"Master, I'm back." Shen Guo drove the carriage to the front and back of the door, and shouted loudly towards the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard is a circle of bamboo fence more than one person high, from the outside you can see the scene of the courtyard at a glance, the small courtyard is not big, but there is a different scenery.

The willow branches swayed slightly in the afternoon breeze, and a few fish in the pond were swimming happily. In the past, most of the masters would take a nap at the stone table under the willow tree, but today there is no trace of the master, and the doors and windows are closed, and there seems to be no human figure.

Su Yao got out of the car with the help of Shen Jing, and she also admired the predecessor of the Sword God very much, so she was very excited when she was about to see it.

Shen Jing's shout was not answered, and he quickened his pace. Pushed open the wooden door and entered the courtyard, and walked all the way forward, Shen Jing shouted a few more masters, but still no one answered.

"Senior, have you gone out?" Su Yao asked.

"Maybe it's because the master likes to hang around when he's fine."

"Master!" After shouting loudly again, Shen Jing pushed open the gate at the end of the stone road in the courtyard.

Some days when I didn't come back, the tables and chairs in the house were dusty, and it didn't look like a sign of permanent habitation. Shen Jing couldn't help but feel strange in his heart, and searched in the front and back rooms again, but still didn't see the master's figure, only found a letter and a sword left by the master on the square table in his room.

Su Yao didn't run back and forth with Shen Jing to look for it, she waited in the hall for a while, and then saw Shen Jing walking towards this side with a letter and a sword.

"What's wrong?" Su Yao felt the change in Shen Qing's mood, so she asked with a frown.

"Master, he... It seems to be gone! Shen Jing muttered.

He has been with his master since he was a child, and this is the first time he has gone far away, but he didn't expect that after coming back, the master left quietly. He hadn't opened the letter yet, and although he knew that the master wouldn't leave for no reason, and that the master must have his reasons, he still had some difficulty accepting it for a while.

"Is this a letter left by your predecessors?"

Shen Jing nodded and did not speak.

"Why don't you open it and take a look?" Su Yao knew what was going on at this time, and she also knew where Shen's lonely mood came from, but for a while she didn't know how to comfort him.

After a long time, Shen Jing finally calmed down and opened the envelope, it was indeed the master's handwriting, and he was very sure.

"Xiao Shi'er, when you read this letter, the master has already left Meiwu City, don't think about looking for the master for the time being, and practice the sword well. Some things can't be avoided after all, the master has been in Meiwu City for too long, it's time to deal with those things!

It's been almost twenty years since I brought you back. Haven't you always wanted to know about your parents? This time, the master will tell you all.

Your father's name is Shen Jiusi, your mother's name is Yuan Xun, and you are from the Shen family in the East China Sea.

In Autumn Fall City, you must have met my junior brother, and he may have told you some things, but what the master wants to tell you is the secret of your family's survival back then. You have the mark of a sword on your back, which is a pattern that represents your identity. You are from the Shen family, so there are some things you have to carry. But don't forget, you still have a master.

That sword is called Youya, and it is the heirloom sword of your Shen family, and it was also handed over to me by your father back then.

The Phantom Fang Sword is related to a secret that is enough to make the world's martial artists crazy - breaking through the realm of the grandmaster. In fact, the realm of martial artists is not so clearly divided, and it can probably be divided into four layers, broken body, Vientiane, Guiyuan, and grandmaster. Even the master doesn't know what kind of realm it is above the grandmaster, so you can imagine how much such a secret attracts outsiders.

This secret was originally guarded by your five big families in the East China Sea, and the Su, Jiang, Han, and Yang families also had survivors back then, if you encounter them in the future, don't reveal your identity until you have to, your identity is more sensitive than theirs, and the slightest carelessness will bring you death.

Presumably you also know about the massacre of the East China Sea by the imperial court back then, and your Shen family was among them. But don't have any thoughts of revenge at the moment, you don't have the ability to resist the imperial court until you reach the realm of the grandmaster. A prison heaven division and a ground net, these are the two mountains that lie in front of you, and there are masters in them, even the master is not sure of victory. There are some things that you are only qualified to understand when you reach the Grandmaster realm.

In the future, the master will not be able to always protect you, remember to take care of yourself, little situation! The next time you see you, I'm sure the master will be proud of you. ”

Shen Guan read the words written to him by the master word by word, this is the first time in so many years that the master has told him so solemnly about the past. Although I don't know what the master has to deal with, it will certainly not be simple.

Shen Family, Donghai, Jiantian Division, Earth Net, Imperial Court ......

One word after another came out of Shen Jing's mind, and Shen Jing was not confused by this. He felt that he had never been so sober as he was now, he seemed to have found the meaning of learning swords, he wanted to be a hero before, and now he still thinks so, but the road to becoming a hero will be overcome.

Su Yao on the side has been paying attention to the changes in Shen Jing's expression, from the beginning of confusion, to sadness and sadness, and then to the current clear eyes, in a short period of time, Shen Jing seems to have completed a gorgeous transformation.

Shen Kuang picked up the sword next to him, when the sword was unsheathed, he seemed to see the sword light and sword shadow of twenty years ago on the sword, at this moment he was not sad, not excited, just calm after seeing everything clearly.

The sword of a young man should be directed to the front, and anyone who stands in the way needs to be slashed with the sword!

Shen Kuang put away the letter and put it in his arms, turned his head to look at Su Yao on the side, and said softly: "The master is going to do his own thing." ”

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

"Would you like to go out and sit for a while?"

"Okay!"

The breeze was still blowing, the willow branches were still fluttering, the fish in the pond had changed direction, and the boy under the tree had returned.

"Did your predecessors tell you a lot of things from the past?" Under the willow tree, Su Yao asked softly.

Shen Guo nodded: "Hmm! The first time the master told me this, he told me all at once. Senior Han also told me about it when I was in Qiuluo City, and this time I was not so surprised to see the master mention it again. It's just that the master's sudden departure and these things make it a little difficult for me to accept for a while. It's all good now, though. ”

A smile appeared on Shen Jing's face again, and Su Yao could see that he was really good, not forcibly pretending to be nothing.

"Is there a name here?" Su Yao changed the subject, pointed to the small courtyard and asked.

"Here?"

"Hmm."

Shen Guo shook his head: "There is no here, but the alley has a name, and we all call it red mud." ”

Su Yao said slowly: "Red mud, what a nice name." When I came here before, the elders I saw when I passed by loved you very much. ”

"Well, I've been in Red Clay Lane since I was a kid, and they all watched me grow up. In the past, when they were sick, they would come to the master for diagnosis and treatment, and because of this relationship, they took good care of me. The uncles and aunts in Red Clay Lane are all very good people, they are very simple and simple, and you will know if you have more contact in the future. ”

"What are you going to do in the future?" Su Yao asked again. Such a question is not only a question about Shen Jing, but also faintly related to herself.

"Practice the sword well first, the master said that I will only be qualified to know some things when I reach the realm of the grandmaster."

Hearing the word grandmaster, Su Yao was a little surprised, but she knew that with Shen Jing's talent, there would be a day. "Grandmaster, you'll get there."

"What about you? What do you plan to do next? Shen asked back.

"Heal the injury first, and in the future, I may go back to the East China Sea and worship my family first, which is what Uncle Mu told me before he died, and going back alone will not attract the attention of others!"

"Let's do it together! I don't even remember what my home looked like, so I thought I should go back and see it. ”

"Well, together!" Su Yao said softly.

Su Yao didn't ask too much about the reason, as if everything was a matter of course, and they should do the same.

After saying this, both of them invariably chose to be silent, sitting under the tree opposite, facing the warm afternoon breeze, and their minds couldn't help but drift into the distance. Two similar people seem to have become more and more tacit in this situation, they no longer speak, but they still see through each other's thoughts as they did that night.

"What do you want to eat at noon?" After a long time, Shen asked with a smile.

Su Yao naturally took over and smiled: "You can do it!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, without saying too many words, and at this moment their smiles were a little more calm and calm.

Two people with similar experiences, two people who are left with only themselves at the moment, it seems that everything is bad, but both of them still have smiles. Everything doesn't seem to be so bad, the road is still walkable, so you might as well chase the wind and catch the moon.