The rain was heavy and long.

"Great uncle."

When Dian Wei held an umbrella and walked slowly into the study, Ning Xingkong was lowering his head, staring at a map carefully, looking at it very fascinated, and only raised his head after hearing the sound for a while.

"Xiao Wei!"

Ning Xingkong laughed, "You're finally out of the customs." ”

Dian Wei looked at Ning Xingkong, the old man was a little older than before he was injured.

It seems that this serious injury has had a great impact on him.

"If I had gotten that black lotus earlier, and given one to my eldest uncle, with the healing effect of the black lotus, the result would have been very different."

Dian Wei couldn't help but think.

"Uncle, how are your injuries?" Dian Wei casually put down his umbrella and asked.

Ning Xingkong sighed: "Thanks to the herb you bid for, the healing effect is really good, not only curing my injuries, but also preserving my cultivation." To tell the truth, at my advanced age, I never expected that I was so seriously injured, and my skills did not decline at all. ”

Dian Wei may have understood this before.

As the saying goes: the old roots of the tree die first, and the old bones of the person decay first!

With the increase of age, especially after entering the middle and old age, the aging of the human body is inevitable.

And all this starts with bone decay.

After all, bones are the body's hematopoietic organs, and bone metabolism is related to the speed at which it rebuilds and repairs.

And this proverb is not only applicable to ordinary people, in fact, it is even more obvious in the strong people who forge bones.

The strong man who has entered the old age is walking on the twilight road of "declining again, exhausting three times".

For these elderly forging bones, if you want to break through and go further, the possibility is really minimal.

But martial arts practice is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.

In fact, the quality and total amount of bone strength of the elderly bone forging have been declining.

An elderly Xuan-level forging bone, the actual combat power may not be as good as a yellow-level forging bone in the prime of life.

So, as long as they can keep it from declining, it's a success.

Ning Xingkong was seriously injured, and at his age, even if he took the Black Lotus in time and quickly healed his injuries, he could not recover the continuous decay caused by the aging of his body.

It is precisely because of this that at this moment, Ning Xingkong made such a sigh and sighed.

When Dian Wei heard this, he was sincerely happy for his eldest uncle, and then he couldn't help but ask carefully: "Uncle, what is the matter with your injury?" ”

A friend of Ning Xingkong invited him to hunt a vicious beast, and a total of five people joined forces, resulting in three of the five people dying on the spot.

Ning Xingkong was first injured by a strange beast, and then he was plotted again, so he was seriously injured and escaped death.

In addition to Ning Xingkong, there is also a person named Yin Shuhua, who also escaped.

This Yin Shuhua was only slightly injured.

Moreover, it was because he chewed his tongue that Ning Xingkong's serious injury was leaked, which led to the assassination of the Zhu family.

The question is, who plotted against the eldest uncle?

Ning Xingkong was in urgent need of healing before, and many things were vague and did not have time to explain clearly.

At this moment, Dian Wei finally had the opportunity to ask for clarification.

Ning Xingkong sighed: "I used to owe an old friend a favor, and when they asked me for help, I had to agree." In the end, five forging bones were gathered to hunt the beast together.

But my old friend clearly underestimated the horror of the beast, and the first hunt failed, and the beast was wounded and fled.

My old friend refused to give up, so the five of us began to hunt down the beast, following it all the way over the mountains and across the forests and rivers, and hunting several times, but all in vain.

The beast always escapes.

However, we did seriously injure the beast, and as long as we persevered, killing the beast shouldn't be a problem.

But who would have thought that we followed the fierce beasts all over the mountains and wilderness, and we didn't know where we were for a long time, and before we knew it, we plunged into the deep mountains and old forests.

Bad luck begins!

The five of us were first swept away by the 'Yin Wind', and then ran into the 'Ghost Fire', and just as we were in a hurry to escape, we accidentally strayed into the territory of another fierce beast. ”

Speaking of this, Ning Xingkong shook his head with a miserable smile, unable to look back, "As a result, there was a fierce battle, and two people died on the spot."

I, Sha Yice, and Yin Shuhua will not die.

And my old friend died in battle.

At this point, the remaining three should have broken up at once, but we were all lost and wounded, so we didn't dare to go alone, so we had to continue to find our way together.

Soon, after dark, we found a simple and dilapidated stone house in the mountains, and the light was shining through the room.

The three of us discussed, and Sha Yice and I approached the stone house to investigate the situation, and Yin Shuhua was an archer who was responsible for guarding and taking care of him from a distance.

Later, Sha Yice and I approached the stone house and found through the window that there were tables, chairs, benches and other furniture in the house.

On the table was a candlestick with candles on it, which had been lit and burned to the point of being half burned.

Next to the candlestick, there was a girl in red, holding a needle and thread in her hand, trying to thread the thread into the array, trying again and again, and each time she failed.

Seeing this, Sha Yice and I looked at each other, and then I stepped forward and knocked on the door.

The girl in red opened the door, looked at me and Sha Yice in a bit of a panic, and asked who we were.

I told her that I had gotten lost in the mountains to collect medicine, and asked her where the nearest town was.

The girl in red said that she grew up in the mountains since she was a child, and she had never been outside, and she didn't know where the town was.

I asked her again if there were any adults in the family. She said that her parents died early, and she has always lived alone. ”

Dian Wei blinked: "There is a stone house in the middle of the mountains, and there is a girl in red in the house, who has lived alone for many years, but she answers your questions fluently?" ”

Ning Xingkong nodded: "Yes, I have been living alone for a long time, and it is impossible to speak so neatly, so I suspect that there may be something wrong with this girl in red." ”

Dian Wei: "Could it be that you have encountered an anomaly, or have you entered an anomalous area?" ”

Ning Xingkong: "At first, I was also suspicious, I was uneasy, and I gave Sha Yice a look, wanting to evacuate first.

But unexpectedly, Sha Yice seemed to be wrong, and suddenly took action to restrain the girl in red.

Then, Sha Yice told me that after the girl in red opened the door, the mountain wind blew away, but the candlestick in the house did not move from beginning to end.

Then I noticed that there was something strange about the candlestick in the house, and the light of a candle burning was so bright that it could be seen from a long distance, which was very abnormal.

I scolded the girl in red, since you have never been to town, where did you get the candles.

But the girl in red shouted that the candlestick was picked up by her from the mountains, and the candle was left to her by her parents, and that if she put the candle on the candlestick, she could burn forever, and the candle would never burn out, and the flame would never be extinguished. ”

Hearing this, Dian Wei's brows furrowed.

Ning Xingkong spread his hands and said: "The words of the girl in red, Sha Yice and I will be suspicious. Sha Yice pressed the girl in red and asked me to go in and get the candlestick to see. I didn't want to venture into the house, so I happened to have a whip with me, so I flung it off, wrapped it around the candlestick, and pulled it out.

The candlestick fell to the ground and rolled around a few times, and the candle flame was really not extinguished.

At this time, Sha Yice blurted out and said that the candlestick might be the legendary 'divine soldier'. ”

Dian Wei was moved.

The Divine Blade, that's quite an awesome weapon.

The Qianjun heavy axe in his hand can only barely be regarded as an extraordinary weapon, and he is not qualified to be a divine soldier.

Ning Xingkong continued: "Sha Yice mentioned the Divine Soldier, and I also instantly realized that that candlestick might really be a priceless treasure, and I was so excited for a while that I couldn't help but reach out and pick up the candlestick.

Alas, it was at this time that Sha Yice suddenly shot at me, I was quick and immediately fought back, and finally the two of us hit each other, I was seriously injured in an instant, and Sha Yice was also hit hard.

We both fell to the ground at the same time.

The girl in red got rid of Sha Yice's control, picked up the candlestick, then looked at me, then at Sha Yice, and coldly raised the candlestick and smashed it at Sha Yice.

At that time, Sha Yice vomited blood in his mouth, and his body didn't know whether he couldn't move, or he was sure that the girl in red was just an ordinary person and couldn't hurt him, so he let the girl in red smash it.

As a result, Sha Yice's brain burst in an instant, and he died on the spot.

I was horrified by the tragic scene, and the girl in red came towards me, and I turned around and ran away into the darkness, running wildly, I don't know how long, I don't know where I ran, and finally I couldn't bear the attack of my injuries and passed out. ”

Dian Wei: "What about after that?" ”

Ning Xingkong: "After I woke up, it was already dawn, and I suppressed my injuries and found a way to find a way, but fortunately I met a group of foot merchants, so I determined my location and was able to return to Ice and Fire City." ”