Chapter 2: People and Things Sworn to Protect (Ask for Recommendation Votes, Thank You!)

"Brother Xiaonan, what are you doing!"

Suddenly, a delicate voice pulled Xiao Nan back to reality. Chaoyang is still Chaoyang, Nanshan is still Nanshan, but time has passed 10,000 years.

Chao Xiaonan turned his head, and a delicate little face that was white and red was looking at him with a smile, and the little face was Meng Qingwu, the junior sister of Chao Xiaonan and Mu Chen.

Mengqing danced in a red long skirt, with two delicate ponytails on her head, and the ponytails were the handiwork of Chao Xiaonan.

"What's the matter, Brother Xiaonan, you're in a daze again, homesick?" The girl's voice was particularly pleasant.

"Why, I'm just looking at the sun, why is your brother homesick? Isn't this my home!" Chao Xiaonan pointed to his feet and smiled.

Suddenly, Xiao Nan showed a mysterious look, and nervously approached Meng Qingwu's ear and said, "Girl, do you believe that I am talking to the sun?"

Feeling the approach of Chao Xiaonan, the little girl was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a burst of red glow rose on the girl's blown-breakable skin, this girl didn't hear what Chao Xiaonan said at all, he only felt the scorching body temperature of the person next to him.

Without waiting for a response, Chao Xiaonan felt a little inexplicable, and looked up at Mengqing Dance.

As a result, what I saw was that Meng Qingwu was very cute with her head down, her little face was red from her head to her neck, and her little eyes were blinking.

Looking at the little girl in front of her, she showed a warm smile to Xiao Nan, and the dimples at the corners of her mouth resurfaced, but a trace of inexplicable complexity flashed in Chao Xiaonan's extremely deep eyes.

"Silly girl!" shouted Xiao Nan suddenly raised his voice.

Meng Qingwu was startled by Chao Xiaonan's voice, and quickly raised her head, but as soon as she looked up, she saw a pair of big hands "raging" towards her.

The little girl hurriedly panicked and shouted, "Don't ,...... Don't, little Nange......"

After a while, Chao Xiaonan and Meng Qingwu sat shoulder to shoulder on a stone, looking at the fiery sun together, and the land that had lived for nearly ten years under the sun seemed a little beautiful.

The two delicate ponytails on the top of Mengqingwu's head have been "ruined" to the point that they are not in shape, and her hair is unkempt and covered her face. And Chao Xiaonan is similar, his hair was rubbed by the little girl, and there were even some new scratches on his neck.

"Girl, your brother can indeed talk to the sun, and it's the only one who can talk to me......" Chao Xiaonan suddenly said with some emotion.

The sun today must be the same as it was 10,000 years ago!

Meng Qingwu heard the loneliness deep into the bone marrow from Chao Xiaonan's voice, and she looked back.

I saw that although her little brother Nan was sitting next to her, his outline looked a little blurry under the morning sun, as if he shouldn't exist here, but the figure close at hand seemed a little distant.

A hint of pity flashed on Meng Qingwu's face, and she quietly moved her body to Xiao Nan's side, who smiled with feeling.

Suddenly, Meng Qingwu frowned and touched her messy hair.

"Brother Xiao Nan, you know how to bully children......" Meng Qingwu cried and chirped.

"Don't pretend! You're a year younger than me. Besides, can't I destroy my combed hair?" Chao Xiaonan said angrily.

"Hee-hee, let's go back to dinner! Today I made your favorite shredded potatoes. Meng Qingwu suddenly changed her sad face and smiled.

"Did you add vinegar?"

"Added ......"

After speaking, Mengqing Wu pulled up Chao Xiaonan's sleeves and walked in front, cheering and chattering, not knowing what he was singing, the two ponytails swayed left and right.

Chao Xiaonan looked at the girl who was jumping in front of her, the girl was also wearing a fiery red dress, and the clothes were found by Chao Xiaonan for the girl, just like the fiery butterfly-like figure ten thousand years ago, even Chao Xiaonan didn't know whether he was unintentional or intentional.

Mengqing Dance was picked up by the side of the mountain path when Chao Xiaonan was seven years old, that is, in the second year when he was accepted as an apprentice by Li Tianlan.

Since then, Chao Xiaonan's life has been the right girl, and there is also one more person who he will protect in this life no matter what.

Mengqing Wu pulled Chao Xiaonan back to the courtyard where he had lived for many years, and after so many years, the appearance of the courtyard had not changed. The courtyard is mainly made of wood with sloping roofs, and although they are only wooden houses, they are also small and delicate.

Chao Xiaonan couldn't help but sigh a little when he looked at the courtyard, it had been nine years, and he didn't know how long he could stay.

Meng Qingwu and Chao Xiaonan walked into a wooden house, where an old man with white hair was sitting at the table with his back to the door.

There was a flask on the small wooden table, as if it was out of wine. The old man was squinting his eyes and shaking the flask close to his ear, trying to see if there was anything left.

This old man with white hair is named Li Tianlan, and he is called Li Lao or Li Divine Doctor by the people of the village, and only Chao Xiaonan and Mu Chen Li Tianlan are old men.

In terms of treating diseases and saving people, Chao Xiaonan has never seen a patient who the old man can't cure, that is, in an unprecedented snowfall nine years ago, Li Tianlan saved Chao Xiaonan, whose soul crossed at that time.

Chao Xiaonan wanted to scare Li Tianlan, so he deliberately raised his voice and shouted: "Old man, I'm back!"

Li Tianlan put the wine jug back on the table with a calm expression, turned his head and scolded with a smile: "You stinky boy, how many winds and waves your master has seen, how can you be scared by a kid whose hair hasn't grown yet." ”

“......”

Chao Xiaonan's face was full of black lines, and he thought to himself, no wonder my temperament has changed so much from my previous life, I'm afraid it's the relationship between this old man and this old man over the years, it's just a mistake!

"Brother Xiao Nan, what hair haven't you grown?"

Meng Qingwu beside him raised his head and looked at Chao Xiaonan and asked.

Seeing Meng Qingwu's sincere expression of seeking knowledge and exploration, Chao Xiaonan was a little at a loss, and he was complaining fiercely about the indecent old man in his heart.

Stretched out his hand to Xiao Nan and fiddled with the two little ponytails of Mengqing's dance, "Uh, that's it...... Go and serve your little brother food, I'm starving to death...... Remember not to give it to Mu Chen. ”

Meng Qingwu grinned and said, "Okay." He no longer pestered Xiao Nan and shook his double ponytail and walked away.

Seeing the little figure leave, he frowned at Xiao Nan and looked at Li Tianlan, who was full of white hair.

"What, is the injury getting worse again? Recently, I see that you have been taking drugs more and more frequently. ”

Chao Xiaonan knew that Li Tianlan was seriously injured, and he had always needed to refine special medicine to alleviate his injuries, but he could not cure them completely. Li Tianlan didn't tell them how the injury came about, only said that he was a master of alchemy, and this little injury was fine.

But Mu Chen and Chao Xiaonan both knew that it was not a minor injury as Li Tianlan said, the injury had been going on for many years, and the old man's body had been getting worse day by day.

Li Tianlan glared and scolded: "Hey, don't show the expression of an old man, I look like I'm about to die, I'm still alive!"

But when I saw that Chao Xiaonan's expression became more and more sad, and he was even about to cry, he almost knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

Li Tianlan stood up and kicked towards Chao Xiaonan, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy!"

Chao Xiaonan deftly dodged this kick and laughed, this reaction speed is obviously not something that can be practiced in a while and a half, and he must be kicked a lot on weekdays.

Li Tianlan also smiled, and then took out a pot of wine out of nowhere and put it on the wooden table.

Chao Xiaonan smiled and suddenly restrained his laughter, and looked at Li Tianlan seriously.

"Old man, you can't die so early, you haven't watched me become a generation of Dan Saints. ”

Li Tianlan was stunned for a moment, picked up the wine jug and poured it into his mouth, looked at Chao Xiaonan and responded with a smile: "Okay, I know." ”

"As long as you have become a Dan Saint, you have only been a third-grade alchemist for four years after entering the Dan Dao, and you are estimated to need ten lifetimes to become a Dan Saint. A flat voice came from behind him, and Xiao Nan's face darkened, who else could there be besides Mu Chen in such a tone?

The levels of alchemists are divided into: Alchemist, Alchemy Grandmaster, Dan King, Dan Immortal, and Dan Sheng, and each level is divided into nine grades.

Corresponding to the classification of pills: Fan Dan, Bao Dan, Tian Dan, Xian Dan, and Saint Dan, Chao Xiaonan is currently at the level of a third-grade alchemist.

But neither Mu Chen nor Chao Xiaonan at this time knew that if it took four years to become a third-grade alchemist, this achievement would definitely set off a lot of waves in the outside world, and the difficulty of advancing the level of an alchemist was well known.

"Didn't you say that I don't know how to speak of etiquette and cool words, why did you start to give up on yourself today and learn from your senior brother?"

I don't know when Mu Chen, dressed in white, appeared in the house, looking at a book gently, as if what he had just said had nothing to do with him.

"I'm just telling the truth, and I apprenticed earlier than you, but because you are a little older than me, you shamelessly call yourself a senior brother, don't always act as a senior brother and act as a big-tailed wolf. Mu Chen said calmly.

Chao Xiaonan smiled after hearing this, turned around and sat on the chair.

"Senior Brother Muchen, you reminded me, eldest brother is like a father, call him father!"

Chao Xiaonan said with a majestic face.

The corners of Mu Chen's mouth twitched slightly, turned around and walked away, Mu Chen thought to himself, is his qi cultivation kung fu so bad, otherwise how could he want to beat him so much?

"If you have time to behave here, it's better to study more and study the way of alchemy, haven't you been cultivating martial arts, work hard, maybe you can hope to reach the innate realm in this life?"

Mu Chen's mocking voice came, Xiao Nan's face was not good this time, yes, his martial arts have been stagnant for many years, and he has never been able to step from the acquired to the innate one.

Li Tianlan had been smiling at the bickering of the two senior brothers, without the slightest intention of obstructing them.

After Mu Chen walked away, Li Tianlan sat down beside Chao Xiaonan, picked up the wine jug and took a sip and said, "Boy, in the future, only you and Xiao Wu can help Mu Chen keep his heart." Alas, although ruthlessness is the avenue, who can say whether it is right or wrong......"

Li Tianlan's voice revealed a hint of amazement, although he didn't say it explicitly, Chao Xiaonan naturally understood what he meant, and Chao Xiaonan was slightly emotional.

Ruthless Dao...... Isn't what I cultivated in my previous life the ruthless way, but who knows that the ruthless road will eventually have love......

Suddenly, Li Tianlan coughed violently, interrupting Chao Xiaonan's thoughts, and Li Tianlan's snow-white beard swayed wildly with the cough.

Chao Xiaonan hurriedly held Li Tianlan with one hand, and slapped his back with the other, Li Tianlan was still coughing badly, and he could hear a dull sound from his chest.

After a while, Li Tianlan's cough gradually eased, and he frowned at Xiao Nan as he looked at the wine jug on the wooden table.

"Old man, your jug is not filled with the medicine you refined, but the real wine. ”

Chao Xiaonan's voice was a little complicated, obviously with the intention of blaming, at this time, the two seemed to have changed their identities, and Chao Xiaonan became a master and was teaching a greedy apprentice.

Li Tianlan's eyes were a little evasive, but he couldn't lose face, and said confidently: "Old man, I'm fine, isn't this still drinking?...... Besides, life must be full of joy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon!" Li Tianlan's voice was full of energy.

But Chao Xiaonan's brows furrowed even deeper after hearing this.

"You are proud, what do you have to be proud of? You are proud of a mallet!" suddenly scolded Xiao Nan.

The spitting star smashed the old man's face, Li Tianlan seemed to be a little scolded, and looked at the young man in front of him who was half a head taller than him.

After scolding Xiao Nan, his tone gradually softened, "Master, you promised us......"

Speaking to Xiaonan, Li Tianlan's rickety body trembled slightly, and a smile appeared on his old face, it seems that he saved that stubborn child in the ice and snow back then, which is indeed the compensation for his ups and downs for a lifetime.

Suddenly, Li Tianlan kicked towards Xiao Nan, and the latter couldn't dodge and was kicked firmly.

"You kid is cursing the old man again, right, be careful to throw you into the stove room to cook again!" Li Tianlan glared and said angrily.

Yes, Chao Xiaonan is afraid of cooking, so after teaching Mengqing Wu to cook, the task of cooking has always fallen on the girl, but to Chao Xiaonan's surprise, the girl seems to like cooking.

After Li Tianlan finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the door.

"Don't worry, stinky boy, the old man said that you can't live a thousand years old, but if you live until you get out of this village, there is no problem at all! If you have time, you should bother more on your lame Dan Dao, and I don't know how I can have such an apprentice as you in my dignified Li Tianlan!"

Outside the door, Li Tianlan's voice of hating iron and not steel.

Chao Xiaonan watched Li Tianlan walk out, a smile appeared on his delicate and clean face, and he seemed to be thoughtful, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Old man, remember what you said, don't die early, I will leave as soon as you die. ”

"This stinky boy!" Li Tianlan, who had a mind left in the room, naturally heard Chao Xiaonan's words, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh and scold, but suddenly Li Tianlan also showed a trace of reminiscence.

"Nine years...... Or is it ten years? Maybe it's time to leave......."

Li Tianlan's voice was a little emotional, but no one responded, only a few wild geese in the lonely autumn flapped their wings and flew south......