Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, and laughed when he looked at the young man in black who was still a little taller and stronger than him.
Asked: "Does it taste good? Don't worry, there is more."
The young man in black was not polite. He reached out and grabbed the chopsticks on the table and stretched them towards the beef on the plate. He suddenly smiled at Li Xiuyuan.
Hehe said: "Brother, let me tell you a story. Anyway, staying here is idle."
The thoughts of everyone around were the same as Li Xiuyuan's. Anyway, it was idle, so let's listen to the story told by the young man.
After eating two pieces of meat and drinking a glass of spiritual wine, the boy in black calmed himself down.
Then he looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "This is a story I only heard recently. Brother, don't make fun of it."
Li Xiuyuan poured him another glass of wine and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Speak slowly."
After eating, the young man in black spoke louder and said, "It is said that a hundred miles away from the wasteland of Luoshui Town, there was a sacred spring..."
Legend has it that mortals who drink it have the hope of condensing immortal veins, while cultivators who drink it have more hope of breaking through the limitations of this world, and even ascending during the day and leaving the Shenlong Continent.
It was originally a paradise, where people lived a carefree life without much struggle. Until one day, a group of mysterious people came and dug up the sacred spring.
Legend has it that these people were mysterious and came in the storm, killing all the creatures that saw them.
From then on, that paradise slowly turned into a desert land...
The boy in black tells a story that everyone knows, but it has been so long ago that no one has found out the truth of the story.
Even if there were some hopeful monks who went to the desert to look for the legendary divine spring, they disappeared into the desert one after another without any reason.
Over time, everyone regarded this legend as a fictional myth. In addition, many monks died in the desert, so that no one mentioned it again.
None of the merchants or monks in the inn cared about the story told by the young man in black. Everyone just looked at Li Xiuyuan in silence while eating meat and drinking wine while listening to the story.
Although Li Xiuyuan knew nothing about divine springs, peach fields, and deserts, he was very satisfied after hearing the story.
He looked at the young man in black and said with a smile: "Didn't it disappear later?"
The young man in black didn't show any intention of showing off, but looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile, "Is there any more meat? I'm hungry."
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Man, cut up another three pounds of meat."
"Okay, sir, wait a minute." After hearing this, the waiter responded loudly.
The boy in black took a sip from the wine glass and said, "There is another legend about this story. It is said that gods came to the Dragon Valley and took away the divine spring here, causing it to slowly turn into a desert."
"Later, some monks came to explore, looking for the legendary magic medicine and fairy grass, and trying to find a way to achieve immortality."
At this point, the young man in black became quiet and spoke slowly while eating meat.
Li Xiuyuan didn't care, he was interested in all the legends of Shenlong Continent.
After all, I am just a pedestrian passing by in a hurry, and I may have to leave here soon.
If you can really find a legendary magical herb, it would be a good choice to leave it to your father, mother, sister, husband and wife.
The young man in black continued: "It is said that whenever there is a storm in the desert, people who go on adventures can watch different skeletons walking in the wild sand, which is very weird."
"It's just that the monks who entered the desert died inexplicably. I heard these stories from others. The place is too mysterious, and I didn't dare to go and find out."
When the young man in black said this, he looked at Li Xiuyuan with eager eyes. It was clear that we were going to have an adventure together, how about it?
However, Li Xiuyuan just ate tea and drank quietly and did not reveal that he was interested in going to find out.
Regarding what the young man in black said, everyone remained silent after listening to it.
They had heard this story countless times, but no one would regard it as a joke, because even they did not dare to go to that place to dig out the truth.
Not to mention the young man in black who is only a teenager in front of him.
Unfortunately, Li Xiuyuan was also wearing a black shirt today, and his hair was darker and thicker than that of the boy and the three men in black.
If it weren't for the Xuanyu aura in his brows, everyone would have misunderstood him as just a poor boy living in the world.
The young man's story did not reveal any more information, and Li Xiuyuan was not disappointed. He did not expect to get any secrets from the young man in black.
I passed by this inn just to take a rest, and it was nice to be able to listen to a legendary story.
As for the young man in front of him, he just regarded it as a friend.
He even felt a kind of intimacy with the boy, but he couldn't describe that feeling, and he was too embarrassed to ask in front of everyone.
At this time, the waiter brought another plate of beef.
Looking at the two people, he smiled and said: "You two, use it slowly. If you don't have enough, call me again. There aren't many other things in the shop, but this meat tube is enough."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, took out two spiritual stones and handed them over, saying, "Eat first, then talk."
After being stunned for a moment, the boy in black suddenly laughed.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he said: "Xiao Hei has been hungry for several days, and these guys are not willing to give me a plate of meat. Brother, you are so kind..."
Li Xiuyuan sighed, reached out and gently took down the branch above his head.
Asked: "Xiao Hei, where did you go just now? Why is your head so messed up?"
Xiao Hei looked at him and smiled, moved the corners of his mouth slightly, and started chatting with him.
Li Xiuyuan was startled and thought of the crow he saw on the old tree when he entered the house. He couldn't help but stroke his head and laugh.
Said: "Do you want to play with me?"
When Xiao Hei heard this, he picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. He said with a smile: "Xiao Hei is fine anyway, so I will go explore the world with my brother."
While he was speaking, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but frown slightly.
Looking at the shopkeeper coming over, he said quietly: "Is it windy outside?"
The merchants sitting around were stunned and thought that Luoshui Town was not far from the seaside. What day would there be no wind?
Not even a group of monks understood what he said, and no one cared whether the wind would blow outside the inn.
Everyone turned back to drink and eat meat for a while, no longer paying attention to the two teenagers in front of them.
Suddenly, the inn became quiet.
Sure enough, there was a sound of wind outside the inn. In the whistling, sand grains flew up and blew on the doors and windows of the inn. Some of them blew along the door into the house, and the sound became louder and louder.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the shopkeeper not far away from him, sighed softly, put two pieces of beef into Xiao Hei's bowl, but deliberately knocked the beef that the waiter had just brought to the ground.
He looked careless.
The face of the shopkeeper in front of him was smiling a moment ago, but he revealed a strong murderous intention!
He has seen countless killers and bandits in his life. It can be said that since he came down from the Tianshan Mountains at the age of eight, he has been fighting to the death with the famous Five Tigers in the Five Regions.
A skilled killer has no trace of murderous intent.
This is why the old monk asked Buli to practice with him, and this is why he threw the monk Buli by the Tongtian River and asked him to see all living beings and get rid of the murderous intention in his life.
A killer is like the spring rain, or at least the night rain is silent and no one knows.
But the shopkeeper standing in front of him with a smile on his face was not a very clever killer.
There is no way of knowing how this guy sneaked into the inn, nor how he killed the shopkeeper and then poisoned the plate of beef.
You know, Li Ye learned the knowledge of medicinal herbs from his husband when he was a child on Tianshan Mountain. He has already known all the elixirs and poisons in the world.
Right now, he can be said to be invulnerable to all poisons.
However, he is not afraid of poison, but that does not mean that Xiao Hei, who is willing to step forward, is not afraid either.
He didn't even know that he was just a passerby passing by and didn't know the shopkeeper in front of him at all. Where did this hatred come from?
No matter how you look at yourself, you don't look like a wealthy owner?
Could it be that this guy is here to kill the young man in black in front of him?
If that's the case, then what's the explanation for Xiao Hei standing on the branch outside the inn?
Li Xiuyuan is a little annoyed. If you don't accept it, then do it! After saying it with fists, why bother with assassination?
However, the killer had different thoughts.
The only thing you want to kill is to spend the least amount of money, complete your mission, and then retreat as quickly as possible.
Even if you fail to complete the task, you must leave quickly and wait for the next modern opportunity.
In Li Xiuyuan's eyes, this killer pretending to be the shopkeeper would not hesitate to weigh the unknown young man in front of him for this opportunity. Perhaps in his eyes, the two young men were just ants in his eyes.
Even if Li Xiuyuan hinted at him, even if he knew that he had been exposed, he still wanted to fight to the death.
Complete the task at hand and get the reward he wants.
Then lurk, live a comfortable and quiet life for a few years, and then go looking for the next assassination mission. This is the killer.
He is a peerless master, with a cultivation level comparable to that of the United States, so how can he be afraid of the two young men in front of him who don't even have spiritual veins?
A knife, a slender, glowing knife.
A knife that harvests life is like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole, stabbing towards Li Xiuyuan.
Before Li Xiuyuan could react, the shopkeeper pulled out a long sword and stabbed Xiao Hei, who was lowering his head to eat meat.
One sword will kill Li Xiuyuan, and one sword will kill Xiao Hei!
Perhaps in his eyes, Li Xiuyuan in front of him is already considered Xiaohei's friend, and he cannot keep him. He must cut the grass and root it out!
However, before he transformed into a shopkeeper killer, Li Xiuyuan already held a pair of chopsticks in his hand.
The moment the long sword fell, Li Xiuyuan stretched out his left hand to grab the shopkeeper's arm, and pulled hard behind him, causing the sharp sword to miss Xiao Hei's chest.
Then the bamboo chopsticks in his right hand were as fast as a sharp sword, stabbing down like lightning!
The killer's hand caught by Li Xiuyuan was uncontrollable and fell straight down, while the sharp sword stabbing Xiao Hei hit the chair Xiao Hei was sitting on, shocking Xiao Hei...
"Poof!" sounded!
The bamboo chopsticks in Li Xiuyuan's hand turned into a sharp sword and mercilessly penetrated the killer's thigh.
A stream of blood spattered out instantly, instantly dyeing Li Xiuyuan's black shirt red, and a strong smell of blood instantly filled the inn.
The hand holding the knife was tightly squeezed by Li Xiuyuan, and a pair of bamboo chopsticks were inserted into his thigh!
Before the killer who had transformed into a shopkeeper could shout out, Xiao Hei, who was sharp and quick, jumped up and punched out as fast as lightning, hitting the killer hard in the face.
By the time the killer reacted, Li Xiuyuan had already left the stool and pulled him back!
From the time the shopkeeper drew his sword and stabbed it, to Li Xiuyuan and Xiao Hei's counterattack, it almost happened in an instant.
Everything happens in an instant.
None of the monks here have emerged from the pile of dead people. They have seen too many fights and killings!
However, an assassination like this was something they had never seen before.
The two unrelated young men in black before them actually cooperated flawlessly as if they had rehearsed beforehand, and the fatal situation was resolved in an instant.
The three big men in black who were injured by Li Xiuyuan before were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths!
The two teenagers were closest to them, and they could see everything about the killer clearly and most vividly.
Li Xiuyuan's methods frightened them, and they were secretly glad that they had not continued to fight against the young man before.
Countless monks and merchants opened their eyes wide.
There was blood flowing on the ground, the shopkeeper's arm was still in the boy's hand, and the boy in black had jumped out...
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