went around all the way, and before I knew it, another month had passed.

On this day, Song Tianlong and the others failed to arrive at the next town with the planned route before dark, and could only spend the night in the mountains and forests in the wilderness.

Fortunately, there was a deserted temple in this deserted suburb, and Song Tianlong and the others settled here.

The fire was fierce, illuminating the entrance of the ruined temple in this cool autumn night, and roasting Song Tianlong and the others who were sitting around the fire turned red.

On the altar on the side, there is a one-zhang high stone statue of the god, and faintly visible residual faint gilt light tells passers-by that the grand occasion here was once brilliant.

Song Tianlong looked up at this statue and was silent, with a trace of emotion in his heart. Where there are people, there is faith, and the products derived from faith are all kinds of sects and sects. When the population is prosperous, the incense continues, and when the population is no longer there, it is like this broken temple and this statue of the god, and no one cares about it anymore.

Song Tianlong's eyes were scorching, looking at the still statue of the god, even though the golden light of the body was no longer there, even though the body was covered with dust and cobwebs, the expression of the statue was still compassionate, as if telling the poor people in the world: All living beings are suffering, and they need me to come to Pudu.

Song Tianlong looked at the idol on the altar so quietly, Arnold and the other servants also quieted down, and followed Song Tianlong to look at the statue together, the entrance of the entire ruined temple became quiet, only the fire was fierce, and occasionally because of the burst of dead branches that could not bear the burning fire.

After a long time, I saw Song Tianlong raise his hands, gesture to himself, and said with a heartfelt word: "I look at heaven and earth with my eyes, first divide yin and yang, then divide the five elements, and then divide the gossip ......"

With the trick pinched in his hand, Song Tianlong's yin and yang eyes also opened, and faintly, Song Tianlong only felt that the compassionate face of the statue of the god had a faint sense of charm. I see!

Song Tianlong's heart suddenly felt that the compassion on the face of this statue was similar to the charming formation that Song Tianlong had watched when he was cultivating in Mrs. Wu's mansion!

What's even more amazing is that the charm on the statue is not an artificial formation, but the compassionate face. Song Tianlong realized in his heart that heaven and earth contain thousands of colors, and every behavior and effect is secretly in line with the way of heaven, just like beauty and ugliness, good and evil.

"Therefore, every move and every formation we use should actually follow the most primitive essence of the way of heaven and earth, not create a certain effect......" Song Tianlong muttered to himself, the magic seal in his hand was more quickly, and the brilliance in his eyes gradually lit up!

Building a foundation and refining the body is a gradual process for martial arts cultivators, there is no shortcut to speak of, it is just a process of time. For Song Tianlong, the perception has made a good paving for him to step into a higher realm in the future.

You must know that the more you are in the initial stage of martial arts, and the attributes of your cultivation have not yet been biased, the more you have a sense of the origin of heaven and earth at this time, and the less difficult it will be when you face breaking through the bottleneck in the future.

Speaking of which, Song Tianlong was also a blessing in disguise, an ordinary martial arts cultivator, no matter how high or low his talent was, had never been stuck for nine years when he entered the qi induction period. Nine years, how many nine years can a person's youth have?

What is commendable is that in the past nine years, Song Tianlong, who was unwilling to be buried, never gave up for a moment, and kept struggling and groping in confusion, until Old Man Hu laid out a gossip formation for him that could distinguish yin and yang.

It can be said that Song Tianlong's achievements today are inseparable from the solid foundation he has laid for himself after spending nine years.

Time flies, and the long night is spent at Song Tianlong's fingertips immersed in understanding. As the sky gradually brightened, Song Tianlong's spirit did not feel tired at all, on the contrary, because of the night's understanding, Song Tianlong's spirit was even more rejuvenated.

Song Tianlong and his entourage packed their luggage and prepared to continue their journey, at this time the distance from Yanjing City was not far away, Song Tianlong calculated the itinerary, and estimated that they would be able to arrive before dark.

Just as Song Tianlong and the others were about to set off, there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves and a shout of chasing in the distance behind them: "Quick, that little thief is in front, don't let him run!"

Song Tianlong looked for prestige, and saw a thin young man dressed in dark brown running in the direction of his group, holding a box-like thing wrapped in a yellow package in his arms.

Behind the thin young man, several shirtless men on horses held various weapons in their hands, and followed the thin young man in hot pursuit.

"Hero, help!" The thin young man's crisp voice sounded, but when he saw Song Tianlong and his party waiting, he shouted for help.

Hero, what a strange name, Song Tianlong was in his heart, but he also stood in the footsteps of preparing to leave. Then he saw that the thin young man had already come to him, "Be careful!" Before Song Tianlong's words fell, he saw the young man slam forward and fall to the ground, and when he raised his head, he was already gray-faced.

Song Tianlong looked helpless, the thin young man probably saw that someone was too excited, and he didn't notice that Song Tianlong had a package in front of him during the run, but he stumbled under his feet and fell to the ground......

"Bah, bah!" The thin young man spat a few mouthfuls on the ground, got up with difficulty, patted the dust on his body, and then grinned at Song Tianlong and said, "Thank you for saving your life." ”

Song Tianlong's face was stunned, he hadn't done anything, and the young man seemed to have calculated that he would help him. Just before Song Tianlong opened his mouth to ask, the shirtless men who were chasing behind the thin boy also followed Song Tianlong.

Song Tianlong saw the powerful aura faintly circulating on the bodies of these shirtless men, and he already felt that these shirtless men were all martial artists, and one of the leaders was a strong point of cultivation, which was a complete cultivation in the foundation building period, and several cultivation behind him were slightly weaker, but they also had cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building.

Looking at this thin young man who had just gotten up from the ground, he didn't have a trace of the aura of a martial artist on his body, obviously just an ordinary person, but he didn't know how the thin young man escaped all the way.

Without waiting for Song Tianlong to ask curiously, the shirtless men stopped their horses and stood in front of Song Tianlong and the others, and opened their mouths to Song Tianlong for the first big man with the highest cultivation, and said coldly to Song Tianlong: "Catch the thieves at the Mighty Gate, and the idlers will retreat as soon as possible." ”

"Stinky shameless!Who are the thieves? You mighty men are thieves, robbers!" Song Tianlong didn't react, but the thin young man hiding behind Song Tianlong poked his head out and scolded at the shirtless man who opened his mouth.

"Your Excellency, can you explain what is going on?" Song Tianlong asked calmly as he clasped his fists at the big man in the lead. If it were ordinary, Song Tianlong would naturally not be a nosy person, but when things found him, Song Tianlong would not just stay out of the matter.

More because Song Tianlong felt that this shirtless man's attitude was too arrogant, and this thin young man looked very pitiful, which made Song Tianlong feel a little compassionate.

As he spoke, Song Tianlong also faintly exuded his own cultivation aura, the aura of the early stage of foundation building was not high in the eyes of the shirtless man, but the young man who cultivated martial arts who could take a few servants to hurry away might be the son of which family, and the shirtless man also put away his contemptuous expression.

"In the next strong gate Hongxing, I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" The shirtless man led by him also bowed his hand to Song Tianlong.

"Song Clan Heavenly Dragon. Song Tianlong said lightly.

"It turned out to be Song Gongzi. Seeing Song Tianlong's calm expression, the shirtless man named Hong Xing did not choose to rashly provoke a conflict, but said kindly: "Song Gongzi, this thief stole my Dalimen's items, and asked Song Gongzi to avoid it, and when I catch this thief, I will definitely thank Gongzi." ”

"Hero, you can't listen to his nonsense!" Seeing that the shirtless man was polite to Song Tianlong, the thin young man said in a hurry: "This thing was originally a treasure of my family, but it was robbed by these gangsters of Dalimen, and I had no choice but to steal it back." ”

"Tell me!" said the big man angrily, "Your father didn't pay off his debts, and he took this treasure to pay off his debts, how did it become my strong robbery?"

The thin young man's face froze, and his face turned red all at once, but he still argued: "I don't care! This is a treasure left by grandpa, and it cannot be used to pay off debts." You have to take something, and I'll give you everything else, but this one can't do it!" the thin boy clutched the box on his chest, which seemed to have a different meaning to him.

"Hmph!" saw the shirtless man snort coldly, "Your family is surrounded by walls, and all the valuable things are lost by your father's gambling money, and this thing is left." Besides this thing, it's a treasure that can be worth a little money, what else does your family have?"

"Alright. Song Tianlong also basically understood the reason for the matter in front of him, he glanced at the thin young man, then turned his head to look at the shirtless man, and said, "How much does this little brother's father owe you?"

"Not much, only five hundred taels of silver. The shirtless man said coldly.

"I helped this little brother pay back the money. Song Tianlong was silent for a moment and said.

"Young master!" Seeing that Song Tianlong was about to spend five hundred taels of silver with one mouth, Arnold on the side suddenly became anxious and shouted at Song Tianlong, "This is the money that the master gave the young master to buy a house!"

Song Tianlong raised his hand to stop Arnold's words and looked at the shirtless man.

"Hahaha......" saw the big man shake his head and laughed loudly, "Song Gongzi, you really admire your enthusiasm, but this money is not calculated like this." ”

"Their family has been in arrears for ten days, and the principal is five hundred taels of silver, and after counting the interest, they have to repay us one hundred taels of gold. ”

"Are you robbing money?! Five hundred taels of silver plus ten days of interest can be turned over to one hundred taels of gold, isn't this an obvious robbery of money?" Arnold, who was standing next to Song Tianlong, shouted again, in fact, not only Arnold, but even Song Tianlong was taken aback, and then frowned.

According to the conversion of coins circulating in the Shenzhou Continent, one tael of silver can be worth ten copper coins, one tael of gold can be worth one hundred taels of silver, and one hundred taels of gold is equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver. In just ten days, five hundred taels is ten thousand taels, what kind of concept is this?

"What, it's too expensive?" the shirtless man chuckled, "If it's too expensive, you can just let the thief hand it over." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen. Song Tianlong clasped his fists at the shirtless man, and said in a deep voice, "Ten days of dozens of times the interest is really unreasonable, if you listen to the next word, I will help this little brother pay an extra hundred taels, that is, plus the principal of a total of six hundred taels of silver to return to you, this matter is over, do you think it is okay?"

"Six hundred taels, are you a beggar?" the shirtless man sneered, "One hundred taels of gold, not a gram less, otherwise the treasure will be handed over." I advise you to make a decision quickly, otherwise the next moment, Lao Tzu will be in a bad mood, but it will be more than this price!"

The aggressive attitude of the shirtless man made Song Tianlong finally understand that the purpose of the strong man who was strong in his feelings was not a matter of money at all, they just wanted the package in the arms of the thin young man!

"Hmph!" Song Tianlong snorted coldly, and his eyes became fierce, "Today's incident, although the cause is that this little brother's father owes you Dalimen's money, but after that, I want to help this little brother reconcile with your Dalimen, but this attitude of your waiting is inappropriate." I can't say it, I can only advise you to do it yourself!"

"Hahaha......!" A group of shirtless men seemed to have heard a big joke, and they all let out exaggerated laughter, and the leader of the big man named Hong Xing said: "I respect you and call you Song Gongzi, and don't say that I haven't heard of a big family surnamed Song in Yanjing City for many years, even the entire Zhongzhou, and I have never heard of it." ”

That Hong Xing shook his head and smiled: "Not to mention the strength of your family, even in the early stage of your small foundation building, you also want to stop me and other brothers?"