"No..."

Xiong Huobao's heart shrank suddenly, and his eyes wandered.

"I... Weak, yes, weak, too long, tired. ”

Hu Tianhan looked at the stocky little fat man in front of him, who had lived for most of his life, and met this strange little doll for the first time.

Whether it is the previous "buy one get one free", or the so-called "body weakness" now, it is obviously a lie out of tune, if it is a bigger person, it is full of ridicule and provocation, but this kid will never have the guts.

The dodgy eyes, the trembling legs, and even the hairs on the back of his neck all spoke of the fear in his heart. But it's just such a timid guy who comes with a lie. His eyes are full of now, a bear child who lies to his elders and is afraid of being exposed.

Interesting!

Along the way, all children should have the most superficial understanding of him, that is, he is more terrible than those fierce beasts and poisonous insects that choose people to eat.

Why did this kid dare to speak in front of him?

Xiong Huobao has been watched by the old man, his heart is beating fast, and he also realizes that the answer just now is too hasty. It's almost like death, the old man won't be angry and hurt people, right? The tiger can't help him kick him, what's wrong with his little arms and legs?

The thin, hard palm pinched Xiong Huobao's shoulder, and the familiar pain made the mask of pain appear on his face again.

"Weak? Then you have to exercise hard, and the road you have to walk in the future will be long! ”

Ah Luan was already nervous and almost cried, and as soon as the old man left, he hugged his brother's arm, tears burst out of his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry.

"Ah Luan is not afraid, it's okay, it's okay."

For most of the next day, no one cared for them, except that when the sun was about to set, the black, thin, inch-headed boy brought them food, and then arranged them into three thatched huts, which had no beds, no tables and chairs, and only a few mattresses on the ground.

A room for five people is already a good condition, and the pyramid scheme dens he has seen in the past have more than a dozen or even dozens of people in a room.

Before it was dark, Xiong Huobao planned to look around the valley.

Cautiously walking out of the room, he found that there was not even a guard around, and he tentatively wandered around the neighborhood, and no one stopped him, but a few children who came earlier than them watched him in the room.

Also, what kind of waves can a group of ten-year-old children make, as for escaping, the beasts along the way have already frightened them, as long as their brains are normal, they don't dare to let them out.

The valley is not very large, except for the dense forest that is blocked by dense trees above the halfway point, the rest can be seen at a glance.

In the terraces, he saw the rice, which was now ripe. The rest of the crops were unrecognizable to him from his vast experience of living in the city for the previous eighteen years.

There was a large pond under the terraces, and there were a few fish in it, but unfortunately he didn't know him. Reaching out and putting it into the pool, the water in the pond was cold, and a few fish were not afraid of life at all, swimming around with his hand.

"Oops!"

Xiong Huobao, who was squatting, jumped up all of a sudden, held his fingers and took a big breath.

The middle and ring fingers of his right hand had been bitten off, and the red blood quickly flowed through most of his palm.

The blood in the pool was coaxed and swallowed by the fish in the blink of an eye.

"This fish belongs to a dog!"

The depressed Xiong Huobao could only take his clothes and wrap his injured fingers back to the hut first.

"This kid is not small."

The valley is divided into east and west by a creek, with a dozen huts on the hill to the east and seven or eight deep caves to the west.

At this moment, on the stone platform outside a cave, Hu Tianhan and Zhong Jingsheng were looking at Xiong Huobao who was wandering out alone.

"In fact, he is very timid, but his words and deeds are a little different from ordinary children."

Zhong Jingsheng was quite surprised when he heard this, "How is it different?" ”

Hu Tianhan briefly talked about some of the performances from the beginning of buying him, and Zhong Jingsheng was even more curious.

"That's a little slippery."

"It is also possible to come out of the mother's womb and lack a root tendon."

Zhong Jingsheng smiled dumbly, "You can make an exception and bring his sister back together, this kid is not bad." ”

"Fire bones, on the third grade."

"There are three products!"

Zhong Jingsheng originally guessed that the fourth grade was the top of the sky, but he didn't want to be the third grade, you must know that the human root bone is divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the first three are the best root bones, and there may not be one among thousands of people.

"It's not easy to meet a medium-sized bone on the periphery of the Great Barbarian Country, and these three products can be regarded as picking up treasures. That's supposed to keep her sister in her hands. ”

Zhong Jingsheng looked at Xiong Huobao who was covering his fingers and trotting all the way back, "I don't know how much this kid understands, as long as he has a normal level, even if only one of the people in this valley comes out, it will not be in vain for us to work hard." ”

Hu Tianhan was silent for a while, and said coldly: "Don't expect too much first!" ”

The night spent in the hut in this valley was the most stable for Xiong Huobao in the past three days, not only because he had just come to this world and was uncertain, but also because he was in danger, he had been worried and couldn't sleep well at all. Last night was a rare good night, and according to Luan in the early morning, he was still snoring last night.

In the next two days, two old men each came to the valley with more than a dozen children.

In the afternoon of this day, the four old men gathered all the children into the open space by the pond, and the total number of children including Ah Luan reached sixty-two, the oldest was thirteen years old, and the youngest was eight years old.

Xiong Huobao noticed that one of the boys was a little different, all the other children were wearing either linen or animal skins, and he himself was the only one who wore a long robe, his long hair was tied up, and the shoes on his feet were not straw sandals or animal skin boots that are common in the mountains, but beautifully patterned boots. This is the people of the city!

"You are all lowly slaves, who were originally going to be sold to others to make cattle and horses, and even pigs and dogs."

The old man who came back last, Pu Chongyun, faced their group of children and spoke in a gloomy tone.

"We bought you, and from now on we will be your masters."

"You should be glad that you will have the opportunity to change your destiny when you meet us, and if you are obedient enough and work hard enough, you may be able to free yourself from slavery in the near future."

There was a whisper of discussion among the children below. They are not unfamiliar with the meaning of "slave" in this era, so when they hear that it is okay not to be a slave, most children's eyes light up.

"This opening statement is straightforward enough."

Xiong Huobao thought to himself, this old man can't be a master! Just as he was thinking about it, the old man's next move made his jaw drop.

An orange-red flame appeared out of thin air in the old man's hand, and the blazing heat forced the children who were close to him to retreat one after another. With a flick of the old man's wrist, a crooked-necked tree three feet away was instantly wrapped in flames and burned violently, and within a moment, the man-sized tree turned into ashes.

This hand directly stopped dozens of children, and the timid ones fell directly to the ground.

Pu Chongyun looked at the group of dumb little dolls and asked loudly, "Do you want to learn?" ”

"Yes!"

Before everyone came to their senses, Xiong Huobao was the first to raise his right hand and answer loudly.

Don't say that these people don't have a choice at all now, even if they have a choice, Xiong Huobao has to stay and beg them to teach him, there is no such shop in this village after that! In my previous life, I dreamed that an adventure would come and change my ordinary and boring life, wouldn't this be just in time!

Pu Chongyun cast an appreciative look at Xiong Huobao, and then glanced at the others: "What about you? ”

"I want to~"

How can a child withstand such a bluff, and he can learn skills and not be a slave, and he is instantly tempted.

"You are all selected children who have the conditions to learn from us, and it is not impossible to call for wind and rain and move mountains and seas in the future, but ~"

"The premise is that you can pass our test, endure hardship, and endure loneliness. When you are successful in your studies and go out of this valley, you will no longer be slaves, but our partners. ”

Xiong Huobao heard it and said "sure enough" in his heart, first draw the cake, and then put forward the conditions, step by step. Looking at the little friends around him, Xiong Huobao thought to himself that he didn't know what pit was waiting for them in front of him, after all, pies would not fall from the sky for no reason.

However, while being vigilant, the joy and excitement in my heart could not be concealed. I actually had the opportunity to become a legendary cultivator, which was something I had dreamed of in my previous life!

Since then, the children in the valley have to call the four old men masters, Pu Chongyun as the master, Hu Tianhan as the second master, and so on. All the children were divided into four groups, each led by the four teenagers next to the old man.

These four are all the same black and thin hair, Xiong Huobao guessed whether this would be the standard shape of this force, but looking at these four old men, they have both long hair and short hair.

"What! Why? ”

Xiong Huobao glared at the young man in front of him, but he didn't expect that as soon as he was mentally prepared to be at ease, those old men sent someone to take Ah Luan away!

"Master's order." The young man named Baoxian cherished words like gold, and stepped forward to pull Ah Luan's arm.

Xiong Huobao was anxious but didn't know what to do, he never dared to make a move with Baoxian, so he could only grab Baoxian's palm with both hands, "You wait first, I'll go find the old man." ”

In a hurry, he forgot to change his words, but when he came to Hu Tianhan, he tried his best to make himself look well-behaved.

"Second Master, why do you have to send Ah Luan out of the valley?"

Hu Tianhan, who was tending to the medicine field in the valley, didn't raise his head, "She has poor roots and bones, so she can't practice with you, there is a more suitable place for her outside the valley." ”

"Where?" Subconsciously, Xiong Huobao followed the old man's words and asked.

The old man glanced at him faintly, "Practice well, if I am satisfied, I will let you see her regularly." ”

Xiong Huobao only felt a chill all over his body, and the old man's eyes made him understand that there was no room for negotiation in this matter, not to mention that their brother and sister were just slaves bought by the other party, and there was no capital to negotiate.

Hu Tianhan turned around and continued to serve the medicine field, Xiong Huobao saw that Ah Luan had been taken out by Bao Xian, and Ah Luan's little face was full of fear.

"Brother!" The voice trembling from fear hit Xiong Huobao's heart.

Xiong Huobao looked at the old man's back and suddenly understood something. Before, he thought that the old man bought Ah Luan because of his own request, but now it seems that these people will not support idlers, and buying Ah Luan is bound to be useful.

But at first, the old man didn't take a fancy to Ah Luan, so it was probably because of himself.

Hostage!

This thought flashed through Xiong Huobao's mind in an instant.

I'm afraid that even as hostages, these people will not let Ah Luan be idle, and it is likely that arrangements have been made for her.

What arrangements were unknown, but he had long recognized that there were no human rights in a slave society. The only way to improve my sister's situation is for him to show enough value!

The original cowering and cautious mentality had to change under the pressure of reality, and he had to fight for his sister as much as possible, and also for himself.

"Second Master."

Xiong Huobao knelt in front of Hu Tianhan, although all the children kowtowed to the four old men before, but it was just following the crowd, and now, Xiong Huobao had to kneel after making up his mind.

"I beg you to be kind to my sister, I will work hard to cultivate, and I will definitely not disappoint the four masters."

Hu Tianhan was a little surprised, looking at the kid in front of him who seemed to have matured for a moment, he was silent.

This kid has always given him a sense of being different, but he has always been indescribable, and it is the same now, he seems to know better than everyone what fate he is going to face, but how is that possible. Is it a natural wisdom?

"Hmm."

Hu Tianhan didn't say anything.

Xiong Huobao heard the old man's promise, stopped pestering, stood up and bowed deeply, and then ran towards his sister.

"Brother."

"Luan is not afraid."

Xiong Huobao hugged his sister tightly, wiped away the tears on her face, and comforted: "Ah Luan, a few grandfathers are going to take you outside to learn skills, Ah Luan must be well-behaved, my brother is learning skills in this mountain, Ah Luan is learning outside, and you can meet after you learn well, do you know?" ”

Ah Luan pear blossom brought rain, nodded and shook her head, her little hand grasped her brother tightly and did not let go.

Ah Luan was finally taken away, crying all the way, Xiong Huobao looked at the back of Baoxian and Ah Luan leaving, his heart was tightened, but he couldn't do anything.

Reluctance and unwillingness filled his heart, and at this moment his chest was as hot as fire, but he himself did not notice it. Xiong Huobao has only one thought in his heart: to see his sister as soon as possible, to do his best to protect her for the rest of his life, and never to be as powerless as he is today.