On the north peak, Lu Xuanxuan was bent on his back, as if he had no strength to straighten his body, his face was no longer bloodless, and there was no blood oozing from the broken arm, probably no blood to flow. In his left hand, he held the broken rope bridge chain, and at the other end of it was the Nanfeng Mountain Gate.

The great storm dispersed as if it had never been there. No one thought that the energy storm that Lu Xuanxuan had worked so hard to create and almost consumed his life force would only be used by him to cut off the rope bridge, and then it would be dispersed like fireworks.

Luo Jiansheng came back to his senses from his surprise and finally understood Lu Xuanxuan's purpose. He was furious, and finally let the two people escape, and the only way to chase was also cut off by Lu Xuanxuan.

"Give me the rope bridge, and I'll spare your life. Luo Jiansheng suppressed the anger in his heart.

Lu Xuanxuan didn't look at him, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Senior brother, this way of unity between heaven and man, can it be as you wish?"

"Lu Xuanxuan!" Luo Jiansheng, who was furious, raised his sword and pointed at Lu Xuanxuan, but he was worried about pushing him and the rope bridge into the mountain stream, so he hesitated for a while.

Except for the bald elder who was seriously injured by Xiao Qi, the other twelve elders all arrived, and everyone lined up in a line, forming a human wall on the edge of the cliff, blocking all Lu Xuanxuan's way out.

But Lu Xuanxuan didn't seem to see it, and slowly sat on the ground, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Spare my life?" haha, you don't have to, I want to turn into this mountain wind, and I will be with you forever!" he laughed as he lay down. Luo Jiansheng didn't distinguish between reality and fiction, and took a few steps forward with his sword.

Lu Xuanxuan still didn't make any other movements, but his laughter gradually subsided, and finally became inaudible, replaced by a series of "clanging" collisions.

The rope bridge in his hand lost its pull, was pulled by the part under the mountain stream, shrank away in a puff of smoke, and finally fell into a thick mist.

Luo Jiansheng secretly screamed badly, and pounced to grab the rope bridge, but after getting close to Lu Xuanxuan, he froze in place.

The man's pupils were already dilated, but Luo Jian's voice clearly heard his laughter again, unpleasant but melodious. He was as creepy as if he had met an evil ghost, and suddenly looked up, only the mountain wind blowing and the mountain mist changing shapes in front of him.

Is it the sound of the wind? Luo Jiansheng covered his forehead and thought a little tiredly.

Is it not dead? This thought made Luo Jiansheng raise his sword again and stab at Lu Xuanxuan, with anger and confusion.

There was a figure standing in front of Lu Xuanxuan's body. Luo Jiansheng snorted coldly and said: "Master Venerable, today Lu Xuanxuan rebelled against the master sect and allowed outsiders to make a lot of trouble here, whether the master who was very close to him is innocent or not has to be said separately, do you still have to protect this sinner?"

Guan Baihe shook his head and said: "Lu Xuanxuan's actions are very rebellious, and the old man has no intention of excusing him. Since that kid is related to the old man, then the old man will personally go and chase those two back!"

Hearing this, Luo Jiansheng's gloomy face eased slightly. But Guan Baihe continued: "But before that, the troublesome master put away the sword in his hand, the only person in the Xiayin Sect who has understood the unity of heaven and man for hundreds of years should not be humiliated after being killed!"

"Heaven and man are one?" Luo Jiansheng was very unfamiliar with this name, and he had never heard of it in his memory. He just wanted to ask, but he saw Guan Baihe possess and pick up Lu Xuanxuan's body, and in front of everyone's eyes, he threw it into the mountain stream! In just an instant, Lu Xuanxuan was engulfed by the mountain fog.

The elders looked at each other, and Luo Jiansheng was stunned for a moment before he sneered: "It's worthy of being a senior brother, it's ruthless enough! ”

"Is the boss satisfied?" Guan Baihe clapped his hands and dusted off.

Luo Jiansheng was noncommittal, Guan Baihe simply ignored him, turned around and walked back.

"As you wish. Guan Baihe said in a voice so low that only he could hear it, and as soon as the voice came out, it dissipated into the wind.

......

Shuozhou in the north, Shuofang City. Most of the savage apes that wreaked havoc here not long ago have retreated, and it is difficult to trace them once they enter the Northern Wasteland, and only a few of them are killed one by one.

Shuofang City, which was once the largest city in Shuozhou, revealed a sense of depression due to the war. Half of the city was destroyed by the rampage of the apes, and reconstruction is now the main life of the residents of Shuofang City.

The head of the Liu family, who had taken the lead and was seriously injured in the war against the barbarian ape, had just woken up and seemed to have discovered the hidden circumstances related to the barbarian ape's southward journey, so he hurried to Beiwang City.

The actions of the Liu family led by Liu Yuelei can be said to have gained a lot of popular hearts and prestige in Shuofang City, although people are constantly working in the ruins, but the Liu family compound is still full of people, and the young people of Shuofang City and even the entire Shuozhou are proud to join the Liu family. If the previous Liu family was just a local squire-like existence in the eyes of people, and its rise was attributed to its fame and huge financial resources, then now, the status of the Liu family in people's hearts is gradually approaching the identity of "lord".

Therefore, the children of the Liu family, who suffered heavy losses, were able to quickly replenish fresh blood, and the Liu family was in pain and happy every day, and they were very busy. Liu Heng is now the most troublesome person in the Liu family, leading soldiers to fight and teaching swordsmanship is his strength, and it will be a headache to let him take care of things, the most important thing is that because of his other identity, he can't sit in the position of the acting head of the Liu family in a grand manner, and Liu Guanglei, another person who can take on this position, is still far away in Yunzhou, and in desperation, he has to give this position to Liu Yuelei's other brother Liu Xuan. Liu Xuan is kind and easy to talk to, the only problem is that he is frail and sickly, he is bedridden all the year round, and he can't count on things at all. Therefore, in the end, everything fell on Liu Heng behind the scenes.

Therefore, when he heard that there was a team outside Shuofang City approaching with the bear's head flag of the Liu family, he was overjoyed. He left what he was doing and led the team out to greet him, and greeted Liu Yuelei's return in front of the gate of Shuofang City.

But when the bustling head came into view, Liu Heng saw that the front of this team was actually a black coffin!

Liu Qingxue and Liu Binyuan walked one after the other, supporting the coffin. Because he was in a hurry all the way, he didn't prepare white flags and filial piety clothes, but this was indeed a funeral procession! Liu Heng's heart suddenly sank.

He noticed that Liu Qingxue and Liu Binyuan, who had long left home, were in the team, and there were even old guys like Feng Jianbei, but Liu Yuelei was missing. Liu Heng already understood, but he didn't speak, he didn't even have any expression, just turned his head and motioned for his subordinates to open the city gate to facilitate the passage of the team, and then stood silently on his side. When the black coffin passed in front of his eyes, he knelt down for a moment, still without saying a word, and Liu Qingxue and others who passed by didn't seem to see him, and walked straight by. But Liu Heng's sturdy body was trembling slightly unnoticed.

However, half a day later, the bear's head flag fluttering at the head of the city lowered half the height, and the white flags hung high from the city wall, and also spread all over the streets and alleys, in front of the gate of the house, on the signboards of the shops, the white of the city seemed to melt with the snow. Shuofang City, which was originally full of revival and vitality, fell into a depression again.

The Liu family is not a prince, and has no right to demand that the whole city mourn. But people wordlessly showed the weight of Liu Yuelei in their hearts with their actions.

Liu Yuelei died in Beiwang City, and the coffin traveled far to Shuofang City to calculate the funeral, Liu Qingxue and Liu Binyuan had no intention of holding more grand ceremonies, everything was simple, except for the procession passing through the city, all the pedestrians and residents were able to stop and pay attention, and the head of the Liu family moved into the cemetery of the Liu family for burial, and was no longer seen in people's field of vision. Liu Yuelei, who has dominated the north for decades, finally met people for the last time in this way.

Liu Qingxue, who was busy with everything, looked at the black crowd crowded outside the cemetery and wanted to mourn, only to feel a deep sense of exhaustion from the depths of her heart, her tears had flowed, and she had nothing to say to these sympathetic people, so she walked away as if no one was around, strolling this place where she had been away for a long time.

The Liujia compound was relatively intact during the war, and most of the buildings are still intact, except for a few wings in the north. Liu Qingxue has only been gone for a year, but it seems that she has been away for a long time, and there are familiar and unfamiliar flavors everywhere.

She walked aimlessly, and when she raised her eyes casually, she saw three quaint characters of "Weeping Willow House", and there was snow piled up on the edge of the plaque.

It's back here again. Weeping Willow House is the residence of the head of the Liu family, and it was here that he spent his entire unhappy childhood. Liu Qingxue has been away from here for a long time, so long that she can't remember it clearly.

An inexplicable impulse prompted her to slowly push the door open and walk in. Looking back, it was also here at the beginning, Liu Qingxue watched her mother die in her hands weakly, at that moment, she hated that man in her heart, but she was extremely eager for him to appear in front of the door despite obstacles. But I never thought about it, but a year later, when I saw that man again, before I could say a few words, it would be goodbye. All emotions, thoughts or grievances, are left in the void, not expressed, and no answers can be heard.

Liu Qingxue originally thought that her tears had already flowed, but her eyes were slightly moist at the moment.

"You're here too. An old voice sounded in the Weeping Willow House, and at this time, there were still people in this place, which was originally the office of the head of the family. Only then did Liu Qingxue notice that there was still a charcoal fire lit in the house. She didn't look back and wiped her hand from the corner of her eye before turning her head.

Behind the screen, Feng Jianbei sat at a long table. Liu Qingxue remembered that when she was a child, the family gathered around this table to eat together. At this moment, it was Feng Jianbei here, hanging his head as if he was sleeping, and Liu Qingxue even thought that she had misheard. Immediately afterwards, Feng Jianbei asked again: "Do you regret it?"

Liu Qingxue pulled out the seat opposite Feng Jianbei, sat down, and said softly: "Now, where can the rights and wrongs of the past be clear. ”

Feng Jianbei snorted.

"What is Senior Feng doing here?"

"And so on. Feng Jianbei said.

"Waiting for whom?"

"Didn't Liu Heng's message be delivered to you, then why are you here at this time?"

"I wandered along the way, passing by and wanting to come in and have a look. Liu Qingxue said softly, "In this way, Uncle Cousin should have expected me to come back here." ”

The two fell silent again. All that was left in the Snowmelt Garden was the crackling sound of a charcoal fire.

Until the creak of the wooden door being pushed open and the sound of footsteps breaking the silence. Feng Jianbei and Liu Qingxue looked up at the same time, and it was Liu Binyuan and Xiao Ying'er who walked in.

Liu Binyuan, who walked in the door, was also tired and pale, and when he saw that the two who had already been in the room, he didn't say much, and pulled out a stool next to Liu Qingxue and sat down. Looking at her younger brother, who has always been chic and free, Liu Qingxue felt a little distressed, but at this moment she didn't have the extra strength to comfort others.

"You brought the girl with you. Feng Jianbei said.

When Liu Binyuan sat on the stool, he lay on the table like a puddle of mud, and smiled weakly: "Yes." ”

Xiao Ying'er was uncharacteristically well-behaved and sat down on the other side of Liu Qingxue.

"You shouldn't have come along. Liu Qingxue did not shy away from the other two, and said to Xiao Ying'er, "It's going to be boring here for a while, is that kid so clingy to you? Since it was convened by Liu Heng, and there was an older generation like Feng Jianbei, Liu Qingxue had already expected the theme of this meeting, and with Xiao Ying'er's personality, she naturally couldn't bear it.

Liu Binyuan's pale face was slightly red, but he just glared at Liu Qingxue, and he didn't make a sound to defend himself.

"I know. To Liu Qingxue's surprise, Xiao Ying'er blinked and smiled, "I'm coming myself." These days, my sister and the bin yuan kid are ...... They're all suffering, so I want to see what I can do for you. ”

Liu Qingxue looked at Xiao Ying'er's serious expression, this answer was obviously unexpected by her, but after being moved, she still turned her head to support her forehead, and muttered, "Binyuan boy...... That's a ...... Unique......"

"Girl, let me ask you," Feng Jianbei, who had been silent, suddenly asked, "My apprentice, have you ever cried in private?"

"Hey!" Liu Binyuan slapped the table and glared at Feng Jianbei angrily, but no one paid attention to him, even Liu Qingxue looked at Xiao Ying'er with interest.

"Crying. Xiao Ying'er replied seriously without thinking, "On the way to Shuofang City, I bumped into it a few times, and I cried a lot." ”

Feng Jianbei lowered his head again with satisfaction, while Liu Qingxue glanced back at Liu Binyuan, and looked at Liu Binyuan's flushed face, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Sister, haven't I also secretly touched tears, I have seen it!" Liu Binyuan tried hard to pull Liu Qingxue into the water.

"Yes. Liu Qingxue nodded seriously, and a simple word made Liu Binyuan speechless.

"Just cry. Only when there are tears to shed does it mean that you are normal people. Feng Jianbei said.

Liu Qingxue sat upright with her sword in her arms, while Liu Binyuan glared at Xiao Ying'er, and Xiao Ying'er covered her mouth with a smile. The crowd in the Weeping Willow House fell silent again, but the dreary and gloomy atmosphere was much lighter than before.

Someone pushed the door open again. Liu Heng helped a dying old man to walk into the house with his back against the wind and snow. If Liu Qingxue and the others hadn't known about it a long time ago, they would never have thought that Liu Xuan, the terminally ill old man next to Liu Heng, would be the same age as Liu Heng, who was as strong as a bull and a tiger.

Liu Heng looked around at the long table, and when he saw Xiao Ying'er, he showed a slightly surprised expression, but quickly looked away, then stood in front of the table, cleared his throat, and said: "Then, except for the other cadres of the Liu family who are distributed throughout Shuozhou, they are rushing here, and now in Shuofang City, the people who can decide the future of the Liu family are here." ”