The crooked way can also lead to heaven

It was light in the sky, but the snow outside had not stopped, and it was getting more fierce, hitting the windows constantly, making bangs.

Ye Ran walked out of the hotel, and the biting cold wind hit him in the face, making him shiver.

He tightened his collar and walked forward.

When he came to the car, Ye Ran took out a pack of cigarettes and lit it. He turned around and saw an off-road vehicle driving over not far away, and stopped right beside him.

"Hey, isn't this Boss Ye? Why don't you stay warm in bed with your apprentice? Why are you out here alone?"

The rear window rolled down slowly, and a white-faced man with small round sunglasses and long hair smiled and spoke, looking like a jerk.

The front window also rolled down, revealing a burly man with a short haircut and a scar on his left eye, who was the wild wolf he had seen before.

"Boss Ye."

The wild wolf nodded and greeted him, still with that serious look.

As for the man sitting in the back, Ye Ran didn't even want to look at him, and handed a cigarette to Ye Lang.

"Don't worry, we finally meet, you act too cold."

"When old friends meet again, we should at least order a table for a banquet, right?"

Little Beijing kicked the car door open, got out of the car arrogantly, and his head was almost raised to the sky.

"Don't talk nonsense, you should have arrived before me, how come you came in from outside?" Ye Ran didn't talk nonsense with him.

Little Beijing raised his thumb, shook his head and said, "Hey, this has to be mentioned, the man's strength."

Ye Ran raised his leg and kicked, scaring Little Beijing to dodge quickly, and fell down without standing firmly.

Ye Lang just watched silently, because he knew the relationship between the two, so he explained.

"Boss Ye, you don't know. We went to check the surrounding area last night. We couldn't come back because of the heavy snow, so we stayed outside for a night."

Ye Ran glanced at Xiao Beijing next to him, then turned back and asked, "What did you find out?"

"Guess first, I'll tell you if you can't guess." Xiao Beijing suddenly interrupted with a smile.

However, no one paid attention to him, and Wild Wolf directly told all the clues he had last night.

Ye Ran then realized that the two of them had arrived at this place three days ago and had been investigating the surrounding area.

Wild Wolf came here to act as a helper. He wanted to bring more people, but because this guy came out secretly, it would be easy to cause trouble if he made a big fuss, so he left it unfinished.

When mentioning the abnormality of the ancient town, Ye Ran also had a deep understanding, because this place gave people a feeling that it was not very comfortable and too depressing.

As for the surrounding mountains, the two did not go too deep, but just wandered around.

However, they found out that there was a large ancient tomb here, and it was said that a general with outstanding military exploits was buried there.

The most important thing is that Lan County was once known as the hometown of longevity. In an era when people could not live beyond 80 years old, people here, regardless of gender or age, could live up to 100 years old.

The most terrifying thing is that as long as people here reach 100 years old, they will show signs of rejuvenation.

In ancient times, this was the immortality that emperors dreamed of.

As for the dynasty, Xiao Beijing is not sure yet because there are no iconic objects to analyze.

As for the general in the tomb, he was the pioneer sent by the emperor to find the method of immortality, but the general died here, and with him, a troop of more than a thousand people was buried.

Please ask how Xiao Beijing found out about this story that is like a heavenly book.

As if knowing Ye Ran's doubts, Xiao Beijing came over and put his hand on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Although my strength is not good, I can get information in this area easily."

Yelang stood there with a stern face and explained: "We learned it from the night watchman. He said some things after getting him drunk, but he didn't seem to want to say more."

When Xiao Beijing heard this, he immediately got angry: "Oh, look at what you said, as if the man didn't give anything. Can we have a good communication? Why do you always ruin my stage?"

Ye Ran interrupted him: "Okay, you feel uncomfortable if you don't pretend for a day. Find a place to eat something hot first. I still want to ask about the little beggar."

When the little beggar was mentioned, the expression on Xiao Beijing's face became much more serious. It seems that he really knows some inside information.

At this moment, the little beggar was sleeping soundly in the room. Ye Ran originally wanted to call her, but then he thought about it and gave up. After all, some things were not convenient for her to hear.

The three of them randomly found a breakfast shop on the street and chose a seat near the inside to sit down.

Due to the wind and snow, there were not many people on the street, so they didn't have so many concerns when chatting.

"Boss, pick up the expensive ones, I'm not short of money!"

As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Beijing shouted, and he looked really cool.

The three of them drank a bowl of soy milk and their bodies were much warmer.

Ye Ran also brought up the previous topic at this moment: "Hurry up and talk."

Xiao Beijing sighed and shook his head slightly: "Look at your anxious monkey, okay, I will satisfy your curiosity."

After speaking, he propped his hands on the table and said seriously: "Have you heard of the Golden Clan?"

Ye Ran frowned: "What golden feet, left foot or right foot?"

Xiao Beijing immediately rolled his eyes at him: "What are you talking about, are we on the same channel? The Golden Clan, the clan of the family!"

Ye Ran finally understood and nodded: "Okay, you continue."

Xiao Beijing cleared his throat and returned to his previous serious face: "The Golden Clan is a special group that exists in the world. They belong to - semi-immortals!"

Ye Ran frowned immediately. Immortals are immortals, so why is there a semi-immortal?

Before the doubts in his heart were resolved, Xiao Beijing continued to speak.

"According to ancient records, there is a sacred tree in the world, called the Golden Tree, and under it there is a guardian tribe called the Golden Clan."

"They look almost the same as normal humans, but they have hidden secrets inside."

"According to ancient records, all members of the Golden Clan will have their eyes turn golden in extreme climates, and the blood in their bodies is not bright red, but a fluid that shines like gold."

"These people are born with great strength, and after being injured, they will repair themselves at an extremely fast speed, and the longest lifespan can reach 300 years!"

"The most interesting thing is that when the people of the Golden Clan reach the critical point of their lifespan, they will use an ancient sacrificial method to replace their souls and blood with new containers to achieve the purpose of longevity."

"Later, I looked up a lot of information and found that this method is not necessarily successful. As long as the new container shows a will to resist during the fusion, it will lead to failure of life extension."

"And the container will cause a large memory gap due to the backlash, which is what we call amnesia."

Xiao Beijing felt dry in his mouth as he spoke, and went over to get another bowl of soy milk.

Ye Ran lowered his head to digest this information, thinking that he had also looked up a lot of information, but for what Xiao Beijing said, these words were completely unfamiliar, and he had never seen them before.

"So the little beggar is a container. Because of the failure of the body exchange, he lost his memory and ended up on the street as a beggar?"

"But what does this have to do with you asking her to become a disciple?"

After a moment of silence, Ye Ran spoke up, but he couldn't figure out the relationship between becoming a disciple or not.

The little beggar snapped his fingers and smiled: "I knew you would ask this."

"So, I spent a lot of energy to collect information about the Golden Clan. What surprised me the most, do you know?"

Seeing that he was still keeping it a secret, Ye Ran raised his hand and was about to hit him: "I know you're going to get a slap in the face."

Xiao Beijing shrank back: "Oh, why are you so funny? You don't let me show my mystery at all."

"Okay, I'll tell you directly."

"According to the information I have learned, the semi-immortal life of the Golden Clan only occurs in the clan leader. The rest of the ordinary clan members cannot do this except for their long life span. Exchange ceremony."

"Moreover, to become the new container, the person must have the most concentrated golden blood in his body."

"That is to say..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Ran interrupted with a little surprise: "That is to say, the little beggar is the next successor appointed by their clan leader."

"But due to the interference of the little beggar, the longevity ceremony failed to proceed successfully, and the clan leader died because of this. Then, wouldn't the little beggar be...?"

Little Beijing clapped his hands fiercely and said in surprise: "Yes, the little beggar is the next clan leader of the Golden Clan!"

Until this moment, Ye Ran finally understood why Little Beijing must let the little girl worship him as a teacher.

The Golden Tree and the Golden Clan have a very close relationship. It can be said that if you find this clan, you will have a great chance of finding the Golden Tree.

By then, as the little beggar's master, Ye Ran will have unpredictable benefits.

But before that, the relationship between the two needs to be consolidated.

"As expected of Mr. Jin, it seems that there is indeed more knowledge in your head than shit." Ye Ran smiled and gave a thumbs up.

Little Beijing pulled his hair back and looked up, saying, "That's right, don't you see who Mr. Jin is... Hiss, that's not right, you're scolding me!"

The wild wolf, who had been busy eating, finally spoke at this moment: "Boss Ye, what do you want to do next?"

Ye Ran put away his thoughts of playing around, tapped the table with his fingers, and said after a long while: "We have to pry some more information from the night watchman. I feel that the old man is not ordinary."

Although the scarf said Chang'an Lan County, the three of them did not get any substantial information about the Golden Tree here.

If you want to continue the investigation, you must find a breakthrough, and the old man just meets this condition.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy." The wild wolf put down his bowl and chopsticks, and looked back at the boss who was cooking warily.

Then he whispered, "That night watchman gave me an uncomfortable feeling, even stronger than your sense of oppression."

"What's even more bizarre is that the old night watchman has no eyes, but he walks around with a lantern every night. I don't think it's normal."

Ye Ran thought for a long time, then moved his sight to Xiao Beijing and asked, "Where did you run into him?"

"In the mountains, we found a cave to avoid the wind and snow, and the old man came in with a lantern, and then we drank and chatted for a few words."

After Xiao Beijing responded, he grabbed the fried dough stick and took a bite.

At that time, I just thought it was cool for a blind man to hold a lantern, but now I think it's wrong.

A blind man holding a lantern, walking around in the mountains in the wind and snow, and more importantly, he actually found the cave where they were hiding from the wind and snow, which is too strange!

"He will come out tonight, and then I will ask him." Ye Ran had no better way, so he could only take one step at a time.

Ye Lang and Xiao Beijing had no objection, and they just followed what Ye Ran said.

Suddenly thinking of something, Ye Ran stretched out his hand towards Little Beijing: "I was slaughtered here last night for more than 800 yuan, and I won't embarrass you. Counting miscellaneous things, you can refund me 3,000 yuan." ”

Little Beijing squirted out the soy milk and coughed several times in a row, almost choking to death.

After he recovered, his eyes widened and he opened his mouth in disbelief.

"You were killed for eight hundred dollars?"

"yes."

"And you want me to ask for three thousand?"

"That's right."

"Is this reasonable?"

"Isn't it reasonable?"

"Why?"

"Because you have money!"

"If I have money, I will be ripped off by you?"

"Yes, is it cash or mobile payment?"

"Hiss - you were treated like a sheep and slaughtered, and then you came to slaughter me. You are indeed a good buddy. Sharing joys and sorrows is invisible. Sharing hardships, you will always think of me."

Little Beijing took out his wallet with a dark face, and finally threw a wad of money directly on the table.

Grandma is a bear!

Every time we meet, this guy has to cheat me out of a sum of money. It's not that I feel bad, but that I can't get it back every time, which is what makes me most anxious.

The wild wolf just sat there and watched silently, without saying a word, mainly because he was used to this kind of scene.

Ye Ran counted the money skillfully, then put it into his bag, stood up and said, "You continue to search for relevant news in the town, and I will meet you at the entrance of the town in the evening."

The two responded immediately and dispersed after leaving the breakfast shop.

Ye Ran returned to the hotel with breakfast. Seeing that the little beggar was still awake, he took out a dagger to see if there was golden blood on the little guy.

As soon as he bent down, the little beggar suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Ye Ran.

Then his eyes drifted to the right, he pulled the quilt up, only half of his head was exposed, and said softly: "Master, I am still young..."

Ye Ran raised his eyebrows, grabbed the little beggar's arm, and cut her palm directly.

"Wow, it hurts, it hurts!!!"

The little beggar couldn't help shouting and almost jumped up.

Ye Ran's eyes narrowed slightly, and the blood flowing out of the little beggar's palm was indeed golden blood!

Immediately, he stretched out his hand to catch some blood, held it in front of his eyes and observed it carefully, then put it under his nose and sniffed it.

Upon hearing this, even Ye Ran couldn't help but be surprised by this magic in his heart.

The golden blood does not have any pungent fishy smell, but instead has a very strong medicinal aroma.

"There's no other meaning. I'm just out of curiosity, so I want to see what color your blood is. You can bandage it yourself later. Breakfast is on the table for you."

After Ye Ran finished speaking, she left her room and carefully put the golden blood in her palm into a small porcelain bottle.

For him, this blood is of great research value. He can try to fuse it with other things, and maybe there will be some unexpected surprises.

At this time, the little beggar in the room was pressing his arm with a grin on his face. If you look carefully, you can see that the wound in his palm is healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the process seems to be very painful.