In the thirteenth year of Hongkang, in winter, the first snow was ushered in in Zhouhai City.

The pond in Wanchun Garden gradually froze, and the garden became covered in silver, with a thin layer of white snow, and the brown-haired old man also turned into a silver-haired old man.

Since that day, after knowing that he could practice, Zhao Xuan was no longer depressed all day long, and occasionally appeared near the practice pavilion.

On this day, Qi Shou came to Wanchun Garden as usual, and Zhao Xuan waited here early, her little face was red from the cold.

"It's snowing today, and it's cold outside, so let's change it indoors." Qi Shou suggested.

"Not necessarily." Zhao Xuan shook her head and refused: "After these months of recuperation, I feel that my body is no longer so weak now." ”

's father is the city lord of Zhou Hai, and the Zhao family naturally has no shortage of natural treasures to nourish the body, and Qi Shou can also clearly feel that Zhao Xuan's physique has improved.

"Miss, what Qi Gongzi said is right, it's better for us to be in the room today." Luo Yi also reminded.

"Anyway, you're still a mortal." Qi Shou reminded.

"No, let's be here today." Zhao Xuan still insisted, "After I start cultivating immortals in the future, I will definitely work harder, and I will sharpen my will." ”

"Okay." Qi Shou smiled bitterly.

Since Zhao Xuan insisted on this, Qi Shou didn't force it, and Luo Yi went to find a stove to put in the pavilion.

This teaching was another morning, despite the sun and the stove, Zhao Xuan was still very cold, and kept putting her hands to her mouth to breathe.

"Why don't you go to the room?" Qi Shou proposed again.

"Go ahead, finish this game." Zhao Xuan still shook his head stubbornly.

Qi Shou also found that although Zhao Xuan has a delicate personality, she is very strong in her bones, just like her chess style.

At the end of the morning's teaching, Zhao Xuan's body had begun to tremble, but she did not show any difficulty.

"Mr. Qi, do you think I can really cultivate immortals?" Zhao Xuan suddenly asked.

Qi Shou looked at Zhao Xuan and saw a bit of worry in her eyes.

"Nature." Qi Shou didn't say much, he was afraid that if he said too much, Zhao Xuan would not be confident.

Hearing Qi Shou's firm tone, Zhao Xuan's face was also a little more confident.

For Zhao Xuan, Qi Shou still has some good feelings.

Of course, it's not emotional, I just think Zhao Xuan's personality is very good.

Although Zhao Zhijing has been calculating him, he will not involve this game on Zhao Xuan.

Just like the previous Demon Gate Master killed Qi Shou, but he would not retaliate against Sha Yan or Gu Lian for this.

Of course, the premise is that Qi Shou's interests and life are not touched.

Qi Shou taught Zhao Xuan to play chess as usual, and naturally he did not fall behind in terms of cultivation.

In the past nearly a year, Qi Shou has reached the fourfold perfection of body refining, but the Yellow Butterfly Dance and the Wind God Leg have entered a bottleneck period, and they have not made much progress in a few months.

As a martial art used in combat, it is still the greatest improvement in actual combat, and a person who practices hard and works behind closed doors will make progress very slowly, and if he is an inexperienced novice, he may even go astray.

The spirit stones obtained in the Cold Bone Village were one and a half used, and Qi Shou now still had three first-level spirit stones and two second-level spirit stones in his hands.

Qi Shou estimated that in order to break through to the fifth level of body refining, he would have to use a first-level spirit stone, and the remaining spirit stones would probably be enough for him to use about the seven-fold and eightfold body refining body.

"I feel like I have to prostitute something in the Zhao family." Qi Shou thought to himself.

He didn't come to the Zhao family just to practice the Pavilion, but also for pills and spirit stones, if he could prostitute for nothing, the more the better.

Coincidentally, just a few days later, Zhao Zhijing suddenly visited in person.

"Qi Xiaoyou, how have you been lately?" Zhao Zhijing came to Qi Shou's room alone.

"Thanks to the blessing of the Zhao City Lord, I have been doing well in the Zhao family recently." Qi Shou got up and said.

"That's good." Zhao Zhijing nodded with satisfaction, and then closed the door.

Seeing the door being closed, Qi Shou's nerves tensed slightly.

You must know that although Zhao Zhijing is polite to him on the surface now, and he has not had much contact with Qi Shou in the Zhao family on weekdays, he has always been more dangerous in Qi Shou's eyes.

After all, when Qi Shou came to Zhao's house, Zhao Zhijing did not want to find a Go teacher for Zhao Xuan, but to see if Qi Shou had a red lotus in his hands.

This kind of person who is inconsistent is the most difficult to deal with.

"You've been coming to the Zhao family for almost a year, right?" Zhao Zhijing said unhurriedly.

"That's right, I came to the Zhao family in early spring, and it's about nine months now." Qi Shou nodded.

Although it has only been nine months, Zhao Zhijing said that it has been a year, and that is one year.

"From the moment I played against you that day, I knew you were a smart man."

"You should also know that letting you come to Zhao's family to teach Xuan'er to play chess is actually to thank you for giving me that karmic fire lotus seed."

"Of course, because this thing is a thing of the Demon Gate, it is not safe for you to keep it in your hands."

"It's also a very wise choice for you to hand it over to me, which is why I didn't make this matter public." Zhao Zhijing said slowly.

"Qi naturally understands City Lord Zhao's intentions." Qi Shou said politely on the surface, but in his heart he secretly slandered himself.

At the beginning, he thought that Zhao Zhijing was going to have a showdown with him, but sure enough, Zhao Zhijing was still scheming.

"No matter what, you saved my daughter, no matter what natural treasure I give you, it's not enough."

"At the beginning of spring next year, Xuan'er will go to Wuhua Pavilion, so you don't have to teach her to play chess." Zhao Zhijing continued, "When the time comes, whether you want to return to the Qingping Sect or continue to stay in the Zhao family is up to you. ”

"If you choose to continue to stay in the Zhao family, I will naturally not treat you badly."

"Of course, if you want to go back to Qingping Sect, you can also mention any requirements you have at that time, heavenly and earthly treasures, spirit stone pills, and martial arts cheats can be used, as long as I Zhao someone can get it."

"In short, as long as you are still in the Zhao family, I will not treat you badly."

"Thank you City Lord Zhao for your concern, Qi will consider it seriously." Qi Shou said seriously, but he already had the answer in his heart.

Zhao Zhijing nodded, and then slowly spoke: "In addition, I have one more thing I want to ask Qi Xiaoyou." ”

Really.

Qi Shou guessed that Zhao Zhijing would not come over to talk to him about these things, his purpose was to cross the red lotus.

"Although City Lord Zhao asked, as long as Qi knew about it, he would definitely say it frankly." Qi Shou nodded.

"That karmic fire lotus seed should have been obtained in the Cold Bone Village." Zhao Zhijing asked.

"That's right." If you say too much, you will lose, Qi Shou didn't elaborate, but simply replied.

"Anything else you've seen besides this karmic fire lotus seed?" Zhao Zhijing asked.

Qi Shou pretended to think for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This karmic fire lotus seed was found in the storage ring of the leader of the cold bone village, and I only found out what it was after checking the information. ”

"In addition to that lotus seed, there is also a first-grade spirit stone, a seventh-grade low-grade gathering spirit pill and a sword spirit rune."

"There's nothing else to do."

Listening to Qi Shou's words, Zhao Zhijing frowned slightly, as if he was not satisfied with his answer: "Is this really the case?" ”

"What Qi said is true." Qi Shou bowed his head and said, his tone sincere.

The next moment, Qi Shou felt that the aura around him was gradually solemnizing, as if a fierce tiger was eyeing him around him.

This was coercion from Zhao Zhijing, but Qi Shou didn't dare to react too much.

Qi Shou took a deep breath and kept his posture without looking up.

"Haha, I naturally believe Qi Xiaoyou's words." Zhao Zhijing laughed.

"Then I won't delay Qi Xiaoyou's time."

"You are in the Zhao family, just tell Luo Yi directly if there is anything." Zhao Zhijing said and left the guest room.

Seeing that Zhao Zhijing left, Qi Shou remained cautious, and after a while, he also left the guest room, and went to the practice pavilion as if nothing had happened.

Now it seems that Zhao Zhijing should have decided that there is no Red Lotus in his hands.

It's just that he can't stay in the Zhao family for a long time, so he has to hurry up and occupy more cultivation resources.

On the other side, after Zhao Zhijing left the guest room, he came to the backyard of the Zhao family's mansion.

At this time, in addition to Zhao Zhijing, there was another person in the courtyard.

This person is none other than the servant Luo Yi when Qi Shou first came to the Zhao family.

"How's it been for the past month?" Zhao Zhijing looked at the snow in the courtyard.

"Back to Zhao City Lord, Qi Shou's actions this month are not abnormal, his strength has risen steadily, and now he is almost reaching the fourfold consummation of body refining."

"Besides, I haven't seen Qi Shou have any study of the formation." Luo Yi replied.

"Refining the Fourfold Consummation......" Zhao Zhijing fell into deep thought.