Since the main place for Shaozhuang to go is to ask Xianglin, Jiang Ran is naturally going to this place.

Moreover, he had to go with the young owner.

Otherwise, without the young owner blocking the gun, who knows what kind of mystery will be encountered here?

It's just that now the young owner seems to be too impatient.

Is it because Dao Nameless has broken his mentality?

Or is it because things are out of his control?

Or ...... He was just in a hurry to get out, and he didn't plan to ask Xianglin and his party?

No matter what the result is, for Jiang Ran, he will inevitably go here.

Even if it's not for the young owner, it's for the old drunkard.

Asking Xianglin is not far away, Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang have performed light skills, but they have already arrived in a moment.

From the outside, you can't tell anything special about it.

It's a forest, and the only difference from other forests is that this forest is very fragrant.

This incense is not the kind of fragrance of sandalwood, pear tree, camphor wood.

The trees themselves exude a fragrance similar to that of a flower.

Therefore, if you close your eyes when you step into this forest, you will have the illusion of being in a sea of flowers.

Jiang Ran didn't know this kind of tree, and after asking Ye Jingshuang, he got a name 'Fragrant Tree'.

Jiang Ran had never seen it in his previous life, and he thought it was unique to this world.

Signs of destruction can be seen everywhere in the forest.

This must have been left behind by the young farmer after he came here.

Judging from the scene when he moved bamboo to build a forest outside Benma County, this person must be proficient in the formation.

There should also be a formation in Xianglin, and most of the traces of these destruction are left by this person's broken formation.

Seeing this, Jiang Ran quickened his pace.

Stepping into the forest, although there are sometimes destructions, it does not affect the beauty.

Every grass and tree is carefully arranged, beautiful, making people feel like they are in a fairyland on earth.

Jiang Ran now has the urge to untie the gourd on his waist, drink a big drink, and after drinking, lie down under the tree and fall asleep.

In the end, of course, he didn't.

One hand pressed on the handle of the knife, and Ye Jingshuang and the two walked forward along the mountain road, and after a short time, they had already walked out of this forest.

At this moment, Jiang Ran felt a little lost in his heart.

After leaving the forest, the eyes suddenly opened up.

There is a gurgling water leading to the distance, and there are two thatched huts, dotted with fireworks in the world.

Jiang Ran came to the hut, but the house was empty.

The traces left by the young owner are also gone.

It was as if he had come to this place and had already returned abruptly.

Jiang Ran did not have the habit of rashly breaking into people's homes without permission, and when he saw that the road was not endless, he and Ye Jingshuang went back on their way.

In a moment, they came to the side of the river.

There was also a small wharf by the river, Jiang Ran raised his eyes, and his eyes shrank slightly.

On the edge of the pier, there was an old man with a thin figure and gray hair, sitting there.

He had a fishing rod in his hand and was fishing.

Next to his stool, there was a hat.

What stunned Jiang Ran was that this person was obviously sitting here, and he didn't find anything about it.

Even if it was close at hand now, Jiang Ran couldn't detect this person's breathing and heartbeat.

It's as if he's not here at all.

glanced at Ye Jingshuang and found that her eyes were also full of surprise, so she spoke softly:

"Junior, Jiang Ran, has seen seniors."

The old man did not look up, but pointed to the stool next to him, and to the fishing rod placed on the side.

Jiang Ran pondered for a moment, took another look at the surrounding environment, and then nodded to Ye Jingshuang.

He then sat down in front of him, picked up the rod from the ground, and threw the hook out with a flick of his hand.

Once again, the riverside fell silent.

An old man and a young man sat here and fished quietly.

A young girl, with a long sword in her hand, stood aside.

This beautiful scenery is like a painting.

Jiang Ran went fishing while going to see the old man.

Really skinny.

It's as if only skin and bones are left.

His skin was still loose, especially on his wrists.

But even so, his hand holding the fishing rod did not shake in the slightest.

He's old...... The eye sockets are deep, the gaze is cloudy, and there are no traces of high bulges in the temples, not like a master.

Jiang Ran sat here, looking at him, he didn't seem to notice it in the slightest.

It's like wandering in the world, and it seems that he only cares about the fishing rod in his hand, and he doesn't care about any external objects.

However, the time of a cup of tea passed, and another stick of incense passed, and the last half hour was quietly left behind.

The rod in his hand remained motionless.

When Jiang Ran arrived at this meeting, he finally couldn't help but set his eyes on the fishing rod in his hand.

I began to wonder if there were any fish in the water.

If there is a fish, even if it is a straight hook, it should be a little still.

Jiang Ran thought in his heart, and the power of the Righteous Heart Sutra subconsciously ran to the fishing rod, and followed the fishing line deep into the water.

Rumble!!!

A muffled sound, setting off a shocking wave!

There is always an internal force spreading under the water, causing the surrounding fish to be unable to approach at all.

Jiang Ran didn't know what was going on, and after a probe of internal force, the two forces had a confrontation underwater.

Ye Jingshuang's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously reached out and pressed the hilt of the sword.

Waiting for the splash to fall, Jiang Ran flicked his sleeves and intercepted all the splashes.

He first glanced at Ye Jingshuang to tell her to calm down for a while, and then glared at the old man:

"You don't let the fish come over, and you're still fishing with me here?"

"Fishing is about the heart, what does it have to do with fish?"

The old man spoke slowly, revealing two or three big yellow teeth left in his mouth:

"Young people are still a little short of heat, you have to cultivate your mind."

"Cultivating the mind?"

Jiang Ran glanced at the old man:

"How to fix it?"

"To cultivate the mind, you must first ask the heart."

The old man stretched out his finger and pointed at Jiang Ran's heart:

"Ask here, you...... Who is it? ”

"Who am I?"

Jiang Ran smiled: "This question, do you still need to ask your heart?" ”

"Sometimes, you may not know yourself."

The old man adjusted his sitting posture to make himself more comfortable, and his body shook slowly:

"Are you kind, or are you vicious.

"Are you smart, or are you stupid.

"Are you a god or a demon......

"How many more questions can you answer?"

"I also have a question, don't ask."

Jiang Ran glanced at the old man and paused word by word:

"Do you know that the Heavenly Demon is at ease?"

Jiang Ran's words asked, and the water of the entire river seemed to be stagnant for a moment.

Ye Jingshuang, who was standing on one side, didn't wait for the color to change, but his body flickered, and he was about to fall to the ground, but Jiang Ran had already held him in his arms.

He looked up at the old man, his face slightly gloomy:

"What did you do?"

As soon as the mind moves, it must carry the righteous heart fingers.

Listen to the old man say:

"You are talking too deeply about this topic, and if she hears it, she will inevitably kill people.

"It's for her good to keep her unconscious for a while."

Jiang Ran looked at the old man fixedly for a while, and finally exhaled a breath, put Ye Jingshuang on the stool, and let her sit on herself:

"You haven't answered my question yet."

"That's the supreme law."

A little emotion flashed in the old man's eyes:

"It's a pity that no one in this world can reach it."

"You are indeed a remnant of the Demon Cult."

Jiang Ran frowned slightly: "Why does the old drunkard know you?" What is the relationship between him and the Tang family? Where is the young farmer now? ”

Now, how could he not know that this old man was the person who met the old drunkard in Benma County that day.

No wonder no one noticed his whereabouts after that, if such a person was unwilling, no matter how much effort he spent to probe and investigate, he would not find the slightest trace.

The old man glanced at him when he heard this, grinned, and showed his teeth again:

"The old man has said that you still have to cultivate your mind.

"When you ask a question, what you ask will be exposed to the eyes of others.

"A person who really wants to achieve a goal will never be so straightforward.

"Because when others know what you want, they will block you, and the more direct you are, the more detours you will take.

"I see what you've done in Running Horse County, it's not bad.

"Hiding your purpose and playing those fools around, even if it takes a little effort, the means are too crude.

"But...... It's barely qualified.

"Why did you get to this point, after it was related to the old thing in your mouth, your heart was in turmoil?"

Jiang Ran's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a faint sound of swords.

"Nine swords."

The old man sighed:

"It's really been a long time since I've seen the guy who dared to run to the main hall with a big blade.

"Now I have a little protection.

Is this the return of twenty years of nurturing?

"It's so enviable......"

After Jiang Ran heard his words, he took a deep breath and suppressed the sound of the knife on his body.

The corners of his mouth grinned:

"Uncle, looking at your tone, it's quite familiar with my old bastard?"

"Cooked, too cooked."

The old man nodded again and again, glanced at Jiang Ran, and said with a smile:

"What do you want to know?"

Jiang Ran smiled:

"In that case, you and I are not outsiders, are we?"

"Of course."

The old man smiled and said:

"With my age, it is natural for him to call me Daddy and you to call me Grandpa."

“……”

This old bastard is quite good at climbing up the pole.

Jiang Ran was silent for a moment, and asked:

"Where is he?"

The old man smiled at Jiang Ran:

"I won't tell you."

Jiang Ran was happy, but he was not annoyed:

"What can you tell me?"

"The old man doesn't know, I'll tell you what I want to tell you, and I won't tell you what I don't want to tell you."

The old man smiled and said:

"It depends on what you ask."

"Why are you fishing here?"

"Because I have to wait for someone."

"Wait for me?"

"Wait for Zuo Daozhuang."

"What are they waiting for?"

"Give them the token."

"Given?"

"Given."

"What is a token?"

"This."

The old man took out a jade pendant from his arms.

This jade pendant is engraved with the word 'free'.

“…… Didn't you give it? ”

"Who said there was only one token?"

"Where's the young owner?"

"Went where he was supposed to be."

"Where?"

"I won't tell you."

Jiang Ran frowned slightly:

"What does that old drunkard in my family have to do with the Demon Cult?"

"That's a long story."

The old man suddenly became excited:

"Back then, there was a saint in my Demon Sect, who was indescribably beautiful.

"What's even more rare is that she is not only good-looking, but also extremely qualified.

"She can learn any martial arts as soon as she learns it......

"Have you heard of the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Record?"

"I've heard of it."

"She learns the Eighteen Days Demon Record, learns one book a year, and practices one when she learns one.

"Later, after studying for five or six years, I didn't want to learn anymore, and the remaining eighteen days of demon recording were not practiced.

"Otherwise, I'm afraid she will be the first person in the past to learn the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Records."

“…… Uncle, are you bragging? ”

Jiang Ran blinked: "Where in this world can there be such a talented person?" And I heard that there is a kung fu in the Eighteen Heavens Demon Record, which is absolutely not practiced by women, and once cultivated, she will definitely die. ”

"Is there such a kung fu?"

The old man looked at Jiang Ran with some doubts on his face.

Jiang Ran nodded again and again.

"Are you a demon cult, or am I a demon cult? How do you know more than I do. ”

The old man muttered a little unhappily.

Jiang Ran was a little stunned:

"You don't know what martial arts the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Records have, right?"

"I don't want to remember."

The old man glanced at Jiang Ran:

"Still listening?"

"Listen to it!"

Jiang Ran nodded hurriedly.

The old man hummed and chirped for a long time, and then said:

"All in all, her qualifications are unique in heaven and earth.

As a result, one day when she went out for a walk, she was taken by the unlucky child......

"What is that unlucky kid practicing, the astonishing nine swords.

"In the past, it was the first knife in the world.

"Among the moves, even today, some of them I still can't break, they are really powerful."

“…… You digress. ”

Jiang Ran reminded in a low voice.

The old man nodded:

"Yes, yes, let's just say that the unlucky child met our holy daughter, this is a fire of dry firewood...... I almost hit the brain! ”

“？？？”

Listening to his firewood, I thought that the two of them would be in love with each other as soon as they met.

It's been a fight for a long time?

As if seeing the confusion on Jiang Ran's face, the old man sighed:

"Back then, that turtle grandson had a chance and learned the Nine Knives, and his mind was full of chivalrous and righteous.

"I didn't pay attention to our flowery and moon-looking saints at all.

"After knowing the identity of the saintess, I want to eliminate the harm for the rivers and lakes."

"Well, that's what people in my way should be."

Jiang Ran smiled and nodded, expressing his approval.

The old man glanced at Jiang Ran, and didn't seem too lazy to argue with him:

Later, the two of them fought and had a little friendship.

"It's mainly the saint who has a slight affection for him, after all, they are all young people.

"We are also happy to see it, if the heirs of the astonishing nine swords join us, it will be even more powerful!

But he didn't.

"Carrying a big blade, he killed him, and he killed many of us who came in and out.

The saint was furious, and she completely gave up this thought.

"Finally the boy left...... In a fit of rage, the saint married someone else.

"Hey, three years of hugging!

"This period of bad fate is over."

When he said this, he was quite proud.

Jiang Ran listened and felt that this story was not so simple.

Even if the old drunkard is unwilling, why should he risk killing the main hall of the Demon Sect, no matter how you look at it, it seems that something is wrong, and maybe someone will interfere with it.

This person who is a hindrance is afraid that it is the old man in front of him.

No wonder the old drunkard borrows wine to get drunk every day, is it because of this incident?

Moreover, they were enemies back then, why are they friends now?

There must be another twist and turn.

Of course, Jiang Ran would not completely believe this old man's words.

This person looks old, but he is disrespectful to the old, and besides, he is still a remnant of the Demon Sect, and it is difficult to tell whether what he says is true or false.

Maybe you're deceiving yourself.

The old man will smack his lips this time:

"Okay, that's the end of their relationship, the old bastard in your mouth is the person our family's former saintess once admired."

"But according to what you say, there should be only enmity between you, right?"

Jiang Ran glanced at him:

"Then why do you want to stay here and help him deliver the token?"

"Who said I was here to hand over the token to him?"

"You just finished talking......"

"Oh, that's just by the way."

The old man smiled and said:

"I'm here for another reason."

"What is the reason?"

"I won't tell you."

After the old man finished speaking, he smiled, and then looked at Jiang Ran carefully.

A pair of cloudy old eyes gurgled and turned, as if they wanted to jump out of their sockets and grow on Jiang Ran's body.

Jiang Ran frowned slightly, feeling that something seemed wrong with this gaze.

Immediately, the old man really said, his body trembled slightly, I don't know if Jiang Ran was wrong, he always felt that his figure seemed to be faint for a moment.

The next moment, the old man's angry voice came:

"Sure enough, it's the kung fu of the bull's nose!

"What the hell is that bad luck telling you to do?"

Jiang Ran did not answer these two questions, but asked:

"The Tang family is also from your Demon Sect?"

"Don't you already have an answer to this question?"

Jiang Ran said coldly:

"What the hell did they do to me?"

"Hands and feet?"

When the old man heard this, he suddenly let go of his hand.

In the cloudy eyes, there was no half of banter.

All that remained was the miserable coldness.

Jiang Ran silently faced it, the invisible qi spread separately, and there was a faint sound of 'crackling and crackling' in the void, which was not big, but it was very crisp.

The calm waves of the river also began to roll, and from time to time a fish emerged from it, turning over the white belly, and it was inexplicably dead.

And at this moment, something unexpected happened to Jiang Ran.

The figure of the old man in front of him began to blur.

In the blink of an eye, a large living person disappeared from under his nose.

Jiang Ran's heart was faintly cold, what kind of martial arts is this? Demon cult methods, is it really so treacherous? Or even the ability to hide and hide?

But I heard a voice coming from all sides, it was the old man's movements:

"The young man is short-tempered, and the old man won't tell you in detail.

"Hey, look at you pitiful, I'll tell you one more news at the end.

"Your master has gone to Jinyang Mansion, if you want to find him, go over there.

"Okay, you can do it yourself, don't let it down...... A bitter torment......"

Jiang Ran blinked:

"Didn't you say it?"

(End of chapter)