"Abu, stop playing! Come back quickly and prepare to light the fire and cook! Your father and uncles will be back in a while!"
In the evening, the woman walked to the door of the room and shouted, her voice was hoarse, rough, and powerful.
"Oh!" Hearing the shout, a child responded with a crisp response, and then trotted all the way to the woman, his face full of joy.
"Mom," the little boy said excitedly, "I'll tell you, in the forest over there just now, Daqi and Ichimu and I discovered several evil ghost bugs, which are as big as my palm!"
"Okay, okay," the woman responded casually, then rubbed the child's head and urged, "Okay, hurry up and wash up, get ready to cook."
"I know, mother!" the child replied cheerfully.
The meal was quickly prepared; the sun was setting outside the house, reflecting the two and three people, and the thin shadows of the people.
"Abu, Saffron, I'm back!" With a deep voice, the man squeezed into the room. He was tall and dark-skinned. He carried a long-handled scimitar on his shoulder, a colorful pheasant and a stick in his hand. Brown meaty legs.
"Oh, boss, today's harvest is good! You must be exhausted! Let's wash up and eat quickly."
Hearing the shout, the woman immediately rushed forward, took the scimitar and the prey, and said happily; at the same time, the child jumped up and threw himself into the man's arms.
"Dad, you really hit the colorful chicken!" the child said coquettishly.
"That's right, it doesn't matter who your father is." The man grinned and replied proudly.
"Okay, Abu, get off your father and let him eat." The woman interrupted.
When the child heard the words, he said yes obediently; the man turned to look at the woman, smiled honestly, and a trace of warmth unconsciously showed in his eyes.
At the dinner table, the family was enjoying themselves happily. Although it was just two simple side dishes and a bowl of gruel, the food was extremely sweet.
After a storm, the man let out a long sigh of relief, stood up and took out a cigarette rod from his arms, went outside, and blew out smoke rings.
At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of the village. One was wearing white clothes and the other was wearing a gold robe. They were Yuan Qing and Chen Mu.
As soon as the two appeared, several guards armed with spears and machetes surrounded them.
However, after seeing their clothing and appearance, the guards immediately threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground, their faces full of fear, as if they had offended the gods and asked for punishment.
Seeing this scene, Yuan Qing and Chen Mu were both surprised. After looking at each other, they didn't know what to do.
It was at this moment that an old man, in his sixties, hurriedly came from the village, dressed in colorful cloth and holding a wooden stick with a snake head.
When the old man came closer, he knelt down like the rest of the people, but after three bows, he raised his head and said respectfully: "My name is Longxi, I am the 'Azu' of this village, and I am in charge of all affairs in the village. , I don’t know that the two immortals came here, but they failed to lead the tribe to celebrate and welcome them from afar, which was a loss of etiquette. I hope the immortals won’t be surprised.”
"Your tribe is quite clever, and you can still recognize our identities. Not bad, not bad." After hesitating for a moment, Chen Mu changed his mind and said with a smile.
"The Immortal is joking," the old man replied quickly: "The difference between immortals and mortals is as great as the world. How can these juniors not recognize it? I just wonder what the two Immortals have to say when they come here? I remember about a month ago, Only then did a gray-clothed immortal come to collect the First Mist Grass, and now there really isn’t much stock in this village.”
"Xianwu grass? What is this?"
Hearing this, Chen Mu was still puzzled and muttered to himself, but Yuan Qing at the side blurted out and replied: "This old man has misunderstood, we are not..."
"I'm not here to harvest the mist grass!" Chen Mu said first, "Well, the two of us happened to be passing by here. Seeing that your life is not easy, we came here to visit."
"It turns out that the immortal is merciful and has come to bless us! The old man's face was full of surprise and he shouted excitedly: "Thank you, little one, for your mercy! Thank you, God, for your mercy! "
After saying that, he started to worship one after another, and led others to kneel down and worship together.
"Ahem," Chen Mu coughed twice and raised his hand slightly to stop everyone from kneeling.
Immediately, he pretended to be polite and said calmly: "Okay, let's talk. If you have any difficulties, please tell me, but it is only for one item. You should consider it carefully."
When the old man heard this, his expression became even more excited. However, after thinking about it for a while, he said: "This matter is too big for me to decide on my own. I wonder if the Immortal can be accommodating for a while so that I can discuss it with my clan members."
"How long will it take to accommodate?" Chen Mu deliberately frowned and said, "It's not impossible, but it can only be three days at most. After three days, regardless of whether you have reached an agreement or not, the two of you will leave immediately and will not stay longer. "
"Three days! The Immortal is merciful! Thank you, Immortal! Thank you, Immortal!" The old man was overjoyed and shouted.
"Okay," Chen Mu interrupted with a flick of his sleeve: "Let me ask you, are there any good places around here?"
"A good place?" After hearing this, the old man thought for a while and replied: "There is a Mingya Waterfall more than ten miles west of the village. The scenery there is beautiful, and there are no poisonous insects. It's very..."
At this point, the old man paused suddenly, as if he had thought of something. Then a red light appeared on his face, and he changed the topic and said, "Are the two immortals looking for a place to stay for three days? What if the two immortals don't give up?" , I am bold and want to invite the two immortals to live in the stronghold."
As soon as he said this, Chen Mu suddenly felt happy, but he still had a thoughtful look on his face. He waited for a long time before replying: "That's it, meeting each other is fate, so let's live in your village. . But I have to say something first. Both my brothers and sisters like to be quiet and don't like to make noise. If someone disturbs me and my retreat while we are here, our blessings will be cancelled, and your village will have to sacrifice a few lives as an apology. "
"Yes, yes! The old man will strictly control the clan members and will never disturb the immortal's retreat!" The old man's heart shivered and he quickly promised.
Chen Mu then said calmly: "Okay, get up and lead the way."
As soon as the words fell, the old man stood up, bowed respectfully, turned around and led the way.
At this time, Yuan Qing's expression moved slightly and he said via voice transmission: "Brother Chen, what do you mean?"
Chen Mu opened the fan and shook it slightly, and replied with some satisfaction: "Brother Taoist, don't you hear that 'if you want to take it first, you must give it first'?"
...
Millions of miles away, there is a stone palace in the mountains.
Deep in the main hall, there is a man sitting in the void. He is about thirty years old, wearing a blue robe, with dark skin and a stern face.
Above the man's head, a small dark green flag hung lightly in the air; above the flag, there were bursts of dim light, and from time to time, vague shadows emerged from within, stretching and stretching, as if under great suction, and penetrated into the middle of the man's eyebrows.
Shadows appeared one after another, the light on the flags gradually faded, and a deep halo slowly appeared around the man, as dark as ink and dense as mist.
A few hours later, the flag became dim, but the halo around the man became thicker, wrapping him like a cocoon of light.
With a low hoarse roar, the flag "clacked" to the ground. The man seemed to break free from the cage, tear the light cocoon out, and then took a long breath, sucking the light cocoon fragments into his belly like a long whale sucking water.
He closed his eyes and tasted it, savoring the taste. After a long time, the man opened his eyes, and his eyes shone with light, as if there were flames rising.
"What's the matter?" the man asked in a deep voice, but he was asking the young man in white robe not far in front of him.
The young man was quite handsome. When he heard the question, he immediately bowed to the end and replied respectfully: "Reporting to Master Master, Uncle Hua Yu asked to see you. He said he had something important to report. He has been waiting in the front hall for almost two hours. "
"Okay, got it." The man replied calmly, and then strode out.
After a while, he came to the front hall, and the person waiting in the hall was one wearing a black robe, with a beautiful face and fair skin. He was none other than the deacon disciple in the Soul Hall, Yin Yuan; the other was wearing a gray robe, with a long beard and gray hair. His hair was messy and mottled, it was the deacon and elder.
"Senior Brother Jiacuo, you have finally come out. Something big is coming!" The elder said first when he saw the man.
"Humph, Hua Yu, what big thing can you do?" The man snorted and replied disdainfully.
"Hey, three or four days ago, Liu Suifeng's soul lamp suddenly went out. There were also eleven Qi Refining disciples who also had their lamps go out for no reason. Does senior brother know about this?" Na Hua Yu chuckled and asked without answering. road.
"Is this serious?" the man asked solemnly, his face straightening.
"That can still be false." Hua Yu said with a gloomy smile: "If I remember correctly, Junior Brother Liu should have taken over the Xuanbang and guarded the qi training disciples for the trial. Hum, although I usually He seems unhappy, but after all he is a fellow disciple, how can he just watch him lose his life and remain indifferent. What’s more, if it is done by an outsider, then where will the face of our Divine Refining Sect be put? Therefore, the junior brother believes that this matter should be investigated , we must get to the bottom of it."
"Brother from the same discipline, huh, it's rare that you have such a heart," the man sneered and said sarcastically, "but what you said makes some sense. Gu Yanchun sent an order to the Soul Supervisory Department and sent three soul envoys to investigate the matter; in addition, , no matter what the result is, remember Hua Yu’s small contribution.”
"Yes! I will obey the master's decree!" Beside the man, the handsome young man replied respectfully, then bowed respectfully and withdrew.
On the other side, after hearing the man's words, Hua Yu smiled slightly and said: "Thank you, senior brother, headmaster, but it's not necessary for small merit. Junior brother, I have something to ask of you, and I ask for your permission."
"Oh? You said it." The man responded.
"Hey, I want to ask the head brother, if it is done by an outsider, no matter whether he is alive or dead, he must be handed over to my junior brother to deal with it."
"Huh, Hua Yu, what are you planning?" the man asked with a sneer.
"Haha, I don't have any calculations. I just want to take revenge for Junior Brother Liu." Hua Yu said with a grin.
"Huh, okay, I agree to this, you can go down." The man waved his sleeves and said impatiently.
"Hahaha, thank you, senior brother!"
...
Huiguo, the border of Xianfu County, over the dense forest.
The old man's expression moved slightly, and the white light flashed on his chest, revealing a square of white jade Sinan.
Above the disk, I saw the spoon handle spinning endlessly, and finally pointed to the east-south, about fifteen degrees; at the same time, a lilac light also appeared in the disk, just two meters away from the center of the disk, in the direction of the spoon handle. inches.
"Huh? Is there any treasure left? Cang Xue, go and have a look." The old man raised his eyebrows and ordered softly.
Before he finished speaking, the four-winged lion beneath him flapped his wings, turned around, turned into a white rainbow, and galloped away.
Only a moment later, the old man came to where Si Nan was showing him, but it was above a cave.
And in this cave, deep in the cave, there is a man, dressed in gold and silver embroidery, looking up into the distance as if he is sensing...
