As the dark clouds obscured the white jade city, with the arrival of cold air, a little snowflake fell in the sky, and gradually it became bigger and bigger, and winter came.

In a short time, the whole White Jade City was dyed with a thin layer of snow, and the children cheered and went out into the streets to cheer the arrival of winter and snowflakes, while the adults gathered around the fire, drinking and playing cards to celebrate the quiet days of the year.

In the castle, Ling Meng has not been idle these days, except for occasional shopping and summer nights, as well as daily exercise, now he has begun to make up a lot of knowledge in books, so that he can keep up with Xue Ling's class. Fortunately, he had a good talent and quickly kept up with the progress, and the teacher also looked at him differently as a smart child. Xue Ling also found some fun in studying with Ling Meng, and she remembered it faster than when she was studying alone.

Xue Ling's change made Xue Chen very happy, and he would leave Ling Meng to eat every day, although it was also delicious, but Ling Meng seemed to be more willing to eat with Xia Ye, and when he ate with Xia Ye, he felt more relaxed.

After eating, after chatting with Xue Chen and them, he said goodbye and went home, when he was told that the tutor had also been on vacation recently, he was secretly relieved, but Xue Chen didn't seem to want to let him go like that, so he let him continue to accompany Xue Ling to read and play every day.

"No problem, Aunt Chen. He couldn't let the lonely Xue Ling go, so he agreed, "Miss, I'll go first." ”

"See you tomorrow. Xue Ling, who was familiar with Ling Mengchun's presence at noon, naturally made an appointment with him to see him tomorrow.

After saluting, Ling Meng left the duke's house, looking at the lights lit in his home in the distance, Ling Meng walked back quickly.

Knocking on the door, Ling Meng pushed open the door and walked in, Xia Ye was sitting by the fireplace drinking tea, leisurely reading a book.

"Welcome back and close the door, it's cold. ”

"That's great, I want to be like you, too. After closing the door, Ling Meng poured himself a glass of water, which he hadn't drunk much at the duke's house.

"Can you study with Miss, do you still have any grievances?"

"There's nothing to complain about, but ...... Tired. After drinking the water, Ling Meng breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Well, I wanted to call you out to hang out. "Summer Night can't help but say with some regret.

"I'm sorry Sister Xia Ye, I've been spending a lot less time practicing lately. Ling Meng, who put down the water glass, went up to the third floor non-stop.

After lighting the candles around and putting down the lampshade, Ling Meng opened the door of the balcony, the cold wind blew in, and after taking a few deep breaths of cold air, Ling Meng fell into meditation, feeling the spiritual path circulating in his body that had become intricate under the adjustment of the old man Qianmo, absorbing the ethereal spiritual energy in the air, this feeling was very comfortable......

Suddenly, although it was very slight, the knock on the door on the first floor still reached Ling Meng's ears in this silent night, and Ling Meng opened his eyes and shook off the snow on his body, Ling Meng walked towards the first floor.

Before he went down to the first floor, he had already heard Zhencheng's long-lost voice, and he quickened his pace, taking three steps and two steps down to the first floor, only to see Zhencheng holding a towel while wiping his hair and cheeks that were somewhat wet with snow.

I haven't seen him for a few months, it seems that he has too late to take care of it, his face has grown a long beard, and his clothes are not as imposing as usual, but rough linen clothes, which unexpectedly suit him very well.

"Welcome back, Uncle Wang. "Although he was very happy, his personality dictated that he would not be too excited, they really hadn't seen each other for too long.

"Hahaha, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I've grown a lot taller. Zhencheng was much more direct, put down the towel in his hand, walked towards Ling Meng, put his hands on his shoulders, observed carefully, and then hugged him, "I'm back." ”

Smelling the smell of dust on his body, Ling Meng knew that Zhencheng must have been running around a lot during this time.

"Uncle Wang, did it take that long to hunt down that fierce beast?"

Letting go of Ling Meng, Zhencheng returned to where he had just stood, where there was a box. I saw him open the box and take out a small box from it.

"Beasts are nothing, we've killed seven of them in the last few months, and we're mainly looking for the source of their infection. When he opened the small box, he saw a crystal clear stone two fingers wide lying in the box, wearing a linen rope on it, "This is a piece cut from the source stone." ”

Zhencheng took out the stone and put it in his hand, only to see that the originally colorless transparent spar was dyed with a dark blue light.

"This is the spirit stone, which can allow the wearer to increase the speed of spiritual power acceptance to a certain extent. That's why I've been out of the door for so long!" Stretching his waist, "Take it, it's yours." ”

"Is this a very precious thing?" Although I have never heard of this thing, since it is worth going out of the earthquake city, then it must be worth a lot of money.

"It's okay, I can't say how precious it is, it's just relatively rare, and this is a small piece of a large piece, which is a New Year's gift I prepared for you, take it quickly. ”

Slowly took the spirit stone that was still glowing with blue light, and after holding it in his hand, the light of the spirit stone disappeared after a while, and at the signal of Zhen Cheng, he put the spirit stone on his neck, and slightly carried the spiritual energy in his body, and the spirit stone that was attached to Ling Meng's neck emitted a light purple and dark blue light.

"How, do you feel smoother in the use of spiritual power, and do you feel easier to accept spiritual energy?"

"Yes. ”

"Make good use of it, now is the time for you to maximize its effect, and when you get stronger and stronger, its role will become smaller and smaller. ”

"I will not disappoint Uncle Wang's expectations. ”

"Your words are always reassuring, how are you doing, are there any interesting things?" Zhencheng sat down by the fire, took out a pot of wine and drank it, and when he saw him drinking on a summer night, he went to the kitchen to bring out the side dishes he usually prepared and gave it to him.

So Ling Meng told him some of the more interesting things that had happened in the past few months after Zhencheng left.

"Oh, so you've been studying with Ling'er lately, so it's just right, you'll give her this tomorrow. Zhencheng took out another small box from the box, and Ling Meng took it.

"Is it a spirit stone?"

"Yes, Miss's talent is also quite good, and this spirit stone will also be of great help to her. ”

"Then Uncle Wang, can you tell us about the process of searching for spirit stones in the past few months?" asked Xia Ye, who was silently on the side.

So Zhencheng told them about him in the past few months, and the things that were very plain to him seemed difficult under his rendering, and the two of them who listened to them were secretly frightened.

"Finally, I finally found this spirit stone in that cave. After taking the last sip of wine, Zhencheng finished talking about his business, "Summer night, is the water boiling?" ”

"Alright. ”

"Then I'll take a shower first, and I can get a good night's sleep today. Zhencheng staggered to his feet, declined Ling Meng's support, and Zhencheng walked towards the bathroom by himself.

Leaving the living room, Ling Meng put the spirit stone that Zhencheng wanted him to hand over to Xue Ling in his room, and then came to the third floor again.

After sitting down, take the spirit stone off his neck, put it in the palm of his hand, and then close his hands...... The aura in the air was gathering towards him much faster than before, and the spiritual power in his body was more active......

"Drink!" With Ling Meng's shouting, his body was frozen by his burst of spiritual energy, looking at the movement he made, Ling Meng himself was also a little surprised, because he had never used all his strength, the spiritual power he had absorbed with the help of the spirit stone just now caused him to burst out too much power in his body.

Looking at the movement he made, Ling Meng was a little dumbfounded, he was originally just an ordinary person, but after several years of cultivation, he had already broken away from the category of ordinary people.

Adjust the aura in the group again, in order to dispatch the aura around you, and then control the broken ice just now, step by step like a balcony, blow them all out with the last breath, close the balcony door, and it's almost time to go to the shower and sleep.

Ling Meng, who came to the first floor, found that Zhencheng, who had finished taking a bath, had started drinking again, he hadn't drunk much before.

"Uncle Wang. Silently walked up to him.

"What's the matter, Little Dream. ”

"Is there something on your mind?"

"It's a little bit, but it's not a bad thing. Zhencheng didn't seem to have any intention of talking to Ling Meng, so he changed the subject, "By the way, you don't have to go for the next two years of academy education." ”

"Good. ”

"Don't you feel sorry?" Zhen Cheng was a little shocked, and Ling Meng didn't feel sorry for it at all.

"In terms of efficiency, it's not as efficient as exercising on your own. ”

Under the guidance of those teachers and instructors, in fact, it is already a good exercise for ordinary people, if these words are heard by the people of the academy, they may have to fight, and Zhencheng is also a little helpless, happy helpless.

"Since the warm-up can't satisfy you, then I'll introduce you to a teacher, I feel that you are also very suitable for his appetite, by the way, I didn't let you go to the academy, I originally planned to let you learn from him. ”

"Is he strong?"

"In terms of pure strength, I am not as strong as me, but I can't compare to the understanding of swordsmanship. ”

"Will he teach me?"

"You can rest assured about this, Bai Yucheng has a little strength, I basically have a relationship, as long as I give him something he likes, there is no reason not to teach you, it's just his set...... I don't know anything about those things anyway, but the disciples he taught do have some skills, so I'm going to let you try it. ”

"I'm sorry to trouble Uncle Wang. ”

"You seem to be craving power more than ever?" If it were normal times, Ling Meng probably wouldn't be so direct, and would feel worthless about the money spent on him.

After hesitating for a moment, Ling Meng told Zhencheng about the uneasy emotions that Xue Chen and Xue Ling felt when they were talking.

"Well, you're right, the situation hasn't been stable lately. So I hope you'll be on your own sooner. After taking the last sip of wine and yawning, Zhencheng stood up, "You should rest early, I'm going to sleep first." ”

"Good night. Needless to say, Ling Meng knew that he only needed to do a good job of the things that Zhencheng had arranged.

At this time, the summer night after taking a bath walked out.

"Are you going to take a shower? Go ahead, the water is still hot. ”

"Good. "Whether it's Uncle Wang, Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, Miss, and Xia Ye, if you don't have the strength, you can't protect them, so ...... You have to be stronger.

This is a wish to never lose loved ones and close friends again.