Why do you want me to be the sect leader?

"What happened?"

"It just rained yesterday. Today, Lao Liu's son went up the mountain and just came back. He said that the mountain collapsed, and asked if everyone who went up the mountain came back. I don't want to remember Xiao Du saying that Lao Du went to the mountain today. Did you collect the medicine? Dr. Wei said that Lao Du hasn't gone to his place yet, so I guess he hasn't come back yet."

"grandfather!"

Du Huaike shouted and wanted to rush out, but Huo Jiulin grabbed him and asked Aunt Yan in a deep voice, "Aunt Yan, which way is the way to the mountain?"

"You can go up behind Old Liu's house."

"Ah Qing, you and Xiao Duzi are waiting for me at home, you are not allowed to go out, I will go to the mountain to have a look now."

"I'm going to find Grandpa."

Du Huaike was crying anxiously, Huo Jiulin knelt down and looked at him and said, "You are obedient, I will definitely bring your grandpa back. If you run out, your grandpa will be worried."

Du Huaike nodded, Huo Jiulin looked at Shen Yiqing, and Shen Yiqing responded: "Don't worry, I will take care of Xiao Ke, and you also want to be safe."

"Well, Aunt Yan, please show me the way."

Huo Jiulin followed Aunt Yan out of the house and rushed all the way to Lao Liutou's house, only to find that there were many people gathered there, and there were some crying noises.

"what happened?"

"Xiao Huo, look."

Huo Jiulin took a closer look. Originally, the old Liu Tou's house should be at the foot of the mountain, but now the house has been crushed. "Where is the person? Are there any casualties?"

"That's not true. Old Liu and his family are fine, but all these things are gone."

"People can do nothing."

"Xiao Huo, this road seems to be dead."

Aunt Yan stepped forward to take a look, and found that the road was blocked by mud, piled up very high, and there was a tendency to continue to slide down, if you climbed up, maybe even people would be buried.

"You have to go up or not. There may be danger here. You should back off a little bit. By the way, is there a rope?"

"I have it at home."

A family living nearby brought out a rope, and Huo Jiulin took it and tied it around his waist. He didn't know what would happen when he went up the mountain, so he still needed a rope.

He observed the terrain, as long as he could jump over the mountain in front of him, he should be able to go up the mountain. He took a torch, secretly moved towards the collapsed roof, stepped on it, turned over the mountain, and jumped past.

It just disappeared in front of everyone in a blink of an eye. They were all dumbfounded. They didn't expect that this carefree little Huo was actually a peerless master? !

Then in the next moment, he noticed several figures jumping up after him. Huo Jiulin turned around when he noticed the sound, and saw a few people from the valley, which he often saw.

"you……"

"How can you find such a big mountain by yourself? Let's find it separately. There are more people and the chances are higher."

"Yes, the most important thing now is to find Uncle Du as soon as possible."

"Thank you..."

These few villagers who usually look ordinary, all have unique skills, and some of them are not even worse than him. I heard from Uncle Du that many people here were brought in by the old genius doctor Mu, so some People in the rivers and lakes are not surprised.

In any case, Jixi Valley is indeed a good place to hide from the world. Those of them who are tired of fighting and killing in the rivers and lakes, it is better to come here to live in seclusion.

Since someone was willing to help, Huo Jiulin would naturally not refuse. A group of six or seven people looked for it separately. There is no moon tonight. Depending on the situation, it may rain later, so it is more dangerous to be late.

It has been raining for the past few days, and the road on the mountain is a bit difficult to walk. The torch can only illuminate a small area in front of me, and the surrounding area is still dark.

"Uncle Du, are you there, Uncle Du?"

He shouted a few words but got no response. He is not familiar with the terrain here, so he can only go wherever he goes. It is already April, but it is still chilly in the forest at night.

Shen Yiqing was sitting on the stool, while Du Huaike was sitting on the threshold. The house seemed quiet, but suddenly there was the sound of crutches at the door. When they looked over, they saw that it was Xia Chen.

"Uncle Xia..."

Xia Chen came over slowly, then sat on the threshold with Du Huaike, touched the top of his head, and said softly, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Du Huaike shook his head, "I'll eat with grandpa when he comes back. Big brother has cooked a lot of dishes. Grandpa must be happy to see you."

"Uncle Xia hasn't eaten yet, he's hungry now, can you give Uncle Xia something to eat?"

"it is good."

Du Huaike got up and helped Xia Chen walk into the house together. Shen Yiqing was actually struggling with how to comfort Du Huaike.

But because he never knew how to comfort others, he racked his brains and still couldn't figure out how to speak. Now that Xia Chen came, he was relieved.

"Senior Xia..."

Xia Chen smiled as a response, sat down and looked at the dishes on the table, some of the meat dishes were already cold, "There are so many dishes, it seems that I came to the right place."

"Uncle Xia, I'll serve you the meal."

"Little monkey, Uncle Xia always eats alone at home. He finally came to your place tonight. Can you and your elder brother Shen accompany me to have a meal together?"

"But I... I'm not hungry..."

"It seems that the little monkey doesn't want to eat with me anymore. I don't feel like eating alone, so I'll go back."

Xia Chen made a gesture to leave, but Du Huaike stopped him quickly, and said anxiously: "I will eat, and Brother Shen will eat too, right Brother Shen?"

"Ah."

Du Huaike hurriedly went to serve the meal, and Shen Yiqing said to Xia Chen: "Thank you, senior Xia, I let him eat just now and he refused to eat, but Huo Jiulin and the others don't know when they will come back. If he keeps starving, he might starve to death." gone."

"You have to be different when talking to children."

It didn't take long for Du Huaike to serve the meals for the three of them. In fact, he was already hungry, but because he was worried about his grandpa, he refused to eat all the time. Now that he saw the food, he started to eat it.

Seeing this, Shen Yiqing was relieved, but as soon as she was relieved, she saw Du Huaike was eating and tears fell down again. He asked with some doubts: "Xiao Ke, what's wrong?"

"Brother Shen, I will never eat bacon again. It is because I want to eat meat that Grandpa went to the mountains to collect herbs. It is my fault."

"Don't think about it, your grandfather will be fine, your elder brother has already gone to look for it, and he will be back soon."

"Then I won't eat it in the future, and I will eat whatever grandpa does."

"You are the most obedient, your grandpa must be happy to hear that."

"Little monkey, if you don't eat well now, you will not be happy when your grandpa comes back later."

"Uncle Xia, I'm eating."

Du Huaike raised his hand and wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve, then lowered his head and continued to eat. Although Shen Yiqing was holding chopsticks, she really didn't have the appetite to eat. She turned her head and looked out the door, not knowing what was going on on the mountain.

"Uncle Du!"

Huo Jiulin yelled, his feet slipped and almost fell, he quickly turned around and grabbed the branch next to him to try to stabilize himself. It turned out that there was a big hole here. I don't know if it was there originally or it collapsed today. .

With the action just now, the torch in his hand fell down, and there was no light in front of his eyes. He wanted to continue walking forward with some anxiety, but after walking a few steps, he heard a soft hum.

He stopped and listened carefully, held his breath, and then called out, "Uncle Du, is that you?"

After distinguishing the direction of the sound source, it was found that it was coming from the bottom of the big pit. Huo Jiulin walked to the edge and looked down. He couldn't see anything, and he didn't know how deep it was.

He untied the rope around his waist, tied one end to the tree trunk, and then slowly descended along the rope. The rock wall full of mud was very slippery, and he had to be very careful with every step. There was a height of about six or seven meters from the top to the bottom. .

"Uncle Du, is that you?"

Huo Jiulin took out a torch from his bosom, opened it and blew it on, carefully looked at the situation around him, and slowly approached with a soft humming sound, only to see a pile of stones in front of him, and the torch just fell on the stone Beside, has gone out.

He picked up the torch and lit it, then put it aside, and started to move the stones away. At this moment, the voices of several other villagers came from above his head, and Huo Jiu responded, "I'm below."

"Is Uncle Du there?"

"There is a pile of rocks here. I heard a sound under the rocks, but I'm not sure if it's Uncle Du."

"Then let's come down."

Those people came down one by one along the rope that Huo Jiulin had placed, and then they all came to help move the stones. The more people moved, the faster they moved.

"What is this... the basket is full of medicinal materials, it seems that it is really Uncle Du."

Huo Jiulin's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he hurriedly removed the remaining stones, finally revealing the bruised Uncle Du, Huo Jiulin knelt down and shouted, "Uncle Du, Uncle Du?"

Uncle Du opened his eyes and took a look. Seeing that he was still conscious, Huo Jiulin calmed down a little, "How do you feel, Uncle Du?"

"Xiao Huo..."

Uncle Du's voice sounded weak, his body was covered in mud, and he couldn't tell if he was injured, "I'm here, Uncle Du, we'll take you back now."

"Don't...don't bother, I can't do it...cough cough cough..."

"Don't say that, those stones should not be on your body, so..."

"Xiao Huo, at my age, I have already looked down on life and death... I just can't let go... I can't let go of Xiao Ke, he is still young, his father passed away, his mother will follow him regardless, if even I... "

"It'll be all right."

"Yes, Uncle Du, we will definitely take you back."

Several people wanted to lift Uncle Du up as they spoke, but Uncle Du spurted a mouthful of blood as soon as he moved. They stopped in fright. Uncle Du shook his head: "My own body knows it well."

"There is no way to take it out like this. You are here. I will go back and find a stretcher."

One of them climbed up the rope as he spoke. He knows martial arts and is familiar with the terrain here, so it doesn't take much time to go back and forth.

"Uncle Du, how did you get buried here?"

"The rock above collapsed and knocked me down."

Huo Jiulin held Uncle Du's wrist, feeling that his pulse seemed to be very weak, and he was even more worried. He tried to lose some internal energy to him, but because he didn't know martial arts, he was afraid that too much would have a negative effect.

"Xiao Ke...Xiao Ke..."

"Uncle Du, Xiao Ke is waiting for you to go back home. I made some dishes and we will have dinner together later."

"The medicinal materials, take them to exchange..."

"I cook a lot of other dishes without meat."

"Xiao Ke loves to eat meat, but unfortunately I'm old...it's useless, what should I do if I leave him alone...cough cough...what should I do..."

"Uncle Du." Huo Jiulin didn't know what to say, and the few people around him could only keep silent. Everyone knew in their hearts that the situation before them was likely to be fatal.