The autumn days are getting shorter.

In a wilderness in Zhongzhou, Su Ling and his party of four were walking slowly forward.

Scattered houses can be seen around, and by noon smoke has risen from every house.

The academy does not allow private large flying vehicles to park at the academy, so the Purple Fall is parked in a wilderness about a few hundred kilometers away from the academy, and the four of them have to go to the nearest cloud forest gathering, and then take a transport carriage to reach the academy.

This place is about a day's journey from Yunlinji, no accident tonight the four of them should need to find someone to stay for a night, look at this desolate situation, the restaurant inn or anything should not be, so the four can only pray that the farmers here can be kind, willing to take them in, otherwise they can only sleep in the wild.

The Purple Fall has already returned, and when they arrive here, the four of them can be said to be completely independent, and the power of the Celestial Star Empire can't cover so far at all.

Li Qi complained as he walked, saying that he would have gone to the Tianxuan Empire next to him to take the transportation of the academy in Zhongzhou, and it was very convenient to go directly to the academy, but in this case, the four of them would have to squeeze together with a large number of peers, and chose to sit on the Ziluo, thinking that they could take the opportunity to take advantage of the scenery, and the private Ziluo number, it would be more face-saving to talk about it, how do you know that it will be like this.

"Okay, let's find a restaurant and see if we can stay for one night. Fang Ling still held on to a glimmer of hope, and said as he walked.

Dusk has come, looking at the appearance, but in another hour or two, the sky will be completely dark, Li Qi said to Fang Ling's words, "This barren mountain and wild mountains, even a fool can't open a restaurant here, and if you open a restaurant, you will close down." ”

"Hehe, that's not right," Su Ling had been walking silently, and suddenly stared straight ahead, and said.

The three of them followed Su Ling's gaze and looked forward together, only to see a two-story civil engineering building, covering an area of about two or three hundred square meters, with a flag planted outside, and six big characters were written crookedly on the flag.

The reason why it is said to be a civil construction is because this house is indeed "glued" with wood and soil, Su Ling feels that as long as he kicks hard, the house will collapse, but whatever, since he has a place to live, it is better to go over and beg someone he doesn't know to stay overnight.

"The name of this restaurant is too domineering," Li Qi said, "Open the door to do business, and give it such a name, who will go." ”

"A restaurant in this kind of place is already very strange, and it's not normal to have a strange name. Su Ling said, "Forget it, it's good to have a place to live." ”

The four of them chatted while walking, and finally arrived at the gate of the restaurant, but found that the door of the house was actually closed, and there was a notice posted at the gate, with six big characters on it, and there were vicious dogs inside, so be cautious.

"It's so ugly," Li Qi shrugged, "why don't I write it for him." ”

"There's really no business at all. Su Ling smiled and stretched out his hand to push the door.

The door that seemed to be tightly closed opened as soon as it was pushed, and the hall was empty, and there was no one there, but there were more than a dozen light beads all around, illuminating the entire hall brightly.

There were three tables and five or six benches around them, and the four of them found a table and sat down, Su Ling opened his mouth and shouted, "Is there anyone?"

Li Qi muttered quietly on the side, "Didn't you say that there was a vicious dog inside? ”

After a long time, a middle-aged man suddenly walked down the stairs slowly, the middle-aged man was covered in sweat, wearing a cyan shirt, black trousers rolled up, and a pair of wooden slippers on his feet, Fang Ling couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw the pair of slippers.

Why is this person sweating, Su Ling thought, and then said, "Boss, do you have anything to eat?"

"What to eat?" The middle-aged man glanced at the four of them, stayed on Fang Ling for an extra second, then found a chair next to him and sat down on his own.

"Stir-fry water spinach, Chinese cabbage, sauced beef, braised elbow, mapo tofu, and a little more if you have crayfish, by the way, four servings of rice." Su Ling ordered a bunch of dishes in one go.

"Hehe," the middle-aged man patiently listened to Su Ling's words, and then said, "Is there anything else?"

"It's gone, that's all, eat first, and add it when it's not enough. Su Ling replied casually.

"Isn't that enough?" the middle-aged man laughed, "I'm sorry, I don't have any of the things you just said." ”

Su Ling turned his eyes to look at the middle-aged man's smile, only to feel a chill suddenly rise from his heart, this ominous premonition made Su Ling's heart beat suddenly, and he couldn't help but lean out of his spiritual power, wanting to try the middle-aged man's cultivation.

Who knew that as soon as the outgoing spiritual power touched the body of the middle-aged man, it disappeared silently like a mud cow entering the sea, and Yiping was shocked, but his face did not change, he lowered his voice, and said, "Then we won't eat." After saying this, he pulled Bai Ziyang and the three of them and was about to go out.

"It's all here, are you still in a hurry to leave?" The middle-aged man flashed in front of the four of them, blocking the gate, and at the same time looked at Su Ling with surprised eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again, and he whispered as if talking to himself, "Interesting." ”

"You don't have anything to eat, let's go out and find something to eat. Su Ling pretended to be calm, hoping to get rid of this person.

"In my case, it's not about what you want to eat, it's about what I have. The middle-aged man looked away from Su Ling and looked at Fang Ling, "Kid, yes, you have the level of an intermediate refiner at a young age." ”

Fang Ling was shocked when he heard this, "Who the hell are you, how do you know that I am an intermediate refiner?"

"Hehe, it's uncomfortable to stand and talk, let's go back and sit," the middle-aged man changed the topic and said, "I'll prepare something to eat for you, if you don't mind, let's talk while eating?"

Su Ling opened his mouth and just wanted to refuse, but was glared at fiercely by the middle-aged man, and he couldn't say the words until he reached his mouth, so he had to swallow them.

"Alright, don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person. The middle-aged man gestured to the chairs where several people were sitting just now.

The four of them were helpless and returned to their seats and sat down. By this time, the middle-aged man's sweat was almost dry, and he walked into a room at the back of the living room, and then the four of them heard the whirring of fires and the sound of oil pouring into the pot.

Su Ling looked at the gate with both eyes and motioned for everyone to take the opportunity to run away together.

Fang Ling frowned tightly and said, "We can't go, with our strength, we definitely can't go." His pair of slippers look like they are made of wood, but they are not, they are the fire shoes that only the supreme refiner can refine, which can isolate the temperature of the earth fire, and at the same time strengthen the power of the flames, this kind of shoes, even my entire Fang family, there is not a pair. ”

"Supremacy?" Su Ling frowned when he heard this, although he didn't understand any calcining shoes, but he could understand the word supremacy, that was the top person in the entire continent, how could he meet an old monster again, "That means that person has the supreme realm?"

"The supreme refiner must be the supreme realm, but it is only the supreme layer, I don't know, but it doesn't make sense. Fang Ling said as he spoke, and suddenly frowned again.

"What's wrong?" Su Ling wondered.

"It stands to reason that the supreme realm refiner, that is what all the forces in the entire continent have to fight for, there will be endless resources, how can he be alone here, strange, strange. Fang Ling's brows were still furrowed.

"Forget it, if you come, you will be safe," Bai Ziyang, who had been silent next to him, suddenly spoke.

"That's right, just stay here for one night, since his realm is so high, naturally he won't do anything to us. Su Ling said, "Looking at the way he was sweating profusely, maybe he was in the calciner just now, but I remember that every time Fang Ling was calcining, he had to sweat." ”

"It stands to reason that when you reach this state, as long as you don't want to sweat, you won't sweat. Fang Ling said, "It's just that refining tools often requires twelve percent concentration, where can I have time to take care of sweat matters." ”

"Hehe, this guy is really funny, obviously there are no dogs, and he said that there are vicious dogs inside. Li Qi, who had been closing his eyes since he sat down, pinching his fingers, and didn't know what he was talking about, suddenly smiled and said, "Isn't this scolding yourself." ”

The three of them burst into laughter, and even Bai Ziyang, who was silent, laughed.

At this time, the middle-aged man walked out of the back room with a large basin, his wooden slippers stepped on the ground, making a "tuk tuk" sound, the basin contained a large pot of meat, I don't know what kind of meat, mixed with seasoned chili peppers and so on, exuding a burst of fragrance.

The middle-aged man seemed to hear Li Qi's words, and stared at Li Qi with a gloomy face.

Li Qi shivered for no reason and took his eyes off the middle-aged man.

The four of them were silent for a while, the middle-aged man put the dishes away, and walked to the back room again, he turned his back to the four of them, and said as he walked, "Wait for me to eat together." ”

Su Ling was wondering why this person didn't give chopsticks, and when he was hesitating to grab it with his hand, Li Qi's raised hand had stopped in mid-air, and when he heard the middle-aged man's words, his right hand hung down weakly.

The four of them smelled the fragrance and felt more and more hungry.

After a while, the middle-aged man brought out a large pot of soup pot from the house, which was filled with vegetables and noodles and other messy things, the pot was about thirty centimeters in diameter, and it was placed on the table, a pot, a pot of meat, almost filling the table.

Su Ling was about to open his mouth to ask about the chopsticks, but the middle-aged man walked into the back room again, and Su Ling's words came to his mouth and swallowed back.

This time, it was only about a few tens of seconds to enter, and the middle-aged man brought out a large pot again, and in the pot was fragrant rice, with five small bowls on the rice at random, as well as five pairs of wooden chopsticks.

The middle-aged man gave himself a bowl of rice, first sniffed it, and then picked up the chopsticks to taste it, that expression, not to mention how intoxicated he was.

The four of Su Ling looked at him and swallowed their saliva, but they didn't dare to speak.

The middle-aged man finished eating a small bowl of rice in two or three bites, sandwiched meat in the middle a few times, and sandwiched vegetables from the big soup pot a few times, and when he was about to add more rice, he realized that there were still four empty bowls in the pot containing rice.

The middle-aged man looked back at the four of them and said, "You guys eat, when you come to me, what are you polite to me?"

Su Ling scratched his head when he heard this, and thought to himself, who is polite to you, obviously you don't give us food.

Fang Ling swallowed his saliva, walked to the rice pot, filled four bowls of rice, handed them to Su Ling and the others, and began to gobble them up.