"Dragon scales?are the scales of a dragon?" Ye Chen said.

"Hmm. ”

The old man nodded when he heard this, his two eyes stared directly at Ye Chen, and he felt uncomfortable.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I don't have the dragon scales you said. ”

Ye Chen couldn't stand his aggressive gaze, and unconsciously took a few steps back, the old man looked at him as if he was being stared at by some fierce beast, and instinctively made Ye Chen on guard.

Seeing Ye Chen's move, the old man couldn't help frowning.

After a while, the old man changed his serious appearance just now, smiled and waved his hand.

"Well, your little doll is still young after all, and has never seen the world. When you have the opportunity to step out of this village and see the vast world outside, you will understand what I am talking about. ”

"Neurotic, startled, I think you're old and confused. ”

Ye Chen was relieved and left with a scolding. For Ye Chen's unreasonableness, the old man just laughed it off, Ye Chen had never given him a good face since he was a child, and it was not strange for the old man that he had such a move.

In this way, after another two or three months, Ye Chen stayed at home, helping Yingyue grind soybeans and tidy up the shop when he had nothing to do.

During this period, Ye Chen wanted to go out and wander like Gongsun Aoxue, but Jiang Yingyue didn't agree for some reason, so Ye Chen had no choice but to give up.

On a night of lightning and thunder, it rained heavily in the sky. More than a dozen men in black took advantage of the night to sneak into the small mountain village.

The sound of heavy rain drowned out the barking of dogs in the village. The simple villagers were unaware of this, and even one or two people who were awakened by the sound of a dog barking thought that the thunder had startled the dog, and did not think it was the slightest bit unusual.

The dozen or so men in black went straight to the village, as if they had come specifically for someone.

Just as they came to Ye Chen's house, they stopped. They sat in a circle, and after some whispering, the two of them went to the back, and the rest slowly approached the gate under the guidance of one person.

Suddenly, the leader felt a hint of murder, and he stopped and looked back.

Not far behind them, a man appeared at some point, wearing a hat and holding a sword in his left hand. Because of the thunder in the sky, they could not see his appearance clearly, except for a gray beard on his chin.

"There are friends who come from afar, and they don't say it. Why are you here late at night, and why are you surrounding this family?"

The man stood motionless, a flash of thunder, and a long shadow was imprinted on the ground.

Seeing this, the man in black who took the lead didn't say a word, just waved his hand, and the rest of the men in black rushed up and surrounded the man at once.

As the man in black drew his sword, the other men in black immediately attacked the man.

The man stood in the middle of the crowd, and he didn't panic in the face of the people around him who were rushing at him. He closed his eyes slightly, and with a flick of his left thumb, the long sword suddenly unsheathed, and the hilt instantly knocked down a man in black in front of him.

Then he stepped out, holding the sword in his right hand, and with a slight twist of his toes, the black-clothed people around him suddenly stopped. The whole action is lightning fast and done in one go.

After the sword, he stood there silently, and the man he had just struck down with the hilt of his sword reacted and propped his hands on the ground, and retreated towards the place where they had led the way with a look of horror.

I saw that the men in black who rushed up slowly fell down one after another, and the man walked towards the head of the man in black step by step. The man in black who took the lead was also panicked and instinctively retreated.

"Who are you? dare to be the enemy of the Shura Temple, and don't want to live?"

Seeing that things were not going well, the man in black moved out of his backstage in an attempt to save his life.

"Shura Palace?, Lin Zhentian's people?" the man said.

"That's right, he is our hall master, if you move our people, don't want to live, those who know each other will be arrested, and go back with us to ask for guilt. ”

Seeing that this person was a little hesitant, the man in black who took the lead thought that he had shocked him, and his tone gradually became arrogant.

"Hahahaha. The visitor laughed and stopped.

"Even so, then go back and bring a message, this small mountain village is not the place he should touch. ”

"Okay, I'll bring it. ”

The leader of the man in black finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, which obviously meant that he couldn't die tonight.

He had just stepped forward to leave, but suddenly felt a cold on his neck, he reached out and touched his neck, and a stream of blood suddenly spurted out of his neck, until he fell to the ground, he stared at this man deadly, and he couldn't believe that he would kill himself.

"With words, one person is enough, but the person I chose, not you. ”

The visitor glanced at him with disdain, and walked calmly to the remaining man in black, just a look, and the man ran away in a panic.

Seeing that there was no one in front of him, this person put away his sword and walked towards the back of Ye Chen's house. In a few moments, he dragged a dead body out of the alley.

He counted the numbers and dragged them away one by one. There were not many people in this small mountain village, and everyone knew each other, and if it was found that so many outsiders had died, it would definitely cause a sensation and make people panic, so he had to dispose of these people.

The next morning, the sky cleared, and after a night of heavy rain, there was not a trace of blood on the ground. It's as if it never happened.

Jiang Yingyue got up early and opened the door to prop up the shop. She does this every day, and she has to bring out the prepared tofu before the meal for the neighbors to buy and sell.

At this time, an old man was coming in from the entrance of the village, he was soaking wet, wearing a hat on his head, and thick yellow mud was still stuck to his feet.

"Alas, Grandpa Hua, wait, I have freshly ground tofu here, I'll get you some. ”

Jiang Yingyue recognized the old man at a glance and hurriedly beckoned him to stop. A piece of wrapped tofu was delivered to him.

"What's so embarrassing about that? You see me like this, I don't have any money with me. ”

The old man responded to Jiang Yingyue in a hoarse voice, and touched the pockets on his body, but he couldn't find the money.

"Neighbors, what kind of money do you want! It's not easy for you to live alone, I often entrusted him to you when Ye Chen was a child, and I didn't see you ask me for money!" Jiang Yingyue said with a smile.

"Alas, Grandpa Hua, what are you doing early this morning? You're still drenched, you're an old man with bad bones, don't get up so early for a walk!"

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said, "Isn't it raining heavily overnight!" I'm afraid of a flash flood in the ravine behind the mountain, so I'm going to take a look. ”

"This young and strong person doesn't have to worry about it, what do you go to see as a weak old man, this mountain road is slippery, don't go again in the future, they know what to see by themselves." ”

"Okay, okay, I won't go in the future. ”

The old man smiled and nodded, and turned to leave.

Returning to the hut behind the old elm tree, the old man sat down and sighed deeply.

"What kind of secret are you two hiding, that you can provoke the people of the Shura Palace? Thirty years, I am already old, Engong! I don't know how many years I can protect them, and now that the Shura Temple has come to the door, if I have any accidents, who will protect the people of this village?"

The old man muttered to himself, then changed out of his wet clothes, made a cup of tea and returned to the old elm tree, looking quietly at the east.

Regarding the Shura Temple, he had dealt with them when he was young, and most of the people in the Shura Hall were outlaws, and they killed people for their possessions without blinking.

If he was twenty years younger, he would naturally not be afraid of Lin Zhentian when he was alone.

But now that he is close to old age, and he has long had an inseparable relationship with the people of this village, like Ye Chen's generation, he has watched him grow up since childhood, how can he not think about them!

His eyes were fixed to the east, but his heart was worried about the future of this small mountain village. Suddenly, he had an idea and thought of a good idea.

Since Ye Chen's mother and son are the goal of the Shura Palace, why don't they teach Ye Chen the skills of their body, so that not only do they not have to worry about no one to protect this small mountain village in the future, but they don't have to worry about the safety of their mother and son all day long.

Thinking of this, his melancholy expression finally changed back to a smile.

Ye Chen is still the same, he gets up after Jiang Yingyue every day, and after he gets up, he is busy and has been helping Jiang Yingyue.

Since Jiang Yingyue refused to let him go out, he has been listless, and he has never understood why others can go out and wander, but he can't.

And Gongsun Aoxue and they left, Ling Qianxue was guarded by his family again, he couldn't find anyone to confide in his heart, so he was even more depressed, he used to laugh very much, but since Gongsun Aoxue and they left, no one listened to him pour out his heart, and he never laughed again.

After a busy morning, after finishing what should be done, Ye Chen decided to go to the back mountain for a walk and relax.

Walking on the mountain trail and smelling the fresh air, Ye Chen felt a lot more relieved all of a sudden.

The wind blows through the trees, carrying away a few fallen leaves, and the mountain spring tinkles, like a gentle music.

Ye Chen found a piece of grass and hugged his head for a trip, there were too many troubles during this time, and now it was rare to relax, so he naturally wanted to rest beautifully for a while.

It may be that he was too tired, and he forgot the hour of this sleep, and when he woke up again, it was already dusk.

"It's so comfortable!"

He sat lazily on the ground, then stretched and slowly opened his eyes.

"Hey, who's that?"

In a trance, Ye Chen saw a person standing on the tip of a tree not far in front of him, with his back to him. The man's robes were swaying in the wind.

Ye Chen couldn't believe that someone had such skills, thinking that he was dazzled, but when he rubbed his eyes a few times, that person was still there, motionless.

"Immortals? The old man didn't lie to me. ”

Ye Chen laughed and got up and rushed in the direction of the man.