In late autumn, the fallen leaves are scattered, and the desert is only the yellow sand in the sky, and there is not a single green star.

Among them, there is also a winding ancient road. The road surface is blown smoothly by the strong wind in the desert, revealing the stone surface inside, uneven, and rubbed by passing pedestrians, cars and horses.

This is an ancient road leading to the depths of the desert, and further inside, is the desert of the northern frontier, where the murderous barbarians live. Over the years, every autumn harvest season, the barbarians will go south, all the way to burn and loot, the inland people's harvest of a year looted, if not for the later Yuwenxuan was born, successfully curbed the arrogance of the barbarians, the barbarians have not gone south in the past ten years, this ancient road, probably has been abandoned a long time ago.

Even so, you won't see many pedestrians in a day on this road.

No way, although there is no threat from the barbarians, this is still a desert with no grass.

Further inside, there is the grassland of the barbarians, where the barbarians graze, but not the place where the people in the interior can set foot.

And in the middle, there is the military camp where the Left Guards are stationed. Although they are much better than the barbarians, the military stronghold is not a place that ordinary people can enter casually.

The most important thing is that this is always a desert, there is no land to cultivate, there is a lack of food and water, which brain is kicked by a donkey to come here to settle?

But on this road, there is still a small inn alone.

The small inn is located alone on the side of the road, the area is not large, there is a wine flag hanging outside, and it is also some years old to see the vicissitudes of life outside.

You may not be able to see two people in a day here, how much money can you make by opening an inn here?

I don't know what attention the owner of this shop is paying attention to, anyway, from the morning after the sun rises, until now, no one has walked on the road, and there is no one who stops to stay in the store.

It wasn't until noon that two shadowy figures appeared from the strength of the road.

The sound of horses' hooves was bursting, and the ground shook more and more clearly, and it could be seen that the two people who came over this way were still riding horses.

This is also normal, all the way in the desert is deserted, this road is almost thousands of miles away, if there is no horse to walk, just rely on people, will die.

The horses galloped very fast, and in a short time the two horses galloped in front of the little inn, and with a neighing sound, they stopped at the same time.

From the two horses, two dusty men jumped down. The slightly older man walked in front, walked into the inn familiarly, picked up a seat by the window and sat down, looked at the other person sitting in front of him, and asked in a generous voice, "Are you tired all this way?"

The man on the other side raised his head and shook his head lightly: "It's okay!"

These two people are Yu Wenxuan and Xiao Yunhe, who had just met in front of Xu Jinyao's tomb.

"You've never ridden a horse before, and now your legs are swollen, right?" Yu Wenxuan exposed Xiao Yunhe's lies with a word, and said with a smile.

Xiao Yunhe still shook his head: "This pain is nothing at all." ”

After saying this, Xiao Yunhe looked around and asked a little strangely, "Shouldn't we eat something here?" ”

"Of course you have to eat! After eating dry food for so many days, today, we can open the meat!" Yu Wenxuan tapped the table, his index finger moved, and a glimmer of expectation flashed in his eyes.

"Shop!shop!" Xiao Yunhe glanced at Yu Wenxuan strangely, turned his head and shouted loudly.

"Stop, stop!" Xiao Yunhe just shouted twice, and Yu Wenxuan quickly stopped him.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yunhe looked at the other party suspiciously.

"Eat here, you don't have to talk. After a while, our wine and food will come up!" Yu Wenxuan smiled mysteriously and shook his finger gently.

"No need to speak, how do they know what we're going to eat?" Xiao Yunhe said in surprise.

"You see, you will understand!" Yu Wenxuan did not explain, but closed his eyes, waiting very determinedly.

Xiao Yunhe was suspicious, but he still didn't shout again, and sat there looking around, but he didn't see a single figure, and he didn't hear any human voice.

However, Yu Wenxuan looked like an old god, and he seemed to be used to this qiē.

After a while, not long, a voice suddenly sounded behind Xiao Yunhe.

"Here comes the wine!"

Xiao Yunhe was taken aback, a spirit stood up, turned around, and saw a tall and thin man who appeared behind him very suddenly.

Xiao Yunhe's gaze moved down, and he saw that in the other party's hand, he was holding a wine jug steadily, and a faint fragrance of wine floated out of it.

Xiao Yunhe looked at the other party with vigilance, this tall and thin man was about the same age as Yu Wenxuan, but his strength was not seen through at all.

Although he didn't show a trace of martial arts, Xiao Yunhe was very confident in his perception, even if he was several grades higher than himself, it was impossible for him to be unaware of it when he approached his range of half a meter.

The only explanation is that the strength of the person in front of him is much, much higher than himself!

Facing Xiao Yunhe's vigilant eyes, the tall and thin man turned a blind eye, his eyes stared at the table in front of him in a daze, and when he shook his hand, the wine jug in his hand disappeared immediately. The next moment, he appeared on the table safely.

Surprisingly, there was no sound from beginning to end. And the flask landed on the table without shaking at all, as if it had been there and no one had moved it at all.

Xiao Yunhe was stunned by the other party's hand, but Yu Wenxuan, as well as the tall and thin man, did not receive the infection of Xiao Yunhe's expression at all.

Yu Wenxuan glanced at the wine jug on the table, took it with one hand, and looked at the other party with a smile: "Old knife, do you have any leopard meat to eat today?"

"No, only wolf meat!" The tall and thin man had a blank face, and his speech was also stiff, like a wooden man, without any joy or anger.

"That's a pity!" Yu Wenxuan looked regretful, shook his head, and said to Xiao Yunhe, "No way, you're unlucky, the most delicious leopard meat in the desert, you can't eat it this time!"

The tall and thin man seemed to notice Xiao Yunhe's existence at this time, and turned his head to look at Xiao Yunhe.

As soon as his gaze moved, Xiao Yunhe actually felt a tingling sensation like substance.

The person in front of him is unfathomable!

Xiao Yunhe was startled and wanted to shoot the case, but he was shocked to find that at this moment, he seemed to be bound by some invisible restraint, and all the yuan power in his whole body was solidified, and he couldn't move a single inch of his body whether it was hands or feet.

The fear in his heart was inexplicable, the golden flame in Xiao Yunhe's eyes ignited, and a blazing aura suddenly surged up in the empty and silent dantian, and the condensed Yuan Force around his body suddenly resumed normal operation.

Finally regaining his freedom, Xiao Yunhe jumped up in one step, flashed to the side, and stared coldly at the tall and thin man.

The tall and thin man didn't seem to expect Xiao Yunhe to be able to break free, so he let out a light "pout", but he didn't continue to entangle, but his eyes turned to Xiao Yunhe, and the sense of attention like substance was accepted by Xiao Yunhe again.

"Yunhe, stop!" Yu Wenxuan sensitively sensed the imminent momentum on Xiao Yunhe's body, and spoke out in time to stop a big battle.

After speaking, Yu Wenxuan stood up, walked in front of the tall and thin man, and said with a smile: "Old knife, this is the son of an old man, don't rely on the old and sell the old and bully the juniors!"

"Hmph!" The tall and thin man snorted coldly, he didn't look at Xiao Yunhe, his whole body was motionless, and suddenly the figure flickered, and his tall body disappeared, as fast as he imagined.

"Who is he?" Xiao Yunhe asked impatiently as he sat back in his seat.

"Don't worry, drink some wine first to warm up your body!" Yu Wenxuan was not in a hurry to explain, he took out a wine glass, handed it to Xiao Yunhe, and poured a full cup for Xiao Yunhe when he picked up the wine jug.

Xiao Yunhe was anxious to know the identity of that person, so he picked up the wine glass and looked at it without looking at it.

But as soon as the wine entered his throat, a hot pain extended from his throat to his esophagus, and his whole body was like a fire, Xiao Yunhe's face instantly turned red, and a strong heat spread rapidly from the inside out.

"It's so spicy! It's so spicy!" Xiao Yunhe didn't expect this glass of wine to have so much energy, he opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, fanning vigorously, but he still couldn't control the heat surging around him.

"Who told you to drink it so urgently? This is brewed by Lao Dao himself, it is very strong, you dare to take a sip for the first time you drink it, and when it comes to night, you will start to have a headache!" Yu Wenxuan said with some schadenfreude.

After a while, Xiao Yunhe relied on the fire element running in his body, and finally suppressed this hot feeling a little before sitting back in place.

"Who the hell is he?" Xiao Yunhe asked impatiently.

"Old knife...... Yu Wenxuan put the empty wine glass in his hand and turned it back and forth, and after drinking a glass of wine, his face began to blush slightly.

"He's a poor man!" with a long sigh, Yu Wenxuan actually came to say this.

"Poor man?" Xiao Yunhe was stunned, what kind of statement is this? With such a strong strength, he is actually a poor person?

"The old knife, his wife and children, all died under the knife of the barbarians, and he was the only one in the whole family. Ever since I knew him, I hadn't seen him smile. Although his strength is high, he can't take revenge. For so many years, he has lived a harder life than anyone else! Although his personality is a little weird, he is not a bad person, it will be good to get along for a long time, what happened just now, don't take it to heart!" Yu Wenxuan filled his cup with wine, and said slowly while sighing.

Xiao Yunhe was silent, he didn't ask what the vengeance was, nor did he ask why the powerful old knife couldn't take revenge, and the anger in his heart about the conflict just now had already disappeared.

After a while, the tall and thin man suddenly appeared again.

What was different from before was that at this time, he was holding a wooden plate in his hand, which was steaming, and there were several kinds of wine and food, and before he saw it, a fragrance that made people move his fingers had already wafted into Xiao Yunhe's nose.

Quietly bringing the wine and food to the table again, the old knife turned around and disappeared quickly.

This time, Xiao Yunhe took a closer look, from the time he appeared to the time he disappeared, his legs didn't bend a bit, just like a zombie.

Because of Yu Wenxuan's words just now, the atmosphere was a little dull. Xiao Yunhe ate and drank wine with his head stuffy, and sure enough, as Yu Wenxuan said before, although these dishes were not very good, they tasted very delicious, and they were delicious that Xiao Yunhe had never tasted, even if Xiao Yunhe was not very particular about diet, he also had a great appetite at this time, and almost more than half of the dishes went into his stomach.

Yu Wenxuan didn't eat much, seeing Xiao Yunhe eating happily with his head down, he just smiled and watched, even happier than eating it himself.

After exposing the bottom of the plate, Xiao Yunhe put down his chopsticks and raised his head.

"It tastes good, right?" Looking at Xiao Yunhe's unfinished expression, Yu Wenxuan asked with a smile.

"Excuse me...... I...... I'm so hungry......" At this time, Xiao Yunhe found that Yu Wenxuan almost didn't move his chopsticks, his face was hot, looking at the bottom of the bright plates, he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"It's okay, I'm not very hungry, you're a young man, it's time to grow your body, there's no harm in eating more! If you don't eat enough, you can come again!" Yu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled.

"Satiety...... It's full ......" Xiao Yunhe replied in a low voice, the shame in his heart still not dissipated.

"Then let's go!" Yu Wenxuan stood up, stood up, and walked out. On the table behind him, a small silver ingot was left.

Xiao Yunhe followed Yu Wenxuan and walked out, and when he went out, he glanced behind him again, but he didn't see the tall and thin figure suddenly appear again.

The two of them turned over and got on their horses, and Yu Wenxuan was about to leave, when suddenly a hard voice came from the small inn: "Take it!"

Before the sound fell, a black thing flew out of the door of the inn, and appeared exactly in Yuwenxuan's receiving China.

Xiao Yunhe looked at it fixedly, it was actually a package, and a hint of aroma faintly came out of it, Xiao Yunhe judged that it was some dry food.

"Thank you!" Yu Wenxuan didn't shirk, arched his hand to the back, and beckoned to Xiao Yunhe, "Let's go!"

Xiao Yunhe followed, and the two of them galloped at high speed on the ancient road, and soon, the two of them embarked on a new journey.

Several days have passed.

I don't know how much of this boundless desert is, and the two men have been hurrying on horseback, but they have never gone out. Within a few days, all I saw was a patch of unchanged dry yellow.

On the ancient road with no end in sight, there are still two lonely figures, Xiao Yunhe and Yu Wenxuan.

After galloping for a while, the speed of the two people gradually slowed down, and at the last reins, the two people stopped on the side of the road.

Xiao Yunhe was a head behind him, and at this time, he urged his crotch to get off the horse and catch up.

"Uncle, why did you stop?" Xiao Yunhe asked strangely.

In the past ten days, after Xiao Yunhe's tireless and painful training, he finally mastered a lot of horseback riding skills. Although it is still a lot worse than Yu Wenxuan's relaxed posture that he is familiar with, at the very least, after catching up with the day's journey, there are no longer so many blisters on his thighs.

"I'm thinking about a question, I've been thinking about it for days, but I haven't been able to make a decision. Yu Wenxuan glanced back at Xiao Yunhe and said with some hesitation.

"What's the matter, uncle, don't take care of me, if there's anything, just say it!" Xiao Yunhe saw that Yu Wenxuan's hesitation should be related to him, and said happily.

"Yunhe, are you really willing to go to the Northern Frontier with me, it's much harder than you think!" Yu Wenxuan's gaze turned to the front, and he hesitated for a moment before saying.

"Haven't I already answered this question, uncle?" Xiao Yunhe smiled indifferently, "The privileged life in the capital is not suitable for me. What about hardships? In my life, I have never endured any hardships? I can walk on the battlefield of the Jin Ge Iron Horse for a while, and I can be regarded as a man with this talent in vain!"

"The young man doesn't know the taste of sorrow, and the battle on the battlefield is not as interesting as those sour and rotten literati wrote! It is not only hard, but also a kind of pain that cannot be shaken off!" Yu Wenxuan's voice became much more desolate, as if he thought of some sad past.

"Uncle, don't worry, I'm prepared! Since I have chosen this path, then I will not regret it!" Xiao Yunhe shook his head firmly, sat on the back of the horse, and looked forward, "Ahead, there shouldn't be much distance, right?"

"You...... Alas......" sighed, Yu Wenxuan also saw Xiao Yunhe's determination, and did not persuade him more.

"Uncle, there seems to be smoke in front!" Xiao Yunhe suddenly saw a smoke rising up in front of him, and exclaimed.

Yu Wenxuan then looked back, and his thoughtful expression instantly became much more gloomy.

"Uncle, are we almost there?" Ahead, are the soldiers in the barracks lighting a fire and cooking?" Xiao Yunhe asked with some expectation.

But Yu Wenxuan didn't answer, Xiao Yunhe turned his head a little strangely, but saw Yu Wenxuan's extremely gloomy face.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yunhe saw that Yu Wenxuan's expression was very wrong, and asked with some caution.

Yu Wenxuan didn't answer, turned his head and looked at Xiao Yunhe sternly: "Yunhe, for a while, don't run around with me!"

After speaking, Yu Wenxuan, with a clamp on the horse's belly, the man and the horse were one, like an arrow off the string, galloping forward.

After running out for a distance, Yu Wenxuan's voice floated back far away.

"When we get back, you can make another decision!"

Xiao Yunhe was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Yu Wenxuan's words in front of him meant, but he also remembered Yu Wenxuan's words, and hurriedly urged the horse under his crotch and followed Yu Wenxuan closely.