Chapter 56: The Strange Man in the Village
Early the next morning, Zhou Hanbei was wearing a wooden vest and a bone knife pinned to his waist, ready to set off on the road to find Li Xinlan.
"Grandpa, Hanbei came to say goodbye......"
Li Haichuan looked at the young man in front of him, and responded softly, with a fluttering move in his palm, a dark brown beetle appeared in the old man's hand so quietly.
Raising his hand in front of Zhou Hanbei's eyes, the beetle spread its wings, circled around Zhou Hanbei twice, and slowly landed on his shoulder, just when Zhou Hanbei didn't understand the meaning of this.
"This worm can show you the way, avoid some unnecessary trouble, and when it gets out, you release it, and it can come back on its own."
After listening to Li Haichuan's words, Zhou Hanbei realized that the old man didn't want him to waste too much time in this Qingshanling, and it was also for his safety, which also saved him a lot of time.
"Thank you grandpa, Han Beiding brought Xinlan back to ...... safe and sound"
After speaking, he bowed deeply to the old man, and didn't say anything, Li Haichuan just waved his hand lightly, watching Zhou Hanbei slowly retreat, and slowly disappeared.
It's still the mouth of the valley, Zhou Hanbei looked back inside, old man, uncle and aunt, you wait, I will definitely bring Xinlan back, Zhou Hanbei swore secretly in his heart.
"Hey...... Sister Xinlan's family lets you go, it doesn't mean that we will recognize you. ”
The sudden voice interrupted Zhou Hanbei, who was thinking, and when he heard the words, he looked at the place where the voice was, it was Li Amu who had fought with him when he first came.
"I don't need your approval, her family can approve me."
Looking at the other party's unkind tone, Zhou Hanbei was not used to him, so he went back directly. made Li Amu directly stunned in place, not knowing how to speak.
"Hmph, it's best to bring Sister Xinlan back safely, otherwise even if you are at the end of the earth, I will kill you."
Before Zhou Hanbei could speak, he heard a sachet embroidered with very strange plants flying over, and Zhou Hanbei reached out to catch it, waiting to check.
"This is a sachet unique to our Jiuli tribe, which can drive away poisons, take it......"
In the distance, the voice of Li Amu, who had retreated into the valley, could be heard.
"Hey...... I ......"
Zhou Hanbei saw that there was no longer Li Amu's figure, and he could only smile bitterly, this person is very interesting, he obviously cares, but he is not very good at expressing it, he may have been isolated from the world for too long, and he is not easy to show in front of outsiders.
After packing up his mood, Zhou Hanbei set off and walked towards the west. The night before, Zhou Hanbei thought all night, this place is already located in the southwest of the Han Dynasty, it is a waste of time to go out to the north and turn west, he is ready to go directly to the west, although the road is difficult to walk, but the time to save a lot.
Two days later......
"Whew, it's out...... Thank you, go back. ”
With a dusty look, he raised his hand to speak to the little beetle, watched it spin around its fingers for a while, and suddenly accelerated and disappeared into the green mountains.
Looking down at his appearance, he reached out and patted the dust and mud stuck everywhere on his body. Fortunately, there were sachet insect repellent and beetles along the way, otherwise it would still be circling in it at this time.
Turning his head and looking around, this was no longer the place he had entered, after all, the direction of coming out was the other side, and it seemed that he still had to find a place where there were people and ask, so as not to go the wrong way. Once you've chosen your direction, head ahead.
"Goo-Goo......
Touching the stomach that has been hungry for more than a day, he sighed helplessly, it is true that he has not eaten well for two days, and he does not dare to eat many things in it.
I really fell asleep and met the pillow, Zhou Hanbei rushed over with a meteor, and when he got closer, he found that this was actually a small village. There are no adult-high earthen walls, and you can see at a glance that there are more than a dozen or twenty families inside.
I walked a distance against the earthen wall, and saw the gate and walked straight in, it was the time of the meal, the smoke of cooking rose from every house, there were old people at the door to take care of the courtyard, and some children were playing, but I didn't see the young people, maybe they hadn't come back from the field.
Looking at these ordinary people, Zhou Hanbei cheekily came to the nearest house and said to an old man who was sharpening his knife, "That, old man...... Hmmm......"
The old man put down the knife in his hand, looked up at Zhou Hanbei, and his puzzled eyes showed a trace of puzzlement, where did this young man come from, and he didn't finish speaking.
"What's the matter, you said young man!"
"Hey, uncle, that ...... I was a little thirsty, and I didn't know if I could give a bowl of water to drink. ”
Zhou Hanbei had never been like this before, and he only asked for a bowl of water when he mustered up the courage, he was really embarrassed to ask for some food, but he could change anything of value on him.
"Hey, what should I do, the water is there."
After the old man finished speaking, he got up and poured a bowl of warm water on the stove next to him to Zhou Hanbei, looking at the old man Zhou Hanbei, who was blushing, and asked casually, "It's also time for dinner, if you don't dislike it, stay and eat." ”
"But I don't have any money!"
Looking at the kind old man, Zhou Hanbei still opened his mouth and said embarrassedly.
"What money you want, you don't dislike it."
"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, thank you then!"
Zhou Hanbei where will he be disgusted, some of them are good to eat, watching the old man go in to find his wife Zhang Luo, and hurriedly follow up to see if there is anything he can do to help, but he was driven out by the two and told him to just wait and eat.
Waiting for the meal to be served, Zhou Han chatted with the old man while eating, this is a relatively marginal place for the Han Dynasty, his direction is not wrong, as long as he continues to go west, he can enter the great wilderness, but he has to climb over a very steep mountain, where the danger is everywhere, and many people have died there.
"Old man, where have you young people gone here?"
"A lot of them go to the city to find a way to live, and they rarely come back."
After listening to the old man's words, Zhou Hanbei didn't know what to say, he could only say that the life of ordinary people was too difficult, but it was also very simple, so it was actually quite happy.
"Little brother, you're a cultivator, right?"
"Hmm!"
"I'll just say, just look at you like this, you know it's not ordinary."
Zhou Hanbei smiled dumbly, just look at his appearance? With this meal, Zhou Hanbei wanted to do something for the two, but he didn't know where to start.
"Haha, the old man might as well help you two sort out the meridians." He had no property left for the two of them, and suddenly thought that it would be better to use the aura to help the second elder Yun take care of his body, and he could only repay the two of them in this way.
After speaking, he ran the Great Freedom Heart Sutra, guiding the aura to wander in the old man's body, the speed was very slow, and the old man was combed through the meridians little by little, for fear of hurting the old man too hard, and the time was very long, cleaning up a lot of toxins accumulated in the body all the year round, and the previous stubborn diseases.
Half a day later, Zhou Hanbei exhaled a breath, and finally finished combing the two old men, and the two of them also felt that their state was much better than before, and hurriedly thanked them, although they didn't use much aura, but their spirit was indeed highly concentrated, and they were afraid that something would go wrong.
"Out of the way, thank you two for your hospitality."
"You're the best cultivator I've ever seen who gets along with us ordinary people."
Zhou Hanbei shook his head modestly, he also wondered, logically speaking, ordinary people shouldn't be very respectful when they see cultivators, they all look frightened, and they are afraid of making the other party unhappy and hurting themselves.
"It's not like the weird guy at the end of the village, he's also a cultivator, and his temper isn't good at all."
The old man seemed to know what Zhou Hanbei was thinking, and muttered, I feel that there is a cultivator living here, no wonder the old man doesn't think that there is any difference between cultivators and ordinary people, if you have seen cultivators fighting, you won't think so, it must have been all heard from other people's mouths.
"How can you have cultivators here?"
"He drank too much and said that he was amazing, and I think what he said was quite like that."
“…… He said you would believe it? ”
"Well, you don't know, he's a blacksmith, and he has a hammer to be heavy, and several young people in our village can't lift it. He raised it with one hand. ”
Zhou Hanbei didn't think there was anything, many people were born with divine power, which didn't mean anything.
"I'm talking about several people who don't move a single bit."
In the end, the old man said that he usually didn't see him striking iron at all, and once he drank too much and he carried a hammer to dance, and no one within a radius of three meters could get close, and he saw that his body was glowing.
The milky white energy kept releasing from the hammer, and the speed was so fast that the hammer could not be seen, and only a deafening "clanging" sound could be heard. Finally, I saw a dazzling light, and the sickle he hit was formed, and it looked unusual.
"Looks like he's really a master."
"No, it's just a bad temper."
Zhou Hanbei listened to this, looked at the old man puzzled again, waiting for him to give an answer, the old man may not have seen outsiders for too long, drank a sip of hot water, and talked again.
That person is not from their village, he himself can't remember, anyway, many years ago, this person suddenly came to their village, this stay is for many years, I don't know why, the people in the village were kind enough to send him something, he didn't appreciate it and drove them all away.
He just likes to drink, as long as he has wine, he is happy, without wine he turns his face and does not recognize people, and he usually doesn't like to talk much, you say he is a blacksmith, he can't hit iron twice a year. Over time, people here have become accustomed to having such a person.
Zhou Hanbei nodded silently, he wanted to meet this strange man, but time was pressing, so he could only let go of this idea and come back when he had the opportunity in the future.
"Today, thank you for the hospitality of the two elderly people, and I will have the opportunity to visit here in the future."
After speaking, Zhou Hanbei thanked the two old men again and went out.
However, when Zhou Hanbei passed by the blacksmith's door, he saw a sloppy man, with a stubble face, long curly hair covering half of his bronzed face, half-squinted eyes, sitting on a chaise longue, his bulging muscles were about to tear his clothes, and he was still holding a wine gourd dangling in the air.
This is a hidden master who can feel the power hidden in his body.
Feeling that someone was looking at him, his half-squinted eyes suddenly opened, and his sharp eyes burst out with a terrifying essence light, which can only be felt by cultivators, seeing that it was a young man, the essence light in his eyes slowly dissipated.
Just as he was about to continue to close his eyes, he aimed at the thing that Zhou Hanbei was carrying behind him......