Late bloomer.

Chen Daqi likes his name very much, just like many little people in the world have big dreams, making money to support their families is a very vulgar topic, and because of vulgarity, it is a task that many people can't accomplish.

For decades, he has witnessed the advent of the beast, the rise and fall of great powers, and witnessed the rise of Tianyang City on the coast of the East China Sea.

In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of a high-rise building, Chen Daqi put his hands behind his back and looked at the cavalry like termites in the distance, "Old man Heng, it has been difficult to buy food recently, the people of Bingmen, the students of Tianyang City, and Liu Ji of Daomen have all traveled for various reasons, hunting beasts to supplement food, do we need this?" ”

Old Man Heng chuckled and said, "Of course you have to go, or the sooner you go, the better, but you need to take a detour to avoid the team of Bingmen and Tianyang City students who have already set off." ”

"It's not that I'm afraid of them, it's just that there's no need to clash with Tianyang City."

Chen Daqi turned his head to look at the little couple snuggled together, "You guys stay here, the next battle is by no means a fight and killing, but life and death." ”

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A well-equipped army of Broken Slope City went out of the city, led by Min Hai, and it seemed that they were heading straight for the palace in the north.

Liu Yangming is a qualified leader, unwilling to be trapped in one city and one place, and sends Minhai to investigate the enemy's situation, and by the way, he cooperates with Shen Youchu of the Ice Gate on the surface, and strives to find out the dangerous people hiding in Broken Slope City.

The third group is formed spontaneously by folk hunters, following the trail of the first two teams all the way, looking for food that can fill their stomachs.

When the Great War approaches, this kind of mutual temptation is necessary.

Jiang Qiu did not have the feelings of protecting his family and defending the country, but stood at an intersection with a melancholy face, looked left and right for a long time, and hesitated: "This is not right, I have the impression that there are only three forks in the road, why has it become four today?" ”

Liu Ye snickered: "Master, you remember the wrong way, right?" ”

Jiang Qiu shook his head resolutely, extracting his memories was like turning a book, he had read the topographic map of the Thousand Islands Plain taken out by Huang Gong, and he was already familiar with it, so he naturally knew that according to the original itinerary, they would arrive at a mountain date island, and if the mountain date island went a little further north, it would be the island where the legendary Zhu Yucao might exist, instead of this confused and confusing fork in the road.

"Where are we going?"

"That's a good question, life path choices are very important, and we must be prepared for unexpected situations."

"Master, are you telling the truth of life?"

"No, I mean we're in danger, and I don't know where the danger is coming from." Jiang Qiu sighed, "This is what puzzles me the most, could it be that you and I have been marked by someone, and the words I am Jiang Qiu are written on the door of my head, otherwise there will be such ......a long time apart."

"Well, it's not too long, it's only been two days in the outside world, but I've been living here for more than two months, why don't you let me go?"

Liu Ye put his hands on his eyes and looked around, "Master, there is an enemy?" ”

Jiang Qiu sighed, "Let's go, it seems that the other party is not too sure to deal with me." ”

The two walked together, this time Jiang Qiu's purpose was very clear, he walked straight north along a blade that was cut out by someone who didn't know it, and the section of the road ahead was not mentioned whether it was the topographic map of the Yellow Bow or the information sold in Broken Slope City, and the rest of the road could only be explored slowly by himself, but according to the guideline of the right hand, even if he could not find the legendary Zhu Yucao, it would not be a problem to return the same way.

According to the rumors of the Thousand Islands Plain, there is an island in the south, and there is a peak on the island, among which there is a kind of Zhuyu grass, as long as you eat one, you can not be hungry for a month.

But rumors are rumors after all, and they only record anecdotes, and never tell how many people died and how much suffering they had to suffer in order to spread this story.

Looking from afar, the road ahead presents a ring, and there is a ring in the middle of the ring, like an island nested with islands, and the scenery between different levels has its own merits.

Jiang Qiu sighed slightly, casually broke a branch as a walking stick, and said calmly: "I never thought that one day, I would practice desperately in order to survive, hunt orcs, and look for the legendary Zhu Yucao, but through quantitative change to qualitative change to the fourth level, I always feel that the cultivation speed is a little slow." ”

Liu Ye straightened his waist, but he only reached the position of Jiang Qiu's chest, and the white little feet that Chen Ren never forgot the most were stained with a little mud, but they were even more exquisite, "Master, didn't you say that you were a sorcerer at a very young age, why haven't you practiced for more than ten years?" ”

Jiang Qiu said: "I haven't practiced, this is also the stupidest part of me, smart in my brain, stupid in my behavior." ”

"Master, why do you want to become stronger?" Liu Ye accompanied Jiang Qiu on the forest path of the circular path, and the sky was blocked by dense trees, which made the hot climate much drier, so the little girl remembered a small thing, and asked cautiously: "Does it have anything to do with Yang Ye?" ”

Jiang Qiu was silent for a moment and said, "It matters. ”

Liu Ye looked up at him and said seriously: "But master, didn't you say that hatred can't solve the problem?" ”

Jiang Qiu laughed and said: "Of course, hatred can't solve the problem, but it is a special medicine to urge me to grow, if I don't get stronger in the slightest next time we meet, what I can't hold is no longer a demon soldier, but a ......"

He smiled and said calmly: "How high is the third seat of the Ice Gate, Tianyang City is the only force that can compete with the three major countries that monopolize the world, and the Ice Gate is a violent institution of Tianyang City, whether it is power or status, it is an unattainable existence for a small role like me." ”

"They insulted me, they insulted my parents, and they didn't even care about my personal feelings...... I don't think this is an isolated case, and I don't want it to happen to me again. ”

"I don't have much to plunder, but I can imagine that people like Yang Ye will definitely not let me go."

Liu Ye looked at him quietly, as if looking at the wild chrysanthemum that wanted to bloom on the Tianshan Mountain, it was too whimsical, even if Jiang Qiu inherited the shadow technique and wanted to defeat a third-seat powerhouse of the Ice Gate, a quasi-first-level magician......

She asked softly, "You want to defeat him?" ”

"Self-confidence comes from the strength of one's own strength, and for one's own sober cognition, I am not the super genius of the seventeen-year-old who is a second-level ability person in your mouth."

Jiang Qiu said: "So I don't expect to be able to defeat him now, but I think that the road of life is like crossing mountains and mountains, winning day by day, until one day no matter where I go, when I raise my head and there is no one in front of me, it is also a big event in a happy life to turn back and take revenge." ”

"I think you should have time, though not necessarily enough."

Liu Ye looked at him, his delicate little face was dirty, and he couldn't see the arrogant nightclub queen at all, maybe it was Jiang Qiu's mention of his family that made the little girl empathetic, with a look of encouragement and self-comfort.

"My father once said that cultivating the five realms, the final realm is the most difficult, if you want to become a first-level magician, it is a very difficult thing to become a small world by itself, and the special level above the first level has no promotion method at all, it takes a little luck, plus the right road, there is hope, and before that, countless people were stopped by the door of the first-level small world."

Liu Ye looked at him and continued: "Yang Ye is also a legendary figure, he only got the technique at the age of fifteen, but in a very short period of time, he crossed two thresholds in a row to reach the third level, but he was trapped in the third level for nearly ten years before he came to the second level, my father thought that Yang Ye had already touched the threshold of the first level, but he only touched it. ”

"The accumulation of quantities leads to qualitative changes to the fourth level, the expansion of the path in the body to the third level, the freedom of the mind and spirit to the second level, and the complete small world to the first level, but the twists and turns are easy first and then difficult."

Jiang Qiu suddenly frowned and said, "That woman named Qin Huaiyang is already a second-level ability person at the age of seventeen, if Yang Ye has been trapped in the second-level for many years, what about this woman?" ”

"Maybe it's a foot, maybe it's just the threshold?"

Liu Ye shrugged, "Master, I'm just a bad boy who likes to go to nightclubs and bars, what my dad says, how I listen, what I use to brag with those friends." ”

"But superpowers are different from sorcerers after all, so it's much easier to get promoted."

Liu Ye said admiringly: "It's better to say that one is the best, that is a big man that my father doesn't dare to offend casually, known as all laws, you can imagine ......"

Jiang Qiu couldn't help but feel like he thought of something when he heard the four words, as if he had thought of something, but before he could ask to understand, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, and with a wave of his arm, a black lotus flower enveloped the two of them.

Although Liu Ye is not as keen as Jiang Qiu's five senses, he can cooperate more and more tacitly after all, his palm is weak, and several wind blades are pinched in the palm of his hand.

Jiang Qiu stretched out his hand to stop it, as he heard an additional voice, as if the arrow was not coming at him.

A feathered arrow pierced deep into a nearby tree.

Hidden in the trees, or rather the tree itself, suddenly writhed a few times, oozing blood, as if it had human nature, desperately struggling, the roots of the tree pulled out of the ground and ran into the distance, and then an obscure spell resounded through the forest, and the fleeing monster was immediately burned by the flames, and after a few twists, it completely disappeared.

Heavy footsteps sounded in the grass in front of him, Jiang Qiu motioned with his eyes to Liu Ye to hide behind him, and let himself deal with the matter, the black lotus gradually contracted, and a shadow knife appeared in the palm of his left palm.

A 'man' with a slender tail behind him, munching on the sweet berries with juice left, turned the quiver behind him, and was just about to recover the prey, and then he saw Jiang Qiu and Liu Ye, and couldn't help but be startled, and immediately lowered his body and stretched his bow and arrows at the two.

Jiang Qiu frowned slightly, looking at the long tail behind the man, as well as the woman's strong limbs, and the slightly excess hair on her face, if it weren't for the existence of the tail behind her, she would have mistakenly thought that she was a wild man who lived in the mountains and forests all year round.

He gripped the hilt of his sword, "We have no ill will. ”

Liu Ye glanced at him, and didn't understand why the master didn't do anything in the face of a guy who was obviously an orc, but the master was the master, and he just had to be an obedient apprentice.

The orc listened to Jiang Qiu's words, his expression was a little surprised, and he hurriedly took a few steps back to the edge of the grass, and only after pulling enough distance from Jiang Qiu did he feel a little relieved, "Human? ”

The emphasis on her speech is a little strange, not like it comes out of her throat, but more like an emotionless simultaneous interpretation machine, not standard, but understandable.

Jiang Qiu replied, "Orcs? ”

The woman did not answer his question, and did not seem to realize that the news of hunting orcs had been secretly spread in Tianyang City outside, but tightened her short bow, ready to shoot out at any time, and asked again, "Humans?" ”

Because he was trapped here and was used by the dragon beast for experiments, Liu Ye had long been dissatisfied with the orcs to the extreme, and at this moment he was even more disdainful and lying, and said expressionlessly: "I am from Tianyang City. ”

The woman shook her head and said, "I haven't heard of it." ”

Liu Ye pointed to Jiang Qiu on the side, "He's a shadow artist, I think you should have heard of it." ”

Jiang Qiu was slightly stunned, feeling that something might be bad, the great war twenty years ago caused the creation of the Thousand Islands Plain, which also caused the orcs to live in the world openly, but they were beaten by the shadow magicians and hid in the sea of people and did not dare to come out, and as the inheritor of the shadow magic, he would also become a continuation of hatred in the future.

He gripped the hilt of his sword, ready to hack her to death before the orc could do it.

However, unexpectedly, when the woman heard the three words of shadow magician, she was slightly stunned, and did not react too violently, but instead became emotionally stable, and said, "I have heard of the name of shadow magician. ”

Jiang Qiu was slightly puzzled, "Heard of it?" ”

"Hmm." The orc wagged her tail slightly, as she was feeling, "The orcs who live here have basically heard of it, and it seems that because we lost the battle twenty years ago, or lost in seven dozen or one dozen, we live like a dog." ”

Jiang Qiu became more and more puzzled, he was humiliated by Yang Ye once, and he wanted to kill him with a knife, and asked, "The hatred between us should be very deep, why aren't you angry?" ”

The orc withdrew his bow and arrow, and said expressionlessly: "If you can't fight, you will admit defeat, what is there to be angry about, we are ...... The invaders, the vanquished, are nothing more than bravery. ”

Jiang Qiu scratched his head, "It seems to make sense." ”

This is not the first time Jiang Qiu and Liu Ye have seen orcs, but it is the first time that such a warm and friendly exchange is not like the rumors, orcs and humans have a blood feud, but both races are unknown in the world and survive in their own way.

They need to hunt, they need to drink and eat, they can talk, they can wear, they wear clothes, and they will even strictly abide by the contract.

The orc ignored them, pulled the feather arrow from the charred tree, carefully observed the pattern carved on the feathered arrow, and then reached out and groped in the hollow of the tree for a moment, took out a seed the size of a heart, and put it in the bag.

Liu Ye looked at her quietly, and suddenly spoke, "Why did you orcs come to our world? ”

Jiang Qiu glanced at her.

His purpose in coming to the Thousand Islands Plain is very simple, that is, to become stronger, Jiang Qiu is actually not interested in this kind of problem that can rise to the survival and continuation of the race, and he doesn't want to be friends with the orcs, otherwise how can he hunt them with peace of mind in the future?

The orc glanced at him, "Why can't you come?" ”

"This is our place for humans. ”

The orc said, "Do you mean the extent to which the earth has been exploited?" Or is it the time of existence, or the degree of control over the planet? From what point can you arrogantly think that the earth belongs to you humans? ”

Liu Ye asked her very seriously, "I don't know how you orcs divide civilization, but we humans have lived on the earth for millions of years, and we have lived here for generations, and now you are here and brought killing, do you want us humans to be extinct, or do you want to have a big war and completely kill all your orcs?" ”

At this time, Jiang Qiu suddenly remembered that the little girl's mother seemed to have died at the hands of orcs.

The orc looked at this extremely beautiful little girl like an idiot, "You still have wars to this day, and we orcs cause wars in order to survive, why not?" ”

Jiang Qiu burst out laughing, but instead of laughing at Liu Ye, he laughed at the fact that the orcs would be at ease and approve of the war.

Willow Leaf lowered his gaze slightly, and then followed behind the orc, out of the woods, and down a gentle slope.

Jiang Qiu was stunned and hurriedly followed.

After some conversation, the orc's attitude of knowing that he was wrong but had to do it was very interesting, Jiang Qiu originally didn't want to deal with the orcs too much, which was also the reason why he didn't want to communicate with the corpse dog more, but he didn't expect Liu Ye to have his own ideas.

Liu Ye said softly: "Everyone in Broken Slope City near knows that there will be a war breaking out. Far away, Tianyang City has secretly issued an order to hunt orcs, we humans and orcs will have a stop sooner or later, since you are here to hunt orcs, Master, it is better to take this opportunity to find out more information. ”

Jiang Qiu shook his head, thinking to himself What does the war have to do with me, my family is not there, and I can't say that I am not there, but I can't find it.

Then I am fighting for humanity, for the country?

Am I that selfless?

Walking down the gentle slope, walking west around the inner circle of the roundabout for only three minutes, I saw a lonely tent, the surface of the tent was actually full of flowers, looking like shelter from the wind and rain at the same time to avoid being directly observed from the air, but I don't know how many orcs still live here.

The orcs did not show any intention of inviting them as guests, but they did not reveal any obvious hostility, and let them into the tent, throwing out a large piece of dried meat and still warm water.

Dried meat is not very delicious, but there is salt in it, which is a peerless delicacy for two people who sleep in the open and can't even eat enough, Jiang Qiu's taste buds are stimulated by the magical seasoning of salt, and he doesn't think about whether it is poisonous, and he chews it with relish.

Liu Ye hesitated, took it too, and ate expressionlessly.

The orc crouched at the door of the tent with his head down, ignoring them, but took out the black seeds in his backpack, threw away the shell, poured the black slime into a bucket, closed the lid, and did all this before proceeding to process a piece of flesh.

The tent was small, but no one spoke.

Jiang Qiu felt the strangeness of the atmosphere, smiled and pinched Liu Ye's little face, as if she wanted to use force, as if she was accusing her of not wanting to find out information, why should she be a dumb person?