Hearing this, Tai Xuan and Chu Ran both smiled and waved their hands, indicating that the two didn't care about this. "Sir, I see that there is only one village within a thousand miles, and the village is even farther away from the town than from the desert, dare to ask how you survive here?" Tai Xuan didn't ask very bluntly, he knew very well what kind of reality the cultivation realm was, a village like this would either be attacked by brute beasts or slaughtered by evil cultivators, especially in a remote border area, since the old man had lived here since he was born, and there had been at least a few decades so far, it was definitely a miracle that this village could exist here for a long time.

"Sir's question is reasonable." The old man sighed, and then spoke eloquently.

The name of the desert where Chu Ran landed is called the Brute Desert, which is named after the gathering of brute beasts, and after years of fighting with brute beasts, the human race gradually figured out the habits of brute beasts. For some reason, the beasts sleep at night, seemingly because they are afraid of the sun, and when the sun is blazing during the day, the beasts hide in underground caves and sleep, and at night they come to the surface to move. Low-level brute beasts did not give birth to spiritual intelligence, and their primitive beast nature caused them to kill each other from time to time, and some of the descendants of the ancient relics and brute beasts were born with spiritual intelligence because they had the bloodline of ancient relics, and they may have the blood of spirit beasts, and they may have the bloodline of fierce beasts, many of which are comparable to the beast kings of the powerhouses of the Dao realm.

In order to prevent brute beasts from invading the territory of the human race and causing the destruction of human beings, the Xuanwu Continent, as the supreme authority of the Nine Realms of the Earth, mobilized a large number of peak powerhouses of the Merge Dao Realm to assist the other eight realms in arranging defensive arrays and setting up defensive barriers. As one of the realms that was helped by the Xuanwu Continent, the Yunqing Realm naturally used all the powerful people, and cooperated with the strong people of the Xuanwu Continent to concentrate their forces on arranging a magic circle and setting up a barrier at the junction of the Brute Beast Desert and the Abyss Forest.

"Almost no one in our village knows about it, because there's an important secret here." The old man said with emotion, his eyes revealing deep exhaustion and helplessness.

"What's the secret?" Mastering the common language of the cultivation realm, Chu Ran couldn't wait to ask.

"Little friend, do you see the altar in the middle?" Chu Ran raised his head and looked in the direction of the old man's finger, it was the altar he saw when he stepped into the village gate, and then nodded at the old man.

"According to the ancestors, the people of our Linjia Village are the descendants of sinners, the ancestors were relegated here because they offended the royal family, and they have guarded the defensive barrier and strengthened the defensive circle for generations, every house in this village is arranged according to the circle, and we people are the energy to maintain the circle." Seeing Chu Ran's surprised look, the old man smiled helplessly and continued: "Actually, Linjia Village is the eye of the magic circle, judging from the appearance, the old man I am already in my prime, in fact, my real age is only forty years old. Ignoring Chu Ran's more stunned look, Lin Tianci continued to take care of himself: "This array of eyes is maintained by absorbing the essence and spirit of all the villagers, in order to ensure that we can always live and maintain the magic circle, the city lord will regularly send people to send us elixirs to maintain vitality, but even with these elixirs, the speed of life passage still cannot be compensated." ”

"It's too inhumane." Chu Ran said indignantly, Lin Tianci glanced at him, and when he saw Chu Ran's sincere eyes, he smiled with relief.

"After we are all sinners, it is a great blessing to be able to survive like this, how can we talk about humanity?" The more the old man spoke, the more lonely he became, and his dim eyes involuntarily looked outside: "When I was small, there were still fifty or sixty people in this village, and there are still more than thirty people left, and the brute beasts in the desert will attack the defensive barrier from time to time, once there is a crack in the defensive barrier, there will be a villager who will sacrifice his life on the altar to re-strengthen the barrier, which is the meaning of our people's survival in the world." ”

Hearing this, Chu Ran was powerless to complain, and his hands were clenched into fists. It is no wonder that there is only one village in a thousand miles of this place, and when I entered the village, I saw that the villagers were all depressed and lifeless, and there was no idyllic comfort and tranquility at all.

Suddenly, Taixuan's voice sounded in Chu Ran's mind: "Disciple, don't be angry, the cultivation realm is the law of the jungle, it's normal for such a thing to happen, the teacher worked hard to cultivate back then, in order to change this world as you think, but the teacher ended up like this." ”

Hearing Tai Xuan say this, most of the anger in Chu Ran's heart disappeared, and then turned into a driving force for progress: "That's right, I want to work hard to cultivate, I want to stand at the top, defeat all the masters, and return the world to a bright future!" ’

Holding back Chu Ran's anger, Tai Xuan opened his mouth and asked, "Old man, I don't know which royal family in this Yunqing Realm the ancestor has offended?" Or which sect? The old man still has some friends in this earthly Xuan Nine Realms, and maybe he can find a way for the old man to exonerate himself. I see that this formation can be maintained without sacrificing lives, just placing spirit crystals on the altar! ”

Hearing this, the old man first looked up at Taixuan, there was a hint of hope in his eyes, and then he lowered his head and sighed: "The old man is really a good man, you and I have never met, and when we meet for the first time today, we are willing to seek a way to liberate us, and the old man is really grateful." But..."The old man sighed again, unable to hide the loneliness in his eyes, and continued: "Alas... The old man's kindness is understood, don't hide it from Mr., the ancestor offended the Xuanwu royal family, even if Mr. has the ability to pass the sky, it is difficult to excuse us, so it will not trouble Mr. ”

"Xuanwu Imperial Family?" Tai Xuan muttered to himself, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was recalling something, and after a while, he came back to his senses and continued: "In this case, the old man of Linjia Village remembers, when he goes to the Xuanwu Continent in the future, the old man will have to give it a try, maybe there is really a chance for you and your people to be free!" ”

The old man raised his head again, staring at Taixuan with burning eyes, the hope in his eyes was more vigorous than before, yes, this is the power of hope, so the old man stood up, walked in front of Taixuan, knelt down with a "plop", kowtowed to Taixuan and said: "Old man, thank you for your great kindness, no matter what the outcome is, you are the great benefactor of our clan!" ”

Chu Ran, who was sitting on the side at the moment, was a little excited with tears in his eyes, people he didn't know, Taixuan wanted to help them, such a well-intentioned master, he really followed the right person. Chu Ran is a good person, and his nature is to be jealous and hateful, and when he saw Taixuan's actions, he was deeply moved in his heart.

At night, the master and apprentice lived in Lin Tianci's house, Chu Ran couldn't sleep, he didn't expect the cultivation realm to be so dangerous, and the road ahead was afraid that it would be very difficult, but fortunately, he had a good master, who was once a great power in the fairy world, and there was Taixuan, I believe that even if the road ahead is difficult and dangerous, he can face the difficulties and walk out of a bright road.