Zhang Xiaohe put his hand on Xu Huaigu's shoulder familiarly, and said, "After so many years, I have grown a lot taller!"

Xu Huaigu just laughed, and didn't know how to answer for a while. After being silent for a long time, he said a little rigidly: "Yes, twelve years have passed, can you not grow taller?"

Li Zi also smiled, stretched out his hand to straighten out his hair that was blown by the wind, and said, "Speaking of which, the past twelve years seem to be a snap of a finger, and the meeting between the three of us seems to be yesterday."

Time passes, and time flies. The three children who were playing in Qingling have now grown into independent pillars.

Xu Huaigu looked at the key in Zhang Xiaohe's hand and remembered it. Zhang Xiaohe's mother is the Chen family, and she should indeed have a key to her own family.

Zhang Xiaohe and Li Zi were still standing at the door, Xu Huaigu hurriedly welcomed them in, and said enthusiastically: "Come in and sit, fortunately, I cleaned the house two days ago, otherwise I really couldn't live in it."

Li Zi smiled: "Your house is fine, unlike my family, all these years have passed, and they have all collapsed, so I have to borrow Zhang Xiaohe's house."

Zhang Xiaohe also chimed in: "But isn't it, they all say that time is not forgiving, and even the house is not exempt."

Xu Huaigu hurriedly beckoned them into the house, they sat down at the table, and then Xu Huaigu wanted to make tea for them again, but found that there seemed to be only wine in his robe, and there was no tea, so he went to the grocery store next door to buy it. Zhang Xiaohe hurriedly stopped him and said, "No need, Li Zi and I can just drink some water, and we don't usually like tea."

Li Zi also nodded in agreement. But Xu Huaigu was happy when he saw the old man today, so he naturally refused to give in easily, so he hurriedly went to Jiang Chengcuo to get some tea, made a pot of good flower tea, and served it to the two of them.

The flower tea was steaming, and both of them took a sip.

Xu Huaigu watched the two of them drink tea, and then asked with a smile, "How do you know that I'm back?"

Li Zi took a sip of tea, put the teacup down, raised her eyebrows, held her chin with her hand, and said with a smile: "We live next to your house, what are you doing here, we don't know yet?" I have been looking forward to the stars and the moon for a long time, and now that you are really back, I can't hurry up to see you? You have to say that all these years have passed, and we have forgotten you."

Xu Huaigu took a closer look at Li Zi and found that she had changed a lot. The eyebrows seemed to be more slender than before, and the eyes were narrow, like fox eyes; Her short hair is shoulder-length, and she looks very energetic; Then there is her clothes, a neat purple dress, white cloth shoes, and a small wooden knife with a sheath behind her back.

The style of the small wooden knife is familiar to Xu Huaigu, those Taoist priests who subdue demons and exorcise evil spirits like to carry a peachwood sword behind their backs, Li Zi's small wooden knife is very similar to the peachwood sword. Moreover, she studied under Sun Xiang of Taihua Mountain, which is the most correct line of Taoism in the world, and this small wooden knife is also very consistent with her identity.

Her speech was still as clever as before, and Xu Huaigu smiled: "It's okay if others say so, you don't know me? Am I such a calculating person?"

"I can't say for sure." Zhang Xiaohe smiled, "Naturally, it wasn't before, but who knows what has become of you after so many years? Even if it's you, I'm afraid you're worried that Li Zi and I won't recognize you."

Li Zi laughed, and Xu Huaigu also smiled. The three of them originally had concerns in their hearts, but fortunately, everyone was still the same person from previous years, their appearance had changed, but their hearts had not changed.

Xu Huaigu asked Zhang Xiaohe, "Speaking of which, I heard that you also left Qingling, where did you go?"

Zhang Xiaohe thought for a while and replied, "I, I didn't go far, I just traveled to Dayu and Yamato, and then I came back, but I only left Qingling for four or five years. After that, I worked as a private school teacher here, and I taught the children some etiquette and morality on weekdays."

Yamato ...... Then he must have been to Qiyin, Xu Huaigu was still thinking about the person who looked like Zhang Xiaohe in Qiyin Drunken Flower Garden.

Zhang Xiaohe continued to laugh and said, "I'm not as good as you, I'm famous everywhere. Anyone who has a slight connection with the monastic world in Dongfu Chau knows your name."

Xu Huaigu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid my reputation is not outside

Great, okay? Alas, I have offended many people everywhere, and I am alone, and my reputation is really helpless."

After hearing this, Li Zi thought about it in his heart, and decided to ask for clarification, so he said, "I heard that there is a ferry boat to Feiyu Island in Dongfu Yaozhou, and it was shipwrecked in the sea, what is going on?"

As soon as he mentioned this, Xu Huaigu turned cold and said, "I was calculated, if someone hadn't secretly protected me, I would have been calculated to death by that person. The Yan family in Xicheng, sooner or later I will go back to settle accounts with them."

Li Zi frowned and said, "So, the shipwreck has nothing to do with you?"

"It has nothing to do with me in the first place, someone planted it on my head." Xu Huaigu clenched his fists and looked indignant, "In order to calculate me, she did not hesitate to give up all the lives and goods of the entire ferry to the whale demon clan in the sea, it is really vicious!"

Li Zi and Zhang Xiaohe exchanged glances, hurriedly put their hands on Xu Huaigu's clenched fists, and persuaded, "I see, I'll just say how could you do such a thing. It's not worth being so angry with that kind of person, and when you return to Xicheng, the grievances will naturally be understood. If I don't leave Dongfu Yaozhou at that time, I will also go to Nayan's house with you to seek justice!"

Xu Huaigu's expression gradually relaxed, and said, "It's not easy for the three of us to get together today, so we shouldn't say these things. By the way, Li Zi, tell me how you have been with Sun Xiang all these years?"

Li Zi smiled, "What can it do? It's nothing more than practicing on the mountain every day. However, there are still a lot of interesting places in Taihua Mountain, sometimes learning alchemy from the elders of the alchemy room, and sometimes finding two books to learn talismans, which is not boring."

"Haven't you been to Middle-earth? I remember when you were a kid you told me that you wanted to see something different."

Zhang Xiaohe smiled suddenly, and Li Zi was also a little embarrassed, and said shyly: "Just ask, why do you mention that time?" Master was strict and easily refused to let me go down the mountain, but once I went down the mountain with a senior brother to run errands, and I also traveled to several big countries along the way and saw a lot of the world. In addition, Master often took me to wander around the major sects of Middle-earth, and I also met many young people in Middle-earth, and they could say each other's names. But I've certainly not seen as much of the world as you, and I've heard that you've traveled all over Dongfuyao Island and Flying Fish Island."

Xu Huaigu said modestly, "Dongfu Shake Continent and Flying Fish Continent are just small places, how can there be Middle-earth? I often hear that Middle-earth is full of talents and beautiful scenery, but I haven't had a chance to go there yet. I was going to go to Middle-earth recently, but I heard that the war was about to break out in Dongfuyaozhou, so I rushed back non-stop, but I didn't expect you to come earlier than me."

Li Zi said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, the years will be long in the future, there will always be a chance to go to Middle-earth, and I will definitely take you to take a good look at Taihua Mountain when the time comes."

Xu Huaigu nodded and agreed, and the three of them drank tea while chatting about their experiences in recent years, and they laughed and laughed during the banquet.

Halfway through the conversation, Xu Huaigu saw that Li Zi and Zhang Xiaohe gave each other several glances, and felt a little strange for a while, so he asked, "Are you in a hurry to leave?" In that case, I won't keep you, and I'll go to your house next time to talk."

Li Zi paused, his expression seemed a little embarrassed, and said, "No, it's just that we have something we want to ask you for help with, and we're not too embarrassed to speak."

Xu Huaigu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? I've known each other for so many years, what are you doing so politely? Just ask, I can help."

Li Zi paused for a moment, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then I won't turn around with you." Do you know that our Qingling is now ruled by an old sword immortal?"

Xu Huaigu said, "I know, I was stopped by him when I first entered Qingling. I heard that this old sword immortal is a cultivator at the peak of the Ten Realms, and he is also a sword of the Yang family in Middle Earth, and he came here to kill demons. What did he do, you asked?"

Li Zi was a little surprised, and said, "You know a lot, but this old sword immortal's intention doesn't stop there, let me tell you in detail."

Li Ziwei said: "This old sword immortal's name is Yang Yun, he is the older generation of the Yang family's sword lineage who has been famous for many years, and his cultivation at the peak of the ten realms is only one step away from the eleventh realm, and his killing power is extremely high, compared to ten

A realm monk is not much inferior. It's just that he has been wandering at the peak of the Ten Realms for more than seventy years, and he has not been able to break through, and now he is more than two hundred years old, and his longevity is about to end, if he can't break through the realm, he will definitely be killed within ten years."

"So, he came to Qingling to find an opportunity to break through?"

"That's the root of the problem, he didn't want to break through the realm at all." Li Zi frowned and shook his head, "You listen to me continue."

"It is said that this Yang family sword has been inherited so far, and it has a history of nearly a thousand years, and it is complicated, and it is no longer the Yang family sword that was inherited from the past. Nowadays, the Yang family sword is the name of a sect, and in this sect, it is divided into the lineage and the lineage. The lineage is naturally the most orthodox Yang family sword, and the Shu line is second, but the identity is not low, and this old sword immortal is from a lineage. It's just that now his pulse is declining, the older generation above is about to pass away, and there is no one in the younger generation below who can provoke the beam, which can be called a lack of success. If this continues, his lineage will only perish, and this is related to the honor of his lineage, so he thought of a way to save it."

"As long as he can kill demons in Qingling and kill enough big demons, his reputation will naturally rise. In this way, even if he dies, his lineage will be able to stand tall in the Yang family's sword by relying on the reputation he has earned, and he will not lose the qualification of the lineage, which is the true purpose of this old sword immortal sitting in Qingling."

Zhang Xiaohe added, "Therefore, he needs to kill as many demons as possible, so he wants to use Qingling's formation."

Xu Huaigu frowned and asked, "Is it the formation in the center of the Ling River that blocks the demon clan?"

Li Zi said, "No, that formation was later built by the Great Yu Kingdom when the formation master was invited, and what Yang Yun wanted to use was the big formation that Qingling originally suppressed the Molong."

"At that time, the Chen family's bloodline was lost, causing Molong to escape. It's just that Qingling's landscape array can still be effective, but its power is not as good as before. But to operate this big array, it must be the same as the sacrificial ceremony back then, and it requires the blood of all the people in the village. This sword immortal is sitting in Qingling, one of his intentions is to prevent someone from escaping in Qingling, he needs the blood of every surname. But Xu Huaigu, if you think about it, it's too selfish for him to do this, right? It's good that he wants to kill demons, but there is no reason to let the people of Qingling be buried for it! Once that big array is back in operation, it can indeed kill many demon clans, but it can only delay the offensive, not stop it. Once the demon clan breaks through this big array, the people of Qingling will bear the brunt and become the meat on the chopping board! What I came to discuss with you today is about helping the people of Qingling escape."

Xu Huaigu took a deep breath and said with a deep gaze: "This matter is not only your responsibility, but also my responsibility, no matter what you say you want me to do, I will never shirk."

Li Zi was overjoyed and said, "It's good to have your help! Zhang Xiaohe and I have already made a plan, and you can listen to me carefully."