Paradise

Less than half an hour later, there was another sound of hurried footsteps coming from far and near. This time, the sound was even louder, obviously not alone. Sure enough, three people appeared in front of Zhou Ze very quickly.

Zhou Ze had already stood up at this time, with one hand pressed on the dagger at his waist, he was a little helpless, he was just taking a rest here, why would people come over continuously.In fact, I can't blame others, who made him shine so conspicuous in the dark night.

With the light of the fire, Zhou Ze was stunned for a moment when he saw these three people clearly. There was no other reason, but because these people were dressed in the same clothes as Chang Ping before, the same dark blue bunt shirts, and even the knives they carried in their hands. They were all the same, uniformly dressed and equipped. Judging from their attire alone, they should have come from the same place as Chang Ping. Seeing that they were all dressed as warriors, Zhou Ze guessed that they might come from a sect or a family.

Zhou Ze guessed that most of these people appeared here because of that strange man, Chang Ping, he thought in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face.

Zhou Ze looked at these people, and found that compared to ordinary people, these people were more imposing, with bulging temples, and piercing eyes. Zhou Ze looked at them, and those people also looked at Zhou Ze,

The leader of the three was a young man in his twenties, holding a knife in his hand, with a gloomy face and cold eyes, he looked Zhou Ze up and down a few times, and said coldly, "What are you doing? "

Even though he was facing three people, Zhou Ze was not afraid. He looked directly at each other and only said two words, "Orion."

"Orion? What about your prey?" The young man continued to ask.

"I haven't hunted it yet, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed in this mountain." Zhou Ze said.

"Has anyone dressed like us passed here before?"

Zhou Ze nodded, "Yes, but he left long ago."

"Oh? When did he come here? Did he say anything to you? Did he go in that direction?" The young man stared at Zhou Ze without missing a strange expression on his face, but he didn't notice anything.

Zhou Ze shook his head, "About half an hour ago, he didn't talk to me, and I don't know him, what can he tell me." Zhou Ze pointed in a direction in the darkness, "I only saw him go that way gone."

Although Zhou Ze said so, the young man was still not at ease, he cast his eyes on Zhou Ze's back, there was a package on Zhou Ze's back, which contained the blood-blood grass he had dug up earlier.

"What are you carrying on your back, take it off, open it, I want to have a look." As soon as he spoke, the two people behind him stretched their knives forward, showing a threat.

Zhou Ze smiled and said, "I'm afraid this is not good, the package is just the herbs I found in the mountains, and nothing else."

"Whether it's a herb or not, you can tell if you open it." The young man's gaze changed. "Is there something else in it that's not good for people to see?"

"Of course not." Zhou Ze reached out and took off the back wrap, and opened it face to face, revealing the Limonium inside, the bright red leaves were particularly conspicuous under the firelight.The three people recognized this herb at a glance, it was the blood-tonifying herb, and it was really a fake herb.

Looking at the size of the plants, it can be seen that they are all vintage Limonium, a fat man behind the young man, a greedy light flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile, "Boy, you are lucky, you have dug so many Limonium, how about some of them for me."

Seeing that they saw it clearly, Zhou Ze rewrapped the package again, and replied flatly, "No, this is something I found hard, and I don't want to share it with others."

"Oh, you really don't know how to flatter." The fat man wanted to rush over with a knife in his hand, but was stopped by the young man raising his hand, and he only heard him say, "Junior Brother Zhang, don't make trouble, let's go. We have more important things to do."

The fat man was rather jealous of this young man. Hearing what he said, he gave Zhou Ze a hard look, and the three of them quickly left together.

Facing the backs of the people leaving, Zhou Ze frowned slightly, and sat back under the tree again, but he kept thinking about the people he met tonight. This was the first time he met a warrior in this world. He was very puzzled about who these people were. Judging from the fat man's attitude towards the blood-blood grass, they obviously knew the value of the blood-blood grass.

Zhou Ze has eaten blood-blood grass, so he naturally knows some benefits of blood-blood grass, but he can feel that these benefits are not all benefits of blood-blood grass. There are special places to buy these blood-blood grass, and the collected blood-blood grass Where it was sent, and what role it played, he did not know.But now that he saw these martial artists who practiced martial arts, he had some guesses, maybe the final destination of these blood-blood herbs was used by these martial artists.

This is just Zhou Ze's own conjecture, but it can't be confirmed. The Luoxia Village he lives in is too backward and closed. They live a simple life of filling their stomachs over and over again. The limitations of human thinking.Zhou Ze thought that if he was born and raised here, he probably wouldn't think so much.

After much deliberation, Zhou Ze didn't come up with a reason, and he simply stopped thinking about it. He didn't want to have too many entanglements with those warriors. He wanted to live a new life. He just wanted to live a simple life, especially now that he and Lin Yudao Now that he is married, all he wants now is to let the two Lin Yu brothers live a good life, and it is good to be able to live in peace and stability.

Zhou Ze sat under the tree for a while, and felt that the resting place he chose today was really not very good. After meeting two groups of people, he was not in the mood to stay in this place any longer, so he turned around and took Changping for him. Put the cloth bag into the package, put it on the back again, and leave this place.

Zhou Ze changed the direction and walked a certain distance, checked the surroundings, and found that there was no danger, so he climbed up a big tree as thick as two people, found a thick branch and sat down, with his legs resting on the branch, With his hands folded in front of his chest and his back against the trunk of the big tree, he chose a comfortable posture and closed his eyes.

Nothing strange happened again, and I slept soundly until dawn.Zhou Ze was woken up by the little white mouse in his arms "Zhizhi".

Zhou Ze opened his arms and stretched his waist, moved a bit, his arms and legs were a little stiff, smiled at the little white mouse, and said, "Good morning, little thing."

The little white mouse arched a few times in Zhou Ze's arms, climbed onto his shoulders, moved its little nose in one direction, and squeaked twice.

Zhou Ze has been with the little white mouse for a long time, and he has some understanding of some of its behaviors. For example, the movement of the nose just now means that the little white mouse must have found something good again. It is probably related to food. The little white mouse is a snack. , I have a soft spot for food.

"What did you find again, let's go, take me there."

The little white mouse jumped off Zhou Ze's shoulder, landed lightly on the ground, and ran in one direction.Zhou Ze quickly got down from the tree and followed closely, "Little thing, run slowly!"

Following the mouse for a few hundred meters, I came to a small pool, where spring water flowed down from a crack in the high rock. There was a gap in the pool, and the water overflowed and flowed out from the gap, forming a half-meter-wide river. The creek, the water of the stream is sparkling, and if you look carefully, there are small fish, water and shrimp swimming in it.

Zhou Ze was very happy to see the water pool. The water he brought was used up before, and now he can replenish the water. He filled the bamboo tube with water again, and took a few sips.

Zhou Ze washed his face and hands with the stream water again, but the little white mouse was lying on the edge of the pool, staring at the lotus plants inside, and squeaked twice at Zhou Ze. Zhou Ze walked over and saw the water in the pool. There are a few lotus plants with green leaves spread on the water surface, and a few lotus flowers have just opened, and there is a huge lotus pod in the middle of the leaves.

After looking at it again and again, it was just an ordinary lotus, except that it was pretty, Zhou Ze didn't see anything special, "Little thing, do you want that lotus?"

The little white mouse didn't respond, and continued to stare there. Zhou Ze took a few more glances at the lotus, and found that there was nothing special about the lotus, but the lotus pod in the middle of them was very conspicuous, and the lotus pod was as big as a small umbrella. , Zhou Ze has never seen a lotus pod bigger than it.

"Little thing, you want that lotus pod, don't you?"

This time the mouse responded, "Squeak."

Sure enough, seeing that the little white mouse wanted the lotus pod, Zhou Ze decided to pick it off.Fortunately, the lotus pod was not too far from the shore. Zhou Ze found a tree branch and hooked it over. He leaned forward, grabbed the stem of the lotus pod, and pulled it down hard, trying to tear off the lotus pod. The hand used seven points of strength, but it didn't move.

Huh?Is this lotus pod so strong?Zhou Ze didn't believe in evil, and continued to increase his strength, but he still couldn't tear off the lotus pod. Zhou Ze's persistence violated, and instead he grabbed the edge of the lotus pod with both hands. He increased his strength, and now he used all his strength.

Shouted, "Come down for me."

"Pa" There was a crisp breaking sound in the water, and the lotus pod was pulled up together with a large section of lotus root underneath. The sudden weightlessness made Zhou Ze unsteady and took several steps back. Zhou Ze Panting heavily, holding the big lotus pod in his arms, looking at the large section of lotus root thicker than an arm brought out from under it, he was very speechless.

No wonder it couldn't be pulled just now. It turned out that there was such a long lotus root attached to it. Zhou Ze suddenly realized that he could do it easier and save trouble. It would be easier for him to cut off the stem with a dagger, but he chose a very laborious one. Method.