Chapter 3: A Chance Encounter in the Mountains

This is a vast and boundless continent, the weather in early spring, mild and overflowing, spring rains, everything recovers, a thriving scene. Everything is bathed in the spring breeze, many withered and overgrown buds, a hundred flowers bloom, and everything seems so peaceful.

A flash of purple light streaked across the sky, falling into the mountains that stretched for thousands of miles in the distance, there was no loud noise, no vision, it seemed to be a meteor.

Time flies, five years pass in a hurry, and it is the early spring of another year, deep in the mountains, a small tomb that looks inconspicuous is submerged in the bushes.

There was a hole about four inches in the burial bag, which was covered by shrubs. The grave bag had no headstones, nothing, like an incongruous mound.

A young man was lying in it, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and there was no coffin in it, as if he had been buried here at random. A delicate jade pendant on his chest stood out, and there was not a trace of decay on the young man's body, which was incompatible with the weedy grave.

In an empty dark space, the boy in the grave was lying peacefully, and the whole space had no other color except darkness.

"The host ......"

An ethereal call sounded in the originally silent dark space, echoing throughout the space, as if to wake up the sleeping teenager.

"The host ......"

An ethereal shout rang out in the dark space.

"Who?" the boy didn't open his eyes, but the boy's voice sounded in the dark space.

"Master, it's time for you to wake up...... voice echoed clearly in the boy's ears.

"Who are you, and why do you call me master?"

This time, I didn't hear the ethereal voice, and suddenly, the dark space suddenly appeared with purple light, filling the entire unknown space, and the young man in the mound slowly opened his eyes.

At this time, the boy was lying in a deep pit, and the grave bag had exploded at some point, and the strong sunlight was shining directly on the boy's face.

After regaining his eyesight in the bright light, the boy climbed out of the pit with difficulty, and his clothes were a little rotten, and after this toss, they were rotten a lot.

"Who am I, and where am I?" said the boy, looking at the dense jungle and towering mountains in front of him.

The boy frowned and tried to remember what happened to him, but there was nothing in his mind, and the depths of his memory seemed to be covered with a thick veil.

I don't know how long it took, the hunger in his belly interrupted the boy, looking at the mountain in front of him, the boy thought for a while, and walked towards the deep mountain, as if there was something guiding him, so that he must go to the mountain.

The boy walked steadily and disappeared into the mountains.

......

Time flies, three months pass. Deep in the mountains, a figure dressed in animal skins shuttled through the woods at great speed, followed by a sturdy boar chasing after him.

"What's wrong with this boar? "Why are you chasing me?" the figure shouted as he ran, but the only thing that responded him was the song of birds and the snorting of wild boars.

The figure ran all the way north, and on several occasions was almost caught up by wild boars, but fortunately there was no danger.

"Quick...... Arrive...... "The figure panted, his feet unabated, and his whole body was already sweating profusely.

The figure ran and ran, and suddenly jumped to its feet, jumped over a clearing, and then stopped, watching carefully at the wild boar that was about to catch up.

The "bang" boar sank deep into the bottom as it was about to reach the figure. It turns out that there is a trap here. The man gasped, walked to the edge of the pit, looked at the wild boar struggling inside, and said, "I'm just going to pick some fruit from your side, why are you chasing me so fiercely?"

The wild boar continued to struggle in the pit, but the man didn't care, and waited until his breath calmed down, and then continued: "Okay, I'll be on time when I do it."

When the man had finished speaking, he found a large stone on the side, raised it above his head, and smashed it on the boar's head, and after a wail, the boar did not move again.

"It's so troublesome to kill like this every time," the figure muttered, and then smashed the stones on the boar's head one by one, waiting to make sure it was dead.

Taking out a dagger made of stone from his waist, the man slowly descended into the pit, and in a short time the man came up with difficulty with a bloody wild boar. Glancing at the pit, the man frowned, then took the wild boar and headed north.

Through the woods in front of him, the man came to a stream with the boar in his hand, threw it into the stream, washed the blood, and then carried the boar to a cave not far away.

The cave is very hidden, and the entrance is covered by shrubs, making it difficult to spot without looking closely. Soon after the man had gone in, he came out empty-handed, returned to the brook, took off his animal skin, and jumped into the stream.

After some grooming, the man who originally looked extremely savage turned into a young man who had crawled out of the grave bag three months earlier.

At this time, the boy no longer had the weakness he had when he just woke up three months ago, on the contrary, some dark skin, coupled with a suit of animal skins, looked a little brute.

"It's almost ready to eat," said the young man, sniffing after he finished dressing.

Then he ran into the cave, and after a while, he ran out with some charred wild boar, and said while tasting it: "It tastes good, well, it's just that these black ones are a little bitter."

The boy ate the somewhat charred wild boar as he walked towards the trap.

......

Standing on the edge of the trap, the well-fed young man didn't feel a full burp, looked at the scene below and frowned, and then said: "I didn't mean to kill you, who let you chase me"

The young man said and pointed in the direction he was being chased just now and said, "I'll pick some of those fruits over there, I see that your food is quite fragrant, it must be delicious." ”

When the boy had finished speaking, he went south, and after a short time the boy returned, and put some dead branches into it, and put some stones on it, and then covered it with earth, and then went south again.

Came to a bush, which was full of red fruits, and I didn't know what it was, the boy picked one and sniffed it, there was no taste, and he took a bite carefully, and a warmth slid into his body with sweetness, and his whole body felt full of strength.

"It's so delicious, no wonder this wild boar won't let me touch it," said the boy, and after eating the fruit in a few bites, he began to pick it. However, he couldn't hold so much with one hand, so the young man could only race into his arms until he couldn't stuff it anymore, and then he reluctantly left.

Not long after the boy left, a giant python poked its head out from the depths of the bushes, and a pair of red eyes the size of eggs looked around the bushes, as if checking something, glanced at the direction of the boy's departure, and disappeared in the bushes.

The young man puffed up and walked leisurely towards the mountains to the north.

I don't know how long it took to walk, the boy had already climbed the mountain in front of him, but there were higher peaks in front of him, and looking at the wild fruit that was already left in his arms, the boy sighed softly.

This red fruit is indeed a good thing, not only delicious, but also full, it is enough to eat one when you are hungry, but after a few days, there are not many left.

He didn't know why he was going to the mountain, but there was a voice in his subconscious that kept telling him to go in this direction.

As the sun gradually sets, the whole mountain forest can clearly hear the howling of wild beasts around it, and the chirping of insects and birds is endless.

"We have to find a place to rest," the boy thought to himself, and his pace quickened a little.

The sky gradually darkened, and the boy was like a little cheetah, shuttling through the mountains, but he never found an ideal place to rest.

Suddenly, the boy stopped, and a message flashed through his mind, and there was a safe cave not far to the left.

"Huh?" the boy frowned, trying to think of something, but still couldn't remember anything.

He didn't know why some information flashed through his mind from time to time, but it wasn't the first time, and not long ago, because of this feeling, the boy found the cave that was trapped and hidden, and every time it was accurate, as if he had been here before.

"Who am I?" the boy kept asking himself.

A tiger roar interrupted the young man's thoughts, and the young man hurriedly ran to the left, ran a few hundred steps, and sure enough, he found a cave, which was still shining.

The boy stood not far from the entrance of the cave, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and walked towards the cave.

"Who?" the boy had just walked into the cave when a loud voice sounded from inside, followed by two men in ornate brocade robes holding swords to block him.

The two of them looked like they were in their twenties, looking at the young man in animal skin with full vigilance, and their faces couldn't help but have some doubts.

The young man was stunned, took a few steps back, and looked at the strange two people in front of him and couldn't help but be a little wary, this was also the first time the young man had seen a human like him since he woke up.

"Who are you, why are you here?" one of them questioned again.

The boy didn't know how to answer, because he didn't know who he was, and his appearance here was a complete coincidence, so he could only stand there in silence.

"Let him come in, it's late at night, wild beasts are frequent, I think he came in to take refuge in the bright light" A crisp female voice sounded behind the two.

"Yes Miss" The two of them then withdrew their swords and made a way.

The young man looked at the two of them suspiciously, and did not move.

"Come in, we didn't mean to hurt you" The crisp female voice sounded again, and the boy slowly walked inside.

The cave was not very large, and could accommodate five or six people, and in the center was a raging fire that lit up the entire cave.

Sitting next to the fire was a girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in light blue clothes, with a pair of big watery eyes on her lovely face, looking at the teenager curiously.

The young man looked at the girl in front of him with some surprise, and then his eyes shifted to the raging flames, revealing a little curiosity.

"What's your name, and why are you here?" the girl asked curiously.

The boy did not answer the girl's words, but glanced at the two people at the entrance of the cave and the delicate sword beside the girl, and leaned to the side guardedly.

"You don't have to be afraid, the two of them are to protect my safety, they will scare you, they won't hurt you" The girl looked at the young man's expression and said with a smile.

The boy was still silent, clutching his chest tightly and leaning to the side.

"Miss, he can't be a wild man, you see how he dresses, he can't speak"

"Yes, Miss, who knows what will be in this mountain"

The two of them at the entrance of the cave, you and I said a word, but the girl glanced at the two of them and said, "Have you ever seen that wild man still wear a jade pendant?"

It turned out that the girl saw the jade pendant hanging on the young man's chest, and she had already concluded in her heart that the person in front of her must be from the unexpected world of the mountain.

When the young man heard the girl's words, he looked at the girl curiously, took out the jade pendant on his chest and asked, "Have you ever seen this thing?"

"He's really good at talking......"

"Still Miss has vision"

The girl completely ignored the conversation between the two at the entrance of the cave, looked at the boy with a smile and asked, "Can you show it to me?"

The boy hesitated, then took off the jade pendant and handed it to the girl. The girl took the jade pendant, a hint of coolness came from her hand, looked up and down, and said: "Well, this is a piece of high-quality jade, and it is also valuable in the market, and generally only big families or royal relatives are worthy of it."

Listening to the girl's words, the young man was puzzled, but the two of them rushed in at the entrance of the cave and looked carefully around the jade pendant.

"Miss, you said this is a jade pendant that can only be worn by royal relatives?"

"Come on, come on, I'll see"

The two of them took the jade pendant and didn't see it clearly, so they slowly approached the fire and watched carefully, and suddenly one of them shouted, "Miss, there are words on it"

The girl was stunned, got up and took the jade pendant, and slowly approached the fire, and a word faintly appeared on the originally white and flawless jade pendant, but it was too vague to see clearly.

The girl simply took the jade pendant to the fire and roasted it, and the words on it became clearer and clearer.

"Miss, I didn't expect it to be Huo Linyu"

The girl frowned, because Huolin Jade is a rare treasure jade in the world, there are not many families in the world, not to mention that it is even rarer to wear it for the children of the family, it can be seen that the young man in front of her is not simple.

Slowly, the words on the jade pendant became clearer and clearer, and a blood-red word "Yang" appeared.

The three colleagues of the "Yang family" blurted out, glanced at each other, and then looked at the young man in front of them, with surprise on their faces.

"Miss, how can it be the Yang family?"

"Why is the Yang family's jade pendant in his hands?"

The two asked in surprise.

The girl took the jade pendant, took a lot of it, and then looked at the young man, observing back and forth, and did not answer the questions of the two.

After looking at it for a long time, the girl handed the jade pendant to the boy and asked, "Can you tell your name now?"

The young man took the jade pendant, put it back, shook his head and said blankly: "I don't know who I am, what my name is, no matter how I think about it, I can't remember."

"Hmm" The girl looked at the young man's eyes with empty eyes, dazed, thought for a while, and then said: "My name is Young Master Kun Yao, these two are my family's guards, the one with high is called Yuan Feng, and the other one is called Yuan Tang" The girl no longer asked, and introduced herself and the two men around her with a smile.

"Young Master Kun Yao," the young man muttered quietly.

The two men next to "Daring" scolded loudly.

"Guard the entrance to the cave," the girl said aloud.

"Yes," the two agreed, and returned to the entrance of the cave.

The young man looked at the three people in front of him blankly, not knowing what happened just now, and only after the two left, the young man said: "Young master, ......", but after talking for a long time, he didn't think of anything behind, so he could only smile awkwardly.

"Kun...... Yao, it's good if you call me Kun Yao" The girl sat beside the young man, said with a smile, and then looked at him curiously.

"Kun Yao, you know this jade pendant, so you must know who I am?" the young man asked eagerly.

"Well, it's hard to say, because there are too many people who have this jade pendant, unless ......"

"Unless what?" the young man was a little anxious, and from the girl's tone, the young man knew that the girl in front of him must know who he was.

"Unless, let me see what you're hiding in your arms?" the girl's mischievous little eyes looked at the boy's brokenness, and her face showed a little evil.

"Hmm...... Okay, it's just that I don't have much fruit left," the boy thought for a moment, then agreed, opened his mind, and the bright red fruits rolled out and fell to the ground.

"Huh? This is ...... "The girl was shocked at first, and then her voice turned into surprise.