Three days later, although the cold winter arrived, the sky was clear and the sun was shining.

Li Ling was discharged from the hospital, accompanied by Mandala, and came to the Yanjing ancient residential area.

Yanjing Ancient Mansion Area! There are a group of elderly people who live here who are older and leisure at home after retirement, but they do not want these ancient houses to be demolished. At the beginning, the demolition and relocation office received the order to demolish the ancient residential area of Yanjing and change it into a century building, but was stopped by General Anlan! And settle here.

Li Ling went to the ancient mansion area of Yanjing today to find the home of the old general An Lan.

Yanjing ancient residential area is a very quaint, very retro atmosphere of the courtyard concentrate, most of the yards are planted with a variety of rare flowers and trees, raised a lot of birds, cats and dogs or something. When walking in this narrow alley, you will often see some small animals suddenly appear, adding a lot of vitality to this already ancient alley.

Li Ling is the first time to visit here, walking in the alleys and alleys, attracted by the retro atmosphere here, precipitated, here, Li Ling does not feel the impetuousness and inner uneasiness brought by the big city, but a comfortable and concentrating state, here is like an oasis in the city.

Mandala has been here several times, so knowing the home of Anlan and knowing the etiquette of the road, as soon as he arrived at an ancient house, he came to the door first, and the etiquette knocked on the copper ring on the door.

A delicate voice responded from inside the door, and a beautiful girl in a red cotton dress came out to open the door, poked her head out, looked out a few times, and saw the mandala waiting outside the door first, and then Li Ling.

"It's my sister who is here to pull it. Uncle and grandfather, that sister came to you last time. And one more ...... Very handsome big brother. "This is An Lan's niece...... Wu Xiaomei! I just entered my second year of high school this year, and I am kind, polite and cute.

Li Ling was called handsome by others, and suddenly became shy.

"Oh...... Let them in. An Lan's coughing sound came from the inner courtyard, and it seemed that he was not in good health.

Li Ling heard An Lan's weak voice and coughing, and he felt great guilt in his heart, so when he entered the door, he didn't dare to raise his head.

When he walked in front of An Lan step by step, he raised his head slightly and looked at An Lan's complexion, An Lan's face was pale, his hair seemed to be a lot grayer, his body was thin, he was wearing a spacious cotton army coat, and he was lying on a rocking chair at the moment, basking in the sun leisurely, holding a gray kitten in his arms.

Li Ling looked at it, his eyes were slightly hot, An Lan seemed to be ten years old in an instant at the moment, and he was suddenly very guilty and sad in his heart.

"Li Ling, you're here." An Lan raised his eyes, looked at Li Ling with a smile, put his fist to his mouth, and coughed slightly.

"Uncle, go in and rest, it's cold outside." Wu Xiaomei's heart ached, she hurriedly squatted down, held An Lan's cold hand and kept rubbing, hoping to rub it hot.

"Strange children, if you have nothing to do, bask in the sun more, it's good for your body." An Lan stretched out a hand and touched Wu Xiaomei's hair kindly and kindly.

"Uncle and grandpa, I haven't seen Sister Jing for a while, and my little sister misses her a little." Wu Xiaomei said sadly.

"Children's family, what are you frowning, you quiet sister, you have gone out to travel around the world. Come back so soon. An Lan comforted the niece and granddaughter in front of him.

Although Wu Xiaomei was a little puzzled, she still didn't ask.

When Li Ling heard Wu Xiaomei mention quietness, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and he almost couldn't hold back his tears.

"Little sister, didn't the neighbor's Xiao Lin just now ask you to go ice skating together? Go ahead, I'll have something to talk to my two brothers and sisters who came. An Lan patted Wu Xiaomei's hand and said with a kind smile.

"Well, okay, I'll go play for a while, and I'll be back right away to rub Grandpa's hands." Wu Xiaomei stood up, bowed very politely to Li Ling and Mandala and said, "Grandpa, I'll leave it to the two of you to take care of." Come on! ”

"It's good." Li Ling looked at this very sensible Wu Xiaomei, who looked very clear and beautiful, had an elegant temperament, and was very polite, which made people feel very comfortable and kind.

Wu Xiaomei nodded to the two of them again, and then went out.

"There are two small chairs next to it, so you can sit down." An Lan saw that Wu Xiaomei had walked away, so he pointed to the two chairs in an open space next to him.

"Yes, Grandpa Ann."

"Yes, General."

Li Ling and Mandala sat down separately, Li Ling lowered his head, and had been waiting for An Lan's reprimand, as long as An Lan reprimanded, Li Ling would definitely not return the favor, and he would feel better. However, An Lan just fell on the rocking chair, stroked the cat in his arms, closed his eyes and enjoyed the sun's bath, and did not mean to reprimand Li Ling.

After waiting for almost two minutes, Li Ling couldn't help it, and said sadly: "Grandpa An, I'm sorry, I didn't protect the quiet." ”

"En......" An Lan gave a simple word, waved his hand and said: "Silly boy, it's none of your business, you have done your best, it is our defense measures that have not been done well, allowing the other party to take advantage of the loophole." This led to a catastrophe for the entire institute. ”

Li Ling gritted his teeth, thinking of the blonde man, Li Ling couldn't wait to cut the other party with a thousand knives.

"General, how much valuable things are left in the institute now." The mandala also fainted at that time, and he didn't know what was going on.

"There is not much left, all the scientific researchers, materials, and S-class alien races have all been stolen by them, and the current underground research institute is just an empty shell." An Lan coughed.

"It's disgusting. They have escaped satellite surveillance. Mandala's eyes were full of anger, and then she said, "What about Dr. Ye Sheng?" ”

"Dr. Ye Sheng is the core personnel of the institute, and the other party will not let go of such an important person, and he must have been taken away." An Lan sighed slightly, his eyes were half-open, and he looked helplessly at the cloudless clear sky.

"That'...... What about the arm of the gods? Although Mandala knew that Dao Dao would not be spared, he couldn't help but ask.

An Lan didn't speak, just looked at the sky and said, "You should know this better than me." ”

The mandala is indeed very clear, because of the amount of power that senses the arm of the gods, no one is clearer than the mandala, and the mandala himself is the genetic modifier of the arm of the gods, so if the arm of the gods is within a thousand miles, the mandala can definitely sense it, but at the moment there is no trace of feeling, it is obviously taken out of the country.

"Xiao Ling!" An Lan exclaimed slightly.

"I'm here." Li Ling lowered his head to listen to the reprimand.

"Hey, you kid, you don't need to look guilty, it is the fate of quiet to be taken away by others, and to protect quiet is the most difficult thing in the world, you did your best, I know the way." An Lan comforted Li Ling again.

"But ......" Li Ling actually can't forgive himself.

"How can there be so much, but you are now a soldier, and a soldier should have the perseverance of a soldier." Anlan said.

"I understand." Li Ling lowered his head solemnly.

"So...... I am here today to step down. Li Ling still said what he thought in his heart.

Mandala was surprised for a while and said, "Junzhi, what are you doing?" ”

An Lan didn't speak, and he knew that Li Ling still had something to say.

"I want to go back to the mountains to find a master and practice in retreat for a period of time, this experience has made me realize how weak I am, and if I want to protect the quiet, my strength is far from enough." Li Ling made a summary and repentance of his previous arrogance and indispensability.

"Well, if you can recognize your weakness, you will be able to improve again, the old fox is mysterious by nature, you look for him, it is a wise move, I promise you, but I only promise you a year off, and after a year, you will come to me again to take over. You can hand over that military order to Mandala for safekeeping. An Lan looked at the blue sky and hummed Peking Opera.

"Yes, Grandpa Ann." Li Ling took out the black iron military order from the pocket in his arms and handed it to Mandala, who reached out and took it, and said, "Junzhi, I'll wait for you to come back." ”

"Well, I'll be back as soon as possible, because Quiet is waiting for me to save her." Li Ling got up, bowed to An Lan, and said, "Grandpa An, goodbye." ”

"You wait." An Lan stopped Li Lingdao.

"Grandpa An, is there anything else?" Li Ling looked back at An Lan and said respectfully.

An Lan took out an envelope from his coat and said, "This is your reward for five months, a total of 500,000 yuan, you can take it." ”

Li Ling paused, remembering the situation of Teacher Tian Shujing, her mother needed money to help because of cancer, Li Ling himself went to the mountains, and the money was useless, so he said to An Lan: "Grandpa An, this money, give it to my class guide, Teacher Tian, she needs this money more than me to treat her critically ill mother." ”

"Ha Luha, good boy, you really have the demeanor of your master nine-tailed fox back then!" An Lan put away the money and said, "Okay, I will transfer this money to Teacher Tian in a few days." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa An." Li Ling smiled slightly, and left the compound, and out of the compound, Li Ling set out in an instant to find the trace of the master's nine-tailed fox.

According to this time period, the nine-tailed fox should go to Huashan to worship the ancestor.

After a day and a night of tiring travel, Li Ling returned to a village at the foot of Huashan, Lijiazhuang, where Li Ling grew up.

When Li Ling returned home, he saw that the house had spider webs, but fortunately, it was cold and freezing, so there were no insects everywhere.

After casually cleaning up, Li Ling went to the back mountain of Huashan, which is one of the several immortal mountains in country Z, and is known as Xiyue, one of the five mountains, and now the nine-tailed fox should have gone deep into the South Peak and Luoyan Peak to worship the ancestor.

The road in Huashan is steep, and it is winter at this time, the stairs of the mountain road are covered with layers of thick snow, and it is very slippery to walk.

After the artificially built ladder, Li Ling had to climb over two more wild mountains, there was no artificially developed area, the wild mountain vegetation here is particularly rich, coupled with the snow on the winter peaks, the peaks are steep, and few people go to climb over.

In order to see the nine-tailed fox of his master very early, Li Ling had to rely on his light skills to climb down, but he didn't climb a distance, so he had to stop and rest for a while, after all, the steepness of the mountain peaks here was almost close to ninety degrees.

Li Ling sat halfway up the mountain, took out a small bottle of Erguotou in his purse, and poured it violently to resist the cold wind on the mountain.

"It's a good way, it's very good! It's famous, it's very famous! None, the beginning of the world; Yes, Mother of All Things......"

Mountain stream, a long roaring song tune sings the Taoist scriptures Tao Te Ching.

Li Ling was suddenly shocked, it was the voice of the master's nine-tailed fox, only he could roam freely in this wild mountain, and humming a song.

Li Ling continued to climb over the steep mountain in front of him, trying to catch up with the sound of the song, but the more he chased, the farther away the song became.

However, the more Li Ling chased after the voice, the farther the voice became.

"Could it be that I'm chasing in the wrong direction, but, no, I'm chasing the direction from which the sound came." Li Ling became more and more puzzled.

"If you are not virtuous, you will not fight the people; Inexpensive and rare loans, so that the people will not be robbed; ……”

The voice of the singer sounded again.

Li Ling was anxious in his heart, and shouted at the place where the voice came from: "Master, come out quickly, I have something to look for you!" ”

"Good boy, why are you coming to Huashan Mountain, aren't you protecting Miss Quiet?" From the other side of the mountain came the deep voice of the nine-tailed fox.

Li Ling was stunned, gathered his anger and shouted: "Master, the apprentice is incompetent, Jing Jing was taken away, and the mission failed." ”

"Ha Luha, you kid, you finally know that you are incompetent, before, I didn't see you so self-aware, at that time, you were a self-proclaimed top killer?" There was another voice from the other side of the mountain.

"I knew that I was wrong, because I didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the road at that time, and I was self-righteous. That's why it hurt everyone. Li Ling gathered his anger and shouted back.

Between these wild mountains, there is no one, the two of them are separated by mountains like this, shouting over and shouting, and no one comes out to disturb, which is really weird.

"You climb over this mountain, find me, and then talk." There was a deep voice from the other side of the mountain again, and it was obvious that the internal strength was very exquisite.

Li Ling sighed slightly, looked at the mountain peak above his head, then lifted his breath and continued to climb over, this mountain peak is at least eight hundred meters high, and it is like a sword to stand upright and insert into the air, and the momentum is breaking through the sky.

Li Ling climbed over several mountain rocks, and suddenly found that there was still a height of 300 meters, which was very difficult to climb, just because the steepness was still close to 90 degrees, and there were no protruding rocks that could be climbed by tentacles, and the whole rock wall was extremely smooth.

"How do you climb this over?" Li Ling suddenly had a headache.

"Master, there is a 300-meter steep mountain wall in front of this, and there is no place to start at all, how can I climb over, or you can come here." Li Ling shouted to the side of the mountain.

"Stinky boy, this difficulty will stump you, no wonder you don't protect people well, figure it out yourself! I'll sleep in the snow for a while, and then wake me up. "There was a lazy voice from the other side of the mountain.

"Lean on ......" Li Ling was depressed in his heart. Looking at the steep mirror-like mountain wall in front of me, I had a headache.