Cannon fodder apprentice reborn

Two days after deciding to go down the mountain for training, Ruan Qiu took off the complicated robes worn by the disciples of the inner sect of Huishan Mountain, and put on a plain blue-gray Taoist robe. Companion on this trip.

Before leaving, the master gave him three sword intents, which were sealed on the spirit sword he carried around his fingers, and the two senior brothers also gave him a mountain of spirit treasures, which made Ruan Qiu a little dumbfounded. He was going to practice , not going out to play.He appreciates the kindness of the senior brothers, and it is enough to just pick some practical magic weapons and talismans.In addition, Master also gave him a task.

Go to Shifang City to send congratulatory gifts.

April of the next year will be the birthday of the city lord of Shifang City, they only need to deliver the congratulatory gifts before then, but now it is only the twelfth lunar month, and there are still four months to go.This task is not difficult at all, the problem is that Ruan Qiu does not take this task alone, there is also someone from the head teacher who will walk with him.

Probably the master was worried that he would go to some dangerous place aimlessly during the training, so he pointed out a way for him.Shifang City is located in Zhongzhou. It is the most prosperous and rich city in the upper spirit world. The owner of the city is one of the ten saints, and it is also a relatively safe place.

The destination Yin Wuchen chose for Ruan Qiu would allow Ruan Qiu to avoid many risks, and also allow him to see more interesting people and things.

What's more, the time for this task is not tight, and Ruan Qiu can still go back to the Taoist temple halfway, which shows the painstaking efforts of his master for him.

Now that the congratulatory gift is in Ruan Qiu's hands, he doesn't know what is in the gift box, and it is inconvenient to open it. At dawn, he said goodbye to his master and set off with a fast horse. Now he has been waiting in Shiliting for a while. Just wait for that colleague to come to join us.

But maybe he came too early, and he didn't wait for anyone after half an hour.Ruan Qiu waited for a while, then simply sat cross-legged on the spot, his spiritual power circulated for two small weeks, and the sound of horseshoes came from the mountain road, he let out a foul breath, and then opened his eyes.

Someone is indeed coming.

When the man jumped off the horse and ran towards the pavilion while beckoning, Ruan Qiu was not sure if it was the person he was waiting for.He stood up, brushed off the dust on the hem of his clothes, and looked at Ah Xi who was bouncing towards him.

This little girl was wearing a green grass-colored velvet trousers and was carrying a small bundle. Her face was full of vigor, but her attire...

"Senior Brother Ruan! How long have you been waiting?" Axi hurried on the road, her cheeks were flushed, and she was so tired that she kept panting when she spoke, but her face was full of smiles, and she looked extremely excited, "I'm sorry, I just found out about this today ,Sorry for the waitting!"

Ruan Qiu smiled wryly when he heard the words, "I didn't expect that you are the person who was arranged by the head teacher to come with me to Shifang City to give gifts."

Ah Xi was panting like a bellows, Ruan Qiu helped her to sit down, feeling a little dazed, what does the headmaster mean by this arrangement?

"Thank you, thank you Senior Brother Ruan!"

Girls grow up fast, Ah Xi is almost 12 years old, she hasn't seen her for a month, and her stature has grown a bit, but she is still a child in Ruan Qiu's eyes.He didn't understand very much, did Master also know that the person that the head teacher arranged for him to go with him was this little girl?

Ah Xi regained her breath before remembering something. She slapped her head and found a black jade pendant in her sleeve pocket, "By the way, this was given to me by your head teacher. It is said to be a token when I met you."

Ruan Qiu took out the token given to him by the master, which was exactly the same as the jade card in Ah Xi's hand.But his jade pendant is a transparent white jade, and its pair is a complete Yin-Yang fish totem, when it is tightly attached together, a faint aura flashes.

Ruan Qiu said in amazement: "Master said, this token can allow you and me to sense the direction of the other party within a hundred miles, so as to avoid getting lost."

At that time, Ruan Qiu thought that the master had found a guard for him to protect him, but now he began to suspect that the master had asked him to be the guard.

Thinking about it, Ruan Qiu couldn't help laughing, and put away the white jade and black-eyed Yangyu jade pendant.

Ah Xi guessed that Ruan Qiu would have many doubts, and was afraid of being chased away, she hurriedly said: "Brother Ruan, don't worry, I can protect myself! Your head teacher said, let me listen to you all the way, when we arrive at Shifang City, the task Done, I can go!"

Ruan Qiu smiled lightly: "I'm just a little surprised, I know you are also very good, but aren't you the disciple of the head teacher?"

He had just seen Axi come with a token, and he suspected that Axi lived near the main peak of Kaiyang Mountain because she was an apprentice favored by the headmaster but hadn't been formally accepted yet, but the other side took your headmaster one by one, which inevitably made him Ruan Qiu was puzzled.

Ah Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but she was a little puzzled when she heard the words, and frowned and said, "I'm not her apprentice, but she took me in." She hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell the truth to Ruan Qiu, "I grew up with Ah My father is dependent on each other, my father died of a serious illness three years ago, before he died, he entrusted me to the head teacher Li of the same clan, if we talk about seniority, I have to call her aunt."

Ruan Qiu hurriedly shook off the thoughts of 'A Xi will not be the daughter of Headmaster Li' in her mind, and coughed lightly, "I see."

"Because of my father's last request, she has never let me leave Xuanjizong, but today she finally let go!" A Xi laughed and clenched her fists expectantly, "I made an agreement with her, we will wait When I arrive at Shifang City and complete the task, she will never stop me from looking for my mother! At that time, I can do whatever I want!"

She paused, then pulled out the dragon pattern jade pendant under the skirt of her clothes.

"I have the jade pendant left by my father to protect me, and the magic weapon given by my aunt. I can protect myself and won't drag Senior Brother Ruan down!"

Ruan Qiu laughed and said, "I'm not afraid of being dragged down. Speaking of which, I'm also afraid that the head teacher will arrange for a powerful senior brother to come over. At that time, I should be afraid of hurting others." With the magic weapon of the teacher, Ah Xi is no worse than him. Only then did Ruan Qiu believe that the master really let him go out to practice, not let him come to play.

Axi understood what he meant.Fortunately, their task was already easy, they kept a low profile, and they would not encounter any danger all the way to Shifang City.Since everyone doesn't dislike each other, she has full expectations for this mission.

"Then let's go now! Brother Ruan can make arrangements, and I will obey you!"

If the companion is Ah Xi, it shouldn't be difficult for Ruan Qiu to talk back to the Taoist temple on the way.

Ruan Qiu thought about it, and discussed with her apologetically: "I grew up in Cangjiang, and I have plenty of time for this mission. I want to go home first to get some old things. Do you think it's okay?"

Axi agreed without even thinking about it, "Sure! I don't care, Senior Brother Ruan can go wherever he says, we will arrive in Shifang City before April to send congratulatory gifts, just complete the task!"

Just now when she said that she was going to find her mother after completing the task, Ruan Qiu thought she might be in a hurry, but she didn't expect her to agree so quickly.On the contrary, he was stunned for a moment, and felt a little more sincere towards the little girl who robbed him of Qianling dew when they first met.

"Thank you, Axi."

Ah Xi didn't think there was anything, she waved her hand, and jumped on the horseback eagerly. She was young, and there was a bit of heroism in her brows, and she could vaguely see the shadow of Zhangjiao Li who had taken her in for three years.She excitedly said: "Senior Brother Ruan, please don't be polite to me. If I hadn't heard that this mission is to go with you, I wouldn't want to come... Cough cough, Senior Brother Ruan, let's go!"

Ruan Qiu felt that he couldn't let a little sister compare to the past, but he has always been reserved and gentle, and when he heard the words, he just took the rein and replied with a smile: "Okay."

No wind and no snow today, suitable for long trips.The two young men set off on the road, and their figures gradually faded away until they disappeared outside the distant mountains. The white-clothed swordsman standing on the distant cliff with his hands behind his back was still watching from afar, with unresolved affection and worry in his eyes.

"The people have gone far away, why don't you still look at them? I'm so reluctant, why don't you go and chase them back?" Master Li sat on the long knife, and floated from behind him, the hem of the solemn and bright red clothes followed his legs lightly. Shaking lightly, there is an undisguised sassyness in the casualness.

Yin Wuchen glanced at her, then turned his eyes back to the direction where Ruan Qiu left.He thought of Ruan Qiu hugging him when he left, and telling him to wait for him to grow up, and he felt a lot of reluctance in his heart.So, he clearly resisted not to send Ruan Qiu off, watched the man go down the mountain, but still secretly chased him out, hiding in the dark and watching him.

At this moment, Ruan Qiu finally walked out of his sight.The little apprentice has gone to practice, and he is working hard to grow up side by side with him in the future.

Yin Wuchen was both happy and reluctant in his heart.

Headmaster Li couldn't help being sour when he saw his look like a husband-watching stone, "Okay, isn't it just to send your favorite little apprentice out of the mountains to practice, he is almost 50 years old, can you be more mature."

Yin Wuchen asked back: "A person in his 60s without a Taoist partner is more mature than me?"

Zhangjiao Li choked, and said to himself, hasn't your little apprentice formed a bond with you yet?

Yin Wuchen skipped this topic, his mood was very conflicted, both happy and unhappy, he said in a low voice: "What do you want from me?"

Headmaster Li didn't bother with him any more, "I heard that you gave your apprentice three sword intents, so I came here to find out if it's true."

Yin Wuchen sneered, "You didn't come because you were worried about that child."

Zhangjiao Li generously admitted, "I promised her father that she would protect her for the rest of her life, but what she is going to do, her father doesn't want her to go, and I can't stand it, can I? I calculated that she will meet this year." My lord, turn bad luck into good fortune, maybe you can get your wish."

Yin Wuchen didn't think his Xiaoqiu would be the nobleman of the little girl named Axi, he just said: "I don't care whose daughter she is, if she makes Xiaoqiu unhappy, she can no longer follow Xiaoqiu."

Headmaster Li had a headache on his face, "Didn't I owe her father? In fact, you and I know where her mother is. If she can find it by herself, it means that their mother-daughter relationship is not complete. If that person is unwilling to recognize her , I will definitely show up at that time, and I won't hurt your little apprentice. Don't worry, I have told her to let her listen to your apprentice, and she will not mess around before Shifang City."

Yin Wuchen has no interest in other people's family affairs, he only cares about his apprentice.

Zhangjiao Li understood his temperament, so he didn't say much, and sighed: "Young people nowadays have to suffer a little bit, and they don't know how to turn around until they hit the south wall. The same is true for your apprentice. I can't stop wishing for a child to find a mother."

"Some people will not turn back when they hit the south wall. They have the belief that they will go on even if they bleed their heads." Yin Wuchen responded calmly, took a deep look at the direction where Ruan Qiu left, and finally turned around and walked back. The teacher's knife also floated away.

"Are you going back now?"

Yin Wuchen waved his sleeve robe and summoned the Yingzhu Sword. Seeing the scorching light of the sword, sword shadows were drawn in the midair, he said: "I really want to leave for a while, you watch Qinghui Mountain for me."

After all, the Yingzhu sword returned back full of golden light, and the figure of the sword master in white also landed on the sword, his back showing a bit of sternness.

Headmaster Li raised his eyebrows, "Where are you going?"

Yin Wuchen looked into the distance.

At that time, the sun shone on the top of the snow-capped mountains, reflecting extremely gorgeous brilliance.

"Blood Shadow Palace, ask for an antidote."

On the other side, after making sure to go back to the Taoist temple first, Ruan Qiu made a route.

The Yunshui River is the source of spiritual energy in the upper spirit world. It is called the mother river by many people. It gushes out from the depths of the snow-capped mountains in the northwest to moisten the earth. The land lined with sects headed by Zixiao Palace divides the north and south coasts, bypasses Zhongzhou Shifang City, and finally passes through the kingdoms dominated by Cangyao and flows into the sea.

As we all know, only the main channel of the Yunshui River has the most abundant and pure aura, and it has many branches. The farther the branch river is from the main channel, the less aura there is. There is no aura beyond a hundred miles away.Cangjiang is also one of the branches. Compared with more remote places, it still has some turbid spiritual energy, which can barely be used for people to draw energy into the body.

Xingluo Town, where Ruan Qiu lived when he was a child, is in the middle reaches of the Cangjiang River, which is very close to the border of Cangyao Kingdom. From Xuanjizong to Xingluo Town, he needs to travel all the way east.Coincidentally, if they want to go to Shifang City, they have to go east, which is barely a way.

To enter the world for experience, you must first go to the countryside and do as the Romans do.

The Maxima the two bought from the market was fairly fast. They traveled hundreds of miles a day, out of the range of the Xuanji Sect and nearby sects, and finally arrived at a small town before dark. After entering the town, I successfully found an inn to stay.

After all, going out is no better than your own sect. Even though the bazaar of the sect is already very popular, it is still relatively prosperous compared to the real town at the foot of the mountain.Just like the inn they stayed in, it was simpler than the stables at the outer gate. Fortunately, Ah Xi lived with her father in the world when she was a child, and Ruan Qiu was also born in a small town, so both of them can adapt.

It was getting late, Ah Xi was still young, and when she was still growing up, she couldn't follow Ruan Qiu to eat Bigu Dan. The two of them went to the room for a while, and Ruan Qiu took her downstairs to the lobby for dinner.

This small town is close to the area where there are many sects, and monks pass by from time to time, and they also saw some casual cultivators in the lobby.

The dishes in the inn were all home-cooked dishes. Ah Xi was hungry for a long time, and she ate the big white steamed buns with relish. Seeing that she was eating happily, Ruan Qiu moved her chopsticks a few times, and then stopped eating with the teacup.It's not that it's not tasty, he has been eating Bigu Dan for many years since he introduced the qi into his body, and he is not used to eating human food all of a sudden.

After all, Ruan Qiu has a good-looking face. He wore a veiled hat on the way, and the hanging black gauze covered his face, and he did not take it off when eating. It didn't attract any attention.

On the other hand, Ah Xi, she is a young girl who has not grown up, with a pretty face, no one recognizes her, but she is much more at ease than Ruan Qiu.

Maybe it's because of a different state of mind. After many years, when she finally walked out of Xuanji Sect and blended into the crowd, Ruan Qiu no longer had the low self-esteem she had before.He just felt that everything was extremely novel, as if he had returned to the days when he went to Xuanjizong with the casual cultivators he knew that year. He also had some experience in the world, and no matter how curious he was, he would control his words and deeds so that others would not notice. .

It was halfway through the meal, and Ah Xi, whose face was almost buried in the rice bowl, finally raised her head in satisfaction, "Brother Xiaoqiu, why don't you eat?"

They were not brothers and sisters from the same school, but Ruan Qiu told her not to call him senior brother because of the mission. Ah Xi thought it would be better to call him that.Ruan Qiu sounded a little strange, so she let her call it that way, and shook her head slightly upon hearing this.

"I've eaten Bigu Dan, and I'm not very hungry."

Ah Xi didn't ask anymore, she was almost full, and there were a little too much of the three dishes left on the table, so she slowly cleared the meat dishes on the plate.There were many people around, and she deliberately lowered her voice when she spoke, "When I was young, Dad was a doctor in the family. He was in poor health and often fell ill, and the people in the main family always bullied us. Once Dad was sick. I didn’t know how to cook at that time, and I was hungry for several days, but fortunately, the sister next door quietly gave me a steamed bun.”

Ruan Qiu was stunned for a moment when she heard her explanation, and comforted: "It's all over."

Ah Xi narrowed her eyes with a smile, "I know, I just think about it occasionally." She sighed as she said, "Later, when my father passed away and my aunt took me away, those people in the clan still wouldn't let me go. It's really strange. Bullying me, but then you want to keep me? I didn't know until Xuanjizong that my aunt had left the family long ago. They were afraid that I would learn from my aunt and come back to revenge them. It's ridiculous. Will you take a look at them?"

Ruan Qiu saw that she could think about it, so she didn't worry anymore. He grew up in a simple environment, and he had heard of similar things but never encountered them.

Unexpectedly, when Ah Xi changed the subject, she moved the radish cake in front of him, "Brother Xiaoqiu, you are so skinny, you should eat more, it will look better if you grow some meat, this is delicious, you should try it too. "

Ruan Qiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, why did this child think so out of the ordinary?

Suddenly, a fight broke out in the corner of the lobby for some reason, causing a commotion.

I saw a young man in ragged clothes was kicked and punched by several big men. He was obviously beaten to the ground, and his bruised and cracked hands were still stuffing steamed buns into his mouth.Those big men became more and more annoyed, grabbed the young man by the back collar, lifted him up, and punched him hard in the stomach, the young man coughed up all the steamed buns in his mouth, and spit out a big mouthful of blood.

The big man who hit the man didn't seem to feel relieved, so he kicked the man away again.

"Let you steal it! If you dare to steal grandpa's food, it's not too much to kill you!"

The boy's back slammed against the beam, and he curled up.

Seeing this, the people around got up and left one after another. Ordinary people are afraid of harming themselves, but those who are not afraid still turn a blind eye.

Ruan Qiu's side was far away, and he could clearly see the process of the boy being beaten in front of him. Axi was startled when she saw the boy's misery, and then frowned, "These people beat too hard!"

Ruan Qiu watched and shook his head slowly, "Forget it, let's go upstairs after eating."

Those big guys had kung fu, probably a few casual cultivators, and it was indeed too much to kill a young man, but they didn't know whether the other party had other grievances with the young man, and it was better to have less trouble than one more thing.Ah Xi also understands this truth, this is not Xuanjizong, there is no aunt to support her, not to mention that aunt is so stingy, she hasn't paid back the spirit stone she owed Ruan Qiu.No matter how sympathetic she was to the boy, she listened to Ruan Qiu's words and put down her chopsticks to leave.

It wasn't enough for those big men to beat the young man severely, and they picked him up and strangled him. Seeing that he was about to die, the innkeeper stepped forward to stop him, interrupted for a moment, and the big man let out a scream, Throw the young man out.

At this moment, everyone noticed that there was a blood-red tooth mark on his hand, which showed that the young man had tried his best to bite him.But by coincidence, the boy was thrown to the table by the window.

That was where Ruan Qiu and Ah Xi were.

Ruan Qiu's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and with a movement of his body, he pulled Axi back, there was a chaos of pinging and bang, and the food on the table was smashed to the ground.

Vegetable soup was hung on the boy's body, and he looked more and more embarrassed, lying on the ground and unable to get up.But Ah Xi's attention was no longer on him, but she screamed: "My carrot cake!"

She had tasted the most delicious dish in this inn, and it was specially reserved for brother Xiaoqiu, but it was smashed by this group of people, how could she not be angry!

Ruan Qiu froze for a moment, and pressed her arm.

"Don't worry."

Axi clenched her fists angrily.

Ruan Qiu saw it, still holding her shoulders, and frowned.

Those big men quickly ran over angrily, shouting that the little bastard wanted to arrest the young man, it seemed that he was unwilling to be kind, and the one who shouted the most fiercely even pulled out a long knife.

"kill him!"

A few big men came menacingly, and seeing that the long knife was about to be chopped off, Ruan Qiu looked down at the hem of the clothes splashed with soup, and opened his mouth suddenly.

"Hold on."

Several people paused for a moment, only then did they realize that there were still two people standing by the window, one big and one small, the big one was a thin little Taoist priest wearing a veiled hat, and the young one was a cute little girl.

Ah Xi's puffed up cheeks also shrunk, and she looked at Ruan Qiu in surprise.

It's not that Ruan Qiu has no temper. Even if he was accidentally affected, he would be angry when he saw that Ah Xi cared so much about a piece of carrot cake and those people wanted to kill a seriously injured young man in front of him.But without knowing the inside story, he didn't mention the young man, but calmly pointed at the young man, "I won't interfere in your affairs, but my sister is still eating, so it's not good for you to interrupt me rashly?"

Everyone didn't expect that this thin-looking little Taoist priest would accuse these big guys.Those big men were also surprised, and they all laughed immediately. The man carrying the knife came over with a knife on his shoulders, his face was full of sarcasm, "Then what do you want?"

These big men should be practicing physical skills, with a burly body, Ruan Qiu is as tall as a big knife, but this little Taoist priest in their eyes is weak, with a nice voice without the slightest fear, "Losing money to the store, and apologizing to my sister. "

The younger sister called Axi full of joy, and immediately glared at the burly men with her hips akimbo, in a somewhat pretentious posture.

This looked ridiculous in the eyes of several big men. The leading big man with a knife laughed loudly, then his expression changed suddenly, and he swung his long knife fiercely, and slashed at the two men, one big and one small, so weak that he was so weak. Laughing siblings, "So what if I don't apologize!"

How could this man do it without saying a word!

Axi was shocked, and quickly took out the magic weapon, "Brother Xiaoqiu, go back quickly..."

The voice stopped abruptly, because Ruan Qiu pushed Ah Xi behind her with a light push, and then the sleeves fluttered, and a soft wind suddenly hit.When the rest of the people felt it, it was so gentle, but in fact, they forcefully rolled out the big man and the long knife he was about to fall in front of Ruan Qiu. The big man was thrown against the wall and spit out a big mouthful of blood .

All of a sudden, there was a dead silence in the lobby.

The rest of the big men looked at each other in blank dismay, and the next moment they drew their knives and rushed forward.

"let me!"

Ah Xi immediately threw a bead and bumped into those big guys——

With a bang, accompanied by a burst of mourning, several big men were blown apart one after another, falling one by one.At the same time, the loud noise made everyone in the lobby unable to eat at the moment.

Those with a cultivation base had to abandon a table of food to avoid the flying dust, while other ordinary people were also more or less frightened.

Ruan Qiu was stunned for a moment, pressed his forehead, then raised his hand and waved a gust of wind to blow away the thick smoke. He found that there were either horrified or curious looking eyes around him, as well as broken tables and chairs everywhere. He really couldn't see it. He reprimanded the group of big men.

"Don't hurry up!"

The Thunder Fire Orb Axi threw was not very powerful, and the injuries to those people were not serious, but it was enough to recognize that Ruan Qiu and the others were people they could not provoke.Hearing this cold reprimand, they no longer cared about the pain in their bodies, they hurriedly got up from the ground, set up the boss who was stunned by Ruan Qiu at first, supported each other and ran away.

Ah Xi let out a sigh of relief, she was completely happy this time, and clapped her hands in applause.

But under the watchful eyes of many people in the lobby, Ruan Qiu, who just came out of the sect and didn't want to provoke countless enemies on the first day, had to bite the bullet and handed a bag full of silver taels to the sluggish boss, and then went to the man The house guests bowed and apologized.

"Sorry, I was impulsive and disturbed everyone's interest. Please forgive me. The accommodation expenses for these few days will be borne by me."

Probably because many people are unwilling to provoke the monks, and the incident was not caused by Ruan Qiu. With Ruan Qiu's promise, everyone in the lobby dispersed, and the innkeeper also took the silver ingots that Ruan Qiu and his brothers exchanged for spirit stones. happy to go.

In the end, Ruan Qiu sent everyone away, looking at the mess with a headache.

Ah Xi finally came to her senses, bowed her head and apologized, "Brother Xiaoqiu, I was wrong."

"It's nothing, it's not your fault."

Ruan Qiu originally wanted to scare those people, but he made a bad start first, and didn't make it clear to Ah Xi in advance, so it's no wonder that Ah Xi followed suit.He looked at the young man who was still curled up on the ground, thinking in his heart that everyone had been driven away, and he was not afraid of offending anyone, so he walked towards the young man.

"Are you OK?"

The boy huddled in a corner, gnawing on a steamed bun he found from nowhere, and seeing that it was covered with dust, he probably picked it up from the ground.

Ah Xi followed and ran over, seeing that he was only paying attention to Ruan Qiu while eating steamed buns, she frowned immediately, "Brother Xiao Qiu is asking you something!"

The boy's hands were covered in blood, as if scratched by sawdust, and had already flowed onto the steamed bun, turning red, Ruan Qiu grabbed his hand.

"Don't eat it."

Only then did the boy have a slight reaction, his eyes shrank, his teeth bared and his face showed a fierce look, as if he was warning Ruan Qiu.

Ah Xi blinked blankly, "Brother Xiaoqiu, is he trying to kill you?"

Ruan Qiu felt that he was afraid that he would rob him of his food. He couldn't bear to see him covered in injuries, so he pulled the young man to stand up in a warm voice, "The steamed bun is dirty, don't eat it. Come with me. Put on the medicine and bandage first, and I will let them cook for you."

The boy looked at him without saying a word, Ruan Qiu tried to snatch the steamed bun from his hand, but he didn't resist, so Ruan Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around and said, "Axi, go to the buddy for some hot water, Then let the kitchen make some light meals."

Ah Xi naturally listened to him, and cast a sideways glance at the filthy young man, and seeing the blood on Ruan Qiu's hands and clothes, she responded, and hurried to the back kitchen.

Afterwards, Ruan Qiu cleaned up the boy's wound, and the dressing went smoothly.

Because of Ruan Qiu's generous spending, the waiter in the shop thoughtfully sent a suit of coarse clothes in a hurry.After the boy cleaned up, he was a handsome kid, he looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, but as soon as the hot food was served in the back kitchen, he buried his head in the rice bowl, ignoring anyone who talked to him.

Ah Xi became more and more dissatisfied with this person. She sat across from her with her chin propped up and muttered in a low voice, "Is he dumb? We saved him, healed his wounds, and gave him food. He didn't even say thank you."

Perhaps because of his childhood experience, Ah Xi's words and actions are sometimes extreme and sharp, Ruan Qiu shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, he probably hasn't eaten for a long time, but even if he is so hungry, he doesn't gobble it up." , like a child raised by a wealthy family. Perhaps, he has just experienced something bad and has been greatly stimulated, and we can count as doing good deeds by helping him."

Ah Xi gave a half-comprehension sound, covered her lips with her hand, and yawned.

Ruan Qiu said: "It's late at night, we have to hurry tomorrow, you go upstairs to rest first. I just asked Xiao Er to tidy up a room, and after he finishes eating, I will send him there to rest."

A Xi shook her head, "I'm still with you."

Knowing that she was worried about herself, Ruan Qiu smiled and didn't urge her any more.

The boy on the opposite side listened to them, but never responded.After eating, he put down his chopsticks and looked at Ruan Qiu again.

Ruan Qiu was stunned for a moment by this eager look, and then he led him to the guest room helplessly.He is like a puppet, one command one action.Seeing him go to bed and fall asleep, Ruan Qiu sent Ah Xi back to her room before returning to her own room to rest.

After one night, when they went downstairs again, the lobby had been tidied up and replaced with new tables and chairs, but the young man was gone.According to the waiter in the shop, when he got up before dawn, he found the door of the boy's room was open, and he had already left.

Both of them had to go on their way, knowing that the boy left by himself, and also knowing that they would not be able to help him for the rest of his life, so they left some silver taels as compensation for last night, and set out on the road again after having breakfast.

The two walked eastward all the way, they were walking on a mountain road, it was cold in mid-winter, and it was snowing again today, there were few people in the first place, and they didn't meet anyone along the way.What's more, it was not a pleasant experience to travel on a snowy day. The wind was cold and the snow was cold. What happened at the inn last night had long been forgotten by them.

The snow didn't stop until it was almost night, but unfortunately they didn't find an inn where they could stay this time, and they were still wandering in unknown mountains.Ruan Qiu got off his horse and put on a thick cloak to find a cave where he could sleep overnight.

Ruan Qiu has the spiritual power to resist the cold, and because of her practice, Ah Xi is not afraid of the cold, and follows Ruan Qiu bouncing around.

After walking for half an hour, the sky turned completely dark, and they were still wandering in the bare woods. The relatively impatient Ah Xi became a little anxious, "Why do I feel that we have passed here?"

Ruan Qiu led the horse to the dead tree on the side of the road, rubbed the scratches on it with his fingertips, frowned and said: "It is indeed passed by, here are the traces carved with a dagger when we passed by a stick of incense."

Ah Xi took a closer look, her face was terrified, she opened her eyes wide and looked around, then shrank away from Ruan Qiu, "Brother Xiao Qiu, did we encounter some kind of formation, or did we encounter a ghost hitting the wall?"

Ruan Qiu was amused by her words, but the smile was very weak, because he also thought that Ah Xi might be right this time, "Maybe there are all of them."

Axi trembled in fright.

Ruan Qiu was silent for a moment, drew out his dagger, and carved another one under the previous notch, looking solemnly at the front of the dark mountain road.

"Go again."

Ah Xi nodded and followed Ruan Qiu step by step.I don't know if they discovered it, but this time they walked through the familiar mountain road, they actually walked out of this bare forest, and a road appeared at the end of the forest.

This mountain road is about a hundred feet long, and at the end is a mansion hidden in the darkness, with two blood-red lanterns shining in front of the door.

That was the only light in the dark forest.

Ruan Qiu stopped and looked above the mansion. Ah Xi also noticed something at the same time, and exclaimed, "The moon is red!"

The semicircular moon hangs silently in the night sky above the mansion, and it is indeed covered with a layer of blood, exuding a strange aura in the darkness.

Ruan Qiu sensed an ominous atmosphere, but his voice remained calm.

"Don't be afraid."

His voice was clear and gentle, as if it had an inexplicable penetrating power, but also an inexplicable soothing power. Ah Xi suddenly became less scared, but she was still very worried. She asked, "Brother Xiaoqiu, what is this place? Did we meet?" Are you enchanted?"

"I haven't seen anyone yet, and everything is still unknown."

Coming all the way from the forest, Ruan Qiu knew that they had fallen into a trap, but this trap only led them here, and the man behind the scenes hadn't shown up yet, so he didn't know what was going on.

The more it is like this, the more he can't panic, and he can't confuse his position. Once he gets confused, it will be dangerous, and Ah Xi will also have an accident.

Ruan Qiu didn't want to encounter big things when he went out for the first time. He was hesitating whether to go there when a sharp pain came from the palm of his right hand. After the blood light, there was a nine-petal red lotus mark. He was surprised, thought for a while, and looked at Axi, "Axi, look at your right hand."

A Xi, who was looking around, turned her head, looked at the red mark on Ruan Qiu's palm, and immediately stretched out her right hand, only to see an identical red lotus mark slowly appearing on her white and tender palm, she was shocked. "What is this again!"

Ruan Qiu frowned, raised two fingers together, gathered a wave of spiritual power and slowly swept across her palm, and the red lotus mark was erased in one go.

Ah Xi was dazed, watching Ruan Qiu erase the red lotus seal on his own hand with the same technique, his head was full of doubts.

"Brother Xiaoqiu, what exactly is this?"

The red lotus mark was forced out by Ruan Qiu with spiritual power, but it did not dissipate.

At this moment, they turned into a cloud of blood-colored mist, hanging over Ruan Qiu's palm.

Ruan Qiu stared at it for a moment, "It's evil spirit."

He looked up at the eerie mansion.

"We met a demon."

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Xiaoqiu's new adventure (not), there are new characters coming online!

It's late, sorry.

I got a booster shot yesterday, and my sense of security skyrocketed. I didn’t feel it when I got the shot. I wanted to cry in pain at night. My hands are sore today, and my coding speed plummeted QAQ