The movement here obviously aroused the man's vigilance, and he looked here from time to time.
When he saw a young woman walking towards him, he was a little nervous, but he quickly calmed down. Even these small movements could not escape Xiao Feiyan's eyes.
"Excuse me, where is this place?" Xiao Feiyan asked.
"You, are you a human?" The man was surprised to hear that the other party could speak Common Language, "This is where we live, and no outsiders have come here for a long time."
"Yes, we are the human race." Yu Wanqing replied. At this time, Lan Xiaoman and others had already walked up to the man, "We are lost and need help."
When the man saw it, he saw that she was a beautiful human woman who looked very young. She was wearing a Tang-style sleeve shirt, with a gorgeous sword hanging on her waist, and she was dressed in a chivalrous attire.
"This is our leader." Xiao Feiyan introduced.
Yu Wanqing used Common Language. Her voice was not loud, but it was extremely clear and spread to every corner of the village.
The originally lifeless village gradually gained popularity. People in twos and threes walked out of their stone houses and formed a circle, surrounding Lan Xiaoman and the five strangers in the middle.
The man stood at the outermost edge of the large circle, with his hands in his trouser pockets, as if he was waiting to see what was going on, quietly observing everything.
In the large circle, a very old man walked out. One look at his clothes showed how high his status was. You guessed it right, he was the head of this village. His long silver hair was simply tied behind his back.
Withered skin, thin face.
"What are you doing here?" the old man asked in Common Tongue, his voice full of majesty.
"We are from the outside world and want to go to Chang'an City." Yu Wanqing stepped forward and replied.
The old man looked at Yu Wanqing carefully and was surprised to see her wearing Tang Dynasty clothes.
"Tang Dynasty? The outside world? Hmm." The old man pondered for a moment, "Isn't it the Republic of China outside now?"
This answer was beyond the expectations of the five people. Lan Xiaoman couldn't help it anymore and stepped forward and asked: "Grandpa, you said you all lived here in the Republic of China?"
"Yes! We came here the year the Japanese invaded." At this time, the man outside came up and replied.
"It's a new world outside now. The Japanese have surrendered long ago, a new government has been established, and the people live and work in peace and contentment." Lan Xiaoman said.
"Our place is called Taoyuan Village. My parents brought me here to live when I was very young. They said it was to avoid the war. As for how we got here, I don't know." There was a sense of majesty in the old man's sharp eyes.
But it seemed like he was lying, at least that's what Yu Wanqing thought.
"Are you the only village near here? Is there anyone else?" Xiao Feiyan asked.
"No, at least there is no one else within a hundred miles." The man replied, and then he said a few words to the old man that Lan Xiaoman and others could not understand.
Maybe it's the local language, Lan Xiaoman thought.
The man turned around and said to the five of them: "I told grandpa that he allows you to take a rest in the village. As for where you want to go, we can talk again."
Everyone looked at Yu Wanqing. Yu Wanqing looked into the distance. The sun had already set and the cold wind was getting stronger and stronger. If he went forward, he might freeze to death. It would be better to go to the village and rest for a while. Maybe he could also find out something useful.
What about the news? Thinking of this, Yu Wanqing replied: "Then I'll trouble you."
The villagers made way for the old man to lead the way towards the house in the center of the village.
They came to a house. The house was very simple but exquisitely decorated.
The old man asked the villagers to disperse, and those who were going home should go home, and those who were working should go to work.
The man helped the old man into the house, asked everyone to sit down, and ordered people to pour tea.
Lan Xiaoman didn't have any thoughts on tea. He carefully looked at the furnishings in the room and couldn't help but admire the owner's attentiveness.
"You said you are from the outside world." The old man took a sip of tea and asked.
"Yes." Yu Wanqing replied, "But we have just arrived there and are not very familiar with it. My subordinates have lived there for a long time." After speaking, she pointed at Lan Xiaoman.
"Oh." The elder was not surprised. He looked at Lan Xiaoman and introduced to everyone, "My name is Yin Shang. This is my grandson Huzi. He is eighteen or nineteen years old this year."
The man named Huzi bowed to everyone.
"You just said you were going to Chang'an? What happened?" Yin Shang asked.
"It's a long story. I was originally the king of the Western Liang Kingdom. I was brought to modern times because of a spell cast by my enemies. If I can't drive back, my people will be trapped to death by the spell."
"How do you know this system can send you back..."
"Hu Zi!" before Hu Zi finished speaking, Yin Shang yelled loudly, "Hurry up and help harvest food, winter is coming soon."
Huzi also realized his mistake, quickly lowered his head and carefully exited.
"System?" Lan Xiaoman was full of curiosity.
Yu Wanqing was secretly happy: I guessed it right, the old guy was indeed lying.
"Hey, for now, I'll just tell the truth." Yin Shang took off the decoration on his head and let a girl take it and put it away.
"Yes, this is a virtual world. There is no Taoyuan Village. What you see are the things in the system. This system was designed and built by me, and it took me most of my life. Except for the one named Huzi just now,
Except for the boy, everyone here is originally created by the system."
"Then he is really your grandson?" Lan Xiaoman asked.
"Yes." Yin Shang pondered for a moment, "My name is not Yin Shang, but Xiang Wentian..."
"What? You...you are...the world-renowned system expert Xiang Wentian?" Lan Xiaoman was so shocked that he almost fell off his chair.
"Yes." Xiang Wentian replied, "It turns out that I just lied to you because it was also for safety reasons."
"It doesn't matter." Yu Wanqing said with a smile.
"But I learned from the news that you disappeared ten years ago. What happened?" Lan Xiaoman was full of curiosity.
"I'm trapped." Xiang Wentian said, "When I first invented this system, I originally wanted to give it to my grandson Huzi as a gift. I didn't expect it to be so powerful that even I couldn't predict it. I originally wanted it to be a gift for my grandson Huzi.
I thought I was a world-class system expert, but I didn't expect that there are more unknown areas waiting for people to crack."
"What's going on?" Yu Wanqing asked.
"On Huzi's birthday, our whole family came to play on the system. We had a lot of fun at the beginning. Unexpectedly, the system was not controlled by my instructions in the end and sent us here without permission. But I remember that I never
I have never set up this Peach Blossom Village, so I have no way of knowing what the return command is."
"Where are Huzi's parents?" Lan Xiaoman asked.
"That's the problem." Xiang Wentian's expression looked very painful, "The system only sent me and Huzi here. I don't know where he sent his parents, but I know they are still somewhere in the system.
Fortunately, I still remember some instructions to let the system serve me, but Huzi’s parents..."
Xiang Wentian couldn't go on talking anymore.
"Don't worry, they will be fine." Yu Wanqing comforted him.
"You want to go back to the Tang Dynasty through my system?" Xiang Wentian asked.
"Yes, I don't know if that's okay?" Yu Wanqing said.
"It's not impossible, but I'm stuck here now and can't help you. Besides, it's very dangerous to play cat and mouse with a powerful system."
"So, we can't go back, and we can't move forward?" Xiao Feiyan asked.
"That's not possible. I've made some progress in my research recently, but it's still a mess." Xiang Wentian said, "How about you guys stay here now and help me with my research? I know this guy is a
A game master, I see him clicking into the system to play games almost every day."
Lan Xiaoman smiled sheepishly: "Everywhere, it's just a little trick."
"Okay. We're staying." Yu Wanqing responded.
"Well, it's almost time!" By the creek, Huzi squinted his eyes and looked up at the sun hanging high in the sky, and said to Lan Xiaoman.
Then he slowly put away the fishing rod, and calmly took out an iron frame, a few pieces of dark coal, and an iron plate from his backpack... Putting these scattered things together,
Just like a small barbecue rack.
Huzi touched the ring with a flame pattern engraved on the index finger of his left hand. A flame the size of a fist suddenly jumped out in front of his eyes. He threw the flame on the dry firewood, and the barbecue grill was suddenly ignited and scorching hot fire erupted.
Firelight.
Lan Xiaoman was shocked and asked: "Brother Huzi, when can I also have a ring?"
Huzi smiled but did not answer, and then saw him take out a fat tilapia from the bucket next to him, pass it through with an iron fork, put it on the barbecue grill and slowly turn it. After a while, a few strands of tilapia were
The faint fragrance had wafted out, and a smile appeared on the corners of the two people's mouths. Huzi hummed a folk song from an unknown place happily.
The grilled fish began to turn brown, and a burnt aroma wafted out. Huzi quickly took out the cumin, salt and other seasonings from his backpack and sprinkled it on it, then sniffed it gently and laughed with satisfaction.
He took out a bunch and handed it to Lan Xiaoman. Lan Xiaoman was so greedy that his mouth watered when he smelled the fragrance.
At this moment, a black shadow came straight towards the two of them from a distance, and Lan Xiaoman was startled.
When the black shadow reached his side, Lan Xiaoman saw clearly that it was a big-eared rabbit, which was ten times the size of an ordinary rabbit.
"Brother, what is this?" Lan Xiaoman asked strangely.
"My pet." Huzi replied excitedly, "In this system, everyone can keep a pet, which is fun and can be used for self-defense."
"Really? Can I raise one?" Lan Xiaoman asked.
"Of course, I'll ask grandpa to deliver one to you when we get back.
The big-eared rabbit is wearing a set of leather armor with exquisite patterns. A faint green light shines through these patterns. Although it is not very conspicuous during the day, it can still be noticed.
As the sun set, after everyone and their pets had eaten and drank enough, they reluctantly left the river. Looking at the mountains dyed golden red by the sun from a distance, Huzi felt extremely complicated: "I'm over there.
I have never been there before, but I heard from my grandpa that it is the Kunlun Mountains, which is very big. I don’t know what happened, but my grandpa actually let us live in seclusion in this small village." He sighed slightly, and according to Hu Zi’s idea, like him
This kind of person who knows a lot must be a great master and should go out and make a name for himself.
He pulled the fisherman's hat on his head and said to Lan Xiaoman behind him: "Let's go back. Grandpa will be worried later." (To be continued)