Lei Leopard carried the two of them all the way at the fastest speed, and after about half an hour, the old man's mouth finally met the boy's eyes.

"Stop!" the old man saw the Sealed Demon City, so he patted the thunder leopard under him.

Hearing this, the leopard stopped, prostrate on the ground, and the old man jumped off his back, and then carried the golden scales down.

"Alright, let's go, let's go, your mission is done!" the old man waved at the thunder leopard, and then turned to leave with the golden scales.

When the two of them turned around, Lei Leopard dared to let down his guard, burst out at a faster speed than just now, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Golden Scale raised his hand and pointed to the magnificent city in the distance and asked curiously, "What is that?"

"That's the Sealed Demon City!" the old man explained.

"Why is there such a strange thing in this place, what is the Demon City for?" the boy scratched his head.

"The city is a place where human beings gather, people build houses, live in houses and call this home, one person will feel lonely, more people will feel warm, so people move together, more and more people gather, so there is a city!"

The old man's words made Jin Liang puzzled, he tilted his head to look at the old man and said, "Mother said that the strong are lonely, is it true that all the strong people will not be lonely after gathering together?"

The old man had a smile on his face: "Loneliness comes from the soul, not the body, a simple gathering, by narrowing the distance between people, can indeed make the loneliness in the hearts of some people disperse, but it is not suitable for everyone!"

"The strong are extraordinary and unique! They are proud and empty! They are lonely, more from their own pride!"

"Arrogant?" Jin Liang frowned slightly: "Grandpa, are you considered a strong man?"

"Me?" the old man was slightly stunned, then smiled and nodded: "It should be counted!"

"Are you lonely, then?"

The old man nodded: "Loneliness is the fate of the strong, and since I am a strong man, I will naturally not be separated!"

"But, I don't think you're arrogant!"

"The vast majority of strong people are lonely because of arrogance, but the other part is ······" The old man didn't continue, just shook his head slightly: "There are many reasons!"

"It's strange that you are strong, the vast majority of people are lonely for the same reason, and a very small number of people are lonely for many reasons, I really don't understand!"

The Sealed Demon City is the closest city to the Sealed Demon Mountain Range, and every time the Sealed Demon Mountain Range beast plague breaks out, the Sealed Demon City is the first to be impacted, and in order to protect the human race in the city, the defense of the Sealed Demon City is impregnable.

The city wall is made of blue-black boulders three feet square, 12 zhang high, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with a thickness of three zhang at the top and seven zhang at the bottom.

Over the course of thousands of years, hundreds of beast plagues, the walls of the majestic shore had become pitted and slightly broken, but they still stood upright, like a warrior covered in scars, and those scars were a testament to his bravery and fearlessness, giving him an inviolable majesty.

People of all kinds come and go, entering and exiting the Sealed Demon City through the passages under the city walls.

"Wow, that's a lot of people. Seeing so many people for the first time, Jin Liang was inevitably a little excited, and ran forward excitedly.

The old man followed behind him and said with a kind face: "There are hundreds of thousands of people living in the Sealed Demon City, and this is only a small part. ”

When Golden Scale entered the city, the first thing that came into his ears was the high-pitched cries of the vendors on both sides of the street.

The further he went, the more people came, and the streets became crowded, and the old man stepped forward, took the palm of the golden scale, and led him away.

"Grandpa, where are we going?" said Goldscale, looking up.

"Go home!"

"Is Grandpa's home here?"

"Sort of!" the old man nodded slightly.

The old man led the golden scales through the crowd towards the center of the city, and the two walked out of the crowd and stepped onto one

A quiet street, the further you go inside, the fewer people there are, and finally, the surroundings are quiet.

At the end of the street is a wall of gray bricks, and the light inside the wall is churning, like a fish in the sea, jumping high and then falling.

The various colors of light that greeted his eyes made Golden Scale excited, and he broke free from the old man's palm and ran straight ahead.

At the end of the street, the road does not disappear, but turns two corners and extends to the left and right.

Standing under the high wall, looking at the strange light, his immature face full of envy, he turned his head to look into the distance on the left side of the road, found the portal into it, and trotted away.

Golden Scale came to the door and was about to enter it, but was stopped by two guards guarding the door.

Two mighty and tall men stood in front of the boy, staring at Xue Yun with eyes the size of copper bells, and said with a serious face: "Tianfeng Academy is important, idlers are not allowed to enter, if you come to study, please come back tomorrow." ”

The boy couldn't wait, his curiosity made him want to go inside, and even if the two of them stood in his way, he was desperate to get in.

"Child, don't be unreasonable, the time to recruit new students is tomorrow, if you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude. One of the men raised his hand as he spoke, and just as his palm stretched out to push the golden scales away, the old man slowly came and appeared behind the golden scales.

The man's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly stopped the arm he pushed out and clasped his fist at the old man and said respectfully, "Pharmacist Xue." ”

The other person also hurriedly clenched his fists and didn't dare to slack off: "I've seen Pharmacist Xue!"

The old man hugged his fists at the two and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for causing trouble to the two of you!"

"This is the medicine boy I brought back from outside, and I ask the two noble hands to let him in, and I will go to ask him for an identity tomorrow. The old man put his hand on the golden scale's shoulder and smiled at the two men.

"Since you are a person of Pharmacist Xue, we will never stop you, please. The two said in unison, and then got out of the way, with an extremely respectful attitude.

"Thank you two, if you can use Xue in the future, just open your mouth, I, Xue, will do my best!" the old man said with a grateful face.

"This kind of petty affection is not worth mentioning compared to Pharmacist Xue's kindness to our recreation, Pharmacist Xue's words are serious. One of them said respectfully.

"Thank you. The old man clenched his fists again as he left.

The old man's name is Xue Baishou, and he is the only nominal pharmacist in this Tianfeng Academy, and he is also a well-known pharmacist in this magic city.

After entering the gate, the golden scales froze in place, staring blankly ahead, their eyes full of envy.

Hundreds of white-robed teenagers sat cross-legged in the huge square, all kinds of spiritual power roaming in the palm of their hands, or leaping into the sky, and some hovering smoothly above their heads.

This is a monk, a monk that Xue Yun yearns for, as long as he can become a monk, he will have the opportunity to become a strong person who stands up to the sky and the earth in his mother's mouth.

Xue Baishou walked in, put his hand on the shoulder of the golden scale, and said with a smile: "What are you looking at?"

Jin Liang looked disappointed, and muttered aggrievedly: "Cultivation is so fun, no wonder the Great Elder calls Xiao Ling to cultivate every day, the Great Elder is so partial that he doesn't ask me to cultivate." ”

"Do you want to cultivate?" Xue Baishou asked.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes. Golden Scale nodded violently.

"That's good! Tomorrow you will be able to cultivate with them after you become a disciple of the Heavenly Wind Academy. ”

"Really?" Jin Liang raised his head and stared at Xue Baishou with those smart eyes.

"Really!" Xue Baishou nodded affirmatively, and then said, "Let's go! I'll take you home!"

"Uh-huh," Golden Scale nodded excitedly.

Xue Baishou took the boy all the way forward, passed through most of the Tianfeng Academy, and stepped on a path paved with bluestone slabs, and at the end of the dark path, there was a courtyard, which was Xue Baishou's home.

Leave the narrow path and come into view

It is the medicine jars of different shapes neatly arranged on both sides of the courtyard gate dam.

The unique bitterness of the herb is mixed with the fragrance of grass and earth, and the breeze falls on the tip of the golden scale's nose.

Jin Liang raised his head and looked at Xue Baishou, who had already walked to the door, and wondered, "Is the Medicine Pavilion Grandpa's home?"

Xue Baishou gently pushed open the door, then turned around and looked at Jin Liang and said, "Sort of!"

Jin Liang came up to the person next to him, and before he stepped into the medicine pavilion, the fragrance of medicine in the pavilion came into his nose.

The medicine cabinets that are seven feet high and six feet wide are closely arranged in front of the golden scales, and on the right side of the golden scales, seven medicine cabinets are arranged in turn, and on the left side, there are only six medicine cabinets distributed on both sides, and the only vacancy left in the middle is the passage where Xue Baishou eats and lives.

The furnishings in the house are very simple, except for more than 20 medicine cabinets, there is only a pair of tables and chairs, which are placed on the left side of the door next to the medicine cabinet, and on the small table, there are all kinds of tools for grinding or chopping medicinal materials.

"Follow me!" Xue Baishou led the golden scales to the left passage.

There was a room on the left and right sides of the passage, and Xue Baishou pushed open the room on the right side and said to Jin Scale: "This will be your room in the future!"

In the empty room, there was nothing but an ordinary wooden bed.

"My room, am I staying here, Grandpa, didn't you say you know where my mother is?"

"Forehead ······" Xue Baishou was speechless, not knowing how to answer, and after being stunned for a moment, he said, "I will take you to your mother, but not now." ”

"When was that?" said Goldscale, a little disappointed.

"I don't know. Xue Baishou shook his head, looked at the face full of loss on the golden scales, and said distressedly: "What's the matter?"

"I miss my mother and brother. ”

Xue Baishou smiled slightly, touched the head of the golden scale, and said seriously: "Everyone will grow up! How can you always rely on your mother?

"But I'm only twelve years old, and I'm not yet an adult?" said Golden Scale.

Xue Baishou squatted down, looked at the eyes of the golden scales, and said seriously: "Twelve years old is not young, when I was twelve years old, I had already left home!"

"Really?" said Goldscale, skeptically.

"Of course!"

"And did you ever think about your mother?" said Goldscale, raising an innocent face.

"I think about her all the time, but what can I do? mortal life is limited after all······! Xue Baishou stopped talking, got up and turned his back to the boy and said lightly: "You have a good rest!"

Xue Baishou left, and at the moment of taking a step, two crystal tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.

Xue Baishou walked to the medicine cabinet and pretended to be calm and opened one drawer after another to check the medicinal materials, he just wanted to find something to calm himself down, not to think about those sad things.

But the words of the golden scale were like a demonic barrier, constantly echoing in his mind, and the pain and memories that had long since faded into his mind surged like a tide of madness.

Jin Liang scratched his head and looked at Xue Baishou and frowned: "What a strange grandfather! Why don't you say anything halfway through?"

After Jin Liang finished speaking, he also followed Xue Baishou's example, walked to the medicine cabinet and pretended to open the drawer, smell it, and take a look.

Xue Baishou turned his head and looked at the golden scales beside him, his face full of sorrow instantly froze, and the expression on his face became extremely wonderful after that.

"You little rabbit cub, what do you look at?, do you know these medicines?" Xue Baishou said slightly angrily.

"Can't you read it if you don't know it?" asked the Golden Scale.

"You ······" Xue Baishou had nothing to say, and then faced the golden scales and said in a commanding tone: "Come here." ”

Jin Liang raised his eyebrows, looked at Xue Baishou and said nonchalantly, "What are you doing?"

"Don't you want to see it, come here, I'll teach you how to recognize the medicine!" Xue Baishou didn't have a good breath.