After Xu Huaigu returned home, he began to clean. Although he had never done these housework, he was very handy, but Xu Huaigu had time to take his time, and he was not in a hurry.

Moreover, when he was cleaning, he could always find some objects with his young memories from time to time, which was a surprise.

Doing this calmly, Xu Huaigu can be regarded as having fun. I cleaned from morning to evening until I finally cleaned up my home.

There was only muddy rainwater in the water tank in the yard, Xu Huaigu got up and fell, he was going to go to the well to get some clean water.

It was already nightfall. The small village is not as big as Xingqing, and it is still noisy and lively at night, as soon as it gets dark, Qingling falls asleep early.

Walking on the familiar country road, the wind of the Lingjiang River blows in my ears, with some intoxicating coolness.

The water in the Lingjiang River is cold, and the wind is always cold, and Xu Huaigu is very familiar with this wind. He pulled his collar down a little, and let the wind pour in, blowing a little cold air in people's hearts, which was extremely comfortable.

He drew water from the well, and there was a moon in the well, and as soon as the barrel was lowered, the moon was shattered.

It's just broken and round, round and broken. Xu Huaigu felt that he should stay in Qingling, and when the demon clan invaded, he would also go to the last battlefield, and he could kill as many as he could, but if he couldn't beat it, he would retreat and retreat to Xingqing City.

No matter how invincible it is, it can still retreat north to Qingfeng Valley, Zixia Sect, and Fuyao Sect. There is no way back to the Fuyao Sect, that is the northernmost point of the East Fuyao Continent, if the Fuyao Sect falls, the East Fuyao Continent will be gone.

Thinking of this, Xu Huaigu felt a pang in his heart. But he knew that it was a matter of time, the invasion of the demon clan was unstoppable, not to mention an East Fuyao Continent, it was still uncertain whether the entire Central Domain could survive the war.

It's just that you can lose if you lose, but you can't surrender, you have to play the integrity of the human race. When the time comes, go to the battlefield, even if you kill to the death.

It's been a day since I came to Qingling, but I haven't seen the old people I want to see. Xu Huaigu returned too late, how did he know that Zhang Xiaohe, Li Zi, and Bai Xiaoyu had actually seen him in secret, just because Zhang Xiaohe and Li Zi were on the side of the human race, but Bai Xiaoyu was a disciple of the Demon Sect, and both sides were jealous, and they didn't want to expose themselves in front of each other, so they didn't dare to meet Xu Huaigu rashly.

When Xu Huaigu fetched water, he thought that he should go to Lingjiang tomorrow to have a look. He has a very different affection for Lingjiang, which was his favorite place in his childhood.

He hasn't been back for a long time, and he misses the wind of Lingjiang. Then it's decided, go to Lingjiang tomorrow.

…… The night is as deep as water, especially in the mountains. The dark night cast a veil over the mountain, and the Wujian Pavilion of the Fuyao Sect stood tall on a towering mountain peak, reaching into the clouds.

This is where the disciples of the Fuyao Sect usually cultivate their swords, and there is still a sword-holding man standing at the door of the Wujian Pavilion, who is secretly looking around, smoking two puffs of cigarettes when no one is looking.

It has been almost five years since Xu Huaigu left the Fuyao Sect, and he seems to have endless cigarettes and endless punishments, and he is still guarding the door under the Wujian Pavilion.

He swallowed the clouds and spitted out the fog, and his face was full of intoxication. One by one, the gray-white smoke rings came out of his mouth and were blown away by the wind.

There was the sound of someone coming downstairs in the Wujian Pavilion, and the man holding the sword quickly snuffed out the cigarette holder, fanned the wind with his hand, blew away the white smoke, and then cheered up, pretending to be seriously fulfilling the obligation of guarding the door.

An elder walked down, glanced at him, saw his serious expression, and couldn't help but smile: "It's rare to be so serious and not smoke?" The man holding the sword was busy laughing and said, "Elder Li said that he was joking, and he had already quit." Elder Li raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Really?" Last time, I heard Elder Xing say that he just caught you smoking just ten days ago, and this is also an early quit? The man with the sword had no choice but to laugh vigorously and stop talking.

This elder surnamed Li is not strict, he has always turned a blind eye to him, as long as he is not seen by him directly, nothing will happen.

The main thing is Elder Xing of the torture hall, how many years have he been, he has been arrested dozens of times, and he is still arrested, and he is not allowed to smoke, I really don't know what he is competing with himself.

Why is it that only alcohol is allowed in the sect, and no smoking is allowed? The man holding the sword was sullen. Soon after Elder Li left, he lit a cigarette again.

It didn't take long for the sound of footsteps to come from Wujian Pavilion again, but the man holding the sword didn't care, and still smoked happily.

As soon as he heard the sound of these footsteps, he was not a threat to him, and he had not learned anything else from guarding this Wujian Pavilion over the years, but he had listened to the footsteps of everyone in the Fuyao Sect.

Of course, this is so that he can smoke more conveniently. The footsteps of the reading horn gradually approached, and when he came out, he was not an elder, but a woman with a peugeot appearance.

The man holding the sword seemed to have known who she was, but while smoking, he smiled at her: "Senior Sister Yu, you have finally come out of the customs, and you have succeeded in breaking through the realm, right?" Congratulations. Yu Qin was in a good mood, so she also replied with a smile: "Thank you, senior brother." "It turns out that Yu Qin has been practicing in the Fuyao Sect for many years, and at this time she has just broken through the Five Realms, and she can be regarded as a rising star in the Fuyao Sect.

The man holding the sword shook his head and said no, but there was another person walking towards the Wujian Pavilion. The man holding the sword took a closer look there, but saw that it was Yin Zishi.

He smiled, thinking that he was lucky and that he didn't care about anything, so he raised his pipe and took another big puff, exhaling a large circle of white mist.

Yin Zishi came to Wujian Pavilion and happened to meet Yu Qin at the door. Yin Zishi saw that Yu Qin had just broken through, so he hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate him, and Yu Qin also thanked him.

Yu Qin said to him, "I happened to meet Senior Brother Yin here, and I just happened to go to you for help." I want to leave the sect, but the atmosphere in the sect has been different recently, but I'm afraid that the deacon hall will not allow it. I know that Senior Brother Yin has a close relationship with the Deacon Hall, so I would like to ask you to help me say a few more kind words. Yin Zishi asked, "Senior Sister Yu is going to find Xu Huaigu?" Yu Qin was a little surprised and asked, "You also know that he is still alive?" He sent you a letter too, right? Yin Zishi replied, "Indeed, not only me, but also the Great Elder received his letter. He was estimated to have arrived in Qingling at this time, and the Great Elder asked me to go south, first, to inquire about the information in the south, and second, to meet him to see what his current situation was. If Senior Sister Yu doesn't dislike it, we can go together, so that the deacon hall will be much easier. Yu Qin raised her eyebrows and hurriedly thanked her: "Great, thank you Senior Brother Yin!" Yin Zishi smiled: "It's just a gesture, thank you, and I also want to see the two of you reunited." When I got the news that Xu Huaigu was dead, I didn't believe it, even if that kid went to the underworld, the king of Hades wouldn't accept it, how could it be so easy to die? Now that I look at it, it is indeed so. Yu Qin just gently stroked the long braid on her chest, lowered her head and smiled slightly.

The man holding the sword silently extinguished the cigarette at some point, and looked blankly into the distance. …… The night of celebration is the night of thousands of lights.

In the celebration of that year, if you look down from a high place, the lights in the city will be like the stars in the sky, shining brightly.

But now the scenery of Xingqing City is not as good as in previous years, it can only be regarded as a cloudy night, and you can see sparse stars, but not much.

In the northernmost palace in the city, Lin Hongzhi, the emperor of the Dayu Kingdom, was wearing a golden dragon robe, sitting on the dragon chair, hanging his eyebrows and supporting his forehead, as if he was very lost.

Several eunuchs around him knelt tremblingly on the ground in the hall with a few official documents, not even daring to breathe.

As long as you are a person who lives in Dayu Country, you can see that the national strength has weakened greatly in the past few years, and it is not at all as good as in previous years.

However, this can't put all the blame on Lin Hongzhi, it's all for the invasion of this demon clan.

In the past few years, Dayu has been expanding its military strength, and raising troops has always been the most silver-eating, so Dayuguo's treasury is very empty.

and the matter of the united army, which also harmed Dayu a lot. The joint army was negotiated by the four major powers of the East Fuyao Continent, and its original intention was to unite the secular forces of the entire East Fuyao Continent to jointly resist the invasion of the demon clan.

In addition to the Dayu Kingdom itself, the other three countries are also obliged to send troops to the border to block the demon clan as much as possible.

It's just that after these armies entered the Dayu Kingdom, they were not at peace and disturbed the people everywhere. Besides, these armies are under the jurisdiction of their own generals, and Dayu Country can't control them at all, and these days, there are dozens of local officials who have written about the impeachment of this matter, which makes Lin Hongzhi have a headache.

Over the years, many measures have been spent, many concessions and compromises have been made, all in preparation for this coming war.

It's just that the horn hasn't sounded yet, but Dayu itself has gradually messed up, are these decisions right?

Lin Hongzhi didn't have an answer in his heart, and he would only find out after the war really started. Regarding the current combat strength of Dayu Kingdom, Lin Hongzhi has already calculated countless times in his heart, so he is naturally clear.

In the upper combat power, there are two monks of the Ten Realms and four monks of the Nine Realms. Among the Ten Realm cultivators, one is Liang Chen, the sect leader of the Star Moon Sect, who is faithful and reliable; The other is the sword immortal surnamed Yang who came from Middle Earth and sat in Qingling.

I heard that his killing power was extremely high, and he could be called the pinnacle of the Ten Realms cultivators, but he did not obey the dispatch of the Great Yu Kingdom.

At that time, when he came to Qingling, he only explained one sentence to the court of Dayu Kingdom, saying that he would do everything possible to kill the most demons and do whatever it takes.

After that, he didn't say a word, he sent someone to negotiate with the sword immortal, but he was directly rejected by others.

Lin Hongzhi wanted to know more about this person, but the people he sent to Middle-earth to inquire about the news couldn't find anything, which made Lin Hongzhi quite annoyed.

Once this monk's cultivation is high, he is so arrogant that he doesn't look good, the key is that Lin Hongzhi really can't do anything about him, so he can only let him go.

The lower combat power, after gathering the armies of the four countries, the military strength stationed in the south of the Dayu country has reached a terrifying five million.

It's just that Lin Hongzhi also knows in his heart that if there are many troops, the combat effectiveness will definitely not be as good as the elite soldiers, but the current situation is critical, and he can't take care of these anymore, and one more person is one person.

But even if there is an army of five million, how long can he resist the demon clan, his expectations are still very unoptimistic. If he can drag the demon clan for three months, he will be satisfied.

If it can be delayed for a longer time, Dayu Guo is estimated to be famous in the Central Region. But it can only end here, and the fate of destruction cannot be escaped, it is only postponed.

This is true not only of him, but of every country and sect in Dongfuyaozhou. Lin Hongzhi sat on the dragon chair, suddenly became angry, and pushed the stacked folds on the table to the bottom of the hall, and suddenly scattered them all over the ground, so frightened that all the eunuchs fell to the ground, trembling.

He was furious and scolded: "Suppress all the redundant twists and turns of impeaching the army!" When the national crisis is at the head, if you don't rely on being a soldier to save the country, can it be that you rely on a group of rice buckets who only know how to dance and write? Pass my order, from tomorrow, there will be someone who will give me a reduction in the army, let him carry his head and roll me to the border! If he can kill demons, I, the emperor, will sit on him! The eunuchs who read the book cowered, even claimed that they were, and picked up the folds that were thrown all over the ground by Lin Hongzhi, and took them all out.

Lin Hongzhi held his forehead with one hand and leaned on the arm of the chair, only feeling that he was embarrassed on both sides, and his heart hurt in the depths of his brain.