White clouds slowly rose into the sky. Qi Yuan and Yang Chan stood side by side, standing on the white clouds, overlooking the Guanjiang River and looking around Wanli River.
For a moment, Qi Yuan suddenly felt a sense of freedom and ease unique to immortals.
Yes, I am already an immortal, and I should be carefree and carefree. It is completely different from the cautious and cautious life before I have achieved immortality. I should change my way of living, otherwise this long life will be very tiring.
Seeing that he was getting further and further away from the Guanjiang mouth, Qi Yuan looked back and made sure that Yang Jian had not followed. He smiled inwardly and quietly stretched out his hands to take the slender, boneless little hands of his junior sister in his own.
Yang Chan's pretty face turned red and she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
I knew that my senior brother would definitely be dishonest.
However, she did not free her hand, but her face turned red with embarrassment, her heart was pounding, and a different kind of feeling came to her heart.
Of course, Qi Yuan only dares to hold hands now, and he doesn't dare to do any more intimate gestures.
After all, Yang Chan is too easily shy, and it is impossible to let him act recklessly outside.
What's more, what if other Qi Masters fly by nearby and see them being intimate?
Neither of them spoke, and they quietly felt the sweet and joyful feeling in their hearts.
After a long time, Yang Chan felt less shy and asked softly: "Brother, where are we going?"
Qi Yuan came to his senses: "Let's go to Tongguan first."
As he spoke, he looked up and realized that he was going in the wrong direction. He reached out and slapped his forehead, burst into laughter, and then a light flashed under his feet, turning the clouds around and flying towards the north.
Some time ago, all the gods of the Kitchen God Division reported to him the smart children found in their respective guarding places. That was all about the other children. As long as he knew where those children's homes were, he could pass through those people's stoves.
Allocate some divine power to observe secretly to see if those children are really smart, and then examine their character and character to see if they are suitable for practicing swordsmanship.
If it is suitable, he can send Qi Yi and others to bring those children back to Mount Emei, take them into his sect, and strengthen the Emei Sword Sect.
However, two of them were extremely talented, which aroused his interest. He just needed an excuse to take his junior sister out for a walk, so he planned to go and have a look in person.
Of those two children, one is in Tongguan and the other is in Mianchi County.
Relatively speaking, Tongguan was closer, so he planned to go to Tongguan first to meet the child who was born with speed and see if he was really as magical as Li Cunxiao said.
When Yang Chan saw that her senior brother had gone in the wrong direction, she couldn't help but chuckle, but she was not as shy as before.
Qi Yuan looked at his junior sister's smiling face and couldn't help but feel particularly cheerful.
Tongguan is located in an important location, bordering the Yellow River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south. There is also the Forbidden Valley in the southeast. The surrounding mountains are connected, with deep valleys and cliffs, high mountains and narrow roads, making it a battleground for military strategists.
Outside the city, in a village at the foot of the mountains.
At this time, there were twenty or thirty tall soldiers, holding sharp weapons, surrounding a family in a show of force.
In the courtyard, several soldiers were chasing a short figure.
However, even though these soldiers were considered elite in the army, they still could not catch that small figure, and they could not even restrain it.
At the gate of the courtyard, a young man in brocade clothes was making a lot of noise and yelling and cursing from time to time. He was obviously dissatisfied with the incompetence of those soldiers, who couldn't even catch a mere kid.
Outside the courtyard, other people in the village gathered together, looking at this place with angry faces.
In this era, the villagers in the village are basically related to each other, and they have long been displeased with the scene in front of them.
If they were attacked by bandits, bullies, or wild beasts in the mountains, they would rush to help without saying a word.
Unfortunately, these people who came were officers and soldiers guarding Tongguan City, which made them afraid to act rashly.
Otherwise, if one person is labeled as a rebel, their entire village may be massacred.
They knew why these officers and soldiers came.
Not long ago, a boy from the Duan family hunted prey and went to the city to sell it. When he encountered the son of a general under the command of Tongguan Army, he was acting rogue. He failed to buy and sell by force. Instead, he was bitten on the arm by Duan Lei.
Then the young master of the general's family found out about Duan Lei from somewhere. After knowing that his home was here, he immediately led a group of soldiers from the city guard to arrest him.
These villagers are not afraid of the ferocious beasts in the mountains, but when faced with these officers and soldiers of the same kind, they have no choice but to watch them bully the Duan family boys.
Fortunately, Duan Lei was gifted and had been different since he was a child. At this time, when being rounded up by several elite soldiers, not only was he safe, but he even occasionally stretched his legs to trip those soldiers to the ground.
"Trash, a bunch of trash."
The richly dressed young man standing at the door couldn't help but yell: "Don't you guys always like to brag about how powerful you are? Why are you so useless now? You haven't caught this kid yet."
He was furious in his heart.
Some time ago, he was wandering around the market with a few followers, and unexpectedly saw someone selling a snow fox.
At that time, he was very happy when he saw it. After all, such a beautiful snow fox is indeed rare and is very popular among dignitaries.
If he makes beautiful clothes from the fur of this snow fox and gives them to the young lady of the general military family, maybe she will be favored.
Such a precious snow fox is naturally worth a lot of money. However, relying on his family's power, this person has always bullied the market and acted unscrupulously. Of course, he will not give money honestly, not to mention that the person selling this snow fox is still a skinny kid.
So he didn't even ask the price, he just threw two copper coins to the child and wanted to take the snow fox away.
Of course Duan Lei didn't allow it. He had spent a lot of effort trying to capture the snow fox, but finally relied on his natural speed to catch the snow fox from deep in the mountain.
Moreover, the reason why he ventured into the mountains to hunt this precious snow fox was to exchange money for his mother's medical treatment. How could he watch his prey being taken away by others?
It's just that the other party was a young master from an official family, and he wouldn't reason with him at all. He would beat him up if he disagreed. Duan Lei couldn't help but bite the young master on the arm, took the snow fox back and ran home.
go.
I just didn't expect that the other party would come to his home without mercy.
Fortunately, although these soldiers were outnumbered, they were too slow to even touch his shadow, let alone catch him.
The gorgeous young man had been holding back his anger for a while. He failed to snatch the snow fox and instead was bitten by a child. For this reason, he was ridiculed by Miss General Soldier's other pursuers.
So as soon as he found out where the kid who bit him lived, he immediately brought a team of soldiers under his father to arrest him so that he could vent his bad anger.
A middle-aged man in armor standing next to the young man said: "Master, this man is extremely fast. It seems that these soldiers alone cannot catch him."
"What a bunch of useless things. If they can't do it, then you can do it!"
"Well……"
The middle-aged man choked and quickly said with a smile: "I'm afraid even my subordinates can't do this."
"No, why are you still talking nonsense?"
The young man was furious: "If you can't even do such a small thing, I've spent all my time raising you losers."
Even though the middle-aged man had known this young man's temperament for a long time, he still felt a little embarrassed when he was scolded at this moment.
He quickly said: "Master, calm down. Although we can't catch him, we can catch his parents and family, and then threaten him and let him go."
"Um?"
The young man looked back at the middle-aged man in surprise, then smiled with satisfaction and patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder.
"Okay, Lao Qin, I didn't expect that your old boy's thoughts would change very quickly. Haha, what are you waiting for? Send people to the house quickly to arrest his family members for me.
I want to teach this boy a lesson. He dares to bite me. Do you really think that this young master is a vegetarian?
If we don't deal with him properly, he might be looked down upon by the other guys."
After hearing the order, a group of soldiers rushed into the house and captured Duan Lei's parents and brothers within a moment.
Duan Lei's eyes suddenly burst with anger, especially when he saw that his mother who was lying in bed was roughly dragged out by two officers and soldiers, and he became even more furious.
"You... let go of my mother quickly."
Duan Lei said as he flashed his body and was about to pounce on him.
But he soon stopped again.
Because all his family members had weapons on their necks, and he did not dare to move.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The young man in gilded clothes looked up to the sky and laughed proudly: "Boy, you are crazy, are you going to continue to be arrogant?"
He took a few steps forward, came to Duan Lei, raised his leg and kicked Duan Lei to the ground, then kicked him hard, and said fiercely: "How dare you bite me, young master?" I thought highly of you, and that’s why I wanted to take your Snow Fox, but you don’t appreciate it, and you actually dare to play tricks on me, you really think I’m a young master who’s easy to mess with, right?”
Duan Lei is only eight years old this year. He is thin and has slender bones. However, he did not feel pain when he was kicked by this person. Instead, he said: "I will give you the snow fox. Please let my parents go."
"Hmph, let him go?"
The young man had a fierce look on his face, and while beating him he cursed: "Do you really think I care so much about that snow fox?
You despicable little bastard actually dares to bite me. If I don’t beat you to death today, young master, how can I still hang out in Tongguan City in the future?”
However, his physical strength was obviously not very good. After being beaten for a while, he was already panting from exhaustion and exhausted.
"You guys, tie him up and see if I can't kill you today."
Following the young man's instructions, several soldiers came forward with ropes.
Although the woman who was caught by the soldiers looked haggard and sickly, when she saw that her son was in danger, she still shouted: "My son, run quickly, don't let them catch me."
The couple had been begging the young man to bypass their son, but no one paid any attention to them.
So they also knew that these people did not want to let go of their son, so they thought that if the son ran far away, there would be no danger.
Duan Lei obediently got up and ran away. Although the soldiers stretched out their hands to stop him, they could not stop him.
"You run, if you feel like it, run."
The young man sneered: "If you dare to run away again, I will kill all your family members."
"..."
Duan Lei, who had already run out of the yard, stopped and looked at his mother, who looked sick, and then at his father and brother.
His mother was worried about his safety, so why not worry about the life and death of his family.
"If I don't run away, can you let me and my family go?"
Duan Lei asked.
"Of course, why did I kill them? They didn't offend me."
A trace of violence flashed in the young man's eyes: "As long as you obey me, Master, I will let them go."
"Okay, I won't run away."
While Duan Lei was speaking, he had already walked back, looked at his mother with tear-filled eyes, and said: "Mom, my child is unfilial, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it again in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the young man winking at the middle-aged man beside him.
The middle-aged man immediately understood. He took two steps forward and was picked up from the scabbard in his hand, and was slapped on his leg. With a bang, his leg bone was actually broken.
Duan Lei groaned, and despite the extreme pain, he didn't even scream.
Because he didn't want his mother to be even more sad because of his pain.
"Run, can't you run? Are you going to keep running?"
The young man's face was distorted, he stretched out his legs and kicked Duan Lei's broken leg several times, and then waved his hand: "Don't you like to bite people? I will let you taste the feeling of being bitten."
While they were talking, two soldiers came out leading two ferocious dogs, intending to let the dogs bite the child alive.