All kinds of birdsong sounded in his ears, a ray of sunlight shone on Jiang Chen's body through the gaps in the leaves, he slowly opened his eyes, breathed in the fresh air of the morning, his whole body was swept away from exhaustion, and his spirit was even more energetic, he took up his burden and washed his face by the stream, ate the remaining half of the rabbit from yesterday, drank some cool spring water, and walked towards the north.

After crossing eight or nine mountains, on this day, Jiang Chen came to a small town called Huayang, the town is very prosperous, the shouts of the street vendors come and go, there are all kinds of voices selling steamed buns, buying ramen, selling flatbread, and there are all kinds of wild beasts exchanging the corpses of various beasts, there are tigers, wolves, wild boars and other wild beasts.

Jiang Chen came to a place that sold ramen and sat down, and ate two bowls of ramen, he had been eating meat and drinking spring water for days, and he felt much more comfortable after eating two bowls of hot noodles.

Eating a bowl of noodles, he shouted: "Shopkeeper, check out." ”

The shopkeeper ran over and said with a smile on his face: "Guest officer, two bowls of noodles, a total of one silver coin." ”

Jiang Chen opened the bag and took out a money bag, opened the money bag and took out a silver coin and handed it to the shopkeeper.

Just as Jiang Chen opened the baggage and took out the money, the three people sitting at the table on the side kept their eyes on Jiang Chen's money bag, and their eyes showed greed.

Jiang Chen spent another silver coin to buy four flatbreads and put them in his baggage, and continued to walk towards the mountains to the north.

He walked along the mountain road into a wood, and suddenly felt that someone was looking at him very much, he turned around and saw two people in their twenties standing on the road not far from him, their clothes were tattered, a little sloppy, looking at Jiang Chen with slanted eyes, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of their mouths.

Jiang Chen then turned around, and there was a middle-aged man in his thirties standing on the path in front of him, with thick shoulders and a round waist, bare chest and breasts, and a face full of meat, blocking Jiang Chen's way.

"Boy, leave the money bag and leave you a small life. The middle-aged man said.

Jiang Chen looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and said unhurriedly, "What, robbery?"

"Otherwise, do you think we have followed you so far, are we here to chat with you?" said the middle-aged man with some impatience.

"Big brother, don't talk nonsense with him, just kill him," one of the people behind him shouted loudly.

Jiang Chen put down the burden, pulled out the long sword, and said to the middle-aged man: "The money is in the baggage, and you have the ability to come and get it." ”

A trace of surprise appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes, he didn't expect such a child to be a hard stubble, he said in a deep voice: "Up, kill him." ”

The two sloppy young men behind Jiang Chen each had an extra dagger in their hands and rushed towards Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen didn't dare to be careless, he used his skillful sword moves, "brushed" a few sword lights flashed, the two of them had a few more wounds on their legs and bodies, blood overflowed, and their eyes showed a look of jealousy, and they kept retreating.

"Daqiang, Erleng, don't be afraid, let's go together. The middle-aged man shouted loudly as he looked at the two retreating men.

Then the three of them rushed towards Jiang Chen from front to back, Jiang Chen's eyes flashed a ruthless color, just now he didn't use all his strength, he didn't want to hurt the lives of a few people, he wanted them to retreat, but he didn't expect them to kill themselves, so there was no need to show mercy to his subordinates.

I saw that when the three of them rushed not far in front of Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen also rushed towards the middle-aged man, and the moment the two were about to collide together, Jiang Chen moved to the right, and the long sword was picked out diagonally from the bottom to the top, and with a scream like killing a pig, one of the middle-aged man's arms flew out, and blood sprayed.

When the two people running behind them saw this scene, they were all shocked, stopped, and looked at Jiang Chen in horror.

Jiang Chen ignored a few people, he picked up his baggage and walked into the distance.

Seeing that Jiang Chen was far away, the two of them ran over to pick up the middle-aged man who was rolling on the ground in pain, and walked back a few steps, and the middle-aged man shouted, "My hand, take my hand." The man named Erleng turned around and picked up the middle-aged man's arm and ran back.

Jiang Chen stood on the top of the mountain, looking north, there were still rolling peaks, with no end in sight, and he said to himself: "It looks like I'm going to spend the night in the mountains again tonight." ”

Suddenly, he heard the cry of "vomiting", he looked around vigilantly, and a black beast howled in front of him, and he fixed his eyes to see that the fangs of those beasts were exposed, and they rushed towards him at a very fast speed.

Jiang Chen frowned, and said secretly: "It's not good, it's a group of wild boars", he didn't have to worry about one or two wild boars, there were twenty or thirty of them now, what to do, he didn't think much about it, just turned around and ran.

But the speed of the boar was too fast, and after a while, the boar in front of him came behind him, and he saw a tree in front of him, and without time to think, he quickly climbed up to the tree, which was the thickness of a bucket, and the wild boar circled around the tree.

Jiang Chen was overjoyed in his heart, and secretly thought, now they are out of line.

Just when he was proud, there was a sudden sound of "click, click, click" in his ears, Jiang Chen looked down, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he scolded loudly: "These beasts." ”

I saw a few wild boars biting the tree, such a thick tree was about to bite off in a few clicks, he hurriedly jumped towards a tree on the left, just jumped to the tree, the original tree fell with a "bang", and a wild boar was killed by the overturned tree, Jiang Chen secretly said, "It's dangerous."

Then, the wild boar herd surrounded the tree where Jiang Chen was staying now, and opened to bite the tree, Jiang Chen still dared to stay, and quickly moved from tree to tree, and the wild boar also quickly transferred this target.

In this way, people are on the tree, pigs are under the tree, chasing and catching up, most of the time has passed, and the trees have also been bitten down by wild boars more than a dozen, Jiang Chen is also soaked with sweat, tired and exhausted.

At this moment, his eyes lit up, and there was a towering tree in front of him, and he quickly climbed this big tree, panting on the tree, and the wild boar herd circled the tree for a long time before leaving.

Jiang Chen watched the wild boar walk away, before he got down from the tree and lay on the ground to rest, he was tired and hungry now, he was very tired after a day's travel, plus he was chased and killed by the wild boar, he was really exhausted.

He opened the baggage, and there was only half a loaf of bread in it, which was the result of the food he had saved for the past few days, and he got up and walked towards the place where the boar had bitten the tree just now, and he remembered that the boar had been crushed to death when the tree fell.

When he went to the place, there was a dead boar under the tree, and he took his sword and cut off the two hind legs of the boar, skinned it, and roasted it on the fire.

The wild boar is very fat, and from time to time there are fat drips on the fire, and the flames burst out, and after a while, the meat turns golden brown and the aroma spreads.

"It's a delicious barbecue. A voice came slowly.

Jiang Chen looked up, and at some point an old man appeared in front of him, the old man was wearing a gray robe, with a wine gourd hanging from his waist, and his eyes were fiery as he looked at the barbecue.

Jiang Chen looked at the old man's eyes and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I roasted two pork legs, if the seniors want to eat them, I will share one with you." ”

The old man looked happy and said, "I didn't expect the little brother to be so generous, then thank you little brother," he said and sat beside Jiang Chen, looking at Jiang Chen, who was looking calm and skillfully turning the barbecued meat, and secretly thought, this young man has a good heart, and it is very rare to meet a stranger in the depths of this mountain at night with a calm expression.

Jiang Chen was turning the barbecue, and his brain was spinning rapidly, did he let others know about sending the picture himself, the old man was here to force the picture, otherwise how could it be in the depths of the mountain at night.

Jiang Chen watched the meat be roasted, handed the old man a pork leg, and said, "Senior, the meat is skilled, you taste it." ”

The old man took the pork leg, "Okay, good", said three in a row, and began to eat it in a big gulp.

"It tastes great, it's really delicious. The old man said as he ate.

Jiang Chen and the old man were both eating the pork leg in a big gulp, not to mention, this pork leg was tender in the mouth, and the taste was really good, neither of them spoke.

The old man ate most of the pork leg, untied the wine gourd around his waist, poured a large sip of wine, and said to Jiang Chen: "Little brother, do you want to take a sip." ”

"Thank you senior, I don't drink," Jiang Chen didn't know the old man's intentions, he didn't dare to drink the old man's wine casually.

As if seeing Jiang Chen's thoughts, the old man said, "I'm here to find a medicinal herb, this medicinal herb blooms at night, and it has the best medicinal effect when it blooms." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Chen and asked, "Why is the little brother alone in the deep mountains at night?"

Jiang Chen had already thought of his words, and then said casually: "I went to the Flying Sword Pavilion to take the exam. ”

The old man thought and said, "I see that you have learned some swordsmanship, right?"

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "I have learned some introductory swordsmanship. ”

"I ate your barbecue, and I can't eat it for nothing, I'll teach you a sword skill", said the old man stood up, and with a gesture of his hand, a branch fell into his hand.

"Look at it, this sword technique is called Meteor Slash," the words fell, he rose into the air, and the branch in his hand slashed towards a big tree in front of him, and then he returned to Jiang Chen and sat down.

Jiang Chen looked at the big tree suspiciously, and then at the old man, at this moment, the big tree split into two and fell to both sides.

Looking at the look of horror in Jiang Chen's eyes, the old man said: "Meteor slash, as the name suggests, is to be fast, this slash will be like a meteor crossing the sky, and the speed will reach the extreme. ”

Then the old man slowed down and demonstrated, and then Jiang Chen followed the practice over and over again, and the old man guided while eating meat and drinking on the side.

Two hours have passed, this trick "Meteor Slash" Jiang Chen has almost learned, and he has mastered the essentials of the movements, but he has not practiced the exercises, of course the power is not, even so, it is much more powerful than the few introductory swordsmanship he has learned.

The old man saw that Jiang Chen had learned swordsmanship in such a short time, nodded approvingly, and said, "The understanding is good, and the son can be taught." ”

At this time, the old man looked at the sky and said, "It's almost time, little brother, I should go, the time for that medicine to bloom is almost up, why will we have a period later." With that, he turned around and disappeared into the night.