"Ling'er, don't be rude." As he spoke, a handsome young man climbed over from the stone wall, patted his dusty robe, pursed his lips slightly, and smiled solemnly and warmly.

"Senior apprentice, I have the main gate here." Yan Zhongwu smiled a little helplessly, and raised the bucket in his hand, "Come in, I'll make tea for you." ”

"I just like Zhongwu's refreshment." The wooden door next to the stone wall was pushed open, and Li Ningxing, who had a quiet and delicate face, walked in with a smile on his face, "Today I want to have a good taste of your spiritual tea." ”

The wooden door opened, Zhang Hetu smiled and touched his head and walked in, followed by He Ru and Hezha, and the fish entered.

Yan Zhongwu smiled and motioned to the wooden house: "Come in." ”

In the wooden house, Yan Zhongwu solemnly arranged the tea set and put two or three pieces of emerald green tea in each porcelain cup. This tea is so green that it will even shine on it, which can be seen intuitively and is not an extraordinary product.

The water from the teapot is poured into the porcelain cup, and the tea leaves tumble twice in it before finally floating on the surface of the water, like two or three fallen leaves on the surface of an autumn lake.

"Give." Yan Zhongwu put the porcelain cup in front of everyone, and took a cup himself, the mist spread, making his eyes flicker like stars. He took a sip and narrowed his eyes to enjoy the aftertaste of the tea.

"Zhongwu." Zhang Hetu looked around, with a little dissatisfaction in his voice, "Why do you live in such a humble place?" The dust is about to spread all over the ground, and the wood is about to become moldy, so aren't you afraid that the house leak will rain overnight? ”

He stretched out a hand and nudged it against the wooden wall, and suddenly there was a shrill creaking sound, and dust fell in a plop, and the wooden house crumbled.

The dust splashed everyone, and Zhang Hetu recited a cleansing trick without care, and the leaves did not touch his body.

"Phew, phew." Sima Ling tried to spit out the dust in his mouth, his face was angry, "Death Hetu, won't you pay attention to the people around you?" I'm a lady, hey! ”

Yan Zhongwu took a sip of the spiritual tea in the cup and said indifferently: "This is one of my cultivations, this wooden house is not enough to purify my body, but it is enough to purify my mind, and it is very beneficial to my cultivation." ”

"I don't understand you ascetics." Zhang Hetu muttered, leaned back, leaned back on the back of the wooden chair, "If you want me to come, just practice happily, isn't it good to have some entertainment after cultivation?" ”

Sima Guitu picked up the teacup, found that there was some dust splashed inside, frowned, and put it down again: "He Tu, don't worry about Zhongwu's affairs, everyone has their own cultivation habits, and this can't be changed." ”

"Hmph." Zhang Hetu muttered from his throat, "This kid will be too monotonous and boring if he goes on like this, if you put him in Fengyue Tower, those girls can eat him up and squeeze him whole!" ”

Yan Zhongwu couldn't hold back and squirted out a mouthful of tea.

Sima Ling's face flushed with a beautiful crimson, and he snorted lightly: "He Tu, you are shameless, don't take Zhongwu badly, he is a rare simple man in our Lingqing Sect, unlike you." ”

Hezha's sallow but delicate face kept smiling.

Zhang Hetu patted the wooden coffee table in front of him and slammed it: "Is that called innocence?" That's called less and more ......"

"Hetu!" Sima Guitu snorted lightly, "Don't forget what we're here for, don't interrupt!" ”

Zhang Hetu muttered a few times and stopped talking. Yan Zhongwu took out a rag, wiped the coffee table carefully, and asked puzzledly, "I haven't asked you yet, why did you suddenly visit?" Is there something that suddenly comes and doesn't notify me? ”

Sima Guitu looked at Yan Zhongwu with a complicated expression, his hands were hidden in his sleeves, and his fingers twisted uneasily: "This is about your family......

"Family?" Yan Zhongwu's subordinates paused, raised their heads, and looked at Sima Guitu with a straight face, his expression was quite serious, "What's wrong with my family?" ”

"No, it's not what you think." Sima Guitu waved his hand again and again, "It's a good thing." Is your family in Ocean City? There seems to be a treasure in the town near Ocean City, which has attracted many people to salivate, and they all want to intervene, you see......"

Yan Zhongwu breathed a sigh of relief, his hand kept moving, and he continued to wipe the coffee table, as if he wanted to wipe it as bright as a mirror: "That's not something I can manage, I'm in Lingqing Sect, I can't fly to Ocean City to fight for that unwarranted treasure, right?" ”

"You're wrong." Sima Guitu crossed Erlang's legs, leaned back, leaned back on the wooden chair, put his hands together, and said leisurely, "As an elder of the Lingqing Sect, can I approve our one-week vacation, is the reason...... Well, it's just a matter of going out and training. ”

Yan Zhongwu wiped the wooden coffee table clean, raised his waist, and laughed a little: "Senior apprentice, are you an abuse of power?" "How can you say that?" Sima Guitu's tone became more relaxed, "Aren't you curious about this treasure? ”

"Curious, of course curious." Sima Ling was the first to jump out, his face full of anticipation and joy, "If Jinghe is still here, he should be the most active one." ”

When Jinghe was mentioned, a gloomy atmosphere swirled over everyone's heads, and even the silence seemed to have condensed into substance, so thick that it was depressing. Sima Ling knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he opened his mouth, but he couldn't find anything to say.

Sima Guitu coughed lightly, broke the delicate atmosphere, and said with a reluctant smile: "Yes, even if it is for Jinghe, we have to find this treasure, we have to witness the birth of the treasure together, and comfort Jinghe's spirit in the sky...... No one is missing! ”

He turned his head to look at Yan Zhongwu: "We have already decided to go, but Ocean City is your family's base camp after all, we need to consult your wishes, you ...... Willing to go? ”

Yan Zhongwu slowly rotated the porcelain cup in his hand with his palm, letting the heat brush his cheeks. He took a sip of tea, and his expression was thoughtful: "Treasure.........

……

The dark alleys are full of shadows. Suddenly, a figure rose from the shadows, like a ball of water, agitated and twisted for a while, and finally maintained its own form and turned into a person.

The man hunched over the wall, one hand on the wall, the other on his neck, and coughed violently, as if he were going to vomit out his internal organs. A clot of blood was coughed up and splattered onto the floor of the alley, making it obscure in the shadows.

The man reached out with a trembling hand and removed the mask that covered his face, revealing a face full of ugly scars.

Exhaling a long breath, the man reached out and pinched it gently, and the mask turned into shiny dust, like countless fireflies tearing through the darkness in the alley.