When the old man led the black-faced man and others through the layers of maze, he was about to break out.

A thick, sharpened log suddenly fell from the sky and shot straight into the path in front of them.

"This place is not allowed to pass!"

Immediately, everyone who had already avoided the battle in advance saw a mysterious man in white fluttering on the top of the log.

"Who is your Excellency, and why are you blocking me from going?"

The old man stretched out his hand to stop the black-faced man beside him, and looked at the mysterious young man on the log with a calm face, although the other party seemed to be not very old, but he did not despise the other party at all.

"I said, why do you knowingly ask an old man? You have led people to other people's houses, and your master is not allowed to come forward to stop you?"

Xia Fan put his hands behind his back and looked condescendingly at the old man in front of him and the murderous warrior with a sword.

"So you are the owner of this place?" a look of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes. "I'm sorry, but we didn't mean to intrude into your retreat, and if you are offended, I hope you have a lot of questions. ”

"Okay, for the sake of your sincerity, I don't bother to bother with you. ”

Xia Fan looked at this group of humanitarians with extraordinary origins with interest.

"I guess you're here to find someone this time, right?"

"Your Excellency, we have indeed come to find someone. The old man hurriedly bowed his hand. "I don't know your ......"

"I see. ”

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Xia Fan interrupted.

"Wait a minute, I'll go back. ”

After speaking, Xia Fan turned around from the log and jumped up, and his body disappeared in front of everyone's eyes lightly.

"Guo Lao, you see?"

After the mysterious young man left, the black-faced man suddenly looked at the old man impatiently.

"Rest easy. The old man said with a solemn expression. "I'll wait until the other party returns. ”

"Guo Lao, you ...... Seems a little jealous of that guy?" said the black-faced man, whose face was stunned.

"Walking in the rivers and lakes, it is taboo to provoke right and wrong for no reason, and not to mention whether the other party is the real master here, just because he throws wood to block the road, and his concealment method of coming and going quietly is enough to make people not underestimate. The old man said cautiously. "What's more, now that the little boy is very likely to be in the hands of the other party, how dare I act rashly?"

"It's worthy of Guo Lao. The black-faced man sighed softly. "In other words, if I have a temper, I may have a conflict with the other party if I don't agree. ”

"Heh, little black man, do you think that the old man does not know your true nature, and you dare to continue to pretend in front of the old man?" the old man glanced at the black-faced man and said with disdain. "I was just teasing you. ”

“......”

......

"Boy, someone out there is looking for you, and it doesn't look like the one who killed you, so hurry up and pack up and get out. ”

Village.

Xia Fan once again appeared elusively in front of Chen Ji, who was walking back and forth restlessly.

"You're finally back!"

As soon as Chen Ji saw Xia Fan, he immediately greeted him, but after hearing what Xia Fan said, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"May I ask the seniors, who are the people who came?"

"The leader was an old man with a gray beard, and a black-faced man who looked like a stupid big man, and he also led more than a dozen armor soldiers in dark robes. ”

Xia Fan casually described it.

"I know who they are, they are Guo Lao and Uncle Hei! And the people they brought are the Xuanpao armor soldiers under their father's command!" said the young man Chen Xuan after hearing this. "Senior, they are not enemies, they are the ones who came to save me!"

"Okay, okay! That's all the nonsense! In that case, don't pack up your things, I'll take you over to meet them. ”

Xia Fan waved his hand impatiently, then directly lifted Chen Ji's back collar, and quickly disappeared at the entrance of the village with a movement of his feet.

Meanwhile.

The old man and the black-faced man who were waiting patiently on the spot suddenly moved, and they all turned their heads to look ahead, and the next moment they saw the mysterious young man reappear on the log blocking the road, and most importantly, he was carrying a young man with a pale face in his hand.

And then. ”

Xia Fan was very decisive, and unceremoniously threw Chen Ji in his hand to the old man and the others.

The black-faced man rushed out in an instant, and caught the young man thrown by the other party.

"Little boy!"

"Young Master!"

"Uncle Guo! Uncle Hei ......"

Looking at the scene of surprise in front of him, Xia Fan dropped a sentence and turned away.

"Do what you want to do in the future, and don't disturb the peace of this place again. ”

"Senpai?!"

By the time Chen Ji reacted, he had long since lost sight of Xia Fan.

"Little boy?"

When the old man saw Chen Ji's appearance, he suddenly felt a little strange.

“...... Guo Lao, I'm fine, let's get out of here first. ”

Chen Ji looked in the direction where Xia Fan left from afar, and after a moment, he shook his head and sighed, turned around and left under the escort of the surrounding Xuanpao armor soldiers.

And Guo Lao turned his head and casually glanced at the mysterious mountains and forests in front of him, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"I didn't expect that the maze I worked so hard to arrange would be easily cracked, this world is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!"

In fact, Xia Fan did not leave too far, he sat on the branch of an ancient tree that towered into the clouds, holding a soft branch in his hand and swaying it at will, while his eyes silently watched the figure of Chen Ji and the others leaving in the distance.

As for the maze that Xia Fan was talking about, it sounded mysterious, but it was actually just a trick to blind the senses of the human body.

Of course, the people of this world usually call it the art of Qimen Dunjia.

"It's been 10 years......"

Xia Fan sat on the tree for a long time, until the sun set in the west, and the entire mountain forest seemed to render a layer of orange and red colors.

The setting sun reflected his still heroic young face, but it couldn't hide the thick loneliness on his face.

He has been living in seclusion in Qingping Mountain for ten years.

No one knows how he has survived these ten years.

No one will live in seclusion in the mountains and old forests for no reason, and Xia Fan is no exception.

Because—

He will never forget.

Ten years ago, I was so high-spirited that I almost died at the hands of others several times.

Business competitors, insatiable government officials, local tyrants who are hungry for profit, gangs that bully and dominate the market, and even Jiangyang thieves who directly seek money and kill people.

The most fatal time was when two strong men fought unscrupulously on the street, causing the aftermath to almost kill him.

In the end, Xia Fan, who was lucky enough to get his life back, looked at the half-destroyed streets afterwards, and countless miserable scenes of crying and parting from life and death.

He was completely scared, terrified.

He suddenly realized that if he didn't have enough self-protection ability, sooner or later he would die inexplicably.

So he decided to stay away from this dangerous world.

It wasn't until he had achieved cultivation and no one in the world could threaten his life that he would return to the outside world.

In a nutshell.

Hold on to your development and don't wave.