A not-so-wide river runs through the middle of Xuanshui Village, dividing the village into east and west halves, and in the middle of the river is an arched stone bridge, which has been old for many years and has long been trampled smooth by the villagers. At this moment, it is sunset, and the clouds like fire are beautiful, this glow is far away in the sky, but it seems to be right in front of you, and Lan Yixue, who is standing on the bridge, is full of ruddy.

There were two figures reflected in the river, and next to Lan Yixue was a slender young man, with a silver earring in his left ear and a deep gaze.

"I heard that your mission was almost dangerous. Zu Yi moved his gaze from the river to Lan Yixue's face, and there was a little concern in his tone.

"Fortunately, Uncle Huangquan happened to arrive, otherwise it would be difficult to say. Lan Yixue smiled, but she still couldn't hide the uneasiness in her heart.

"Well, you're fine. ”

The two were silent for a moment, Zu Yi gently grabbed Lan Yixue's hand and said, "Yixue, are you still angry about what happened last time, are you blaming me?"

Lan Yixue let out a long sigh, stared at Zu Yi's face and said, "Don't you think that the distance between us is getting farther and farther?"

Facing the questioning, Zu Yi's gaze gradually softened, "No, I still like you as much as before, but now there are more and more things, and the time to accompany you is getting less and less." ”

"Ah Yi, I know you're busy, you are a genius that everyone in the village envies, and you have an extremely heavy mission, but do you know that you are also a person, you should think about it for yourself, or, for the two of us. Lan Yixue finally mustered up the courage to say the depression in her heart.

"I know this, and it is precisely because the people in the village look down on me that I cannot slack off in the slightest, and I cannot let them down in the slightest. Give me a little more time. ”

Lan Yixue is silent, but what else can she do but be silent?

Zu Yi gently took Lan Yixue in his arms and muttered, "Don't worry, I won't let you down." ”

All of this was seen by Fan Xi downstream, she pursed her lips tightly, and under the cold outside, the fire of jealousy was burning, why? Lan Yixue is just the granddaughter of the patriarch, in terms of posture and exercises, which point of my Fan Xi is worse than her, why does Zu Yi like her instead of me!

Fan Xi left with a gloomy gaze, no one knew what she was thinking?

The next day, it was Zu Qiuhan's death, which is one of the reasons why Huang Quan wanted to go back to the village in person this time, every year today, he and Lan Wuyuan would bring a pot of wine to Zu Qiuhan's tomb to pay respects, the former friend has entered the loess, but that sincere emotion has not changed.

The stele forest is located in the South Mountain not far from the village, not far from the Jingxin Lake, and the rows of solemn black tombstones are buried under the souls of countless Xuanshui warriors, they are the pride of the clan, born for the Xuanshui tribe, and also died for the Xuanshui tribe. There are too many tombstones on the mountain to count, but the names engraved on the steles have not been forgotten by the world, and their stories have been passed down within the clan to inspire a new generation of young people who are growing up.

Huang Quan and Lan Wuyuan sat on the ground in front of Zu Qiuhan's tomb, first paying tribute to Zu Qiuhan for three cups, and then the two of them drank directly with the wine jug in one sip.

Lan Wuyuan said: "More than ten years have passed, and seeing that you and I are both middle-aged, it is also hard for you to run around all year round." ”

Huang Quan laughed and said: "Wuyuan, what you said is really wrong, I am an idle person, you don't know, if you let me stay in the village honestly, it is better to kill me directly." ”

Lan Wuyuan also smiled, "You wild nature, you really haven't changed at all. I'm relieved that you're here. After saying that, he picked up the flask and took a big sip.

On weekdays, Lan Wuyuan does not smile, all his thoughts are spent on the affairs of the Xuanshui Clan, and today it is rare for old friends to reunite, and it is rare to be happy.

"How is that kid Zu Yi, and how has he grown recently?" Huang Quan asked.

Lan Wuyuan glanced at Zu Qiuhan's black tombstone, smiled and said with relief: "Qiu Han gave birth to a good son, who is exactly like his father, responsible, conscious, and most importantly, a genius like his father! ”

"Huh?" Huang Quan opened his mouth in surprise, his expression was a little incredible, and he said in a low voice: "This, it's not in accordance with the rules, only the patriarch can cultivate the Great Yin and Yang Technique." ”

"Yes, I just want to break that stereotype. I thought that Qiu Han was already a candidate for the next patriarch, but I didn't expect Qiu Han to meet a top killer and fail to carry out the mission, and we didn't even find his bones, if he practiced the Great Yin and Yang Technique with his qualifications, would that kind of thing happen?"

"You ......"

"It can be regarded as an explanation for the dead Qiu Han. ”

Many years ago, Zu Qiuhan and a group of seventeen masters went out to perform a mission, and in the end, none of them survived, creating the eternal regret of the Xuanshui Clan. The death of his friend hit Lan Wuyuan very hard, and now that Zu Yi is an adult, he seems to have some shadow of Zu Qiuhan on his body, and he doesn't want the pain of his elders to repeat the mistakes of the past.

"Maybe you're doing the right thing. Huang Quan took the flask.

Although the burden on Zu Yi's shoulders is heavier, it is also helpless. ”

Huang Quan patted Zu Qiuhan's tombstone and said: "Qiuhan, you said that you are leaving, throw all these burdens to us, and run down to enjoy the blessings by yourself, it is not interesting enough, it is really not interesting." Punish you with three glasses!" he said, pouring the wine into the glass on the floor and filling it again.

"I heard from the military advisor that your father will give you the position of patriarch in a few days?" Huang Quan asked again.

"My father's illness is getting worse and worse, and I no longer have the energy to deal with the affairs of the clan, so I can only replace it, but it will take some time, Yanlang gets married, and my father wants me to go to the wedding. ”

"Prince Yan is getting married?

Lan Wuyuan said with a smile: "The young master of Quling City marries a wife, how can it be said that other girls are unlucky. ”

"Who doesn't know that loser? Eat, drink, prostitute and gamble are proficient, I really don't know how Yan Aofeng could give birth to such a useless son. ”

Yan Lang's reputation is well known in the mainland, and he doesn't care about anything other than having fun, Yan Aofeng doesn't know how many times he has disciplined him but it has no effect, and he almost didn't get angry. Fortunately, there is also a second son, Yan Yuling, but this Yan Yuling is amazing, he has seen people since he was a child, he is good at exercises, and he can be as famous as Zuyi in the mainland.

"Even if Yan Lang behaves a little debauched on weekdays, but after all, he is the eldest son of Yan Aofeng, his identity is here, and the girl he marries will naturally not be bad, guess who it is? ”

Huang Quan shook his head, "Pigs eat peonies, ruined, ruined!"

Lan Wuyuan was amused by Huang Quan's appearance, and after a while, he asked again, "You have been busy outside all year round, shouldn't you also find a woman by your side to take care of yourself." ”

"Haha, I've long been used to being alone, and many people around me are uncomfortable. Huang Quan said it easily, but the loneliness in his expression was difficult to hide.

Lan Wuyuan knew that Huang Quan couldn't let her go after all, but he didn't say anything, even if the exercises were superb, people in the emotional whirlpool could only be helpless. But then again, who hasn't had a little regret in the long road of life?

Huang Quan was slightly distracted by Zu Qiuhan's tombstone, and suddenly asked, "Yanlang is married, who are you going to take with you?"

"Zu Yi and Frost Feijue, Feijue, this kid is clever and smart, if he is carefully cultivated, he must be a rare elite in the clan. ”

"That's right, Feijue has had a lot of ghost ideas since he was a child, but he is a little too unprofessional, but when it comes to his ability to practice, he is also first-class among the younger generation. ”

"Well, I want to wait for Feijue to come out of the school, and let him enter the message group to exercise. ”

"The idea is good, with his mind, in which it must be outstanding. ”

"I hope so. Lan Wuyuan smiled slightly, the message group is in charge of the military advisor, even the patriarch can rarely interfere in its affairs, although Bu Yougui is dutiful in the clan, but he always feels that Bu Yougui deliberately conceals some things, just like Lan Qiumo's whereabouts after he was lost, Luohua Palace Chiba actually got the information in advance of the message group, is it really the news group's disadvantage, or is Bu Yougui deliberately concealing the truth? He installed his cronies into the message group, not only to train the juniors, but also to divide the privileges of Bu Yougui's only military advisor.

The rustle of footsteps on blades of grass came from the path, and Huang Quan and Lan Wuyuan turned around and saw Zu Yi walking this way with his mother Xiuyun, and hurriedly got up to say hello.

Xiuyun walked up and nodded slightly, and said, "You guys still came so early." As he spoke, he took out a rag and gently wiped the dust from the tombstone.

Xiuyun gazed at the tombstone gently, as if Zu Qiuhan was right in front of him.

"Senior brother, it's rare that you are so busy, and you come to see the autumn cold every year, it's really hard. Xiuyun said this to Huang Quan.

"Qiu Han is our best brother, no matter how busy he is, he should come back to see it today. Huang Quan looked at Xiuyun's delicate face and found that she was thinner than before.

Xiuyun wiped the dust, pulled the hair on his forehead behind his ears, looked at the empty wine jug that fell to the ground and said, "I still have a pot here, Qiu Han liked to drink two glasses when he was alive, let's drink some more with him." ”

Xiuyun said while taking out the offerings from the food box and placing them neatly: "Time flies so fast, thirteen years have passed in a blink of an eye, but when I think back to the time when Qiu Han was around, it still seems like yesterday." When Zu Yi was four years old, he taught sword practice in the courtyard, but the two of them were like addictions, and they couldn't shout when they ate. Speaking of the past, Xiuyun is not sad, because the deep emotion has long been precipitated in the bottom of her heart and has become a part of her body, and she is not shocked.

Zu Yi took out the wine glass he brought, first paid tribute in front of his father's generation, and then poured it full for Huangquan Lan Wuyuan.

Lan Wuyuan said: "Yes, now that the ancestral wings are as tall as us, they are the leaders of the younger generation, and they are a little comforting to know under the autumn cold spring." ”

Xiuyun smiled slightly: "Yi'er, this kid, his temper follows his father, but he is too strong." ”

"Isn't that what young people should be? Huang Quan said with a smile.

"That's right, when we were young, a few of you were also lawless, and you didn't take anyone seriously, I don't know how much trouble you caused, but you didn't get beaten less. Xiuyun said.

When it came to the ridiculous things they had done when they were young, the three of them couldn't help but look at each other and smile, yes, who was not frivolous when they were young, Zu Qiuhan was a demon king in the world when he was young, and Huang Quan also loved to cause trouble, only Lan Wuyuan was relatively peaceful, but he mixed with the two of them all day and got into a lot of vices. However, as they grow older, they are becoming more and more mature, and the three of them are in the mainland, full of spirit, and understand what is responsibility, mission, grief and happiness in the experience of life and death, and understand the true meaning of life in tears and laughter. That generation is now almost in the age of confusion, they have long learned to look down on the situation, outsiders who have never experienced such a period of time, do not understand what kind of passion has been hidden behind a slight smile.

Chihiro woke up the next day and it was close to noon, he almost collapsed from the ground, and he couldn't tell whether the pain of last night had occurred in a dream or was real, and he touched the mark on his back, which seemed to be a little bigger than before. "Extinction...... Sword and Soul ...... What exactly does the two have to do with each other?"

Chihiro doesn't know much about the sword spirit, and before Guan Heluo mentioned it, he didn't even know the name, and when Chihiro was a child in Daisetsuzan Mountain, he asked about his father's imprint, but Chihiro didn't mention a word, and Chihiro wasn't interested in knowing too much, so he didn't know much. Since the old monk said that the sword spirit was used to open the divine sword, Chihiro began to pay attention to it.

After the attack of the sword spirit, Chihiro could clearly feel that the body was changing, and an abundant extreme power penetrated from the sword spirit on his back to the whole body, and the body greedily absorbed the power, like cracked soil sucking up rain.

Chihiro stretched out her arms, the feeling of collapse slowly being driven away by the full force, and she raised her head and exhaled the turbidity in her chest, and Chihiro felt like she had been reborn again.

Huiyang Jin, Guiyuan Realm, the power of the sword spirit, and the burst of triple power last night made Chihiro's exercises improve by leaps and bounds, but he didn't know it yet.

"Oh no!" Chihiro recalled that it was already noon, and most of the training time had passed, and the master should be angry when he was so late!

Chihiro hurriedly packed up for a while, went out and ran to the dry mountain, when passing by the medicine house, Qin Tao was pounding medicine under the porch, he only saw a black shadow flash at the gate, glared and said in surprise: "What the hell?"

The failure of this mission is undoubtedly a big blow to Frost Feijue, it is precisely because of the poor practice that it caused a major mistake, so these days are also hard practice day and night, he has already reached the inner god level, plus the hard work of the past few days, he is faintly about to enter the Hades level.

The water flows in mid-air and condenses, falling with the momentum of thunder, majestic and powerful. This trick is the waterfall technique, Frost Fei Jue looks solemn and manipulates the waterfall, he has improved the waterfall technique, the waterfall condenses in the middle of the ice pick, after the waterfall is cast, the ice pick can be dehydrated, and then double attack the enemy.

The ice sword goes, when it is gentle, it is like a weak willow supporting the wind, and when it is fast, it is like a lightning rush, although there is no rule between attack and defense, but it is the mystery of the Xuanshui people to practice the sword. Fan Xi and Lan Yixue are facing each other, and the two beautiful girls not only look similar, but also have equal swordsmanship.

Mo Jiuzhou sat under the ancient locust tree and leisurely knocked melon seeds, his feet were full of knocked-off melon seed shells, he stretched out his feet and buried some with soil, pursed his dry lips, his mouth was a little thirsty, just when he was worrying about whether he should go home to get wine, Qianxun rushed like the wind.

Qianxun came to Mo Jiuzhou with a bang, standing like a green pine with his spine straight, and behind him was the dust that he had raised, all of which flew on Mo Jiuzhou's handsome face with the wind.

Mo Jiuzhou looked at Chihiro standing in front of him in the backlight, wiped his face and said slowly, "It's here." ”

Chihiro nodded awkwardly, "I'm sorry master, I'm late!"

Mo Jiuzhou spit out the melon seeds and dust that were knocking in his mouth and said, "Don't come if it's late, go back." ”

"Master, the disciple knows that he is wrong, please forgive the master. Chihiro lowered her head, unable to bear to look at the disgraced master who was messed up by herself.

Mo Jiuzhou stood up and was about to have a seizure, when he suddenly found that today's Chihiro was a little different from the usual, he looked at Chihiro without moving, and was secretly shocked in his heart: "No, the inner god is superior? so fast?"

"Why are you late, what are you doing?" Although Mo Jiuzhou was surprised in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.

"I didn't go anywhere, I just fell asleep in the morning, and I came here as soon as I woke up. "Chihiro.

"Look up at me!" Mo Jiuzhou scolded, "Answer my question just now!"

"I'm sleeping, I'm asleep......" Chihiro raised her head to Mo Jiuzhou's sharp eyes and whispered.

"What did you do last night, why did you fall asleep?"

"I didn't do anything last night, I, I, had a nightmare, and slept until noon. "Chihiro originally wanted to talk about the sword spirit attack, but after thinking about it, it's better not to say it easily.

Chihiro's expression of hesitation flashed for a moment, but how could he escape Mo Jiuzhou's eyes.

"Maybe I'm too tired from training lately, how about letting you rest for a few days?" Mo Jiuzhou said in a soothing tone.

"Maybe, but it's okay master, I can persevere. ”

"Can you persevere?" asked Mo Jiuzhou with a tilted head

"No problem!" Chihiro said firmly.

Mo Jiuzhou stared at Qianxun and smiled slightly, "It's been some time since the training, and today I asked the teacher to inspect the results of the inspection." ”

Chihiro looked at the smile on her master's face, but an ominous premonition rose in her heart, because this was not an ordinary smiley face, it contained contempt, anger, and hidden murderous intent.

"Master, how do you want to investigate?"

Mo Jiuzhou patted Qianxun on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it's a master-apprentice duel, take out all your strength, and let the teacher see where you have grown." ”

Mo Jiuzhou said and took two steps back, the ice sword in his hand condensed in his hand and shouted: "Make a move! Let the teacher see your ability!"

Shuangfeijue had already stopped training, and Lan Yixue and Fan Xi had also stopped, they didn't understand why the master would suddenly test the junior brother's exercises, and they all stood aside and watched.

Qianxun had never practiced with Mo Jiuzhou since he apprenticed, and he would definitely not be able to ask for it in normal times, but today, he clearly felt that the master had other intentions.

It seems inevitable, and although Chihiro is reluctant, she is helpless. Immediately, the ice sword condensed, and the tip of the sword hung obliquely to the ground, "Master, offended." ”

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