It didn't take long for Ryan to open his eyes, and at first, he stared around a little dazedly, not knowing what was going on.

It took a long time for him to figure out the reason for the incident from his remaining memories, and yes, he ran here to avoid the pursuit of the black shadows.

Ryan surveyed his surroundings as he adjusted his breathing, and after that, it took a while for him to recover from the feeling of palpitations.

Judging from the current situation, he should have escaped the tracking range of the black shadow, and after so long, the other party has not been able to catch up, which is already telling.

However, Ryan didn't show any relief, his brow was still twisted, and it was clear that the matter had not been effectively resolved.

At best, it was only a temporary escape from danger, and naturally, Ryan couldn't be trapped here all the time, and there were only two paths in front of him.

One, get out of here and defeat the shadows.

Second, if you keep going, there may be another exit.

From the perspective of risk, it is clear that the first method is more dangerous, but at the same time, it can also solve the problem fundamentally.

After thinking about it for a while, Ryan still felt that he should be more conservative, the power of that black shadow, he also saw just now, in terms of his current strength, his side is not in full strength.

In other words, if you attack rashly, it doesn't make much difference to send you to death directly, and it is not easy to escape from that side, and if you go to death again, from the point of view of cost performance, it is not worth it at all.

Thinking of this, Ryan adjusted his breathing, followed the edge of the road, and continued walking, compared to before he passed out, the surrounding environment was significantly darker.

To a certain extent, this provided some convenience for Ryan, and all this in front of him was, to put it simply, an ordinary path.

The path winds and turns, I don't know where the same is, judging from the current situation, but there is no danger, but the area that cannot be seen at a glance still makes Ryan cautious.

Since coming here, strange things have happened one after another, and Ryan has a feeling of wanting to vomit at the thought of the scene where the boss was swallowed by that black shadow.

With an uneasy feeling, Ryan walked forward step by step while holding the weapon in his hand, and the length of the road was really long.

Not to mention anything else, at least, from Ryan's point of view, he couldn't see anything except this winding road, and just like that, Ryan walked on this road for a full hour before there were other changes.

Specifically, at the end of the path, a thatched hut appeared, and judging by the neatness of the house and the things arranged, it should still be inhabited.

However, Ryan's heart did not have the slightest joy because he saw other people, and in his opinion, it was not particularly normal for people to be able to live in such a remote place, if not strange, at least.

With such mixed emotions, Ryan cautiously pushed open the door of the grass hut, and in terms of tone alone, he couldn't have been more polite.

"Excuse me, may I ask anyone?"

No one answered Ryan, but he was met with steaming food in the kitchen and a stove that never went out, which meant that there were still people living here.

Even though he wasn't hungry now, Ryan still had a smile on his lips when he saw these home-cooked meals, and he had forgotten how many years he hadn't experienced such a warm feeling.

Thinking of this, he planned to walk into the house and take a good look, Ryan was just about to do this, when the wooden door behind him was suddenly opened, which directly startled him.

He was greeted by a weak scholar, his pale face revealing a sickly smile, holding a tattered book in his hand, and his face was full of corresponding embarrassment.

"Ahem, ahem, are you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I happened to be passing by here and wanted to come and have a look."

Seeing the director of the house, Ryan smiled slightly embarrassedly, strictly speaking, it is indeed not a good thing to break in without the consent of the unknown owner.

Fortunately, from the other party's expression, Ryan didn't see any signs of anger, in that case, Ryan casually saluted the other party, turned his body around, and looked like he wanted to leave here.

"Wait a minute!"

"Senior, I still have something to do, I'm out of company!"

Ryan waved his hand, showing a not too calm expression, and without hesitation, he walked directly in the direction of the door.

"Aren't you afraid of the dark shadow at the entrance?"

Seeing Ryan's reaction, the sick scholar smiled and laughed, and said meaningfully, hearing this, Ryan's steps began to hesitate.

Obviously, the other party said about the black shadow, he was particularly concerned, it seems, the other party seems to know something, thinking of this, Ryan retracted the foot that stepped out.

Compared with those unknown things, the current method is more effective, whether it is useful or not, try it first.

Thinking of this, Ryan turned his body around, waved his hand at the sick scholar, and said earnestly.

"Senior, please tell me what to do."

"No hurry, no hurry."

Seeing Ryan's action, the scholar didn't react too much, but waved his hand directly at Ryan, as if he was going to invite him into the house.

"Young man, what are you doing in such a hurry? Let's play a few games of chess with me. ”

Hearing this, Ryan looked at each other a little strangely, looking at the appearance of the book, it was not much older than him at all, because of this, Ryan had an indescribable awkwardness when he heard what he said just now.

It seems that the other party is a rather strange person, and it is no wonder that they all chose to live here, no matter how you think about it, it can't be an ordinary person.

Since the other party said so, in order to ask how to deal with the black shadow, Ryan could only choose to do so, and he followed the scholar step by step to the other side of the thatched house.

To be honest, Ryan at this time has no bottom in his heart, on the one hand, he is afraid of the unknown, and on the other hand, because he really can't play chess.

Although the other party did not say exactly what chess he was going to play, Ryan's heart had already made corresponding preparations, and he was ready to be scolded by the other party.

However, what Ryan didn't expect was that when the two of them walked to the back of the thatched house, nothing happened, and the sick scholar kept staring at Ryan without saying a word, which made Ryan a little hairy.

After a long time, Ryan finally couldn't stand it anymore, he first glanced at the scholar, and then, in a rather tangled tone, spoke directly.

"Senior, aren't we going to play chess now?"

"What kind of chess? I don't want to go down now. ”

“……”

Hearing this, Ryan didn't dare to speak out even more, obviously, the senior in front of him had an indescribable sense of eccentricity, and it seemed that it was better to offend him less.

Ryan thought like this, constantly thinking in his heart what to do in order to make the matter of the black shadow clear and clear.

After that, after a long time, the sick scholar finally had some reaction, to be specific, he kept smiling at Ryan, and Ryan felt a little hairy in his heart.

"Senpai, do you have anything on my face?"

"No, I just thought you were interesting, haha."

“……”

Let's put it this way, if you don't know the identity of the other party, there is a high probability that you can't beat the other party, Ryan really wants to punch the other party a few times, and then kick a few kicks by the way.

Nothing wrong with it, right? The other party's reaction, in Ryan's opinion, was more like a psychopath, and as time went on, such thoughts became stronger and stronger.

However, after all, this is the other party's territory, although there are many dissatisfaction places in his heart, but Ryan did not show it, but showed an embarrassed smile.

"Senior, you're laughing again."

"No, I'm serious, how about it, do you want to be my apprentice?"

When he said this, the sick scholar showed a serious expression, not as casual as before.

Hearing this, Ryan didn't react immediately, he weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and said one thing, although he didn't know the origin of the other party, but to be able to live here for so long, it was obviously extraordinary.

Not to mention anything else, no matter how weak the strength is, it is obviously more than enough to be his Ryan's master, in fact, there is no harm in agreeing to a sick and weak scholar, extraordinary, but there are many benefits.

Just knowing how to deal with the black shadow was enough to make Ryan's heart move, and thinking of this, Ryan's mind began to come alive.

"Master, be worshiped by the apprentice."

"Good! Very good! ”

Seeing Ryan so uplifted, the sick scholar gradually showed a smile, which was a kind of expression when the master looked at the apprentice and felt that the child was teachable.

The reason why he started to accept apprentices, on the one hand, was because he felt a familiar energy from the other party's side, and on the other hand, he needed someone to accompany him after living here for so long.

For this reason, if you accept an apprentice, you can completely solve such a problem, and there is nothing, the sick scholar nodded, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Ryan was pleasing to the eye.

Don't look at the scholar looks young, in fact, he is already hundreds of years old, so from the perspective of strength, there is nothing wrong with being this kid's master.

In the past few hundred years, he has not left here, it's not that he can't leave, it's just that he just doesn't want to, and most of the reason why he stays here is to protect some kind of treasure.

Lately, he felt that his limit was approaching, and he was planning to take Ryan as an apprentice, and for that reason.

Thinking of this, the sick scholar sighed, seeing that the limit was approaching, no matter what, he had to work harder, at this time, he clenched his fists tightly, as if he had made some kind of determination in his heart.

Looking at Ryan's side again, he didn't show too much joy while keeping his head down, he didn't plan to stay here forever, and as for the disciples, he was also serious.

When the big deal comes, he left here with the master, yes, he decided to do it.