Chop, split, tease, pick, cross-cut, stab...

The shirtless Chris practiced in the yard, without a trace of fat on his body, and his bronzed skin was covered with dense beads of sweat, which reflected a little bit of color in the morning sun, full of strength and the beauty of lines.

He was alone in the courtyard.

As for Theon, after dinner last night, he went out of the inner city to his long-lost home.

No longer belonging to the Einske family, he was also disqualified from staying overnight, and his duties as an escort had been completed, and he would soon be on his way north again.

Chris was very focused when he practiced martial arts, so he didn't notice that there was a person standing on the wall of the courtyard at some point.

It was James munching on fruit.

"Whoosh!"

The core of the flesh howled towards Chris with a strong wind, taking him to the eye.

And Chris's reaction was also very fast, when he heard the wind, he didn't even look at it, and the accurate core was split into two pieces, and the cut was very smooth.

"The response is not bad!"

James clapped his hands and jumped down from the partition wall, his body falling to the ground like a trace of catkins, without making a sound.

His eyes looked at Chris, and his mouth teased, "I can't see that you are in good shape!" In addition, if it is placed in the slave market, I believe that many noble ladies will compete to buy it home. How, are you interested in talking to them about your life ideals? I can help! ”

You just want to go to slavery!

Not surprisingly, Chris's return was a roll of the eye.

Immediately, he suddenly reflected and asked, "Hey, you've already come here?" How long has it been? ”

He expressed his annoyance that he hadn't found James, which showed that he was not vigilant enough.

"Don't be nervous, and don't doubt your vigilance."

James shrugged his shoulders and a cynical smile on his face, "I mean, if I don't want people to find out, no one in this family can find out except for the old man and a few strong people in the family." You know what I mean, right? ”

Chris has always been smart.

So he blurted out in surprise, "You're already a half-step powerhouse?" ”

A half-step strong person refers to a person who has already touched the threshold of the realm of the strong and can cross the threshold with only one opportunity.

His surprise was also normal. Today's James is only thirty years old, and at this age, stepping into the threshold of the strong with one foot is considered a genius.

Of course, this cannot be compared with Chris's mother, Avril.

Avril is recognized as the pride of the sky, and it is difficult to find a second one in the entire human world.

"Isn't it strange that I'm a half-step powerhouse?"

This time, James rolled his eyes, "The Einsk family, which has been inherited for many years, has not a hundred but eighty illegitimate children, why am I the only one who is given the surname of Einsk, can't you even figure out this reason?" ”

Belch~

I can guess you're very talented, but I didn't know that your family would have so many illegitimate children.....

Chris was dumbfounded.

However, James didn't dwell on this, and after retorting, he took out two purple fruits from his arms, threw one Chris, and put the other in his mouth with a click, and said vaguely, "This fruit is good, it was found by the dwarves in the cave inside the mountain range, and eating it is good for your body." ”

He took Chris without looking at him, his mind was all on cultivation, and he continued to ask, "How old are you to become the peak of a warrior?" How? ”

"Why do you ask so much?"

James was a little impatient and accentuated his tone, "Is it true that you only have cultivation in your life?" ”

Things other than cultivation......

Doesn't seem to have one, right?

Although my grandfather is old, my father's health is quite healthy, and I don't need to worry about the affairs of the territory now; Moreover, the territorial guards trained by Theon are very conscientious, and there is no problem with safety.....

Chris tilted his head sideways, thought for a while, then shook his head at James very sincerely and said, "No." ”

"Okay, okay."

Suddenly, James felt that the whole person was not good, and waved his hand helplessly, "I became the peak of a warrior at the age of twenty-four, and I touched the threshold of the strong realm the year before last, as for how to do it, this is the result of talent and family training." Well, hurry up and eat your fruit, which the old man specially ordered you to have a portion. It's worth 100 gold coins, and it's often priceless! Even if it is a direct descendant of the family, it is only one a month. Well, except for me. ”

10 gold coins!

Chris, who was surprised again, carefully examined the purple fruit in his hand.

The skin is uneven and looks like an apple; When I put it in my mouth and took a bite, the flesh was also purple, and the taste was sour and slightly bitter, making it difficult to eat.

Then I couldn't help but ask again, "You mean, can you do it by eating this fruit?" ”

"Vulcan is above!"

James was a little crazy, "This fruit just strengthens your physique, not your divine vein, understand?" If eating the fruit can give birth to the divine vein, then this fruit should be worth 10,000 gold coins! Oh no, it should be 100,000 gold coins! Damn, it doesn't matter how much he wants! You're like an iron tree! ”

"Thank you for the compliment, James."

Unexpectedly, after listening to it, Chris smiled very happily.

Well?

This also made James slightly stunned.

After a few breaths, he suddenly remembered that the iron tree, which only grows in the bitter cold zone and has a texture like gold and stone, is a symbol of tenacity and tenacity in the eyes of northerners, and it is also an adjective to praise others. In the south, to say that a person is like an iron tree is to ridicule this person for not being flexible and having a wooden head.

And Chris, who has just come to the south, naturally does not know the difference between the north and the south.....

The ridicule turned into a compliment, and it also made James lose the mood to continue talking nonsense.

He gritted his teeth and stretched out two fingers, "Listen boy! Don't interject! I'll give you two options now. The first one, obediently follow me out for a walk in the past two days, this is the old man's order, you and I can't refuse, after seeing Edin City, my father will meet you and let you accept the cultivation method of the Einsk family. The second option is to ..... yourself."

"I'll pick the first one!"

Before James could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Chris.

"Damn it! Don't let you interject......"

James put his hand on his forehead, raised his foot and walked out, waved his hand to signal him to follow, and slowed down his tone as much as possible, "The god of fire is above, it seems that you don't have any aristocratic etiquette on you." Anyway, that's not something I worry about. Hurry up and put on your clothes and come with me, Edin City is very big and there are many places to go, I don't have so much time to rub in with you! ”

"I apologize for my recklessness, James."

Chris didn't keep up with the footsteps after two or three bites of the fruit, "That, can you wait a little." ”

"What do you want to ask?"

"I'm sweating a lot, I'm going to take a shower first..."

"Get out!"

..........

The courtyard where Chris lived was originally Avril's, a direct residence of the Einsk family, so the road to the gate was very deep and quiet, and there was no one along the way.

If it weren't for James leading the way, he would definitely be lost.

He also carried a long knife on his back, and although James claimed that there was no danger in Edin City, he insisted on carrying it.

"The arms of the warriors of the north never leave their hands, even when they visit the king or the pope."

That's how he insisted.

However, for the sake of the anger in his cousin's eyes, he still wrapped all of them in strips of cloth, as if he was carrying a stick on his back, which was very strange.

His knife was already long.

Therefore, when walking on the quiet path, when several arrows flew towards him quickly, he drew his knife very quickly to pick or split, and none of them missed.

And then.......

"Wow!"

A little girl ran out crying from the flowers not far away, ignoring his long knife, squatting on the ground and picking up the broken arrow in two and sobbing, "You big villain! Woo... You pay me for my ironwood arrows! Woo..."

This little girl was about eight or nine years old.

His hair was turquoise, his ears were slightly pointed, he was dressed in an emerald green hunting suit, and he carried a small bow in one hand, and the broken arrows in the other hand had no clusters of arrows, and the tip was covered with strips of cloth.

This turn of events left Chris at a loss.

Hurriedly put the knife back into the sheath, bent down to look at the crying little girl, wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, and blushed.

Well, he really didn't deal with children.

Especially now that he knew that what he thought was the attack was just a child's play.

However, he also has James by his side.

He comfortably admired Chris's embarrassment for a while before squatting down to comfort the little girl who was crying, "Dear Amelia, don't cry, brother-in-law can buy you a few more?" ”

"Not good! Woo... This is a precious arrow, given to me by my Abba! ”

The little girl shook her head and cried even more sadly, "Brother-in-law, help me fight this big villain!" He broke Amelia's arrows... Woo..."

"Okay, brother-in-law will definitely beat up this big villain! But, Amelia, the hometown of this big bad guy is in the northwest! There are a lot of ironwood in his hometown, and we will let him pay you a lot of ironwood arrows, okay? ”

"Oh? It's true? ”

"Brother-in-law didn't lie to you, did he?"

"Hmm.... No. ”

The little girl hesitated for a moment, then turned her head to look at Chris, who was also squatting down, with tears on her face, and she was pitiful, "Big villain, will you pay poor Amelia a lot of ironwood arrows?" ”

"Huh? Oh, I will! I'll pay a hundred ironwood arrows! ”

"You swear!"

"Well... Vulcan is above, I'm Chris..."

"Humph! Big Bad! ”

The little girl who received a satisfactory answer snorted, picked up the broken arrow and disappeared into the path surrounded by flowers and trees.

And after she ran away, James, who felt much more relaxed, immediately couldn't help laughing, "Oh, the god of fire is above, and the warrior sword in the north will not leave his body!" Vulcan is above, and I, Chris Eaton, swear by faith..... Hahaha~"

Chris's face turned grim.

At the same time, he was wondering in his heart.

That little girl calls James her brother-in-law, but her appearance is clearly an elf~