Si Qin must not understand what a contour line is, because this is a concept that only existed in the world of Chang Sui in his previous life.

Changsun spent some time explaining to Si Qin what contour lines were. After listening to this, Si Qin's inner evaluation of Changsun went up a notch.

Although Changsun only inherited the knowledge left in his mind from his previous life, it was an innovation for Siqin, and it was a very practical innovation.

After Changsun got Siqin's consent, the two discussed some preparations before leaving again, and then went about their own business.

The Mercenary Association has branches in various inland areas of the Southern Territory. Even remote places like Qingshan Town will have mercenary stations.

Although the Mercenary Association has set up a huge stall, the traditional and inefficient way of transmitting information between branches is still using homing pigeons or fast horses.

The tasks of the mercenary association are generally divided into five levels: first level, second level, third level, fourth level and fifth level.

At the same time, the Mercenary Association will evaluate registered mercenaries, and they will be divided into one star, two star, three star, four star and five star.

Five-star mercenaries are the lowest and can only understand and accept fifth-level tasks.

Among the many tasks of the Mercenary Association that day, there were suddenly several fifth-level tasks and fourth-level tasks. The task content was to escort the target from Qingshan Town to Lieyang City.

Generally, there are so many fourth-level and fifth-level tasks like this that if you throw them in, they will be lost in the sea and won’t attract too many people’s attention.

However, due to a special mission of the Mercenary Association, the location of Qingshan Town suddenly became sensitive, so that as soon as these missions were issued, they were quickly accepted by the mercenaries, and they were also noticed by many people with ulterior motives.

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In the room, Changsun was looking at the map, thinking about whether he had missed anything, but his thoughts were interrupted by Siqin who rushed into the room.

Si Qin asked Changsun: "Did you send those tasks?"

"Yes." Changsun answered in the affirmative naturally.

"You keep saying that the key to us now is to keep secrets, but you issued these tasks to attract the enemy's attention. What are your plans?" Siqin asked angrily.

Changsun poured a glass of water for Siqin leisurely and said, "It's my fault for not saying hello to you beforehand. Since you've come to ask, I will definitely give you an explanation, but before that, you can

Sit down and drink a glass of water first."

Seeing Changsun's calm look, Si Qin sat down angrily.

Changsun said: "With your intelligence, you will not know the reason why I did this, but you are still so angry. The more reason is probably that I did not ask you for instructions in advance."

The eldest grandson smiled when he saw that Si Qin's anger had subsided a lot. It seemed that he had guessed correctly.

Si Qinze still didn't answer and snorted.

Changsun continued: "Although I don't know what kind of special mission was sent by the big shot above that led to the influx of so many mercenaries in Qingshan Town today, but he or they should not be sure that you are in Qingshan Town, otherwise you would

They have been found out a long time ago. But one thing is for sure, Qingshan Town is already within the consideration range of those people. Now in Qingshan Town, I am confident that I can escort you to Qinling Island without anyone noticing, but the closer you get, the more powerful you are.

Yangcheng, I think those with ulterior motives will have more arrangements to thwart you, and I will be powerless by then. So I sent these tasks to remind those who protect you and let them respond in advance.

Your preparation."

Siqin is a smart person, and she must have thought of what the eldest grandson said. Now after listening to what the eldest grandson said, she was sure that it was consistent with what she thought, so she didn't spend too much time thinking about it.

"Hmph, you just need to ensure that you can safely transport me to Qinling Island. When I get to Qinling Island, I will have my own means to contact my people to pick me up. What you are doing is simply unnecessary."

Changsun smiled, shook his head and said: "Miss Siqin, I don't know what you went through to get into trouble. But I think you should have used your own means to help you before you fell into the sea of ​​​​underworld and fell into a coma.

The outside world must have sent out a distress signal."

Si Qin did not deny it. With her eldest grandson's intelligence, she was not surprised at all when she thought of this.

Changsun continued: "Then have you ever thought about why when you were living in Qingshan Town, so many people of unknown origin suddenly poured into Qingshan Town, and they are not your people?"

Si Qin was stunned when he heard this. Si Qin could understand the meaning of Changsun's words. Changsun said that his whereabouts were probably leaked by his own people. At the same time, it was even more doubtful whether any of his own people were among those with ulterior motives.

Seeing that Si Qin had understood what he meant, the eldest grandson continued to speak without waiting for Si Qin's reply: "That's why I sent these tasks to make those so-called your people have some scruples in their actions."

Siqin had already understood what Changsun meant, but Changsun's words just now awakened Siqin, forcing her to start thinking about a question she didn't want to think about, which people were trustworthy.

The more Si Qin thought about it, the more tired he became, and finally he had to accept the fact that he might have been betrayed by someone he trusted.

At this moment, Si Qin felt a little tired. The weak girl who made people want to protect appeared in front of Changsun again. Changsun raised his right hand, wanting to pat Si Qin on the back and give her some help, but in the end, his right hand just hung there.

It was in the air and was not photographed.

The eldest grandson sighed and said, "Oh, betrayal is a necessary experience for you to grow up."

Siqin said tiredly: "Do you have to be betrayed to grow?"

Siqin's question caused Changsun to fall silent for a moment.

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A few days later, Changsun made the final preparations and left Qingshan Town quietly with Siqin.

Changsun was not in a hurry to let Chuli and Tieta set off for Lieyang City.

Although Chuli was protected by the Iron Tower and should not encounter any dangers along the way, Changsun was still worried and decided to let the Iron Tower and Chuli miss this sensitive period before setting off for Lieyang City.

Deep in the jungle of Qingshan, it is a paradise for plants and beasts. The big trees here grow with such luxuriant branches and leaves that the plants underneath cannot see the sunlight. Even during the day, the place seems a little dim.

In these darkness, there are always some cold-blooded hunters hiding, waiting for the opportunity to tear into pieces the prey that breaks in under their fangs.

The eldest grandson took Siqin and hid in the hole of a giant tree, leaving only a small hole.

The eldest grandson was in the tree hole, laying one ear on the tree.

Si Qin was behind the eldest grandson. He watched the eldest grandson listen carefully to the goings on around him, and couldn't help but remind him: "There is a small hole here. You can just look through it. Do you need to go to such trouble?"

The eldest grandson made a gesture of hissing, and after a moment he said in a low voice: "That's not safe. There is a cunning owl around us, called the Hunter Hawk. It has very sharp eyes. Even the faint light reflected in its pupils can catch it."

Catching it, I don’t want it to bite my eyes.”

Si Qin listened to Changsun's explanation and believed it to be true, but he still couldn't help but said: "Then leaving a small hole is unnecessary."

Changsun replied: "This hole is for us to breathe, and in a short while, prey will come to our door."

As the eldest grandson continued to listen carefully to what was going on around him, Si Qin also became interested after hearing what the eldest grandson said and quietly waited for the so-called "prey" from the eldest grandson to come to his door.

Under Siqin's gaze, Changsun lay motionless on the tree as if he had cast a restraining spell, and did not move at all for a long time.

Si Qin found that Zhangsun was like a natural hunter. After entering the woods, he seemed to blend into the surroundings and could always find the blind spots of wild beasts.

After another long while, Changsun suddenly made some movement.

The eldest grandson stood up straight, looked at the small hole left, and said softly: "Here he comes."

Si Qin also suddenly became nervous because of his eldest grandson, and stared at the entrance of the cave. After a while, Si Qin also heard all the rustling sounds.

The prey was finally exposed to the two people's gaze. The moment it poked its head in, Changsun suddenly took action. Although Siqin was not as agile as Changsun, he could still keep up with his eyes and saw a dark meaning appear on Changsun's palm.

Then he swatted the prey that just came in, just like swatting a mosquito.

Changsun felt that the prey under his hand was completely lifeless, so he took his hand away and revealed that the prey underneath was actually a huge spider.

Si Qin saw a palm-sized black spider lying on Chang Sun's hand, and it was also furry. He instinctively felt disgusted and looked at it with disgust.

"Is this the prey you're talking about? Why did you catch it?"

Changsun didn't answer. He held the spider in his left hand, pinched the two fangs in front of the spider's head with his right thumb and index finger, and pulled it out by the roots. Then a black flame flashed quickly on his left hand, and in an instant he pulled it out.

All the hair on the spider's body was burned away.

Only then did Siqin realize that it was this flame that appeared on Changsun's hand when he was catching the spider. However, what surprised Siqin was this flame, or it couldn't be called a flame because he couldn't feel a trace of heat.

"What was that black flame that flashed on your hand just now?" Siqin asked.

As the eldest grandson answered, he kept busy with the work at hand.

"You should have felt it just now. It doesn't have a trace of heat, so I know whether it can be called a flame. It appeared in my body by chance. The unknown senior called it an 'evil spirit'. Now I have found it

It can be used to refine weapons, and...this is how you process ingredients."

As Changsun spoke, his hand movements were not affected at all, and he was obviously very proficient.

Changsun thought to himself, if Senior Wuming knew that he used evil spirits to process ingredients and found it very useful, Senior Wuming would probably faint from anger.

Siqin did not ask who the "nameless senior" in Changsun's words was, because she felt that the evil spirit was unusual. It was said to be a flame but there was no heat, but it had the feeling of burning all things.

While Siqin was in a daze, the eldest grandson had already taken care of the spider on his hand. At this moment, the spider's small head and eight legs had been taken away by the eldest grandson.

Changsun kept the remaining parts of the spider in his hand. After looking at it, he felt that something was still wrong. He reached his right hand into the small bag on his back and took out a green leaf that he had picked on the way here.

Changsun wrapped the spider in it and handed it to Siqin.

Siqin looked at the spider wrapped in green leaves in Changsun's hand, which was like a green purse. He was stunned for a moment, and then said as if he remembered something: "You just said this is... an ingredient?"

The eldest grandson nodded and said, "Yes."

Siqin was stunned again, and said as if he was determined not to give up: "I'm not talking about the green leaf, I'm talking about the spider."

Changsun replied: "Yes, that's the spider I'm talking about."

"Are you sure it's edible?"

"It can be eaten. I have removed all the poisonous parts of its body. The remaining parts are safe and edible, and the nutrients it contains are pretty good." Changsun said affirmatively.

Siqin was completely speechless, turned around and said, "I won't eat, but I want to eat you!"

Only then did the eldest grandson realize that for a delicate girl like Si Qin, eating a spider raw was a bit scary.

Changsun hesitated for a moment, but insisted on handing the "little purse" in front of Siqin and said: "This kind of spider is one of the few edible insects in Qingshan. Although I know it is a bit difficult for you to eat it.

, but in terms of our current situation, you must eat it, otherwise you will not be able to get out of Qingshan."

Si Qin was about to get angry, but turned his head and saw Changsun's firm gaze, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute.

After calming down, I understood that Changsun was right, but he was still very conflicted in his heart.

After repeated struggles, Si Qin still picked up the purse in Changsun's hand.

Changsun looked at Si Qin's hesitant expression and suddenly remembered something. He reached into his small backpack and took out a small jar. Under Si Qin's surprised eyes, he spread the red sauce in the small jar on his purse.

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Chapter completed!