In the evening of that day, Xu Xingchen finished practicing the homework of the Void Cloud Gate as usual, and then returned to a single room behind the Green Butterfly Palace, ready to start practicing the Heart Formula.

Three years have passed, the situation in the world is still the same, and everything is the same in the Void Cloud Gate, but Xu Xingchen has changed a lot.

He is no longer the little boy who was shallow in cultivation, ordinary in skills, and cold in treating people three years ago, but with the cultivation of the "Heart Formula", his Taoism has increased greatly, and his cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, and in just three years, he has broken through the third heaven in the Void Cloud Exercises, and his personality has gradually become cheerful.

Everyone said that Xu Xingchen's cultivation in the past two years has improved by leaps and bounds, and he suddenly opened his mind, and even Qingyuan Shangxian, who has an iceberg face every day, has a better and better face, and appreciates that he is still talented, and favors him, and even let him move out of the Jiang Tiandian where ordinary disciples live, and move to the Qingdie apse where only disciples can live on the fourth floor.

And only Yiqiu and Xu Xingchen themselves know the real reason for the growth of cultivation in recent years.

That night, Xu Xingchen closed the door of the room, wearing only a single coat, and sat quietly on the bed. In the past three years, Xu Xingchen's size has jumped a lot, and his appearance has matured a lot, although he is not handsome and chic, he still feels a little handsome.

He was bored flipping through the "Heart Formula", but his mind was not on cultivating this secret book at all.

It's been a year and a half, and I've been gone for a year and a half.

His eyes fell on the half-open window, thinking of the same door he hadn't seen for more than a year, thinking of Yang Cheng and Lin Wen, who he hadn't seen for a long time, and he only felt lonely in his heart.

"Knock knock—"

"Xingchen, Xingchen, are you there?!"

At this moment, the sound of Jiang Xiaoshu slamming the door suddenly came from outside the door, followed by Jiang Xiaoshu's babbling shout.

"Oh...... I'm here!"

Xu Xingchen was startled, responded, and hurriedly hid the "Heart Formula" under the pillow. In the next second, Jiang Xiaoshu pushed the door in.

It's been three years, although Xu Xingchen has changed a lot, Jiang Xiaoshu is still the same as before, wearing a green shirt, and the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned.

"Little ...... Xiaoshu, what's the matter?"

Xu Xingchen was a little flustered, and hurriedly stuffed the "Heart Formula" with his back hand and said.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing Xu Xingchen's strange movements, Jiang Xiaoshu curiously turned his head sideways and asked.

"I didn't ...... No, I didn't do anything. Xu Xingchen hurriedly shook his hand in disguise, and Jiang Xiaoshu did not continue to ask.

Xu Xingchen was still a little flustered in his heart, hurriedly changed the topic, and continued: "Didn't Ling Zun manage you very strictly, why did you come to see me today?"

"Well, it's strange to say, my father's temperament has really changed a lot since he got seriously ill last week! Not only does he smile at me on weekdays, and he doesn't punish me much when I get into trouble, but he also allows me to go down at any time, and I don't know if he is mentally ill. ”

Jiang Xiaoshu stuck out his tongue and said happily with a face full of joy.

"Oh, I see. Xu Xingchen nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then why are you here today?"

Jiang Xiaoshu said with a smile: "Today is the thirty-fifth birthday of your outer senior brother Cheng He, he set up a banquet in the courtyard of Jiang Tian Palace, and Master Qingyuan asked me to invite you and give them a surprise." Prepare a gift and let's go!"

"Really?"

When Xu Xingchen heard this, he was unexpectedly temperate, but he was still faintly worried about the "Heart Formula" that was not completely hidden by himself.

"Can I still lie to you?!Let's go, the birthday party is about to begin!"

Jiang Xiaoshu smiled and said,

"Okay, let's go!"

Xu Xingchen nodded and stood up, looking back uneasily.

I saw that under the stone pillow, a corner of "Heart Formula" was faintly revealed......

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The deep blue sky was smeared with a thick golden red by the sunset, and the birds flew in the air, crying incessantly, and the call was full of joy. Warm winds blow through everything, and lush leaves rustle. On the top of the empty mountain, there is only a buzz of buzz.

"Congratulations, senior brother!"

"Third junior brother, it's been a long time, thank you, thank you, please come in!"

"Oh, Brother Chenghe!"

"Brother and sister, you're here, please inside!"

"Congratulations, big brother!"

"Hey, thank you so much, please inside, please inside!"

"There are a lot of old friends who can meet again today. "That's it, it's finally time to talk about it. ”

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In the courtyard of the Jiangtian Palace, there was a lot of noise and noise. Cheng He and Yang Cheng stood under the palace gate to entertain guests, and many people who came to the banquet stood outside the palace gate, each holding gifts, one by one to congratulate the birthday star, and one by one to the Jiangtian Palace, everyone smiled.

Xu Xingchen and Jiang Xiaoshu came to the door, looked up at the long-lost palace gate, and a sadness that had been absent for many days immediately came to their hearts, and they stood there in a daze, looking at it silently, with mixed feelings in their hearts.

The beautiful scenes of the past came to his mind, and he was infinitely sad in his heart, and he stood there, beginning to recall the piles and piles of the past.

"Xingchen, hurry up, don't you miss your good friends?"

Jiang Xiaoshu guessed his thoughts, so he pushed him towards the gate......

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"In Xiajiang Xiaoshu, congratulations on Brother Chenghe's birthday!"

Jiang Xiaoshu rushed forward first, carrying a large number of gifts, and congratulated with a smile on his face.

"Xiaoshu, you're finally here, I thought you forgot my birthday?"

"Hey, Senior Brother Cheng He laughed, I'm not the kind of forgetful person. Besides, my sister-in-law's food is so delicious, I am used to eating 'pig food' on weekdays, how can I not come to stick to my mouth today?"

Jiang Xiaoshu rolled his eyes, thinking of the dishes he ate on Qingquan Peak on weekdays that were not for people at all, and his face was full of disdain.

"Hahaha, Xiaoshu, you praised it falsely!"

Cheng He said with a smile.

After the two laughed, Jiang Xiaoshu sold it again, and said, "Brother Chenghe, look at who I brought you!"

Cheng He hurriedly looked back.

"Senior Brother Chenghe, Xingchen has given you a birthday!"

Xu Xingchen looked at the two people at the door, and excitedly hugged his fists and congratulated.

"Stars?!"

Cheng He looked at him and was slightly stunned, but he didn't recognize it for a while. But in the next second, he suddenly laughed heartily, patted Xu Xingchen's shoulder, hugged him excitedly, and all the tears in his eyes welled up, and said, "Senior Brother Xingchen, you are finally back, we all miss you to death!"

"Yes, senior brother, I'm back, and I'm here to congratulate you on your birthday!"

Xu Xingchen nodded excitedly, looked up and down at this senior brother he hadn't seen for a long time, and said.

"It's been more than a year, and I've finally seen your dignity. I heard that you are doing well in your current exercises, and we all admire you very much!" Cheng He continued to say excitedly, turning his head to look at Yang Cheng, who had been standing there in a daze, and said, "Yes, Yang Cheng?"

I saw Yang Cheng looking at Xu Xingchen, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Yes, I admire you very much, and all of us admire you." After saying that, he turned his head again, his eyes fell on the mountains and forests in the distance, and his expression was a little indifferent.

Xu Xingchen listened to his words, only to feel that Yang Cheng was no longer the person in his memory, he was slightly stunned, and his face was a little gloomy.

Cheng He didn't notice the abnormality of Yang Cheng and Xu Xingchen, and continued to pat Xu Xingchen's shoulder, and said, "You two are such good friends, I haven't seen each other for a long time, I won't bother, you guys have a good chat!"

Cheng He said that, and pushed Xu Xingchen to Yang Cheng's side.

Xu Xingchen had a lot of things to say to Yang Cheng in his heart, but he didn't know where to start, so he held back for a long time and only said: "Yang Cheng, I haven't seen you for a long time, you still ......"

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Yang Cheng suddenly turn his face away, as if he wanted to deliberately avoid Xu Xingchen's gaze, and his face was a lot lower.

Xu Xingchen didn't know why, his heart tightened slightly inexplicably, and he hung the half sentence he had just said there, and didn't continue.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Xingchen lowered his voice and asked.

"It's okay, Senior Brother Xu is now an extremely powerful person in my Qingying Peak, why did he deign to talk to me, a person with a mediocre cultivation, today?" Yang Cheng didn't say much, he snorted coldly, and there was a little inexplicable hatred in his tone.

It turned out that since Xu Xingchen's Taoism soared and he moved into the green butterfly apse, he no longer regarded Xu Xingchen as a friend.

"Yang Cheng, I ......"

Xu Xingchen froze in place, his heart suddenly cooled, and he wanted to say something more.

"Senior Brother Xu, please come inside, if you stand for a long time, an ordinary person like me can't afford it!"

Yang Cheng didn't want to hear Xu Xingchen say more, his eyes were full of piercing chills, and his tone was even more full of mockery.

"Yang Cheng, how did you become like this......"

"Heh, have I changed?" Yang Cheng snorted coldly, glanced at Xu Xingchen coldly, and said sarcastically, "It's you, Senior Brother Xu, it's really amazing, the cultivation breakthrough is so high, it really makes my extremely dull junior brother admire it to the extreme!"

Every time Xu Xingchen heard a word Yang Cheng say, his heart shook a point. Hearing the end, the feeling in his heart was painful, and he only felt that between heaven and earth, the wind suddenly stopped, and there was no sound in his mind.

"Please!"

Yang Cheng said sideways......

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At the top of the feast, it was lively and full of laughter, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces. Cheng He's skillful wife cooked herself, and the fragrance of the food wafted out from Jiang Tiandian faintly.

Everyone ate with relish, while turning their heads around, chatting happily with their long-lost acquaintances.

The sound of laughter with joy gradually pierced the sky and echoed in the universe......

Xu Xingchen is the only one, his face seems to be sad, such a fragrant meal, in his mouth, but it tastes like chewing wax.

Yang Cheng, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, why have you become so strange?

Is it true that I did everything wrong?

Xu Xingchen's heart was cold......