It turns out that the purpose of catching big snakehead fish today was to sell it to raise money for leaving Shiyan Village.
Unexpectedly, instead of catching the fish, he caught Xia Qingchen instead.
Xia Qingchen asked in surprise: "Is the security of the Red Maple Empire so bad? Has the entire county been captured by bandits?"
The old man sighed helplessly: "Actually, it's not our empire's incompetence that's to blame, but the recent emergence of a group of bandits who are too powerful."
"It is said that they are all warriors! The bandit leader with the highest strength is said to have reached the level of a small star!!"
The old man's expression showed great awe, and his granddaughter also tightened her lips and felt very uneasy.
"You know, in Pei Liucheng, which is above the county seat, the strongest one has only achieved star status!"
Of course, Xia Qingchen no longer takes the star realm warrior in his eyes.
However, it is indeed unusual for a large-scale bandit to appear in a mere county town.
With the strength of a big star, placed in any big city, he is a top expert, and he is too late to be worshiped by others. Why should he turn into a bandit and capture a small county town?
A mere county town should not be enough to attract the attention of big stars.
"Actually, we are not the only county where similar situations have occurred. It is said that in the past year, different bandits often attacked the city and captured territory."
"They did not attack the big cities, but focused on the county towns. After plundering them, they immediately left and captured the remaining county towns."
"The empire's experts are limited, and there is no way to wipe out the bandits."
Xia Qingchen gradually picked up the clues.
The so-called empire should be similar to the Shenxiu Principality where Xia Qingchen once stayed.
Above the principality is ruled by the Martial Arts Heavenly Palace, and above the Heavenly Palace are sects such as the Nebula Sect.
The old man and the little girl in front of him had not stepped into the martial arts and had limited vision, so they had no idea that the huge empire in their eyes was actually just the product of a certain sect.
"So, Master, we really can't leave you here to recuperate," the old man said.
The granddaughter looked at Xia Qingchen, who was having difficulty getting up, and felt unbearable. She tugged on her grandfather's sleeve and said, "Grandpa, if this young master is discovered, he will be taken away, right?"
Those bandits recruited soldiers and horses, recruiting young men from all over the place to expand their ranks.
Xia Qingchen is so young, once discovered, he will definitely be taken away.
"But we..." The old man was in a dilemma. It was even more difficult for her to take her granddaughter on the road, let alone Xia Qingchen who couldn't move.
"Grandpa, you are a good man, do your best and take him with you," the granddaughter begged.
After all, the old man was a soft-hearted person, otherwise he would not have left the important matter of preparing money to rescue Xia Qingchen.
"Hey! Okay!" The old man doted on his granddaughter and said, "Young man, you can take good care of yourself at home. I'll go catch some big black fish and try to get more money."
In fact, Xia Qingchen wanted to say that the so-called bandits were really nothing.
As for the money, just take out something from his space nirvana and you can sell it for real money that they won't be able to use up in their lifetime.
However, real money should not be exposed, especially in times of crisis.
He nodded: "Thank you, sir. I will remember this great kindness."
Grandpa nodded and took his granddaughter outside.
"What are you pulling me for?" The granddaughter staggered and moved away from him unhappily, saying.
Grandpa raised his finger as if to be silent, and glanced into the room from the corner of his eye: "Shh!"
He took out an iron dagger from his waist, put it into his granddaughter's hand, and said, "Take it!"
"What do you want this for? I don't want it!" The granddaughter retracted her hand.
Grandpa was a wise man, so he looked at the room warily and said, "It is important to be on guard against others. You are at home alone, so be careful!"
As he said that, he couldn't help but put the dagger into the opponent's hand.
The granddaughter pouted: "My little brother can't even get up, what can he do to me! Is grandpa too careful?"
However, she still accepted the dagger, so grandpa hesitantly returned to Longtan and continued to catch the rare but extremely valuable big black fish.
After watching him leave, the granddaughter returned to the house with a pouty smile.
Looking at Xia Qingchen, who was lying on the table with his eyes closed and concentrating, he looked at Xia Qingchen with his eyes: "Brother, there is a barefoot doctor in the village, shall I ask him to come and see you?"
Xia Qingchen opened her eyes and smiled warmly: "No, I just need to rest for a few days and I will be able to get up and walk."
The two of them, grandfather and grandson, don't even have enough money to pay for the expenses on the road. How can they have spare money to pay for a doctor?
The little girl is still innocent after all.
"Wow! With such a serious injury, you just need to rest?" the little girl said in surprise. She became a little bolder and moved a stool to sit in front of Xia Qingchen, holding her chin with her hands.
A pair of dark eyes kept looking at his mouth, as if they wanted to open Xia Qingchen's mouth.
"What are you looking at?" Xia Qingchen asked.
The little girl hurriedly said: "Brother, why do you breathe fire out of your mouth? Are you a street juggler?"
Xia Qingchen smiled softly: "Yes! You are so smart!"
Probably the heavenly fire in the body, the instinct to protect the master, was discovered by the grandfather and grandson, right?
However, she actually thought it was juggling, she was such an innocent little girl.
"Really? What else do you want? Show me quickly!" the little girl clapped her hands and said in surprise.
As a girl who lives deep in the mountains, she can only go to the county town once every Spring Festival to go to the fair. For her, juggling is simply a dream.
Xia Qingchen was recovering from his injuries and nothing happened, so he said, "You have to watch it!"
With a thought in his mind, the space nirvana opened silently, and a Blue Dream daffodil worth millions of cool coins suddenly appeared in the palm of his hand.
"Wow!!! It's a big transformation into a living creature!" The little girl was so surprised that she clapped her hands and was filled with joy.
Xia Qingchen said: "Give it to you!"
"Thank you!" The little girl quickly took it, but the moment her palm touched the flowers, the flowers disappeared out of thin air.
Instead, a string of crystal bracelets!
"Ah! It's Apparition, it's the most difficult juggling!" The little girl's mouth widened in surprise, and she admired Xia Qingchen beyond measure.
She looked at Xia Qingchen with eyes full of adoration.
"Wear the bracelet." Xia Qingchen gave it to her: "I will perform for you tomorrow."
The little girl had no idea that this was a series of second-level nirvana weapons that many star realm warriors were coveting. She happily took it and put it on her wrist.
After a brief contact, the little girl completely let down her guard against Xia Qingchen.
"My name is Zhou Mengmeng, and that's my grandfather. People in the village call him Sankuye." Zhou Mengmeng is very talkative: "Because my grandfather is recognized as the most cunning in the village."
"There is an idiom called Cunning Rabbit Three Kus, so he got the nickname "Three Kus Master".
Xia Qingchen listened quietly and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
In fact, with his hearing ability, how could he not hear what Master Sanku told his granddaughter just now?
This Sanku Master is indeed somewhat smart.
"He is a good grandfather." Xia Qingchen said.
Sister Zhou smiled silly, and she suddenly remembered: "By the way, what's your name?"