The two entered the county town and headed straight to the east of the city.
The county town is divided into three districts. The south of the city is the market, the west of the city is the government office, and the east of the city is the largest area and is the civilian area.
The Yu family were officials and lived in the west of the city, while the Lei family lived in the civilian area in the east of the city.
After walking through several alleys, we finally came to a small courtyard.
As soon as Yu Xiandeng entered the door, he greeted the woman inside: "Auntie!"
Lei Xingkong followed behind and shouted angrily: "Mother!"
That woman was Bai Mulan, Lei Xingkong's mother. She put down her work, stood up straight, and greeted with a smile: "It's Aden here!"
Yu Xiandeng went over and took Bai Mulan's hand, and said intimately: "I haven't been here for many days, so I came here to see my aunt today."
"You are such a well-behaved kid." Bai Mulan patted Yu Xiandeng's hand, then turned to look at his son and asked, "Why didn't you come back from collecting firewood today?"
The orphans and widowers of the Lei family usually make a living by doing some work in addition to receiving a meager salary from the court for meritorious family members.
Lei Xingkong was a tall man, and it was his job to do rough work. Every day he would come back from the mountains to collect firewood and sell it for money. Because he had a "big plan" tonight, he deliberately came back empty-handed.
"I'm hungry. Come back for dinner first, and then go up the mountain in the evening!" Lei Xingkong walked directly to the kitchen.
"Let's ignore this foodie!"
Bai Mulan knew that her son could eat it, so she didn't take it seriously after laughing and scolding him. She turned around and took Yu Xiandeng's hand and started talking.
The kitchen was extremely simple, with a few pieces of fried rice cakes placed in a dark pot. It looked like his mother had left them specially for him.
Lei Xingkong grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth. He was really hungry, so he wasn't lying just now.
In this life, his mother was the best person to him, and he had accepted her since he was very young.
Although his family is poor, he would rather have a mother who truly loves him than growing up in an orphanage in his next life.
After eating the rice cakes, Lei Xingkong walked out of the kitchen: "Mom, I want to take a nap so I can work hard tonight!"
Bai Mulan glared at him angrily: "You bastard, the Yu family brother is here and he doesn't accompany the guests. It's really rude."
Yu Xiandeng acted like an elder brother as always. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, Auntie, A Kong is still young. Only by sleeping more can he grow stronger."
Lei Xingkong deliberately yawned, walked back to the room and fell asleep.
Just kidding, things tonight are very important, so of course you have to be energetic.
Mother and "second brother" were chatting outside the hospital, while Lei Xingkong was sleeping in the house. He soon began to snore, as if thundering.
…
When I woke up, it was already dark outside.
"Mom, I'm going into the mountains!"
Lei Xingkong grabbed a big ax and a few pieces of fried rice cakes from the kitchen, and hurried out of the house.
"Be careful!"
His mother's voice gave instructions from behind, and Lei Xingkong walked quickly with long strides.
After leaving the county town and heading northwest, there were mountains stretching for hundreds of miles, so dark that no light could be seen.
Lei Xingkong walked into the forest very familiarly. He was extremely familiar with everything here. As long as the memory in his mind was correct, he could basically find it with his eyes closed.
In the memory of the previous life——
After a military defeat, he was devastated and unexpectedly found an ancient immortal's cave in this mountain forest.
In addition to a broken corpse, there was only a small piece of metal in the cave.
I don’t know what vessel the metal fragment came from. It’s only half the size of a palm. It sometimes looks like iron and sometimes looks like copper, making it completely unclear as to its texture.
But the most peculiar thing is that the metal fragment has the power to extract the souls of living beings and turn them into vitality. It is an extremely rare fairy treasure.
It was precisely because Lei Xingkong obtained this rare object that he later rose up again after being defeated and repeatedly defeated the enemy.
but--
In the previous life, Lei Xingkong obtained the metal fragment fifteen years later. Because the time for obtaining the metal fragment was too short, he was unable to exert its full effectiveness, so he met Bi Shengqiang not long after.
The enemy, so that he was eventually killed with hatred.
In this life, since everything could start over again, of course he had to get the piece of metal as soon as possible.
After driving in the dark and running over mountains and ridges for almost three hours, Lei Xingkong finally arrived at his destination.
Looking at the moonlight, there seemed to be nothing special in the small valley. However, Lei Xingkong knew that there was a big stone at the east end of the valley. In the gap behind the big stone, there was what the ancient immortal had left behind.
Cave...
Taking a deep breath, Lei Xingkong walked towards the direction of the big stone in his memory.
"That's right, it's here!"
When he came to the big stone and saw that everything was the same as the scene in his memory, Lei Xingkong finally let go of his heavy heart.
After looking around and listening quietly for a while to make sure there was no one nearby, he stepped into the cave.
The cave was very dark and cold. After Lei Xingkong took a few steps inside, he waited until he was far away from the entrance of the cave before lighting the prepared fire and continuing deeper.
After turning seven or eight turns and walking for about a hundred meters, it was estimated that we had reached the depths of the mountain. A small stone chamber that was obviously dug manually finally appeared in front of Lei Xingkong.
In the cave, everything is as before.
In the middle of the stone chamber, a withered skeleton sat cross-legged. The clothes on his body had long since decayed, and only some broken pieces could be seen scattered on the ground.
On the left hand side of the withered bones, there was a piece of metal lying quietly. It was faintly flashing in the firelight, and it was the target of Lei Xingkong's trip.
Lei Xingkong chuckled and walked over calmly to pick up the metal fragments.
at this time--
The withered skeleton suddenly trembled, and then collapsed completely.
At the same time, a ray of green and black light ejected from the withered bones and flew towards Lei Xingkong's face.
"ah……"
Lei Xingkong was shocked. In the crisis, he quickly turned sideways, narrowly avoiding getting the green black light.
call!
The green black light jumped in mid-air, then turned around and shot towards Lei Xingkong's chest and abdomen again.
What's going on?
Lei Xingkong turned over and jumped away again, feeling that things seemed to be a little out of his control.
In the last life, when he came to retrieve the metal fragment, it could be said that it was smooth sailing, and this green black light did not appear at all. But this time, why did it suddenly change?
The speed of the green black light was already astonishingly fast, but after two consecutive turns, it actually became even faster.
Lei Xingkong jumped around and dodged continuously with his skills. Although he barely managed to avoid it five more times, when the green black light finally shot at him for the sixth time, he couldn't dodge it, and the green black light shot at him forcefully.
into his arm.
"ah!"
Lei Xingkong screamed, his whole body felt a chill coming over him, and his body fell to the ground uncontrollably.