When Yu took office for more than a year, he was approached by Mr. Situ Zhao and taken away. Xu Guan calmly recounted the old events of the year.

"Situ Zhao. Wu Yan muttered and repeated the name, she was very familiar with this name, four hundred years ago, this old man named Situ Zhao was also the object of the Lich Clan's attention. "I know he's the Night's Watch before you. ”

"That's right. Xu nodded.

"No wonder I can't find you, I should have thought of it. Wu Yan suddenly realized that when Xu Guan disappeared and reappeared seven years later, he became a night watchman who had reached the peak of cultivation, which of course was inseparable from that old man.

Just as Xu Guan didn't know how Wu Yan found this place step by step as a secret base to prepare for hiding, Wu Yan didn't know what had happened between Xu Guan and Situ Zhao in the past seven years. These two people told all the things they did and saw back then, and when they came together, they figured out the specific details, and they had to sigh that fate made people.

Let's say that after Xu Guan was forcibly taken away by Situ Zhao, he traveled more than 1,000 miles to Luhua Island in the East China Sea.

Adjacent to the coastal area of the East China Sea, and then walking to the depths of the sea, there are one after another, islands of different sizes, if you take the overhaul to fly up to 10,000 meters in the sky, you can see these small islands as small as corn.

Lvhua Island is an ordinary one of the large and small archipelagos, more than 200 miles from the mainland, and the area is less than two square kilometers. Except for the coastal zone, fishermen who need to go out to sea pass by occasionally, and no one returns.

Situ Zhao held Xu Guan, who was just an ordinary person at the time, under his armpit, and crossed the sea with the trick of resisting the wind in the Qiankun formula, and after passing several islands, he finally stopped on this Luhua Island.

On the way, Xu Guan heard Situ Zhao say that this old man said that he would take him as an apprentice and help him fulfill the important task of supervising the night world and protecting the people of Kyushu.

At first, Xu Guan didn't believe it, so how could a scholar believe in the theory of strange power and chaos? However, after Situ Zhao showed his ability far beyond ordinary people, Xu Guan couldn't help but believe it.

"It's just that if you want to take Xiaoke as an apprentice and teach the master, you don't need to travel thousands of miles to this barren land on the sea. "On the island, the salty breeze blows, the waves crash against the shore, and the occasional seagull can be heard from the sea. Xu Guan turned around in place, and saw that the surroundings were so barren, and he couldn't help but panic.

"This is one of the few places I can think of old man that won't be tracked down by the Lich. Situ Zhao ran so far with Xu Guan in one breath, his face was a little strange, he coughed twice, turned around and found a large rock to sit down and rest.

"Lich Clan?" Xu Guan had heard this word for the first time.

"You'll find out later, so I won't tell you so much about it now. Hurry up and train you to become a peerless master, otherwise after I die, old man, I won't even have a successor. Situ Zhao's face turned pale, and after saying this, he began to cough again.

Xu Guan walked up to him and gently patted him on the back: "Old man, you bring Xiao Ke over, you haven't rested all the way, let's rest for a day and a half before we talk about cultivation." ”

"This can't be done. Situ Zhao shook his head and smiled a little sadly: "Do you think my appearance is caused by taking you all the way without resting?"

"How do you say this?" Xu Guan wondered, could it be that there was another reason why this old man was tired of becoming like this?

"If it's in normal times, don't say take you to travel more than a thousand miles, even if it's two or three thousand miles. I don't even breathe, old man. Situ Zhao said twice: "It's a pity, it's a pity." A few days ago, I met an old guy from the Lich clan in Jinguan City, Shudi, and I had a fight with him, and it became like this. is worthy of being a descendant of the witchcraft that has been passed down for thousands of years, and there really is a rare top master in the world. ”

After Xu Guan heard this, he was shocked in his heart, this old man could knock down several people with a wave of his hand at will, and he could run more than a thousand miles in the wind with a breath that he could not touch the ground, even in this turbulent East China Sea, he could come and go freely, such a major repair, and there were still people who could hurt him?

"Being able to fight with you is indeed a rare master. Xu Guan said sincerely, he didn't expect there to be so many strange people in heaven and earth.

"Lose? haha. Situ Zhao waved his hand again and again: "Old man, I don't have such a thick skin, boasting that I can even fight with that big man." ”

His old face was slightly red, and he hid his embarrassment twice: "Don't hide it, old man, I fell behind in the first move I made against that person, and I was suppressed everywhere in the next battle, and I had almost no ability to resist, only the power of self-preservation." ”

"Even your great cultivation is not his opponent, who is the other party?" Xu Guan exclaimed.

Situ Zhao shook his hand, signaled Xu Guan not to interrupt in a hurry, and let himself continue: "After fighting for a few rounds, my skills are really inferior, so I used a little trick to escape." But the meridians in his body were also injured by the big man. What's especially strange is that since I escaped back, my cultivation has dropped again and again, my strength has greatly decreased, and my body is like a wooden barrel with a hole in it, no matter how much I cultivate, I can't keep up with the speed of true qi loss.

It must have been something that the big man did to my body when he fought with me that caused me to become like this. My physical condition is deteriorating, old man, and I don't think it will be long before I die.

It doesn't matter if I die, but the Night's Watch legacy can't be broken, so I think of you. We have seen it a long time ago by the Yongding River outside the gate of the imperial capital. After Situ Zhao finished speaking, he remembered Xu Guan's question just now, and replied: "If I expected it to be good, the big man who fought with me is the only leader of the Lich Clan for thousands of years, the Great Witch Witch. ”

Xu Guan nodded, and when he heard Situ Zhao say these words, he had a general understanding of the whole story, and couldn't help but ask, "In this way, you have already had foresight." Expecting to encounter danger in Shudi, he chose Xiao Ke as his successor in advance?"

"Not really. Situ Zhao plucked his ears with dirty fingers and said, "Everything happened to happen." It happened that the old man felt that he was getting old, and it was time to find a successor, so I went to wait on the bank of the Yongding River, and I happened to wait for you, and I happened to find out about the movement of the Lich Clan, so I went to Shu to find out, and happened to have a hand with the big man. After being seriously injured, I remembered that I happened to meet you by the Yongding River, and you were found by me and brought here. ”

"What a coincidence. Xu Guan couldn't help but shake his head and laughed: "Then why did you think of waiting by the Yongding River?"

"Because I have calculated the old man, that time is the day when the Han scholars from all over the country rushed to the imperial capital to take exams one after another. ”

"Specifically looking for scholars to take in apprentices. Xu Guan was puzzled: "Why?"

"Because the old man used to be a scholar, he was also chosen by the Yongding River. Situ Zhao grinned, his unkempt clothes and dirty face, and this smile showed two rows of jagged teeth. Xu Guandeng was stunned: "You used to be a scholar?"

"What, isn't it like that?" Situ Zhao lifted Erlang's leg, and a large slit was torn at the trouser leg, revealing a large piece of black-skinned calf, and the straw sandals on his feet had long been torn, leaving only a few grass stems still connected and hanging on his feet.

"Since you are a scholar, how can you be so unkempt?" Xu Guan shook his head helplessly.

"I study, but I dress up as a beggar, and you accuse me of being unkempt. What if I, as a beggar, read by the lamp? Are you going to praise me again for my perseverance and diligence?" Situ Zhao glanced at Xu Guan with disdain.

"This ......" Xu Guan paused for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Alright, I won't argue with you about these details. Situ Zhao stood up, raised his arms above his head, and stretched: "Enough rest, I'll pass on your trick now." If I put it off any longer, I'm afraid that I won't have enough time left. With that, he turned and walked towards the highest stone protruding from the sea on the island.

Xu Guan was embarrassed to be asked a few words by the old man just now, and when he saw the old man walking away, he also followed in a curt. He had a heart for helping the world, and after making sure that what the old man said was true, he was very proud of his duty as a night watchman. The only thing that worried him was that he left so suddenly, and he didn't know what to do with the people on the territory he was in. After the disappearance of the official at the time, Shangfeng must have sent someone to find him, and if he can't find it, he must have to transfer someone to fill the vacancy. It's just that I hope this process won't have too much impact on the local people.

Xu Guan adjusted his thoughts and stopped thinking about those things that he couldn't control no matter how much he worried. He followed Situ Zhao to the large raised rock, obeyed the old man's instructions, and sat cross-legged. And according to the guidance of this old man, he relaxed his body, sensed the power of heaven and earth in the surrounding environment, and began the first step on his spiritual path.