Qingshan Town, located at the southern end of the Southern Regions, is a small and inconspicuous piece among the many inland areas in the Southern Regions.

In this inland area, there is only a small mountain range connecting the upper inland, called Qingshan, from which the town of Qingshan is derived.

There are more than 40 families living here, there is a mercenary post as a place for mercenaries who go out on adventures to rest, and a blacksmith shop to repair the mercenaries' equipment, and there are no other taverns and restaurants.

There is a stone cliff at the southernmost end of Qingshan Town, which is called a stone cliff because it is not high, it is not a cliff, and under the stone cliff is the sea of nothingness.

On the stone cliff all the year round, there is an old man who sits with a hat and a bamboo pole to fish here.

At first, people felt that it was novel, and they all came to watch, muttering in their hearts: Will they be able to catch any treasures, so they follow suit one by one.

But soon the people lost patience, and it was not until they saw that the old man's bamboo poles had only fishing lines and no hooks, and they dispersed.

People felt that they had been deceived, but when they saw that there was an old man under the hat, and that it was a foolish act to want to catch a treasure from the sea of the void like a rabbit, they could only swallow their anger and complain in their hearts.

But the old man seems to be very persistent about this, and the people around him gather and disperse, but the old man is unmoved, and still insists on fishing every day, and has three meals a day with the stupid big guarantee of ironsmithing in the blacksmith shop in Qingshan Town, but he has no worries about food and clothing.

On this day, the old man sat on the stone cliff and fished, and the sea of nothingness was as lifeless as ever, as if there would be no waves after many years.

The old man's expression was like a sea of nothingness, calm and calm.

Suddenly, the old man's pupils contracted imperceptibly, which was a rare change in the old man for so long.

I saw that the old man's face did not change, and he shook the bamboo pole in his hand, and the fishing line shook with it, forming a wave shape and entering the sea of nothingness.

Then the old man stopped moving, as if his hands were shaking just now, and nothing had happened.

But after a while, the change began, and the fishing line, which had regained its calm, suddenly tightened, and the bamboo pole instantly deformed and bent into the shape of an arched bridge.

Generally, when such a situation occurs, it means that the fish has been hooked, and the fishermen will generally get up immediately, stand with their feet in front of each other, their waists tense, and the strength will be transmitted from the bottom to their arms, and then the fishing rod in their hands will be loosened and they will start to play with the fish.

But the old man sat cross-legged on the cliff like a rock, without the slightest intention of getting up.

No matter how deformed and shaky the bamboo pole in his hand was, it was difficult to break free from the old man's hand.

I saw that the bamboo pole in the old man's hand shook violently, but it was unexpectedly tough, and it would not break no matter how it was deformed.

The bamboo pole shook for a while, as if tired of the force, no longer struggling, then the old man began to reel in the line, only to see the old man's hand shake slightly, the fishing line bounced up a large section, the old man's right hand leaned forward, then grabbed the bounced fishing line, and then both hands together, did not get up, then the hooked fish was thrown ashore.

The old man's hand shook again, and the fishing line hung down again into the sea of nothingness.

The old man didn't even look back at the fish he caught.

Pain......

The eldest grandson only remembered that his body was bound by an unknown rope before he fell unconscious, and he tried to break free, but he tightened it tighter and tighter, and he held on to prevent Chu Li from being injured, but he felt as if his body had been crushed, and finally he was exhausted and fainted from exhaustion.

When you open your eyes, you will be greeted by a blue sky that you haven't seen for a long time, and you will breathe in the air full of life.

"It's finally out......," the eldest grandson rejoiced in his heart.

"No, Chu Li!"

The eldest grandson remembered the situation before he fell unconscious, and hurriedly got up to look for Chu Li.

Seeing Chu Li, who was still unconscious beside him, the big stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground.

As far as the eye could see, the eldest grandson also saw the old man sitting on the edge of the stone cliff fishing, and the old man turned his back to the two of them, as if he was not at all interested in the two people he caught.

The eldest grandson looked at the fishing rod in the old man's hand, pondered for a moment, then got up and tidied up the clothes on his body, walked to the old man's side, bowed respectfully and said: "Disturb the seniors, presumably it was the seniors who came to the rescue just now, rescued my brother and sister, and the younger eldest grandson and sister Chu Li thanked the seniors." ”

"Hmm." The old man didn't mean to answer, but after a simple hum, he ignored the eldest grandson.

The eldest grandson didn't feel embarrassed, didn't get up, and continued: "I wonder if the younger generation is lucky enough to know the name of the senior? ”

The old man didn't even have the idea of talking this time, as if he had become a stone statue, motionless and silent.

The eldest grandson bowed and waited for a while, and when he saw that the old man did not answer, he did not continue to ask, but sat quietly beside the old man.

Although the old man looked like an ordinary person, the eldest grandson intuitively felt that the old man was unusual.

If Nameless feels like a high mountain to the eldest grandson, then the old man in front of him is the pine and cypress growing on the edge of the cliff, you can only see its ordinary, but you can't see how developed its roots crisscross the ground.

With the experience of getting along with Nameless, the eldest grandson has comprehended a set of tips for dealing with such a hidden master.

That is to be respectful, to be thick-skinned, no matter how impatient the other person is with you, you must not show the intention of holding back.

When you persevere, you will find that such masters are generally lonely, and they will also need someone to talk to, even if the object is just a stone, or a small person like the eldest grandson.

However, what the eldest grandson didn't expect was that his set of tips didn't work on the old man.

What makes the eldest grandson miscalculate is that a person with a deep background like the old man is often very strong in his heart.

The eldest grandson accompanied the old man from noon to evening, and the old man really didn't say a word, or even did not move.

The eldest grandson even wondered for a moment if the old man had stopped breathing.

Finally, in the evening, the old man moved, but it was actually the eldest grandson who moved first.

In the evening, Changsun suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming this way, the footsteps were very moving, but they were full of power, and Changsun didn't even need to listen, his body could feel the vibration brought by the footsteps.

The eldest grandson felt that his footsteps were getting closer and closer, and he got up and jumped to Chu Li's side, pulling out the earthly world from behind his back with his right hand and making a defensive posture.

The eldest grandson looked at the tower-like man in front of him, a little confused.

Before the footsteps came to him, the eldest grandson saw a man with a height of more than two meters, wearing a sleeveless cloth shirt on the upper body and loose shorts on the lower body, his body was as strong as an iron tower, and he was holding a small lunch box with a huge contrast with his body shape in his right hand.

The eldest grandson was a little empty in his heart, and through a short observation and the footsteps just now, he deduced that even if he had a weapon in his hand, the other party didn't seem to have a weapon, and he couldn't withstand the other party's blow.

The eldest grandson's whole body was tense, with a knife in both hands, his upper body slightly bent, and his legs were forced, posing in a posture that could attack at all times.

On the other side, the tower also stopped, looking as if it was frightened by the eldest grandson's posture.

In fact, he just suddenly saw two strangers, and his reaction was a little slow, and he didn't turn a corner for a while.

After a while, the tower seemed to understand, or if it didn't understand, it simply didn't want to, and went straight to the old man.

When he passed by the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson felt that the hairs on his whole body were about to explode.

Although the tower walked very slowly, the eldest grandson could be sure that if the tower wanted to attack him, it would be a thunderous blow.

Fortunately, the tower only came to deliver food to the elderly, walked to the old man, put down the lunch box, and then put out the food in the lunch box the same.

It had been a long time since the eldest grandson and Chu Li had felt the sweetness of food.

Tempted by food, Chu Li woke up leisurely, and immediately regained his vitality after waking up, and after smelling the fragrance of food, he turned over and rushed out, drooling from his mouth.

"It's so fragrant, I want to eat it!".

Before the eldest grandson could grab Chu Li, Chu Li had already rushed out.

Seeing that Chu Li had already stretched out his hand, he was about to grab food, and the iron tower next to him also stretched out his hand to stop Chu Li.

Seeing this, the eldest grandson rushed over with an arrow step, and before the tower grabbed Chu Li, his right hand reached out, and met the hand of the iron tower, and the two immediately wrestled after holding their hands.

Tie Ta saw that the eldest grandson suddenly met him, and unexpectedly, he subconsciously added a little force, and the eldest grandson came prepared, and as soon as he made a move, he used all his strength, and after a wrestling, the two were deadlocked.

The tower sighed lightly, and then added a little more force, and the eldest grandson suddenly felt the pressure doubled, and his face was already red under all his strength.

The eldest grandson stopped him, and Chu Li had already grabbed a steamed bun and ate it in a big gulp.

Just when the eldest grandson was about to lose his hold, the old man suddenly spoke: "Iron Tower, take them back to the town and settle down." ”

Hearing the old man's words, the tower suddenly unloaded, and the eldest grandson had a chance to breathe.

"What about the gentleman's lunch box?" The sound of the tower was like that of a man, like a war drum beating in his chest.

"You don't have to wait here today, come and get it tomorrow, if you don't take the two of them away, my meal will be eaten by this girl." The old man spoke.

After listening to the tower, he didn't stop, turned around and was about to leave, and after taking two steps, he seemed to remember the eldest grandson and the other, and turned around and said, "Go." ”

……

The eldest grandson and Chu Li followed behind the iron tower, and Chu Li was still holding the steamed bun he had just snatched in his hand, eating it with relish.

From time to time, the eldest grandson advised Chu Li to eat slowly and not choke, while the tower led the way in front without saying a word.

The eldest grandson was the first to speak to break the silence: "You have a lot of strength and a strong body. ”

The tower didn't look back, and answered: "You, strength, good." ”

The eldest grandson gradually discovered that Tie Ta was also a strange man, extremely powerful, but he seemed to be simple-minded, and he often only popped out a few words when he spoke, which was concise and to the point.

The eldest grandson continued to ask, "Where are we going?" ”

"Qingshan Town."

"Who was that old man just now?"

"Sir."

"What is he fishing there?"

"I don't know."

The eldest grandson thought that he couldn't ask anything, so he didn't ask anymore, and quietly led Chu Li to follow behind the tower.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the surroundings gradually became lively, and about dozens of families appeared in front of the eldest grandson, scattered together to form a town.

But although it is a town, there is not even a protective wall here, that is, dozens of families gathered together to circle a small town, and a wooden sign stood at the gate of the town.

It reads: "Qingshan Town".