The sun was still hot in early August, shining on the rice paddies in the mountains, sending out vapours of translucent water. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info standing on the top of the mountain and looking at it, the rice in the field is green and green, swaying with the wind, and the rice ears are heavy, and have begun to slightly yellow, and there are signs of a bumper harvest.

In the mountains of the Far East, Qinjia Village is as quiet as ever, except for the occasional rooster or dog barking, or a long cow moo, there is no other movement.

In the evening, Qin Baoshan looked at his rice again, picked up his hoe, and walked towards home. Although he is the head of the village, in this small mountain village, he still has to do some farm work, otherwise he will have nothing to do.

A moment later, Qin Baoshan climbed a low slope, was stunned for a moment in front of a large stone that had been split in half by some sharp weapon, and then lowered his head and walked a few meters with a little thought, came to the Qin family's mansion located on the top of the mountain, pushed open the double-leaf red lacquer gate, and returned home.

"Wife, I'm back." Qin Baoshan said as he put the hoe in a corner of the courtyard.

"Wash your hands, the meal will be ready in no time." His wife poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted at him.

"Dad is back~" "Dad, I'll fetch you water." "I'll get you a towel." Several of Qin Baoshan's sons and daughters surrounded him.

"Okay, good, you're all good boys." Qin Baoshan took the water from his fifth son, and then took the towel from his youngest daughter, and squatted in the granite paved courtyard to scrub it.

"Dad, I'll get you an undershirt." The fourth daughter said. "Eh, okay."

It didn't take long for Qin Baoshan, who had scrubbed and changed into a white vest, to the wooden table in the kitchen and sat down under the support of his children.

"Dad, I'll fan you." "Dad, I'll give you sugar water." "Dad, I'll give you a massage."

Seeing that the children were extremely enthusiastic today, Qin Baoshan knew that they must have something to ask for, so he smiled and said, "If you have any requirements, just say it." ”

"Dad, we want to take advantage of the summer vacation to go to the town to play with the third sister." "I want to go too." "Uh-huh~"

The children were chattering and begging, Qin Baoshan glanced left and right, and then said solemnly: "Your third sister is learning skills from a great grandmaster, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you can't disturb her now." ”

"The last time Niu Wa came back from the town, didn't she say that the third sister was already a disciple of the Fire Horn Temple? Listening to him, the status of the third sister is high, and she is protected by warrior monks wherever she goes. "Let's just go to see the third sister and don't bother her." "Yes, yes, we'll take a look."

"No way!" Qin Baoshan frowned and refused loudly.

"Old man, why are you talking so loudly? I'm not afraid to scare the children, just go and see the girl, what's wrong? Qin Mu held a spatula in one hand and crossed her waist in the other, and walked over and said with a menacing attitude.

"You know what? The hair is long and the knowledge is short, and I can't go if I can't go! Qin Baoshan insisted without changing his face.

"Wow! Old man, you don't take me seriously anymore......" Mother Qin was about to go crazy, but there was a light knock outside the door.

"Knock knock...... Knock knock knock ......"

"Who?" Qin Baoshan and his wife glanced at each other, and then asked loudly.

"Knock knock......" The visitor didn't seem to hear Qin Baoshan's voice, and continued to knock on the door.

"Here we are, wait." Qin Baoshan pulled the fourth daughter who was about to open the door, picked up a flat pole by the door, and walked over.

"Crunch ......"

When I opened the door, there were two people dressed in gray robes and hoods, covering their appearances, and judging by their size, they should be two men.

"You are ......" Qin Baoshan looked wary and hesitated.

"Uncle Qin, it's me." A familiar voice came out of the hood, Qin Baoshan was startled, and hurriedly got out of the way and beckoned the two of them to enter the door.

"Why are you here?" After quickly closing the door, Qin Baoshan asked a little nervously.

In the courtyard, the two lifted their hoods one after another, revealing two young faces. A line is resolute, eyes like eagles, and a sharp cold light; The other line is soft, the eyes are like pools, deep and indifferent, calm and elegant.

"This is my friend, the guard in front of the fire of the ancient temple, Zhao Wenke." Iron slag introduced.

"Hello, Village Chief Qin." Zhao Wenke clenched his hands into fists and said with an ancient salute on his chin.

"We have something to pass by here......" Iron Slag had just said halfway through when Qin's mother and Qin Baoshan's children surrounded him.

"Oh, it's iron slag, hurry up, come in and eat something, the food is hot~" Mother Qin greeted warmly, she was still very rare to this golden beetle son-in-law.

"Hello big brother." "Brother Tie~" "Brother is good~" A man and two women shouted sweetly, Iron Slag smiled, and nodded in return one by one.

"Come on, come on, come into the house." After Qin Baoshan pushed his daughter and wife back to the kitchen, he took the two to the living room.

After boiling tea and serving a few pastries, Qin Baoshan asked about the intention of the two.

"We're going to go deep into the mountains, but we don't have the experience to ask you for advice." Iron Slag said.

"Hmm......" Qin Baoshan lowered his head and muttered for a while, then raised his head, looked at the iron slag and asked, "Which specific location?" ”

"From here, it's about 11,000 kilometers to the southwest." Iron Slag said.

"Hiss......" Qin Baoshan couldn't help but take a breath, and after a long while, he said, "Our ancestors have never been that far away, the altitude there is too high, not only is the temperature below minus forty degrees, but the air is also very thin, human beings can't survive there, you ......" Qin Baoshan frowned, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Do you have to go?" ”

"Gotta go." Iron Slag said in a firm tone.

"Then you have to bring enough oxygen cylinders and oxygen-making equipment, and if you are in a state of hypoxia and low temperature for a long time, your body organs will gradually die." Qin Baoshan said.

"I'm a seventh-order psionic with power armor protection, so it should be fine, right?" Zhao Wenke asked.

Qin Baoshan was startled at first, and glanced at Zhao Wenke, after all, the seventh-order psionic person was not a cabbage, and he usually couldn't see it at all. Then, he shook his head and said, "It's useless, if you are at a low temperature for a long time, the transmission oil in the power armor will gradually solidify, unless you can keep the power armor running, including when you sleep, otherwise you will wake up the next morning, and you will find that the power armor cannot be started." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Wenke nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Also, there are some ancient creatures living on the snowy mountains, they are much stronger than the black tigers, and some of them can even fight against the holy ranks of the human race, if you encounter them, they may not be able to escape in the case of lack of oxygen and low temperature."

"We have to go no matter what." Iron Slag said calmly.

Looking at the firm attitude of the iron slag, Qin Baoshan pondered for a long time, and finally patted his thigh and said: "In this way, leave the equipment to me, I will be responsible for purchasing the necessary materials, and then organize the hunters in the village to take you three thousand kilometers away, and then camp there and wait for you to come back." ”

"Okay......" Iron Slag nodded, and asked again, "How much does it cost?" ”

"You don't need the money, last time you brought a lot of gold and silver jewelry, I will use the money to buy things for you." Qin Baoshan waved his hand and said.

"This ......" Tie Slag hesitated and looked at Zhao Wenke. The latter immediately understood, took out two coins with purple shimmer from his arms, and stuffed them into Qin Baoshan's hands.

Looking down, the coin was half the size of a palm, non-gold and silver, and made of a very special material, engraved with intersecting war hammers and staves, and a pot of flame below, surrounded by a wreath of rice, honeysuckle, lotus root, and sweet potato vines.

"Ancient Coins!" Qin Baoshan shouted loudly.

Zhao Wenke nodded, an ancient coin could be exchanged for eight hundred and eighty-eight gold coins in the ancient temple. But in reality, ancient coins are much more than that, and due to their scarcity, they can often sell for more than a thousand gold coins.

"No...... I can't take ......" Qin Baoshan muttered with a dull gaze, as if talking to himself

"We are ordered by the ancient great prophet to go to the depths of the distant mountains to explore the past history, please accept it." Zhao Wenke said.

"We are our own family, don't be polite to me." Iron slag pressed Qin Baoshan's shoulder, then grinned and said.

"Okay......" Qin Baoshan sighed and said, "Then store it with me first, and you can take whatever you want in the future." ”

Subsequently, under the arrangement of Qin's mother, the two had a sumptuous peasant meal, including fried braised pig's trotters with red pepper, stir-fried beef with coriander and celery, stewed spicy chicken in oil, salted egg mustard meat slice soup, stir-fried cabbage sum with lard residue, and then took a comfortable hot bath. After changing his clothes, Tie Slag said that he and Zhao Wenke could sleep in one room, and there was no need to arrange two rooms, which caused Qin's mother to be suspicious for a while.

"You two big men sleep in the same room?" Mother Qin asked in surprise.

"yes, what's wrong?" Iron Slag looked dazed and asked rhetorically.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing ......," Qin Mu quickly shook her head.

After waiting for the iron slag to enter the room, Qin's mother walked quickly to the living room, pulled Qin Baoshan into the corner, glanced around, and then whispered in his ear: "Old man, Ke'er's man wants to sleep in the same room with that man, is this normal?" ”

"Ahh Qin Baoshan was immediately taken aback, this news even made him feel more frightened than when the temple princess came to Qinjia Village. Forget about being a junior in a family, take 10,000 steps back and say, at least she is still a normal man. It's okay now, not even a normal man......

Just when the couple was suffering from gains and losses, in the side room, Tie Slag and Zhao Wenke were sitting at the wooden table, drinking the small farmhouse wine that Qin Baoshan had just dug out of the cellar, while discussing things.

"In the past few days, Bi Qinglan has repeatedly urged me to get in touch with William of the Reinhardt family, I really don't understand what her intentions are." Iron Slag said with a frown. Even if he couldn't guess her purpose, he knew that Bi Qinglan would never help him.

"Judging from the current situation of the Snake Clan, as well as the political situation in the Silver City World, her intentions are obvious......" Zhao Wenke smiled warmly and said.

"Tell me about it." Iron Slag made a "please" gesture.