There are less than ten days left before the great war between Yan and Qi, and in this short ten days, Yan Che can finally take a break and go to this land that just belongs to him. Although this is his own country, he knows nothing except this Meng Dynasty City and Xiaojia Village in the distance, just like a young man who has just become an adult and is ready to embark on the road, with a bright future but a confused face, not knowing where to go. Just like now, there are roads in front of him, all leading to the distance, but Yan Che doesn't know how to choose. After so many days, his old mistakes have returned.

Yan Che found Yan Qinghou and asked him if there was anything worth going to in this country.

Yan Qinghou said that the north is close to the Beilu Liangguo, where it is frozen all the year round, only the weather is warm for less than half a year from the beginning of spring to the end of summer, and now it is summer, and the cattle and sheep are the fattest time, you can go to eat and roast the whole sheep, and ride a BMW to gallop in the grassland.

Yan Che was angry and funny, he said: "I'm not going to play, you are talking about this scenery and deliciousness, as if I am really an idler who is idle and has nothing to do." I have seen your most prosperous city, although it is nothing but a whitewash and cover-up, but the border is far away, far away from the central government, there must still be some unknown evil forces there that have not been resolved. My purpose is that. ”

Hearing Yan Che's answer, Yan Qinghou knew that he had misunderstood Yan Che, so he said: "Yan was born in Shunzhou in the north, which is my hometown, and I mentioned it to the Demon King unconsciously. ”

"It turns out that General Yan is from the north, and this is the first time I know about it. ”

"Such a trivial thing is not worth mentioning. Shunju is connected to Hokuriku Ryokoku, and there is a long and narrow passage called the "Snow Flower Road", which is the Ryokuni and Jiang ...... The only land passage in the Yan Country. But Nian Liang and our country are also brothers and sisters, their land has been frozen for many years, once the holly grass no longer grows, cattle and sheep will starve to death, and tribes will conflict. They are nomadic people, and when that time comes, many people will gather in Shunzhou, and we will naturally treat each other with courtesy, sell them fodder, and let them camp outside the city. The relationship lasted for more than 80 years, and the two countries coexisted peacefully until the Qi State began to invade our borders. When King Jiang was in power, he confronted the Qi State with the strength of the whole country, and expropriated the grain, grass and horses of the whole country, including the forage and furs sold to the northern Liang Kingdom. The people of Liangguo have no forage, and they have no source of life, and they only wait to freeze to death and starve to death. It was at that moment that Liang Guo raised troops for the first time against our neighbor, a friend who had been friendly for almost a hundred years. In that year, the country was defeated, and the two cities of Thorn Zhou and Yucheng were lost in the east, and Shunzhou in the north was also invaded by the Liang State. I was only twenty-two years old at the time, and I had just returned from studying the Juggernaut and experienced war for the first time back home. My wife also had a miscarriage that year, and I lost not only my child, but also my home. What's even more ridiculous is that Mo Feixue, who learned from the Sword Saint with me back then, is also from Liangguo, we were originally good friends, we talked about everything, and often drank and talked, just because of that war, we were really hostile for the first time, drew our swords against each other, and since then we have parted ways. I gave up my name as the Seven Swords and came to Jiang to serve as a soldier, hoping that no one would lose their hometown and be homeless. I know that the strength of one person is small after all, and only when all people unite can we turn danger into a disaster and tide over it. ”

Listening to Yan Qinghou tell the story of the north, Yan Che had a deeper understanding of this middle-aged uncle with a strong sense of justice. In particular, the "Seven Swords" and "Mo Feixue" mentioned in his mouth attracted Yan Che's attention.

"You said, you and Mo Feixue are both seven swords?"

"Yes, back then, the people of the rivers and lakes called the seven disciples under the Sword Saint Seat the Seven Swords, and the one below was the sword that cut iron, and Mo Feixue was the one who broke the sword without a shadow. As far as I know, she should have not come out in Beilu for ten years, and since the Liang Kingdom occupied Shunzhou, no one has seen her in the Eastern Continent and the Central Continent. ”

"Maybe everyone who saw her was killed by her, right?"

"What?" Yan Qinghou was shocked by Yan Che's casual words, he didn't know that under Yan Che's unruly appearance, what he sometimes said was serious, or it was all joking nonsense, but what Yan Che just said, he hoped it was really just groundless. Mo Feixue still has a friendship with him for a few years, and he still has some understanding of his character back then, although Mo Feixue is a stubborn person, he will not kill innocents indiscriminately. But the real situation is that Yan Che himself knows best, yesterday outside the imperial study of King Qi's palace, he saw with his own eyes that the masked woman quietly killed everyone outside the imperial study, even if the other party was unarmed and unthreatening. Even though only one pair of eyes were exposed, Yan Che couldn't see a trace of pity in those eyes. The kind of person who is surrounded by hatred is the person Yan Che wants to save.

But even if he told Yan Qinghou the truth, he wouldn't believe it, right? Yan Qinghou also said that others are stubborn, isn't he also a tendon. Yan Che smiled and said, "Say it casually, don't take it seriously." After all these years, you haven't seen each other, so is there any way to connect with each other?"

"If you really want to meet, you will meet in the mountains where your teacher practiced. There are command arrows in the mountains, which shoot in the sky, and only the disciples of the Sword Saint can see them. Or, try your luck in the hometown of the Seven Swords, but except for me, everyone in the Seven Swords is a displacer, and the four seas are home, and I haven't heard from them for a long time. ”

"Who else is the Seven Swords besides you?"

"There are also Qi people's swords evergreen, Lai's people's hearts and swords fall into the willows, Qi people's remnant swords control the wind, Yunguo's thunder sword thunderbolt Zhou Yunlong, and Yongguo's poisonous sword release Ermu Ruxian. We didn't know each other at the time, but the sword skills gradually became famous in the rivers and lakes, and the seven of them became disciples of the Sword Saint by chance, and they each left after three years of learning. ”

"Do you know anything about them?"

"For about three years, I got to know a little bit. ”

"That's only three years to understand a person, and there are many three years in a person's life, and no one knows what will happen after three years. If you look at my companions, some of them have been with me for almost ninety years, and they have never guessed each other's minds, nor doubted each other's thoughts. Although the grasshopper is small, it can shake the tree, but it requires all the grasshoppers to unite as one, how many of the grasshoppers can do one thing wholeheartedly in such a short lifespan? There are still ten days before the war, I allow you to go back to your hometown to see, see what changes have been made in your hometown, and come back and tell me. ”

"Are you going with the Demon King?"

"Hold it for a few days, you set off first, and I'll follow later. I want to go to the west to have a look, first to see those people in the Moon Void Palace, and then to the west. ”

"Further west? Further west beyond the Moon City is the boundary of the Ten Thousand Snake Country, where there is a dense forest, full of dangers, and there are few people, so it's better not to go. ”

"Who on this continent can be more dangerous than me? If it were someone else, I would rather go there and die, right? ”

Yan Qinghou was enlightened by Yan Che's words just now, and he himself doubted himself, he was actually worried about the safety of the demon before, which made his upright psychology shake for the first time.

Yan Tiege asked Yan Che why he suddenly wanted to go to the west, and Yan Che said that he just wanted to give Yan Qinghou a little time to relax first, without him, Yan Qinghou could release the most real feelings in his hometown. And if he wants to go to the west, he just wants to see how Jiang Mengsheng survived in that environment back then. Yan Che also remembered that it was Zhao Yige's father Zhao Jingqi who rescued Jiang Mengsheng under the dense forest of the Dunuma, and for Jiang Mengsheng, Zhao Yige was also her benefactor, so she should take it with him, so that he could feel his father's heroic deeds back then, which would definitely have a great effect on his mental journey. This hatred is the seed that is buried in the mud, and in order for it not to germinate, it must be covered with soil all the time, and then a new seed will be planted in its head.

Yan Che later met Jiang Mengsheng and told all his thoughts about wanting to go to the west and taking her with him. When Yan Che saw Mengsheng, his heart was still turbulent, and when he saw her, his mother's smile would loom in his mind. Jiang Mengsheng is like the pillar of Yan Che's life now, supporting him from becoming evil.

Meng Sheng was also surprised when he heard this, after all, he was sixteen years old and had never stepped out of the city of the Meng Dynasty. The high-rise buildings in Wangcheng only have mountains and rivers as far as the eye can see, and I don't know the sophistication of the people over there. The blood in her body had an instinctive reaction that made her want to keep wandering and seeing the world. It's just that because of his special identity, he has been hiding in the palace for the past few years, staying at home, and his heart has long been looking forward to the outside. Meng Sheng wanted to ask Jiang Wang's opinion, and when she said this, Yan Che directly said that Jiang Wang would definitely agree, because Jiang Wang wanted to listen to his own words. And now that the government is reforming and changing with each passing day, fresh blood is about to be delivered to the imperial court, so don't let King Jiang be distracted by other things. This old man has lived most of his life, and he himself could not have imagined that the busiest old age was his most fulfilling time.

The next day, Yan Qinghou had already set off and returned to his hometown of Shunzhou. It is already the boundary of the Liang Kingdom, but the people there have a kind of admiration for him, even if he is from the Liang Kingdom, the name of Yan Qinghou is also thunderous. Yan Qinghou took his wife and daughter alone and embarked on the journey without a single soldier. He wanted to bring Zhao Yige, but Yan Che disagreed. In Yan Qinghou's heart, he was still worried that Zhao Yige would be assimilated by the demons, and he was afraid that he would become the plaything of the demons. But Yan Qinghou, who is known as the power sword of the seven swords, also has times when he can't lift the sword.

His daughter Yan Muran asked him, "Father, where are we going?"

"Kid, let's go home and see. ”

"Isn't our home in the Meng Dynasty?"

"That was our resettlement home, and the land we were born on was Sunju, which is a city bordering Hokuriku. I lived there before you were born. ”

"Then why did you leave?"

"At that time, I was young, and I wanted to be famous and make a name for myself. When I returned home, I found that the enemy had taken over my hometown. The men on the walls were not dressed in the service of our country, and they looked at me strangely and did not let me into the city. Later, I broke up with a friend because she was from Liangguo, and more importantly, he felt that it was our country that was sorry for them first. I tried with her for a day and a night, and it was a draw, and both sides collapsed with exhaustion. When I woke up, I was already in Shunzhou City, and the people of Liangguo in the city did not embarrass me, they watched my duel and promised me that I could take one last look at this place, and that I could come back to see it if I had the chance. It has been more than ten years before I finally have the opportunity to return home as a common man, and tens of thousands of people have been uprooted like me, not knowing where their homes are. I only hope that if I die in the future, I can be buried in Shunzhou and return to my roots. ”

"Father, don't let you say such frustrating things. ”

"Hehe, good daughter, it's not good for the father, this time I will take your mother and daughter back and live a down-to-earth day. ”

Yan Muran sat in front of Yan Qinghou, and the sky was gloomy and gradually fell asleep. Yan Qinghou held the child in his left hand and rode silently on the yellowed earth. In that yellow land, there is always a mysterious power that makes people linger.

On the other side, Yan Che was going to go to the west to have a look. According to the ghost Shili, the eastern continent where the poisonous swamp jungle is located is the boundary of the Ten Thousand Snake Country, where there are human-faced snake gods and all kinds of crawling orcs, and the western continent is also the place where Nuwa once stayed, the forest full of vitality in the past has now become a place where humans cannot set foot, it is estimated that it is the first human to break into the forest to steal the forbidden fruit, causing wars on the continent to fight for three thousand years, so that the entire forest is the enemy of humans.

Yan was dressed lightly and had already gotten up early to get ready to go. In the hall, Jiang Mengsheng and Li Jing were already waiting early. This Li Jing is really uninteresting, with Yan Che accompanying him, his bodyguard is useless, he still insists on following, and he is inseparable from Mengsheng. The accompanying person, Yan Che, only brought Hua Rui alone, and the others did not have the permission of their peers. As for why he chose Hua Rui instead of accompanying the two sisters together, Yan Che felt that Hua Yao's personality was too open, which was inconsistent with this low-key westward trip. Hua Rui is usually silent, but she is meticulous when she does things, and she is a person from the flower world, which used to be a race on the Western Continent, and she is also the guard next to Nuwa. It was three thousand years ago that they failed to keep the fruit of desire, allowing desire to sprout wantonly in the world, and finally they also broke away from the divine realm and joined the demon world. Alone in the jungle beast poison wreaking havoc, her detoxification skills can also come in handy. Other people who can't accompany them are naturally regretful, and they have entrusted Hua Rui to take care of Yan Che on the road, this little girl is really calm, so many people told her one by one, she just nodded, and didn't say a word. The green wolf also asked her if she heard clearly, in fact, the clear is self-clear, the clear is clear, and the clear is clear, she does not say superfluous words, but will remember the words of others firmly in her mind.

This little girl had not bloomed in the bud for decades, and it opened the moment Yan Che touched it. She also mistakenly thought that the man in front of her was her father, and at that time, Yan Che couldn't close her mouth with a smile, and hurriedly said that the Shennong flower and the mandala flower on the other side were her parents. However, the most primitive reverence for Yan Che began to sprout as early as that moment.

The four of them traveled all the way west, and their movements were much faster than Yan Qinghou. Hua Rui directly controlled a towering tree, making that tree a tree man, carrying Yan Che and the four of them all the way. This tree man is a grown man running twenty steps fast, not to mention how fast it is. Li Jing, who was sitting on the tree man, was so frightened that his legs couldn't stand steadily, but he didn't dare to show timidity, and he pretended to be calm, but his legs were trembling. Princess Mengsheng smiled brightly, and for the first time she sat on a tree where she could walk, the laughter and the healing breath spread on the top of the tree. The cities are sometimes like a besieged city, and the people who have stayed in them have been in it for so long that they are not even familiar with the world. The children swimming in the ponds, the farmers working in the fields, and the birds flying around her gave her a new understanding of life. It's just that this action frightened a lot of passers-by along the way. When they arrived at Moon City, the guards closed the gates of the city, thinking that the monsters were invading. If it weren't for Li Jing taking Guan Die who was in the city, Yan Che might have forced himself into the city again, causing a riot.

The Moon Void Palace is in the west of Moon City, and the new head Xingyue has long heard that a demon has entered the city, and he thinks that it is very likely to be Yan Che. She led the female disciple to the city to greet her, and the two groups met halfway.

Xingyue is dressed in the service of the head of the Moon Void Palace, and now her legal name is Xingyue Zhenren. Xingyue thought that Yan Che had come to inspect their sect, and asked him to live in the Moon Void Palace to see the new scene of the Moon Void Palace. Although Yan Che was passing by, he didn't mean to go to her, but he really should go to see it, after all, there is still plenty of time. At the beginning, he said to these women, asking them to contribute to the war with Qi State ten days later, these women are also ambitious women, and they are really really prepared. Although Yan Che just said it verbally, after all, he definitely didn't want these women to go to the battlefield, it was just a way to win people's hearts. Later, the four of them went to the Moon Void Palace together.

The Moon Void Palace is located at the top of the Qingtian Peak, and there are three large and small seats. The Qingtian peak is straight into the sky, like a straight upright, the peak is straight into the sky, you can't see the top of the mountain when you look up, only to see the white clouds surrounding, it is a natural scenery of nature. Usually students climb this mountain on foot, but few people reach the peak, and most of them fall to their deaths in the mountain stream. Later, in order to facilitate the people of the world to climb the mountain to study, the people of the Yuexu Palace built a plank road, just a wooden stick inserted into the mountain one meter apart, but countless people can turn the danger into a disaster in this dangerous peak, and more people can climb to the top of the mountain and learn from the teacher.

Xingyue summoned five moon rings, let Yan Che and the others step on them, and sent them up the mountain with the moon wheels. The moon ring slowly rose, Li Jing was a little afraid of heights, but as a man, his legs were weak in fear, and he didn't dare to grab Meng Sheng to expose his timidity, so he had to grab Hua Rui's shoulder. This flower stamen didn't say anything along the way, and the first sentence was to Li Jing: "Don't press me short." ”

This sentence made everyone laugh, and the laughter kept stopping along the way.

After reaching the top of the mountain, everyone truly realized what it is to see the mountains at a glance. The scenery under the clouds is in full view, and the bottom of the mountain is also blocked by white clouds, and it is like being placed in a fairyland.

At that time, the women of the Moon Void Palace were all welcoming Yan Che, and everyone was heroic and extraordinary. Many of them were prostitutes in the city of the Meng Dynasty, and under Yan Che's arrangement, some of them followed Xingyue to the Moon Void Palace to practice, isolated from the world, and reborn. One of them specially thanked Yan Che, although Yan Che didn't know the woman, but the woman said that Sister Yao was not abused in the palace, and said that the demon king was different from ordinary demons and had a great kindness.

These words made Yan Che naturally very comfortable, but he couldn't show it, he wanted to show the most traditional and evil demon in the eyes of humans from beginning to end in front of humans. He said without hesitation: "Just because you are women, I will send you away if it is useless, and there is no need to thank me so much." If you want me to see your value, you have to show it. ”

Yan Che's words surprised the woman, it turned out that the demon was still a demon, and she didn't take humans in her eyes, so the woman had to walk back silently.

Seeing the woman walking back, Yan Che asked again, "What happened to that Sister Yao?"

"She separated from us and said that she wanted to live well, but there was no contact with us after that. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Xingyue hurriedly came to play the round and asked the disciples to show their skills to Yan Che. Yan Che said that there are so many people, there is no need to look at them one by one. He pointed at Li Jing and said, "This person is the guard next to Princess Mengsheng, who among you can fight with it?"

The woman was suddenly silent, and even Li Jing himself was surprised that this demon actually pushed himself out, without taking into account his feelings at all. However, there are still people who stand out from the crowd, she is the most talented female disciple at the moment, and Xingyue has just accepted her as a personal disciple, her name is Miyue.

Yan Che looked at this young woman, and there was light between her eyebrows, as if there was really moonlight shining from her eyes. This kind of self-confidence is exactly what human beings lack, and Yan Che wants to see.

"Okay, then you can try and compete, and stop at the point. After saying that, Yan Che walked to the building, leaving Li Jing alone to face hundreds of women. He was very embarrassed in his heart, and he didn't know how to make a move, but Na Miyue looked confident, as if he couldn't wait for this competition. The competition between the two was held under the watchful eyes of everyone, but Yan Che didn't care about the result at all. He thinks that as long as human beings have the heart to become stronger and struggle, it is fine, and the result is not important. The results of human efforts often take several generations or even more than a dozen generations to produce.

As he walked, Yan Che noticed a high platform not far away, and stopped to watch. Xingyue explained that it was the Moon Pavilion, and it was said that when the realm reached a certain level, he could communicate with the Moon God, and even fly to the Moon God's realm. Yan Che thought in his heart: The Moon God was defeated by Yan Tiexin in the Second War of Humans and Demons, and the Yuan God was imprisoned in the moon, and there would be no more shadow of the Moon God on the continent. He thought of it again in Xiaojia Village, Fu Qinggu once said that he wanted to get close to the stars far away from Haotian, and that night, he came up with an idea.

After the dinner that night, Yan Che returned to his room alone. With no one around, he walked out of the door and went straight to the Moon Pavilion. He casts a spell on the Moon Pavilion and opens the Chaos Rift, and on the other side is the place he first came to - Shinoke Village. The first thing he saw after he walked out of the crack was that Fu Qinggu was tinkering with something in the yard, he looked at Fu Qinggu happily, and just said hello, but the other party didn't look back as if he had lost his soul.