Peerless Young Master

[Murong Chen put one hand on the wall to block Su Runruan's retreat, and with the other hand, he held Su Runruan down from the stage, saying gently but domineeringly: "Woman, you are playing with fire."

Su Runrun's long eyelashes kept trembling, and her cheeks were flushed. The man's hot breath hit her face, causing the temperature of her cheeks to rise rapidly and her heartbeat to accelerate.

Su Ruanruan raised the corner of her lips, unwilling to be outdone, revealing a wicked smile, and put her hands on the other's shoulders: "Hey, man, are you teasing me?"

In a simple and clean room, Xiao Xuan was lying on the bed with a book underneath her. It said: "In three lives and three worlds, I will never marry you." She began to read it carefully.

The eyelashes seemed to tremble as the heroine trembled, and even her eyes began to become drawn.

It seems that she has become Su Ruanruan in the story.

"dong dong"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Xiao Xuan's face changed drastically, her movements became quick and flustered, her fingers trembling slightly with nervousness. She closed the book directly and quickly hid it under the pillow.

After doing all this, he let out a few breaths, as if to calm his panicked and restless heart, tidied up his messy hair, and then spoke: "Who is it?"

"Brother Xuan, it's me, can you come in?"

Li Xuan's voice came from outside.

"come in"

After getting a positive answer, Li Xuan pushed the door open and walked in. What caught his eye was Xiao Xuan sitting upright on a chair, holding a teacup in her hand and drinking it slowly.

Li Xuan was not polite and sat down: "Brother Xuan, you didn't encounter any trouble when you went down the mountain last time, did you?"

"It's not a big deal, what's the big deal?" Xiao Xuan put down the teacup.

"Brother Xuan, why is your face red?" Li Xuan was curious when he saw Xiao Xuan's cheeks were slightly red.

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan looked a little flustered and covered her cheeks with her hands: "Is it red... Maybe it's because I practiced sword just now and it's a little hot."

Li Xuan said "oh" without hesitation: "Brother Xuan, I came to you this time to invite you to go outside the village with me."

Xiao Xuan raised her eyebrows: "Why do you want to go outside the village for no reason?"

It’s not safe outside the village now. There are bandits fighting everywhere, and corpses are everywhere.

"I've been thinking about it and I feel that the previous mountain route is still a bit dangerous. Nowadays, there are frequent fights between villages outside the village for food. Perhaps some villages have been destroyed.

If we can find a way down the mountain again, we won’t need to go through Hanlan Village, which will make our next trip down the mountain much safer.”

The last time he went hiking in the mountains, it not only took three days, but he also encountered bandits on the way back, which made Li Xuan feel a sense of crisis.

If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

Therefore, he thought about it and felt that if possible, he should open up a new mountain route to replace Hanlan Village.

Of course, he also has his own selfish motives.

That is, there is a very difficult section of the downhill route, which makes him very lacking in confidence.

In order to leave Heilongshan smoothly, replacing Hanlan Village has become inevitable.

Xiao Xuan thought for a moment and said, "It would be great if we could find a new route to replace Hanlan Village, but we've analyzed it before. If we change the route, it will be very troublesome and we may need to pass through several villages.

Even if some villages are destroyed now, if they are occupied by bandits, it will be difficult to talk to these people."

Xiao Xuan was worried that the people in the village were not as easy to talk to as before. Those who survived were all vicious people, and there was a shortage of food in the village, so there was no time to listen to their explanations.

What's more, even they themselves don't know when the next mountain raid will occur. If these bandits can't wait, or are killed by other villages, then it would be a wasted trip.

In short, compared to the current Hanlan Village, it is full of instability.

In Heilongshan, instability means danger.

"I have the same idea, but you also know that Gao Quan is not a kind person. If I continue to get involved with him, his appetite will probably get bigger and bigger.

It just so happens that the weather is good today, so let's go out for a walk. Even if there is no effect, we can also see if there are any hidden dangers around the village." Li Xuan still felt that it would be more reassuring to go out and look for it, as having a backup option would make him feel more at ease.

Xiao Xuan paused and felt that what Li Xuan said made sense. It was obvious that Gao Quan was not a good person, and she didn't want to have anything to do with him.

"Okay, let's go out and take a look. If we find a way down the mountain, we will immediately go to Hanlan Village."

…………

Walking along the relatively flat mountain road, the mountain wind whistled, the trees swayed, and there were waves of sound, and the snow on the branches that had not melted yet was blown down.

Two figures appeared here, walking slowly.

It was Li Xuan and Xiao Xuan, both of them were wrapped up like dumplings.

Regardless of whether it snows or not, Black Dragon Mountain is extremely cold in winter.

"Keep walking along that road, and you'll reach Daxingzhai at the end."

The two walked again. It was a small path that went up the slope. The slope became steeper and steeper. The ridge was covered with grass, the rocks were half exposed, and the ground was uneven, making it very difficult to walk.

Apart from those large villages with large populations and strong forces that choose places with natural barriers or good locations, some small villages choose places with extremely difficult roads as their bases.

Their main strategy is tortoise warfare, making it difficult for others to break in and for them to get out.

After a while, the two reached the end and the view ahead gradually widened, but what came into view was a desolate and bleak scene.

An abandoned village lies across the valley, with weeds growing among the broken walls. The village gate has long since disappeared, leaving only rubble and a few crooked wooden stakes, with dead trees lying across the ground, leaving a dead silence.

Obviously, this place has been abandoned.

Xiao Xuan sighed: "We are too late. Daxing Village has been destroyed and this place has been deserted."

"Well, let's go and take a look at the next one." Li Xuan also sighed. He didn't expect to make a wasted trip.

It wasn't a wasted trip. Now that Daxing Village had been destroyed, the territory of Daxing Village had become ownerless, and they could come and go freely.

After leaving Daxing Village, the two headed towards the next village.

If you want to replace Hanlan Village, you must persuade three villages. Among them, Daxing Village has been destroyed, and there are only two left.

We just need to convince the remaining two, and then we can replace Hanlan Village and create a new downhill route that is not as difficult.

Whoosh.

Suddenly, a slight sound came from the grass not far away.

As the distance got closer, the sound became clearer and clearer, completely different from the sound of the mountain wind and the swaying trees. At this critical moment, Xiao Xuan seemed to feel something.

His brows furrowed, and he subconsciously turned around to look around.

Suddenly, a black shadow like lightning rushed towards her. Before she could react, blood splattered and she let out a painful wail.

"Brother Xuan"

Li Xuan's face changed drastically. He hurriedly supported the staggering Xiao Xuan. An arrow was stuck in her chest. His eyes were full of horror and anger.

"There is...someone...be careful." Xiao Xuan frowned, with a hint of bright red at the corner of her mouth.