"Whew"

In the lush mountains and forests, a white-clothed figure flew and jumped, flexible like an ape, and only a trace of afterimage could be seen in the swift figure. With a light breath of turbidity, Jiang Xiaoqi stood on a thick branch, wiped away the beads of sweat that overflowed from his forehead, looked around, looked at the surrounding lush mountains and forests, and took out a rough map from his arms from time to time to compare it to confirm his location.

At this time, nearly two days had passed since the end of the trip to the ancient tomb, during which Jiang Xiaoqi only briefly stayed in Qingshan Town for a while, in exchange for some daily use, and then plunged into the mountains and forests, and hurriedly began to hurry. Compared to the noisy and spacious road, Jiang Xiaoqi prefers this peaceful atmosphere in the jungle, although he occasionally encounters difficult spirit beasts, but fortunately, with the blessing of soul power, he can avoid it in advance.

"It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, so let's find a place to shelter from the rain first. ”

Looking at the dark clouds shrouded in the night, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes showed helplessness, tightened the small medicine basket on his body, turned over, and swept into the depths of the jungle with a few jumps, looking for a place in the mountains and forests. For warriors, natural disasters such as thunder and lightning also have a powerful lethality, and large-scale lightning can even wipe out powerful people at the power level, with extremely terrifying power. In addition, this rainy weather is not suitable for traveling.

"Bear"

Soon, Jiang Xiaoqi found a hidden cave, in which a bonfire was raised, and an iron frame was supported on the fire, and the barbecued lamb legs on it exuded a refreshing aroma, and from time to time, Jiang Xiaoqi would sprinkle some spices on it to make the taste more aromatic.

"I didn't expect to learn how to barbecue here. ”

Next to the fire, Jiang Xiaoqi slowly turned the iron frame, looked at the oil-stained leg of lamb in front of him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his words were a little trance-like and said to himself.

In his previous life, he was also an orphan, without parents, wandering around alone, until he was adopted by a person, which ended this lonely life. thought that this was the end of his uncertain life, but slowly he realized that he was adopted not because of someone's kindness, but simply as a tool for killing people and a puppet to cultivate, so as to get an emotionless machine.

During those days, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't remember how he survived, bloody, tyrannical, and cruel were staged every day, they were like captive Gu worms, eating each other. There, there are no so-called friends, only enemies that cannot be killed. He couldn't understand why those who were obviously older than him saw that they were like snakes and scorpions, and their eyes were full of fear.

When he was seven years old, he was cultivated as a Gu worm, and at that time he was the weakest and kindest one. However, as time passed, he slowly discovered that here, kindness could not be exchanged for his own life at all, but would become his biggest burden. Gradually, Jiang Xiaoqi began to restrain his thoughts, and his personality gradually became cold, eating away at his opponents, erasing benevolence, until he finally stood out and became the most ruthless Gu King.

thought that his life would be spent in killing, but God played a joke on him, and the once absurd story of reincarnation as a human really happened to him.

Although he changed his skin after being reincarnated, the kind of killing in his bones is indelible. The lonely wandering life has created his withdrawn character, never approaching people, and even the dearest old man Shi next to him has never had much contact.

The only thing that made him feel in his heart was the death of Mu Lao, who had never met him, but was willing to die to protect himself. Whatever the reason, this camaraderie is hard to erase. Slowly, Jiang Xiaoqi began to try to contact the people in the village, chatting with the old man Shi, learning to make iron with the blacksmith, and scaring the children in the village with the blind grandfather.

Gradually, Jiang Xiaoqi began to accept the people in the village, frolicking with them, ridiculing, and even telling some meat jokes, just like that, the indifference that Jiang Xiaoqi had always had in his heart gradually melted under the innocence and simplicity of the villagers.

This world is not as bad as imagined, every step is your own choice, if you did not accept the established rules, you will not become a ruthless killing machine. Then he may not appear here now, and maybe, he will become a pure person like them in the village.

"Who?"

Suddenly, a cool breeze blew, a touch of vigilance rose in Jiang Xiaoqi's heart, and his immersed mind turned around in an instant, a flash of inspiration flashed in his hand, and a dark red long knife appeared, looking towards the entrance of the cave with his gaze. But then, when he saw the comer, the vigilance on his face changed to a look of astonishment.

"Ximeng girl?"

That's right, the person who came was Ximeng, who had been separated from the ancient tomb, but the Ximeng at this time was a little different from what he saw in the ruins. In the past, she was like a pure fairy who was not stained with mortal dust, but the Ximeng in front of her was more inclined to be a virgin in the world.

"Ximeng is disturbed late at night, and I hope that the son is not strange. ”

The lotus step moved lightly, coming from the night, at this time, Ximeng threw away the veil of covering, revealing the face of the city hidden in it, even though Jiang Xiaoqi was lucky enough to see it in the ancient tomb, but he was also in a trance at this moment. Ximeng smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at Jiang Xiaoqi in front of him with a stunned expression, and said slightly apologetically.

"It seems that it is the credit of this leg of mutton that can let the kid see the beautiful appearance of the Ximeng girl. ”

Handed over a stone bench covered with fur fur to Ximeng, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled softly, sat down straight, looked at the person who suddenly appeared next to him, and said with a bit of ridicule in his words.

"If Miss Ximeng doesn't dislike it, just call me Xiaoqi, Grandpa Shi and they all call it like this, and it's awkward to hear Childe or something. ”

While fiddling with the leg of mutton on the fire stand, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled shyly on his cheeks, and said so to the moving figure beside him, hanging on his handsome face with a bit of honesty, which made people can't help but feel good.

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's grinning appearance, the corners of Ximeng's mouth twitched, and he nodded his chin lightly. The smart beautiful eyes blinked from time to time, and his gaze occasionally glanced at the fragrant leg of mutton on Jiang Xiaoqi's fire rack.

"Is it possible that Miss Ximeng is really here for this leg of mutton?"

Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes flickered in his pupils, catching the occasional glance of Xi Meng, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and he asked with a bit of seriousness in his teasing.

"Yes, you can smell the fragrance from a long distance, so the slave family came to take a look. ”

As if he understood Jiang Xiaoqi's actions, Xi Meng's beautiful eyes blinked lightly, and his eyes stared at Jiang Xiaoqi in white in front of him for a moment, and a touch of emotion passed over his face.

"Jiang Ba, this name is quite careless. ”

The jade hand stroked the green silk that fell on his shoulder, and the blazing fire was reflected in Xi Meng's eyes.

"Well, it's up to you. ”

Hearing Ximeng's murmur on the side, Jiang Xiaoqi scratched his head a little embarrassed, remembering the name he had made up at random in front of Huo Xin'er before, and now he was mentioned by Ximeng, a person from the city, and immediately explained.

"If Miss Ximeng doesn't dislike it, let's try it. ”

After speaking, Jiang Xiaoqi took out a clean dagger from the space bracelet, cut off a piece from the leg of mutton and handed it to Ximeng.

"Thank you. ”

Coming back from a daze, Ximeng looked at the leg of mutton handed over by Jiang Xiaoqi, thanked him, took the dark dagger, took the small piece and chewed it in his mouth.

Ximeng's extraordinarily focused expression when eating made Jiang Xiaoqi a little distracted, in addition to the beautiful posture of the woman in front of her with a smile and a smile, that kind of focused look also made people feel admired.

"Why, haven't you seen the eating?"

Noticing Jiang Xiaoqi's trance on the side, Ximeng was still concentrating on chewing the mutton in his mouth, staring at the fire in front of him without blinking, and his speech was still clever.

"It's not, it's just that I didn't expect to be able to sit with Miss Ximeng and eat a leg of lamb one day, and I thought that fairies grew up drinking dew and eating fairy fruits. ”

Sensing his gaffe, Jiang Xiaoqi immediately turned his head and continued to turn the fire frame, smiling at the corner of his mouth, with a bit of praise in his words, but revealing the sincerity of his words.

"There is nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, not to mention that Miss Ximeng followed me all the way, I think there is something important. ”

Tearing a leg of mutton, Jiang Xiaoqi began to feast, turning sideways to look at Ximeng, who was distracted, and his words were a little vague.

"Jiang... Xiao Qigongzi's perception is really keen, and Ximeng's hidden whereabouts have been detected. ”

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's posture beside him, regardless of the appearance of eating, Ximeng was a little distracted for a while, his ethereal words paused, his eyebrows were smiling, and his red lips were half open.

Jiang Xiaoqi's appearance of disregarding eating fell in Ximeng's eyes, which made her a little embarrassed. The descendants of the Holy Land and the genius disciples of the clan that she had seen all wanted to show their best side in front of her, showing their gentlemanly demeanor. But Jiang Xiaoqi didn't care about his own behavior, it sounded simple, and if it was ugly, it could be called embarrassing. But in the eyes of a disciple from a clan like Ximeng, he seems extremely pure.

"Miss Ximeng is here for this. ”

Not caring about his eating appearance, Jiang Xiaoqi wiped off the oil stains on his hands, swallowed the leg of mutton in his mouth hard, and a spiritual light flashed in his palm, and a golden spirit talisman appeared in Jiang Xiaoqi's hand, and then, he handed it to her in Ximeng's stunned gaze.

"What is this?"

The jade hand rubbed the spirit rune that was glowing with golden light but stained with a little oil, and Xi Meng's beautiful eyes looked at Jiang Xiaoqi beside him with a little doubt, and the ethereal words were a little more aggravated at this moment.

"Isn't Miss Ximeng here just to find it?"

After handing over the golden spirit talisman, Jiang Xiaoqi gobbled it up again, his handsome face was stuffed into a little deformed at this moment, his cheeks were bulging, and he muttered to himself.

"Don't worry, this is what I printed from the spirit rune, although the effect is not as significant as the real spirit rune, but it is better than the quantity, it should be enough for the Ximeng girl. ”

The vague words came again, and then, Jiang Xiaoqi took out a bunch of golden light spirit runes from Ximeng's stunned gaze, threw them on the stone bench on the side, squeezed out a smile on his bloated cheeks, glanced at Ximeng on the side, and ate again.

"You're really a person who can't see through it. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi's actions were undoubtedly beyond Xi Meng's expectations, this kind of thing is not a handful of cabbage in the vegetable market, this is the root of the inheritance of a spirit rune master, and the appearance of every spirit rune master is inherited by the previous generation. It can be said that the things recorded on this origin rune are more precious than the spiritual skills of many family inheritances. And now, Jiang Xiaoqi did not hesitate to rub it down and give it to her casually, how could she not be surprised by such a style.

"What's so good about seeing through a person, everyone has their own path to choose, isn't it good to focus like when the Ximeng girl ate a leg of lamb just now?"

Looking at Xi Meng's surprised gaze, Jiang Xiaoqi swallowed hard, smiled knowingly, and couldn't help but have a little ridicule in his words.

"But sometimes not everyone has a choice. ”

couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xiaoqi, Xi Meng's beautiful figure gradually relaxed, her beautiful eyes looked at the bonfire in front of her in a daze, and muttered to herself.

"There is a law of both worlds, as long as you think it is right, it is good to keep going. ”

Adding some dry firewood to the fire, Jiang Xiaoqi turned to the side, his eyes flashed with an inexplicable look, and he looked directly at Ximeng's eyes without the slightest evasion, smiled lightly, and said.

"In the world, you can have both laws, and you will live up to your promise, this sentence doesn't seem appropriate here. ”

did not avoid Jiang Xiaoqi's gaze, a touch of cunning flashed in the corners of Ximeng's beautiful eyes, and the jade hand held the green silk, and said with a smile.

"Well, don't worry about these details. ”

With an embarrassed smile, Jiang Xiaoqi turned his head and explained while wiping the oil stains on his hands. But then, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure was stunned, and the words that Ximeng said just now kept echoing in his mind, and after reminiscing, he turned around suddenly, staring at Ximeng in front of him, and the bones in his hands trembled faintly.

"I don't know where Miss Ximeng heard this sentence?"

"I saw it from a codex by chance, and I wrote it down when I thought it was good, why, the little seventh prince also knows?"

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's gaffe appearance, a question flashed in Xi Meng's beautiful eyes, and after a slight groan, he rummaged through his memory, and did not hide it, and said with a sigh of relief.

"Impossible, how could it be..."

In fact, after receiving the second half of the sentence from Ximeng, Jiang Xiaoqi had already roughly guessed it, and he just wanted to confirm it. However, after reaching the conclusion, Jiang Xiaoqi's mind fell into confusion, and something that shouldn't appear really appeared in front of you like this, making him feel a trance of time and space disorder, and it was difficult for anyone to stay calm in such a situation.

"What's wrong?"

It was the first time Jiang Xiaoqi had seen such a gaffe, and the doubts that flashed in Xi Mengmei's eyes deepened again, and there was a bit of inquiry in her words. Similarly, Xi Meng also had doubts in her heart, she had never heard this sentence mentioned by others, but Jiang Xiaoqi said it casually, could it be that he had also read the codex?

"No, it's nothing, I just think it's very philosophical. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi would not confide in the secret hidden in his heart, and immediately, seeing that he gradually reined in his gaffe, a smile forced out of his face, and he said an unconvincing excuse.

Regarding Jiang Xiaoqi's remarks, Ximeng nodded her head and didn't ask any more questions, after all, everyone has their own secrets, how could she, who knows the way of life, make a transgressive move.

"It is a matter of celebration for the little seventh prince to obtain the inheritance of the spirit rune master, but there is one thing Ximeng still wants to remind the childe, as for whether to adopt it or not, it depends on the childe himself. ”

Rubbing the spirit talisman in his hand, Ximeng spoke softly, spitting out Youlan, and a rare touch of solemnity flashed in his plain gaze.

"Miss Ximeng, please speak. ”

Retracting his thoughts, Jiang Xiaoqi suppressed the speculation in his heart, looked at the moving figure beside him again, and said with a chuckle.

"Jiang Gongzi has already obtained the spirit rune master inheritance, he must have a general understanding of this lineage, I don't know if he has ever heard of the curse of the spirit rune master?"

"The Runeman's curse?"

Ximeng's ethereal words fell on Jiang Xiaoqi's ears, which immediately attracted his attention. After obtaining the spirit rune master inheritance, Jiang Xiaoqi already had a general understanding of this lineage, but he knew very little about the spirit rune master in this world, so when he heard the news about the spirit rune master from Ximeng's mouth, his mood couldn't help but fluctuate.

"Childe must have heard of the great battle 10,000 years ago, right?"

For Jiang Xiaoqi's reaction, Ximeng's expression was flat, and there were not too many surprises in his heart.

"Well, some bits and pieces. ”

Whether it was the ancient battlefield he had seen, or the vast star map of the spirit rune master, they were all revealing the tragedy of that war, and since then, these pictures have been deeply imprinted in Jiang Xiaoqi's mind and lingered.

"Most of the spirit rune masters that exist on the continent today are at a shallow level, and few people touch the deep realm, not because of their talent defects, but because after the great war ten thousand years ago, the spirit rune master is like receiving some kind of curse, and the spirit rune master who touches the deep realm will die inexplicably, without any reason, as if he disappeared out of thin air in this world. ”

The words came to an abrupt end, and a ripple appeared in Ximeng's beautiful eyes, as if he was avoiding something.

"Disappear into thin air?"

Xi Meng's words undoubtedly stirred up turbulent waves in Jiang Xiaoqi's heart, the latter frowned, took a rubbing rune from the stone bench on the side, and looked at it in a daze.

"These are what I once heard from the elders of the Holy Land, and as for the authenticity of the spirit rune master's curse, no one has verified it, so Childe doesn't need to worry too much. ”

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's frowning appearance, Ximeng opened his mouth quite understandingly, and said so relieved to Jiang Xiaoqi on the side, blaming the root cause of the matter on the unverifiable reason itself.

"Then why does Grandpa Shi want me to learn to carve runes since I was a child?"

Listening to Ximeng's secret story, Jiang Xiaoqi held his chin with one hand, his brows were compact, and he was puzzled in his heart, and the picture of the old man Shi teaching his spirit talisman when he was a child echoed in his mind, pondering.

"Ximeng is just suggesting, as for whether the spirit rune master cultivates or not, it is still up to the son to decide. ”

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's contemplative appearance, Ximeng didn't bother, his beautiful eyes looked at the bonfire that was gradually extinguishing in front of him, picked up some dry firewood and threw it in, his slender jade hand held his delicate cheeks, and he looked at the bonfire that was lit again in front of him and lost his mind for a while.