After hearing this, Ming Na felt that this kind of thing seemed familiar. After thinking about it carefully, wasn't this similar to her own situation? She said: "It sounds exactly like my father... If so, grandpa should go and have a look." But "she" soon thought that after grandpa arrived at her home, he stayed for a long time. If he went to find that son, If you stay for such a long time, what should you do? So he quickly added: "I want to go with grandpa! You can't leave me behind!"
Xiao Tianjian was in a dilemma: "But... that's not very convenient..." Elf is very dedicated to relationships. He had no worries because he divorced his ex-wife back then, but he didn't know if Elf's wife saw the offspring of him and his lover. What are your thoughts
But Ming Na didn't understand his worries: "What's the inconvenience? I will listen to you and won't run around. You promised not to leave me behind, are you going to lie to me again?! You also said You want to accompany me to find my mother and live with us, you promised!"
Xiao Tianjian was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to explain it. It was indeed not very kind to leave his granddaughter here, but it would take too much time to send her home. He hesitated and looked at Keith who was leaning at the door, wondering if he could let her go. This half-elf gave his granddaughter a ride, which wasn't far anyway.
Keith seemed to have read through his mind and flatly refused: "I will never return to the human world again. Human beings are dirty and despicable creatures!" After saying this, he glared at Xiao Tianjian fiercely.
Sennett interjected: "Oh, Keith, I'm so sorry to hear you say that." Minna also echoed: "Pretty uncle, I'm not dirty."
Keith responded dryly: "I'm not talking about you." He turned around and left, but the other three people vaguely saw a suspicious blush behind his ears.
Xiao Tianjian glanced at Sennett again, thinking that if he sent his granddaughter off through the "crooked room", it wouldn't be too troublesome for the old friend, right? As long as it is entrusted to the Xiao family caravans stationed in various places...
The old magician saw his gaze and scratched his head: "Uh... Actually, it's better for the child to stay here for a few more days... I can also teach her some more things..." But Mingna flatly rejected this proposal: "No ! I want to go with Grandpa! I will do whatever Grandpa says, but Grandpa can’t leave me!"
Seeing Ming Na's resolute attitude, Sennett couldn't say anything else. Xiao Tianjian looked at the three people in front of him, reluctantly agreed, and immediately went to pack his luggage.
Minna watched him leave and looked back at the old magician: "Grandpa Sennett, I can't bear to let you go, but..." Sennett smiled: "Silly boy, I can't let you go either, but as your grandfather said, every day Every party has to end, and we can't be together forever. Besides, you can still come see me, right?"
Ming Na nodded vigorously, thinking of the green algae her grandfather had shown her, thinking about when to ask him for a few so that she could visit the old magician through the woods in May next year.
After all, she didn't have the guts to jump off the top of a mountain alone.
"She" made up her mind and couldn't help but laugh secretly. At this time, the old magician patted "her" on the shoulder. When "she" turned around, she saw a strange look on his face: "Ming Na, Well...can you tell me how women are convenient? I seem to have drank too much broth."
Mingna was stunned for a moment, and then she smiled and told the old "grandma" who was a woman for the first time the secret. In return, "she" also knew some of the boys' secrets. To be honest, "she" thought it felt really weird.
Just as the old and the young were snickering at each other, Xiao Tianjian appeared again. Seeing that his little granddaughter was completely unprepared, he couldn't help being a little angry: "Why haven't you packed your things?! Why are you procrastinating?!"
Sennett hurriedly said: "Even if you pack up now, you still have to wait until tomorrow morning before setting off. If you leave now, do you plan to spend the night in the water?" Xiao Tianjian then changed his mind, but he finally found out about his old friend. Something was wrong. He opened his eyes wide and pointed at the greatness on the other person's chest: "What's going on?"
Minna said with a smile: "Grandpa! Grandpa Sennett has become a grandma! I have also become a boy. It's fun, but it hurts a little."
Xiao Tianjian was confused. After the two of them explained in detail, he finally found out the truth of the matter. He also understood the reason why his granddaughter behaved differently from usual just now. He couldn't help but complain about his old friend: "Eat What are you doing with these things when you are full? When you have time, you can also get some healing potions, potions that replenish magic power, poisons, and the like, useful things. Sex-changing potions, and those that change the color of your hair and eyes. …Any functions?"
Sennett was unhappy and glared: "Which of those things have I never done before? They are not new at all! Potions that can change a person's appearance and inner nature are truly amazing inventions, and you don't understand them at all!" He turned around and was about to leave, then muttered and added: "Men are all fools!" Xiao Tianjian and Ming Na were stunned.
Not to mention all the interesting things that happened to Ming Na that night in order to experience the "boy's lifestyle". Early the next morning, the grandfather and grandson packed their luggage and left the magician's house.
Accompanied by Sennett and Keith, they first entered the bottom floor of the basement of the magician's house, and opened several doors with magic locks...that is, the kind of soft and transparent partitions... After twisting and turning in the tunnel, Finally came to the exit. It was a cave entrance hidden by stones and thorns. After coming out, it is a rugged mountain road.
The effect of Ming Na's transformation potion was still there, so "she" was still an energetic and competitive little boy. She refused her grandfather's suggestion to carry "her" away and insisted on relying on her foot strength that she had trained for several months. . Fortunately, before she was too tired to walk, "she" could already hear the sound of water not far away, which was the road they left on this trip.
Dozens of water dragons emerged from the towering mountain walls, flowing straight down into the pool, forming a deep water rapids and running towards the east.
When she came to the stream, Ming Na sat down on the rock beside the road and gasped. Xiao Tianjian touched the ring, and a strange-looking "boat" appeared on the ground. It was four or five feet long, but the bottom was round and round. thick. Ming Na reached out and poked the bottom of the boat and found that it was actually soft.
Sennett took the wand and circled it, tapping everywhere, and complained: "Old Xiao, why don't you take good care of it? There are so many scars on my masterpiece."
Xiao Tianjian rolled his eyes to the sky: "Old Sen, I found that you have become much more nagging and stingy after becoming a woman. This thing runs on water, so there will be some friction. What's the big deal?"
Sennett muttered something, said "Sure," and asked Keith to help push the boat into the water. Xiao Tianjian picked up Ming Na and sat down on the only seat in the boat. He turned back to Sennett and said, "Okay, thank you very much, old friend. I will see you again."
Mingna struggled not to be hugged by her grandfather, but he hit her head hard: "Don't move! Don't you want to leave with me?!" He was so troubled by the child last night that he really didn't have the patience to coax him. She said, waving to the old magician and half-elf, then flipping the switch and letting the boat float straight down the current.
Minna only hurriedly shouted, "Goodbye, Grandpa Sennett, beautiful uncle, I will come to see you..." and then followed the boat and rushed away.
Watching their figures disappear, the old magician and the half-elf looked at each other and sighed. The latter looked at the former and said: "Master, this look really doesn't suit you." The latter nodded: "It's really weird. You always jump forward when walking. I said, how about you try it next time? I dare Said you must be beautiful as a woman."
What answered him was the figure of the half-elf turning away angrily.
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Ming Na sat in her grandfather's arms and rushed down the rapids, unable to help but scream. The water splashed on her face and body, and was quickly thrown away. Then the next round of water splashed on her again. She could hardly breathe and had to shut her mouth.
The boat was moving at a very fast speed. Occasionally it encountered a whirlpool and would spin around. Xiao Tianjian used his sword to support the rocks on the waterside and moved hard, so that he could use his strength to get the boat out of the whirlpool and go down the river again. Sometimes the direction was not correct. , they even rushed down backwards. This feeling is really indescribable.
They set off early in the morning and boarded the boat when the sun rose. It was after noon that they reached a slow stream with a small shoal between the water and the mountain wall. It was obviously not the first time that Xiao Tianjian passed by here. He quickly stabilized the boat and docked, and pulled his granddaughter to the small piece of land.
At this time, Ming Na's hands and feet were weak, she was dizzy, and she felt chest tightness and nausea. However, children are adaptable. After drinking the hot water handed over by her grandfather and eating dry food, she quickly regained her energy and began to talk excitedly about her thoughts on the morning's trip. This rafting experience increased "her" experience of the word excitement, and she began to look forward to more "interesting" things during the trip.
Xiao Tianjian silently cursed at the potion of his old friend, which made his originally cute and well-behaved granddaughter change her temper. However, he was secretly glad that the effect of the potion was over soon, and when they arrived in the wasteland, the child would not be running around.
After resting for an hour, they were on the road again, this time charging straight without stopping. It was already evening when they finally reached the end of the rapids...a large lake. The lake was close to a high mountain peak, and the surrounding area was eerie. There were bones scattered on the shore, both animal and human. Ming Na looked a little creepy.
At this time, wolf howls came from the nearby mountains, and Minna was so frightened that she rushed into her grandfather's arms. She had unknowingly turned back into a girl.
Xiao Tianjian put away the boat and whispered: "Follow me quietly and don't make a sound." Mingna quickly tightened her grandfather's clothes and walked forward step by step through the wet mud on the shore. I didn't know how far I walked in the darkness before I saw several houses standing quietly in front of me.
As I got closer, I realized that it was an abandoned farmhouse. Axes, baskets, and a few haystacks were scattered on the ground in the front yard. The door panels were half-connected next to the door frame. In one of the rooms, the tables, chairs, and beds were fairly complete, and a simple stove was built in the corner. Everything was covered with dust.
Xiao Tianjian lit the oil lamp on the table and alerted the two mice on the roof beams, who squeaked and ran away.
Ming Na asked in a low voice: "Grandpa, are we going to spend the night here tonight?" Xiao Tianjian nodded: "I've been here to spend the night before. Although it's a bit rough, it's no problem to keep out the wind and rain. I'll be outside later. Light the torch, and those wolves will not dare to come." He walked to the half-broken cabinet by the wall and rummaged through it, "It seems that someone else has been here since I left, and everything that was originally placed here is gone. .”
He quickly cleaned the stove, took out the pots and pans from the storage ring, fetched water from the well behind the house, and started cooking. At the same time, he called to his little granddaughter: "Don't be in a daze, look around." If you have anything that can be used, wipe the bed, tables and chairs with water."
Mingna looked around the entire shabby house, and then took advantage of the daylight to look into several other houses, collecting a few handfuls of hay, a broken wooden barrel, and a relatively complete rag. She remembered that Marshall used hay as firewood, so she gave it to her grandfather, and then followed his instructions, went to the back of the house to fetch water with the barrel, and cleaned the tables, chairs, and beds in the house.
Xiao Tianjian looked at his granddaughter's busy figure and smiled with satisfaction.
In the evening they ate simple jerky soup and bread. Minna was so hungry that she almost wolfed down the food. After the meal, Xiao Tianjian used the collected hay, firewood and oilcloth to light four torches outside the house, and placed them at the front, back, left and right of the house to prevent the wolves from approaching. Then he took out the bedding and pillows from the ring and spread them on Ming Na's cleaned bed.
Mingna has seen her grandfather take things from the ring many times. She didn't expect that the inventory inside was so rich. She was very envious and wanted to have one herself.
When Xiao Tianjian heard this, he smiled and said: "I got this from Dragon Island. It is almost at the level of a divine weapon and cannot be given to others. However, I have an alchemist friend who can make this kind of thing, but he can't do it well. This is good. Your cousin has a ring that he made. It can only hold a sword and a few clothes. If you really want it, I can ask him to make one for you in the future. "
Ming Na nodded sharply. Even if she couldn't hold so many things, it would be good to hold a little. She was very excited and wished she could get such a ring right away.
Xiao Tianjian smiled and coaxed her to bed, and then said, "Then you remember to listen to grandpa. If you don't, I won't ask others to do it for you."
Ming Na immediately lay down on her bed and covered herself with the quilt very obediently and proactively: "I will be obedient."
Xiao Tianjian smiled and touched her head, and suddenly thought of something: "Mingna, how about Grandpa discussing it with you? From tomorrow on, when outsiders are around, don't call me Grandpa anymore. Call me...Uncle instead." How about it?"
Ming Na blinked: "Why?"
"Because... grandpa looks so young, more like your uncle. Others will be very strange when they hear you call me grandpa. It's too annoying to explain to people all the time, so why not change it." Of course Xiao Tianjian would not say, This is to prevent the elf princess from being too worried.
Minna thought for a while and felt that what grandpa said made sense. Grandpa Marshall and Grandpa Sennett were like grandpas. When she stayed at the hotel in Mayton, several people asked her why she called such a young man Zu. "Grandpa". So she nodded and agreed.
Xiao Tianjian breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and coaxed his granddaughter to sleep.
The next day they started on their way again. Around the mountain peak, there is an endless wilderness. Looking around, I feel that everything is red and brown. There is not even a tree or a grass. There are white bones scattered on the ground. There is a faint mist in the air. It exudes a fishy smell.
Xiao Tianjian softly introduced to his granddaughter that this is the border between East and Noga. More than two hundred years ago, a war broke out between the two countries. Both sides suffered countless casualties. It is said that the flesh and blood dyed the land on this plain red, and no grass grew ever since. , blood mist fills the air, and any creature that wants to pass through here will have a narrow escape. Now, except for the occasional adventurer, it is almost no man's land.
Ming Na shuddered: "Then are we going to walk from here?" Xiao Tianjian shook his head: "There are hundreds of kilometers here, walking is too troublesome, let's go buy horses first." After a pause, he smiled and comforted Granddaughter: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. Even if there was poisonous fog here more than two hundred years ago, it's almost gone now."
Ming Na then felt relieved and followed Xiao Tianjian to turn around and head south. After walking dozens of kilometers, they came to the location of the East border garrison. Although it was only a small village, they still bought a horse with good legs and replenished their food and water.
When leaving, a captain of the local garrison learned that they were going to cross the wasteland, so he reminded them: "Go early and come back early. In September, the fog there will become thicker. People can't see the direction when they go in, and they will be trapped to death." It's inside. If you want to go to Nuojia, you have to be more careful, it's not peaceful there right now."
Xiao Tianjian thanked the other party, then held his granddaughter on his horse and returned to the wasteland.
They walked all the way to the northeast and set up tents next to the horses at night. There was no water source and they could not light a fire in the humid air. They had to eat dry food and drink cold water from water bottles.
Ming Na felt a little excited and nervous at first, but when she saw that the scenery she saw every day was the same, except for the reddish-brown color, she began to feel anxious. At the same time, as the fog became thicker and thicker, they could only rely on the sun in the sky and their own shadows in the sunlight to determine the direction. Mingna began to feel irritable, dizzy, chest tight, breathless, and became increasingly sleepy.
Xiao Tianjian had to keep an eye on his granddaughter's condition. He knew in his heart that it was the toxins in the mist that were causing trouble, so he immediately took out the antidote he carried with him and gave it to his granddaughter, and then sent Qi into her body to wake her up.
However, psychological irritability and fear cannot be cured by medicine. Seeing Ming Na becoming more and more uneasy, Xiao Tianjian began to reflect, should he be tougher and refuse his granddaughter to follow
It was like this until the eighth day, when Mingna finally couldn't help crying. Xiao Tianjian controlled the horse and continued to move forward, while coaxing her: "Don't cry, don't cry, we will be there soon..."
But Ming Na just kept crying, and she felt that her vision was getting blurry. I wonder if it was because she had inhaled the mist. Just when Xiao Tianjian was looking for the antidote, he accidentally discovered a light not far ahead.
"We're here! We're really here, look!" Xiao Tianjian pointed forward in surprise.
Ming Na wiped away her tears and looked over. Sure enough, she saw a light spot moving. She was about to be happy when she saw another light spot appear next to the light spot. Then, four, six, eight...and soon... , the light spots turned into a row and quickly approached them.
Xiao Tianjian changed his expression and grasped the handle of the sword tightly.
(With the help of several friends, I realized many shortcomings in this article. In order to make it better, I plan to revise the article. The updates in the next two or three days may be affected, but I will do it as soon as possible. Okay, I’m really sorry for the inconvenience caused to everyone. I hope everyone will like the revised article, and I hope you can continue to support me. Thank you~~~^_^)