The middle-aged man in front of him looked a little stunned, as if he didn't expect Tianjihong to be so outspoken. "Oh? It's kind of interesting. You little fellow didn't know me, you didn't even know my name, so you rushed straight to me to apprentice, and it didn't seem like an impulse to see you so sincerely. The middle-aged man had a strong voice, and his bright eyes looked back and forth at Tianjihong's appearance, as if he wanted to find something different from it. To tell you the truth, in the next is Li Ming, the martial artist of Dongyun City, nicknamed 'Gang Martial Artist'. In the Dongyun Martial Arts Gym, he does not make a living by accepting apprentices, but prefers to take on some escort tasks, taking the opportunity to travel around in this martial arts world to expand his horizons. It's not that no one wants to worship me as a teacher on weekdays, it's just that my assessment standards for apprentices are relatively different, and they all can't meet the standards I set, so they have to give up. To this day, I have only seriously instructed an apprentice. ”

When Tian Jihong heard such words, he couldn't help but be overjoyed; Listening to it like this, at least the people didn't drive him away in person, but followed his words and mentioned the matter of accepting apprentices, so it was obvious that the other party was interested in him and wanted to give himself a chance. As for the strict entry standards mentioned later, Tianjihong has not had time to think about it, but it is better to think about it than to say that it requires a large amount of money.

"Thank you Senior Li for giving the kid this opportunity, I really sincerely want to worship you as a teacher, but now I am shy and don't know if the cost of this apprenticeship is enough. Seniors may wish to talk about your acceptance standards, and have the confidence to complete them! Tian Jihong said decisively.

"Hey, you're quite courageous, boy, just Chong is much better than the group of people who came to me before. Rest assured, the old man doesn't look down on the three melons and two seeds in your hands, and you don't need to worry about the cost; However, if you want to complete my entry assessment, I'm afraid it will be much more difficult than you to earn money to make up the apprenticeship fee! "Then Li Ming Martial Master is also interested, he stayed in Donglin Village for so long because of some troubles on the road before, and today such a kid suddenly appeared out of thin air and wanted to find his apprentice, which made his depressed mood be relieved." Let me ask you first, what's your boy's name? ”

"Well, my name is... Tianjihong. Seeing that this matter was promising, Tian Jihong didn't want to deceive his future master, so he still confessed his full name. In fact, the main thing is that in such a small village, the other party only needs to inquire casually to learn his real name from the villagers; He even said that if he practiced martial arts in the village in the future, he might run into villagers shouting his name on the street on weekdays, and it would be a little embarrassing to explain to the master at that time.

"Okay, Tianjihong boy, then you listen well." Li Ming said to him with a smile, but this expression matched his sturdy figure and non-angry and self-righteous eyes, Tian Jihong couldn't help but shudder, and suddenly felt in his heart that he was a fat sheep targeted by a fierce beast. "It's getting late today, so you'll go home first. The first thing to do tomorrow is that you will come to see me in the open space next to this inn today. Remember, when the time comes, I must see you here, and you must not be late! Otherwise, you'll be able to leave. ”

"No problem! Tomorrow's boy will be here in advance for you. Tian Jihong, who was a little surprised in his heart, obviously didn't understand why he agreed to meet at such an early time, his home was still some distance away from here, and he was afraid that he would have to get up and set off before dawn. However, he did not complain, since he had decided to apprentice today, he should abide by Master's words. If you can't even do such a small thing, how can you talk about the assiduous cultivation in the future?

"Yes, it seems that you are really confident, so I'll see you tomorrow. As for the red tape of what kind of apprenticeship fee is waived, I just don't care about these things. And before you are qualified to get started, you can call me Master Li; My own cultivation is not very profound, and I can't afford the words senior. Li Ming said as he packed his package and prepared to leave.

"Okay, then Master Li, we'll see you tomorrow." Tianjihong said goodbye to Li Ming and walked home happily, ready to tell his younger brother such good news.

It was getting dark, and the path home was hard to tell with the naked eye. But fortunately, Tian Jihong was already familiar with the road in this field, and after about a quarter of an hour's trek, he could already see the candlelight lit in his house not far away.

However, when he was still more than 100 meters away from home, Tianjihong vaguely felt that something was wrong with his familiarity with the environment. As the uneasiness in his heart gradually deepened, Tian Jihong immediately stopped his steps, and quickly hid behind a big tree on the side of the road and looked around carefully, trying to find some clues in this dark vision.

Unexpectedly, after some observation, what finally made Tian Jihong perceive something abnormal, but it was a faint whisper from a distance. The direction of the voice was about twenty meters away from him, and according to Tian Jihong's judgment, the talker should be hidden in the tall grass not far behind him, sounding like there were two or three people; Judging from the fact that the volume and position of the voice have not changed, the other party should have stayed in place and not found his traces; It's just that at this time, he was still too far away, and his voice was intermittent and quite vague, and he couldn't hear what the people were discussing at all.

In this silent night, there were a few guys hiding in the wilderness and whispering, Tian Jihong naturally would not be naïve to think that a few people were just passing by, in his opinion, most of these guys would not be serious people. Thinking of his own home not far away and his young brother waiting for his return, Tianjihong's heart was already hanging in his throat at this time.

The first thing that appeared in his mind was that these people might be from the Shi Yu Sect, and they had found the whereabouts of themselves and their younger brother here and were about to make a move; However, such an idea was quickly ruled out by him: if the other party was really the pursuer of the Shi Yu Sect, as monks, it was impossible for them not to detect the movements of such a mortal as Tianjihong just now, and there was no need to ambush in this wilderness to discuss the plan, with the strength of the Shi Yu Sect, most of them had already sneaked into their homes unknowingly.

From this point of view, Tian Jihong judged that most of the people who spoke in the darkness were mortals who did not know how to cultivate, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this time. Although he still doesn't think these guys are good people, at least for himself, if the other party doesn't know how to cultivate, with his own strength, even if they really mean to harm him, Tianjihong will still have a way to deal with it.

Thinking of this, Tian Jihong, who has always been bold and careful, immediately decided to quietly touch the past, listen to what a few people are planning, and find out if a few people will threaten the safety of himself and Xiaofei. At this moment, he made up his mind, and he didn't even dare to get out of the air, he slowly leaned down, his hands and feet and crawled out in the direction of the sound, and in the silent darkness, Tian Jihong seemed to be able to hear his rapid heartbeat. Although he has not experienced such a thrilling scene before, the danger when the family was surrounded and suppressed by the enemy in Nanyue Village that day is not what it is today. But now that he has lost the protection of his father, he is crawling alone like this and approaching a few guys of unknown origin, the tension and anxiety in Tianjihong's heart can be imagined.

Fortunately, there was no chaos under its cautious march. As the target position got closer and closer, the sound of Tianjihong's hands and feet rubbing against the ground when crawling was also muffled by the clearer and clearer words, and he was able to come to a few people not far away unknowingly as planned. When he was still seven or eight meters away from the sound, Tian Jihong stopped moving forward so as not to be discovered, and at this moment he could basically hear what the people in front of him were saying. As he listened attentively with bated breath, Tian Jihong could distinguish the voices of three people over there, all of which sounded rather hoarse and harsh, like the crow of a crow, and a voice mixed with a strong dialect flavor first said:

“… Okay, old five, don't grin your teeth, you said that it was just a little skin trauma and that the ghost cried wolf all day long. Damn, I really didn't expect the idea to be so hard this time, even the eldest brother and the second brother were beaten into this ghost in person, and the second brother lost his life in the hands of the old thing who made the knife in vain. Now it's easy for us to escape and hide here, and I don't know if those guys have chased them down! ”

"Grandma, I told my second brother that there are masters in this group, and most of them will suffer. As a result, he refused to listen to the persuasion and had to run to stop the goods of other people's caravans, and then ended up in a different place, and by the way, he also kicked our brothers. We don't know how to practice like them, and we look down on people all day long, so what is the result? It's not that he died before us, phew! Listening to the voice, it was another person whispering insults.

"Shhh...... Forget the seventh brother, it is already our destiny to survive so far. The third person who spoke seemed to be injured, and as he spoke, he couldn't stop inhaling cold air to relieve the pain in the wound. Look at your fifth brother and I'm like this now, what do you have to complain about? ”

"Okay, if you have the time to complain here and complain, you might as well discuss what to do next." The guy who spoke first seemed to have some prestige among the three, and sounded like the leader; As soon as they saw him speak at this moment, the other two suddenly stopped moving. "I don't think that old thing with a knife will let us go so easily, we easily took advantage of the chaos to snatch a few packages from the caravan's cargo boxes, but that guy suddenly chased after us and cut all the way. If it weren't for the fact that I handed over the package to the eldest brother and distracted the old thing, we would have been on the road with the second brother at that time. Even though we managed to escape from the mountains and hide outside the village, it can't be ruled out that the group is still searching for us, especially the nasty old thing! ”