The second battalion commander's chariot twisted on the ground in an S shape, and in Su Xiaoqi's exclamation, the chariot finally drove more and more smoothly, and the speed became faster and faster.

Looking at the scenery on both sides shooting backwards quickly, Su Xiaoqi was speechless, with the second battalion commander's chariot to travel, he estimated that he would be able to reach Yinsong Hailin in the dark of day, which was several times faster than he imagined.

"Swimming Baguazhang" is still very easy to understand, taking advantage of the fact that it doesn't take too many operations to go straight, Su Xiaoqi secretly compared in the cab. The most difficult thing about "Swimming Baguazhang" is nothing more than to make the two palms gather different palms, the left palm is yin, and the right palm is yang, which is equivalent to one heart and two purposes, which seems simple, but in fact it is extremely draining.

Since the cultivation, Su Xiaoqi has such a headache for the first time, and when the dryness in his heart is getting deeper and deeper, Su Xiaoqi stopped practicing "Swimming Baguazhang", cultivation This kind of thing cannot be done overnight, and there must be no hurry, otherwise it will fall behind.

Along the way, the second battalion commander's chariot attracted the attention of countless people, and cultivators always have many strange-shaped spiritual weapons.

The Silver Pine Sea Forest is a wetland of silver pines, and in the summer, a steady stream of water gushes out of the ground, and in the winter, the water flows back to the ground. Some people say that because the silver pine sea forest is connected to the sea, so all year round, the land of the silver pine sea forest is muddy like waterlogged.

The shape of the silver pine tree is no different from that of ordinary pine trees, but the difference is that not only the body of the silver pine is silver, but even the pine needles are like silver needles.

When it was dark, Su Xiaoqi rushed to the periphery of the Silver Pine Sea Forest, and what he saw was a vast silver light, and from a distance, it was like a silver mountain in front of him.

There is a dilapidated inn outside the Silver Pine Sea Forest, built on a small mound. The higher you go, the drier the dirt becomes, like walking on sand.

In front of the inn, there were several vegetable fields, glittering in the faint moonlight, as if they had just been watered. When it gets dark, I come to water the vegetables, if not because of lack of water, or because the people who open the inn are too lonely, and looking at the wetness of the soil, it is obviously not the former.

The door was wide open, and a faint glow of fire was flickering on the counter, making the shadow of the person sitting in the chair hang for a short time. Lonely lights, solitary shadows, empty inns, this kind of scene often makes people feel bleak.

Walking in the door, Su Xiaoqi suddenly felt that his face was covered with a layer of cobwebs, wiped them indiscriminately, and raised his head, only to see that webs were formed on the eaves, and a spider the size of a mung bean was slowly crawling towards a moth that fell into the web and struggled hard.

Sitting behind the counter was an old man over half a hundred years old, until Su Xiaoqi approached, he still hung his head unconsciously, as if he was asleep.

Su Xiaoqi sighed softly, and was about to turn around and go out, when the old man who heard the sound immediately woke up, rubbed his eyes, and said, "It's dark and Mo enters the forest, the guest officer should stay and rest, and enter the forest again tomorrow morning." ”

Of course, Su Xiaoqi thought so, but seeing that the old man was sleeping peacefully and couldn't bear to disturb him, he thought that it would be great if the old man could wake up after sleeping in the chariot for a night.

The old man held an oil lamp and led Su Xiaoqi to his seat, the store was very poor, except for the noodles and the vegetables grown by the old man himself, he couldn't even see the meat star.

"Don't blame the guest officer, the small shop has nothing to entertain people except these things. The old man sat down beside Su Xiaoqi and apologized ashamedly.

"There is only this inn a few miles away, and there are abundant products in the Silver Pine Sea Forest, and there are countless cultivators who come here to try their luck, how can you be so poor?" Su Xiaoqi was puzzled.

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "A few months ago, it was okay, but now there are fewer and fewer people coming to Yinsong Hailin, and even fewer people entering the store." ”

"Why?" Su Xiaoqi said in confusion: "Could it be that the things in the forest have been scavenged?"

"Not really. The old man said: "It's just that the people of the Yunhai Holy Palace occupy the forest, and the helpless people don't dare to take it lightly, especially after the death of a few 'blind' people, no one dares to risk their lives to enter the forest." ”

Su Xiaoqi's eyes moved, and he said, "That little thing in the forest is not as amazing as the Yunhai Holy Palace, is it?

The old man was full of sorrow and said, "They want to drive me away and occupy this inn." ”

Su Xiaoqi can figure out why Yunhai Sacred Palace wants this inn, if he turns the inn into a shop to sell spiritual weapons, pills, spirit runes, etc., he can indeed make a lot of money.

But does it take so much trouble to get rid of an old man who is old and powerless?

Su Xiaoqi talked about the doubts in his heart, and the old man explained: "There are people coming and going in this inn every day, some of them have become friends with me and have feelings for the inn, they don't want the inn to become a shop, and they don't want to see me driven away by the people of the Yunhai Holy Palace." ”

Su Xiaoqi immediately understood, and said: "So in order to avoid fighting with these people, the people of the Yunhai Holy Palace simply blocked the Silver Pine Sea Forest, if it is to protect the inn, people can still work together, and enter the Silver Pine Sea Forest, each has their own thoughts." ”

In fact, after Su Xiaoqi finished speaking, he also felt that this explanation was very far-fetched, and he always felt that there was something else hidden in the matter.

"That's right. The old man sighed: "If you don't get the harvest, there are fewer and fewer people who come to Yinsong Hailin, and my inn is not so shabby." ”

"Actually......" The old man smiled bitterly and said, "What do you say to protect the inn is a hot brain after drinking, how many days, you are still the first person to enter the inn." ”

"The people of the Yunhai Sacred Palace are very cautious. Su Xiaoqi said: "It's all come to this point, no one has come to collect your house yet." ”

The old man laughed at himself: "I'm afraid that in another day or two, I won't have a place to live." ”

"If you know what you're going to do, why bother staying here?"

The old man's cloudy eyes were even darker, and he said, "Let's be honest, at the beginning, the people from the Yunhai Holy Palace gave me a few hundred taels of silver to let me go, and I didn't agree. ”

Su Xiaoqi picked up the chopsticks, ate the noodles, and said indistinctly: "Do you think the money is less?"

The old man shook his head, "Even if I am given tens of thousands of taels of gold, I don't want to leave." ”

"Oh?" Su Xiaoqi stopped his chopsticks and asked curiously, "Why?"

The old man's mood suddenly fell, and his voice trembled: "I'll wait for someone here." ”

"Waiting for whom?"

"My son. The old man's smile was indescribably desolate.

Su Xiaoqi put down the chopsticks and said, "Where did he go?"

The old man turned his back, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned his head to face Su Xiaoqi again, and said with red eyes: "He entered the forest twenty years ago, and he hasn't been able to come out until now." ”

Su Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips, and said, "Old man......"

"I know, I know. Tears poured out of his eyes uncontrollably, and the old man cried sadly: "I know he can't survive, I just want to...... Just want to ......

He didn't want to lie alone in the woods anymore. ”[.]