Since being promoted to Grand Master, Gu Dan's senses have been extremely sharp.

The movement that others could not yet perceive was tantamount to a thunderbolt to him.

The red dust is complicated and chaotic, and the great master can easily find countless kinds of faults that will be subconsciously ignored by ordinary people when he looks at the world, and can easily find countless kinds of faults that ordinary people will subconsciously ignore - to put it simply, after the eyes are sharp, things that were once quite worthy of a look will inevitably reveal flaws and flaws.

The improvement of strength is still forcibly raising a person's aesthetic standards.

This is just a great master, and he can't deserve the word immortal.

It can be seen that what fairies fall into the mortal world and fall in love with mortals is probably fake, and immortals looking at mortals are probably really similar to looking at skeletons.

At first, in order to solve this discomfort, Gu Dan even needed to block part of his perception with his true qi, but then gradually adapted, and after being able to calm down, this perception really turned into help.

And this special feeling after the promotion also made Gu Dan realize, the promotion of martial arts can still bring about this kind of change, what about immortals?

After the real divine thoughts are swept away, and thousands of miles are in full view, I am afraid that mortals are just a ball of moving meat on the bone and flesh shelf, and it doesn't matter whether they are beautiful or ugly, they are all the same.

It is no wonder that the immortals in the legends and stories have to stay away from the world, because no matter how similar they look on the outside, when they are really examined, the gap will always remind them that they are not the same kind of people at all.

At the beginning, Nannan used to envy a dog, but the higher the cultivation, the greater the gap between people may be greater than that between people and dogs.

In the red dust, there is cultivation everywhere.

Gu Dan had begun to realize this special feeling, and although he walked out of the Gu family's courtyard, a feeling like a larger barrier had begun to surround him unconsciously, reminding him all the time.

"Somebody came on horseback."

After listening for a while, Gu Dan said firmly.

"To us?"

Xun Ke was not surprised that Gu Dan was always able to discover something in advance, and he was used to it.

"That's right, it's getting closer."

Gu Dan nodded slightly, and the two didn't bother Aunt Cheng for the time being, and waited together in front of the village.

Sure enough, Xun Ke from a distance could see that a small black dot was constantly approaching here, and at a glance, the distance was still hundreds of meters!

Such a distance can be detected in advance and warned?!

Even Xun Ke, who was already a little used to it, couldn't help but be a little frightened, what kind of strength is Mr. Gu now!

Without making them wait too long, the man on the horse came quickly, and when he noticed the two people standing at the entrance of the village, he subconsciously drew the knife on his back.

This place is quite close to the place where the temple and the White Lotus Sect are fighting, even the displaced people will stay away, and the people who can meet here are either the masters of the arts, or the lackeys of the White Lotus Sect or the court.

"Who?! What a way to go! ”

The horse stood at a distance of about twenty paces in front of the two of them, and in the light rain, the figure of the man in the hat looked a little tall and strong, and the scimitar in his hand was still oozing blood!

Xun Ke's face looked a little ugly, "Come to our village, who should I say, it's you, right?!" ”

"Your village?"

The scimitar in the man's hand on horseback was slightly downward, and his voice was a little surprised, and he lifted the hat, revealing a fierce face with a scar on his own, and his eyes were constantly swaying on Xun Ke's body at this time.

After a moment, the man on horseback asked in disbelief, "Idiot?!" ”

Xun Ke was stunned.

It seemed very far away from him, and it was very familiar.

It's far away because there used to be a group of friends who also called him that, and it's familiar because there was a silly crazy girl in the Gu family's courtyard who always called him that.

But in six years, for a child who was only a teenager at the beginning, the changes were too great, and even the voice was different from the beginning, let alone the physique.

"You are?"

Xun Ke was a little unsure.

"Is it really you?!"

The man put away the scimitar in his hand, turned over and dismounted, "I'm Erniu!" ”

He casually stuck his scimitar on the ground, "You don't remember? At the beginning, we went to fish in the source river together, and we were hung on the beam of the house and beaten up! By the way, do you remember the iron ring ruler in Mr. Private School's hand? It's our family's type! ”

The torrent of memories is surging, and many memories of my childhood come to my heart at this moment.

Xun Ke looked particularly surprised, rushed over and gave him a big hug, "How did you become so strong!! ”

He slammed his fist Erniu's chest a few times, and the rain on the hat flew like spilled tears on the muddy ground, converging into a shallow small ditch.

"You kid, it's been so many years, why do you still look so thin? Still dumbfounded! When you left with Mozi, everyone envied you! By the way, isn't Mozi in Yangzhou? How did you get back? This one is." Erniu's eyes looked at Gu Dan and asked with some hesitation.

Seeing each other again after many years, the two have too much to say.

"This is Mr. Gu, Master Mo's best friend! I have decided to go out of the mountain to save this world with the ink master! Let's go back to the house and talk about it later. ”

"Mozi's best friend?! Wow, that must also be a hero of the world, you kid is blessed! ”

Xun Ke dragged Erniu's hand and returned to the old house with four walls in the literal sense.

Erniu first took off the hat on his body, and then carefully took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, which contained a whole roast chicken and some large pieces of fat.

Walking into the house with these things, Erniu saw the fire burning at a glance.

And the big mass of vomit next to the fire.

"Guanyin soil?!"

Erniu was stunned there, looking back, as if looking for something, "Have you seen Aunt Cheng?" ”

The joy of meeting faded a lot, Xun Ke nodded, and asked again, "Aunt Cheng, what is her situation?" Why is she the only one left in the village? What about her family? ”

Spreading the oiled paper bag on the ground, Er Niu came to the fire, took a breath lightly, and said in a low mood: "When the stars fell on the night at night, the place where it was smashed was not too far from us. Later, a lot of martial arts masters came over and made trouble everywhere, you know. ”

Xun Ke nodded affirmatively.

The initial period was also the most chaotic, the news that the star was immortal had not yet spread, and some sinister warriors began to massacre the surrounding villagers in a purposeful manner in order to prevent the news from spreading, and their actions were outrageous.

But later, it was inevitable that the news leaked out, and it spread ten, ten, and hundred, and this area really became a pot of porridge.

When Moqiu brought over with more than a hundred ink masters, the initial and most frantic chaos was almost over, and what remained was a series of scuffles and robberies between the warriors.

But as long as you take a second look and feel that there are immortal stones hidden in others, then there is no reason to talk about it at all, and the most direct killings are staged all the time.

Later, Moqiu led a group of ink warriors to slaughter many warriors who had been carried away, and also fought with the White Lotus Sect Master and the Huang Dynasty a few times to prove his strength, so it took a full three months to let this turmoil pass.

But the loss is already doomed, and Moqiu shortens the time and scope of the disaster, but after all, he is not a god, and the damage that has been caused cannot be undone.

Xun Ke's parents died because they wanted to stop the evil deeds of the martial artists, how could he not remember?

"After Mozi took you away, this matter didn't just pass. The people of the White Lotus Sect came, came to our village to give lectures, saying that after joining the White Lotus Sect, they no longer need to pay taxes and grain to the imperial court. Of course, everyone was unwilling, but fortunately, the people of the White Lotus Sect did not say that they would die if they didn't join. ”

Er Niu's face was lowered, and his voice was terrifyingly cold, "But later, people from other villages joined the White Lotus Sect - when the people from the imperial court came, we either conspired with them, either handed over the main messenger of the White Lotus Sect, or we were regarded as rebels together." ”

"This"

Xun Ke took a deep breath and tried not to let himself curse.

"Later, another official came, anyway, since the informant of the White Lotus Sect has been to our village, he will definitely not be able to escape the involvement. If you want to prove your own whiteness, you can also do it, and if other villages owe it, you have to make up for it from our village, otherwise don't blame them for being polite. ”

Erniu's face looked a little cloudy in front of the rising fire, and every time he said a word, the scar on his face seemed to come to life, and he kept writhing, looking hideous and terrifying.

"In the first year, everyone gritted their teeth, but they barely filled the holes in the outer villages. As a result, the next year not only did not return to the original state, but intensified, demanding more food. Heh, last time, everyone filled in all the money to make up enough, and almost couldn't even live on their own, where can they get more food?

Many people in the village were afraid, so they simply dragged their families to the mountains to hide, preferring to be homeless, maybe there would be some way to live. ”

There are many plains in Yuzhou, but there are also mountains.

The mountains and forests of this era are always exceptionally dense and inaccessible, and even the government is too lazy to take care of it - painstakingly mobilizing thousands of troops to search the mountains, just to catch some mud legs?

With so much effort wasted, the harvest is not enough for the army to run a trip!

But if there is still a little money left, who wants to run to the mountains?

Therefore, hiding in the mountains is actually a very useful trick for poor people who are about to die.

But everything has a price.

It is true that hiding in the mountains can avoid the government, but the difficulty of surviving in the mountains is far greater than the cultivated fertile land.

The difference between the two is that one is really hard to live, and the other is that people are not allowed to live.

"Everyone started out just to avoid the limelight, and after that, who knows? It's better to die than to live, and it is a day to survive. Aunt Cheng's family also hid in the mountains, and of course there was not much food. One day after the rain, Aunt Cheng diligently picked a lot of mushrooms in the mountains and cooked a pot of wild mushroom soup. ”

Speaking of this, Er Niu's palms were tightly squeezed together, "A family of six, five were poisoned." Uncle Cheng died, Brother Sheng died, Brother Sheng's daughter-in-law also died, and even the four or five-year-old grandson of Aunt Cheng's family died. ”

Xun Ke's mouth opened slightly, "That Aunt Cheng"

"Aunt Cheng didn't drink that mushroom soup."

Erniu actually laughed, and his smile was full of helplessness and sadness, "It's too poor!" Aunt Cheng was reluctant to eat that pot of mushroom soup, so she was left with the whole family. ”

“.”

There was no one in the room for a long time.

The flames crackled and burned, occasionally spitting tongues of fire, revealing dots of black embers that fell on people's clothes, and with a light sip, there was a series of black traces.

The flames that had been burning for a long time became weaker and weaker, and after a while, the last inch-tall fireworks were gone, revealing the remains of the burned almost nothing, and a little gray embers.

The sound of the last burst of flames alerted several people, and Er Niu said as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Later, Aunt Cheng went crazy. has always been a thief, the family is out to avoid the limelight, sooner or later they can come back, everyone can't resist her at all. Fortunately, the people from the White Lotus Sect came again, and this time everyone did not hesitate, so they all voted for the White Lotus Sect. slaughtered the group of officials and raised the anti-flag. At the beginning, our side was occupied by the White Lotus Sect, or after two years, at least we didn't have to pick mushrooms to eat.

Later, the men and horses of the imperial court arrived and began to fight. Let's fight, the court won't let us live, the White Lotus Sect can at least have enough to eat, for that meal, we have to take out a knife, right? It's just that more and more people were sent by the imperial court later."

He touched the scar on his face, "It's been about two and a half years like fighting, this side is almost unstoppable, and the rest of the people in the village have moved away, only Aunt Cheng won't leave anything, and she has to wait for her own family." Forcibly take it back with you, you will cry and make a fuss, roll on the ground, and hit your head against the pillar. Everyone had no choice but to send her back. ”

After a pause, Er Niu continued: "Although Aunt Cheng is crazy, she still remembers the work. Even if you are alone, you can take care of a small plot of land and vegetable garden, and the harvest is still there, and you can barely get by. Occasionally, people from the village came to take a look and bring some things to Aunt Cheng, of course, there were not many things, and after the war began, everyone's life was not easy again. Later, there were more and more people in the imperial court, and instead of fighting the Four-Nation Alliance, they would fight us first. The days are even more sad, even this side has been occupied by the people of the court for a long time, and everyone has no way to come over again, and then the people of the court left, and I secretly came here to see. The little food that Aunt Cheng planted was snatched away, and when I came, she was gnawing on the bark."

“.”

Gu Dan and Xun Ke listened silently and silently, and their eyes moved to the mass of Guanyin soil not far away.

The bark has also been eaten!

(End of chapter)