Tianyi 285 years, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Located in the southern border of Daxian country, there is a small village called Lijia Village.

At this time, Orion Li Erol was carrying a wild boar hunted in the mountains in the afternoon on his shoulder, striding towards his yard, passing by the door of the neighborhood from time to time to greet and respond.

Li Erol is a native of Lijia Village, known for his strength, eight feet tall, broad shoulders and strong body.

"Yo, diol, I caught such a fat-headed wild boar, I want to come to your house to drink two taels at night." Li Shanshui, a fellow villager, stood at the door and quipped.

The strong Li Erol sighed with hot breath in his mouth, and grinned in response: "Okay, I'll wait for you at night." ”

Li Erol carried the wild boar into the low house surrounded by a few pieces of preserved vegetables, and shouted loudly: "Hina Fang, prepare hot water cleanly, and cook a good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner tonight." ”

"Okay!" replied a female voice in the room.

Placing the wild boar that had died of anger on the stone slab in the courtyard, Li Diol began to sharpen his knife.

"Brother Li, I'll help you. ”

The owner of the voice is a dark-skinned teenager in a black cotton suit.

The boy walked out of the house, picked up a wooden bucket, and turned to fetch water.

"Xiao Meng, what is this doing, hurry back to the house and rest. The strong man Li Diol hurriedly persuaded.

The little Meng in the mouth of the strong man is the young man of Qinglian Lane in Tianyi City, Meng Bai.

A few days ago, when Li Diol went into the mountains to hunt, he found that the trap he had set up in the mountains was broken, and he thought he had caught some big guy, but when he walked in, he found that there was a donkey and an unconscious boy lying under the pit. Li Erol took the boy home and asked Murakami Langzhong for treatment, and the first thing Meng Bai, who had been in bed for a few days, woke up was to ask Li Erol where his donkey was. The strong man who rescued the boy that day, and then brought a few people from the same village to bring the donkey back to the store, for them in the countryside, the donkey is a domestic animal for farming, and it is generally very cherished.

Meng Bai turned around and walked towards the well on the side, saying, "Brother Li, I have recovered." ”

Several persuasions were fruitless, but Li Erol really couldn't resist this stubborn young man, and he no longer stopped him.

Scratching the belly of the wild boar hunted back in the mountains just now and removing its internal organs, Li Erol sighed: "The weather is too cold, the prey in this mountain is hibernating, and today I am lucky to meet someone who is not afraid of freezing." ”

Meng Bai picked up the well water and mentioned it to the strong man's side, and said with a smile: "I have personally experienced Brother Li's skill in setting up a ground cage, even if I can't hunt this wild boar today, I guess the harvest in the ground cage will not be less." ”

Li Erol took the wooden barrel, cleaned the wild boar he had just killed, looked down at the young man beside him and said with a smile: "The beasts in this mountain are cunning, if we are not more cunning than them, we can only use a slingshot to beat birds and birds like the second egg boy in the village." ”

Meng Bai smiled.

Li Erol picked up the cleaned wild boar, walked to the house, and said to Meng Bai: "Your sister-in-law makes meat that is called a fragrant, you have a mouthful." ”

Evening.

A square table, three people sit together, and the dishes on the table are sumptuous.

Li Erol took out the liquor and poured a bowl for the boy and his wife.

"Come! Meng boy, I wish you a young and successful youth, and you will be proud!" the strong man raised a big bowl and toasted to Meng Bai.

Meng Bai, who had never drunk alcohol, picked up the wine in the bowl with a proud face and said, "Thank you Brother Li and Sister-in-law Xiaofang for saving their lives, and I also wish you two an early birth to a noble son." ”

The three of them drank the liquor from the bowl. Eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

After drinking, Meng Bai's swarthy face flushed a little, and he opened his mouth to ask, "Brother Li, do you know where Peng Yuanshan is?"

Li Erol put a piece of roast meat in his mouth, and said vaguely: "What are you doing in Pengyuan Mountain?"

"Find someone alone. Meng Bai replied.

"Looking for someone, the old man in the village said that this distant mountain is extremely dangerous, how can there be people living in it?" Li Erol took a sip of strong wine, puzzled.

Meng Bai then asked, "Brother Li, do you know where Pengyuan Mountain is?"

The strong man nodded and said, "It's not far from our village, and it's ten miles to the south." ”

"This Pengyuan Mountain is a well-known habitat for fierce beasts, and your brother Li doesn't dare to go there when hunting on weekdays. Li Erol's wife, Xiao Fang, picked up the wine and filled the bowl with her husband and Meng Bai.

Li Erol admonished: "Don't look at how strong Brother Li is, a few years ago, several hunters in our village who were as skilled as me died on the mountain, and later the village spent money to invite a martial arts practitioner to take the lead in the mountain, killed two tigers, and brought the body back." ”

When the young man heard this, even Brother Li was so strong that he didn't dare to go to Pengyuan Mountain, his weak body, he was afraid that there would be no return. But thinking that grandpa can't lie to himself after all, he came here from thousands of miles away, so Meng Bai, who practiced swords, resolutely said: "Even if this is the case, I will look for it." ”

Knowing that Meng Bai was extremely arrogant, Li Erol took a sip of wine and said, "Okay! When the time comes, I will call a few hunters in the village to accompany you into the mountain." ”

The young fang on the side looked worried after hearing this.

"Thank you, Brother Li!"

On this night, the young man who drank for the first time drank a whole jar of peasant spirits.

After being drunk, Meng Bai lay on the bed dizzy and couldn't sleep, only to hear him finally murmur clearly: "There are more than a million sword cultivators in the world, and look at my Meng Bai's sword, look at the sword!"

I saw him roll over and fall to the ground, and the sound of snoring sounded.

......

A few days later, there were acquaintances gathered at the entrance of Lijia Village, except for the short Meng Bai, all of them were tall people.

"Sister-in-law, Chitu will bother you to take care of it for the time being. Meng Bai bowed to Xiao Fang.

The woman nodded tearfully.

Li Erol on the side scolded: "You cry a lot, it's only twenty miles away, I'll go back when I go." ”

A few people in the same group explained to their families, and waited for Meng Bai and Li Erol.

"Let's go. ”

Li Erol, who had a long bow on his back, faced everyone.

Pengyuan Mountain, because it is located in the jurisdiction of Penglang City in the south of Xianguo, is very far away from Penglang City, so it is named Pengyuan. The mountains are hundreds of feet high, towering into the clouds, thousands of trees sprout in the mountains, and fierce beasts inhabit.

The reason why Meng Bai didn't bring 'Red Rabbit' on this trip was because he heard Li Erol say that fierce beasts were rampant on Pengyuan Mountain, and he was afraid that it would be easier for the donkey to follow him into the mountain to find fierce beasts, so he stayed at Li Erol's house for the time being.

The six of them finally walked to the foot of Pengyuan Mountain.

"Li Er, are you really going up the mountain?" said a burly man with a machete on his back.

Li Erol said solemnly: "Nonsense, I promised my little brother a long time ago that I would accompany him up the mountain to find someone, what's the matter, are you afraid, Li Gui?"

Standing beside Li Gui, another Orion spoke: "Second brother, it's not that you're afraid, you also know a few years ago..."

"Okay! If you want to go, you can go, and if you don't go, you will go back. Li Erol saw the villagers who were worried when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, and said impatiently.

Seeing this, Meng Bai hurriedly spoke: "Brother Li, don't be angry, since I have arrived at the foot of Pengyuan Mountain, I can go up the mountain alone." ”

"Then how can it be done, I promised you a long time ago that I would accompany you into the mountains to find people. Li Diol refused.

"Brother Li, there is no need to be like this, in fact, I am a sword cultivator, and this beast in the mountains can't hurt me in the slightest. Meng Bai had a plan in his mind and wanted Li Erol and the others to leave.

As soon as these words came out, several strong men exclaimed: "Sword cultivation?!"

Meng Bai saw that everyone was surprised and said: "You accompany me up the mountain, if you are in danger, I can't take care of it." ”

After hearing this, Li Erol said in disbelief: "Xiao Meng, don't make excuses to support us and others, although this Pengyuan Mountain is extremely dangerous, but our Li Erol has always done what he said." ”

Li Gui and the others nodded one after another.

"Big brother, can you borrow your knife? Meng Bai said calmly.

Li Gui was stunned for a moment, and handed the machete on his back to Meng Bai with a twist.

Meng Bai took the knife with his left hand, held the handle of the knife side, and pointed to a green tree not far away, only to see him holding his breath and concentrating, his eyes were attentive, he snorted softly, and the machete in his hand stabbed forward, and the green tree in the distance made a crisp sound, and a knife mark appeared on the tree.

Seeing this, Li Erol and the others looked incredulous, and then said respectfully towards Meng Bai: "Sword Master Meng!"

Offering to the people, advocating sword cultivation, and the same is true for the village husbands in the mountains.

"This one just now was the sword qi I used, Brother Li, now you believe it, right?" Meng Bai said after returning the machete to Li Gui.

"Hahaha, I believe it, it seems that I am clumsy, and a sword cultivator by my side doesn't even know it. Li Erol laughed with his fellow villagers.

"That's... For the sake of your big brother's life, please come back, thank you for sending me here. "Meng Bai seemed to be a different person at this time, extremely unfathomable.

"Okay, I'll go back to the village with my brother first, and wait for Xiao Meng... No, Master Meng, when you find the person you are looking for, come to my house again, and then I will invite you to drink the strongest wine in the village. ”

Meng Bai nodded, hugged his fists towards a few people and said, "Brother Li, wait for me." With that, the boy turned and went up the hill.

After the young man's figure disappeared, Li Gui, who had not been far away from the mountain, said: "Li Er, I didn't expect that there is still this sword cultivator living in your house, and he is still so young, his ability must be very remarkable." ”

Li Erol smiled happily and said, "Okay, go back." This Xiao Meng is too, and as a sword cultivator, he has also revealed the slightest, which is really hidden deep enough. ”

Several tall hunters walked towards the return journey, and Li Erol among them felt a little strange after thinking about it in his heart, but Meng Bai used that sword mark on the green tree, and Li Erol scratched his head and stopped thinking about it.

After going up the mountain, Meng Bai's palms were sweaty, and he was extremely careful when he landed on his feet, looking around with his eyes, for fear that a fierce beast would jump out and eat him in one bite.

What Meng Bai used was actually the sword holding technique that Wu Huai had taught her at the beginning, but Meng Bai had practiced it every day for most of the past six months, and later found that he could stab out the sword qi and make the young man happy. But really speaking, Fang Cai's sword was not lethal, but it just happened that the trunk of the tree withered, so it fooled Li Erol and the others.

Pengyuan Mountain is full of dense forests, and the mountain road is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will fall to the bottom of the mountain.

Just as Meng Bai walked towards the mountain with great caution, a fierce beast with a body like a horse, a dark body, a strange appearance, horns on its head, and a mouth full of fangs was staring at Meng Bai in the distance.

When the cautious young man was less than a foot away from the fierce beast, the strange beast moved, and it opened its mouth wide and bit at the defenseless Meng Bai.

Meng Bai saw the fierce beast that pounced on him, his eyes turned dark, and he rolled down the mountain.

A figure is walking towards the mountain at this moment, and the figure is not climbing on the mountain like Meng Bai, but is like the wind under his feet, stepping on wood.

The figure looked down and seemed to see the boy rolling down the mountain, but in fact, the figure saw that the 'tiger' was chasing something, and after seeing it clearly, the figure stepped on both feet, caught up with the beast, looked at the beast with indifferent eyes and said two words: "Evil animal!"

When the strange-looking beast saw the comer, it immediately turned around and disappeared into the woods.

Meng Bai, who had fainted in fright, rolled in the mountains, stopped by a giant tree, and his face was covered with blood.

The figure landed in front of Meng Bai, staring at the seriously injured young man with a pair of eyes that made people look as if he had fallen into an ice cave, only to see that the man sighed, picked up the young man, and strode up the mountain.