XVII. Pink Beard and Strange House

He quickly pulled out a backpack, opened it again, and pulled out a large mass of cloth, on which were also tied several slender hemp ropes, all of which were fastened to the backpack at one end, and the thing looked a little old, as if it were some years old.

Minna asked curiously, "What is this?" Xiao Tianjian smiled: "This is my self-made parachute, it may not be professional enough, but it is enough here." He spread out the cloth and rope on the ground, put on his backpack, and took another rope out, threaded through the thin hemp ropes, and knotted them into loops, and tied them tightly under Minna's armpits. After testing the strength of the rope, he said to himself, "It should be possible, right?" Multiple children don't weigh much. ”

Minna's eyes widened and she looked at him busy, a little puzzled: "Grandpa, what the hell are you doing?" Aren't we going the other way? ”

Xiao Tianjian checked the rope and cloth, and smiled when he heard this: "Don't worry, you'll know later." He looked up at the sky: "It's almost time, we have to hurry." ”

Minna was about to ask what time it was, when she suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing behind her, and the top of the mountain suddenly changed dramatically. The clouds floating on the side of the mountain seemed to be pulled by something, and gradually formed a whirlpool, whistling down the mountain. The clouds in the sky obscured the sun, and the surroundings were gloomy. Minna only felt that her body was getting colder and colder, and as soon as she shouted "Grandpa", she was hugged by Xiao Tianjian: "Hold my neck tightly, don't let go, you know?" Minna nodded, a little nervous, as if something terrible was about to happen.

Sure enough, when the wind gradually weakened and the speed of the cloud scroll slowed down, Xiao Tianjian hugged his granddaughter tightly and jumped into the center of the cloud scroll, which scared Minna into a scream, but soon the wind blew so that he could no longer open his mouth, and he couldn't even open his eyes.

After the first rapid fall, they all paused, as if they were being pulled by something, and slowed their descent to a dizzying speed as the whirlwind circled through the valley, and gradually slowed down. At this time, Minna barely opened her eyes, only to see a large piece of cloth covering the sky above her head, which was the one she had just taken out of her backpack.

She hugged her grandfather's neck tightly, a little scared at first, but when she saw that she was slowly falling in circles in the valley with the wind, she felt excited again. Is this what it's like to fly in the sky? It's even more fun than grandpa carrying light skills and taking her to run. She could see the rocks and plants all around her very clearly, and even a few little monkeys curiously came out of the cave to look at her, and one of the monkeys curiously threw a fruit over, but was soon taken in the other direction by the whirlwind, which hit the other monkey and made her giggle.

Seeing this, Xiao Tianjian also smiled happily, he carefully controlled the simple parachute, and fell to the expected position, so he took out the sword he used on weekdays from the ring, and slashed at the nearest mountain peak and stone wall with luck, and with the help of the strength of the rebound, he broke free from the range of the whirlwind, and soon left the original valley and floated to another valley next to him, and at the same time, the speed of their fall also accelerated.

Minna watched the wind, which was rolling in the clouds, getting farther and farther away, and she and her grandfather came to the back of the mountain, where there were no monkeys or fruit trees, only bare rocks, far less beautiful than the valley just now, and besides, the speed of the landing was a little too fast, and she was a little scared in her heart.

At this moment, a gust of wind rose from somewhere under their feet, and the parachute bulged violently, and the traction of the hemp rope suddenly increased. Minna felt that the speed of their descent had slowed down again, but the rope loop under her armpit was slowly sliding upward.

Xiao Tianjian didn't notice his granddaughter's condition, he just carefully controlled the rope, and he could already see the big cliff thirty or forty meters under his feet, which was the destination of this trip, and it was also the big lawn where he landed. He pulled on one of the thin hemp ropes, intending to change the direction of the parachute.

Minna hugged her grandfather's neck tightly, and was very worried about the rope loops on her body that were getting more and more in the direction of her neck, and couldn't help shouting "Grandpa", but heard Xiao Tianjian say: "Don't make noise, I'll talk about it later, I'm busy." She had no choice but to shut up and hug her grandfather desperately, but she was still young and her strength was no longer enough, she was barely able to support it, and the rope noose was already stuck in her head.

By this time the wind had gradually faded away, and they were floating in the air purely by the power of their parachutes. Xiao Tianjian had experience, and soon floated to the top of the lawn, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted happily: "We are about to land!" Minna said scaredly: "Grandpa, I'm about to lose my grip......" He found that the rope that was originally put under his granddaughter's armpit had come out of the child's body at some point, but it was blocked by her arm, so it could not be completely freed, but because of this, the child's arms were under a lot of pressure and could be forced to let go at any time.

He was so busy with his hands now that he couldn't hold the child with his free hands, so he had to try for a quick decision: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid." ”

Minna put her arms around his neck, and when she saw that the ground was getting closer and closer, she hurriedly closed her eyes, and with a vibration, she felt that she was being carried forward for a few meters, and her hands could no longer support it, so she let go, and the rope noose quickly unhooked. Fearing that she would fall, she screamed and clung to her grandfather's clothes, waiting until her feet touched the ground and she felt no pain, knowing that she was safe.

Opening her eyes, she found herself on a large lawn, a large shadow floating above her head and falling to the ground next to her. She shouted happily: "It's here, we're finally here!" ”

"yes, we're here, but can you let go first?" Xiao Tianjian's depressed voice came from her head, and Minna looked up strangely, only to find that the epic hero was now standing in only his underwear, and he was embarrassed.

Minna shouted again: "Grandpa, why don't you wear pants?!" Xiao Tianjian was even more depressed: "I wore it, but you pulled it off." Minna blinked, saw that her hands were indeed tugging at her grandfather's trousers, smirked twice, and let go of her hand. Xiao Tianjian hurriedly put on his pants, and before he could fasten his belt, there was a burst of laughter not far away: "Hehehe, old friend, when did you have the interest of running naked?" ”

Minna's eyes straightened when she heard the sound. The person who came was an old man who couldn't tell how old he was, wearing a dirty black robe, and the robe was stained with some stains, and it was disgusting. Although he was bald, he had a large beard, which was too long and had a knot, but the strange thing was that the beard was actually bright pink.

Xiao Tianjian was so depressed that he was dying, how could this person come so quickly? He fastened his belt and turned to his old friend and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I'm still wearing panties, where is the naked running?" But your beard is getting more and more amazing, what new things are you doing this time? ”

"A little bit of a gadget, it's interesting." The old man walked over happily, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to bloom into a jujue flower: "Where did you kidnap the child from?" The guy who came last time was obviously a boy. ”

Minna stared at his beard and a big smile spread across her face, "My name is Minna." Grandpa, who are you? She reached out and grabbed his bright pink beard, "Is this true?" The hand pulled it out with all his might.

The old man cried out with a headache: "Let go, let go, this is a real beard!" Pulling back his beard, he said to Xiao Tianjian with tears in his eyes: "This one is naughtier than last time, are you sure she is not wearing the wrong clothes?" ”

Xiao Tianjian reluctantly introduced: "My little granddaughter, Minna, is the daughter of my youngest son. Last time, it was my grandson. Then he said to his granddaughter, "This is Grandpa Sennet, my friend, a great magician." After a pause, a strange expression appeared on his face: "But she does the same thing as a witch." ”

"You're slandering! I'm the greatest magician the continent has ever seen! The strange old man Sennett retorted with a blow blow and glaring, and then changed his smile and said to Minna, "Do you like my beard?" Beautiful, right? I have a special potion that can change the color of my hair, should I try it? ”

Minna looked at the beard again, then turned to look at her grandfather, and when she saw that he had just turned away and not spoke, she nodded vigorously, and was carried away by Sennetra.

Less than a hundred meters ahead, on the side of the hill, there is a strange house, which is none other than Sennet's home. The whole house was made of gray stone, not so much a house as one house stuck diagonally on another by the wind, and then pierced by a large chimney. There is also a 30-meter-high tower on the side, with a small shed on it, which seems to be a watchtower or something.

There was a young and sturdy man standing in front of the house, but with a stunning face, he glanced at Minna coldly, nodded to Morinachi, and when he swept over Xiao Tianjian, who was walking slowly, his gaze stayed for an extra second, and then he walked silently to the small room to the east.

Minna watched him disappear through the door, turned her head to Sennett and exclaimed, "That man is so beautiful! ”

"It's a half-elf, right?" Xiao Tianjian followed, "I see that he has elven pointed ears, but his body is completely human, presumably a child born of a human and an elf." ”

"Probably, I didn't ask, and he didn't say." Sennett didn't care, "He suddenly appeared on the lawn, he was seriously injured, and I rescued him, so he simply stayed behind, saying that he was my guard." ”

"Poor man, he drank the potion you boiled, and he wasn't poisoned?" Xiao Tianjian shuddered.

Sennett gave him a blank look, "As if you haven't drunk it." ”

Minna could clearly see the expression on her grandfather's face that wanted to vomit.

When I entered the house, I was confronted by a large stone fireplace, and it was strangely burning very hot in the June day, and in front of the fireplace were three or four crucibles, all of which were boiling, and around them were many shelves of iron or wood of different heights, on which bottles of liquid were reflecting an unknown light in the light of the fire.

The ceiling on the left side of the room was slanted, and Minna remembered that it was probably the "floor" of the "room" that was stuck diagonally, with a staircase leading to the second floor. On the right side of the room, there is a large workbench and large armchair, surrounded by shelves, cabinets, and small tables with all kinds of bottles, a door in the wall, and what appears to be a room behind it.

Minna leaned closer to several large glass bottles on a shelf, she didn't know what they contained, she couldn't tell if one of them contained an earthworm or a mouse's tail, and the other seemed to be the eyes of some kind of animal. She shivered, looked back at the two "grandfathers", and saw that Xiao Tianjian was taking out several bottles from the ring, which contained many very beautiful things.

Xiao Tianjian said: "These are all collected by me in the past year, some of them are from the Yaluo Great Forest, and some of them are from the Dragon Island and the Coral Sea, you can see if it's okay." ”

Sennett looked at the bottle and said happily, "Great, great!" Star Sunflower, Black Polyp, Giraud Grass, Blue Blood Algae, and the Crystals of Fire Monsters! I thought the monsters were all extinct now. Hey? This is...... Colorful orchid? I thought that colorful was rare enough, and you can actually find colorful ones! He was so excited that his face turned red, and his pink beard was even more eccentric.

Xiao Tianjian asked anxiously, "Plus the ones collected before, are these things enough?" It is...... The one I mentioned to you last time. ”

"No problem, no problem, I'll start helping you do it later, if it goes well, it will be done in a month at most." Sennett's eyes lit up, and suddenly, he reached out and knocked Minna's hand away, "Children can't touch it!" Star sunflower is poisonous! ”

Minna retracted her hand and asked curiously, "Is this called Star Aoi?" It's funny to be a flash. ”

But the old men didn't find it funny, and hurriedly put away the dangerous items on the table, which ruined Minna's fun: "Grandpa Sennet, didn't you say you wanted to try a potion that can change the color of my hair?" Where is it? ”

Sennett took a few bottles from the shelf, took out one and said, "This square bottle can change the color of hair, and the cylindrical bottle can change the color of the eye, which one do you want to try?" ”

Minna looked left and right, and was about to reach out to take it, but was stopped by Xiao Tianjian: "Xiao Mingna, you'd better be mentally prepared, his potions are disgusting." ”

Disgusting? But the bottle was filled with a beautiful colored liquid, just like the orange juice I drank last time. She looked at her grandfather in confusion, saw that he just sighed, did not stop any longer, hesitated, and boldly took the bottle, opened it and took a sip.

It's really disgusting, it's obviously orange juice, why does it taste like raw beef with pomegranate juice?

Minna looked around for water to drink, but suddenly felt a chill on her head, and her hair had turned the color of orange. She opened her mouth wide and looked at Sennet in surprise, and the strange old man smiled and asked, "Isn't it interesting?" ”

She nodded sharply, rushed to him again, looked at the bottle in his hand, chose a square one with a sky-blue liquid, and took a sip, uh, this time it was sour mulberry with beer. With a chill on her head, her hair turned half orange and half sky blue.

Sennett smiled: "The potion is valid for one day, and if you drink other potions during this period, it will become half of the same color, and if you drink four, your hair will have four colors." ”

Minna was happy: "It's fun! I'm going to try again! She took another bottle, but this time it was cylindrical, and it contained a golden liquid, which tasted so sweet to drink, but when it itched, her eyes turned from green to gold. Drink another bottle of red, and one eye will turn red.

Minna was so happy that she didn't even notice that Xiao Tianjian was helplessly dragged to a small room to discuss what to do with "that kind of thing", and soon she was no longer satisfied with the contents of those bottles, but began to attack the medicine bottles in other cabinets. But before her fingers could touch the bottles, they were blocked, as if something clear, soft had sealed the cabinet, preventing her from touching the contents of the cabinet.

She poked at the layer with great interest, and thought it would be funny, so she poked it a few more times, but the cabinet suddenly burst into laughter, startling her. Sennett popped up from the room, "Little Minna, don't tease my cabinet. He took out a stick and knocked on a tea-tray in front of the door, and said, "There is something to eat here, so eat something first." Then he shrank back.

Minna took a closer look, and sure enough, a small plate of bread and a glass of hot milk appeared in the tea tray at some point. She took her things to the large workbench, climbed into a chair, and began to eat.

She got up early in the morning and climbed the mountain for most of the day, she was already tired and hungry, and after all the food was settled, she patted her stomach contentedly, leaned back, her elbow touched something, and her whole body suddenly sank down, and she fell into the hole in the ground that opened at some time.

(Extra...... I can't get out for the time being...... Excuse me...... )