The weather is getting hotter, and many guests leave the first floor of the teahouse to rest on the cooler and more comfortable second floor.

At this time, there were only two tables of guests left on the first floor of the teahouse, one table of white clothes and one table of black noodles.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a mustache walked in from the outside, the arrival of the middle-aged man attracted everyone's attention, the middle-aged man sat beside the masked man with a smile on his face, drank a sip of herbal tea that had been cooled, and smacked his lips and said, "I've kept you waiting." ”

The masked man took a deep breath and didn't speak.

The middle-aged man said to himself, "As you expected, there is indeed a dart in the Minoru Dart Bureau, and the time is set for the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, but I don't know what kind of dart is going, and there is no way to know who is escorting them, after all, it is someone's secret, and I don't want to ask too much." But one thing is certain, this dart is very important, and the people who are dispatched are all from the upper echelons of the Minoru Dart Bureau, are you sure..."

The masked man turned his head and stared into the eyes of the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man lowered his head and drank tea, and when he put down the teacup, the masked man's short knife had already been inserted into his shoulder, and the blood stained the middle-aged man's shoulder, and the severe pain made the middle-aged man tremble uncontrollably, he gasped and actually laughed, "Even if you kill me, I still don't know, if you don't have me, you will not be able to move an inch in Jiuxiang County, not to mention the future plan, even they will not agree." ”

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, the old woman and the shopkeeper turned a blind eye, one sat behind the counter to settle accounts, and the other fell asleep on a rocking chair, and for a while, snoring was everywhere.

The masked man was fierce, pressed the short knife down, the middle-aged man closed his eyes in despair, for a long time, the masked man put away the short knife, the middle-aged man escaped, and said in a trembling voice, "Thank you for not killing." ”

The masked man said in a deep voice, "You're right, without you, I really can't move freely in Jiuxiang County, I'm afraid that even the Xianyang Realm can't tolerate me, but I warn you, do your own thing with peace of mind, otherwise, I will send you to see Hades immediately, even if I can't get out of here alive, but it's not so easy for them to catch me, tell the group of people behind you, don't play tricks." ”

The middle-aged man turned pale and nodded repeatedly.

The masked man left the teahouse, followed by the woman in white.

It didn't take long for the middle-aged man to leave the teahouse as well.

The twilight is dreary, and the sunset shines on the earth.

Zhou Tianshen stood at the top of the inn, facing the sunset, and it would take more than ten days to leave Jiuxiang County, looking at the surrounding high-rise buildings and countless rooftops, Zhou Tianshen was completely sleepy. In the past few days, Meng Cheng gave them a detailed explanation of the ways and means of cultivating the Tao and the method of dealing with the enemy. As the saying goes, different ways do not conspire with each other, but it refers more to the fact that everyone has different views on a certain thing, and in the final analysis, it is based on the same thing.

Zhou Tianshen's choice of humanity is the one that is most in line with the fortune of heaven and the one that is most likely to lose oneself. If you can't balance the two, you won't be able to move forward on the road.

Yesterday's rest was too long, and by the time Zhou Tianshen and them woke up, it was already evening, so Meng Cheng rented four rooms on the second floor of the inn and planned to leave early in the morning.

The teahouse opened a little earlier than usual, because a big man was coming today.

Speaking of this big man, I have to mention the tavern in the center of Jiuxiang County, it is said that the tavern was established for a longer time than Jiuxiang County, in the early years, Jiuxiang County is still a wasteland, there are only four counties in Xianyang, and it has not yet been unified, and the lord of Wuhe is only the county lord of Shuixiang County, he has rested here, and the place to rest is 'Penglai Tavern'.

The owner of the Penglai Tavern is a squinting-eyed young man who has lived for many years, and is often guessed to be a strong person in the heavenly realm cultivation, which the squint-eyed young man confessed. Young people like to drink and make sake better, and when they met the lord of Gowa Province, the young man was brewing a kind of sake called 'Sake Village', and after tasting it himself, he praised it and ordered someone to build a castle here, and the name of the castle was 'Sake Village'. The young man also settled here, and the young man brewed a new sake every three years, and the lord of the Gowa Kingdom was always the first to taste the new sake, and this time was no exception.

The squinting young man walked into the inn, the innkeeper and the shopkeeper knelt at the door of the store in fear, the young man looked around, just saw Zhou Tianshen walking down from the upper floor, the young man did not have an entourage around him, and there were no too expensive decorations on his body, only the burgundy wine jug in his hand, Zhou Tianshen did not see a few people kneeling at the door, just as a guest who came to the inn to stay overnight, he did not pay much attention, the young man coughed lightly, the innkeeper hurriedly got up, took out the best tea in the store, made the tea, poured it into the precious porcelain bowl, the innkeeper's hand trembled a little, in front of the young man, his bad wine was embarrassed to take it out, the young man gently held the hand of the innkeeper, took the porcelain bowl, took a sip, and said with a smile, "It's delicious." ”

The innkeeper laughed dryly, he was really not happy, thinking that the shopkeeper was still standing at the door, the old woman shouted, "Xiao'er, come and serve tea to the guests." ”

It turned out that the shopkeeper was the son of the innkeeper, the innkeeper observed the young man, and found that the young man did not care about his transgression, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief, at this time, Meng Cheng led the others downstairs one after another, and said goodbye to the innkeeper, the innkeeper did not dare to answer, Zhou Tianshen passed by with the young man, and the young man just raised the wine jug and took a big sip. Zhou Tianshen walked to the door, just heard the young man's laughter, set off a ripple in his heart, hurriedly turned his head, and found that the young man had already walked upstairs, and the innkeeper and his son respectfully followed.

Meng Cheng called softly, and Zhou Tianshen followed the team, but he had mixed feelings in his heart.

He seemed to have seen the youth somewhere.

Zhou Tianshen held the short knife hanging from his waist and a few darts,

Yesterday they delayed some trips, today Zhou Tianshen they did not rest, bought some oil cakes and tea from the roadside street stalls, and walked directly to the evening, they found an inn everywhere to rest, before going to bed, Meng Cheng called them to his room.

Meng Cheng sat cross-legged on the bed, the others sat on the ground, Meng Cheng taught the mantra of the monastic, while practicing the pinch technique, after that, let each of them practice once, Meng Cheng pointed out the mistake, wanted them to practice in their room for an hour, wait until everyone was not wrong, and then let them go back to their room.

Zhou Tianshen and their boys live in the same room, and Ma Xiandi and Tie Zishan live together.

Nothing was said all night.

In order to save time on the road, so that Zhou Tianshen and them could cultivate the Tao, Meng Cheng hired two carriages, and in addition to acting as a coachman himself, he also found a middle-aged man with a simple face.

The carriage was crushed on the road, smooth and abnormal, Zhou Tianshen recalled the mantra of Professor Meng Cheng yesterday, and tried to cultivate on the carriage, but he didn't expect that this repair was a whole day, with the carriage, there was no need to find an inn to rest, but there were regulations in Jiuxiang County, the carriage was not allowed to travel at night, and it must be parked in the stable, after Meng Cheng negotiated the price with the innkeeper, he parked the carriage in the backyard stable, and after eating, Zhou Tianshen woke up from the monasticism, Meng Cheng specially left some food for Zhou Tianshen, Zhou Tianshen sat alone in the carriage to eat, and the rest followed Meng Cheng to cultivate outside the carriage, and the other coachman watched for a while because he didn't understand this, so he rented a firewood room to rest.

After a long journey of fifteen days, Zhou Tianshen and the others finally walked out of Jiuxiang County, and looking at the mountains outside the city, they felt very cordial.

Meng Cheng explained, "Estate Chau is different from other states in that it is full of lofty mountains, which is why Estate Chau is also called ' The state of ten thousand mountains', the national palaces of the five major countries in the village are built on the mountain, because there are many mountain peaks, the five major countries have worked together to develop a lot of official roads, if you want to go to Shuixiang County in the shortest possible time, you must bypass the official roads, directly into the mountain, I asked you to work hard every day is also for this, only if you have spiritual power in your body, you can move freely in the mountains, you will not delay the trip because of physical exhaustion, and you will not be easily scratched by leaves, and the dirt road will wear out your feet. Now that you have mastered the cultivation method, at least until you reach the talent realm, you will not encounter any major problems, so in the next journey, I will no longer supervise any of you to cultivate, there are many cave beasts in the mountains, and fighting with cave beasts is destined to be inevitable, but I want to make one thing clear, unless my life is in danger, I will not come to my rescue. ”

Meng Chengduo gave the coachman some expenses, and the coachman drove the two carriages back to Jiuxiang County by himself.

Meng Cheng walked in the front, and the rest of the people followed behind, coming to the foot of the mountain, Meng Cheng took out a map from his arms and handed it to Zhou Tianshen, "This is the whole picture of this mountain, rest assured, except for some swamps and poisonous miasma forests, I didn't make any other markings, that is to say, you don't know anything about this mountain, to be honest, even I don't know what you will encounter, let's say goodbye, I still say the same thing, unless my life is in danger, I will not come to the rescue." ”

Meng Cheng stood on tiptoe, jumped up, and disappeared into the mountains and forests.

Zhou Tianshen smiled bitterly, "It seems that we are going to live a savage life for a few more days." ”

Tie Zishan took the map and said while looking at it, "It's just right to go, the provincial people are staring at me from the side, isn't it just a mountain, I want to see what is in it, I don't believe it is more powerful than the nameless mountain behind the village." ”

Bai Xiaosheng leaned over his little head, pointed to the small red dot on the map and said, "It seems that these places are the swamps and poisonous miasma forests that Uncle Meng said, looking at this number is really scary." ”

Wang Duozhan counted with his fingers on the side, "There are ten of them on the road in front of us alone, can we still get out alive?"

Tie Zishan, who was holding the map in his hand, held the map high above his head, facing the sun, the map was opaque, Tie Zishan tore the map from the middle, and there were three maps inside, Tie Zishan said firmly, "I think it's weird, if there were so many swamps in the mountains, the government would have sealed it a long time ago, and it would let people pass by, as I expected, I'll take a look." ”

"Ha, that's interesting. ”

In the upper right corner of each map, there are names written on them, which should be the names of the three mountains in front of everyone.

Tie Zishan took out the top map, the upper right corner said 'Da Lei Mountain', Tie Zishan stuffed the other two into his chest, and said, "It seems that there are three big mountains in front of us, the first one is the map in my hand, fortunately, there are only five red dots in it, it's okay, it's safe." ”

Wang Duo covered his stomach and said, "I don't care about this, I just want to eat meat, Uncle Meng is too picky, every time he buys food, he only buys a chicken leg, Zhou Tianshen, let's go into the mountains now to hunt some pheasants, okay?"

Zhou Tianshen asked Tie Zishan, "Is there a cave beast in this mountain?"

Tie Zishan determined the direction and walked forward, "Cave beasts are inevitable, but it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Everyone followed Tie Zishan's footsteps, Zhou Tianshen stopped spontaneously, turned around, and saw a squinting young man standing at the gate of the city.

Wang Duozhan shouted Zhou Tianshen's name in front, Zhou Tianshen waved his hand and quickly followed the team, and the concern in his heart was deeper.

When Zhou Tianshen and his companions walked into the mountain in front of them and couldn't see their figures at all, the squinting young man turned around and got into a carriage without a coachman. The carriage in which the squinting young man rode was followed by five carriages, one of which was driven by a bald old man.

The masked man who came out of the teahouse did not leave Jiuxiang County as he had said in advance, but walked around in the alley next to the teahouse, as if he was avoiding some calamity. Just as he walked out of an uninhabited remote alley, a long sword approached him from the sky, and the masked man hurriedly took two steps back, put the short knife behind his back on his chest, twisted his body, and slashed, a flash of knife light passed through the dark alley, hit the wall, and a gap across the entire wall appeared in the wall.

The long sword was stuck diagonally on the stone slab behind the masked man, an indifferent man in white stood on the long sword in a dashing manner, and three men in the same outfit appeared around the masked man at the same time, surrounding the masked man, the woman in white fell from the sky, the breeze blew the veil on the hat, the woman looked dignified, I saw pity, but the masked man was completely unmoved, just clenched the short knife in his hand even more, and said with a cold face, "I don't remember having a feud with the man in white, you better not provoke me." ”

The woman in white stretched her eyebrows, covered her mouth and chuckled, "We are not here to seek revenge this time, but to do a business with you." ”

The masked man put away his short knife, stuck it horizontally behind him, glanced at the man in white around him, and said in a deep voice, "You seem to have found the wrong person, and this is not a business attitude. ”

The woman in white waved her hand, and the four men in white disappeared in an instant.

The masked man said disdainfully, "It's just a general trick." ”

The woman in white shook her head, untied the white cloth on her chest, and put the long box behind her on the ground, after opening it, the wooden box emitted a low golden yellow light, in the light, a rice ear lay in the center of the long box, the light gradually condensed and converged, and an ethereal thin figure drilled out of the rice ear, stretched out its muscles and bones, it was a child's appearance, it was a rice ear essence.

The woman in white pointed to the figure lying on her shoulder and said, "It's he who wants to find you." ”

The masked man has been walking the rivers and lakes for 20 years and has seen a lot of talented people, but the scene that happened in front of him is really surprising.

Recovering from the shock, the masked man began to re-examine the child in front of him, but he could not see its realm, and asked, "What are you looking for me?"

The child-like rice ear essence said in a milky voice, "I heard that you are going to plot a big thing, and it is about the Five Harmony Kingdom, so we came to join in the fun." Although I was born and grew up in Wuhe, I don't have any extra feelings for this place, let alone affection. This is also something that can't be helped, who let the spiritual power of the village state be thin, what kind of bullshit is the state of ten thousand mountains, it is completely an uncivilized barbarian land, especially the Xianyang realm, why do you think there is only one country here, Wuhe country, not too many petty thieves, other countries are not willing to waste time here, and the good-natured lord of Wuhe is willing to reason with them patiently, but what's the use, you beat them up, do they remember what you said. Therefore, you don't have to treat me as an outsider too much, and we won't give you too much help, at most we will help you kill people and sell goods, and my condition is that after the matter is completed, I will go to Kunlun Mountain, which is the peak with the most abundant spiritual power in the Xianyang Realm, and it is a good place for me to cultivate now, maybe I will meet someone who enlightens me, I will quickly cultivate into a human form, and go to other states on the mainland to have a look. Okay, that's all I have to say, for the rest, you talk to Miao Yingxue, I'm going to sleep. ”

The child turned into a ball of golden light and attached himself to the ears of rice, Miao Yingxue closed the lid of the long box, put it behind her back, and said, "We can discuss the plan." ”