As time passed, Frostleaf City ushered in new changes every day, and refugees from all over the southern border continued to move to other places, but surprisingly, the Imperial Army did not begin to conquer the lost territory in the south, but began to build stronger defenses along Frostleaf City.

The Cloud Empire finally repelled the undead tide, but the Cloud Empire was also greatly damaged by this, and the trump card of the Holy See alone, the [Divine Grace] Knights lost more than fifty percent!

One can imagine how tragic that war was.

The Federation has only recently pulled up a coalition army, but by this time more than thirty territories have been reduced to a wasteland of death.

At this point, the [Necromantic Tribulation] that swept the continent finally ended, but all over the continent, nearly one-tenth of the land turned into the evil land of the necromancer, and the Jedi full of necromancers gradually became a forbidden area.

Further south of the Eternal Forest, the Lands of Chaos was the least affected by this disaster, but it was shrouded in the shadow of war for many years, and not much attention was paid there.

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Su Qiran leaned against a three-zhang tall tree in the backyard of the tavern, his eyes a little wandering.

Su Xiaoxiao brandished a wooden sword, and the slightly circulating blue halo brought a little bit of water, at this time she was following Su Qiran to do penance, and Su Qiran, a teacher, finally had the appearance of being a teacher.

Qin Xiaotong sat on the branch of the dark green tree, his little feet swaying slightly, and he was concentrating on looking at a book on cultivation.

Xingnuo slowly walked into the backyard, her still a little pale face and the sadness in her eyes that couldn't be concealed looked particularly pitiful.

However, compared to the appearance of a living dead before, now she seems to have gradually walked out of her grief and began to face reality.

After a while, Su Xiaoxiao swung a complete set of sword moves. She stopped slightly, her forehead was covered with sweat, but her eyes quickly fell on Su Qiran, as if waiting for the teacher's praise.

"The sword moves are standard. Su Qiran smiled and nodded, but soon became serious, "But your movements are too [stiff]." ”

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, and she tried to swing the wooden sword a few more times, splitting, chopping, stabbing, and lifting ...... The moves are all in one go, and they are extremely smooth.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't feel her movements stiff at all, these days she practiced the basic movements of this set of sword moves countless times a day, and she had long been extremely familiar with all the movements, how could she be stiff ......?

Seeming to notice Su Xiaoxiao's doubts, Su Qiran said softly, "Xiaoxiao, the sword moves and swordsmanship are all dead, the ultimate thing for our swordsmen to practice is the [understanding] of the sword, you do remember it very quickly, and the action is also very standard, but it is too standard to reach the action, but it seems that there is only a ritual and no understanding, so it is stiff." ”

Su Xiaoxiao nodded as if she didn't understand.

"Su Qiran. Xingnuo's voice suddenly came.

Su Qiran and Su Xiaoxiao were stunned.

Xingnuo walked slowly in front of Su Qiran, and bowed deeply to Su Qiran.

"Thank you for taking such good care of me all the time. ”

"......???" Su Qiran felt that Xingnuo's tone was wrong.

"You don't want to kill yourself or something, do you?" Su Qiran hurriedly asked, Xingnuo suddenly came over and said this in a tone like a farewell, as if he had made a decision.

"It's not". Xingnuo hurriedly said, "I want to get out of here." Xingnuo lowered his head slightly, and Su Qiran couldn't see her face clearly.

"......" Su Qiran suddenly fell silent.

"I want to travel alone, I want to be a real adult, I want to grow. ”

“...... Your identity, there is still ...... in the dark palace" Su Qiran's heart was suddenly very chaotic, and even what he said was chaotic, he didn't know what he wanted to say, he just wanted to find a reason to keep Xingnuo.

“...... I want to take your [Human Skin Mask] and use it, so it shouldn't be a problem if you are identified."

Xingnuo suddenly raised his head, and his pale green eyes flashed with a halo of determination.

Su Qiran was silent, he just looked at Xingnuo for a long time, and finally sighed lightly.

"Okay. After saying that, he took off the necklace he had been carrying and handed it to Xingnuo.

"This is the effect of [Cloud and Rain Chain] to assist in cultivation, and its most important function is to [Cover the Heavenly Machine], so that the prophecy of people like astrologers against you will not take effect. ”

looked at the necklace handed over by Su Qiran.

A thin string that seems to have no weight strung with a brilliant sapphire. The sapphire is crystal clear, with a hint of mysterious luster, and it is always attracting people's eyes to it.

Xingnuo was slightly distracted, but quickly reacted.

"Thank you...... Can you put it on for me?"

After she finished speaking, she quickly turned around, but she could still see that the girl's ears were red, and she lifted her long hair a little tremblingly, revealing the back of her snow-white neck.

Su Qiran was slightly stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

He gently hugged the girl into his arms from behind, clearly felt the girl's fierce heartbeat and increasing breathing at this time, and then gently helped her put on the necklace.

"Be careful. Su Qiran whispered potato chips in her ear.

The girl finally couldn't bear it anymore and ran away.

Looking at the girl's hurried and flustered back, a touch of disappointment flashed on Su Qiran's face.

“...... Hey......" Su Xiaoxiao looked at with envy.

"Look, look. As if noticing Su Xiaoxiao's gaze, Su Qiran's face was slightly red, and he immediately straightened his face, and said sternly, "Double the amount of physical training today!"

"Huh?" Su Xiaoxiao's face was bitter, her talent in all aspects was very good, whether it was her cultivation speed, mastery of true qi, or understanding of sword moves, etc., she far surpassed her peers.

But her physical fitness is very weak, and with the strengthening effect of her true qi on her body functions, she can barely reach the passing standard set by Su Qiran.

Therefore, the amount of physical training in these days of cultivation is extraordinarily large...... Su Xiaoxiao is about to be tired out of the psychological shadow.

Double on that......

"Sister Xiaotong!" Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly looked for helpers. Her gaze drifted to the top of the tree, but she didn't find Qin Xiaotong's figure.

"Huh, what about Sister Xiaotong?" Su Xiaoxiao looked surprised, when she was dancing the sword just now, she also caught a glimpse of Qin Xiaotong sitting on a branch, why did she disappear in the blink of an eye?

"Hmph, no one can save you. Su Qiran smiled a little proudly.

"This is the end of today's swordsmanship practice, let's start physical training, remember, twice as much, if you don't meet the requirements, you will be punished!"

After saying that, he didn't care about Su Xiaoxiao's pitiful eyes, Su Qiran leaned back against the big tree again, and his gaze drifted to the sky a little.

Su Xiaoxiao sighed, and a little helplessly lifted the weighty stone from the corner, and began to trot around the backyard with the stone......