"Can I listen to it? It's going to take more than an hour to go back anyway. Ye Xuan said tentatively.

Bai Xiu also knew his kindness, and finally nodded and said, "It's about my parents." ”

"Your parents?" Ye Xuan was surprised, he didn't expect Bai Xiu to actually mention his parents.

Bai Xiu's family was not a native of Qucheng, and it was not until fifteen years ago that the family moved to the city.

And their neighbors are Ye Xuan and Wei Wei.

Because of this, the five of them grew up together since childhood, and their relationship is so good that they have nothing to say until now - although Ye Xuan and Wei Wei later moved out of their original residence for different reasons.

However, just like Wei Wei's father, the parents of the three Bai Xiu brothers basically never heard about them. They were brought up by their aunt Bai Yan.

Speaking of Bai Yan, Ye Xuan couldn't help but secretly admire. Although she has a bad temper, she is a very powerful woman.

He had heard Bai Xiu talk about those past events, before they came to Qucheng to settle down, the four of them had been living a wandering life.

At that time, Bai Yan was just a little girl who had just become an adult, but it was a great thing to protect the three brothers without relatives.

Bai Xiu nodded, changed his words, and asked, "Twenty years ago, there were three ancient families in the cultivation world, I don't know if you have heard of it?"

Ye Xuan pondered: "I have contacted a member of the special events team before, and he seems to have mentioned it. The three ancient families are Fang and Ming...... And also...... The Bai family?!"

Speaking of this, Ye Xuan couldn't help but glance at Bai Xiu with a little surprise, he didn't expect that their family would have such a background.

Bai Xiu said: "These are all things in the cultivation world, so I rarely mention them to you." Twenty years ago, the cultivation world was very different from what it is now. At that time, practitioners had little contact with the outside world, and basically operated within their own circles.

The three families of Bai, Fang, and Ming are very famous in the cultivation world. The Bai family had a total of six sects, and my father was the head of the Phoenix Sect, the head of the six sects at that time. ”

"And what happened later?" Ye Xuan couldn't help asking.

Bai Xiu seemed to be caught in a memory, and his tone was a little low, and he said, "Later, something happened, that is, the 'Battle of the Maple Leaf Forest', which is very famous in the cultivation world.

However, you probably haven't heard of it, because most of the Bai family members are very secretive about this battle, and even the seniors in the cultivation world rarely know the ins and outs. In this incident, the Phoenix Sect suffered heavy losses, and my parents were also lost from it. ”

"They're missing too?" Ye Xuan was surprised, he couldn't help but think of his father, who was also suddenly gone.

He still remembers that it was his sixth birthday, and his father smiled and told them to take the cake and come back immediately, and it turned out that the wait was more than 20 years.

Some people say that he was assassinated, and some people say that he killed people and died in the world.

His mother loved his father very much, and after his father's disappearance, she went crazy to find it, but after searching for several years without any clues, she dragged down her body and left this world with regret more than ten years ago.

And Ye Xuan never forgot her mother's instructions before she died, so that he must find his father.

But the world is so big, how easy is it to find someone who has disappeared? After so many years, he still has no news.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "How did they disappear?"

Who knew that Bai Xiu said bitterly: "Missing...... It's much more serious than this, everyone said that they escaped from the battle and betrayed the Bai family together. ”

"How do you say that?" Ye Xuan suddenly asked.

Bai Xiu didn't answer immediately, as if he was considering the words, and only spoke for a long time: "Because the Bai family is silent about this, and my aunt doesn't want us to ask about my parents, so I only vaguely inquired about some information.

The cause of the 'Battle of the Maple Leaf Forest' was that my parents were hunted down by unknown forces. They asked the Bai family for help, but several other sects did not want to offend this force and chose to watch the fire from the other side.

At that time, only my father's master, that is, the elder of the Phoenix Sect and the Great Elder of the Bai Family Sect at that time, Tianji Gong, poured all the elite strength of the Phoenix Sect to support. ”

"That force is so powerful, what are they coming from?" Ye Xuan said in surprise.

Bai Xiu shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm afraid even those who participated in the battle don't know it themselves, I only know that those people are all cultivators and masters."

According to a senior in the clan who escaped by chance, those people were masked and used secret knowledge that they had never seen before, apparently not wanting to reveal their identities. ”

"And what happened later?" Ye Xuan asked.

Bai Xiu sighed and said, "The battle was so tragic that I am afraid that the cultivation world has not encountered it in hundreds of years. At that time, the Phoenix Sect sent more than 300 people, and only three of them returned alive, and even Tianji Gong himself died in that battle.

The other party not only has a very high cultivation level, but also is extremely cruel, if he is not defeated, he will blow himself up and die, he would rather not die, but also die with the disciples of the Phoenix Sect. ”

Ye Xuan couldn't help but gasp and said, "This is too terrifying...... What about your parents? Why are they accused of fleeing and betraying the Bai family?"

Bai Xiu said helplessly: "This is also what I have always wanted to figure out. At that time, the two sides were fighting, and although the other party was fierce, the Phoenix Sect was victorious because there were many people, and it was not a sure defeat.

It was only at the critical moment that Tianji Gong was suddenly killed by the opponent, and then people were panicked and confused for a while. My father is the head of the Phoenix Sect, except for Tianji Gong, he has the highest prestige, and he should be able to control the scene no matter what.

But what made me and the entire Phoenix Sect couldn't figure it out was that after the death of the elder of the Great Sect, the Phoenix Sect was defeated and retreated. By the time they noticed, my parents had already taken the opportunity to get rid of the entanglement of that force and walked away. ”

"This ......" Ye Xuan was dumbfounded, "Could there be any misunderstanding?"

Bai Xiu sighed: "I also hope it was a misunderstanding. In my impression, my father is a very responsible person, and he regards the Phoenix Sect as his own life, how could he leave the clansmen who fought for him at a critical time.

But that's exactly what happened.

Of the three survivors, one is a fellow senior sister who grew up with my father and the only daughter of Tianji Gong, and two are the brothers he brought up since childhood. They have always had a good relationship with him, and even if they are not biased towards him, at least they will not say anything slanderous to him. ”

"Maybe he had to do this at that time?" Ye Xuan pondered, "But even if there is a reason, but given the circumstances at that time, your people will not forgive him, right?"

Bai Xiu nodded and said, "That's right, not long after that, the new patriarch held a public trial meeting, removed my father from the family tree, and even issued a reward, and the whole cultivation world wanted two people."

However, to everyone's surprise, my parents disappeared, as if the world had evaporated. And the Phoenix Sect has been in a slump since then, and it no longer has any strength in the Bai family. ”

"So your aunt left the Bai family with your three brothers later?" Ye Xuan said suddenly, "No wonder, in that case, the pressure she was under was unimaginable. ”

Bai Xiu said: "That's right, we had to leave the Bai family, and the truth of the 'Battle of the Maple Leaf Forest' has been buried under the dust of time since then." ”

Ye Xuan's mind changed and said, "But in fact, you don't believe that your parents will escape at all, so you have been secretly looking for their whereabouts all these years. Because you know, only they know what the truth of the matter really is. ”

Bai Xiu smiled rarely, and said, "If you know me, you can also ...... That's right, I've been looking for them. ”

Ye Xuan shook his head and smiled: "This is because I can understand you, after all, I, like you, have been looking for my father's whereabouts.

You know, even after all these years, I never thought of giving up. In fact, on a certain level, this is not just looking for someone, but looking for a key, a key that can unlock a certain obsession in the heart. ”

Bai Xiu smiled and said in a deep voice, "Probably...... However, after all these years, I have never forgotten what happened when I was a child.

I have the impression that my mother was a very gentle person, and my father, though a little stern, was warm and peaceful in his arms, like all fathers. That alone was enough to keep me up for them. ”

Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt an extremely familiar touch, as if a big hand was gently brushing the top of his head, as if to comfort him, and as if to encourage him—that was his father's favorite action before.

"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll find them. He took a deep breath and said very firmly, then changed his tone and asked, "But you haven't said what happened to you and your family?"

Bai Xiu was a little helpless and said, "Although my aunt didn't personally experience the 'Battle of the Maple Leaf Forest', she seems to be very sure that my parents betrayed the Phoenix Sect and the Bai family, and were the culprits who killed the three hundred clansmen. This has always been a problem for her, so she has never liked us to ask about the past, and she has not allowed us to inquire about them. ”

Ye Xuan couldn't help but think: "This is strange, it stands to reason that even if she is sure that her brother and sister-in-law have made a big mistake, she will not try her best to prevent you from finding the whereabouts of your parents...... Well, I know, it's not hard to guess what your aunt thinks.

On the one hand, she probably couldn't accept that her brother would do such an unjust thing of leaving his people to flee, so she would rather they never come back than they would come back to confirm the matter.

On the other hand, your parents are already the target of public criticism, and if you still have contact with them, I am afraid that you will be implicated, and it will be difficult for her to ensure that you are well taken care of. ”

Bai Xiu sighed lightly and said in a deep voice: "You're right, my aunt is also for our good." In the early years, if she hadn't resolutely taken us away from the Bai family, maybe our three brothers would have been lonely ghosts by now.

But anyway, as a son of man, I can't let my parents bear such an infamy for the rest of my life. What really happened twenty years ago, only by finding them can we get the real answer.

And their fate is uncertain, maybe they are in great danger, and if I can find them sooner, then they can get out of danger sooner. ”

Ye Xuan couldn't help but smile and said, "On the last point, I understand your feelings very well, because I think so too. What about Bai Qing and Bai Che? What is their attitude?"