Jiuyan has a vast territory, beautiful mountains and rivers, and a fertile land that other countries envy.

After leaving Wuzhou, Xi Ziqian and the three of them left Liangdu, went south to the river, and then went east along the river.

In the southeast of Rongzhou, the capital of Shu, is the mountain city of Yuzhou, which is also the hometown of You Xiaoyun.

To the south of Rongzhou, to the west of Yuzhou, and to the upper reaches of the Great River, is Yizhou, the capital of Shushu, where Huangfu Zhen's house is located.

Along the way, leisurely playing and hurrying, the three days passed quickly, and after sending Huangfu Zhen to Yizhou, Xi Ziqian also completed the double task, pacifying and escorting.

One day after making an appointment with Huangfu Zhen, when he went to "visit" You Xiaoyun's family as You Xiaoyun, Xi Ziqian had to go to Huangfu Zhen first.

Although neither of them knew the specific address of You Xiaoyun's home, it was better than Xi Ziqian, who knew little about You Xiaoyun, to go alone.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Xi Ziqian and Du Hanyun also returned to Rongzhou and came to Xiao's house in Rongbei.

The weather on this day was not bad, there were few clear skies in Rongzhou, and half of the cold in the south was also taken away by the sun.

In order to welcome the return of the children, Du Weifeng and Xi Shu also came to the Xiao family's small building, the spacious roof was cleaned, and a large round table was placed in the middle.

The round table is rich in dishes, and there is also a lonely specialty of grilled fish, in addition to the white steam of hot dishes, there seems to be a rich aroma of wine wafting in the air.

Today's Xiao family, not only has the arrival of frequent customers Du Weifeng and Xi Shu, but also ushered in two strange guests.

With straight formal suits, polished leather shoes, and half-length hair, these two middle-aged men, who were a little strange to Du Weifeng and Xi Shu, seemed to be not very happy, and drank the wine without saying a word, but Xiao Lonely was helpless to pour wine and laugh beside him.

When Du Hanyun and Xi Ziqian came to the roof of the small building, they couldn't help but cry and shout tired, and then they saw the stranger in front of the round table.

Xiao Mochen is not here today, Xiao Lonely, as the master, is also the friendship of the landlord in front of the two "strangers".

Shocked by the momentum of these two middle-aged people who were too serious to speak, Xi Ziqian and Du Hanyun became much more "well-behaved", and they didn't dare to say much.

Due to the time of return that had been discussed in advance, not long after Xi Ziqian and Du Hanyun arrived at the Xiao family, several different feelings gradually approached the Xiao family's small building from a distance.

The visitor did not deliberately hide her breath, and when Xi Ziqian noticed it, she immediately jumped up, ran to the edge of the rooftop, and looked out.

On the road between the fields, several figures walked slowly towards this side, Xiao Mozhu, who was full of energy, and Pu Xueying, who could also feel its graceful posture and jade like a fairy when looking at it from afar......

Raising his hand sensitively, Xi Ziqian excitedly waved his arm into the distance to greet him.

But when Xi Ziqian saw the third slightly short person in Xiao Mozhu's group, she was stunned for a moment, even if Pu Xueying waved her hand in response, it didn't let her clear her doubts.

On the rooftop, none of the people present were ordinary people, and the breath of the three approaching people was naturally sensed by them, but they did not cause any reaction.

Linglong's petite figure, Lingxiu's childish face with big eyes and eyebrows, the little leather band tied her long hair on both sides of her cheeks, as well as her most representative bare arms and bare feet, and the eye-catching red dress, next to Xiao Mozhu and Pu Xueying is Xiaoice, the dream tapir who doesn't know how old but looks like a human little girl.

"They're back." Xi Ziqian turned around and said to everyone on the rooftop.

Click, click!

Click, click!

With a burst of unusually clear footsteps, Xiao Mozhu took his head and entered the small building.

Now that they knew that Xi Ziqian was on the roof of the building, they put down their luggage after entering the house, and the three of them went up the stairs, and soon appeared in front of everyone on the rooftop.

A man, a woman, a child? How can this seem like a sense of dissonance?

However, the two middle-aged men who were still serious just now didn't think about it so much, so they suddenly changed their expressions, decisively put down their wine glasses and left their seats, and walked quickly to Pu Xueying.

"Huh? Father! How did you end up here? And the second uncle is also there! Pu Xueying looked at the two people who flashed in front of her and asked with a surprised expression.

On the day that Xiao Mozhu and Pu Xueying returned to Rongzhou, the two people who visited the Xiao family were the two brothers of the patriarch of Buxian Mountain, the patriarch Pu Tianhe and his second brother Pu Tianxiao, that is, Pu Xueying's father and second uncle.

"Hey, daughter, are you okay, are you hurt?" After Xiao Mozhu retreated to the side, Pu Tianhe circled around his daughter twice, and only after confirming that her daughter was not missing arms or legs did he ask worriedly.

When Pu Xueying saw that there were so many people on the rooftop, she blushed with shame and said angrily, "Father! What are you doing, I'm not a baby, my daughter has grown up! And the second uncle too, why do you mess around with your father? ”

I probably found out that the two of them were indeed a little naïve, and they actually rushed to Rongzhou from Wren overnight, just to take a look at the little princess of the Pu family, obviously they had learned that Pu Xueying was safe and sound, Pu Tianxiao coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, and said, "This, Xueying, the second uncle and your father are not worried about you!" ”

Pu Tianhe straightened his back and pretended to be stern and said, "What? Grown up? You haven't married for a day, you're just a child! The father just wants to see if my daughter is being bullied! ”

After speaking, Pu Tianhe glared at Xiao Mozhu next to him, turned around and said, "Xiao Lone, the agreement still counts, right?" ”

was drinking a little wine helplessly, Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "Of course count!" ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Pu Tianhe looked at Xiao Mozhu next to him, and at the same time, Pu Tianxiao also came over and joined the onlookers.

"Uncle." Xiao Mozhu greeted Brother Pu Tianhe out of politeness.

"Hmm."

I don't know whether to respond to the greeting, or just to speak inadvertently, Pu Tianhe said thoughtfully, "It looks pretty good, but I don't know what's going on inside." ”

As if looking at a product, Pu Tianhe and Pu Tianxiao actually discussed it with each other.

Pu Xueying took two steps forward, blocked in front of Xiao Mozhu, puffed out her cheeks, and said, "What are you doing!" My daughter is going to be angry! ”

The two who were "threatened" retracted their gaze and returned to their seats at the table without saying much.

Everyone had arrived, and they all took their seats, and for some reason, Xiao Mozhu let Xiaoice sit between him and Pu Xueying.

After Xiao Xiao Lian beckoned everyone to "move the chopsticks", this table made a move, but except for Xi Ziqian, who was talking vaguely with food in his mouth and stretching his chopsticks far away, the appetite of the others didn't seem to be very good.

"Tell me what's going on, boy." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little cold, Xiao Xiao said to Xiao Mozhu opposite.

With Xiao Xiao's words, everyone at the table focused their eyes, Xiao Mozhu sorted out his thoughts, and told the truth what happened in Xue Lian Peak a few days ago.

What I learned from Xi Ziqian and Du Hanyun was only a small part of the situation, after all, it was more what Xiao Mozhu experienced.

After a concise explanation, the middle-aged people at this table all looked solemn, and understood that the monsters were rampant in recent times, and it seemed that there was a reason.

Strange demons, ancient witches, reigning in the world? The five elders seemed to be listening to a book from heaven, even though they were not shallow, but these things were too absurd and not in their cognition.

"I have heard the rumors of the old man for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be the extinct Guwu clan, count his age...... Incredible! Xi Shu said.

Pu Tianhe looked at Xiao Mozhu and said, "Young man, it's not that I question your words, if you want to say that Old Man Zhou has such cultivation, who else in the world will be his opponent?" What exactly is a demon? ”

When they were in the Ice Wind Cliff, Xi Ziqian, Du Hanyun, and Pu Xueying had heard simple descriptions, but they had not really seen the power of the alien demon, so they could only be regarded as half-understood.

Helplessly spreading his hands, Xiao Mozhu pointed to Xiaoice in the seat next to him and said, "Regarding this issue, let Xiaoice explain." ”

Everyone's attention was focused on this indifferent "child" who was a little girl no matter how she looked at it, and even her breath was cloudy.

"Mozhu, from the very beginning, I wanted to ask, who is this little girl? Why do you look young and old? Du Weifeng asked.

As a well-informed "older" girl, Xiaoice usually has an indifferent expression, which is normal for slightly older people to feel uncomfortable, and Du Weifeng's tone unconsciously carries the majesty of an elder.

Pouting and chuckling, Xiaoice glared at Du Weifeng mockingly, and said, "Young man, be respectful, seek knowledge to have the appearance of seeking knowledge, lower your posture understand?" Let me tell you, alien demons, they are a kind of fixed existence that is immortal in heaven and earth, and there is no need to describe how powerful they are, you can imagine them as 'gods'! ”

"Every few tens or hundreds of years, they will be reborn separately, and it is their instinct to sweep the heavens and the earth, so it is impossible to make peace! Speaking of which, the last time was twenty years ago, right? Xiaoice said while recalling.

Being stunned by Xiaoice, Du Weifeng couldn't see through this little guy, so he simply didn't speak, and watched Xiaoice talk to himself.

In order to avoid the suspicion of several middle-aged people, Du Hanyun hurriedly took advantage of Xiaoice's ability to speak, and lowered his voice and said to several people, "Xiaoice is a friend of our master and old man, looking small, old!" ”

Xiao Xiao and the five suddenly realized that this eccentric girl was a friend of the old man, thinking that she should also be an old monster, they were relieved, and they agreed with her tone and attitude.

"The existence of alien demons is far ahead of humans and demons, judging from their nature, perhaps they existed at the beginning of the opening of heaven and earth, that is, when this planet was born!"

"When all things began to grow and evolve, the aliens were also affected and changed in different ways, until today, they have absorbed the wisdom of human beings, have their own consciousness, and that arrogance and power make them self-centered, so they call themselves 'gods'."

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but nod his head and said, "It turned out to be such a monster, no wonder it was difficult to deal with, twenty years ago, the warlock world could be said to have been calmed down by a 'great purge'!" By the way, since the alien demon is such a powerful existence, why haven't you heard anyone talk about it? ”

"It's simple, because everyone I've seen is dead! And you have overlooked one thing, since the demons claim to be 'gods', then the gods are unique, so it is difficult for them to cooperate, and they are just on their own! Xiaoice said with a hand in his hand.

"In the eastern part of the Eastern Ancient Continent, the Nightmare is the 'god' here, this big man has been solved by the old man alone in the last few hundred or thousands of years, so you can live so peacefully! I've heard that other continents are full of disasters and disasters, so let's find out? ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, not knowing what to question or what to ask this time......

"Well, that, why do you care so much? The soldiers are coming to block, well, can't the water come to cover the soil? The spicy fish meat has already puffed out his cheeks, Xi Ziqian did not forget to continue to pick up the lean meat pieces in his mouth, and said.

"Are you a starving ghost reincarnated?" Xi Shu couldn't help but reprimand his crazy daughter, for fear that everyone would see the joke.

Xi Ziqian didn't care about the eyes of others, and said, "We are in the snow, Lianfeng has suffered a lot, don't you see that people have been, well, hungry and thin?" Now, of course, I have to make it back! ”

Like an aura with an active atmosphere, everyone looked at Xi Ziqian and couldn't help laughing.

"The girl is right, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, I, Pu Tianhe, want to see the power of the demon." Infected by Xi Ziqian's liveliness, Pu Tianhe smiled and drank half a glass of wine, and then said.

The atmosphere on the round table eased a little, everyone had relaxed expressions, Xiaoice did not care about this, did not hold chopsticks, reached out and picked up a piece of fried meat from the plate in front of him, threw it into his mouth, and everyone laughed.

Unconsciously, even the two brothers Pu Tianhe joined Xiao Xiao and the three of them in clinking glasses and chatting......

At such a happy moment, Pu Xueying inadvertently turned her head, but noticed the hesitation on Xiao Mozhu's face, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Brother, what are you thinking?" ”

Xiao Mozhu glanced at Pu Xueying across Xiaoice and continued to be silent.

In the battle of Snow Refining Peak told by several people, a lot of things were hidden, including everything about Xiaoice's true identity, everything about "Yuanhe", and the specific situation of You Xiaoyun.

Maybe there was something in his heart that he couldn't let go, Xiao Mozhu was entangled for a while, his eyes immediately became firm, and he said to Xiao Xiao on the other side of the round table, "Old man, I plan to go out for a while, maybe, it will take some time......"

Xiao Xiao looked at his son suspiciously, and asked, "You are such a big person, do you still need my consent to go out?" ”

Looking at the others left and right, Xiao Mozhu calmly continued, "It may be far away......

"In this incident, there is a girl who is now dying because of my relationship, and I want to save her, at any cost!"

Pu Tianhe glanced at Xiao Mozhu with a little appreciation, and felt that this kid was quite daring.

"I was slightly injured...... So that's the situation with the girl you're talking about? Xiao Xiao realized that the accounts of several people deliberately underestimated the casualties, and nodded and said, "Okay, the old man supports you!" Do what you're supposed to do! ”

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