Ren Xiao and Qing Kite didn't know how long they had been going up, and finally, when the two of them were about to be exhausted, Ren Xiao saw a glimmer of light. At this moment, the two of them seemed to be reborn, and the fatigue and pain on their bodies disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Bang!" Ren Xiao pushed the door open, and the two of them couldn't open their eyes in the strong sunlight. After slowing down for a long time, Ren Xiao gradually adapted to the surrounding environment. It turned out that they were in the Heavenly Sword Villa at this time.

Looking at the ruins around him, Ren Xiao said: "Why is there no one? Where has everyone gone? Isn't the owner of the ancient village planning to build a villa?" Ren Xiao said as he looked around, but there was still no sign of life, and Ren Xiao faintly felt uneasy.

He and Qing Kite shuttled in the villa for a long time and didn't see half a figure, Ren Xiao said, "Could it be that this black uncle has moved?"

Just as the two of them were about to leave this deserted mountain villa, Ren Xiao suddenly remembered his Miao black knife, and said to the green kite: "I remember that my knife seemed to have fallen into the lake on the edge of the cliff at that time, I want to look for it!" The green kite nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you!"

As a result, the two of them searched for a long time in the lake and did not find any trace of the Miao black knife, seeing that it was getting late, Ren Xiao said: "Maybe it was picked up by someone, if it was Feng Shang and them, it's okay!"

"So what do we do now?" asked the kite. Ren Xiao said: "Before it gets dark, let's hurry down the mountain, find an inn to rest for the night, and by the way, inquire about what happened in the villa." ”

When the moon hung on the branches, they finally came to the small village at the bottom of the mountain, but they did not want it at all. When they first came to Tianjian Villa to participate in the competition, it was not crowded here, but at the moment it was a little cold, and the two of them passed by several houses before they saw that there were still some candles in the room of one house.

So the two hurriedly stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a long time, it was an old woman who opened the door, he looked at Ren Xiao and Qing Kite, two gray-faced young people, and hurriedly called them into the house and asked, "Child, why did you come here at night?"

Ren Xiao said: "We came to participate in the competition a few days ago, and we were accidentally trapped on the mountain and escaped today, and I want to ask why there is no one on the mountain villa?"

Ren Xiao only knew that when they jumped off the cliff, the people of the Arbor Gang had already retreated, and he believed that it would not be a problem to defeat the opponent with the strength of Uncle Hei and Zhong Liyan. So he was convinced that the desertion of the cottage must be due to something else.

Seeing that the two young men were exhausted, the old woman beckoned them to sit down, and then said, "I don't know what happened to them in the rivers and lakes, but I heard from them that the owner of the Heavenly Sword Villa died, and then the people who participated in the competition also dispersed!"

"What? Uncle Hei is dead? How is this possible, how can he die so easily with such strength? Auntie, what happened? Can you tell me more about it?"

The old woman was a little embarrassed, and said, "How can I, an old woman, care about those things, I only know that not only is there no one in the villa, but even there are only a few left in this village

A lonely old man!" Ren Xiao listened, the whole person was blinded, how could it be like this?

When Ren Xiao saw the old woman's family situation, he hurriedly stopped him: "Auntie, you have so much food left, you might as well keep it for yourself and eat it slowly! We are not hungry!" The lady smiled and said: "You doll, you really can't lie, I heard your stomach growling, and said that you are not hungry?"

Ren Xiao and Qing Kite looked at the old woman with white hair and wrinkled face, and her thin body was bent over her waist, but Qing Kite finally rejected her kindness. Although the old woman really looked like she was not in the middle of nowhere, they still didn't want to waste what little food they had.

The next morning, the two of them left Jianya Mountain after bidding farewell to the old woman. Qing Kite asked Ren Xiao, "What are you going to do now?" Ren Xiao shook his head and said, "Without them by my side, I really don't know what to do?"

"Oh, is it because of the summoning order issued by the lord of the country? It seems that there is going to be a big move!, so do you know where they are now?" Ren Xiao was very curious about this matter, and wanted to join them when he heard Qing Kite say this. Qingyuan shook her head and said, "When I left Qingzhumen, I didn't know where the various sects would meet, so I plan to go back to Qingzhumen first, even if the master is not there, the brothers will definitely know where she went!"

Ren Xiao nodded and said, "It seems that this is the only way, I'll go with you! Maybe Ye Lan and they are also there!"

After the discussion stopped, the two set off, and after leaving Jianya Mountain, the two headed to the northeast, on the way, Qing Kite asked Ren Xiao: "Do you want us to go to the ancient city to have a look?" Ren Xiao thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "No need, I have already gone back to take a look before coming to Jianya Mountain, Lord Fang and Ma Long are here, and the ancient city should be the best city in the entire western region!"

Since Ren Xiao didn't plan to go back, Qingkite didn't want to force it, so the two went straight to the direction of Qingzhugou.

Five days later, the two came to a small city, and found a tavern at random, and they were about to enter the door, but they saw that the door plaque of the tavern had been halved, and half of it had fallen and crumbling. Ren Xiao cautiously stepped into the tavern, only to see the decadent Xiao Er dozing off on the counter, Ren Xiao shouted: "Xiao Er, come two bowls of fried noodles!"

When Xiao Er heard that a guest was coming, he hurriedly got up and sang a shout, saying, "Wait a minute, you two, I'll do it for you!"

When Ren Xiao heard this, he hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Xiao Er, listen to you, why don't you have a chef?" Xiao Er saw that the guest called him, so he replied: "Guest officer, you don't see it, the whole world is in chaos, how many people are left in this small town?" Most of them are poor beggars, the chef has long run away, and now there are only two people left in this tavern, me and the boss, he just went out to pull goods, and now I am alone!" Hearing Xiao Er say this, Ren Xiao also felt that they were very pitiful, and even the boss went out to pull the goods in person, it seems that the situation is really not optimistic.

Just when Xiao Er was busy working inside, there was suddenly a movement outside, and it looked like the boss was back. As expected, I only heard the people outside shouting: "Xiao Er, come out and help me move things!"

Hearing the shout, Xiao Er hurriedly ran out of it, Ren Xiao looked out from the door, only to see a middle-aged man with a face full of vicissitudes of life carrying a big cloth bag in, seeing that there were guests, the boss hurriedly said to Xiao Er: "There are guests! Why didn't you say it earlier, go and greet the guests, I'll just come here!" The boss looked at Ren Xiao and smiled, Ren Xiao noticed that the owner of the tavern only had one ear, and in an instant, Ren Xiao recalled some of the past, it turned out that this tavern himself had been here, and he had also witnessed the scene where the bandits cut off the boss's ears, looking at the weathered middle-aged man in front of him, it was difficult for Ren Xiao to associate him with the rich boss before.

Ren Xiao saw that the boss was tired and sweaty, so he said to Qing Kite: "You sit here for a while, I'll help him!" Qing Kite got up and said, "I'll go with you!" Ren Xiao pressed her on the stool and said, "No need, I'll just go by myself!"

Ren Xiao stepped forward and said to the boss: "Boss, I'll help you!" The boss, who was already out of breath, saw that someone was helping him, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you so much!" Ren Xiao went out to take a look, it turned out that the boss had personally pulled a wheelbarrow to pull the goods, no wonder he looked much thinner now than before.

Looking up and seeing that the cabbage on the car was about to go bad, Ren Xiao asked, "Boss, can you still eat these dishes?" The boss scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "I have run a lot of places, this is already very good! Don't worry, I will definitely find the freshest one to cook for you!" Ren Xiao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I didn't mean that, I mean, in this case, you can still run the tavern, it's really not easy!" Saying that, Ren Xiao carried a bundle of cabbage on his shoulder.

When Ren Xiao helped the boss finish moving the things, Xiao Er also brought the noodles, and the boss looked at Ren Xiao only needed two bowls of noodles, and said: "Little brother, thank you for your help today, these two bowls of noodles should be invited to you!" Ren Xiao hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand when he heard this, and said: "This is unacceptable, how dare you ask for two bowls of noodles!"

The boss came over and sat next to Ren Xiao and them, poured himself half a bowl of water and said: "Little brother, now the world is in chaos, the people everywhere are not living, everyone is also unscrupulous for their own survival, people's hearts have long changed, and there are almost no people like you who can take the initiative to help me!"

Ren Xiao said: "Boss, where is this, everyone is not living well now, so we should help each other to tide over the difficulties together!" The boss drank half a bowl of water in one gulp, and said melancholy: "Can this world return to its original state?"

Ren Xiao saw the confusion in the boss's eyes and said, "It will definitely get better!"

As he was talking, he suddenly remembered a commotion outside.

"Everyone, listen, Huyaling has collected protection money! If you don't want to suffer, hurry up and get ready to send the money!"

When Ren Xiao heard that this group of people was from Huya Ridge, he asked, "Isn't Yinhu, the big leader of Huya Ridge, dead?