Qianqiu slowly opened his eyes and found that it was already dawn. He was still meditating, but he was no longer in the guest room.
He stood up and looked at the dense forest around him with a confused expression, and saw that the black cloth around him was gone.
"Black cloth! Black cloth! Where are you?" Qianqiu shouted to all around.
No one in the empty mountain forest responded to him, only a group of birds were frightened, soared into the sky, and flew towards the sky.
"Damn it, these people from the Oriental Sect actually threw me out?" Qianqiu shook his head vigorously and felt faint. He pinched his arm again. He could feel the pain and realized that this was not a dream.
Qianqiu tried calling Yang Xian a few more times, then called the names of the people he knew one by one, and finally even called out Yu Wenhua, but in the end no one responded to Qianqiu.
"This is so weird. When was I thrown out?" Qianqiu said to himself as he randomly found a direction and started walking.
There is no real road in the mountains and forests, Qianqiu can only find it carefully step by step. However, this mountain road is very difficult to walk, and there are many weeds and thorns entangled in many places, making it difficult for Qianqiu.
"Fire method - fire ball!" Qianqiu read the term and wanted to burn a thorn in front of him in order to pass.
But at this time, no fireball appeared as usual.
Qianqiu was shocked and tried again, but still no response.
The spell failed? !
"What do you mean! What's going on?" Qianqiu said to himself anxiously. He tried a few more times, but still got the same result.
He tried to activate the contract talisman again and found that there was no fluctuation in the cultivation pool.
"These ghosts from the Eastern Sect! They won't destroy my cultivation! Oh my god!" Qianqiu sat on the ground in despair, not wanting to move.
The sun was hanging high, and the sunlight shone through the layers of leaves on the face of the frustrated young man.
Qianqiu sat for a while, thinking: "Sitting idle is not an option. It would be better for me to find Yang Xian and the others first, and then see what is going on."
After thinking about it, he stood up and walked down the mountain for the camp step by step.
After all the hard work, Qianqiu finally got out of the mountain. When he reached the foot of the mountain, he finally found a path covered with weeds. At this time, his body was covered with cuts and bruises, and there were blood marks everywhere on his body from thorns and hard branches.
He looked back and saw that the mountain in front of him didn't look like Dongfang Mountain. Not only did it look different, the types of trees on this mountain were not from Dongfang Mountain.
Qianqiu shook his head, collapsed and shouted to the sky: "Where on earth is this! Are you trying to kill me?"
There was still no response from the empty valley.
The lost boy shouted back, and when he had finished shouting, he continued walking along the path honestly.
What Qianqiu is prone to is his mood, not his mentality.
After walking for more than two hours, Qianqiu saw a small village hidden in the wilderness from a distance.
"Great, there must be someone in the village, so I can ask where this is." Qianqiu was very excited, but when he moved his legs, he felt a little pain.
He was no longer in a hurry, so he sat down first, took off his shoes, and found that his feet were slightly swollen.
Ordinary people walk on the mountain road for so long without stopping, their feet will become useless.
Fortunately, Qianqiu is a child in the mountains. He has been running around the mountains and plains since he was a child. If he runs out of food, he has to find it by himself. If he runs out of water, he has to find it by himself. The master will not let him take Lao Wang with him, so now Although without the blessing of cultivation techniques, Qianqiu can still adapt to the current situation.
"It looks like I can't run away anymore. Let's take it and walk." Qianqiu only rested for a while, then stood up and walked towards the village.
After a lot of effort, Qianqiu finally entered this unknown small village step by step.
He took a quick look and found that this unknown small village was in a dilapidated state. The only village in his memory that was more dilapidated than this village was probably the Hujia Village at the foot of Sheep Mountain.
However, there are people in Hujia Village, but this village is extremely desolate, with no one on the small streets.
"Is there anyone there?" Qianqiu shouted at the top of his voice, thinking to himself, "You can't carry it like this, are you coming to a deserted village?"
"Is there anyone? Qianqiu, I want to..." Before Qianqiu could finish speaking, a little girl rushed out from the corner. She was wearing coarse linen clothes, and her tattered clothes were covered with bruises. Patches, and two small braids on the top of her head.
The little girl first looked around cautiously, and after finding nothing unusual, she took Qianqiu's hand and said, "Brother, come with me quickly."
Before Qianqiu agreed, the little girl had already pulled him and ran towards a small corner.
There were twists and turns in the small corner. The two of them turned past a few thatched houses and then entered a small alley. When they reached the end, they found that it was a dead end.
The little girl let go of Qianqiu's hand, squatted down, and took away the withered straw on the ground. A wooden board was exposed on the ground, and she skillfully opened the board.
After the wooden board was lifted, a hole was exposed. The little girl jumped down first and reached out to greet Qianqiu: "Brother, come down quickly."
Qianqiu hurriedly agreed and jumped down.
When the little girl saw Qianqiu standing firm, she pulled a small rope next to the hole, and the board closed again with a snap.
"What to do with the grass on top?" Qianqiu asked.
The little girl blew a torch, lit a small torch, and said, "It will be re-covered later. Big brother, come with me."
"Okay." Qianqiu agreed.
After walking along the secret passage for a while, she came to the entrance of a cave. The little girl pushed open the covering board, held her hand and jumped up. After jumping up, she turned back and stretched out her hand to greet Qianqiu: "Brother, please hold my hand. , I’ll pull you up.”
Qianqiu waved his hand, smiled and said no.
He endured the pain and climbed up.
After coming up, Qianqiu looked around and saw that this was a closed cabin with the doors and windows sealed.
The cabin was filled with withered yellow straw, and a skinny old man with a white beard sat in the corner.
"Grandpa, I rescued him." The little girl clapped her dirty hands, walked towards her grandfather, and said happily.
The old man who was making soup smiled, the wrinkles on his face piled up, and said to the little girl, "Girl, good job." Then, he gently touched the little girl's head.
"Young man, come and sit down." The old man saw Qianqiu standing silently, so he asked him to sit down.
Qianqiu nodded quickly, walked over and sat on the straw mat: "Old man, I don't understand. Why did you just say that your granddaughter saved me?"
"Well, I see you are wearing rags. You must be a refugee from some village." The old man added a piece of firewood to the stove.
Qianqiu looked at his clothes and found that they had indeed been torn by thorns.
"Our village is called Lijiacun, and there has been an outbreak of bandits recently. I just saw you alone and helpless outside. If you are caught by them, you will be killed, so I asked the girl to rescue you." The old man said.
"Thank you, old man. I also thank my little sister." Qianqiu quickly saluted.
The little girl was arranging her pigtails. When she heard Qianqiu thank her, she quickly stood up and said with a sweet smile: "Brother, you're welcome."
Qianqiu liked her and said in her heart: "What a sensible little girl."
"Girl, bring a bowl." The old man said to the little girl.
The little girl replied simply: "Hey." Then she brought a big rooster bowl.
The old man took the bowl, poured a bowl of soup from the pot, handed it to Qianqiu, and said, "We don't have anything to eat anymore. I think you must be hungry too. Let's have a bowl of sweet potato soup."
Qianqiu gratefully took the soup and blew on it.
His stomach was already empty, and what he had eaten last night had been completely digested. Now this bowl of soup was undoubtedly a timely help.
"Drink slowly, you are hungry." The old man said with a smile.
Qianqiu finished the soup in one go, wiped his mouth, and asked: "Old man, do you think the government doesn't care if there are bandits here?"
"There is no government, and the people in the government have turned into bandits." The old man said regretfully and angrily, "People in our village seal up their houses as long as there are still people around, and they hide in caves at night. , just afraid that bandits will come."
"Are they so bold? Can no one take care of them?" Qianqiu asked doubtfully.
"There are only a few dozen people left in our village. Bandits come and rob us and kill people. Who can care?" The old man's eyes dimmed.
Qianqiu was about to say that he would take over the matter, but he hesitated for a moment, and suddenly thought that his spells were not working well and he was no different from ordinary people, so he could not control this matter.
"Then hiding in the house is not an option." Qianqiu said to the old man.
The old man replied: "There is nothing I can do. My legs and feet are inconvenient and I can't walk far. It's just a pity... Young man, I want to ask you a favor."
"But it doesn't matter, Qianqiu will try his best to do it." Qianqiu said with fists in his hands.
"Why don't you help me take the girl away? If she stays here, she will be kidnapped by bandits sooner or later." The old man looked at his teenage granddaughter.
"Grandpa, I won't leave you. If I leave, no one will help you get food." The little girl cried when she heard this and shouted to her grandfather.
"But if you don't follow this big brother, you will definitely be kidnapped by bandits." The old man said worriedly, "And now there is no food left. How can we survive?"
The old man burst into tears and hugged his granddaughter.
Qianqiu was about to say something when suddenly there was a loud noise outside, including the shouts of people and the sound of horses' hooves.
The old man was shocked and said hurriedly: "The bandits are coming, hurry up, get into the tunnel quickly!"
The girl skillfully opened the wooden board. Qianqiu stood up and helped the old man in first, then the little girl, and finally jumped in himself.
The noise outside is getting louder and louder, and the people are getting closer.
"Where are the people? Search every house!" A bandit shouted outside.
After a while, endless screams came from outside.
"Has anyone been arrested?" Qianqiu asked quietly.
The little girl hurriedly said to Qianqiu: "Don't talk, big brother, you will be heard."
As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them heard the sound of the door being kicked.
"Here we come." The little girl said fearfully.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The door was kicked one after another, and finally broke with a "pop".
