In the dense mountain forest, the big trees that cover the sky have not experienced the depression of winter at all, and the vigorous and powerful branches are stretching out every moment.

The past winter did not affect the vegetation here, and the surrounding area was still lush and vibrant.

This place is not within the territory of the Yanjiao tribe, nor is it on any hunting route of the Yanjiao. There are no other human voices around, only the chirping of birds and beasts.

Yi Ce looked at a small dirt slope slightly protruding from the ground in front of him. More than 20 years later, the stones placed there had been covered with mud and flowers, and he could not see how they looked when they were just laid down.

Here is the burial place of Yi Ce's father Yi Cong.

"it's time."

Yi Ce touched a piece of jade hanging from his neck. It was one of the jades that Yi Cong once used for divination. Except for the jade left to Yi Ce, other jades have been buried underground with Yi Cong. .

Looking at the sky, Yi Ce turned and left.

About half an hour later, Yi Ce came to a place and stood still. Soon, he heard a voice coming from the depths of the forest.

The sound came from far to near, towards Yi Ce's direction.

Ka Ka Ka - Boom -

Among the voices, there was the sound of trees being smashed.

A wolf taller than a human rushed over like a gust of wind. On the wolf's back was a 15- or 16-year-old girl in hunting clothes with tribal patterns painted on her face.

Without looking at the fierce beast rushing towards him, Yi Ce had a smile on his face and raised his hand to say hello to the girl on the wolf's back.

But before he could make a sound, the figure on the wolf's back flickered, and the next moment, Yi Ce was grabbed by the collar and thrown onto the wolf's back.

"Shao Duo, the hunting team is back?" Yi Ce grabbed the wolf fur and asked.

Shao Duo is the second child of Shao Xuan and Gui Ze.

On Shao Duo, there is a brother two years older than her, Shao Cheng. At this time, he followed Zhacha to Yingshan for a long experience. He hasn't returned, so he didn't participate in the hunt.

Shao Duo also has a younger brother, Shao Xu, who is three years younger than her. It's just that Shao Xu is not very interested in hunting. In comparison, he prefers to follow Gui Ze to study medicinal materials, and then fiddle with some other novel things.

For example, explosives.

Hearing Yi Ce's question, Shao Duo replied briefly, "I'm all back."

"This hunt..."

Yi Ce was about to ask about the harvest of the hunting team, and then heard Shao Duo in front of him: "Don't talk nonsense, put down the pig in the back!"

Yi Ce looked behind him, and a figure was approaching not far away, and at the same time, he could hear the sound of some branches being broken. Even if Yi Ce couldn't see the figure behind him, he could tell who was chasing after him by listening to the movement. Four teeth of the beast, and the boy of Uncle Spear's family.

Yi Ce clung to the fur on the wolf's back with one hand, swept the other hand over the bushes that passed by, and then threw the thing he was holding onto the ground at random.

A fierce beast with fangs like a four-toothed wild boar rammed through the woods, riding a boy in a hunting suit on his back.

Without the shelter of the woods, the two sides are not too far apart. The young man can see the wolf and the man in front of him, and he is about to catch up, but the young man sees Yi Ce on the wolf's back, and when he sees Yi Ce, he turns his head and smiles at himself. After laughing, his heart suddenly shuddered, and before he could say "be careful", he heard a strange cry from Four Teeth, his hoof slipped, and the whole beast fell to the ground.

The boy on the back of the beast reacted quickly, raised his arm to hook a branch, turned over and jumped to the tree.

"Shao Duo! Yi Ce! You wait for Lao Tzu!"

How did Si Ya's hoofs, which usually run steadily, step on a slippery fruit?

A fruit is also counted. Usually, even if you step on a pile, you may not easily slip, unless you precisely step on the key position where the hoof is exerting force at that time.

Unfortunately, I just stepped on it.

This kind of thing has happened many times. Except for Yi Ce, no one else can do it... Maybe the Great Elder is one of them. However, the elders will not pay attention to these juniors.

The four teeth that fell, got up and stomped on the ground, taking the berries on the ground to exhale. This level of slippage is just tickling for it, no shit, this behavior is purely venting.

"Stop kicking, hurry up and chase!"

The young man turned over and rode on the back of the beast, motioning Si Ya not to waste time stepping on the fruit, it was business to catch up quickly, he wanted to compete with Shao Duo to be the first to arrive at the tribe.

During this period, several boys and girls of the same age, wearing hunting clothes and equipment, rode terrifying cranes, cave lions and other vicious beasts.

Shao Duo, who had run far away, rode on Caesar, ignoring the angry scolding behind him.

Shao Duo rode Caesar all the way back to the tribe's mountain. After throwing Yi Ce on the top of the mountain, he went to the stream to brush Caesar's hair.

Yi Ce, who was thrown on the top of the mountain, sorted out his clothes and walked into the stone house in front of him. Here is the place where Shao Xuan, the Great Elder of Yanjiao, works.

When Yi Ce entered, Shao Xuan was writing a scroll of animal skins. Shao Xuan, who is already a husband and a father, has not changed much in appearance, but he feels more calm, as if the restlessness caused by other parts of the tribe will naturally settle down in front of Shao Xuan.

The Yanjiao people, as well as the other belligerent tribesmen who joined the alliance in the Yanhe River Basin, always like to compare and compare when they meet the strong, but since Yi Ce has memory, he rarely sees those people looking for Shao Xuan to make a gesture. It was the leader of the Water Tiger tribe who roared like thunder and roared whenever he disagreed, and he was as quiet as a chicken in front of Shao Xuan.

After Yi Ce entered the room, he sat obediently and waited, looking out the window, not wondering what was written on the animal skin scroll. This kind of animal skin scroll needs the power of inheritance to record, and cannot be easily disturbed, so what Yi Ce does is to wait quietly.

About ten minutes later, Shao Xuan carefully rolled up the animal skin he had written before looking at Yi Ce.

"You have already decided to go over?" Shao Xuan asked.

"Yes." Yi Ce got up and gave Shao Xuan a respectful salute.

Although Shao Xuan did not officially accept Yi Ce as his apprentice, Yi Ce learned a lot from Shao Xuan, and Yi Ce always treated each other with respect.

"Wait for Chacha to come back in a while, I will go to the desert, you go with me, or do you want to cross the sea with the Changzhou people as originally planned?" Shao Xuan asked. He received a letter from the desert yesterday, which was written by Shi Shu, the owner of Yanling City. A whole animal skin scroll was complaining to Shao Xuan about Sapphire's evil deeds in the desert: How about not interfering with each other? Come and take care of your bugs!

When Yi Xiang left, Yanling restrained a lot and gave in a lot. Shishu personally went out of the desert to negotiate with Shao Xuan and signed a contract with Yanjiao. The Flaming Horns were the only tribe that could go straight through the desert and take a shortcut to the other side of the continent, without having to take a long detour from the dangerous and uncertain sea, which was indeed a lot more convenient. As for the other tribesmen in the Yanhe River Basin, unless there is proof of Shao Xuan's connection, don't even think about passing through the desert safely.

This time, the newly unearthed sapphire smashed the site of Yanling on the desert, occupying an oasis belonging to Yanling. It was a military location where Yanling suppressed the scattered forces on the edge of the desert. How could it be so easy to give up?

Therefore, the people of Yanling were anxious.

beat?

It's not that they can't fight. Although Yi Xiang is gone, some secret weapons left by Yi Xiang can still be used. However, they dare not fight, it is the worm of Yanjiao Shao Xuan, and they still don't want to face Shao Xuan.

So this time, Shi Shu hurriedly wrote a letter and asked Shao Xuan to mediate, otherwise a war between humans and insects would be staged in the desert.

Shao Xuan promised to go over. Said to be mediation, in fact, he just went to see the current state of Sapphire, whether there is any disadvantage.

Yi Ce also decided to go to another continent and visit the Yi family headquarters in Wangcheng. Back then, Yi Cong sent him to Yanjiao so that he could live better. At that time, the Yi family was in chaos, and many people who stayed in the headquarters became cannon fodder. Now that the Yi family is in power, it is no longer the same group. Yi Ce still has relatives in the Yi family. He wants to go and see.

Yi Ce's divination ability was not under Yi Cong's. As Yi Cong had foreseen, Yi Ce's talent was extremely high, and Yi Ce could naturally predict that most of his relatives were still alive, including his biological mother, but the situation was different. it is good.

Since Yi Ce was going to the other side, it was easier to walk from the desert, so Shao Xuan asked him if he needed to go with him. If Yi Ce wanted to walk from the desert, following Shao Xuan would naturally save trouble. After all, the Yanling people looked at Shao Xuan's face, not the Yi family's blood.

"No, I still follow the original plan and travel with Changzhou's fleet." Yi Ce replied.

Shao Xuan nodded, "Also. In three days, the people from Changzhou will come to transport the wood, and then you will leave with them."

"Yes!"

Yi Ce came out of the stone house after hearing Shao Xuan talk about the situation on the Wangcheng side.

Go down the mountain and follow the stone bridge over the Yan River to the trading area.

The Yanhe Trading Zone, also known as "Yanhe City", is the largest trading zone on the continent.

After the fusion of fire, the forces in all parts of the continent were reshuffled, and some people from different tribes followed the example of another continent to form new tribes.

The expedition teams from all over the continent, whether they have been here or not, have definitely heard of the name "Yanhe City". This trading area gathers items from different tribes and different continents. It is rumored that there is nothing that can't be bought here. As long as you pay enough money, even if you can't buy what you want at the time, you can find someone to inquire about useful information.

Yi Ce often sees far-flung teams from another continent in the trading area, including caravans and organizations, and whenever those people hear Yi Ce's name, their expressions will be very subtle.

The surname "Yi" is basically only used by the Yi family, and the identity of Yi Ce's Yi family is not a secret here, but not many people know which branch of the Yi family he belongs to.

People from the other side of the continent have long lost their reverence for the Yi family. The glory of the Yi family has passed for a long time, and it is no longer a big noble. The influence of the royal city was second only to the nobles of the Ji family of the royal family, and it just declined. Pity, funny.

In the past, Yi Ce heard about the Yi family from others, but now, he has to see it himself.

Yi Ce told Yi Si his plan to go back.

Yi Ce was brought up by Yi Si. When he was very young, he knew that he was not from Yanjiao, but from the same Yi family as Yi Si. However, Yi Si had left the Yi family, but Yi Ce did not. Yi Cong was alive before his death. I also told Yi Si that I hope Yi Ce will return to Yi's house to have a look when he grows up and has the ability to protect himself.

"This day has finally come." Yi Si sighed as he looked at the face in front of him that was seven-pointed to Yi Cong.

The Yi family has been in decline over the years, and the people in power are unreliable. Anyway, he feels that the Yi family is now in a muddy water, and the people who escaped because of the civil war in the Yi family did not want to go back, anyway. It's not good to go back.

However, thinking of Yi Ce's ability, Yi Si felt a little relieved. Yi Ce grew up in Yanjiao. Although Yi Ce has the blood of the Yi family on his body, he has some Yanjiao style in his character, but he usually hides it better. Moreover, Yi Ce was also half of Shao Xuan's students, so even if he couldn't learn all his skills from Shao Xuan, he wouldn't lose to those junkies in the Yi family today.

Yes, Yi Si calls those who are now in power in the Yi family as offal. The once glorious Yi family is like the firewood that is about to burn out. Only some poor sparks are left, and it can be drowned out by a storm.

Yi Cong once said that Yi Ce is the key to the rebirth of the Yi family's Nirvana, and Yi Si also looks forward to it.

Three days later, the fleet of the Changzhou tribe came to Yanjiao to transport firewood.

There are 30 ships in the fleet, 20 of which are used to transport materials, and the other 10 are arranged separately, such as carrying long-distance teams.

Some expedition teams disembarked from the boat and walked towards the Yanhe trading area, while others from the trading area walked towards the boat.

Yi Ce took his eight slaves and followed the team that got on the boat.

In the boarding team, a younger man looked curiously at the slaves beside Yi Ce, leaned over and asked, "Hey, brother, are you a slave owner? Are you going to follow the Changzhou people across the sea? My name is Dongmai, a small caravan from Chaoqiu City, who came to Yanhe City with the Black Bear Caravan, and this time, I will go back with them on a long boat.”

Yi Ce gave him a friendly smile, "Hello, my name is Yi Ce, Yanhe Yi Ce."

Born in Wangcheng, grew up in Yanhe. (To be continued.)

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