Li Qingxuan dressed neatly, brought dry food and water, put the bags containing copper coins and broken silver on his back, picked up the sachet that he threw in the corner last night, and after confirming that nothing was missing, he grabbed a wooden stick and walked out of the shed door.

The slightly bright sky is cloudless, without the gloom of yesterday.

“It’s a good day today.”

He took a few deep breaths of the cool air, and a smile appeared on his face, and his suppressed mood improved a lot.

But as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

There are many plum blossom footprints intertwined at the entrance of the village, spreading to the depths of the village.

The two burnt corpses left in the burned pavilion were also pulled out, leaving only some bones with tooth marks scattered all over the ground.

"I'm afraid the corpses in the sect also filled the wolf's belly. They were full, so they didn't care about me last night."

I can't stay here for a moment!

The mountains and forests of this era are too dangerous, and today we must enter the county town!

Li Qingxuan turned around and looked at the village last, then walked down the mountain without looking back.

The county town closest to Lijia Village is called Nanzhou County, which is located dozens of miles south of Lijia Village. Because there are often caravans on the edge of the official road, it is relatively prosperous.

These were all known to the previous person when he heard the villagers chatting, but he had never left the village.

Lijia Village was far away from the official road, went down the mountain, and passed through a slope, and a new hill appeared in front of him.

Mountain roads are difficult to walk, and there are many potholes.

Fortunately, the villagers in Lijia Village often go to the county town to sell prey and buy some daily necessities. They usually have fixed routes. As they travel more, they leave traces on the mountain roads.

Li Qingxuan followed these traces, crossed mountains and rivers, and used wooden sticks to explore the road, gradually moving away.

Before he knew it, a deserted road with few weeds appeared in front of him.

"This should be the official position."

Li Qingxuan took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his head, and slid from the slope to the deserted road.

He looked up at the sky and found that the sun was in the middle. He didn't care that his legs and feet were sore and continued to move south.

Time waits for no one.

The traces of wild wolf discovered today made Li Qingxuan realize the dangers in the wilderness of this era.

He has short legs and poor physical strength. If he doesn't hurry up, he will be miserable if he sleeps in the wild.

The sun sets, and the setting sun is afterwards.

On the desolate road, a small figure supported a small wooden stick, walking dimly, and shaking forward. He looked very young, as if he was a little exhausted, and he didn't know how far he had walked.

Crunch.

Suddenly, the sound of branches trampling in the dead forest on the roadside was heard.

The little man's bent body suddenly stood up, glanced at the surrounding terrain with a warning, and then turned over and rolled into the dead grass beside him and hid.

"So it's an old firewood chopper."

Li Qingxuan lay in the withered grass half a person tall, and breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the person who was leaving.

The official road connects many paths, and the further south the villages and towns are, the more you go.

Along the way, he also met farmers driving donkey carts, and silly travelers, but he did not contact any of them. Instead, he hid when he heard the movement, without any idea of ​​asking for help.

no way.

His body is too small and there are no adults around him. It is easier for others to be curious when he travels alone, and he has no power to protect himself and does not want to use his life to bet on human nature.

It was not until the old farmer chopping wood left that Li Qingxuan crawled out of the dead grass: "The frequency of meeting passers-by is getting higher and higher, and there are more farmland around it, so we should go to Nanzhou County."

He looked at the dim sky, then lowered his head and glanced at the cloth shoes that were already soaked in blood, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

At this time, even when you arrive at the county town, you can't get in. It's better to find a safe place to spend the night before the sky is completely dark.

This area is always much safer than the barren mountains and ridges in Lijia Village.

Li Qingxuan endured the pain on his feet and continued to walk south.

Before the sky completely dimmed, he was lucky enough to see a shed made of wood and thatch.

The shed is a bit simple, with a piece of fabric hanging on the eaves with a big word on it, but unfortunately Li Qingxuan couldn't understand it.

"This place is based on the official road, it should be a place like a tea stall."

Li Qingxuan glanced at the debris that were falling from the grass next to him, feeling a little lucky.

Pull open the wooden door tied with a straw rope and push it in.

It was empty inside, and there was not even a table or chair. There was a earth stove inside, and you could feel the remaining heat when you got close to it.

The owner here should have not been away for a long time, and he should have been from the nearby village.

"I'll spend the night here tonight."

Li Qingxuan dragged his tired body and picked up some dead grass and wood branches from outside. After closing the door from inside, a fire broke out.

After eating something simply, he frowned and endured the pain and pulled the shoes off his feet.

"Hiss~"

He didn't dare to rest all the way. His soles of his feet had already broken their skin, and his flesh and blood were even more sticking to the soles of his shoes. His feet were already numb and could bear it, but now he pulled them open, and he immediately took a breath of pain.

Looking at the bloody soles of his feet, Li Qingxuan sighed, rinsed with the small amount of salt water in his bamboo tube, and closed his eyes against the earth stove.

He was too tired, even though his feet stinged, he fell into a deep sleep in a short while.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and everything is lonely.

Kar ~

In a daze, Li Qingxuan seemed to hear some friction sounds around him.

He suddenly opened his eyes, held the right hand of the skinning knife to protect his chest as soon as possible, and then scanned the surroundings.

Kar ~

The harsh sound of friction and pulling came from outside the shed.

Something wants to come in!

Li Qingxuan's pupils shrank.

At this time, I don’t know when the fire had been extinguished and the remaining heat was still there. Only a few unformed moonlight shot into the shed from the gaps in the shed.

Instead of reigniting the fire, Li Qingxuan suppressed his panic, endured the stinging pain from his feet, got up, grabbed the knife of the wooden stick, and walked carefully to the door and leaned to listen to the movement outside.

With the harsh sound of pulling, you can vaguely hear heavy breathing, but it can be seen that the force is not strong and the position is at the bottom of the door.

"It should be a wolf or a wild dog."

Li Qingxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this shed is simple, the wooden door is also solid, and a simple wolf or wild dog cannot be broken easily.

After thinking about it, he took two steps back, grabbed the wooden stick with both hands, and knocked hard on the side of the door.

A bang sounded.

There was a pause in the outside of the shed, and then there was a whimpering and roar that quickly moved away. There were also some barking dogs with insufficient breath in the middle. It was obvious that the wild dogs outside the shed were frightened by the sudden movement caused by Li Qingxuan.

The wild dog was not brave enough and fled in panic. Li Qingxuan lost his sleepiness, so he had to start the fire again and took out the talismans he had obtained before to play with and study it.

When he was rushing through the day, he deliberately hung this thing under his backpack without touching his body, until he didn't find anything wrong.

"This talisman seems to be much colder than during the day."

Regardless of whether it was an illusion or not, Li Qingxuan quickly stuffed the talisman back into the sachet, put it away from him, and stared at the fire in a daze...

It is cold and cold in autumn.

Light shines through the outside of the shed.

It's dawn.

Li Qingxuan wrapped his clothes, held a skinning knife in his hand, and carefully opened the wooden door to look at the outside environment.

A peaceful area.

However, there are many claw marks and wood chips outside the wooden door, which should be left by the wild dog last night.

"Dog thing disturbs people's dreams."

Li Qingxuan laughed and cursed, simply cleared the traces in the shed, and continued to head towards Nanzhou County with some expectations.
Chapter completed!