The interior of Aoki's house is a kendo hall because the old dean Aoki is also a kendo master himself. All the orphans he adopted had no names, so they all had the same surname Aoki. In addition to basic homework such as learning and calculation, kendo is also an essential learning program.

Xia Yan was explaining some basic swordsmanship to the children, when the door of Aoki's house was pushed open, and Yaksha strode in with a bag of flour on his shoulder, followed by Asaarashi who came with him. The jetship had stopped in a garage not far away, and Yaksha had taken off his ghost-faced helmet, revealing short brown hair, a red turban tied to his forehead, and a bluish-gray beard on his chin that not only did not ruin his tough countenance, but made him look more resolute.

"Stinky boy, you haven't been here for almost three months, have you?" Yaksha saw Natsu coming out and shouted to him happily.

"Don't come unharmed, God." Xia Yan said with a smile to him.

The children of the Aoki Mansion cheered, the only ones who were not excited were Xiao You and Molly, Xiao You was originally asking Xia Yan for some tips on how to wield a sword, and when he saw Xiao Lan walk in, his face suddenly sank, and he calmly looked at Tiandao and introduced Molly to Qianlan. Molly was dissatisfied after seeing that Tiandao brought back a beautiful girl, although Tiandao had mentioned to her that he also had a friend named Xiaolan, but when she saw Qianlan, she found that she was not only beautiful, but also younger than herself, and couldn't help but have a faint hostility towards Qianlan.

"Brother Xia Yan, continue to teach me sword practice, right?" Xiao You walked up to Xia Yan and pulled his arm and said coquettishly.

Tiandao was about to move the food into the warehouse, when he heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at Xia Yan and Xiao You, and said with a wicked smile: "So I can finally clean up for a while?" He stared at Xia Yan, swept Xiao You with his afterglow and said, "You haven't been here for so long, someone is chanting your name all day long, and my ears are almost calloused when I hear it." ”

Xia Yan and Xiao You were stunned for a moment when they heard this, the others laughed, and even Qian Lan couldn't help but look at Xiao You.

"You...... Stinky Dean, what are you talking nonsense? Xiao You's face turned red after brushing it, and seeing that everyone was focusing on her, even if she was usually not afraid of heaven and earth, she would inevitably feel embarrassed at this time. If you make fun of me again, I'll tell Ms. Molly about you secretly hiding restricted magazines in your room! She puffed back.

Tiandao's smug smile suddenly froze, "Hey, didn't you say it all?" Tiandao yelled at Xiao You angrily.

"Who told you to say mine first!" Xiao You was not afraid of him, and hid behind Xia Yan and grimaced at him.

"Every uncle has his own strange habits, I won't laugh at you, Uncle Tiandao!" Molly said to Tiandao, with a mocking smile on her face.

"Uncle? I'm only in my early 20s, so I'm post-adolescent at most, right? Hearing this, Tiandao turned around and looked at her smug expression and frowned.

"But you look like an uncle." Molly said with a grin.

"You woman......" he sighed helplessly, and the 14th Street Yaksha, who had made people smell so bad, seemed helpless in the face of these naughty children and this woman named Molly.

"Alright, it's time for class." Xia Yan said to Qian Lan, "Xiao Lan, you can tell the children the basic knowledge of the Burning Clan, it's time for them to understand the Burning Clan." ”

Qianlan nodded, the children were both excited and a little dignified, on the one hand, none of them had ever seen the Burning Clan, and they were all curious about this terrible creature in their hearts, on the other hand, it was because of the Burning Clan that they would become orphans. Although he was protected by the dean since he was a child, he was still ostracized by the children who had parents on 14th Street. So when they heard that Qianlan was going to tell them about the burning clan, the children all actively sat in their seats, and even Xiaoyou didn't pester Xia Yan anymore.

"The Burners, the monsters that accompany the Foehn Wind, have no fixed form. According to the type, they are divided into junior burners, elite burners, and commanders. According to the ability from weak to strong, there are three kinds of generally, excellent, and supermonster......" Asaarashi took out a pink starfish medal and put it on the floor, and a pink light rose from the medal, and some images of the burning clan appeared in the light.

"The kids listened very carefully." Molly looked at the children who were concentrating in amazement and said, she was standing in the entrance outside the door with Tiandao and Xia Yan.

"Xiao Yan and Xiao Lan teach them survival skills every time they come, so these children can't worship them so much that they don't even pay attention to me, the dean!" Tiandao complained.

"It's not because of your words and deeds, the children will only learn bad if they follow you!" Molly said to him with a frown.

"I'm telling you, Molly Lanchester, how dare you slander me again......" Tiandao narrowed his eyes and pretended to threaten.

"Lanchester? Could it be that you are from General Lanchester's family? Xia Yan interjected, the surname Lanchester is not common in the Glass Kingdom, Luke said before that Molly is from the upper class, as far as Xia Yan knows, the surname Lanchester in the upper class is only the family of Ray Lanchester, who is known as the iron-blooded general.

"The general's words must be my grandfather, Ray Lanchester, who is the only one in our family." Molly didn't expect Xia Yan to know about her background, and hesitated, "You know him?" ”

"I've had the pleasure of meeting a few times." Xia Yan nodded. Although he had only met a few times, he did not have a good impression of the iron-blooded general, he was the commander-in-chief of the army of Liuli City, and Ray Lanchester led his subordinates to make trouble on the night of the establishment of the Liuli and Cat Guild, and he thought that Xia Weiyang broke away from the army and established his own guild, which was a provocation to the royal power and the military. As a result, this conflict was resolved by the queen herself, and Queen Liuli gave Ray Lanterst a military order, and Liuli and the Cat Guild directly obeyed the king's orders, and the army had no right to interfere. Over the years, although the army and the glass and the cat have been on the same battlefield and cooperated with each other to hunt and kill the Burning Clan, they have actually been secretly competing.

"I'm going to get lunch." Molly obviously didn't really want to mention her family, she patted Xia Yan on the shoulder and said with a big grin, "Xiao Yan and Xiao Lan stayed for dinner together, right?" My cooking is super delicious. ”

"Only she said that." Tiandao glanced at him and whispered.

"Is it because you have a problem with your own taste, and the children like it very much, okay?" Molly protested.

"I'm afraid I can only taste your craftsmanship another day, Xiaolan and I will go to Liuli Academy to report later, this time I came to say goodbye to everyone." Xia Yan said with a smile.

"You're leaving again? Now it's harder to see you than to see the glass queen, it seems that this little girl Aoki Yu should be sad again. Tian Dao teased with a gloating look.

"What a stupid thing to say." Xia Yan looked at him calmly and said.

"Okay, you guys talk, I'll get busy first." Molly sneered as she watched them argue.

"The children finally have a reliable teacher," Xia Yan looked at Molly who walked into the corner of the corridor and whispered to Tiandao beside him, "Picked it up from the upper floor?" ”

"What do you say...... Well, Luke's little guy doesn't have a good mouth. Tiandao clasped his hands behind his head and said casually, "A month ago, I went to the upper floor to do something, and accidentally bumped into her, in fact, it was a little touched, who knew that she stuck to me and didn't let go, and I had to compensate, and then I followed to the 14th Street...... What a weird woman, right? However, it is undeniable that the main reason is that I am too charming. ”

"Forget that we almost grew up together." Xia Yan exposed him and said, "Aren't you calling yourself the god of cars, how could you hit someone?" ”

"Well, I'll admit I did it on purpose." Tiandao smiled evilly, "At that time, I just thought she was beautiful, and I didn't know what kind of general's granddaughter she was." Speaking of this, his smile narrowed, and he said in a somewhat heavy tone, "I also knew that nothing would come of it with her, but by the time I found out, it had become like this......

"It's not like words come out of your mouth." Xia Yan looked at Qian Lan, who was explaining to the children how to avoid being tracked by the junior Burning Clan, and said, of course he understood the meaning of Tiandao's words. For a long time, the superiority of the upper class residents has constantly corroded their souls, and they look down on and even dislike the lower class residents, feeling that their existence is a waste of the city's resources. The Lanchester family is one of the ancient nobles of the Liuli Kingdom, and the iron-blooded general is now the most authoritative person in the family, with his fiery personality, if he knows that his granddaughter is mixed with a commoner like Tiandao, it is already tolerant not to kill him, and it is impossible to expect him to marry his granddaughter to him.

"The longer I'm with her, the less I feel like myself." Tiandao smiled helplessly at Xia Yan and said, "It's still good when my father was alive before, carefree, and he can live as much as he wants, but now he ......."

"Speaking of which, we haven't competed in a long time, have we?" Xia Yan interrupted him suddenly.

"Huh?" Tiandao glanced at him slightly stunned, and then laughed, "Yes, if you don't come, the dojo upstairs is empty and useless." ”

"Do you want to fight?" Xia Yan smiled at him gently.

"Ah, I can't ask for it." Tiandao nodded happily, moved his neck and hands and feet, and led the way to the second floor, "It's still the old rule, whoever damages the house first will lose." Halfway through, he turned back to Xia Yan and smiled.

Xia Yan followed him, and the dojo on the second floor was larger and more solemn than that used by the children on the first floor. The floor is still soft tatami mats, and on the wall at the front of the dojo there is a picture of a samurai carved by the old dean Aoki himself. The picture shows two samurai, one black and one white, fighting each other. And the virtual portrait of the old dean is standing in front of the portrait at this moment, nodding and smiling at everyone who enters the dojo.

After Xia Yan and Tiandao bowed to Old Dean Aoki, they each walked to the opposite end of the dojo, and then turned to look at each other face to face. Tiandao hid the scabbard in his left hand, held the handle of the knife in his right hand, and looked at Xia Yan intently.

Xia Yan also looked at him motionlessly, the light of the green demon in his hand flickering. Over the years, they have conducted no less than 100 such competitions, and they already know each other's skills and skills. So at the moment they are all waiting for the moment, the time to attack.

Finally, the Heavenly Dao moved first, he walked forward vigorously, the scabbard was still in place, and the person had already appeared in front of Xia Yan with a knife. Xia Yan was not afraid to block this knife, Tiandao seemed to have expected his movements, and after the first knife was cut, he swung out the second, third, and fourth knives like a cloud. Each knife cuts in from a different direction, and the force is heavier than the other.

Aoki Tendo's kendo is completely inherited from the old dean Aoki, and the emphasis is on seeking danger in stability, forging ahead, and replacing defense with offense. Therefore, the sword of the Heavenly Dao is extremely domineering, the attack speed is fast, and the power is heavy. Every time Xia Yan resisted a knife, a burst of sparks would splash on the green demon. But there was not the slightest impatience or panic on his face, and the competition with the Heavenly Dao was more like a game between Go masters. Every step must be moved calmly and sensibly in order to fight back without falling into the trap of the opponent. The subtle techniques and infinite power inherited from Yang in Xia Yan's swordsmanship played an absolute role, no matter how fierce the attack of the Heavenly Dao was, Xia Yan was able to attack and defend with ease. After dozens of rounds, it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.

After another collision and separation, Tiandao let out a low roar, holding the sword in both hands, and fierce sword qi erupted from his body. He hurriedly drew a few black sword shadows at Xia Yan, and his body turned into a phantom in an instant, following the sword shadow he had just created and attacking Xia Yan at the same time.

Xia Yan slashed four sword shadows one after another, and the fifth sword shadow flew close to his shoulder, and Xia Yan dodged to the side. Tiandao appeared behind him like a shadow and laughed, "You lost, Xiao Yan!" The long knife in his hand rested on Xia Yan's neck.

Xia Yan stood calmly in place, took a slight breath and said, "Well, the victory and defeat have been decided. ”

"Hahaha, I finally won you kid once." Tiandao happily put away the knife, patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

"Didn't you say that whoever destroys the house first loses?" Xia Yan pointed to a mark on the wall on the side that was drawn by the fifth sword shadow of the Heavenly Dao and said.

"Huh?" Tiandao was dumbfounded when he saw that knife mark, and then suddenly shouted to Xia Yan, "What, it turns out that your kid deliberately didn't block my fifth knife, just for this?" ”

Xia Yan nodded, and finally laughed: "The rules are set by you, don't be fooled." ”

"This scar appeared because you didn't catch it, in other words, the main reason for the destruction of the room is you, so it doesn't count this time." Heavenly Dao said strongly, and he pulled out his knife, "Let's compete again." ”

"Use your spirit of not admitting defeat to your feelings, and nothing will stump you." Xia Yan withdrew the green demon from the hilt, turned his head and said seriously to Tiandao. "Molly gave up her privileged life in the upper class and came to 14th Street to live a hard life with you, which shows her heart for you. The pressure you have to face, she has to deal with too, and it will only be more than yours. But she still took the brave step, and you, the Yaksha of the 14th Street Wicked Townspeople, are you going to back down? ”

Tiandao looked at Xia Yan in a daze, not because Xia Yan suddenly talked about Molly. It's that he has never seen this calm and reserved teenager say so many things at once.

"Really, why am I older than you, but I have always been educated by you since I was a child? Stinky boy ......" Tiandao sighed, put away the knife, scratched the back of his head and said helplessly, "Of course I won't back down, the more I can't pay it back, the more I have to work hard to make it worthwhile, right?" ”

Xia Yan nodded, glanced at the phantom of the old dean who was still smiling at them next to the dojo, turned his head to Tiandao and said, "Don't forget that there is me and Xiaolan, no matter what happens, we will be on your side." ”

"Of course I won't forget this," Tiandao said to him with a smile, "It doesn't matter what kind of general and nobleman he is, as long as it is between me and Molly, it will all be pulled out like tooth decay." His tone was unusually firm in the second half of the sentence, but he still deliberately lowered his voice, he didn't want Molly downstairs to hear it.

Molly was in the kitchen while humming a little song while washing vegetables, and saw Tiandao and Xia Yan walking down from the second floor through the window, although she couldn't hear what they were saying, but when she saw Tiandao's resolute side face, she couldn't help but laugh softly.