The courtyard behind the council chamber is small and a small garden.

A pot of tea, slowly exuding the fragrance of tea, the surroundings were very quiet, Xu Ning looked at the things in his hand with a shocked face, Ouyang Zhantian on the side had a very calm expression, and Xu Ning's reaction seemed to be expected by him.

"I know that you are involved in the affairs of the Shangguan family, so you must have mentioned me from other people." Shangguan Zhantian smiled slightly, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it all.

"The younger generation really didn't expect it!" Xu Ning hurriedly put down the things in his hand and gave a deep salute, his expression was a little excited!

Could it be that when he was building in the middle of the lake, he felt that the power hidden behind him was Ouyang Zhantian?

"Xu Ning, you don't have to be like this, I've been incognito for a long time, and I'm not a senior. The Ouyang family is just a cloud of the past now, who will remember? ”

Ouyang Zhantian said calmly, put the two parts of the "Key to the Eight Directions" that had been fused into one in the box, put them away again, and handed them to Xu Ning.

"I have kept such things for thirteen years, and it is also destined by God to hand them over to you now."

"This ......"

Xu Ning was a little afraid to accept it, you must know that the secret related to the "Key to the Eight Directions" is a huge treasure!

"I said, don't be polite. Every qiē is destined by God, if it wasn't for my greed at the beginning, the Ouyang family would not have ended up like this! Treasure is indeed very attractive, but if you don't have a blessing, it is better not to touch it in the first place. Xu Ning, I think only you are worthy of this treasure. ”

Xu Ning was a little puzzled. Ask why.

Ouyang Zhantian smiled slightly, looked around and said: "You can fight with your life, save people in danger, and the wealth you get is not used to squander, but to make the best use of things and help others." With such a mind, even the greatest wealth can be used correctly for you! ”

"The seniors have won the prize." Xu Ning scratched his head, a little embarrassed. Returning the box containing the "Key to the Eight Directions" to the otherworldly space, he couldn't help but ask, "Senior Ouyang, are you just looking for the key these days?" And. And the Ouyang family back then. How could it have fallen overnight?! ”

There was a hint of loneliness on Ouyang Zhantian's face, and he didn't speak for a long time, Xu Ning suddenly felt that he was a little speechless, and his expression was very embarrassed.

"The key to the eight directions was originally my keeping. So there's no need to look for it. I'm gone these days. Just because I discovered that mysterious power! ”

"Oh?"

"Aren't you curious, what happened to the Ouyang family back then?" Ouyang Zhantian gritted his teeth and said, "It's the bastard who ruined my family." A few days ago, he suddenly appeared near Qingfeng City! I chased him all the way and almost caught him, but it still fell short! Alas, I'm ashamed to say that I'm old! ”

Xu Ning's brows were tightly locked, his expression was a little stern, and he asked rhetorically: "With the power of the predecessors, can it be said that there is not even a trace of the other party?" ”

The Great General Realm, although it is not a particularly high martial arts level, if the opponent is my King Realm, as long as he fights hard, he may not lose, unless he has reached the Emperor Realm!

But in the entire Dongzhou Empire, the people who can reach the emperor realm are all figures with heads and faces, how can they be Ouyang Zhantian's enemies? Not to mention the legendary Supreme Realm, at that level, I'm afraid I won't be interested in wealth. Their only interest, Kenn, was to ascend to the Celestial Realm.

"It's really ashamed, I can't even feel my breath at all, that person's martial arts aura is very weak, as if I can't reach the Ding Pawn realm. But judging from the exercises and strength, it definitely surpasses my royal realm! ”

Xu Ning was stunned, isn't this statement talking about himself?

Could it be that on this entire continent, in addition to himself, there are people who can also form a void martial vein?

"How can you be sure that he is the one who was unfavorable to the Ouyang family in the first place?" Xu Ning asked rhetorically.

"I can't be mistaken!" Ouyang Zhantian gritted his teeth and said, "Although thirteen years have passed, I remember it vividly!" ”

Xu Ning hurriedly poured a cup of tea, served it with both hands, and looked at Ouyang Zhantian with blank eyes.

After drinking a cup of tea, Ouyang Zhantian began to narrate what happened back then-

Thirteen years ago, the mysterious stone egg appeared, and the breath that repulsed the power of the martial vein attracted the attention of the seven major families in Qingfeng City at that time, and for the sake of insurance, Ouyang Zhantian also invited Xia Zhiyuan, who was the small leader of the Qingfeng City Empire's patrol. The stone egg was hard, and when everyone was at a loss, it was opened under the touch of his granddaughter Ouyang Ruyu!

Although it was a bit strange at the time, many people were still attracted by the "Key to the Eight Directions" and the human skin map, and you can imagine how shocked people were when they found out that it was the key to the underground treasure forged by the legendary Elf King. Although the major families present have already accumulated a huge amount of wealth, they are also well-known in the Dongzhou Empire. However, compared to underground treasures, it is not worth mentioning at all!

However, after people calmed down, they began to feel that the "Key to the Eight Directions" was not a good sign, and no one wanted to hold it.

In fact, everyone's thoughts are very clear, if the underground treasure is really discovered, as long as it is opened, anyone can get a piece of the pie, if you take this key, you haven't seen the treasure yet, you may find the disaster of killing.

At that time, Ouyang Zhantian didn't complain about others, after all, it was dug up from his own mine. Moreover, the major families at that time were unstable, and there were many internal and external troubles, and it was also instinctive to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Xia Zhiyuan proposed that perhaps the Dongzhou royal family could be in charge, so he sent someone to send information overnight.

Unexpectedly, on the same night, something unexpected happened.

Ouyang Zhantian couldn't remember the specific scene clearly, but he remembered that he was carefully studying the "Key to the Eight Directions" in the study, and suddenly felt a burst of flying sand and rocks outside, and the wind was blowing, and then the ground began to shake!

After rushing out of the room, it was obvious that the wind around him was mixed with awe-inspiring power. The entire Ouyang family's house began to catch fire everywhere, and many people were dizzy and nauseous, their limbs were weak, and they didn't even have the strength to escape!

Ouyang Zhantian had already entered the general realm at that time, although it was only the first stage, but everyone's cultivation level back then was not high. It was only in recent years that the refining of the Crystal Jade Beast Spirit Pill on the entire Soul Continent had become more and more sophisticated, and the cultivation of all martial veins had improved as a whole. In Qingfeng City at that time, Ouyang Zhantian was also a first-class master.

After he was smoky by a gust of black wind, he immediately began to feel weak, and at this time, several masked black shadows swept over the house, constantly throwing some turtle shells emitting thick smoke downward!

Ouyang Zhantian knew that the comer was not good, and he didn't care much, so he rushed out immediately, and was about to jump into the house to fight the masked man, but at a glance he saw his granddaughter Ouyang Ruyu fainting on the ground.

In order to save people, it was worth giving up the idea of attacking, picking up his granddaughter and running all the way, without running a few steps, the entire Ouyang family began to sink!

Recalling the scene at that time, Ouyang Zhantian's body couldn't help but tremble!

The flat ground suddenly sinks, and the mountains in the distance look like fallen trees! Floods, fires, poisonous gases, and the dizziness and nausea of the body as if they were poisoned, made it impossible to move forward at all.

The moment he was submerged by the flood, Ouyang Zhantian threw the box in his arms far away, and he was swept away by the water that came up with his granddaughter!

I don't know how long it took, but when he woke up, he found himself in a strange place, and after several identifications, he found that he had been washed into the bamboo forest on the mountain behind Ouyang Shi's house by the flood. When the flood receded, there were still a lot of furniture and tiles scattered around, and when I looked up into the distance, the Ouyang family had turned into a lake!

Only a few towering pavilions could still be seen, the lake was very calm, and there were no dead bodies in sight, as if all the people had evaporated. Ouyang Zhantian didn't dare to appear, after what happened last night, he knew that this was not a simple natural disaster, and someone was secretly manipulating.

But what kind of person is capable of unleashing such a powerful destructive force!

He really couldn't think of anything other than the gods of the heavenly realm.

After that, he began to live incognito, and he had been living near Qingfeng City all these years, but the environment he was hiding in would not be noticed by ordinary people.

In the past thirteen years, I have watched the ups and downs of other great families, my hair has turned gray, and I have been looking for the murderer who destroyed the Miè Ouyang family!

Now, at last, there is a hint of it!

"Ouyang Ruyu! Could it be ......?"

"Yes, it's Ruyu, she's my own granddaughter. After the disaster, she lost her memory, and in order to avoid the persecution of the mysterious man again, I fostered her to an old couple surnamed Lan, and later after the old couple died, I brought her here to avoid the sudden appearance of the enemy. ”

I see!

Lan Ruyu's personality is so strong, probably because of her childhood experience, but why did Lan Ruyu, who was born in a big family, only enter the third stage of the Ding Pawn Realm so far in martial arts cultivation? This is counterintuitive.

"Senior Ouyang, have you never told Ruyu about this matter? Or was it never intended to be said? Xu Ning asked.

"I just hope she can live in peace."

"I'm just wondering, since you're already so familiar with Ruyu, why don't you teach her some martial arts cultivation methods, so that she can use it for self-defense." Xu Ning asked.

"It's useless." Ouyang Zhantian sighed heavily and said.

Useless, what does it mean? Xu Ning looked at Ouyang Zhantian suspiciously. (To be continued......)