After walking for a few days, the two of them arrived at Nanling City, Xu Changqing stood on the street, stunned by the scene in front of him, and looked at the surrounding shops, there are teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops, and there are many small traders in the open space outside the shops. Between the green tiles and red walls, the endless stream of pedestrians, the noisy shouts, and the tranquil and comfortable smiling faces all set off the prosperous scene of Nanling City, and Xu Changqing was dazzled.

Xu Changqing's expression at this time couldn't even look at Qing Ling standing on his shoulder.

"Look at the way you have seen the world, your mouth is blooming with joy. ”

Xu Changqing will only look around, how can he have time to pay attention to Qingling, if he is not in a hurry, he can't wait to go shopping.

Turning a few corners, I came to a large courtyard, with white walls and green tiles, the wall is towering, there is a plaque of "Zhao Mansion" hanging above the vermilion lacquer gate, and there are two majestic stone lions standing on both sides of the door.

Xu Changqing couldn't help but step forward to look at one of the carved vivid stone lions, Sanssozi stepped forward and knocked on the door, with a "creak" sound, the door was opened, and the housekeeper poked his head out.

"Yes sir, please come in. ”

The housekeeper led the guests into the door, Xu Changqing stared at the stone lion and shouted at him.

"Still watching, in. ”

Xu Changqing came back to his senses at this time, followed Sanssouci into the door, passed through the courtyard, the huge courtyard houses stood in all directions, the forest garden was full of greenery, a hundred flowers bloomed, the fragrance was scattered, the pavilion, the rockery, the small bridge and flowing water had everything, it was not a big family, Xu Changqing looked at it breathtakingly, and the small bamboo houses in the secluded valley were worlds different from it.

Walked through the courtyard to the main hall and sat down, the housekeeper helped a Zhao master in brocade clothes to come out of the main room after a while, the same age as Wuwuzi, and the old man Zhao only spoke after he sat in the main seat, and his voice was a little trembling.

"You've come all the way to see me, and you're bothered. ”

Worry-free Zi Taoist spirit, medical skills are also clever, he wants to diagnose the condition for Master Zhao, he doesn't want to say more polite words.

"Brother Zhao doesn't have to be polite, knowing that you are sick, I will diagnose you first. ”

Master Zhao waved his trembling hands, refusing to diagnose him for Sanssozi.

"No need, I know my illness, and my days are numbered. ”

Even if Master Zhao refused, Wuwuzi still stepped forward to check his pulse, and after diagnosing the pulse, Wuwuzi's face was solemn, as Master Zhao said, he would die soon.

"Can you inform Qian'er?"

At the mention of Qian'er, Master Zhao's face showed a doting and reluctant look.

"I've sent someone to inform Qian'er, she should be back soon. ”

Xu Changqing heard the name Qian'er on the side, and thought that it should be a woman, and he could see that she was very important to Master Zhao.

Master Zhao had a lot of effort to speak, and he coughed badly without saying a few words, and he wanted to talk to his old friend, but unfortunately he had more than enough heart and not enough strength.

"Since I'm here, I'll stay for a few more days, I've already arranged for someone to clean the room, and live with peace of mind, and the old man will be gone. ”

Master Zhao didn't want to speak, he should rest more, so Wuwuzi stood up and helped him back to the room with the housekeeper. Xu Changqing waited in the hall, and after a while, he came out of the room, and the two followed the housekeeper to the residence.

After dinner, Xu Changqing had nothing to do, took Qingling to wander in the courtyard, and suddenly a blue rainbow shot directly into the courtyard from a distance, Xu Changqing was familiar with this scene, as if it was very similar to the rainbow light that he saw in the secluded valley last time, where the rainbow dissipated, I saw a woman, eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed in a light gauze white dress as white as ice and snow, as if she was in the smoke and fog, with long black hair and hosta hairpins, sideburns like a knife, and eyes like autumn water, but there was a trace of blood between the skin and cold.

The woman in white saw a stranger appear in her courtyard, her cold eyes looked directly at Xu Changqing, who she had never seen before, and her words were indifferent.

"Who are you, and why are you here?"

Xu Changqing was stared at by the woman's cold gaze, and he felt a shudder.

"My name is Xu Changqing, and I came with my master. ”

The woman in white looked at Xu Changqing, and her eyebrows showed suspicion.

"Who is your master?"

Xu Changqing originally wanted to say that his master was a carefree son of Xuanfeng Gate, but thinking about it, his master had left Xuanfeng Gate for more than ten years, and besides, his master seemed to be very shy of Xuanfeng Gate, and he didn't know that Xu Changqing already knew his identity, so in order not to cause trouble for himself, he didn't plan to mention it.

"My master is a carefree man. ”

The woman in white had seen Sanssouci when she was a child, and she hadn't seen her for a long time, she didn't ask any more and turned to leave, Xu Changqing saw that she left before she could ask who the woman in white was, and her eyes turned to look at Qingling.

"Qingling, you know her. ”

"I don't know. ”

Qing Ling shook his head, it didn't know the woman in white either.

Xu Changqing didn't have a good impression of the cold appearance of the woman in white, he was no longer interested and went back to the room, and then he learned that the woman in white turned out to be Zhao Qian'er, the granddaughter of Master Zhao.

On this day, Xu Changqing was idle and bored to feed the fish by the courtyard pond, Zhao Qian'er came over, she was ignorant when she was a child, and now she looks at Wufuzi with a fairy wind and bones, she is very curious about the identity of Wufuzi, she asked her grandfather, her grandfather only told her that she and Wuwuzi have been friends for many years, so she came to ask Xu Changqing.

"Hey, which sect do you and your master belong to?"

"Master and I live in the Valley of the Hidden Valley, not in any sect. Xu Changqing glanced back at Zhao Qian'er behind him, looking at her and always feeling cold, he turned his head and stopped looking at her, only to see that the long sword in Zhao Qian'er's hand was glowing with a faint blue light, he had never seen this kind of sword, and he couldn't help but be curious. "I think your sword is so strange, which sect are you from?"

Zhao Qian'er was very surprised, Xu Changqing didn't even know the fairy sword, so she believed that he didn't tell a lie, and in the face of Xu Changqing's questioning, her words were cold.

"I am a disciple of Xuanfeng Sect, and this is my Immortal Sword Xuanbing Sword. ”

When Xu Changqing heard that he was a disciple of Xuanfeng Sect, he was a little excited, he was very interested in Xuanfeng Sect, and after thinking about it, he didn't like Zhao Qian'er behind him, so he was not interested in asking her.

"Are the disciples of Xuanfeng Sect as cold as you!"

Xu Changqing's words were mean, and Zhao Qian'er was very angry.

"What are you talking about, it's unreasonable. ”

Xu Changqing didn't want to talk to Zhao Qian'er more, so he stood up with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

"I said it was cold here, I was afraid of the cold, so I left first. ”

As soon as Xu Changqing's words fell, Zhao Qian'er became angry, looking at Xu Changqing with a long sword on his back, she wanted to try Xu Changqing's skills, and secondly, he was disrespectful and took the opportunity to teach a lesson. As soon as Xu Changqing took a few steps, Zhao Qian'er drew the water in the pool into her palm, and a fist-sized ice cube formed in her palm between the palms, and the ice cubes shot out behind Xu Changqing between the palms. Xu Changqing suddenly felt a chill coming from behind him, he quickly turned around, pulled out the long sword behind him, and swung his sword to shatter the ice that shot at him, the broken ice fell to the ground, and a small piece of land on the ground was instantly frozen.

Zhao Qian'er has a sense of proportion, even if she hurts Xu Changqing, it won't be a big deal, at most it will make him hurt for a few days. Seeing that Xu Changqing smashed the ice cube attack, the number of ice cubes hit in Zhao Qian'er's palm became more and more, Xu Changqing faced a wave of ice cubes attacking, and quickly urged the spiritual power into the sword, and the two qi swords formed in front of him, knocking out the ice blocks that attacked.

If it is a real fight, where is Xu Changqing's opponent Zhao Qian'er, Zhao Qian'er was surprised that it was not that Xu Changqing cultivated the Dao Method, but that he would be able to Xuanfeng Gate's profound sword duel, she was also a leader among the young disciples of Xuanfeng Gate, she was not qualified to cultivate, Zhao Qian'er stopped attacking, her face was surprised, and her cold eyes forced Xu Changqing to star.

"Who the hell are you? ”

Zhao Qian'er attacked Xu Changqing indiscriminately, and he was also angry, looking at each other angrily.

"This is what my master taught, how do I know. ”

It may be that she is competitive for a while, Zhao Qian'er temporarily gave up the investigation, she didn't know that Xu Changqing was just a beginner, the Xuanbing Immortal Sword in her hand suddenly shook, the blue light of the sword body was sheng, and the sword qi was cold and compelling, and she slashed towards Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing saw Zhao Qian'er shoot again, before the Xuanbing Sword was close, he suddenly felt a cold air coming, he couldn't lose to a woman so easily, his whole body spiritual power was urged, the long sword in his hand was surging, and he blocked it with a swing of the sword, between the two swords, the long sword in Xu Changqing's hand shook violently, and the sword qi on the sword body dissipated instantly, and his body also shook, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground.

Zhao Qian'er never thought that Xu Changqing's Taoism was so shallow, seeing that the Xuanbing Sword was about to slash at Xu Changqing's chest, she hurriedly put away the sword, even if she collected the Xuanbing Sword in time, Xu Changqing's chest was still cut by the sword qi, and the blood flowed non-stop, staining her clothes red. Zhao Qian'er realized that she had shot too hard, and she was still a little panicked when she saw that Xu Changqing was injured and bleeding, but her personality dictated that she did not immediately step forward to stop the bleeding for him.

"It's disrespectful, it's self-inflicted. ”

Seeing that she was injured, Zhao Qian'er looked calm and indifferent, Xu Changqing endured the pain, and she didn't have a good impression of her.

"Why don't you go get medicine to stop the bleeding for me. ”

Zhao Qian'er saw that Xu Changqing's expression was painful, she walked over and took out a hemostatic elixir from her arms and handed it to Xu Changqing, regardless of him turning around and leaving.

The wound is not deep, but she has to recuperate for a while, Xu Changqing is injured and bedridden to recuperate, Zhao Qian'er consciously takes care of it, originally her subordinates were responsible for taking care of her, thinking about it, she didn't want Xu Changqing to feel that she was unkind, so she sent her subordinates and took care of her personally.

Xu Changqing was injured by Zhao Qian'er, so she naturally complained about her, but now that the opportunity has come, take the opportunity to teach her a lesson and frustrate her spirit. Therefore, during the period of recuperation, he called Zhao Qian'er back and forth, poured water, fed food, and used all the tricks he could think of.

Zhao Qian'er doesn't like words, Xu Changqing asks her all kinds of questions to torture her when she has nothing to do, although Zhao Qian'er doesn't like to talk, but she tries her best to answer, after a few days of getting along, Xu Changqing can see that Zhao Qian'er's cold appearance also has a careful and gentle side, and the resentment in her heart gradually fades.

Because Zhao Qian'er and Xu Changqing had a fight, Carefree knew that Zhao Qian'er must have known that Xu Changqing had cultivated the Phantom Sword Duel, so he told Zhao Qian'er truthfully, and at the same time told her not to disclose the matter of her acceptance of apprentices to Xuanfeng Gate, Zhao Qian'er learned that Wuwuzi was an elder of Xuanfeng Gate before, so she was not pursuing Xu Changqing's cultivation of the Phantom Sword Duel.

Xu Changqing's injury is supposed to be not healed for a while, but for some reason the injury gradually recovered within a few days, although it was unexpected, he didn't think much about it, maybe it was the reason for the power in his body, just like his master said, this power was very beneficial to him.

On this day, Zhao Qian'er came to Xu Changqing's room as always, with food in her hand, Xu Changqing was checking the wound, disheveled, Zhao Qian'er hurriedly turned around, Xu Changqing hurriedly tidied up her clothes when she saw this, and seeing that Zhao Qian'er was carrying him and didn't speak, Xu Changqing opened his mouth first.

"I'm almost fine, I've worked hard for you in the past few days, your grandfather is sick in bed, you can accompany his old man more!"

Zhao Qian'er was relieved, put down the meal, didn't look at him, left a sentence, turned around and went out.

"Now that you've recovered from your injuries, I don't owe you anything. ”