Chapter 153: The Hermit

After Ye Zilan and the interrogator arrived at this black shop, someone immediately reported it inside, and after a while, the shopkeeper greeted them respectfully, saluted the two of them and said, "Hey, two honorable adults, I don't know what you are doing in our small shop that serves gold diggers?" ”

The shopkeepers of the black shop, who are not arrogant or humble, are very decent in this etiquette and action, and they are not good at speaking unpleasantly directly, so the inquisitor stepped forward and smiled:

"Actually, I have nothing to do, I happened to hear that the old man appeared here, and I want to find him to catch up with the past, but I don't know if I can introduce your boss Jin?"

The shopkeeper still had a very decent smiling face, and waved his hand to them, and said:

"That's not a coincidence, Boss Jin met a very talkative young man last night, and wanted to make friends, but he ran into a gray nose. Where did he get this kind of gas? I left early this morning with a very ugly face, but I don't know where the person is. ”

Ye Zilan said condescendingly: "Since it's so unfortunate, I don't think what you're doing in this store is a good thing, I don't know if he will come if I set fire to your small shop?" ”

The shopkeeper was unmoved, and said with a smile: "My reputation here is not very good, you have nothing to say about this fire, but this weather at this point has really saved many people's lives, and when the ice and snow melt, these people don't rely on my small shop to save their lives, okay?" ”

The interrogator interrupted him and said, "That wanted notice is still posted at our city gate, and now that people have come out of your place and left safely, can you get out of it?" What's wrong with this man, where is he going, don't tell me you didn't pay attention! ”

The shopkeeper spread his hand again with a helpless face, shook his head, and said:

"As I said earlier, Boss Jin is very close to him and just wants to get to know him, how dare we little people go against his will to track him? But I heard from the guests here that when someone went to look for him, in the knee-high snow, he disappeared like a ghost, which was very strange. ”

pounced again, but looking for people like He Ming, and then set off after getting his news, they were all ready to not find it, Ye Zilan didn't seem to be much disappointed, just said: "In this case, we won't bother much, this is still Shabak's land, you can do things yourself!" ”

With that, he immediately turned his horse's head, shouted and walked back together.

Seeing the two of them walking away, the shopkeeper took out a handkerchief with a trembling hand, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said to himself: "This kid is so involved, even these two gods have been provoked, could it be that he has caused something in Shabak City?" It's a big disaster to think about, but fortunately he didn't go to the boss, otherwise I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to cover it. ”

The interrogator watched Ye Zilan ride into the dust, running faster and faster, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said to himself:

"It's been more than a year, and you're still like this, but you don't know what attracts you to that bastard? I don't know how much trouble he'll make if he leaves it like this. Those spies are really unreliable, so I'll help you find him once. ”

The temple of Zuma, which had collapsed suddenly, had been buried by a thick layer of snow, and its glorious atmosphere was reduced to ruins, leaving only the outline of a few domes to prove that it once existed.

Coming to the Zuma Temple again, looking at the ruins here, He Ming was deeply shocked, what a shocking and brilliant building, it will collapse without warning, all the creations in the world are so fragile in front of nature!

But he didn't come here to remember these monuments, he thought that this legendary blacksmith, since he could forge weapons for Moon Shadow, must still be in the territory of Mengzhong, and there was no other place in the whole of Mengzhong to hide people.

As long as there are people who move, they will definitely be able to find clues, no matter how much he hides, human habitation will be different from the complete wilderness, but this heavy snow has turned the entire Zuma forest into a snow-white color, and it is more difficult to find traces.

But he thought on the other hand, in this case, even the slightest movement would be difficult to erase. Since the collapse of the temple in this Zuma forest, which has been frequented by hunters and woodcutters, there is still no trace of the hermit, and there must be something special about this man.

Either the traces of action are very cleverly hidden, or they are erased with some magic, and now the snow everywhere, the traces of human activities, are very difficult to erase, such a rare opportunity, can be regarded as the blessing of the sky.

However, this huge Zuma forest could not be explored in one day, and he still didn't find any abnormalities for most of the day, so He Ming had to make another plan, he swept away a pile of snow, sprinkled some grass seeds he had just found on the ground, and hid aside.

In the snow, it was difficult to forage for all kinds of wild animals, and in a moment birds chirped down to peck at the grass seeds, and before long a hungry medium-sized cat tiptoed towards the birds.

He Ming didn't look down on the meat of these birds, but the last time he attacked the leopard, he was not very sure, so he remained silent and continued to lurk, waiting for the leopard to make a move.

This is exactly the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, and the birds only care about pecking at the grass seeds, eating happily, how do you know that a fierce predator behind is quietly approaching?

And He Ming's hand was already on the hilt of the sword, holding his breath slightly, quietly waiting for the opportunity to come.

Finally, the leopard swooped down on the bird like lightning, and the frightened bird was hit by a sharp claw as soon as it spread its wings, and at the same time, He Ming's body was already like electricity, and the person followed the sword, and swung a thunderbolt to shoot out a sword qi like snow.

Unexpectedly, the leopard seemed to be flying with all its might, He Ming suddenly attacked, and when he attacked it, it actually had the strength to bow and jump in reverse as soon as it touched the ground, just right to avoid He Ming's sword, but the sword qi cut a shallow hole in its chest, and a drop of blood red slowly oozes out.

The bowed leopard with full hair stared at He Ming with round eyes, and after making a judgment, he was about to pounce forward, but just when He Ming was about to raise his sword to fight, he suddenly jumped reflexively and ran towards the depths of the snowy forest!

Damn, if it's a wolf or something, how can you afford to spend so much time! He Ming didn't look down on the bird, and as soon as the thunderbolt danced, he followed the leopard and chased after him, this guy was injured, maybe there was hope.

Although He Ming is as fast as the wind, in this dense forest environment full of branches, where is it more flexible than a leopard? Just watched the leopard jump left and right, one would be in the tree and the other would burrow, and after a while, He Ming was blocked by the dense jungle environment, and watched the prey drift away.

He exhaled a little unwillingly, and suddenly found that where the leopard walked, there were still some traces of blood, I don't know if it was the blood of the bird or the blood cut by his sword qi, and the direction of this bloodstain seemed to lead to a dead end.

Then it couldn't escape, He Ming cheered up again, climbed over the branches, climbed over the big tree, and walked straight forward just hoping to find the end of this place, but unexpectedly turned over a big tree like a wall, and a place he had never been to came into view.

The depths of the entire dense forest suddenly opened up!

This is the junction of the mountains of Zuma Forest and the Viper Valley, surrounded by strange trees, there is no way to go, for many years people have thought that the terrain here is also a mountain, but I don't want this chance to coincide, He Ming actually found that there is a hole in this valley!

And the strange trees inside are towering, the fragrance is tangy, and there are plants that He Ming has never seen in his life, and any big tree is afraid that it will be more than a hundred years old, which is really eye-opening.

After being shocked, He Ming realized that the traces of the leopard had completely disappeared, the blood stains were gone, there was not much snow under the towering trees, and the leopard ran lightly, leaving no footprints.

And I thought this was a dead place before, how did I know that there was such a big space? The leopard jumped around casually, and he couldn't do anything about it.

After tossing for a long time, He Ming was a little frustrated and did it on a coiled tree root, the leopard didn't hit it, but because he had consumed too much physical strength, his stomach was hungry and uncomfortable, he didn't bring anything to eat in the black shop!

At this time, he began to think back to the bird that was killed by the leopard, and even if he had brought it with him, he would not be as helpless as he is now. After a short break, he took a closer look to see if he could find anything to satisfy his hunger.

However, in the middle of winter, when the vegetation does not grow, although these towering trees still have some green leaves, they have no food to eat, so can they only peel some bark to fill their stomachs first?

While exploring, I suddenly found that where the grass was rotting, there were actually people's shoe prints! I can't be wrong, this obvious shoe step on the mark is not left by some beast! He Ming's spirit came, and after putting his hunger behind him, he began to carefully check the direction of the footprints, and followed the direction to look for human tracks.

After all, there are only a few places in the mountains such as Zuma Forest and Viper Valley that have not been explored, there are not many places at all, even if you don't follow the human tracks, you can make sure that there are people here, and you will soon be able to explore the whole circle, just when he excitedly bypassed a big tree around two sides again, two ** aimed at him.

Armed with the crossbow were two sturdy teenagers, the crossbow was all black, made entirely of metal, the body of the crossbow was light, and the arrows on it looked quite weighty.

There is no doubt that this is the purpose of what he is looking for.

"Stop, don't move! Get out of here, there's nothing but death, don't you hear! A teenager shouted at He Ming in a fierce voice.

However, his voice was a little immature, and he couldn't express the danger and intimidation he wanted to embody at all, but made He Ming smile slightly, and when he turned around as if he was about to leave, he suddenly flickered, and rolled to the side to dodge.

The two men were not polite, and immediately pulled the strings, and the two metal crossbow arrows flew out, and they were really fast and powerful, but it was difficult to hit the target that was moving at high speed, and with a click, most of the arrows penetrated into the trees.