The summer flames traveled thousands of miles, shooting on the earth, stirring up the long wind, rolling up the waves, and suddenly covering one wave after another, and the waves were turbid.

He Xiu and his grandparents walked on the way to Qiman Town and Huiqiyu Village at two o'clock and one line.

He Xiu couldn't help but worship every time he walked in the place where he met the immortals, hoping that the immortals could see the tragic situation in this world, and a heavy rain would fall, and the jade would dew the world.

They had been waiting for this Ganlin for a full fifteen years, and the first year of the disaster happened to be the first year of He Xiu's birth, and his parents also fell into the valley and died because they went out to beg for food.

The white horse has passed through the gap, and today will be the last day.

Since the last time the eldest lady of the Guan family gave He Xiu an extra bun, she has been able to get an extra different gift every time.

He Xiu was full of gratitude in his heart, but there was no way to repay the kindness, which had always been his heart.

After eating the Guan family's soup kitchen, the three of them stopped at the place where they had last seen the immortals on their way back to Qiyu Village, and the old man said, "Thanks to the alms of Guan Yuanwai and Miss Guan, we can not run around blindly for our stomachs for the past 30 days." ”

The old woman said kindly, "Yes, let's pray for the blessing of the Guan family at the feet of the immortals, and pray that they will be blessed by the immortals, and the family will be prosperous and prosperous." ”

He Xiu knelt down behind him, and said something in his mouth, "I hope that the immortals can also bless my grandparents with a long life......

Before he finished speaking, two people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, they were dressed in black and masked, holding steel knives, and shouted, "Old couple, there are no immortals here, only your grandfather and mine's big knife." ”

The old couple had never seen such a vicious villain, but for the safety of their grandson, the old man still prayed, "Two good men, we are all victims of disasters in this village, we have no money on our bodies, and we only have fruit and food rewarded by the great and good people of the family in our baggage, if the uncle needs it, just take it, and don't hurt my grandson's life." ”

"Who scarce your fruits, old man, listen, our brothers want your lives." As he spoke, he raised his knife and slashed at the old woman.

The old woman didn't have time to dodge, the knife fell and died, and blood flowed out of her neck in an instant, and the picture was miserable.

He Xiu immediately knelt on the ground and picked up his grandmother's corpse, crying, "Grandma, grandma......"

The old man also knelt down and hugged his wife and grandson, and said to the masked armor, "We are all wild men in the mountain village, and we treat people in a humble and orderly manner on weekdays, and we have never turned our faces and talked with our neighbors, I wonder why the two heroes killed us?"

"Yes, we have neither grudges nor hatred, but we only blame you for not being long-sighted, but we want to rest here again, don't talk nonsense with you, and send you to see this old woman." ”

In an instant, He Xiu's two relatives were killed like this, and their hearts were furious, and they opened their mouths and bit Masked B's left wrist fiercely.

Masked B shouted, "Look for death." As he spoke, he raised the knife, and just as He Xiu was about to die, the masked armor stopped him and said, "Okay, he is still under age, it's useless to kill him, go quickly, don't miss the opportunity." ”

But He Xiu still bit Masked B's wrist and refused to let go, Masked B was annoyed and ashamed, and the handle of the knife hit He Xiu's head, and He Xiu fainted.

I don't know how long it took, He Xiu gradually felt that someone was calling his name in his ear, he slowly opened his eyes, and there was a dull pain in his head.

It turned out that the villagers who returned to their hometowns later found them, and He Xiu woke up and saw his grandparents lying in a pool of blood, and he couldn't help crying.

At this time, He Xiu's heart was full of hatred, he didn't understand why his kind and peaceful grandparents were killed by two people who had never met him like this, and the resentment in his heart had nowhere to vent, so he could only slam his fist on the head, blaming himself for not being able to protect his grandparents.

The villagers helped him carry back the body of the second elder, and there was no burial ceremony, the two bodies were wrapped on a worn-out straw mat and hastily laid to rest in the ground.

After saying goodbye to the villagers, He Xiu knelt in front of the grave of his grandparents and cried, and secretly swore in front of the grave that he must find the murderer in this life and break them into pieces with his own hands.

He Xiu was taught by his grandfather since he was a child: we must keep a clear head when encountering problems, and we must not be angry, because anger will reduce people's judgment.

He Xiu repeated these words in his heart, gradually calmed down, recalled the two masked figures, and any recognizable marks on his body, and tried his best not to think about the moment when his grandparents fell in a pool of blood.

But hatred had filled his brain, and his thoughts were not controlled by himself at all, and he couldn't think of anything.

He Xiu fainted from his grief again, and woke up late at night. After crying and venting, I felt a lot more comfortable, and fell asleep on the grave of the second elder.

The closest person in the world died one day, which was a fatal blow to He Xiu.

At present, the most important thing is that life has to go on, He Xiu put away his grief and decided to go to Qiman Town for a while.

As it approached dark, the streets of Qiman Town were still full of people.

In the middle of the night, He Xiu was already hungry and out of energy, when a young man dressed as a shopkeeper passed by him in a carriage on the main street of Qiman Town.

He Xiu held up the last bit of strength and said weakly, "This little brother, I came from Qiyu Village, I haven't eaten for nearly a day, I have no relatives at home, the night is deep, and I really have nowhere to go......"

Speaking of this, He Xiu couldn't say any more and sobbed.

The shopkeeper jumped out of the carriage, took out the bulging sackcloth package from his arms, and said sympathetically, "These are the two white bread buns that the shopkeeper gave me today, you can take them." ”

He Xiu looked at the sharp-mouthed young man in front of him who was about the same age as him in a daze, and stared at the white bun in his hand tightly, and before he could say thank you, he turned into two mouthfuls and stuffed the white bun into his mouth.

The shopkeeper then took out the water bag from the carriage and said more concernedly, "I can help you with food for the time being, but I can't do anything about the place where I sleep." ”

He Xiu quickly put two white buns and a bag of water into his stomach, and when he heard the shopkeeper say these words, he immediately knelt on the ground and said in a breath: "This little brother, thank you for saving your life." To tell you the truth, I have a blood feud, and the enemy has not been found, so I cannot die. I don't ask for a good place, just rest in the big porcelain jar on the car, and never add any trouble to you, don't you think?"

The shopkeeper was silent for a long time, and then said cautiously, "That's the utensils that hold leftovers, are you sure?"

He Xiu nodded hurriedly and said, "As long as the little brother can take me in, I am willing to live wherever I want." ”

"Well, you and I are humble ants, and I'm willing to help you, but you have to remember what you just said, and don't add any trouble to me. ”

He Xiu was overjoyed and said from the bottom of his heart: "If I can make a fortune in the future, I am willing to give all my money and wealth." ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly in his heart, waved his hand and said, "Get in the car." ”

He Xiu was lying in the vat, smelled the smell of wine, and guessed that the young man who saved him must be a servant in the restaurant.

On the way to the restaurant, the shopkeeper carefully explained to He Xiu again, "You are not allowed to tell anyone where you are hiding." ”

He Xiu, who was lying in the tank, nodded uncontrollably, and said, "Don't worry, I'll stay in this tank and won't go anywhere." ”

Nothing was said all night.

When he woke up in the morning, He Xiu smelled the pungent smell of rotten food, looked around, and only saw a glimmer of sunlight squeezing in overhead, it turned out that the shopkeeper had staggered the lid of the vat and left him with a short slit for him to breathe.

Soon the hour was approaching noon.

He Xiu's heart was mixed, and he sighed that the world was unfair, Nanyang Country has a vast territory and a lot of soil, and now all that can accommodate him is a big vat, which is really sad.

Thinking of the blood feud on his back, the grief disappeared, and his heart said that no matter what adversity he was in, he must live.

The night never fails to meet all things again, and time follows the footprints of the night, meeting a month later.

He Xiu had been lying in the vat for thirty days, and each time the shopkeeper brought food and water to He Xiu in the middle of the night, and they did not talk at all.

He Xiu had the urge to go out many times, but he thought of what the shopkeeper had said to him, and gritted his teeth and persevered.

On this day, when He Xiu was hungry, he heard someone outside preparing a horse to tie the saddle, and he knew that it must be the time to go out and pour leftovers.

On the silent street, the sound of horses' hooves on the ground opened the first formal communication between He Xiu and the shopkeeper.

"My name is He Xiu, and I'm fifteen years old. ”

"Anu, a year older than you. The shopkeeper paused.

He Xiu was already sitting on the right side of the carriage, chewing on the leftovers that Anu had prepared for him in his mouth, and said as he ate, "Brother Anu, thank you for taking me in and preparing a sumptuous supper for me. ”

When Anu heard He Xiu say this, he couldn't help laughing, and said with a whip in his hand, "It's rare that your mind is so open, I haven't finished listening to your story, do you want to tell me, a life-saving benefactor, don't worry, I won't let your tongue dry." With that, he handed him another bag of fresh water.

He Xiu told Anu the ins and outs of the matter without concealment.

Anu listened in a fog and couldn't make a judgment on what He Xiu said, but he believed that the young man in front of him was definitely a kind-hearted person.

"You know my story, what about you? He Xiu asked curiously.

Anu looked up at the sky and said slowly, "Actually, my story is very simple, so simple that I don't even know who my own parents are, and I am luckier than you The owner took me in and kept me. ”

He Xiu turned his head to look at Anu and denied, "You are wrong, and I am also lucky." ”

Anu asked curiously, "How?"

"I met your brother, and I also kept it"

"Haha... Haha..."The two of them laughed knowingly.

The immature laughter of He Xiu and Anu drowned out the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground.

Suddenly, the neighing of the horses drowned out their laughter.

The carriage stopped, He Xiu and Anu looked around, and an ominous premonition crept into He Xiu's heart.

He Xiu looked at it, and a fierce beast that looked like a leopard but not a leopard blocked their way.

I saw that this fierce beast was about three meters tall and five meters long, with two green cold lights emitting from its eyes, a pair of white horns on its head, no hair on its body, thick limbs, and its claws constantly scratching the bluestone pavement, a wrist-thick, two-meter-long tail, swaying back and forth, a big mouth with a blood basin, teeth crossed, an eerie long roar in the throat, and sticky saliva stuck to the corners of the mouth, which was dragged to the ground.

He Xiu saw that Anu's eyes were dull, and the sweat on his head had already become a river.

He Xiu knew that he couldn't mess up at this time, so he pretended to be calm and dragged Anu's shoulder, but the corners of his mouth trembled and said, "How... What... Do you?"

Anu's state is on the same channel as He Xiu's; Dead... Decide... Finish. ”

The horse was really frightened by the behemoth in front of him, and instantly his front hooves flew into the air, roared incessantly, and then jumped up with his hind hooves.

He Xiu and Anu on the carriage were thrown to the ground fiercely, and their internal organs were suddenly overturned, and they were in pain.

At this moment, the horses were frightened and ran in the direction of the city gate, and He Xiu saw that the fierce beast did not mean to eat the horses, but walked towards them step by step.

He Xiu and Anu clutched their chests, staring at the beast and thinking about how to escape, but found that their legs and feet did not obey the call at all.

He Xiu's brain was running rapidly, and he gradually calmed down, his eyes temporarily left the fierce beast, looking for the surrounding talisman weapons, and the horsewhip held by Anu in his left hand attracted him.

He Xiu snatched it and instructed Anu Dao, "Brother Anu, now that the matter is over, you and I should take care of ourselves, I will drag it here, and you take the opportunity to escape." ”

The figure of the fierce beast occupied Anu's pupils, and at this time, in addition to being afraid, he was afraid, and he had forgotten how to escape.

He Xiu saw that the fierce beast had taken seven or eight steps forward, and his heart was extremely anxious, so he grabbed the corner of Anu's clothes and shouted, "Run, we will all die if we run late." ”

Anu reacted and asked, "I... Gone, you... What to do?"

"No matter, I hope its belly can only hold one person now. ”

After speaking, He Xiu stood in front of Anu with both hands waving a horsewhip.

At this time, the beast was only ten meters away from them, and the roar became more and more deafening.

Anu just took three steps, then stepped back, and stood on a line with He Xiu, on the left, he clenched his hands into fists, and said, "I've only been a brother for a day, and I haven't had a drink with you, how can I go?" Besides, the horses and vehicles don't know where to go, and the mother-in-law of the shopkeeper won't let me go. ”

He Xiu was infected by Anu's pride, and his blood surged in an instant, and the whip in his hand tightened.

"Okay, in the next life, you are still my He Xiu's brother. ”

"Just let me go first just now, and you will be the eldest brother in the next life. ”

When the fierce beast walked about five meters away from them, it suddenly jumped up, turned its body around, and threw its tail on He Xiu's right hand.

"Smack. ”

The horsewhip in He Xiu's hand flew in response.

"Ahh ”

"Ahh ”

After He Xiu was thrown out, he had a butterfly effect and hit Anu, and Anu's body also flew up, and then the two fell heavily to the ground.

"Ahh ”

"Ahh ”

Two more screams.

Rows of dense wounds appeared on He Xiu's right hand, as if a needle had cut a bone, and blood immediately flowed sideways, and at the same time, a mouthful of blood spat out of his mouth.

Anu also spat out a mouthful of blood from his mouth when he was thrown into the air, and fell beside He Xiu, the bone in his right leg broken and exposed.

Just as they were about to accept their death, the beast retreated more than ten meters away.

The two didn't understand the intentions of the beast, but He Xiu was sure that the beast would never let them go.

He Xiu's must have been right, the fierce beast ran over quickly with his head down, and he instantly understood.

He Xiu shouted, "Quick, disperse, it will pierce us with its horns." ”

However, the two of them were already seriously injured, and it was difficult to move even half a step, only to be pierced.

The two closed their eyes and waited for the beast's verdict on the human.

"Ahh ”

"Ahh ”

The two screamed in unison for the third time.

Unexpectedly, the fierce beast exerted too much force, and they fell on the steps of the bluestone barrier, the horns of the fierce beast were inserted into the steps, and the bluestone was instantly shattered into slag, and the force of the fierce beast's impact was much lighter, and the two were not pierced, but were flying high in the air and slamming to the ground.

"Ahh ”

"Ahh ”

The two of them spurted out a mouthful of blood at the same time.

He Xiu's sternum on his back waist was exposed, which was miserable.

Two of Anu's sternums were exposed in the back of her waist, and she was already numb to the pain.

He Xiu opened his mouth to ask about Anu's injury, but unexpectedly, a mouth full of blood filled his mouth, and he couldn't speak.

He Xiu understood, the fierce beast wanted to kill them, as long as he and Anu still had a breath, the fierce beast would definitely come again, until death.

He Xiu lay on the ground with a hideous expression, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes froze into a killing word, and shot at the fierce beast.

The fierce beast was completely enraged by He Xiu's provocation, and after taking more than twenty steps back, it slammed into the air, its limbs fluttering wildly, and it fell vertically at high speed towards the place where the two were lying on the ground.

He Xiu was desperate, they had no hope of life, but unfortunately the murderer of his grandparents had not been found, and he was going to be killed by this mysterious and unknown beast.

He Xiu was thinking, could this be the will of heaven?

Anu has no worries, he is about to die, and he is not afraid to bear the charge of losing his horse and vehicle.

Is the other world just as cruel?

This is all the interpretation of life and death faced by the two of them at this time.

"Phew. ”

A speed of light, as thin as a hair's red, instantly passed through the beast's skull, and a stream of blue liquid splashed out, and the beast let out a long low roar, and its hooves stopped dancing.

He Xiu was shocked by everything in front of him.

Who is it?

Could it be that the legendary immortals came to the rescue?

This thought flashed, and He Xiu immediately realized that although the fierce beast was dead, the corpse was still smashing towards them.

But the pain swept through his body, and he still couldn't move, and it seemed that he still couldn't escape death.

When the fierce beast was still a meter close to them, He Xiu heard another crisp voice.

"Smack. ”

A foreign object hit the beast's stomach, and dust rose twenty meters away from He Xiu, and after the dust cleared, He Xiu and Anu saw a large dirt pit appear on the ground.

All this happened so weird, so weird that He Xiu didn't want to believe it.

Late at night, He Xiu covered his chest and looked around, he wanted to see with his own eyes if there was really an immortal rescue, and just about to move, he passed out.

When the rooster crowed, He Xiu opened his eyes with difficulty, and was surprised to see Anu sitting upright on the ground.

Anu's voice sounded in his ears, "I can't think of it, I can't think of it." ”

He Xiu's mouth opened slightly, and he asked in surprise, "You mean immortals?"

"Haha, and what you can't imagine, you try to move your body. Anu replied.

He Xiu tried to move the fingers of his hands, and found that he was able to bend, his knees moved freely, the wound on the back of his hand was completely gone, and the exposed sternum had been completely connected.

He Xiu's mouth was half open and said, "Our wounds have also been healed by the immortals?"

The same can be said. Anu picked up what he was holding and asked, "Look at what this is." ”

He Xiu thought for a moment, opened his mouth to the maximum and said, "Shoes, it was a shoe that slapped the beast away last night?"

Oh my God, He Xiu's worldview was completely subverted, and he couldn't believe that it was a shoe that saved them at the last pass.

Anu pointed to the pit and said, "There's something you can't think of there. ”

He Xiu tried to stand up, only a faint pain came from his chest, and everything else was fine.

He Xiu strode over and looked down, and saw that the diameter of the pit was ten meters wide and about fifteen meters deep.

"Tell me, what did you see?" He Xiu couldn't wait to know what Anu had seen.

Anu shook her head and said mischievously, "I only woke up half a moment before you, and I didn't leave anything behind what you saw, and the rest is only known to God, oh, yes, maybe it." ”

He Xiu saw that the carriage was parked not far away, and the horses were sleeping obediently.