At first, Ren Xiaosu thought the two of them had lured him to this remote place to make a move on him. But it turned out they were doing a good deed.
But who were these people? They actually wanted to experience the life of a refugee in town at a certain point in time? First of all, they had to be someone from the stronghold. Whether they were a supernatural being or not remained to be seen. Ren Xiaosu observed that the other party was walking steadily and did not show any flaws in their attacks. It did not seem like they were a normal person either.
Old Li looked at Ren Xiaosu and said with a smile, "Are you a refugee?"
Ren Xiaosu nodded. "Mhm."
However, Ren Xiaosu did not explain anything else. The more he said, the more mistakes he would make.
Old Li nodded. "In any case, you don't look like a stronghold resident. People from the stronghold don't have that kind of look in your eyes."
Ren Xiaosu was puzzled. What kind of look did he have?
Due to the delivery of the medicine, they were delayed by half a day. As a result, they were still more than 100 kilometers away from Stronghold 74 that evening.
Old Li thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we find a place to set up camp and set off for Stronghold 74 early tomorrow morning? Sorry for delaying your journey because of us. "
Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "I'm already very grateful that y 'all are willing to give me a ride. I don't even know when I'll get to Stronghold 74 by myself."
There was still a pot in the back of Old Li's off-road vehicle. When Ren Xiaosu went to help move the camping supplies, he realized the other party had been in the mountains for quite some time this time. Just the condiments alone were quite a lot. Ren Xiaosu wondered what the other party was going to do in the mountains to the west.
Old Li called out to his disciple, "Qin Sheng, go and start the fire. I'll go hunt two rabbits."
With that, Old Li took out a dagger and went into the forest, leaving Qin Sheng to work by himself. Ren Xiaosu watched from the side. "Do you guys often go out in the wilderness?"
He asked this because he saw that Qin Sheng was very skilled at cooking. After all, some people might not even be able to start a campfire even with a flint. It was purely due to their inexperience.
Qin Sheng smiled. "I've been to many places with my teacher. Reading ten thousand books is like walking ten thousand miles."
Ren Xiaosu didn't say anything else. He always felt that these two people were a little mysterious. Qin Sheng's skin was dark and his body was well-proportioned. He looked like a cheetah in the wilderness, extremely vigorous.
Ordinary people wouldn't have such an aura.
After Qin Sheng started the fire, he took a few branches and set up a pot over the fire. He tossed the pheasant eggs he had obtained earlier into the pot and said to Ren Xiaosu with a smile, "If a normal egg is cooked in its shell, it'll be cooked in ten minutes. But these pheasant eggs will take 15 minutes. However, the aroma of the eggs far surpasses that of domestic chickens in the stronghold. They're very delicious."
At this moment, Old Li came back with two rabbits in his hands. He said with a smile, "The pheasants have changed a lot in the wilderness in just a few decades, but the domestic chickens in the strongholds haven't changed at all. In my opinion, we should tear down the strongholds and let the stronghold residents get out of their comfort zone. That way, humans will know what they have to face in the future and become more accustomed to this world."
"Let the stronghold residents get out of their comfort zone?" Ren Xiaosu recalled the lives of those stronghold residents. It wasn't necessarily any better. He said to Old Li, "The stronghold residents aren't comfortable either."
Old Li was speechless.
After two minutes of silence, Old Li did not know how to continue the conversation!
But just as the pheasant eggs were cooked, the sound of a convoy approaching came from afar. Ren Xiaosu looked over and could see the headlights of more than a dozen vehicles flashing on the road.
Ren Xiaosu scrutinized the convoy, and then his expression changed!
He turned to Old Li and Qin Sheng and said, "Um … I'm not feeling well, so I'll have to leave first. Thank you for giving me a lift!"
He was about to run off when Old Li shouted from behind, "Grab two eggs and eat them on the way."
As they spoke, Ren Xiaosu came back and scooped up a pheasant egg from the pot before running off.
Old Li and Qin Sheng frowned as they watched him leave. Qin Sheng asked curiously, "Teacher, who do you think he is?"
"I don't know, but he's not a simple person." Old Li said, "He has a reserved temperament and isn't a normal refugee. He might be a supernatural being."
"Then why did he run away?" Qin Sheng was puzzled.
"Could it be that the convoy that arrived this time is here to hunt him down?" Old Li was also puzzled. "Could it have something to do with what happened at Stronghold 73 some time ago? You can ask your Brother Qingxi when you get back. He was the one who went to Stronghold 73 with the Pyro Company. Ask him if he's seen such a young man before."
A moment later, the convoy stopped in front of the two of them. A woman wound down the window and asked, "Did you guys see a young man passing by here?"
Qin Sheng's jaw dropped. "You're … Li Ran?"
When Li Ran realized she had been recognized, she was secretly delighted. "Ahem, yes, I am."
But as soon as she finished speaking, she was pushed aside by someone next to her. Someone opened the car door and jumped out. "Hello, my name is Mu Wange, and I'm a director. Did you guys see a young man passing by here? He's heading to Stronghold 74."
Qin Sheng and Old Li were dumbfounded by this question. They had thought the convoy was here to hunt down Ren Xiaosu. But now they realized that was not the case at all.
With so many directors and female celebrities chasing after him, just what was that young man's job?
Ren Xiaosu was so angry he was about to start cursing along the way. Didn't they say they would only set off in five days? Why did this group of people chase after him as soon as he left? They were really haunting him. Couldn't they just let him have some peace and quiet for a few days?!
It seemed like men really could not be too handsome. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome. Ren Xiaosu thought seriously.
Old Li looked at Li Ran and Mu Wange and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I didn't see him."
"Could they have missed him on the way here?" Mu Wange wondered. "He didn't drive, so he shouldn't have been driving so fast."
"Keep chasing after him! He must have a way to get a car, "Li Ran said.
With that, the convoy set off again, leaving Old Li and Qin Sheng in a state of confusion.
"Teacher, why do you think they're chasing after that young man? And they're even big celebrities and directors, "Qin Sheng said in a speechless manner.
Old Li fell silent for a moment. "I don't know either. Strange things happen every year, but this year, there were especially many …."
"But Teacher, is it appropriate for you to lie to them?" Qin Sheng asked.
"How can you not lie to people in this world? I taught you to be an upright person, but I never told you not to lie to people." Old Li said with a smile, "These two things are not contradictory."
"Are they really not contradictory?" Qin Sheng began to wonder.
"Alright, don't think too much about it." Old Li added a handful of firewood to the campfire. "Rest well and find that cliff in the mountains. That'll be your final challenge. When the time comes, you'll have to climb it with your bare hands without any protection. You'll die in vain if you die, but if you survive, you'll become the Twelfth Knight."
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