Qingyuan Town is a small town outside the ancient border city - Tiecheng, although the town is small, but it is very lively, because this town is located on the road to Hengshan, it is a good place for many adventurers and practitioners to rest.

Hengshan is an isolated giant mountain in the middle of the wild continent, there are many birds and beasts in the mountain, there are many fierce beasts and demon clans, it is said that there was a giant dragon inhabiting this mountain, so it has always been a mysterious place that everyone yearns for.

Half a month ago, Hengshan suddenly changed, hundreds of miles away can be heard in the mountains rumbling loud noise, like a thunder falling into the mountains and forests, closer, it is also rumored to see Hengshan red light flashing, a sudden roar accompanied by the sky red light, actually made the ground shake up and down.

The mutation lasted for three days, and when the sound stopped, Qingyuan Town became even more crowded, and the crowd that came to explore the town was almost full.

On this day, it was noon, and the dim sun hid in the gray clouds, giving a faint daylight to Qingyuan Town in late autumn.

One of the wineries in the town was now crowded with people, and they were all sitting in groups of threes and fives, either with swords on their backs or with longbows on their backs, drinking and chatting, and several fierce beasts were tied to the outside of the winery, all grinning and whining at each other.

I don't know when, those strange beasts suddenly disappeared, and the silence outside the wine shop was unusual. There was no sound in the liquor shop for a moment. Everyone was strange, so they all looked up, and saw those strange beasts prostrate on the ground one by one, burying their heads tightly in their front paws, and their bodies trembling violently, as if they had seen something terrible.

"How is it possible, is there still a strange beast in this area that makes my white-bearded shadow tiger afraid to become such a monster, could it be that there is a demon beast?" A man stood up in surprise, looking at the white-bearded shadow tiger who had lost all his majesty, his face full of incredulity.

The white-bearded shadow tiger is the most majestic beast among the alien beasts, and its lonely personality makes it never bow to any alien beast, even the demon beast will fight bravely, but now it will hide its head in its chest like a coward.

"Go out and have a look, there should be a demon beast coming!" everyone was shocked, and hurriedly ran out of the wine shop, drew their swords and bows, and looked around.

Demon beasts are different from alien beasts, they have a certain amount of wisdom, and they also have a certain amount of cultivation, which is more difficult to deal with than alien beasts.

Everyone looked around, but where was the shadow of a demon beast, but a thin figure walked leisurely on the path in the distance, the figure gradually became clear, everyone looked fixedly, it turned out to be a young man wearing animal skin clothes.

The young man was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and he was dressed in animal skins, not a single piece of clothing worn by ordinary people, and he carried a package on his back, and walked slowly towards this side with his head bowed.

"Hey, boy, have you seen the demon beast?" a person shouted to the young man, who raised his head, looked at everyone in confusion, and asked, "Are you calling me?"

The person who shouted shouted, "Yes, it's just you, how have you ever seen a demon beast?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What is a demon beast?"

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and one of them suddenly laughed and said, "It turned out to be an ignorant stupid boy, so let's continue to search for him." ”

"Wait!" a man said in a deep voice, "You see, the closer that kid is to us, the more frightened these beasts become, and the brute blood cow is shedding tears, I heard that the demon clan is strong enough to reach a certain level, and he can turn into a human form, in my opinion, he is very dangerous!"

Everyone's hearts sank, if it was really as the man said, according to the bloodthirsty character of the demon beast, I am afraid that everyone would die here today.

The boy got closer and closer, and the strange beasts were so frightened that they didn't even dare to tremble, and everyone looked at him, but no one spoke, but they all held the weapons in their hands tightly.

When the young man came to the front of the people, he saw that everyone was looking at him closely, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his head and asked softly, "Are you...... Have you seen my mother?"

Everyone looked down and caught a glimpse of several strange beasts that fell to the ground and died suddenly, sweat kept dripping from their hands, and no one dared to reply.

Seeing that no one answered, the young man pursed his lips and raised his legs to leave, but he smelled the fragrance wafting from the wine shop, so he turned his head to stare at the food on the table of the wine shop, and refused to leave.

"Eat whatever you want. A woman in the crowd said timidly, and everyone nodded and got out of the way.

The young man's face was flushed, but he couldn't bear the hunger in his belly, so he lowered his head and hesitantly walked into the wine shop, he walked to a table, saw the table full of food, let go of it, grabbed it indiscriminately and sent it to his mouth, and stuffed his mouth full of food, and escaped a starving ghost.

Everyone was stunned, this kid was obviously hungry, how could there be a demon beast with a fierce appearance, and for a while everyone forgot to leave, and looked at him in a daze.

The boy almost stuffed a table of food into his stomach before smiling with satisfaction.

Seeing that the young man was in a good mood, he boldly stepped forward and asked, "May I ask where the little young master came from and where is he going?"

When the young man saw someone coming, he was obviously nervous, and replied in a low voice: "I don't call the little master, my name is son, I came from the mountains." ”

"Child??? Everyone listened to it for a moment, and thought to themselves what is the name of this "son", could it be the son of a wife and children, but who would use such a name to spoil themselves?

"And what's your mother's name?"

When the young man heard this, his eyes lit up, and he replied, "My mother's name is Niang, have you ever seen her?" She is dressed in red, and she is very conspicuous. ”

Everyone shook their heads, there was really no one in red clothes in this town, let alone a woman named "Niang".

When the young man saw that no one responded, his eyes immediately dimmed, wiped his mouth, and wanted to leave, but everyone did not dare to stop him, so they had to watch him leave from a distance. When the boy was gone, those strange beasts got up from the ground weakly, and one by one they lost their previous majesty, and hung their heads silently.

"This kid is so strange!" a man sat down at the table of the wine shop, drank wine and said: "Don't you see the animal skin on his body, with my decades of hunting experience, I don't even know a single one, I'm afraid these are the furs of extremely fierce demon beasts, but why does he behave so cringe, and even our leftovers can be eaten, it's really weird!"

"Maybe it's deliberately trying to confuse us, what the hell is going on!"

"What else can he pay attention to? If he is in a state of power, who can stop him, is it so necessary?"

Everyone said a word, and the wine shop was lively again in an instant.

Besides, the young man, when he walked out of the wine shop, kept muttering to himself along the way: "It turns out that you can eat anything outside, and I'm still worried about what I haven't eaten, so it's okay, you can find my mother with peace of mind." ”

The boy walked out of Qingyuan Town, all the way to the north, and walked for three days before he came to the bottom of the iron city wall.

The entire wall of the iron city is made of dark black fine iron, which encloses the whole city in the middle, and the wall is several feet high, and the entire wall is polished and smooth, as if it has been smeared with oil. Several gates were opened in the south of the iron city, and from time to time there were people riding strange beasts on the city wall to patrol back and forth, and there were several flying bird-like beasts circling and roaring in the sky.

The young man seemed to have never seen such a scene, and stood alone at the far end of the wall, looking up at the towering wall, and said to himself, "What is this black circle? Why is it so big?"

The passing crowd was all attracted by the dress on his body, and even stood beside him, looking at the animal skin on his body, the young man looked at it for a moment, and was about to enter the iron city with the crowd, who knew that a man suddenly shouted angrily behind him, he turned his head to look, only to see a man dressed in black, with a murderous face waving a leather whip, whipping a dragon bearded white horse under him wildly, and scolding in his mouth: "Beast, can you go or not?"

Somehow, the dragon-bearded white horse had its front hooves against the ground, shaking its head and screaming, and wanted to run back in horror, while the man pulled the reins and waved his right hand up and down.

The focus of everyone was immediately attracted by the man, and when the young man saw this scene, a trace of puzzlement flashed in his eyes, and then he became annoyed again, and he stood in front of the man.

The man obviously knew the young man's movements, he stopped the leather whip in his hand, and asked with a cold face, "What's the matter with you?"

As soon as the man's words fell, the front hooves of the dragon-bearded white horse under him were soft, and he pounced, and he knelt in front of the young man, the man's body suddenly leaned forward, and he saw that he was about to fall straight to the ground, he hurriedly loosened the reins in his hand, and stepped on the void with his feet, and a pale yellow air wave was generated on the soles of his feet, and he fell firmly behind the young man by the reverse push of the air wave.

When everyone saw this, they were all amazed, the soles of the man's feet generated qi waves, at least it was the Ascension Realm, and what was even more surprising was that the dragon-bearded white horse would kneel to an unknown person, which was simply unheard of, no matter what kind of beast, as long as there was a master, it would never give in to anyone again, but the scene in front of him completely broke common sense.

Even the man was surprised, and he was about to step forward to scold, but he saw the young man crouching down, and his hands caressed back and forth on the neck of the dragon-bearded white horse, and the dragon-bearded white horse gradually became less afraid from the trembling at the beginning, and finally snorted and rubbed on his legs.

"Boy, this beast is mine, do you want to snatch it away with such caresses?" the man said coldly behind the young man.

The dragon-bearded white horse immediately became uneasy when he heard the man's voice, and the young man turned his head, his face was extremely excited, and said, "It's so pitiful, can't you treat it well?"

The man sneered and replied, "Boy, the beast is a tool used to walk on his feet, don't you care about him?"

When the young man heard this, he couldn't answer for a while, and finally stammered, "You??? I can't stand you doing this!"

"If you can't stand it, get out, Lao Tzu still has to hurry, but I don't have time for you!" The man leaned over and picked up the whip, and walked straight to the dragon's beard and white horse, and the young man didn't know what to do, until the man took the reins, pulled the dragon's bearded white horse and walked away or stood in place, but the dragon's bearded white horse looked back at him from time to time, and left with the man with a reluctant face.

The crowd sighed a few times and continued on their way. The young man also followed the crowd to the gate of the Iron City in frustration.