At first glance, the sound seems to be in the ear, and when you listen carefully, it seems to be far away in the sky, and the aftermath is lingering like wisps.

Wu Chen sat by the lake, listening to this ethereal rhythm, as if he was in a different world.

This song should only be in the sky, and the world can hear it a few times.

Looking at the figure on the boat in the lake, Wu Chen sighed secretly.

"Hey, boatman!" Wu Chen waved at the figure in the lake, wanting to see who it was and sang such a ballad.

The figure in the lake heard the shouting, looked back at the lakeside, saw Wu Chen, rowed a boat to the shore, and Wu Chen finally saw the face of the figure on the boat.

On the boat was an old man, with wrinkles at the corners of his eyes like fish scales, but he was full of energy and did not look old. The small fish basket next to him was empty, apparently not catching any fish.

The old man smiled at Wu Chen, like a warm spring breeze, warm to the heart, extremely kind.

"Is Childe lost?"

"Exactly, the boy strayed into this place and lost his way. Old man, do you know how to get to the Xuanling Palace, and where can I live here?" Wu Chen returned the salute and said to the old man with his fists.

"I have lived in this area since I was a child, and I don't know about the places outside this mountain, and I haven't heard of the Xuanling Palace. If the son doesn't dislike it, he can go to the old man to stay for a few nights before making plans. The old man thought for a moment and said.

"Then there is Lao Lao!" Wu Chen got on the boat and sat up.

The old man rowed a boat, sang a ballad, and rowed into the distance.

"By the way, old man, what does this ballad mean? In the lake, on the boat, Wu Chen turned his head and asked.

"I don't know about this old man, but I know that this ballad has been passed down from the previous generation. The old man responded, "If the son wants to learn, the old man will teach you." ”

"Ahh Wu Chen was overjoyed.

In the small lake, songs floated.

The boat turned a few corners and landed. On the shore, the reeds ripple in the wind, which is quite a sense of seclusion.

"Childe, I will have to walk for a while to reach the place where the old man lives, and I haven't caught any fish today, so let me go and see if the traps laid in the mountains have been harvested. ”

Wu Chen thought for a while and said, "Old man, I'll go with you, and I can also help." ”

"That's fine. ”

The old man took Wu Chen to the mountain, and it didn't take long for him to come to the place where the old man had placed the trap, only to see a wild boar hanging upside down on a big tree, struggling.

When the old man saw this scene, he was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward. At this moment, a big tiger suddenly jumped out next to it, and the big tiger first looked at the wild boar hanging in the air, salivating.

When he saw the old man again, he opened his mouth and roared, and flew in. Wu Chen hurriedly stepped forward, blocked in front of the old man, used his spiritual power, and punched the tiger's head. Boom, the big tiger was blown away by a punch, landed on the ground in the distance, and died violently.

The old man watched Wu Chen kill the tiger with one punch, and was shocked.

"Childe is really born with divine power, and the old man thanked Childe for saving his life. Saying that, he bowed to Wu Chen.

"The old man doesn't have to be polite, it's just a gesture. Saying that, Wu Chen came to the upside-down wild boar, smashed the struggling wild boar with one punch, tore off the rope, and carried the wild boar on his shoulder.

After thinking about it, he strode to the tiger's corpse, grabbed the tiger's tail, threw it off and carried it on the other shoulder, and said to the old man:

"Old man, let's go. ”

The old man was still stunned at this time, and he was amazed in his heart, these two combined, more than five or six hundred catties, this kid will not be a god.

The two walked down the mountain, and along the way, the old man and Wu Chen chatted very happily, quite like friends in previous years.

"Old man, you see that the two of us are so close to each other, why don't we become brothers?" Wu Chen looked at the kind old man and said suddenly.

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Childe, you can't help it, the old man is old, how can he bow to his son!"

In fact, the old man looked at the handsome young man in front of him, and he also admired it very much.

"What's the point of not being able to, all brothers in the four seas, could it be that the old man dislikes the boy?"

"Of course not, since the son has this intention, he will not shirk it, but the vow of living and dying together must not be made. ”

Wu Chen saw that the old man had already given in, and said with a smile:

"Haha, okay, then I'll call you brother. I still don't know my brother's name?"

"Haha, little brother, the old man is called Hua Lun. Hua Lun was very happy, as if he was dozens of years younger, and he felt like a teenager at this time.

"Little brother, what about you?"

"Brother Hua, my name is Wu Chen, you can call me Brother Chen!" Wu Chen said happily.

"Wu Chen, there is no dust when you come, and there is no dust when you go, okay, the name of the little brother can be described as extremely ethereal, and there will be something to do in the future. ”

"Hey, hey, old man. ”

The two chatted and chatted, and after a while they came to a small ravine.

In the middle of the ravine, there is a small village, which is where Hua Lun lives. The village is called Luohua Village, and at this time it is the season of flowers, and the cherry blossom trees are swaying in the wind, and the petals are spinning in the air and scattered.

Some fell on the thatched roofs and lay quietly, some fell into the stream and were carried away by the clear spring that flowed through the stream, and some fell on the stone path in the village, looking at the cherry blossoms paved on the ground, Wu Chen was a little reluctant to step on it.

The people in the village were stunned when they saw the old man and Wu Chen coming, especially when they looked at the tiger and wild boar on Wu Chen's shoulder, and sighed for a while.

"Hua Lao, who is this person?" the villagers asked as they looked at Wu Chen.

"Haha, this is my little friend I just met, he got lost, so I took him over to stay for a few days. Hua Lun touched his beard and said with a smile:

"It's all up to this little friend, otherwise I'm afraid I'm going to be eaten by this tiger. ”

"This tiger was killed by this young man?" Everyone was shocked: "What a hero out of a young man!"

After a burst of cold and warmth, the old man left with Wu Chen.

Outside the fence, he looked at the thatched houses in front of him and said:

"Brother Chen, this is the Humble House. ”

Wu Chen looked at the grass hut in front of him, took a deep breath of air, and was very happy. The thatched hut looks particularly peaceful in the sun.

"Grandpa, are you back?" The door of the thatched hut opened, and a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old trotted out.

The girl's hair was like a waterfall, and her big smart eyes were fluttering, like a colorful butterfly waving its wings.

Seeing Wu Chen, the girl looked puzzled, hid behind Hua Lun, looked at Wu Chen timidly, and said softly:

"Grandpa, who is this?"

"Yun'er, this is your grandfather!"

Karma, Wu Chen and Hua Yun'er both stared at each other, and Wu Chen looked even more embarrassed.

"Me, I'm a grandfather?"

"Why are you still stunned, go get some wine and food, your grandfather and I will get drunk. Hua Lun's old face smiled, urging Hua Yun'er.

Hua Yun'er was behind Hua Lun, wrinkled her nose at Wu Chen, raised her small fist, turned around and trotted towards the grass house.

Wu Chen touched his nose, coughed lightly, and said:

"Brother, this, this rhyme and granddaughter are cute!"

Alas, Hua Lun sighed:

"Yun'er's parents died too early, and the child has been without parents since she was a child, but fortunately she was not affected much. I just want her to be happy. ”

"Brother Hua, I'm sorry for mentioning your sadness. Wu Chen was secretly ashamed and said.

"It's okay, let's go, brother, let's go in. Wu Chen sighed slightly, he had never seen his parents, thinking back to the past, it was an old grandmother who took him, whenever Wu Chen asked about his parents, the old grandmother did not answer, not long after coming, the old grandmother also abandoned him and left.

Thinking of this, Wu Chen's eyes were a little lost.

Wu Chen put down the wild boar and tiger on his shoulder, and came to the hut, only to see that on the small wooden table in the center, a few light dishes had already been prepared. Behind the small table is a shrine with a jade piece standing in a broken bowl filled with dirt, and in front of it are several pillars of burned incense.

Seeing Wu Chen staring at the shrine, the old man said:

"Chendi, this is our custom here, this jade piece is also handed down by the ancestors, and it is generally sacrificed to mourn the ancestors and bless the safety of future generations. ”

Wu Chen nodded slightly and said, "If you follow the customs, I will also worship." Saying that, Wu Chen lit three pillars of incense and bowed to the shrine three times.

"Come on, Chendi, we've been walking for so long, and you're hungry, so sit down and eat something. ”

Hua Lun watched Wu Chen finish his worship and hurriedly greeted.

Wu Chen sat on the wooden bench, and Hua Yun'er walked slowly with a small pot of wine from the next cabin.

Putting the wine on the table and about to leave, Wu Chen hurriedly said:

"Yun'er, don't be busy, sit down and eat together!"

Hua Yun'er looked at Hua Lun, and when she saw Hua Lun nodding, she sat down next to Hua Lun.

The cork of the flask was opened, and the smell of wine filled the grass hut. Wu Chen sniffed lightly and asked:

"Brother, what kind of wine is this, so fragrant!"

"Brother Chen, this is bamboo leaf green, bamboo leaf green wine is made of more than ten kinds of precious medicinal materials such as light bamboo leaves, tangerine peel, wood fragrance, sandalwood, sand kernel, and kaempfera. The wine is golden and green, aromatic, soft and refreshing. Hua Lun introduced.

"Wow, I'll have to taste it. Wu Chen couldn't wait to get up.

Hua Yun'er glanced at him, poured a cup for Wu Chen, and then poured a cup for Hua Lun.

"Come, Brother Hua, little brother toasts you. Wu Chen raised his glass and said to Hua Lun.

"Okay, good," Hua Lun laughed, and the two raised their glasses to each other, enjoying themselves.

After a while, Hua Lun was drunk, and boasted to Wu Chen:

"Brother, it's not that my brother bragging, I think back then, when my brother was young, he was suave and charming, and he fascinated many girls in the village. ”

"But how single-minded my brother is, he has been among thousands of flowers, and not a single leaf has touched his body. In the end, alas, my brother regrets it! After finally getting married, I was beaten and scolded by your sister-in-law every day, and my brother and I are miserable!"

Hua Yun'er seemed to have known that there would be this scene, and hurriedly covered her face and left.

Wu Chen was not drunk when he poured, and if the dignified spiritual cultivator was drunk with mortal wine, he was afraid that he would make the spiritual cultivator laugh off his big teeth.

"Brother, according to my brother, people are not romantically young people. So don't follow in my footsteps, and when you marry a daughter-in-law, you must be accurate, don't marry that kind of female tiger, remember!" Hua Lun said bitterly, and seemed to be complaining.

"Ahem, what my brother said is very true. Wu Chen's head was full of black lines, looking at the drunken Hua Lun, and hurriedly echoed.

But I secretly said in my heart, I am so simple, how can I be like this, no, no, this flower brother must mislead me.

"Brother, what do you think of Yun'er?" Hua Lun suddenly took Wu Chen's hand and asked.

Karma, Wu Chen hurriedly said:

"Brother can't help it, I can't help it, Yun'er is my niece and granddaughter, this is absolutely impossible. ”

Hua Lun ignored Wu Chen, and said to himself: "Brother, Yun'er has been miserable since she was a child, and you have to help me take care of her more in the future." As he spoke, he climbed down on the wooden table and fell asleep.

"Uh-uh, that's it, it scares me, I thought..." Wu Chen shook his head, got up to help Hua Lun, and put him on the bed.

With a wry smile on his face, he walked out of the small grass hut and watched the sun set.

"Before you know it, it's getting dark!"