When Wang Fan and his mother and brother worked together to bury the deceased, it was already completely dark. All three were exhausted, and digging a large pit by hand in the mountains was laborious work.

Wang Fan carried his travel bag and schoolbag with an iron hoe and walked home with his mother and brother by starlight.

Wang Fan only downplayed part of the story of the deceased to his mother, because her mother dropped out of school after only the fourth grade of primary school and rarely went out of the mountains, and she could not understand the complicated things. What's more, as soon as she heard her youngest son say that she was going to bury a dead person she met on the road, Wang Fan's mother was so frightened that the stomach pain of the six gods and no owner immediately attacked, and she didn't have any intention to understand what happened, but kept urging her two sons to finish the work of burying people quickly.

A few years ago, Wang Fan's brother had an accident with his uncle in the deep mountains and old forests to collect medicine, and his uncle fell one leg and was disabled, and Wang Fan's brain was disabled, because the family could not afford the expensive brain surgery and only took some commonly used medicinal materials.

Since his brother and Uncle Zhuzi were disabled by collecting medicines, Wang Fan proposed to his mother to plant herbs in the mountains behind his house, and his hard work for several years has paid off, and the several medicinal materials planted have brought stable income to the family every year to maintain the family's food and clothing.

Wang Fan's mother was busy making dinner immediately after returning home, Wang Fan went into his room to inspect the princess cat first, and saw that she was sleeping on the bed safely, and his heart that had been worried finally settled down. Then he didn't bother to change his sweaty clothes, and started to do what he had just planned.

On the way home, Wang Fan has been thinking about how to fulfill the trust of the deceased, and he thinks that the first step is to heal the hoarse throat of the princess cat, and if the princess cat can speak human words, he can understand what happened to the mysterious country of Outer Heaven.

Wang Fan's grandfather's family has been collecting medicine in the mountains and treating people in the mountains for generations, so Wang Fan's mother also knows the uses of some common medicinal materials. Wang Fan had heard and witnessed the practices of his mother and uncle since he was a child, so he also knew how to use the medicinal herbs produced at home to cure some common diseases such as cold and flu.

Under the supervision of his mother, Wang Fan quickly boiled a bowl of soup and medicine, because he was worried that the medicine was a little bitter and the princess cat was unwilling to drink it, Wang Fan specially added enough sugar to the medicinal soup.

Wang Fan woke up the princess cat and whispered to her about drinking medicine. The princess cat understood at once, and nodded to Wang Fan obediently.

Wang Fan was overjoyed, it seemed that although the princess had become a cat, she was still empathetic. He placed the large porcelain bowl containing the soup and medicine on the desk, and the princess cat squatted on the table and drank the medicine meekly.

Wang Fan's dinner is very simple, on weekdays, each person usually has a small bowl of rice, a plate of steamed sweet potatoes and a plate of green vegetables, but today, Wang Fan's mother specially made a plate of fragrant scrambled eggs.

But the princess cat only has a soft spot for sweet potatoes, and she eats a few sweet potatoes and goes to bed satisfied. Wang Fan did not tell his mother and brother that the cat was unusual, and Wang Fan was worried that if they knew the truth, they would make a fuss about the recurrence of the old disease.

Although the house of Ah Niu's house is shabby in appearance, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, there are two rooms on each side of the hall, the two rooms on the north side are the kitchen and the mother's bedroom, Ah Niu's bedroom is on the south side of the same side of the kitchen, and the opposite side is the brother's bedroom.

After eating and taking a bath, Wang Fan couldn't wait to study another treasure given by the deceased in the room before his death.

Although the short sword was only about forty centimeters long, it was heavy in the hand, and the hilt and scabbard were blue-yellow, and some incomprehensible patterns were carved on it. What made Wang Fan excited was that the hilt of the sword was inlaid with a gemstone the size of Wang Fan's finger, shining blue and faint under the lamplight.

Wang Fan pulled out the short sword vigorously, the sword was iron gray, the blade was sharp and there was no rust, and it was a good sword on the whole.

Although Wang Fan knew little about the value of gold and silver jewelry, he roughly knew how valuable gold was, a small gold ring was worth a thousand yuan, if the hilt and scabbard were made of gold, and the sapphire was also a real gem, then this short sword should be worth a lot of money. As for how much it is worth, as long as you check the relevant information on the Internet, you can basically estimate it.

The two precious relics left by the deceased were understood, and Wang Fan fell into deep thought: if the story told by the deceased is true, and the deceased fled with the princess cat before his death, then the identity of the deceased should be different, at least he was the personal guard of King Ba, and the short sword he carried should be of higher value. But even if you can go to the big city and sell the dagger for a good price, then what?

And then spend money to find a few martial arts masters to catch the demons? But the demon is undoubtedly an alien, he may not only have demonic magic that the earthlings can't imagine, but also very likely to have deadly weapons that the earthlings don't have, and the martial arts master may not be his opponent.

Wang Fan couldn't think of a solution, and he was very tired today, so he decided to rest early and wait for tomorrow to find a way to communicate with the princess cat to get more information before considering the next move.

Outside the window, the sound of frogs and insects is playing a dream-inducing summer night symphony. Flocks of fireflies carrying small golden lanterns fly around in the grass forest among the seedlings, writing their innocent and romantic fairy tales in the starlight of the summer night. The twinkling stars in the high sky are like fairy insects flying in the sky, and the most conspicuous thing in the starry sky is undoubtedly the white nebula that spans thousands of miles of sky, which is the magnificent Milky Way that is surging endlessly.

On weekdays, Wang Fan will sit in front of the house and look at the starry sky in a daze at this time, he has always believed that there is no picture in the world that is as beautiful as the brilliant starry sky, and the vast starry sky must treasure countless unimaginable magic.

Wang Fan's dream tonight is destined not to be peaceful, and the lost kingdom that has been passed down from generation to generation by the mountain people turns out to be far away. The key to the mysterious door to that world is already in hand, but that world is already in danger, and the promises made to the dead are not worth much.

What should he do?

"Wang Fan! Wang Fan! "A girl's voice seems to come from heaven, who is calling me? Wang Fan tried his best to find it in his dream.

"Wang Fan, wake up! Wang Fan, wake up! The voice continued to call, Wang Fan felt something touch his face, he touched it with his hand, a bunch of fluffy, wolves! Wang Fan woke up from a heavy dream and immediately sweated profusely. When he opened his eyes, he saw two small round eyes that shimmered yellow in the dark, and dimly he remembered the princess cat on the bed.

"Wang Fan, you are really good, I can speak after drinking your medicine!" The princess cat's low voice was completely the soft tone of a young girl, and the accent was not much different from that of the mountain people.

Wang Fan came to his senses completely, and he sat up. Through the light of the stars and moon shining through the window, Wang Fan could clearly see the princess cat looking at him with her head raised at hand, although she was making pleasant words, if it weren't for Wang Fan's psychological preparation, speaking human words to a cat in the shadows at this moment must have made him creepy.

"Wang Fan, do you have a way to turn me back into a human form?" The princess's voice was full of anticipation.

Listening to the voice, the princess's age should be about the same as himself, Wang Fan lowered his voice and said: "I don't think the earth world has a medical technique that can turn people into animal shapes and then change them back, I always thought that the metamorphosis was just a mythological story, but I didn't expect that the alien world really has this kind of metamorphosis." Princess, do you remember how you were turned into a cat by a demon demon? ”

The princess cat said in a low voice: "Wang Fan, you are now my protector, just call me Zhen'er, that's what my brother calls me." That night, I woke up to the sound of a fierce fight outside the palace, and then I heard the guards shouting that Lord Hu had rebelled, and knew that the situation was serious. So I hurriedly ran to the room of my father and queen mother, but as soon as I entered, I was blocked by Master Hu and his two apprentices.

Hu Tang asked my father to hand over the Tongtian treasure, saying that as long as he gave him the Tongtian treasure, he would take the apprentices out of the Ba Wang's mansion. But my father denied that there was any treasure. I was amazed at the time, because the treasure of Babel is the top secret of my family's generations, and only important members of the royal family know about it. How could Master Hu know?

At that moment, two cat-headed men came through the door, one old and one young, with green faces. Master Hu said to my father, "My lord, these two are the Archmage and his apprentices from outside the heavens, and they both used the Heavenly Treasure to summon divine machines to come to us. The archmage knew about the Hal god outside the sky, and he said that five hundred years ago, the Hal god took our Ba ancestors from the old world to the new world, and once gave the first king King Meng a treasure to the heavens. As long as the king hands over the treasure to Hu, Hu will return to the old world with his apprentice and no longer interfere in any affairs in the new world. ’”

Zhen'er paused at this point, looking down to think about something.

Wang Fan reminded: "Your father didn't give them this heavenly treasure, so that cat-headed man just..."

"Treasure Tongtian is our family heirloom, and it is about the safety of the new world. You think that if you let a restless person like Hall Master Hu get the treasure of Tongtian and return to the old world to do nonsense, sooner or later he will be defeated by bad people who are even higher than his martial arts. Once the bad guys of the old world have the treasure of Tongtian, they will go to the new world to cause chaos, and the heavenly kingdom founded by our Ba people for 500 years will perish again. Knowing that my father would rather die than hand over the treasure of Tongtian, the Lord of the Hall of Hu threatened my father to ask the cat-headed man to turn me into a cat, and my father, the queen mother, and I thought that the Lord of the Hall was just scaring us, because I had never heard of any magic that could turn people into cats. But I didn't expect that the cat-headed man really had this kind of magic skills, and he used a strange-shaped sword in his hand to send out a puff of smoke to envelop me, and I smelled a puff of medicine and fell unconscious. When I woke up, I found that I had become like this, and I was caught by the old demon. ”

Zhen'er's voice was full of grief and indignation, and she paused again.

"Princess, ah, no, Jane, who is the man who brought you? I think it's your father's personal bodyguard. Wang Fan said tentatively.

"He is my uncle, in fact, my father's Tongtian treasure is hidden in my uncle's house, so even if the Hu Tang Master turns the Ba Wangfu upside down, he can't find the Tongtian treasure." Jen said.

"So it was your uncle who rescued you and fled to us?" Wang Fan asked knowingly and induced the princess to recall the past.

Zhen'er raised her head and said, "My father and queen mother were so grief-stricken when they saw me, and Hall Master Hu said that as long as I handed over the treasure of Tongtian, I would let the demon turn me back into my original form." I saw that my father was very anxious, because once my father said that the treasure of Tongtian was with my uncle, not only would my uncle be affected, but once the master of the hall of Hu got the treasure of Tongtian, he would get an inch, and the demon would take advantage of my father's love for me to force my father to do more things against his will. So I bit down hard at the demon's stinky hand, and the demon let go of me in pain, and I immediately jumped off the ground and escaped through the window.

Then I ran to my uncle's house, and although I could no longer speak, I could write. When my uncle saw what I wrote, he understood that the Ba Wangfu was occupied by the Hu Tang Lord and the demons, so he immediately gathered his security team of more than 100 people and rushed to the Ba Wangfu. But they couldn't beat it, because not only did Hall Master Hu and his apprentices have good martial arts, but also the demons would emit poisonous gas, and those who were poisoned would soon faint. My uncle saw that his people couldn't beat him, so he took me on a horse and fled, and the master of Hu Tang drove the carriage with two demons to chase behind, but seeing that he couldn't catch up, they shot arrows in the back, and my uncle was hit by a poisoned arrow in the back. ”

"So the Hu Hall Master and the demon only have cold weapons." Wang Fan said to himself.

"What cold weapon?"

"Cold weapons refer to primitive weapons such as swords, bows and arrows, and hot weapons such as guns have long been used in wars in the earth world." Wang Fan said this, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, gun! As long as you have a pistol and a few hundred bullets, you can fight alone, no matter how high the swordsmanship and demon skills of the Hu Hall Master and the demon are, as long as you shoot them a few times from a distance, you will still die.

Perhaps it is the genetics of the general, Wang Fan has been fascinated by military affairs since he was a child, as long as it is a war-themed movie, he will do everything possible to watch it. His favorite program on the radio is also about military topics. From sensible times, he dreamed of another small pistol to hunt in the mountains.

With an idea, Wang Fan's restless heart settled down, and he already saw the hope of fulfilling the princess's uncle's will. He had always dreamed of a real gun, so he kept an eye out for news about it, and not long before that, he had heard a news report about an underground gun deal, where he was said to be able to buy a real pistol and bullets for a few thousand dollars. Although it is illegal to buy and sell guns, it is a heroic act of righteousness and courage to save the country and the princess, and once you buy a gun, it is not used within the scope of the law, although it is a bit illegal to buy a gun on the black market, Wang Fan thinks that his situation is special and can be forgiven. However, with the addition of travel expenses, it will take at least 10,000 yuan or more to carry out the gun purchase operation.

Thinking of this, Wang Fan changed the topic and asked, "Zhen'er, is the short sword that your uncle gave me made of gold?" ”

"Of course!" Zhen'er said.

"Is it true that there is a sapphire on the hilt of the sword?"

"Of course it's true! Wang Fan, why do you ask this? Zhen'er's tone was full of doubt.

"That's good! I have a way to go back to your world and defeat the Hu Tang Master and the Maotou. Wang Fan replied.