On the road, two people led a group of people who were fully armed and whose heads were covered with fine iron helmets to walk forward.
"Brother, are you tired? Is this armor heavy? How about I hold it for you?"
One of them is dressed simply, looks simple, and has a serious look on his face.
The man in armor who was answered by him cupped his hands and said: "Xu Daxian, I'm not tired."
"Really? Are you tired? It's okay. When you are tired, just say, I am level four and I have enough strength." He looked at the other person.
"Xu Chengzhu's work is not over yet!"
Next to him, a strong man with a sinister face scolded: "I am a Forbidden Army! Do you know what a Forbidden Army is? If the armor is tired, then the high-grade pills will be in vain!"
Xu Chengzhu scratched his head and said, "Junior Brother Xiahou, aren't I afraid that they will be tired? I have spare energy and can share more."
"I'm not your junior brother, we were at the same time!"
Xia Houchi said angrily: "You are just one level higher than me, don't be too arrogant, I will catch up soon!"
Xu Chengzhu was overjoyed when he heard this, "That's great, my junior brother has become stronger, and we can better share our worries for our sect!"
"you"
Looking at that simple and serious expression, Xiahou wanted to scold but didn't know how to speak.
Why are you acting together with this guy!
During the two harvest seasons, there is the least manpower. Baishou City is already busy enough, especially when I heard that some men had disappeared recently. Xu Chengzhu happened to be in the city at that time, so he volunteered and decided to go there in person.
What's more, he was there at the time.
In two years, Xia Houchi went from racking his brains in literacy to reaching the third level of fighting ability now. He and his senior brothers have suppressed evil ways and killed bandits, so he has experienced ups and downs.
The inexplicable disappearance of people like this is most likely related to evil spirits. He will definitely not want to go. That kind of thing is not something he can deal with.
But who knew Xu Chengzhu was so strong that he just pulled him over?
As the only second leader of the outer disciples, Xu Chengzhu was called the Heart of the Pure One by his senior brother. He even entered the alchemy furnace himself and learned the human elixir method. However, no one among the outer disciples was willing to follow him. They were just polite.
He, Xia Houchi, could not learn the human elixir method, so he chose the power elixir method of his inner sect brother Wang Hu. However, at the third level position, he surpassed the other junior disciples. In addition, everyone was of similar composition, so they were willing to listen to his orders.
As a senior disciple of the outer sect, you should not be timid when encountering problems, even if it is for the sake of face.
Besides, we are just collecting food, not exterminating evil spirits. I heard that the senior brother is out of seclusion and has been dispatched, so it is not a big problem.
However, as long as he was with Xu Chengzhu, he would inevitably get angry.
Why!
Why should all good things belong to him? Mortals like him and respect him when he goes out to do things. But he is the one who makes plans and makes every step of the way!
Even if he secretly taunted others, they wouldn't hear it. Even if he scolded him in person, it didn't matter to him. Instead, he always had a smile on his face, which made Xiahou Chi lose his temper at all.
Why didn't he die when he was following others to exterminate evil?
Xia Houchi took a deep breath, stopped looking at him, and said: "Cuiwu Village is ahead, stop talking nonsense and collect food quickly!"
At the end of this road, there is a quiet small village. The surrounding farmland has been harvested, and the root system left behind looks extremely peaceful in the dusk. The whole village is so quiet and peaceful.
"It's all done. Originally, I wanted to help." Xu Chengzhu said.
"Hey, I've got so many farm tools. If I can't collect them all, then I'll have to do it." Xia Houchi looked disdainful.
Cuiwu Village is one of the many villages and towns under the protection of Jinxianmen. Two years ago, the senior brother got a lot of people to come in, but not everyone was willing to gather around the city. Some were far away from the city and were located in the wilderness, forming a
villages and towns.
In these places, Su Yougen distributed seeds for free to help them reclaim wasteland. Now it is the main source of food. The original plants were basically harvested once a year, but after they continued to refine the alchemy to come up with the formula, they also refined some
With good harvesting tools and help cultivating seeds, you can already harvest twice a year.
As they marched, they could see many children playing at the entrance of the village.
The sudden appearance of a group of people naturally attracted the attention of the children.
"The Forbidden Army! It's the Imperial Army!"
The children seemed to have seen some kind of idol, and a dozen people gathered around these people.
"Wow, what a bright armor. The Imperial Guards are so powerful. I want to be a Imperial Guard when I grow up!" A child of seven or eight years old almost had a light in his eyes.
"That's great. You have to practice hard. The Forbidden Army is very powerful!" Xu Chengzhu clenched his fists and said with a smile.
"Eh? You are." The child looked puzzled as Xu Chengzhu was not wearing armor.
"I am Xu Chengzhu, a disciple of the Jinxian Sect. Hello." Xu Chengzhu said with a smile.
"It's the Great Immortal!"
"The Great Immortal is even more powerful, I want to be a Great Immortal in the future!"
A group of children cheered there again.
"Great Immortal, I made this for you."
A girl handed Xu Chengzhu a bouquet composed of several wild flowers.
The remaining children seemed not to be outdone. Children's toys such as hand towels, wooden spinning tops, pottery balls, and nine consecutive beads were all given to these forbidden soldiers.
It's just that Xiahou Chi is clearly at the front, but these children who are closest to them are automatically avoiding him one by one, as if they are ignoring him.
This made his face visibly darken.
"Junior brother Xiahou, don't be sad. You look fierce. Come on, I'll give this to you."
Seeing this, Xu Chengzhu handed a piece of candy to Xia Houchi very thoughtfully.
"I don't want it!"
Xia Houchi glared at him, "What good are these children's things? What if I don't have anything when I go to the city?! I have as much jade, gold and silver as I want at home!"
After becoming a great immortal, with a salary, I made alchemy and sold a lot of money. Some of the money was kept, and some was exchanged for valuable treasures. I did nothing every day, just lying at home counting money and looking at the treasures.
fine.
He is a bandit, and his favorite thing is to look at treasures.
What's so good about a piece of broken candy?
"Great Immortal."
At this moment, a child who didn't seem to be very gregarious came silently from behind and handed an extremely rough wooden sword to Xiahou Chi.
"This, this is for you!" The child raised his chest and abdomen, mustered up his courage, and said loudly.
The wooden sword had a rough and twisted wooden handle, one long and one short guard, and a wooden sword body that had not been planed cleanly. It was not so much a wooden sword, but it was actually no different from a wooden stick.
Xia Houchi was stunned for a moment, his eyes fluctuated, and he twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he was trying to force out a smile, but because he looked so fierce, the twitching of the corners of his mouth only made the child even more fierce, making the child take a step back in fright.
.
"Tsk!"
Xia Houchi slapped the wooden sword away, glared at the child and said, "I don't have time to play with you, I'm here to collect food!"
He stepped on the wooden sword, walked towards the village, and said loudly: "The Golden Immortal Gate is here to collect grain, prepare your grain, and come to the village center to exchange for purchases with us! Hurry up, don't waste time!"
"Wow!!"
The child behind him started crying, which made Xiahou Chi's face become even darker.
Children are the most annoying!
The same goes for the children I met in school, the children playing in the street, and the same for these children!
This world is broken and you have only enjoyed a few days of blessings. Why are you so happy?
You also play with swords, with a hairy sword!
The Imperial Guards quickly moved forward and took out the cloth bags from their waists, which were filled with money.
This is money used to collect grain.
Naturally, they will not collect it by force, but the price is only fair. With this money, ordinary people will go to the city to buy daily necessities and expand their houses. When the number of people increases one day, the village will expand and vendors will appear.
, and then turned into a new city.
If this goes back and forth, mortals will prosper and become better.
They remembered that when the elders said this, they were full of yearning and expectation.
The center of the village has long been filled with carts filled with large cloth bags and rice and vegetables scattered around.
Following Xia Houchi's words, a group of villagers came out of the house. The leader, the old man, leaned on a cane and smiled: "I have been waiting for the immortal for a long time. Please take a test."
One person frowned at the crying children at the entrance of the village and shouted: "Shu baby, you are crying so much, the immortal is here, come here quickly!"
Then he apologized, "My child is a little noisy, please forgive me."
"This is also our fault, Junior Brother Xiahou, that wooden sword is actually quite beautiful, but it's a pity that people still don't give it to me if I want it." Xu Chengzhu said at the side.
"I'm not your junior brother!"
Xia Houchi glared at him, took a deep breath, and said to the imperial army: "Go and get tested!"
Ten Imperial Guardsmen walked towards the carts and began to count them.
Xu Chengzhu said to these villagers at this time: "Please pay attention recently. People from a village ahead seem to have disappeared. You should also be careful to protect yourself. We will step up patrols to try to keep you safe."
"It's good that Daxian has such a heart. We come from outside, and people will die every few days. Look at us, in fact, we were not from the same village before, we were all from other villages. Everyone died, and only the remaining
One or two of these came over."
The father-in-law smiled and said: "We have had stability for a few years, which is very good. Now we can still have the protection of the immortals and have patrols, so I am very satisfied."
"How about that?"
Xu Chengzhu frowned and said: "What our Golden Immortal Sect wants to ensure is that you have long-term peace and stability. We don't live for a while, but we live until the end of your lifespan!"
"Then please leave it to the great immortal."
The old man bowed, raised his head, opened and closed his mouth, and said something.
Xia Houchi was tired of hearing this and stepped back, turned around and looked at the wooden sword lying in the soil, and clicked his tongue again.
So fed up.
Why did he do this?
Wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy life in the city?
These people chatter and talk non-stop, but they have nothing to say.
After the test, just leave. They are just a group of mortals. Do you need to listen to them?
"Old man, what did you say?"
Although Xu Chengzhu was so close, it seemed as if he couldn't hear what the person said. Huh, it must be some kind of compliment from this mortal. He was so happy that he wanted to hear it again.
Why is this person so annoying?
"Old man, I can't hear you clearly. What are you talking about? Are you talking?" Xu Chengzhu's voice sounded again.
Xia Houchi turned his head impatiently and said, "He said whether you are done or not."
Suddenly, he was stunned.
The surrounding villagers were all smiling and opening and closing their mouths, seemingly saying something.
But there was no sound.
The sound of the breeze stopped, and the unique chirping of cicadas and frogs at dusk in summer. I didn't feel it before because I was used to hearing it, but now that I heard it, it seemed to be silent.
In the village, there was no sound except Xu Chengzhu's voice.
But those people's eyes dimmed at this moment, and their faces that should have been smiling became dull, and they stood there like puppets.