Chapter 5: The Two-Year Covenant

"Little brother stays. ”

Mo Ying was stopped as soon as he took two steps, and it was the woman Mo Ying saved just now.

"For the grace of saving my life, my aunt is grateful. After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Mo Ying deeply.

"The eldest lady is polite, it's just a gesture. Mo Ying returned the salute and chuckled.

The woman in front of Mo Ying is worthy of being a strong woman, in this short period of time, she has completely digested the life-and-death things that happened just now, and gradually no longer has palpitations, and her words and deeds have become normal.

"Saving Grace ???"

The people next to the woman looked at each other in disbelief, perhaps in their eyes, this fair-skinned immature child could not do anything.

"You don't know, I went into the depths of the mountain range by mistake in order to collect medicine before, and I never thought that I would encounter the Qingfeng Leopard, thanks to this little brother who repelled the Qingfeng Leopard, otherwise I am afraid I would have ......"

"What?"

"That Qingfeng leopard was injured by him just now??"

For a while, everyone's faces were full of shock, and the leader had a lot of thoughts in his heart, as the number one warrior in the village, he knew very well what kind of beast it was, the adult Qingfeng Leopard could easily tear himself apart, and now he was repelled by this young and thin boy who looked immature and thin?

"Impossible, I estimate that the five-year-old baby in the village can beat ten such little white faces. ”

Although the facts were in front of them, it was still difficult for everyone to accept the fact that Mo Ying had repelled the Qingfeng Leopard for a while, because Mo Ying's whole person looked like a weak little white face, and he didn't have any strength at all.

"Thank you, little brother, for saving your life. The leader hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said loudly, and then everyone saluted Mo Ying together.

"Uncles are polite, the kid wants to ask, are there any market towns or villages around here?" Mo Ying said with some embarrassment.

Seeing that Mo Ying was so polite, and regardless of whether the previous repulsion of the Qingfeng Leopard was true or not, everyone invisibly increased their good impression of Mo Ying a lot.

"Do you see that mountain?" said the leader, pointing to a large black mountain.

"Uh-huh. Mo Ying followed the prestige, and after finding out that it was the Demon Dragon Mountain, he pretended not to care and nodded.

"The nearby villages have all been moved away because of the mountain, and now we are the only one left in the mountain. The man sighed.

"Uncle can warn you, that mountain is an ominous mountain, don't go up it. The leader said, but he didn't know that Mo Ying had just come down from the mountain there.

"Why, is there anything in that mountain?" Mo Ying asked knowingly.

"We don't know what is on the mountain, but the ancestors in the village do not allow us to climb the mountain, but the legend says that no one can survive to go up. The leader said rigorously.

"Hmm. Mo Ying nodded.

"Since the little brother wants to find a place to stay, let's go to our village. The woman who was beside her spoke.

"Yes, little brother, you are your sister-in-law's life-saving benefactor, and we haven't thanked you yet" The leader suddenly realized and said loudly.

"Uh..." Mo Ying hesitated for a moment and thanked him. "Well, the kid really has nowhere to go now but to disturb your uncles and aunts. ”

"Don't bother, don't bother," the leader waved his hand and said, "My name is Shen Fei, the fourth in the village, they all call me Fourth Brother, what do you call Little Brother." ”

"The kid's name is Mo Ying, just call me Xiao Mo. Mo Ying replied.

Mo Ying slowly walked into the team, fifteen-year-old Mo Ying was already very tall among his peers, but compared to this group of muscular men, Mo Ying was a lot shorter.

"Oh, it's a shame to let that Qingfeng leopard run away!"

"What's the matter? Did you hit it?"

"It's, isn't it hurt!"

"What if you're hurt, it's not like you're playing......

"Haha......"

The group began to walk with laughter and laughter, and after a while, they moved away from the Demon Dragon Mountain, and Mo Ying gradually sensed the existence of a large number of healthy life breaths, and could clearly feel that there was no miasma of the Demon Dragon Mountain here, and it was completely harmless to the human body, but the aura between heaven and earth was still very thin.

Mo Ying followed the team over one hill after another, and finally, a large flat grassland appeared in front of him, unobstructed by trees, and as far as the eye could see.

"It's here, that's it. Shen Fei pointed not far away and said.

Mo Ying followed the prestige and found that there was an artificial entrance on the plain, which should be the entrance of the village, and to Mo Ying's surprise, there were no protective facilities at the entrance of the village.

"Fourth uncle, why is there no protection at the entrance of the village, aren't you afraid of the invasion of spirit beasts at night?" Mo Ying sensed that there was a large amount of wild spirit beast aura nearby, so he asked worriedly.

"Hey, we've never been here for hundreds of years. Shen Fei said disappreciatively.

"Really, no problem......"

At the entrance of the village, a gray-haired old man was on crutches, standing under a charred tree, looking at the direction of Mo Ying and his party motionlessly, and the breeze blew his gray hair and beard.

“!”

Just as Mo Ying's gaze swept to the charred black tree, an icy chill rose from the bottom of Mo Ying's heart, and all the hairs on his body exploded.

"Fourth uncle, is that?" Mo Ying pretended to be calm and asked Shen Fei beside him.

"Ha, that's our village chief. Shen Fei didn't see Mo Ying's strange appearance, replied with a smile, and then began to shout: "Village Chief, we are back......"

"Fourth Uncle, I'm talking about that tree..."Mo Ying lowered his voice.

"Oh, that's our Patronus. Shen Fei said with a smile.

"Patronus?" Mo Ying asked.

"Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the grandfather of the grandfather of the village chief...... Well, anyway, a long time ago, in order to protect the village, the guardian spirit was split like this by the thunder in the sky. At the mention of this, Shen Fei's eyes were full of awe.

A tree that was blackened hundreds of years ago is now not even half a leaf, but it still stands and stands quietly as a legend.

"You bunnies, you're back!" the village chief scolded with red eyes.

"Hehe...... everyone didn't speak, but just smirked tacitly.

"Who is this little brother?" said the village chief to Mo Ying.

"He is my savior, without this child, I am afraid that I would be torn apart by the Qingfeng Leopard, and it was he who repelled the Qingfeng Leopard to save me. The woman quickly explained.

"What?Qingfeng Leopard?" Hearing these three words, the old village elder was shocked.

"It's nonsense, I said Huang girl, I told you that it was dangerous over there, don't go, don't go, you still went secretly, you are forty years old, children call you aunt, and you are as willful as when you were a child! The old village chief's angry eyes widened.

"Haha, I was about to thank you, but the sixth leg's leg injury can finally be treated, huh. Mrs. Huang untied the cloth bag on her back, which was full of herbs.

"Young man, please come over for a moment. ”

Just when a group of people were talking and laughing happily, a divine thought was directly transmitted into Mo Ying's sea of consciousness, and this abrupt divine thought scared Mo Ying into a cold sweat, this abrupt feeling was too penetrating.

Mo Ying looked around and found that the villagers were all the same, still talking with their eyebrows, and Mo Ying's eyes looked directly at the tree. Taking a step, Mo Ying walked towards the charred tree.

"Hey, little brother?"

After taking a few steps, everyone also noticed Mo Ying's strange behavior, so Shen Fei hurriedly called out. However, Mo Ying ignored Shen Fei, as if he hadn't heard, and still walked straight forward.

"Don't move. ”

Shen Fei shook his head and stepped forward to pull Mo Ying, but was stopped by the village chief.

"Don't talk, let's go back to the village quietly, I'm here. The village chief raised his hand and whispered.

"Sit. When Mo Ying got close enough, another divine thought came in.

The trunk is not very tall, only about four or five meters high, and the whole body is charred and black, giving it a crumbling feeling. Mo Ying faced the charred tree and sat down cross-legged.

"It's okay to have such a level of cultivation at such an age. ”

The message conveyed by this divine thought made Mo Ying feel a little inexplicable, as if the trees were talking to Mo Ying, and it was like the trees were talking to themselves.

Mo Ying closed his eyes and entered his own sea of consciousness space, only to see a figure, vague and almost transparent.

"Senior!" Mo Ying replied with a divine thought, and let out a greeting.

"You're here for that mountain?"

As soon as the words fell, a picture appeared in the sea of consciousness space, and a mountain range slowly emerged in the picture, surrounded by black gas, and the miasma was permeated, which was the Demon Dragon Mountain.

"Yes. ”

Mo Ying replied truthfully, although he didn't know why this old tree knew, but he didn't think about hiding anything.

"You're covered in the scent of that mountain, and it looks like you've gone up there. The figure sighed slightly.

"Dare to ask the seniors if they know what is on the mountain, and how to crack the spirit array that guards the mountain?" Mo Ying politely said the question in his heart.

"The way to crack the spirit array, you still need to find it yourself, I don't know. The afterimage came out of the divine thought and said.

"Alas, you really have to rely on your own efforts!" Mo Ying shook his head and sighed lightly.

"A thousand years ago, a great war left me mortally wounded, not withered, but dying. As you can see, I can't even pull out a leaf now, hehe. Now, after a thousand years, the harmful substances on the body have finally been completely purified. I'm about to give it a go, this is my only chance, success, I will draw new shoots, bloom a second spring, and re-emerge with vitality, failure ....... ”

"I don't have a chance to fail. The afterimage's voice seemed a little bleak.

"How about we make a deal?" the afterimage asked again after a pause.

"What deal?" Mo Ying asked rhetorically.

"I'll allow you to live here for two years, and you will guard the village for me for two years......"

"I refuse, I'm just passing by, there's no need to sacrifice my freedom, if you fail to rebuild, won't I be tied here for the rest of my life!" Mo Ying said righteously.

"This is the last village in this mountain range, and you've got two full years to study it. ”

"Don't. Mo Ying once again simply refused.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?" the afterimage paused, then chuckled and uttered one last thought, "When you open that large array on the mountain, you'll know that you have no reason to refuse." ”

After saying that, the afterimage slowly disappeared, not giving Mo Ying a chance to continue talking, Mo Ying, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes, frowned, and kept weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

"I'm afraid it will take quite a long time to unravel that big array, and in this long time, if you choose to stay near the Demon Dragon Mountain, then I'm afraid it will affect the progress of your cultivation, and the gains outweigh the losses, so let's stay in this village." ”

After a long time, Mo Ying slowly stood up, looking at the cloudless blue sky, and a smile slowly appeared on his immature face. The wind blows the dwarf grass, there is no earthly hustle and bustle, there is no cruel fighting, some are just grass and warblers flying, green grass is like grass, everything is full of tranquility and comfort.