The Liansheng Mountain Range separates Shaking Light City from Tianfeng City, and it is the longest and widest mountain range in the Su Dynasty. Because there are many caves and flat areas in the mountains, the Rensheng Mountain Range has been a gathering place for bandits since ancient times. Moreover, the mountain range is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the government has made several major crusades, but they have all been defeated, and then there are few officials to govern, and even the rope mountain range has become a place outside the law.

If the people of Shaking Light City want to go to and from Tianfeng City, they must pay a large amount of mountain road tolls to the bandits in the mountain range, and the people of Tianfeng City want to communicate with the people of Shaking Light City.

At this time, the young man wearing a white mask was leaving the north gate of Shaking Light City and running towards the Liansheng Mountain Range.

There are many steep cliffs in the Rensheng Mountains, but most of them are stable, so the mountain roads here are much wider than those in ordinary mountains, and the carriages are less bumpy and faster, and the scenery along the way is like the wind.

The boy knew that he was safe, and that this area belonged to him. He gently took off the mask, revealing a thin and handsome face, a pair of domineering and gentle eyebrows, clear and clean eyes, which looked cold and made people want to get closer, with a hint of murder and full of tenderness.

With such a young face, as Gu Yu expected, he was only a seventeen-year-old boy, and he was still eight months away from adulthood. If he took off this silver-white mask in front of Gu Xuhe, Gu Xuhe would definitely be annoyed and angry, he had been famous for fifty years, and he was defeated by a young man who was only seventeen years old, and he would definitely feel that he had no face to stand on this river and lake.

The young man's name was Duan Jiu, and he buried his real name in his heart. Nine, I thought he was the ninth to join the "village master". Duan Jiu didn't want to make it too complicated to get a name, so he simply took "Jiu" as his name, and simplicity has always been his style.

"The owner of the village" is the honorific title of the master behind the scenes, because he lives in the cottage of the Liansheng Mountain Range, and the eight cottages in the Liansheng Mountain Range all worship him as the "owner of the village", so his subordinates all call him the "owner of the village". The eight cottages in the Liansheng Mountains seem to have their own heads, but they have never had a dispute over the years, because they all have people behind them who have to be obedient.

No one knows what the owner of the village looks like, and even among the "Ten Curtain Masters" directly under his management, he has never been able to see his appearance. He lives in the "Qinglong Cave" in the Qinglong Village all the year round, the cave is dark and damp, he never allows people to light the fire, and the people who enter the cave to accept the task can only touch the cave wall to go deeper, and only stop when they hear the trickle of water. After reporting the results of the task and presenting the obtained items with both hands, the owner of the village will absorb the treasure and return it to a sealed letter, which contains his reply or the next order.

Duan Jiu touched the Qi Spirit Pill in his arms, he also longed to get a Qi Spirit Pill, but he couldn't fight with the owner of the village. He could only suppress this longing, touch it, and feel a little more comfort in his heart.

"Brother, can I come out and breathe?"

At this time, in the lonely mountains, a sweet and childish voice was suddenly heard, coming from the vermilion carriage behind Duan Jiu. In the carriage, it turned out that there were other people sitting.

Duan Jiu smiled lightly and said, "Well, it's okay." ”

After getting Duan Jiu's promise, the red curtain in the carriage was gently lifted, and a small head poked out from inside, like a bird quietly poking its head out to test it.

It was a little girl who was only eight years old, with a pair of big smart eyes, a small pink mouth, a small white and red face, and long hair tied with a red rope behind her head, which looked clean and cute.

The little girl took a deep breath, as if she was particularly enjoying and relaxing, and sighed: "Well, it's so fresh, I've been in the compartment for a day." ”

Duan Jiu smiled and said: "That's really wronged our family Ling'er, my brother will compensate you, when my brother finishes the task, will my brother take you to play?"

"Yes, yes, it's a deal. The little girl called Ling'er clapped her little hands happily, looking so innocent, lively and cute. In the child's heart, as long as the small request is satisfied, he can be happy for a few days without sleeping.

Duan Jiu looked at her excited appearance, and his mood was also much more relaxed, but he knew that Ling'er had always been optimistic and always showed him his happy side. Just now he used a lot of aura, and performed a counter-control technique, the four products of "controlling the soil as a lock", and even adding a trick at the end to "turn the clouds and rain", these tricks need to consume a lot of aura, and as the real owner of these aura, "Ling'er" must not avoid suffering.

Duan Jiu said with concern: "Ling'er, are you okay, do you feel very tired?"

Ling'er writhed her body playfully, shook her red skirt, and said with a smile: "Brother, do you think I look tired......?

Duan Jiu grabbed Ling'er angrily and said, "Okay, you give me some peace, what are you going to do, wait for it to fall, but you will break your head and bleed." ”

Ling'er had to sit in front of the car with him, and squeezed a grimace at Duan Jiu, "Slightly, bad brother, scare people, hum." ”

Duan Jiu was so teased by her that he couldn't help laughing, and scratched her right hand socket with his left hand, and the itchy Ling'er laughed and said, "Make you naughty and disobedient." ”

Ling Erle fell into the carriage happily and said, "Brother, you are a scoundrel, you use yourself to drive the horse, I can't fight back." ”

Duan Jiu smiled, happy times always pass quickly, the carriage has slowly driven into the territory of Qinglong Village, Duan Jiu hurriedly pulled up the red curtain of the carriage, and said: "Ling'er, you stay in it obediently, my brother has finished the task, and will take you to Tianfeng City to eat delicious food." ”

"I want to eat rock sugar gourd, red bean cake, xiaolongbao, and big white sugar......" Ling'er in the carriage must have been hungry, and she couldn't stop holding up the food.

Duan Jiu said: "Okay, it's all up to you, don't make a sound, wait a minute, let the bad guys know that you are inside, and kidnap you." ”

The people of Qinglong Village saw Duan Jiu's vermilion carriage from a distance, so they hurriedly opened the gate of the village, stood aside and shouted in unison: "Welcome Little Brother Jiu!"

It was obvious that Duan Jiu was still very respected among this group of bandits, and Duan Jiu also smiled at them in return.

There is a mountain road leading to Qinglong Cave on the right side of the walled gate, and there are four patrolling brothers walking on the road, and they see Duan Jiu's carriage stopped on the side of the road to give way, so this way, Duan Jiu is still walking very smoothly.

The entrance of the Qinglong Cave can only allow two people to pass through, not to mention that the cave is pitch black, and Duan Jiu's carriage can only be parked outside the cave. Duan Jiu got out of the carriage, poked his head into the carriage and whispered, "I'll go back when I go, don't come out." ”

Thinking about it, he had walked a lot in the cave, and even in the pitch black, Duan Jiu walked as usual. According to the regulations, he stopped on a cobblestone pavement, which was convenient for the owner of the village to find a place for him to stay.

Duan Jiu held the Qi Spirit Pill in both hands, as if he was offering sacrifices to the air, and said loudly: "According to the instructions of the village master, Duan Jiu has retrieved the Qi Spirit Pill. ”

There was no response in the darkness, only a trickle and his own reply. But after a while, Duan Jiu realized that the Qi Spirit Pill in his hand was gone, replaced by a light letter.

Duan Jiu bowed and said, "Yes! Thank you, the owner of the village." ”

After saying that, he came out of the cave, went out to the entrance of the cave, sat in the carriage, turned the carriage around, and the carriage clattered and embarked on the journey.

Duan Jiu opened the letter, and there was a silver ticket of "100,000 taels" inside, which was his reward for recapturing the Qi Spirit Pill, and there was also a blank piece of paper, with five words written on the paper, which was his next task-

"Find the Celestial Maiden".