A few simple greetings allowed Luo Ning to join Yu Siqi's ranks, looking at the 'strong teammate' who was following behind, Yu Siqi gave him the instructions that the priest had given him as he walked.

"Make some noise into the dark passages, right?"

Luo Ning readily accepted the proposal and instructed Yu Siqi to stand a little further back. After making sure that Yu Siqi was already standing a few meters away from him, Luo Ning tightened his grip on the weapon in his hand and threw it directly.

The original rusty iron pipe sparked a lot of sparks the moment it flew away. And as it drew a bright arc in the pitch-black passage, Yu Siqi happened to catch a glimpse of a figure at the moment when it was swept by the flames, and retreated into the darker depths in embarrassment, leaving only the 'fire spear' that was deep into the ground.

"It looks like there's something lurking in there, you wait here first, and I'll go over and see what's going on."

Luo Ning, who had already noticed the abnormal situation, volunteered to walk in, looking at Luo Ning's distant figure, Yu Siqi thought about it, and still followed.

Smelling the mushy smell similar to that after the barbecue, Yu Siqi heard Luo Ning's complaint: "Why did you still come a, let me tell you that I am a..."

Luo Ning's voice stopped abruptly, as if someone had deliberately turned off the sound. Facing Luo Ning, who was still in the posture of drawing his weapon, Yu Siqi quickly realized that there was human interference in the time here, and it began to be abnormal. And the person who can make the time abnormal, Yu Siqi happened to really know such a person, so when he turned his face to the figure that slowly walked out of the darkness, he barely showed too much surprise.

Lin Guanshan, who was wearing a burqa, walked out little by little, every step was very painful, and every step seemed to be enduring torture. Then, Yu Siqi noticed that under his robe, the part where his hands should have been placed burst out from time to time with a few tentacles resembling an octopus.

"You don't seem to be doing well!"

Yu Siqi took a few steps back, he didn't want to get too close to the person who had been parasitized. Lin Guanshan didn't respond to him, maybe because he was parasitic all over his body, or maybe he simply didn't want to communicate with him anymore. In any case, the other party's intentions are very obvious, they want his life.

Yu Siqi, who was unarmed, thought of this, and reached over to pull out Luo Ning's weapon and borrow it. As a result, he was entangled in the other party's arm made of tentacles, and he couldn't get out of it smoothly. Feeling the strange feeling of the sticky suction cups wriggling on his skin, Yu Siqi wanted to break free at the first time, but he didn't succeed.

Just as he was considering whether to wrestle with the other party in terms of time, a very obvious burning sensation was released from Yu Siqi's skin, and the tentacles with suction cups were set on fire. Watching those suckers that had originally had further intentions escaping from his body one by one, Yu Siqi was temporarily free. He subconsciously pulled out the iron pipe that was still glowing red, and stabbed it into Lin Guanshan's chest without hesitation.

The hot iron pierced into the body, which was a disaster for a parasite that was itself afraid of fire. Lin Guanshan fell almost without warning, and the burqa on his body was scattered to the side as he fell to the ground, revealing his torso, which had been eroded by disgusting suction cups.

Probably because of his personal death, the disturbed time began to flow normally again. Ronin reached out and grabbed the air, and then quickly noticed the corpse on the ground. He stood there and thought for a moment, then threw out a large ball of flame and set the ugly corpse on fire.

Looking at the corpse that was gradually distorted due to the high temperature under the flames, Yu Siqi, who was relieved, looked down and observed his physical condition for a while, and found that except for some peculiar smell on his clothes, there was hardly any sign of infection, which seemed to be thanks to Luo Ning, and he knew this very well.

However, when he was about to open his mouth to thank the other party, Luo Ning said before him: "I'm sorry, I seem to have been tricked." I'm glad you're okay, otherwise I wouldn't have known how to explain it to the priests. ”

"It's okay, you've actually helped me a lot."

Yu Siqi pointed to the petals that were still attached to his skin and said, "If it weren't for the fire of life you gave me to drive away those disgusting parasites at a critical time, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to live or die now." ”

"Really? You don't just make up an excuse to comfort me just to make me feel better. Let me tell you, my heart is not as fragile as you think. ”

Luo Ning said I understand what you mean, which made Yu Siqi doubly embarrassed. He actually wanted to reassure Luo Ning that he was really not making excuses. However, looking at the other party's such a frank attitude and expression, he thought about it and felt that it was better to forget it. After all, it's not a topic that is particularly worth paying attention to, and there's no need to dwell too much on trivial matters.

After confirming that the corpses on the ground had been completely charred, Ronin retrieved his 'handy weapon' and turned to explain to Siqi that the reason why he and the tax collector wanted to go to the armory was not only because it was the only way up the mountain, but also because there were his and the tax officer's weapons. Considering that their current combat strength is so scarce, if they don't arm themselves fundamentally, it is very likely that they will fall short halfway. That's what he doesn't want to see, and it's not what you want.

Yu Siqi agreed with his consideration, which made Luo Ning's favor for him increase a lot.

In this way, they talked and laughed and turned back. Along the way, probably to create topics, Luo Ning even told Yu Siqi about his experience when he was a child: "I did a stupid thing when I was thirty-four years old, if it wasn't for the kind teacher who saved me, a reckless and stupid little fool, I'm afraid you wouldn't have seen me and Wan Jie at all now." ”

"What did you do?"

Yu Siqi had completely avoided the question of their age, as he found that it was a detail that could not be calibrated.

"Running away from home."

Luo Ning seemed to think of something, and hurriedly explained: "You may not know that in the village's average age of fifty as the standard of adulthood, a bastard boy in his early thirty-four years like me is just a little kid who has just been weaned in their eyes. ”

It is true that many children will run away from home for various reasons, and Yu Siqi himself had such thoughts when he was young. Although in the end, except for being exposed by his accomplices and beating himself, nothing happened.

"Looks like you're thinking of something, maybe I should give you some personal space?"

Luo Ning tilted his head, looked at Yu Siqi and said.

"That's not necessary, just keep talking."

Yu Siqi came back to his senses, he looked at the camp where everything was going on as usual, and stopped.

After noticing Yu Siqi's intentions, Luo Ning also stopped his steps, "Okay, I'll tell you a little bit more." After running away from home, I headed north, intending to go to Imperial College. It was the place where it was rumored that only the best people in the country could go to school. Probably afraid that Yu Siqi didn't know what the Imperial Academy was, Luo Ning also specially added.

"Very self-motivated!"

Yu Siqi smiled, he was suddenly curious about Luo Ning's next development, so he chose to shut up.

"Well, it's naïve to think about it now. The kind of place where only the best geniuses might go to study, is not something that a countryman like me can visit casually. When I got there, I realized that I wasn't even qualified to step through that gate. And at that time, I didn't follow the advice of the guards and not try to climb over the high wall, which caused the incident later. One night, I saw an opportunity to climb over the wall. As a result, I was embarrassed by the prohibition above, and not only that, but I was also seriously injured because of it. It was the first time in my life that I felt hopeless, no one would help a country man who broke the rules, and the nobles who were high up were better at watching you die slowly. ”

Luo Ning seemed to be immersed in memories, and his expression was very special. Then he turned his face to Siqi and said, "The next thing is that I was lucky enough to be picked back by my teacher." He brought me back to life and taught me how to channel my strength. According to you, it is this force that has helped you today. Well, I accidentally talked to you so much meaningless nonsense. I want to ask you for one more thing, can you help me go see Wan Jie? It's hard for me to get in myself..."

"Of course, what's so hard about that?"

Yu Siqi readily agreed to Luo Ning's request, and at the same time pursued a question: "Did you succeed in entering the academy in the end?" ”

"Do you think if I succeeded, I'd go to the lighthouse to stand guard?"

Luo Ning said goodbye to Yu Siqi and began his inspection work again.