When Tian Xiang woke up, it was already dawn. He leaned up and looked at the empty room, and vaguely remembered that he had eaten in the hut next door and then fell asleep in a daze, and at some point he was lying in this room. He looked at the quilt on his body, thinking that the old man had covered him, and his heart swelled with endless gratitude. In many years, no one has ever been so kind to themselves.

Tian Xiang got up and got out of bed, and when he was about to come out, there was no old man in the courtyard, and he turned around and went to another hut to look, but it was empty.

There was a strange silence in the courtyard, "Where have you been?" Tian Xiang muttered as he approached the stove, where a bowl of vegetable porridge and an unknown piece of animal meat were quietly placed.

Tian Xiang was moved in his heart, and gently picked up the vegetable porridge, and there was still a little warmth. I opened my mouth and took a sip, which seemed to be even sweeter than last night's. He took the porridge and the animal meat to the big tree in the courtyard, and enjoyed the surrounding scenery while eating. In fact, he couldn't see much at all, because the surrounding woods were dense, and the foliage was so lush that it obscured his view. Even the yard is also half shaded by two big trees, leaving an open space of more than ten meters on one side, sprinkled with sunlight, green grass, and a few clusters of small flowers exuding a dark fragrance. A small stream flowed slowly among the grass, gradually sinking into the dense forest.

"It's such a great place to retreat, you can't find it without guidance. Tian Xiang thought to his heart while eating, he suddenly felt that the old man was very mysterious, and he had found such a place.

was thinking wildly, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the dense forest not far away, Tian Xiang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly hid behind a tree. The rustling sound was getting closer and closer, and the dense forest not far away began to shake slightly. Tian Xiang subconsciously groped around his body, there was nothing long, he stared nervously in that direction, and his heart suddenly sounded: I don't know if it's the old man?

Then, a dark shadow stepped out of the forest. Tian Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, only to see that the old man in the black robe seemed to be very busy, but his walking speed was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, he was outside the fence, dragging the corpses of some small animals behind him.

Tian Xiang flashed out from behind the tree and took a few steps forward. The old man saw that the baby was so smart, first hiding and then greeting, calmly, his heart rejoiced, and shouted: "You kid has a good mouth, grandpa has not hunted in person for a long time, and today he made an exception." ”

Tian Xiang smiled, grateful in his heart, greeted the past, and asked while helping the old man drag the prey: "In the past, you lived here alone?"

"yes, it's been about forty or fifty years, and you're the third person to be here. The old man threw his prey by the brook and replied as he dusted his body.

"The third one?" Tian Xiang asked puzzled.

"Yes, there were two children before you, but they were both dead. The old man looked solemn.

Tian Xiang's heart tightened, secretly thinking that this old guy didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, and asked nervously and curiously, "How did he die?"

The old man stared at him and replied word by word: "Go crazy!"

Tian Xiang stuck out his tongue, secretly thinking that this old guy must have done something.

The old man smiled sadly, pointed to the prey on the ground, and then asked, "Don't talk about that, will you clean it up?"

Although Tian Xiang had doubts in his heart, he couldn't open his mouth to ask again, so he nodded heavily, "Yes, I made this ink mink fur on my body." ”

The old man was startled, stared at him and asked, "Yourself?"

Tian Xiang met his gaze and replied, "Yes, I made it myself, but I was missing a dagger." ”

The old man suddenly roared: "Boy, don't be a fool, this ink mink is extraordinary, this beast is obviously quite cultivated, can you get it?"

Tian Xiang was stunned, he didn't expect this old man's eyes to be so poisonous, and his scheming was so deep, he obviously had doubts in his heart, but he didn't break it easily. If he hadn't mentioned this himself, the old man wouldn't have known how long he would have to endure before asking. That being the case, it is better to tell the truth. Thinking about this, Tian Xiang asked rhetorically, "Do you want to hear about my experience in the wasteland?"

The old man stared at him and nodded, "That's exactly what I'm going to ask you." ”

Tian Xiang smiled at the old man, and then talked about it from the time he met the black bull, 1510 told his own experience and discernment, and when he talked about Qiankun Pan sacrificing his life to save him and was knocked out, he took out the thumb-sized white jade from his arms, his heart was sad, and tears flashed.

The more the old man listened, the more shocked he became, he stretched out his hand to hold the Qiankun plate and examined it for a while, and saw that this extremely ordinary stone really cracked, and he was quite suspicious, but he felt that there was a little bit of truth. Because without the support of a strong man, it is impossible for a baby to survive in that wasteland. After examining it for a long time, the old man returned the Qiankun Pan to Tian Xiang and asked, "How did you get to be in the wasteland?"

At this time, Tian Xiang had intermittently recalled the past, knowing where he was from, but he didn't know how to answer. Because even he didn't know if this place was familiar with the earth, whether it was back in the past or into the future, or whether it was another planet at all, a place that the earthlings had been trying to find but couldn't see. For many days, no matter how hard I meditated, it was difficult to figure it out, and it was difficult for the black bull and Qiankun Pan to answer. What's even more strange is that he doesn't understand why he is here, why he suddenly becomes a baby. Vaguely, it seems that he is influenced by the rumored immortality pool, but he hasn't really seen it, it's just speculation.

Tian Xiang looked at the old man blankly, and hesitated for a while before speaking, "I don't know where I'm from, I just remember that we are all ordinary people everywhere, there is no so-called cultivation, people are people, animals are animals, there are no demons as you say." Suddenly, he remembered the creatures he had seen in the snowy land, and his previous notions had been subverted in vain, and he didn't know how to explain them. Tian Xiang licked his lips and continued, "I just remember that I was wrapped in something and taken away, and when I woke up, I was in that wasteland." ”

The old man frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you remember your family?"

Tian Xiang nodded, and replied with a heavy heart: "Remember, they are all gone, and I am the only one left." Tian Xiang met his gaze with a long sigh, and continued, "My parents died very early, and I can't remember what they looked like at all, only my grandfather and grandmother, but they also passed away one after another. And then, here we are. ”

The old man looked at him in surprise for a moment and asked, "Then why did you go to Tian Guo?"

Tian Xiang looked at him inexplicably, and couldn't understand why the people here became extremely nervous at the mention of "Tian Guo". Although I couldn't figure it out, I had to answer, "Because my surname is Tian and my name is Xiang, I heard that there is a place called Tian Guo, so I think I should go there." ”

"Tian Xiang......" The old man muttered silently for a while, and suddenly asked, "If you stay here, are you willing?"

Tian Xiang nodded without thinking, he really had nowhere to go, it was rare to see that this old man was enthusiastic about him, so he naturally became a little close.

The old man was silent for a while, and then said, "Child, do you know what Tian Guo's surname is?"

Tian Xiang shook his head and looked at the old man inquiringly.

"Tian Peasant!" the old man stared at him tightly, and then asked, "Do you know my family name?"

Tian Xiang shook his head again.

"Tian Peasant!" the old man's tone was extremely deep.

Tian Xiang looked at him in surprise, "Tian Guo Imperial Family?"

The old man shook his head, "Xiaobei Tiannong is the so-called royal family of Tianguo, and my clan is Diqiu Tiannong!"

Tian Xiang was even more puzzled: Yesterday when he was in the wasteland, those people had asked the "Xiaobei Tian Nong" and the "Cangyou Tian Nong", how could there be another "Diqiu Tian Nong" at this moment? He looked at the old man suspiciously, "I don't understand. ”

"Someday you'll understand!" the old man looked up at the sky, as if thinking about something, and after a long time, he stared at him and asked, "Call me grandpa, and lead you into my clan?"

Tian Xiang stared at him, neither agreeing nor objecting.

The old man's expression was serious, "You have a clear bones, you may be able to succeed, I hope you don't disappoint the patriarch and me." ”

Tian Xiang didn't understand what he said at all, and raised his little face to ask again, but the old man waved his hand, "Talking to you little thing, blind in vain!" After speaking, he personally rolled up his sleeves and pounded the prey on the ground, washed it clean, and the old and the young burned a fire in front of the hut, roasted some animal meat, sprinkled some salt, and gnawed it. Afterwards, the old man took Tian Xiang to wander around the dense forest for a while, plucked some wild vegetables, picked some wild fruits, and collected a large bag before returning to the hut.