As dawn passed, a red sun slowly rose on the distant horizon, dispelling the clean and coolness of the early morning.

On a dangerous peak that was extremely high and rarely visited, a ragged man suddenly appeared. His body was covered with scars, and some wounds were still oozing out of blood. Most of the blood had been dried by the wind and turned into a dark red color. Although the man's face was pale, his expression was solemn. He ignored the injuries on his body and still gritted his teeth and ran hard.

He was holding a baby tightly in his arms. The baby seemed to have not been born for a long time and was wrapped tightly by a man. He was sleeping soundly. While running, he kept looking back, as if someone was chasing him behind him.

Sure enough, not long after the man ran, more than a dozen people came chasing and chasing. They were all wearing strong clothes and holding swords. They all looked fierce and had cold faces. They looked around carefully, looking around and looking at the places where people could be hidden.

The big man vaguely heard the shouting sound, and his pace was a little faster, and he took some rough and difficult roads, intending to avoid the pursuit behind him.

The mountain is densely forested, with strange peaks and strange rocks growing. The man wanted to find a place to hide his whereabouts several times, but in the end he gave up. Just when he was about to despair, he suddenly saw a very open place in Pingyang. Several thatched huts were built against stones, with strange flowers and plants on both sides. There were many old pine and cypress growing around him, with lush branches and leaves covering the sun and sky, making him look very quiet and quiet, just like a paradise.

In front of the hut, a three-legged cauldron about trough was slowly emitting a evaporated air. Next to it, a middle-aged man in a Taoist dress sat cross-legged. He had a clear face and a calm expression. Three long beards were floating under his jaw, which was a feeling of freedom and freedom. A little Taoist boy, about seven or eight years old, stood by his head.

The Taoist closed his eyes slightly and chanted softly: "Difficult, difficult, difficult, the Tao is the most mysterious, and practice is never easy. Who can pass through the world? Half obsessed and half stubborn. Since ancient times, many eyes are obsessed with each other, and will lie in the vast world. How many things in front of you will realize the wonderful mystery in a small inch. The sun and the moon are put into the alchemy furnace, and the whisk is free. It can sweep the spiritual platform as bright as a mirror, but it can cure the hardness in your heart. Wash all the turbid body and weight, and cultivate the muscles and bones and firmly. At that time, you can understand three thousand ways and fly freely to the sky outside the sky..."

Seeing this, the man was overjoyed and didn't care what the other party said. He didn't even think about it carefully and shouted anxiously: "Sir, help me! Sir, help me!"

The Taoist heard the scream and stood up to see him. He saw a big man running towards him with a baby in his arms. The baby was wrapped tightly in a fur and was sleeping soundly. It was obvious that the big man cared about him very much. Even though he was seriously injured, his hands were still as stable as Mount Tai, so as not to be frightened.

The man seemed to be exhausted, and his steps were very weak while running. The Taoist steps moved slightly and came to him instantly. He held his hands to stabilize the man's body that was about to fall, and said, "Don't be anxious, if you have something to do, come slowly."

The big man looked anxious and begged anxiously: "Sir, someone is going to chase my little master, beg me to help me and take it in!"

The Taoist's eyes were around the big man. Although there was no one, there was a vague sound of more than ten people rushing closer in his ears. He turned around and ordered the Taoist boy beside him: "Daoqing, take them to the cave behind the mountain to avoid it for a while, and you will come over after the arrangement."

“Yes, Master.”

The little Taoist boy who called Daoqing agreed, helped the big man and led him to the back.

The man was overjoyed when he heard this, and kept saying thanks. He followed Daoqing to the back of the mountain.

The Taoist was slightly tidying up his clothes, still standing cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and concentrating his mind.

After a while, Daoqing came back and said respectfully: "Master, I have arranged it as you ordered."

"Well, that's good." The Taoist nodded slightly and smiled: "Disciple, it seems that we should add people to import today. From now on, you have another playmate..."

Daoqing looked happy and said, "Master, I have been looking forward to it for a long time!"

The master and apprentice were talking to themselves, and the dozen men finally arrived. Seeing this scene, they were stunned. They all thought to themselves: I didn’t expect that there would be two living people in such a remote and dangerous peak. This is very strange.

"Hey, have you ever seen an injured man passing by here?" In the crowd, a strong man came out from the crowd and asked to the two masters and apprentices, and he was quite rude in his words.

The Taoist master and disciple seemed to have not heard it, and ignored the strong man at all.

The strong man was not able to respond, and he couldn't hold back his face. He waved the sword in his hand and said angrily: "Are you two deaf? The uncle is asking you, but you dare to ignore it. Do you want to die?"

One of the men who looked like a leader waved his hand to stop the strong man and smiled at the Taoist, saying, "Do not blame Taoist priest, my brother is more impatient, and he stumbles on the Taoist priest, and he will make a compensation for the next generation." After that, he bowed and bowed.

He asked again: "How dare you ask the Taoist priest?

The Taoist then smiled slightly and stood up and said, "It's easy to say, I'm sorry, I'm a barren mountain, and I live in this barren mountain, and I'm a living by practicing. It's a great blessing to have a distinguished guest coming today. I don't know why you are here?"

When everyone heard this, they all showed unhappiness, especially the strong man. He had already expressed his intention just now. Although he was rude, the bull's nose really pretended not to know. He asked again with red mouth and white teeth. It was really outrageous. He was about to scold him, but when he saw the leader glanced at him faintly, he suddenly felt a sudden thrill in his heart. He swallowed the words to his mouth again, and had to lower his head and secretly angry.

The leader smiled and said, "My brother is chasing a fugitive who has already severely injured him, but the man is very cunning and insidious. He snatched a baby as a hostage and threatened us. We brothers are afraid of accidentally hurting the innocent and throwing a mouse and snatching weapons, so he finally escaped. But after following him all the way, he didn't see him. If the Taoist priest sees him, he will definitely tell us so that he will not be crazy and cause trouble to the Taoist priest."

After hearing this, Tian Chenzi nodded slightly and said lightly: "This friend said, if I hadn't been afraid of trouble, I would not have lived in seclusion in the barren mountain peaks, and I have lived there for decades. But... except for you all, I have never seen anyone else come here. There are many trees and dense forests, and there are countless places where people can hide. I think it's unknown if the man was hiding elsewhere..."

"Impossible!" The strong man couldn't bear it and shouted loudly: "We followed him all the way, but there was no fork in the road up the mountain. You must have hidden it. If you know the truth, then hand over the person out quickly. Otherwise, the man's swords are not vegetarians!"

The middle-aged Taoist held the whisk in his hand and said calmly: "I mean you want to rely on many people, so you can use it to me?"

"Fifth Lao, if you speak rudely again, don't blame me for implementing the rules!" The leader's face turned cold and shouted in a deep voice.

When the strong man heard this, his head immediately drooped and he did not dare to speak anymore.

The leader smiled at Tian Chenzi and said, "My brother is a little impatient. I hope the Taoist priest will be forgiven. But this matter is of great importance. If our brothers cannot capture this person, they will not only be unable to seek revenge for the victims, but they will also be severely punished by the superiors. The Taoist priest is a paranoid and naturally has a broad mind. Having Tao is convenient for others, and it is convenient for oneself, and there is a kind of unkindness below..."

He said with some tentative words: "If the Taoist priest doesn't mind... can you let the search be on the lower level? First, to prove that what the Taoist priest said is not false, and second, to let me wait and have an explanation..."

Tian Chenzi showed an inexplicable smile and said to the leader: "It seems that you can't believe my words. Well, since you say that, in order to prove your innocence, you can do it all. However, don't be rude and careless in your actions. If you break something, I will not follow it!"

"Haha, don't worry, Taoist priest, we naturally know this."

The leader felt relieved when he saw Tian Chenzi agreeing. The stupid and powerful man Wu didn't know that he was meticulous. How could he have no means to survive in such a deserted mountain and a world? Although the other party's words and deeds were as good as ordinary people, the more this happened, the more vigilant the leader was. A true master would definitely be hidden.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind that he would not use force to solve the problem unless he had no choice but to use force, so he spoke respectfully and did not dare to be rude.

He turned around and said to everyone, "Everyone, be careful, don't mess up the Taoist priest's things, go."

After orders, more than a dozen people immediately scattered their work and carefully searched all the places inside and outside, in front and behind the house, within a radius of dozens of feet.

Soon, everyone came back to report: No discovery was found.

The leader frowned and looked around at the surrounding environment. Suddenly, he saw a pile of hay behind a big tree not far away. There seemed to be a rustling sound from under the pile, which was very suspicious. As soon as he raised his chin, the two men immediately ran to the side, and slowly lifted the hay with their swords with great caution, and at the same time made a defensive posture.

The two men vaguely heard breathing sounds in the haystack. They were overjoyed and their movements accelerated. Unpredictably, a flash of golden light suddenly burst out, with a fast speed that they could not see clearly.

The two of them were shocked and jumped far away together, with the long sword in their hands posing to defend against the enemy, staring at the shadow nervously.

The golden light as fast as light stopped instantly. The speed that was originally extremely fast stopped suddenly, but there was no sense of being too late. He stood firmly on the ground, letting out a low roar, staring at the two people who were disturbing him.

Only then did everyone see clearly that the golden light was actually an unknown little beast.

The little beast's body is a little limited in size than the human palm, but it is very strange in length. Its face is slightly longer, a bit like a horse, with a faint golden light all over its body, and its tail is short, broad and thick. Although it is not big, it faintly shows a powerful aura. However, the little beast is still young, and although this momentum is extraordinary, it still doesn't matter to everyone's eyes. If it weren't for the grimacing eyes at this time, it would be very cute.

Everyone looked at it for a long time, but they still didn't know what the little beast was called, but it seemed that it was not a big threat, so they each took back their posture and returned their swords to the sheath.

Tian Chenzi laughed loudly and said, "Don't panic, this is a young beast raised by me. It is because these two people disturbed its dreams, so they showed hostility. In fact, it is very kind and will not cause harm to everyone."

Tian Chenzi stretched out his palm and said to the little beast: "Come on, come here and go to sleep."

The little beast was very versatile. Seeing the master's call, he retracted his momentum and jumped up, landed steadily in Tianchenzi's palm. He stretched comfortably, curled up in a ball, and continued to fall asleep.

The leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I am not satisfied with disturbing the Taoist priest's love beast to rest. Since the person we are looking for is not here, then I will say goodbye. Taoist priest, please."

He bowed to Tian Chenzi slightly and took everyone away quickly.

The group turned around the mountain, and one of them asked in confusion: "Senior Brother Tang, are we leaving like this? This... is not our style... Besides, how can we get in touch with the elders when we go back?"

The leader said in a deep voice: "This person is not a simple person. Even if we take action, we will not be able to get a good idea. Maybe we will have to spend our lives here! Let's go down the mountain immediately to inform the elders of the situation here and ask them to decide."

"Why didn't I see that Taoist?

"Actually, I didn't see it, but because of this, I feel something is wrong. How can ordinary people be so calm when facing us? Just look at his little beast, it shouldn't be ordinary. If any hidden master lives here, wouldn't we beg for death like this? Just be careful, it's better to ask the elder to go there in person..."

When everyone heard this, they felt reasonable and walked a little faster, and went down the mountain together.

On the other side, Tian Chenzi stroked the little beast's head with one hand, and kept watching everyone disappearing, then said: "Daoqing, come with me and see what happened to that man."

"Master, did those people really leave just now?"

"Well, I've really left, but it's hard to say whether I'll come back..."

The master and disciple came to a hidden place in the back mountain. Daoqing pushed open a huge rock nearly two meters high, and a spacious cave was revealed behind it. The man leaned on the stone wall, motionless, and the baby in his arms was still sleeping soundly.

Daoqing hurried in and pushed the man. But after pushing him, the man slowly fell to the ground, and he disappeared. It turned out that he had been dead for a long time.

Seeing this, Tian Chenzi sighed: "I think he was too seriously injured and overdrawn his energy to escape. Now he can no longer hold on... Alas! What a pity that such a loyal hero!"

He walked over and gently picked up the sleeping baby. He saw that he had red lips and white teeth, and his face was pretty and cute. Under his neck was a cylindrical jade pendant made of something, which was the thickness of a thumb and the length was more than an inch. There were a few simple lines engraved on it, giving people a rough and heroic meaning.

There is nothing else other than that.

Daoqing looked at the dead man and asked, "Master, what should he do?"

Tian Chenzi said: "Man's death is the greatest, no matter whether he was good or bad, good or evil, now that he has died, everything should disappear with the wind. Let us let him be buried in peace."

"Yes, I understand."

The master and disciple found a place where wind and energy gathered, and buried the body of the man.

The mountain breeze rose slightly, and the clothes of the master and the disciple swayed lightly in the wind. Tian Chenzi looked up at the rising sun, and was slightly ecstatic.

Perhaps because he was full of sleep, the baby opened his black eyes and did not cry. He looked at Tian Chenzi in a whisper and looked at him curiously.
Chapter completed!