In a barren jungle near the Soul Broken Mountain Range in Qingshan Town, a black shadow kept shuttling back and forth in the jungle. The black shadow passed by, the grass and trees were tilted, and the low-level demon beasts in the jungle occasionally only looked up, completely unaware of the existence of the black shadow.

In the blink of an eye, the black shadow stayed on a steep hillside, and under the sun, the black shadow showed the appearance of a young man, and this young man was Qing Ming,

In the past few days, Qing Ming took Lingxi to this hillside on the high ground, since that day the Spirit Devourer appeared, there was no trace of the Liang family, presumably Chen Jiang's small team of people and horses encountered the Spirit Devourer, and went back to report this sudden situation, causing Liang Rentian, the head of the Liang family, to order the team to be reinstated, or they have been subjected to accidents, no matter what the situation, Qing Ming is willing to see.

This is not a good thing for Qing Ming to come from, during this time he can cultivate the Phantom Step with peace of mind, although it is only a fragment, when he studies it carefully, Qing Ming will have a harvest. Now it is not a problem for him to travel thousands of miles a day with phantom steps. Qing Ming didn't know how many volumes there were in the Phantom Step, and when his current cultivation was concerned, he guessed that even this volume on his body still had at least two volumes, and if he could learn the last two volumes, then Qing Ming's speed would become even more terrifying.

Qing Ming pillowed his hands behind his head, held a withered grass in his mouth, closed his eyes and felt the cool breeze blowing on the top of the hillside, it had not been so comfortable for a long time.

Behind him, there was a large field of wild grass full of colorful flowers, and Lingxi was shuttling back and forth among the flowers and plants, teasing some small flower butterfly monsters.

Such a hillside reminded Qing Ming of Changting Continent, on Changting Continent, behind the thatched hut where they lived, there was also such a hillside overgrown with wild flowers, every time spring came, he would compete with the little priest brother there, and when he was tired, he would lie down in the grass together, looking up at the sky from under the small flower path, and that time became the best memory in his heart.

Moreover, at that ignorant age, he met for the first time the shadow that affected his life, although he didn't understand anything at the time, although he only had a short relationship at that time.

More than ten years have passed, but now it has become a matter of people, the former paradise is no longer there, and the relatives around him have disappeared, leaving him alone to pursue it.

Maybe that's the meaning of life, to be a runner, never stop, to overcome suffering, to cross all obstacles.

Qing Ming's mind has never been so calm, he will remember a lot of things from the past, even a little thing in life, it has become a lingering memory in his mind.

"Brother Qingming"

Lingxi's voice came from beside him, Qing Ming opened his eyes, Lingxi stood in front of him with her hands behind her back, her little face was filled with the smile of youth and vitality that she should have at this age, but at this moment Qing Ming had forgotten that he was only an eighteen-year-old boy.

"For you!"

Lingxi held out a bouquet of wildflowers in both hands hidden behind her, and the look of satisfaction on her face was overflowing.

"Thank you, Xiao Lingxi!"

Qing Ming took the bouquet of wildflowers with both hands, and a bright smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"In the future, I will give Brother Qingming a lot of wildflowers.... Belch... No, lots and lots of things."

"Okay, then I'll wait for a lot of things from Xiao Lingxi in the future."

"Hee-hee-hee......"

After finishing speaking, Lingxi ran away again, Qing Ming looked at the current happy and lively Lingxi, as if he didn't have the pitiful appearance of the treasure tower that day, and felt a little relieved.

However, the smile on Qing Ming's face gradually faded, because he knew that he couldn't always take Lingxi with him, the path he had embarked on was full of dangers, and he had to think about her safety. He didn't know anything about Lingxi's situation, for fear that asking would make her fall into painful memories, after all, he knew that this little girl who was born as a mermaid must have endured too much suffering.

......

At night, the stars were shining brightly, and in a nearby cave near the hillside, a bonfire flickered in the darkness, and above the bonfire stood a yellow beast, the grease dripping on the flesh of which made a clattering sound.

"Brother Qingming, do you have it? Do you have it?" Lingxi next to him never left the mass of meat on the fire, and his mouth kept shattering.

"It's almost over!" Qing Ming was also helpless, with a helpless look on his face, from the beginning of the fire to now, his ears have not been cleaned, and Lingxi has been noisy and tickling in his ears.

However, because of this, Qing Ming and her inadvertently talked to her to get some information, although every time she talked about the key point, Lingxi's face would show a little sadness. Qing Ming would divert the topic in time when he saw it, and Lingxi could quickly get out of that sad atmosphere.

According to Lingxi, she was adopted by a merman from an ordinary tribe of the Shark tribe since she was a child, and that tribe was extremely disgusted with humans, and instilled in her from an early age how terrible humans are and how to use cruel means to kill their compatriots.

Until one day, she came into contact with a wider world, where the merman's view of human beings was completely different from her tribal rhetoric, and the human world they depicted was friendly and kind, and human life was full of attraction, especially the commercial city located in the hinterland of the continent, located in the middle of the Phantom Sea, where it was a city where humans, demons, and beasts were equal, there was no strife, no racial discrimination, as long as the exchange of goods.

In the end, she couldn't hold back, and quietly followed the caravan to the trading city, but she encountered a thunderstorm on the way, she was separated from the army, and when she woke up, she found herself lying on an unknown beach, and with her several also lost mermaids. With their help, Lingxi took the Transfiguration Grass, which allowed her to walk on land like a human.

But the good times didn't last long, and their group leaked their identities for some reason, and they were targeted by the people of the Royal Beast Sect, and finally in order to help Lingxi escape, the companions who were with her fell into the hands of the disciples of the Royal Beast Sect.

When he was hungry and cold, he was brought back to Jubaolou by Mo Li, the director of Jubaolou, but he didn't expect that he was also ill-intentioned, and held an auction to sell mermaids with Xiao Li, the appraiser of Jubaolou, so that what happened later.

......

After Qing Ming listened, her brows also frowned slightly, that is to say, if Lingxi wants to return to the territory of the merman clan in the South China Sea, there is only one possibility, that is, to go to the so-called racially free trading city and find the same merman as her in order to take her back to her hometown.

But now he doesn't know where the trade city is, listening to what she just said, in the hinterland of this continent, Qing Ming is sure that the trade city is definitely not in the territory of the Shengyuan Empire.

"Hey!" Qing Ming sighed helplessly.

"Brother Qingming, the meat is ready!" Lingxi's eyes lit up, and her mouth kept chattering.

"Okay, okay, look at what you're gluttony!" Qing Ming looked at Lingxi beside her, tore off a large piece of beast leg meat and handed it to her, she began to gobble it up without saying a word, with a satisfied look on her face.

Qing Ming looked at him, the gloom on his face swept over, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, let's take this living treasure with me during this time, thinking about it, my heart is relieved.