As the sun sets, the orange remnant sun shines brightly on the low peaks, the breeze blows through the trees, and a flock of birds returns to their nests with a happy cry.

A small village in the middle of the woods, on the other hand, looks rather depressed.

It was dinner time, but only two or three of the dozen or so households were smoking.

In a dilapidated wooden house, Lin Fan sat at a crude wooden table, on which was a roast rabbit and several plates of fragrant wild vegetables from cooking.

On the opposite side sat a burly man about 40 years old, the big man was dressed in coarse cloth clothes that were a little shabby but very clean, and a pair of cloth shoes under his feet were also very strong.

The big man smiled quite boldly, tore off the hind leg of a roast rabbit and stuffed it into Lin Fan's bowl.

"Children are still growing their bodies, don't just eat vegetables, eat more meat, boys have to be responsible, how can they protect their families if they don't grow strong, hahaha......."

Lin Fan nodded, and there was no sound coming out of his mouth stuffed with food......

Since the day when Ling Lao self-proclaimed himself, Lin Fan wandered in the mountains for more than ten days, without Xiao Hei and didn't know where he was, Lin Fan traveled to the east while recovering from his injuries.

But after inadvertently breaking into this small mountain village, Lin Fan was left behind by this hospitable man.

At this moment, looking at the middle-aged man with a heroic face in front of him, Lin Fanfang, who was sweeping the food on the table in the wind, put down the chopsticks in his hand and swallowed the food in his mouth.

Without waiting to thank him, Lin Fan choked on the delicious food he had gobbled up and coughed......

"Slow down, slow down...... and no one will rob you".

A middle-aged beautiful woman slowly walked over with a wine jug and teased Lin Fan.

This beautiful woman is in her 30s, and she is also dressed in coarse cloth clothes, but her talking temperament is incompatible with this big man.

When the big man saw the beautiful woman coming, he grinned, and hurriedly said, "This ...... It's not my business, it's Shi Niang's food that is so delicious that the little brother will choke on ......."

Hearing this, the middle-aged beautiful woman glared at the big man with disgust.

The big man immediately weakened, and quietly shrunk his neck at Lin Fan, not daring to talk.

Looking at the expressions of these two people, Lin Fan smiled in his heart and said slowly, "It's true that this meal is so delicious, the kid ......is greedy for a while."

When the big man heard this, he also laughed.

"Yes, my family's ten mothers naturally don't have to choose.

I think back then, it was in Huangshakou, when it came to cooking, my family's ten mothers said second, then no one dared to call it first."

Hearing Dahan's praise, the beautiful woman who was called Shi Niang covered her mouth and smiled, and her eyes were full of tenderness and love when she looked at Dahan.

And Dahan took the wine jug in her hand, and after pouring a full glass herself, she pushed a wine glass in front of Lin Fan and poured a full glass.

"Uncle...... I...... I don't know how to drink", Lin Fan looked at the big man embarrassedly and said with some embarrassment.

"Can't drink ......", the big man was stunned.

"Little brother, I see that you also have some kung fu, you should also be a cultivator, how can you do it if you don't know how to drink.

A manly man, walking the world, how can there be anyone who doesn't drink.

Come on, come on...... , I'll do it first for respect."

After the big man finished speaking, he toasted to himself, and then raised his eyebrows at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan looked at this enthusiastic and bold man, and sighed helplessly......

He also took the wine glass in front of him and drank it all......

"Ahem......"

A violent cough......

Lin Fan, who was drinking for the first time, was choked by the hot and choking spirits, and coughed, only to feel as if he had drunk a raging fire, and his stomach was hot......

The beautiful woman immediately stepped forward, patted Lin Fan's back, and glanced at the big man reproachfully.

"Brother Yong, look at you, people are still children......."

The middle-aged man smiled happily, poured himself a cup and drank it one by one, but did not reply.

After Lin Fan coughed a few times, he exhaled a few hard, as if he wanted to turn the heat into hot air and spit it out.

The big man laughed.

But Lin Fan smiled awkwardly, then looked at the big man and asked.

"Uncle, why are there only a few families left in this village?"

There are more than a dozen houses in the village, but only two are inhabited, and this strange phenomenon is also one of the reasons why Lin Fan went deep into the village.

After laughing for a while, the middle-aged man took a sip of wine from his glass and said loudly.

"Haha...... Originally, there were only a dozen households here.

But recently there were rumors that many villages in the nearby mountains had been looted and slaughtered by robbers, so those people ran away.

At this moment, there are only three families in the village who have not fled."

Lin Fan nodded secretly, the same as he guessed.

In the past six months, the mountain range where it is located has been plundered by a group of soul envoys, and although this small mountain village has been spared, it must have been aware of it.

"Why didn't the uncle leave, aren't you afraid of the robbers' ......," Lin Fan asked tentatively.

Hearing Lin Fan's words, the big man was stunned for a moment, but then there was a burst of laughter.

"Hahaha...... , little brother, looking at your dress and temperament, you should also be a martial arts person.

To tell you the truth, the uncle is also a martial artist, and he also had a name in Huangshakou back then."

Lin Fan nodded secretly, the aura of this middle-aged man's Condensing Yuan Realm naturally did not escape his divine sense.

"Yes...... Why should I hide.

My home is here, my beloved woman is here, and I'm not helpless.

What do we cultivate for?

Isn't it just to be able to protect everything you have?"

The big man drank twice, his face was slightly red, and he talked eloquently to Lin Fan.

"Don't hide it from my little brother, I was also the backbone of a mercenary team in Huangshakou back then.

And Shi Niang is the cook of Huangshakou Drunken Jun Building, and her cooking skills and appearance are among the best in the city.

Ten years ago, my brother and I were drinking in the Zuijun Building, and I happened to meet Shi Niang who was bullied and molested by a child of a family.

And what I am most unaccustomed to in my life is this kind of bullying behavior, especially ......

Bullying a weak woman.

Filled with righteous indignation, I wounded several of his subordinates and relieved Shi Niang.

But that gentleman actually gathered people to besiege me, and even more wanted to rob Shi Niang.

I was furious for a while, and directly beheaded the guy, and then escaped from Huangshakou with Shi Niang, and settled down in this small mountain village."

Hearing Dahan's words, the ten niangs smiled slightly and poured a full wine glass for Dahan.

And the big man looked at Shi Niang and smiled, drank it all in one gulp, and continued.

"Because of this incident, my vulgar mercenary and Shi Niang came together, this is really, hehe......."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man smirked.

"And I also gave up the life of a mercenary who licked blood at the tip of the knife, and settled here with Shi Niang.

This is our home, Shi Niang is the love of my life, if anyone wants to come and plunder......

Of course, it was a knife to the past, and he was full of peach blossoms.

How can there be a reason to give up and escape, isn't it just to cultivate as a martial artist of my generation so as not to lose everything you have.

How, yes...... Yes, it's guardian......

That's right, it's guarding, my Shi Niang and my home are my everything, of course, I have to guard.

If we can't even do this, then what are we doing so hard to cultivate."

Dahan's red cheeks were full of the color that he should have, and Shi Niang also looked at Dahan gently, with a happy and warm face.

Hearing what the middle-aged man said, Lin Fan's heart was shocked......

The mixed tastes rolled over, as if the problem he had been thinking about for a long time was actually not complicated, and a few words of the big man's temperament seemed to solve many doubts in his heart.

At this time, Dahan's face was already red, and he sat on the stool and staggered.

"Uh...... A manly man stands up to the sky and does everything recklessly, but my impulsiveness makes me embrace the beauty.

Although I had to leave my hometown, I never regretted it.

Man, uh...... Of course...... If you have to take responsibility, you will never regret it from your heart.

For yourself, for your relatives, for the people around you, it is natural to take responsibility.

Escapability and fear...... Belch...... But it's not the act of our warriors...... Uh......".

Although the big man has a bold personality, he seems to be overwhelmed by alcohol, and he immediately burps after a few glasses of wine......

Speech is also becoming more and more muffled.

Shi Niang looked at the middle-aged man who was a little drunk, shook his head with a smile, looked at Lin Fan with a smile and said.

"Don't be surprised, he's always like this, he can't drink but he has to be greedy, and I can't dissuade him."

Shi Niang's mouth was full of reproach, but her eyes were full of warmth, and there was no trace of dissatisfaction.

With great difficulty, he picked up the swaying middle-aged man and walked slowly towards the back room.

Leaning less, Shi Niang walked out with a bed in her arms, looked at Lin Fan and said with a smile.

"The house is too small, so I can only grieve you in the outhouse tonight.

Brother Yong is like this, the temper of the former mercenary can't be changed for a lifetime.

Speak straight and brag, don't be surprised".

Lin Fan shook his head with a smile and said sincerely.

"I also want to thank my uncle for his kindness and heartfelt words.

I'm going to say thank you."

Shi Niang was a little puzzled when she heard Lin Fan's words, but she didn't pay much attention to it, and after making a bed for Lin Fan on a wooden bed in the outhouse, she smiled faintly and walked back to the back room to take care of the drunk middle-aged man.

Hearing the thunderous snoring of a big man coming from the inner room across the wall, Lin Fan smiled heartily.

The haze of the past few days seemed to disappear in an instant, and his eyebrows stretched out, and he slowly breathed a sigh.

"It seems that I am still too immature.

I was confused by the truth that a mercenary knew......

I should bear my problems, there is nothing to be confused about, how simple is this......

Since you don't know what martial arts are, ask yourself why you stepped into martial arts and why you want to become stronger.

I...... I want to protect everything I have, family, friendship, love, as long as it is my Lin Fan's, I will stick to it, I want to take them away......

With a knife, he was full of peach blossoms.

If you can't do it today, then work hard to do it, whether it's the consequences or mistakes, I, Lin Fan, will be responsible for it to the end.

Trying to take away everything I have.

Step over my corpse first!".

Lin Fan's heart was bright...... The eyes sparkled.

The partition wall bowed to the middle-aged man who was snoring like thunder in the back room, and Lin Fan put the treasure bag full of gold and silver under the sand bandit leader on the wooden table, and strode out of the door......

......

It was midnight, and the moon was in the middle of the sky.

The bright moonlight shone on the mountains, the path in the forest seemed to be exceptionally clear, and the cool breeze in the mountains slowly blew in, dispelling the faint drunkenness, and a cyan figure slowly walked into the distance......