The sky was full of sunset, and crimson fiery clouds spread from the west to the east.

Beneath the sky was red or black scorched earth, with only a few seemingly withered vegetation clinging to it.

On the way, a fist-sized, half-meter-long transparent thin wing mosquito bitten a frog, the frog twitched a few times, stomped twice weakly on its hind legs, and when it jumped into the air, the frog had been sucked into a deflated corpse by the mosquito.

In the distance, a horned antelope stared at blood-red eyes, and a dragon's roar came from its mouth, knocking away a tiger, and the tiger collapsed limply on the boulder; Then the antelope stepped on the lion with its iron hooves, and the lion rolled its eyes and fell limply, foaming at the mouth and mixed with blood.

In this scorched earth, fighting is the eternal theme, and the only theme second only to this theme is that in this land, unthinkable things are happening all the time.

In the wilderness, an old man trudged with a bag on his back, and a few swords poked out of his dilapidated bag. He limped with a gray rag wrapped around his head. On his left hand was a long strip of cloth, the other end of which was tied to a little girl's hand.

The little girl looked at the strange thing about the mosquito eating the frog and the antelope killing the lion and tiger with some fear, and couldn't help but get closer to the old man:

"Grandpa, why can that mosquito eat frogs? Why was that antelope so even a tiger and a lion able to kill? ”

The old man touched the top of the girl's head: "Little Ah Zi, there are thousands of species on the scorched earth, and no one knows what creatures there are. There may be 10,000 species of mosquitoes alone, and it is normal for mosquitoes to eat frogs. ”

"After a little more walking, there should be a village ahead, and I saw a few ruts on the ground, and we followed them." The old man continued to squint, looked at the horned antelope, and slowly said to the little girl, "Don't be afraid of the scorched earth, this place where the wrath of the gods has descended is full of beasts that choose people to devour, the more afraid you are, the more rampant they will be, and they can feel the fear in your eyes." ”

They took two more steps, and a dragon's roar came from the throat of the bighorned antelope in the distance, and it galloped towards them with red eyes!

The old man snorted coldly, his messy beard trembled, he pulled out a big sword from his bag, twisted his wrist and shook off the scabbard, and raised his sword to slash at the rushing horned antelope.

After a flash, the old man slowly picked up the scabbard from the ground and put away the sword without any blood stains. The bighorned antelope rushed over, walked three or five steps, roared, and shook its head.

But then, the antelope's eyes gradually turned gray; A thin blood-red line spread from its shoulders to its hind legs, and finally the whole horned antelope turned into two halves that were slightly staggered up and down, one left and one right, and the internal organs gurgled all over the ground.

The old man's sword not only cut the horned antelope diagonally, but also so fast that there was not a trace of blood, so fast that the horned antelope had already been cut open, but it took three or five steps before it died......

The old man put the sword back in his bag and said to the little girl, "Don't be afraid, if there is anything on the scorched earth that wants to kill you, I will kill him first." ”

The little girl nodded and hugged the old man's thick and strong arms. At that moment, many knotted green tendons exploded on the old man's arm, and those green tendons slowly dissipated after the death of the horned antelope.

The old man sighed, squatted down, touched the little girl's head, and then took out a brown rice cake from his bag, broke off a large piece, and gave it to the little girl: "Eat more, we have a long way to the imperial capital." ”

The little girl rubbed her hand on her clothes before taking the brown rice cake and saying while nibbling, "Why do the people of the imperial capital want to arrest my mother?" The imperial capital is so far from home, and, where is my father? ”

A trace of sadness flashed in the old man's eyes, he couldn't tell his granddaughter that three days ago, her father was killed by people from the imperial capital, throwing his body into the scorched earth, and then those people from the imperial capital took away the old man's daughter-in-law, and captured her there to practice with medicine, and dedicated it to the current emperor to practice.

He had no choice but to lie to her, lied to her that her father was fine, and then told her that the people in the imperial capital had arrested her mother, and they went over to the imperial capital to save her mother.

He looked at the little girl slowly, and his tone was depressed: "Little Ah Zi, your father has gone out hunting again, and it will take a long time to come back." Your mother was arrested by the people in the imperial capital, because the people in the imperial capital are all evil ghosts, and we went over to save your mother. ”

The little girl nodded, ate the cake, blinked her eyes, and said indistinctly: "Well, save my mother!" ”

They continued to walk forward, to the front, and the ruts were getting more and more, newer, and even human footprints. It seems that there may not be a village ahead, but a large city.

It's just that the sun is setting, and the night is coming, and the old man wants to hurry to a place where there are people and stay overnight. He didn't want his granddaughter Zi Ranran to spend the night in the dark, the scorched earth was too cold, and they didn't bring a lot of wool or clothes.

"Sit on my back, and I'll carry you." The old man said.

Zi Ranran stepped on the ground, and a circle of air burst out from the ground, and she jumped directly into the air, and then landed firmly behind the old man.

The old man tightened his legs, and then slammed his strength and stepped on the ground with one foot, even the earth wrinkled, and was torn apart by the old man's terrifying step!

The big stone on the ground bounced up, and when the stone hit down again, the old man had already carried the little girl on his back and rushed out for more than ten miles, and the smoke and dust were billowing along the way.

Soon they saw a wall ahead of them, and the walls were made of uncut stones, and the large stones were filled with small stones in between, and the remaining gaps were covered with cohesive clay and bales of hay. This kind of stone wall can generally be stacked seven meters high, and this wall is seven meters.

Before the man reached the city wall, the guardian beast tethered to the wall had already been seen. Those were tigers with dragon heads and tails, three meters high, with a palm-wide iron lock on their necks tied to the city wall, wandering and roaring at the old man, and every ten meters there was a roaring dragon and tiger beast, firmly chained to the iron chain.

Sometimes at night, when the scorched earth beasts attack the city, the soldiers on the wall shoot two rounds of longbows, and use catapults to throw two rounds of thatched balls soaked in alcohol and then ignited, and when the few remaining monsters rush to the city wall, the dragon and tiger beasts can eat those beasts directly.

"This kind of city wall, and these city protectors, this is usually a county town...... "The old man muttered to himself, "When did there be a county town here?" I don't even know, what has been built in 80 years? It's just that there are only two patrolling guards on the wall, and the city lord is too confident. ”

The old man didn't walk through the main gate, but when he was three or four meters away from a dragon and tiger beast, he jumped high and stepped on the top of the beast's head, and before the dragon and tiger beast could react, the old man stepped on the city wall!

The aura under his feet became a hook, hooking the wall, and the old man sprinted all the way on the wall with Zi Ranran on his back, ran to the city wall, and then turned over, running all the way down, as if the wall was a flat road!

Within the city walls is a prosperous county town, the streets are neat and clean, unlike the people who find a random place to set up a stall on the village street, where the county town sets up stalls and plays, they have to go to some concentrated miscellaneous markets.

The old man and Zi Ranran fell into the noisy market, trotted for a while, and found one of the best inns in the county.

"We want the best." The old man wiped his dirty face, took out a huge angular spirit stone from his bag, and patted it in front of the innkeeper, "The wine, food, and desserts are all according to the best standards, and you don't want to look for money." ”

The innkeeper was frightened and picked up the spirit stone in excellent condition, his eyes were straight, his body trembled a little, and he trembled and said, "Guest officer...... No, this man, but the last room in the small shop happened to be asked for by the guest officer. ”

Not far from the innkeeper stood a young man, dressed in fancy clothes, with short hair and a fair face, and a fairly handsome appearance.

His clothes weren't robes, not sackcloth, but some kind of straitjacket worn by Assassins at night, but it was more form-fitting and made of strange materials. In addition to the tights, he also wore sleeveless soft armor-like things, and he also wore a pair of pants with short legs but relatively thick trousers.

The young man frowned, and a flash of silver light flashed in his hand, and a stack of silver tickets appeared in his hand and patted in front of the innkeeper: "The room is still mine." ”

The old man frowned, thinking to himself, the young man's method of taking out the silver ticket from his hand...... Could it be a space spell?

The look of the fancy dress...... Could it be that he is from the West?

The innkeeper looked at the spirit stone on his left hand for a while, and at the pile of thick silver tickets on his right hand for a while, and fainted with joy......

This...... It's not a dream, is it......

The old man snorted coldly, his beard trembled, and he didn't care about any space spells, and took out two more spirit stones from his bag: "Xiaoyou, don't fight with me, let me live." ”

The young man shook his head, looking arrogant: "You can do whatever you want me to do, then I'm not very faceless?" As he spoke, he took out a brand-new silver ticket tied with five clouds of brocade silk.

Old man:......

Finally, the innkeeper looked at the strange fellows on both sides, and said in a low voice, "Or...... You two...... Sharing a room? Feel relieved! The house is definitely big enough! We were able to add a mattress and the food and drinks were served to the best standard...... No, let's hurry up and buy the best food from Tianxianglou for the two of you! ”

When the old man heard this, he frowned, rubbed his eyebrows and sighed: "The old man and his granddaughter only live for one night, and they just want to sleep well. By the way, boss, as for the food in Tianxianglou, it's too exaggerated, so you don't need to ......"

The young man smiled slightly, and made an inexplicable bow: "Don't worry, I just want to sleep, and there is no scruple about squeezing it." Oh yes, boss, you can get me more food for Tianxianglou, and I can still use it as dry food on the road...... There are also six stacks of silver tickets that were given to them, and they will be returned. ”

The old man looked at the young man who was full of anger with empty eyes, and asked, "What is the name of Xiaoyou?" ”

"Oh, my name is Qin Feng." Qin Feng smiled slowly, took the six stacks of silver tickets that the innkeeper reluctantly handed back, and took back the space bag.