Chapter 97 The Old Man
What Jiu Yao said was indeed right, this plain is now overcrowded, a large number of farmlands provide enough food, for thousands of years, there have been hundreds of thousands of people living on this land, Lin Yuan They have not been gone for long, and they have already encountered 5 tribes.
These tribes, without exception, were all on high alert, and there were warriors with weapons patrolling everywhere, and when Lin Yuan saw them from afar, they hurriedly dodged.
Finally, they met a person who was willing to talk to them, it was an old man who was leading a cow and farming alone, maybe Lin Yuan was very sincere, or maybe this old man was in a better mood, when Lin Yuan and they approached, he didn't show any overreaction, just stood there quietly, waiting for Lin Yuan and them to speak.
"Uncle! We are from the mountains, we are all good people, don't be afraid, we want to inquire about a place......"
Lin Yuan cautiously asked the old man in front of him, as if he was afraid that he would run away without a trace like those slaves who farmed.
The old man slowly turned his head, and Lin Yuan instantly understood why he didn't run away, because his eyes were gray, and he was a blind man.
"You...... Where are you from? ”
It seems that the old man's ears are still a little back.
Lin Yuan was clever, and immediately said in a Yan accent:
"We are good people! I'm from our hometown and want to inquire about something! ”
Although I don't know where the old man's hometown is, it is difficult to change the hometown pronunciation for thousands of years, and the people in this land must be descendants of the Yan people, so it is true.
"Oh! Oooh! O old family! Go ahead! The old man relaxed his vigilance a little, and Lin Yuan hurriedly asked:
"Do you know if there's a place called Huadu in the neighborhood?"
The old man tightened the rope leading the ox, as if he was afraid that the ox would run away, he frowned and thought for a while, and said:
"No...... I've never heard of it, this side is all the territory of the Xian people, and it takes about an hour to walk to the north, and you will reach the boundary of the Sanyuan tribe, if you go further north, it is the territory of the Huang people, you can't go there, you can't afford to provoke it...... This radius is dozens of miles, and I have never heard of any Huadu......"
Lin Yuan was silent, the old man in front of him was obviously really trying to help him, and what he said should not be false, but from his mouth, the fact that Huadu had disappeared still made him feel very regretful.
However, from the old man's mouth, he still heard some useful information, that is, in this era, people have learned to measure time and distance, they already know how to use hours to calculate time, and use li to calculate distance, although I don't know whether the number in their mouths is consistent with the future quantifiers, but, at least, this should be regarded as a great progress for mankind.
Lin Yuan said goodbye to the old man with Jiu Yao, and they still walked north.
There, it seemed to be the location of the Sanyuan clan in the old man's mouth, Lin Yuan didn't want to give up, he vaguely followed the direction in his memory, and walked towards the imaginary Huadu, even if it had become a ruin, Lin Yuan still wanted to take a second look in his heart......
Time passed quickly, in the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon, the sun was already setting in the west, Lin Yuan and they had been avoiding those warriors of various tribes patrolling around, halfway, they even passed through a battlefield, two groups of people who didn't know which tribe they were from were fighting together, it seemed to be to fight for a corn field next to the river beach, the two sides fought very cruelly, and there were countless casualties.
Lin Yuan sighed, and took Jiu Yao to dodge from a distance, bypassing the battlefield, he shook his head, these ignorant little tribes are fighting all day long for this little profit, when will they really become a powerful civilization......
They need a spiritual ...... A ...... of faith A Leader......
Lin Yuan was thinking about it, when suddenly Jiu Yao pulled his sleeve, and there was a noise from not far away, the sound was very close, and they hurriedly squatted down and hid in the grass.
It seemed to be the sound of two groups of people yelling and shouting, but unlike the previous battlefield, it sounded like several people were arguing over something......
“…… Please...... Leave us ...... alone."
A female pleading voice blew to Lin Yuan's ears along the wind.
Lin Yuan frowned, as if the voice was just around the corner in front of him.
Jiu Yao pouted, she heard that a woman was being bullied, she suddenly felt uncomfortable, bent down and touched along the grass, Lin Yuan wanted to stop her, but she didn't pull it, so she had to follow behind her and walk forward.
They went around a mound and lay on their backs, and saw 9 people standing behind the mound, 2 of whom were already lying on the ground, seemingly dead.
The remaining 7 people, 5 of them were tall, wearing leather armor and holding a giant bone blade, they surrounded the two people, the two people who were surrounded in the middle, a man and a woman, the man was just a teenager, looking about 16-7 years old, and the woman looked like she should be in her 30s, and was protecting the little boy tightly at the moment, pleading to the samurai around him:
"Ladies and gentlemen! Please, don't hurt us, we've given up everything, and won't threaten the good intentions, please let me go......"
The surrounding warriors pointed to the two dead bodies lying on the ground and said:
"There is the Xiong clan, I warn you for the last time, the young master of Changyi only let us bring back the Xuanhuan, if you don't stop it, you can spare you from dying......"
Got Xiong? Lin Yuan's heart moved, this term was so familiar, it seemed that he had heard it somewhere......
The woman named Youxiong suddenly hugged the boy tightly and shouted:
"Nope! Can't let Xuan Huan go back to the Huang Clan! Please! He must not be allowed to go back! You ......"
Huang ??? Lin Yuan's heart froze, and his whole body suddenly tensed, the old man before said that there is a powerful tribe in the north, called the Huang Clan, it sounds like their location is very close to the new territory of the Shennong Clan led by Fu Xi back then, perhaps......
Before Youxiong's words were finished, suddenly, her heart was pierced by a bone blade, and a samurai stabbed her to the ground with an expressionless face.
The other samurai grabbed the boy named Xuanhuan......
Suddenly, Lin Yuan suddenly let out a loud cry and rushed out of the grass, followed by Jiu Yao.
"Who!? Dare to stop the Huang clan from doing things? ”
A chubby samurai stood up, blood still dripping from his bone blade, and the chubby didn't say a word, didn't resist, just grabbed by the arm of another samurai, motionless.
Lin Yuan frowned, Jiu Yao leaned beside her, and whispered excitedly:
"God! You are a godsend! I'm about to rush out, bastards! Killing innocents indiscriminately, pity the woman just now. ”
Lin Yuan nodded, although his purpose was not for that woman, but since Jiu Yao thought so, he didn't want to explain anything.
"You ...... So many men, bullying a child and a woman, what's it? Let him go! ”
Lin Yuan roared.
Several warriors suddenly laughed, in their eyes, Lin Yuan was just a thin and weak man who didn't hold any weapon in his hand, and next to him was also a woman, who didn't look like a threat.
"Haha...... What if I don't? Are you here to die again? ”
The fat warrior arrogantly waved the bone blade in his hand and walked in the direction of Lin Yuan.
"Be careful...... He has a lot of strength...... "Jiu Yao whispered in Lin Yuan's ear, although she really wanted to see righteousness and bravery, but when she got so close, seeing this strong warrior, she couldn't help but start thinking about whether to confront it head-on.
Lin Yuan didn't think so, he paid attention to it, the young man in front of him, he had to save it, whether it was because of morality or not, just to say, this boy is likely to be an important figure in the Huang clan, through him, he may be able to break into the Huang clan, maybe you can ask what happened to the former Yan clan, Fuxi, and Anna in the past thousands of years......
In the blink of an eye, the fat warrior suddenly exerted his strength, and rushed towards Lin Yuan with bone blades in both hands, as if he wanted to slash Lin Yuan to death on the spot.
Lin Yuan held his breath and stared, carefully observing the movements of this fat man, Lin Yuan, who had fought a few battles with Chi You, had even experienced the cruelty of fighting to the death, and the battle was already extremely familiar to Lin Yuan.
In an instant, Lin Yuan noticed a flaw in the fat man's movements, he immediately stepped forward, on the side of his body, the fat man's bone blade swooped into the air, and then he turned around, took out the fruit knife hidden in his arms, aimed it at the warrior and stabbed it violently.
This warrior was obviously taken aback, but after all, he was also a person who had experienced the battlefield, and he saw the instinctive reaction of this fat man's body, with his legs propped up, and he crossed with a bone blade, wanting to parry Lin Yuan's weapon, but the bone was a stainless steel opponent, only to hear a click, the fruit knife had already split the bone blade in half, and stabbed the fat man's neck fiercely, suddenly, blood rushed out, Lin Yuan decisively completed the action of pulling out the knife and retreating, only leaving the fat man with unbelievable eyes, and slowly fell to the ground, The blood was high and breathless......
It seems to have pierced an artery...... Lin Yuan snorted, he didn't expect the fruit knife to have such a great power, he was used to using a stone spear thousands of years ago, and the first time he used a fruit knife to kill someone, it seemed that he was still a little uncomfortable.
Jiu Yao was also taken aback, she looked at Lin Yuan, and said softly:
"God-given...... That, your weapon, was that given to you by the gods? ”
"Hmm...... Be careful! ”
Lin Yuan suddenly pushed Jiu Yao violently, another warrior had already rushed over, Lin Yuan didn't have time to be distracted, he immediately met and fought with this warrior.
Not to be outdone, as the princess of the Pangeng clan, she naturally underwent basic combat training since she was a child, and she immediately took out a short spear, the top of the stone spear was inlaid with a yellow brass, which was as sharp as her sister's stone spear.
A samurai also rushed in front of Jiu Yao, wanting to chop, but Jiu Yao's figure was obviously more flexible, she jumped lightly, and dodged, and at the same time as jumping, the stone spear in his hand had pierced the warrior's arm, drawing a blood mark, it seems, Jiu Yao's stone spear not only looks gorgeous, but also a good weapon.
Although the samurai was extremely powerful, Jiu Yaosheng was physically flexible, and the two fought for a long time, but the samurai did not have any upper hand.
But Lin Yuan's side was not easy, right now, except for the samurai who grabbed the young man, the remaining two samurai all rushed over together and fought with Lin Yuan, and this time, the two samurai were obviously no longer underestimating the enemy, they were both wary of the fruit knife in Lin Yuan's hand, so after fighting for a long time, Lin Yuan didn't have any upper hand.
The two warriors cooperated very well, they kept wandering around Lin Yuan, and although Lin Yuan had the upper hand in weapons, dealing with two warriors at the same time also made the battle situation fall into a stalemate for a while.
Seeing that the time passed minute by minute, the two sides were inseparable, the warrior who was holding the young man seemed to be a little anxious, he looked down at the young man, and then made up his mind, bent down and tied the young man to a dead tree, and then picked up his bone blade, roared, and also rushed towards Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan secretly complained in his heart, he was already a little difficult to deal with the two warriors, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be injured if he rushed over again.
Anyway, Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and prepared to put on a desperate posture, anyway, he was not afraid of death, it was a big deal, and he must not let them hurt Jiu Yao.
Lin Yuan held the fruit knife tightly, jumped up suddenly, and rushed towards the warrior closest to him, completely ignoring his back, only to see that the warrior seemed to be taken aback, ready to dodge, but it was too late, Lin Yuan's speed was extremely fast, the fruit knife had easily pierced his leather armor, and stabbed into his chest fiercely, the warrior knelt on his knees, and he was about to die.
But in this way, Lin Yuan's back was empty, and the other two warriors were overjoyed, and they slashed over with the bone blade, with this angle now, Lin Yuan couldn't dodge this attack no matter what, and saw that the bone blade was about to pierce Lin Yuan's back......
Suddenly!
"Whoosh ......"
A few familiar volleys came, Lin Yuan frowned, and hurriedly turned his head to see that two pitch-black arrows appeared on the necks of the two warriors behind him, and they were shot on the spot.
"Whoosh......"
With another sound, an arrow accurately shot into the chest of another warrior who was fighting with Jiu Yao more than ten meters away, Jiu Yao stopped and looked at Lin Yuan in surprise.
Lin Yuan had already stood up, he raised his head and looked at the direction in which the arrow was launched......
In the direction of the sun setting in the west, on a dirt slope, several figures faintly appeared, but because it happened to be backlit, the harsh sunlight made it difficult for him to see the faces of those people clearly.
Jiu Yao hurriedly rushed over to rescue the boy who was tied to a dead tree.
Lin Yuan, on the other hand, slowly walked towards those people, and the sound of the volley just now made him feel a certain familiar feeling...... But...... It's impossible......
Several people on the hillside also walked down slowly, and Lin Yuan shouted loudly:
"Thank you! Who are you...... I wipe !! ”
He suddenly recognized a person, that person, also obviously recognized Lin Yuan, only to see him jump down the hillside excitedly, running as he ran, shouting excitedly:
"King Yan!! Yanwang ...... It's really you...... Ha ha...... King Yan! ”
It was none other than ...... who came running from the place where the sun had set
…… Hou Yi!
It was the one who lay dead in Lin Yuan's arms...... Hou Yi!