"Maybe I shouldn't be here again..."Starmark sighed as she looked at the door, and her raised hand slowly drooped down, never landing on the door.

Turn around, leave...

Just as Starmark stepped away, an old man's call came from inside the room.

"Is the sixth child here? It's a cold day, what are you doing standing stupidly outside, come in!" As the voice came, the closed door opened, and a warm current rushed out of the house, impacting Starmark's body, not only expelling the cold on his body, but also washing away the cold in his heart.

A chubby, white-haired old man with a kind smile was waving at Starmark.

Seeing Abner, Starmark suddenly felt a little sour in his heart, he hadn't been here for a long time, the teacher's appearance was obviously older than at the beginning, but that warm smile had never changed.

Starmark took a light breath and used the cold air to stabilize his somewhat agitated emotions, and by this time Abner had already grabbed his arm and dragged Starmark into the room...

The flames in the fireplace beat to protect the house from the cold winter.

The layout of the house is very simple, it is similar to the private houses where ordinary people live, if there is any difference, that is, next to the desk in the study, a long table is specially placed, on which seven items are placed.

These seven items are different, with a scepter, a sword, and a tome. These seven things were given by seven of Abner's disciples, and the location of the sixth of them was the Overseer's Sword.

Abner looked at the star marks and spoke first: "Yes, it is worthy of being my Abner's disciple, he is getting more and more handsome, and he is about to catch up with my youth, hahaha." He didn't ask Starmark about his condition over the years, but just laughed and teased.

Starmark smiled, he understood the teacher's intentions, but his heart was still a little sour, and he didn't know what to respond.

At this time, Abner continued: "Among the seven disciples, the three of you are the most reassuring to me, especially the fifth, who are in their thirties, and don't hurry up to get married and have children, as well as you and the seventh, you have to hurry, otherwise the good girls have been snatched away by others, my Abner's disciple, if you end up playing a bachelor's job, or if you don't marry a good woman with a beautiful country, then it won't make people laugh out of their big teeth!"

Abner still spoke as surprisingly as he did at the beginning, and if you didn't understand his words, you might suspect that you had recognized the wrong person. Even the star mark of Abner, who had not been seen for a long time, was stunned when he heard it. However, this also completely expelled the sourness that shrouded the heart of the star mark.

"Andre looks young, and he is already at his Xuanli level, and his appearance will not change in another twenty years, so don't worry. I heard that the seventh junior brother is only sixteen years old, and it will naturally be good in the future, so it's too early for you to worry now. In front of Abner, the starmark still looked a little restrained.

Unexpectedly, Abner suddenly raised his eyebrows, and pretended to be angry: "The fifth and seventh are not worried, I am worried about you, how old you are, whether you have a partner, if there is, bring it to me quickly, my old bones can't survive for a few years, if I can't hold your grandson, even if I die, I won't be blind." ”

Abner's words, he didn't mean this at all, just to help his brother speak, who knew that it would be on himself. But Abner's words made him very useful, and his heart warmed. Starmark has been lonely since he was a child, and he has always lived alone, and no one has ever told him such things that only family members can say.

After coughing twice to resolve the embarrassment, Starmark quickly changed the topic, "Teacher... How is your health doing? What about the Seventh Senior Brother? I haven't seen him yet. ”

Abner laughed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and smacked his chest twice, making two muffled sounds, and laughed: "It's tough, you can't die." If I don't say that, you little bunnies can come back to see me? You saw the second child just now, that kid is also busy every day, and he hasn't come to me for a long time, so I tricked him back. There are also a few other senior brothers of yours, who have been running around and haven't come back for a long time, didn't I send your seventh junior brother to find them, just tell them that Lao Tzu is about to return to the West, and he can't see if he will come back!"

Starmark smiled very helplessly, Abner's almost old rascal-like temperament, so he didn't know what to say, thinking of all the past, Starmark smiled at the corner of his mouth, his teacher is really incomprehensible.

However, under the smile, there is a trace of worry hidden in the eyes of Starmark, maybe ordinary people can't hear it, but as an adventurer whose Xuanli level has exceeded level eighty, Starmark can easily hear from the sound of Abner tapping his body, Abner's body is not as good as before, and the empty sound represents the atrophy of his internal organs, although Starmark does not know medicine, he can also sense that Abner may not have much time left, he has reached the point of being in his last years.

At this time, Abner suddenly patted Xingji on the shoulder and smiled: "You are still blessed, it just so happens that I want to eat hot pot, everything has been bought, and it is cheap for you." ”

Hearing the word hot pot, Starmark's body trembled obviously, looking at Abner's smile, Starmark opened his eyes hard, inhaled hard, and held back the excess liquid that suddenly secreted from the corner of his eye, before changing back to his usual smile and helping Abner prepare before cooking.

The heat of the hot pot added a bit of heat to the room, an old man and a young man, talking and laughing together, enjoying this not luxurious meal, although they had not seen each other for many years, but Starmark did not feel any estrangement from Abner, but had a wandering home.

It wasn't until late that Starmark said goodbye to Abner and left. He told himself that he was looking for an opportunity to check on the teacher's health, but in reality he just wanted to snuggle up to him.

After leaving, Starmark did not return to his abode, nor did he listen to Andre's advice to leave Prontera City immediately to avoid the limelight, but went to a bar.

......

Old Jack's Pub.

In a bustling city, the red light district is essential, but these things cannot be put on the table and have their own camouflage.

Old Jack's Bar, bars with such a name are very common in the Kingdom of Lune, almost all over the major cities in the country, and even there are several in the same city, these bars are different in style and style, and many people think that the name Jack is too popular to associate these places together. But a small number of people know that these seemingly completely unrelated bars actually have the same owner.

Starmark arrives at Old Jack's Bar in the Red Light District, and the bar in this place is just as it is, except for the shiny sign, the interior is chaotic. The strong smell of alcohol and cigarettes, pungent perfumes, and the indulgent laughter of men and the screams of women are the colors of this bar.

As soon as Starmark entered, two seductive women dressed in sexy clothes pasted up.

"Where did you come from, handsome guy, sister, can you have a drink?" The woman laughed.

Hearing this, Xingji stretched out his hand to the waist of the woman, and said with a faint smile: "If I don't settle the bill in the end, I'm willing to accompany you." ”

The woman was stunned, then laughed coquettishly, and pushed her palm in front of Starmark's chest, and the whole person was like a slippery loach, out of Starmark's arm.

"The little brother is really good at laughing, naturally my sister is treating, let's go. After the woman finished speaking, she squeezed into the crowd, but she did not mean to wait for the star mark.

Starmark naturally didn't believe the other party's words, and he walked through the crowd alone to a corner not far from the bar. There was a table with a sign indicating that the table had been booked.

This is a two-person table, after Starmark sat down, he "snapped" and overturned the sign on the table, the sound was not loud, in this messy bar, it would not attract the attention of outsiders, of course, but outsiders would not notice.

Soon, a man dressed in a waiter's costume arrived at the table where Starmark was.

"Dear sir, I'm sorry, this place has already been booked, please change places. ”

Starmark glanced at the waiter and pulled out a silver coin from his pocket, which was not a coin with a hairstyle from the Kingdom of Rune, but a silver coin with a skull engraved on it.

Seeing the silver coin that Starmark took out, the waiter's eyes lit up, and he immediately changed his words: "Distinguished guest, do you have any instructions?"

Starmark looked up and smiled, "Is Old Jack there?" ”

"The boss is inside, please come with me. The waiter smiled, and at the same time made a gesture of please, only to see a faint circle of light appear on the ground at his feet, if placed outside, it may be more conspicuous, but in this bright place, it is difficult to be noticed.

It's not the first time I've been here, so it's a familiar thing. Stepping on the teleportation array, a soft light flashed, and the scene in front of Starmark had changed, the originally chaotic room disappeared, and a dim passage appeared in front of Starmark.

"Distinguished guest, please come with me. The waiter from before followed Starmark and led Starmark deeper into the passage.

At the end of the passage, there is a small wooden door, and the wooden door has a quaint atmosphere, which can be inferred that it has been here for a certain number of years.

The waiter bowed slightly to the starmark, "Sir, please wait. After speaking, he knocked lightly on the door three times, and said respectfully: "Boss, there is business." ”