Ten years later.

Northern Tianlan Continent, Beijiao Town, Xiaoshi Village.

On a rugged mountain road, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy was trotting up the mountain with a thick piece of iron tied to each calf. Sweat was sliding down his handsome face, and he looked very strenuous.

The young man looked up at the road down the mountain, stretched out his hand to wipe his sweat, and said to himself: "Come on, we will reach the top of the mountain soon. It will be much easier to go down the mountain." As he said that, he quickened his pace.

"This bad old man has been asking me to run, lift rocks, and dance every day for two years. I don't know what the use is. If I can just run and lift rocks, why do you still want me to dance? Oh, it's true."

The young man cursed in his belly as he struggled up the mountain.

After a stick of incense, the boy returned the same way from the top of the mountain. At this moment, he felt much more relaxed. He was jumping up and down, his arms were swinging high, and he was even humming a happy ditty...

"Stop!" At the foot of the mountain, six teenagers of average size blocked the road. One of them, a fat man, shouted: "Aye, do we have to settle our accounts?"

The young man who came down the mountain, who was called A Ye, raised his eyes, and the smile on his face became stronger, and said: "Oh, Xiaozhu, you are not convinced after losing yesterday, but you have found a helper today?"

"Don't call me Xiaozhu!" The fat man jumped up in anger.

"If I don't call you Xiaozhu, why should I call you? Should I call you Shi Xiaozhu? Hahaha..." Aye couldn't help but laugh.

"Make you laugh." The fat man couldn't bear it anymore and jumped up and punched him.

Aye was on guard for a long time. When he saw the punch coming, he turned his head to avoid it. Then he bent down and bent his knees, and hit the fat man's chest with his left shoulder. The fat man was hit so hard that he sat on the ground with his buttocks and almost cried in pain!

"Hey, what do you mean? We haven't even started fighting yet, but you're sitting on the floor and starting to act up? Are you ashamed?" Aye shouted, deliberately raising his voice.

"Come on, let's beat him!" The fat man roared, got up from the ground, and pounced on A Ye again.

The other five teenagers rushed forward and punched and kicked Aye.

Although Aye's strength was higher than that of ordinary people of his age, he had never practiced any martial arts before and was not even considered a spiritual person. He was knocked to the ground in a few rounds.

Although Aye fell to the ground, he did not panic. He bent his whole body, protected his head with his hands, and resisted the opponent's attack without saying a word.

"I told you to be arrogant, I told you to be arrogant..." The fat man shouted while beating him, not to mention how relieved he was.

"Shi Zhu, what are you doing, why don't you stop?" A burst of shouts came.

Everyone stopped when they heard this, and Aye took the opportunity to roll out of the encirclement. He saw a little girl about ten years old running over quickly, with two pigtails flying left and right, and her round little face turned red.

When the little girl came closer, Shi Zhu raised his head and squinted at the little girl and said, "Pan Xiaofang, this is a personal grudge between me and A Ye, please don't worry about it."

Pan Xiaofang's chest heaved violently, and she stared at Shi Zhu without any fear of him. She put her hands on her hips and said, "Shi Zhu, don't bully brother Aye just because your father is the village chief. Don't forget that your father is still ill.

It depends on Uncle Liufu!"

Shi Zhu was suddenly poked into his weak side and lowered his head, seemingly unwilling to give in. Just as he was about to defend himself, Aye wiped his nosebleed, squeezed to Pan Xiaofang's side, and said with a smile: "Sister Xiaofang, it's okay, don't be nervous, they have three legs."

Cat Kung Fu is very bad, you see, it doesn’t hurt at all!” He stretched his arms and jumped twice, trying to prove that he was fine, and did not want to pull the wound all at once, and his mouth was so painful that he couldn’t help it.

"Ah" said.

Pan Xiaofang quickly stretched out her hand to support Aye and asked with concern: "Brother Aye, are you okay? Is it okay?"

A Yeqiang smiled and said: "It's okay, it doesn't matter, hehe!"

"They said it doesn't matter, they're all bleeding! Humph, I'll tell Uncle Liufu when we get back!" Pan Xiaofang said angrily, pulling Aye to leave.

Aye smiled bitterly and had no choice but to let her pull her away. Alas, there was no other way. He was an open-minded person, but he just didn't know how to face girls.

Shi Zhu had the control in other people's hands, and he hated it so much that he had to let them go.

"Humph, a wild child without a father and mother, you are just a coward and a bastard who hides behind a woman! Hahaha!" Seeing Aye walking away, Shi Zhu felt really unwilling to give in. Since he couldn't beat him, he scolded him.

It's okay to be addicted, right?

A Ye suddenly stopped, her smile disappeared instantly, she slowly turned her head, stared at Shi Zhu and said word by word: "Who are you calling a bastard without a father and a mother?"

Shi Zhu lost his confidence when he stared at him like this. His voice became much lower, but he still refused to be outdone and said, "What, did I say something wrong?"

Aye clenched his fists and wanted to step forward.

Ever since Aye was sensible, he saw that the children in the same village had parents who loved him, but he did not. He asked Uncle Liufu more than once where his parents were. Every time Uncle Liufu said that his parents were away on business.

, will come back soon. As a result, five or six years have passed, and I still haven’t seen my parents come back.

After practicing every day, he would sit on the big stone in front of the house and look at the path at the entrance of the village. He imagined countless times that one day his parents would suddenly appear on that path. But every time it would be dark.

He still didn't see them back! As time passed, he no longer had any illusions, but it became his habit to sit and wait on the stone every day, because he firmly believed that his parents would definitely come back!

This person is just weird. The more you lack something, the more you are afraid of what others say. For example, if you have no money, you are most afraid of others saying you are poor, but a rich person is eager for you to say he is poor or has no money.

Seeing Aye like this, Pan Xiaofang was startled, and quickly grabbed him and said: "Brother Aye, ignore them, you must have parents. Let's go back now and make sure Liufu tells you!"

"Didn't Uncle Liufu say that my parents are away from home?" Aye felt uncomfortable and said angrily.

"Even if you travel far away, there must be a specific place, right? You can go to them when you grow up?" Pan Xiaofang said.

When Aye heard what she said, her heart lit up: "Yes, there must be a place. If they don't come back, I can go find them!" Thinking of this, Aye couldn't help but hold Pan Xiaofang's shoulders with both hands and said with a smile.

: "Sister Xiaofang is right. Let's go back and ask Uncle Liufu now. When I grow up, I'll go find them! Let's go!" He took Pan Xiaofang's hand and ran home.

"Hey, Brother Aye, please slow down, you're hurting me!"

"Humph, you wild bastard, I'm taking advantage of you. I'll make you look good next time!" Shi Zhu looked at A Ye who was gradually going away, spitted on the ground, and cursed angrily.

…

Wine is a good thing!

Zhou Deyun couldn't help but admire in his heart. He raised the flask and poured a sip of wine into his mouth. The wine slid from his mouth to his throat and then flowed into his stomach. It felt a little burning at first, then a coolness, and then a little burning again.

It feels like... Zhou Deyun closed his eyes and enjoyed the comfort of this spring afternoon!

"Uncle Liufu, Uncle Liufu!" Aye shouted impatiently before he reached the courtyard gate.

Zhou Deyun was enjoying himself when he was suddenly interrupted by this urgent voice. "What's wrong?" As he spoke, the person flashed from inside the courtyard to outside the courtyard. He protected Aye and Pan Xiaofang with his body, but his eyes looked around, but he didn't find anything.

I turned on my spiritual sense to investigate again. I still didn’t see anything strange, so I felt relieved!

Back then, he took Gan Xin's Chaiyun Thunder Eagle and fled to the border of the Northern Territory. In order not to attract outsiders' attention, Zhou Deyun released the Thunder Eagle. He did not dare to go deep into the Northern Territory, so he could only follow the border all the way north, walking like this for hundreds of years.

I came to this small village only a few days ago. An old man holding a baby in his arms was really eye-catching. He didn’t even dare to stay in a hotel along the way, so he walked day and night, choosing only the less traveled roads.

Not long after I came to this small village, I saw that there were more than a hundred households here, all of which were ordinary people. Moreover, it was very remote, more than a hundred miles away from the nearest small town. It was almost isolated from the world, and it was the place where people lived in seclusion.

Good place!

Zhou Deyun's pseudonym is Zhou Zuofu. After arriving in the village, he settled down and did not cause trouble. Drinking was his only hobby!

On weekdays, if there is anything that needs his help in the village, he is always there. If someone is sick, he will secretly use his spiritual power to heal the villagers, which is not only faster than taking medicine, but also does not charge money. Therefore, he

Everyone in the village respected him very much. From time to time, the Zhang family would send him loads of grain, and the Li family would send him a chicken, etc., so he lived a comfortable life.

After ten years on the run, he must remain alert at all times and must not be found by his enemies. Therefore, he uses his spiritual consciousness to explore the surroundings several times every day. Even if Lan Ye goes out to practice and play, it is still within his control.

In order not to distract Lan Ye, he only said that Lan Ye's father and mother had traveled far away and would be back soon, without mentioning a word about what happened back then.

He always has a premonition in his heart that the other party will come to him sooner or later. He must let Lan Ye grow up as soon as possible. Only by uncovering the secret of the Five Elements Stone can he have the power to protect himself.

"What's going on in such a panic? Let's see how I punish you for interrupting my drinking pleasure!" Zhou Deyun glared at A Ye.

"Uncle Liufu, how did you, you, how did you come out of the yard? Why didn't I see clearly?" Aye had never seen Uncle Liufu with such a movement, and he didn't react at once.

"How did I get here? Even if I tell you, you won't understand." Zhou Deyun said: "Did you fight with someone again?"

"Uh..." Lan Ye touched the back of his head guiltily, without comment.

"Uncle Liufu, Brother Aye had a fight with Shi Zhu just now, but they haven't fought..." Pan Xiaofang interrupted at the side.

"You are so useless, you can't even beat Shi Zhu. It's really embarrassing." Zhou Deyun said angrily.

When Lan Ye was about to argue, Pan Xiaofang had already said: "No, brother A Ye originally defeated Shi Zhu, but there were many of them, so, so..."

"So you lose!" Zhou Deyun said with a smile: "If you lose, you lose, it's no big deal. As long as you practice well, you will be able to be proud of the world in the future, and no one will dare to bully you!"

"Yeah, I think so too! Hehe!" Lan Ye clenched his fists, looked at Zhou Deyun and said with a silly smile.

"Uh... besides giggling, what else can you order?" Zhou Deyun rolled his eyes at him.

"Brother Aye looks great when he smiles. What's wrong?" Pan Xiaofang argued.

"A silly boy, what's so good about him? You, Fang'er, are the only ones who say he's good!" Zhou Deyun touched Xiaofang's head and said with a smile.

"That's not true!" Pan Xiaofang blushed suddenly, lowered her head and muttered.

"Uncle Liufu, when will my parents come back? Where are they?" Lan Ye asked.

"How many times have I told you that your parents are away from home and will be back soon." Zhou Deyun said casually.

"It's been so many years, but I still haven't seen them back, not even a message. Uncle Liufu, you mustn't have lied to me, right?"

Zhou Deyun said: "How could I lie to you? They came back really quickly."

"Then why do Shi Zhu and the others say I am a wild child without a father and a mother?" Lan Ye looked up at Zhou Deyun.

"What do they know? Don't listen to their nonsense." Zhou Deyun didn't dare to look into his eyes and mumbled without turning his head.

"Then tell me, where are my parents? If they don't come back, then I will go find them!" Lan Ye said firmly, and then ran to the house to pack his clothes and go out to find his parents.

"Nonsense!" Zhou Deyun said hurriedly, turning to Pan Xiaofang and saying: "Fang'er, it's getting late. You go back first and come back to play with your brother Aye tomorrow."

"Oh." Seeing this, Pan Xiaofang had no choice but to turn around and leave, looking back three times, always worried about Lan Ye.
To be continued...