The sky was gray, and out of nowhere, a dark cloud enveloped the earthen city, and soybean-like raindrops began to fall. In a matter of moments, the ground was drenched.

This night, Qin Mu had been cultivating the Divine Fetus, and the aura gathered at his dantian had already shown an earthy yellow, but it still couldn't condense the pill.

Qin Mu opened his eyes and looked at the heavy rain outside the window, feeling an inexplicable irritability and anxiety in his heart, so he stopped, took out the human skin, and stared at the longevity recipe on it with his eyes.

After a long time, he put it away, and whispered in his mouth, "Maybe I'm too anxious." He got up and walked to the window, and looked out of the house, which would have been the dawn of dawn on a normal day, but now it was obscured by dark clouds, and the sun could not be seen, and the sky and the earth were foggy.

"I wonder when that old man will be able to help me get out of this place?" Qin Mu muttered to himself in his heart, "Why hasn't the city lord come to look for him in the past few days." Qin Mu suddenly remembered the mysterious woman that night, and he couldn't understand why it felt like she really existed.

Finally, on the path to and from the house, a figure appeared in the distance, an old man wearing a dark robe, his gray hair tightly tied on the top of his head.

Qin Mu looked at the old man who was coming towards him, and said in his heart: "What does this Wang Changsheng want to do, he actually arranged for another old man to come over." ”

Qin Mu directly turned around and lay back on the bed, waiting for someone to come to the door. After a while, the sound of steady footsteps came from outside the door, and then I remembered the knock on the door.

Qin Mu's tone was careless, and he replied vaguely: "Come in." At the same time, he rolled over and turned his back to the door.

"Haven't you woken up yet?" The old man sat down on a square bench by the window in a slightly hoarse voice.

Qin Mu suddenly turned around, looked at the old man with a pretended to be stunned, straightened up, and asked, "Who are you?" "What are you doing here?" Qin Mu didn't wait for the other party to answer, and asked again.

The old man's eyes slowly looked at Qin Mu, and asked with a smile, "You woke up so soon?" Qin Mu didn't say anything, just looked at the old man in front of him calmly.

The old man stretched out his hand to open the food box he was carrying, and it turned out to be half a roasted deer leg and a pot of old wine, the old man put the wine and deer leg on the table, and beckoned Qin Mu to say, "Sit down and drink two glasses with the old man." ”

Qin Mu glanced at the old man, and sat opposite with a cautious expression, he was a little hungry in his stomach, but he couldn't help but look at the venison on the table a few more times, the old man looked at it in his eyes, smiled slightly, reached out and tore off a large piece of venison, handed it to Qin Mu, and said, "Eat, don't be polite to my old man." ”

Qin Mu took the venison and ate it in a big gulp, he asked the old man in front of him while eating: "What are you looking for me, it shouldn't be just to deliver food, right?"

The old man in front of him looked careless, and said while pouring wine: "I don't want to beat around the bush, the old man is here to ask you for help." ”

"You and I have never met before, just with this meal of wine and meat, do you think I will promise you?" A piece of venison in Qin Mu's hand stopped in mid-air, his eyes turned, staring at the old man and asked,

The old man glanced at Qin Mu indifferently, and said with a smile: "The old man knows that you will agree." "If you want to get out of here earlier. He added in a slow tone.

Qin Mu's expression was stunned, his eyebrows shrank, his words were not high, and he asked, "Who are you?"

The old man put the glass of wine in front of him in front of Qin Mu, smiled slightly, and said, "Someone who can help you." ”

Qin Mu didn't take the glass of wine, but looked carefully at the old man sitting opposite him, he couldn't see anything special in his whole person, could it be that Xiao Kongyue leaked the news, or that Wang Changsheng deliberately sent him to test him, Qin Mu suddenly had many questions in his heart.

"Don't be suspicious. The old man took a sip of wine to himself, "The old man just thinks that we can become friends, and friends should be honest with each other, and it doesn't hurt to say anything directly." ”

Qin Mu had some doubts between his eyebrows, and there was some doubt in his tone: "Why do you want to help me?" The old man's eyes turned, looking at Qin Mu, his expression was indifferent, and he said with a smile: "It seems that you are a very cautious person." ”

After that, the old man drank all the glass of wine in his hand, then looked at Qin Mu with blazing eyes, and sighed for a long time: "It's not a bad thing for a person to be cautious, but if you are too cautious, you will slowly lose your courage and some opportunities that appear in front of you." ”

Qin Mu smiled slightly, and said disapprerovingly: "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, it's not a bad thing to be cautious, let alone now." ”

The old man laughed, and suddenly he leaned forward a little, put his face in front of Qin Mu, and said in a low voice: "There is no permanent enemy in the world, when interests are the same, anyone can become a friend." ”

Qin Mu's expression suddenly became much more relaxed, he reached out and tore a piece of venison, took a bite hard, and said vaguely: "My mother said that there is no good thing in the world for no reason, nothing is courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief; ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said, "Maybe your mother is right." He paused for a moment and said, "You don't know who the old man is, do you?" Qin Mu didn't say anything, just ate the venison by himself.

"Everyone calls me Zhou Gong, there will be more opportunities for us to meet in the future, so you can call me Zhou Gong. The old man said indifferently.

Qin Mu looked indifferent, and said casually: "Got it, Duke Zhou." Zhou Gong didn't care, and asked directly: "Then Wang Changsheng has ever taken you to see a man with a burly figure and a rather majestic appearance?"

At this time, Qin Mu also finished eating the venison in his hand, and said with a serious expression: "No, except for the Danfang, I have always been here, and I have never been anywhere." “

Zhou Gong looked stunned, his eyes widened, and he asked, "You have been to the Danfang, where did you go to do what?" Qin Mu glanced at Zhou Gong: "If you go to the Danfang and don't go to the Danfang, what else can you do." ”

"Can you do alchemy?" Zhou Gong asked with a suspicious expression as he stared at Qin Mu. Qin Mu quickly continued: "No." ”

"What are you going to do in the Danfang if you don't know how to make alchemy, is it possible that you are going to burn the fire?" Zhou Gong's expression changed slightly, and he snorted with some displeasure between his words.

Qin Mu's expression darkened, and he said, "He just needs the blood on my body." Zhou Gong stared at Qin Mu suspiciously, and asked, "It's just that you want your blood?"

Qin Mu nodded and said, "Yes, he sent someone here to collect blood a few times later." Zhou Gong's eyebrows frowned, and he suddenly fell into deep thought, and only after a long time did he say, "I understand." ”

Zhou Gong's eyes turned, looking at Qin Mu, he said with a kind expression: "Child, it's really hard for you." He stretched out his hand to grab Qin Mu's wrist, then sighed slightly, and said, "The blood supply is insufficient, and the body is too weak." He paused and continued: "If you continue like this, you will have to worry about your life sooner or later." ”

Zhou Gong took out a two-inch-long white jade bottle from his sleeve, poured out two pills the size of broad beans from it, put them in Qin Mu's hand, and advised: "Eating one pill at a time will help your body recover." ”

Qin Mu had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't show his expression, so he put away the two pills. A trace of consternation flashed in Zhou Gong's eyes, and he reminded with a smile: "This medicine can not only help you recover, but also prevent your blood from being taken away." ”

Qin Mu's eyes widened, and his expression was a little surprised, "Why are you doing this?" He asked Zhou Gong rhetorically, Zhou Gong glanced at Qin Mu, and said in a low voice: "Because we are friends." ”

"What should I do next?" Qin Mu couldn't help but ask. "Then you just have to go with the flow. At this time, Zhou Gong had already gotten up, he put the wine and meat on the table back into the food box, and instructed Qin Mu: "Remember, you haven't seen me, and I've never been here. Qin Mu didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Gong's words, and wanted to ask, but Zhou Gong had already walked out of the door with the food box, his body was straight, his steps were steady, and he completely lost the old state of the dragon bell before.