One sunny afternoon, Ao Han and a few uncles were discussing the diversion of the Shengya River, when two guards guarding the gate came over with a gray-haired old man. The old man had a long beard fluttering and was on a purple rotten wood cane, he looked older than the old patriarch, and one of the guards said: "Patriarch, he himself said that the Yan Zhen faction of the Snow Maiden Clan invited the tribal elder to treat the old patriarch. When Ao Han heard this, his melancholy mood because of the old patriarch's illness and the prevention and control of the Shengya River suddenly became clear, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man into the house, and after the old man sat down, Ao Han approached the old man and looked at him and asked, "I don't know what secret this old man has for his longevity." The old patriarch is the god in the hearts of my entire tribe, I just took up the position of patriarch and still need his help and guidance in many things, we can't do without him, I beg you to tell me if you have any secrets of longevity. If I can really restore my uncle, I will repay you well. After the old man heard what Ao Han said, he suddenly laughed and said, "I am not a person who knows medical skills, and I am here today mainly to tell you about a past event that may have delayed my lifespan." Of course, there is a reason for this, Ah Man and I were lifelong friends when we were young, and what I have done today is all for the sake of your old patriarch. What I'm about to say to you is to be believed, and if you don't, it will be a joke. Ao Han narrowed his eyes and replied suspiciously, "Please speak." ”

The old man hesitated for a while, then looked at the sky outside and said, "I met Ah Man when I was twenty years old, and he was only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time. And I was not as energetic as a twenty-year-old young man, I was very weak at that time, and I was tired after walking for a while, no different from the body of an old man, I was sick at that time but I didn't know what it was, and I often coughed and was weak. Once, I carried a basket to the south of Heimaoling to pick yams, and I found a small flower between a few big black stones, which was particularly beautiful and bright, and there was a breath of air in a few bright red petals, as if it was roasted by a flame, and there was a pink liquid flowing in the middle of the petals, which was very fragrant and fragrant. I was so tired from walking that I couldn't stand the scent, and I didn't care if it was poisonous or not, so I touched it with the tip of my tongue, and after touching it, I felt like my whole body was about to crack, and then I fainted. When I woke up, it was already dark, and when I went to see the flower in my hand, it was gone, and I didn't think much about it and hurriedly ran back, the strange thing is that I didn't get tired after running for a long time, and after running for a long time to get home, my face began to sweat. It was from that time that my body became different, not only did I get better, but I was able to do a lot of work that ordinary people couldn't do, and until now, ah, you young people can do the same work. But this is a few decades ago, and since then, Ah Man, he has never laughed at me again, but often praises me for what crows have turned into phoenixes hahahaha. Thinking of the past, the old gentleman couldn't help but laugh.

Ao Han was as fascinated as he listened to his story, and after the old man finished speaking, Ao Han hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Then you mean that the magical flower that blooms in the big black stone will make you live a long life, make you strong and live a long life." Can you find such a bright red flower to prolong people's lives?" The old man's face that had just smiled suddenly said with a little melancholy: "Human life is free and heavenly, Ah Man is already old, to say that you and I know it well, medicinal materials and other things can't cure him." I'm grateful for what he's done in his life to tell you this, because I think there's a glimmer of hope. I found that flower in Heimaoling back then, and it has been more than sixty years now, and it may be long gone or it may be everywhere, whether you can find it depends on your luck and Aman's creation. ”

Ao Han pondered for a while and asked, "Yan Zhen didn't find it, did he?" The old man said, "I didn't come here to tell Yan Zhen, and I never told anyone except you about that flower, this is a secret that I have hidden in my heart for the rest of my life. I said everything was for Aman. Ao Han looked at the old man intently and said, "Then why don't you tell Yan Zhen? If Yan Zhen finds the planting, your Snow Maiden Clan may become the overlord on the banks of the Shengya River!" The old man smiled, smiling very contemptuously, "Is it important to be the overlord?" Although Yan Zhen is a woman, she is very greedy, and it is impossible for me to tell her about this and let her take risks. You are the same, if you can't find it in Heimaoling, give up decisively and don't look for it again, don't cross Heimaoling into Ma Jiu's territory. Ao Han looked at the old man and pondered for a while, then got up and said with a smile: "I know, then I thank you for Uncle Man." The old man also stood up and said, "Don't tell Ah Man about this, according to his character, he will definitely not agree with you tossing for him." You remember, if you find it, you must only give it to Ah Man himself, and you must not be greedy. If you can't find it, it means that Aman's fate is at most here, and there is no need to regret and regret it too much. ”

Ao Han didn't think about why the old man didn't let him taste it, he didn't ask again, Ao Han walked forward to the old man's side and supported him and said, "I'll take you to meet my uncle!" The old man hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I'll just look at him through the window." After finishing speaking, Ao Han and the old man walked out of the door and walked towards the old patriarch's house, and walked to the old patriarch's window. On the dim wooden plank, the old patriarch stared up at the pitch-black ceiling with a pant that could stop at any moment, and it was impossible for him to notice that someone was watching him from the window. The old man's eyes moistened, the years made people old, and in a blink of an eye, the child who was alive and kicking in the old man's memory and himself had quietly spent nearly sixty years. After seeing the old patriarch, the old man insisted on going back, and Ao Han couldn't keep it anymore, so he sent two of his cronies to escort the old man back to the Snow Girl clan before dark.

At dawn the next day, Ao Han gathered several strong warriors in the clan, and each of them brought a bow and a long sword and prepared to rush to Heimaoling with him. Before leaving, Ao Han told the soldiers that this time they went to Heimaoling to look for a bright red medicinal flower that was expected to cure the old patriarch, and that no matter who found it, they could not touch it and it might be poisonous, and they had to tell themselves immediately. Everyone heard that it was to save the old patriarch and they all followed Ao Han, and as soon as the sun emerged from the eastern sky, Ao Han led the soldiers to cross the Yujiang River and run towards the Heimaoling in the south.

Heimaoling is located in the southwest of the Yujiang River, near the northern end of the Heicong Mountains where the leader of the savage clan, Ma Jiu, is entrenched, and is distributed in a half-moon-shaped mountain range. There are many strange plants and plants with black branches and leaves growing between the black stones, and there are often vultures on the ridge to gnaw on the corpses of savages, so if there is really a bright red flower in Heimaoling, it is easy to identify. Ao Han rode his jujube red war horse and led his people over the two mountains, and reached Heimaoling before dusk in the afternoon.

There was no daylight on the Black Ridge, and there was a faint light above the mountain, where a few vultures were foraging for carcasses that had been rotting for days. Seeing this situation, everyone had a strange and ominous feeling in their hearts. Ao Han looked around and ordered: "Everyone go to look for it separately, don't get too far away, first look between these two mountains, if you can't find it, go over that pass and go to the mountains over there to find it." Ao Han pointed to the east and said loudly.

A dozen of Daemon warriors split up, moving slowly due to the rugged terrain, but it didn't take long for them to climb the two mountains because of the clear color contrast. When the sun sets, they gather together to enter the narrow corridor in the middle of the half-moon through the pass to the east, and then climb over one ridge to the second ridge to search for it.

The warriors marched slowly, both for safety and not to miss any corner where the "flower of life" might be found. Half an hour later, they climbed up Black Ridge through the middle steep slope. When Ao Han reached the top of the mountain, he suddenly dismounted and raised his arm to signal everyone to stop. The warriors all stopped when they knew that there was a situation under the mountain, and then they took their horses and waited for orders with bated breath, and several people who were close to Ao Han crawled towards Ao Han to see what was happening in front of them.

Between the two mountains, a simple brown sedan chair slowly marched forward with timid steps on the shoulders of the four palanquins, and there were two stout savages with scimitars and green clay on their faces and blades of grass standing in front of the sedan chairs on the left and right, and in front of the savages in the four directions stood five cloth guards with knives. After observing the situation, Ao Han slowly raised his right hand and whispered, "It's Ma Jiu's savage." Who could be the people in this sedan chair? Could it be Ma Jiu?" The person next to Ao Han said: "Impossible, Ma Jiu's words will not only bring these few people, besides, the people outside this sedan chair are obviously not from their savage clan." Ao Han squinted his eyes and looked at them carefully for a while, then said, "Let's go, go down and stop them." After Ao Han finished speaking, he was just about to get up when he was stopped by two people next to him, one of them said very nervously: "Patriarch, we are here to find something, don't mess with Ma Jiu's people, that great wizard is not easy to deal with, don't go to the patriarch." Ao Han pouted and smiled contemptuously and said: "You are afraid that he will not succeed, I am not afraid, the people in front of these savages are used as shields at a glance, this must be which tribe Ma Jiu robbed, eighty percent is still a woman, how can I sit idly by, go down and see maybe I can get some benefits." After saying that, Ao Han immediately mounted his horse and rushed down from the ridge, and the Daemon warriors who followed had no choice but to get on their horses and rush down with the patriarch who was "not afraid of tigers in newborn calves".

The savages under the ridge panicked when they saw a group of cavalry suddenly killed on the mountain, and they swayed from side to side in a trance with scimitars, for fear that they would suddenly kill people from behind them. Ao Han led the people to rush down and surrounded the group of wild men and the sedan chair, Ao Han rode up and pointed at the people in front with a knife and said, "Why did you go, what is in the sedan chair?" One of the savages stood up proudly and said, "We are the people of the Ma Jiu Wizard, who are you, do you want to go against our great wizard?" Ao Han laughed contemptuously again and said, "Yes, I just want to go against him Ma Jiu." I occupied this sedan chair today, I see your posture, the things in the sedan chair should not belong to you, since you are robbing, I get it, I can't say that I took Ma Jiu's things. Listen to me, either put down the sedan chair and leave immediately, or there are a few more lives here. After Ao Han finished speaking, the jujube red war horse under his crotch neighed.

Several savages were weak and weak, and when they heard Ao Han speak so horizontally, they all took a step away from the sedan chair and prepared to escape, and the leading savage just now said angrily: "Okay, you are powerful." If it's a hero, then tell me who you are. Ao Han jumped off his horse and glared at the man viciously and said, "Ao Han, the patriarch of the Daimon clan. After Ao Han finished speaking, the man said, "Okay, you better not regret what happened today." With that, they abandoned the sedan chair and ran southeast. When they all ran away, Ao Han turned back to the sedan chair man and the few cloth clothes and said, "Who are you, why are you with Ma Jiu's people, and what is in the sedan chair?" One of the cloth clothes said: "Good man spare my life, we are people of the Mamba tribe in the north of the dangerous beach, and the sedan chair contains the daughter of our patriarch." A few days ago, Ma Jiu's people didn't know why they came all the way to our Mamba tribe, and we had never dealt with him before. Ma Jiu's men threatened us with either handing over the chief's daughter to him or sending someone to eradicate our Mamba tribe. Where are we his Ma Jiu's opponents, the patriarch has no choice but to do what he wants. ”

After Ao Han heard what he said, he looked at the brown sedan chair intently, and he stepped forward and gently lifted the gray-yellow curtain in front of the sedan chair full of doubts. In front of Ao Han's eyes, there was a long-haired woman wearing a coarse red dress and a plain dress, with big eyes and a high nose, her lips red and slightly shaking, and a black snake tattooed on her right arm. This girl's name is Qiuli, the daughter of the Mamba patriarch, who is naturally beautiful, proficient in ancient astronomy, and is a well-known talented woman of the Mamba and several surrounding tribes. Ao Han stared at Qiu Li's eyes motionlessly, Qiu Li hid in the corner of the sedan chair due to fright and looked at Ao Han motionlessly, Ao Han was the first time in his life to see such a beautiful woman, this look at each other made Ao Han's heart throb and uneasy and also buried the root of his life to bury his love, he knew what it was like, but it only made him excited and his heart surged and he couldn't say anything enough to describe.