The scorching sun was in the sky, and at noon on this day, Du Fan was studying a spirit grass in the elixir garden, but was interrupted by a voice.

"Brother Du!" Xiaohu ran from a distance.

"If you don't cultivate well, why did you come to me, how is your cultivation of the Golden Life Technique?" Seeing Xiaohu, Du Fan was a little surprised, but then changed his smile.

"Let's not talk about me first, Brother Du, it's not good, Sister Ruoxi, she was forced to marry!" Xiaohu ran in front of Du Fan and gasped.

"Forced marriage?" you say slowly. Listening to Xiaohu's headless words, Du Fan frowned.

"I also just learned the news, ...... this morning"

Then Xiaohu slowly told the whole thing, and Du Fan gradually understood what happened. It turned out that the white-clothed young man who tested the spiritual root for the Yao family last time was named Wu Hao, who was the proud son of the younger generation of the Purple Mountain Sect, and he was young, and his cultivation had already reached the fifth level of qi refining. Since the last time I saw Ruoxi at Yao's house, I fell in love with her at first sight and fell in love with her.

And Wu Hao's father was a high-ranking member of the Purple Mountain faction, and after learning about his son, he readily agreed, and prepared a dowry to propose to the Yao family with a secular gift, and the head of the Yao family also accepted the dowry and agreed to the matter.

However, after Yao Ruoxi learned about this, she refused to agree, and threatened to find Wu Hao to explain the matter clearly. The head of the Yao family was furious and forbade him to go out in the room. Yao Ruoxi was not convinced, and threatened with a hunger strike. As a result, Yao Batian was even more angry, and the relationship between a father and daughter was now quite tense.

"If Ruoxi can marry him, it's not bad. ”

The young man in white came to Du Fan's mind, whether it was his appearance and speech, demeanor and temperament, or personality, he was definitely a good match. And it seems that the other party's cultivation qualifications should be excellent, and at the same time, his identity is prominent, and his future prospects are unlimited. But then again, everything depends on whether Ruoxi herself is willing or not.

"Then Ruoxi, she really went on a hunger strike?" Du Fan asked with some concern.

"That's just for others and the head of the family, how smart Sister Ruoxi is, how could she really do such a thing! She has secretly discussed with me that I will secretly send her food every night. The little tiger's face was proud.

"You ......" Du Fan couldn't cry or laugh, there was really no way to take these two people. However, he always felt that this was not a long-term solution.

"Steward Du, how are you doing?"

Du Fan looked up, and the person who came was Xiao Da's housekeeper, so he didn't dare to slack off, and stepped forward to salute.

Although Xiaohu is already a disciple of the inner sect of the Xiuzhen Academy, and he is domineering on weekdays, he is still in awe of this Xiao Da Butler, and he hurriedly salutes him at this moment.

"Steward Du, I'll give you a task, this year's spiritual herb delivery requires you to go to the Purple Mountain Sect together and set off tomorrow. Steward Xiao was not surprised that Xiaohu appeared here, nodded to him, and said this to Du Fan.

"Every year, you only need Brother Hu to lead the team, why do you want me to go with me this year?" Du Fan looked puzzled.

"Xiaohu, don't go back to cultivation soon, don't forget the inner disciple assessment in two months. Steward Xiao didn't reply immediately, but glanced at Xiaohu expressionlessly and said lightly.

"Yes, Xiaohu is retiring. Xiaohu stuck out his tongue and turned to leave.

"Steward Du, I'll say it bluntly, since you transformed these spiritual herbs of the Purple Mountain Sect three years ago, the output has increased a lot, and this part of the increase, my Yao family naturally did not report to the Purple Mountain Sect, but secretly dealt with it, in exchange for benefits. While this matter is of great benefit to my Yao family, it also takes a certain risk, if the Purple Mountain Sect knows about this matter, although it will not be wiped out immediately, it is definitely not a good thing.

At least from now on, I will never get the trust and protection of the Purple Mountain Sect again, even if the Purple Mountain Sect is not to blame for the merits of my Yao family over the years, but without the support of the Purple Mountain Faction, just with the grudges that the Yao family has formed over the years, it will be a matter of time before the Yao family is in decline. Tianxiang Country is not just a Purple Mountain Sect of cultivation, the forces involved in all aspects are intertwined, and the slightest carelessness will lead to a catastrophe.

This time I sent you over just in case, you have profound attainments, if the other party has some doubts at the time of acceptance, you can also mellow one or two, under normal circumstances, there will be no problem, you don't have to worry too much. Butler Xiao said something that surprised Du Fan.

In fact, Du Fan knew the truth in this, but he didn't expect that Steward Xiao would say it to himself so directly.

"Thanks to the trust of Grand Steward Xiao and the Yao Mansion, I will do my best to accomplish this. Du Fan replied solemnly.

"Well, okay, you have a calm personality and are loyal to the Yao family, I still trust you, leave the things here to the people below, you go back and prepare early." In addition, I have added a team of armor guards to escort the herbs, who are responsible for your safety, so you don't have to worry about the safety of the road. Steward Xiao said, didn't allow Du Fan to say anything more, and left.

"Butler Xie Xiao. Du Fan said to his back.

Jiawei is a private soldier cultivated by the Yao family with a lot of financial resources, and his strength is above the courtyard, and below the disciples of Xiuzhen, he is also the strongest combat power that the Yao family puts on the table, even if the Yao family is the first family of the Tianxiang Kingdom, there are only thousands of people. Being able to send a team to protect Du Fan alone is enough to see how much the Yao family attaches importance to Du Fan.

In the early morning of the second day, Hu Da Niu took two people to Du Fan's residence, this Hu Da Niu was the inner disciple of the Yao family who was responsible for the escort of spiritual herbs every time, and cultivated to the peak of the first level of qi refining. is also Uncle Hu in Yao Ruoxi's mouth, who once gave this female golden goose knife. This person is burly, bearded, and has a bold personality, and Du Fan has a good impression of him.

"Steward Du, let me introduce to you, these two are the outer disciples of the Yao family, Zhang Yan and Wang Shan, and their cultivation has reached the peak of quasi-qi refining, and they are only half a step away from the first level of qi refining. With the help of these two brothers, the trip will be smoother, and in terms of safety, Steward Du can rest assured. Hu Da Niu's eyes were glaring, and his voice was like a bell, introducing Du Fan.

"Then there are two brothers. Du Fan said with his fists clenched.

"Steward Du doesn't have to be polite, it's within my boundaries. ”

"Yes, Steward Du is highly valued by the head of the family, and it is said that he also has a great deal of research on plants and trees, and he may have to rely on Brother Du in the future. ”

"Well, the spiritual herbs on the list also ask the three of you to verify it again to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Du Fan smiled slightly and said cautiously.

......

An hour later, the Yao family's brigade appeared on the official road leading to the Purple Mountain Sect.

More than twenty carriages carrying spiritual herbs dragged the procession for a long time, and each carriage was guarded by a pair of armor guards, who were dressed in armor and boasted golden swords at their waists, shining in the cold light under the sun, with a murderous appearance, which made people look daunting.

At the forefront of these five or six hundred armor guards, there are five people riding on horses, three of them are Hu Daniu, Zhang Yan, Wang Shan, three Yao family cultivators, and a burly young man wearing what looks like a general's clothes, this person is a commander of the Yao family, surnamed Han, who is in charge of this task, and the remaining one is naturally Du Fan.

Behind the five people, there was also a team of guards, but there was no spirit herb carriage near them, it was a team of guards specially sent by the head of the Yao family to protect Du Fan.

Three hours later, a group of people waited dozens of miles away from Tianxiang City, and in front of them were two forked roads, one was the official road leading to a town in Tianxiang Country, and the other was an unsightly path, which was the only way to the Purple Mountain Sect, one of the three major cultivation sects of Tianxiang Kingdom. At the fork in the road, there is also a large-scale open-air teahouse.

"Steward Du, Commander Han, how about we rest here?" Hu Daniu saw that Du Fan was a little tired, and it seemed that this Du Steward was not very good at riding horses, and his expression was even more tired, so he suggested.

"I'm in charge of the safety of this trip, it's inconvenient to leave the team, forgive me, you just have to rest. Commander Han was expressionless and did not object to this proposal, but he also did not mean to dismount and drink tea.

"Haha, Commander Han has always been loyal to his duties, but I'm embarrassed to wait, Commander Han will wait for a cup of tea and I'll be back. Hu Daniu snorted, then got up and dismounted with Zhang Yan and Wang Shan.

Du Fan smiled apologetically at Commander Han, and followed Hu Daniu and the others into the tea shed, choosing an empty place and sitting down.

"Steward Du, Commander Han has a cautious temperament, does not smile, and is dedicated to the public, not for you, but don't take it to heart. After sitting down, Xiao Er poured tea for the four of them, Hu Daniu picked up the tea bowl and drank it all, explaining to Du Fan.

"Brother Hu, you're too worried, I understand. Just now, I would like to thank Brother Hu for helping me out of the siege, I believe you can also see that I am not very good at riding horses, if I walk for a while, I am afraid I really can't hold on. Du Fan was a little surprised, but he still sincerely thanked him.

"Everyone should go out together and take care of each other, and Du doesn't have to be polite. Although the three of us are cultivators, unlike others, we don't have those lofty shelves, and Steward Du usually gets along with us and doesn't have to worry about it. Hu Daniu suddenly remembered something, stared at Du Fan and said boldly.

"That's right, Steward Du and we must not be polite. ”

"Yes, my Guan Du brother is also a temperamental, and it is no problem for us to open yellow jokes together, haha......"

Du Fan was stunned at first when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but laugh, thinking that these three eldest brothers should be regarded as strange among cultivators, but he prefers such people.