The stone house was very old, many of the masonry had fallen off, the walls were mottled, and in some places there was even moss, and the wooden door was hidden, and there were many openings on it, and there was a faint smell of decay.

The courtyard outside the stone house was very clean, with a bamboo shelf on which a few pieces of clothes were dried, and the clothes were cleanly washed and swayed gently in the wind.

There is no doubt that this dilapidated stone house is where the Qu family, Qu Feng's childhood lived, at that time their family of four lived here, although the life is not rich, but it is also happy, but time has passed, this stone house is only left with an old man in his old age, Wang Po.

Wang Po is an old man in Xiangdie Village, who has lived in this land all her life, and later the Qu family came here and gradually lived with this old man.

At the beginning, the Qu family changed, Qu Haotian and Yun'er were nowhere to be found, Qu Feng left Xiangdie Village in order to chase the dream of the spirit master, and Wang Po stayed, living here alone for a full seventeen years.

Seventeen years is a long time, long enough to make Qu Feng grow from an ignorant child to today's peak powerhouse, it is hard to imagine such a long time, how an old woman survived, Wang Po is old, so old that she can't move anymore, if there is no simple villager of Xiangdie Village to take care of her for so many years, she may have left this world long ago, but even if she supports it until now, she has been riddled with evil diseases, and the oil has run out.

Since seven or eight years ago, the villagers of Xiangdie Village have felt that this old woman is dying, but everyone is wrong, she is still alive, even if she survives, even if the oil runs out, she is still alive

"Grandma will be waiting for you in Xiangdie Village, I won't die, until you come back as a powerful spirit master"

This is what Wang Po said seventeen years ago, the reason why she has been able to support it for so many years is because she still has faith, this belief is Qu Feng, she uses her 'life' to fulfill her original promise, she is waiting, waiting for Qu Feng to fulfill his promise.

Qufeng's name has long been transmitted back to Xiangdie Village, and every time she hears his news, Wang Po will be very happy, and the folds on her face will be completely piled together, pestering the villagers to tell the news in more detail.

The villagers had very limited access to news, so they naturally couldn't know exactly the true situation of the qu style, so in order not to disappoint Wang Po, they began to make up stories, made up moving heroic deeds, and told Wang Po one at a time.

And seven years ago, the genre 'died'

At that time, the air in Xiangdie Village seemed to be frozen, and the villagers couldn't accept it, they couldn't accept the cute little boy leaving, and they were even more afraid that Wang Po wouldn't be able to accept it, so they concealed the public execution, and continued to make up those heroic deeds, and the whole world thought that Qu Feng was dead, but Qu Feng was still alive, living in the Death Valley, and also living in the ears of Wang Po

Fortunately, Qu Feng is still alive, he came back, killed the broken sky, killed the Blood Hades King, saved the entire Middle Realm, and the villagers were finally able to say to Wang Po: "Wang Po, your Xiaofeng has become a very strong spirit master, wait a minute, he will be back soon"

Every time she heard this, Wang Po would laugh and laugh very happily

Village Chief Li stared at the stone house for a long time, and then walked towards the stone house, but he stopped again without taking two steps, sighed, and turned around to leave, it was not that he didn't want to see Wang Po, but he was afraid, afraid to see Wang Po's appearance of supporting life with faith, maybe as long as people are old, they will subconsciously avoid these things.

Drove the affairs of the Qu family out of his mind, and Village Chief Li walked quietly on the country road, the village full of sunshine seemed extraordinarily quiet, but the figures of those butterflies in the past were missing, his eyes slowly swept over the village, and finally fell on a mess of stones.

The few families whose houses collapsed are temporarily living in other people's homes, and they are not rebuilding because they do not know when the earthquake will happen again, which has to be said to be a kind of helplessness.

"Alas" Village Chief Li sighed again, the wrinkles on the old man's face were completely stacked together, and deep ravines appeared, although he was named the village chief, but after all, he was just an ordinary old man, and he would be tired.

"I hope I can find a stronger mercenary spirit master in Loya City tomorrow, if I can't find the reason, I can't say that my old bones will leave here." Village Chief Li laughed self-deprecatingly: "Who is willing to leave?" ”

He shook his head and staggered away

The next day, when the first rays of sunlight fell on Xiangdie Village, Village Chief Li woke up, he got down from the bed a little tired, washed his face, and then ate a meal of millet porridge prepared by his wife.

"Osmanthus butterflies only grow near our Xiangdie Village, and it is difficult to find them in other places. The village chief's wife said: "After drinking the porridge boiled with osmanthus butterflies for so many years, I have long been accustomed to this taste, if I leave here, I can't drink it, and it is unlikely that we will come back to pick the old bones." ”

Village Chief Li swallowed the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl, smacked his mouth, savored the faint fragrance, and then sighed: "If you really want to leave, pick more osmanthus butterfly flowers to dry and take away, although it is not as good as fresh, but it is better than nothing, if you finish drinking, ask someone to come back and pick some, you can always drink it." ”

The village chief's wife glanced at him, shook her head and said nothing.

"Okay, I'm going out, I have to go to Loya City, as long as the inexplicable earthquake is solved, everyone will be able to rest assured. ”

"Wouldn't it be nice to ask the young people in the village to go for this kind of thing, you have an old bone, and the sun will have to go down when you get to Loya City. ”

"This matter is too important, I don't feel at ease when it is handed over to those young people, I am leaving, you try not to stay in the house. After speaking, Village Chief Li walked out of the door, and the sky was already bright, and the soft morning light shrouded the village, which was very comfortable on his body.

Village Chief Li squinted slightly, and his old face involuntarily smiled, for a person of his age, every morning seemed so beautiful.

Village Chief Li touched the money bag in his arms, ** heavy, it was the money made up by the villagers of Xiangdie Village, and it was also the cost of hiring a spirit master, and after confirming that it was correct, he took a step forward and slowly walked towards the entrance of the village.

But at this moment, the change suddenly happened, and the buzzing sound suddenly sounded in the ears, unlike before, this time the sound was so loud that it could even be described as deafening!

And with the buzzing sound, the ground also began to tremble, and the trembling amplitude was extremely large, as if countless giant beasts were trampling on it at the same time, completely breaking the tranquility of Xiangdie Village!

The villagers reacted quickly, and after the first buzz they rushed out of the door, and when the earthquake struck, they had already run to the open space in front of the door, but in the strong tremor, both men, women and children could not stabilize their bodies and fell to the ground.

"What the hell is going on?!"

The exclamation sounded, breaking through the early morning sky, but it was instantly drowned out by a violent roar