The village chief replied truthfully: "This is Zhaojia Village, and it is probably hundreds of miles away from the old Platinum Bay Lighthouse. ”

After hearing the village chief's answer, Ye Chen was very depressed.

Damn! Where did the gray-robed man's teleportation scroll send him? This is too unreliable!

And just when Ye Chen was depressed, Ah Tian helped his mother and mother to come over and thank Ye Chen, and the two of them bowed deeply to Ye Chen.

The old woman was even more grateful and said: "Thank you sir for saving your life, if it weren't for sir, my mother and son would probably have died in Jiuquan." ”

Ye Chen hurriedly replied: "What you said is serious, my medical skills are very poor, and I don't dare to take the word Mr. seriously." The main thing is that Brother Ah Tian saved people in time, and the injuries were not serious, so you can be safe and sound. But how could this house suddenly catch fire?"

At this time, the village chief sighed and said, "It's not because of the bandits in the Old Dawn Mountains near the village, they don't know where they came from. Since six months ago, they have been coming to the village every month to grab food. This is not a heavenly family can't hand over food, so they are set on fire by this group of beasts. ”

"Bandits?" Ye Chen asked curiously, "It stands to reason that there shouldn't be bandits within the scope of the Purple Gold Empire, right?"

The village chief explained: "The old Platinum Bay is already far away from the emperor, and our Zhaojia Village is even more remote, not to mention how far away the garrison of the Zijin Empire is. Besides, even if we ask the garrisons of the Purple Gold Empire for help, they won't necessarily come to help us, after all, we're just a bunch of ordinary people who can't do magic, and those garrisons don't care if we live or die. ”

Ye Chen nodded, because what the village chief said was right, ordinary people without magic on the Beya Continent were lambs to be slaughtered, and they could only survive in the cracks, and no one would care about their life or death.

But Ye Chen is different, he has always advocated equality for everyone, so since this matter has been encountered by him, then he has to do his best to help the villagers of Zhaojia Village.

In order to find out the strength of the opponent, Ye Chen asked: "By the way, village chief, do you know what the strength of those bandits is? Are they magicians? If so, what level of magicians are they?"

The village chief shook his head and said, "I only know that those bandits are magicians, but I don't know what level of magicians they are. But no matter what level of magicians they are, we ordinary people can't afford to offend. Alas...... It's a cold world, and it's good that we people are alive......"

At this time, Ah Tian on the side was furious, and he scolded: "Hmph! This group of damn thieves actually dares to bully Lao Tzu." Don't think they're bullshit magicians, I'm afraid of them!"

Seeing Ah Tian's emotion, the village chief hurriedly persuaded him: "Ah Tian, those bandits are not something we can afford to offend, although your swordsmanship is very superb, but you are an ordinary person after all! When facing magicians, fist and foot kung fu can't help you defeat them." So you must not be impulsive!"

"Don't worry, village chief, I know this. But if my mother really has something, then what's the use of the swordsmanship that I have studied so hard for so long, and I can't even protect the closest person!" Speaking of this, Ah Tian bowed to Ye Chen, and then said respectfully, "Thank you, sir, if there is no sir, I will really die of guilt." ”

This time, Ye Chen waved his hand and didn't say anything more.

Because Ye Chen could see that Ah Tian was really a person with a temperament, if Ye Chen was humble again and again, it would seem that Ye Chen was delicate and pretentious, so it would be better to accept Ah Tian's thanks at this time.

After that, Ye Chen and his entourage continued their fire-fighting operation under the leadership of the village chief, and after the fire was completely extinguished, everyone went to the village chief's house to eat and rest. And the village chief also warmly entertained Ye Chen, and they took out the remaining delicacies in the village without reservation, and rewarded Ye Chen well.

During the conversation, Ye Chen also had a certain understanding of Zhaojia Village.

In fact, the ancestors of the Zhao family originally lived in the Qilixiang Plain, but thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Zhao family received orders from their superiors and collectively moved to the current place, as if to guard something.

For thousands of years, the Zhao family settled here, where they multiplied and grew until it evolved into today's Zhaojia Village.

Originally, the villagers of the Zhao family have been living an idyllic life here from sunrise to sunset, but in recent decades, due to the increasingly harsh natural conditions, the temperature here is getting higher and higher, and the place is too remote and there is a shortage of food, so many young people have chosen to leave their hometowns to work hard.

The same is true for the chief's sons and daughters, who, according to the chief, don't even plan to return. The village chief said that his children wanted to take him with him, but he had lived here all his life and did not want to leave his hometown, so he stayed alone.

After hearing the story of the village chief, Ye Chen was inevitably a little embarrassed.

And just like that, the dinner ended in a harmonious and peaceful chat.

After eating, Ah Tian settled his mother, and then walked outside the house alone to chat with Ye Chen.

At this time, night had fallen, and there was not a single cloud in the sky, and the sky was full of stars.

Ye Chen praised and said: "Brother Ah Tian is really not an ordinary person, at that time, you dared to rush in to save people from such a big fire, and you came out unscathed, you are really a hero among people." ”

Ah Tian smiled and scratched his head: "At that time, every child would do this." What's more, I've been out to study art for so long, if I can't even protect my mother, then it's useless to learn this skill. But today is a critical situation, and without your help, I'm afraid my mother wouldn't have woken up by now. My Ah Tian is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and the master and my mother have taught me that the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring, so you are my father-in-law, as long as you need me in the future, I will appear as soon as possible, even if it is on the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, I will not give up. ”

Then Ah Tian did not give Ye Chen a chance to refuse, but introduced himself to Ye Chen: "Engong, hello! My name is Zhao Atian, I was born in this Zhaojia Village, and my father was killed by a wolf when I was eight years old. Later, when I was ten years old, I met my master, and then I was taken by my master to the depths of the Old Dawn Mountains to learn martial arts, and I learned it for ten years. I have been doing penance for the past 10 years, and I have not been able to go down a mountain in 10 years. Last month, the master died of a serious illness, and I came down the mountain after guarding his grave for a month. It's just that the master doesn't want others to know his name, so I won't say more. ”

Seeing Ah Tian open his heart to himself so bluntly, Ye Chen didn't want to hide it anymore, he directly identified himself: "My name is Ye Chen, and I am a magician. ”

Although Ye Chen is now wanted by the Magicians Guild, he feels that no one will know him in such a remote place, after all, the Magicians Guild will only issue bounty orders to magicians, and it is impossible for these ordinary people who are looked down upon by the Magician Guild to come into contact with these bounty orders.

After learning that Ye Chen was a magician, Ah Tian was taken aback, but he quickly recovered from the shock and praised him sincerely: "Engong, you are really amazing! I didn't expect you to be a magician that everyone looks up to!"

After speaking, Ah Tian was silent for a moment, and then said with an oath: "Engong, don't look at me that I don't have the talent to cultivate magic, but my fist and foot skills are still good, and I can still help with some help." So if Engong needs me, I will definitely do my best to help!"

Looking at Ah Tian who was affectionate and righteous in front of him, Ye Chen replied with a smile: "Brother Ah Tian, don't call me Engong, it sounds weird, you can call me Ye Chen directly." How about we be good brothers as equals? And you happen to be four years older than me, so I'll call you Brother Tian. ”

After hearing Ye Chen's proposal, Ah Tian scratched his head honestly, and then said with an embarrassed smile: "Then I will treat you as my brother, and whoever dares to bully you in the future will ask me if the iron sword agrees." ”

Ye Chen was amused by Ah Tian's honest appearance, he said with a smile: "Then I will have to rely on Brother Ah Tian's care in the future, and whoever dares to bully me in the future, I will find you to avenge me." By the way, I don't know what Brother Ah Tian plans to do with those bandits?"

"I plan to go to the Old Dawn Mountains early tomorrow morning to secretly observe those bandits and see how strong they are, if they are only very weak first-level magicians, then I will let them taste the power of my swordsmanship. As he spoke, Ah Tian touched the iron sword in his hand.

Ye Chen nodded and said, "There are a lot of bandits in that group, I'm afraid that Brother Ah Tian may suffer if you go alone." Although I am not a particularly high-level magician, I should be able to help a little, if Brother Ah Tian doesn't dislike it, then take me with you. ”

Ah Tianle said hehehe: "Since you and I are brothers, it must be blessed and shared with hardships." Then it's up to the two brothers tomorrow to turn the old Dawn Mountains upside down, and make the bandits kneel and beg for mercy. ”

After that, Ye Chen and Ah Tian chatted for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Thinking back to what happened today, Ye Chen was full of emotion, because there were so many things that happened today!

First of all, he saw Han Ling'er again today, but it had only been a long time since they met, and Han Ling'er was taken hostage by the man with facial paralysis; secondly, he also got the clue of the obsidian locker from the gray-robed population, but if he wanted to get the obsidian locker, he had to defeat the man with facial paralysis in the battle three months later; and finally he unexpectedly met a good brother, of course, this was the only thing that made him feel happy today.