In the early morning, the dawn sun is always very warm, injecting a new vitality and vitality into all things on the earth.

"Jiang Chen, we shouldn't be far from Xuanwu Country now, right? How long will it take to arrive? I haven't seen my father for a long time, and I really miss him a little. ”

Walking out of the cave, Ouyang Ningzhi stretched her waist and asked Jiang Chen, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground.

Slowly opening his eyes, Jiang Chen brought the two unicorns, jumped on one of them, raised his hand and pointed ahead and replied: "Walk through this forest, you should be there after a while, if you are in a hurry, you can reach it in three hours." ”

Ouyang Ningzhi also got on the horse, she hadn't been home for more than half a year, at this time she naturally had a feeling of returning to her heart like an arrow, she raised her whip suddenly, only to hear the neighing of the horse, and galloped forward in an instant.

"Jiang Chen, then let's hurry as fast as possible, I'll go first, you come and chase me!"

Looking at Ouyang Ningzhi, who disappeared in an instant, Jiang Chen also smiled bitterly, and then rushed forward, and before leaving, he suddenly looked behind him, and couldn't help frowning.

After a while, Jiang Chen caught up with Ouyang Ningzhi and asked softly, "Ning Zhi, don't you think that we have been too quiet all the way?" Except for that small station, we hardly encountered any other trouble. ”

Seeing that Jiang Chen began to be suspicious again, Ouyang Ningzhi said a little impatiently: "Isn't this good?" I said Jiang Gongzi, aren't you usually quite able to toss, how did you become so small now?"

"Ning Zhi, I'm talking about Xu Ran, use your brain to think about it, with his insidiousness and viciousness, when he knows the news that we are going to Xuanwu Kingdom, do you think he can let me go so easily?" Jiang Chen calmly analyzed.

After hearing this, Ouyang Ningzhi pondered for a while, and seemed to have some truth, but seeing that he was about to arrive in Xuanwu Kingdom, he comforted himself: "We will leave this forest soon, and then we will enter a small town, they shouldn't do it in a crowded place, right?"

"I hope that you can hurry as fast as possible, so as not to change later, and when you arrive in Xuanwu Kingdom, you should be safe. ”

After speaking, Jiang Chen and Ouyang Ningzhi began to gallop at great speed again, and two hours later, they passed through the forest.

The town outside the forest is not big, even smaller than the smallest city in the Xuanwu Kingdom, and it is more than a quarter of an hour or so under the full speed of the two of them, and they passed through it, and after walking for a while, an ancient city wall of vicissitudes of life was presented in front of the two of them.

.........

"Pilot!" stopped, looking at the rather spectacular ancient city in front of her, Ouyang Ningzhi said happily: "Jiang Chen, we have finally arrived! Counting the days, I really haven't been home for more than half a year." ”

"yes, I haven't been back for almost half a year, so let's go. ”

After saying that, the two of them drove their horses slowly, and they were almost there anyway, so they were not in a hurry for a while.

"Stop! This is Tubo City, a border city of Xuanwu State, and outsiders need to register and pay entry fees before they can be released. When Jiang Chen and the others rode to the gate of the city, a soldier suddenly stretched out his hand to stop them.

Ouyang Ningzhi immediately took out a token from her waist, signaled to the soldier, and said, "I'm Ouyang Ningzhi from the Heavenly Spirit Chamber of Commerce, and this one next to me is my friend, let me go quickly." ”

After taking a closer look at the token, the soldier hurriedly arched his hand to Ouyang Ningzhi, and glanced at Jiang Chen a few times intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "It turned out to be Miss Ouyang, the little one was offended a lot before, and I hope to atone for my sins, let me go!"

After speaking, the leading soldier waved to the soldier guarding the door behind.

As the city gate slowly opened, Ouyang Ningzhi and the others rode into the city and walked in the direction of the imperial city.

Staring at the backs of the two for a while, especially noticing the blue-haired young man with a spear on his back, the soldier before hurriedly called a city defender to come over, and said in a low voice: "You go and inform Deacon Sun now, just say that the target has returned to Xuanwu Kingdom." ”

"It's the eldest brother, the younger brother will go now. ”

After the defenders had finished speaking, they mounted a horse and ran in one direction in the city.

.........

The imperial city of Xuanwu Kingdom is not far from the city of Tubo City, and there are only four or five cities in between, so although Jiang Chen and the others rode very slowly in the city, they also arrived at the imperial city smoothly after more than two hours.

"Ning Zhi, is it the advanced palace now, or should I go to your Ouyang family first?" Jiang Chen turned his head and asked.

Ouyang Ningzhi said: "Of course, I went back to my house first, and I am not in a hurry to enter the palace, there is still half a month before the Alchemist Conference, so I will rest for a day first, and it will not be too late to go again." ”

Jiang Chen nodded, besides, he really wanted to see his father earlier, I heard that the Stygian Water Sect had arranged several assassinations against his father, although it was unsuccessful, but until now, he was still a little afraid in his heart.

Looking at this rather familiar imperial city, the mood of the two seemed to be much more relaxed, and while driving the horse slowly, they chatted with laughter and laughter, so that they were extremely envious of others.

It didn't take long for Jiang Chen to see the extremely gorgeous and extravagant mansion of the Heavenly Spirit Chamber of Commerce Headquarters again, and he also jumped off the horse.

"Miss, Young Master Jiang, the head of the family is sure that you will arrive today, but I didn't expect it to be accurate, hehe, come in, I'm tired from the journey!" A doorman hurriedly walked over after seeing the two of them, and said enthusiastically.

"Hehe, Brother Tie, it's your turn to be on duty today, is my dad in the house?"

Ouyang Ningzhi also jumped off the horse with a smile, and handed over the reins of the two horses while greeting the head of the guard.

After taking the reins, the middle-aged man surnamed Tie said: "The master is here, he should be talking with Mr. Jiang Huan about things now, it should be in Mr. Jiang Huan's courtyard, miss, can I take you over?"

"Don't bother Brother Tie, I know the place, the two of us can go to them. Jiang Chen hugged his fist and said.

patted his head, and the middle-aged man surnamed Tie laughed and said, "Look at my brain, I forgot that Young Master Jiang lived here for a few days before, hehe, then since that's the case, I won't join in the fun." ”

Jiang Chen and Ouyang Ningzhi nodded with a smile, and then entered the mansion together.

Under the leadership of Jiang Chen, the two quickly arrived in front of the courtyard where Jiang Huan was, stood outside the door for a while, and then stepped forward to push open the courtyard door and walked in.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Jiang Chen saw a middle-aged man with short hair full of steel needles and a straight spine sitting on a stone bench, it was Jiang Huan undoubtedly!

Jiang Chen saw Jiang Huan, Jiang Huan naturally saw Jiang Chen, looking at the young man with blue hair and a spear on his back, he seemed to be more robust than before, and he also added a few more masculine maturity, his lips trembled slightly, and he couldn't speak for a while.

"Daddy, the boy is back!"

After Jiang Chen shouted, he pounced in front of Jiang Huan and knelt down with a bang.

patted Jiang Chen's shoulder and stroked his head twice, Jiang Huan said softly, "Chen'er, you've suffered a lot these days......, right?

At this time, Ouyang Ningzhi also walked over, grabbed Ouyang Ye's arm, her heart suddenly soured, and she began to sobb softly.

Ouyang Ye smiled, patted his daughter's hand, and comforted: "Okay girl, don't cry, there are so many people, I'm not afraid to see your jokes, I haven't seen you Uncle Jiang yet, right?" ”

Ouyang Ye said as he glanced at his daughter, and Ouyang Ningzhi's face was slightly red.

Slowly stood up, and then Ouyang Ningzhi bowed to Jiang Huan, and said in a sweet voice: "Senior Ouyang Ningzhi, I have seen Uncle Jiang, is my uncle still used to living here these days?"

Jiang Huan's attention was focused on Jiang Chen before, but he didn't pay much attention to Ouyang Ningzhi, but now when he looked up, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, and then he nodded and said with a smile: "Youlao's niece is worried, these days are troublesome." ”

"Haha...... Brother Jiang, you can see the outside world, okay, our father and daughter will go back first, you and Xiao Chen can also have a good chat, it just so happens that I will talk to this girl too. ”

After speaking, Ouyang Ye got up and left with Ouyang Ningzhi.

After Ouyang Ye's father and daughter left, Jiang Chen raised his head and asked coldly, "Dad, I heard Ning Zhi say that those miscellaneous pieces from the Stygian Water Sect came to assassinate you a few days ago?

"Ahem...... Jiang Huan covered his mouth and coughed twice, sighed and said: "A few days ago, there were indeed two masters of the Spirit King realm who came to assassinate the father, but they were discovered by your Uncle Ouyang and the two worshippers in time and repelled them. ”

Looking at his father's pale appearance, Jiang Chen grabbed Jiang Huan's wrist violently, and immediately stood up and said angrily after taking the pulse: "Dad, you are injured! Damn, those miscellaneous pieces of the Styx Water Sect! I, Jiang Chen, will not destroy you in my lifetime, and I will be a son of man in vain!"

"Chen'er, it's okay for my father, it's just that I have some internal injuries, and it's good to recuperate for a few days, but the Stygian Water Sect you talked about, perhaps, is not like what we thought before. First comforted Jiang Chen, and then Jiang Huan said thoughtfully.

Slowly suppressing the anger in his heart, after a while, Jiang Chen opened his mouth and asked, "What do you mean by this? Could it be that the Stygian Water Sect is not ruthless enough to our father and son?

Jiang Huan shook his head and said: "Chen'er, maybe you just came back and didn't know that just a few days before your father was assassinated, the Stygian Water Sect said to the outside world that their old sect master's practice room went mad and died, and the new sect master took the throne, and the new sect master was the sect senior brother who injured his father and took away your mother that day!"

"Hmm, that's a little strange, dad means that the one who gave the order to kill our father and son was also my mother's senior brother?"

Jiang Chen is not a novice on the cultivation path now, a strong person in the Spirit Sect, if he dies because of his practice, this probability is simply lower than the probability that a sow can go up a tree, so the new sect master must have a problem!

"That's right, when I first saw that guy, I thought he was very ambitious, maybe all of this was secretly manipulated by him behind his back, otherwise in the past ten years, our Jiang family would not have been safe in Yunmeng City. Jiang Huan said hatefully.

Lowering his head and thinking for a while, Jiang Chen asked again: "Dad, since that person has become the new sect master, with his strength, it is not easy to make a move against us? ”

"That's right, the strength of the Heavenly Spirit Chamber of Commerce and the royal family alone is not enough to compete with the Stygian Water Sect, but on the day that person succeeded the sect master, the Alchemist Guild also announced that he had joined our camp, so maybe that person was afraid of the forces behind the Alchemist Guild, so he didn't dare to act rashly, but if it continues like this, I'm afraid it won't last long. ”

"When the time comes, our Jiang family will most likely become the powder keg that detonates the war between the two forces, alas, ......" Jiang Huan sighed.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen also sighed, indeed, the current Jiang family is like being on a volcanic crater, if something is wrong, it will be wiped out in an instant.

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At the same time, on a distant mountain peak, an imposing sect towered above, and on a gloomy hall inside the sect, a middle-aged man with a handsome face sat listening to the report of the person kneeling below.

"Sect Master Qiqi, according to the spy report, the young man named Jiang Chen has returned to the Xuanwu Kingdom and is preparing to participate in this year's Alchemy Master Competition, and now he should be in the headquarters of the Heavenly Spirit Chamber of Commerce. A deacon-looking man bowed his head and reported.

"Well, Benzong knows, you can go down......" waved his hand to the one below, and the handsome middle-aged man said indifferently.

"Yes, the subordinates have retired ......"

After the middle-aged deacon retreated, the handsome middle-aged man sitting on the top seat slowly rubbed his chin and muttered, "When this alchemist conference is over, lead the old man Margo away, and the plan can begin......"

"When the time comes, let you all have a good reunion, and you will ...... it."

After speaking, the gloomy hall began to echo with sickly laughter......

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