Chapter 65: A Chance Encounter with the Dead

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Leaving the shop, Huo Xuan rode on a white horse and walked along the street. (Please search, the novel is better and faster!)

On this trip to Beicangcheng, although I did not buy a suitable thousand-year-old elixir, I also gained a lot. A corpse of an ice lizard brought him great wealth, not to mention, as well as more than a dozen self-defense talismans, as well as many elixirs. With his current net worth, I am afraid that even if the Huo family spends all their industry, it will be difficult to match it!

"It's unbelievable that a woman with such a small shop can sell so generously!" he sighed in his heart.

"For Xuanshi, only natural treasures and rare materials are the most precious. Those gold and silver money, but worldly things, want to obtain, too simple. ”

Adu's voice suddenly sounded in his heart.

"Brother Du, I was fortunate that you reminded me just now, otherwise I would really have taken advantage of that woman!" Huo Xuan rode on his horse and replied with a smile.

"It's nothing!" Adu's tone was a little low, "It's a pity that I couldn't find an elixir suitable for you to refine the 'Poison Yuan Pill', this trip to Beicang City can be regarded as a trip for nothing!"

"Brother Du rest assured. Huo Xuan said with a smile: "Let's go back to the Poison Valley first, and after a few months, I will go to the county government after my cultivation has reached the peak of innate nature." There, whether it is an elixir or a Ning Yuan Pill, there are all for sale. ”

"That's all it can be!" Adu sent a voice over, agreeing.

By this time, it was noon. Huo Xuan hurried early in the morning, and now that most of the day had passed, he didn't feel a little hungry in his stomach. He drove his horse forward, and gradually came to the prosperous area of the city, found a restaurant at random, and prepared to have a full meal here, and then it was not too late to return to the Poison Valley.

This restaurant, called 'Yunlaiju', is a three-storey attic as a whole, and it seems that business is very prosperous, which is in line with the words "customers are like Yunlai". Huo Xuan came to the door of the restaurant, and before he got off the horse, a guy greeted him.

"Welcome to our store!"

The guy was a young man who looked very smart. When he arrived, he took the reins and greeted him with a smile on his face.

Huo Xuan casually took out a piece of broken silver and threw it to him, and ordered: "Feed the horses, I will have to hurry later." ”

"Yes, yes...... Please rest assured, the villain must be arranged. The guy took the broken silver, the smile on his face was even bigger, and he kept nodding at Huo Xuan. Originally, out of professional habits, the young guest officers were all called young masters. In his opinion, Huo Xuan was wearing coarse clothes and linen, and he didn't look like he was rich. Who would have expected that this son would reward a piece of broken silver with his hand, and weighed it in his hand, afraid that it would weigh more than two taels, which was enough to be worth his half-monthly salary.

This is a small amount! The man looked at Huo Xuan, this son in coarse clothes and linen was much more graceful than the young masters and sons of those officials, businessmen and nobles in the city, it was simply a jade tree in the wind, no one could match it!

Huo Xuan has developed a habit of playing small, and he is very generous with these people who are engaged in low-level professions. I think that when he was in Baihualou in Lijiang City, at most he spent dozens of taels of purple gold just to reward his servants for one night, and a piece of broken silver was nothing!

While leading the horses away, the guy called someone to greet Huo Xuan, and he was very enthusiastic. Huo Xuan smiled slightly and strode towards the restaurant. As soon as he crossed the threshold of the gate, there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, followed by a man's voice that sounded familiar to him.

"Man, prepare more high-quality soybeans and feed the horses, and you will have to hurry after eating. ”

"Yes, yes, a few uncles, please. ”

The voice was familiar, Huo Xuan couldn't help but turn around, looked over, but saw a group of seven people riding horses to the restaurant and stopped. These seven people are all men, and the first one is a man in a blue suit, about thirty years old, with a fierce face.

"Li Hao!"

Huo Xuan's heart moved. This man in blue is an acquaintance, his name is Li Hao, he is the commander of the city guards of Lijiang City, a martial artist in the Quenching Bone Realm, and he can be regarded as a henchman of 'that person'.

This Li Hao was originally just a ranger warrior and lived a life like rootless duckweed. Later, Huo Xuan's father, Huo Boshan, took a fancy to him and entrusted him with an important task as the commander of the 800 city guards of Lijiang City. Therefore, he was loyal to the Huo family, and he was even more grateful to Huo Baishan and swore allegiance.

Huo Xuan looked carefully at this time, except for Li Hao, the other six people were very familiar, and if the guess was good, they should all be the guards of Lijiang City, Li Hao's subordinates.

The city guards are also responsible for defending the city, and they never leave the city lightly. Especially Li Hao, as the commander, came to Beicang City thousands of miles away in simple clothes, which couldn't help but make Huo Xuan feel strange in his heart. After a little groaning, he raised his feet and walked towards Li Hao and the others.

After being away from home for more than three years, the hatred for 'that person' in my heart has unconsciously diminished a lot. Today, there is only a deep longing for my homeland. Since he met the old man of the Lijiang River here, Huo Xuan planned to come forward and ask, are the relatives and friends at home okay?

"Uncle Li!" he stepped forward, smiling directly and shouted to Li Hao.

Li Hao had just dismounted, but saw a young man come to him, calling him 'uncle', and hurriedly looked at him. When he looked at it like this, he only felt that the young man in front of him seemed familiar, but he couldn't recognize who the other party was.

It's no wonder that Huo Xuan has been away from home for more than three years, and has grown from a thin teenager to an adult man with a height of nearly eight feet. Except for the facial features that have not changed much, the rest are no longer the 'playboy' in the minds of the Lijiang people in the past. Although Li Hao is an acquaintance, he can't recognize it when he sees it.

"You, you're ......"

"Uncle Li, I'm Huo Xuan, you don't recognize me. Huo Xuan said with a smile.

"Big young master!" Li Hao's eyes lit up after hearing this.

"He's the eldest young master!"

"That's right... The eldest young master has grown taller, his skin has darkened, but his face is there......"

The six men beside Li Hao spoke one after another. When they saw Huo Xuan, they all had happy smiles on their faces.

"Young Master, you have been away from home for a few years, and you have grown so tall. Li Hao took Huo Xuan's hand with some excitement, looked at it carefully, and his eyes showed surprise, "Innate Martial Master, I didn't expect that in just a few years, you have become an Innate Martial Artist...... Seeing that your breath is long, and your eyes are shining, you should have the cultivation of the innate ** layer!"

Huo Xuan smiled slightly and did not answer directly. He glanced at Li Hao and the others, and now they were all covered with dust and looked very tired, his heart moved, and he asked, "Uncle Li, where are you going to go?"

When Li Hao and the others heard this, they glanced at each other, and the excitement and joy on their faces slowly disappeared......

When Huo Xuan saw it, he had a bad feeling in his heart. After more than three years of growth, under the early training of the old man who was poisoned by drugs, he was like a gravel with the edges and corners worn out, and he was no longer the unruly and rebellious teenager of the past. What's more, he can read words and colors, and figure out what others are thinking. It can also be said that he will know how to observe and be considerate of others, and will not only care about his own feelings as before.

"Young Master, you, I'm afraid you don't know yet, after you leave, the city lord will... gave up the position of the city lord of Lijiang City to Ye Tianmeng of the Agni Fire Sect. ”

"Ahh

After Huo Xuan heard this, he suddenly lost his mind.

Chapter 66 I want to go back to the Li River!

Restaurants. Wing room on the second floor.

There are dozens of delicacies on the table, and the aroma of the dishes is so fragrant that it makes people feel the appetite. Huo Xuan, Li Hao and others sat around the table, but no one stretched out their chopsticks, their faces were heavy and the atmosphere was depressed.

“...... After you left, the eldest young master, on the second day, the city lord brought his courtiers to go to find Ye Tianmeng and Tian Gui, and he exchanged the position of the city lord for Ye Tianmeng's promise, and the grievances between the two families were over, and no one from the Flame Sect was allowed to retaliate against the eldest young master in the future. Ye Tianmeng, the old horseman, had a falling out with the city lord back then, because of the position of the city lord of Lijiang City. Now that his son has been deposed, he has been given the position of the lord of a city, and he has also tasted his long-cherished wish, and even if he agrees. As for Tian Gui, his apprentice only suffered some flesh wounds and lost some money, and it was over. ”

Li Hao told the story. Huo Xuan heard it in his ears, and his heart was unspeakably bitter and uncomfortable. He is the most aware of the importance of the position of the city lord of Lijiang City to the Huo family. Since the decline of the Huo family, for nearly a thousand years, the Huo family has not produced a decent talent. It wasn't until Huo Baishan's generation that he improved, he was talented, and when he was young, he showed his majesty in the county government martial arts competition, defeated nearly 100 warriors in a row, and was recognized by the Martial Arts League, and was appointed by the Great Qin Dynasty to become the lord of Lijiang City.

This is the most glorious event of the Huo family in the past thousand years, but unfortunately, because of their own involvement, the Huo family has lost the power to control Lijiang City, and the prestige of the family goes without saying that it must be greatly damaged.

"The city lord stepped down, and the city guards were immediately taken over by Ye Tianmeng. We have received great favor from the city lord, so we naturally do not want to be sent by Ye Tianmeng, an old horseman. As a result, nearly half of the city guard brothers left their jobs to join the Huo family and continue to follow the city lord. ”

Hearing this, Huo Xuan looked at Li Hao's gaze, full of gratitude. You must know that in the land of Kyushu, the guards of all cities and towns are under the control of the Great Qin Dynasty, and after the successive city lords leave office, the city guards will be in charge of the successor. Li Hao, as the commander of the city guards, eats the king, although he was promoted by Huo Baishan, he has little to do with the Huo family. With his cultivation, if he stays in the position of commander, even Ye Tianmeng will be greatly used. Now, he has left his post with Huo Baishan, which shows his loyalty.

"After the city lord stepped down, he concentrated on taking care of the family business, but he also ended up at ease. With him in charge of the Huo family, even if Ye Tianmeng and Tian Gui made some small moves from time to time, they only dared to do it secretly behind their backs, and they didn't dare to put it on the table, which couldn't hurt the foundation of the Huo family. Speaking of this, Li Hao's expression darkened, his tone was sad, and he said: "Unexpectedly, half a year later, the city lord suddenly left a book and left home, and he wanted to go to a secret place to retreat, impact the big bottleneck, seek to break through the bone quenching realm, and achieve the method of refining the gang realm." ”

Yes!

Huo Xuan couldn't help but lose his voice after hearing this. As a martial artist, he naturally knows best that cultivating martial arts is like the way to the peak, the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes. If it is said that it is easy for an acquired martial artist to break through the innate and there is not much hindrance, then it is very difficult for the innate martial artist to break through the quenching bone realm, and there is less than one in a thousand successes. However, a Bone Quenching Realm martial artist like Huo Baishan wants to break through the bottleneck and become a Refining Gang Realm martial artist, which is even more difficult, even if he is fully prepared, the chance of success is very slim.

The martial artist refines the Gang realm, the true yuan turns nine, and the hundred refinements become Gang. Gang Qi is indestructible. Even if there is no martial arts blessing, just by relying on the qi alone, there is the power of splitting rocks and splitting mountains with every move!

If the Bone Quenching Realm martial artist is the hero of one side, then the Refining Gang Realm martial artist is enough to be called a powerful man with a great reputation in the land of Kyushu. But if a martial artist wants to reach such a realm, it is rare among millions of people to reach all living beings!

"He, can he say when he will go home?" Although Huo Xuan still refused to call 'that person' father, when he asked this, his face couldn't help but show a worried look.

Li Hao took a deep look at him, shook his head and sighed, and said: "The city lord left a book, and it is extremely dangerous to go here, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent." If he does not return to Lijiang City after half a year, the position of the head of the Huo family will be handed over to his wife for the time being. ”

"...... in half a year" Huo Xuan's face was full of distraction after hearing this.

"Counting the time, the city lord has been away from home for nearly three years, and there has been no news so far. At the beginning, Ye Tianmeng and Tian Gui, the two old horsemen, were still a little jealous in their hearts, but later, when they saw that the city lord had not returned, and his life and death were unknown, they no longer had any scruples, and the two joined forces to suppress the Huo family's industry in the city. In less than two years, the Huo family's shop business in Lijiang City has been compressed to less than 30%. In recent months, these two old horsemen have become more and more rampant, and at the instigation of Tian Gui, Ye Tianmeng took advantage of the power of the city lord to suppress the Huo family's only a dozen or so shops in all aspects. ”

Speaking of this, Li Hao's face was full of helplessness, he sighed, and continued: "Our resigned city guard brothers, plus nearly three hundred people from the Huo family, the daily expenses are a lot of money. The city lord can support him in fashion, and without him in charge, the Huo family can no longer be maintained. Madame is kind-hearted, afraid that we will be trapped and die in the Huo family, so she sold her business, and gave me and others a severance pay, so that we could find another way. ”

Hearing this, Huo Xuan was filled with anger and hatred in his heart. He didn't expect that after just over three years away from home, the family would decline under the suppression of the enemy.

"Tian Gui! Ye Tianmeng!"

The names of the two men popped out between his teeth, his hands clenched, and his bones crackled.

"Big young master, now that the brothers of the city guards have basically been dismissed, only seven of us are left. Li Hao looked at Huo Xuan at this moment and said in a deep voice: "In the past two years, the family business has been struggling, and the earlier savings have been exhausted. In order to dismiss the brothers, the lady took out the last bit of money. Today, the Huo family's industry in Lijiang City is only one medical hall and two pharmacies. Even so, Ye Tian's two old horsemen still refused to let go, snatched it by skill, and suppressed it in every possible way, wanting to swallow the only remaining family business of the Huo family. This time, they teamed up to raise the price of medicinal herbs in order to cut off the business of the medical hall pharmacy. Madame really has no choice, let me wait to go to Gangneung City and ask your aunt for help. ”

Huo Xuan's aunt, Huo Zijun, had married into a medium-sized family in Jiangling City, thousands of miles away from Lijiang City, when Huo Xuan was five years old. The two places are far apart, and Huo Xuan has not seen his aunt for many years.

"Young Master, you have grown up now, as the son and grandson of the Huo family, you have the responsibility to protect your family. Li Hao raised his wine glass and drank it all, he looked at Huo Xuan with bright eyes, and said seriously: "In the future...... Stop being willful!"

Seeing Li Hao and the others with frosty faces, there was a sense of exhaustion between their eyebrows, thinking that it was caused by rushing day and night. Huo Xuan felt ashamed. Outsiders can still share their worries and sorrows for the Huo family like this, and he, as the son and grandson of the Huo family, what has he done for his family over the years?

willful, rebellious, spending, and uninhibited. These sixteen words are the gift he brought to the family.

"yes...... It's time for me to do something for my family......"

At this moment, he suddenly seemed to be enlightened. No matter what, what flows in his bones is the blood of the Huo family. The glory of the ancestors, the glory of the family, even if he gives up his life, he must protect it, and it is his duty!

"I want to go back to Lijiang City!"

Huo Xuan looked at Li Hao and the others, and said slowly word by word.