Wuguo, Wensha Gobi.

Han Lingxiao and Xue He blended into a group of refugees, whose hometowns had been destroyed by the Yue army, and they chose to abandon their homes and flee in desperation. Originally, the two of them wanted to find the remaining bandit soldiers and Lan Lan in this group of refugees, but after a few days, Han Lingxiao was disappointed to find that he didn't even know anyone in this group of refugees.

This vast refugee brigade was estimated to have thousands of people, and the formation was even more spectacular than their bandit army, and they were heading in the direction of Shiming City, the capital of Wu Kingdom, so Han Lingxiao and Xue He decided to follow them to the capital first to meet the king of Wu before making the next step.

Han Lingxiao didn't feel very bad about not finding them, but he didn't want to believe that something would happen to them, he tried to comfort himself and convince himself that they would be fine and safe.

The refugee brigade walked for a whole week, stopping and stopping, during which countless people fell to the ground due to exhaustion or heat stroke. In this desert Gobi, the scorching sun is in the sky, the weather is much hotter than he imagined before, and there are few oases along the road, so everyone is hungry and thirsty.

Han Lingxiao and Xue He hadn't entered a drop of water for nearly two days, although with the current strength of the two of them, they could reach Shiming City quickly, but the two still insisted on moving forward with the refugee team, in case they were attacked by the dog thieves of the Yue Kingdom again and caused a tragedy.

Suddenly, a little boy who looked to be only six or seven years old fell to the ground from exhaustion, and his mother was a thin, skinny woman who should have looked much older than her age. She looked anxiously but helplessly at the people who were passing by with their heads bowed around her, and then looked at her child who was paralyzed on the ground with teary eyes.

"I'll carry him. Han Lingxiao stepped forward and hunched the little boy onto his back as he spoke.

"Thank you......" the woman looked at him with a grateful expression.

Han Lingxiao shrugged his shoulders and smiled, he was carrying the little boy on his back, like carrying a light fluttering feather, he didn't feel tired at all, but a little distressed. I thought of the leisurely time I had spent in Hongshan Village again, and remembered my rich and luxurious life in Hanfu, and now I looked at the sad scene in front of me and the tragic scene of the slaughter of Cangyuan a few days ago, it was really like a world away.

"Water ......," the little boy whispered on his back, "I want to drink water......

He said Han Lingxiao's heart, he was already so thirsty that his throat was numb.

"Wait a minute, there's a little river not far ahead!" he lied to the little boy, but the devil knew when they would be able to drink the water, he just wanted the boy to have hope.

"I want to drink water...... "The little boy's breath began to grow a little faint, and he said with a crying voice, but it seemed as if he was already thirsty and couldn't cry.

"Help him out, he's very light. Han Lingxiao put him off his back and handed it to Xue He.

"What do you want to do?" Xue He asked suspiciously.

"I'll go find water, if we continue like this, everyone will have to die of thirst!" Han Lingxiao said and was about to turn around, but was suddenly stopped by Xue He.

"You're not allowed to fly into the sky with your black wings for me here!"

"Why?" Han Lingxiao asked in surprise, "In this desert Gobi, I can't run to find water!"

"Look at these people," Xue He said and turned his head to look at the crowd behind him, but the refugee brigade was endless, "Now you show your wings and fly out to find water, isn't it going to cause a riot when you are seen by the crowd, besides, do you fly out and bring back water with only this kid alone? So many people are hungry and thirsty, can you manage it?"

"If you can save one person, it's one person, anyway, if we continue to consume it like this, even the two of us will die of thirst!" Han Lingxiao said with some impatience.

"But you can't have a choice to save people," Xue He said anxiously, "If you only save a small number of people, it will attract the dissatisfaction of a large number of people around you, and even if you do good deeds, others will not appreciate you!"

Han Lingxiao looked at the people who walked in front of him one by one, they didn't look at the road ahead, but hung their heads gloomily, and their eyes were a little sloppy and staring at the shoes of the people in front of them.

The child's mother looked at Han Lingxiao with some nervousness, worried that he would no longer be able to carry his child because he was uncomfortable.

Han Lingxiao picked up the little boy again, sighed heavily, he looked at the endless desert barren mountains in front of him, and only after a long time did he continue to follow the crowd......

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Ziyun Mountain, Xuankun Palace.

The white-robed elders surrounded the mortals, arguing fiercely.

"Young Master, how can you accept apprentices so rashly!" Ling Mu looked at Chen Kefan helplessly, as if he didn't know what to say about him.

"Yes, this Xia Yuqian's origin is unknown, and he hasn't passed our Eight Paths Mountain Entrance Assessment, how can he be accepted as a disciple casually!" Another white-bearded old man also questioned his approach.

"And she also participated in the robbery of the Burning Gang Mountain half a month ago, and she dared to disrespect the Holy Heavenly Maiden, this is a big crime!"

"That's right, and the old man remembers that she was still a slave, how can this kind of person be included in my Ziyun Mountain!"

"That's enough, don't make any noise!" Chen Kefan sharply interrupted everyone's fly-like noise in his ears, "I accepted her into my door, and I didn't accept her as a disciple of Ziyun Mountain!"

"But she's on Ziyun Mountain now! Besides, what's the difference, you're the young master of Ziyun Mountain!"

"That's right, you need to go through the Elders' Pavilion to accept apprentices, or...... At least with the permission of the Sect Master!"

"What if I want to take Xia Yuqian as a disciple today?" asked Chen Kefan looking at them coldly.

"But this is unfair to other disciples!" The elder on the side was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "Our Ziyun Mountain disciples must pass the mountain assessment, this is a dogma that cannot be shaken! If you insist on going your own way, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among all the elders and disciples, and this matter will also damage the reputation of my Ziyun Mountain! I hope you will think twice!"

"That's right, you are the young master, and you should lead by example! Otherwise, it will be difficult to convince the public!"

"Xia Yuqian is the first in this Fengyun Pavilion Ring Competition, and Ziyun Mountain has also had a precedent in the past that the top ten in the ring competition can be admitted as a disciple without examination, and the elders should not know it! If you insist on opposing it for other reasons, then I'm sorry! The position of the young master of Ziyun Mountain, please find someone else!"

With that, Chen Kefan tore off the white jade token tied to his body and threw it to the elder beside him. The elder took the token with a panicked expression, and then looked at him in surprise.

"Young Master......" Everyone still wanted to step forward to stop them, but Chen Kefan had disappeared from everyone's sight.

The elder was at a loss to hand the token in his hand to Ling Mu, who looked at the white jade order and turned his head to sigh heavily.

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