We set off after Mao Yanan, after we all hit the road together, we realised that this man’s claim to be a map maker as a sideline was indeed true, many of the hidden shortcuts he took us on were unknown even to the local orcs, and when we occasionally encountered a barrier check, he went up to Hara for a few words, showed his map maker’s documents, and the orc soldiers at the gate smiled and let us through, it was a much smoother process than I had expected.

　　“Can’t see that you’re quite good at this, Brother Mao, I thought you were just a turtle-footed ninth-rate painter, it’s really not simple.”

　　“What do you mean, I’m very confident in my painting skills, when the Canary Flower Federation once invited me to stay for a long time, to be the Imperial Painter of the Grand President, only that I resigned after three months.”

　　The Golden Bird Flower Confederation was a large country located in the north of Solamnia, and the Divine Palace of Light, the Temple of Mercy, was located within its country, it was a country with a fairly high level of culture and art, and to be able to serve as an Imperial Painter over there was a remarkable achievement, and when she heard him say that, Asuka even let out a gasp of astonishment.

　　“That’s awesome, Uncle, so why did you quit?”

　　Shaking off the water droplets on his brush, Mao Yan’an laughed: “Because of this, I find myself still an artist who yearns for freedom, like that settling in the garden of the Chinese house, painting stereotypical paintings all day long to promote the glory of God and the majesty of the leader, although there is a high salary, but it’s too boring, by contrast, like this wandering in the mountains and the water, and with the wind, the sunshine and the fine wine as companions, so this is the life of the art man. life.”

　　Saying such words, Mao Yan’an revealed a very happy expression, obviously enjoying the current lifestyle. Since our values were not on the same line, I would not comment on this kind of life that was free but precarious, however, after spending two consecutive days together, I could feel more and more the handsome elegance of this middle-aged painter.

　　Especially on his second day on the road with us, this uncle shaved off his beard, tied up his long loose hair with a ribbon, and after a little freshening up, he felt completely different. After shaving off his long beard, he really looked as if he had a beautiful face, and once he tied his long hair, he looked even more energetic, as if he had become a dozen years younger, and he was so bright and energetic that he took his favourite paintbrush and dipped it in water to paint, and he smiled cheerfully while revealing his snowy teeth, and he looked as if he was just as young as we were, and even more energetic, and it was really inappropriate to call him an uncle.

　　The few patches of grey at the temples, made more noticeable by the tying up of his hair, seemed only to add to the sexiness of the middle-aged man under the influence of his exuberant vigour, and there was no sense of old age at all, and as he laughed aloud, and pointed out the mountains and the landscape to us, and strutted along, the women passing by on the roadside turned back frequently, and could not help but be attracted to this side of the road.

　　“Hey, I say, Uncle Mao, what the hell are you helping Asuka paint all day for?”

　　“Nothing special, I’m a person, I just like beautiful things, as soon as I see them, my hands get itchy, I just want to record them immediately, it’s because of this that I chose to become a painter.” Mao Yanan said, “Miss Asuka is such a beautiful woman, I travel all over the world, there aren’t many women who can give me a stunning feeling like this, while we are all destined to be together, of course I have to take advantage of the opportunity ah.”

　　In order to make it easier for him to paint, Xue, who had been wearing a mask, switched to using a veil to cover her face, which is still extremely beautiful, but I can’t believe that someone can paint the same model every day without getting tired of it.

　　“Such lofty ideals, huh? But honestly, is it really just for painting? Every time you make Asuka pose in a different way, looking at her such a good body and such a full chest, don’t you really feel anything at all?”

　　Being said so by me, Mao Yanan sighed and said as if with infinite feelings, “When I was a teenager, I was also a flirt, I stayed in love with flowers and owed countless debts of flirtation, looking back on the past, I am really ashamed. Now although I see the beauty, but already my heart is like still water, there is no other delusion.”

　　“Go on, just tell me if you’re not going to lift, so I can waste my breath.”

　　“That …… doesn’t seem to mean that.”

　　With his modest attitude, amusing words, and handsome appearance, this Uncle Mao is really the best travelling companion, and he is also very measured in his actions, not asking more questions than he should, such as why I want to go to the city of Skelvargrove, which he mentioned once, but seeing that I was not specific about it, he did not ask any more questions.

　　“If it is to go sightseeing tour, this is of course the best, there is a beautiful wind, although the mountains are a bit dangerous, but there are really many good scenery, but if it is for other purposes, then it is more troublesome, if the Zoroastrianism knows that you and the Feather Clan have links, at any time, it will cause trouble to kill your body, although you are the ten thousand cavalry chief of Alibuta, but being in the southern barbarians, your country can’t protect you either ah. “

　　Intentionally or unintentionally, Mao Yanan made a mention to us. What he said is not something I have not thought about, but if there is no danger, this trip would not be considered a test, since I have already promised the Dragon Lady sister, how I have to complete the task.

　　“Let’s be clear, I’m only responsible for being a guide, but I’m not capable of being a bodyguard, so if you run into any danger, you can protect yourself.”

　　I have estimated the current strength of our own side, the answer is really discouraging. If the enemy are those stupid beastmen who only use brute force, then we can cope with it, compared to brute force, the pretty little Ah Xue may be the number one warrior in Southern Barbarians. But if the enemy appeared beast magic envoys, we will be in danger, against the ever-changing beast magic, brute force is not very useful, if not a dragon leopard as the main fighting force, our situation is worse.

　　“Huh? Isn’t the Beast Magic of the Southern Barbarians the slaughtering of beasts before sacrificing their flesh, blood and souls to become Beast Demons?

　　If you’re dead set against practising black magic, how about slaughtering this panther and practising beast magic?”

　　I had asked Asuka this half-jokingly, only to be rewarded with a blank stare from her in return. In fact, I wasn’t very clear about the refining methods of beast magic, as those spells were highly classified amongst the various beast clans, and only the priests of the clans were permitted to study them. However, there are relevant techniques mentioned in the Succubus Magic book, so if I quietly study it for a while, I may not be unable to make it.

　　It certainly would have looked great if we had been able to make our way peacefully and reach our destination, but the Southern Barbarian Giant Yang God did not follow the wishes of the outsiders, and finally ran into an obstacle half a month after we set out.

　　For the first ten days after hitting the road, we stayed on the highway, but after ten days, we switched gears and turned off onto forest trails through thick forests and over mountains. At first it was smooth sailing, just a bit of hard work as we climbed the mountains, but on the fifth day into the dense forest, as we were about to find a place to rest for a bit, Violet growled a low growl to indicate that someone else was approaching.

　　“Asuka, let me down!”

　　Telling Asuka to bend over, I got off the backstool behind her and glanced over to Maoyanan, who shook his head in confusion. It was still days away from the city of Skiva Golou, and this was a trail that very few people would pass through, so by all rights I shouldn’t have stumbled upon the Feathered.

　　My choice seems to be a step too late, the other party’s stance is so fast, only to hear a burst of noisy steps in the woods ahead, two silhouettes scurried out from the inside, seeing someone in front of them, each other were taken aback.

　　“Sister, they ……”

　　Both were dressed in cloaks, their faces were invisible, and their petite size made it obvious that they were two women, and the way one of them was addressed made it even more clear that they were a pair of sisters.

　　At first sight of each other, both sides were dumbfounded, did not expect to meet strangers here, and did not wait for us to make a move, the head of the woods was another clamour, this time much louder, and with the sound of chaotic pace getting closer and closer, more than a dozen trees fell down, actually a group of tiger beastmen rushed out.

　　This kind of rare human traces of the mountain road, far away from the general tribes, according to the reason should not run into the orcs, not to mention all of a sudden met thirty to fifty, see they all wear the same style of light armour, waist with a spear and mallet, obviously is not an ordinary brigand, but belongs to a certain organisation of a small team, from the chest armour of the flame pattern seems to be ninety-nine percent is the Zoroastrianism of the believers.

　　The tigers seemed to be chasing the pair of sisters, and when they saw them, their eyes showed joy, but when they realised that there were still us, the idlers, beside them, after a moment of surprise, they shouted wildly and surrounded us.

　　Looking at the way they were all flaring their teeth and claws, it was obvious that they were up to no good, and the target was aimed at the two sisters, they just hadn’t decided what to do with us yet, and that’s when I immediately came to a decision.

　　“Listen guys, these people are not …… with us.”

　　The same sentence, however, came out of both my mouth and the sister’s of the two women at the same time, and after speaking it, looked towards each other even more dismayed.

　　I carried out an analysis in my head. Their two sisters are the main target of the orcs, will be at this time and our relationship, that is naturally because they do not want to affect the bystanders, not to ask for forgiveness, and will say such words, either because the heart is too good, or because of the body of the amazing Karma, do not want to bring strangers into the, get in the way. If this is the case, why should I be a villain in vain, besides, with the ferocity of these orcs, even if we leave the relationship, will they turn a blind eye to us?

　　Thinking this way, I changed my mind, shaking my hand and drawing out the Hyakki Pill at my waist, I rushed towards one of the orcs furthest away from me, while at the same time shouting, “Asuka, do it!”

　　Usually can not see, in addition to the strength of Asuka, speed is also incredibly fast, after getting my order to pull the foot rush, in the blink of an eye rushed in front of me, towards the beast man slammed into the past.

　　That tiger-headed orc was not at all surprised to see that it was such a flowery little girl crashing into him, and even turned his head to laugh at his sidekick, however, this laughter soon turned into a wail.

　　During the time we were travelling, Mao Yan’an had gone through the book to point out some basic body protection techniques to Ah Xue, this girl knew that the progress of practicing black magic was not good, she was very attentive to these shallow punching and kicking techniques, and practiced them one by one in a solid manner, and now they came in handy. Using the instantaneous acceleration of the impulse, A Xue slightly slanting body, make a bully elbow and other moves, the next moment, only to see A Xue whole arm almost all cone into the other side of the chest, in addition to the loser orc wail, we even heard the sound of bone crushing.

　　With a loud bang, the orc foamed at the mouth and fell backward to the ground. Ah Xue looked surprised, not expecting her elbow to have such a killing power, those two sisters also exclaimed in shock, while Mao Yan’an and I thought of the pain in that orc’s chest and empathised, wrinkling our faces at the same time.

　　“You bitch!”

　　The beasts were shocked to realise the horrific killing power of this little woman, roaring with rage they surrounded and killed, but they were still a step too slow, Asuka kicked one of the pouncing beasts, sending it tumbling out backwards, bumping into the back of her companions and rolling and falling down together.

　　“Useless wastrels, then give me defeat!”

　　Pestering Mao Yanan for a few days, Asuka also learnt a few incongruous strongman language, shouting it out during the battle, it does have a bit of prestige, bluffing the beasts next to it, but I’m afraid that even she herself doesn’t know what she means by it.

　　An orc swung his spear and mallet and rushed over, Ah Xue was quick and grabbed his thick arm, and brought it outwards with a slam. Compared to the other party, Ah Xue’s delicate jade arm was as thin as an ivory chopstick, but in the crowd’s gasp of surprise, the huge body of an orc was actually thrown out to her, thrown up more than ten feet in the air, and fell heavily into the nearby woods.

　　A chaotic fight began, the face is afraid that is now the southern barbarians of the first force, the beasts can be said to be helpless, their fingers and claws although sharp, but A Xue extremely fast, ordinary attacks simply hurt her not, but to take advantage of the opportunity to be knocked down by a few of her, but also until the seven or eight orcs surrounded up, narrowing the encirclement of the circle, in the threat of blades, A Xue in a perilous situation.

　　“Violet, you’re on.”

　　Without waiting for my order, Violet already scurried over to help her mistress. With the help of the dragon and leopard, the whole situation was reversed, before the spear mallet came down, Violet’s hot flames had already arrived, turning the three orcs on the left side of the encirclement into fireballs in one go, rolling to the side in a miserable howl.

　　Combined with Violet’s pouncing and biting, Asuka quickly evened the odds, and with her energetic punching and kicking, she was truly unstoppable.

　　She attracted the main force of the enemy, but there are also still a few orcs approaching from our side, wanting to attack the two of us who do not look good men. This is really looking down on people, Mao Yanan is a man of letters, which is nothing to talk about, although I am physically weak, at least I am a military general.

　　“Well, out of manpower? Uncle, you’re on!”

　　Even if he is a military general, a smart general doesn’t have to strike out on his own. What’s more, I’ve always wondered, with the uncertainty of the situation in various countries right now, and the mountains and wilds being even less safe, if he can be able to wander around like this for many years, does he really not have even a little bit of force?

　　“Huh? Do I have to be on it too? I’m not a bodyguard.”

　　“You’re an uncle, haven’t you heard the bard say that? In all legendary adventure stories, there is an uncle beside the protagonist, and that uncle must be skilled, and before the protagonist becomes strong, this uncle is specialised in contemporary fights, so go up and kill the enemy, uncle.”

　　“Well, that makes sense, and now that you’ve said that, I can’t even think about not making a move.”

　　Originally, he still had a very puzzled look on his face, but after hearing me say this, Mao Yan’an nodded his head and very seriously rolled up his sleeves, revealing his fists that really didn’t seem to be very good, and then as soon as he did so, he pushed me out with a sneer.

　　“Whoa! It shouldn’t be like this …… Mao Yan’an, fuck you ……”

　　He pushed his hand so strong, I could not help but fall out of a dozen steps, and it was hard to stabilise my position, an orc had already arrived in front of me, and the tiger’s claws were like a thousand pounds of force swung down. At the time of crisis, I lifted the hundred ghosts pill up a tease, red light appeared, easily will be the tiger claw to unload, and then take advantage of the situation to stab forward, relying on the help of the divine weapon, immediately will be the head of the orc accounted for.

　　The spells in the Succubus Magic Book are not suitable for this kind of close combat where I don’t have time to recite incantations, not to mention that I don’t want to use them in front of strangers and make the whole world know that I have practised the Succubus Magic, so I can only deal with them with my shallow martial arts skills. On that side, I relied on my strength and sharp teeth, and on this side, I relied on the sharpness of my sword, forcing the attacks of the beasts to stay at bay. In an unexpected situation, the pair of sisters seemed to look dumbfounded, not reacting at all.

　　However, this situation could not last long, because when they realised that their men were useless, a few orcs that looked like the leaders of this orc squad began to make movements, three tiger men with cloaks on their backs slowly raised their hands, chanting as if they were chanting an incantation, and magical fluctuations appeared, the very prelude to using beast magic.

　　(Oops!)

　　I was shocked and asked Asuka and Violet to stay close to me, with the protection of the dragon and leopard, the low level beasts and demons should not pose a threat. However, as soon as my words left my mouth, a bright white light suddenly rose from the right rear, glittering and blinding, forcing people to not be able to look at it.

　　(Is this …… beast magic?)

　　It should be, because in this burst of white light, I sensed the unique magic power fluctuation of beast magic, but I couldn’t see what kind of beast magic it was, naturally, this was because the person who made the move had the intention to cover it up, but there was one thing that surprised me, this unknown beast magic exuded an almost light magic divine feeling, which was something I had never seen or heard of before.

　　Vaguely, I saw that the three tiger leaders of the beast demon, just barely released, immediately together with the master was destroyed by the white light, followed by the white light bloom, when a series of broken wind sound crossed, the white light disappeared, not located in the east, west, south, north and south, all the tigers have been dead bodies on the ground, fatal injuries left on the arrow-like wounds in the unknown beast demon’s powerful force under the team was wiped out.

　　The ones who caused the result of this battle were the two sisters who had been standing behind us, and after the annihilation of the orcs, the younger sister seemed to want to come over and say a few words, but she was dragged away by the older sister beside her.

　　“The two of you are under the Cihang Jing Temple …… well, under the disciples of the Heart Lantern Abbot, aren’t you?”

　　As those two sisters were about to turn around and leave, Mao Yan’an’s words stopped them in their tracks.

　　“This gentleman is ……”

　　“I have served as the Imperial Painter of the Golden Bird Flower Federation, and I have had the honour of visiting the Divine Nun of Cihang, and I have also had a meeting with the Heart Lantern Priest ……”

　　If the beard is not shaved, perhaps there are a few looks, but after shaving Mao Yanan, calling himself old man, sounds really unorthodox. Saying something like curriculum vitae or something like that is the routine of meeting people in the jianghu, although it is just chilling at a certain banquet, and afterwards the other party has no impression at all, it can also be said that there is a side, this is the technique of self-improvement of the status, however, the several people mentioned in his words are indeed of great significance.

　　The “Palace of Light”, the Cihang Jing Temple, is the centre of the forces of righteousness on the earth, and the centre of the faith of light.

　　There are countless masters in the temple, and the Dark Temple, which is located in an unknown place and has no known masters, are mortal enemies of each other, and have been fighting each other since they existed, dominating the growth and decline of good and evil forces on the earth.

　　There were quite a few disciples of the previous generation’s Divine Palace Master, but in the end, there were only three in total who were able to pass on his mantle and be recognised as his disciples.

　　The third disciple of the heart lamp jushi, when he was a teenager met with a miraculous encounter, specialising in extremely rare fire magic, is said to be a temperament indifferent, hobby of literature and art of the elegant, since the master brother took over the position of the Palace master, floating away, travelling to the four seas.

　　The second disciple heart Zen master, the current generation of the light of the Palace of God’s executives, is respected by all of the Taoist, many disciples, almost all are the crown prince of various countries, famous warriors of the rivers and lakes, our country’s second Princess Leng Linglan is out of its disciples.

　　As for the big disciple of the heart of the seal of God, is the light of the Palace of God in the top figures, whether Zen cultivation, light art are to reach the peak, got the Palace of God’s highest title “Pudu Cihang”, a martial arts more so that it crowded into the world’s top five strongest one of the heavenly river snow Qiong is said to be her disciple. However, her long years of seclusion and cultivation, the princes of various countries want to worship and can not get, Maoyanan so-called visit, most likely in a certain God’s Palace praying for blessings on the ceremony, far from seeing a bit.

　　However, when he said this, it had an immediate effect, and the pair of sisters looked at each other and asked in unison, “May I ask if your senior is ……”

　　Mao Yan’an lit up the painting brush and scroll in his travelling bag, smiled and said, “The old man Mao Yan’an, and the heart lamp dweller in the Cihang Jing Hall after a while, do not realise that there has been ten years of time, the years are in a hurry, I do not know if the old man is safe and sound as in the past?”

　　I don’t know how magical this name is, but the other party immediately exclaimed in astonishment, and his attitude was much more respectful, even changing his previous high profile of not wanting to get involved with us, bowing down and saluting.

　　“So it’s the Tongtian Bo Bachelor, Mr Mao Da, my master has often mentioned senior’s name to us, and it’s really a great joy to have the chance to pay a visit to senior today.”

　　The title is so big, the strange thing is that I seem to have never heard of it before, at this time, Ah Xue and Violet came closer and asked me curiously what had happened, I couldn’t answer, but my mind couldn’t stop ringing with alarms, as if there was something dangerous, but I couldn’t think of it for a while.

　　“Beast magic can carry such a strong sacred atmosphere, the southern barbaric beast race can be refining not out, the Light of the Divine Palace can people, but know the beast magic refining method, only Jushi, and Jushi disciples under a handful of, and indeed the old man guessed well, it is Fei Ni, Fei Hong two nieces and nephews of the world, ah, but if I remember correctly, Jushi he had once mentioned to me that you should be ……”

　　Mao Yan’an spoke with reservations and laughed, “We are heading to the city of Skaiwa Golou, which is in the middle of nowhere, do the two world nieces know the path? If you don’t mind, how about we all go on the road together?”

　　Probably because of the decisive influence of that one sentence, the pair of sisters, after a moment of whispering, unclasped the cloak and hood on their bodies. That really brightened people’s eyes, what appeared in front of our eyes was an identical looking only twin sisters, aged about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing the same style of white samurai power suit, with a thin coat of armour, a longsword attached to their waists, and the tattoos of the Temple of Cihai Jing embroidered on their chests.

　　“Yoho, Master, these two ladies are so beautiful ……”

　　I didn’t need Asuka to tell me that I felt the same way. Both sisters have turquoise eyes, dazzling blonde hair that is brighter than the sunlight, a delicate and pretty face, and a youthful and fit body, making them a pair of real beauty sisters. Although they looked the same, it wasn’t hard to tell them apart because they were dressed differently.

　　Sister Yu Hong cut her hair short, smiling and very attractive, chest armour slash is from right to left, the long sword on her waist is also on the right side; sister Yu Ni combed her long hair into a ponytail, looking much more mature and quiet, chest armour slash and the position of the long sword are opposite to her sister.

　　These are the places that attracted our attention, however, the most surprising thing for me and Ah Xue is that after the sisters took off their cloaks, with a “clatter”, a snow-white wing unfolded behind their backs at the same time, spreading out against the wind, the two sisters were as beautiful as fairies in the sky.

　　“It’s the …… Feathers?!”

　　Asuka and I were both surprised, we didn’t expect to run into the beautiful girls of the Feather Clan here before we even arrived at the Feather Clan’s base, but why did they seem to be unaware of the location of the city of Skiva Golou?

　　“We heard the news this time that the Zoroastrianism had secretly mobilised and was preparing to besiege the city of Shikaiwa Golou, and my sister and I came here part way in the hope that we could help out before the enemy army arrived.” Fei Ni said, “However, we have never been there before, and it has been a long time since we returned to our hometown, so we got lost here, and now that we can meet Shibei, this is really great.”

　　With the current environment of the Southern Barbarians, the two sisters definitely didn’t want to divulge the secret of their origins in the Feather Clan, and now that they would take the initiative to reveal it, it was naturally compelling.

　　“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter, since we all have the same destination, let’s get on the road together, we don’t have more than a few days to travel anyway.” Mao Yan’an’s warm smile, however, looked more treacherous than usual to me, but the thing that still perplexed me could not be recalled.

　　“The two over here are my worldly nephew, Blue Eagle, and worldly niece, Xue, you know each other.”

　　This old boy can really take advantage of, casually two sentences, become our uncle. Nevertheless, to be able to get acquainted with the beauty, of course, I will not refuse, take the initiative to go up to the chilly, Ah Xue even more to show the sincerity, unveil, to the real face to see people.

　　That’s when my mind flashed and I remembered something very important.

　　Among the seven famous flowers, there is a “parallel neon rainbow”, which is said to be only twin sisters. They work in the Golden Bird Flower Federation as constables to catch criminals, and they are close friends with that bitch, Leng Linglan, so it seems from the conditions that they are the same two sisters.

　　These two were disciples of the Heart Lantern Jushi, and were not trained in the Palace of Light, so it was logical that they shouldn’t be acquainted with the important people in the Palace, but since they were able to get acquainted with Leng Linglan, a disciple of the Heart Zen Divine Monk, were they also acquainted with Tianhe Xueqiong, an heir to the Heart Seal Divine Nun?

　　As long as there is a one-in-a-million chance that this idea will come true, the consequences will surely be ……

　　Such thoughts flashed through her mind, and she wanted to stop it, but she was already a step too slow, as Asuka’s veil was removed, and as her true colours were revealed, she smiled and greeted the neon sisters warmly, and an unbelievable gasp of surprise came out from both of their mouths at the same time.

　　At that moment, my eyes went black, and the only thing that came to my mind was a phrase that Mao Yan’an had taught me privately two days ago, which was not a strongman’s language, but a very practical dialect of Yili.

“Boss, I’m going to be a servant this time!”