In addition to the name, Lan Ming and his party had a total of six people and two carriages. One of the cars was loaded with props for the performance and daily necessities for the journey, and was driven by a young man in his twenties.

The other car was carrying four women, driven by Lan Ming. Of the four women, three were young women and one was in her forties, who was in charge of teaching the three women talents.

It was already night, and two carriages with lanterns were slowly driving along the snow-covered wild road.

In the carriage, Nano sat among the four women, and his sleepiness gradually rose. But the women were very active, talking and laughing.

"I heard that the person we went to this time is the new commander-in-chief of the forbidden army in Qi State, and the imperial front is checked, and his name is Fan Zhi. A woman said.

"I heard that the adult is an unmarried young man under thirty. And he was born poor, relying on his intelligence and bravery, in just ten years, he was promoted from an ordinary soldier to his current position. What an amazing character. Another woman replied.

"yes, yes, maybe, he'll like us this time. ”

"Hee-hee-hee......"

Lan Ling, who has always been lively, did not participate in the conversation between the two, and his bright eyes always looked at Mingwu.

"You two, let's think about how to improve your talents. Don't talk about useless things. The middle-aged woman interrupted.

"Naa, Nano, where are you from?", "Why did you go so far away from Edgehouse Ridge alone?" the two women chuckled and turned the conversation back to Nano.

"Twilight. Go to Edgeworth Ridge to find something missing. ”

"I heard that a terrible disaster happened in the capital there a month ago, and everyone died, is it true?"

"Hmm. ”

"Well, what is it that makes everyone turn to bones overnight?" the woman sighed slightly.

Nano didn't answer, pretending not to know.

"Seeing that you are holding a long knife, and you are going to Edgeworth, it is possible that you have learned swordsmanship in Edgeworthy Ridge before. Seeing that the woman was unwilling to answer Jingcheng's matter, she diverted the topic again.

"No," Lan Ling suddenly rushed to say, "I just fought with Nanoi, he doesn't seem to be very good at martial arts, and carrying a knife should only be used for self-defense." After all, a person goes so far away. ”

Regarding Lan Ling's words, Mingwu neither affirmed nor refuted.

"That's right. "Women.

"If you encounter any danger along the way, I will protect you. Lan Ling smiled slightly, revealing a charming confidence.

Na Wu was a little surprised, and couldn't help but glance at Lan Ling again, and then smiled, "Then you can protect me." ”

"It's as it should be, because you fell for no reason before. ”

"Haha. Nano couldn't help but laugh out loud.

............

Seven days later, in the evening of a small town on the border of Qi Province, Lan Ming and his party were about to leave after buying some supplies, but suddenly felt the earth shake, and after a while, calm returned.

"Earthquake!" Lan Ming.

"Are you leaving here tonight?" asked the owner of the shop in his forties.

"yes!"

"I advise you to stay here for one night tonight. ”

"We have something to do, and we have to rush to the national capital of Luowan tomorrow. What's wrong? Does it have anything to do with the earthquake just now?"

"You don't know, there is a rough mountain road ahead, which is inconvenient to drive, especially at night. ”

"Boss, don't worry, although we haven't been here, we know the terrain in this area. We've walked a lot on the mountain road, and we've never had a problem. ”

"Well, I'll tell you the truth. The earthquake just now did not occur naturally, but was haunted by a huge smoke wolf in the mountains. ”

Hearing the smoke wolf, Lan Ming's face flushed with sadness.

A long time ago, humans were only distributed in a small part of the center of the continent, and there were thousands of different races living outside, each with its own territory, and its strength was not inferior to humans at all, and the smoke wolf was one of them.

However, the feudal system and the manufacture of advanced tools have allowed mankind to continue to expand its territory to the outside world, and many races have been defeated in the war with humans. Those races that have lost their territory can only survive on the borders of human nations.

The biggest characteristic of smoke wolves is that their patriarchs are all powerful creatures, and each generation of patriarchs has strange abilities, far beyond the reach of human beings. And this smoke wolf can actually cause an earthquake, which seems to be a very terrifying existence.

After thinking about it again, Lan Ming decided to lead everyone to continue on the road. In such a large mountainous area, the chances of encountering smoke wolves are really not high.

"Nano, you have to pay attention tonight. Before leaving, Lan Ling specially reminded.

"Oh. ”

After a few days of getting along, everyone has a good understanding of the problem of sleepiness.

At night, the horse-drawn carriage enters the mountain, and the narrow mountain road is still covered with thick snow, and the whole mountain range is also covered with snow, and the outline is very soft. Especially tonight, when the full moon is in the sky, the combination of snow and moonlight makes the world a little brighter.

The drive leads to a mountainside, and to its right is a gentle but bottomless hillside. Nano was already sleepy at the moment, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Lan Ming drove the carriage forward steadily, and suddenly, a low rumbling sound came from the top of the mountain, Lan Ming looked up, and saw that under the moonlight, the rolling snow was rushing towards the two carriages at a very fast speed.

"Avalanche! Avalanche!" Lan Ming immediately shouted twice when he saw this, and then slammed his whip to drive the horses forward as fast as they could.

The people in the car were shocked when they heard this, and they prayed in their hearts to escape the catastrophe. Only Lan Ling thought about how to solve the problem at hand.

"Brother, how's the situation, can you rush over?"

"I try my best, but you're ready to be swept in. ”

"Good!"

After speaking, Lan Ling climbed onto the roof of the carport and observed the situation.

Soon, everyone felt that the carriage was trembling more and more, and Nano, who had just fallen asleep, was also woken up by this bump, and then they knew that they had encountered an avalanche.

Despite Lan Ming's fastest speed, the rushing snow caught up with him, and in an instant he rolled up the carriage and rushed down the hillside.

Amid the screams of the crowd, the figureless figure jumped out of the car in a flash, and ran after the carriage rolling down with the snow like a surfer on the sloping snow.

Seeing that the carriage was about to hit the bottom, Nano suddenly accelerated over the carriage, came to the bottom of the valley, looked up at the carriage, but found that two figures were pushing a carriage upwards, and the carriage that was falling at a rapid speed slowly stopped, and stopped less than ten meters away from the valley, and the two were the Lan brothers and sisters.

The snow flooded the carriage and rushed towards the bottom of the valley, and Nano jumped lightly, dodging the snow, and then ran towards the carriage's position.

As soon as Nano arrived, the two heads stuck out of the snow together.

"Ahh

Nanoshi stepped forward and pulled the two out of the snow. Subsequently, the three of them dug up the carriage together. There were no casualties, however, there was some damage to both wagons.

"Speaking of which, why is Nano outside?" Lan Ling asked with a puzzled look at the remaining snow on his body.

"When the carriage was overturned just now, it was accidentally thrown out. Nano explained.

"Huh?" Lan Ling stared at Na Wu with a puzzled look, "Is that so?"

"Forehead......" was embarrassed, but he had an idea and said: "You are, you actually stopped the carriage with your bare hands, it seems that it is not something that ordinary artists can do!"

"Heh," Lan Ling smiled lightly, "I said I would protect you along the way." If you can't do that, isn't that empty talk?"

The name is even more embarrassed, since waking up in the cave and remembering, it is the first time that someone has said this, and it is still a little girl.

Together, they brought the carriage to the bottom, and just as they were about to rest for a while, they heard a wolf howl coming from the hillside. Everyone followed the prestige, only to see a white wolf as big as a giant elephant, rushing towards everyone.

Lan Ming immediately understood that it was the leader of the smoke wolf, and it was not something that ordinary people could deal with. So, thirty-six strategies, walking is the best policy, Lan Ming led everyone to flee towards the depths of the valley.

When the white wolf came to the valley, he saw only the carriage but no one was found, and he couldn't help but roar: "Despicable human, come out and eat my claws." ”

Everyone hid under the crack of the stone not far away, looking nervously outside.

I only heard the footsteps of the white wolf getting closer and closer, and then began to wander around the stone crevices.

"I've found you!" the white wolf suddenly shouted, sending out a sound wave of a specific frequency from its mouth, causing the stone to resonate, and the stone suddenly exploded.

A dancer was so frightened that she couldn't help but scream. Everyone panicked and tried to crawl into the depths of the stone crevice, but found that the gap was soon over, and there was no way forward.

Hearing the sound, the white wolf exploded the stone that protruded from the gap, and its claws flashed cold and pounced on everyone. In a hurry, Na Wu inadvertently pushed the rock wall behind him, and the rock wall collapsed with a bang. Inside is an empty cave. And as if they had been reborn, they fled into the cave.

The crowd who had fled the danger for the time being breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking towards the cave.

Lan Ling accidentally kicked a stone, and the stone hit a stone pillar, making a sound. At this moment, everyone saw the surroundings, and the lights flashed everywhere above their heads, and everyone only felt that they had come to the stars. But as the sound faded, so did the light.

"This is the sound stone!" Lan Ming said excitedly, picked up a stone, knocked on the stone wall, and the light just now appeared again.

The crowd followed suit and knocked on the stone wall, only to see that the light grew brighter and brighter. At this time, everyone fully saw the scene inside the cave. In the huge cave, there are small animals that have never been seen before, and most of them are transparent. There is a large calm lake in front of you, and in the middle of the lake, schools of large fish swim slowly.

The crowd banged on the stone wall as they walked forward. Suddenly, on the other side of the lake, a wolf the size of a white wolf outside was staring at this side quietly.

But the wolf's fur was dark yellow, and his hair hung down, like a drooping old wolf.

Despite this, the crowd stayed where they were, not daring to move.

The old wolf lowered his head, took a few sips of water, and walked backwards. Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

But the old wolf didn't take a few steps, suddenly turned around, ran wildly, stepped on the lake, rushed to Lan Ling in an instant, and pounced with sharp claws, Lan Ling immediately dodged, and punched the old wolf in the side chest.

To everyone's astonishment, the old wolf was knocked to the ground by the blow.

"Abominable humans, abominable humans. The old wolf fell to the ground and tried to get up, but found that he could not exert any strength.

"Save some effort, see if you were injured before. What the hell is going on?"

"If it weren't for the loss of your power more than twenty years ago, I would have torn you to shreds. ”

"Stripped of power?"

At this moment, with a loud sound of rocks exploding, the white wolf from before also rushed in. When the two wolves met, the old wolf immediately got up from the ground and roared at the white wolf, as if swearing his leading position.

The white wolf whispered a few times in obedience.

"Are you the new patriarch of our Smoke Wolf Clan?" the old wolf asked.

"Yes. You've been missing for more than 20 years, and you didn't expect to be trapped here, what happened?"

"More than 20 years ago, I was robbed of my abilities by a human child and trapped in a cave. ”

"Human kids?"

"Fan Zhi, this is the name of the child back then. ”

"Fan Zhi!" everyone was taken aback, wasn't this the name of the person they were going to.

"I still remember the pain of that day, as if a part of my soul had been taken away. ”

"What about those people over there, do you want me to tear them up?"

"Don't, don't," Lan Ming hurriedly said, "I know who Fan Zhi you just said." If you will let us go, we will take you to the man. ”

"Really?"

"Really. That person is now the imperial capital of Qi Kingdom, and it is not easy to deal with. Without our help, you may never be able to approach him. ”

"Then trust you once. The old wolf turned to the white wolf and said, "According to our smoke wolf tradition, the new patriarch must be recognized by the old patriarch before he can succeed to the throne, and the best way to get recognition is to defeat the old patriarch. But my ability has been taken away from me, and I hope you can help me defeat Fan Zhi as a substitute for defeating me. ”

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Suddenly, the old wolf's body began to glow, and everyone felt that the warmth of the summer sun was coming, and the old wolf's body began to dissipate little by little.

"I didn't expect that person's strength to surpass me!" After saying that, the old wolf's body completely dissipated like dry ice.

The white wolf then raised his head and whined.

"What was its previous power?"

"Devour, anything can be devoured. "White wolf.

"No wonder! The opposite of devouring is divergence. It seems that the man named Fan Zhi not only completely acquired the old wolf's ability, but also far surpassed it, making the old wolf change from devouring to diverging. "Nameless.