Zhou Tianshen and the tall man quickly walked out of the mountain forest, standing next to the wooden sign nailed, and saw a dusty carriage coming along the country road from a distance, the wheels were crushed in the dirt, leaving two crooked rut marks, the two tall horses in the front, listlessly stepping on the horse's hooves, all staring at the road with lost eyes, a short-haired man in a broken gray robe, with blood stains on the corners of his mouth, sitting cross-legged outside the carriage, with a broken sword stained with blood on his lap.

The short-haired man held the whip and reins in his hand, and looked at the two people standing on the side of the road in front of him with tired eyes, and suddenly became nervous, he felt a feeling of looking directly into the abyss in the tall man.

A young man with a bamboo basket on his back and a tall man holding a yellow chrysanthemum in his hand and a book stood on the side of the road, like two ordinary people.

The carriage stopped in front of the two, and the short-haired man cleared his somewhat hoarse voice and asked, "Excuse me, is it Laohuai Village in front?"

The boy glanced at the carriage, which was full of cracks, and felt that it would not be long before the carriage would fall apart, and the windows were blocked by purple curtains, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

The young man said, "The front is indeed Laohuai Village. ”

The short-haired man asked again, "We have any injured here, I wonder if Dr. Zhang is here?"

Zhang Yun'an of Sanyang Medical Center, Doctor Zhang, is a young doctor who is famous even in Tianxiang County, and he has a very good set of treatments, whether it is an ordinary person or a cultivator, as long as it does not touch the resurrection, he can cure you.

Cultivators here only refer to those who have just started the path of cultivation, and do not include those who have already walked this path for a long time and have attained a high level of cultivation.

Zhou Tianshen said, "Dr. Zhang went out, and I don't know when I will come back. ”

The short-haired man arched his hand and said, "Thank you." ”

The carriage, driven by the short-haired man, headed towards the village.

Teenagers and tall men followed behind the carriage.

There were two people sitting in the carriage, a young girl wearing a black veil and a black cloak and a scarred man with a bow and a crossbow and bandages on his arms.

At this time, the man with the scar was holding a crossbow and was peeking out through the gap in the wooden plank behind the carriage, and blood was oozing from the bandage.

"Miss, those two people have been following us, do you want to..."The Scar man's voice was a little hoarse and tired.

The young girl, who was respectfully called Miss, leaned her back against the car window, took off her veil, revealing a pale face, "They should be villagers here, we can't make a move on them, otherwise we will die in the village." ”

The man with the scar kept holding the bow and crossbow in his hand, and said uneasily, "That tall man doesn't look like a person from the village, and now the only two dead men that the master has arranged for the young lady to be by the side are me and Zhongfa, if we are not careful, it will be difficult for the three of us to send things back to the family." ”

The girl sighed and said in despair, "This is also a matter of no choice, no one thought that those beasts would dare to come out in the day to make trouble, and regardless of the prestige of the family, they showed no mercy. ”

At this time, the short-haired man sitting outside pulled the curtain and said, "Miss, we have arrived." ”

"Got it. ”

The carriage stopped on the side of the inn, the short-haired man put away the broken sword on his leg, and the girl wearing a black veil wrapped her whole body in a cloak, and walked out of the carriage with the support of the short-haired man, and walked into the inn, but the scarred man did not get off.

Wang Buliu was settling accounts behind the counter, when he heard the voice, he looked up, and just saw the short-haired man pushing a brand new piece of silver in front of him.

He said, "Come to the two best rooms and get ready to eat, and I'll come down and get it myself later." ”

Wang Buliu, who had not opened for a long time, naturally would not say a word, he walked out from behind the counter and took the injured two to the sixth floor of the inn, during which he did not say a word.

The nameless mountain stretches for thousands of miles, and the neighboring village is only Laohuai Village, but there are many surrounding sects, like this kind of sect young and handsome men accompanied by the elders into the mountain to experience, and then he was injured by the cave beast He has seen a lot. Naturally, there will be nothing wrong with it.

After coming down from the upper floor, Wang Buliu hurriedly walked to the back kitchen and woke up the white fat man who was sleeping lazily, "Wake up, wake up, wake up, the inn is doing business." ”

The white fat man, who had just woken up from a big dream, kicked Wang Buliu's stomach and muttered, "What are you shouting, what are you doing with me in business?" ”

Wang Buliu patted the dust on his clothes, and said with a sneer on his face, "You are the chef of the inn, and the guests want to eat, I don't look for you to find anyone, you see, what is this?"

Looking at the silver in front of him, the white fat man slapped his thigh, "Good girl, such a big deal, Lao Wang, what is the origin of the other party?"

Wang Buliu put away the silver taels, leaned closer, and said softly, "I'm not sure either, but I smell a smell of blood on them, and I heard that their breath is disordered, it should be injured, although they hide it well, but I still have this skill, as soon as I smell it, I know that they are all new injuries, and they are handled very well, and there are no signs of infection." I wonder if there is a sect that has entered the mountain to train the disciples of the sect, so I came to you to get an idea, do you need to inform Senior Kou?"

The white fat man sat up from the bed, with a towel in his hand, he wiped his face with the towel, turned around and threw it into the bucket on the side, "I have indeed heard some bad rumors recently, but as long as the village is not involved, it is none of our business, I just cook, you just serve the guests." ”

Hearing this, Wang Buliu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "With your words, I think it's time for us to gather everyone together and discuss our future plans." ”

The white fat man stood up, picked up a new white towel from the wooden shelf behind him, and put it on his shoulder, "We shouldn't worry about this matter, hasn't Meng Cheng been patrolling the mountain all the time, if something really happens, he will inform us." ”

Light the fire, throw the dry wood that had been chopped last night into the earthen stove, pour cold water into the pot, and fill the board with vegetables and a large piece of beef.

The white fat man brought a whetstone from the outside and sharpened the kitchen knife to a shiny finish, "Fengyun is clamoring to go out again?"

"Hmm. ”

A little water was poured on the whetstone, and when it dried, the whetstone was thrown into a corner by the fat white man, where a lot of black stones had piled up.

Wang Buliu didn't stay in the back kitchen for too long, and only said one sentence before leaving, "Brother Zhou came to me in the morning, and he said that Tianshen also wanted to go out." ”

The meal was ready quickly, and Wang Buliu wanted to help bring the plates, but was stopped by the short-haired man who had changed into clean clothes, "You just have to cook and collect money, and we can handle the rest ourselves." ”

The king does not leave his hand down, and should claim to be.

It didn't take long for the short-haired man to walk downstairs with an empty plate, and Wang Buliu took the plate and asked, "The guest officer is quite satisfied with the food?"

The short-haired man said, "Not bad, shopkeeper, I want to ask you if there is a place for iron here?"

"Yes, go out and turn right, there is a blacksmith shop two streets away, the guest officer wants to buy something, I know the blacksmith there, you can get some discounts. ”

The short-haired man shook his head, "No need. ”

The short-haired man had just taken two steps, then stepped back, put his hand on the counter, tapped his fingers on the wooden tabletop and asked, "Do you know when Dr. Zhang will come back?"

Wang Buliu said, "I heard that he went far away, as for when he will come back, I don't know, he is always like this, from time to time to go out to see people, we are all used to it." If you want to wait for him to come back to see his illness, I think it will take at least two days, but if you are wounded, you can go to the shop in the forest opposite and buy some ointment from him to treat the bruises. ”

The short-haired man's eyes were vague.

Wang Buliu explained, "I've seen a lot of guests like you who smell of blood, so that's why I have more mouthfuls, don't mind." ”

The short-haired man nodded, "Thank you." ”

"Guest officer. ”

As soon as the short-haired man walked out of the inn, he heard Wang Bu stay behind and shout, "What about the carriage at the door?"

The short-haired man didn't stop and walked straight up the stairs, "Put it outside first." ”

The girl has also changed into a cyan gauze skirt, and the hem of the skirt is embroidered with a few waves, which is lifelike.

The short-haired man walked into the room, lowered his hand at the door and said, "Miss, I have already inquired, there is a blacksmith shop in the village, and when it is evening, I will go there to buy a weapon that I can take advantage of, you can rest assured, we will not be delayed from leaving tomorrow." ”

The girl nodded, "Don't worry, I'm fine, it's just a hard work uncle." ”

"That's what we should do, miss, you rest first, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning. ”

The short-haired man walked out of the room, closed the door with his hand, and as soon as he turned around, he bumped into the tall man he had met at the mountain pass.

The tall man smiled and nodded, after taking one hand, the other hand was still pinching the yellow chrysanthemum, the short-haired man nodded and walked over, and when the two passed by, the short-haired man put his hand into his chest and held the broken sword hidden in his chest, the tall man did not make superfluous movements, but walked to the end of the corridor without squinting, followed the stairs, and walked up to the seventh floor.

The short-haired man did not breathe a sigh of relief because of this, but became more and more worried.

The seemingly remote small village actually hides a master of the world who he can't even grasp, and now it is a time of danger, and he has to guard against it.

There is a huge room on the seventh floor of the inn, and there is a small pavilion opposite the room, and a tea table is placed in the pavilion, and a set of tea sets and a chessboard are placed on the tea table.

In the pavilion sat a young man in white with a face like a crown of jade, and the young man had a lantern in his hand, and a small white flame burned in the lantern, and the flame was always the size of a mung bean.

The tall man sat down in front of the young man in white, and seven cups had been prepared on the tea table, and the cups were empty.

The young man picked up the teapot, poured it from left to right, filled the teacup in turn, and put the teapot down, the teacup emitted warm heat, and the steam gathered together to form an ethereal picture.

The tall man wanted to drink tea, just picked up a cup, and there was an extra burn mark on the back of his hand, he put down the teacup stupidly, and said melancholy, "Xiangquan, it's time for you to take care of your family's lantern, how can you not distinguish between right and wrong, even I burn, if you can't do it, then let me do it for you." I've long looked at this little girl unpleasantly. ”

The young man in white took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Ju Baishui, I started from Xiancai Prefecture, passed through Zhongzhou, Feiyu Prefecture, Kunzhou and Nanzhou, and looked for you for a hundred years, and I almost went to Yazhou to find you, just in case, I brought my orchid lantern magic weapon, just in case, I didn't expect that you have been hiding in such a remote mountain village, wasting so much of our time, and we are not allowed to complain a little, you don't forget, your identity." ”

The tall man couldn't help but smile, "The last time I saw you so serious, it was at the meeting of the Four Gentlemen's Hall, I remember that at that time, I was revising the first volume of the "Tianshou Diary", and you also spoke to me in this tone, but I didn't expect that one hundred and fifty years have passed in a blink of an eye, do you still remember how I answered you at that time?"

The young man in white drank a cup of tea, and the teacup disappeared out of thin air on the tea table, leaving only a shallow water stain.

The young man in white said unhappily, "I am here for this matter, and I want you to say the promise you promised me in person." ”

The tall man put away his smiling face, sat upright, and said loudly, "My life is given by the Four Gentlemen's Hall, in this life and this life, as long as the Four Gentlemen's Hall needs me, I will definitely go to the soup and die, if I break the oath, I will definitely fall to the sky, my soul will be scattered, and I will not be reincarnated forever." ”

The young man in white picked up the teacup, shook the tea and said, "I hope you are the talker." ”

After drinking the second bowl of tea, the teacup disappeared again, leaving only a slightly larger water stain than before.

The tall man licked his lips and asked, "Can't you leave me a glass?"

Putting down the third cup, the young man in white wiped the corners of his lips with his fingers, "What are you doing here?"

The tall man did not hide the truth of the matter, but chose to tell it all, "You know, I have always wanted to write a book that can accommodate all things in heaven and earth, but I have never had a pen inkstone to take advantage of, so I have been wandering around every mountain in the continent all these years, I just hope to be able to use the ancient wood there to refine a pen that can be used as I like, there are many scenes on this continent that we have not seen, I want to record them all." ”

The young man in white didn't seem to be satisfied with the tall man's answer, frowned, and drank the fourth cup of tea bitterly, "That's all? For a pen, involved here, you still think you're not enough to cause trouble, aren't you afraid that the Four Gentlemen's Hall will be implicated?" Now that the Four Gentlemen's Hall, you're not there, and Mei Sande doesn't know where to go, I'm going to keep my promise and go to Yazhou to help them, and only Zhu Liangke is left to support them alone, so don't you worry?"

The tall man smiled, "What's the use of worrying, and you can't let the Four Gentlemen Hall have one more God Realm powerhouse." ”

The young man in white had already raised the fifth cup and drank it all, "That's it, your business is only your business after all, no matter how much I say, it will be in vain." ”

The fifth water stain was already the size of a fist, and at this time, the young man in white raised the sixth cup and poured it into his mouth on his back, and the flame in the lantern jumped outward, splashing a spark, and hit the sleeve of the young man in white, leaving a scorched black burn mark that did not dissipate for a long time.

The tall man looked at the sparks on the sleeves of the young man in white with palpitations, and asked worriedly, "What did you use to start the fire, so irritable, beware of the fire." ”

The sixth teacup did not become Mizuzawa, but into a white porcelain bowl, and the seventh teacup became a white porcelain chopstick.

The young man in white stood up, picked up the lantern, where the flame shone, there was a white light, where the white light illuminated, you could clearly see the floating shadow ghosts, the young man in white said tiredly, "It seems that there is something not very peaceful here, there are a few elves who have broken their minds on the road, and by the way, they went to the depths of the mountain to take a look, the mountains and rivers are full of corpses and broken bones, and the spirits curse and cry, if I don't bring the lantern, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back this time, rest assured, don't get in the way." The mountain is high and the road is far away, so I brought you two talismans, and you can make do with them first. ”

The young man in white held an orchid lantern in his hand, and his figure turned into a ball of white light and disappeared.

The tall man put away the white porcelain chopsticks, put them in his sleeve, sat cross-legged, put the index finger and middle finger of his right hand together, and drew a circle in the air.

The tall man held a white porcelain bowl and arched his hand at the place where the young man in white disappeared, "A cup of tea, respect for my dear friend." ”