In the blink of an eye, another three months passed, winter went to spring, the warm spring breeze woke up the sleeping Xuanwu Mountain, everything recovered, and the melting snow gathered into a one-zhang wide stream in the low-lying grass in front of the inn, and ran towards the Yuanjiang River.

Shi Yi and Datou were lying beside the stream, rolling up their sleeves, staring intently at the bottom of the stream, waiting for the fish and shrimp to go up the stream.

After a while, Shi Yi saw that the hour was not early, got up and patted off the spring mud stained on his knees, picked up the wooden barrel and turned it upside down, and said to the big head, "Okay, big head, enough, we should go back to cooking" , The big head also straightened up, and ran back happily, since the heavy snow closed the mountain, there have been no guests, this is the first batch in the past three months, maybe you can leave some gadgets for the two brothers to play with in the city.

When he approached and stopped, Shi Yi noticed that in front of this team were two tall horses, with snow-white fur shining silver in the sun, and a cone-shaped sharp horn standing in the center of the head, with silver manes!

On one of the silver-maned horses sat a thin old man, wrapped in a black robe, with a hat on his head, revealing only two shining eyes, and on the other sat a middle-aged strong man with a Chinese face, carrying a huge axe behind him. The silver mane was followed by more than 30 large and small harvest beasts, on which each sat a person, with packages hanging on both sides, and in the lock of the head door of one of the harvest beasts, there was also a flag with a big "Liu" written on it, which was fluttering in the wind. Obviously, this is a caravan, and it is not small, I have never seen a caravan with so many Harvest Beasts before, and two silver-manes that have never been seen before.

The middle-aged strong man saw two young men standing at the door of the inn, turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile, "Two little brothers, we are passing merchants, are there any adults in your house?" As soon as the words fell, Ma Lao, who heard the movement, had already walked out of the lobby, glanced at the caravan, squinted his eyes and stared at the flag, and said, "I don't know what you are doing from afar?"

When the strong man saw the main man coming out, he clasped his fists with both hands, "Old man, we are on our way day and night, passing through here, hoping to ask for some wine and food, and trim it." As he spoke, he touched his waist and took out a money bag and handed it to Ma Lao, Shi Yi's eyes shrank, he stood very close, and saw that the big man's money bag came out of thin air from his waist, Qiankun bag! This caravan is not simple.

Ma Lao took the money bag, and didn't look closely, "Please in the house", after speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave, at this time, the old man in black robe sitting on the silver mane shouted, "Slow!" Shi Yi only felt that the figure in front of him flashed, and the old man in black robe had already arrived beside Ma Lao, and put a hand on Ma Lao's shoulder, Ma Lao's figure was stunned, and a spiritual power was transmitted from his shoulder into his body. The old man in the black robe probed, let go of his hand, and said in his heart, "Could it be that I saw it wrong?" Ma Lao shook his shoulders and said, "I don't know what you mean by this?" The strong man on the side hurriedly stepped forward to play a round game, "Hehe, old man, I met more than a dozen groups of robbers of all sizes along the way, and our head was tossed sensitively, forgive me, forgive me, hehe" Ma Lao snorted, no longer said more, quietly released his clenched fist, and walked like a kitchen, Shi Yi and Datou hurriedly beckoned the caravan into the lobby to rest.

After everyone settled down, the strong man quietly approached the black-robed old man, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter, Third Elder, do you see what's wrong?" "No, I just feel that this Ma Lao seems to be familiar, it seems that he is really too tired", "Hehe, let's take a good rest later, and then set off when Shen Shi, this is not far from Sword Immortal City, with our foot strength, it will be two days away, and the road behind will definitely not encounter robbers again."

The meal was very rich, but the three elders forbade the guards to drink, and after only a few bites of it, they said that they would go out for a walk, and left the inn, not knowing where to go. As soon as the three elders left, the atmosphere at the dinner table immediately became lively, "Hey, I said everyone, this family competition, guess which one will come out on top?" "Of course it's our Liu family, our two young masters are talented and intelligent, and I heard that it is difficult to find opponents among the younger generation in Sword Immortal City." ”

"I don't think the Yi family is too worried, the Lin family and the Zong family are the most important things to watch out for, remember the last time the family was in a big match, these two families joined forces behind their backs and secretly injured many young masters of the Yi family, fortunately, the old lady of our Liu family had the foresight to guard against the two families, so they didn't suffer a loss!"

"Count the days, there are only thirteen months left in the family competition, this time I went back to pay the errand, I took a leave of absence, and after watching the family competition, I said, the grand event once every ten years, if our Liu family takes the first place, it means that a lot of resources are in the bag, the old lady is happy, maybe he can reward us with a thousand eight hundred gold, and he will not worry about it in this life!" "You kid is the most clever" "Haha, eat vegetables, eat vegetables, and you have to hurry in the afternoon." ”

The third elder always felt a little uneasy, and couldn't tell what was wrong, and walked into the redwood forest behind the inn, it was spring, and the green leaves in his eyes made him feel a little soothed.

Suddenly, he swept a glance at the mahogany that had been cut off by Shi Yi, and at this time, green shoots had already emerged from the fracture, and the third elder stepped forward quickly, touched the fracture with one hand, closed his eyes, and investigated carefully. After a long time, he heard a sound of footsteps behind him, turned his head, and saw that it was a strong man who followed, and shook his head at him quietly.

In the afternoon, seeing off the guests, Ma Lao led Shi Yi and the big boss into the house, and explained, "You two listen, if you have the opportunity to go to Sword Immortal City in the future, you must not join any of the four major families!" Shi Yi was puzzled in his heart, what happened to Grandpa today, how could he say this inexplicably, Ma Lao didn't know what he was thinking, and continued" The two of you are now Foundation Building Realm cultivators, and nesting in this ravine is harmful to your cultivation, so you should go out and wander around, but Grandpa wants you to remember not to mention me to anyone, and don't be found out that the big head is a demon clan!"

Shi Yi hurriedly said, "Grandpa, aren't you with us?" "Grandpa is old, it's quite comfortable to retire in this mountain, and I can't afford to toss", the big head was full of worry, and after a while, Ma Lao saw that the two of them looked lonely, and comforted, "I just suddenly remembered, by the way, I will explain to you, and I won't drive you away now, when you want to go out to see the world, it's not too late to go, you can't live in this mountain with me as an old man for the rest of your life", the two heard this, and then they put their minds at ease.

That night, Shi Yi couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, and his mind repeatedly sounded what his grandfather said during the day, grandpa was very strange today, he had repeatedly proposed to go out for a walk before, but he ignored it, and today he actually offered to let the two of them go out for a walk. I wanted to sum up what grandpa meant with the big head, but I heard that the big head was already snoring like thunder, so I had to give up.

After pondering for a long time, it was not until the second half of the night that he felt sleepy, and between half asleep and half awake, Shi Yi suddenly heard the strange sound of the roof gurgling ropes, as if someone was walking on it, followed by two sonic booms breaking through the air, and the sound of the roof covering the grass.

Shi Yi's drowsiness suddenly disappeared for the most part, and he quietly woke up Datou, "Datou, I really want to hear movement outside, let's go and have a look." As he spoke, he took out the demon suppressor from under the bed, pinned it to his waist, and walked out of the room with his hands and feet on his head. The two came to the grandfather's door, knocked gently, and the door opened by itself, and the grandfather was not in the house!

The two searched outside the inn for a while, and they didn't see their grandfather at all, and they were wondering when they heard a fight in the distance, looked at each other, and walked in the direction of the sound.