Leave Chang'an, go out from the south gate of Xing'an City, ride a fast horse for about half a month, pass through Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Bingzhou, and then go out of the city from the east gate of Julu City on the eastern Xinjiang and state lines, pass through the Baishanguan Fortress, and then go southeast through the 6,000-mile no-man's land, you can reach the Minglu Academy.

The whole journey is close to 10,000 miles, and it will probably take more than a month.

"Xiao Ning, stop playing, come back and eat fish. Liu Chu beckoned to Xiao Ning, who was squatting by the river.

There were a total of twenty-two people in their group, in addition to the twenty "seeds of hope" such as Liu Chu, October, and Xi Feichen, there were also the old dean of the academy and Xiao Ning.

Lu Youwei used the excuse that he would be busy with government affairs in the future, and entrusted Xiao Ning to Liu Chu to take care of, Liu Chu wanted to refuse, he was a sixteen-year-old little kid, he didn't understand it, and he wanted to pull a six or seven-year-old girl?

But the old dean spoke out and stood up for Lu Youwei, and Xiao Ning also said that he wanted to go out with Liu Chu, and it was too boring to follow Lu Youwei.

Liu Chu thought about it, although Lu Youwei is the post of the secretary of the military department temporarily, he cannot be regarded as an official in the court, he only needs to enter the palace in 246 to report on his work, and he does not need to participate in the early dynasty, but he is also involved in the muddy water in the palace, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be targeted, and it may affect Xiao Ning at that time.

In this way, it is safer for Xiao Ning to follow him, although the water in the Lulu Academy is also very muddy, and the people in it come from all over the world, and there are even barbarians from overseas non-land, which means that disputes are absolutely indispensable.

But it's better than those tricks in the palace, which can kill people!

"Come on, little brother, look what I caught!" Xiao Ning grabbed something in his hand and ran towards Liu Chu excitedly.

"What is it?" Liu Chu looked at Xiao Ning's hand and was shocked, it was a water red chain, about forty inches, the thickness of a baby's arm, more than double the size of the ordinary water red chain.

Fortunately, this snake is non-venomous, otherwise with this size, a bite can kill a cow. It's just that Liu Chu is a little curious, how can this snake grow so big.

When Xiao Ning came to Liu Chu's side, the water red chain was only wrapped around Xiao Ning's arm, as if he wanted to hang the person who offended him.

Xiao Ning showed a disdainful look, and slapped the snake of the water red chain, which seemed to stun the water red chain, hung his head weakly, and let go of Xiao Ning's arm.

"Little brother, do you think this can be eaten after it is roasted? Will it be very fragrant?" Xiao Ning smelled the aroma of grilled fish, looked at the red chain of water in his hand, and looked at the bonfire that was burning, eager to try.

At this moment, Shui Chilian, who had been weak and softened, struggled violently again, as if he understood Xiao Ning's words.

"Still not honest?" Xiao Ning slapped Shui Chilian's head again, and Shui Chilian suddenly became a lot more honest.

Liu Chu looked at the water red chain with a look of surprise, not all demons live in the Nanling Buluo Temple, all the mountains and rivers have spirits, and the demons are all born from the 100,000 mountains, only the monsters who have condensed the demon core are qualified to enter the Buluo Temple.

There are two paths to the development of demons, one is to develop into a spirit beast or a demon beast, retaining the primitive instinct, the strength is also stronger, and the life span is longer, but the spirit is not as good as the demon;

How can you tell the difference between a demon and a demon beast? It depends on whether they have a demon core, and demon beasts and spirit beasts do not have a demon core, and the source of their strength comes from flesh and blood; demons have demon cores, and their strength comes from demon cores.

Therefore, in the past, when humans hunted demon beasts and spirit beasts, they ate their meat, and when they hunted demons, they took their demon cores.

Liu Chu leaned forward, wanting to take a closer look, but Shui Chilian suddenly raised his head and bit at Liu Chu.

Liu Chu's face was cold, and he burst out with a wisp of killing intent, this wisp of killing intent was accumulated when he killed Qi Xiaotian and Zhao Yinshun, and this was also the first time he realized what a killing machine was.

Shui Chilian's forward movement stopped abruptly, shrunk back, slowly leaned forward again, and tentatively touched Liu Chu's shoulder with his head, and after seeing that Liu Chu didn't react, he rubbed it boldly.

The water red chain that was still dancing with teeth and claws a moment ago has now become a flattering look.

"Xiao Ning, let go of it. Liu Chu said to Xiao Ning.

Xiao Ning let go of his hand, and the water red chain fell to the ground with a snap, but he didn't escape, but swayed to Liu Chu's feet, raised half of his body and spit out the snake letter at Liu Chu, and seemed to be observing Liu Chu.

"Huajiao, this little snake is amazing, and he has great luck. At this moment, the old dean Li Dawen walked over with his hands on his back, with a weed hanging from his mouth and a few wisps of oil hanging from his mouth, which he had just eaten grilled fish.

"Huajiao, this little snake?" Liu Chu felt that the old dean's appearance was a little strange, and secretly scolded him for being old and improper.

After hearing the old dean's words, Shui Chilian immediately turned around and kept swallowing snake letters at the old dean, looking a little nervous.

"Little guy, don't be afraid, hurting you will cost you a long life. The old dean squatted down with a smile and touched Shui Chilian's head.

Liu Chu stared at it, and found that there was a small bulge on Shui Chilian's head, which was very inconspicuous, and if he didn't look carefully, he couldn't see it at all.

"I've been cultivating for fifty years, it's not easy. The old dean said in one word, breaking the cultivation of the water and red chain.

"Grandpa Dean, has this snake lived for fifty years?" Xiao Ning's curious little eyes widened, as if shocked, this snake was older than her.

Generally, the lifespan of snakes is between six and twelve years, and the lifespan of pythons is longer, at thirty years or even higher, and a small water snake can live for fifty years, which is indeed a miracle.

"Didn't his father need dragon horns for treatment? The old dean stared at Shui Chilian and pouted at Liu Chu.

"Can this be used? so small?" Liu Chu was delighted, but he also had some doubts, can this be regarded as a dragon horn?

"When it successfully passes the first stage of transformation, the horn that sheds off is several times more effective than the dragon's horn. The old dean explained with a smile.

The first ancestral dragon, which was derived from all spirits, could initially be an ant, a gecko, a snake, or any creature.

The first stage of derivative evolution is the dragon, a dragon horn will grow on the head, after the first stage, this dragon horn will shed down, and after successfully entering the second stage of the dragon stage, two dragon horns will begin to grow on the head, and when the second stage is completed, the two dragon horns will grow completely, and it is a real ancestral dragon.

"Do you know how the dragon horns on the True Dragon Cliff grow?" The old dean held up the little snake and put it on his shoulder, the little snake's one-meter-long body hooked the old dean's neck like that, and there was no fierce light in his eyes, only meekness.

"When the dragon clan dies, they will walk into the True Dragon Cliff and scatter their cultivation into the True Dragon Cliff, and then the essence fruit that resembles a dragon's horn will grow on the True Dragon Cliff, and this fruit will be subdued by other young dragons, and they will inherit the essence of it, which is why the Dragon Clan has always been strong. "The old dean told a secret about the dragons.

"The current dragon clan is all physiological reproduction, you know, it is the combination of men and women, and there has been no ancestral dragon for thousands of years, because the conditions for the birth of the ancestral dragon are really difficult, and they have to survive the three life and death tribulations. And in the process of their transformation and tribulation, the dragon horns left behind are much better than the dragon horns on the real dragon cliff, and they are also better than the dragon horns on the heads of those dragon clans. ”

"This little guy has the potential to transform into a Jiao, which is a 1 in 100 million probability. ”

Liu Chu didn't expect that the water red chain that Xiao Ning casually caught was so big, and it had already entered the process of turning into a jiao, and there was a small bulge on his head.

"When will it finish molting the dragon horns?" Liu Chu asked, after all, the ten long clouds can only last for five years, and after five years, without the dragon horns and cloud matsutake mushrooms, it will still be difficult to escape death.

"Look at its creation, even if some creatures have the potential to transform into a dragon, they have to devote themselves to cultivation for thousands of years, while some lucky ones only need to cultivate for decades or even a few years, and the process of transforming a dragon is the same, the long is a thousand years, and the short one only takes a few years. The old dean said.

Liu Chu sighed, he thought that the dragon horn was at his fingertips, but he didn't expect that there was uncertainty, he dispelled the idea of letting October know the news, in case it ended up empty, it would be good to keep the news secret first, and then have the opportunity to go to the real dragon cliff to see if he could get the dragon horn.

While everyone was chatting, Shui Chilian suddenly bounced off the old dean's neck, biting a grilled fish stuck in a bamboo stick, and then a catapult flew into the grass on the side and disappeared without a trace.

Liu Chu blinked his eyes and ran away like that?

"It's a pity, if you can stay by your side, the benefits are endless. The old dean shook his head in regret, and as he left, he bent down and walked a grilled fish......

Xiao Ning also blinked his eyes, "Little brother, the grilled fish is gone." ”

"Two thieves!" Liu Chu roared, it was worth rolling up his pants and going to the lake to catch two fish and roast them, he and Xiao Ning hadn't eaten yet.

After waiting for Liu Chu and them to eat the grilled fish, the group got up, turned over and left, they were already on the eastern border of Xuzhou, and they were about to enter Bingzhou.

The orphan village is not far from here, Liu Chu wants to go back to visit Xia Long Ke'er and everyone, but after thinking about it, he still didn't go, it will take four or five days to come and go, the old dean does not allow them to act alone, and he can't ask the old dean to go home with him, that is a bit unauthentic.

Soon after Liu Chu and the others left the resting place, a group of people came, one of whom stepped on the leftover fish bones, squatted down and probed the temperature of the stones surrounding the fire with his fingers, and turned over the ashes of the fire.

After standing up, he turned over his horse and pointed to the east, and the iron hooves were like a forest, and the dust was splashing.