In early winter, although the blue city is adjacent to the open sea wasteland, the four seasons are like spring, but it ushered in the big year, and several consecutive winter rains still brought a lot of severe cold. In less than a month, the green trees that can be seen everywhere on the street have scattered the dead leaves that have not completely lost their greenery, and it looks depressed. Occasionally, the children who kept chasing and playing in the muddy water on the street also wore thick cotton clothes, although their little faces were red from the cold, they were elated, and the strings of crisp and immature laughter added a lot of warmth to this winter day.

Walking on the street, there is a dense flow of people on both sides of the wide street, full of vendor stalls and all kinds of shops, everywhere seems so lively and festive. But it is the happy smiling faces and this prosperous scene that make Zhang Hao's heart always heavy.

Sometimes, peace is just a superficial deception, but behind the scenes, there is unknown gore. Zhang Hao knew that this kind of bloodshed would be very likely to bring brutal destruction, and in the midst of war and life and death, he would completely destroy what he saw and heard. These selfishness, which takes pleasure in killing and dominating, will never end to bloodshed unless its initiators are destroyed.

With an excited face, he retracted his gaze everywhere, turned his head and glanced at Zhang Hao who was holding him beside him, always with an indifferent smirk on his face, Bing Yao stretched out his little hand and grabbed the latter's waist, and then tilted his head and said, "Sister Yurou, do you remember the scene when we visited the night market when we went from Wuyun Village to Xihe City?"

"Hmm!" nodded heavily, Meng Yurou said happily: "At that time, Sister Bingyao still laughed at Brother Hao for being a hillbilly!"

"Giggles, it hasn't changed now, it's still the same stupid. ”

Turning his head, he saw Zhang Hao's far-fetched smile on his face. Bing Yao paused. Then stretch out two pink fingers and press them on the corners of the former's mouth on both sides. Then with a slight force, he pulled out a touch of arc and said, "Let's go to see old friends today, don't put on a stinky face, be happy!"

"Yes, Brother Hao has been busy with this and that since he came to the Azure Capital, plus Mei Feng and Mei Ling's Magic Illusionist Academy happened to have a winter vacation experience, so they only rushed back the day before yesterday. "I think of being able to see old friends. Meng Yurou's excited little face flushed.

Feeling Bing Yao and Meng Yurou's comfortable mood at this time, Zhang Hao also put away his previous complicated and somewhat heavy thoughts, and at that moment he stretched out his palm to grab Bing Yao's little hand, and said with a smile: "What's the matter?

"That said. Sister Qiufen is now very busy, it is said that in nearly four years, she has become a well-known appraiser of the Hydra Chamber of Commerce, in charge of the Chamber of Commerce's arrangement of goods appraisal and valuation in the major branches of the empire. We went to look for her a few times, but we didn't run into her. If it weren't for the New Year, I'm afraid she would still have to run outside. He grabbed Zhang Hao's arm again. As he walked, Bing Yao explained.

He nodded slightly. He Qiufen has always been a very capable woman in Zhang Hao's eyes. When she was in Beihuang, the branch she was in charge of became the most profitable and largest branch of more than ten branches under Shuiluo's jurisdiction, which can be seen.

"Fat brother, I went out in a hurry early in the morning, you must know that he has the closest relationship with Meifeng in Xihe City, won't he come together?" After a while, a majestic and huge blue building appeared in front of him, and the surface of the building was covered with exquisite water lines, which looked beautiful. Walking up the steps of the gate of the headquarters of the Hydra Chamber of Commerce, Zhang Hao asked softly.

"When you were in retreat to practice soul skills, the fat brother mentioned Uncle Wu Yan and Da Lang to the head of the family, and today they will rush to the Azure Capital to watch the follow-up family selection. If you can defeat Zhang Zefan, it will definitely not be a problem for Uncle Wu to re-enter the ancestral home of the Zhang family, and Grandpa is also very happy to arrange for Da Lang to enter the Magic Illusionist Academy and take their family to the Zhang family. Of course, if Zhang Yu eventually becomes the head of the family, I am afraid that it will be difficult for their grandchildren to tolerate Uncle Wu's family!"

Hearing Bing Yao's words, Zhang Hao nodded lightly. The stakes are high, and he cannot afford to lose in any way. But in the past few days, through his understanding of Zhang Zefan's strength, he has become a little more dignified in his heart. The person who can become one of the top two of the core disciples of the Zhang family is obviously not an ordinary illusion master, according to the previous opponent's record, if he exerts his full strength, he is definitely a real nine-fold small into the illusion realm powerhouse, and even with the assistance of the illusion beast, he can already have a little ability to control the void.

Walking into the palatial hall of the Water Moist Chamber of Commerce, under the leadership of a maid, Zhang Hao and the three of them reached the seventh floor through a strange lifting room. After that, the maid will take the group to a small room and leave. It can be seen from the other party's respectful look along the way that He Qiufen does have a certain status in the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.

"Squeak"

Quite excitedly glancing at Meng Yurou, Bing Yao gently pushed open the door in front of him, and then a few people walked in slowly. The space in front of the house is not too big, but the layout is quite exquisite, there is a desk in the center of the room, and a few stools are neatly placed on both sides.

"Brother Zhang Hao, sister Yurou and Bingyao. Zhang Hao and a few people walked into the house, immediately attracted the attention of several people in the house, He Meifeng, who was the first to react, stood up and greeted him excitedly, and followed by He Qiufen and Xi Meiling also quickly got up, with the same irrepressible excitement on their faces.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, I really want to die!" After approaching, he directly took Bing Yao and Meng Yurou's hands, looking at the two stunning faces that were a little changed but more suffocating, He Meifeng cried with joy.

"You have been in the Azure Capital for so long, and you don't want to go to Shuichang City to see us. Meng Yurou's eyes also flashed with tears, and she immediately hugged He Meifeng's arm, with anger in her tone.

After the enrollment was stabilized, in about half a year, Sister Meifeng and I went to Shuichang City once. At that time, we didn't know any of us at Zhongping Academy, and I heard that you all went out to practice. Later, coupled with the busy academic schedule, Meiling and I had to work and study again, and it was difficult to find time to either undertake tasks or go out with the seniors' team to experience after classes and vacations. Xi Meiling was excited. sighed lightly.

"Zhang Hao. How are you doing?" He Qiufen smiled a little reservedly. The past came to mind, looking at the tall young man in front of him who had a good impression in his heart, he always thought that there might be countless words to say when he met, but now it turned into a simple greeting in his mouth.

The original teenager is no longer there, and the friendship that went through hardships together has become much duller with the precipitation of time. Time has passed, and the old people have reunited, always thinking that they have the familiarity and unscrupulousness they had at that time. But in fact, the young man in front of him was already a figure in the Sky Blue Capital, and in just a few months, he had a reputation to compete with Zhang Yu in the Zhang family. The world is like this, and when we meet again, an invisible barrier inevitably appears in the depths of my heart, and perhaps a sentence of 'how is it doing' is also a kind of remembrance of past friendship.

"How can he have a bad life, the person who was chased and killed by Shui Luo at the beginning is now a big man in the imperial capital. He Meifeng pursed her lips. Said with a big grin.

"Meifeng!" Hearing this, He Qiufen frowned slightly. A little disgusted, he stretched out his palm and tugged at He Meifeng's sleeve. Although He Qiufen has a slight status in the Water Moist Chamber of Commerce through her hard work, at the same time, she has seen more of those high-ranking people from the big Shili family. And this kind of person, for them, if they offend a little, they are very likely to lose the only living space. Although Zhang Hao does not belong to this list in He Qiufen's opinion, he is by no means as free as he does in Xihe City, after all, behind the other party is the huge Zhang family.

As if seeing He Qiufen's restraint, Zhang Hao smiled and said, "Mei Feng is right, if there was no Uncle Fei to protect him at that time, he would have died by now, what kind of big man are you talking about?

When these joking words came out, everyone smiled slightly, and the restrained atmosphere was also slightly relaxed, He Meifeng raised her little face and smiled proudly, and then pretended to sigh and said: "There are too many to stop!"

“haha”

He Meifeng's grimace in cooperation with the words immediately caused a burst of laughter. However, the next moment, after looking over the few people in front of him and seeing the smiling man at the desk, Zhang Hao's face was stunned, and he immediately said in surprise: "Uncle Xi Zhi?"

Seeing that Zhang Hao shifted his attention to himself, almost the same as Xi Zhi and He Qiufen, who had not changed much from four years ago, his hands were a little stiff and arched his hands, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaohao, I haven't seen you for many years." ”

"Come, don't stand, let's sit down. Seeing this, He Qiufen hurriedly greeted.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Hao stretched out his hand and grabbed the palm of Xi Zhi's hand, and said, "Why did you come to the Azure Capital? Could it be that something happened in Xi He City?"

"Not really. Although Meiling has been working and studying for four years, with her cultivation and tuition, she still has to pay nearly 200,000 high-grade power stones a year. Even if I stay in the Northern Wilderness and become a city lord, with my strength, it will be difficult to make any money. Originally, last year, Director He sent a letter through the caravan of the Northern Wilderness last year, thinking that he would arrange an errand for me in the Hydra Chamber of Commerce, and he could also take care of Meiling. It was only because of the delay in the replacement of the city lord that I arrived a few days ago when the Imperial Capital held the Hidden Soul Pavilion competition. "Really came to the Azure City, with the strength of Xi Zhi to summon the grandmaster, without any background, no matter where he went, he was not welcomed, plus the knowledge of the past few days, it did make him a little awe-inspiring after he arrived at Zhang Hao.

"Over the years, I have been training outside, and I was able to return to Zhang's house just over four months ago. I thought that after this clan election, I would send someone to inform Uncle Xi, but I didn't expect you to come in advance. Zhang Hao knew about Xi Zhi's helplessness, of course, since he knew, he would definitely not sit idly by. Tuition fees are one aspect of the actual study at the college, and spiritual practice is a huge expense. For example, the three major academies of the empire have a certain strength standard for upgrading every year, and before, Zhang Hao had heard Bing Yao mention that He Meifeng and Xi Meiling had been in the academy for four years, and now they have both left two levels, and they are still second-year students, so we can also see the difficulties of the two girls.

"Mei Feng and Mei Ling are now on the verge of breaking through the Sevenfold Small Illusion Realm, right?"

Seeing the two women nodding, Zhang Hao muttered: "Before cultivating the Seven Great Realm Phantom Bodies, you can drain the strength in the Phantom Pill and the meridians, and as long as there is a master by your side, you can change the Phantom Body Martial Arts." And your talents have all reached the qualifications for cultivating the eighth-level phantom body martial arts, and then I will go back and ask Elder Zhang Lun, who is stationed in the Zhang family's phantom body martial arts pavilion, to arrange this matter. ”

The words fell, looking at the ecstatic faces of He Meifeng and Xi Meiling, Zhang Hao stretched out his palm and patted Xi Zhi's palm, and said, "As for the tuition and cultivation issues. Let Meiling and Meifeng be named as the disciples of the Zhang family, and then arrange to study at the Elemental Illusionist Academy. It is expected that it should not be a problem to assign the instructor of the Holy Master Realm. ”

"Zhang Hao, you are too great!" Finally, hearing these words, He Meifeng on the side couldn't hold back any longer, and one got up happily, and when Zhang Hao was caught off guard, he hugged his head and kissed him fiercely.

"Amount"

Raising his eyes, looking at the expression of Xi Zhi full of tears and trembling lips at this moment, the corners of Zhang Hao's mouth twitched slightly, and said, "Uncle Xi, don't you want to kiss too?"

"Don't!"

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Xi Zhi stretched out his thick arm and hugged Zhang Hao's head directly, and kissed him overwhelmingly (to be continued......