
While the two were searching, a sentence suddenly popped out of Hu Yu's mouth.
"Brother Li, thank you just now."
"Thank you for what." Lin Yu looked confused.
Hu Yu scratched his hair and said with some embarrassment: "I lied to my mother just now, but you didn't expose it."
Lin Yu suddenly realized: "Oh, this is what happened."
Hu Yu explained: "Actually, I don't want to lie to my mother, but if my mother knew that I had messed with Ashun and his gang, she might be very worried."
Lin Yu smiled slightly: "It's nothing. I can completely understand your concern for your parents."
Lin Yu also fully understands the feeling of not wanting his mother to worry.
After thanking Lin Yu again, Hu Yu began to search again.
"Well, what is this?"
Suddenly, Hu Yu seemed to have discovered something and quickly came to a place by the river.
After groping in the river for a while, he raised his hands above his head and shouted to Lin Yu happily.
"Brother Li, I found it!"
"Um?"
Lin Yu took a closer look and found that in Hu Yu's hand was a red stone covered with algae.
Just when Lin Yu was about to step forward to take a look at the newly discovered red stone, his expression suddenly changed, and then he rushed forward and threw Hu Yu into the water.
The moment the two fell into the water, a blue beam of light suddenly shot out and hit the position where Hu Yu was just now.
There was a "bang" sound!
A fierce ball of fire exploded on the river beach.
"Brother Li, what's going on?"
Looking at the traces of explosions on the river beach, Hu Yu was also a little frightened. If Lin Yu hadn't knocked him down just now, he might have been blown to pieces on the spot.
Lin Yu didn't answer. He stood up straight from the river and stared at the forest on the other side of the river.
Hu Yu followed Lin Yu's gaze and found that in the woods on the other side, there seemed to be a dark shadow peering at the two of them, and then disappeared immediately.
"I'm going to the other side to have a look. You go home quickly and don't follow me!"
Seeing that the other party's figure disappeared, Lin Yu gave Hu Yu instructions and then rushed into the river.
"Brother Li, Brother Li!"
At this time, Hu Yu was still a little confused about what was happening in front of him. He wanted to stop Lin Yu and ask him what happened.
But Lin Yu swam to the other side in a blink of an eye and began to enter the forest to chase the black shadow. No matter how Hu Yu shouted, it was of no avail.
Seeing this situation, Hu Yu could only follow Lin Yu's arrangement and go home first to wait for Lin Yu's return.
Just as Hu Yu walked ashore from the river, a flesh-colored object as sticky as glue crawled onto his leg and got into Hu Yu's trouser leg.
"Um?"
As if he noticed something strange on his legs, Hu Yu immediately stopped and lifted up his trouser legs to take a look, only to find that everything on his calves was normal.
Thinking it was just some itching, Hu Yu simply scratched his calf and then got up and went home.
…
On the other side, Lin Yu came to the mountain forest on the other side, but did not find half a person here.
Immediately, Lin Yu closed his eyes and listened carefully to all the disturbances around him with his ears.
Just when Lin Yu was using his hearing to concentrate on investigating the surrounding situation, a blue beam of light suddenly appeared, targeting Lin Yu's head.
But the next second, Lin Yu, who was standing there, disappeared out of thin air. The beam of light hit a large tree more than ten meters high, and the tree broke on the spot.
Seeing this, the dark shadow that had been hiding and observing a hundred meters away suddenly widened its eyes.
Not sure how long the man was in shock, Lin Yu's figure fell from the sky, pressed the black shadow's head, and smashed it to the ground.
"Well, this is it?"
When Lin Yu saw the true face of the black shadow in front of him, a trace of surprise appeared on his face.
The guy in front of me is the same size as an adult man, but he is covered with hair, has a pair of huge ears higher than his head, and has sharp fangs and teeth. He looks very scary and looks like a human with a dog's head. .
"Ouch! Ouch!"
Instantly restrained by Lin Yu, the monster screamed crazily and clawed at Lin Yu with both claws.
"be honest!"
Lin Yu's face darkened, and he used his hands and feet to crush the monster's arms on the spot.
He didn't want to kill the monster now, but wanted to find out the origin of the monster and why it attacked Hu Yu.
"Ouch——!"
After its hands were crushed, the monster let out an extremely miserable cry and struggled even harder.
"puff!"
With another loud noise, a burst of shit-yellow smoke was ejected from the monster's buttocks. A pungent smell instantly filled Lin Yu's nose, and even Lin Yu's eyes began to spin.
And this monster also took advantage of Lin Yu's loud fart to make him dizzy, and quickly ran away and rushed into the river quickly.
Seeing the monster running away, Lin Yu also stretched out his hand to disperse the stench, and then rushed to the river. At this time, the river was very calm, and the monster was nowhere to be seen.
