Gifting, can please the elders and praise, although not to get substantial benefits, but can establish a good image in the hearts of the elders, can be regarded as an invisible wealth.

Selling can be exchanged for rich cultivation resources, although it has obtained substantial benefits, but it has left an impression of a philistine in the hearts of the elders.

Giving up long-term interests for the sake of immediate interests can be described as killing chickens and eggs, and it is never a wise move.

"This old man is very bad, it can't be sent by the enemy, right?" Xu Murong muttered in his heart, his eyes glanced at Qin Xinru's sisters, guessing if these two sisters were not treated well by this great elder, so he thought of a way to destroy their image in the heart of the city lord.

Duan Baifei slowly closed the folding fan and frowned slightly, speculating in his heart about the Great Elder's intentions, but he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it.

Zhou Jianlai dragged the big sword towards the bonfire, he was hungry, he wanted to eat meat, he didn't bother to think about it.

"Boy of the Zhou family, pick the best tendon meat and cut a plate for the old man. The white-bearded old man shouted after Zhou Jianlai.

Qin Xinru swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, she wanted to ask the Great Elder for clarification, but the Great Elder was concerned about barbecue, and she didn't bother to take care of them anymore, so she could only sigh helplessly.

As soon as the Great Elder left with his front foot, Xu Murong lowered his voice and asked Qin Xinru and the two sisters: "Is it possible that you two sisters are too favored by the City Lord, this Heavenly Elder is afraid that you will encroach on the interests of the two elder brothers too much, so you want to destroy your image in the heart of the City Lord?"

"Shhhhh ”

"I think-" Qin Rulan, who had never spoken, whispered, "The reason why the Great Elder said this should be because of his life experience." The Great Elder was born poor, from a poor boy who had nothing to rely on, he climbed to the peak of the strong step by step, all the cultivation resources were obtained by his own hard work, and the difficulties were not something we could imagine, so in the eyes of his old man, it was indeed a waste for us to have such a precious object but not to exchange it for cultivation resources. ”

"I see. Duan Baifei raised his eyebrows and smiled, "The spirit of diligence and thrift of the old man is worth learning from our young people, but we still have to adapt our methods to local conditions according to our own situation, as the saying goes, the right one is the best." ”

The implication is that we are not poor boys, and we don't need to be calculated.

In the distance, the white-bearded old man untied the wine gourd hanging from his waist, walked to a clean big bluestone and sat down cross-legged, Zhou Jianlai held a dried lotus leaf in both hands, and the lotus leaf was stacked with pieces of burnt lean meat, more than ten catties, and respectfully put it in front of the white-bearded old man.

"Not bad. Not bad. You can eat it too. The white-bearded old man nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and motioned for Zhou Jian to come and play by himself, and he didn't know whether he was afraid that Zhou Jian would come to grab meat from him to eat, or if he didn't want to be disturbed when he was eating.

"Good wine, good meat!" The white-bearded old man took a mouthful of meat in his left hand and a mouthful of wine in his right hand, eating happily and dripping with oil, destroying the image of his fairy wind bones.

Qin Xinru and the five of them had a big battle with the tiger demon in the afternoon, at this time, smelling the smell of meat that drilled their noses, all the gluttonous insects in their stomachs were hooked out, and each person picked a few catties of roasted lean meat, and sat around a piece of leather felt to feast.

The servants also took their own meat, gathered in groups of three or five, eating, drinking and talking. Unlike slaves, they don't need to wait on the side to serve Qin Xinru and the five people to eat and drink, nor do they need to get Qin Xinru's permission to eat, they have enough rights and freedoms.

"Zhou family boy, another ten catties of meat. The white-bearded old man had more than ten catties of meat in his stomach, but he didn't feel full, so he called Zhou Jian to add ten catties to him.

"Brother Jianlai, you continue to eat, I'll eat, I'll come." Qin Rulan got up and said, taking over Zhou Jianlai's work.

"Hmm. "Zhou Jianlai is not polite, just eat meat.

Duan Baifei smiled at Qin Xinru and said, "I have long heard that this great elder of your family can eat, and seeing it today, it really deserves its reputation." ”

"Ah, are you already so famous?" Qin Xinru's face was slightly red, feeling a little embarrassed, but thinking of her father's explanation for this, she couldn't help but have a sad look on her face, looking at the figure of the old man on the big bluestone, only to feel that his figure was extremely lonely under the sunset.

Qin Xinru sighed faintly in her heart, withdrew her gaze from the white-bearded old man, and said in a low voice: "I heard my father say that the relatives of the Great Elder were all starved to death in the disaster year, and the family of seven lived alone with him, and the Great Elder swore when he was young that he would eat the whole family's food together in this life, and never let them starve again." You see, how lonely his old man's figure is in the sunset. ”

"Hey, natural and man-made disasters are irresistible to manpower. Duan Baifei sighed.

"It's a poor man. Xu Murong said.

Qin Xinru sighed faintly: "Now is another disaster year, I don't know how many people will starve to death? It is said that south of Lingnan, the drought is three times greater than ours, and now there is starvation all over the wilderness. ”

"Hasn't the Imperial Capital still given instructions?" Duan Baifei asked.

Qin Xinru shook his head and said, "No." However, my father said that for a maximum of half a month, no matter whether the emperor had instructions or not, he would give an order to release grain for disaster relief, and he would never let the tragic situation of starvation all over the territory under the jurisdiction of Baiyun City. ”

Xu Murong gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know what the emperor thinks, do you want the world to be in chaos and change the surname of the country?!"

"Shut up, don't talk nonsense!" Duan Baifei immediately scolded.

Xu Murong snorted and stopped talking.

Qin Xinru lowered his voice and said: "The southernmost part has been chaotic, the people have no food and have to be forced to rebel, it is said that three first-level main cities have been broken, and there are seven or eight first-level main cities besieged, which is precarious. What's even more terrifying is that not only our southern land is making trouble, but there are all kinds of natural disasters in the three directions of the East China Sea, Northern Xinjiang, and Western Regions, which are very terrifying. ”

"Hmm. Our family's intelligence department is also constantly sending relevant information. If the imperial capital does not issue disaster relief orders, I am afraid that the world will be really chaotic. Duan Bai Fei said.

Qin Rulan dragged the barbecue meat with dried lotus leaves and sent it to the Great Elder, and after putting it down in front of the Great Elder, she did not retreat, but pinched the corners of her clothes, and lightly opened her red lips several times, as if she had something to say, but she didn't know how to speak.

"The second girl has something to say?" The eldest elder is old and refined, how can he not see that Qin Rulan has something in his heart.

"Great Elder, you said, did you say that the world is really going to be chaotic?" Qin Rulan plucked up the courage to ask, she heard the conversation of Qin Rulan and the others when she was cutting meat just now.

The Great Elder took a sip of wine, turned his head to look at the southern sky, and said, "It's already messed up." ”

"Ahh

......

The sun rises in the east, and the sun is like fire, reflecting all things on the earth.

Gurgl Gurgle –

The water of the Reed Lake seems to be boiling under the scorching sun, and a large number of bubbles are constantly rising from the surface of the lake, and they are getting more and more intense.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The fish in the lake seemed to be very uneasy, and jumped out of the water one by one, and some of the big fish even rushed to the shore in a panic. Legged turtles, river crabs, and lobsters crawl onto the shore in droves and run for their lives into the reeds.

"Not good!" On the top of the mountain, Qin Xinru watched this strange scene in amazement, and suddenly Duan Baifei folded his fan and clapped his hands, exclaiming: "The lake is boiling, the fish are restless, and the animals are migrating, this is a sign that the earth dragon has turned over, and it is about to earthquake!"

The Great Elder on the side shook his head and said, "It's not that the earth dragon turned over, it seems that there is a foreign object in the lake!"

"Could it be that the green python has broken through the shackles and is about to metamorphose?" Xu Murong guessed.

"Not really. The Great Elder shook his head again, "The demonic power of this little python has just entered the small realm of demons, and it is still 100,000 miles away from the great realm of demons, not to mention the transformation of the king realm. ”

"Look, the green python is out. Qin Xinru pointed to the lake and shouted.

I saw that on the water surface in the center of the lake, a big python thicker than the grinding disc circled and swam, the head and tail were ten feet long, the blue and blue snake scales were as bright as a mirror in the sun, as if wearing an invulnerable armor, a pair of green eyes as big as a fist, bright and deep linear pupils were fascinating, and the snake letter was like a steel whip.

When Qin Xinru and the others saw the face of the Qingbi Python, they couldn't help but gasp, and they all turned their heads to look at the Great Elder with tears and laughter, as if asking, "This is the little python you are talking about? ”

Syllable!

Syllable!

Syllable!

The green python swirled and swam on the surface of the lake, as if it was very impatient, and kept flicking its thick tail to beat the surface of the lake, splashing clusters of high-flying water, which was not spectacular. He raised his tongue and spat snake letters into the surface of the lake, making a piercing hissing sound, as if to warn that something was in the lake.

However, to everyone's surprise, the green python only grumbled on the surface of the lake for a short time, and then swam towards the shore of the lake. It's like a barking dog, barking fiercely and fiercely, but in the end it runs away with its tail between its legs.

The escape of the Qingbi Python made Qin Xinru and the others even more surprised, and they couldn't help but guess what kind of murderous thing was in the lake, which could scare the behemoth of the Qingbi Python into fleeing.

"Evil animal, don't escape!" Zhou Jianlai shouted angrily, dragged the big sword and rushed down the mountain, chasing the fleeing Qingbi python.

Qin Xinru woke up in the twilight, and then remembered the purpose of this trip, and couldn't continue to be surprised, and chased after Zhou Jianlai.

"This beast is not easy to deal with, be careful!" the Great Elder reminded, his gaze fixed on the surface of the lake, not moving for a moment, for the contents of the lake suddenly made him feel uneasy and palpitating, he had not felt such for many years.

"There will be something terrible in the lake!"

The Great Elder stood with his hands behind his back, and an invisible coercion emanated from him, like a big net, enveloping the "boiling" lake.

"Evil animal, die!"

Zhou Jianlai dragged the big sword to catch up with the Qingbi python, and the big sword was raised, slashing at the Qingbi python with a thousand powers.

The name of this sword is mountain, it is cast by the thunder of the sky, the sword is one zhang two feet seven inches long, one foot three inches wide, weighs 1,740 catties, and has no blade.

Although the heavy sword has no edge, it can sink vigorously, and it is not a problem to destroy stones and gold.

Zhou Jianlai cultivated to the realm of the sea, with the blessing of Zhenyuan, a sword can be slashed out, up to tens of thousands of catties, terrifying.