Anthony raised his right hand slightly, and a faint wave emanated from his hand. Giving the Literature Network

The nearest magic crystal buried deep underground reacted first, and a soft glow came out through the earth.

Then, a little farther away, a little farther away, the magic crystals lit up one after another.

A soft light emanated from the spacious clearing, like stars scattered in the mortal world.

As the last magic crystal was also lit up, all the magic crystals and all nodes of the entire magic circle were suddenly shocked.

Everyone felt that the ground under the ground also shook, and their vision was blurred for a while. Everything as far as the eye can see is like a veil, and it is impossible to see it really.

The tremor came suddenly, and it went very abruptly.

When everything was calm, everyone looked around.

Like, nothing has changed?

The mountain is still the same mountain, the tree is still the same tree, and even the thin veil that could barely affect the vision just now and make the accuracy of the monster's arrows drop slightly, has disappeared.

The view is refreshing and unobstructed.

Could it be that this magic array has failed?

There was a question in my mind, but no one dared to ask it.

"The formation has been successfully activated, and when you look from the outside, you will see a vague and chaotic scene. Looking out of the village, it is completely unaffected. ”

Anthony clapped his hands lightly and announced to everyone.

If he had followed his previous formation level, he might have failed if he wasn't careful. Right now? How can it be.

……

Completed the arrangement of the formation, solved the second problem of the Lizu villagers, and the Lizu people wholeheartedly supported Anthony and the Hilton family to which he belonged, and completely returned to their hearts.

Some of them even took the initiative to propose to Anthony that they would start work early tomorrow morning and continue to collect ore.

The handover ceremony and the design and laying of the formation have taken several days. The proprietor takes care of the departed people so much, and the departed people are all real people who know how to repay their kindness, how can they lead the money for nothing and not work for the proprietor.

It can be said that since all the young adults in the village began to work as miners, there has never been a day when there has been such a high enthusiasm for mining as it is now.

And Anthony's trip to receive the fiefdom this time can also be regarded as a complete success.

At this time, it was getting late, and although Anthony wanted to rush to the imperial capital as soon as possible, there was no need to rush at one time. So I decided to spend the night in the village and set off early tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Anthony was about to practice the "Mixed Yuan Returning to One Gong" as usual, when the voice of the village chief suddenly came from outside the door.

"Mr. Anthony, our patriarch would like to ask him to come over for a while."

Anthony opened the door and asked rather strangely, "Oh, isn't the village chief the patriarch of the Liclan?" ”

"Yes, the villain's ability is not enough to assume the position of patriarch." The village chief hurriedly explained, "The patriarch doesn't mean anything disrespectful to Mr., but because of his limited mobility, he can't come to visit Mr. in person." That's why I had no choice but to invite Mr. to meet in the past. ”

Anthony replied indifferently, "It's okay." ”

Now the village chief led the way, Anthony followed, and the two walked halfway through the village to a house.

The house is slightly larger than the other surrounding houses, and there is nothing unusual about it from the outside.

The village chief pushed the door open, and Anthony stepped through the threshold, only to realize that it was not a dwelling.

The small room was not divided into houses, but a single hall was built. The walls and roofs of the inner walls of the hall are all painted with murals. In front of the surrounding murals, there are also many statues of people.

If you magnify the size of the hall several times, anyone can see at a glance that this is a religious temple.

At the other end of the hall, an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face was lying on a large chair.

The old man was already very old, and he looked very weak, and people feared that he would not be able to get up at any time and would die like this.

On the side of the chair, a young man stood.

Other than that, there is no one else.

"Patriarch, I've brought Mr. Anthony over." The village chief bowed to the old man with a respectful expression.

Seeing this, Anthony immediately understood the relationship between the village chief and the patriarch.

The real leader of the entire Licun or Lizu tribe should be the old man lying on the chair. And the village chief is just an agent who handles affairs on the surface and contacts with the outside world. If something big happens, the only one who can be the master is this old patriarch.

The old man didn't even seem to have the strength to nod, so he only looked at the village chief with his eyes: "Okay." ”

Although the voice is lacking in qi, it doesn't sound old.

The old man looked at Anthony again: "Mr. Anthony, my body is really too old to look good, I can't visit Mr. in person, please forgive me." ”

Anthony arched his hand and said, "The old patriarch has difficulty moving, so it should be my junior to visit." ”

The old man did not have a title, but Anthony was a nobleman, and there was no reason to judge the generations by age. Anthony respects his longevity and gives the old man enough face.

How do you know that the young man next to him doesn't appreciate it.

"My dad isn't old!"

"Paul!" The old man's voice was not high, but his tone was very stern. The boy shrunk his neck and said nothing.

Anthony looked at Paul, who was younger than himself, and then at the patriarch who was lying in his chair and could not move, and was not a hundred or at least more than ninety years old, and the surprise on his face flashed.

The old man continued: "One of the reasons for inviting Mr. over this time is to personally thank him for everything he has done for my departed people. ”

As he spoke, the old man seemed to struggle to get up and salute Anthony. Unfortunately, his body was so weak that it was a little difficult to even lift his hand, and the young Paul and the village chief hurriedly held him down.

Anthony also hurriedly replied: "The patriarch doesn't have to be polite, these are what the Hilton family should do. ”

Seeing Anthony remove the word "old", Paul looked up at him and seemed quite satisfied.

The old man was not polite either, and lay back in his chair.

"This second thing is to trouble Mr. Paul and take Paul out of the Sunset Mountains."

Anthony raised an eyebrow: "Why?" ”

The old man sighed: "It has been too long since I left the clan and lived in this ravine far away from human society. The long-term sense of distress and enterprising spirit are about to wear out. If this continues, sooner or later, the Lizu will completely disappear from this world. ”

"But I have a lot of things to do, but I don't have the leisure to take care of others."

The old man glanced at his son beside him: "Sir doesn't have to take care of this child. If you need help with running errands, you can support him at will. If you feel annoyed, you can let him leave alone, don't worry about it anymore. ”

Anthony nodded, his gaze past the patriarch to the mural on the wall behind him.

"That place was originally used to place the altar, right?"

The jump was too big, and it was very abrupt.

The village chief and Paul were stunned for a moment, but their faces changed slightly.

The old man was calm as usual and did not react. Or maybe it's too old to react.

He looked at Anthony quietly.

Anthony also looked at him quietly.

For a moment, the hall was silent, except for Paul's slightly heavy breathing.

After a long time, the old man sighed lightly: "It seems that you have guessed something?" ”

The tone is flat, but there is a faint majesty mixed with the period. And the original politeness, respect, and caution are long gone.

Anthony flipped his left hand, and a pill the size of a pigeon's egg appeared in the palm of his hand, glowing with a faint yellow sheen.

"Do you want to try it?"

The old man didn't look at the pill, just stared at Anthony's eyes: "Are you sure?" Once you get in, you can't help it when you have to pull out when the time comes. ”

Anthony smiled faintly: "You can say that, it proves that I am not wrong." Besides, I didn't do anything. It's just that I saw a friend who was sick and got some pills to heal him. ”

The old man suddenly laughed, and laughed very heartily.

"Paul, bring it to me."

"Daddy......" Paul hesitated.

"Go!" The old man's tone was unmistakable.

Paul gritted his teeth, snatched the pill from Anthony's hand, and put it to the old man's mouth with a trembling hand.

The old man opened his mouth without hesitation and swallowed the pill.

Not a small pill melts in the mouth, and it is not as difficult to swallow as expected. As the pill gradually took effect, the old man felt a noticeable change in his body.

"Click!"

Anthony, Paul, and the village chief seemed to hear the sound of a shackle being broken from the old man's body.

"Boom!"

An invisible momentum, centered on the old man, rushed in all directions.

Paul and the village chief were so overwhelmed by this momentum that they both fell backwards and fell to the ground.

Anthony squinted slightly, feeling the horror he had never encountered before. but his feet were driven to the ground like nails, and they did not move like bells.

Momentum, one shot and one receiving.

The old man Huo Ran stood up, clenched his fists, felt the powerful power in his body that he had not seen for a long time, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar.

The whistling sound was high-pitched and passionate, but it was full of humiliation and unwillingness.

After a long time, the old man finally regained his composure.

He looked back at Anthony, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you!" ”

No more superfluous words.

But Anthony knows that there are people whose weight cannot be measured by the length of the words.

Paul, who had fallen to the ground, stood up, trotted over to Anthony, and fell to his knees with a bang.

"Thank you Mr. Anthony! Thank you Mr. Anthony! Thank you ......."

As he spoke, he banged his head with a bang.

Anthony hurriedly pulled him up with one hand, only to see that he was already bleeding from his forehead and his face was full of tears.

But the boy laughed and cried, and laughed very happily.

"Paul, you'll follow Mr. Anthony from now on." The patriarch's voice sounded in the background.

"Yes!" Paul nodded heavily, as if making a very important promise.

Anthony didn't excuse himself, but just patted Paul on the shoulder and explained, "You get ready, tomorrow morning, we will leave." ”

He nodded slightly to the patriarch and the village chief, turned around and walked out.

The patriarch watched his back and watched him walk out of the gate and into the alleyway, before disappearing into the night.

"This young man has the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, and he will become a legend in the future. I can't imagine that the only friend I have made over the centuries is such a genius. Hahahaha! ”

The laughter passed through the rooftops, carried by the wind, and spread to the distant starry sky.