Located eight miles south of Shunhe City, the whole mountain is surrounded by lush green trees, and the gentle breeze blows through the forest, bringing a touch of freshness and coolness to the early summer weather.

"Hurry up, Xiao Zhan'er, it's just ahead. The crisp and melodious sound broke the silence in the mountains and forests.

On the tree-lined path where the fallen leaves fell, there was a little girl dressed in pink, about eleven or twelve years old, wearing a light blue dress, walking quickly through the forest, looking back from time to time, greeting a young man behind her, and two sweet dimples appeared on her snow-white face, which looked very cute.

"Shan'er, could it be that you are mistaken, we have all traveled around the small half of the Green Shade Mountain, and we have never seen what you said. ”

While speaking, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy walked out quickly from under the green shade, and it was the little Zhan'er in the little girl's mouth - Qin Zhan.

Qin Zhan was originally the son of Qin Yue, the head of the Qin family, who was carefully taught by his father since he was a child, and was only twelve years old, and his cultivation had reached the realm of the second layer of qi refining.

The cute and cute girl is his fiancée, a son of the Lin family, named Lin Shan, who is one year younger than him.

Since childhood, the two of them have been inseparable, reading and learning words together, practicing swords together, and even eating and sleeping together.

Last night, Lin Shan claimed to have seen a meteor glide past and landed on the green shade mountain, so she pulled him to the mountain, curious to see what those meteors flying in the sky looked like. It's just that Qin Zhan knew in his heart that the meteor seemed to disappear on the green shade mountain, but where it really fell, I'm afraid no one could figure out why, but in order to make her happy, he still ran up the mountain with her.

"It's obviously on this side, how can it be gone, I remembered this direction last night. Lin Shan shook her cute little head with a strange expression, climbed a relatively high rock, looked around, and painted.

"Okay Shan'er, let's go back quickly, it's not too early, if we don't go home, we won't be able to catch dinner." Moreover, have you completed your task, the master said that the sword stabbing 300 times, I remember that you have not finished practicing. ”

Lin Shan kicked his feet, jumped off the rock lightly, and came to him with a smile: "It's okay to pull, as long as Xiao Zhan'er doesn't say it, how will the master know." After speaking, without waiting for him to refute, he immediately went over affectionately and took his hand: "Okay, that's it." I just saw a small crater over there, it seems to have been hit by something falling from the sky, it must be the meteor, let's hurry up. ”

Qin Zhan smiled bitterly dotingly, and said, "Slow down, don't worry!" as she quickly walked towards the place where the so-called meteor fell.

Along the mountain road, Qin Zhan enjoyed the scenery while walking, the sudden openness of being in nature made him feel relaxed and happy, and even the true qi in his body that was in the second layer of bottleneck and had not moved for half a year also showed a hint of loosening.

"It's here, it's here. ”

Qin Zhan followed her voice and looked at a relatively empty place in the distance, and sure enough, he saw a dirt pit with a diameter of three or four meters floating in front of him, this dirt pit turned from the inside out, turning around, it really looked like it was caused by the impact of something falling from the sky.

Lin Shan cheered happily, jumped and ran to the earthen pit, and her elf-like big eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh, what a beautiful little fruit, so fragrant, it makes people feel so comfortable when they smell it!"

"Shan'er, don't move. Qin Zhan jumped a few times, and instantly followed her pace to the front of the earthen pit, only to see that in the center of the impact, a thorny small tree, growing a cherry-sized fruit, a trace of faint blue halo overflowed from the fruit, exuding a refreshing aroma.

But what is really surprising is this small tree, which grows in a strange mineral that is black and does not slip away, and grows out of the cracks in the mineral that is like a whole, miraculously facing the sun, and survives tenaciously.

"Xiao Zhan'er, I said that the meteor fell here, look, there is also a reward for the lucky person who finds the meteor. Lin Shan said happily, reached out and picked the fruit, and looked at it again and again.

"Hehe, how can there be any creatures on the meteor, it may be that this place is somewhat similar to the meteor falling. Although Qin Zhan thought so, he was afraid that this little girl didn't see the meteor, so she would continue to look for it, and immediately coaxed: "Okay Shan'er, now that the meteor has also been seen, and the reward for finding the meteor has also been taken, let's go back quickly, the sun has already set, and the mountain is not peaceful at night." ”

"Hehe, isn't there Xiao Zhan'er for you to protect me. As she spoke, her cute little Qiong sniffed slightly, and she couldn't help the tempting fragrance of the fruit, and looked up and asked, "Xiao Zhan'er, I'm hungry, is it okay for one of us to eat half of it." ”

Qin Zhan chuckled: "Hehe, if you don't go back, you won't be able to catch dinner, you have to continue to delay, now you know that you are hungry." Okay, you eat alone, I'm not hungry right now. ”

Lin Shan happily pounced in front of him, kissed him on the face, and said with a smile: "I knew that Xiao Zhan'er was the best for me." After speaking, he opened his small mouth and ate the fruit in one gulp.

It's just that the fruit is very wonderful, it melts in her mouth, and she didn't have time to taste what it tasted like, so she turned into a clear stream and went straight into her stomach, and there was no movement, and she couldn't help but complain and muttered: "This fruit is good, but it's too small, and I can't eat enough at all." ”

"If you like to eat it, I'll pull this little tree out of my house, and when it bears fruit, I can eat it again." With that, he walked over to the little tree, which was covered with tiny thorns, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to pluck it.

I don't want this little tree, but it's very strange, on the surface, those small tender thorns that seem to be broken when touched are unusually hard and sharp, and the moment Qin Zhan grabbed the little tree, he immediately cut his palm. "Oops!" and bright red blood immediately flowed down and sprinkled on the strange dark ore.

"Ah, Xiao Zhan'er, your hands are bleeding. Lin Shan hurriedly ran to his side, helped him sit down next to him, and took out a handkerchief to help him wipe the blood that flowed out.

"Hehe, it's okay, it's just a small injury, and it will be fine in a few days. Qin Zhan smiled and comforted. But for some reason, the blood on those small wounds seemed to be unstoppable, although it was small, but it kept gushing out, and it couldn't be stopped.

Looking at more and more blood, Lin Shan's frightened body trembled slightly, tears kept falling, and she whimpered: "It's okay to say it's okay after so much blood." It's all my fault, if I hadn't said that the fruit wasn't enough, you wouldn't have plucked it, and you wouldn't have broken your hand. ”

"It's really fine, look, look, the bleeding has stopped. ”

After all, it is a small wound, and it is already an exaggeration to shed some blood and a little blood, and it would be strange if it really didn't stop bleeding.

After Lin Shan saw that the bleeding really stopped, she stopped crying, looked at his hand for a while, and only nodded slightly after she was sure that it was okay, but she didn't dare to stay in this mountain for long, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Zhan'er, let's go back quickly, and then look for Uncle and take some medicine, so that we can get better as soon as possible." ”

Qin Zhan chuckled, stretched out his hand again, and grabbed at the thorny little tree.

"Hey, Xiao Zhanzi, what are you doing, be careful of stabbing. ”

"Haha, there are thorns on those branches, let's take the whole stone with us, won't we?" After speaking, he grabbed the ore, which was only half the size of a football, weighed it, and nodded: "Okay, let's go, I believe it won't be long before you have something to eat this fruit." ”

Lin Shan saw that he was still thinking about himself so much, his heart was sweet, and he gave a well-behaved thanks, and he pulled him and walked towards Shunhe City at the foot of the mountain.

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Mountaineering is easy to climb and difficult to go down, although Luyin Mountain is not a big mountain, but the vertical and horizontal area is more than ten miles in a radius, and the mountain road is rugged, when you go up, you don't feel very interested, but when you go down the mountain, you walk very hard.

Half an hour later, Lin Shan, who had consumed a lot of physical strength during the day, couldn't hold on at first, and looked at Qin Zhan pitifully: "Xiao Zhan'er, I can't walk." ”

Qin Zhan looked like he knew he would be like this, looked up at the night that was about to fall, and shook his head: "You girl, now you know that you regret it." After speaking, he walked up to her and squatted slightly with his back to her: "Okay, come up." ”

At this time, it was almost dark, listening to the sounds of various insects and beasts coming from time to time in the mountains and forests, Lin Shan was also a little scared, and hurriedly lay on his back obediently, holding him tightly with both hands.

Qin Zhan hooked his arms around the crook of her foot and whispered, "Let's go." He picked her up and walked briskly down the mountain.

Although he was only twelve years old, as a cultivator of the second level of Qi refining, his physical strength was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people, and although he was tired of carrying a person, he could still support it.

After walking for a while, Lin Shan found something, sighed, and said strangely: "Xiao Zhan'er, you are carrying me now, what about the stone you hold in your hand and the little tree that grows on the stone?"

"Uh, Xiaoshu?" Qin Zhan suddenly felt a little confused.

yes, where did I get what I had in my hand?

But people are sometimes like this, they are obviously playing with something in their hands, but they can play with it, and they will throw it away casually, without any notice, and they will not react until a long time later. This is especially true for children or teenagers who have not yet fully grown up.

"Well, you may have accidentally fallen on the road, it's almost dark, let's hurry back first, and I'll go into the mountains tomorrow morning to help you find it." ”

"You don't need to pull it, the fruit that grows on the little tree is not as delicious as the fruit at home. Besides, if you have something in your hand, then who will carry me. After saying that, he smiled and leaned his face on his back, and hummed a small tune leisurely in his mouth.

"You......" Qin Zhan shook his head with a smile, quickly put aside the matter of the ore, and strode towards Shunhe City with her on his back.

He, a cultivator of the second layer of Qi refining, hurried at full speed, and finally when it was completely dark, he saw the brightly lit city walls of Shunhe City.

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