Going deeper, I saw sturdy and lush wild vines hanging down from the mountain, and from time to time thick trees grew from the hard boulders of the mountain. The sun couldn't shine in the valley, and the cold hit, and although the three of them were not afraid of the cold, they all tightened their cloaks outside.

They followed the mountain road at the bottom of the cliff to the west, and the mountain road was rugged and winding like a giant serpent. As we walked, there was a noise, but it was the market at the bottom of the mountain.

Scattered mountain people here exchange the mountain goods they have hunted for salt and cloth. They were all bartered, and a large boar could only be exchanged for a horse of linen and a small jar of salt.

Li Taoyao said in surprise: "This is too expensive, I knew that we would also bring a few pieces of cloth and salt to sell." ”

Wei Youqing saw that Li Taoyao's face was overflowing with brilliance, and she was very interested, knowing that she was coming to this place full of spiritual power. The spiritual power at the bottom of this cliff is obviously higher than that on the top of the cliff, and it seems that the power of this meteorite comes from underground.

Wei Youqing smiled playfully: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess wants to compete with the little people?" Beware of being beaten to death. If my guess is correct, these people who hunt wild boars are homeless. ”

Li Taoyao said curiously: "Wanderers? Aren't they sold? If you look at it this way, it doesn't look like you're being watched. ”

At this moment, I saw a tall young man in the distance, dressed in an unknown animal skin, holding a fur that looked like a leopard's skin, walking this way. The three of them stood still and waited for him.

The boy approached, this is a beautiful and somewhat unspoken boy, the fair skin looks like an egg membrane can be blown and broken, the long and dense eyelashes are like two small brushes, the black jade-like eyes exude a thick warmth, the lips that bloom like cherry blossoms outline a half-moon-shaped arc, gentle as flowing water, the beauty is shocking.

The three of them couldn't help but be a little stunned, feeling that this young man was not like a mortal, but like a flying immortal from some mysterious realm.

Under the gaze of three pairs of bright eyes, the beautiful boy was a little cramped and uneasy, he looked at Wei Youqing, who was the most kind-hearted, and Ai Ai spoke:

"Childe, can you take a look at my leopard skin? It was an arrow shot in the eye, and there was not a single hole. ”

The young man spread out the leopard skin, Wei Youqing reached out and stroked it, the tentacles were soft and warm, as if they were alive. It's just that on the head of the leopard, there is a pointed top, and the four claws are thick and powerful, unlike an ordinary leopard.

Wei Youqing asked suspiciously, "This is a leopard?" ”

The boy was a little dazed: "I don't look like it...... But what is it if it is not a leopard? ”

Wei Youqing didn't answer the young man, this is a leopard, it's not fake, it's not an ordinary leopard, this is a leopard spirit beast that has mutated after being nourished by spiritual power.

Wei Youqing couldn't help but look the young man up and down again, this young man looked tall and strong, his whole body was wrapped in animal skin, and the animal skin he was wearing didn't seem to be an ordinary beast.

Wei Youqing looked at the young man with a smile and praised: "You have good skills, you are from this mountain?" Where did you hit this beast? ”

The young man was praised, and he smiled and replied happily: "There is no here, you have to go deeper into the mountains over there, where there are the most monkeys, and they are not the common monkeys outside, many of them have wings." But there are very few leopards like this, they run very fast, and they usually don't have this good thing, so Childe wants it. ”

When Wei Youqing and Li Taoyao heard the word "monkey", their eyelids jumped at the same time, and they were even more shocked when they heard "monkeys can fly". It seems that these monkey demons and monkey immortal side branches that have fallen into the mortal dust have found a suitable place for them to grow, and they are many times stronger than the orthodox Wu clan.

"How much does your leopard skin cost?" Li Taoyao asked the young man with a smile, "I want it." Then he motioned for Wei Youqing to pay the boy money.

When the young man saw that Li Taoyao was willing to buy his leopard skin, his happy face flushed, and he replied a little restrained and shyly: "This leopard skin only costs five taels of gold......

"Five taels?" Wei Youqing was a little surprised, although this kind of exotic animal skin itself has spiritual power, and it is indeed very valuable, but in this market where a mountain boar can only be exchanged for a coarse cloth, five taels of gold can be called a sky-high price.

Seeing that Wei Youqing seemed to be too expensive, the young man was afraid that they would regret not buying, so he was so anxious that his face turned red, and he said anxiously: "Where are you going?" I can send it for you. This leopard skin was so easy for me to call, they couldn't afford it......"

Seeing that the young man was in a hurry, Li Taoyao was a little dissatisfied with Wei Youqing's attitude, pulled out a golden hairpin from his head and handed it to the young man, saying, "Take it!" ”

The young man was embarrassed to take the golden hairpin, and he wanted to say anything but didn't dare to say anything.

Wei Youqing shook his head and smiled at Li Taoyao: "You golden hairpin, where will he exchange it for money?" As he spoke, he took out the broken gold cakes from his body, made up five taels of the scattered gold coins, and handed them to the young man.

The young man thanked him happily: "The son is so careful, no one can find five taels of gold here...... It's all piecemeal and it's fine. ”

He raised the skin in his hand, "I'll send my son home, I can do a lot of work, if my son doesn't dislike it, I'll come back after I finish my work for my son." ”

Wei Youqing smiled: "No need, you can talk to us." By the way, take us to the place where you hunt to see the flying monkeys. ”

The young man hurriedly replied, "Yes, it's just that it's far away from there, and I'm going to tire this lady." If the lady can't walk, I can carry the lady on my back. ”

Li Taoyao "fluttered" and smiled, the young man felt that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, but he didn't know how to remedy it, and blushed shyly.

Wei Youqing and Li Taoyao saw that the young man was shy, coupled with his beautiful face, and they couldn't bear to bully each other, so they talked to him kindly, and talked about the ordinary things of hunting, hoping that the young man would slowly stop being so shy.

The three of them continued to walk along a big river next to the market to the depths of the mountains to the west, and Li Taoyao continued to ask the young man as she walked, "What is your name?" How old is this year? ”

The young man was very familiar with the three of them because he had gone all the way, except for Wei Rong who had been keeping his face tight and not paying much attention to him, Li Taoyao and Wei Youqing were both kind, so when he saw Li Taoyao asking, the young man replied naturally: "My name is Ah Zhan, and I am sixteen years old this year." ”

"How did you get to this mountain?" Wei Youqing asked.

Ah Zhan said: "I was born in the mountains, my father used to work in the capital Wucheng Houjia, offended the steward, first ran to the boat as a boatman, ran down the river to here, still can't hide, had to go into the mountain." ”

It turned out that this Ah Zhan was not a refugee from Huainan, but a fugitive slave from the Zhao family.

Li Taoyao said: "It turns out that you came here from the capital." I heard that many Huainan refugees also ran into the mountains, I don't know if you know? ”

Ah Zhan nodded and said, "I know that there are many places in this mountain where people from all over the world come from, and I heard that many villages come from Huainan. ”