Sunshine, green grass, towering trees.

And pack beasts.

It's a caravan.

There were about forty people, and in addition to the merchants of the caravan, there were also some women and children.

Because this trip was to Sumeru City, there were many women and children in the caravan, and they had to go to the city to buy some daily necessities.

The remaining dozen or so were mercenaries of the Gilded Brigade hired from Port Omos.

These mercenaries from the desert have no position, they form a group of three or five, no matter who you are, they will help you with money.

Although most people wear tinted glasses on them, they will not deny their duty attitude, and the absolute support of the Gilded Brigade for their employers is trustworthy.

Therefore, when a civilian caravan or adventurer is out and about, it is absolutely wrong to hire a gilded brigade.

The caravan departed from Port Omos, passed through Vimozhuang, Huachengguo, and set off again after replenishing supplies in Huachengguo, and then made a detour to avoid the Dead Lands and finally arrived at Sumeru City.

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Pack beasts are huge, and contrary to their huge bodies, these giant beasts have a docile personality and generally do not actively attack people, so they are also easy to tame and stutter.

There were four pack beasts in the caravan, lined up in front and back, walking slowly.

They voluntarily followed their leading owners, carrying heavy loads on their backs. The load-bearing capacity of pack beasts is extremely strong, known as the desert boat, only you can't pile up, and there is nothing they can't carry.

On the back of the pack beast in front, a young man lay there, leaning against the cargo, his hands on his back.

It is worth noting that the boy's left hand was wrapped in bandages, and his fingers were tightly wrapped, as if he had been injured in some way.

He wore a brown cloak embroidered with gold trim, the hood of the cloak covered his eyes and nose so that the sun would not glare when he slept, he had a mint grass in his mouth, his legs were straight, and his left foot was on his right foot, dangling intentionally or unconsciously.

It looks laid-back.

"Big brother! We picked fresh dun dun peaches! I'll give it to you! ”

Boys and girls climb on the backs of pack beasts.

The girl's white and tender little hand held a huge and plump dun peach.

Freshly washed, the sun shines on the peaches and the unpolished droplets make this ubiquitous fruit mouth-watering.

"And mine? Thank you, little sister. ”

The young man picked up the brim of his hat, reached out to take the dun dun peach, and took a bite, the crunchy taste, sweet to the heart.

Seeing Shi Lan eat the fruit, the two children cheered, "Big brother! We're going to hear your story! ”

This big brother from a foreign country has a belly full of strange and interesting stories, and he can never finish listening to them, and he can never get enough of them.

The boy laughed, "Oh? Are you all done? ”

The girl snapped her fingers: "The pack beast has fed the grass... Then I picked raspberries for my dad and uncles... I also picked dun dun peaches for my big brother... Picked berries for mom and aunts... And mushroom solitude! ”

"That's amazing!" The boy looked at the boy again, "Did you pick anything?" You can't be worse than your sister. ”

The little boy raised the soles of his shoes: "I stepped on the mushroom pig dung!" Washed for a long time! ”

Boy: "........."

"Okay then...... Since I have nothing to do, I'll tell you about my story on the other side of the sea, Inazuma. ”

"Yay!"

After the two children cheered, they obediently sat in front of the young man, and they didn't dare to come out quietly, for fear of disturbing the big brother in front of them to tell the story.

"Ahem, do you know that Inazuma is closed to the country, and there are thunderstorms raging in the open sea? Legend has it that it was the supreme ruler of the Inazuma shogunate... The ...... laid by the Raiden Shogun, the Seven Rulers of the World"

If any other child heard this, he would probably ask: why did Raiden Shogun do this?

But these two children are very sensible, they listen quietly, never ask too many questions, and when they hear great fragments, they will exclaim in exclamation, catering to the atmosphere of the story, they just enjoy this tranquility, or yearn for the unbelievable adventure in the story.

That's why teenagers love to tell them stories.

"Thunderstorms may be terrifying, but our ships in Liyue have conquered any part of the world! I rode the most majestic and powerful Death Omen Star in Teyvat, and the captain of the ship, Big Sister Beidou, and bravely rushed into the thunderstorm ......"

"Oh!" The two children let out a burst of exclamation.

"Big brother is so powerful!"

"Sister Captain is so powerful!"

The teenager is very useful.

This young man who is telling a story is none other than Shi Lan, a young hero from Liyue.

It had been six years since Shi Lan first sailed aboard the Death Omen.

In the past six years, he has traveled the world with the "Southern Cross" fleet, Solstice, Inazuma, Nata, Fontaine......

Anything goes!

greatly broadened Shi Lan's horizons, and in this, he also grew.

During the past six years, he also returned with the fleet during the Liyue Festival, and after reuniting with his friends, he would set sail again.

Later in the voyage, he no longer drifted on the seas with the fleet, but lived there for a while, or walked to the next national port, where he met Beidou.

Among them, only to go to Inazuma must sit on the Omega Star to death, because of the thunderstorm in the open sea, even if Shi Lan has great ability, he can't cross the Yunlai Sea and break through the thunderstorm alone......

Speaking of which, Shi Lan had only just returned from Inazuma, and the fleet was about to return to Liyue after staying in Port Omos, so there were no festivals lately, and there was still some time to go before this year's Immortal Ceremony, so Shi Lan stayed alone in Port Ormos to go shopping.

But now, he's had enough of it and ready to leave for the next country, Mondstadt.

So he paid some Mora and joined a caravan bound for Sumeru City.

He would take off from the top of the nameless mountain between the Dense Forest and the South Gate of Heaven and fly to Mondstadt via the Wings of the Wind.

Please, the wind man is really happy, and he can fly all the time by controlling the wind element......

Why go to Mondstadt?

I'm ashamed to say it.

Because Shi Lan used the Wind Wings to take off freely in Mondstadt three years ago, she was deducted from her pilot license for three years because of her arrogant posture and exaggerated take-off method......

After all, that's the birthplace of Wind Wings, and it's hard to get a pilot license without Mondstadt, and you can't get a flight certificate in another country, and even in Liyue, you can only get a temporary flight pass, even though no one in Liyue will check Shi Lan.

Now the three-year period has arrived.

It's time......

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"I was tired, so I made an appointment with the stunned young man of the ghost clan to fight again one day, so I found a noodle restaurant to eat noodles first."

The two children listened with relish.

Shi Lan ate the remaining dun dun peach, squirmed on her cheeks, and then spit out the peach pit, and Peng shot diagonally into the earth.

In a few years, a new peach tree may grow here.

Wiping his mouth, he continued: "Inazuma's noodles taste quite good, and the price is reasonable, but you have to pay first and then eat the noodles."

Halfway through the meal, a ghost worm fell from the beam, and it happened to fall in my bowl, and I felt that it was nothing, so I should add some meat, but the boss wanted to change me to a new bowl.

That feeling is good, and I laugh at it. But when I finished eating and was about to leave, the boss stopped me, saying that I would give money for one bowl after eating two bowls of noodles.

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I said that the second bowl was changed by you, and he said that it was changed, but he didn't say that it was free. Then he called a bunch of people to beat me.

said that he wanted me to see how many bowls of noodles I had in my stomach, and I was not happy at the time, isn't this bullying honest people! ”

Shi Lan talked eloquently, talking about his wonderful adventure.

The two little kids were stunned when they heard this.

The little boy's blood boiled when he heard it: "It's amazing...... One beats ten! ”

"Uh-huh! Hit those bad guys hard! ”

"Then, I was arrested by the Heavenly Leader and imprisoned for eight days......"

The two little ones are worried and afraid: "Inazuma is so scary......"

"I will never go to Inazuma's ...... in the future"

"Next is ......"

Shi Lan was about to continue, when he caught a glimpse of a cold light flickering on the mountain in the distance.

“！？”

What is it?

He got up in an instant, pulled the two little ones behind him, and grabbed the flying object with his backhand.

If you look closely, it is a stone-milled arrow, and it is very rudimentarily made.

But the burning pain coming from the arrow and the eyes of the god that had been transformed into a fire elemental could be seen, and the arrow was attached to the fire element.

Shi Lan immediately understood.

"Hilichurls, ......"

They are the only ones who would use such a broken weapon......

Just as Shi Lan thought, after the arrow fell, a large group of emaciated hilichurls rushed down the hillside.

"Enemy attack!"

Someone shouted, and the caravan was thrown into chaos.

"Wow~"

The beast of burden was frightened and throbbed uneasily, its huge paws stomping on the ground with a rumbling sound.

"Quiet!"

Shi Lan unleashed a gentle elemental power to appease the beast of burden.

The frightened beast of burden immediately subdued meekly, but kept moving its feet, staring closely at the enemy rushing down the mountain.

"It's hilichurls! Escort Formation! Women, children, and people who have no fighting power hide behind the pack beasts! ”

In the face of the crowd of hilichurls, the mercenaries drew their weapons and waited for the battle.

"Big brother... Don't you want to help? The little girl asked weakly

Shi Lan yawned and said nonchalantly: "It's just hilichurls, the mercenaries have dealt with ......"

Just kidding, I paid for it. Employers should have slept after eating all the way and had fun in the mountains and rivers. This point can't be solved by the hilichurls, isn't this money spent in vain?

Spending the most money is, of course, the best treatment......

There were not many hilichurls who came to raid, about twenty or thirty of them...... Well?

Why are there so many??

Shi Lan was slightly surprised.

Hilichurls are good in groups, but the largest hilichurl tribe he's ever seen is only a dozen or so......

"It's a little weird..."

The little girl pulled Shi Lan's cloak and hid herself, revealing only one head: "But... Hilichurls are terrible... If it's dangerous, big brother will protect me, right? ”

"Of course." Shi Lan touched the little girl's head, and then said, "Don't worry, this is just an ordinary hilichurl...... if you want to say more powerful, you have to be hilichurl thugs, they are infinitely powerful."

"Roar!

”

As soon as Shi Lan's words fell, a huge figure appeared on the hillside, and hilichurl thugs armed with giant axes rushed towards the caravan.

Axes in hand slashed several mercenaries and rampaged through the crowd, as if they were in a no-man's land.

Shi Lan smiled awkwardly.

Why did you come out just after saying that...... Give me some face, Brother Qiu!?

"Big brother ......," the little girl said worriedly, "Big brother has a divine eye, and the hilichurls will definitely not be able to beat the big brother, but dad they don't have it......"

Shi Lan smiled slightly, how could she make her cute little sister worry and be afraid.

"It's just hilichurls... I'll come when I go..."

He stood up, lifted his hood, and revealed a white, handsome face. The cloak enveloped his body, making his back look broad and secure.

The current Shi Lan is not the Shi dwarf who was ridiculed by someone six years ago.

He leaped lightly from the back of the beast of burden, and landed on the ground, not even raising dust.

Moving his shoulders, Shi Lan paced towards the hilichurl thugs in the middle of the field.

"Be careful!"

A man who had been beaten flew upside down from his side, and the wind raised his cloak, and the boy was unmoved, pacing forward, with a strange momentum, and the others who tried to stop him were silent.

Alone, he walked against the mercenaries, alone in front of the rampaging hilichurl thug.

The boy wore a cloak and stood in the wind.

There was silence all around, and everyone was frightened and stopped breathing.

"Dangerous... Risk..."

"Big brother!" The little boy covered his eyes.

The little girl clenched her fists and prayed in her heart: "Big brother is very powerful!" He has a vision! Little auspicious grass king bless ......"

“biadam！

”

Looking at this ignorant human, the hilichurl thug raised his axe and roared in anger.

And Shi Lan stood there quietly, raising his head, not moving, his right arm under the cloak, the eye of the god shone slightly, and the golden light that symbolized the earth element lit up.

Shi Lan is about to start pretending!

The corners of his mouth rose, and he was about to take the fallen giant axe with one hand, when a crisp shout came from behind him:

"Get out of the way!"

The black-haired, cat-eared girl wields a great sword and slashes the giant axe in the hands of the hilichurl thug!

"It's the eldest sister!"

"Sister Dehya is here!"

"Whew... saved... Almost... He died on the spot..."

"The battlefield is not a joke! Scared stupefied? Get back on the back of the beast of burden! ”

Dehya scolded Shi Lan with a cold face.

The corners of Shi Lan's mouth twitched slightly, and she pointed at the hilichurl thug and said:

"Why are you saving it?"

Dehya: "??? ”